The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

fourtliXbition EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. MEETING AT THE LONDON TAVERN. (THIS DAY.) -The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Eastern Countiesßailway Company was held • this day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgste-street, for the purpose of rscieving a report from the directors, and for the transaction of other business. Long before the hour of meeting (one o'clock) th e room was immensely crowded with shareholdeis, as was &scythe gallery across the end of the room. •Precisely. at one o'clock the Chairman, EDWARD • LADD BETTS, Esq., and; the directors entered the room, which was the signal ter a clapping of hands. The Secretary, Mr. RoivEr, read the notice con vening the meeting, and also the ft Rowing report of • the directors : On completing the first year of their official duties, the direcior* have to report that, netwichstandieg the • many difficulties and complications arising out of the - past, they have reason to be satisfied with the pregms which has been made towards the eatebltshateet ut onter in the current business of the company, the restorative of its credit, and the arrangements- that have been effected, materially tending to reduce the heavy ex penses to which the revenue bas been hitherto subj. Cl. The accounts for the half-year Have been made out on the principles and term approved by the proprietors at the last meeting by Messrs. Qailter and Co., and they have been subject to the continuous audit t f Messrs. Reeves and Mayhew, to whom that important duty was assigned by tour co-proprietors. The capital account having been virtually close d, in accordance with the re - solution of the last half-)early meeting, the revenue is now debited with all disbursements, ii:.d it will be ob served that the balf-year's income has been charged with 15,4181. 2s. 2d. for the rebuilding and replacement ofengines ani carriages, and that the sum of 8,0001. has been carried to the credit of the reserve fund for the renewal of permanent way and works. A portion of this fund has been applied to the renewal of the Col chester line, and the repair of stations , as shown in the accounts. The directors being ot opinion, from the ex perience they have acquired or the condition of the pro perty, that a smaller sum than that recommended by the committee of investigation will be sufficient for the renewal of the way and works, recommend the share holders to sanction their re serving hereafter 22.000/. a year in place of 32,0001.; and it is proposed that this sum should be apportioned by charging the revenue of each halt-) etr eudirg the 4th of Janusry with 14,000/., aid the half-yearending the 47h of July wiih 8.0001. The receipts of the halt-year are 400,7051. 12s. 5d , of which 53,5361. I.ls. 3d. has been derived from the Nor folk Railway, and the cnarges as apportioned by the ac coutitants against that line amount to 37,1811 7s. 7d. The Norfolk revenue has ben chargi d with 4001. as the expenses of the joint committee during the year. The directors regret to announce the unsatelectory result of the working of the Norfolk line during the past half year al compared with fermer periods; leis is chiefly to be attrieuted to the opening of the Eastern Union Corn pteny's extension to Norwich, and the consequent division or the traffic to and from London and Norwich and the districts lying between the two lines of railway; while their junction, which must bring a considerable trsffie upon the Netfelk Reilway, still remains to be mode ey the Eastern Union Centrany. The charges and expenses ageinet .reveritio during the half-year amount t) 365,210/. 4s. 3d., leaving 35,4951. Bs. 23., to Which mart Le added the surplus left atter payiug the last dividend, namely, 1,6201. 17s, making an available balance ot 37,1161. ss. 2d. The directors therefore recouati,nd a dividend upon the consolidated stuck of the Eastern Ceuutles Railway Company of 2'. per share. and a pap:mut to the Nolfele Cempany suffi c.eet to Live an equal divi , teed on their consolidated stock, according to the agreement subsisting bet et en the two cow pane). The directorst,ave purchased No. 2 Five per Cent. Steck, amoun ing to 3,2661. 13s. 41, formerly issued in excess, and have cancelled the certificates, as was resolved at the last half yearly meeting; they also gave notice to the heelers of the York Extension Five per Cent. Guaranteed Steck that they might be paid off at par on the 10:h of Jura hat. In pursuance if which notice, holders of that stock, to the amount of 25 8401, had con!:ented to reo-ive payment when the halt-yeti's accounts were cloSed, leaving IS 0801. thin to be dealt with, part of which has since been paid t ff; and this stock will be replaced by debentures at to*er rates of interest. Your accouseants are still engaged in the ex amination of the capital account, which they have net been able to complete during the past half-year. Sundry payments formerly made in error or in excess have bet n discovered, some i f wtdch ate now recoverable; these will atneunt to more then sufficient to r ay the cost of this laeorious investigation, and the directors therefore recommend that it be steadily pursued. Since the half year's accounts were closed, the reference between the company and Mr. George Hudson, arising out of the Wisbaach and Sr. Ives Railway transactions, has been decided, and the aunt of I.eoti/, with interest at five per cent. for three t ears and three-quarters, making to gether 1,1871. 10s., have been awarded to the company and paid by Mr. Hudson, who has also paid the costs of reference. The attempt, by a separate company, to obtain an Act of Parliament to matte a reflect)? from Cambridge to Shepreth having been defeatel, tied the powers of this company to take land fir a branch line in the Lame direction—namely from Shelford, near Cambridge, to the terminatien of the IL syst n and Ilitchin listlw , Jy at Shepreth, b-ing limited as to time. the directors took means et get possession of the ground without delay, and 'they have the setistactioo to state that it was obtained on comparatively reasonable terms, and in all cased by amicable arrangement with the owners and occupiers. Sp cifieetiees have been pre p iced, and contracts - ure advertised for the whole of the work, which are intended to be completed in time fur tine opening cf the Royston and flechin Railway. During the present session of Parharnent an Act was sought by the Blackwall Riiiway Company to obtain running powers over the whole of the Eastern Counties Railway; and, had the attempt been sum; ssful, the result to this company would have been unjust and in jurious. The directors, however, have the satisfac•ion to announce, that by the opposition they were enebled to present to this Bill in the Committee of the House of Cemmens, the pewers sought were reduced to such limits as to render it unnecessary to carry the opp ran tion further. These have increased the law charges of the company during the past half-year. The Esstnn Union Company have obtained an Act of Parliament. giving them an extension of time to make the branch to Harwich, and other pewees; and although the direc tors tell it their elute to cart on the proprietors, at their last general meeting, to refuse Vietr assent to certain clauses intended to have been irsert,d in that Act, they believed great advantages to both companies would testi!e from the ;Tellies; of the Harwich branch, and they shall be glad if the E ist-rn Unity; dire: tors are enabled so derive ;come mode of completing it, in which the director, can advise this company to co-operate with them. The . directors reeret lilac ihey have not succeeded in con cluding an arranceem. n; with the Great Northern R en. way Company; but being well awai . e of the loss which must be eustaliad by hr to computes in the (vest of a hostile competition. the trust that a geo - I understanding may be maintain•ci between them until some definite arrangement be made. The directors regret that it should have been deg med expedient by the Newmark- t etemparty to discontinue the working of their tatleay. It has been a subject of much care and anxiety t, this ho.rd. arie eeeeriti pr. pesitions have been msdo to the Newmarket Company or working their traffic, tan tile .i!rectors feel it unpossible, ceneisient with yeur in terests to offer more tt an they have already done, namely. to wok the Neerneirket Railway at cast price. and without any profit to this company beyond what might arise from Cr- the thus bra ught uoon the Eeittern Counties Lint'. The carriages and other material b-- longing to that company, held by the Eastern Counties as security f.'r their (Sol, will shortly be taken at a va luation. The Electric Telegraph Company's afire enent to work and maintain the epparatus up in this railway having some time ante expired, rematned in abe) slice when the prey: et cirectors took office; negotiations have been since pending which t-eve resulted in a new agree ment between the two comp nier, to the effect that a fair allowance %hall tie n ado le tee, se mpany out ef the re ceipts for ceteinerciel and eecieal messages sent along their line, s.i that in future it wilt be their interest and policy to extend n-ore fr. el) 1. , th- pablic in the eastern countiee tee benefits of the teleg el b, and to induce the more firquent use of this rapid mede of communicating in elligelice The Lew; stett hart our has bees finished within the estimate, und.r the superintendence of Cap tain Areirewe, the harbour -matter, who has been de servedly appointed by the Triiii y Board superintendent of le t.„, f.r tee pore which is now much frequented as a hen hour of refuge, Ace : sible at all times ot tide to vessels of twelve feet draf.: of water, and to ships of the larger class at high water. 1i e trede of the port con finites steadily to itcreete, neerly a thousand vessels having entered the barb. ur for trade or refuge during tie, nes , tear; and new reside! ces are rapidly ris ng on the south side of the herb or, se, ich, with the esplanade awl pier, will reedsr Love-Lit an attractive watering place for the citizens of Norwich and the inhabitants of the midland counties, who ease= ready access to it h), the taiiwaye cenverging at Iteierberough. The works up in. the Eastern C enities Retie a) being now completed the diteciora .re enabled to dist.- nee with the services of a ee6i , t.eut i ngisieer, besides i fl'. - c ing other r; ductions in that department. and to place the maintenance of rho • way and works in charge , f the superintendent. The di t ceies seggeet asst providen funds should be raised among their efficers and servants, to e tech the com pany should centribute, in order to afford, under pro per regulations, some provision for their fansiiies in c 11f , or accid , nt or iejurte to which such men are much eXpesed, as also in the i rent of their becoming unab'e to perterin their ;lune+ through age, sickness, or infirmity. Its the extensive wotkshopt at Stratford there is now training up a tautly f men to work and repair the com pany':, "%ines, upon whine sill aid iitelligence much dept nil a. The dir^ciors de-ire to assist them in a- quiring a practically u.. fel education, to fit them for rvice. Tnese obj, coe to price urage education IcitT,Vl : 71 I • ‘9 ., udent habits, may be ;ff et. da , a very moderate <„(....,77-5--rtry,:;:,, the duty as well as th, int. rests of the c0ra ,....>, ,- j /T. IN,y . ! 9 ire te and le e ), tru- t it will meet th e approba r. -,..,„,: • , ~tkii ilt th proprietors. During the past bah -year pr0,..,1.,-"--''''..' ,.., 1. , - "- - ''''..' . i' 7 : - 1: '- , '--. ' : 4:11, tee I,..tAllUsiv... ce•eire h as d carri..ges by 4,,,t; t_.\,......;.::,,.:::::/f,c(iiqr w,, - brew ur l -, , i-el tivoli the dirt ctors try several, 0\ , 7, __ .ssileopirlt tv , e;lete and expetierice in railway manage 'Cs: es - ; _tit tar entitled to great respect, and persons of skill '_ _ „ s p.,l ,2 . .c;ponsiteli have- come forward-with. substantial K lagpiia to undertake such contracts, so that the board felt bound to give thl3.subject their best attention; but TILE SUN, after having maturely considered it they are of opinion that it is not for the interest of the prop: eters that they should lease the working of their line. The directors have, therefore, appointed Mr. John V. Gooch, in e or the South-Western Railway, as superintendent of the locomotive department. It is the painful duty of the directors to report that, ow.ng to ce•cumstances whicn arose on inquir ng into the payments formerly made for land and other purposes, through Mr. Duncan, the late solicitor to the company, they found it neces sary to direct the accountants strictly to examine all those transactions; and the result of these inquiries, as reported by Messrs. Quilter and Company, has been that various sums of money, for which cheques had been given to Mr. Duncan, were not paid by him for the purposes intended; that other sums had been charged and paid twice over; and that certain payments reported to have been made, had not been made. Mr. Duncan having delivered, and having been paid, his Parliamentary acconet3 to a point, by the former direc tors, according to a scale of charges agreed upon, he has since also demanded to have additional remuneration for the same services, on the ground that the scale agreed upon was below the usual charges, and that he has not had the amount of business he was led to expect wt.en the scale was fixed. A copy of the accountants' report was given to Mr. Duncan, aed an explanation required. The answer received contained an offer of resignation, which the directors accepted; and they forthwith sought the assistance cf Messrs. Creel der and Mae nerd, who are at present acting as solicitors to the company, and by whose advice they are and will be guided in any proceedings which may take place. It will be remem bered that, at the time the present directors toe k office, Mr. Duncan continued to conduct the law business of the company, although he lad previously tendered his resignation. The well known talent of Mr. Duncan, the intimate knowledge he poste-Bed of all the company's affairs, and the zeal and industry be displayed in their r-ervice, during a period of transition, when there was also much dispute and litigation , rendered it prudent and necessary to request him to withdraw his resigna tion, and it was not until time and opportunity had been found to search int) pest transaction-, that the present directors could obtain knowledge of there errors. In concluding this report, the directors ventute to state their hope arid belief that, difficult and harrasaing as their duties have been, and still are, they shall, if they continue to possess the confidence and support of the proprietors, be able substantially to improve the condi tion and prospects of the company, and to lessen the working expenses. In so doing they would repeat their resolution, more than once expressed, to endeavour, by conciliatory means, and by co-operation with neighbeur ing railways, rather than by competition with them, to secure to this company and to the great system of rail ways in the eastern division of England, the traffic and revenue which they ought to possess and retain. " EDWARD L. BETTS, Chairman." The following is the Auditofs' report : " 57, Coleman-street, Aug. 9, 1850. " Gentlemen,—We regret that, notwithstanding the utmost diligence and perseverance, we find ourselves still unable to make a complete report of the result of our investigation and analysis of the capital expenditure of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. " Ihe examination has a twofold object: namely, the ascertainment of the integrity of the expenditure charged; and the production of an accurate and lucid statement of it, in order to the due exhibition, under appropriate heads, of the cost of the various lines and works executed. " The extent and multifarious character of the trans ' actions which constitute the subject-matter of investiga tion would alone render much time and gri at labour necessary iu order to its satistactory completion; but the difficulties we have met with in the conduct of our in quiries have not been simply those which necessarily pertain to every operation of the like nature; we have had to act upon contused, imperfect, and erroneous ac counts, only partially supported or explained by vouchers, while the vouchers that could be found were ?roads couely heaped together without order or arrangement; added to which there existed a general want of uni formity in the mode of treating various parts of the same t r similar accounts at different periods. " lii this state (f circumstances we found it itelispens ably necessary, in order to carry on the examination in telligibly ate' with certainty. to establish supplemental beaks; and, in effect, to re form the entire accounts fir a considerable period, opening a personal account with each individual recipient of the company's cash, any al lowing no credits to such recipients in discharge of cash paid to them, except upon the authority of bills, in voices, certificates, or other adequ .te vouchers. " The deficiency of vouchers has thus proved a fruit ful source of difficulty and delay, leading unavoidably to much corrospoedence and personal discussion with par ties, in order to ontain from them the information which the vouchers would hare afforded. " Although to the causes thus glanced at is to be mainly referred the non-termination of this inquiry, it is to be borne in mind, that in a idition to the continued investigation of the capital expenditure, we have been called upon daring the half year to perform certain other special services connected with, or arising out of, the accounts, such as extensive calculations to det.-rmine the amount earned by the company's traffic over each particular section of the. line, with a view to the formation of a basis whereon to touted a re vision of the present system of rating rails ays for pa reale' purposes, she preparation of the voluminous re turn made to the House ut Lords in answer to the order obtained by Lord Brougham and other matters. " We may also mention that the examination of the important stews of Lod purchases and compensation nas been attended with peculiar difficulties; the course ef our examination into these- matters in connexion with the pecuniary transactions conducted through the agency of the late solicitor to the company, made clear the ne cessity, in order to do justice to the interests of the snarrholdere, of subjecting the whole of those transac tions ti a most rigorous scrutiny. " The meagre and unsatisfactory state of the infor mation winch we teund existing in relation to this branch of the inquiry had been an especial cause of delay; but hating sire telt , made a report to you upon it, we do not feet it to be necessary now to refer to the subject, turther than to state that we are still pur suing it; and that since the date of the report atlsded to, we have found further sums to be accounted for by Mr. Duncan, which, together with those reported, make a present totsl of about 30,0001. to be accounted for by that gentleman. The items of which that total is com posed occur at various dates during the years 1845, 1846, 1847, aed 1848. " Independently ut the advantages which must necei sarily result from this extensive examination, in the sense of a welt informed conviction produced by it, of the truthfulness of the accounts ahrn finally settled, and the 1 were intelligible sod comprehensive view which it will have been the means of presenting of the character and , location of the objects to which the company's capital has been a; plied, it has already been productive of direct pecuniary b, nefit in the discovery and setting right of errors to the extent of upwards of 6,0001., ex clusive of the important result of a similar character arising out of the examination of the transactions and proceedings of the late solicitor.—We remain, gentle mere your most obedient servants, " QUILTER, BALL, and Co. " To the Chairman and Directors of the Etertern Counties Railway." The CHAIRMAN said in that room there was gene rally a great oiversity of opinion, and he trusted to day they should gain a better character for order than they had hitherto obtained.—(llear, hear.) The very great difficulties that the directors had experienced in getting correct intormation of the company's affairs, and the want of di,cipline they had found in every iiepartment of their service, had rendered it almost impossible to carry out those reforms which tbey all telt to be necessary, end now more than ever.—(Hear, hear) The must important point, which was now so much before the public, and in which the shareholders *ere all so deeply interested, was the locomotive de partment of their railway. This half year tenders had been received from most substantial gentlemen who were willing to take the working of the line. at a very considerable saving to the shareholders. The directors were satisfied their affairs were based on correct date, and it had been found a difficult ques tion to decide how the proposed saving was to be carried out. It bad been thought desirable by the directors to advertise for a suitable locomotive superintendent, and out of seventy or eighty appli cants they ha.l chosen Mr. John Goocb.—(Cheers and hisst s.) That gentleman bad come to the directors with the highest testimonials from every leading en gineer of this country ; and from the knowledge they had of his private character and his professional experience the directors were satisfied they bad taken a right step in placing Mr. Gooch at the-head of the locomotive department.—(Hear, hear, and disapprobation.) With respect to the strike among the engine -drivers, the drivers complained that they were not f irly beard. The men were asked to wait until the directors had ex amined into the causes of their complaints. He (the Chairman) asked Mr. Goocb, with a view to that inquiry, to state to aim all the fines that had been imposed on the men. He did so ; but in the interim every man of them resigned.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and " Shame.") Under the circum stances the t he resignation direer s of th e men. consider He considered it prudent to accept (the Chair man)every) one e d 0 f a n t o h t e h efirn fines t h t h a e t h d a i r d e c b t e o e r n s h im ad pe i e n e ve , st a i e gated e told the Imi u np o sedee b e i. t i n h g e , a whichr a . ) s a prac oughtticalnot de mat b a t n eo e , n t h b a the ee d t bhee wanter n e d w i m h a o - n:tP s f st a d• fife ( discipline among the men at Stratford, that it had resulted in the loss of almost the whole dividend.—(Hear, hear.) The men were generally fined for nut reporting instances of mischief which they had done, whether they bad any control over them or not. (The lion. Gentleman here related several instances of misconduct on the part of the mete) Another question bgd been mooted as to whether these fines had been returned to the men. The fact was, that when the men came to be paid they gave the directors to understand th a t they intended to test the lega , ity of the fines which bad been imposed, :and the directors, not wishing to insist on the fines, re mitted them.—(Hear, hear.) On Thursday last the directors commenced with their new men on the Norfolk district, and, with the exception of a trifling shaking which one of the passenger trains had, there had been no accident on the lines ; and although a great number of strange men had been brought together, they were keeping time better than he (the Chairman) ever could have expected.— (Cheers) the Honourable Gentleman then pro ceeded to detail several malicious acts on the part of , - LONDON, the drivers previously to le.ving the company's em ploy, such as pu•t:ng soap into the engine-boilers, of which it was difficult To get rid, and tallow grease and sand into the axle-boxes of the carriages (A Voice—" Don't take them back.") lie (dab Chlir- %-- Ina! ) held in his hand the character ofe very man who had assisted the company on this occasion. He had los,ked through every one of those characters, and there Ives not a man on the line at this time who was not equal to his duties ; there were seventy five of them, and eighteen more of a first-rate character were now on their way to join the Eastern Counties line, from the north and south. The directors did not intend to reduce the wages of the drivers.—(Hear, hear.) They were only de sirous of exercising such econonomy in the manage ment of the line as any man would wish to do in his own private business.—(Loud cheers.) With respect to the accounts, although the directors had not been able to effect much saving, whet there was was in the right direction. The receipts per mile in the corresponding half-year with this were 1,2361. ; this year they were 1,240/. ; and while their working expenses of the corresponding 1;310 ear were 6 . 221, this year they . were 5981 (Hear, hear.)- With respect to the re newal fund the directors had thought it right to being it down at once to the point at which they thought it prudent to continue it. The capital account stood exactly in the same posi tion as they placed it last half-year, one al though Mr. Duncatl's eefalcatione had occurred, the directors had the great satisfaction of telling the meeting the margin they then took was still amply sufficient to cover them. and there would be no increase on that account. The irregularities of Mr. Duncan took place before the present board came into office, and it was a matter over which they had no control. The Norfolk estimate of this half-year was any - thing but sati,factory.—(Hear, hear.) Tney had upon the Eastern Union line an apparent loss of revenue, compared with the corresponding half-year, of 20,0001.—that was on the actual revenue on that line, and there had been an increase in the mileage which had been adopted, more fully to develepe the resources of the district, and possibly that had been a mistake. The Hon. Gentleman concluded, atter some farther remarks, by moving the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. Thomas WOODLEY, a grocer at Cambridge, was grieved to say he stood there as the representa tive of a deceased friend, who had left him a very nice legacy in the Eastern Union Reilway.— (Laughter.) He would ask why, when the Cambridge people took a day ticket from Cambridge to London for 153., they should have Ig. 9.1. tacked to it? Where was the justice or policy of such a charge ?—(Laughter.) IVith respect to the combination among the drivers, he thought some blame attached to the directors for not having shown the men a little more courtesy. — (Loud cries of " No, no.") The speaker proceeded to recur to the grievance of "one and nioepence," but the proposition was received with bursts of laughter. The CHAIRMAN said if the gentleman would call at 1 the office, he would give him every satisfaction in re lation to his complaint. Mr. W OODLEY, amid a scene of great confusion, attempted still to dilate on his complaint. Loud cries of "Turn him out" resounded from all parts of the room ' • and Mr. Woodley eventually oat down amid loud cheers. Dr. RILEY, of Ware, had attended there at much personal loss, and until he arrived in London he was totally ignorant that the report of the directors was in circulation. He contended that it was a great in convenience to the shareholders that they had not had the report in their hands till just immediately before the hour of meeting. He asked the directors to give a reason for so bad an arrangement.— (Uproar.) Mr. N..THAN complained that the directors had raised their fares on the Colchester line, to the pre , judice of the Eastern Union line. 'Toe CHAIRMAN said the directors had endeavoured to raise the fares at every point legitimately to the highest limit, where there was not competition. Mr. NATHAN asked if the directors were going to bring the .I.\ orfu k line before Patliameut again ? The CHAIRMAN was understood to reply in the ne gative, unless the shareholders should determine otherwise. Mr. NATHAN was proceeding, on the authority of an anonymeus letter, to question some of the items in the accounts, when Mr. ELLIC E, a director, intimated that that was not question which could come fairly before that meeting; and asked Mr. Nathan if it was prudent to read an anonymous letter to such a meeting as that ? Mr. NATHAN, waiving the question, proceeded to say that the directors ought to do their duty by their men, but he would rather lose his dividend than see any one of the drivers who had struck do an unjust thing to the directors, or the directors do an unjust thing to the men.—(Cheers.) Mr. Cox, of the tiarrow-road, said he was on the side—if he was on any side—of the engine-men, because they were the weakest. It was highly im proper that any body of men should ever be in the power of those who employed them. lie was sorry to see in the Times—(lronical cries cf "Hear, hear") — a leaning to the conspiracy on the part of the men. The question for the meeting, however, was whether the men were in the right or the wrong. He denied the statement made by the men that the directors had said that they might go about their business on the following Monday morning.—(Hear, hear.) It was the men who sent in their own resignations.— (Hear, hear and cheers.) He contended that the Times proprietors themselves would not tolerate such a combination among their own men.—(Hear, hear.) There was an example on record where, on such a combination showing itself among the men at the Times office, the paper was one morning, through the address of the late Mr. Walters, printed by steam, to the great amazement of them all. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question put by the preceding speaker, said the directors would not gain by ehut:ing up the Enfield line, but they gained very little by keeping it open. Mr. Box asked under what agreement the Direc• tors were acting with the Norfolk Company ? The CHAIRMAN said there was no agreement of amalgamation, but there was a working agreement entered into in that room on the 2 , 1 May, 1848, under seal and confirmed by the shareholders. Mr. Box submitted that by reason of that amalga-, mation the shareholders had sustained considerable loss, and that but for it they would now have a divi dend of 4s. instead of 21. a share.—(Hear.) Mr. HowEs attempted to show from the accounts that a loss of something like 13,0001. during the last year bad resulted from the continuation of the Nor fidk Amalgametion. He asked whether the agree ment with the Norfolk Company was of such a cha racter that they could, if they thought proper, repu diate it to-morrow ? (Cries of "No, nu.") The CHAIRMAN said the agreement had been drawn up by counsel, and the directors bad been advised by Ales,,rs. Talbot and Hope that it could not be set aside. Mr. Howes was sorry to hear it. He hoped, how ever, that this amalgamation would not be continued at a loss to the company any longer than could pos sibly be avoided.—(llear.) Mr. W. PRICE said any agreement, working agree ment or otherwise, which should alter the accounts of the company, wi.hout having first been sanctioned by Act of Parliament, was illegal, and could not be jus tified. He made his solemn protest against the faith fulness o f the printed accounts of the company, in that they were not rendered precisely in the form re quired by the Act of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting of the perfect legality of the agreement. Mr. MCLAURIN admitted that the accounts ren dered with respect to the Norfolk Railway Company were correct, as far as those accounts went ; but he contended theie should be no distinction made be tween the working expenses on the 'Norfolk lire and those on the Eastern Ccunties line, which had been made by Mr. Quilter in making up the accounts. The CHAIRMAN said, everything that could be kept separate had been kept separate cn the two lines. Mr. MCLAURIN went in.() a statement of figurer, from which he sought to deduce that the working expenses of this line were unnecessary, extravagant, and enormous—(Hear, hear) —and that it only re quired economical and prudent management on the part of the directors to make this company one of the finest and most remunerative of any in the kingdom.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GILBERTS, of Hertford, said it gave him pain 'sheo k r i n e g r to hear the acts of the directors questioned in the way they were, without those gentlemen offering any de fence or explanation of themselves. lie complained that there had been fictitious entries of shares in the share list in several instances, and that that had been done with the knowledge of some of the directors. Mr. BeGsnew, M.P., defended the conduct of the directors with reference to the Norfolk amalga mation, and the legality of the existing agreement. o caihne f yla: t sa h ri, gri e yrui m fesbe e tarci e recd t rnn i y):: meetin g vit b ho e i itenhhge mightat l accountant. u n nf a i t n r. Mr. Goocu, of Birmingham, deprecated the time and be dil ye companynsscwavi,:,,erad-s oofutc theirr ier o s 21, j a e n ( d t they ccollectively, e c t o iN u e l l d y ,nct and of it e a; necestaty, therefore, to delegate the tnamgement to a smaller body of individuals. It was, however, the duty of the shareholders to see that the directors, in whom that trust was reposed, did their duty. They must to a great extent repose confidence in their directors, and assist them in carrying out the legiti mate purposes of the company, until they found out that they were dishonest and incapahle.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN the n put the resolution, which he declared to be carried unanimously. Mr. McLauatet moved that the abstract of the Agreement existing between this company and the Norfolk Railway Company, be made out by the soli , citors of this company, • and that the same be printed HURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1850. for the us 3 of Ihe proprietors of the Eastern Counties ail* ay. 'This resolution was seconded, and eventually adt pted amid considerable uproar. A . vote of thablis was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting, which was cf a somewhat noisy chat acter throughout, separated at a little before four o'clt ck. (CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Ifir. BODKIN replied shortly upon the evidence adduced c u behalf cf the prisoner. Mr. Baron PLATT summed up, and 'The jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner Gu hut strongly rezommended him to mercy. Ir. Baron PLATT sentenced him to ten years' trans por !ation. Sl'hc case did not conclude till nearly four o'clock. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.) William Augustus Sheen, 34, gentleman, was in diczed for bigamy with Mary Whilleber Greene, his wife Cecilia being then alive. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry prosecuted ; and Mr. Robinson defended. The prisoner is a tall military looking ma-, wear ing large moustachios and whiskers. BALLANTINB, in stating the case for the pro secution, said that charges of this character were ge nerally, as far as the jury were concerned, merely confined to the actual facts of the marriages, and that the other circumstances connected with the offence were for the consideration of the court to direct them in their judgmen. ; and as in this instance the facts were abundantly dear, he should but briefly allude to them. The prisoner, who it was evident was a mere fortune•hunter, and had behaved most heart lessly to those who had become his victims, was mar ried to his first wife in 1838, when she had a good fortune, and all that the prosecution now knew of her was, that she was in Boulogne penniless, and unable to came over to this country. Without entering into the circumstances under which he be came acquainted with his second wife, he would merely state that she also was a lady of fortune, and that in the year 1848 he was married to her. After they had been married some time, during which period he ex• ; , ,ended a great portion of her for• tune, she became acquainted with the fact of the pri soner being a married man ; up' which she imme diately left him, after which he camtnenced hunting her, and holding out threats, for the purpose of ob taMing money from her ; upon which her relations, having otrained the necessary evidence, took the pre sent proceedings, which could be proved withou: the appearance of the second wire. Mr. John Baker, the parish clerk of St. Mary, Dover, proved the marriage of the prisoner on June 23, 1838, to Cecilia Charlotte Franchall. They Brayed at Dover a short time, and then went on the Conti nent. Witness saw the first wile alive in Boulogne abut a fortnight ago. Cross. examined—At the time of the marriage the lady appeared to be between 30 and 40. Captain Morris Burchell, a retired officer, proved the identity of the prisoner and the marriage with his first wife. Mr. John Farrell, parish clerk of St. Magnus the Martyr, in the City, produced the certificate of the marriage of the prisoner with Miss Mary Whilliber Greene, spinster, on the 2d of February, 1848. Miss E. J. Greene, sister to the prisoner's second wife, deposed to being present at the marriage. It was not until the July of 1849 that she heard the pri soner had been married. Taxed him with it, and he said his first wife was kinder to him than her sister. Her sister had been abroad after she was separated from him. A letter, partly in French and partly in English, and addressed to this witness from the prisoner, was then put in and read. Its contents, which were couched in a somewhat incoherent style, proved that the prisoner, partly by threats and partly by as ap peal to her feelings, wished her to let him again ob tain possession of her sister. In cross-examination, witness said that her sister is about thirty-eight. I cannot say exactly where she is now. She left Dover the weak before last, and is somewhere on the Continent. She came from Paris to be married. I was living at Richmond at the time. I heard from my sister about tour days before the marriage, and came up from Richmond to be present. I did not then see the prisoner for above half-an-hour. They left for Paris. It was in July, 1849, that I heard from my sister of his being a married man. I was then living with Colonel Rose, at Richmond. He treated me as his daughter. He is dead. At his death he loft me money, but not any to my sister. Re-examined by Mr. B ALLANTINE —I was C donel Rose's adopted daughter. My sister is now very ill. Thomas Barnes, a City police-constable, said that he went to apprehend the prisoner at 0 Idard's Coffee-house, Waterloo-road, and when he told pri soner that he took him on a warrant for bigamy, pri simer said, " I do not understand you, or know what you mean." Witness then told him, and he sail he had a greater charge to make against Miss Greene— that of murder. He further added there might be some mistake—they might mean his brother. After some further evidence, Mr. ROBINSON addressed the jury for the defence, complaining of the statements made by the prosecu tion, and denying that the prisoner bad any money with his wife beyond the amount spent for ordinary expenses, and also that it was most unfair that the first wife was not present, and also the exist t circum stances under which prisoner became acquainted with his wives, both of whom were older than himself. The Learned Counsel thee called Mr. Joseph Crawford, Consul-General at the Ha vannahs, said that he knew the prisoner, who had moved in the best society at that place, and also at . . Paris. This gentleman produced a letter from the pri sonet's first wife, written in the mildest spirit, awl expressing her intention of not being present at the trial, as it would only serve to assist the case for the prosecution, and could not aid the position in which her unhappy husband was placed. Mr. GURNEY, in summing up, said there was no blame at all to be attached to the prosecution for the course they had pursued, nor was there any necessity for further wounding the feelings of the first wife, by bringing her up to this court as evidence. All the jury had to do with was the fact of the two mar riages. The jury found him Guilty. Mr. BALGANTINE said he understood prisoner had 15,0001. with his second wife. Miss Greene was recalled, and said she believed her sister's fortune was above 10,0001., but it was settled on her. The solicitor for the prosecution, who was also so licitor to the lady, said it was above 10,0001., settled on her, but he heard that the prisoner bad dissipated nearly all of it. After some further discussion the Court said they would take time to consider what sentence should be passed. The prisoner, who stood with his arms folded du• con cerned, then walked out of the dock with a ring the whole of the trial, tr y in g to look ver y un military step. Mary Fitzgerald, 47, married, a decent-looking woman, was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with William Bickford, her husband being then alive. Mr, Clark prosecuted, and Mr. Billantine, who had been retained through the humane interference of the Under-Sheriffs, appeared for the woman. Mr. CLARK stated the case to the jury, and in so reprehensible, doing seid that, although undoubtedly an offence h a d b ee n committed, still the manner in which the charge andhad beentact greatbrought discredit forward on was all h! gl-,I pyrites,y as no public wrong would have arisen if the proceedings had never been instigated. Tne facts were these :—ln the year 1824 the prisoner was married at Marylebone to u man named Fitzgerald, who, after living with her some time, deserted her and enlisted in the army, first going wish his regiment to Ireland, and then to I n di a . She was then married to her second husband at St. George's, Bloomsbury, in 1831. After she had lived with him for ;six or seven years, Fitzgerald came home and crime to claim her from her second husband, who, however, continued to live with her altogether for sixteen years, and had five children by her. Finally the first husband got discharged from the service, and it appeared made use of the power the commission of bigamy gave him to work upon her fears to extort money from her, she still living with her second husband, and some disagreement taking place, he left her, and for some time allowed her money to support the children ; • but ultimately withdra w in g th a t sup port, and she falling ill, th e y b eca m e ch a rgeabl e to the parish of Richmond, where they lived, when the se cond husband made known the whole affair to free himself from them, and these proceedings were taken and the poor woman sent here for trial. Mr. Beeessereee having most warmly commented upon the shameful character of the proceedings, con tended that she might have thought her husband dead when she again married. The jury found her Guilty, and she was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment in Newgate. Mr. GURNEY said he should not allow the expenses. The poor woman, who was in a fainting state during a great portion of the trial, was obliged to be carried from the dock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. sc d i l William Clayton was brought up on r e ma n d , charged with stealing a 4 0 / , Bank of England note, a 101. ditto, aed 101. in gold and silver , the pro perty of Mrs. Jane Lawrence, of 38, Rad nor- street , St. Luke's, about seven sears ago , a nd a b s co n d ing with the same. After the. evidence taken on the previous examina tion had been read over, the witness , Catherine Hart, who stated that she saw prisoner take the money from a desk in the parlour of 12 , Golden - lane , where Mrs. Lawrence was then living , came f or ward and requested to be heard, as she had something further to state relative to the case. S h e said that a y o ung man who was outside the court , came to her the day before, and told her that be came from prisoner's so licitor. He said he wanted her to com p romis e the affair, as it was likely to go wrong with the prisoner if she appeared again , and confirmed h er testimony. She declined to enter into any compromise whatever, whereupon he endeavoured to dissuade her from her intention not to Ow don the prosecutrix. Finding nd effect o t rl h df r o e rh a ei t rt e n a i tf n bt e g a rt a n i ri g d u ss a , h g ae e s s w ahl „e l) p l we l would rs h e do a n v e lay , g i as n iwn d e hr io ho g or away c he could not persuade by pecuniary offer, he tried what u the life of the prisoner for the purposo of extorting money from the prisoner and his friends. He then told her that she would be severely punished if she attended the examination yesterday. He made use of similar threats to a shopkeeper in the neigh b mrhood with regard lo witness s appearance aga nst prisoner. Several partit's were present at the tme he made use of the threatening language towards with( ss. Alderman KELLY directed one o!' the officers o' the court to see if the party was still remaining ouVde, and to call him in if he was. In two or three minutes the officer returned usher ing in, much to the astonishment of every one in the court, the gentleman who had acted as interpreter in a case just beard, in which a girl of the town was accused of robbing a French gentleman. The accu sation made against him was then read over, when he denied a great portion of what had been stated, but admitted that he had called upon her and asked her if she wished to compromise the affair, and, on her de clining to do so, he told her that she was swearing prisoner's life away by perjuring Ferst-lf, and that she would ultimately be severely punished for it. He did not say he came from the prisoner, but that he had been requested to call on her by his so!icitor, as they believed, and he still thought so, that her whole aim and object wos to extort money from the prisoner. Alderman KELLY slid that from - hi 4 own statement he hld ben guilty of an indictable offence by in itni dating a witness. The worthy Alderman then re primanded the party for his conduct, which bethought was rather a serious offence, and he was allow, d to depart. Tnis case was remanded from last week for the attendance of Mr. Serte, the secretary to the Camber well Savings 13. ink, who appeared and stated that the prosecutrix withdrew her money, amounting to about 150/., on September 11, 1843. hut they had no note or memorandum in any of their bOOkS bignifying what money it was paid in. Alderman KELLY said it appeared to him that there was a great dr ficienc% in the management of a savings bank, to pay such a large sum out without making an entry of the notes and cash the demand was met with. Mr. Searle said he c_aild not tell whether it was done or not by other savings banks, he only knew that it was never done at the Camberwell Bank. There was an entry of the money having been paid to Mrs. Lawrence, hut it was in the handwriting of Mr. Green, the former secretary. He could not swear positively that he actually saw the money paid to Mrs. Lawrence, but he hpd no doubt that it was paid. John Krellick, a friend of the proF.ecutrix, stated that the money was the fruits of her hard-earned savings during twenty Sears of servitude, and that the loss of the money alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner proved her total ruin, as she was obliged to give up her shop and gain a subsistence the best way she could by plain needlework, or any employ ment suitable to her age. He stocked her shop at the time the opened it, shortly before losieg her money, With goods to the amount of 201., for which he had never been paid, nor did he ever expect to be from the circumstances of the prosecutrix at present. He had advertised the prisoner at his own expense, and offered a reward of 101. for his apprehension, but all to no purpose. Had known the prisoner for six• teen years, and he (prisoner) had been in the habit of calling upon him (witness) every evening to let him know how prosecutrix got on in her shop, but on the evening of the robbery, he never made his appearance and the landlady where be lodged said he had been there and taken away his things, and appeared in a very excited state, and his manner was very inco herent. Alderman KELLY said the case was of too im portant a nature to be disposed of lightly, and he would therefore remand it, to have Mr. Green's evi dence. The attempt to intimidAte the principal wit ness only made the case more flagi ant, as far as the prisoner was concerned, and he would therefore re mand the prisoner till Tuesday next. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday Francis Davis, a well dressed you 2 g man, was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with being concerned with tw o other men in knocking down and robbing Alfred Greenland, a young man in the employ of Mess's. Sanders, cheesemongers, of Collingwood-street, Blackfriars-road, of a bag con taining 375/., the property of his employers. The particulars of the robbery appeared in the newspapers on Friday last, when an account was . given of the apprehension of Robert Ar c h e r, one of the three implicated in the charge, together with the recovery of the hag containing the whole of the money of which the young man Greenland had been plundered. Since then the police have been on the alert to apprehend the other two men concerned in the offence, and it will be seen from the annexed examination that the police succeeded in that object, but that one of the prisoners escaped by knocking down a sergeant of the L division, by striking him on the head with a life-preserver. Sergeant Wright, M division, stated that in con sequence ef information he went, accompanied by S,.r.zeant Jones, of the L division, to the Oiwe B. anch public-house, in the New Cut, at the corner of the Waterloo-road, between four and five o'clock on the previous aftertnou. When they entered the house they observed Davis and another men standing iii front of the bar, and, having strong grounds for suspecting they were concerned in the late highway robbery near Sr. Saviour's Church, they mentioned to them their suspicions, and at the same time intimated that they must accompany them to the station-hou-e. Davis and his associate at once expressed their will. ingness to go, and they quitted the public-house, hut had not proceeded more than a doe- n yards in the direc • tion of the station-house, when the roan in custody of Sergeant Jones struck him a violent blow on the head with a life-preserver, which stunned him and felled him to the ground, and while he was lying thus pros trate, ran away and made his escape, none of the per sons by whom the police were surrounded making any effort to re-capture the offender. Sergeant Wright added that Jones, the sergeant, was unable to attend the present examination, in conse• quence of the serious iuj ury inflicted on his head with the life-preserver. Mr. Robert Ward stated that he is a salesman in the Borough Market, and that on Thursday last, be• tween 'doe and ten o'clock in the morning, as he was walking along the passage near St. Mary Overies Dock, his attention was particularly attracted on see ing Archer, the man examined at this court on Thurs day last, together with the prisoner Davis and another man, walking slowly along. When they saw him they drew up with their backs to the wall, and it struck him at the time that they were "up to no good," particularly as he saw at a short distance a chaise standing, with a gentleman's coat lying on the seat, and it struck him that they wanted to steal the garment. lie, however, passed on, arid had not pro ceeded many yards when he herd one of the three men exclaim " Here he comes 1 " and in less than a minute afterward, a cry of " Sop thief!" was raised, and on looking to the spot from whence the sounds were heard, he observed the young man, Greenland, on the ground, an 1 the three men whom he had pre viously passed running away, one of them hiving a bag in his hand , . Witness saw the latter man el) tured with the bag and money, hut the other two men escaped at the time, and he has no doubt the prisoner Davis was one of the parties he saw upon that occasion. The prisoner asserted his innocence of the alleged charge, arid accused the last witness of having given two different accounts of the traesactien, with regard to his identity ; that he could prove he was in bed in the house No. 8, St. Andrew's-terrace, Waterloo road, with a young woman named Caroline Lewis, at the time the robbery was effected, and that he had no hand in it. Mr. Secaea remanded the prisoner, to give time for the apprehension of the others concerned in the affair, and who escaped from custody by knocking down the police-sergeant. MARLBOROUGH•STREET. ATTEMPT AT EXTORTION.—THE TABLES TURNED. —A very old gentleman, who gave the fictitious name of John Jackson at the station-house, was charged with having assaulted Joseph Bragdell. The substance of Bregdell's smry was, that while looking into a shop window in Hemming's-row, the prisoner had acted with gross impropriety towards him, and that on meeting a police-constable he gave prisoner into custody. A companion of the prosecutor, named Wren, cor roborated this statement. The prisoner said he was a gentleman of inde pendent property. He had only arrived in town the preceding day and had t a k en up hi s temporary abode at the Tavistock Hotel. After dining yesterday he walked towards the Haymarket, taking his way through Hemming's-row. Seeing something going on in a shop he s t oppe d and while standing at the window he felt somebody+ press against one of his hands, which was hanging down. He moved, and again he was pressed against, and then walked away. He was followed by the first witness, who asked him what he was going to stand for what he had done. He demanded an explanation, and the witness said he was not going to allow himself to be pulled about for nothing. He was indignant at this insinuation, nod told the witness he would not submit to any such attempt at extortion—he would give nothing. He then walked on, but finding he was still followed he stop ped. The first witness then told him to come with him into a public-house and the matter might he set tled there without farther trouble. He refused the proposal. The witness said he had better do some thing, or be must take the consequences. The wit ness did not mention the word "money," but all his remarks assured him that his object was money. Ile asked the witness if he meant to threaten him. The witness gave him to understand he knew the law, and if the matter was not arranged he would give him into the custody of a policeman. He told the witness he was ready to go with a constable, and a constable st as then brought and he was taken to the station-house. The prisoner admitted he had not given his correct name at the station-house, but the police had been made aware of it, and he was willing to disclose it if required. The prisoner then mentioned his name and station. FItANCe. Tb' Prove states that severe orders have been is sued by the Prefect cf . Police for the seizure of all prints of a Monnrchiaal or Legitimist tendency. During the last week, it says, more than 20,000 por traits of the Count de Chambord have been seiz. , d and taken to the Prefecture. It adds that the z.al of the police agents has been carried so far RS to seize prints representing Charles X. and Lnuis XVIII. GERMAN Y. Accord;am to the Cologne Gazette, the intention which the Bsvarian and Wurtetnburg Governments had of fir:ming a corps of observation on the Lo er Maine, or the Central Rhine, has been abandoned for the present. A letter from Frankfurt of the 15th says—" The Prusaian Government, fearing that the Custom. Union between Belgium and France which is spoken of may be effected, has resolved to make some con cession to Belgium, and to renew its treaty of com merce with that country," A letter from Berlin, of the 17th, in the Cologne Gazette, says—" Yesterday our Government received the invitation of the Cabinet of Vienna to send a Minister to the restricted Federal Council. It is unnecessary to say that Prussia refuses to accept the invitation. In yesterday's sitting of the provisional College of the Princes the question of a war between Prusiia and Austria was discussed. Yet, notwith standing all this, it is believed that all will terminate amicably." The German Gazette of Vienna, of the 18th, says that the corps d'arruea of Vorarlberg has received orders to leave for Holstein, under the command of the Archduke Albert. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Copenhagen of the 12th inst. gives some further account of the modification of the Danish Ministry. The Count de Moltke, lately Minister of Foreign Affairs, remains President of the Council, a post which he has occupied since 1848. The port folio of Foreign Affairs passes into the hands of M. Reedlz de Palsgaard, well known in diplomatic mat ters, who, conjointly with M. de Pechlin, Danish Mi nister at the Diet of Frankfort, c _included last month the treaty of peace with Prussia. Al. D'lsminger is appointed Minister of Marine ad interim, and Count d th e e RlvnvteeiritotcPrwan-dCroif Justice. m ini s l ti h c a e s . the ad interim portfolio of Letters from Hambnrgh state that the inaction of the armies is generally attributed to the efforts of the envoys of the foreign powers. who, it is said, have been sent into the two camps to prevent the renewal of hostilities. The Cologne Gazette states, on the authority of a letter from Lubeck, that orders had been sent by the Russian Government to Cronstndt to have all the vessels of war in that port immediately fitted out, arid sent on the 15th to join the fleet off the coast of Den mark. ITALY. Some of the Piedmontese journals say that the French Government is disposed to act as medi .tor in the differences which have ari s en between the Sar dinian Government and Rome. The Piedmontese Gazette of the I7th states that friendly relatiot a have been completely re-established between the Sardinian Government and the Argen tine Republic. The Piedmontese Government has just ordered the expulsion from its territory of two Lombard refugees, M. Mauro Macchi, a writer in the Italia, and M. Bianchi Giovini, a writer in the Opinione. THE e ate Nf Tuesday BELGIUM. I peed that morning in th e day announce that h city and the greater part of the f aubourgs , and that the waters N• e• jDnotinArrenTlyalls:O the inhabitants were engaged in emptying their cel lars. It was on Saturday k night at nine o'clock that the inundation cea.ed to rise. It remained stationary some time, and then began slowly to de cline. At midnight on Saturday the fall was 4 centimetres ; at ten o'clock on Sunday night 10 centimetres, and at seven o'clock on Monday morning it was 1 metre 13 centimetres. During the inundation the Bourgmt tri s c !wed cart loads of bread and fresh water to be conveyed to the populations of the submerged quarters. In the evenings the gas lamps could not be lighted, and torches were at tached to the pillars. On Sunday the waters rushed from the Canal de Charleroi down the Rue de Flandre with the rapidity of a torrent. The damage done is very considerable, but, on the whole, it appears that fewer lives have been lost than might have been ex. peCted. Subscriptions have been opened for the re lief of the sufferers, and in eeveral streets boxes have been placed to receive contributions. Large crowds had begun to visit the places in which the ravages had been greatest. Letters from Louvain, Hal, Vilvorde, Beverne, Melsele, Calico, Doel, Kieldricbt, Namur, Mons, Marbes-le. Chateau, and innumerable other towns and villages, give painful accounts of the damage done by the floods. In some places houses have been thrown down, in others bridges ca.ried away, in others trees uprooted, in all crops and property to an immense amount destroyed. All the letters, how ever, represent that the floods were retiring. YORK AUGUST MEETING. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) (Continued from our Thild Edition). The County Pltte. Marriott Tightwaist THE EBOR HANDICAP. Mark Tapley ••• Clothworker ••• Champion Eleven ran. ... 1 ••• 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Six o'CLocic. No business doing. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTIIE 1? CIRCUI f.—Liverpool. Aug 2 1 . CROWN COURT.:-(B-fore Mr. Justice WIGHT- MAN.) William Threlfall, a respectable looking man, and formerly a large manufacturer in Yorkshire, was placed at the bar, charged, nn three iadictment.,, with forgery—on the first, with forging a bill of exchange for 1,000/., with intent to_ defraud Charles Tyson ; on the second, with having forged and uttered the acce ptance of Joseph Ryland, the mower of the Hull Flax Mills, to a bid oF exchange for `2,0001., with in tent to defraud Thomas Whittaker and others ; and on th., third, with forging the acceptance of another bill of exchange for 1,0001., with intent to defraud Whittaker and others. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Bliss, QC. and and Mr. B lair a pp eared for the prosecution; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Aspinall for the defence. The Counsel for the prosecution proposed to pro ceed with the first indictment; on which the Learned Counsel for the prisoner moved, on affidavit of the pri soner and his attorney, to postpone the trial on the first indictment, on the ground that the charge had only been preferred on the first day of the assiz. s, and that from the shortness of time prisoner was not pre pared with his defence, nor acquainted with the parti culars of the case. His LORDSHIP thought that on FO serious a charge the application of the prisoner was reasonable. He was, however, ready to try the other charges against the prisoner on wilich he had been committed, if the Learned Counsel for the prosecution thought it desir able to proceed. Mr. Buss thought it would be more desirable that all the charges :lonic' be tried together, and the other charges also had therefore bt tter be was postpdoned. This was assented to, and the prisoner orered to be detained in custody to take his trial at the next assir.s. of t h ro ugh the criminal His LORDSHIP. having business, then tried a short civil cause, and no ort other case being ready, his Lordship It ft about twelve o'clock. force (LB and 14 Victoria. cap. 99 ' ' - - —;------- --- rates in respect of small tenements, ), passed on the 14th inst., RATING SMALL TENEMENTS. —By an Act now in the owners instead of the occupiers, i. is provided that for the better assessing and collecting the poor . and highway and when thus rated the ves tries are to determine whether 6/. tetiLmen:s shall be rated to owners are to be rated on a reduced scale. The goo !s of the occupiers are to be liable for the rates as well as the goods of the owners. Municipal privileges are not oto be taken away ear to from occupiers by rating the owners, butowners of ear tenre ments held for longer periods t han ironai ! y for rat es y The ae entitled to add the rent to the amount pd . Act extend. 4 only to England and Wales. '--------------- a , iitie e . re•sp,ctabitity ant A i l t r h . IlAanwicK said, from the nature of the .chaurbre be would inq i of the accused, into the character of the ssitnesses. .. ~ Bragd,it w as then examived. Ile was out ot 115015. t lot% II Aci br.en in various employments., porter, and wai'er. lie then gave an the of . o_ s proceedings i during the day and up to the time woo I e was assaulted, as he alleged, by the prsoner% , Wren was also examined. Ills account Oren tnateriaPy from that of Bragdeil. as print!!! story cf the other two. A third person, named IVriglit, an acquaintanc!! was examine d, and his statement contrudicted the Mr. H AR DwreK said charges like that brought font; ward . _ . againA th , .l accused were easy to make . 0 .. , a _ difficult to repel. Independently of the increcheb! character of some portions of the evidence, there W 7,, a .tich manifest elicrepancies between the- taternen': ‘,l2the three witneses, and such direct contrs.dictic,ll_ j. parts o f their ,tr,ries, thlt he could not to it.stetetici ~,:mg his heli,f that the charge had been fabrf'te fur th,. purp , se of extortion. Ile, should dischorbe prisoner, B ant bird him over to prosecute. Bgdell and Wren were then atie , l_the depositions of the now•cemplainsut take,oo., _ t 'The con,plainart said hi, name was not Ja(k -° b . ' was Michael Ja . b s urgh. and he res, e:d LI at 133r g Wailes hall, I" A.naresborough• g tie The deposition one 6 plactd et the VI defence. was in ,' übs' :no the s ies A inc prosecutor was hound over to appear ..o next week . having committed the following daring olitrage e robt)ery. /said The prosecutria stated that on Tuesday oid h ,. 1-1 t e - home to In ,ke a purchase, ands wee returdoits r„ her residence. when on crossing hite Conocild Ihterld.c,i, she was followed Isy the prisoner, who 10 3 .. s . d . she Town, and assaulted her while on toe gr:i3"er gthd. her some fr e n s t i n sted, and cried out, on which the Pr e r so d took and given into custody. rsta(n,popfrdwath it. She called Stop thief," and lace she had just purcbss be 0.0 remanded, viti tlice. lartin, 41 N, gave confirmatorY i e he issil The Fri described soner said nothing in defence, and t OBTAINING GO ODS ES' iir FALSE PEZIISC rer); as an architect, chargedfiding I.' Or, Villas E - John Bulasr' Regent's-park, %vas bi.,bili, row, 1 , or, furniture broker, of,No. 104, .13..Pa50l ury, with having obtained by fil l " tale pretences l' 601. worth of goods. Tr Prosecuto..Deic, - • , being imposed on ayebthe or ees pr . , sensations hint fere° , of the prisoner, who g tiim re thleut ot re spectabil or ity, which ultimately proved iv. re It entrus - , d was shown him with a large quantity of foroit. 4ods had that a considerable quantity of oflile:y the been Pawned and othervvise disposed f (beau lie wasprisoner a few days after he got possession of fully c. mmitted for it'OtiSii/P-STREE4 • 01 a e CHARGE 1 0 OF Ft.LONY --Mr. Mark Baths' i v hitea :scribal cha el " a merchant hi Scarbery-atreettthaerill, chargedp, way placed at the bar, before gr - l',e, sod two wi . h teloniou.dy stealing. eight watch lt d ()t. Mr. diamond rings, of the value of 55/., al.° Pterrasei Joseph 6amuell, a jeweller in Ott City -road. -- a acne The prosecutor 110 • stated—ln April last dow 10 1 0 business tran, , actionS with the prisoner, lin f or g accept I. the bill of exchange now produced 00 the he eceived from me. The 'bill became d u ! ofille tl .q 25th of June, but three weeks befor that 1.1°...,', br ingt me several times for fresh goods, t he lot 7 1. 1 1. the d very day before the bid came to rrat ( usocley) all these evertures ; but on the 93 ' 1 . 0 al il he told e I should never see the bill 1 00 ,' D fae would be in° properly taken up, and, hOl'n1; ° ki h e several- hank ott • , t t notes, the prisoner told toe it ~A , 03b pity in o l a ose the opportunity of selling the go,-..,,, L uso Pv. position to dispose f great q do o a °dot.° • therefore, consented to let him have fresh Porto boa severalagreement was drawn up, which was weedsrldsiisered times, and he signed it, upon .af 636 to him eight watches and tW° diamond Ilu; p rice , value together of oilthe &nal trA t ci ° ~ at or 1 and he went ks agreesle,l3,44 awl: with theta. ( 1 "` --` blielf )" ' handed . 1,. up to the beech, and though got f loPtithe suts. gru general purport apparel to be, Jo_ .4 i p,_ sht e mid evidence, that either the value effas tbettl' be paid to the On or the gw,oe, buie selves returned.) On the bill beconsiog p u ir i 1 tbe ts ever, ' wen , , it i was returned to me dishonoured, Iti.o sport search of the prisover hinsaelf,.7:o;stfeiB reaching n and his residence I found that be bsdl3 that there illo was no one in the house. , the ~, 0 In cr cross-examinutiou by. Mr. Far"' 0141° , a said—l have known the prisoner altogetber,,, coffee' ?we a rs. I found him last night at 1101wer", 008! inar s t e, in Duke's-place, which i i 0 kind 13'd 56 soe_ , like ca 1 ' b sOO ole as I• . P' , -court tor stock ro d'at'a t dial find him the bon he bullied toe, 1 • d 6 la te transaction, and told me I might do as del the_ goods. 0 10 Mr. II be re ept AMAMI. ordered the prisoner to. oto o c ` - or a weak,„is but consented in the eseta° T . ii a:tial blil for his future appearance. ,_ooa, oa! required bail was iniusedistelli :but, 0010_1 surety 4 stockbroker being a merchant at Stepney, and ner quilt the roker at Pentonville, arid the PO court with his friends, _............., THE -, - - ----- Aj i -- - - oTS . d . Li co uN Tit YDI 0 .11 0 3 0 ,4 ,„..ce VERP°°L• AUG, 2C.---1.1040 ea l a •,?3,1:613' 10 r eal. ,h e '.` t t o day'. market. Wheat in eton 00:La d, ices accepted were ld per 70 eta lovietc 'coo vo y week. Flour move d ee slowly r e LI ob 51° .)__ ‘ ere ea. I er , Per sack and o f sale barrel. Oats sed oatmeal ,5600010, and rather lower• B tins and r as cage in /., e. tretne rates. B. 1 • ' hout ha &eV 1 r .1 and milli wit „iota Aissi. ludiun corn . LEEDS in limited request at 6d per •!..;,,,,i of v 4 , 1 0, The w , AUG. 20 —We hava Et fair eirth the din t th• port from is showery to-day, w hich , w ho eff,clg7for• m Mark-Juno, tends toneutralis.e t" rote' $0 trade ' which is uite retail at about Frldo tog. ley as bet' ore. before d bcPtis fi Oats, .shetlings, and ~. iteil alteration in EP other articles. A U G G O's . "' A 611 13 ' , NEWCAST the dull LE DLL AV • ~,,.,t 0110. uirg 01d., accounts from den, our mew 00.0'101 tro...e.ry for fresh wheahe change in Dotweis gets re. IH s more anx • ••b • b ut we chap__ in . tons u)ers; pas 0 wair, prices. Barley and other kof NEWCASTLE Ithout the least VarlittinD. WV' . A ~a sO.-*--,r e_.,, CATTLE-3IABELT, 4)'-:,00 cli -,°, fin beasts gaud.Qualit About fifty head more active,tu s ea pf d clears ) middlirg. Tr,,de tolerably' s Shlooo .Ce Cfficted at last week's Pr'echer on ''°s 10 / lambslastmatritarge supply. t )(needing the 0 0 . 133 _ st shoo od tales tor 'et day. by 2,000. Trade eetnoo; sbeeljj to both kinds of stock. Dosts, f 49 Dee 3 lamb , s, 9.000. _.., its 6.; m ... AP-iv, utt"n 4,1 t r 1 t I ED/Nbu . -,. j 4.,: .*lnb 40 to 54,, 0, 4 Roll MEAL MARKEY, 'AUG* 2 % oeighlt‘ SP the meal imperial, market to-day 12 sacks eatmeal, eae, st, I/ gs 0 p ot; which o sold thus :-2 at It 10s Od, 9g. 6 or, 0 4 ' 5 at 1/9 ' s barley, d• 2 sacks flour, which sold at ve ;l ft ••• ' • whereof 5 sold thus:-1 at `,llO, let P at 2 4'63. 1 06'000 EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW ALllO;5l'6 ste le 7,0 Oat st wheat ravr,from 7s 6d to 9s ud per kerePle°73 Oil t° sod. 5 Old h ditto, 7s Od to 73 6d ; barley ditto,d,tts, id to o oer s 4 DALT from Ild to Is 2d per st,..ne ; rie, f " , I Thefe 00•101'r bags oat meal , andMEAL'ales 35 of barlryrneal a, :colici prii; bole Oatmeal same on the top,: !I' m , geslitY" A hair down, that sold at 25s 3d was of i fe" rrhir's meal Is d per hag down. r See 6 d 'O s 5 0 Oatmeal,. per sack, of 280 lbs. First 283 tri ..- 5 04 imperial Barleymeal, .. ••• *** 295 •9'i 163 fi"' e o a Yeasemeal OJ per ditto ... 163 pod ..,05 d ~s 04 Flour -• ••• ..., '''''s od ....-0 Il i .0• 11 Pot ... barly ... ... ... --ss Od ' 5 v.. ... --1.---"L"-.---- AV 15863 COIL MAKIS.N.J.--TEsTBII9 ........ 15,01 huddle's W. ' .. Bartley 14s OcElletton ............ s e" IV ..,7 Begbies 11" ' Hold well "rdeY l3s 301aswell ................ . ‘4 ,04! 14s 00! liarnbton 14; .. .... ./.." r 45 od. North Pe 3: Jonassoh re Hartley lis 00 Russell's -, ......... i 4, ?I 'antielet n A s Hartley Canfield Moor loor .••• Its Selifeugh 011 ..... e" . IP D o Butes I is .-dWllitWort,l,l, ...... ....... 0 19 c o Walker's tvest_ Primrose Hartley i'VYl:tua ••• 135 6d: Birebg. Grilig°7..- 1 0 _{ u_w.c. Wall's End, &c. , ilartley --- -;•11;yr so 3 , U , Rpchlikriet and Co 133 6d Nison'a la r..........: , ( p u 14s 6d, Cardiff ..,:,010 „, . Braddyll Ships at tfifirt,.ol.. 59. • " 4 0 11 8.11:TTI5 " tb e o f OF A 8014. , nerwo vife On the 18th inst., at Speenhamland, '' the` Silas Palmer, E5q.,111.1). Do ttl, o ce, On the 18th inst , at Devonshire -ter I , Captain (Lark DATJO s Target. OP A .A. — --rg fg• ~f Of On the 21st inst Lady Rivers- 131 000 isbu'i' On the 20th insi , , ill 71I a rt-stree t, Rivolta. . 0 0/ 1 V e ot Westn3; ) 1 "1 ,1 On the 19th inst., at St. Ann to ":" bbe e Brough, Esq., of Edge-hill. LiverPl' , Pl ° 0 ,0 e::,; daught, rof the late John L an gton , dwo• r colnsbire. mho ' to ddio — o f o e On the 20th ir.st., at Beddingtom ob. son o f Esq., of Milford-lane, Strand , and r° . er , pg" Mary, eldest daughttr of Andrew Col ) ton, Surrey. _--------- r 0 111 ,0 55 i' 56' --WV • Ist Ye i ' r ide; Le o -On the 19th inst., at Brighton, in the ito,.sll,ena os Sir Martin Archer Shee.., President of tb" , j i ti ' D oh 0 On the :'lst inst ,at liielimond•terrce, of lye , 40 Esq the Clerk , of the House of n' county of Devon -the os —l,l On th '' e .oth inst., in Carlton-terrace,f v Dowager Lady Wenlock. C oCocurnoo, tit v t's 0 On the Bth init at J'ours Verrier, and ' ' Brot .', rrod.'„ I,v Charlotte, tb,sertoii. ~,r, yzcii, e rt On the st.t.r of Majc,:benera.l joho p. .poo ft, 18th just ,at Stialtesbur), _ Hyde A O „ Vn the 19th in at Oxford•terr!ce, J. 601 P Clarke Edwar.is, E;q ~ ,o rt lo t an i ft r o os e, li ocr j 5 c M.D., aged 3r. De so , . t! re 'Vote On the 19th inst JOhn eldest son of t toolv, vp: , , D.„ l - ) , rector of Low'ick and itiip, On the 17th ' • t Catheringt vs„ jfet Julia M es "' n ii' AI b at '' ' 'Ye rrJ ' ( argaret daughter of .. •- 0 nty o sti O , n t A he t6th 'inst., .at. Valencia c° ll • M c l" b ' t er°sble' ° 1 Abbey, nn, wife of William Tal 0 40. ~ 'tube)", in the same county. _-- 0117 I ( i f Landon . _ __ --------s4oogue. ma : Printed and Pub li shed „ i bt go "tbe C' ' No, 112, stand, printer, i t t i r,., 0 ., io . Strand, in the Precinct of the Q5O: Mildleeea, Tlunday, Aug ust 22, 1° ge