The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-18 00:00:00

317';IVS ~,;~..~ ~. ~-. •._7.: . , RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN: A special meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the Nine Elms station, Vauxhall, for the purpose of considering proposals, submitted to the directors, respecting the making by other companies of railways to Exeter, in extension of the company's existing line, and the arrangements with the corn- pany, proposed by the promoters of the respective un dertakings ; and also of considering the expediency of completing the Basingstoke and Salisbury exten sion line ; the Earl of Morley in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that Mr. Chaplin, the chair man of the company, was detained at Brighton, in consequence of serious illness, and that he had been requested to take the chair on that occasion. In 1849 and 1850 the directors had agreed not to enter into any undertaking of a speculative character without first calling the shareholders together, and receiving their authority for so doing. In accordance with that pledge the directors came that day to seek the sanction of the proprietors to the recommendation s contained in the report which had been circulated among them. The promoters of the two schemes to be submitted to their consideration were in attend ance, and would explain the merits of th e res p ec• tine plans, and the proprietors could judge for themselves as to which they would adop t- The di rectors had well considered the argum ents ur g ed in favour of both those plans. One w as a coast line from Dorchester to Exeter, and the other was called the central line, and extended in nearly a straight line from the Bishopstoke and Salisbury line at Salis bury to Exeter. The directors recommend the cen tral line in preference to the coast line. The reason they recommended the central line was, because they had already ex pended a large sum on the line between Basingstoke and Salisbury, w hi c h was now unproductive, and because the central line would be more useful to the company, and as they had not capital sufficient for the purpcses of both the lines. They bad therefore to consider which was the best scheme of the two for the South-Western Company. He begged to say that neither of the proposed lines were promoted by the South-Western Company, nor were they countenanced with any view of aggressive p o licy, for they did not i ntend anyt hi ng o f t h e sor t. The schemes were promoted by the landowners in the districts through which they were intended to pass, with a view to benefit the neighbourhood intended to be served by the lines. In conclusion, be dis claimed any wish to compete with the Great Western Company for the traffic, and stated that he would leave the matter to those gentlemen who were then present to explisia the nature of the prnpoied undertakings. The 'SLCRETARY then read the advertisement con yealug the meeting, and afterwards the report of the directors an abstract of whisk appeared in The 572:1 Of Monday. He also read a letter dated the 15tta of December, from Captain Meorsom, relative to the proposed cart line, st Iting that a riilesey from Dor- ' chester to Exeter would be advantageous to the com pany, and containing a request that' the South- Western directors should pass a minute of the board to the effect that any member of the South-Western Company so disposed might join the coast line with a view to assist in carrying 011 . 1 the u ndertaking. The CHAIR:W.IN, in moving the reception of the re port, stated that the distance by the coast line from London to Exeter would he 197 miles, of which 141 miles would be over the existing line from London to Dorchester, and 56 miles over the proposed coast line, and by the central line from London to Exeter 171 miles, of which 48 would be over the existing line from London to Basingstoke, 33 from B as i ngs t o k e t o Salisbury, and 90 miles over the proposed central line from Salisbury to Exeter, showin g difference in fa vour of the central line of 26 miles between London and Exeter. On the suggestion of Mr. KAY the resolution was carried, to the effect that the report be received and entered upon the minutes. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution, to the effect that the meeting approval of the decision of the directors in supporting the project from Salisbury to Exeter, and authorising them to co-operate with the promoters in carrying out the undertaking. The other resolution he had to propose was to the effect that the meeting approved of the arrangement proposed to be made with the promoters of the line from Salisbury to Exeter, and authorising the directors to concur in all such arrangements, wish such modifications as they might thi❑k proper. Mr. CASTLEMAN moved an amendment, to the effect that a committee be appointed to consider and examine the two schemes, and to report the result to an adjourned meeting. This he conceived to be ne cessary, as the meeting had no data to guide them in the matter. Mr. KAY seconded the motion, and said that if any gentleman would come forward with the requisite in formation it would enable them to decide on the question. _ _ Mr. Sergeant GAZ9LEE wished to know whether the proposition was the unanimous decision of the board? The directors had thought proper to tell the shareholders upon what grounds they had adopted it. The CUAIRMAN said that when the resolution was passed by the board there were two directors absent, and that one of them had since approved of it, but the other had objected to it; there was only one dissen tient.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the scheme itself, it had been before the proprietors on former occasions, and was then approved of by them. Mr. Locke was present, and would give any explanation that might be required. The directors had had re peated offers with regard to the scheme since May last, but they had not been in such a form as to enable them to be submitted to the shareholders. The direc tors had thought the proposals with respect to the central line were such as the proprietors ought to accept. I\fr. Loon, M.P., then entered into a full state ment of the circumstances connected with the central line, and of its advantages to the S t ilt:h.-Western Company. It now came before the proprietors in a very different form to that originally intended. The original capital was 2,500,000/ o upon which the South-Western Company had engaged to guarantee the shareholders 140,000/. a year. This sum was to be a fixed charge on the revenae of the South- Western Company. That heavy liability very properly induced the proprietors to pause before they entered into it, and he f e lt th e y we r e ri g ht i n pausing, and not proceeding with the original scheme. But the case was now very different ; the powers cf the Act had been allowed to expire, and the promoters of the central line asked them whether they would accept the advantages of the line without incurring any liability, or thrust it from them and let other have it. Ic was three or four years ego since the landown e r s a l ong th e p ropose d li ne had asked him about proceeding with the undertaking, but he well knew the objection of the company to raise any further capital. He had since consulted the land owners in the di s t r i c t as to how f ar they would assist the undertaking by taking shares in the company. He had also sub m itt e d plans to Messrs. Brassy, Pet°, and Betts, and th e resu l t was that they would undertake to complete the railway at a cost of 1,100,0001. as a single line. Nine -tenths of the noblemen and gentlemen who are landowners along the line had offered their land at its agricultural price. They proposed that if the South-Western Company would find half the capital, viz., 550,0001, they would find the other half. He thought that was a fair offer, and if it could be accepted by the board it would be much batter, but the board would not engage to raise any further capital, and the pro position now resulted in an offer that the landed pro p_orieters a n d th e pu bli c wou ld fi n d t h e f un d s, t h e ° ;all-Western Company finding the working stock, and engaging to work the line at the cost price. The traffic brought on the South-Western line at Salis bury to be divided between the companies ; that was giving them half the good the new line would bring them. As a l andowner rl he would go still further, a n d could say that this could be made for the specified, and that if the sum to carry out the undertaking did not assist them it would be made by others. This line wa s far better be3itlhan the coast line, fur even the distance would ()ureter from South ampton to Exeter by the central 11 would b e to a .. n t o han by the coast tue p a Te straight line. Their best c o ur se forward line to E xeter, as it was would the line. He believed it would b e the las t time hr have the offer, and they h a d better acce pt it when they could.—(Hear,) . Mr. C ASTLEMAN said that Mr. Locke had given them no figures as to the details of the cost of th e line or relating to the traffic. He thought they had better let some one else make the line, for it was of no consequence for landowners to be in favour of a line passing through their property, as they were always anxious to get what they could out of the companies. If they were to excite the jealousy of the Great Western by ma ki ng th e li n e they would find themselves opposed by th a t com p an y, in con junction with the B r i s t o l an d E xe t er C ompany ' , which might seriously am pton andaffect their traffic. He contended that the centr a l i n ewas a competing one t o their DorchesterSouth line, and that, if th e y pro moted the coast line,they would have a b e tt e r t ra ffi c , and avoid competition, On compari ng th e traffic of the Dorchester line duringv other lines of the Sauta- Nel 1850 with that o f th e that it prod uce d 4 , 0 001. more than C ompany h e f oun d re ceipts of the w h o l e o f their otherhan the average earnings on all th e i r li nes a lines. Th e gross m a nd on the Dorchester line to 52,0001. to 730 OCOL , 0 u statements at former meetings , 1 -Le 52 tiloool. From th e intention of the d i rectors to clos e the capitalght it was the but now they proposed to expend more mono ne account, Mr. BAKER seconded the motion, an d in doing ; ,,remarked that, by mea ns of various extensions theirso I . &ila:ad had been reduced from 8 to 3 1 or 4 per cent. I 7 -They ware now beginning to get'better dividends •3"aahen it ' as proposed to expend more money, which 1d • Irotl 'halk,e the effect of reducing the gener a l a• • Iv:- Pdend- There was a probability, from competition, o f t4l,awostking expenses of the new line exceeding the THE SUN, receipts. The distance from London to Exeter by the Great Western Railway, on the completion of about 25 miles of new line, would be about 174 miles, and by Hungerford to Frome the distance would be 176 miles, so that there would be a difference of about four miles between the proposed route to Exeter and that of the Great Western Company. It was intended to make the new line a single one, while they would have to contend with a broad gauge double line, wor k e d c heaply, and a great speed. It was not likely that they could compete successfully with the Great Western Company, and in doing so they would run the risk of reducing th e ir di v id en d. He feared that unless the independent shareholders acted with firmness and energy the directors, the engineers, so licitors, agents, and officials would be too much for the shareholders, and lead them into a serious and un productive expenditure. Mr. REED, a director, said that the scheme did not e manate from the directors of this company, but at the same time he thought it would tend to the advan tage of the company if it were constructed. It was a direct line, and would be the best to accommodate the public.—(Hear, hear.) That was one reason why the directors recommended it. He would ask them what would become of their western traffic if they rejected the present opportunity of securing the cen tral line ? There were broad gauge lines to Basing stoke, to Salisbury, and other places in the district, and there was every probability, unless they secured what they could, that they would lose some of their traffic by competing lines. He warned them of their danger in listening to the advocates of rival interests. He had no fear whatever that the 50 per cent. of working expenses would be exceeded, and that the line, if constructed, would be a great advantage to the company. Captain Mootisoat said he attended there that day in the double capacity of a shareholder and the repre sentative of a personal friend. He had listened at tentively for figures with regard to the traffic of the district proposed to be traversed by the new line, and he had heard none mentioned. He begged to ask his old friend, Mr. Reed, if he knew what the western traffic would amount to ? If he did not know he would tell him that it was less than 6001 per mile per annum. From the best information he (Captain Moors em) could obtain, the traffic between Exeter and London was not more than what he had men tioned. Ho could tell them that the whole of the local traffic between Salisbury and Exeter was not worth so much as 4001. per mile per annum. The question they had to determine was, what were they going to purchase, and what they were to pay for it ? it was the moiety of the traffic between London and Exeter. He would be able to show that it was not worth mu;:h, and for that purpose be proceeded to describe on a map the nature of the traffic. That between Salisbury, Yeovil, and Exeter was not worth more than 5001. per mile per annum. The traffic between Basingstoke was about 5001. per mile per annum. The tr,ffic between Salisbury and Yeovil at present came down almost entirely to the South-Western Railway. (Mr. Read—No, no.) The Bristol and Exeter would carry nearly the whole of the Yeovil and Exeter traffic ; they had a line nearly made from Exeter to Yeovil. lie would ask them, as reasonable men, what they would get of the London and Exeter traffic by the central line ? and he maintained that it was not worth purchasing at any price. He then proceeded to show the advantages of the coast line from Dorchester to Exeter, and contended that it would bring 4001. per mile per annum to the line at Dorchester, and would pass more or less over 141 miles of the South-Wes tern Railway. They would have 4001. per mile over forty-eight miles of railway, 1501. per mile over 141 miles, 2501. per mile over sixty miles, and 501. per mile over eighty-seven miles. They would receive about 35,0001. a year. He would ask them was it worth their while to expend 400,000/. on the Basing stoke line for the small traffic they would have ? The central line, if constructed, would take away some of the Dorchester traffic, and thus their income would be reduced. He contended that the working stock, to work the traffic on 126 miles between Basingstoke and Exeter, would cost 180.001. A PROPRIETOR was fully aware of the locality from Basingstoke to Salisbury, and was satisfied it would never pay. He could very well understand the desire of the landowners for railway communica tion, it was for the purpose of getting the company to pay large poor -rates of about 20 per cant., with the view to reduce the rates on themselves. He could assure them that in the agricultural districts it was a matter of great consequence to get a railway to con vey produce along the line at a low rate which would not pay, and to reduce the taxation of the district. Mr. liar said he represented the Manchester share holders, and he was exceedingly desirous to support the directors on that occasion, but from the threat held out by Mr. Locke of other parties making the line he was inclined to hold back, and not budge one foot further. When the Great Western takes up the line it would be time enough fur them to act on the defensive. As to the cost of the plant for working the proposed new line he believed, according to the rule of three, it would be 189,0001.; they had 242 miles of railway, and their plant had cost 569,0001, Instead of the Bisingetoke line and working stock costing 500,0001., as estimated, he believed they would cost nearer 800,0001. He thought the propo- sition of Mr. Castleman was a reasonable one, and he was entitled to great credit for proposing it, as they could not suffer from information on the subject be fore them. Mr. LOCKE explained with regard to the intima tion from him, referred to by Mr. Kay, that he was only stating his connexion with landowners, and he could assure them that he bad acted with the land owners as a landowner himself, and in doing so he had stated his opinion on the subject. Mr. DICKENSON thought they should not bind themselves to work the line at 50 per cent., as they might suffer some loss by so doing. In his opinion the most blissful state for a railway company was to have nothing to do with new projects. Every great line in the kingdom was brought down by project after project. There was the greatest danger of litigation. He hoped the project would not be enter tained. _ _ Mr. SMITH, a director, defended the course recom mended by the board, and endeavoured to show that the loss, if any, on the new line, would be very small indeed. He thought a line of 90 miles in length would have a good deal of traffic upon it, and that it would be an advantage to the company. Mr. HERAPATH would not inflict upon them at that late hour of the day a speech, but he would put a question of great importance to the directors and to Mr. Locke. The question he put to the directors was, whether the statement of Captain Moorsom wag true or not, that the existing through London and Exeter traffic amounted to only 5001. or 600/. per mile per annum ? The CHAIRMAN said, the directors had no means of knowing the amount of it. Mr. HErtarATH said it appeared they were working in the dark as to the proposition of the new Exeter line. But if they did not know he could tell them that he was informed upon good authority that the Bristol and Exeter Company now hand over to the Great Western Company not more than about 5001. worth of gross traffic per mile per annum passing through from Exeter to London. That was the whole of the through traffic, and, that being the case, he would put a ques tion to Mr. Locke, as the originator of the proposi tion, whether there was a line in England which was adequately worked for less than 5001. per mile per annum ? If he could work for 4001. a-year he would then have but 1001. per mile per annum for profit, which, of course, was totally inadequate to pay a re munerative dividend. In justice to the shareholders, and also to the directors, he thought the directors ought to allow of the appointment of a committee. Captain CURRIE was decidedly of opinion the beat course was to adopt the central line. Mr. MORTIMER stated that he represented several proprietors in the company holding a quarter of a million of stock in the company, and that it was pos sible for them to work the new line at a loss, particu larly if they abstracted any of the traffic from the Dorchester line. He feared, from a reduction of fares in consequence of competition, they might risk the loss of from 60,0001. to 70,0001. a year. Mr. LOCKE said,iin reply to a question, that it was very difficult to say what the London and Exeter through traffic amounted te. lie had no doubt the Great Western could tell. The Dorchester line had a truffle of 850/. per mile, and he thought it was rea sonable to expect that the central line would have as much or more. It wa s no t so muc h th e amoun t o f traffic per mile a s th e cos t c f cons t ruct i on . al•r • RERAPATLI said, that Mr. Locke had not an swered his question with respect to hi s k now l e d ge o f any lin e i n t n ann um bein worked for less than 5001. per mile per nn Mr. Locnt could. g not say as to an English line, but ho believed the Scottish Midland was worked for e s e s. Afterp p some further ob servations, the amendment for the appointment of a c ommittee of shareholders was a ) gd A inst it. A long discussion ensu ed on the propos a l t o name t l a C e poll was demand e d but , Chairman put the and ca r i carried.—(Cheers. the committee, in the course of which Mr. LuCKE proposed that all those shareholders who had spoken en the question of the committee should not be members of it. Mr. 13aAssn7 seconded the motion, which was not put to the meeting. • It was agreed, after a long contest, that the mem bzrs of the committee should hold the same number of shares as would be sufficient to qualify them as directors ; and the following gentlemen were ap pointed to constitute the committee, vz.:—Mr. Cas tleman, Mr. Help, Mr. Sergeant Giselee, Mr. Mor timer, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. East. A cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Chair min for his honourable conduct in the chair. The meeting was adjourned to Tuesday next. LONDON, GERMANY. A letter from Vienna of the 10th, in the Post Ga zette of Frankfort, says :—" The Count de Chambord has left Frohsdorff for Prague, from whence, it is said, he is to proceed to Brussels, where ho intends to pass the winter. It is natural that this journey should .lause great astonishment, as the Prince had previously arranged to pass the winter at Venice, with the Duchess de Berry." The Kolner Zeitung has a telegraphic dispatch from Freyburg (in the Breisgau) of the lath instant, stating that the Alsace Railway was threatened in some place or places. The troops from Groshuningen have marched. It is not stated where they marched or for what purpose, or what the nature of the danger was which threatened the Alsace Railway. DENMARK. On the 12th Lieutenant-Colonel von Vett, just appointed to the Holstein corps of Chasseurs, took the command of that body at Kiel. In his address to the troops he said : "He had been appointed their commander by the command of the King. He was fully aware of the diffi culty of his duty, as they were strangers to one another, but he felt sure that the officers, under-officers, and me❑ would assist him. He required discipline and obedi ence, but was ready to listen to any well-grounded com plaint, if they relied to him with confidence, and he trusted they would find him a good comrade. It was not long since they had stood in the field against each other as enemies, and though many a brave man had lost his life and limbs in the conflict, yet they had in these battles acquired a mutual respect for each other's bra very. From henceforth a bond of peace must unite not only the soldiers, but all the subjects of one and the same Sovereign, and they, as soldiers, were especially bound to be faithful to him." THURSDAY EVENING-, DECEMBER 18, 185 t. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge.) Henry Pepper was indicred for keepng a common brothel in the parish of Saint Luke. Mr. Parry prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalf defended. On the part of the prosecution evidence was given to show that the house, or rather the houses in ques tion, Nos. 21 and 22, Baltic-street, St. Luke's, were frequented at night by prostitutes and men, and In spactor Brennan, of the G division, and tNO police officers gave evidence of their having seen prostitutes enter the houses at all hours of the night, and of their having repeatedly been to the houses in search of prostitutes who had committed robberies, and other parties who were charged with f e l on y. One prosti tute who lived in the house was tried in this court in the name of Ward, and convicted of robbing a man about twelve months ago. The defence was that the houses were not brothels, and a number of witnesses were examined to contra dict the case for the prosecution. They asserted that the houses were let out to lodgers, mostly respectable married persons, and that they were never known to be the resort of prostitutes. One of the witnesses, who looked a mere boy, and who said his name was Hubbard, stated that he was married and lived with his wife in one of the houses in question. He had been married twelve months, and was by trade a pocket-book maker. The house was not a brothel. Mr. PARRY—Are you a pocket-book maker or a pocket-book taker ?—(A laugh.) Witness—A pocket book maker. ➢lr. PARRY—You say you are married ; now, be careful ; where were you married ? Witness—Yes, I am married, and have beeu twelve months. Mr. PARRY—Upon your oath, sir, where were you married ? Witness (hesitatingly)—Where, did you ask, sir ; what does that matter ? The JUDGE—Answer the question, or I will corn , mit vciu. "Witness—lt was at Cripplegate Church. Mr. PARRY—Now ' I caution you. Will you swear that you are married at all ? Come, we happen to know something of you, Mr. Hubbard. Witness— Well, then, I aint married at all, I live with a young woman. Mr. PARRY—Then you told a lie when you said you were married ? Witne3s—That's it, sir. Mr. PARRY—Have you ever been in trouble, Mr. Hubbard ? Witness—l don't understand you. Mr. PARity—Hava you ever been in prison ? Witness— %%rtit'zi that to do with this ? Mr. PARRY—Have you eYer been in prison ? If I asked you if you now steal pocket-books you might decline to answer, but you aro not protected from answering my question. Were you not sentenced to six months' hard labour for picking a man's pocket of a watch ? The witness refused to answer. He was threatened with committal if he did not, and he then said—" Yes, that's right, sir. The JUDGE—Were you tried in this court ? ness—Yes. The JUDGE—Bt.fore me ? Witness—l don't know. Mr. PARRY replied, and contended that the evidence for the prosecution was not at all shaken by that for the defence. The jury found the defendant Guilty. The COURT sentenced him to six mouths' hard labour, and to find sureties, himself i❑ 1001. and two sureties of 251. each, to keep the peace and to be of good be haviour for six months further. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mrs. Dawson, alias Phoebe Blakeney, a lady rather a3vanced in years, residing near Maida-hill, was brought before Alderman Challis on a warrant charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in 1833, by making affidavit in Doctors' Commons that she was the daughter and only next of kin to Mrs. Eliza Elam, the late widow of Lieut. Joseph Eiam, of the Bth Garrison Battalion. Mr. Huddlestone, instructed by Mr. Cotterell, ap peared for the prosecution; and Mr. Lewis for the prisoner. Mr. Huddlestone said he was unable to produce witnesses from Doctors' Commons at that moment, and would therefore only show sufficient to justify the Alderman in remanding the prisoner. Mr. Lewis submitted that in the absence of evidence to substantiate the charge of perjury, his client would be entitled to ask for her discharge ; but as a full and searching inquiry was courted by her, he would only ask that her own recogniaances might be taken for her appearance on a future day. His client was the owner of two houses at the west enc . ' of the town, and highly respectable. Mr. Huddlestone said he should certainly oppose such an application, and, in the event of bail being taken, require that it should be substantial. Mr. Lewis said under these circumstances he should ak for the immediate discharge of his client, as the course adopted by his friend Mr. Huddlestone was altogether unnecessarily severe. Mrs. Dawson had been brought up on a warrant when a summons would have answered the purpose, and now they were about to detain her in custody without producing any evi dence as to the crime alleged against her, and which he was confident of being able to rebut. Alderman CHALLI3 said in this case he could not get over the fact that he held in his hand the state ment upon oath on which the warrant was granted, and he could - hot think of allowing the prisoner to go at large, but upon very substantial security. Mr. Lewis said he must then press for the discharge of Mrs. Dawson, for the Act of Parliament required that when a prisoner was taken into custody he should be brought before a magistrate and viva vice evidence should be produced, that the witnesses might be sub jected to a cross-examination, and that if such evi dence was not produced the prisoner must be dis charged._ Mr. Huddlestone thought Mr. Lewis could not be fully acquainted with the nature of the charge, or he would not imagine the alderman would be justified in discharging her without receiving good bail for her appearance. Mr. Huddlestone then briefly narrated the facts of the case, stating that in 1827 a Miss Elite Good married a Mr. Joseph Elam, whose regiment, the Bth Garrison Battalion,was at that time quartered in Athlone. In 1828 Miss Georgina Elam was born, and in 1829 Lieutenant Elam died. In 1833 Mrs. Elam died, leaving a daughter, who was taken charge of by Mrs. Dawson, the prisoner, who was at the time under the protection of Lord Portarlington, and had been in the habit of visiting Miss Elam's mother. The daughter was then put to school with the prisoner's daughters, at a Mrs. Robinson's, at Ealing. Prisoner represented herself as the friend of the "dear child's" mother, and that she would take care of her. Accordingly Miss Elam's education was conducted under Mrs. Dawson's observation, until she went to Rouen, in France, about two years ago, for the purpose of t. inishing her studies. In June, 1851, an advertisement appeared_ in the Times that if the next of kin of the late Mrs. Elam would apply a a certain place, they would bear of somethinr , to their advantage. Miss Elam saw nothing of this advertise ment until her attention was called to it by her friends in October last, and, on application to the place, was referred to Doctor's-commons, where she round that Pb be Dawson had taken out letters of administra tion to Mrs. Elam's property as the daughter of that lady, and only next of kin. She took the necessary oaths, and became the possessor of the property, then sworn at under 5,0001, but afterwards at under 4,0001.; and subsequently, having obtained possession of, she sold out the stock. It was under these cir cumstances that he asked for the bail to be fixed at a heavy amount, and he did not consider he was un reasonable in so doing. Miss Georgina Elam having been sworn, said she was 24 years► of age, and lived at 3, Torrington-street Torrington• square. She did not remember her mother's features ; butlecollected living with her in Curzon-street, May Fair, and afterwards in Clarges street, Piccadilly. She r.--membered her mother's death; but could not call to mind having ever seen Mrs. Daw son before then. She was at Brighton when her mother died, and Mrs. Dawson went down, removed her from there, and ultimately placed her at Mrs. Robinson's with her own daughters. She remained there till 1834, and was brought up :as Georgina Dawson, and used to call prisoner her mother. Mrs. Dawson brought her up as one of her own children, and was very kind to her, and she had no fault to find with her for the manner in which she did so. She had ceased to live with Mrs. Dawson for the last two years, and had passed that time with her friends at Rouen. She was at Mrs. Robinson's at intervals as far back as 1841. Mrs. Dawson took her away from there, and always speaking of her (witness's) mother as Mrs. Elam, frequently asked if . she recollect e d h er . In 1848, previous to going to France, witness ob• tained her baptismal certificate. She was not baptised until she was three years old, and therefore reniem bered being called Miss Elam. Her friends applied with her to Mrs. Dawson to know under what name she should be married in France, and prisoner then said " in her own name, Elam," arid offered to pro cure the baptismal certificate, but on ascertaining it had been already obtained she became very much annoyed. Witness's reasons for obtaining it arose in the first instance from a feeling of pride that she might know who and what she really was; and, in the second, because in France young ladies cannot be married without the production of their certificate of baptism.—(Laughter.) Mrs. Dawson never said any thing to her about her mother having property. She had made inquiries at Doctors'•commons, and found that Mr. Lewis here objected to verbal evidence being given as to the contents of any written document which might be produced. Mr. Huddlestone asked the witness if from what she saw at Doctor's-commons she had reason to be lieve she could establish the charge against Mrs. Dawson, in the event of a remand being granted. Mr. Lewis objected, on the ground that it was for the magistrate to be sistisfitd, and not the witness. Mr. Huddlestone then tendered in evidence a veri fied copy of the warrant of administration, wherein ITALY. The Kolner Zeitung states from Vienna that Prince Schwarzenberg has desired the Sardinian Government to receive an Austrian garrison into a Piedinontese fortress. This news is corroborated by the Turin correspondence of the same paper. To this must be added the news from Bologna of the extraor dinary movements in the Austrian garrisons on either side of the river Po. Two regiments of the garrison of Bologna have been ordered to advance on the road to Rome. From Trieste large detachments of troops have sailed for Ancona, whence it is presumed they will also march upon Rome. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 13th quotes letters from Verona, :announcing the arrest of several persons of note, including the richest banker of that town. It is believed these arrests are owing to coupons of the Alizzini loan having been found in the possession of the prisoner:. In its sitting on the 12th, the Senate of Turin dis cussed the Bill on the judicial police, and passed it unanimously. It then continued the discussion of the Bill relating to the conscription. The Chamber of Deputies continued the debate on the budget. The military commandant of Leghorn has issued a notification, dated the Bth, announcing the con detnnatton of nine persons to various terms of impri sonment, not exeeding a year, for having, out of mere political hatred, burnt the clothes of several persons with sulphuric acid, while they were listening to the music of an Austrian band on the public square. SPORTING N OTES. No. CLXII. WESTBURY STEEPLECHASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,—With the solitary exception of Westbury (Bree wood counting as nothing), the Wolverhampton Annual Steeplechases, &c., of last week closed the field sports of the Turf season. The authorities at the latter place, by some good luck, attracted this year capital fields to the post for each of the stakes, but in consequence of the irregular proceedings of several of the owners of the competing animals for the principal Steeplechase hav ing made up their minds to run their nags to suit their own purposes (which in this instance was anything but winning—Vainhope t for instance, having taken only one turn of the Course, and yet, by an oversight of the judge, was placed third), the race altogether was anything but a satisfactory affair. Vain hope never made a single effort to gain the laurels of victory, that evidently not being his owner' game on this occasion, the money to a considerable amount being on Hardwick the winner. My selection, Lucy Neal, had she not been so unlucky as to fall a burster at the close of the race, in my opinion would have " done the deed," or, at the least, been in close proximity to the winner. The public will do well to keep her in view throughout the season, as with a light weight, that must now of necessity be planed upon her back, the chances are considerable that she carries off one at least of the principal steeplechases before the Ides of March. The Young- un, as usual, blundering about, was nowhere. Peter Simple, I fancy, was not meant; and as to the rest they were of but little account in or out of the race, as was evidenced by M'lon obtaining the second position to the Cardinal's son. The present week sports only one steeplechase of any note, and on that I now intend to give the public the benefit of such information as I possess concerning it. It is the Westbury Free Handicap Steeplechase of 10 soya. each, h ft, with *0 added; it closed with 20 nominations, of whom one more than a moiety have cried " content" with the handicapper's handiwork. Thurgarton heads the list with eleven and a half stone on his back; Baptist also figures at the same weight; of course Thurgarto will have the best of the journey so far as the other is concerned, but I cannot altogether fancy, from his past performances, that he is capable of giving away the weight successfully to several of his opponents in the field, which he has to do; he will, however, be close up, probably third or fourth. The sporting owner of the General I believe has made up his mind to land the stake for himself on this occasion if possible. I consider his chance is first-rate, and had his nag been weighted a few pounds less, the race would have been as near a certainty as certainties can be in steeplechasing. The Forest Lad is reported of very favourably; he is said to he doing good rough work, and, bar accidents, will be near the mark, as his weight (10et 121 b) is not too heavy for such company as he will travel in. His past performances have not been altogether the most brilliant on record, but yet in some first-class company he has once or twice disported himself respectably. Hinton, upon the strength of his running so close a second to Proceed a short time since, at lOst 31b, is a very awkward looking customer, and no doubt will prove a very dan gerous opponent to everything in the race; whether he is quite good enough to accomplish the task of winning or not e I cannot at the present moment, on the strength only of the above-named spurt, and a very diminutive amount of private informa tion, determine, notwithstanding I have every reason to believe, from what has come to my ears in the last three or four hours from irregular sources, that ho is good enough to be one cf the placed. Fifteen-pounds no-object, together with Everton. Flirt, and Kate Kearney, all at ten stone, form a quartette decidedly inferior to those I have already commented on, possess ing, in my humble judgment, no chance whatever of winning—Kate probably the best of the lot. Roebuck (late Bobby), left in at the steeplechasing feather of nine) stone, is as likely to pass the judge first tae the an nouncement of the settlement of any portion of the Spanish debt is to take place. Last of all—though by no means considered as the least in many persons' imaginations—Mr. Vever's Venice, ten stone, was is great demand at the list houses at short odds until this morning ; he is reported to be as good as Vengeance, and, according to the accounts fhating about the metropolis, is destined to do wonders, but when or where I calculate will defy any body to say. Looking over the list, then, I fancy that Tom Oliver on Thurgarton, Land on the General, the Forest Lad, Hinton, and Venice, will form the moiety of the acceptances that the race will lie among; and that the first that will go to the wall will be " Beautiful Venice," followed next by Thurgarton, and Forest Lad, THE GENERAL, and HINTON being left to fill the first and second places. The latest betting concerning this Steeplechase (up to one o'clock) is as follows:-7 to 2 agst the General, 4,5, and 6 to 1 having been taken freely last night and this morning, in all probability including the stable money; 9 to 2 agst Thurgarton, 5 to 1 taken; 5 to 1 agst Hinton, taken; 6 to 1 each agat Forest Lad and Venice; 10 to 1 agat Baptist. In answer to numerous correspondents, I have to in form them that the De r by ar ti c l e w ill a pp ear next wee k , being the earliest period that I shall find myself in pos session of the necessary materials for its manufacture. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Dec. 17, 1851. THE IKON TRADE. --- This great staple trade of our district has retained an unchanged aspect of dulness and depression. If any alteration can be noticed, it has been a further tendency to decline rather than to improvement; and the trifling transactions of the last fortnight appear, in several instances, to have been concluded upon some what lower terms. It would be difficult, however, to define any actual limit of variation in the prices of iron either at the present moment cr during the last six months; but while the first makes are commanding something near the nominal figures, it is not going too far to say that others are now to be had at 15s. per ton lower. Among the purchasers of pig•iron a strong dis inclination is shown to forestall the requirements of the approaching quarter; while holders of materials are everywhere endeavouring to press forward their sales. From the Scotch market accounts are gloomy, re • porting 3d. per ton decline. The unusually short supply of water in the various canals is also inflicting e serious injury, increasing the expense of transit both upon iron itself and the materials for its manufacture. Notwithstanding these adverse symptoms, it is gene rally7re e agaotissfoac far satisfactory expected that th ere w ill b e no d ec l arat i on o f re d duction at the appr oac hi ng quar t er l y meet i ng, b ut t h at existing pri ces w ill b e maintained at Christmas ,• and 8 yasptoosietniotneretaarinly in hopeathes porfiangcr Among g ng a m other reasons for such an opinion, it is statEd that the first-rate works are tolerably well supplied with oT• that no accumulation of orders, and maintain theirstkocks, .either i n wroug ht or a b t dte m quotations with firmness ; un wrought ir on , has t,, place th during the last twelve months of depression; that It is rather the impossibility' of theobtaining principal evil remunera tion than an abs ;lute scarcity of and ; and that while it is impossible that the home consumption the should suffer further, commencement o f the 1 spring trade will bring an additional accession to the continually increasing amount of export demand sufficient to warrant higher pretensions. It is also naturally expected that the iron trade will participate in the beneficial effects resulting from an abundant and growing supply of the precious metals, which will not only insure low rates of discount at home, but will have a tendency to enhance the value of articles of commeice, both here and among all our foreign connexions. Of the correctness of such views those who are interested must, however, form their own judgment—Birmingham Gazette. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT: OLD COURT. THE TRIAL OF ISAAC BOYD. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) Some witnesses were examined to show that, du ring the period between January and June, 1851, the defendant had obtained a large quantity of silk from the other firms, the whole of which had been pledged. Mr. Josiah Robinson was next called as a witness. He deposed that he carried on the business of a silk merchant in partnership with a gentleman named Drakeford. He knew the defendant, and had sold him goods in his trade, and they bad had many trans actions together. He believed the defendant was in their debt at the present time, but they bad not proved under the bankruptcy. The last time their firm sold anything to the defendant was in January of the present year, and after that period, from what they heard of him, they should have declined to give him credit if he had applied for it. Between the months of January and June, 1851, the defendant deposited silk with them, for which they ad vanced 2,8001. On the 17th April he gave the defendant 5001. as an advance. On the same day he deposited three parcels of silk with them. This silk was all in the state in which manufacturers of the article obtained it from the merchant. The money was advanced upon the general account of the silk that had been depesited with them for sale. On the 20th April they received two hundred weight of silk from the defendant, and advanced him 2001. On the 17th May a further sum of HU was paid to him, and he deposited another parcel of silk. On the 11th June the defendant deposited two other paresis of silk weighing 266 pounds, and he was paid 2401. Wit ness remembered ,purchasing a quantity of silk from Mr. Attenborough. The defendant came to them, and represented that he knew a person who had a quantity of silk for sale, and that he should be paid a commission for selling it. The defendant produced a sample of the silk, and after some negotiation they agreed to purchase it. A person named Pawley acted as the agent of Mr. Atten borough, and received the money for the goods. Witness could not say posi tively when this occurred, but it was certainly before the bankruptcy of the defendant in June. Witness could not say whether it was in April, May, or June, as he had not got his books, and he would have produced his books if he had been required to do so. He could, therefore, only give en opinion as to the time. It was certainly more than six weeks before the bankruptcy whsn the transaction with Mr. Pawley and the defendant took place. He could not say the exact amount that was paid, because he' had not got his books ; but he believed it was from 2,0001. to 2,500/. (A book was here handed to the witness.) lie saw by the book he had just examined that the transaction took place on the 27th of May. The quantity of silk he pur chased from Mr. Attenborough appeared to be 2,259 lbs., but no price was mentioned. The whole of this silk, as well as all that he received from the bank rupt, had been sold, and no portion of it had gone back to the bankrupt. By Mr. CLAIMON-Thir firm was in the habit of advancing money in this manner upon unmanufac tured silk. By the COI/ET—lt was their custom to receive the silk, and sell it on commission, advancing money upon it in the first instance. The whole value of the silk was accounted for to the defendant. _ John Fawley deposed that he was in the service of Mr. Attenborough, a pawnbroker. The defendant had been in the habit of depositing silk with them for some time, and advances of money were made upon it, for which, by agreement, 15 per cent. per annum interest was cbargEd. The silk that was sold to Mr. Robinson belonged to the defendant, and was sold by his order, and he acted as his own broker in the mat ter. The amount for which the silk was sold was 2,1681. 43. 91. The sum of 1,7181. had been ad vanced upon it to the defendant, and there was 901. due for interest. The balance was handed to the de fendant. _ _ e This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the jury for the defendant. He said that although he was aware, from the prejudice that must naturally be excited in the minds of the jury by a case of this description, that he should have a very difficult task to perform, yet he trusted he should be able to satisfy them that the defendant ought not, in law, to be convicted of this offence. In a moral point of view, he should not insult them by attempting for a moment to deny that the defendant had conducted himself in his trading transactions in a most reckless and improper manner, and for that conduct he would be justly ame nable to punishment in the Court of Bankruptcy ; but the question the jury now had to decide was, whether he had been guilty of a misdemeanour under this statute; and whether the evidence would justify them in saying that he was guilty of thit offence. The Learned Counsel then called the attention of the jury to the terms of the statute, and contended that there was no evidence of the defendant having obtained the property from Messrs. Fordasti by the false pretence required to support such an indictment; and that, and colourably carrying on his trade, on the contrary, instead of there being any proof that article was required for a particular t h h e e w ev as id f e a n l c se e ly showed that he really was so engaged, Clarkson observed upon the facility that exist in the metropolis for the disposal of at the same time, that he feared, in appeared pa n p d r ep that aers eed. mt o the r . property and turnii?g it into money at a ruinous sacri fice pressure, such proceedings were compelled to pawn goods shortly after frequently resorted to, and that it would be a obtained possession of them for the purpose to punish criminally those persons g t h fi i ra c m e e t aets too r o e f hf m a ci a d m r s k i : to meet a particular case, and said of who th es ha d might e h b t a supplyingie. their temporary necessities. The Learned Counsel concluded by entreating the jury not were not satisfied that the specific charge had been legally established, it was their duty t t h o a s t tra if in t t h h e e s law might think of the proceedin gs o f th e d e f en d ant to declare that opinion by their verdi c t, w h a t ever they in a moral point of view. , Baron DERSON summed up. He said that the Court were clearly of opinion that th e coun t i n th e indictment referr in g to the case of M essrs , All epson could not ba supported, and than jury would ther e f o re only have to i ed with o bt a i n i ng the property of consider the oth er, on which the defend antmessrs. F or dasti. His Lord s hi p ca ll e d the attent i on of the A j ur y to the terms of th e statute, and said that was c harged ed the defendant h a d no i ntent i on of us i ng if they could be of ()Pinion that a t th e ti me t h e goo d s purposes of hi s tra d e, b ut that he in tended to pawn them , in that case they would be jus tifiedin ending him guilty upon thi s i n di c t men t. He must, say, however, that th e ev id ence t o suppor t view of the case ap peare d to h i m to be rather slender,rut the jury were th e j u d ges upon t h e ques tionsac such t a f i fact, the subje c t. , upon and it was f or th em to form t h e i r own conci ) ts f im t The fury retired, and were absent about an hour, when tai©y returned into cour t an d gave a ver di ct o f Against the def e nd an t. ALDERSON, it, passing sent ence , t o ld the de fendant GuiG ui Guilty Baron that he had been convicted by the jury, after full deliberation, of the offence of obtaining the goods of Messrs. Fordasti by false pretences. Although some doubts might exist whether he committed the specific offence alleged against him under the statute, there could be none on the mind of the Court, or any one e lse, that he had been trading in a very reckless and fraudulent manner, and that he had become bankrupt after defrauding his creditors to a very large amount. The jury having returned a verdict of guilty, the Court had now to pass sentence upon the whole case. The offence was a very aggravated one in a commercial community, and the sentence must therefore necessarily be a severe one. He then or dered the defendant to be kept to hard labour for one year. THIRD COURT, (Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.) Robert Matthew s , 24 , l a b ourer , was i n di c t e d f or cutting and wou n di ng liarriet Donnow, with intent to murder her. Mr. Thompson prosecuted, and Mr. Giffard de fended. It appeared that the prosecutrix had for two years cohabited with the prisoner, who is an itinerent coke vendor, and in the early part of last month they had some quarrels, and she then expressed her determina tion to leave I and it would appear that on the 13th of November she did so. The prisoner, on that day, was at Greenwich selling his coke, and upon coming home and finding her gone he became enraged, and finally traced her to Duke of York public-house. He went into the tap-room where she was, and said to her " I want to speak to you," and putting his arm round her risck, drew from his jacket pccket a large table knife and drew it across her throat, inflicting a wound three inches long and one deep, from which the blood flowed most. rapidly. She was immediately taken to the London Hospital, where the wound was sown up, and for some time her life was despaired of. The prisoner had stated that he was determined not to let any one else have her. The jury acquitted the prisoner on the count charging the intent to murder, finding him guilty of wounding with intent to do bodily harm. lie was transported for ten years. Mrs. Dawson represented herself as the daughter of Mrs. Dani.. Mr. Lewis objected to any but the original docu ment being received as evidence. Mr. Huddlestone said he would then swear Mr. Henery Cotterell as to whit he slw at Doctors'- commons, i:nd thin apply for a remand, to enable him to produce all the various books and documents that would be required. Mr. Cotterell was then put into the witness box, but his examination was not proceeded with, on Mr. Lewis intimating his consent to an adj , lurntnent it his client was to be admitted to bail, which Mr. Huddle stone agreed to, providing it was fixed at such an amount as would ensure Mrs. Dawson's attendance on a future day. Mr. Lewis then offered two respectable parties, who were bound in the sum of 2501. each ; and the prisoner having entered into her own recognizances in the sum of 500/., was liberated, and the case re manded. BOW-STREET. A dissipated-looking old dame, named Itlary Barry, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with cruelty to animals under peculiar circumstances. William M‘Mahon, an intelligent boy, stated that shortly before eight o'clock in the morning he was passing through Parker -street, Drury-lane, when he saw the prisoner skinning a live cat; and observing that she bad laid two others with their throats cut on a window ledge, upon which she was about to perform a similar operation, he went in search of a constable, to whom he gave information. He had alto seen her l on Sunday morning last, at an early hour, in Brewer street, with a bag containing a dozen cats, which she had picked up during the night, each of which was smoking hot and skinned, except the heads and legs. When he accused her with acting in such a cruel manner to the cats, she threw them into a watering place at hand, having secured the skins, and said he was mistaken, after which she took them up, and told him they were rabbits, and that she could do what she pleased with them. Mr. HENRY—Are you sure that the bag contained nothing but cats when you saw her on Sunday morn ing ? Witness—There could be no mistake about it, as I saw the leg of a full grown tabby sticking out through a hole in the bottom of the bag. Mr. HENRY—Have you heard any of the inhabi tants complain of having recently lost their cats ? Witness—Yes ' • Mrs. Daly told sue she had lost a splendid black Turn, and another woman said she feared something wrong had happened to her tor toiseshell tabby, as it had not been at home for several nights. Samuel Smith, another boy, said that he had to go through Parker-street every morning to harness his donkey, and saw the prisoner several times engaged in the manner described by the other witness. The street was strewed every morning with the carcases of dead cats, to such an extent that persons passing were made sick at the sight, and they remained there until the street orderly came round. and removed them. He had heard many females bewail their loss, and when he spoke to the prisoner upon the subject, telling her she ought to be ashamed of hsrselt for such conduct, she replied that he knew nothing about them, they were only wild Hampshire rabbits, and excellent food if he wished to take them home. Constable 102 F proved that he conveyed the pri soner back to the place mentioned by the boys, and pointing to the dead bodies lying about, inquired if these were her work; she replied she had only ex amined them to ascertain if they were rabbits, and that he or she might take them to cock if they pleased. Having learned that she bad lodged at 44 in the same street, he went there and found that the landlady was compelled to turn her out of the house for cooking cat.. No person was able to inform him what she did with them, but he understood that hot cat skins brought double the amount she could get for rabbit skins, which were only worth about a penny each. He had often seen the prisoner prowling about the back streets at late hours, without knowing that she was engaged in such a novel speculation. The prisoner, being called on for her defence, said that Mrs. Daly was too ignorant to know the dif ference between a rabbit and a cat if it was properly skinned; and if the latter was given to her to cook, she would find it excellent food. If any person said that she got bar living by skinning cats alive, it was not true, as she worked with her needle, and had suc ceeded in educating her son, who was now officiating as a Roman Catholic priest, on which account she was constantly persecuted by the women, to such an' extent that she vvas'occasionally compelled to walk about the streets at late hours. Had the boys be haved in a proper manner towards her, she would have given one of the animals fresh to them, after the skins bad been removed, and they would find it excellent food, as she often did. Mr. HENRY—I can hardly conceive a more barba ous act, which is made worse, if possible, by being told that such animals are excellent food. Prisoner—Barbarous, your Honour l Why, sir, I can assure you that one of them, if properly managed, would serve you with an excellent dinner. Mr. HENRY—I have already heard you express yourself in the same disgusting manner ; and I could scarcely credit, had it not been proved by witnesses who could have no motive to mislead, that any person could he found capable not only of stealing cats be longing to persons who justly complained of their losses, but of destroying them by cutting their throats for the paltiy sum to be obtained for their skins. As the law has happily made provision for the punishment of such barbarous crimes, I shall consider it my duty to inflict the full penalty, by sending you to hard labour in the House of Correction for three calendar months. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.--A few days ago a lad named 2 hentis White, errand boy in the employment of Mr. Peers, a very respectable printer, at Kensing ton, was brought to this court, charged with having uttered a forged cheque for 46/. Ws. upon Messrs. Coutts and Co. From the evidence adduced it ap peared that on the previous evening the accused had presented a letter, purporting to be written by the Rev. Mr. Bowdler, of 2, Onslow-square, inclosing the cheque above named, bearing his eignature, at the shop of Mr. Kirby, cheesemonger, Queen's-buildings Bromptom. Mr. Kirby read the contents of the letter, which requested that he would be good enough to cash the inclosed cheque, and if not provided with sufficient money to do it at the moment, to send him what he had, and the remainder when his man called for orders in the morning. Mr. Kirby, knowing the rev. gentleman as a customer, was most desirous of accommodating him, but having prudently determined upon taking the cash to the house himself, the priso ner willingly accompanied him, telling him on the way that as he was pes,ing the butler called him and ' gave him the letter in the street. On their arrival in Onslow-square the accused pointed out the Rev. Mr. Bowdler's house as that from the steps of which he had received the letter. It was soon ascertained, upon in quiry at Mr. Bowdler's, that neither that gentleman nor the butler knew anything of the cheque or the prisoner; the latter declaring that the butler, who was pointed out to him, was not the person he had alluded to; and upon the accused being brought before Mr. Arnold, and a priva-e communication having been made by the police, an opinion was en tertained by all parties, which was strengthened by the good chara c t er the boy received from his master, that the accused had been made the instrument of some designing scoundrel, who had planted himself on Mr. Bowdler's door-step and personated his butler. The case, however, assumed a widely different com plexion upon a ill's. Faulkener, of King e street, Westminster, butcher, coming forward and stating that the prisoner had uttered a similar cheque to her, drawn by a person signing himself M'Derwott, in favour of Dr. Partridge, accompanied by a note from that gentleman containing the same request, couched in precisely the same words as in Mr. aperdler's case. The accused said he was at home at his master's at the time in question ; but, as Mrs. Faulkener and her foreman positively identified him, the prisoner was remanded. Immediately after the disposal of the night charges yesterday, a very respectable looking man, addressing Mr. Arnold, said he had seen an account in the news papers of a lad named Thomas White being remanded until this day for uttering forged cheques. He found by the report that it was alleged he had conveyed a letter and cheque to a Mrs. Faulkener, and had ob tained a large sum of money from her ; but, as it was very shocking that any person should suffer inno cently, he bad considered it his duty to come for ward and put the magistrate in possession of the fact that the accused was not guilty of the charge, but that his (the speaker's son) was the person who had obtained the - money as described, at the request of a person who bad accosted him as he was walking along, and had given him the letter and received the cash. Mr. ARNOLD requested his informant to wait until the case was called on, with his son, who was i n at tendance. Upon the accused being placed in the felon's dock, Mr. ARNOLD requested Mrs. Faulkener, who had just arrived, and was not aware of the disclosures that bad taken place, to stand forward. Upon her entering the witness box, Mr. ARNOLD said—You expressed yourself very positive when last here about the identity of this pri soner. Ar e sou now of the sam e op i n i on ? Mrs. Faulkener—l sin positive as before. Mr. ARNOLD—Can you fix the day on which he came to you ? Mrs. Faulkener—lt was on Monday, the 24th. Mr. Aar/um—You stated on the former occasion that you were positive he was the person who brought the letter to your shop and obtained the money; I put the question home to you, and you stated that you were the more positive upon hearing him speak. Have you any reason to alter that opinion. Do you still positively identify him, or have you any doubt ? Mrs. Faulen.r—l do Lot seem to have the kiset doubt. Dir. Auziora) requested the stranger who bad ,t. , - a w b a o i - v tidT — u ef p e o r n re h d im to, and made the octant discicsure The latter, was appearance thanandthe accused, and as unlike Lim in con3Pblll'ue a boyto stand forward with bis son: jog as anyytowuongpeerrsotnbsuncotbue:;:eisYk: _ ..v then sworn and said—My name is Henry a t ' ree t i i su li b e with my father, a shoemaker, at 93, D an ' s o vai came:l was "wing across the Park when 1',.., d to meli and tapped me on the shoulder. Ile loot Foe s iae a gentleman's servant, and said, ' C t tie errand ten minutes ? I want you to go on e _ied fss h oat i rjr. m deee n tt a d h n ea d u : a r d h m m e fiel e a tyc . P h ' p e e d a l r m e s d e a i d a t o: e ‘ g t Y t o e e r i:n . i t ' o the I t h b e o ll u se 7 ; 71 '1 :1 :5 whicl be gave retebere, had got a dinner party, and l i T e 4 s s to take could not spare time to go hinaself, and ' lon er% to I:ih c ros a .i.o re k of what they gave me at Mrs. Fdlii With i t to ,I,,uwikaesoteoesd,etlhiveerbtubteohleert,te:.3 be wen t e. I told 503800, r h ine a i d gu n s eve u r d seen her before. She gave ro ut I , h „ note a half and a 51. note. She Pu t I to to a 13-44 with the gold. I was taking it be c k o wherewho o I had received the letter, when} rot t he P t e t hoot had sent me running down N slreet w s ii h nio. i b s gtw h i Ifh a eoo t r . mm ... y r g tr a o v u e b h ie im . the bag. and be e f v , e , ine to Pu t Ila, also gave m a letter poll post. I don't remember the name o f the P e hill." it was directed, but the address was iNIr. ARNOLD—In what Park did be ,Ip eet ,g li e t ti 'Witness—ln St. James's; c l os e to oe lv Spring-gardens: Witne°'' ' OL IN I -1 : r ARNOLD— On what dry was it ? osst Monday three weeks, at about five minutes j h ii i v al ll e i t r i . il A n n o N w O . LD —Do you know any th ivg i °f ile t / b e e r P; soner ? Witness—Nothing whatever• I of Mr. OLD—YuAR have heard this with witness AirB.,Faulkener. What do Ye° ;solire. respect_ to the prisoner's identity ? 41° t he be ner -1 v i _l . went as far as to say I thought • 9 / 55 p oke , on aLfrilaalloan —Do you say so now ? IND'aeftelli don't know any difference of the o h . s o u ; l oo t the rmother.. I'm sure I didn't mean t nytbl g th i u kial ch P sure it has disturbed me very n' tt about it, ied 6"ti the stotenioewnot Mr. ARNOLD—And very properly: 1 wca3.,010 tes• to place t, every reliance upon thew eight et 1 imony that this was the bo Mrs. Faulkener—l see no y s; the differeught the _ r. ARNOLD—Can you say novir who brought of be r cheque Mr. A D ? IIN M O: s. must be the boy. Faulkener—l certainly see ? flirt' as said. Faulken ' •abt I IS si r , er—Certainly ' ; him, I • niY ,it was only One de b f a urt . he . r. der Brea Mr Ansioan—Pardon me; you went a under —You believe not the prisoner, got of I thought you might be laboar.i°:, 000 that ruistalte, because I have known such t hiD pris ° ' :lBr 4 eag l a r i.o g s e t d t w he i in th , a similar offence as c,, when persons are sent for to see 11 „ int aitt e lusion that as th a e l y l that c o b e hthaevecierrertioinnesomunsloyer omf stn stb ;fteasoefeciteer similar he must be the person. I therefore,soer that con no mistake should affect the prisoner, you g: doubt t p w o h n d ou °'" a q te u v e e s r t question, , a h n is d yidoeuridt identity, send..tyh a t ..ve .e fe more positive when you heard him eP's k ' tine. oleeia Mrs. Faulkener-:It was a sort of fault e o oroP ef h l e andthe incautiously. Owing public press, the father of the bobs: I lod t? s e n n i havteo aticiatedfacniiioitsitesl gbirgivveip evidence became acquainted with 'iv f rO rt. l4o place here, and has very properly com e ,! ) fieel , a" 115 .t xerated the prisoner whom you idelle preo examination, not been for the report üblished of t o w l% the father P W ould y ila ou r td v i , nothing about what had occurred here. cboo id 13 ' 13 , woul i d t in all probability, 11:1°t"' would have been unimpeached. ! . . 0 ' , cud b° my duty to have committed " 1 o c ted " d ', e th e transported. bo v s ' jos Stme witnesses having been called, w l i ce boy Hate ra.ealeurtsNeoda, accused an excellent character, an d t he „ P i t' st hill3 l a j tV stated that they had no other charge og- -I3 aa r 1 d the Or without_ the slightest imputation upon L' i l9 fr ietle . Dasslmarminegdihatiemlyhtadhvialte bbrle ere: e l elf:clitro cti p The poor boy left with his master an ---- ........"..._-------".'.."..."'"...... .. al‘Err' 00' acted, the sequence e . NEWCASTLE fl,an eetes ale, o v isT THE Co UN TR Y NIL. - 16 ..1 0 ' o il' EWCASTLE CORN MARKET, PE e .,.• p0° 13 ,',00 6 ' 0,1 , although - . Teoover. Ole° tinues dul trhyec depressingil an a de" 0001; bfra°orn e s vi ld g 'L ileY o ' o' wto g ,Tbefore jet , CATTLE MARKET, -DC.,i't: 0 019 t0 11f• The supply a nd muchst display of cattle ever exhibiteo t i : vi 1 1 304 0 0 pplyaantafotrwhmeeerctuater%rnmoctsb.ec:cherp.r, floor 0 active for the our comprised treirs qualities,edBoh ead9,.l, Td 7 1 1 e s :11, bberocipieee of kinds a slow sale, and part left over . Nlllll,, o ntl ll ,, /0 et.t 3,600. Trade not so animated as last n c e 0011;06j 6sl _ over. Prices—Beef, 6s 6d to 76; por too , 5. peEr9D;ibtx.;Bluaaragne, I‘ 6 l s E t A o r,, 6o M 9 A d ax p s e T r , s y t ou g c c. ; 11311110„, 1:::: A . I The igb l 4 1 5.- - . , ,It 2 th so e th meal market to-day 6 sacks oatsCe a 'ti i A 0• I ' ' imperial, which sold thus :- -.2 I/ 90 4 " , an s d a( 4 3 a . t 119 s Od ; average price of the Who l° 0. . 2 EDINBURGH HAY whereof 1 sold at 2.5 f• 100 , Di c e ; trli, w H h a e y a , t fr o d ß m it u t ß o 9 , d G :7s Oat straw, from 7s Od to lls Od per kemple° ad t ° A I%ll o zi d dA t Lp o er B ss s itoA o n cl ae ; iil b:l e y i) HAT AND STaJtiv Mika fl 6 s ton 7. *l O. Thelrliet' :l e t . to, , h 6 5 : 5 do _Ad i , .0.- , i , to . DALICEITH 69 bags of oatmeal and 4of barleynleal at t 0 se, 0, whie t h .e m e s t a ready sale. Oatmeal 6d per ag.,,„11:'01 I t i h l e Y re h w . as ame as last yo eek ; barleymeal 16 r ifll l6/ ,; no pot-barley in market. a 0 ° g.,, o ,- A i Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First '--(101 0 imperial s ' 'I2P 0 4 ''' 0 4 p ß:rleymeal, per dittO .. ... 2 20 83 8 0 0c 1 ": 6 A 0( 1 ~,1 /110 ° 4 asenaeal ... =Sod od ,0 Flour ... ... ... ' 4 o a ' Pot barley *** ••• ... 4/5 •• • ~. . S COLA ..—..------:---. 0 , he t: ~ s j carr F s ri ti ce s s rt o l f e C , C O o Al al ' e M r tAonßS'atEtTla:r clYostsTofjErlie 113 , 51 ' 1 1: 611 'a) sd H ast - , , .....P.. I,s Od Stewart 's ••"'iee;s3 ,70 o j New mg s Hartley ... 15s Od Shotton O use ..."' Il s 3d ew cas a tle Hartley.... 15s Od Caradoc ..... •• ' .„.. 0 110 ti a ;% veas T n e tield ... ...... I2s Od Deniso fall• ......... ~ 0 , 93 Panfield M I Lnfiel; rtifsw.Hart 15s Oci Neagh ' ... "'. IV 3i Moor ......... 15s 3d fielloe .. .. ........ •'''. 116 0 Two3wianunlel3v,..ir o .l.: o s.. r ..E. B .n u .d. t . e . s .aic:. 1 1 5 5 5 8 60dd South fl i f t eau ' e s P .. .. .. .. ........... 1 / 50 790 , 4 .. 16s 6d ThornleY ••• .. ~... •" 0$ 9 3 c C ClAarke Bowdon Close 0.....• 175,4 168 6d North flartleP ~,,, 10' v ' . 1-.58 3d Maclean . .o'''.l7/ od Eden Main .... 0. 3 Bell ...... ... 14s 9d Adelaide Tees ..„...," 111 , 0 3 ...... 17- 6d,Tee,• ..... „••„: ...... 0 0 3 17s Od Cleveland leec. s , ...•':, 10 6 3 Belmont l7s 6.; Cowl Har t 'it - ' o t lei 00 Braddyll tietton Lam bto.n 18s 0.3J.dix0n'3,10'..„... ':: 1 56 Pensher linssell's Hetton Scarborough Ships at market, 17s 6a! A IS. e e 1C 1 . . .7 e- . . . . 1 133•••••' $01,4 11 1- ' RAILWAY sHARE S —AP P eer ----------- 0 14 ) . Ji• At o STOCK EXCIIANGBE.I3-!:'TTllteLs'hi)arec. mar ket 1353 North e ,prj I.roateSranfetTispdsh, transactions Midland, Y G lV E. E2T h O e O s t re pt r e a 'r_le . _ ci i r e ti :d; l -1 0 ,14 11 ; and inactive to-day, with no business do 1;, ro op• IV prices had a 00 03w5r 01 0;e 4 :.3,•‘?. ja.—Caledonian, 15--Lancashire and, i 4.. --J" it Ballymena, 30 3 4 C. T l° e r° Lincolnshire, ollow ' 7 . 6 1 A MANCHESTER, MC A ' . 1 ,0 5 /„,0 0° on 5,1/ had n ' w—de: were ed2ociarwik downward a l and w d N t r e rn t A i d a e n labc tendency d r . 1:: cl e l t e a rb °'' :11: 04 and ExcraAriGH.—The business to-..., to ot , , 0 0, jo a 32 , Midland, 55LA - '''' 7.W --Caledonian, 1514—Mauch- /0t e aver, 2046—Lan c ashir e and Yorkshire) ~ ill STOCK EXCII NO Pi P 1 (10 0 ` . / A i" R E. DI — IN TIt G er Ii e At DEC' a l l r e .l3 : etb i.. ° l ll° the share market to-day. The onlY lO /, A London andt 00" and Bad Legs. North-Western, New Qf .... ~,,t e r ° ' eflv 0 ca t o t rim i ci , e , na h :effnrctoehmde ----------------t--'---------Oili,tnlia Of r , [ADVERTISEMEN .] -- 110110V09' i s , L'' o h ' De lli Pills wonderfully_e_ffic . a T cious in curing Scr at el: r, fo l ; 00 ,01 t f 08 , --Mr. L. Fordyce, shoerD lar ge o oa de# deenshire, suffered for a long eriod froln l op e cl o t i O O O O was at the Aberdeen for several vi n o so' ut ate u ,,,' be so effectually cured u w tsr l ie i n i a c gt h ma d e i n s disordered rtdheerreed Infirmaryadopted o p pieces t ed o of tebb;c„na_beepl;r, a :II; s : l that the surgeon advised him to have the 11,-,,,rab e , bict , pa his objecting to this he was discharged ea 113.011§, vi o -o l4 'd st -- hi o ni llo t w h a a y t ' h s 04 10 now ‘enjov all , _ s most excellent. —Sold br strap Professor Holloway's Establishment, 234, e°iisnatinbleenttorsupyjrae gkiOtP°l3. 1 —..... —Ye ° to -day, axyc: i aAnNLd or A 1301 C " "rep o f ti, Dr.O n E t m h t e no l u 2 . th in t., at-BElBghlalim-Sh.il 1, '' ' t :i l l ° ° the 100 6 On the I.6th inst., at Faversham., , d e. ,I & Rev. Alfred L. Winter, M.A., vicar C f ‘-"" ryssf . "' On the 14th inst., Oaelta.ttAhcepollruiloer3,;(?).l3l"licllcilii'll 0 1 il. iier. r• Al W. T. Longbourne. ,i, the On the 13th inst., at Blackhe:iw' 14 Barrow Esq . fi re r ----- 2 --- ----- ogle ° g n f MAILVELI• t , sof. i oliepe " At St. Mary's Bryanstone-square, t' l 4 .' Grefit,,g, .„ Beasley, , y, ai. , r_,:i_....),cowieyr.oaeelokalulinok:teybotoohnufEerenC:lear6-iibteUhLast:alClnoliililtsaesgr:ea,, adnadugrhetcetrm ! of .e'j. 131 11 7 - id 1 eo p o r,i, ti 3j:e bt et Theodore Goedes, Beading, to Ann e, e' 9,3, A ci ,j D/ED. st, Pr iie javfr tle t o Ingram ~O,O,trhanaemttiAhl the 15th n l l:( 3 slye t t h hri: i iLa n n, : ss. ci. t tio , :ill i aae n get e. C d h n7 a a7m r I . es -stret+ t , A e c 0 e ti p ° A ugust ,, s H. Bradshaw, Esq., forms rif t of t j Ramsgate, .3-o%etitil.:ligc :0001:41: at ; tD lie t I ye, " ,0 0 Watts, liai ti ( geh n A g t oa l t i a e emg..er l tcri:l:steh, agedil st. , 7. Richard retle.°' ilill On the 16th inst., at Cheltenharo, oe .fa 6 On the 7°tllroidoo.inn'stE.,scial ageeodbilB :In . , ''' gUrre'' ,Vh -r , ag e( ' I / et On the 16th inst., at Leyton , B es` - ' --- -- q , ) , relict of the late W. Rhodes Esq. O li' 11;' ~.....,------,-,---------L--2.___ ./ op q co , .J. D V London : Pritord qrd Published 1 ' l ' so , 0 11 : 10 .IP No. il2, Strand, VI-inter, at V„te , co r, in '- Strand, in the Preeinct of the P i t 0,614 Aliddleees, Thursoday, Dconikei hvi 4., .P ~R~ ~~ ' Inc '‘ ex stc, q'a , I l, n Flib' Sl a t' :967, w E "'e D~~Q«~ t ~'~ bL~ '`U~~ lb ko% otr. k itT ' , ox, el t .,.k , N, tw il i t !: lind ‘. t a i l; e e, , r SZ l k ilib te. t"......... i kTl NI, I N uir a , . i i titie lit e , t t im : ,r,, —"4 1 : t i l ti : e r t ig l' t iitttri 1 10::',.e h N 1 —l, l • ', N it al i ti N k t•O g I ; '? °f t ,, 5,....... 4 0 tilt - 't P'. 4 44 41 , th e Ir e , - - , xl ~.. 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