The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-30 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGA TION OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. Eastern Counties Railway, Nov. 27, 1855. At the half-yearlygeneralmeeting of the proprietors, held at the London Tavern, 31st August, 1855, it was resolved— " That so much of the report as relates to the dividend be agreed to, and that the consideration of other matters mentioned therein be adjourned until the last Friday in October, and that a committee of seven shareholders be appointed to investigate the affairs of the company, with power to e xamine the " officers of the company, and to call for books and p a p ers. .‘ That the following gentlemen be upon the committee : —Edward Ball, Esq., M.P., Thomas Christy, Esq., Henry Soper, Esq., Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., Horatio Love, Esq., Thomas Goodson, Esq., John T. Norris, Esq., and that no resolution was to pass except five be present, but three to form a quorum, to conduct ordinary inquiries. When the above resolutions were passed, Mr. Ball had made arrangements to proceed to Paris the next morning ; Mr. Norris, also, was under engagement for several fol lowing days. dr. Ball and Mr. Norris agreed, therefore, that the committee should not meet for a few days, and separated with this understanding. Other gentlemen of the committee considered it desirable that the committee should commence their inquiry without delay, and on the 3d of September Messrs. Love, Christy, and Soper held a preliminary meeting, and adjourned to the sth of Septem ber, when a majority of the committee was present, and Mr. Love was chosen chairman of the committee. Mr. Ball expedited his return to England, and attended the committee on the 10th of September, as also did Mr. Norris. Mr. Goodson wrote to the committee, declining to form one of the committee. Your committee entered on the inquiry desiring to be just, moderate, fearless; not ungenerously to use the authority which you entrusted to them, or timidly to shrink from exposing error. They have protracted the report to a period much beyond that which you granted them— they have been obliged to do so from the numerous subjects ne cessarily embraced in the inquiry, and from the vast im portance of some of the branches of that inquiry. The first subjects to which the committee directed their attention were those in which issue had been joined at the last half-yearly meeting between Mr. Waddington, the chairman, on the one part, and the auditors and certain directors on the other ; and the objections made likewise to the accounts, as well as to the conduct of the chairman, by Mr. Bruce and Mr. Broadbent, two of the directors. In order emit the committee, as well as yourselves, might arrive at sound conclusions regarding the position of till:, great property, they have summoned many of the company's servants and other parties, whose evidence will be added to this report. They are thereby relieved from the necessity of entering so much into detail as would otherwise be requi site, because the evidence will speak for itself, and to that they beg to refer you. They cannot conceal from you the conviction which has forced itself on the minds of your com mittee, that all the charges made by the auditors, Messrs. Reeves and Mayhew, have been fully substantiated—that those charges fall short of a true state of the affairs of the company that most important books, those relating to the stores, and also to the locomotive department, have never been laid before the auditors—that no correct ascertained balance has ever been struck in the stores department since the period when Mr. Waddington was chosen chairman. That at the end of each half-year since that period, the sum set clown as the value or amount of stores on hand, has never properly agreed with the amount purchased less the amount issued. And that for the last 2or 3 years 11 , 3 attempt has been made to a', - t,ree them. Large additioes also have been made to the capital account of the Eastern Counties Company, and for which they are not, and cal - not be made, responsible. They belong to the Norf, lk Company, for which that company is hound to provide, as set furthi in the Act of Parliament confirming the agree ment made with that company, Feb. 6, 1854. The sum thus most improperly and illegally added to the capital account of the Eastern Railway Company is 69,60tii. 10s. There are other improper transactions, to which we shall have specifically to refer in their proper places. Your committee name them now, as instances of the reckless manner in which the affairs of this company have been administered. Your committee have further to observe that contracts have boon made with individuals on terms not remunera tive, and that by so doing a large portion of the carriage of coal and goods has been done at a positive loss to the COM pAny, while in some instances they have been ruinous to the merchants engaged in those branches of business, and in others annoying and degrading; that a monopolyhas been established which, in its operation, has been hurtful to the company and offensive and vexatious to the numerous mercantile establishments situate on your line of railway. The name of the firm with which one of these contracts has been made is Messrs. E. and A. Prior, trading under the firm of the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Coal Com pany, the use of which name was most improper. Prefer. ences also have been given to another company to carry cattle over the line, greatly to the injury of the merchants and farmers who live within your district, and to the damage of your own revenue. In a word, a total shire gard has been evinced of all the right principles on which a large commercial undertaking like yours should be con ducted. A large increase has been made to the bonded debt by loans granted illegally and without your autboi itt . A most reckless expenditure has been kept up, not for your advantage, but fur that of other individuals and companies which we shall specify in detail. Additions have been made each half-year to your capital account of a most injurious description. Improper repre sentations have been made at several of the half-yearly meetings of the state of your affair; and the conduct of some of your directors has amounted to a systematic sacri fice of your interests, and the conduct of others to a total disregard of those interests, which, if permitted to con tinue, would inevitably result iu consequences of a most serious nature to yourselves. Your committee consider that one cause of the losses you have sustained is to be found in the constitution of the board of directors itself. It consists of 15 members—of that 15 only 8 represent the interests of the Eastern Coun ties Railway Company itself ; five other of the directors sit at the b3ard, by authority of an act of Parliament given to the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway Company, which company has a fixed dividend secured to it before any dividend whatever can be paid to the Eastern Coun ties proprietary ; and those directors have no interest at stake, and are little construed in the results of any in juriow, agreements which the Eastern Counties Rail way Company may enter into. Two other of the directors re present the East Anglian Company ; and although they are interested in keeping the expenses down, and the charge against revenue as low as possit,le yet they are not affectul by the bargain which the Eastern Counties Company has made with the Norfolk Company, as well as with the-Eest ern Union Company, in agreeing to pay those companies all their proportion of receipts, less 46 per cent. only, how ever much the loss may be ; or any other bargain they may make of a similar nature. If they had been, your. coinmi tee feel assured they would have satisfied themselves as to a fact of a most. important nature, before the agree rnent would have been completed with the Norfolk and Eastern Union Railway Companies. The fact to bo thus ascertained was, what were really the working expenses of this company at the time the agreement was proposed. The present chairman (Mr. Wad dington) set them down as 41/. Si. sd. per cent. The half yearly accounts, ending the 31st December, 1853, show that sum as the percentage; but that was not a true per centage—it was near 45 per cent., and this company is bound by their contract to charge only 46 per cent., inclet ing, in such working expenses, repairs, and re-erection el bridges, and maintenance of the permanent way. On the Norfolk Company's line alone a sum of 32,0e0/. is now required to repair dilapidations that already exist, to which subject no consideration appears to have been paid, and no adequate allowance required in the contract with them. There is another reason why you should be more particular as regards the construction of your own board, and it is this :—The affairs of the three associated companies, the Eastern Counties, the Norfolk, and the Eastern Union Companies, a re manage d b y a j o i n t committee, consisting of _Lour members o f th e E astern C oun ties, two of the Nor fol,and two of th e E as t ern U n i on b oa rd. It requires great watchfulness to weigh the effect m:tug from th a t joint committee. Your interests are not always their interests, otherwise they never would have of violated an a ct Parliament binding each company to provide for the worksayn o me ni t ts own line, which it had begun, and to saddle the payment be it on the Eastern Counties Com pany alone ; company which had no right observed the p a y men t t o f a ll on th e ght or title to the property, end which, a few years hence, may be severed from it. It is very necessary you should bear i npresent consti tution of the board, and it i s o f th e last the 'importance you should provide a remedy. So long b as you have aru 60- rity sitting at your board influencing your :Alai's, with out any strong motive to protect y our i nterest, and who give themse lves little or nu trouble to understane the motives that influence other of your directors, so long will your affairs remain at the mercy of those who hold out to y ou, half your by half year, delusiv e statements ; who make representations, and fill the re ports presented to 3 ou w ith p romises which are never rea lised, and will nut bear a moment's examination. Your committee is anxious to occupy as little of your time with the report as possible ; but they would not pe e . form their duty if they did not point out, in as plain and simple a manner as they can, each head of inquiry to which they have directed their attention, and their object in call ing your attention to it. In directing the attention of the shareholders to the manner of disposing of the 1,099 shares of t he Tilbury line ell , your committ ee d es i re t o av oid saying anything wLi way hurt the feelings of those gentlemen who received the shares. The case is thus :—Eight gentlemen were ap pointed to manage the Tilbury Railway—four selected from the direction of the Eastern Counties board, and four from the direction of the Black-vall board. There woes 40,000 shares to dispose, to raise capital for constructing the line, 5,954 of these remained unappropriated. The market for them was heavy ; but when the line was let for ',,term of years, the shares improved in value, and rose to sus. to 50s.premium each. The joint committee decided to c. iistribute 4,863 shares amongst the shareholders of the Tilbury 1,()91 ola eo u'llany. These shares were so accepted. leaving that thesr:l unaliotted. And your committee are of opinion homer. of then'. shares, being the property of the share been disposed 'Tilbury line, ought, by a fresh allotatio-a to have joint committee at of, as were the 4,863 shares. But the on the 6th July, 1853 Tilbury line, at their first meeting, sod a resolution " that the re sidue of the 5,95,1 shales, after making the further allot ment of ono for every seven, I thereby, placed at the &liaise should be, and they wer e the Ea s . ast.rn Counties Coln piny," of the four members of th a t comm ittee named by Railway Cn piny," thus conveying these shares to that portion of the committee of the Tilbury line who rep rese nted the Eastern Counties Compa n y . Now such resolu tion eienamitteen itself could . legally only emp ower such member s of the to bold these shares for the benefit of the shareholders, it being incompatible with the trust or office of a dire ctor orco t tie tee man to accept pr o p ert y for his own benefit, and prupriation of those 1,091 shares by four g entl emen of t a Ee . directors of the Eastern Counties Company was wrong. TILBURY AND SOUTHEND LINE. Your attention should be called to the injurious effects likely to be produced to this company by the leasing of the Tilbury and Southend Line to Messrs. Peto, Betts, an d • Brassey. The intention of the directors of this company, when that line was projected, was, i n conjunction with the Blackw e ll Railway, to protect the territory of the Eastern Counties Company, and to prevent traffic being abstracted from__ it, and also to avoid competition which would have an injurious effect on the parent line. ' One of the first acts of the joint committee, after their appointment, was to allow Messrs. Peto and t° pay them Pete, Betts, and Brassey to make the li ne, by the shares the entire amount of the capital raised mitted the E a ; a lL a innd soon aft er th e sa id j o i n t c ommittee co - find capital for rolling R a ilw a y to a n agreement to bury Extension lineng a s t tock to work the traffic of the 'Til bury tes which your committee find are extremely toprejudicialthe int eres t t. of the Eastern Counties Company. The agreement for the lease contains a c .,usiciorable number of te orn remarkable clauses — one of which is, that the lessees, n Messrs. Pete, Betts, and Brassey, shall have the power of fixing rates for paseen- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY JR)VENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1855. untouched have been sold for 'old stores, and that on occa sions when these transactions were taking place the com pany were buying fresh goods at from 10 to 40 per cent above the highest market prix us. Illegal additions are re presented to have been made to the capital accounts of 69,6061. which belong to the Norfolk Company. Prefer ential contracts have been et tered into with individual firms to carry coals, cattle, & o ~ at a positive loss to the shareholders, and also to the ds image of regular traders, who were thus shut out from fair competition. In one of the concerns thus favoured—the :Norfolk and Eastern Counties Coal Company—the locomoti-ve superintendent was a part ner, and his certificates were actually taken as to the qua lity of the coal he himself supplied. The Tilbury and Southend line has been leased, in the opinion of the com mittee, on improvident terms , and the arrangements with respect to the Woolwich line, Lowestoft Harbour, the steamboats of the Eastern Un ion Railway, and the steam traffic between Harwich and Antwerp are strongly con demned. With regard to the locomotive superintendent, it is recommended that a claim on his part of 3,1931. should not be paid until the justice of payments to the amount of nearly 20,0001. in ade to him for percentages since 1850 shall have been settled by arbitration, and that his existing engagement be referred to the law officers of the company with a view - to its termination. An ad vance of 8,0001. to the corporation of Harwich and com mitments to an outlay at that place of 30,0001. are involved in obscurities which the committee have been unable to fathom. Since Mr. Waddingtoat became chairman, in 1851, the additions to capital have been to the extent of 1,213,952/., or at a rate which the committee consider would, if it were continued, soon destroy the dividend available for unguaranteed shareholders. A considerable portion of this amount should not have gone to capital at all. In relation to the maintenance of the permanent way, which the last committee of investigation recommended should be met by an annual apportionment of 32,0001., it appears that the amount appropriated for the purpose in 1855 has been only 3,2001., and that an outlay is now ne cessary of 150,0001. The examination of the accounts for the last half-year has resulted in showing that instead of 57,581/. being, as represented, divisible for dividend, the amount was only 21,263/. Previous returns are believed to have been of the same delusive character, and the audit by the professional auditors has been imperfect and, in the opinion of the committee, entirely useless. Finally, it is unanimously submitted that the election of a chair. man at a salary of 2,000/, a-year has acted most preju dicially to the interests ofethe company by decreasing the influence of the individual members of tho board, and it is likewise pointed out that another great evil consists in • the fact that out of the 15 directors of the company only 8 represent its regular interests, 5 representing the North ern and Eastern Company, and the remaining 2 the East Anglian. Accompanying the report if a mass of evidence, containing extraordinary revelations of the system pur sued during the past five years ' • and when it is remem bered that the Eastern Counties line was one of the first to obtain dearly-bought experience of the necessity of looking, above all things, for integrity of management, the entire document will 1)3 regarded as one of the most singular that. has ever been presented in connexion with a public enterprise. gars, good, and cattle over the Eastern Counties line as between Forest Gate station and the London station. When this agreement was considered at the board, the oth August, 1852, Mr. :Hargrave was the only member of the board who objected, an d he denounced it as being in jurious to the interests of the Eastern Counties Company. Another remarkable circumstance which should be noticed is that the several clauses of this important agreement do not appear to have been then read at the board, as some of the members then present (from their evidence, which we have taken) do not appear to have been aware of them. And the committee would not feel satisfied without expressing their opinion that the large additions made to capital account, for which tho Eastern Counties Company have paid upwards of 56,000 t. for Mackney and other branches, has been done, not so much to benefit the Eastern Counties Company, but to increase the traffic and profits of Messrs. Poto, Betts, and Brassey, the lessees of the Tilbury line. The Eastern Counties have made an agreement to work the line, and find rolling stock and locomotive power, for a period determinable in seven years. To carry this out, 46,000 f. has been expended. The profits of receipts for the year have been about 4001. Thus, the Eastern Counties receives about 1 per cent. for this outlay, besides suffering the wear and tear of rolling stock. This bargain, like many others, is utterly astonishing, and of which the shareholders must form their own conclusions. WOOLWICH LINE. The profit arising from this line is very questionable, from the fact of a very large number of trains running at extremely low fares, a division of the receipts being made with the proprietor of the Woolwich Gardens on all per sons carried there during the summer season. Your com mittee were extremely surprised to find that a considerable outlay had been made by and at the expense of this com pany in building a dancing saloon within the gardens, at an expense of 1,5001., on property not belonging to this company, and for which they can have no legal claim, and fora purpose most objectionable to many of your share holders. HALESWORTH AND WOODBRIDGE RAILWAY. We consider it our duty to direct your attention to the contemplated rail way to be made from Halesworth to Wood bridge. The formation of this railway can only result in great injury to your property. It may take the cattle and fish traffic now passing over your lines ; and should the promoters seek alliance with your company, it can only form another element of loss. We deeply regret that its projec tors have so far forgotten their former advocacy of the ex isting lines of your company, as now to propose to make a line which is indirect opposition to it. Your committee re commend that the most strenuous opposition be given to this proposed line, believing that Parliament in its wisdom having sanctioned one line will not permit the formation by the side of it of another in direct opposition to it. LOWESTOFT HARBOUR. We briefly direct your attention to Lowestoft Harbour. We cannot understand why this harbour has been taken by the Eastern Counties Company. It can result only in taking the trade from Yarmouth, and is involving this company in vast expenses .and loss ; no favouritism, no proference shown to it, can ever make it of any value to you ; its cost exceeds its earnings. Much injustice towards the agricul turists of England has been practised, as is instanced in taking foreign beasts from Lowestoft to London for 55., a distance of 145 miles, bringing those beasts through Nor wich 20 miles nearer London, while the English farmers' beasts are charged 12s. for the carriage of 125 miles; it is and must remain a ruinous adjunct to the Eastern Coun ties Railway Company ; unlesa indeed the sea should wash up the sand to the destruction of the harbour—which your c )rnmittee were informed on their visit of inspection to that place was most probable—thus relieving this company from any farther loss. STEAM-BOATS OP THE EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. By an agreement with the Eastern Union Company, 6th Feb., 1851, their rolling stock was agreed to be taken by the Eastern Counties Company, and to be employed in working the traffic of the associated companies. It was taken and paid for in 1q54 ; the sum set down for the same was 149,7511. 11s. 6d. No resolution or minute of the board was made stating of what the said rolling stock consisted. The steam-boats amounted, according to a minute of the secretary of this company in the schedule of valuation, to upwards of 24,0001. The boats have plied from Ipswich to Harwich, and from Ipswich to London, entirely at the ex pense of the Eastern Counties. Daring the autumn of last year some of these boats were put on the run from Tilbury to Margate and back, chiefly with a view to profit the Tilbury Company. The chairman (Mr. Waddington) appears to be the person chiefly cognisant with these matters, and to have conducted them without call ing the attention of the board to them, and without any minute or authority for these purposes. Your committee is of opinion that the Eastern Counties Com pany is not liable to take these boats as part of the rolling stock, and that they should require the Eastern Union Company to retake them, and return the money advanced, and pay for repairs. HARWICH AND ANTWERP STEAMBOAT TRAFFIC. Your committee is of opinion this traffic should not have been undertaken at all. The North of Europe Steam packet Company named Harwich as one of the ports whence they intended to run steamers to Belgium and else where. Mr. Waddington and Lord A. Paget were directors of that company. They put a steamer on in the autumn of 1851, and it appears that it was not remunerative. They declined to put on any this year on that ground. And yet, the Eastern Counties Company, of which those gentlemen are directors, and likewise on the Antwerp Steam-boat Committee, have put on steamers without the authority of your shareholders, and have incurred considerable loss. It was 2,4001. 13s. Bd. to the 30th June, and has since been considerably increased. There is no hope or prospect of this traffic paying its expense; the railway fare is ruinously low. Your committee regret that your directors should have persisted in this undertaking, after the loss sustained by the traffic had been pointed out to them, as may be seen from the evidence. NORFOLK AND EASTERN COUNTIES COAL COMPANY. _, ..... _ Your committee, when their attention was first directed to this subject, considered it was au undertaking promoted by some one or more of the three associated railways, either for their joint or separate benefit, from the circumstance of advertisements having appeared continuously in the news papers, headed "Eastern Counties Railway;" stating prices for various descriptions of coal, and signed "By order, J. B. Owen, Secretary." It will be seen in the evidence that Mr. Owen was authorised to lend his name, as your committee consider most improperly, as it conveyed an incorrect repre sentation of the names of the parties who were the vendors of the coal. Your committee, in the inquiry into this sub ject, were informed that Sir S. M. Peto, in the first instance, brought the parties (Messrs. E. and A. Prior) whoiepresent this firm to Lowestoft as coal merchants, and that iu the year 1853 there was an arrangement or agreement with this company to have coals conveyed over the Eastern Counties and the Norfolk Railways, at a rate averaging not more than 7-16ths of a penny per ton. This sum was alleged to be charged in consideration of their bringing a large quantity of coal over the line, and that no other firm was to be charged so low a rate. Coupled with this low rate were other advantages. One was, that this company should always provide 200 waggons, to be in constant use by the coal company, and that a considerable amount of accommo dation should be provided for coal depots, sidings, &c., at a very large outlay ; that this company should find the money necessary for the payment of the coal dues ; and while this company paid ready money for the coal purchased of them it gave them a credit of from t wo to three months on tho freight due from them. This railway company has spent out of its capital a very large sums for these purposes. Tho railwaystation-masters and other servants at several places on the line have hail a considerable portion of their time occupied by that busi ness ; and it has led to many well-founded and strong com plaints. Your committee was much surprised to find that your locomotive superintendent(Mr.Gooch), with Messrs. E. and A.Prior, were the principal partners of the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Coal Company. This fact, it has been proved, was known soon afterwards to the chairman (Mr. Waddington), and your committee consider it extremely improper to have allowed any servant of the company to trade with that company—more particularly to certify as to the quality of the coal purchased of his owu firm, as was the case with the locomotive superintendent. To make such an agreement was extremeiy prejudicial to this company's interests, and destructive to the business of many respect able merchants on the lice. The rates charged were much less than ought to have been obtained, and, in our opinion, a considerable loss has been sustained by this company thereby. When the agreement was first proposed and acted upon, this company was not associated with the Eastern Union Company : in 1854 they were. The Norfolk and Eastern Counties Coal Company, in that year, pro posed to send, and did send, a considerable quantity of coal to various stations on that line. The goods manager of this company gave directions for what he considered fair rates to be charged. They were charged, and debited to the ac count of the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Coal Company. Some time thereafter, it appears, Mr. Gooch interfered as regards the rates so charged. The matter was referred by Mr. Moseley to the chairman (Mr. Waddington), who or dered Mr. Moseley to reduce those rates. Mr. Moseley thereupon wrote to Mr. Collis, the station master of this company, at Peterborough; on the 14th November, 1854, desiring him to alter the rates, as from the 13th November, 185l—(See Collis's lstter, in Appendix.) The rates were accordingly altered; but a few days afterwards Mr. Moseley wrote again, to say these rates so altered were to take effect retrospectively, as from the July previously ; and a rebate of 1,9001. was made in the accounts sent in up to the 30th September, 1854—(See Collis, Q. 2,342) ; and there was likewise a rebate of 1,0391. 3s. 9d. from 30th September to 13th November. From the evidence of Mr. Prior and Mr. Gooch, it ap pears that M r . G ooc h continued to be one of the partners of this coal company until towards the close of the last half-year, when a dissolution took place. The large purchases of coal made of this company cannot be viewed otherwise th an as preferences given to them of a most improper descripti on ( see Mr. WaYs dd account), and to confer advantages to them detrimental to the interests of this company. It was agreed that they should have 200 w aggons. At present they have 500, which represent a ca pital of not less than 40,000 i. They have the use of the coal depots as very many stations, t o th e exclusion of other par ties, at a very small charge per ton (vid e ev id ence). Their own waggons are repaired at this company's workshops, and ' although an acc ount has been rendered, nothing has y e t been paid (see evidence) . Your com mittee is of opi i m mediately be taken to talon that steps should strictl y 1 . imitthe operation of the draft agreement to the terms therein spe cified, and that the trade should be thrown o p en to mei . - chants on the line, and that no exclusive advantages should be given to any. LOCOMOTIVE SUPERINTENDENT. The The agreement entered into . . in May, 1850, might have resulted favourab:y,lprovided it had been carried out in its integrity; and if it . had not so resulted which it mi ht have' the agreement contained a clause by been been terminated. But this agreement has allowed . _ _to run oa, and has been made the pretext for paying Mr. per ceutages t Gooch, during Use last five years, su ms as amounting to little less than 20,00 01 . , when 19 salary was fixed at 6001. per annum. Added to which he was permitted to be a partner in a coal company trading to the port of Lowestoft, supplying the Eastern Counties Company with coals; and was also engaged in other business on his own account : he is the owner of waggons let to this coal com pany, which waggons are repaired at the workshops of th(, . Eastern Counties Railway. Your committee recommend that the claim of Mr. Gooch for the last half-year ending the 30th June, 1855, of 3 ,193/. 5 5 ., b e no t paid until the justice of this and all Mr . Gcoch's former claims have been ascertained by a reference to arbitration. Your comm i ttee further recommend that Mr. Gcoc h' s engage ment be referred to the law officers of the company, with a view to its being immediately terminated, thereby removing the reproach c wh . l h such an unwarrantable de parture fro m a ll sound principles of management has brought upon the company. The committee desire to refer 1 you particularly to the evidenceat 7 p 2 ages 2,3, 4,7, 8,9, 11, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32 , and HARWICH AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. Your committee are unfavourably impressed with the obscurity of the amounts furnished to the sharehclders and the obligations under which this comp an y i s brought.' We find 8,000/. lent to the corporation o f Harwich, not named in the report, and we find, o n i nqu i ry on the spot, that the company is committed to purchases i nvolving an outlay of above 30,000/. The committee is utterly at a loss to conceive the motive for such proposed outlay, it being entirely irrelevant to the business of a railway com pany to be so involved. They find 30,0001. advanced to Mr. Wythes, the contractor, long due and owing-20,0001.' is owing for the Southend Pier not paid—the published accounts, therefore, convey no just idea of the obligations of the company. PASSENGER TRAFFIC. Your committee regret that the time bestowed on other affairs prevented them obtaining so much information on this branch of your traffic as its importance rendered requi site. They think that the regulation of the fares has been left too much to official routine, and appears seldom or never to have come under the consideration of the directors. This is a branch of inquiry which your committee think might receive some portion of attention with great advan tage to the company as well as to the public, and if greater attention had been paid to the second class passengers, in offering cleaner and better carriages, it would have, no doubt, been attended with corresponding advantage to the company. CABS. Your committee are of opinion that it is needless to em ploy many words on this subject. It is the last business a railway company should attempt. There is no reason why it should be undertaken. Cabs can be obtained in sufficient number from respectable job-masters; private enterprise can always work them at a much less cost than a:company. And it has been proved by the accounts exhibited for the last three half-years that a loss in this department has been sustained. Your committee strongly recommend that this business be abandoned, the stock sold ; and they refer to the evidence of Inspector Hays who has proved to the satisfaction of the committee that a revenue of 6031. per annum might be obtained, without risk, whereas you now lose much more than that sum. CAPITAL ACCOUNT. Your committee is painfully impressed with the convic tion that the additions made to the capital account are most injurious to the future prosperity of this company. Whatever money is raised and charged to capital, becomes a permanent burden on the company, and if the increase were to continue, after the rate it has done since Mr. Wad dington became chairman; in 1851, it would soon destroy the dividend available for unguaranteed shareholders. Since 30th June, 1851, that increase has been 1,213,9321. 14s. 4d., including the sum which should hay . ,e been charged to the Norfolk Company. Of this, 462,9711. 12s. 61 has been for small lines, &c., however questionable the policy which dictated such outlay. There is a further addition• to rolling stock of 399,3321. 108.4 d. ; of thia a.csnliderable amount should not have gone to capital at all. STORES DEPARTMENT. This department has subjected you to more fraud and loss than most of the other drains on your prosperity. It is in evidence that goods have been purchased from 10, 20, to 30, and to 40 per cent. over the highest price given in the market. It has been proved that goods untouched have been sold for " old stores ;" so that, whilst you have been giving the highest price for materials, you have the same materials sold to the marine store dealers for rub bish ; and in forming an estimate of tho probable loss from this source, it is impossible to determine if it be 10,000/. or 40,0001. We hope a better system is now introduced ; and we strongly recommend that, for the future, no " old stores" should be sold except by public auction. Since 1851 no stock account has been taken, so as to enable your committee to arrive at a conclusion as to the value of the stock in each half-year. BANKING ACCOUNT. Your committee,iialluding to the removal of the bank ing account from Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennard and Co., to the Union Bank, are painfully impressed with the conflicting evidence ; the terms are altogether different to those which the directors in their evidence state were named to them, and on which alone such removal of the account could be justified. The statement of the chair man, at the public meeting of the sharehold ers , o f th e ad vantages of such removal (it is not needful to state) have not been realised. PERUANENT WAY. This includes repair of stations, reconstruiann of bridges, as well as of the permanent way itself. Your committee would omit an important F4jeet,if they did not call your attention to that of the Agnaanent way. The last committee proposed that the sum of 32,0001. per annum should be set apart for its maintenance. During the time Mr. Betts was chairman, he induced the share holders, at a public meeting, to reduce that fund 10,000/. per annum. It afterwards stood at 22,0001. Mr. Wad dingtoa since, in the year 1852, recommended the share holders to abandon that provision, as, in his opinion and as was stated also by Mr. Ashcroft, such provision for the future was not necessary. That proposal was carried. A new proposal was made and carried that 9 ,/. per mile should be set apart in lieu. In 1855 even that was aban doned, and the payment out of revenue for that purpose was about 3,2001. for 548 miles of railway. Your committee view with alarm the fadility with which the labours of a committee, which had bestowed much thought and attention on the subject, have been set aside. The half-yearly accounts since 1851 have never truly re presented the charges to revenue, inasmuch as works ne cessary to be done have not been done ; and, at this mo ment, the superintendent of the permanent way has sent a statement, prepared with much care, showing the neces sity of an outlay of upwards of 150,0001. To provide for these repairs, it will be necessary to make an adequate yearly provision ; and it is to be hoped that nothing may tempt future shareholders to destroy the fund thus proposed to be again raised. HALF-YEARLY ACCOUNTS. Your committee have devoted a considerable portion of their time to the examination of the several half-yearly accounts, and particularly of the last. To that one it is their wish to call your attention first. They took the re port of the auditors, dated the 29th of August, 1855, as presented to the last half-yearly meeting, and examined Mr. Reeves and Mr. Crosbie, at some considerable length, on all the subjects on which the auditors commented. To that evidence they beg to refer you ; and they think it is proved beyond doubt that the charges to which your at tention had been called are but too true. The result of their examination of the accounts for the last half-year is this - that the balance brought forward in the company's accounts, of 57,5811. 4s. 11d., as divisible for dividend, should be reduced by the sum of 36,3181. 18s. Gd., of which sum about 10,0191. arises from a series of credits, not rea lisable, brought forward for several half-years, and the re maining sum of 26,2981. consists of sums erroneously stated to be due to this company on the 30th of June last—for liabilities not provided for, and sums to which this half year's traffic is fairly chargeable. In the appendix your committee furnish a statement, of revenue account as we believe it should have bee❑ stated for the half•year ending December, 1853, as also that above allude& to. The intervening ones are for the most part o f the same delusive character. They appear to be framed by parties afraid of stating a just and fair return of the working for the various periods, and it appears to your committee that a very considerable sum has been distri buted as the dividend—never fairly earned, and also no adequate sum has been set aside for repairs and renewals of permanent way, nor for that of rolling stock. OFFICERS' COMMITTEE. A considerable amount has been added to capital account in consequence of the recommendation of the officers' com mittee, formed of the heads of several of the departments and of the chairman. Although their resolutions have been in the shape of recommendations, they really have in most cases been adopted, and have partaken more of the charac ter of resolutions of the directors ; and in the opinion of this committee such meetings have not been attended with advantage to the company. AUDITORS. Your committee regret that the audit by the professional auditors, Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., has not been at tended with the desired result. The audit has not been perfect ; many of the books have not been seen ; the au ditors have relied on the accountant of the company; the capital and revenue accounts have been improperly kept ; capital has been charged with what belongs to revenue, and by the names of these gentlemen being appended to the report, an amount of authority has been given to the half-yearly accounts which your committee have shown in their detailed evidence they do not deserve. Your com mittee is of opinion that an audit such as that performed by Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., is perfectly useless, the time occupied in such an inquiry bein g limited to one or two visits in the half-year, and th ose o f only a few hours each. THE TREASURER. Your committee consider the present system of keeping the cash account of the company very objectionable, and that no part of the cash balance should be permitted to re main in hand, but all receipts be paid into the banker's, and all payments be made by cheque therefrom. That a c sshier be.appoin ted, whose duties it shall be to balance the cash account daily, and agree the same -with the banker's book; and that the practice of sending cash from all stations to London be avoided in all cases where practicable, and where responsible bankers may be found to remit the same —great risk and loss of time will be thereby avoided. THE CHAIRMAN. - After much consideration, and the collection of a large mass of evidence, we come to the deliberate and unanimous opinion that the election of a chairman at a salary of 2,0001. a year has acted most prejudicially to the interests of the company. Ist. It has decreased the influence of the indivi dual members of the board, and weakened the responsibility which should attach to all men accepting the offic3 of di rector. 2d. It has, bysplitting theboard upinto committees, of all of which the chairman is ex officio a member, sepa rated the board as a collective and deliberative body, and has in great and small matters of policy thrown into the hands of the chairman almost the entire management of the company. This is too manifest; for, on our inviting many individual members of the board to give us evidence, most of them were uninformed on many important steps taken (some of which were obviously prejudicial to the interests of the company) ; they evinced an amount of ignorance on these matters which could not have been the case had the board been differently constituted ; and we feel certain many of the ruinous bargains entered into could never have been permitted had the chairman been under the control of a properly constituted and deliberative body. This opinion will be fully borne out by the evidence. It is only just to state to the shareholders that there are some gentlemen on the direction who have withheld their consent froth several of the measures that have passed the board, and who would have prevented" much of the mis chief done, if they had had the power to do so. In concluding this report, the committee of investiga tion believe that they have furnished to the shareholders an amount of evidence, which, if carefully perused, will convey to them a complete knowledge of the affairs of this company; that it contains a detailed representation of the workings of this railway, and of those matters on the good or bad management of which depends its prosperity. Your populousinga tradedistri district s , richn now in greater al l committee h ave g i ven near three months of their time, and much a nx i ous deliberation, to the points reported upon ; a nd they believ e th a t your li ne o f ra il way, pass i ng t h rough out, ought t o b e, and ifagricultural than they an ( h p properly managed would be, re munerative. (Signed) HORATIO TAME, Chairman. EDWARD BALL. THOMAS CHRISTY. JEREMIAH PILCHER. HENRY SoPutif.' P.S.—Shareholders wishing to attend the adjourned meeting on the 7th day of December next are requested to a pply for free passes over the lines of this company to Mr. Owen, the secretary, at the Bishopsgate Station. N.B.—Mr. Norris, from continued indisposition, was absent from the later meetings of the committee, and was at the conclusion of the report confined to his house, and unable to sign his name to the report. ( From the Times City Article.) The long-anticipated report of the committee of investi gation on the Eastern Counties Railway h as b een i ssued this evening, and not only sustains all the charges brought by the auditors against tho management, at the last meet ing, but states that those charges . worn_ far belo w w h a t would have been warranted. It i s asserted that. no cor rect balance has over been.struelcin the stores department since Ur. Waddington was _chosen chairman, that goads LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNCTION, The following is the report of the directors to be sub mitted to the general meeting of shareholders to be held at Bradford this day : " The directors have pleasure in reporting that the traffic on the line is on the increase, and that they are making arrangements by which the goods traffic will be largely developed. " The works on the Gildersome branch are progressing satisfactorily. "The receipts for traffic during the quarter ending the 30th September will enable the company to declare a divi dend at the rate of 61. per cent. per annum, and to carry 1281. lls. 4d. to the reserve fund." Mr. Seymour Clarke, the traffic manager, reports as follows : " I have the pleasure to state that the working of the traffic of the railway has been very satisfactorily performed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern Companies. The trains are regular and punctual, and I hope that the public are well satisfied. " The increase in goods traffic is very satisfactory ; and I feel sure that whe❑ the trade of the country becomes more buoyant you will find your expectations in this branch of our business fully realised. " The Leeds Station, now building by the Great North ern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Companies, will be of great importance to our line. " It will be gratifying to the shareholders to learn that arrangements have now been made for the erection of a goods warehouse at the Halifax Station, for our use, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire tompany." Spirit of the Public Journals. (From tke Times of this day.) How a great monarch may visit a great country and leave behind no deeper traces of his footsteps than if he walked on water—how pomps and ceremonies may fade and leave no more permanent impress on the mind than they do on the eye—was well exemplified in the visit which, eleven years ago, the Emperor Nicholas of Russia paid to the Court of Victoria. There was no lack of courtesy and hospitality, or of those compliments and urbanities which befitted the high estate of the host and the guest ; but the Emperor ;Ame, and the Emperor went, and left nothing behind him except certain dona ticns to our haritable institutions, and a demonstration that the English pecple could look upon the man whose policy they most abhorred, and, remembering that he was a, stranger in the land, forbear from any expression of feeling which might compromise the national charac ter for hospitality. The result could not have been otherwise. The Emperor of Russia came, the type of despotism, of aggression, of barbarism, to visit the land of freedom and commerce and of progress—the two things looked each other in the face and naturally re coiled from each other's presence. It was a case of im perfect synniatby, or rather of no sympathy at all ; we parted hollow friends, to meet again as mortal enemies. How different is the visit which the King of Sardinia comes this day to pay to the Court of Queen Victoria ! In significance, in hope and promise, this interview as far transcends the corning of the Emperor of Russia as Russia in breadth of territory and multitude of people exceeds what is, as yet, the little kingdom of Piedmont. It is true that Victor Emmanuel does not approach our shores like the great Emperor of Russia, decked with the spoils of Poland, or crowned with the inglorious laurels of his triumph over Turkey ; but the King of Sardinia is what Nicholas, with all his armies and all his conquests, never was a tried and valiant soldier, who confronted death in every shape on the bloody and disastrous day of Novara, and in the midst of treason, defeat, and despair upheld and added lustre to the ancient reputation of the valiant House of Savoy. No sooner had the reins of Government passed into his skilful and moderate hands than the destiny of Pied mont underwent a complete and most gratifying change. A. peace far more favourable than could have been ex pected under the circumstances of the times was ob tained from Austria, and from that moment, as if rein vigorated by the gallant blood that had been shed, Sar dinian liberty grew and flourished. Treason was punished with becoming severity, and those democratic influences which had urged on the nation to the final catastrophe were r epressed and brought within the control of law and policy. Schooled by the teaching of a salutary ad versity, the nation awoke from its dream, and turned itself, under the able guidance of its King, to the con solidation of its institutions and the development of its material resources. It is difficult to overstate the claims to our respect and admiration of a young Prince who, standing on the tottering and shattered throne of his ancestors, disdained to support his power by the aid which the Church of Rome so readily affords to every would-be despot, or by the countenance which the de spotic Powers would willingly have afforded in exchange for the degradation of his people. Casting aside these idols of vulgar minds, the spiritual and temporal despo tisms that surrounded him, Victor Emmanuel sought in the spirit of hie own people and the resources of his own simple and manly character for strength in the hour of trial, and he found it. With unlimited power within his grasp, he had the wisdom to see that his own true in terests and these of his peop'erequired that he should forego it, and with ever temptation to transgress the limits as signed to him, Victor Emmanuel has carefully bounded himself within the duties and functions of a constitu tional monarch. Content with the moral influence which his character, his talents, and his position secured him, he has given the free and representative institutions of his kingdom fair play, and in so doing has conferred upon it a far more important and durable service than the most brilliant personal administration could have bestowed. A benevolent and able despot might, indeed, hare developed her material resources, and maintained her position in the face of foreign nations, but Victor Emmanuel has been teaching Piedmont to do these things for herself. Even tried by the material test, how ever, his administration has been eminently successful. The enormous railway works of Piedmont are alike hon ourable to her enterprise and the skill of her engineers, and the improvements of her capital—the results of free trade, good government, and national spirit —may also vie - with those of Paris itself. While Austria lies grovel ling in the dust before the superannuated pageant of a worn-out and degraded Papacy, Piedmont, under the guidance of her King, has known how to vindicate the honour of her Government and the independence of the national church. The insolent Archbishop of Turin, who dared to set the authority of the Pope over that of the Monarch, has been driven into exile, the land has ov eals dis tinguished been cleared of thousands of lazy monks and friars, and the King of Sardinia comes t o the shores of her etic the Britain soldier ea bearing the eocnr crown of brow o not only the thbeutlu ther e the Sovereign, sucho solemn the carefuln a censure, s tud student even, v to of His tory must regard honour—for it—of the we believe, the excommunication, of the Church o f Rome. With the same clear comprehension of his duties and his interests, he alone of all the P rinces of E urope has not scrupled to cast in his lot with the Western Powers against Russia, in whom he recognises the natural enemy of that liberty on which he has chosen to rest his throne. Formidable as Russia may be to her neighbours, we do not believe they regard her with a dread equal to that with which the Princes of oppressed Tuscany, Rome, and rulers of Lombardy, Venice , Italy regard the King of Sardinia. The people and the Naples—the first with hope and admiration, the second with terror and hatred—agree in seeing in him the man whom they hope and fear—the personification of Italian freedom and Italian unity. It would seem to be his mis sion, not by violence or intrigae, but by the force of hls example, the admiration for his success, and the national pride in his well-earned fame, to consolidate the Italian nation, and to deliver it from the frantic exce-ses of anarchists and Socialists on the one band, and the icy repression of tyranny and theocracy on the other. Such is the Prince who comes among us to-day, brave in battle, wise in council, constant in adversi having ordeal of domestio losses and public cares, and surely been tried above the erdinary lot of man in ty, fiery the fie worthy, if ever man was, of the heartiest sympathy and the friendliest welcome of a free and enlightened people. THE WESTMINSTER PLAY.—The play this year will be the Phormio of Terence, and the days fixed for its perforeiaace are the Mb, 13th, and nth of December. LA W INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 29. QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) [A. portion of the following appeared in our firat edition yesterday.] DEPOSIT AND GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY V. ATEE, JUN. This was an action brought by the above company to recover of the defendant, a solicitor, carrying on businees at Bristol, the sum of 2001., and interest for desposit call, and interest on 200 shares in the above company. The defendant, amongst other pleas, pleaded fraud on the part of the company. Mr. Sergeant Ghee and Mr. Baddely were for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Phipson for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in stating the case to the jury, said this company was completely registered under the provisions of the act, in 1852, and the action was brought to recover 2001., with interest thereon, in re spect of shares in this company, applied for by the defen dant, and allotted to him by the company in April, 1854. In consequence of that allotment the defendant became liable for 10s. deposit on each share, but which had never been paid. In July, 1854, he wrote to the secre tary of the company, stating it was inconvenient for him then to take the shares, btuy he signed the deed of settle ment on the 9th of August. In November the direc tors made a call of 10s. per share on all shares issued, but the defendant had refused to pay either the deposit or call, and the present action was brought to recover those amounts with interest thereon. Evidence was then given of the registration of the deed of settlement, and the defendant's name being re gistered on the 9th August, 1855. Mr. Doyle, the secretary, and Mr. Knox, the ac countant, produced the documentary evidence relative to the application and allotment of the shares, and the resolution of the directors ordering a tail of 10s. per share. Mr.. Smith said the defence to this action was, that the defendant, on agreeing to take these shares, was de ceived in the grossest manner respecting the actual state of the company by the agents of the company and the directors. The directors were desirous of obtaining an office at Bristol, to establish an agency there, and the defendant having chambers to let, situate in Bridge street, Mr. Thomas, the agent, applied to him for them, and he became the landlord of the company at Bristol. It would appear that the company was projected in 1851 by a person named Howden, who was thrown out of the concern, and in 1852 the certificate of complete registration was obtained. Before that it was repre sented there were 5,034 shares subscribed; but, on inves tigation, it was found a great number of the persons named as shareholders were insolvent, and others in fants, children of theofficers of the company. The society commenced business, and at the time when the defendant was induced to take shares the company was in an in solvent state, the receipts of all kinds being insufficient to meet the expenses. By the powers of the deed, the original capital was to be 100,0001. in 20,000 shares of 51. each, with permission to increase the capital as re quired. Capital being required, the company, in order to raise it, said it was necessary to create new capital, in order to increase their loan business ; but so far from that being the fact, the money was revered to clear the company from its difficulties ; and Mr. Thomas, the Bristol agent, applied to the defendant to become a shareholder, representing to him that the company was a first-rate one, that the directors were men of wealth and responsibility, and that the shares were all paid up in full, and wished him to take 400 shares. He (the learned counsel) should produce before them in evidence the former manager (Mr. Bevan), now undergoing sen tence fur embezzlement, who would prove that the society, at this time, was in a bad state; notwithstand ing, he wrote to Mr. Thomas, desiring him to stick to his friend and get him to take shares, because the com• pany wanted money, and that if he got him to take shares he would give him a check for 50/., instead of paying him 201. commission, which would be a very pretty Christmas-box for him. He begged him not to fail, and to stick to him. Ultimately the defendant ap plied for 200 shares, and after that Bevan went down to Bristol, saw the defendant, and reiterated to the de fendant what Thomas had previously stated ' with reference to the flourishing state of the society. The learned gentleman then referred to a printed report issued by the company, stating the capital of 100,000/. to be fully paid up, and that the shares were held by most respectable persons. He also referred to a report of a Committee of Directors, drawn up in the handwriting of Lord Drumlanrig, appointed to investigate into the affairs of the company, which stated the existing difficulties of the company arose from three causes :—First, that it was a mistake in the first instance in limiting the subscribed deposit to 10,0001., which ought to have been 20,0001. ; secondly, that it was unfortunate there was no person in the di rectory experienced in the insurance business, and that consequently the expenditure had been larger in the management of the concern than it ought to have been. If 10,0001. were raised, with 2,3001. money out on loan, it would clear the company, who owed their bankers 6,5001., and had other liabilities amounting to 12,0001., and that each director should increase his stake 1,000 shares. The report further alluded to the bankers re quiring a material guarantee for the debt owing to them by the filling up of the share list. The position of the directors was critical, but by proper management they might be saved from gettting into a worse position. After some further remarks on the financial state of the company, he called Mr. John Ayre, jean., who deposed that he took the shares, and signed the deed, from the representations of Mr. Bevan and Mr. Thomas of the flourishing state of the society and the responsibility of the directors. When he afterwards found from these persons the true nature of the society, he repudiated his engagement. He never had any scrip, nor received any profits. (Laughter.) Mr. C. W. Bevan, the late manager, deponed that he was at present undergoing a sentence of 18 months' im prisonment, for embezzlement, at the prosecution of the company. The letter referred to, written to Mr. Thomas, was in his handwriting. What he told Mr. Ayre, relative to the stability of the directors and the flourishing state of the society, was untrue. Many of them were not first-rate men, nor had they paid up all on their 500 shares. Many of the persons who signed the deed were not respcnsible men. 5,000 shares had been signed for by " stags," on the payment of 6d. per share. (Laughter.) One of these stags signed his name twice, once in full, and the other abbreviated. Some of the names inthe deed were those of persons under age. There were only from 8,000 to 9,000 shares paid on at the time to which he alluded. On one occa sion the directors paid back the money paid on 1,000 shares, in consequence of a quarrel between this person, and Mr. Morgan, and the Board. Mr. Princeps was stated to be an East India merchant, but he was known as a "guinea man ;" that was a person who was on boards, and was paid a guinea forsuch attendance. In April, 1854, the company owed 15,0001., including money borrowed to lend again ; the only money available at that time was 5001. cash at their bankers, and the money lent ; there was no vested property, as stated in one of the financial statements, and which had been produced. The balance sheet was made up to meet the public eye. There was, however, at the time, money in agents' hands. The report of the committee of directors, in Lord Drumlan rig's handwriting, but not signed, witness found after he left the company, amongst his papers. He did not purloin it, as bad been represented. Mr. Thomas, the Bristol agent, corrob&rated the evidence relative to the representations made to Mr. Ayre as to the flourishing 'state of the company. He wrote in a letter to the company that Mr. Ayre bad a notion he should become a director, and had alluded to the expenses of the company being great. He supposed his attention must have been called to the expenses. The directory referred to a Bristol board to be estab lished. By Lord Campbell—He believed Bevan was acting under the authority of the board, notwithstanding the strange manner in which he wrote him, using the terms " stick to him," "no humbug," &c. Witness never re ceived his 501. This was the defendant's case. Mr. Sergeant Shee then called evidence to rebut Be van's statements relative to the state of the company. The learned judge having gone through the evidence, The jury retired, and, on returning into court, deli vered a verdict for the plaintiffs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Nov. 29. OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) [A. portion of the following appeared in onr first edition yesterday.] CHARGE OF MURDER.—DanieI Lorders, 38, labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Catherine Lorden. The prisoner was also charged with the like offence upon the coroner's inquisiticn. Mr. Bodkin. and Mr. Clarke conducted the prosecu tion. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Parry. It appeared from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution that the prisoner bad for merly been a weaver, but had been unable to sup port himself by that occupation since Christmas last, and from that time he had maintained himself and his family by working as a labourer at the docks. The prisoner, his wife, a daughter 18 years old, and two sons, aged respectively 12 and 14 years, occu pied a single roo m i n a house in Parliament-court, near the Artillery-ground, and it appeared they were in very distressed circumstances, and that on the even ing of the 17th September a raffle was to take place at a public-house in the neighbourhood, out of which the prisoner and hie family were to receive some benefit. The prisoner, his wife, his daughter, some other of his relations, and a man named Kingston, were at this raffle, and it appeared that the prisoner *as very much intoxicated, and during the evening a quarrel took place between him and same o f hi s wife's relations, and the prisoner was turned out of the room with considerable violence. The party left the public-house soon after 12 o'clock at night, and it appeared that Kingston accompanied the deceased and her daughter to their house, and they bad a pot of beer at the door. At this time the prisoner came home, and h . e appeared to be very angry at fi nd i ng King ston with his wife, and he went into his own room and threw a piece of wood out of the window, which struck Kingston, who challenged the deceased to fight, and he came down stairs and they had a scuffle together, and both fell to the grou n d, Th e prisoner, afterthis,went again into his own house, a n d it appeare d th a t hi s con duct was so violent that th e d ecease d an d hi s d aug h ter were afraid to go int o th e i r own room, an d rema i ne d on the staircase until the morning, when the two eons went out to their work. The daughter subsequently went away, and it appeared that the unhappy deceased shdrtly afterwards went into the room where the priar was, and almost immocliately, afterwards there were the sounds of a scuffls, and the deceased was heard several times to striek out mar (11.. r. After this had occurred soinu lodgers in the bowie heard the deceased leave her room and go down stairs, and she was followed by the prisoner, and in a short time the cries of murder were repeated, and the prisoner waa then heard to leave the house. Very soon after this the deceased woman was seen in a sitting posture upon the landing of the staircase, and at first it would seem that she was thought to be asleep, but it was eventually dis covered that she bad received a stab or wound in the throat, and that she was quite dead. It appeared that immediately after the fatal occurrence bad taken place the prisoner proceeded to the police stati,n and said that he had come to surrender himself for killing his wife, and a constable was sent with him to his residence, and the prisoner then handed to the constable the knife with which the fatal wound had been inflicted. The prisoner subsequently made another statement in which he ad mitted that he bad stabbed his wife. The above facts were established by the evidence of numerous witnesses, but in the course of the cross-exami nation by Mr. Parry it was elicited that the accused was a woman of most drunken habits, and that she was in the habit of constantly getting drunk and coming home late at night, and on these occasions it was her custom to behave with great violence to the prisoner, and he had on several occasions left the house to escape from her. It also appeared that there was a suspicion that the deceased was on too intimate terms with Kingston, and that she had admitted that she had stayed out all night with him at a coffee shop. It also appeared that the prisoner was not addicted to habits of intoxication, but that he was a very hard working, industrious man, and that during the time he was engaged as a weaver he was frequently employed from 10 in the morning till 12 at night to endeavour to support his family. It also appeared that upon one oc casion during a paroxysm of fury the deceased had bitten the prisoner on the leg, and he was still suffering from the injury be received upon the occasion. Mr. Parry made an eloquent address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and he urged that although there was no doubt that the prisoner had caused the death of his wife, yet that, under the circumstances of the case they would be justified in acquitting him of the crime of wilful murder, and in finding him guilty only of the lesser offense of manslaughter. The Chief Baron having summed up the jury returned a verdict of guilty, recommending the prisoner to mercy, upon account of his previous quiet character. The Lord Chief Baron then passed sentence of death, telling the prisoner not to entertain any hopes of his life being spared. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. 0 wing to the meeting at Harrow, this was a blank day at " the Corner." THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. It is officially announced that the Newmarket Handi cap, with 200 sous added, will be renewed, to be run ~ n Thursday, instead of Tuesday, in the Craven Meeting, and will close on the Ist of January. HARROW AND METROPOLITAN STEEPLE- CHASE MEETING. THURSDAY. A Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft ; gentlemen riders ; professionals 61b extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr. S. Jacob's Victory, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (including 61b extra) (Maclean) 1 Mr. Thornton's Roving Betsy, 3 yrs, 9st 131 b (includ ing 61b extra) Mr. Davies's Minerva, 5 yrs, 115t...(W Davenport) 3 The following also ran :—Pharos, Sandboy, and Twin Shon Catti. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sandboy, 3to 1 each agst Victory and Roving Betsy, 4to 1 agst Minerva. Won by a length ; half a length between the second and third. Sandboy was fourth. After passing the winninn , post Roving Betsy slipped up near the turn, fell, and rolled upon her rider, who was severely shaken. Handicap Plate of 401. The winner to be sold by auc tion for 40 sovs, &e. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Thornton's Sine-qua-non, 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(We115) 1 Mr. Brook's Anglo-Saxon, 5 yrs, B,t 1 01b...(Kendall) 2 Mr. B. Land's Gossip, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (carried Bst 9lb) (Land, jun.) 3 Mr. Mason's Sidney, 4 yrB, Bst (carried 8-it 31b) (Palmer) 0 Betting —7 to 4on Anglo-Saxon. Won by half a length. The winner was bought in for 60 guineas. The Harrow Plate, a Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added; for two-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner to be so:d by auction for 30 save, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. 8 subs. Mr. Hadland's John o'Bruges, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (Palmer) 1 Mr. S. Jacob's Victory, 6 yrs, 9st (carried 9st 11b) (Maclean) 2 Mr. Sait's Alfred the Great, 6 yrs, 9st (carried 9st 31b) (Owner) 3 Mr. Wood's Vine, 2 yrs, Est 613 (Bo'lands) 4 Betting-2 to lon John o'Bruges. Won by a neck ; three lengths between the second and third, and a length between the third and fourth. The winner was bought in for 50 guineas. Handicap — Steeplechase of 5 Boys each, 2 ft, with 50 added. Three miles. Seven subs. Mr. Davies's Minerva, list (R. Sly, jun.) 1 Mr. Jones's Lord of the Is'es, lOst (Green) 2 Mr. Ellmore's Janus, list 71b (G. Darby) 3 The following also ran :—lronbrace, Goodlad, Liver. pool Boy. - Betting-6 to 4 agst Goodlad, 3to 1 agst Lord of the Isles, Bto 1 agst Iron brace. Liverpool Boy fell on charg ing the brook the first time and got loose. On corning to the water jump the second time, Janus, who was lead ing, fell, and Minerva came into collision with him ; Lord of the Isles then went on with the lead, but was caught by Minerva at the distance and beaten by half a length ; Janus was third ; Goodlad, who was beaten early in the race, and Ironbrace, were pulled up some distance from home. A Hack Steeplechase Plate of 301., for horses carrying 104 71b each. A winner of a steeplechase once in 1855, 71b extra; twice, 101 b ; and three times, 141 b extra. The winner to be sold by auction fur 251., &e. Two miles. Mr. Weatherglas's Ginger, lOst 71b (11. Sly, jun.) 1 Mr. Lucas's Massaroni, list 71b (Burrows) 2 Mr. Salt's Nom de Guerre, 11.1 (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Lambay, Sailor, Humter (late the Moor), Ironbrace, Mustang. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sailor, sto 2 agst Nom de Guerre, 3to 1 agst Massaroni. The Sailor went the wrong course, awl was pulled up and brought back to the enclosure, before the race was over. Massaroni and Lambay fell into the brook the first time ; the former was remounted, but the latter was not per severed with. The Hunter fell at the fence into the " dip ;" Ginger won easily ; Massaroni broke down ; Nom de Guerre walked in third. Only the three placed passed the post. The winner was bought in for 70 guineas. A Handicap Hurdle race of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 30 added. Two miles. 11 subs. Mr. Johnstone's Sailor, 104 (Green) 1 Mr. Weatherglas's Ginger, 94 11Ib (11, Sly, jun.) 2 Major Bringhurst's Humboldt, 10,t Clb...(Hammond) 3 The following also ran :—Nonsuch, Stamford, Anglo- Saxon, Royalty, Gossip, and Nicholas. Betting.----4 to 1 agit Nonsuch, 3to 1 agst Sailor, 5 to 1 agst Royalty, 6 to 1 each agst Humboldt and Gossip. Won easily by a length ; three lengths between the second and third ; Royalty was fourth, Nicholas fifth, Stamford sixth, Gossip seventh, Nonsuch eighth, and Anglo-Saxon last. The proceedings were creditably conducted, and the efforts which were made to improve the character of the " Metropolitan Steeplechases " were well directed, and are likely to meet with encouragement. On Wednesday, the "grand day," spectators mustered very numerously, but yesterday there was a marked falling off in the attendance. SERIOUS FlRE.—Wednesday night a fire occurred in Princess-street, Little Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and was unfortunately attended with considerable loss of ' property. It took place in the premises (formerly the swimming baths) in the occupancy of Messrs. Tamplin sad Pearce, wholesale feather bed manufacturers ; Mr. Eshelby, currier ; and the Tilbury Glassworks, No. 6, Princess-street, Little Queen-street, within a short dis tance of High Holborn. In a very few minutes the brigade engines attended, as well as that of the West of Eng!and Office, and the firemen, under the direction of the principal officers, went to work, and by ten o'clock —four hours after the outbreak—they succeeded in get ting the fire subdued. Messrs. Tamplin and Pearce's stock is almost entirely destroyed, as well as the con tents of Messrs. Eshelby and Co.'s premises, and serious damage is done to the costly stock of Messrs. Basire, engravers and printers. As to the origin of the fire no thing could be gleaned. EADVaRTISICAISNT. 1— SIGHT AND HRARING. —DEAFNESS AND DZFECTIVIS VISION RELIEVED.- Messrs. S, and B. Sol , mous, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—oppo site the York Hotel. Deafness —Now Dlsco 7cry.— Th c Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that Las been, or probably ever can be, prod uce d . B eing of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re moved; and it affords all the assistance that nossibly could be d esired. — Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses or the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derive, - from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons a 1 . ,: enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation —can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. ing power- —and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. By 'ter Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye piece, lc ill show distinctly Jupiter's moons. Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same teicszope can ino seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 10 to 20 miles. They are of la r g er and aL sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; w hile their vary ing rem 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1. m iles distant , they answer every purpose on the race-course , a nd at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 mil es. Thee are invaluable for shooti n g , deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Oper a , race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power.-39, Alb ema rle-street, Piccadilly. Obssave7-opposite i.tb , o York Country Niarkets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Noy. 27. There was a better supply of fat beasts to day, but the demand was not quite so good; the quality of many was of the middling sort, and some few loft unsold. The show of sheep was large, and of good quality, but no alteration of price. We had a good average supply of fat pigs. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to @id ; mutton, 6id to 7(1 ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d tc 70 per lb. ; pigs, lOs 6d to N Od per score ; rough fat, 7s 3.1 to Cs per 111 b. ; hides, 4d to 40 per lb ; calf-skins, 30 t/. 51 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-N•v. 28 A large market to•day, and sales dull for all sorts. A. great quantity of inferior wheat, which brought down tho average considerably. Other grains also declined a little. Wheat, top, 2s up, and en the average 2s 2d down. Barley, top, is Pd up—average, ad down. • Oats on the top 2s BLI down—average, 6,1 down. Beans on tke top is up—the average, •ls Id down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £4 1 0 5-12ths. DJ. new -12ths. Barley -12ths. Cat. 1 12 3 9-12th. Beana BOSTON—Noy. 28. Prices :—Wheat, red, 670 Od to 83s Od; white, s3s Od to 85s Od extra, 88s Od. Barley, 35s Od to 44s Od. Oats 20a to 325. Beans, 50s Od. to 58s Od. Peas, Ifis Od' to CO- per qr. NEWARK—Nov. 28. Wheat, white 86s to 91s, red 81s to Ms; barley, malting 4?.s to 4is, grinding 38s to 40s; oats, 24st. 34s to 375, 22st, 323 to 31s ; beans, 56s to 60s ; malt, 70s to 725; peas, 485 to 50s ; tares, 74s to 80s per qr. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Poet office by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day whim ma ,up From w JAI Wu.: COUNT TRIE3. in General Post- Fort dui n Office, London.* nip-A*lu, Elri' and . Imerica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .• • • Liverpool Dec. 3 .mericp. (by United Ste. • packet) ..........N •••••• •• , • Liverpool Dec. 10 America (by U. States packet) .... ...... NI ! •• • • •-•—• • Southampt .! tustralia (via South ampton) .........M •••••• • • • • • Southareptoi, Ditto (via Marseilles) 141 Ditto (Via Cae of Good Hop e) ............ N i.l ... • • . Uncertain ifrica (West Coast) ..N, 3 3d of the month ..;Plymouth . Dec 6 !Dover .... 9, 24, & 30 of in. klexandria .......... NI B , klexandria..........M4th & 20th of mon.' Southamptor, Bahamas ....... ....mll7th of the moat! . I Southanac. , tor ? Belgium ... .... .. —NI Da ll Y •••••• • • • • • • !Dover •. .. —Daily Brazil ............ .. 31,9 th of the month ..;Southamplc, Dec. 13 Buenos Ayres ..... ...M 9th of the month ..!Southainitor, Dec. Is Cape of Good Hope ..N Various port- puce rt ai n ( Cape of Good Hope .. Cape de Verdi ......N 9 th of the month Southampto. Dec. 15 Ceylon (see Indla) Ceylon.. ............N . • Channel Isles.. ~, _ ...N,Mon.,Wed.,&Frll. Southamp to, ITII.Tti , st Chi1i...............„ m I2d & 17th of month, llouthampt , p,! China .... .. 'Once a month.... Dec. 4 Constantinople .......N ,8,13,18,23,&,V4 of n' Dover -... , . I Constantinople ........!4th & 20th of mon. ' Smthampton I 1.:/nt. of Europe M & NlTwice daily •• , • • Dover .... . Twieedall, Pdgypt (see India) I France ........ M& N ,Twice daily... •• • Dover .... Twieea , . Gibraltar ..........M 4 , 7, 17, 20, 27 • frp Southampton' Treece (see India) .Ireytown .. ........ M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton a am b urg h .. .... ....N,Tuesd ay & Friday London ... . savannah ...........111'2nd of the montl Southarapto, Dec. 1. lolland ............m 'Daily ...... londuras .......... M Il7ta c ;the month Southanipto• 1 6thofmo , India (viaSouthampt.)m 14th 14 20th of mon Plymouth • • Dec 4 ' ndia (via Marseilles)M '9thll42sth of month Dover ...... 1 ionian Isles (see Indlit)l 7 . 17 , & 27 of moo D0ver...... Ireland .. ••••• •M & N "Twice daily .. .. '.i5b0n..............M 17, 9, 17, & 27 of m.,Southamptoi. Dec. 15 Ifadeira ...... .. ...,, Ai j9th of the month I Southamptop.' Sadeira ............ N '23d of month •• • . Liverpool ... 4thlta (see India) . Waite ............ „N ,8,18, &28 of mon. Dover .. Dec. 4 Am - trains (see India) Aauritius .....„....1.; 14th of the monti , Mexico ............M 2nd of the month. : Soathamptei Dec. 1 ',Tw os ...... ........Nl s thl s th2sthormon. Dover ..., .. j Yew Granada ......m 2't& 17th of month Southampton! tew Zealand ........ IBy private sl 1p 'apal States ......N s thlsth2sthofmon. Dover ......1 Peninsula ............5i lthl7th27thoflnon. Southampton Peru ............ ~. m Id & 27th of mon. isoiithamptonl Port Natal ..........N By private ship Various ports Uneertie Sicily ..............N sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover ...... Tuscany ............N s thlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... lenezuela ..........M Id & 17th otmonth Southampton ,1 & 16 mOll Van Diemen'sLand (se I Australia) .......... Weft Indies .., v2d & 17th of month ,Southampton . 1 & 16 moll Whenany of these dates fall on a Sunday, the :nails A u dr' watched on the following day, with the exceptions of the In•tf: CO , onthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch, :d preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was very 'teady to-day, closing with a firm feeling. Caledoniant 27i 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76 631 44 34 4—South Eastern, 17i 6s 39d.—Shrewsburf an( Hereford, 81, c.—London and North-Western, 94i 4 0 * —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 24—Grot Western of Canada, 23i BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 29. STOOL EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been more active .to-day, and shares generally firmer. Gres , Western Redeemable 44 per cent. Stock, 87—Midlands, 63k—London and North-Westerns, 93: —South Staffords• 2i dis.—Crystal Palace, dis.—Birmingham and Stafford• shire Gas, halves, 48. MANCHESTER, NOT. 29. STOOK EXORANGE.—The market has been strong to• day, and a good business lone. Leeds, 771—Sheffield , 23k —Midlands, 64—Dovers, 17 5-16—Eastern Coun ties , 9—East Lancashire, 17k. LEEDS, Nov. 28. STOOK EXCHANGE.—There was a firm business to -day The only transactions up to one o'clock were—Lancashir e and Yorkshire, 76. it i—Eastern Counties, 9—Leeds Nor' thorn Extensions, No, 1, 211 pm. Three officers and 75 men of the Armagh Artilleri Company, commanded by Captain Kidd, moved on Mow day from Charlemont to Armagh-30 men wanting to complete. DESTRUCTION OF A FIREWORK FACTORY. —Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock, a fir , of a very alarming character t)ok place in the premio° belonging to Madame Coton, firework-maker to the Royal Vauxhall gardens, situate in the Westminster road. At the time of the misfortune the only persons in the building were Madame Coton, three children, gentleman, and two or three other persons. It is hold' ever, but right to state, that this fire did not originate, as most fires do that occur in the same business, from en explosion of firework, but, on the contrary, it was 0 0 ; casioned by th e servan t- ma id b urn i ng a quantity 1:D waste paper in the copper flue. The flames spread r!' pidly, until the building and its contents were all MA consumed. The totNl loss will amount to nearly 2,00 01 ' [ADVERTISEMENT.]-Ono of the most valuable discoveri e° for the benefit of mankind is shown by the numerous extraer dinary cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), il l " tulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaint* cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected 14 Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabic° Food. 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FLAVELL, Riddlington, Rectory, Norfolk- In canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 48. 6d.; 51b. lls. ; 12113. et The 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barmy Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at 1 0 ' Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill; 49, Bishopsgate-street' 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 15 0, Oxford-street ; 89, High-street, Camden-town ; 18, Pa ll ' mall, 7, Pall-mall-East ; 132, Now Bond-street ; 24, !Pt comb-street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit': street ; 21, Cockapur-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; 67, S" Paul's Churchyard; 0, Edward-street, Portman-110am. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On tha 28th inst., at Braintree, Essex, the wife of Wi s. Rankin, Esq. On the 12th inst., at Warwick-terrace, Belgrave-roe d► Mrs. David Bryce. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 28th inst., at 110, London wall, Mrs. Jardine. f. On the 27th inst., at Romford, the wife of Charles Rawlings, Esq., solicitor. MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at Paris, by the Rev. I. Isidor, GP° f Rabbin, Edward L. Montefiore, Esq., of Brussels, son ,° 0 Mr. Isaac Levi, 11, Canterbury Villas, Maida-vale, Emma, only daughter of Monsieur Meyer Cohen D'AnYe"' of Place de la Concorde, Paris. On the 29th inst., at Totteridge, Herts, John Lee, Vir. LL.D , F.R.S., &c., of Doctors'-commons, and H a rtive f park, Buck ~ to Louisa Catharine Heath, eldest dauzbw of Robert Wilkinson, Esq., of Totteridge-park. DIED. On the 28th inst., David Thos. Alston, Esq., of Sava °. gardens, Rock, I s l e o f Sheppy, aged 51. 14 Ontl ao2n7dthChe Y inst., Yne Lady Brou g ht on , of Poston O° ll Herefordshire, and of Brunswick square, Brighton. di On the 24th inst., a t Cli fton, Elizabeth, Dowager 1)9 Radcliffe, aged 80. 6 On the 19th inst., at Torquay, the Hon. Harriett, 7 0 0' 0 of Charles Woodmass, Esq., and seventh daughter of late Lrd Erskine, aged 41. 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