The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. The report of the directors of this company state that the receipts of the half-year ending the 31st of December last amounted to £715,705, against £713,773 in the same half of 1857, and the expenses to £325,286, against £321,858, showing an increase of £1,932 in the receipts, and of £3,428 in the ex penses as compared with the corresponding half of 1857. The working expenses amount to 452 per cent., as as against 45 8 per cent. for the corre sponding period. Excepting the items amounting to £2,296 for land and compensation, the only addition to capital account for works in the half= year is £3,733 on joint account. The sum of £7,950 was paid for land adjoining the Bi s h o p sga t e s tation, which would be invaluable to the company whenever it might be necessary to enlarge that station. As regards the Eastern Counties Com pany there is a net sum applicable as revenue after deductinf , the working expenses) amount ing to £246,326, from which is deducted £142,303 interest on guarantees and loans, leaving a balance of £104,023. To this is added £6,292 from the June account, making £110,315. From this is deducted £12,000 on account of deferred permanent way account, leaving £98,315 avail able for dividend, out of which the directors , have declared a dividend of £1 12s. 6d. per cent. for the half-year, being at the rate of 31 per cent, per annum on the ordinary share capital of the company, which will absorb £94,796, and leave a balance of £3,519 for the next account. The East Suffolk Railway is expected to be ready for opening in the spring,. The way and works have been well maintained, and all works of importance in the renewal of bridges are now completed. The whole expenditure has been charged to revenue. The report of the engineer, Mr. Sinclair, will show that the utmost care and attention have been be stowed. The locomotive department is also in a sa tisfactory state. In addition to all the expenses for repairing the rolling stock, the sum of £7,000 has been charged in respect of new plant. No sum has yet been charged to the capital account for new plant requisite for the working of the Woodford and Loughton line, but as soon as it is delivered the cost will be charged to the capital account. During the present half-year the revenue account has been debited with £12,000 for the permanent way de ferred account ; during the half-year ending the 30th of June last, with £B,OOO, making together £20,000 this year. The amount standing at the debit of this account was, in Dec., 1856, £137,761.; it is now £58,655, being a reduction of £79,105., all borne by revenue. The usual examination of the register for the half-year ending 31st of Dec. last has been made by a person unconnected with the company. The stock ledgers have been care fully checked ; each transfer has also been examined and checked, and the register is found to agree with the amount of the several stocks as authorised to be raised by the company. The dividend account has likewise undergone an examination, and is also found correct. The question of differences raised by the Norfolk and Eastern Union Companies in respect of the half-yearly accounts since the amalga mation remains unsettled. Instead of referring the subject to arbitration, provided for by the agreement, proceedings have been taken, and a bill in Chancery has been filed by these two companies. The pro prietors are no doubt aware the Railway Com panies' Association has been formed chiefly for the purpose of lessening the evil consequences which may result when different companies become an tagonistic one to the other. So long as the asso ciation confines itself to the assertion and promo tion of general principles for the good of all the companies, it will receive the support of the Eastern Counties directors, who will use their best endea vours to promote principles of amity and goodwill. In conclusion, the directors state that the property is in a sound and healthy condition ; that no money is spent unnecessarily ; that no new works are undertaken except such as are absolutely necessary, and will prove of a remunerative character ; and that the future success of the company may be expected while. the same regard is shown not to burden capital with revenue charges, and the same attention paid to the economical as well as efficient working of the lino. The capital account shows that £11,301,118 had been received, and £11,030,383 expended, leaving a balance of £270,735. NORTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at York on Friday, Mr. H. S. Thompson in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in movinc , the adoption of the report, said that th e r esu lt of the working of the line for the past half-year was upon the whole of a favourable character. There was a reduction of about £18,820 in the receipts, and one of about £18,700 in the working expenses; but the circum stances were very little dependent on each other. The reduction under the head of "locomotive ex penses" was about £lO,OOO. The reduced mileage bad :caused a saving in coke, wages, &c., to the amount of about £1,300. The largest reduction under that head was £4,381, which had been saved in the cost of coke and coal. Looking at the ac counts for the whole year, he found that there had been a reduction of £60,000 in the traffic in 1858 compared with 1857. The dividend which the directors proposed to pay was a half per cent. less than last half-year, but last half-year a sum of money equal to a dividend of a quarter per cent. was received from the Post-office authorities for arrears due for carrying the mails, so that there was - really only a reduction of a quarter per cent. It ought also to be stated that £9,000 less was car ried over from 1858 to the account for 1859 than was carried over from 1857 to 1858, and this was equal to a dividend of 2s. per cent. He thought that the present position of the line ought to be regarded, on the whole, as tolerably satisfactory. The adoption of the report was seconded by Mr. PIILLEIN E. Mr. HARRISON, in reply to a question, assured the meeting that the Jarrow Docks would admit the largest vessel that had ever entered the Tyne. The report was then unanimously adopted. Mr. FARSIDE proposed that the directors should consider the desirableness of withdrawing the bill for the Harrowgate branch. Mr. PENNY seconded the resolution. After some remarks by Mr. Whincup, Mr. Sweeting, and Mr. J. D. Dent, The CHAIRMAN replied, that the directors were fully satisfied of the desirableness of constructing the intended branch. The resolution was negatived. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. KITSON, it was resolved to present £l,OOO and plate t o th e va l ue of £ 250 to M r. T . E . H arri son, C.E., as a testimonial of the sense which the com pany entertained of his eminent services as the en gineer and superintendent of the Tyne Docks at Jarrow. The retiring directors were re-elected, and a re solution declaring a dividend at the rate of £4 15s. per cent. per annum on the Berwick stock, 4 per cent, on the York stock, and £2 is. 6d. on the Leeds stock, was unanimously adopted. The meeting was then made special for the pur pose of considering the proposed amalgamation with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. The CHAIRMAN said it was found that the North- Eastern Company would be entitled to 90 per cent. of the united receipts and the Newcastle and Car lisle to 10 per cent. He proposed a resolution to the effect that the directors should be authorised to complete the agreement. Mr. PULLEINE seconded the motion. In reply to Mr. SIMS, The CHAIRMAN stated that the receipts of the Newcastle and Carlisle Company were £103,000 last year. Mr. PENNY moved that the conside ra ti on of the proposed ama l ga mation be postponed for three weeks. On the original !notion .mous i being .y. put to the m ee ti ng, it was carried almost una ni mously. A vote of thanks was awarde d _ to the chairma n , and the proceedings terminated. EAST LANCASHIRE, The half-yearly meeting was held on Friday at Bury ; Mr. Dugdale in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the half-year's revenue, com pared with that ending December, 1857, showed an increase of £10,176 in gross receipts, which, how ever, included this company's proportion of the receipts on the Blackburn Railway, of which they were now joint proprietors with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company. The increase was entirely f rommerchandise traffic, the passenger receipts having been less by £1,982 than in the half-year d uring Open. _Nyhich the Art T reasures ' E x hibiti on was The working expenses had increased by 1.54 per cent., Which was Parliamentary more than accounted for by the expenses a.mat. of last session in connexion decreased r Bill. The locomotive ex pwenthsetshheadAmdeaciCe from the use of expenses £1,593. The actual saving l li n s s e ? ' s eal o d f coke had been £1,680. The coaching expe a nxi c . lecreased by £1,445. The permanent way additionalu.l.e showed a very large increase, occasioned by and sleepers. The Parliamentary rails, chairs, Bill in con nexion with the Amalgamation c last session, were £10,146, and the whol e o f t hi s , a revenue. L o shi i re pro portion (£5,073) had been charged against revenue. The directors of this company, and of th e and. Yorkshire continued to work harmonio us ly and had consequently been enabled to afford u so s n e Y i ' a dditional facilities to the public. Th e latter were more directly interested in the amalgama tion than the shareholders, and he confidently aaticipat44, flat the bill vtauld pass during this session. In the first seven weeks of 1859 the traffic had increased by £7,756. (Cheers.) The report was adopted, and the guaranteed dividends, with a dividend of 4 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, were declared payable on the Ist of March. The retiring directors were re elected, and :Mr. J. Wrigley was elected auditor, in the place of Capt. Harrison, deceased. The sum of £2OO was voted to the company's benevolent fund and the proceedings concludedwith a vote of thanks to the chairman. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. A special meeting of this company was held in the central station, Newcastle, on Friday, for the purpose of considering the expediency of amalga mating with the North-Eastern Railway. Mr. W. Woods presided. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the proposed amalgamation, said that the charge of mismanagement that had been made was without foundation ; for while in 1852 the net receipts from traffic were only £125,524, the receipts in 1857 had increased to £179,465. Again, comparing the net profits, they found that in 1852 they amoußted to £47,452, and in 1857 to £77,391. (Hear.) Com plaints had also been made that the rates had not been reduced; but he could assure them that reduc tions had been made repeatedly, and they had only resulted in serious losses to the company. On one occasion they had reduced the rate on corn from 15s• to 10s. per ton, and they sustained great loss by the alteration. A thorough investigation of ac counts on both sides had resulted in the firm con viction that an amalgamation with the North- Eastern would be attended with mutual advantages, and the bases of that amalgamation had been now settled on the proportions of profits of the New castle and Carlisle Company of 1855,1856, and 1857. The result was that the proportion of one-tenth of the profits would be given to the Newcastle and Carlisle Company, 4-ss £1,450, which the directors had agreed to concede. Mr. HALL was persuaded that if they had better management, and remained independent, their shares would pay 8 per cent. Mr. S. BEAUMONT moved the adjournment of the debate with a view to obtain further information. Mr, P. EursoN seconded the amendment. Mr. COOKSON seconded the proposal for amalga mation. A long discussion ensued. Eventually the chairman agreed to postpone the debate till the annual meeting on the 16th of March, and it was arranged to form a committee of dissenting share holders to investigate the accounts. The meeting then separated. WEST-END OF LONDON AND CRYSTAL PALACE. The directors of this company state in their re port that the gross receipts from the traffic for the past half-year amounted to £14,334. In conse quence of the commutation of one moiety , of the Brighton toll from £B,OOO a year to £4,000, in July last, the increase of the general traffic was not im mediately apparent. This, however, had amounted to £4,035, the gross bookings being £12,056, as against £8,021 for last half-year—the best for the Crystal Palace traffic. Considering that the almost total cessation of the steamboat traffic during the summer months, owing to the bad state of the Thames, and the want of proper omnibus service at the Pimlico station had operated most prejudicially against the development of the traffic, the directors regard the increase as satisfactory. Several items have been charged against the revenue account for the half-Tear, belonging to previous periods, which might fairly have been carried to the debit of the capital account, and the directors regret that the working of the line from Norwood to Bromley has hitherto been a slight source of loss. Arranges ments have, however, been made with respect to that portion of the line. These circumstances have contributed to reduce the disposable balance to £3,224, which the directors recommend should be carried to the next half-year. The directors state that £70,000 of the debentures which were issued three years ago at six per cent. fall due next June, and they have already arranged for the renewal of the greater portion of them at 4-3 1 per cent. - The capital account shows that £672,165 had been received and £719,664 expended, leaving a balance of £47,499 against the company. The revenue account for the half-year showed that £14,502 had been received, and £7,636 expended, leaving a balance of £8,497, out of which £5,038 is deducted for interest on loans, and £234 for rent, leaving, with £1,631 from June, a balance £3,224. MONKLAND. The ordinary meeting of this company was held in Glasgow on Thursday ; Mr. John Bain in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that when he had the honour of being asked by the shareholders to take an active part in the management nearly eleven years ago things were in a very different state from what they were in now. At that time they were almost, it might be said, in a state of bankruptcy—their line was in very inferior order, their plant was all but worn out, they were at law with their traders, and they were quarrelling with all their railway neighbours. At that time they had between 60 and 70 law pleas going on, partly in the court of session and partly in local courts. Now there were only one or two trifling cases pending, one of them, by the way, having that day been decided in their favour. The policy adopted by the new board then consti tuted was to address themselves to a peace policy, which they successfully did. The result had been to pay to the shareholders in the shape of dividends what was formerly paid to lawyers, and created ill-will among the community. There seemed then to be a kind of mysterious idea that railway boards and railway directors were something more than human, and would not condescend to do things in the ordinary way; and he thought that the new board; by taking a common-sense view of their position as public traders, and looking to general good management of the line, adopted the best policy to secure success. The policy adopted of extending the line had also been justified by the result. The Bathgate branch had proved very satis factory. The new Airdrie line now being con structed he had little doubt would be a great acces sion. Two years prior to the new board being ap pointed in 1848, there had been no dividend paid at all for four half years ; after it was appointed dividends were paid at the rate of 5, 31, 4, 41, 51, 6 per cent., and now the rate had attained to 8 per cent. The state of the line, the finances, and the reserved fund, fully justified the directors in recom mending 8 per cent. at present. Mr. C. CAMPBELL seconded the adoption of the report, which was unanimously agreed to. Resolutions were passed, declaring a dividend of 8 per cent., that £4,263 to be carried to the re served account, and re-electing Messrs. J. Stirling, W. Stevenson, and A. Johnson, the retiring direc tors. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings. MADRAS. The annual meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern, Major• General Dun can Sim in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be re ceived ►end adopted, referred to a large plin in ex planation of the several branches of the company's line. The report had fully stated the progress and prospects of the line. They had now on the South- Western line and branches, and the North-Western line, 40 engineers. It was expected that, when the branch from Coimbatour to the Neilgherry hills was completed, a considerable accession would be made to the company's traffic. The greatest diffi• culty experienced in the construction of the line arose in the want of sleepers ; but a large supply of that article, both in iron and wood, was being sent out from this country to India. The receipts on the line showed an increase; those for the first six months of the year amounted to £lB,OOO, Whereas, for the half-year ending Dec. 31, they reached £21;720. Mr. ARBUTHNOT seconded the resolution. A SHAREHOLDER inquired how much time would be saved, on the completion of the line between Madras and Seyporc, by passengers who might land at the last-named port, instead of having to proceed round Cape Comorin ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the time saved would not be more than two or three days. The conve nience, however, would be ve r y great, especially , when it was so d i ffi• the lan n d ort a h t -e i i ‘ t i s a t d in ra o s ns t o h o ant passeng ers h ad fre cdrtulrtintgo quently rtint go s t oc k was agreed to,. and the out was then adopted, th e conversion of the shares Theretpoogrto on to Calcutta. were re-elected. going directors into and auditor the line as first laid down by Government would affect the guarantee ? The CHAIRMAN explained that the guarantee would continue at 6 per cent. upon the proposed ciipital of £BOO,OOO, and should they require a larger capital the dividend upon the surplus wou ld be 5 per cent. The deviation not only would not interfere with the guarantee, but would involve a far less expense than the line firs.,t proposed. The report was adopted. Some special resolutions altering the deed of settlement in reference to the time of holding the general meetings of the company were th en agree d to, and the proceedings terminated.. HULL AND HOLDERNESS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Hull on Wednesday, Mr.- A. Bannister in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the posi tion and prospects of the company. The revenue of the company in 1857 was £6,855, but in 1858 it was £7,069 ; while their working expenses for the past year were less by £lO7 than in 1857. The chairman thought if they got increased revenue with diminished expenditure they could not be in a better position. The motion was seconded and carried unani mously. A dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum for the past half-year was then declared, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The directors of this company state in their re port that the portion of the line from Salisbury to Gillingham would be ready for opening in the course of a month. They would then proceed with all expedition to complete the railway to Yeovil, so as to open it simultaneously with the London and South-Western Company's extension to Exeter, at the earliest practicable period. The company under the proposed lease of the line to the South-Western Company would be entitled to 571 per cent. of the gross earnings, which per tentage must be com muted in the course of twenty years into a fixed yearly payment, or, failing an agreement between the two companies, that amount must be settled by arbitration. The capital account shows that £360,711 had been received, and £346,630 ex pended, leaving a balance of £14,080. CEYLON. The meeting of this company was held on Friday at the offices, Broad-street -buildings ; Mr. An_ struther in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said they had employed 8,000 additional hands without causing any rise in the rate of wages paid by the planters, as was at first dreaded would be the case. These men worked as well as Irish labourers—a gratifying fact which the engineers were not prepared for, and the average rate of wages was 7d. per day. Towards the making of the per manent way they had received a large supply of sleepers, at from 4s. 6d. to ss. each, from New South Wales. The report having bean seconded, A 4 nAagnoLDEn inquired if the &Motion from Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Blackburn, and Mr. Honeyman were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. D. D. Keane and Mr. S. M'Culloch appeared for the company. This action was brought against the defendants for so negligently pulling down certain houses that the plaintiff's houses, which were adjoining, fell down and demolished all his furniture and a very extensive and valuable stock in trade. By the terms of the plaintiff's lease he was liable to rebuild the premises. After the close of the plaintiff's case, his lordship intimated that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, with leave reserved to him to move to enter a verdict, the Court to have power to make any amendment in the declaration that might be necessary, and to impose any liability upon the defendants that could be imposed—if they were not liable upon the evi dence as it stood—and if liable, all questions to be referred to arbitration, with liberty to discuss any question of liability that might arise beyond that decided by the Court, and to assess damages, if held to be liable; and, for the purposes of the motion, it was to be assumed th a t th e neg li gent removal of the defendants houses caused the accident. LANGTON AND ANOTHER V. HIGGINS. Mr. Atherton and Mr. Quain appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Edward James, Mr. Leofric Temple, and Mr. S. M'Culloch were counsel for the de fendant. This was an action of trevor. A growing crop of mint, to be produced in the autumn of 1858, and to be converted into oil of peppermint, was assigned by a person named Carter under a bill of sale given in the beginning of the year to the plaintiffs, and the question was whether under the words of the bill of sale certain acts of appropriation on the part of Mrs. Carter, the wife of the mortgagor, such as bottling the oil and marking the bottles, vested the property in the oil in the plaintiffs as mortgagees before it was delivered to the defendant, to whom Carter (who has gone to Australia) had sold and delivered it. It was admitted that both the plain tiffs and the defendant had acted in perfect good faith in the transaction. Baron Martin, being of opinion that the moment the oil was put into the bottles it became the pro perty of the plaintiffs, directed a verdict to be entered for them for £714, with liberty reserved to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit or reduce the verdict. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Before the Judge-Ordinary and Common Juries.) DEVEREUX V. DEVEREUX. The petitioner, Mrs. Elizabeth Devereux, alleged hat her husband, Thomas Herbert Devereux, had been guilty of cruelty on various occasions in 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857; and that in February, 1858, he had committed adultery, and she prayed for a dissolution of marriage. The respondent plead e d a denial of both those targes, and also condonation as to the cruelty. Dr. Twiss, Q.C., and Mr. Hogg were counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Digby Seymour for the respondent. The parties were married in 1844, and resided at Stockton, where the respondent carried on business as a clothier and outfitter. They have had six children, and Mr. Miles, who had lived in th e i r house as assistant, proved the various acts of cruelty alleged in the petition, which consisted of blows on the face with the fist, threats with knives, and foul and abusive language. Mrs. Devereux was some times obliged to apply for protection to her relit. tives, and in the middle of 1857 she left the house altogether. Another witness named Davis also gave evidence as to acts of cruelty, The principal witness in support of the charge of adultery was a woman of the town named Newby, who stated that in Feb., 1859, the respondent had passed a night with her at a house of ill-fame in Stockton, and that he had had adulterous intercourse with her then, and on previous occasions. It also appeared from the evidence of a Mr. Inglis, that the respondent, had charged Newby before a magistrate with hav ing robbed him, but that he had stated on his oath that he had been drinking the night before with a friend, and he did not know how ho got into the house in question ; that he found when he awoke that a woman was in bed with him, and that he immediately sent her out of the room. The charge was dismissed by the magistrate. No evidence was called upon the part of the res pondent, but it was elicited from some of the wit nt o e s b s sa made odar dite the petitioner in cross•examination that the r espondent had made complaints of his wife for him, e allowing her rel a ti ons t o h ave goo d s b e l ong i ng t o for was a co p n a te ss n i d o e n d ato th m at an, all w ow ho a , n u e nd e ought r ug th h o t influence of feelings of great irritation, made use of strong language and at times even struck her. With regard to the a i d ve u n it rY b l 37. 1 1 N i V t t h o e r w th a y_ s thewitness account was e 1 respondentso u f b b m e i l t i t e e f d , beafne that rd e t ht t h h a e e t magistrate as to the c i rcumstances under which he was found in her company was correct. His Lordship, in summin g up, observed that there was no evidence which tended to show that there Iwo any foundation fer the suggestion that the NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, FEB. 18. THE CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER AND NIGHT POACHING AT WHALLEY. William Sanderson, aged 35, Thomas H o ld en , alias Whittaker, aged 23, and John Parker, the younger, aged 22, were charged with the wilful murder of James Eatough, at Whalley, on the night of the 13th of December last. Two other men, named John Hayes and Denton Newell, were included in the indictment, but the grand jury ignored the bill as a ga i ns t th e t wo l a tt er men. Mr. Monk, Q.C., Mr. Segar, Q.C., and Mr. Kay appeared on the part of the prosecution ; Mr. Assheton Cross defended the prisoner Sanderson; Mr. Tindal Atkinson the prisoner Holden, and Mr. Campbell Foster the prisoner Parker. Mr. Monk, in his opening observations, said he was sure the jury had already heard quite enough of the case to ensure for it a most careful and patient hearing. They had heard that the offence was one which affected the lives of those who were before them. He would simply call their attention to that charge because he believed that those sol emn appeals which were sometimes made by counsel were rather attended with mischief than anything else, as they unsettled the nerves instead of forti fying the judgment. The charge arose from an attack of persons, leagued together in defiance and opposition of the laws to take game, upon these persons who resisted their attempts. He would not say one single syllable, then, as to the policy or impolicy of those laws, because they had nothing to do with the game laws, for what one person might think right another might think wrong. The jury were there to administer the laws as they found them. The learned counsel then proceeded to state the facts of the case as detailed in the evidence. After the usual formal proof the deposition of the deceased watcher, James Eatough, was put in, and was substantially the same as the evidence of the witnesses. Henry Eatough examined—My father was aged 53, and was employed by Mr. Whalley as a watcher. I was also in his employ. I remember on the night in question going to Dewhurst's meadow, in corn pang with James Gornall, William Hargreaves, my father, James Hindle, John Eatough, and police constable Myers. Some of us afterwards went from the field into the clover field which adjoins the meadow. After I got into the clover field I saw three men in Dewhurst's meadow. I and the keepers then went into Dewhurst's meadow. Upon doing so I heard some men bleeting like sheep. One of the men had a gun in his hand, and he pointed it at James Eatough. He stood up and ran about two yards back, knelt down and pointed the gun. A man who was with him then said, "D— it, blow his brains out." The hammer of the gun went down and the cap snapped, but the gun did not go off. I was then hit in the back by a man several times with a large stick about two yards long. They were heavy blows, and he struck me with both hands. He hit my father with the same stick on the back of the neck. My father had his back towards the man who struck him. I saw a long net, slanting about three or four yards from the fence. I gathered about 20 yards of the net up, when three men saw me, and .they said, " D— it, there's one of them going with the net." I ran towards the gate. and wns nhliged fn drop the net. I then went into Cinder-lane. When I got about 9 or 10 yards up the lane I saw eight or nine men come out of the gate. They came out of Dewhurst's meadow, and I had seen them there. I then went back to Dewhurst's meadow, when I met my father coming towards the gate. He was bleeding very much from the head. I took him to the house, where he died. He lived from the 14th of December to Christmas-day morning. My father was in good health until this occurrence. I saw some do g s in Dewh urst ' s mea d ow b etween 12 and 1 o'cloc; one was a brown and white dog, and the other was a black and white. I saw the dogs before the magistrates at Clitheroe. The black and white dog is the largest. On going to Dew hurst's meadow the following day I found a sack which stunk very strongly of fish. I gave the sack up to the police on the 14th. I found a "purse net" in the field on the same morning. It was set on the other side of the field to where I found the sack. The net is put in hedge rows for the purpose of catching hares or rabbits as they pass. Cross-examined—The name of my master is the Rev. L. M. Whalley. lam a daily workman, and watch occasionally. I have been an occasional watcher eight . years. Before I went into Mr. Whalley's service I worked on the line. I know Mr. Taylor's ground. I don't know that I have ever done a bit of poaching myself. rhave been summoned for trespass. Police-constable Southworth remembered the evening of the 13th of December. About a quarter past lfo'clock he met Police-constable Myers on the turnpike road between Whalley and Clitheroe. About 30 yards from the tollbar, on the Whalley side, he met three men. They were coming from the direction of Clitheroe. He recognised the first man as Thos. Riley. He carried a stick with him. He spoke to him. Riley at that time lived at Clitheroe. The second man had a bundle with him, but he only knew Riley. He did not see the other two men sufficiently to recognise them. They had a light-coloured dog with them. He had seen the , and knew it to be Wm. After before, rt f h o e r s e e men had passed about 20 light-coloured s an d ersons . yards there was a dog passed him, about 50 yards before three other men. He recognised one of the three men as Thomas Whittaker. A little before they got up to him Whittaker stooped down to see who ho was. He had then a good opportunity of examining his features. The night was foggy. On the following morning, a little before six o'clock, he apprehended Whittaker at the house of his brother, Low Moore, near Clitheroe. He was upstairs, partly dressed. In the kitchen, and before the fire, were his clogs, which were wet an d dirty. The upper part o the clogs appeared to be soiled from a field, the lower part mire from the roads. He told him he was charged with being one of a part"- who had been out poaching near Whalley. He said, " I went to bed at 10 o'clock last night." He had since seen a broken gun shown to him by Myers. He last saw that gun in March last at the house of John Parker, in Clitheroe. The prisoner at that time lived at the house of his father. He was assisting to sear2h the house when he found the gun ; it was in a box upstairs. At that time it was unbroken. - Cross-examined by Mr. Foster—l went to the elder Parker's house for the purpose of apprehend ing him, but he had got out of the way. I didn't take the younger Parker into custody till about a fortnight ago. Up to that time he had followed his work as a labourer at Clitheroe. Police-constable Myers, on being called, said—On the night in question I went to the Pendleton toll-bar to meet Police-constable Southworh. I met two keepers and the three watchers, and knew them to be the keepers and watchers of Mr. Whalley. Jas. Eatough was ono, Jas. Gornall,lil m. Hargreaves, Hindle, and Henry Eatough. They went into a field adjoining Hardhill-lane, and while there I heard the noise of a stick as though some one was passing a fence. I heard a dog make a noise. A little after that I heard footsteps coming up the lane in the direction of the turnpike. Shortly after this two of the keepers followed the poachers into Dewhurst's meadow ; they were Gornall and Hargreaves. H enr y Eatough joined the party at that time. The other four watchers went into the meadow, and I followed them. It might be about an hour after I had parted with Southworth at the Pendleton toll-bar. After I got into the meadow my feet became entangled in a net. I then came up with James Eatough, who had hold of a net. He wanted me to hold it up, but it was fast. Eatough then ran down the field, and in a minute or two afterwards I heard a noise as though men were striking each other with sticks. It might be 40 or 50 yards from where I was standing. I heard a gun go off; that is, the cap exploded. None of the keepers had guns that I know of. I heard old John Parker in the field. I heard him say, " D— it, man, rabid who You hit." thou heard John ZAtougb, say, " This is old Parker." John Heyworth is -the occupier of this land, and lives about four minutes' walk off. I went to the house for assistance, and knocked him up and gave information. I then re turned to Dewhurst's meadow, and might have been absent for 15 to 20 minutes. I met the keeper and watcher. The deceased was covered with blood ; his head and face cut, and he was in a pitiful con dition. Hargreave s , Gornall, and another of the Eatoughs were bl ee ding. I get this gun from Gor nall, and the lock from Richard Hayworth the fol lowing morning. I saw him pick it up in Dew hurst's meadow. The stock, at the time I received the gun, had a ramrod in it. I found the gun was loaded, and drew the charge. It was charged with 3oz. No. 3 shot. and loz. of powde r . I s t oppe d a t Heyworth's until the doctor came up, and I then went to Clitheroe. I made a report of the affair to Superintendent Leary. We went to Parker's house, but old Parker was not there, and has not been found. We next went to Sanderson's. On going into the house we found Thomas Riley there'. It would be about a quarter past four o'clock in the morning. Riley was dressed, lying on some chairs in front of the fire. There was a stool on the hearth, and upon it a pair of trousers, as if lying there to dry. There was also a pair of shoes on the hearth. After Sanderson had admitted me he went upstairs. I followed him. He then turned back, and I told him he was charged with being in a poaching affray down towards Whalley. He replied, " Very well," but seemed agitated. I followed him upstairs, and he looked for his trousers but could not find them. I told him his trousers were downstairs before the fire, and he said, " Oh, yes." In searching the house I found two game nets, one of which was damp. I saw two dogs there, one of which was a light-coloured one, and one more black than white. I have known the light-coloured one six or seven years, and have often seen it with Sanderson and in Sanderson's house. I took Sanderson and Riley to the Clitheroe police station. I found four pieces of pot, an oyster s h e ll, an d seven gun caps in the pockets of Sanderson. Those caps fit on the nipple of the gun before alluded to. On the same morn ing, Southworth apprehended Holden. I searched him, and found upon him one piece of pot and an oyster shell. There was blood on Holden's jacket and vest. I said to Holden, " You have blood on your jacket, how do you account for this ?" He re plied that perhaps his nose had been bleeding. Leary, who was then present, asked him if his nose had been bleeding lately, when he replied in the negative. On being told that his trousers were wet, he said he had been at Blackledge, leading to White wall, the previous evening. I have examined the nipple of the gun, and it appears to have been stopped up with earth, as if it had come out of a ploughed field. Dewhurst's meadow is a stubble field. I never saw any of the poachers during the affray. It being now near eight o'clock,the further hear ing of the case was adjourned to next morning. SATURDAY, Feb. 19. His lordship having taken his seat at nine o'clock. Thomas Riley, one of the poachers in custody, who was admitted as approver on the part of the Crown, was placed in the witness-box and examined on the part of the prosecution. He said, lam a la bourer, late of Clitheroe, at present a prisoner in Lancaster Castle. I recollect being apprehended about 4 o'clock on the 14th of Dec. On the after noon of the 13th I was in Salford with the prisoner Sanderson. I was at Birch's there. On arriving at Wilkin-lane we met with Holden. We stopped talking at the top of Wilkin-lane about an hour. During that time John Parker, the elder John Parker, the younger, and a man named Nowell came up. I know a beerhouse kept by a man named Heys. I, Sanderson, Whittaker, and Nowell went to Heys'. Young Parker did not go with us. Old Parker followed us to Heys' in about 10 minutes ; it being about eight when we got there. We had two or three quarts of ale, and remained there till nea r ly 11 o ' c l oc k. We then struck off to get a hare or two, and went to Sanderson's house for nets and dogs. Old Parker went from Heys' with us, and left us at the top of Wilkin-lane to go and get a gun. At Sanderson's we got 10 purse nets and pots. We took a brown and white dog and a black and white bitch with us. When we were starting out John Hayes joined us. There were then William Sanderson, John Hayes, Thos. Whittaker, Denton Nowell, and myself. We met old and young Parker on this side of Little Moor Houses. At Little Moor we got- some pots ; we wanted them to place for marks where - we put the nets. Old John Parker had a gun, and I tried it whether it would go off or not. Myself, Whittaker and old Parker used the pots in the field. We went along until we came to a place called Limehouse Clover. When we came near to Thurshaw's gate, I and John Hayes and Denton Nowell went first. A short distance past Thurshaw's gate we met police , constable Southwell. I had a stick in my hand, and Nowell had the bag with the long net. The brown and white dog at this time was along with me. I spoke to Southwell and said, " The top of the morning to you." After two unsuccessful at tempts to get game by laying down the nets, we went on the high road towards Whalley. Before we left the last place Nowell and Sanderson got a stick while I was taking up the long net. After going across some fields we went up Flat-hill-lane, and out of the lane into a stubble field called Dewhurst meadow. There were five of us, John Hayes, the two Parkers, myself, and Thomas Whittaker. The other two were left at the gate. When we began setting the net young Parker had the gun. I took out the long net, and with the assistance of old Parker set it. We then went forward along the fence side setting the purse nets, leaving old Parker to look for the " smoose" holes. Young Parker and John Hayes had the dogs with them at the net, when I met Hayes and young Parker running down, and they said, " The keepers are coming." Gornall came up to me, and I struck at him and missed him. The two men nearest me were down on the ground, and one was old Parker. I went to them. I thought our party was topmost, and struck the undermost. I hit him on the side of the head, and he said, " D it, lads, mind whom you strike." It was old Parker's voice. I passed Sanderson and Nowell in the stubble at the time of the affray ; the whole of our party were in the field at the time of the affray. I did not know the deceased. I saw an old man there, and he was struck three times; I don't know who struck him. That old man was the same that I afterwards saw ill at Lamb-row. There were three or four persons round him ; he, I think, said, " Lads, are you going to kill me?" Sanderson and I were taking the long net up. I heard the sound of a gun hammer go down before I saw the old man beaten ; I had not seen any blows struck up to that time ; before the hammer went down some one called out, " Shoot, shoot, d it, shoot !" I didn't hear the gun cap explode. Old John Parker was hit ; I hit him. Young Parker was also hit, and he said he was cut on the head ill. I did not see any other of our party injured. I did not see any thing of the gun after I left the field. Young Parker said he had lost his cap on the field. Hayes picked up a plaid and a piece of carpet. The check of the plaid Was small, and the pattern black and white. I told him to leave them as neither of them be longed to us. I saw a black " billy cock" in old John Parker's hands as we were leaving the gate of the field. We had got the long net away with us. When in Moor-lane we picked up some pots and broke them into small pieces. We got up the net, took it away, and left the field and went to Pendle ton old toll bar. On my way I waded across Barrow brook ; the others crossed before me. From Pen. dleton bar we went down Pendleton Old-lane to wards Mr. Aspinall's. From there we went to old John Parker's. He went into the house and came out again, when his wife brought him a coat, bundle, and a sovereign. As we were going across the meadow old John Parker pulled his blouse shirt off, and put a clean one on. Hayes wrapped a plaid round his body and buttoned up his coat. John Parker, the older, said he was going to Barnolds wick. When old Parker changed his shirt there was six of us, young Parker having left us. John Hayes, Thomas Whittaker, Nowell, and old John Parker went awaytogether. Sanderson and I then went to Sandersori's 'louse. The dogs went with Sanderson and me. Nowell took the net with him. Whittaker took old Parker's shirt that was stained with blood. Cross-examined by Mr. Atkinson—By trade I am a block printer, but have been labouring lately. I last worked at my trade about five or six years ago. When I left off block printing I resided with my parents. I left them when they broke up house. It may be between four or five years since I left home. The last work that I did was putting water into Mr. Hall's house. It is within six months. I I got 2s. Bd. a day for two days and a half. That is the only work I have had since I left home. I have got my living by getting two or three hares and fishing. I have been catching these two or three hares for the last 20 years. I have been in gaol five times. I was first sent there for being drunk, next for fishing. My third and fourth offences were poaching. The next time I was sent to gaol for finding some potatoes. I found them by the road side, put them into a sack, and used them. I am very sorry I have been engaged in this affair. I have repented ever since I came to gaol this time. I first told my repentance to Thos. Leary. I sent a letter to Mr. Lear. It was written by Mr. Ellison. I told him that I wanted to see Mr. Leary, and that I had never had any rest since I came to the gaol. I saw William Varley in the gaol, and he asked how I was getting on, and asked me if I had any word to send to my parents. Varley and I never had a word of conversation about this matter. Mr. Ellison was in the room at the time. Nobody else came to me in gaol besides Varley and Leary but the efficerN of the gEvol. I told Mr, gat son I wanted Mr. Leary to come to me, and he wrote the letter for me. I told him what to say. By Mr. Cross—While I was in Sanderson's house I wrapped up his trousers and made a bolster of them before the fire. Oyster shells had been about Sanderson's house a long time. By Mr. Foster—l know Waddington, near Clitheroe. I never was caught in Alice Heard's hen roost. Never stole two pounds of bacon at Low Moor. Never stole a hawker's pair of stock ings at Birch's house at Clitheroe. Never stole ss. from a block printer at the Robin Hood, Clitheroe. Never stole two geese from James Dawson, of Edes ford Bridge. Young John Parker complained to me that he had been cut about the head; I saw the blood on his face. We all went together to Parker's a little before two o'clock. Re-examined—l got a month for stealing potatoes. By his Lordship—Bleating is a signal among poachers to tell them the keepers are coming. It is also a signal for picking nets up after the dogs have done running. William Varley, a boy of 12 years of age, was next called—l live in Wilkin-lane, Clitheroe. My father is a block-cutter. I remember the prisoners being taken up for this offence. I remember seeing nine or ten of the poachers the night before the affair. Sanderson and Riley were there. Sander son spoke to my mother. I saw them standing together about 10 minutes, about 40 yards from Sanderson's house. P. P. Marsden was next examined. He said— I am a constable stationed at Downham, near Clitheroe. On the 4th Dec. I took a pair of boots from the feet of Sanderson while in the lock-up. There was something peculiar about the soles of the boots. I then went to Hardhill-lane with Gornall, and examined the footprints there, and they corresponded with the boots. The footprints were between the wood bridge and the gate leading to Dewhurst's meadow. The impression of the boots nearest to Dewhurst's meadow was about three yards from the gate. The footprints corresponded in the arrangement and number of the nails with the boots belonging to Sanderson. I also produce a pair of clogs taken off the feet of Holden. I took the clogs to Hardhill-lane and compared them with a score of footprints there. The clogs corresponded with the impressions in every respect. The number of nail marks in the clogs corresponded with the number in the impressions. The person who made those footprints appeared to have been coming from the wood bridge to Dewhurst's meadow. This wit ness also deposed to having seen the gun before re ferred to by other witnesses at the house of John Parker the elder on March 11. It was then broken. Wm. Smith said—l am a labourer at Clitheroe. I remember some persons being taken up for this poaching affair. The day before that I was working along, with the two Parkers. I recollect Riley and Sanderson being apprehended. I had seen and was two hours with the two Parkers on the day previous (Monday). We were cutting hay at Thomas Ho thersall's stack : he keeps the Wheatsheaf at Cli theroe. I left them about four o'clock in the after noon. I heard about nine o'clock on Tuesday morn ing of the apprehension of Riley and Sanderson. On the same Tuesday morning I saw young John Parker; it was directly after I had heard about Riley 'and Sanderson ; he was in Thomas Hother sail's back yard cleaning a drag. I observed he had a clean shirt on, a clean holiday shirt. I noticed he had a pair of fresh trousers on. The trousers were his father's. They , were not the trousers he had on the previous night when I saw them. About half-past 3 o'clock on the same Tuesday after noon I saw John Parker again near Mercer's mill. He was laying up manure for Thomas Hothersall. We conversed a good deal about this poaching. Young Parker said he had got into bed when the police came to look for them. He said he had got washed and got a clean shirt on when the police came, and he bad put a fresh pair of clogs to the fire. He showed me a cut on his head about the size of a shilling. I put my finger on it ; it was in the hair, about two inches from his forehead. He said he thought it had been done with a shoe. He said it had been done in the poaching affray. He said three of them had him down, and it was then he received that wound. He said he had " bleated" like a sheep when down, till assistance came to him. He said that his father had gone off. Cross-examined by Mr. Foster—Never mentioned what young Parker told me, only to my brother the day after Christmas day, until I was sent for to Hothersall's public-house by Mr. Baldwin, soli citor. I had some gin there, which I did not pay for myself. John Baynes Pinder, surgeon and apothecary at Whalley, was next examined.—Knew the deceased, and was called on to attend him at a cottage house in Lamb-row. He was bleeding most profusely from wounds on the head and face—there were six on the head and two on the face. Some of the wounds were incised ones, and others contused. The incised wounds were less clean than if done by a knife. The wounds might have been produced by a gun stock. The shoulders of the deceased were bruised. Attended him up to the,morning of his death. It was about 2 o'clock in the morning when witness was called in to attend upon the de ceased. The witness then detailed the result of a post mortem examination he had made of the body of the deceased, and attributed death to the wounds on the head and the fracture of the skull. He had examined Parker's head. There was a cicatrix of a wound on it. Cross-examined by Mr. Foster—The wound was perfectly healed. . The hair was not cut, or shorter about it. He could not tell how long it had existed. It might be of old standing. This was the case for the prosecution. The learned counsel for the several prisoners then proceeded respectively to address the jury on behalf of their clients, contending that the facts did not show a combination to resist to the death all opposers of their common design of poach ing, supposing the prisoners to be identified, and unless there was such combination each was only answerable for his own acts • and that there was no proof who had s t ruc k the blows which had caused the death of the deceased. That whoever did strike those blows had done so in self-defence when attacked by the keepers, and in hot blood, and that the offence was not that of murder, but manslaughter. Then, as to the persons present, it was contended that the corroboration of the approver Riley was not satisfactorily made out as to any of the prisoners. As to Parker, his learned counsel contended that the attempted corroboration of Riley's statement by the witness Smith was in itself an improbable story, and when sifted was contra dicted by the evidence of Mr. Pinder the surgeon, who had disproved the probability of the prisoner's head having been wounded on the 14th Dec. last. The address of the several counsel occupied three hours and a-half in the delivery. His lordship then proceeded with great care to sum up the evidence, and in reference to some com ments made on the game laws, said it was not his province to say whether those laws were politic or otherwise. But no system of law in a civilised country could permit bands of armed men to tres pass on the grounds of another, and endeavour to take by force from him what he had a right to preserve on his own land. His lordship then went carefully through the evidence as affecting the seve ral prisoners, directing the jury that if they thought, on the facts, that the prisoners went out with a common design, armed to oppose all resistance to their unlawful act, and death then ensued, and they were satisfied by the evidence of the approver, corroborated substantially, that each of the prisoners was there, it was their duty to find them guilty of murder. If, however, they thought that the keepers, by their conduct and by excess of violence in at tempting to arrest the men, had provoked the blows in hot blood which led to the death of the deceased, then the offence was only manslaughter. If they thought the evidence as to each or any of them being present was not satisfactorily corroborated, then they must find one or all of them not guilty. The jury retired, and after an absence of an hour returned with a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter as against the prisoners Sanderson and Holden, and of not guilty as against the prisoner Parker. His Lordship then sentenced Sanderson, who was shown to be an old poacher, to 10 years' penal ser vitude, and Holden to four years' penal servitude. There were two other indictments for night poaching and for cutting and wounding against the prisoners. With regard to Parker, the learned counsel for the prosecution said they should offer no evidence on these indictments. A formal acquittal was therefore taken, and he was discharged. This case, which occupied all day till 6 o'clock, finished the assizes. TITLE TO LANDED ESTATES BILL.—The bill brought into the House of Commons by the Solicitor General to simplify the title to landed estates has been printed. It is divided into two parts, the first of which relates to the measures to be adopted by the owner for a declaration of title and for the conveyance of land ; and the second part relates to the establishment of a Landed Estate Court, for the purpose of carrying the provisions of the act into effect. The court is to consist of a chief judge and an assistant judge, to be appointed by her Majesty, and to hold their offices during good behaviour. No persons are qualified to be judges of the court unless they have been practising conveyancers for 10 years, or have served five years in Ireland as judges of the Incumbered Estates Court. LADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Ointment a n d Pill s. —Marvellous cures o Sciatica, stiff joints, paralysis of the limbs, and other crippling diseases of the bones, sinews, and muscles, have been accomplished by Holloway's Ointment. It is the only ungent which produces any impression on these complaints. The Pills also work wonders. The Ointment and Pillsl should both be used at th e same time, for the action oe one is greatly assisted by that of the other. Why should any human being suffer from the above mentioned maladies,.when Holloway's Ointment and Pills are to be found in every city and townin the world ? These noble medicines are composed of rare balsams, and are as Wain Pacl Pio Ivi_tbeY Pfro PQWQrful aucl LORD STANLEY'S REPORT ON INDIAN FINANCE. An important State paper was laid before Par liament and ordered to be printed on the 14th inst. It is no less than Lord Stanley's " Review of the Finances of India, as shown in the actual accounts of 1856-57, and as estimated for 1857-58 and 1858-59." This paper bears date the India-office, 19th of January, 1859, and is addressed to the Governor-General of India in Council. The accounts for the year 1855-1856 exhibit a total (Indian) revenue of 32,08,90,650 rupees, and charges of 30,35,12,781 rupees. This leaves an (Indian) sur plus of 1,73,77,869 rupees, but the " home charges" of 2,78,38,516 rupees convert it into a deficit of 1,04,60,647 rupees. In 1856-57 the revenue amounted to 33,30,33,912 rupees, and the charges to 30,79,90,749 rupees, leaving an (Indian) surplus of 2,50,43,163 rupees, which was again converted, by " home charges" amounting to 2,68,37,700 rupees, into a deficit of 17,94,537 rupees. The aggregate receipts from land revenue in 1856-57 amounted to 17,71 75,804 rupees, being a general improvement of 72,11,182 rupees as compared with the preceding year. Customs (excluding salt) fell off in 1856.7 by 7,86,265 rupees. Salt sales and duties yielded 3,09,87,107 rupees, being 11,69,476 in excess of the amount realised in the previous year. The net receipts from that important item of revenue opium amounted to 3,85,63,712 rupees, being 10,39,044 rupees less than in the previous year. " Sayer and Abkarry" yielded 1,42,13,644 rupees. The largely increased importation of silver con tinued in 1856-57, and the net profits of the three mints of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay (including the profits on the copper coinage) exceeded by 6,47,234 rupees the net profit of the previous year. Under "Public Works" there was an increased receipt of nearly 29 lacs of rupees, but this was in a great degree nominal. Lord Stanley rega rd s this (generally) progressive movement of the revenue as satisfactory, As regards the charges, it is stated that the civil charges extraordinary exhibited a decrease, and the military charges, ordinary and extraordinary, an increase (in 1856:7) of 18,70,861 rupees ; in the marine and naval charges there was also a net increase of 8,94,223 rupees. On the whole, as regards both revenue and charges, the financial result of the year 1856-7 is pronounced by Lord Stanley to be a decided improvement as compared with the result of the previous year, and the financial position and prospects of India were most encouraging when the mutiny of the Bengal army broke out and upset everything. The gross revenues of India are estimated for 1857-8 at 31,54,39,759 rupees, and for 1858-9 at 33,01,60,202 rs. The charges of 1857-8 are estimated at 34,42,22,703 rupees, and those of 1858-9 at 39,73,32,849 rupees. Lord Stanley estimates the " final deficit" of 1857-8, which is wholly attribut able to the mutiny, at 9,00,00,000 rupees, and that of 1858-9 at 12,50,00,000 rupees, making a gross total of 21,50,00,000 rupees, and to this should be added 1,00,00,000, " the sum in which the expen diture on Public Works Extraordinary in the above two years was less in each year than the amount expended on the same account in 1856-7 ;" this being done, the probable deterioration in 1857* and 1858-9 is estimated at 22,50,00,000 rupees. ,As a set off against this fearful sum, there will be the forfeiture of pensions and the confiscation of the property of rebels. The estimates for 1859-60 are being prepared. Lord Stanley tells the Governor- General that he shall resort to a further loan in this country with the very greatest reluctance, but that under actual circumstances "such a step appears to be inevitable." The Governor-General, however, is strongly urged to depend solely on local resources for the ways and means required by the Indian Government, so that this loan may be the last to be raised in England. The whole debt of India appears to amount to £74,543,167, of which £18,573,781 has been contracted within the last two years. Lord Stanley, on the strength of this startling fact, recurs to the subject of loans, denounces the system of raising such loans to meet the general expenditure of the State as " most disastrous," and calls the serious attention of the Governor-General and his Council how otherwise to meet the heavy disbursements at present entailed for years to come by recent events. And the Go vernor-General is required to state his own ".views" on the subject without delay. COUNTRY MA.RKETB. OXFORD-FEB. 19. There was a good supply of all kinds of grain at market to-day, and a greater degree of firmness prevailed. A large quantity changed hands Wheat, white 43s to 46s Beans, Mazagan7.—s to red 40s to 45s I Middle & small 42s to 475 Barley 32s to 36s White peas 43s to 47' I Oats 22 s t o 30s Grey.. —s to ,D—FEn. 18. The wheat trade is dull to-day. Millers are looking for lower prices, and the farmers refuse to give way. To effect sales a slight decline had to be submitted to. Wheat, white 42s to 45s Peas, Partridge ..44s to 468 red 38s to 41s White 418 to 43s Barley 34s to 41s Boiling 42s to 48s Chevalier ....37s to 45s Dun 44s to 468 Grinding 27s to 33s Beans, Tick :...38s to 40s Malt __ 70s to 73s Harrow Ticks 38s to 428 Chevalier .., 72s to 73s Maza Oats 25s to 35s NOTTINGHAM-FEB. 19. There was a fair quantity of wheat on offer, and prices for all descriptions gave way fully 18 per qr. Barley a fair demand, and about 2s over last week. Beans were the same. Oats a slow sale, but fully as dear. White wheat, new, 44s to 51s Barley, grinding.. 25s to 30s Red do. 39s to 43s Oats, old, .. 3OB to 358 Old white 4os to 49s New do 25s to 308 Red do. 37s to 42s Beans.. 49s to 628 Barley, malting.— 35s to 45s Peas .... --s to --a Super. flour, 32s to 36 s ; fi ne , 28 s t o 30 s per 20 stone. HULL AND SELBY. The report of the directors states that the balance at the credit of the company is £34,125, and the directors recommend a dividend to be de clared of £2 9s. 6d. per whole, or £5O share, in proportion thereto for the half-shares of £25 and the quarter shares of £l2 103 (less the propor tion of the income tax deducted by the lessees), to be paid on and after the 28th inst. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA. The half-yearly report states that the receipts of the company for the last half-year exceed those of the corresponding part of 1857 by £1,171, while the working expenses exceed those of the corre sponding period by £352, thus leaving an increase of £Bl9 in the net receipts of the half-year. The net profits of the half-year, after paying working expenses, interest on loans, and dividends on pre ference shares, amount to £17,561. Out of this the directors recommend a dividend of 335. 9d. on each £75 share, and 1 ls. 3d. on each £25 share, being at the rate of 4-1- per cent. per annum. This dividend will amount to £12,755, and leave £4,805. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Feb. 19. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Baron Martin and Special Juries.) DALES V. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Mr. F. Smith and Mr. Littler were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Phinn, Q.C., and Mr. D. D. Keane appeared for the company. This was an action to recover compensation in damages by the plaintiff, who formerly was a porker in the employment of the company, for false im prisonment. After the case had occupied some time, the learned judge said he was of opinion that the plaintiff had no cause of action against the company, and directed the plaintiff to be called. He was nonsuited accordingly. SOLOMON V. THE VINTNERS' COMPANY. petitioner had supplied her relatives with property belonging to the respondent. • The jury returned a verdi c t f or th e petitioner upon all the issues. GROVES V. GROVES AND TOMPSON. Mr. Laston appeared for the petitioner, and Dr. Swabey for the respondent. This was a petition for a dissolution of marriage, presented by Edward Groves, a carman in Tower street, Waterloo-road, on the ground of the adultery of his wife, Mary Ann Groves. They were married in 1849, and have one child. In 1852 they went to live with the petitioner's father, in Tower street. In the autumn of that year, in con sequence of disagreements between Mrs. Groves and ber mother-in•law, Mr. Groves took lodgings for his wife at a house in John-street, where he fre quently visited her. The inmates of the house discovered in the course of a few months that Mrs. Groves had more than once allowed a strange gentlemen to pass the night with her in her hus band's absence. They communicated this fact to Mr. Groves, who immediately separated from her. She and her child have since lived with the co respondent, who is a gas•fitter in the Waterloo road. Dr. Swabey, for the respondent, who pleaded a denial of the two charges of adultery, first with divers persons unknown in John-street, and secondly, with the co-respondent, urged that the evidence upon the first charge of adultery was no t so conclusive as to justify the jury in acting upon it. The jury immediately found a verdict for the petitioner on both issues. SPRING ASSIZES. CHELMSFO: NORWICH-FRB. 19. The supply of wheat is very moderate ; fine dry samples are held for last week's rates, but the business transacted is on a limited scale. Foreign rather more inquired after for mixing. Barley in. nod demand at late rates. Flour in favour of the buyer. Wheat ....38s to 43s 1 Oats.. lBs to 25s White do 44s to 46s I Beans, new 40s to 47s Barley 36s to 40s I Peas .... 4os to 50s Flour, 26s Od to —s per sack from the miller. LEICESTER-FEB. 19. The supply of wheat at our market was tolerable, and the currencies of last week were generally realised. Wheat ...38s to 44s Oats . 26s to 361 White .44s to 488 Beans 59s to 528 Barley .44s to —§ Ditto, old —.B to -8 Fine flour, 31s I Seconds, 9s I Thirds, 27s per sack. DUBLIN-FEB. 18. Home wheat in fair supply, and a good demand, without any change from last week's rates. Oats in request, at an advance of 3d per barrel. Barley more looked after, and prices not higher. • Foreign wheat in strong request, and very little here in prime condition. For maize some specu lative buyers, but business checked by holders asking more money. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 22 6 to 25 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 23 0 Do., new Barley Oats Do., black lO 6 to 11 0 • s. d. e. el. Do., new 11 6 to 13 0 Bere Rapeseed Oatmeal l2 6 to 14 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn OVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigration ship Confiance, 927 tons, Capt. Twiddle, which sailed from Plymouth on the sth of August, in charge of Surgeon-Superintendent Thomas Wilmott, M.D., with 67 married couples, 55 single men, 92 single women, 28 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 31 girls between the same ages, 5 male infants and 7 female, making a total of 322 souls, equal to 2901 statute adults, 236 of whom were Eng lish, 80 Irish, and 6 Scotch, arrived at Adelaide on the 27th November. Nine deaths and four births occurred during the voyage. Of the 322 emigrants, 86 were farm and agri cultural labourers, 21 miners, 1 miller, 83 domestic servants, 2 dressmakers, 1 needlewoman, and 1 nurse. BIRTHS. BnisE.--On the 18th inst., at Spains Hall, Essex, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel R. Briso, of a son. HANcom.—On the 18th inst., at 23, Dawson-place, Bays water, Mrs. Walter Hancock, of a daughter. WATSON.—On the 19th inst., at Albion Lodge, Stamford hill, Mrs. Watson, of a daughter. WiLsoN.—Con the 18th inst., at 10, Hyde - park-terrace, the • wife of Fuller M. Wilson, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES CALVERT—MIDDLETON.-011 the 17th inst., at St. John's, Paddington, Edward Calvert, Esq., of St. John's • College, Cambridge, Head Master of the Government Collegiate School, Trinidad, to Emily Wissett, widow of A. Middleton, Esq., Marine Surveyor, R.N. Cox—OVEREND.—On the 17th inst., at Sheffield, the Rev. Charles W. Cox, rector of Croxton, Lincolnshire, to Mary Isabel, eldest daughter of Wilson Overend, Esq., of Sharrow-road, Sheffield. DEATHS. BLAIE.—On the 18th inst., at Bath, Frances Jane, tenth and younge s t daughter f the ]ate General Sir Robert Blair, K.C.8., of Harley House, Bath. BnouN.—On the 16th Nov. last, at Freemantlo, Western Australia, Richard M'Bride Broun, Esq., Gove rnmen t Resident Collector of Customs, aged 57. CoorEn.—On the 18th inst., at Stone Castle, Kent, Mrs. Cooper, sen., aged 70. DAMER.—On the 16th inst., at Brussels, the lion. W. M. Dawson Darner, aged 6.5. ELLis.—On the 18th inst., at Bath, Ellis Ellis, Esq., aged 92. HUMPHRIS.—On the 16th inst., at Cowley, near Chelten ham Mr. James Humphris, aged 43. MAITLE.—On the 17th inSt., at Maulesden, Forfarshire, the Hon. Win. Manic, of Fear; aged 49. MABBOTT.—On the 17th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of W. C. Mabbott, Esq., of Southover Priory, Lewes, aged 91. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th e coun ty of Middleeon Meat% February 21, 1869, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1859.