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- ..,. ... ...._ .. .... THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING AUGUST 3 1 184.6 .._ ...•................. ..... .... fessingDuii g this visit attachment.wrote T to his he s r h a e V a e n r ys answered ferventred as l e t a t e T, youngpre- 1 a o g ug ai h n t st no th n e h m e is m h u o s f t t b h e e a d ll e o f e en •e d d an to t I '7 a- n"'"''"'''" - ""'"'""'"" - ""enm•""tteeeeeeeaeseevsee-----.ee--ge-ee•'"""''"'e."'"'"'""a"n'"''""'''"'' ------ '•------------L I en. .-......--• s C 0 13., NIVALL AND DEVON CEN - RAILWAY MONOPOLY. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. i he wrote LATEST PRICES OF SHARES not vote at all on this occasion, for it was high - time for them to see if they could not A meeting of booksellers, stationers, and others, was held ca HOME CIRCUIT.-Guildford, July 31. ,s sa m y, ot t h o er h , a a v n e d p i e .n rm th it e te t d ee i t t I TRAL RAILWAY. adopt some other steps by which the whole of the directors Saturday, at the London Tavern, to consider the propriety of The Commission for the county of Surrey was opened lady well brought up would answer such a letter, of the remonstrances of his master or employer • IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-- ----eoe-.-_ proceedings might be fairly . and openly exposed, with the , petitioning the Legislature against certain clauses in the here . telling him to avoid such compliments for the future as and it had been kept alive at a subsequent period PANIES' STOCK. business on Thursday, and was proceeded a itia. in A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held, view of obtaining redress in another tribunal.-(Cheers.) Bills of the Bristol, Birmingham and Midland, and other were therein lavished. On the return of the young lady to from h • • t ci unwillingness of the defendant to break it both courts this morning at ten o'clock. Air. Baron twelve o'clock on Saturday, /the Lowden Tavern, for the Had the whole of the deposits been paid up there railway companies, authorising them to open parcels, and West-bill, the engagement was arranged with the con- off until he could no longer' die • from ' guise himself the From tie Official List, in the hands of the a Parke presiding at Nisi Prins and Mr. Justice Coltman ;purpose of taking into considereizion the propriety or other- should now have been _ charge separate carriage for every inclosure. The follow- ' ' sent of all parties, and he visited afterwards at the madness of proceeding with it further, and the cruelty to- PUBLISHED EVERY TUEADAT AND FRIDAY EVIDIING. ' directors a clear balance of 247,2631, and, in accordance ing is the clause en ht to be introduced into in the Crown Court. The business on the civil side is house as one engaged to he married t 3 and was received wards this the Bill now • . her, young lady herself of carrying it on to a con- LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY SI. wise of proceeding with this scheme (which our readers may le'ofthe directors, hshould now have with the underta ing t the before Part' g Parliament: it is entitled "An Act to consolidate heavy, there being a hundred cases entered for trial, by the mother and family almost as one of its members. In summation which must have been calamitous, and be aware was thrown out before the Committee on Standing come forward and stated that they recommended time instant the Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham Glou- nine ofwhich • I jury There only 1e37 he wont to Edinburgh to pursue his professional studies, of misery to both. The and Orders on a slight technical error) during the next session dissolution of the Company and the divison of the balance in cester Railway Companies, with the Midland Railway " twenty prisoners for trial,and it is computed that the and it was agreed that they should write to each ether every of a labouring man, and she herself khuckster's •.' ; - an hand amongt the shareholders. They might then, with some e month. He passed two years in Edinburgh, and then came His two brothers worked in the lace frames; his Name raid. Dice of Parliament. - And provided also that it shall not be lawful to include in criminal business will be throughto-day (S d ) reason, have called upon the shareholders to express their onepacket several Heanor, where his friends resided. The intimate and wereprobably back to . . sisters nearly dependent upon him. What The meeting, which was most numerously . attended, was individualsparcels of various sorts and intended for and it is arranged that Mr. Justice Coltman shall then thanks to them for the manner in which they had conducted • - -- ---• association was now renewed b e t ween th em , a nd h e professed was his condition to marry a lady by birth and education, called for 11, but the chair was not taken till 12. We can-.. various , but that it shall be lawful for the Mid- try the last thirty common • jury cases. The first special £ s. d. £ s. d. the peccadilloes of their business, notwithstanding many Company to charge a separate sum for each 0 0 0 20% not forbear calling the attention of railway companies been guilty. But would not the na which they had l per cent 40 0 0 4 to the great inconvenience and loss of time which this then resent leavethat room with the firm hospitals, and during his stay there letters of . the same the girl's mother ought not to have allowed him, circum reprehensible practice occasions both to the public and our- shareholders,,number of influential gentlemen were present. Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23% conviction that the directors had not managed the affairs ofThe cases tried yesterday in both courts were entirely nature passed between them. After this London,slanted he hismother and • ' stay in as was, - eolonial .. ...........• Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16 ., selves. If the parties had stated in their advertisement that co in The Loan MAYOR ' took the chair at twelve o'clock. After the mpany a manner becoming honourable men ?- devoid of interest to the public. and his there passing his exam in a tions, an d becoming ad• come upon terms so familiar with her daughter. Well, he Londn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 `l 7 ~ the meeting was called at 11 for 12 o'clock, the shareholdersreading the advertisement, he said the course which the hear.) Upon their own showing, they should now be milted, he contemplated establishing himself somewhere, did try to break it off-thinking it utterly hopeless, as in London .joint-Stock ••• 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 1 4 7 s and the representatives of the press 'would then have known (Hear, Railwa Comany proposed to pursue was in his opinion so Metropolitan ......... - . 25 .0 0 710 0 prepared, and in pursuance of that engagement they should' ' ' - ' WESTERN CIRCUIT.-Exeter, Thursday, July 30. teed a Mr. Cooper, of Belpen being about to resign and dis • truth it was ; and he must sa •tl • Id h 3 int it would have been how to act,. - unconstitutional, and at the same time so unjust, that he Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent 100 0 0 25 0 0 48 Mr. H. WILLIAMS having been voted into the chair, have come before the directors that day prepared to return s b i ou dbe happy to hear what those present had to say on CROWN SIDE.-(Before Mr. Baron Pievrre pose of his practice, he became the purchaser of it. He better for both if her mother had listened to the voice of Ditto, New.- ••• •• • Si. pc cent. . 10 0 0 10 0 0 19 on each share. He knew Mr. CROMBIE, the secretary, having stated that the 21. •ew that the shareholders who had the subject. Mary Anne Austin was indicted for stealing a pin, the went there, and lived in lodgings, until he finally settled reason in 1842, when the conviction of impracticability had National of Ireland .. Si. e .; cen t. 50 0 0 20 0 0 2( , ) meeting was properly constituted, and read the advertise- voted at the last meeting in favour of the winding-up of the The first business proceeded with was the reading of a Property of William Carr. with Mr. Cooper, and then took a house of his own. It forced itself upon his mind, and he first avowed it. lie did Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 2 " rnent by which the meeting had been convened , after which undertaking still held the sa me view. -(Hear, hear.) He petition to the House of Parliament, which set forth that • Ihe real state of this case is either peculiar. A man of would be shown that he there succeeded beyond his most not question that this young lady had suffered distress and itte, New••• •• •• •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 n 26 , Messrs. W. Lowe, H. Beaumont, and John Clapperton were himself was the representative of between 8,000 and 9,000 stationers, booksellers, patent medicine sellers, and others the name of John Wilson was in the band of the Coldstream sanguine expectations. He became surgeon to the union, pain at the disappointment, but he had been, at one time, as Uni on of Australia ...• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 - , li t Union of L0ud0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 's' appointed scrutineers, shame, belonging to parties living at Exeter, who London, and in the provinces, are in . the in • •Guards ;he deserted, and then took the name of William and to a number of medical clubs, and wrote to the plaintiff much attached to her as she had been to bin- His course _ Th e C H Araztvg said he need only state to them very were against the. continuance of the scheme. For habit of transmitting various articles to oblige their friends or Carr. He married a woman under that name. He enlisted from time to time to tell her so, and also that his general had been dictated by imperative necessity, founded upon ex- EIVSTSICANCE COIVIPIS.XTIES. ..--- shortly that they had met there that day for the purpose of each of those shares 2L 12s. ed. had been paid. But customers in their parcels ; that the practice had existed for in another regiment under the name of William Carr, and practice was increasing. His visits and letters however be- perience and trial. It had been said that his sister lived ...-_-- taking into consideration the propriety or otherwise of (lis• there were thousands and thousands of the shares held time immemorial, and that if the clause were allowed to pass served three yearn in Spain, and answered to the muster- coining less frequent, the young lady wrote to remonstrate with him, and if he could support her he could support a Name of Company. Dividend Amount per of Paid. P rice ' solving the Company. The report of the directors would b e by the dir ec t ors , an d t h ose w h o wou ld vote w i t h t h em , on great inconvenience and expense would be entailed up o n roll under that name. He then returned to England and with him; to which letter his reply was, that he was so w ife. O n e momen t s reflection would show them the utter • Annum. Share. __- ___.----- ______ laid before them, and they could then take their own course• which only 301. a piece had been paid.-(Hear, hear.) He them ; that it would, besides, endow railway companies gave himself u p as a deserter in his proper name of John much occupied with his increasing business. Still, however, fallacy of that proposition. Besides, it was plain that his - They were all, as a matter of course, sufficienthe aware of himself held twenty shares in thi s c om p a ny, an d he thought with the power of opening every large package, to examine its Wilson. This pin having been stolen from his wife, and she the most passionate letters were written, and this went on sister performed all the menial offices of the household, as- X s. d. X n d• „, Albion .............. W. 105 500 0 0 50 0 0 • ''., the Act of Parliament, which stated most distiuctly that they he bad a right to ask the shareholders then in the room, the contents, and to charge for every parcel it might contain, and having been married to him under the nam e of William Carr, till the year 1842, when the young lady was much annoyed sisted only by a boy, engaged also in the apothecary's shop, Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per 0 1975. cent. 100 0 0 11 0 ~,,h . 'were to limit their discussion to one object only, Th e I t greater art of ho he fdt confident were bond fide share praying that it might be expunged from the Bill. the property in the indictment was laid as being that of on receiving information of his having been seen at fleanor, and about the horses that the defendant's business required Ditto Marine... • time he had the honour of' presiding o ver a • ti holders- P " ' When the case came on, it being proved that driving ••• 6/. per cent, 100 005 0 0 , ~, Meeting (Cheers)--whetber the p ro mises which the Mr. B. TAvi.on proposed the followeng resolution ;_ William Carr. - Atlas ~...., .. ~,„ „ 13s 6d h 50 0 0 0 '"'" prs . 5 0 7 % of the shareholders they were stat- J d to havedirectors had made to them had been fulfilled, or their " That the meeting has heard with the deepestthat regret the man's real name was John W i l son , M r . B aron Platt of an innkeeper. He wrote to her an excuse fur his conduct, lion ?He told them he was embarrassed, and it was per- British r s.per share 50 0 0 50 0 ~ 3, been very desultory in their pro '. neentings Indeed, pledges redeemed?-(Cheers.) If they felt with him that great and unceasing efforts continue to be made by different directed an acquittal. The prisoner was then indicted for viz, that the young woman was a patient of his, and he fectly true that he was so. The payment of the interest of ciericeeted.&Genaere 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 o "1' on some of the points he believed, ' • Bounty ............ „ they were repre- they had not been, let them abstain from voting at all on railway companies to introduce into their Bills powers to stealing the pin, the prnperty of John Wil son , otherwise thought that a ride would do her good. He still, however, the mortgage did devolve upon him. The letter to the bro. 31. 100 0010 0 0 sorted as having been rather the rrh at d this occasion. -(Cheers.) In conclusion, he begged to enable them to open and examine the contents of all parcels known by the name of William Carr. Upon the arraignment wrote to the plaintiff in the affectionate terms of one con- th - I t d't d 1 t that even his re- ure'wn •• •• •• •• ••'• •• 10s. 50 0060 o -, ,no doubt er n ure ypu an en to i ; an , i no, .... Eagle • GA t soon soo 5 W was somewhat of an exaggeratioe,, but there were reasons propose " That this Com immediatelyd • 1 " and ' - plea of autre fors ac uit was put in, and it was contended tem 1 k • , The • •ffcould 1 • . pany do dissolve." ve. packages which may be entrusted to them for convey- a Eng.& Scot. Law -•• 3/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 270 why they were desultory. The-. of had no main point under A SHAREHOLDER-How many advertisements have you ante, on the ground that they may contain smaller parcels, for the prisoner that this was one and the same felony, und her ears to what every one was talking about all around after that, must have done so. The brother had said that he European Life .. ••• • 5% per cent 20 . . 0 0 All pa • la 20 consideration at present •; , a , that therefore the prisoner could not be again put upon her her. Her health became broken, and she had a most • •it •c A •h' • i ' wever, that was not the pu t in the Times convening this meeting ? I see but one. which ought be the subject ofcharge; that to :,oiled that they would limit The CHAIRMAN-That is the number required . by the Act meeting considers such powers, if granted, would be most and alarming illness. Her brother, who was and showed no doubt to have existed at all in his mind at Globe ••.••••• • •• •• •• 61. per cent. Stock. - 48 themselves to one cited to show that if a part was indicted for taking the goods • - Guardian .... ••••• • • • AL per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 „ ',Ant, being the Question of disco- of Parliament, unconstitutional, and would vexatiously interfere y in London himself, walking th e hospitals, on hearing that time as to the truth of his statement respecting his cir lution. Whether they - • - of A, and they turned out to be thegoods of B, ho could not of Imperial Fire .• •• •• • • 6/. and bonus 500 0050 0 0 2 1 1 e, s tirel - The SHAREHOLDER-SO you cenfined yourselves strictly with the great commercial interests of this min- , imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I "A' Y uPon f .neenselves. He believed and hoped to the number ordered by the Act of Parliament. .. try, and that, with these convictions, the meeting be afterwards tried for taking the goods of B, because it was not been near her for more than seven weeks, his mother, which he returned to her, which had excite d • 29 Indemnity 31arInc• •• • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - , most sincerelnone and the same offence. though almost a boy, thought it right to write to him, inti- some mirth, was, he thought, vory reasonable.e n . a that no one had come there for the purpose The CHAIRMAN-Certainly. cordially adopts the petition which has been read." Law -Life. 1/. SS. 100 00030 0 6 et creatin- Mr. Baron Peer said, he entertained a strong opinion aan uproar. He believed that their real intenticn The SHAREHOLDER then complained that the share Ile considered that the clause, if passed, would be a gross mating, in most becoming lenguage, that he considered his "To what strange uses may a e come Horatio ?" Legal and General Life - 50 002 0 0 6 ," was to i g‘ve the subject a calm and cool consideration. With holders had been unfairly dealt with. It was evident, he said, and unconstitutional violation of the rights of every subject that it was not the same felony, but the case in Hawkins, sister's illness occasioned by his conduct towards her, and occurred very naturally to him when he learned from that London Fire •••• • • •• 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14,1 tkat view he placed himself entirely in the hands of the that the directors did not wish the advertisement to be seen, of the realm, as it would subject every package transmitted rather staggered him, and therefore he w ou ld consult his that he was trifling with her affection-. To this the defeed • lady that her daughter's love letters to biro and his to her, London Ship •.•• • • . 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14 3 ? 0 0 1 ° ,63 shareholders. He begged to call upon Mr. Crombie, the se- lest there should be a large attendance of the shareholders by a railway to an examination by its officers-a right whi c h brother Judge. ant wrote him an answer, to the effect that man ring was written in the ardour of affection, were to be sent to that Te r d in l e nv . lit . lB; ........ 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 , Gen. Life 4%1 per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 '',, cretary, to read the report which the Committee b g dt, e ge o opposed to the continuance of the scheme. The last meeting, he considered ought not to be delegated to a private company. His Lc:rill:Gino, having returned, stat e d th a t Mr, Justice out of the question, that he was doomed to a life of celibacy, most ours mantic of mankind, an attorney-letters written National Lfiall Fund.. 5/ Per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 ,?,w,, W' sit to the meeting. at which the directors requested a large attendance, was ad- Besides, it could not fail to interfere materially with cons- Erle thought the issue of fact, whether it was one and the that he could not succeed at Belper, that he had staked his in the confidence of affection, for the perusal of Mr. Moss National 'Life .. .. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 " 7 ' Mr. CaommE then read the report, which strongly recom- vertised over and over again in the newspapers.-(llear.) coerce. Railways obtained great privileges from Parliament, same felony, ought to be tried by the jury. all upon the throw of a die, and failed ; that he was over and his clerks. His Learned Friend had said th a t now th a t palladi u m Lip, .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2/. Os• mended the shareholders to prosecute the scheme during the Mr. THOMAS HARVEY then proceeded at great length to but those privileges were obtained on the ground that grea t The attorney for the prisoner was then called, and he head and ears in embarrassment; that what little property the young lady was twenty-eight years old, all her charms Phoenix Prot 3/. p. et. & bs. - .- 20 5 (!ctor Life.... •• • 5/. pqr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. Y' next session. The report was received with loud applause. condemn the directors' conduct, and support the views taken public convenience would result from them ; but, if instead crf stated that he was present at the former trial, and that the was in his family was mortgaged, and he had to pay the in- and attractions had of course one, and she would never get Provident Life•• .• •. • • 1/. 55. 100 .0 0. 10 0 0 ' 2 ',, In answer to Mr. Sergeant GAzELEE, the Directors and by Mr. Osborne. The Company had made a most shameful that, they were found to extort money from the public in awa y prisoner was acquitted on the ground of the pin being the tc rest upon the mortgage, and it must be sold; and, in short, a husband. He hoped that his Learned Friend would not hook Life.. • • Secretary stated, that the report had becn regularly draw n arrangement with reference to the purchase of the Wade- they had no right, he apprehended the Legislature would property of John Wilson, and not of William Carr, as laid in that he was quite ruined, and his family gone down to the be mobbed as he went out of Court, because he knew that Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - ICI up by the managing committee. bridge Railway. lie also thought that the committee of prevent them from doing eo. They all knew that the p i th- the indictment• dogs, and be must go to sea as a surgeon in a ship, as a friend l a di es never at t a i ne d t o th e ac k now l e d ge d age o f t wen ty- eon Fire - < "la The CHAIRMAN having stated that he was quite prepared management had acted very improperly in going to Parlia- nary carriers, were subjected to stringent regulations and The Learned JUDGE then put it to the jury whether the of his wished him to do at once. He had ever loved Rosins eigho His Learned Friend cried out, " How very unlikely, Ditto Life .• ... • .... 11. 6s. - - 49 to take any motion that might be m a d e on th e report, m en t w ith suc h execra bl e pl ans a s they did, and to which fines, if they detained goods beyond a certain period, and Prisoner having been acquitted of stealing property belonging too well to link her to a fate of such a nature as a marriage tlemen, she was to get a husband now." He didn't see that Universal Life .• - gen Mr. OSBORNE rose and s a id th a t, i n th e remar k s w hi c h h e h a d ca ll e d th e a tt ent i on o f th e com mittee previous to were ra il wa y s t o b e exem pt e d f rom suc h prov i s i ons, an d to William Carr, and being now indicted for stealing pro- w i t h hi m i n hi s present b ro k en con di t i on. Th e yout h replied at all. He admitted that this young lady must have the ~... lie should take the lib er ty o f ma ki ng, h e s h ou l d str i ctly eon- their doing so. not to attend to the convenience of the public? Then Petty belonging to John Wilson, they were of opinion that reproachfully, but temperately,saying thathewas grieved, but ver di c t, b u t h e con fid en tly su b m itt e d t o th em th a t un d er a ll CANALS. thee himself to one subjeht, in pursuance of the Act by Mr. MASTERMAN said that he would only make again, it would prevent the diffusion of knowledge. For the felony with which the prisoner was now charged was the partially satisfied, and adding, towards the close, that his the circumstances of this case, where a mother had so en- • a Names of .. Div i den d l , •'; Dividend same of which the prisoner bad been before acquitted. conduct appeared to him to have been most base andunmanly. couraged a lad of 18, an apprentice only, to commence and . u , Price. Names of !,-; per price. 'which the meeting had been convened. ji e c o u ld not one remark upon the observations made by the many years he had been chiefly engaged in cheap periodi- Companies. ~,,, per Companies. Annum. help remarking that the conduct of the managing Ho o ble Gentleman who last spoke, and that call, - but they could not exist if there was not the facility of n ura The jury returned a verdict that it was the same felony, After the correspondence with the brother he paid a visit to get involved in this unfortunate engagement, from which he . vs. Annum. ce and provisional committees was intimately mixed was, when he acted in the capacity of secretary to this very sending them readily all over the kingdom ; if they were and therefore the prisoner was discharged. Mrs. Toplis, detailing all the story about his poverty, and, had never after been able to get himself released, the damage John Westaway was indicted for the manslaughter of Wit- in short, peremptorily breaking off the engagement. The should be very moderate indeed. The compensation sought X X up with the proceedings of that day. He confessed Company, and the statement with respect to engineer • charged a sum disproportionate to their price of carriage, leo that he felt much astonished at the report which had just ing faults was laid before the committee, they did not they must be relinquished. Philosophical societies could liam Tucker, at Torquay, on the Ist of April• young lady was out at thi s ti me fora d r i ve , w hi c h it was was for what the plaintiff had lost by his not marrying her; Ashtn& 01€11i 97 5/.55. poi 70 Afonmouthsh 100 81. 0 been read by Mr• Crombie - (Hear, Lear)-because lie had think it was of sufficient authority to induce them scarcely support the publication of their journals. Their Mr. Hpuldsworth was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. supposed would, after her illness, be of benefit, but returned if he had married her he would not have had the other lady's Asheyedea-e 113 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 33 always understood that the managing committee of thi s un - to stop proceeding with the undertaking. A 8 members are scattered over the country, an d th e m on thly Collier for the prisoner, during the conversation, when the mother said, " Here she money, unless he bad married them both. What right could B llar ;c l ; 3 t r o . k . C . 100 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - ~,o - - Heath .... •• too fn. "e dertaking was, par excellence, composed of highly honourable to the Honourable Gentleman who moved the first journals are transmitted to them through booksellers • The evidence showed that the prisoner was employed in comes, our thing, and you may tell her yourself, for I have this young lady pessioly have to dip her hand into thepocket of Is . r a k i neeeAbrg •• 150 5/. 85 ottingham. 150 12/. --,•, and respectable men, whose words were always to be depended proposition, he must say that he thought the Hon. in London, so also were presentation copies by blasting a roc% near a road at Torquay, from which it was not the heart to tell her." He then had an interview with o f the young lady who had innocently and unconsciously Cromford.... 100 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. .1`; upon and whose actions had always met with the approval Gentleman must have read the report backwards; what that authors i but if the parcels were to be broken open,_, distant seventy feet. Some part of the rock upon one of the young lady alone, who being heard by her sister to be all this become the wife of the defendant? In conclusion, Dudley ion 4/. - Regent's •• •• 33 11. ss. ''./ of those of their fellow-men who were able to distingui s h report stated was, that the Committee regretted that they and each parcel charged separately, a great, if not these explosions struck the deceased, who was on the public much distressed and sobbing, that young lady listened, he bogged of them to remember that this was a poor country Derby -•• • • 100 6L 73 Rochdale ..•• 85 41. ' between right and wrong.-(Hear, hear.) But he did not bad not the power to give to every gentleman an opportunity a total, check would be put to the diffusion road, and killed him. and would detail what passed. It amounted, however, to apothecary, making about 2001. per annum, out of which he Ellsinre&Chs 133 41. 55 Shropshire •- 125 81. a... • • 100 3 2 1. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 1 3 ? mean to say that they were deserving of the highest onto- of withdrawing from the Company if they desired it. As to of information by this means. Manuscripts, drawins inu.sic, Mr. Baron PLATT said, that these explosions so near the a rupture of the engagement. The plaintiff besought had to find drugs for the poor, to keep. at least, one if not Eyew ash dic h C • lyd 100 41. Do Lk FdSt . 12 6/. p. C. 11 . - miums that could be passed upon tbem in reference to the the complaint which had been made about the South- and small portions of philosophical apparatus requiring re- public highway were a public nuisance, and that the public that he would not go to sea, which he ultimately pro- two horses, a house over his head, a shop forming part of it, o rate te u nan too 71. - 95% surid&Wore 140 281. 2 ?,„' manner in which they bad conducted the interests of this Western Company holding shares, or buying shares, he pair in London were frequently sent in bookseller's parcels ; did not seem to understand their right& Persons were not inised, and lie also promised 'that lie would visit her and a boy. Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 2 ','," Company. Indeed, that conduct was suprising to him, be• thought that was a proof of their sincerity in but if they were charged respectively the greatest inconve- justified in committing such dangerous acts. The master again. This he never intended to do, and had never done. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, Glamoransh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 31 ' cause not many months ago in that very room they gave the matter. The shares were not bought by them for the nience and expense would be the natural result. The Go- who employed a party to do such an act was as much amen- , The effect produced upon her was a very serious illness, 'The jury deliberated for a very few minutes, and then re•• illstr&Brkly , 00 - - Strtfrd en Av 79 11. 10s. Grantham 26 11. Bs. 3 expression to opinions the very reverse of those which they Purpose of dissolving the Company, but for the p ur pose o f vernment, in adopting cheap postage, took an exactly oppo- able as the man wha by his own hand committed it. A high- extending over a long time. If he had broken his engage- turned a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages, 2COL Iluddcrsfield. 57 - - NVye Rail.] bad now expressed in their report. In three months those keeping it on. It could not be, therefore, that they were site direction.-eliear, hear.) When the Government had way was for the accommodation of the publid, and he who merit at an earlier period when she was still in the bloom of - twilit &Avu 39, 7s. 6d. 9% Tnit&lllr-1 -- gentlemen could blow both h o t an d cold. On th e 30th of prompted by any any desire to snake money by their trans- done this, and conferred a benefit upon the country, was invaded the safety of that highway was guilty of a nuisance, her youth, there might be something to be said ; but here he Lancaster ... 47 1/. 10s. - my, IA slt. 3 50 301. April last they met in that room, and said they should feel action. He assured them that there was but ono feeling on it to be tolerated that companies desirous of obtaining army and rendered himself liable to punishment. had deluded this poor girl for no less than six or seven years, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Leeds& Li - 17p 100 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - most happy if it was in their power to wind up the affairs of the part of the directors, which was, to do the best they nopoly should have the power to break open packages, and, The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him making offers to two or three other women, whilst he was MARLBOROUGII-STREET. Leicester ...• 140 10/. 105 Worcstr 81 44 78 21. Leicstr &Nth, 83, 4/. 60 Birming. 1 i this Compa n y ; and now that Parliament had given them the could to promote the interests of the shareholders. unlike the Post-office, where letters were charged to mercy. professing the most devoted attachment to her; and at last, EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH AND Lotiabboroghll42l 701. 850 Wilts & Bike 67 11. - • Comzi, according to their weight, and quite irrespective of tha Mr. Baron PLATS, in addressing the prisoner, who was in 11144. marrying one of them because she liannened to have . 7 1 , 77 . 7 11 1 • power, tbey stated that they should be most hannv to proceed In answer to a question put by Mr, _ not vote at all on this occasion, for it was high time for them to see if they could not adopt some other steps by which the whole of the directors proceedings might be fairly and openly exposed, with the view of obtaining redress in another tribunal.—(Cheers.) Had the whole of the deposits been paid up there should now have been in the hands of the directors a clear balance of 247,2631, and, in accordance with the undertaking of the directors, they should now have come forward and stated that they recommended the instant dissolution of the Company and the divison of the balance in hand amongt the shareholders. They might then, with some reason, have called upon the shareholders to express their thanks to them for the manner in which they had conducted their business, notwithstanding the many peccadilloes of which they had been guilty. But would not the bond fide shareholders then present leave that room with the firm conviction that the directors had not managed the affairs of the Company in a manner becoming honourable men ? (Hear, hear.) Upon their own showing, they should now be prepared, and in pursuance of that engagement they should have come before the directors that day prepared to return 21. on each share. He knew that the shareholders who had voted at the last meeting in favour of the winding-up of the undertaking still held the same view. —(Hear, hear.) He himself was the representative of between 8,000 and 9,000 shame, belonging to parties living at Exeter, who were against the continuance of the scheme. For each of those shares 2/. 12s. ed. had been paid. But there were thousands and thousands of the shares held by the directors, and those who would vote with them, on which only 30s. a piece bad been paid.—( Hear, hear.) He himself held twenty shares in this Company, and he thought he bad a right to ask the shareholders then in the room, the greater part of whom he felt confident were bond fide share holders—(Cheers)—whether the promises which the directors had made to them had been fulfilled, or their pledges redeemed ?—(Cheers.) If they felt with him that they had not been, let them abstain from voting at all on this occasion. —(Cheers.) In conclusion, be begged to propose—" That this Company do immediately dissolve." A SHAREHOLDER—HOW many advertisements have you put in the Times convening this meeting ? I see but one. The CHAIRMAN—That is the number required by the Act of Parliament, The SHAREHOLDER—SO you confined yourselves strictly to the number ordered by the Act of Parliament. The CHAlRMAN—Certainly. The SHAREHOLDER then complained that the share holders had been unfairly dealt with. It was evident, he said, that the directors did not wish the advertisement to be seen, lest there should be a large attendance of the shareholders opposed to the continuance of the scheme. The last meeting, at which the directors requested a large attendance, was ad vertised over and over again in the newspapers.---(Hear.) Mr. THO3IAS HARVEY then proceeded at great length to condemn the directors' conduct, and support the views taken by Mr. Osborne. The Company had made a most shameful arrangement with reference to the purchase of the Wade bridge Railway. lie also thought that the committee of management had acted very improperly in going to Parlia ment with such execrable plans as they did, and to which be had called the attention of the committee previous to their doing so. Mr. MASTERMAN said that he would only make one remark upon the observations made by the Honourable Gentleman who last spoke, and that was, when he acted in the capacity of secretary to this very Company, and the statement with respect to englneer • ing faults was laid before the committee, they did not think it was of sufficient authority to induce them to stop proceeding with the undertaking. As to the Ilonourable Gentleman who moved the first proposition, he must say that he thought the Hon. Gentleman must have read the report backwards; what that report stated was, that the Committee regretted that they bad not the power to give to every gentleman an opportunity of withdrawing from the Company if they desired it. As to the complaint which had been made about the South- Western Company holding shares, or buying shares, lie thought that was a proof of their sincerity in the matter. The shares were not bought by them for the purpose of dissolving the Company, but for the purpose of keeping it on. It could not be, therefore, that they were prompted by any any desire to make money by their trans action. He assured them that there was but ono feeling on the part of the directors, which was, to do the best they could to promote the interests of the shareholders. In answer to a question put by Mr. Comzr, Mr. FARQUAIIAR, the solicitor to the company, stated that the argreement entered into between the company and the South-Western would be no bar to the dissolution of the Company. In answer to a question put by Mr. COHEN, Mr. CROMBIE, the secretary to the Company, said the company were in no way cognizant, or in any way connected with the purchase of shares. Mr. FAIIQUAHAR also reiterated the fact, and said that he had no communication whatever with any person in the pur chase of shares. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that he would be perfectly ready to hand over his shares if the Company wished to become possessed of them. He was at a loss to know for what rea sons the Company would wish to buy shares, except for two reasons, one of which was a laudable desire to prosecute the line, or the other an endeavour to shield from inquiry any of their actions. He thought he could discern a motive why some parties should be anxious to screen themselves from inquiry in the transaction relating to the purchase of the Wadebridge and Bodmin Railway, by which the holders of shares, worth only eleven shillings, had received from this purchase the sum of fifty-six pounds. The CHAIRMAN said that the Hon. Gentleman was led into a most gross error respecting the purchase of the Wadebridge Railway. In the first place, the railway was desired by the Great Western Company, and they wished the Committee of the House of Lords to insert a clause in the Bill, making it compulsory upon us to sell that line to them, which had been refused, and that the line at present yielded a return of 700/. a year. Mr. D. ¶V. HARVEY thanked the chairman for his inter ruption, in order to set him right upon this subject. The real question was whether this company was, or was not, to be dissolved ; and he would say, upon that sub ject, that whatever might be the value of this line, there were a number of persons present who had not perhaps the possession of that far-seeing cepa- . city which should always distinguish the directors of a company, and who wished to hard over this valuable line to those who were willing to carry it on. He thought the meeting should know something of the situation of the Company, and what would be the actual position of the par ties should the company now be called upon to dissolve. ,The SECRETARY said he would give the Hon. Member the information he required. He then gave the different items of expenditure of the Company between the 29th April last, and the 31st of July. Mr. D. W. HARVEY then went on at considerable length to call upon the directors to deal fairly and honourably with the shareholders. If any member of the direction would say that he would give him 2/. 2s. for his shares, he should have them, but if they did not do so within a week, he would not consent to any such arrangement, and would be prepared to lay down five shillings upon each of his shares, to make a common fund for the purpose of taking proceedings by which they would be enabled to recover the whole amount of the deposits back again from the Company. He conluded by moving that a committee of the shareholders should be appointed for the purpose of in quiring into the accounts of the Company. Mr. CHAPMAN, one of the directors, vindicated himself and his brother directors from any charges which might be brought against them, either with reference to jobbing in shares, or in the purchase of the Wadebridge Railway. He pro posed that a committee should be appointed, who would con fer with the directors upon this subject, buthe thought that it was not quite regular or legal to propose the resolution. The CHAIRMAN said that he did not think the question should be put, the Act was very explicit on the subject, and enacted that no business should be carried on at such meet ings except as far as regarded the question of dissolution or non-dissolution. A meeting of the shareholders in this Ce,mpany was held, RA, twelve o'clock on Saturday, a the London Tavern, for the :purpose of taking into considirtstion the propriety or other wise of proceeding w ith thi s scheme (which our readers may be aware was thrown out before the Committee on Standing Orders on a slight technical error) during the next session of Parliament. The meeting, which was most numerously . attended, was called for 11, but the chair was not taken till 12. We can not forbear calling the attention of railway companies to the great inconvenience and loss of time which this reprehensible practice occasions both to the public and our selves. If the parties had stated in their advertisement that the meeting was called at 11 for 12 o'clock, the shareholders and the representatives of the press would then have known bow to act. Mr. H. WILLIAMS having been voted into the chair, Mr. CROIVIBIE, the secretary, having stated that the meeting was properly constituted, and read the advertise ment by which the meeting had been convened, after which Messrs. W. Lowe, H. Beaumont, and John Clapperton were appointed scrutineers, The Cneanemare said he need only state to them very shortly that they had met there that day for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety or otherwise of dis• solving the Company. The report of the directors would be laid before them, and they could then take their own course. They were all, as a matter of course, sufficienas aware of the Act of Parliament, which stated most distiuctiy that they were to limit their discussion to one object only. The last time he had the honour of presiding ove r a meeting of the shareholders they were s t ated to haveg been very desultory in their protee'lings. Indeed, on some of the points he believed, they were repre sented as having been rather uproeap lis. T hat, no doubt, was somewhat of an exaggerathe but there were reasons why they were desultory. T he-, , had no main p o i n t un d er consideration at present ; eowever, that Ws not the case, and be sincerly 'eoped that they would limit themselves to one ',saint, bein g th e ques ti on o f disso lution. Whether they were uproarious depended en tirely upon f ea .- eenselves. He believed and hoped most sincerer- that no one had come there for the purpose of creatinr.3 an uproar. He believed that their real intention wee to give the subject a calm and cool consideration. With tfeet view he placed himself entirely in the hands of the * shareholders. He begged to call upon Mr. Crombie, the se cretary, to read the report which the Committee begged to Prevent to the meeting. Mr. CROMBIZ then read the report, which strongly recom mended the shareholders to prosecute the scheme during the next session. The report was received with loud applause. In answer to Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE, the Directors and Secretary stated, that the report had been regularly drawn up by the managing committee. The CHAIRMAN having stated that he was quite prepared to take any motion that might be made on the report, Mr. OSBORNE rose and said that, in the remarks which he should take the liberty of making, he should strictly eon line himself to one subje&, in pursuance of the Act by which the meeting had been convened. He could not help remarking that the conduct of the managing and provisional committees was intimately mixed up with the proceedings of that day. He confessed that he felt much astonished at the report which had just been read by Mr. Crombie—(Hear, hear)—because he had always understood that the managing committee of this un dertaking was, par excellence, composed of highly honourable and respectable men, whose words were always to be depended upon, and whose actions had always met with the approval of those of their fellow-men who were able to distinguish between right and wrong.—(Hear, hear.) But he did not mean to say that they were deserving of the highest enco miums that could be passed upon tbem in reference to the manner in which they had conducted the interests of this Company. Indeed, that conduct was suprising to him, be- cause not many months ago in that very room they gave expression to opinions the very reverse of those which they bad now expressed in their report. In three months those gentlemen could blow both hot and cold. On the 30th of April last they met in that room, and said they should feel most happy it it was in their power to wind up the affairs of this Company; and now that Parliament had given them the power, tbey stated that they should be most h a ppy t o p r oce e d with the scheme in the next session of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) But they had not furnished to the shareholders any reasons for this extraordinary change in their opinions. Looking at the circumstances that had recently taken place, aad 'looking also at the fact that many parishes were deeply interested in retaining so large a sum of money as that now in the hands of the Committee, the shareholders might, however, take for granted what were the reasons which prompted the directors to recommend the continuance of the scheme. And that notion the sharehol ders might form without being deemed very uncharitable to wards the gentlemen on the board of management. It might be said, why didhe notanimadvert on the reportof the3oth of April at the time it was laid before the shareholders? but, in reply to that, he had to state that he had not then time to peruse it. In that report the Committee stated that, after con sulting the highest legal authorities en the subject, they had unanimously come to the resolution of recommending the dissolution of the Company. The Chairman, at the last meeting, said (and he would wish the shareholders to understand that he sat opposite to the chairman, and took down his words), that it would be a desirable thing if the Company had the power of dis solving.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Osborne) put it to the meeting whether, if that really were the serious opinion of the chairman and directors in April last, they could honestly and consistently come forward now amid ask the Company for their sanction to the continuance of the scheme? What tight had they, after the Opinions which they had expressed at the last meeting, now to come before the Company and ask for that sanction?-- (Hear, hear.) They then stated that they regretted they had not the power to wind up the affairs of the Company ; but now, when that power was granted to them--when an express Act of Parliament was passed investing them with that power, the Chair man and the committee came forward, and, without as signing any reason, stated that it would be best not to dis solve, but to continue the scheme. Under these circum stances he (Mr. Osborne) would ask the meeting whether he had not a right to say that the gentlemen of the committee, whoever they might be, had not kept good faith with, had not, in fact, dealt honestly towards a large body of the shareholders?—(Cheers.) Why should the share holders now put confidence in the recommendations of those gentlemen—why should they take it for granted that they had been actuated by honest motives, when they drew up this their last report?—(Cheers.) Why should they assume that the affairs of the company had been managed so honestly that no one could "pick a hole" in their doings? They were told by the printed statement before them, that the amount of deposits issued was, in the gross, 296,708 L 11s. 9d., but from that sum there were several large deductions. There was the large sum of 33,556/. to defray the expenses of solicitors, engineers, &c., .up to the present time. And first, there was the large sum pt 13,823/. for doing what? For absolutely doing nothing__ (Hear, hear)—for absolutely doing mischief. He alluded to what had been done in the way of surveying.—(Hear, hear.) Indeed, the line was so badly surveyed, and so great were the deficiencies in the plans, &c., that to have brought them before the House of Commons, they "could not hold water" for one hour, and yet they were called upon to pay 13,823/. tor surveying the line, and also to express their most sincere thanks to the directors for the excellent manner in which they had conducted the concerns of the Company. —(Her, hear.) The next charge was 2,0001. for the London solicitor's expenses. Now he did not exactly understand what was the proper remuneration to a London solicitor for the amount of work done for this Company during the last six or nine months; but, for his own part, he should most certainly not object to receive such a s u m f or the same business. He s h ou ld consider the solicitor fortunate. —(Hear, hear.) He was not disposed to split hairs in these matters, but he must say that in his opinion that 2,000/. to one individual was a larger sum than the shareholders of this Company ought to be charged with. But it was not the London solicitor alone that had a share in the funds of this Company.—(Hear, hear.) There was no less a sum than 4,000/. charged for country solicitors and agents, for doing what he should wish to be informed. Why, it was no wonder that these gentlemen were so anxious to carry on the scheme, when there was the probability of such a rich harvest as this before their. Ile was not at all surprised when be heard of their purchasing scrip for the purpose of enabling them to vote for the continuance of the scheme.—(Hear, hear.) For the Parliamentary agents there was a charge of 4,8091. What had been done for that sum he was not pre pared to say, but he thought it was a vast deal of money to pay for getting the scheme of the Company thrown out on the standing orders. He thought he had a right to appeal to the shareholders and ask them whether it was reasonable to call upon them to pay such a large amount of money for getting their project thrown out of Parlirment. Besides, there was no chance of this Bill ever being carried. --(Cries of " Yes, yes," and " No, no.") Did the share holders anticipate that thirty shillings would be returned to them on each share ? But the directors had their money in their hands, and they could do as they pleased; they could say "We have a sufficient number of votes here to-day on our side, and you may, therefore, grumble as you please," The shareholders would get no satisfaction.—(Hear, bear.) There was yet remaining in the pockets of the directors the sum of 78,111/. 7s. 10d. belonging to this Company. He would nowapproach a subject which he must say had created in his mind a great deal of uneasiness. He did not wish to express himself in harsh language, but he felt so strongly upon the topic that he was about to allude to, that he was afraid he should in- advertently make use of very strong language; if he should, he hoped the meeting would forgive him A large number of shares had been purchased lately, to the amount of many thousands, at a given marketable price, by parties who appeared to be the agents of some company or some individuals who had a large interest in the success of this undertaking. This took place at Exeter. Thou sands of shares had been purchased by those individuals at 303. a pi ece. A man ca l led upbn him to purchase some at the same rate, but when asked who were the parties that had employed him, said, "I must not tell." A DI tt smo lt broker does that; it's quite absurd. Mr. OSBOR.SE-No if those sh ares h a d b een purc h ase d by the committee of m% The SECRETARY•••Th n ey ag i=tj t. Mr. Osnoßmt—Or by agents for them, or by the South- Western Company, or the Amalgamation Companies, he would then ask the shareholders t o l oo k at the position in which they were placed. He would suppose tbatit) tlemen had employed their agents to purchase thosoesearis. at 30s. each, whilst those very gentlemen had receiveda 21. 12s. 6d. for every share. What then must they think of their conduct? Mr. MASTERMAN (a director)— The managing committee have purchased no shares whatever. The SECRETARY — They have not purchased a single share. Mr. OSBORNE did not say they had, but he believed that he should not subject himself to the charge of uncharitableness if he said that he believed that those shares had been purchased with the knowledge, consent,_ and approval, of those gentle men, and also of the South-Western Company ; for be believed the South-Western Company to be at the bottom of this matter.— (Hear, hear.) But the fact was too stro n g to be disputed that those shares had been purchased at thirty shillings a piece. He would venture to say that by far a greater part of those gentlemen then in the room, and alo e of those who auth or i se d the directors to vote in their nam e in favour of the continuance of the scheme, were those who had purchased their shares at 30s. a piece. The very shares %rat had been purchased in the discreditable manner to which he had alluded would be turned that day against the other shareholders, who had gives 21. 12s. 6d. a piece for their shares.—(Loud cheers.) The directors, inconsistent as was theii conduct with regard to the project, cared not for that, because they knew that they could carry what motions they pleased. But was it right that these things should be done? Was it possible to reconcile for one moment such conduct with plain, straightforward, down right English conduct?— (Loud cheers.) Must there not be some interested motive that had induced them so rapidly to change their opinions?—(Hear, hear.) Were there not some strong reasons that had tempted them to recommend the continuance of the scheme? His honest Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that his opinion was that the meeting could be adjourned, and that the shareholders could call another meeting and appoint a chairman, and then pro pose any resolution they pleased. He hoped, therefore, that the shareholders would not leave the room until a committee had been appointed in accordance with his resolution. Mr. Sergeant GAZ KLEE considered that the construction of the clause was such as to admit of the resolution of Mr. D. W. Harvey being put to the meeting. Mr. D. W. lIARVEY said that if his amendment was car ried it would be accomplishing both purposes—the dissolution would not be carried, and that the meeting would be ad journed for six months, and in the mean time the com mittee would he performing their duties. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to put the resolution, hay- ing declined to put the amendment. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE then claimed to be heard upon the original resolution. He said that he had assisted in the formation of the line, under the impression that the scheme was supported to a considerable extent; but he found that the case was not so, and he wished to withdraw his name at once from the list of the provisional committee, and to re move from all responsibility which might attach to him. in consequence of his connexion with the Company. He contended that the company had no right whatever either to go to Parliament and oppose the Cornwall lines as they had done, or to pay a single sixpence for their engineering sur veys. He thought that actions should almost have been brought against the surveyors for their gross neglect in pre paring the plans of the Company for deposit. He should make his bow to the Company, and protect himself from all responsibility upon the subject; he had never before signed his name as a provisional committeeman, sad he would never do so again. In answer to a question put by a shareholder, Mr. bIASTERMAN said, that a considerable bulk of the money released from the hands of the Accountant• General was lent out to the South-Western Company at an interest of 3* per cent., the remainder was out upon personal se curity, and he did not feel at liberty to give up the names of the parties, but the Committee were responsible for the whole of that amount. Mr. BIGO spoke in favour of the amendment of Mr. D. W. Harvey, and thought that the directors should not shelter themselves behind the triple breastwork of an Act of Parliament, He would, for himself, refuse to vote at all on the original motion. After a few words from Mr. OSBORNE, he agreed to with draw the motion he had put. Mr. MAsTaumArr, one of the directors, said that he made a proposition to his brother directors, which had been unanimously agreed to by them, the result of which was that the directors declined to vote upon the present question. . . . . By that proceeding, therefore, he thought the directors would give an assuranee to the shareholders of their disinterested ness, and their desire to do everything to satisfy the body of shareholders. Mr. D. W. llar;vsy thought the shareholders should not allow themselves to be carried away by the announcement of the directors, that they could not vote upon the present oc casion, because the directors had power to call another meet ing if there were but a dozen votes recorded to-day. In the midst of the most tremendous confusion, The Cliainstax was proceeding to put the question of dis solution, when Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said there was no question of that nature before the meeting. try, and that, with these convictions, the meeting cordially adopts the petition which has been read." Ile considered that the clause, if passed, would be a gross and unconstitutional violation of the rights of every subject of the realm, as it would subject every package transmitted by a railway to an examination by its officers—a right which he considered ought not to be delegated to a private company. Besides, it could not fail to interfere materially with com merce. Railways obtained great privileges from Parliament, but those privileges were obtained on the ground that great public convenience would result from them ; but, if instead of that, they were found to extort money from the public in a way they had no right, he apprehended the Legislature would prevent them from doing so. They all knew that the ordi nary carriers, were subjected to stringent regulations and tines, if they detained goods beyond a certain period, and were railways to be exempted from such provisions, and not to attend to the convenience of the public? Then again, it would prevent the diffusion of knowledge. For man years he had been chiefly engaged in cheap periodi cals,-but they could not exist if there was not the facility of sending them readily all over the kingdom ; if they were charged a sum disproportionate to their price of carriage, they must be relinquished. Philosophical societies could scarcely support the publication of their journals. Their members are scattered over the country, and the monthly journals are transmitted to them through booksellers in London, so also were presentation copies by authors ; but if the parcels were to be broken open,_ and each parcel charged separately, a great, if not a total, check would be put to the diffusion of information by this means. Manuscripts, drawings, music, and small portions of philosophical apparatus requiring re pair in London were frequently sent in bookseller's parcels; but if they were charged respectively the greatest inconve nience and expense would be the natural result. The Go , Vernment, in adopting cheap postage, took an exactly oppo site direction.—(Hear, hear.) When the Government had done this, and conferred a benefit upon the country, was it to be tolerated that companies desirous of obtaining a mo• nopoly should have the poser to break open packages, and, unlike the Post-office, where letters were charged according to their weight, and quite irrespective of the quantity of their contents, to charge for each parcel, supposing there were a number separately? He cordially concurred in the sentiments of the petition and the resolution, and would do his best to call the attention of Members of Parliament to the subject.---(Cheers.) Mr. STONEMAN seconded the motion. He considered that the clause would not affect booksellers alone, but every one engaged in business, as it would confine transactions between parties. If it was annoying to have the seal of one's letter broken in its progress through the Post office, it was equally annoying, if not more so, to have one's parcels broken open, and perhaps the private commu nications it contained perused. This he apprehended would be the effect of it, and if one company obtained the power others would not be slow to imitate their example. They had, therefore, taken a step in the right direction, and should call upon their representatives to watch narrowly that such objectionable clauses are not introduced into other railway Bills. If a package contained fifty parcels it ought to be inviolable to all, save the consigner and consignee. Besides, the company could not be defrauded, because they charged by weight. They liked small parcels on account of being enabled to charge more for agency.—(Hear.) Parcels would be examined by the servants of a railway, as if they were Custom-house officers. Manu facturers were in the habit of sending a number of patterns to their customers, which were made up in one large parcel, and were delivered frequently by an agent, and frequently half-a-dozen persons in a town had books through the hands of the booksellers, who received them in one parcel from London, with both of which the clause would interfere and prevent. He could characterise the power thus sought to be obtained as nothing less than a gross and tyrannous monopoly.—(Hear.) The motion was then carried unanimously. Mr. RIDDLE proposed the next resolution—" That the Ri ;lit Hon. Lord John Russell be requested to present the petition of this meeting to the House of Commons, and to report the prayer thereof." The clause would, in his opinion, bring destruction to the bookselling and stationery trade. Mr. E. WILSON seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. During this visit he wrote to her a very fervent letter, pro fessing his attachment. This she answered as a young lady well brought up would answer such a letter, telling him to avoid such compliments for the future as were therein lavished. On the return of the young lady to West-hill, the engagement was arranged with the con sent of all parties, and he visited afterwards at the house as one engaged to be married to her, and was received by the mother and family almost as one of its members. In 1837 he went to Edinburgh to pursue his professional studies, and it was agreed that they should write to each other every month. He passed two years in Edinburgh, and then came back to Heanor, where his friends resided. The intimate association was now renewed between them, and he professed and exhibited, if possible, still more affectionate regard than before. He shortly afterwards went to London to walk the hospitals, and during his stay there letters of the same nature passed between them. After this stay in London, and his there passing his examinations, and becoming ad• mitted, he contemplated establishing himself somewhere, and a Mr. Cooper, of Belper, being about to resign and dis • pose of his practice, he became the purchaser of it. He went there, and lived in lodgings, until he finally settled with Mr. Cooper, and then took a house of his own. It would be shown that he there succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations. He became surgeon to the union, and to a number of medical clubs, and wrote to the plaintiff from time to time to tell her so, and also that his general practice was increasing. His visits and letters however be coming less frequent, the young lady wrote to remonstrate with him; to which letter his reply was, that he was so much occupied with his increasing business. Still, however, the most passionate letters were written, and this went on till the year 1842, when the young lady was much annoyed on receiving information of his having been seen at Heanor, driving up and down in a gig a young woman, the daughter of an innkeeper. He wrote to her an excuse fur his conduct, viz., that the young woman was a patient of his, and he thought that a ride would do her good. He still, however, wrote to the plaintiff in the affectionate terms of one con templatktg a marriage. The plaintiff could no longer shut her ears to what every one was talking about alt around her. Her health became broken, and she had a most serious and alarming illness. Iler brother, who was in London himself, walking the hospitals, on hearing of his sister's illness, and that the defendant had not been near her for more than seven weeks, though almost a boy, thought it right to write to him, inti mating, in most becoming lenguage, that be considered his sister's illness occasioned by his conduct towards her, and that he was trifling with her affection-. To this the defesd - ant wrote him an answer, to the effect that marl wing was out of the question, that he was doomed to a life of ce libacv, that he could not succeed at Belper, that he had staked his all upon the throw of a die, and failed ; that he was over head and ears in embarrassment; that what little property was in his family was mortgaged, and he had to pay the in rest upon the mortgage, and it must be sold ; and, in short, that he was quite ruined, and his family gone down to the I dogs, and he must go to sea as a surgeon in a ship, as a friend of his wished him to do at once. He had ever loved Rosins too well to link her to a fate of such a nature as a marriage with him in his present broken condition. The youth replied reproachfully, but temperately,saying that he was grieved, but partially satisfied, and adding, towards the close, that his conduct appeared to him to have been most base andunmanly. After the correspondence with the brother he paid a visit to Mrs. Toplis, detailing all the story about his poverty, and, in short, peremptorily breaking off the engagement. The young lady was out at this time for a drive, which it was supposed would, after her illness, be of benefit, but returned during the conversation, when the mother said, " Here she comes, poor thing, and you may tell her yourself, for I have not the heart to tell her." He then had an interview with the young lady alone, who being heard by her sister to be much distressed and sobbing, that young lady listened, and would detail what passed. It amounted, however, to a rupture of the engagement. The plaintiff besought that he would not go to sea, which he ultimately pro mised, and he also promised 'that he would visit her again. 'rids he never intended to do, and had never done. The effect produced upon her was a very serious illness, extending over a long time. If he had broken his engage ment at an earlier period when she was still in the bloom of her youth, there might be something to be said ; but here he had deluded this poor girl fur no less than six or seven years, making offers to two or three other women, whilst he was professing the most devoted attachment to her; and at last, in 1844, marrying one of them because she happened to have some money. The Learned Counsel here read portions of some of the very numerous letters, observing that his friend could have all of them if he pleased, or any that he chose. The first letter read was of the llth October, 1836. In this he spoke of his ardent hopes that "you will one day repay me by being mine ;" "if steadiness and perseverance, my Rd-sine;" "do not write a guarded and circumspect answer," &c. This she answered on the 21st—" My dear friend;" favourably, but warning him against any more such flowery compliments—" very sincerely, Rosina Sarah Toplis." In November,lB37, he wrote from Edinburgh every good letter, descriptive of his journey, &c., with " deprived of your sweet society ;" "thoughts revert to home and West-hill," &c. He had attained the age of 21 before he went to Edinburgh. On the 20th November, 1837, she replied to the last, "My dear Richard," &c., and a great number of letters on his part, of a very ardent nature, and on hers sufficiently so, were interchanged during the stay in Edinburgh. After his return to Heanor, she went again on a visit to Nottingham, when he wrote to her a letter dated September 6, 1840, con taining "Our mutual happiness," "My own," &c, " It was the wild and ardent dream of my youth, and it is the en during ;" "would that, &c., and then a week would make vou my own," &c. Then came some others, and after he went to London, one on December 31, 1840 :—" For that one ob ject;" "your dear company ;" " it will conduce so much to our eventual happiness ;" " dearest and best beloved ;" " I can never forget the sweet sympathising;" "Dearest Reside, my life is quite a cheerless existence without you;" " my re ward," Pic. He was at this time about to go up for his ex amination. The 3d February, 1841, " Rest assured," &c. The Bth March, " I remain, my dearest love, as ever ; that I am still without the possession of all that's dear to me." In July, 1841, she went on a visit to her aunt's at Shef field, after which he renewed his promises, and mentions " bright scenes of happiness with you, love," four lines of poetry, and " some not far distant day." In Oc tober, 1841, he wrote an excuse about driving the lady in the gig at Heanor, and said that his resolution was that his next visit should be to the plaintiff alone. On the 18th of October, she wrote to him a somewhat severely re proachful but not unmerited letter—" Very much hurt ; had heard it from some one else; should have thought that he had trifled with her feelings long enough, and now remain, my own dear Richard, yours truly," &e. In letter of 4th of March, 1842, lie thanks her for some little present, and ex cused his diminished number and length of letters, and min,ber of visits; he had "hardly time to eat; illness all around him ; election of surgeons for the union, and he was a candidate." Next letter—" progressing in his business"— " been appointed to union contrary to his highest expecta tions, though only resident for two years"—" to adorn the cottage that some day ere long will be the residence of my Rosina," &c. The next letter, however, shortly afterwards, was ominous—" The early advent of that periol depended not so much on him as on some one else who had not yet figured on the stage," but concluded, 'syour faithful and affectionate ;" and it was at this time that he was proposing marriage to another person. On the 25th of March she writes, referring to the passage just stated, expressing her surprise, saying she knew of no one who could have a right, or to whose interest it could be to interfere, and beseeching him to tell her everything and be as candid as she was, and adds that it was ,now three months since she had seen him, and they were only seven miles apart, and she heard a good deal that was very unpleasant to her to hear. His reply still spoke of " the ardent !and continued desire of her ardently and devotedly attached," &c. Shortly after this the mask began to be removed, by the representations about failure, ruin, and going to the dogs, and then to sea, and then the farce aboutahe examining of the books. On the 25th of November he wrote, not to her, but to her mother, "Dear Madam, will you be kind enough to let me know how our dear Rosina is ?" On the 6th of December the brother wrote to him " Dear Richard," upon hearing from home of the illnessof his sister, speaking of the opportunity;it afforded him to be explicit, and telling bins that these disappointments must occasion these repeated illnesses. On the 20th of De cember the defendant replied, " Dear, Robert, I am not at all surprised to hear from you"—with great propriety of delicacy—" I have risked my all upon the hazard of the c as t, and I have lost—utterly ruined, &c„ and going to sea. There is no other censure to be cast upon me beyond the blame of being unsuccessful and unfortunate. I have ever loved Rosina too well to link her to a destiny of misfortune," &s. The brother's letter of the 19th ofJanuary, 184.3, "Sir," speaks of his sister's severe illness, which he believed his conduct towards her had mainly caused, says that he had managed to make her miserable, and continued very naturally in reproachful tenour and terms throughout. On the 18th of February, 1843, he wrote to this poor girl the decisive epistle which commenced with " My dear Rosina,—lt is useless any longer to hope against hope. I have ever loved you fondly and faithfully. I hoped to have overpowered my embarrass ments, but they have overpowered me instead. lam surrounded by them, which are yearly, monthly, and hourly increasing, &c. from this earthly state —oh the last three years such another— a home on the waters. No other alternative but to resign. I have injured you, and hope for your forgiveness," &c. And now, gentlemen (said Mr. Whitehurst), you may picture to yourself the state of this young lady on receipt of this most cruel epistle, breaking off, as it was intended to do, alto gether, the engagement which had subsisted for seven years with a man upon whom, during that time, her warmest affections had been bestowed. Her answer stated, " I cannot resign you on such grounds as you give me; nor shall I ever—certainly not for poverty. During these seven or eight years, forgive se for now saying I have had other opportunities, and have never listened to any one. You say that you have injured me: you have, but I forgive you, and cannot resign you." He after this came over, and the final interviews, first with the mother, and then with the daughter, took place as above described. Her letter of the 7th of March further stated—" Do not, I implore you, go to sea, if you have any regard for my life. lam not ambitious ; a small income will do, and I am not above contributing to it. If Belper will not do you can try some other place," &c. To this there was no answer, and he should show them that at this time he was making an offer to another young lady, with a considerable fortune—with a fortune of 6,0001. or 7,0001. ; but the clergyman who had become the husband of that lady's sister had heard of his engagement with Miss Toplis, and objected to bins on that and other grounds, and so he was in that quarter refused. A year and a half after wards, at Midsummer, 1844, he wrote a letter beginning " To Miss Toplis," stating that he was destined never to alter his condition of a dreary life of celibacy, and that the correspondence which was now of ancient date, should be mutually returned for the sake of etiquette, and that such was the " general rule," &c. No answer being re turned to this he wrote again to the young lady in Aug_ u._st, beginning " Dear Madam," and saying that lie supposed she had not received his last, and reiterating what he had said before. These letters, the mothe r, from re g ard to the fed 'rigs of her child, opened and withheld from her. In the i month of October a packet of letters was put into the hands of Mrs. Toplis, while she was at the tea-table with friends present, and she placed it under the cushion of the sofa for the time, and afterwards opened it, and found it to contain her daughter's letters to the defendant. She then wrote a note to him, dated the 26th of October, 1544, acknowledging the receipt of them, mildly reproaching him, and apprising him that they had been forwarded to her legal adviser, to take such measures in respect of them as he might recom mend, and when lie might deem the most fit time. This was probably intended to offer him a locus pcenitentive. He however, wrote across it in large letters, "To what strange uses may we not come, Horatio!" and in such state returned it to her by post. The Learned Counsel then stated that the young lady was not rich, but possessed charms and attractions which, during the long course of years of the plaintiff's basely trifling with her, - as he had chosen to do, would have procured her a settlement in life, honourable to herself and her family; and no a mount of damages that th e y cou ld awar d could restore her, though she was of a happy an d contente d di sposition, to that state of mind which she had previously enjoyed. The Learned Counsel then called the mother of the plain tiff and seve ra l o th er w i tnesses , w h o gave evidence corrobo rating the statements he had made in his address to the jury. Mr. HITAIFIZZY then proceeded to address the jury on be half of the defend a nt. This unfortunate engagement had begun between boy and girl, when his client was about eighteen purl 91•1 (very nearly 20 ), gm win the maw WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, Thursday, July 30. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron Pistrr.) Mary Anne Austin was indicted for stealing a pin, the property of William Carr. The real state of this case is rather peculiar. A man of the name of John Wilson was in the band of the Coldstream Guards; he deserted, and then took the name of William Carr. He married a woman under that name. He enlisted in another regiment under the name of William Carr, and served three Meals in Spain, and answered to the muster roll under that name. He then returned to England and gave himself up as a deserter in his proper name of John Wilson. This pin having been stolen from his wife, and she having been married to him under the name of William Carr, the property in the indictment was laid as being that of William Carr. When the case came on, it being proved that the man's real name was John Wilson, Mr. Baron Platt directed an acquittal. The prisoner was then indicted for stealing the pin, the property of John Wilson, otherwise known by the name of William Carr. Upon the arraignment a plea of autre fois acquit was put in, and it was contended for the prisoner that this was one and the same felony, and that therefore the prisoner could not be again put upon her trial for the same offence, and a dictum from Hawkins was cited to show that if a party was indicted for taking the goods of A, and they turned out to be the goods of B, he could not be afterwards tried for taking the goods of B, because it was one and the same offence. Mr. Baron PLATT said, he entertained a strong opinion that it was not the same felony, but the case in Hawkins, rather staggered him, and therefore he would consult his brother Judge. His LORDSHIP, having returned, stated that Mr. Justice Erie thought the issue of fact, whether it was one and the same felony, ought to be tried by the jury. The attorney for the prisoner was then called, and he stated that he was present at the former trial, and that the prisoner was acquitted on the ground of the pin being the property of John Wilson, and not of William Carr, as laid in the indictment. The Learned JUDGE then put it to the jury whether the prisoner having been acquitted of stealing property belonging to William Carr, and being now indicted for stealing pro perty belonging to John Wilson, they were of opinion that the felony with which the prisoner was now charged was the same of which the prisoner bad been before acquitted. The jury returned a verdict that it was the same felony, and therefore the prisoner was discharged. John Westuway was indicted for the manslaughter of Wil liam Tucker, at Torquay, on the Ist of April. Mr. Houldsworth was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Collier for the prisoner. The evidence showed that the prisoner was employed in blasting a roe% near a road at Torquay, from which it was distant seventy feet. Some part of the rock upon one of these explosions struck the deceased, who was on the public road, and killed him. Mr. Baron PLATT said, that these explosions so near the public highway were a public nuisance, and that the public did not seem to understand their rights. Persons were not justified in committing such dangerous acts. The master who employed a party to do such an act was as much amen able as the man wha by his own hand committed it. A high way was for the accommodation of the public, and he who invaded the safety of that highway was guilty of a nuisance, and rendered himself liable to punishment. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him to mercy. Mr. Baron PLATS, in addressing the prisoner, who was much distressed, said that he appeared to be an industrious man, earning his bread by honest means, and evidently was not aware of the dangerous act he was committing. His was not a case for severity. Taking into consideration the recommendation of the jury, the length of time he had been in gaol (since April 3), and all the circumstances of the case, the sentence was that he should be imprisoned for one fort night, without hard labour. It is to be hoped that this will have the effect of putting a atop to this most dangerous practice. Aaron Floyd Norris was indicted for stealing three sheep on the Ist of July at Payhembury, the property of William and Charles Pratt. Mr. Kekewicli was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Greenwood defended the prisoner. From the evidence, it appeared that on the Ist of July three sheep were missed from a flock belonging to the prose cutors, which were iii a field at Rye-park the previous night. Inquiries were directly made in the neighbourhood as to any Parties who had been seen in the neighbourhood, and upon whom any suspicion might by possibility fall. It then seemed that on the afternoon of the 30th of Juno the pri soner was seen drinking at a public-house at Culmstock, some short distance from the estate of the prosecutor; he after wards rode away upon a bay horse. About 11 o'clock that night he came again to the public-house, and said he had been riding 42 miles. After taking refreshment he went away, riding in a direction towards the prosecutor's. Ile had not any sheep with him at that time. About 4 o'clock the next morning a person who lived on the road between Rye park and the prisoner's house was disturbed by a noise; he ' looked out of his window, and saw a man riding on a bay horse and driving before him three sheep, and soon after this the prisoner was seen near his own house driving three sheep, and the man said to him, " Well, butcher, where did you buy these ?" to which the prism= answered, " At Taunton." In consequence of these circumstances, suspicion attached to the prisoner, who was a butcher. A search warrant was obtained, and the carcases of three sheep were found, and the heads corresponded with those which had been stolen. Mr. RICIiARDSON, in proposing a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, characterised the clause as a gross imposition on the public at large, and said that it ought to be strongly resisted. If the parcels were charged separately, the additional expense and porterage would be gre a t. Messrs Morrison, Dillon, and Company, one of the largest 1 ouses in the City, had parcels sent to them by parties, to transmit in their packages to various parts of the country lie (Mr. Richardson) had also parcels sent to him for a similar purpose; in fact, the practice was an old one, and. was extensively followed, and anything which would pre vent it ought to be strongly resisted. They were greatly indebted to the Lord Mayor for his services, and for the publicity which his presence would give to the proceedings. Mr. ORA seconded the motion, and considered that tho clause would introduce a vile system of espionage, which the public would not tolerate. Some time ago the London and Birmingham Company proposed a similar clause, but when a meeting was announced on the subject it was with drawn. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced "to ten years transportation. Elizabeth Richards was indicted for setting fire to a farm house at Tiverton on the sth June. ' Mr. Tyrrell conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Cox defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor occupied a farm at Tiver ton ; the prisoner was in his service, she was only 15 years of age, andihaving stayed out all night her mistress had scolded her. On the night of the 4th of June an alarm of fire was given, and it was found that the house was on fire in four different places; the fire, however, was got under, but the prosecutor and two other men sat up all night watching the premises. No suspicion was then entertained that the prisoner had anything to do with the fire. The next night the prisoner herself told the prosecutor, that she saw a light in the thatch, and that it was on fire. From some particular circumstances the prosecutor was then in duced to suspect the prisoner. She was searched and a lu cifer match was found in her pocket. She said, " I had two lucifer matches. I lighted one, and set fire to the straw. I hope you will forgive me. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but begged to re commend the prisoner to mercy on account of her youth. In this recommendation the prosecutor joined. The Learned BARON, who was dreadfally affected, ordered her to be brought up for sentence to-morrow;but at a late hour in the evening his Lordship directed judgment of death to be recorded against her. Two women were convicted of settin g fi re t o a r i ck, and were sentenced to fifteen years transportation. (Before Mr. Rooms, QC . ) Jane Ann Dern was indicted for having concealed the birth of her child. Mr. Cox was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Green wood for the prisoner. This prisoner surrendered on bail. She was an exceed ingly pretty, respectable-looking young woman, and during the trial cried host bitterly. She was a housemaid, in the service of a Mr. hawker, at Plymouth. She slept in the same bed with Mary Harvey, one of her fellow -servants. About four o'clock on the morning of the 11th of March, Harvey was awoke by the groans of the prisoner, who said she had the spasms. Harvey offered to get up and make her some tea, but she would not allow her to do so. Harvey got up early, leaving the prisoner in bed. About seven o'clock Harvey went up stairs and told her that they all believed something wrong had happened. The prisonerassured her she was mistaken, and asked her how she could accuse her of such a thing. About eight o'clock one of the servants went into the bedroom and saw the prisoner put a bundle into her box. Harvey then went into the room again, and said they were positive that she had been confined or had mis carried, and she insisted upon looking into her box. The prisoner said, " Well, Harvey, if you must, you must," and she unlocked her box, and said, " Now I'm ruined for ever; what shall I do ?" As soon as the box was opened the body of a newly-born child was seen. The prisoner said, " There's the baby ; I'm happy to say I used no violence towards it." Under the body different baby clothes were found. The prisoner said she had been deli vered at 4 o'clock that morning, and that the body had lain by her side till 8 o'clock, when she put it into her box. The surgeon deposed that the child was still-born. From all the circumstances it was evident that the unfortunate girl had made preparation for the birth, and that had the child been born alive she would have taken care of it ; but it being still-born, she had clung to the hope that her character might yet be preserved, for no one had suspected her condi tion, and her character stood high, and therefore she had then determined if possible to conceal her shame, and bad not ac quainted her fellow -servant with the fact. The case was a most pitiable one. The Learned Counsel was completely overcome by his emotion, the witnesses were in tears, and the jury were sobbing, and there were but few dry eyes in court. The foreman of the jury with great difficulty pronounced the word " Guilty." The jury and the prosecutor united in recommending the prisoner most strongly to mercy. Mr. ROGERS, in a most feeling manner, passed sentence upon the unfortunate girl, and ordered her to be imprisoned one month, but without hard labour, and told her she would not be placed among the bad characters in the prison. The motion was carried, and the Lord Mayor returned thanks. After a scene of the Most indescribable confusion Mr. D. W. Harvey left the room, followed by Mr. T. 'far,/ Mr. Sergeant Gaaelee, and a great number of the shar e holders,. The CHAIRMAN then said that the absence of certain par ties would not interlere with the business of the meeting. Mr. Horrsm then moved, and Mr. TArtscarAm seconded, a motion that this Company be dissolved. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution. The scrutineers were then appointed. During the time that the scrutiny was being gone into, the more refractory gentlemen in their rival meeting had selected Mr. D. W. Harvey to the chair, and had carried a resolution s imilar in character to that proposed by the Hon. Gentlemau in he first instance, to the effect that a committee consisting of seven of the shareholders should be formed, and that they should be authorised to confer with the board of directors within a fortnight from this date, and report to a general mee ti n g of the shareholders u pon t h e s ubject. It was then moved and seconded that the best thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby given to, Humphrey Williams, E s q., for his able and impartial conduct in the Before the separation of the meeting a number of signs. tures were appended to the petitions to both Houses ol Parliament. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, July 31. DAMER V. LORD PORTARLINGTON. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, over ruling the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, and ordering the bill to be dismissed. ills Lordship afterwards proceeded to hear petitions in lunacy, most of which were unopposed. IN RE DYCE SOMBRE. Mr. DOLT stated that this was a petition presented by Mr. Dyce Sombre, whose unfortunate case has been frequently before the Court, and it prayed that the commission oflunacy issued against him might be suspended without his being compelled to leave France, and come within the jurisdiction of the Court. Mr. Sombre was most anxious that the facts relating to his state of mind should be most fully investi gated; and although not within his Lordship's jurisdiction, he pledged himself to abide by any order the Court might think proper to make. The Learned Counsel then went into a history of the case, and read the affidavits of most eminent medical gentlemen, which he thought would con vince his Lordship that the commission of lunacy ought to be superseded. Mr. BETHELL was heard on the other side in support of retaining the commission, and he argued that Mr. Sombre's state of mind was still diseased, and that he was utterly incompetent of managing his own affairs. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed that two medical gentle men, Dr. Bright and Dr. Southey, should see Mr. Dyce Sombre and report upon his state of mind, and that for that purpose he must come to Dover, and remain there until these physicians, whom his Lordship would instruct for the purpose, had completed their inquiries. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH AND APPENDAGES.—Sarah Woods, a good-looking, respectably dressed young female, was placed at the bar en the following charge : Police-constable 84, of the D division, stated that between nine and ten o'clock on Saturday he saw the prisoner enter the shop of Mr. William Gorton, of Oxford-street, silversmith and jeweller. Her manner induced him to suspect that all was not right, and on her coining out he ascertained that she bad produced in the shop two gold fashionable watch seals, key, and briquet chains, and wished to know their value. He directly followed and stopped her. On asking how she became possessed of the seals, she said she had found them, between four and five o'clock that morning, in Hyde-park. Shortly afterwards she said she had a silver watch and guard chain about her, from which she had detached the seals. Mr. HARDWICK asked the constable if be knew the pri• soner or what she was? The constable replied in the nega• tive. VICE CHANCERY COURT, Angust 1. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRucE.) LEWIS V. LEWIS. Mr. COOPER (with whom was Mr. Wright) appeared to have an injunction, instead of the interim order made in this cause on Thursday last, restraining the executor from touch ing the assets in the case. The COURT thought it was a case demanding an injunc tion and granted it ac c o r di ng l y. His HONOUR heard unopposed petitions in Chancery, and sat in the Court of Review. The Court rises to-day for the long vacation. Mr. HARDwicK asked the prisoner what account of the transaction she gave? The prisoner said she met a gentle. man, who was not known to her, and remained in his com pany until late. They drank together at several different houses, and eventually she accompanied him to his lodgings, and slept with him. He let himself in with a key. The house was a highly respectable one. About four o'clock in the morning he aroused her, and wished her to leave the house as quietly as she could. lie said he had no money, but gave her his watch, and appointed to meet her at one of the houses they had taken refreshment at, which she knew. He opened the door for her, and told her to escape, if possible, being observed by the neighbours. The name of the street was Chapel-street, but she did not know what part of the West End it was in. Mr. HARDWICK—CouId you point out the house again if you saw it ? Prisoner—Most certainly I could. The constable said that he had every reason to believe her statement was correct ; the watch was a very valuable one. Mr. HARDWICK directed that the prisoner should accom pany the constable, to endeavour to point out the house. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, August 1. (Before Mr. Commissioner GouLnunsr.) IN RE BERRY. THRICE BANKROPT.—SUSPENSION OF A CERTIFICATE. The bankrupt, who had carried on business in Church street, Paddington, as a draper, came up for his certificate. The Learned Commissioner, after having gone through the proceedings, observed that this was th e thi r d ti me th e b an k rupt had availed himself of the law within ten years, and, unfortu nately, it was now too often the case that persons would persist in continuing business, having not a shadow of hope of success, to their ruin and the injury of others; such a system must be put an end to. Every one ought to endeavour to gain a livelihood by industry, but here in each case the bankrupt's expenditure had greatly- ex ceeded his profits--in the first case there was nothing to show what the dividend had been, in the second only 2s. 6d. in the pound, and n o w a l so a small dividend only: this was a case which could not be lightly dealt with, or there would he no telling h ow o f ten persons wou ld come before the Court. The bankrupt having appeared three times was desirous of going into business for the fourth time, although he evidently had not profited by the experience of former occasions, but persisted in the same mode of keeping up for a time against difficulties. It was right and proper that a man should not despond at checks in trade, yet. with a full knowledge that the longer he went on the more he lost, he ought to stop short. The only feature in the case which operated to prevent the suspension of the certificate for a very long time was, that the bankrupt had accurately kept a cash-book, balanced every week. How he could have continued, week after week, and year after year, with in creasing losses, was somewhat surprising. Ile had, how ever, kept bond fide accounts for the inspection of his credi tors, which was a wonderful exception from the general rule in such cases. Under all the circumstances, his Honour thought the justice of the case would be met by a suspension of the certificate for twelve months. 5i 14 , 4 10i0 3 2g 0g 21 . 03. 205 11. 33. 23 210 340 A 1 13 13 11 29 3 230 315 DOCKS. _-----" Dividend Amount Nice' Name of Company. per of raid. - - Annum. Share. --- -----' .£ a. d. X s. d• 50 Commercial ... - 141',4 East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 2 1 East Country • . 11. per sh. 100 0 0 - 113 ~ Landon . - 101,r St. Katharine •••• • • - 5 per cent. Stock. - 70 2 Southampton •••• • • • • 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 WATER-WORKS. _____--------- - j Dividend Amount price , Name of Company. • per of Paid. Annum. Share. _..../ ___ - East London..•• •.•• • • ! 8/. 100 00 . ocr - 90 Grand Junction ••• • • • , 31. 10s. 41 13 4 - 70 Kent -•••••••• •• •• I 21. 10s. 100 0 0 -- - 57 Vauxhall •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex ••• • • • 51.55. pr cnt. 63 12 9 gEO' LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PI TX- ---- Dividend Amount Tri ce ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Annum. Share. -r-' z .. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 .' Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 „ - '`',l British Linen Company 81 . per cent. - 100 0 0 I -„` s Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 ce 0 "-IL National Bank 6l. per cent. -.• 19 0 0 4.2 4 4 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. Union Bank of Scotland '7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 ~,- -' Western Bank 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 r"' / LA 'Clydesdale Bank.. -. • 6/. per cent. - 10 004 1 1 ,, Eastern Bank .....• • • 5/. per cent. - 210 0' 4,4 Caledonian Bank - 50 0. 714 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. --- 10 0 0 ' 13 0 3 i City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. -- OO, 245. 9(1 Scottish Union Ins. Co. N. per cent. 20 0 0 ~ 0 „ 1414 - 10 5 5 0 •CI 1 3 % Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 L'-' ,,,. 9;i Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 A ll p ai d, 28 North British Insur. • • 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 1 0 0 ,, 22_, Caledonian Fire Basun 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 '', 1334 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 :‘,,, 7 5 Edin.&(llasg. Railway 1/.los. pert . 50 0 0 50 0 . ~". 184 Ditto, 14 Shares •• • • is. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 AU Pa hu „ 1 6 Edin., Leith, Se Grantn - 20 0 0 . .10 0 " 75 1 i• Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. '7l. per cent. 50 0 0 All. pa . '" . 14 1 6 Glasgw &Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All Pal " 4O Gisgw&Garnidrk Rail. Cl. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid . 3 7 Dundee& Arbrothltall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid • 9 Standard LifeAssarnee.l;s/. per cent. 50 0 0 2io '.4) MARKET NEWS-(SATURD'A- COVENT-GARDEAT. 1 0 to Pines, English, 7s t o lO s per lb ; di t t o Colon; - 300 3s each ; Melon s , 3 s t o 6 s each ; Dutch ditto, 18 1011 N per dozen; Hoth ouse G rapes, 3s to 6s, and Chei ' to 3s; is to 4s per lb ; ditto, 12s to 20s; Apples' , 53 P er Gooseberries, 6s t o /2 s p er b us h e l ; C urra nts, 4 5 t o Joa o, half sieve; Cucumbers, 2s to 8s per dozen; Fre n" ota toegt 3s per halt sieve ; Peas, 3s to 4 s p er b us hel ; Nes' r rdozelii 7s to lOs per cwt; Cabbages, 6d to is p is , ao — Greens is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Celer no ttlei Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle ; M us h ro oms, 2s 1 7 ' e ' r fr Bade; Onions, 4s per bushel ; Pi c kli ng ditt o , 3 s to 4s 'P e ' d oe' Spinach, 6d per junk; Carrot s an d T urn i ps , 45 to 80 P er bunches. The supplies of li m UN ost G ar E ti l c t le r s ° o ß n il s . ale teal extensive, while the gene ra l d eman d was i n alvveerYr";l up s state, and prices had a downward tendency. • NEWG&TE AND LauLDETTECASO I bare l We had a very dull trade this morning, at ~,,,i t ton• stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to as 4d ;to 4d; 2s 81 to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, as 64 . 1 Gee r and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s lOd per 81bs, by the carcas e. . l o exclaj 38 6(1 to 6s; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Pigeons, 4d " 6S ; 73d Surrey Fowls, Gs to 10s; ditto Chickens, 4 3 u tte r, Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to Gs per coupl e . Fresh , to is 3d per lb. 3s lOd; NEWPORT. 10 at to p o rk, Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 23 , at id Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s lad; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s au , 4s to 4s 10d per 81bs. We hid a full average supply of Fish on offer. whole the trade was steady, at late rates. WEITECHELPEX. „ Beef 44:BB dd rtoe f r i s v Bs m o 81bs. sd. s ; 4 1r d e a t o l 3 3 s s .t 4dd; toM Mutton, o 4 n d , 2 ; s a 6ndd Pork o: - 6d Ho BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropol jo are 8d to BtAd; of Household ditto, 6d to 7 1 ,4 d per 4 r.tm loaf* The certificate was accordingly Suspen dcd for twelve months SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE KING OF DENMARIL—We find the following in the Courrier Francais of Thursday : " Accounts are said to have reached Paris, announcing that the King of Denmark was, on the night of the 20th ult., attacked with a congestion of the brain, which put his life in danger, and that, notwithstanding copious bleedings, he re mained in a very clugerpio Atato." 00 the RIDE P/I.O.RRET. 72112, Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, , '3d per lb ; do. 6 tlb to td 3d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d t o ,lid ; do. Mb to 18816, .1,00 to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4d t o 4 i / id ; do. 961 b to 104 IN 4 1, to scl; do. 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Calf Skins, 4la cb4hisr 6s ; Horn Hides, 13 5 ; Lamb Skins, 2s to 2s f, ; ling, 10d to ls. WAY DIATC.KETS. 2 lss 531KrrnnELD.— Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; New d i 0 3 1' 5 , to o 3/ 12s ; Old Clover, 41 to 5/ 15s ,• New ditto, : 01 0 41 15s ; Oat Straw, II 128 to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Stra If :,. to 1/ IGs per load. Supply good, and trade very e all Irl w H i s i t a 0 1/ 16s ; Whe P '. 0 1115- ditto, 2/ 108 to 3/ 16s; Old Clover, 4/ to 51145; 1\ s 3 ,otre f 2 Y ., 31 3s to 41 isjxttot D o . —Old 11168 to 11 18s per load. A full average supply and k - 31 C ss ul" t o 4l 14, gish demand. ditty WHITECHAPEL.— Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; N: 4 2,,„ 11. 3 1 6 2 2/ 5s to 3/ 15s; Old Clover, 4/ to 51 17s; New d'f'"A/ l's" to 4/ Gs; Oat Straw, 11123 t o 1/ 14s • Wheat Stra P'' to 11 16s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. cf.- --- g rill fi tter THE OFFICIAL INQUIET AT THE P O BT"% le 01,1 4 During the past week but little has been done in I' rag ( ' of the above investigation, in consequence 00 1 , r- $ 1011 „ /I ls the solicitor, being absent on o ffi cial business at tr i ! v( ill Assizes. It is expected that to-day the ing tli :•:int° , " resumed, as there are several charges not yet g °ll-- ---''.° many witnesses still unexamined. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, July 29. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice ParrEsoN and a Spe cial Jury.) ROSINA SARAH TOPLIS V. RICHARD ROWLAND ALLEN. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. The defendant pleaded, Ist, that he did not promise; 2d, that at the time he made the promise, he was an infant, under the age of twenty-one years; 3d, the statute of limitations— that he did not promise within six years and, dth, that the contract was put an end to by mutual consent and agree ment. The plaintiff now assigned that the promise whilst he was an infant under the age of twenty-one years was not the promise in the declaration mentioned, and that he pro mised after he was of full age. Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Waddington, conducted the plaintiff's case ; Mr. Ilumfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Macaulay represented the defendant. Mr. WiimmuitsT opened the case. The plaintiff was the daughter of a widow lady, wh os e husband had been a wine merchant in the town of N o tti ng h a m, and was well con nected, being related to Mr. Toplis, the banker, and to the Rev. Ar. Melville, who were well known in the county of Derby. After the decea se o f h er h us b an d, M r s. Toplis, with her four children, went to reside with his uncle, Mr. Toplis, birth, lB 35 but nd loBf3sgreat was ability, an apprentice who subsequently removed to a house at W es t-hill, i n lleanor, where th e y h ad continued to dwe ll d own t o th e present time. Th e d efendant Allen was a person o f h um bl e a medical gentleman a t lleanor, w h o professionally attended Mrs. Toplis and her family. About this time Mrs. Toplis had as hisl or ett o e s r s s is w to o n ul t d t s o ho;i 1 ;,. B an o d de i in an illness, for whi c h M r. Boden attended h er, an d h ence his assistant, Mr. Allen, became acquainted with Mrs. Toplis and the family, by attending occasionally for Mr. Boden, and this ripened int o i ntimacy, and he b ecame a f requent visitor at the house. lie bore at that time a high character for sobriety, steadiness, and honour, and became attached to this young lady, wh o was then a b ou t 18 y ears o f age. About this time the you ng l a d y wen t on a visit to M r . S cu l - Lhorpe, a highly respectable solicitor 4 NQttiogbana. BIRTHS On the 26th o f J u l y , at Sussex.-place, Regent's- Pa T ic, UP. of lady of George Rooper, Esq., of a daughter. (11 On the 26th of July, at Whitgift Hall, Goole, t b __ ° ,,lrter',.. Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, of a datp,olp On the 27th of July, Mrs. James Johnsto n, °f lane, Lower Thames-street. 0 613/ gr' On the 27th o f J u ly, at the Grove, Camberwell l f .i. 6 Goss, of a daughter. ° On the 28th of July, at Keppel - street , of wife of Gillery Pigott, Esq., of a son. co/ 4W ' On the 28th of July, Mrs. E. Paulson , of Chian a daughter. ____------ aigA R usg 3ll-04u S 144 MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at St. Martin's-in-the; FieLde , n b a l w icrc: Rev. S. Ramsey, Mr. C. W ebb, of Judd- stree t, ion, the square, to Emily, eldest dau g hter of Mr. Ittleca°"' Regent's-park. BOO On the 21st of July, at Cambridge, the Rev. JO 11 to Gibson, 8.A., of Trinity College, Curate of Haze , S ammy,vVa ,of Anna, youngest daughter of the late Swann Ilta re" , "--'.- Foxton, Cambridgeshire. On the 29th of July, at St. Georg e's, Hanoverlo4r: Captain Sir Richard Grant, R.N., to Ly dia,idOw o f 3111 — Lambert, Esq.,±)f Fowlers, Hawhurst,-I(elarit. ...........---' DIED. • ..1. moire, On the 24th ult., at Margaret - street , Cavenete,.4-. George Hosmer, Esq. On the 28th ult., m Regent-street , T. 'gleam, TP(I. or P,. w i r . On the 29th ult., Emily Heseltine, in f an t daughter George Winter, Hawley-road, Kentish- town. T.nol On the 29th ult., at d rove-end - roa d, St. Jotues-woOd, ...- Amelia, eldest daughter of J. R. Hall, Esq. On the 30th ult., at Deptford , Mr . G. Pete • . aged 71' chair. The vote was agreed to nem. can. The meeting theta Doke up, after haying lasted upwards i 19, London: Printed and Published by MEIRDO YOUNCI, o f No. - , trandPrinter, at 27te Sun Mee, N 0.112, Strand, is t he F S r eeinct 3,0 f , Sa- 'Mt the CoeutT of Middlesex. BMW', Augult3 ii — sll - o742 — na fick Ikon/olden Too, they 49144 ofiiiic ion. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TitAmc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week In the previous year: Week ending Last week. @.4 • July 25 NAME OF RAILWAY. Arbroath and Forfar ••• • • •••• • • • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • . • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown . • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath ............... Durham and Sunderland ....... •• • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ..... • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East ern Union ••• • • • ••••.••• • • •• • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . • • Glasgow and Greenock • • Gravesend and Rochester.... Great Western. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hartlepool .• •• • London and North Western, &c... London and Blackmail.. London and Brighton .•• • . • • •. • . London and Croydon . • • • • • • • • London and South Western... Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Manchester and Birmingham Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc Midland Counties... •• •••••• • • • • • • Newcastle and Darlington Newcastle and Carl isle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and North Shields— .• . • Norfolk North British .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel), and Orleans Paris and Rouen . ••• • • • •.. •••• • • • • Preston and Wyre • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . Richmond . . ..... Sheffield and Manchester.. •• • . .• South Eastern • ..... ... .. South Devon. • • • • . • • ....•....... York and North Midland ..... 817 1,140 589 4,215 9,673 435 2,405 1,348 337 21,240 1,012 46,700 1,561 8,115 2,078 7,759 18,583 2,161 2,077 711 2,074 2,132 6,621 1,224 2,150 10,189 1,037 1,161 939 985 1,239 398 415 3,378 5,366 2,203 1,341 711 7,411 342 19,896 44,239 1,436 6,389 1,777 9,318 982 4,565 7,623 17,4% 2,701 1,827 6,101 6,493 1,077 1,525 7,241 1,113 1,224 5,626 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, AUG. I.—Wind N.E., light breeze, and fine clear sultryweather. DEAL, JULY 31.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Tres Hermanos, Havannah, and sailed for llamburgh ; Amazone, Le Hein, New York, and sailed for Bremen; Svea, Lofgren, ditto, and sailed for Gottenburg. Arrd. from the River and sailed Colony, Jameson, Rio Janioro • Promise, River St. Lawrence. OFF THE WIGHT, JULY do.—Arrd. Rajasthan, Stewart, Calcutta for London ; Bayard, ditto, for Hamburgh. LIVERPOOL, JULY 31.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Virginia, New York ; Britannia steamer, Boston, sld. 16th inst., and Halifax 20th. The William Abrams, Hamilton, from Boston to Calcutta, struck on the Black Rock, near Seal Island, 2d inst., and was expected to become a wreck ; erew saved. The Persian, Hall, from Rochefort, was totally lost on the North Barrosoi 21st inst. ; crew and materials saved. OFF TORBAY, JULY 29.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Henry and Janet, Sergeant, for Bermuda. PLymourn, JULY 31.—Wind S E.—Sld. 30th. Hope, Un derhill, New Zealand; Emma, Spicer, Quebec. OFF FALMOUTH, JULY 28.—Arrd. Amity Hall, Ford, Ja maica; Ajax,Chater, Quebec. 29th, Belhaven, Watt, Cape of Good Hope Vohanna Cornelia, New York, for Rotterdam; Alpha, Quebec, for Whitby. PENZANCE, JULY 3o.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Sophia, Ton kin, Montreal. Std. Gratitude, Firt, Quebec. PADSTOW, JULY 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Eagle, Quebec. NEwronr, JuLv-30.—Ski. Eldon, Gillespie. Quebec. SHIELDS, JULY 31.—Arrd. Betsy, North America. A vessel, reported to be the Frederick Young, Wallace, from Quebec, grounded on the Bar coming in this morning, and remains. The Mary, Key, from hence to Arbroath, reported yesterday as on shore on the Herd Sand, got off the following tide, and proceeded. SUNDERLAND. JULY 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Dolphin, Anderson, Richibucto. MARGAT n E i u ua tn J cge I:ts off f l u . c — akg T al h il ape without i r at i h a o l ut Trick, o wreck o on the n assistance, f th a e d from Longg came - and Sand l d a o s7 g r I P I t e , into tilt port, leaky. FnAsEitutrium, JULY 28.—The Jessie, Stephens, has been brought in here with damage, having been on shore at Rock field, near Cromarty. KIRKALDY, JULY 29.—The Ben Lodi steamer, plying be tween Elie and Newhaven, struck yesterday on a rock near Elie, and remains. She is reported to be much damaged. HULL, JULY 31.—The Glen Albyn steamer, from Leith, lying in the Humber Dock, was this morning discovered to be on fire ; considerable damage was done both to the ship and cargo before the fire was exti aguished. MR. WILSON'S ENTERTAINI IENTS IN THE ISLE OF MAN.—This great master of Scotti;Ah song last night, for the first time, delighted a Douglas ins.dience. To many who have heard of this distinguished vocalist his appearance was hailed, as it has been in all othe , 7 places, with unqualified delight. Hope, on this occasion, / tad the rare merit of not having held out too tempting a b alt to reality; and never have we seen an audience more j ustly delighted than with this highly intellectual treat. The company, which wasili usually numerous and respectable, repeatedly evind their approbation by long and loud demo ristrations of gratification.... The announcement of another enter ta....inment onbForlical,ety was received with hearty applause.. :This is the of night n i g t : t Mr. Wilson, who is the originator of this species anything enter tainment, can sing on the island. To en like criticism, when all so much ap pros be superfluous. All we can add is.. the vening should go, and perfection, would been to hear Mr. Wilson on yesterd o v na lethtehsose who have not tErisre. Wilson, who did I,a.reeosbusreent, observe by b d; oneat to Sir Walter rb papers, H e ra ld, July is 2 t 9 0 . be— thes°.F-41d n la ri present at the inauguration of tho 1 7 491ri Wu, cm the 15th August.] • - • f,,11 ...:.,:i )) 111; , 11 kittl t , 1, 4t n t lle ;1;1411