The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-21 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An AnCount, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the Bth day of September, 1849: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 11,794 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,025 Aylshaai Bank, Aylsham—R. and G Copeman 5,202 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and llunt Baldock Rink and Baldock and Bigglesvado 11.17,:tc, - .laldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 20,528 Barn uapie Bank, Barnstaple—Nl trshall and Co 8,725 Basincrstoke and Odilia,,e. Bank, Basingstoke— _ Seymour, Lamb, and Co 15,431 B e dford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard 13 , 1dford and Bedfordshire Bang, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 6,074 11,482 Crane Blcester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. • 12,225 B:rminghara Bank, Birmingham—Atter:lc ds, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham --J. L. Moilliett, and Sons 10.512 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak 6,550 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co . ..... 50,893 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 10.332 Bridg v iter Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 5.129 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 29,857 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and " Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 17,073 B ieliinl - ha.m Bank, Buckinghana —Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bary and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 61,432 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 24,560 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 26.718 Bath City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son . 3,390 Beirordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 30,091 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 11,607 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 62,332 B:tdpOrt Bank, Bridport — S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 10,345 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons • 14,357 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cana . bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chcrtsey—Messrs. La Coate Colchester Bank, Colchester--Round, Green, and Co. C ,lchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and lia,dleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester B aw tree, and Co 30,437 Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweed y and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 9,220 2,255 13,024 2,658 14,038 6,939 COL City Bank, Exeter—. Milford and Co 14,423 Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank. Cardiff—Towgood and Co 5,960 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, lfon mouth Old Bank, M'onmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. .„ 7,974 Derby Bank, Derby—Nielsrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby ()le Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0.... Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes Locke, and Co 10,072 Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,164 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leathatn, Tew, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. D,rlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Baekhouse, &Co 65,44 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man 22,906 10,075 Dorehester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Uskeard—Robins, Foster, • and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford--.Sparrow, and Co. 40.89 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 24,995 Fakenham Bank, Fakenhatn—Gurneys, Birk beck,. and. CO. Farrindon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdonliarnes an-I Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—MesSrs. Knight Favors'. ani B tnk, Faversham—Hilton and Cr) Godelminfr Bank, GOdalrning—Mellersh and 95,876 17,800 r;eon Grantham Bank, Grantham—liewney and Tiling Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hert ford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Cc fletnel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smi th, and Whittingstall Ironitor. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. flertfor Ishire ; Hitehen Bank, Hitehen —Sharpies 9,243 21,489 21,8.59 12,517 11,977 17,472 33,036 4,520 19,40 28,847 and Co. Ilereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and A_rchenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, 1I skins, a”.,1 Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Sell)lk, fixileigh Bank, Msnningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— AlexaTlbrs and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kin ! gt,on and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J 17,975 18,223 57,134 10,566 Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton-3. Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knn:esborough—Terry and Co Kondal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Ketterin , Bank, Kettering—Gotz.h and Sons.. L.n2 End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C ilarv;:l , and Son Leeds Bank. Leedi— Beckett and Co Lreds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown) 15,163 6,571 17,633 34,994 7,144 5,315 52,099 35,984 and C ......... . ....—••• • Leek and Staffordihire Bank, and Leek and Con leton Bank, Leek —Fo wler,Gaun t, and Co. fietftester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... 1.;,;11Feld Bank, Lichßeld—Pahner and Green... Ltncoin Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle to ots and Cradock Lyrnington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe 18,320 27,218 17,933 71,417 3,684 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brooklehurst and Co M an ningtree Bank,Mannin,gtree—Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Obi Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and fiungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 13,433 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, - Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 7,494 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and 11,853 5,430 Williams 5,174 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyums and Co 11,468 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny —Baileys and Co 26,407 Monmouth Old Bunk, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead 10,640 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons 8.023 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 17,564 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford—Handley, Peacock, and C0........ ** . 34 463 Newbury Bank, Newbury —Bunny and Slocock. 19,875 Newmarket Ba n k, Newmarket—Eaton Ham. mom ,', and Son ......... Norfolk 'find Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and 16,784 Dyson 3,057 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys ;Ind I fulsrms Norwich and. Norfolk Bank, N orw ich—Gur- 37,550 n eys and Btrkbeck ....................... Nottingham and N ottin ghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and 58,759 Co ...................................................... 3,2 04 Naval Banlc, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and C 0... New Sarum Bank, Sarum Everett, and Co ••. ll,Bll grottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. 24,504 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os . viestry— Croxon and Co 10,836 Oxford lank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell ..... Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, 44 " 4•-.. mid Co. ... • Old Bank Tonbßidge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Serenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-- Beeehing and Sous Oxfordshire Witney Bank, •.• Witney—Clinok P 4 tro 0 00;.0 0 ................ 000 ........ 000•11Iiiiii0 9,090 21,342 7,186 -,...~- Average Amount. tease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 34,547 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and C 0... 10,097 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—MAt,rs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson 8,438 and While IVZ Pe:norokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank. Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonas and Co 25, 361 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 27,675 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and C 0... 4,67 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood- .Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Buds. and Co 5,528 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 8,656 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 11,011 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 10,996 Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross Gld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaw ay Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, .3carborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons and co 24,611 Sitting bourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourna —Valiance and Son 2,602 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce 11,410 Southwell Bank, Suuthvvell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King — Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall . 3,151 Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,707 Stourbridge Ban's, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 9,155 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 11,617 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. ~. .................... 23 ' 921 Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and 16,643 Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpoolcß Bank, Shrewsbury ..... 18,545 —Beck, Downward, an d o . ............ .. St. Alban'a and Herts Bank, St. Alban 's—Gib- son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs.Badcock 19,783 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 7,395 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rol ph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns- 6,47.5 ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,237 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 8,478 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. 15,286 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt & Co. 6,835 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 35,557 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 11,539 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win cheater—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co 4,642 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashhourne Derbyshire Bank, . _ 6,666 4,076 Wirkeswnrth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 59,508 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and ... 38,050 7,527 Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeek, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 8,853 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and.J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann, Clouzh. and Co 37,294 1,737 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 47,618 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford ... 18,721 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 11,367 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 17,932 Dudley and West Bromwich !3anking Company, Dudley ...................... ....................... 35,498 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,510 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 13.565 East of England Bank, Norwich ... 22,513 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 120,360 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Ilalifax 16,033 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,420 Hull Banking Company, Hull 20,769 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and lluddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,391 Herefordshiro Banking Company, Hereford 14,328 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 17,868 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,075 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 43,893 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 39,309 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,357 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 26,733 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastl e 1 ,695 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 322,315 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 37,960 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 60,467 Northamptonaire Banking Company, North ampton . 17,934 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 23,525 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester .. . 35,076 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleivorth... 2,636 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 32,663 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. 42,628 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port ... 237,628 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Corn .•• • Sheffield shiro Banking Comp an y, Stourbridge and iii a m Sheffield .... P anY ' 17,580 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Sh.lli Al Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. . Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury . Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield .. Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 32,205 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 10,985 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and L euin i r.gton Banking •!;na.iZn.y. 20,210 , W W est ar o w f ick andEnglandßank.BristolWilts set Bn.aihgCompany, Salisbury 6 7 1,4 2 7 9 4 4 West Riding 'Union Banking- Company, Hud. dersfleld ..... ~-.. Whitchurch and illeir ....... • .• t .................. 30,7 00 mere Banking Company, .. ...... ......................... "'••... 2,724 Y .. Worcester City and C ount Banking Comp any , Worcester- , 3,480 York Union Banking Company, York 52 ......830 York City and County Banking Comp an y, York ' Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Return s . Wad Utfelltie, Somerset blouse, Sept 15, 1849. 8,831 4,379 8,109 3,580 5,339 5,467 SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL WAY The usual half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway was held yesterday, at the Bridge-house Hotel ; Mr. James Macgregor, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, and the minutes of previous meetings confirmed, the following report was submitted to the shareholders : "In presenting the accounts of the South-Eastern Railway to the proprietors for the half-year ending on the 31st of July, 1849, the directors have to state that the revenue account for that period excludes all charges not applicable to its traffic, and includes all charges that are applicable to it. "In pursuance of the principle recommended by the committee of investigation, the directors have charged the revenue of the half-year with a sum of 3,750/., for the formation of a fund for the renewal of the permanent way; of 4,1541., to meet deterioration of the rolling stock; 6001. for the renewal of the waggon, van, and horse stock, belonging to the goods department; and 2,4001., to cover the amount of accounts not rendered, so that the future revenue may not be burdened by any charges relating to the past. " Had the directors acted solely on their own convic tions, they would have delayed commencing to provide this fund until all the lines and works of' the company were completed and opened for traffic, which will probably be the case in August next year. " The receipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the half-year ending on the 31st of July, 1849, two been 220,208/. Os. 9d. "The amount of working expenses incurred during the half year has been 78,6301. 7s. 6d. The rent of the Greenwich Railway and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is 22,012!. 10s., and the rates and Government duty, 22,8841. 9s. 10.1., making the expenditure on th e revenue of the hal-year 123,5271. 7s. 4d., and the balance to be carried to the account of profit and loss 96,6801. 13s. sd. "A systematic course of watching the assessment of parochial rates, and resisting the frequent attempts of the parishes to increase them, is pursued by the direc tors. In those parishes in which the amount of assess ment is the highest cases have been referred for adjust ment, but no final decision has yet been obtained. Every exertion will, however, be made by the directors to pro tect the company's interest in relation to this most important question. " The account of profit and loss, after paying the last half-yearly dividend, was in credit, 2,911/. 16s. Bd., and there now appears in this account, after debiting it with interest on the mortgage debt of the company to the 31st of Jaly, and with the charge for renewal of the perma nent way and working stock, a disposable balance of 61,2951. 13s. 9d. " On the 4th of July, 231 miles of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway were opened for traffic, viz., eight miles from Redhill to Dorking, and 16f miles from Reading to Farnborough. On the 20th of August, 20} additional miles of this railway were opened, viz., 10i miles from Dorking to Shalford, and 10 miles from Farnborough to Guildford. The connecting link that still requires to be completed is miles between Shal ford and Guildford, which is constructed by the South- Western Railway Company, the works on which the directors believe to be now finished, the sanction of the Railway Commissioners being only required to open the whole line for traffic. " The accommodation for goods traffic on the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line is not yet constructed. The directors do not hesitate to express their belief that when the line is open throughout, and the usual facilities for each description of traffic are proeided, it will yield a satisfactory revenue. The traffic from the 14th of July to the 16th of Sept. produced 2,787/. " The North Kent line to Lewisham, Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich, Erith, Dartford, Greenhithe, Northfieet, Gravesend, and Strood, for Rochester and Chatham, 25 miles in length (connecting the London and Greenwich Railway with the Gra% esend and Ro chester line), was opened for passenger traffic through out on the 30th of July, and the receipts for seven weeks --- amounted to 17,3501. Total £8,504" " The proprietors will observe that the receipts have The report of Mr. P. W. Barlow, the engineer, states:— hitherto been almost exclusively from passenger traffic, " With regard to the Nort Kent line, the contract es as time has not permitted the completion of the stations timates, as previously stated, are 636,800/. ; of this and other facilities required for the goods traffic. amount the sum due, and certified by me, does not " The directors may remark, that on the opening of amount to 400,000 l.; and the works are so nearly coca the North Kent line, they felt it their duty to give ex- plated that there is little more to certify. tended accommodation to the passenger traffic by run- " I desire especially tQ remark, that these reductions ning trains for each class from the London-bridge station have been obtained without injuring the efficiency of the to and from Woolwich every half-hour, and to and from line; but, on the contrary, the deviations have improved Gravesend and Strood every hour. It will be the study the gradients, and have removed some of the worst of of the directors, as they acquire a knowledge of the re- the curves; and brick constructions have been substituted quirements of the traffic, so to regulate the accommoda• where the timber gearing had not been commenced. tion as to give the most ample facility for the p a sseng er " ASHFORD AND HASTINGS LINE.—On this line the traffic, continuing to run such trains as meet those re- progress made in the unfinishe d portion between St. quirements. fesouards and Rye has been principally in the tunnels, " The North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction of which there are four, amounting in the aggregate Railway, which is 60 chains, or three-quarters of a mile length to nearly two miles. Some further reduction in length, was opened for traffic on the Ist of September. may be expected beyond my estimate in January; in Trains are run from the Bricklayers' Arms station at fact, the works on the portion from Rye to St. Leonard* intervals of a quarter of an hour, from 7.10 A.M. to 10.10 will be executed for less than one-half the previous esti !' M., to and from the junction station with the Green- mated contract amount. wich and North Kent lines, thereby giving a west-end " TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND llAmteas LlNE:—This terminus for every train to the North Kent and Green- branch has not been pressed forward so rapidly as the wich traffic. Ashford and St. Leopards, but in all the heavy works, " The receipts for goods for the half-year ending on between Tunbridge Wells and Withernden, and between the 31st of July, 1848, were 35,4981. 17s- 51 ., for the last ltobertsbridge and Whatlington, every exertion has been half year 36,926/. 11g. 2d. made. There are four tegnels, via., the Grove. Hall's " The trade in fish and fruit during the last half-year Hole, Wadhurst, and Montfield, making an aggregate has been deficient, and has affected the receipts; but the length of 2.128 yards. directors are of opinion that the So u th Eastern Rail way " PERMANENT WAY.—I have recently examined the will gradually acquire its due proportion of all the state of the permanent way, and am enabled to report goods' traffic of the district it serves. They are aware that it is in very good concha' n. that the facilities affsrded, and the punctuality with " The maintenance accounts, cmnprising the repairs of which the business is conducted, give general satisf a ctio n , works, stations, fences, &c., and which include also the " The directors have much pleasure in stating, that renewal of sleepers, do not exceed 1101. per mile per the importation of goods at Folkestone from Thulogne annum." is increasing, and parties using the route appreciate the The CHAIRMAN, on rising to move the adoption of the economy it presents to them in the dispatch of goods report, was received with some slight menitestations of from Paris to London, both in time and money. disapproval. He said he should not have much to add " The following statement of the duties that have been to the report, but he must be allowed to direct the at received at the Custom-house of Folkestone needs no tention of the proprietors to the fact, that the receipts comment:— of the past half-) ear exhibited a deficiency of 18,000/. on From January 6to July 5, 1848 ... £3,295 the corresponding half-year of last year. It chould, 1849 ... 14 856 however, be remembered that the revenue this half-year From March 6 to Sept. 5, 1848 ... 3,986 had been debited with a charge of 8,504/. for permanent 1849 ... 23,936 way, rolling stock, lec., which had never been done before, " The following statistics of continental traffic during and that circumstance in some degree would explain the the last half-year show how large a proportion of the falling off in the balance which had hitherto been appli whole passed over the South- Eastern Railway, and will, cable to dividend. Still the directors, although they had this the directors think, tend further to prove, if any evi- year to grapple with a deficiency in receipts of nearly dence were necessary, how great the importance is of 30,0001, they had full confidence in the ultimate having adsquate provision for the steamship service success of the present system. The North between Folkestone and Boulogne, and Dover and Ca• Kent line had been brought into active opera leis, so as to insure that punctuality to travellers tion since the last meeting, and the results had which will confirm and extend the preference now proved highly satisfactory. Experiments were given to the South-Eastern Railway. Passengers going on for bringing about a reduction in the working to and from Boulogne via Folkestone, from the Ist expenses. The speed of the goods trains had been so of February to the 10th of September, 1849, 30,243; reduced as to secure a saving of 20 per cent. in the con• same period in 1848, 33,045; via London, 12,802, and in sumption of coke, and it was anticipated that a similar 1848, 8,483. Passengers to and from Ostend during the reduction of speed when applied to some of the passen above period in 1849, via Dover, 8,908; same period in ger trains would produce a result equally satisfactory. 1848, 12,155; via London, 7,000; and same p er i o d in With regard to the proposition contained in the report 1818, 3,928. Passengers to and from Calais via Dover, for raising additional capital, he could assure the 18,267; via London, 4,285. proprietors that the directors considered the " The service between Folkestone and Boulogne and plan they suggested the best that could pos- Dover and Calais, so far as it had been conducted by the sibly be adopted, and he trusted, therefore, the South Eastern and Continental Steam packet Company, shareholders would have no difficulty in agreeing to it. has been performed with perfect safety and matchless Now, with reference to the operations of the past half punctuality, year the actual surplus of receipts in hand would enable cfnott i nt ` mhp The tidal service between Dsver and Calais per- them to pay a dividend of los. 61. on the consolidated formed eadnr rate t u e ring the half-year at the joint expense of this stock, 93. 4rl. on No. 1 shares, and 8s 4d. on No. 2 andef t t h w e e N th o i r r t d h s er a n ed ot e F e r e r th c i e rd ßa re il s w p a e y et C iv o e m ly p ah n a y s , s fe h r ar t e h s, and still . leave a balance of 5701 13s. 9d. It was imposed a charge upon the revenue account of theßailwayhalf-year South- should be e h r e opr p ie a t i o d rs to hu d t ettir h mi a ne rri w vi h n e g ther at tha a t h d y ivid e e e e e d . 1,756/. Bs. 2d.; but the directors are of opinion that in in mind that the that a t accounts point, h a i d t been made of elusion uponmadbee up p orn ie e contributing to a general service which brought 13,355 their present form in accordance with the resolutions of passengers on the South-East ern R a il way during the the committee of investigation and the impied wish of past six months, they acted a wise and prudent part. , the shareholders.—(Hear.) H e conc l u d e d b y express i ng " The terminus of the Northern R a il wa y o f F rance is full confidence in the ultimate success of the under now opened on the pier at the port of Calais, and pas- taking. and moving the adoption of the report. sengers leaving London by the mail train at half-past Mr. J. WILSON wished to know what the value of the eight o'clock P.M. arrive at Paris at nine A.M. the fol- rolling stock was? lowing morning, and at Brussels a quarter before ten The CHAIRMAN said if the Honourable Proprietor A. 24.; the one journey being performed in twelve and a would refer to the expenditure in the capital account he half hours, and the other in thirteen and a quarter hours, would see the value. He was happy to say that their including all stoppages. rolling stock had been kept in such an efficient state of " With reference to the financial statement published repair that the engineer did not think there was any ne by the directors on the Ist of January, wherein it cessity for a reserve for its renewal. was shown that the estimated ultimate capital of the Mr. J. WILSON apologised for asking these questions, company for completing all its lines and works was but he had received the report so late that he 9,466,3601,, the directors have to observe that they was compelled to put theta to understand its details. He know of no variation that requires comment in regard wished to know if the interest on the Gravesend and to the calculation they then made, except that Rochester line had been carried to the capital account. 'upon further advice they have been led to conclude The CHAIRMAN said, if the Hon. Proprietor would that they will eventually be compelled to construct eve ry again refer to the accounts, he would see that it was Part of the Ashford and Hastings line as a double line charged to revenue; but h e h a d no hesitation in stating of railway ; and that it will be for the interest of the that it was the opinion of the directors that justice and company that the Tunbridge Wells and Hastings line sound principle required that it should be charged to should also be a double line. This will increase tho capital. estimate by the sum of 140,000/. Mr. J. WILSON wi s h e d to know w h e ther the new rails " The direct ors believe that there will p ro b a bly be a on the Gravesend and Rochester line had been charged diminution of their previous calculation of the cost of the to capital or revenue? London•bridge terminus and other works to the amount The CHAIRMAN said the question was out of order, of from 50,000/. to 80,0001. inasmuch as the cost of these rails had not come into "Again, an addition of 150,000/. will be required to this half-year's account the amount allowed for interest in the statement of Mr. J. WILSON then, in a lengthened address, urged assets and liabilities, in cons e q uence o f th e co n ti nue d upon the proprietors the necessity of appointing respon payment of 5 per cent. interest on the No. 3 and N o , 4 Bible auditors from amongst their own body, who should capital, until the completion of the lines and works for be disqualified from h o ldi ng a sea t a t the board, and who which that capital was raised. should be so remunerated that the duty of weekly exa• " The whole of these variations will cause a probable mining the accounts should be required of them as a addition to the ultimate capital of 240,000/., and thereby right. He altogether disapproved of the past policy of make it 9,706,3601. the direction, particula r l y in reference to t h e s y s t em of " The company will therefore have to apply to Par- placing charges to c a pi tal w hi c h ought to have gone to liaraent for additional powers to raise, by capital or by revenue; nor could he agree with those who thought the mortgage, the sum of 590,985/, or 240,000/- in addition recentcomtnittee ofinvestigation had done their duty, and to the sum set forth in the financial statement. he hoped the shareholders would not reward any of its "The directors have further to observe, with refer- members by electing them tosseats in the direction. He ence to the financial statement, that it should have set altogether disapproved of that part of 4he report which forth that if the cost of the Reading, Guildford, and Reis related to the raising of additional capital and issuing gate Railway exceeded 600,000 L, the interest on the ad- preferential shares, and called upon the meeting not to ditional sum would be a charge on this company. sanction the appointment of Mr. Smith to the direction. "From the later communiceti Nis of the Reading, He wished to know whether the reduction in the speed Guildford, and Reigate board the directors think that of the trains, which he understood was to fifteen miles, the ultimate cost of the Reading, Guildford, and applied to the passenger or the goods' trains; because, Reigate Railway, will exceed 600,0001., by about 40,000 t, if they went on reducing their speed in that way, they which sum will be raised on the mortgage bonds of the would soon have hackney coaches running against than. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company. and the in- The CHAIRMAN repli e d t h a t the reduction applied to terest thereon will be a charge on the South-Eastern the goods' trains, but it was intended to apply the same Company, reduction to some of th e passenger trains. " The present meeting has been made special for the Mr. J. WILSON th en move d, us a n amendment, that e a t g .r r e a m ph threel report, purpose of authori s in g the crea ti o n of new stock to she the ng p e ra d amount of 300,000/. to w id en an d ex t en d th e Graveson 1 p and Rochester line; the Gre e n w i c h, N ort h Kent, and The CHAIRMAN d e f en d e d t h e cou rse which the direo- tion had hitherto pursued, Bricklayers' Ar ms J unc ti on li ne; an d t h e L on d on -b r id ge p in o g rt. o t the issue of new shares be ex rsued, and denied that the money of station enlargement, and for the further widening of the the company had been applied to any dishonourable pur- Greenwich Railway. These works are already nearly poses, as some gentlemen had insinuated. He admitted e th t at completed out o f t h e genera l assets o f t h e company. ought ; charges had been carr i e d to revenue which "The amount of over-due calls on the 31st of July was callswhe h e on Ne now wli have been placed against revenue, but the proprietors should bear this in mind, that all the gain of that system 237,628/ 15s. Of this sum 27,953/. 155. was unpaid calls on No. 4 -shares, appertaining of course to shares had gone into their own pockets. Mr. CARLISLE seconded the amendment, but from shares;liable t o forfeiture;i 42,2 25i. 0 4 0 31 0 0 . 1 2 . tier overdue rea and d ifferent motives to those assigned by its mover. Be 24,090/. on No. 3 glares. e w there was a Lap lUDOHD4 Qf calls in arrear, and "The mortgage debt of the company on the 31st of July, which falls due between the years 1850 and 1856, is 1,046,7821; this has subsequently been increased to 1,169,182/., .by the issue of bonds to the amount of 122,4001. at 4i- per cent. per annum. " The directors will propose a resolution authorising them to issue 300 0001. of new stock, and also 141,700/. of unallotted stock, at a guaranteed rate of interest. " The directors elected Mr. Francis Curwen Smith to be a director in the place of Sir William Fielden, Bart. " The directors, in conclusion, beg leave to reiterate the remarks which closed their financial statement. They consider that the science of working railways with economy is still in its infancy, and can be only attained by care and great experience, and they have the most confident expectation that great improvements will continue to be made under this head; their own experience justifies theta in asserting that great reductions will be made in the ex penditure on revenue account. " The directors trust that the unabated confidence which they entertain in the South-Eastern Railway will be shared by the proprietors; and it will be the study of the directors to promote the interests of the company to the bast of their ability. The statement of cipit it account shows that 8,499,052/. had been received, and 8,666,007/. expended, including 549,0931. expended during the past half y ear , l eav i ng a balance against the company of 1 66,955/. Tha revenue account for the hall-year ending the 31st of July states that 220,208/. had been received including 164,831/. for passengers, and 38,1621. for goods and cattle; and 123,527/. expended, including 9,4861. mainte• melee of way; 33,0851., locomotive power; 19,9561., pas senger department; 9,1291., goods department; 6,6221., general charges; 22,0121., rent of Greenwich and Can terbury lines; 15,5911., rates and taxes; and 7,2941., Government duty; leaving a balance of 96,6811., of which : the interest on loans will absorb 29,7931.; reserve fund for renewal of stock and way, 8,5041.; leaving a balance, applicable to dividend, after adding 2,912/. from last account, of 61,296/. The report of the accountants, Messrs. Quilter, Ball , Jay, and Crosbie, states— " With the exception of the accountants', legal, and other expenses attending the late investigation, amount ing to the sum of 2,0921. 4s. Id., this balance is corn posed entirely of items reported upon by the committee of investigation as applicable to the revenue of perio - ls anterior to the date at which their inquiry closed, and of items of a similar character dealt with during the last half-year not appertaining to its expenditure, and therefore necessarily displaced from the half-year's ac count by the operation of the principle on which it is framed. 7,856 7,115 9,322 "The total amount received to the 30th of July in respect of No. 3 and No. 4 shares was 3,601,2561. 54., bearing interest on certain conditions, payable out of capital, by virtue of resolutions of the court of proprie tors, hitherto at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum; it is proper, however, to observe that the sum of 802,8551. 18s. 9d., part of the above total, having been expended on the main line and for general purposes, would, bat for the legal operation of these resolutions, have contributed an addition to the general capital entitled to participate in dividend. "The total amount of unproductive capital at the close of :the half-year was 2,798 400/. 6s. 3d.; by the opening of the North Kent line on the 30th of July last the amount of unproductive capital was reduced to the sum of 966,1374 131. 4d. " In reference to the audit, we venture to suggest that it should be conducted continuously; that is, so as to keep pace with the transactions of the company, and not to throw upon the auditors the duty of reviewing and vouching the transactions, in all their detail, of the entire half year in the short interval of time which elapses between the close of that period and the half yearly meeting. " We have, in the profit and loss account for the half year, in accordance with your instructions, charged it with the following sums:— Reserve for renewal of permanent way £3,750 Ditto for renewal of rolling stocks Wear and tear of goods department stock 600 until they were paid up he felt that they ought not to isAue any new shares. While he wa. o❑ his legs he might as well ask if it was true that the seam-packet company owed this company a large sum of money— whether a large loan had been made to the steam-packet company? The C HAIRMAN replied that the steam-packet com pany did o.ve the railway company money. Mr. CARLISLE-11)W much? The CHAIRMAN said he had not the ledger with him, and could nut answer that question. Mr. GILBERTSON asked for some information upon the returns from the hotel at Dover. The CHAIRMAN said the reason that hotel had been constructed was this:—The Dover Harbour Commis sioners, under their original Act, had power to call upon this company to build an expensive and useless station at Dover. but they had consented to forego it, upon the company undertaking to build the hotel referred to by the Hon. Proprietor. The cost of that hotel was included in the construction account. He would take that opportunity of stating that this company held a large amount of property, of various descriptions, and he had no objection to have the accounts relating to it laid b , s!ore the shareholders in their original shape, but he thought the shareholders would be acting more judiciously by adopting these accounts, which had been prepared by public accountants. The amendment was then put and negatived, after which the original resolution for the adoption of the re port was agreed to. - The CHAIRMAN then moved the dividend referred to in his opening address to be payable on the 15th Oct. next, s income-tax. A PROPRIETOR wishod to know if they could legally pay the dividend, since the line from Ashford to Has tings had not been completed within the time specified in the Act. The CHAIRMAN said, the directors had taken advice on the subject, and legal authorities were clearly of opinion, that as no part of the Ashford and Hastings capital would participate in this dividend, it could be legally paid. The resolution was then put and carried. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution authorising the directors to carry out the latter recommendations in the report relating to the issue of new shares. Mr. J. WILSON moved as an amendment that the sub- ject be postponed. After some discussion, _ The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors proposed to issue the shares at par, and they were ready to issue them in full. Mr. Silirra wished to ask the Chairman whether he thought 17,000/. would have to be annually set abide for a depreciation fund. Tie CHAIRMAN did not think it would. The rolling stock, rails, sleepers, and permanent way were constantly being replaced by the necessity that existed for always keeping the line and stock in a high state of efficiency. It was his firm opinion that this hue would ultimately yield upwards of 4 per cent. The amendment was then put and lost, and the origi nal resolution ultimately carried. The shareholders then resolved themselves into a special meeting, and agreed to the recommendation in the report. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF CAROLINE COCK FOR THE WILFUL MURDER OF HER HUSBAND. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Edward J. H. Asbury, surgeon, stated that he was called in to see the deceased on the afternoon of the Ist of July. He found the body of a man lying on the floor of the pantry. He was not dead, but died almost im mediately after he arrived. He then examined the body, and found a wound at the region of the heart, which had penetrated the waistcoat and shirt. It was about an inch deep. Upon his men toeing that the deceased was dead, the prisoner made an exclamation of surprise, but what the words of it were he could not remember exactly. He thought it was " Is he indeed?" John Collies, a police-constable in the U stated that on the Ist of July he was called into Mr. Buller's house, where he found the last witness and others standing over the deceased. He asked the last witness if the man was dead, and received a reply in the affirmative ; the prisoner was sitting near at the time, and he followed up his first question by asking how it happened. The last witness said he did not know. He then said to the prisoner, " How did this occur ?" She replied, " I don't know." and appeared to be perfectly cool and collected. He noticed a butcher's steel lying on the door near to the deceased, and afterwards found a knife in the sink in the pantry, which he produced (it was a white handled dessert knife), and which at the time was stained for about three inches with blood. He then asked the prisoner, "Do you know anything of this?" She said, " I know nothing of it; I never saw it before." He then told her that she must consider herself in his custody, and she replied, " Very well." She was quite cool and perfectly collected when she gave that answer. He went out for a few minutes, and when he returned he told her that she must come eith him to the station-house. She said " Very well," and stepping over the deceased she went out before him and was conveyed to the station-house, whe re she remained till Monday, when she was taken be fore a magistrate.. The station-house was about a mile from Mr. Butler's house. On the following day she asked if there had been an inquest on the body. On being told a verdict of wilful murder had been returned against her, she said " Is it possible?" Thomas Holden, police-constable, said he was on duty it the station-house on the night in question; observed the prisoner to appear very restless on the following morning. She said, that at Mr. Buller's house after dinaer she and her husband had some words; he went into the pantry, and called her to him, she saw his hand on his side; he walked to the door and lay down. She asked it he was ill, and he said, " No, I shall soon be better." She screamed out for the girls, and one came. Some days afterwards. whilst with the prisoner, she said, " If the worst comes to the worst will my child have the property?" Jacob Asbury, a surgeon residing in Enfield, av:-.s called into Mr. Buller's house en the let of July. Ex mined the body, and found a wound on the left breast; maths a careful examination of the wound; it was a deep wound, and must have been made by a cutting instru ment, probably the knife produced. The heart was slightly wounded. Death was caused by the wound; the wound could not have been inflicted by the right hand of the deceased; it •was possible to have been done with his left, but he must have placed his arms in an unnatural position ; after the wound had ben inflicted he might have walked some distance before be fell down; he would be capable of speaking for from five to ten minutes. Cross-examined by Mr. COOPER—CouId not have made such a wound with his right hand, because his muscles would not act. Had read Beck's jurisprtelence; there are many cases of suicide by stabbing noticed in it, but they are of the right side. Thomas Cock, brother of the deceased, stated the deceased was not left-handed; he and his wife did not live very comfortably. Cross examined by Mr. COOPER—Had the use of both his hands. Knew many married people who do not live comfortably. Elizabeth Warner had apartments with the prisoner during the summer and autumn] of 1845. Deceased lived with her, they frequently quarrelled. Elizabeth Barker said, in 1846 prisoner lived with her in the City-road. Often had conversations with her about her husband; he did not live with her. Mrs. Cundell lived, in the early part of the present year, with prisoner, in Napier-street, Hoxton; she was always very jealous of her husband. On one occaiion, about four or five weeks before the murder, prisoner told her that on the night before she had asked the price of a pair of pistols, and she would hear of something before very long. Witness replied that she did not think much of what jealous people said; but it she thought she meant her ,husband should write to deceased. A number of letters which were found by the police sergeant i❑ the butler's pantry were next put in and read, which showed the prisoner to be labouring under strong feelings of jealousy and revenge for some supposed injury. Mr. COOPER then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. Hi remarked that the charge was of murder with malice aforethought, and commented strongly upon idle tales of years past being raked up by the prosecution to prove the manner in which they lived; he then spoke of the manner of the woman throughout the affair, and put it to the jury whether it was the conduct of a woman who was fond of her husband and meditated murdering him. The prose cution had called a clergyman to prove the pious con duet of deceased, but many of the most religious persons have been known to commit suicide ; the fear of losing his situation by his wife being there, when he knew she was ordered never to enter the house, might - induce him to commit suicide ; the surgeon had said that the deceased could not have done it with his right hand ; but, on cross-examination, he allowed it might have been done with his left. With a few more remarks upon the evidence, he called upon the jury not to convict the prisoner upon such slight and circumstantial testimony. ; Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up at considerable length, The jury retired to consider their verdict at four o'clock. In about ten minutes the jury re-entered the court and returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) John Pearson, 24, labourer, was indicted for haying on the Bth of September, feloniously stabbed and wounded Balfour Lamb, with intent to kill and slay him. The prosecutor, a labouring man, stated that on the day named in the indictment he was at the Green Man public-house, Whetstone. where the prisoner was, and a quarrel ensued abut a fiddler that was there. Prosecu tor left the house, followed by the prisons, who drew a, knife and stabbed him •in the side, inflicting a wound that would have cost him his life, had it not been for the intervention of one of his ribs, ai'ainst which it glanced, and only inflicted a flash wound about an inch in lengt% The jury found the prisoner guilty of the whole charge. The RECORDER, in passing sentence, deprecated the cowardly and dangerous system of carrying knives and usin.,); them in the manner the prisoner had. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for ten years. Elizabeth Griffith, 39, married, was indicted for lar ceny. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and gr. O'Brien defended. It appfared from the evidence that the prisoner is one of a gang of sv‘indiers, numbers of whom have already' been eonviettd, and that the plan adopted by her to ob- tain the goods forming the subject -matter of the present in fictment w,s precisely- the same us that a , lopieri by those who havl alreudy ben tried. Tnero were numerous indictments against the ptison , r, and the only one taken was for obtaining a quantity of knives from Mr. Dohby. a cutler, living at 93, in the Strand. It ap peared that on the sth of-June the prisoner called at the shop of the prosecutor, and ordered a quantity of knives to be sent to her residence, 39, Brompton-crescent, which were sent op the following reoratn.4. 'lle door was then answered by a man dressed in . a striped jacket, who acted, to all appearance, as butler. He took toe goods in, stating that he could not call his mistress then, as sne was engaged in her dressing-room. The prisoner, how ever, subsequently came. down, and having looked at the knives, said she did not think they were good enough, and should have to show them to her husband before she could give an answer, and in consequence of this and the respectable appearance of the place, the things were left. A person who represented herself as cook to the pri soner, wanted to ket some more things, which, however, they did not feel inclined to part with, and upon their going on the following day for the money or the goods, they found the house shut up, and all parties run away, after taking in numerous tradespeople in the neigh bourhood. Mr. O'BRIEN contended that the affair was merely one of debt, and that tradesmen were themselves to blame, being so eager to do business that they did not make sufficiently strict inquiries. The jury found her guilty. .. The RECORDER, after referring to the recent Act of the 12th and 131 Viet,, o. 11, said that the Legislature had sufficiently tied up the hands of the Court in their powers of sentencing pErsons convicted of larceny by swindling. This was one of the fiat samples of the eft2cts of the new law, for now, unless a person guilty of swindling was convicted of obtaining goods by false pretence; the Court had not the power to transport. The Learned Recorder then sentenced the prisoner to two years' imprisonment and hard labour, observing that, had the_ law allowed him the power. to transport, he should have tried the other cases and transported her, which would be the proper sentence for swindlers. The other cases disposed of during the day were wholly devoid of interest. RAIL WA Y att A ICE Vi RKETS LIVERPOOL, .SEPT. 20. • - STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was exceedingly heavy to-day, and prices of all kinds of shares were lower. The quotations were barely supported at the close. The sales are-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 6 per cent. till 'lB5O, 13t,/ 2 = Lancaster and York, ConsoL Fifths. 61. 11s. 3d. - London and North- Western, 110 - Ditto, New Quarters, I,t, p.-Ditto, Quarters (C), lq p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Prefer ence, 10 /2 -Midland, Halves, 19 dis -South-Eastern and .'over (No. 4), 6 t ig - York, Newcastle, and 'erwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 5 dis.-Waterfurd and Limerick, 40 dis. Caledo ian, Preference, 10. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANOM.- The transactions to-4 y were as fol low :-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston (Eastern Junc tion), 6% d s. -Birkenhead (late Chester and Birkenhead). 13 1 4 - Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 6 9-16 dis -Ditto, 321. Shares late Extension), 1 0 3 4 dis.-Ditto (West Riding Union), 6% dis. .rth Staffordshire, 73 dis.--South- Eastern and Dover (Scrip), 6. BIR MINGHAM,' SEPT ' 20. Srocx ExcHAN(ia.-The only transactions to-day were in South Staffords, at 4L las. 9d. dis. YORK, SEPT. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 71. 6s. Rd.— North. British, Prefereno 36 York, Newcastle. and Berwick, 17— Ditto (Newcastle Extension), 11 3 4 ex in. Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase),3% York and North Midland. Preference . , 6. GLASGOW, SEPT. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE. The transac ions to-day were as follow:—Caledonian, 33 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. I), 7 —Monklands, 59-- Ditto, 6 per cent. gua ranteed, 8 5 4 North British, , Preference, 71s. Scottish Central, 19 3 %. - - THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 20.—At Gloucester market OR the 15:h, wheat was is .per Outer dearer.' At Wor cester the same day, the prices of the pievious week could not be exceeded. Barley and oats both rather lower. Beans the turn dearer. Peas unaltered. During the present week, although the weather has been as fine as possible, a fair quantity of wheat has changed hands, at an improvement of about is per quarter on all de scriptions. Barley unaltered, With little doing. Oats are taken in retail, at former rates. No advance can be obtained in either beans or peaS. At this day's market there was a large supply of English wheat, and the trade closed dull, at an improvement of barely Is per quarter. Barley more in demand, at former pricus. Oats but little inquired for. Beans and peas both a slow sale, but lower prices were not submitted' to. BRISTOL CORN MARKET, SEPT. 20.—We had a tole rably good supply of English Wheat, at an advance of 2s per qr. There has been a goOd deal done in f ore i gn a since last week; also at rise of Is per . qr on the closing rates of that day. Flour )4 per sack higher.' In malting barley, best English samples are taken at 303 per qr. Grinding barley in steady . request. New oats are again 6,1 to is per qr cheaper, and the sale limited. Old beans dearer by is per qr. Arrivals—Bristol: wheat, 10 brit 186 qrs; oats, 1.985 brls 47 qrs; barley, 548 brls 255 qrs; beans (foreign), 588 qrs; flour, 400 sacks 200 brls. Gloucester: wheat, 1,916 qrs; oats, 3,427 brls 522 qrs; barley, 4,249 qrs. 'Average price s —Bristol: wheat, 37; 9d; oats, 17s 31; barley, 22a ld. Gloucester: wheat, 41s 3d; oat?, 19s 6d. UPPINGHAM, SEPT. 19.—Wheat 40s to 463 ; barley 23i to 28i; oats 17s to 235; beans 32s to 363 per qr. Butter lid to Is per lb; eggs 18 for Is.' LOUTH, SEPT. 19.—Wheat 39s to 43:; barley 26s to 295• oats 00s to 00s per qr. LONG SIITTDN.—Return of sales for the week ending Sept. 15—Wheat, 116 qr's, 2281 17s (average . 39s 30). SLEAFORD, SEPT. 17.—Wheat, new white 42; to 455; red 40s Od to 43s Od; new OS to Os; barley 26s to 28s; oats, new 14s to 18s; peas 30s per qr. LFORD.--Averages for the week ending Sept. 17 Wheat 41s led; barley 05 3id per qr. LYNN, SEPT.- 18.—Wheat 38; to 425, fine 44s to 465; barley 26; 28s to 303 perqr. OAKHAM, SEPT. 17.—Wheat 40s to 435; barley 26s to 293; oats 16s to 20;;eans, 34s to 38; per qr. SEPTS GAINSBOROUGH, lB.-Wheat 41s to 475-366 qrs, 8051 18s (average 44s Oki.) NEWARK, SEPT. 19 -LVVllear, old white 46s to 485, extra 00s, red 434 to 455, new white 44s to 475, red 42; to 445; barley, new making 28S to 30s, old grinding and foreign 23; to 245; oats,.old 2‘2s to 235, new 19; to 20 ,, ; beans, old 33s to 355, new 28's to 295; malt 54s to 56; per qr; tares, new 5s Od t a 55'3d per bushel. ROTHERHAM, SEPT. 17.—Beef, 5s 6d to 6 3 Od per stone; caution, 51d to 51d per lb. DERBY, SEPT. 18.--There was a decided improve meat in the quality of fat beasts to-day; the number was about the same, without any alteration in the price; the best and largest animals were most in request, while those of an inferior description were rather heavy sale. The sheep market remains about the same. The supply of fat pigs was about the same as on the preceding market. Beef made itid to sid; Mutton, 4id to Sid ; Lamb, 17; to 213; Veal, 5,1 to si-d'pl.r lb; Pigs, 8s per score. Rough tat, 33 6d per stone of 141ns. Hides, per lb. Calf-skins, 2d to 3d pt'r lb. Fat calves were icarce. GLASGOW, SEPT. 16.—The' weather has been fair since last week, and favourable to harvest op"rations. The supplies have been moderate. About 3,033 quar ters of wheat, 3,140 quarters of barley, and 5 quartets of peas, have been reported at Grangemouth from abroad. There was a better feeling prevalent during the week, and a fait amount of business done, with prices in favour of sellers. At this day's market there was go , KI attendance of town and country buyers. Wheat and flaur were a fair sale, at an advance of 6d to is per boil or barrel. Barley of lic , nao growth was in better supply, and readily disposed of at last week's currency. Oats of fine quality realiSed a slight improvem:int. Oat meal, both old and new, was dull, and the turn cheaper. Maus and peas were a little dearer. Indian c3rn was in better demand at late rates, which owners were un willinv to accept. EDINBURGH, SEPT. 19.--,The quantity of wheat brought forward this day was 564 qrs,' being 74 qrs more than last week. Top price of new ssheat 3s, and the average is lld down. Old wheat was down 25 on the top, but 2s 10d up on the average. The general average of wheat was 7d below that of last week —195 qrs unsold. The quantity of barley brought for ward was 724 qrs, being 126 qrs more than last week. Price on the top 6J, and the average I s down-219 qrs unsold. Of oats we had 1,008 qrs brought forward, or 470 qrs more than last week. Top price is Bd, and the average is 9d down-L-230 qrs unsold. The qu4ntity of beans was 59 qrs, or 2 qt's lee's than last'week. Price on the top the same, and the average Id down-29 qrs unsold. Top of wheat ... 6511b3 56s Od ... New ditto ... 6411bs - 50s Od ••. Barley 56i lbs 29; 6d ... Oats 43f1bs 233 4d ... Beans ... 6741bs 36 Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 19.--The supply of cattle this morning was 449, b, log 222 more than last week. Sales dull, and priers down 6d per Dutch stone. At the close a clearance was not effected. The extreme top price of the best beet 7s 6.1 to 7s 9(1; current 7,; middling and inferior 5s 6d to 6s per Dutt.h stone. The supply of sheep and lambs this morning was 5,620, being 331 more than last wed;. Demand being not f qual to the supply, sales were dull, and a reduction submitted to of fully Is a head from the prices of last marks,. Top price of the best mutton 4.1 per lb; current, 5,1; inferior, 3id to 41. Lambs (top), 20s; current, 14. to 16s; middling and inferior, 4s to 12s a head. A consi derable numne , unsold. DUNBAR, SEPT. 18.—We had a small supply of gra'n to-day. Sales were dull, and prices lower. Whet, weighing 641bs, brought 51a 6d, and prices to 50; OJ; barley, weighing 52ilbs, brought 24; 61, and prices to 003 Od; oats. weighing 431bs, brougnt 20s Od, Lind prices to 16s 01; bawls and pe Ise, weighing 00lbs, brought 00s 04, and- prices to 00s Od. DuNDF.m. SEPT. 15.—Wnev, 46 , Od to 49s Od; foreign ditto, 47; 0..1 to 50.4 Ott; barley, 22s 0.1 to 23. 0 I; oats, 18s 61 to I9s 0 , 1 ; rwasss and (Jeans, 2.33 01 to 25, 61. DUBLIN, SEPT. 18.—The qudity and condition if whoe,t at minket to-d , y were touch improve.l, d !ac tors were enabled to re.ilitx an advance of 6.1 for the best samples. Prime oats were also 61 dearer, but barley, which is coming forward in bad condition, was so d a'. u reduction of 61 on the best, and is to Is 61 on other (1 , - sc r iptions. For India% curt) an advance was doinzihded, but there was no disposition on the part or buy, rs to do business. White wheat,. new, 203 to 22; red, ditto, 17s to 21s 6 , 1; barley, Ils to 14 , ; Ben., 8; 61 to 10s; old oat-, per brh, 113 to 12, 61; new oati, per bri., 8s 61 to 10s; rapeseed, ID , r bri., 256 t., 26, 61; oat meal, l 0 to lls 6d; bikers , ur, per cwt., 143 to 16, 6 , 1; Indian core, 24:.t0 27 ,, per 480 CORK, SETT. . Flour —Firsts 13$ 6d to 14s ; extra 14s 6d seconds, 12, 61 to 13s ; household 4 104 to 11s; thirds, 6s to 9, per cwt. Oatmeal 10s Od to I ls; Indian meal t , s 3d to 6 Cd; wheat. meal, lOs Od to I is per cwt. Indian corn 61 . to 617 s 6il per ton. Bran 315 s Od to 3/ lOs per ton. Hay—Farmers 23s to 325; average 265. dealer, 28 , to 34 , 0:1; averaue 3 .8 per ton. Straw.--Farmer, 16s Od to ; average ids; *seaters 28s Ou to 00s average 001 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 61d; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 7d to 9J per lb. Eggs 4s 8d to 4s 10d per hundred. Coals— Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 008 per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; mutton 4d to sid; veal 4d to Od ; pork 4id to 5d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages bd per lb. Hops 51 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 26 6d to 3/ 5s pet ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ lOs ; Valonia 14/ to 0/ ; French 71 10s; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 12s per stone. Hemp 34/ to 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 171 to 18s; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ lOs to 12/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85/ per ton; deals, first quality, 18s; second quality, 163 per 100. Hides—Market 12s to 18s; salted 12s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2id per lb. Potatoes, white sid to 7d ; Minions 00d to 00d ; Guano— Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. WORCESTER GREAT FAIR. WORCESTER, WEDNEALLY NIGIEIT.—The annual fair for hops, stock, cheese. arid other agricultural' produce of the district, was held here to-day. There was a very limited supply of new hops brought to market, in con sequ-nce of the lateness of the season, picking having only commenced in this county and Herefordshire (com prising the " Worcester district") last week, while many yards have been left entonehed until the present week. Hence the ustrd crowding of the hop pockets in the Hop Market and adjacent streets is this year reduced to a very limited supply, not sufficient to afford a basis for fixing the price of the year's growth. The weather was very fine, and there was a very large attendance at the fair. Business, however, was very fist. About 200 pockets of new hops were brought to market, and the general price asked Teas 7/, per cwt., though in the frelc s effected, not more than 61. 10e. was obtained. The sample web kenerally good s . but the crop is said to come down light, and the duty is now estimated as low as 8,0001. in the district. The current prices to-day were —For 1849 hops 6/ 6i•to Cl 108; 1848, 414 s to Si; 1846, 2l 8s to 31 ss. The cattle market was by no means fully suppliA. There were 4,585 sheep penned, and about 330 beasts, and 300 horses, and a tew pigs. Bee . rather improved in price, Si to sid being realised; mutton, 50. The cheese fair was well supplied, and an average amount of business was done. Best 569 per cwt., two meal 465, aud• family cheese from 30s to 351 per cwt. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. —By the steamer From Havre this morning accounts have nached us that little or nothing was doing 3esterday in the cotton market. Prieps were without 'alteration, and sales at two o'clock 773 bales at firm prices. The Alexander Toussin arrived yesterday at Havre from ST STEPHEN'S, WALEttooK.--Yesterday an ad jonrned meeting of the vestry of the joint p arishes of St. Stephen's. Walbrook, and St. Benet% Sherehog. was held for the purpose of considering the necessity of dis• continuing interments in the buiial ground attached W the church and under that sacred edifice. Mr. Flight, one of the churchwardens, being called to the chair ' let" ters were read from th e Bi s h op o f L ondon and the Rev Dr. Croly, the rector, approving of the contemplated removal of interment s . Th e c l os i ng of t h e groun d an d church for burials being carried, measures were adopts ( ' for the purch as i ng o f groun d i n some ot the c-metertis in the outskirts of the metropolis, for the proper inter m. nt of the dead of the parish. The usual compliment being paid to the chair, the meeting broke up. TEE BLACK FLAG OF ST. SAVIOUR's.—We are convinced that " truth " really " is strong, —straeget than fiction." It is written in the Times that, at a vestry meeting of St. toedSaviour', Southwark, there was passed del , berate resolution isobey an order of the Board of Health for the closure of a certain graveyard in that dint: called the " Cr o s s -b ones " b urial ground. Vim" existing circumstances, that this Vote can have been carried is less credible tha n the greatest lie in " chansen." Perhaps some f u t ure hi stor i an, of mor e idle; gination than ch rono l ogy , w ill relate how the nam e of St. Saviour's was giv en to t hi s parish by popu l ar irony during the epidemic of 1849, an d w ill c i te in su pp 9 ll Of his conjecture th e astound i ng fact above recor ded. The vestry men of St. Saviour's ha ve ma d e a bold stand indeed against their sanitary aggressors. Of course their motto is "No Surrender," meaning " won 1 give up our c h arne l!" O f course, also, they bare nailed their flag to the mast, and it only remains for us to observe that this flag is the " Death's head and Cross' bones."—Punch. BOLTON.—THE CASE OF CLAIRVOYANCE.--The extraordinary recovery of 650/., through the alleged agency of clairvoyance, has excited considerable interest, not only in this bprough, but throughout the whole oluntry. Mr. P. R. Arrowsmith, Mr. William Lomas, his cashier, and Mr. Frederick Jones, of Ashburner street, have had many communications from different parts of the country, from parties who have lost money and are anxious fur its recovery. A person from Man chester, who was 101. deficient in his cash, has been at Bolton, to obtain the aid of Mr. Haddock's clairvoyant patient; but Mr. Haddock, who is an apothecary, has his own business to attend to, and therefore declinr:l to interfere in the matter. With regard to the discovery of the 650/., there is no doubt whatever that is was sent to the bank by Mr. Lomax in an envelope; that it was by some means laid aside unopened, and got mixed up with some loose papers, and that when application was made at the bank (which was not until the expiration of five weeks, when Mr. Lomax was balancing his cash), no tidings could be had of the money. Mr. Lomax had no evidence that he had sent the money ; and, although Mr. Arrow.qnith had unlimited confidence in his integrity, yet his state of mind may easily be imagined. He con sulted his friend Mr. Frederick Jones, who went with him to the clairvoyant p vient of Mr. Haddock (who is stated to have been the means of reenvering a cash-box lost some time before, by Mr. Wood), and that the in formation she gave them led to the discovery of the envelope and its contents, Broom; some waste paper in a back room at the bank.—Monehe-ter Guardian. 'IMPROVING THE SANITARY STATE OF THE TOWER —Y •steroay, in cont,“ qto bee of communications •ronl his Grace the Duke of' Wellington, High Constable of the Tower of London, respeeting the sanitary state of that fortress, her Aijeaty's Cominissbners of Woods and Fure,ts i-sued instructions for the immediate de molition ot all the buildings known as the Old Mint, situate 4 n the cut, fronting St. Katherine's Docks. This has hitherto been the quarters occupied by the non commission' d officers and privates; it is the most un healthy part of t he f ortress , an d is no l onge r necessary , the new barracki hilt upon the site of the Armo . usY destroyed by fire in 1841 being ready for occupation' _. rhe new o ffi cer.' quarters are rapidly approaching °'_°% pled an The Tower is being thoroughly drained. I_o also proposed to bore an artesian well for the supply °I the garrison. Tsui CHARTISTS PRISONERS.—Mr. Tindall Atkin' son, at a meeting of the National Parliatuenta e r i y i . Re form A-s , ciation, held at the Duke ot York. e A t s "c o4 l street, last-night, stated that the Council o don had memorialised the Home Office sia a r o rp n e t e . La tt ; hhe' ' s s t üb r j a:nd: id the treatment, &c., of the Chartist prison ers, and that touching the death ut Willi2/214 and good would doubtless result from the One thing, he added, the House Of Commons, even now, eigh t y vr nie at their the people, who, with the veteran 4tno.st searching in was certain, thihurrte,:beeere, in bead, were determinserto institute a yebtigation. in Parliament, into the twee 1 with Chartist prisoners, and the causes of enthusiastic cheers. Hams and Sharpe. The announcement rece ived treatment of the k t w ee SUSPECTED POISONING.—Within the p as considerable excitement has prevailed in the Pa.ro c n on v : Publow, near Compton Dando, its this county, IP_ sequence of its having been suspected that a man in that ~4 village had poi-pnea his wife. We are informed the woman died very suddenly, and within a fortn ight her husband married again. This gave rise to gr' ce „, suspicion that she came by her death by unfair means, and the body has been exhumed , an d th e con t e nts 0 4 " stomach forwarded to Mr. Herapath. of Bristol , for agk analyzation. The result has not yet transpired. br Herald. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Clergyman of the CathOlie Church and Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—A pastor residing in Belfast (whose name is withheld . by his bad sire) was applied to by a poor woman of his pariah, w i t h 16 been afflicted for four years with an awfully bad eig'lace her wounds, and so extremely painful that she could not s e afferings, foot to the ground. Feeling for her poverty and , o f 1-191- this humane gentleman presented her with a suPPI r l eg 51 loway's Ointment and Pills, which soundly . heal e ed benevolent. Du ed b i l e in ai l l a Z about five weeks, although she had been in the pital for seven months, and had consulted sever in Ireland.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Lady Nieolson, of a ;On. BIRTHS, On the 19th inst in William-street, Lovndes-s(11141re1/2 he 17th inst., at H t tOn t uns an on,Norfolk, Pryor,l.• —scl-, of a daughter. ander On the 17th inst., at Ha . 1" Island, the wife of .Alez T. E. Malpas, Esq, cf a son. Ymg a Lees, Erg. On the 17th inst.,. Plymouth,the lady of —• at Captain 2 Bth Reniment, of a daughter. Alexander Fletcher, On the 18th inst , the lady ol the Itev. the Wife of A. D.D., Finsb ry Chapel, London, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., the .ite of A. 13. Blosam, Esq., of Cam bridge-street, Hyde-park-pquare of a daug hter. On the 1 , th inst., at Brigt,t ' on, the lady of John mur gridge, Esq , of a son. _._.--------"--. ARIED. On the 18th inst., at Wal t ha m Abbey Church, Captain Henry Weston, 14th Regiment Bombay to -Rebekah Eleanora, daughter of William Cox, E-1., of Cheshunt-cot tage, Hertfordshire. On the 18th inst., at Beaconsfield, William Mitchell, FM., to Alice, fourth daught er o f th e Rev. John Gould, 8.D., rector of Beaconsfield, Bucks. On the 19th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square,, war C. laugh ton,MaillerL , Layton 35th R-giment, eldest s on of Ed of Harrow Weald. to Elizab eth. y oungest er of t h e l a t e J o h n Dyon, d , late DIED On the llth inst. at Bath, the lion. Anne Mackay. On the 16th ins - ., at Brighton. Thomas Browning, Esq., of Ilanley-comnton Mi d 1 sex, aged 80. On the 16th inst., in Chancery-lane. Mr. C. Sylvester, for many years rnesseng-r to his Majesty Gorge 111.. aged 89. • On the 17th inst., at Cheshunt, Herts, Edward Harrold, Esq., On the li 17th in , t g ., d in the Mall, Clifton, aged 78, . iSS Hill, late of Cardiff, GlarnorganAlure. On the 18th inst., at Glasgow , J emima. the wife of John Latham, Esq., Secretary cf ho Edinburgh and Glasgow Rad way Company, aged 31. Ott the Ist!' inst., at Condait-street West, Hyde-park, aged 41, Jane, the wi!e of R. W oo lla ton, Esq., F.R.C.S. On the 1.-th inst., Jane, the wife ot Philip E. Bayly, Esq., On the , Bth inst., late of Norton-street, Portland-p lace. Surrey, Lucy Henrietta, relict of th , late John Ha rrison, Esq. • a t Ripley-court, London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Na 1 1 2, Strand. in The Precinct of the &Lvov. in the sooty 01 Middlesex, Friday, September 21, 1849, i PHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, . 1849