The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-06 00:00:00

1' IEI E S UjN, Ltd Do N, TUESDAY F. V , EN I N O'C T 0713 E R 6, 1 8 - 5 7 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 5. BOW-STREET. —A.charge of a somewhat novel character was preferred against a person of lady like appearance and manners, described in the sum mons as Elizabeth Farrel, otherwise Mrs. Billings, who was summoned for forging the signature of Emily Leach to a telegraphic message. Mr. Sleigh attended for the defendant, who said her name was Elizabeth Billings, and pleaded not guilty. Mr. H. M. Wilkins, clerk in the secretariete office of the Electric Telegraph Company in the Strand, produced the original message, which bore d.ite Sept. 20, and was as follows :—" Return by first train ; your mother is dangerously ill." The word "dying" had been written but scratched out. Mr. Wilkins observed that it was only in obedience to the magistrate's order that he produced the mes sage, as the rules of the office did not permit him to do so without such an order. Mr. Jardine said it was a very proper reg,ulation, but must be overruled by the magistrate's order in criminal cases. Mrs. Leach, the complainant was then sworn. The message produced was not in her handwriting, nor had it been signed by her authority. Both the body of the document and the signature were in the handwriting of the defendant. It was addressed to witness's brother, Mr. Wm. Thos. Billings, at Yarmouth. He was staying at Yarmouth at that time. He was a surgecn. His mother was in per fect health. Mr. Sleigh—But it is not signed." Emily Leach;' it is- -Elizabeth Complainant—lt is "El. Leach." Mr. Sleigh—Have you - been on any terms of in timaey with her ? Complainant—Oh, dear, no I have known her about a twelvemonth. Mr. Sleigh—Has she not b9en frequently at your house—your mother's house ? Complainant—Not frequently. She has been them. She was under my brother's protection. Mr. Sleigh—Did she not live with him as his aif©? Compl Lin.ant—No, air. Mr. Sleigh—Did he not take her with him as his wife Complainant—Not with him. She followed him. She is not his wife. She has been in keeping 14 years with a foreign gentleman. Mr. Sleigh—Has he not to your knowledge pro mised her marriage ? Complainant—Not to my knowledge. I have a letter here will show her character. Mr. Sleigh—lt is not to your creditto show such feeling towards one of your own sex ; but I hop you don't know all the infamous treatment she h s received. Sir, my client is a lady by birth and edu cation, whom the complainant's brother induced to 4o abroad with him and passed her as his wife. He then deserted her in a foreign country, and left her to find her way home as she might. Now, sir, this is a family dispute ; for where a man seduces a wo man under a promise of marriage, I consider she is his wife in the sight of God, if not of the law. Now, under these circumstances, supposing they hal proved to your satisfaction all that is alleged, can it b 3 said that to resort to such an expedient to ob tain an interview is a forgery. The essence of the forgery is the intent to defraud ; and I think if you apply your mind to that po'nt you will not say that any such felonious intent is shown. I defy any or: e to search all the books and produce anything like a parallel cave. It would lead to most fearful abuse if such a precedent were established. We should have persons punished for sending valentines in a false name, if it came to that. Mr. Jardine—. Whether it is a forgery al; common law is very d.)ubtful, but it cannot fur a moment be spoken of but as a very serious offence in some way or other. It is as gross a fraud as we cm well con ceive. Mr. Sleigh—Of course, sir, it is not to be justi fied. But lam prepared, if necessary, to pro:line evidence which will disabuse your mind of any im• pression that there has been anything like moral turpitude on the part of the defendant. She may be sued for any ex )enses the parties may have - been'put to, thlugh !believe the fiat is that h 9 did not come, and nobody was put t ayy inconvenience. But as for there being a case for a criminal charge, it is out of the question. Mr. Jar , lnte—lthiuk you are right there. The technical defff,ition of forgery involves the intention to deceive at.d defraud . Hera is the intention to deceive for the purpose of bringing him to town, but that doe 3 no; amount to defrauding him. Still I would caution her not to attempt such a thing again. Mr. Sleigh—She will certainly not do so ag.in. Mrs. Leach here expres,ed a desire to read alt , ter, wh'ch she said would throw some light on de fenclint's character. Mr. Sleigh—Tuese people hive used my client most and I am driven to say that Mr. Bidings brought her to his own mother's house and introduced her there as his wife., - The summons was then dism'ssed. Mr. E. A. Bennett, of Ocaring-cross Haspit 11, attended to explain an error which he said must have arisen either from an error in the statement he-made at this court a few days back in reference to the owe of Eden Harvey, or from an inaccura:li in the report. He did not say, or at all evtns did nut intend to say, that it was 1 o'clock when the (lid was brought to the hospital, but 11 o'clock, as correctly stated by Mr. Spngue. -[Mr. Bennett certainly did. say one o'clock.] In the c >nrse of the diy the girl wad again brought up, whenher mother attended, and stated that she had been decoyei from h-r by a broth," kelper in E tgle-court, who was constant y seeking to regain her control over her. If the ma gistrate would send an officer to caution this woman against any further interference, sbe (the mother) would tinderzake the charge of the defend mt. Mr. Jardine accordingly Fent an officer to eau ion sh, woman, and the prisoner was given up to her • mother. WORS H I P-S TR EET. EXTRAORDINARY" AP nicAtiox.—Mr. Tindal Atkins_•n, the barri,ter, accomp3nted by a gentleman from the office of Me , srs. Crowder and Maynard, solicitors to the Eastern Counfet Railway Company, made the f lowing appication to Mr. Hamtnill, the sitting mattistratz, The teamed gentlmnan said he was instructed on behalf of the direaters of the railway company to apply !o the magistrate under their act of in o-per 1- -tion for summary process against Mr. Henry Hunt, of Waltham-cross, Essex, fur hsving uulawfallyu , ed and worked upon a 'portion of their line a certain lo comotiveengine, withouthaving previously ob. ale ed the s suction and aeproval of the enginear or agent of the - c-x_op-sny, whereby he had rendered himself liable to a p natty of 20/. It was scarcely nec B arn he said, t) offer any represent diens with ri gard to the scrupul .us precision and con-taut vig lance required in regulating the time and erniduA ing- the whole of the dlieater machinery connected with railway travelling ; but it was quit) mtnift st that all the exertions of the Oillei-d3 to ace that .obj -ct would be utterly neutralis.md if a private iudiVidaal were suffered to place an engine upon the lbse On his - own account, without the know ledge-or sanction' nf the comp say, and in total di- regard of their e-tabliishel arrangements for the pub is safety. In referen-e to the particular offence `which fornael the suhject of complaint, he should confine hithself at present to the mere mention of tte fact that on the night of Thursday last a lace- Motive belonging to Mr. Hunt was suddenly disco- Yered pregressing.along the rails in close proximity to one of the regular trains on the North Woelwc.l 'Line, which neel-sitated the instlnt stoppage of the train, tlthe'ere st terror of the passengers ; and it was only by the merciful interpos Cori of Providence that a oillision was avoided,-which, in all probabi lity, must have resulted in fatal c ars e quences. H e Would abitain from entering further in'o the parti culars of the. transaction at this stage of the pro ceed ng4, as he conceived Hilt he had made out a suffic•ent prima facie case to justify the magistrate in granting summonses against the owner of the intrusive eagles), and also against the driver all stoker, bor.h of whom must have been aware of the perilous and unlawful service in which they were engaged at the time in quesfon. Mr. Hammill said it was certainly a moat extra ordiewy proceeding ; and, after the statement or the. learned- counsel, he had no hesitation in order ing 8111110:1013S99 to be at once issued against the in curpated parties. I V'S ASSAULT ON B t a re r n b a e li f I, before Tw C 6 ll / E oE RlC irAl N . W — E A rj r ij oit — gh M , u d it et p e E r ß n?'ned-looking fel low,age 2 w l, ho a g la a b v o e ur th er: w n i as am p e lac of Ad Ti a m t o t t h h e y a d m ino rs st : M vio r ien T t Y a r ss w a b u it l t ; Susannah Cronsn. u c p li on g .S e irs. w F i r h an c ce ° 3 m S li p i r t i t h i g ng an . Mrs. Sprint", who was far advanced in 4, o pregunan7ny! stated th a t on Sunday she went to cour-, to a tt end a christening. Inthe e pri , one r , w h o lodged in the house, and who enii great deal th e Worse for liquor, commenced kickmng v w tg as th a the furnitur- and upon he r remonstr t ating with him npan the subject, he said he would serve her the sane. He then knocked her down, kicked her in the 13.: ad, hurling her very much, and bit one of h- r ting-rs thrcugh. He also tried to kick her in the stomach, and pl , !c ng his hand on her neck he very nearly strangled her, the marks of his nals being now plainly visible. _ _ H SUICIDE Mia• Suzannah Cronin said s h e was also at th AT Tilt LoND oN BR/DGlic ow, —On Satnr- . ' christening, and up on c + Bi ng th e d efen , !ant a ern 1 'MY an jeclue4t was held on-the body of Mr. Edainnd man, he struck her i n th e e y e , nose, and mouth, Taylor, the particula rs tf whoe death a eared in The Sea of that day. The jury , teta d a v erdict of an l blackened one of her eyes. temporary insanity. pp ! Police-constable Ryan, 65 P, took the 'prisoner into custody, and described the whole of the parties as being drunk, but the prisoner as being the worst. In defence, the prisoner said he knew nothing whatever of the matter, and that the whole of the parties were drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the conduct orthe defendant was very shameful. Had they not all been drink ing, he would have sent him to prison without giv ing him the option of paying a fine. For each as sault he would fine him 205., or in default of pay ment two months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS COMPANY. —A public* meeting of the shareholders in the Royal Surrey Gardens Company was held yesterday afternoon, at the King'lt Arms Hotel, Palace-yard, Westminster, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors, and the di,cbarge of other business, Mr. T. K. Holmes, chairman of the Board of Di rectors, in , the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that he thought he should best consult the interest of the meeting if he abstained from making any remarks then, other than to state that the directors were desirous of giving the shareholders every information in connection with the undertaking—that they courtel a full and rigid examination into their cast conduct. The minutes of the last .half-yearly meeting were read by _the Secretary, after which a discussion ensued whether this was the proper time to confirm them. The money not being forthcoming, the prisoner was locked up. John Cartwright, aged 23, residing at 13, Gor don's-passage, St. Luke's, a glass polisher, was charged with indecently assaulting Caroline Lewis, a little girl , aged only three years. Mr. 3olin Wakeling appeared for the prisoner. The child lodged in the house of the prisoner ; and it would seem from the statement made in court that its mother bad complained of the con duct of the prisoner about three weeks ago. On Sunday, while the mother was out, the child again complained of the prisoner, whereupon he was given into the custody of police-constable Smith, 79G. The child had been 'examined by a surgeon, who had ascertained that she had suffered no injury. Mr. Wakeling said there was no case against the prisoner. It was a regular cock-and-bull story, and his client had been given into custody became a parcel of women chose to talk together instead of attending to their own business. Mr. Tyrwhitt said there certainly was no case made out, and he should discharge the prisoner. The CHAIRMAN said that this was not a proper meeting for the confirmation of the minutes of the last meeting. They must confine themselves entirely to the transaction of the business for which the meeting was convened. After some discussion, in which it was stated that many of the complaints to be made against the directors would rest on those minutes, and that this was a special meeting, and not an ordinary half-yearly meeting, at which the minutes should be confirmed, it was agreed that the minutes should not then be confirmed. Another discussion took place relative to the order in which the business should be transacted; the directors contended that the consideration of the directors' report should be entertained first ; whilst several shareholders enforced the propriety of the meeting considering the objects of a requisition that had been forwarded to the directors, calling upon them to convene a meeting of the shareholders, to remove the present four directors, and elect others in their stead. In the course of the discussion it was urged that the directors, in putting the objecb of the requisition third on the notice paper and the directors' report first, desired to take an advantage of the meeting. Mr. ColePoci said that the feelings and objects of the directors had been grossly misrepresented, and therefore he for one would support the motion for taking the third proposition on the notice paper. The directors had done nothing to deserve censure, except error of judgment. The directors were the deepest sufferers, and he could assure the meeting and the public that they had no interest to serve but that of the shareholders. He did not SOUTHWARK. -- EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF SUGAR FROM' A BONDED WAREHOUSE. Robert Donaldson, foreman in the emp'oy of Messrs. Barry Brothers, of Moreton's Sufferance Wharf, Mill-street, Bermondsey ; Wm. Japp and Micha'-1 Burrell, carm9n, were brought before Mr. Comb 3 for final examination, charged with stealing six bags of bonded sugar from Messrs. Barry's warehouses. Mr. Morgan appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Solomon def e nd e d th e p r i soners . M r . Beverly attended on behalf of the commissioners of Customs. Mr. Alfred Barry, one of the prosecutors, said that about I alf-past 11 on the morning of the,24th ult., he entered the bonded warehouses, when he saw the prisoner Donaldson delivering somo sugar into a cart from one of the loop-holes. He had . some warrants in his hand, awl witness took them from him and examined them, with the numbers on the lons, and asuertlinecl that they did not correspond. He told Blake (the assistant foreman) so, and asked Donaldson where the warrants were for those bags to be delivered. He replied that he had them in his hand a minute or so pre vious. Witness then went down into the street, and looked in the cart below, when he per ceived six bags marked 1110, 1112, 1114, 1115 ' 1116, and 1117. Th e num b ers on t h e warran t s which he took from the prisoner Donaldson were different. He then asked Burrell what he had brought the horse and-eart for, and he replied, for ten bags of sugar. Witness then returned to the warehouse and gave Donaldson into custody, and his clerk gave Burrell into custody. Two days af terwards a. prisoner Jupp was apprehended. Some further evidence was taken, wh i n Mr. Combe committe 1 all the prisoners for trial but accepted bail for Burrell, at the request of Mr. Solomon. The other prisoners were fully committed to Newgate. _ deserve the aspersions that had been cast on him, and those who had done so knew it full well, aad it was they who came into court with the filthiest and nastiest motives. The directors had done all they could for the benefit of the shareholders, and he was ready to take a vote on the report, which he had a right toread in his speech, and he sheen do so. Mr. NICHOLLS rose to object to such a course of pro ceeding. (Bear.)] Mr. COPPOCK said he had a right to read anything in his speech. (Elear.) Surely they would not, after what had been said, stop his mouth from defending himself. ((leer, hear.) For twenty-five years the finger of calumny had never dared to point to him, and he was not to be run down by men who had come there for motives he declined stating. (Heti., hear.) Mr. Coppock, in vindication of himself, then read the following directors' report : The directors, although not able to congratulate the shareholders upon the present condition of the com pany, are unwilling to abandon the undertaking as 'eyeless. They believe that means to carry oat the original intent of the company, and to render it both use ful and profitable, can be devised. The last general meeting was held in April of this year. At that meeting the directors made their report, and de tailed their proposed arrangements. The directors were then seven in number, six of whom had been directors from the outset of the company, and one who had lately joined them. All their acts were approved and confirmed by that meeting ; two of the directors whose term of office had ex pired were re-elected, and the shareholders separated full of confidence and hope in the future. Considerable sums of money were expended in improve ments, and on the 13th of May last the regular season commenced. The band, at the request of M. Jullien, had been increased in numbers and cost—singers of note en gaged—the grounds, and the approaehes, greatly improved —the attractions of the gardens augmented, and yet from the opening to the close of the season, a serious amount of loss accrued. The directors having assented to the various proposals made to them, and sanctioned the consequent outlay, deem it no part of their duty to blame others. Particular schemes were urged upon them as certain of success and the re sources of the company seemed to be thought inexhaus tible. The dir..ctors resisted much, but acceded to much that proved worthless, Their short experience of the season of 185 G deceived them, and when it is stated that a singer, who on one night in 1853 brought 6151. in 1837 only brought 441., oth ers b es id es th e directors might have been equally misled. The nightly receipts did not meet the expenditure, and the directors made advances and incurred personal liabilities in the hopes of larger returns, but when their own director of music, M. Jullien, was the first to take • hostile titer+, and institute proceedings which would have thrown the entire property of the company into the h trids of himself .mud his advisers, they saw that to go on any longer was impossible. Their number was by this time reduced to four. Mr. Beale resigned in May last, because he was dealing with . the company in musical engagements ; and in the last week in July, Mr. S. A. Chappell and Mr. Wyli, M. P., resigned. These gentlemen had concurred in every direc torial respOnsibility, and left the beard from no disagree ment with the co-directora, or disapproval of their acts. It wassta'ed that the prosecutors had been robbed - to a serious extent iu a similar way. CAUTION TO PIGEON-STEALERS. —Chas. Cook and John Debill, two respectable lads, were brought before Mr. Combs, charged with stealing two valua ble pigeons, the property of William Wheeler. The prosecutor stated that he resided at No. 26, Marine-street, Bermondsey, where he kept fancy pigeons, and latterly he had lost several valuable ones. The prisoner Cook resided next door to h's house, and about half-past five o'clock he saw him entice two pigeons into his yard, where another la I, named Hart, was, and the litter snatched them ur. As soon as he discoverel his loss he went and informed the police, and after the prisoners ware secured the pigeons were found in Spitalfields, where they had been sold by &ball. Police-constable 31. M said he took the prisoners into custody, when they both acknowledged haring the pigeons, but they said another lad, named Hart, stole them, and asked them to sell them for him. Witness afterwards went to Brick-lane Spitalfields, and found them in a sh o p, w h ere they had been sold by D,ball. Mr. Combe asked whither anything was known of the prisoners ? The constable I.( plied that they were respectable hird- working young men and bore excellent cha meters. Tire prosecutor said that such was tine case, but still they hai no right to real his pigeons. Chi prisoners said that they very foolishly sole the pigeons, thinking it was no harm, they having base caught ou another person's premises. Combe told them it was a very serious offtnce, and one which they were liable to be se verely punished for. However, they bore good cha-acters, the re f o:e h e should take that into con sideration in passing sentence on them. They must each pay a fine of five shillings , and four shillings the vaitt of the pig e o ns , or 14 days' imprisonment. The fines were immediately paid, and the pri soner 3 left the court with their friends, promising not to have anything to do with pigeons for the future. LA! BET H.--Taz MANSLA.IIGHTER CASE. -- Henry Welsh was brought up on remand, charged with inflicting suai serious injuries upau Eliza Welsh, his wife, as to occasion her death. Police-convahle Isaac Sheppard, 49 L, inform the magistrate that an inqu.st had that morning been held on the body of the deceased, and a ver dict of manslaughter returned against the prisoner. The wituesset were now al in attendance, with the exi.teption of the medical gentleman who hal at tended the deceased. - Andre* Mollie, astolcer employed at the Vaux hag Gas Works, deposed that he lodged with the prisoner and the deceased at No. 4, Model-build ines, High street, Limbeth. On Saturday, the 10th u!t., he and the prisoner want to Brixton, to see a daughter of the latter, and on their retiiin home at night they f oun d that the deceased had left the apartments, and that the children were alone and crying. Witness went to bed and the prisoner set out in se treh of his wiFe. About midnight witness was awoke by the prisoner and his wife quarreling, and, be got up and went to the room in which they were talking. The prisoner blamed his wife for leaving the children, and said. he had found her outside a beer-shop in Vauxhall-walk. The de ceased was very much intoxicated, and seemed scarcely able to sit or steal She was also very ag gravating in her language and manner, and at last the prisoner struck her a blow on the side of the head with his flat hand, and she fell to the ground, her head coming in contact with the dcor-post. -Witness lifted her up, and the prisoner ordered her to go to bed, and she (lid so. The following day she was very ill, and the prisoner sent for a doctor, who attended her up to the time of her death. Honor Safford deposed that on the night in question she heard violent screaming in the prison et's room, and the deceased exclaim, "Oh, you will kill me." On the Wednesday the deceased became delirious, and died at midnight on Friday last. Mary Crawford, also an inmate of the same house, crave testimony to the same effect. This witness also ° heard the dreadful screaming spoken of by the last witness, and, further, that the deceased cried out, "Oh, you will murder me;" arid almost im mediately afterwards she beard a heavy fall against the room door. She did not see the deceased un til the 23d, when she was dangerously ill, com plaining of violent pins in her head, neck, back, bosom, and chest, all of which portiens of her body were bruised. Her eyes were also blackened. She was only sensible at intervals, but when so she told tee witnese, in the prisoner's presence, that the injuries had been inflicted by him,. adding that he ought not to have beaten her so just for taking a drop of beer. The cousi able S'ieppard proved bis apprehenson of the prisoner, who, when told the chsrie was for vi , lently ill-using his wife, acknowledged that he bad done so, and he was sorry for it. There being no other witnesses ready to give their evidence, the prisoner was reralnded for further investigation. ALDERMAN CARDEN AND THE MAYORALTY, The further bearing of the charge preferred by Alier• man S.r R. W. Carden agamit Mr. R )se was resumed yebterday morning before the Lord Mayor. Mr. Lewis then proceeded to addre4 the Lord Mayor on behalf of the defendant Rose, and contended that the .whole of the proceedings on obtaining the summons were an election squabble, got up in order that certain ,taternents might be made in the Common Hall by the friends of Alderman Carden to influence his election as Lord Mayor. Tae learned gentleman concluded a speech which occupied two hours and a half in its delivery, by stating that he ftlt assured his lordship would dismiss the summons with costs. - The Lord Mayor said ho felt it was the desire of all 'parties that justice should be done, and he would, there fore, not take upon himself to decide the case, but ebould send it before a jury. Mr. Rose was then formally committed for trial, and, was bound over to appear in his own recopisance in the sum of 401. My. F. P. Chappell hail been the . eolicitor of thecorn pany at its formation, and when he, acting as solicitor for AL Jullieu, took proceedings against the company, the legal process was accompanied by notice of withdrawal from - the solicitorship. The directors at once appointed in his place Mr. Alfred Jones, a shareholder and a gentle man of high repute. Finding that the only way to pro test the shareholders, to give equal justice to the creditors, and to guar 1 the propertyof the company, would be to stop individual aztivity, a petition was presented to the Court, under the Joint Stock Companies Act, 1851 This petition was presented on behalf of the architect, a shareholder and contributory of the company. Its ope ran would be would e together,avebeaennthoerappoint an offi c i a l li qu id a t or , who, chosen by the s h are h o ld er --, in entire control o f th e company, and in p e t with another place of the directors. The directors did not appear on the hearing of this petition. When brought in, it was and imputations levelled op posed on various grounds ; the directors were abused, their ature. An adjournment meeting the hearing of the petitiona g tookai n place;scharacterstt h a ea cs mn p a d o t go conductttf p h , t 7 h n e e a 1 1 jg until°ra" grossest 8 0 1 dt Oct. t n . ; 17, and by the order of the court the property of the company is secure until that day. The directors without delay intimated to the gentleman who appeared for certain shareholders at the meeting, tlieir desire t I concur in any plan that could be reasonably proposed fer the general benefit. On the sth of Septem ber a requisition was left at the office of the company, and notice of this requisition wee, on Mon lay the 7th, given to the directors. The directors caused the following reply to be sent to the requisition and notice : Royal Surrey Gardens, 10th Sept., 1857. Sir,--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant, addressed to the directors of the Royal Surrey Gardens Company (limited), in which you state that " by order of the committee appointed by the shareholderp to protect their interests, you enclose copy If requisition left at the office of the company in Penton-place, and request the early attention of the directors of the Royal Surrey Gardens Company (limited) thereto," and I have further to acknow ledge the receipt of the copy .of the requisition referred to, which purports to be a requisition to the said direc ors " to call a meeting of the shareholders of the said company, for the Typos) of removing from the directors; ip of tho coin pany the four gentlemen therein named, and to appoint four other directors in their stead ; and also to elect ,such other g utlemen as directors as the said meeting shall think fit, not exceeding the number prescribed by the deed of settle ment of the said company , " and you further state in your lett r that the said requisition is signed by thirty-seven shareholders holding 526 shares. The original requisition, on being referred to, is signe'd by tai ty-seven persons, of whom two are not shareholders, re preseutirg nominally fifty shares, but not entitled to sign as requisitions must be signed by shareholders under their Itaads. The directors will without delay call the meeting request ed, and will give every facility to its being hel I ; and if the committee appointed by the shareholders will recommend five gentlemen, duly qualified and willing to act, the direct ors will, if they approve them, nominate them, and appoint them at once, which they have power to do, and thus avoid the delay of waiting for the extraordinary genar d meeting. The directors will be happy to surrender their duties to more competent parties, or to persons having the confidence of the shareholders, and they trust that by giving them the names of five qualified shareholders consenting to act, com petent to conduct the affairs of the company, and of whom the directors can approve, you will enable the directors to retire from further collision with any portion of their share holders —I beg an early reply. I am, sir, your obedient servant, T. B. Fleming, Esq. W. Euts, Secretary. In answer to this letter the following reply was re ceived : Trinity -square Southwark, 12th Sept., 1857. Dear Sir,—l l a id your letter of the 10th inst. before the committee last night, and am directed, in reply, to state that they are advised that the requisition referred to is quite correct, and in conformity with the deed of settlement There are some observations in your letter, the meaning of which did not clearly appear to the committee ; as I under stand it, the directors state that they will at once appoint any five qualified persons whom the committee may, on behalf of the bhareholders, propose ; that the four existing directors will then resign,. leaving the nbwiy-appointe 1 directors to fill up their places under the powers of the deed. This, however, was not the view taken by the committee, and they desired me to say that they wish the requisition served on you to be complied with, and for that purpose the names of the candidates will be forwarded to you accord ing to the provisons of the deed. If my view of your letter should be correct, I shall be happy to mention the matter again to the committee, on hearing from you on Monday before four o'clock ; but you will please to consider the above observations are not to in ferrer.) with or prejudice the requisition as already served. To W. ELLIS, Esq. Yours truly, Tilos. B. FtEmma The directors acknowledged this letter as follows t--. 14th Sept., 1857. De - ,r Sir,—Youi letter of the 12th instant 'is now before me, in which you state that the committee you represent wish the requisition served on the directors to be complied with, and that the names of the candidates for the directorships will bo forwarded to me according to the provisions of the deed of settlement. The directors will facilitate the views of every portion of the shareholders as far as possible, and call the meeting re quested.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, T. B. Pleming, Esq, Euts, Secy. On that day the direstors in order to fill up the num ber prescribed by the deed 'of settlement, appointed Mr Todd, a holder of 40 shares, a director. Oa the 15th of September, a meeting, convened by advertisement, was held at the office of Mr. Fleming, for the purpose of re ceiving a report and proposal from the committee of 'Apra holders. At that meeting it was found that the committee of shareholdersconsisted of 7 persons, holding among them 55 shares, and the meeting dissolved without result, show. ing the directors that it was hopeless to look for advice or assistance from the so-called committee of shareholders. The directors having already, at two separate general meetings, discussed the formation of the company— the price given for the gardens and the leases—the mode of payment (entirely in shares)—the duration of the leases and the covenants contained in them—have nothing more to state on these points. Their conduct has been formally approved by a general meeting; and at a large meeting called by Mr. W. A. Coombe, held on the 30th April last, no person could be found to second a vote of disapproval of any act of the directors. The deed of settlement, which every shareholder entitled to vote in the affairs of the com pany has signed, contains the fullest recitals on all these matters, and concealment of the troth was neither sought, nor was in possible. For more than 12 months the ques tion of renewal of one of the leases has been in agitation— the consideration to be given, being the main subject of discussion, the gentleman who, being a shareholder of one share, acts as solicitor for a committee of shareholders, and also as a solicitor for the landlords of one moiety, demand ing a surrender of the present lease of eleven years, and an immediate increase of rental to a very considerable amount. The directors will submit to the shareholders whether they who studiously seek to depreciate the value of their property, asserting at one time that the lease is_ valueless, and asking at another a large premium for its renewal, can be friends of the company, and whether the motives avowed are the real ones. The directors have been charged with having expended an improvident sum upon the buildings of the hall and re freshment rooms. The amount is large, but it has been actually incurred in the belief that the outlay would be re munerative. What has been done could nothave been effected at less cost,the authorised capital has not been exceeded, and the directors appeal to the shareholders whether fault should be imputed to them -for carrying out the original plan and intent of the company. The mode in which the gaidens have been conducted has been praised by the ma gistrates of the courts for the district in which they are situate, and the directors have kept up the character of the gardens in every way. The directors have been charged with raising money upon bills of exchange. This charge was only made to prejudice them with the shareholders, and the parties making it knew that it was untrue. No money has been raised upon bills. When persons to whom money was justly owing from the company wished to have an acceptance for the amount due, the secretary, by order of the board, has given such acceptance, payable at the bankersof the company, and oa account of the company. Such acceptances were mere acknowledgments of debts actually due, and could not be used by the directors in any way to raise money. Having alluded to the past, the directors would now pro pose their plans for tbe future. Individually they would be glad to give up their office, but they do not think it right to the general body of shareholders to abandon so large a property to the caprice of parties having little in terest therein. The position of the company stands thus :—lt owes to mortgage creditors, for money lent, 9,500/. To mort gage creditors, for work and labour done, 5,000/. To general creditors about 10,500/. The directors believe that 25,0001. will cover all real demands. If the simple contract credi tors will agree to accept preferential charges upon the pro perty of the company for their debts, there can be no diffi culty in arranging for the futurei If they refuse to do so, the mortgagees will compel a sale, and the creditors be left to the probable surplus. The directors advise the shareholders no longer to be managers of musical entertainments. Experience has taught them that no company can cope or deal with the theatrical or musical world. They advise the shareholders to let their property for an annual rental. The amount which may be obtained for the Royal Surrey Gardens will give an ample sum to pay i .terest and divi dend for the shareholders, with a surplus fund to liquidate mortgages and debt. This is the recommendation of the directors ; if acceded to, they believe it can be carried out to their mutual advantage. The directors will propose that the Commissioner of the Court to whom the petition for winding up is referred, be pleased to adjourn the hearing of the'petition, with protootion to the property of the com pany, until they can carry out the proposed arrangement, or see reason to abandon it as hopeless. The directors, by the concurrent testimony of all parties, and justified by proposals from various persons to take the gardens and hall, have no doubt that a valuable property belongs to the shareholders. Under these circumstances they make this report, and entreat their calm considera tion. The directors seek to conceal nothing—the books of the company have been open to all, aid everything done is faithfully recorded therein ; they have perhaps treated the charges made against them too lightly, for they des pised the calumny ; but the time has now come when they are prepared to give an answer, as they always were to challenge inquiry, and they ask only justice for their acts. Mr. Coppock (in continuation) then said that the re port of the directors, that veoul I have been read in the regular course of bueiness some quarter of an hour ago, was now before them. He would move an amendment, in order to fairly put the question before the meeting, and enable them to coieider and decide whether the direct , rs had been justly charged, and whether the i=hareholders wore determined to keep the management of the property in the hands of men of credit. The present directors were ready to retire for men of sufficient credit and station, who would not sacri fice the interests of the shareholders ; but, believing there would be a difficulty in finding such men with the necessary qualifications, ho for one should await the de cision of the shareholders before he voluntarily resign ed his trust. He moved the following amendment : " That the report of the directors this day read be re ceived and approved. That this meeting confirms the pi o eeedings of the previous meeting of the shareholders, bdieviug that the conduct of the directors up to the pre sent time has been actuated by a sinc3ro desiee to promote the interests of the company. That the charges male against the directors of raising money upon bills, and of unfair dealing with the property of the company, are, in the opinion of the meeting, totally devoid of truth, and that the accusations made' a;alqst them are unjust, and brought forward by pirties whose interests are io opposi tion to the shareholders. . Mr. CHAPPELL, the former solicitor to the company, and the gentleman who drew the dosd, sec :need the amendment, from a b ;lief that the directors were not de serving of the calumny that had beau thrown on them. Ele believed they had been actuated by the best motives to improve the property. Dr. LENTR asked if the directors had accepted bills, and raised money on them by disco ant ? Mr. COPPOCK said he was glad the qieition had been put. The directors bad made themselves personally liable at their bankers on a bill for the use -of the com pany. They owed the money and not the company. It had been entered into the acbounte and when the direc tors had paid it they would have claim on the company for it. - Mr. FLEMING asked if it had besn paid ? Mr. CoPPoox said the director 3 were personally For it at any time. Mr. FLEUING complained that no accounts had been supplied ..inca December 134. _ _ .ter. VINING asked when and for what the mortgages for 14,500/. were effected I Mr. JONES, soli&tor,-said 5,0001. was a mortc,fage to Messrs.-Scott GYM - wall, for c .caelsting the ; 9,5002, was for money lent by a client of Mr. C sppock's granted on 10th Dec., 1855, and the 25::,h March, 1857. A SHAREHOLDER—The dividend WAS pad out of that. Mr. CoPitea —No. Tue dividend was paid out of the half-year's earnings. (Laughter.) Mr. VINING called attentioe to a pamphlet that had been issued, reflecting en Mr. Coombe's character in reference to the inve4igation ; and be (Mr. Vining) asked if it ware an cffioial production; fie said in - referenca to theaccounts it was to he regretted that the directur4 hal not supplied the shareholders with an account of the recApt§ and expenditure up to Dec. -last. Following the figures given relaiive to the I..ians, it would he seen that - whereas the creditors on loan in Dec., 1855, was stated iti.the badence-ehe4 to be 5,080/., it , was 10,000/. He ehould eventually inove,an amend ment for the app , intment of a committee of eharehelders to investigate the accounts before the consideration of the business on the notice paper. Lie referred to the pamphlet that had been cireulatel relative to Mr. ,otube'e conduet., and said that if the state intents it contained were true, it woeA be impos4ible for the shareholders to fftrther trust him in this matter. (l{ear, bear.) Mr. Coo BE complained that his letters had - been improperly treater), and that if they were all read, and not the garbled extracts, a different complexion would be pat upon the matter. Some of them were false sw,c meats. He complained' of its having been sent to bim too late to answer it before the meeting.. He expressed ae opinion that the d ,ctiment emanated with the oiracters Mr. COPPOOK said that eurions'y by the deed of s-t tlement, that once a year, the fir.,t Monday in April. the directory should lay bcfore the shareholders an ac count of the receipts and disbur-ietnents up to the October previous. He supposed that was done c.insidkring the receipts would arise from the summer season. Tne di rectors had kept Mr. Coombe's letters, and they con veyed, as they went along, the feeling that be could do some good to the company by floriculture. The letters were in the room and could be produced. In answer to a question from Mr. VINING, Mr. JONES. said that the Music Ha 1 had cost about 23 824/., instead, of 18,000'., as shown in the last balance-sheet. Mr, JONES explained that that was the sum txpendad up to that time. • Mr: COPPOCK and the CHAIRMAN' expressed their wish that the committee of investigation should be appointed, and the meeting adjourned till after their report. They adm tted they had acted foolishly, but not with disho nesty. After a long discussion relative to certain items charged and omitted from the preliminary expenses. Mr. MITOWILL said that the cOnamittee of shareholders had ascertained that the liabilities of the cowpany amounted to berween 27,0001. and 28,0001. Mr. Funtuici objected to the course proposed, for by so doing their meeting that day wools be uselesa. lie was not surprised at the direntors jumping at th© amend ment, because it would allow them to get rid of the diffi culty they had to meet—'hat of vacating their seat. He then went into a detailed statement of the accounts, to show that their past rnisnianagement of the company's affairs rendered them unfit to continue 1 ,ng , r at the board. He called on the meeting to remove the direr tion. Mr. COPPOOK said that in reference to the new direc. tors proposed, the directors had named one of them, and admitted him a direr or, viz.. Mr. Todd. The remainder named were Mr. Spetchley, S, Dover-road ; Mr. Slater, Keneingson ; and Mr. Coombe. With regard to the first, he was not qualified, having only 15 shares instead of 25 : the second had, and there was no objecti in to him ; but with regard to the third, Mr. Coombe, no, ,power on earth would induce the p resen t di r ectors to join him. Mr. SPETCHLItY—ExpIain why lam not qualified. Mr. COPPOCK—You had fifteen shares registered in your own name, and ten in Mrs. Spetchle)'s name, that she might have a free admission to the gardens. We must deal with the register, and consequently you are not qualified. SPETcHLinr-:—That's no fault of mine. I gave no tice of the transfer, and it was owing to the secretary's neglect that it ba I not been done. The SECRETARY said it was not his place to provide transfers. Mr. COPPOOK said Mr. Spotchley could make the transfer, and be would be eligible. There woul Ibe no objection to Mr. Spetcbleiand Mr. Slater's being added to the board, and they would do so if Mr. Vining's amend ment were carried. Mr. COPPOOK'S amendment was put and negatived. The proposition that the resolution for removing the directors should then be considered, was put and carried. Mr. FLEMING then moved that the directors be re moved from the board of direction. Mr. M'DONALD seconded this resolution. Mr. VINING then moved an amenlment for the appointment of a committee of investigation to inquire into the accounts and report thereon, and that the meeting be adjourned to Nov. 2, to receive the report previous to disposing of the business on the notice paper. Mr. JONES (solicitor) seconded the amendment. The amendment was theu,put, and carried by a large majority. A committee wag then appointed, and he meeting adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. The Chester meeting did not attract so many metro. politan turfites as might have been expecte I. The room was pretty well attended, but the range of speculation was very limited. For the most part the quotations given below are nominal, M. Dobler and Warlock being the only animals really in demand for The Ceiare witch ; 350 to 100 was laid against M. Dobler and the Plush colt, coupled ; and 1000 to 35 was taken to money about Ethiopian for The Derby. CLOSING PRICES. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 100 to 15 agst M. Dobler (taken) 11 to 1 agst Plush colt 100 to 6 agst Mary (taken) 100 to 6 agst Warlock (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Black Tommy (taken) 30 to 1 agst December 30 to 1 agst Poodle 30 to 1 agst The Poacher 33 to 1 agst Tasmania 40 to 1 agst Renown 45 to 1 agst Odd Trick 50 to 1 agst Zig-zag 66 to 1 agst Prioress CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 6 agst Whistling Willie (late Dervish) 20 to 1 agst Madlle. de Chantilly 20 to 1 agst Plush colt 20 to 1 apt M. Dobler DERBY. 28 to 1 agst Ethiopian (taken) CHESTER AUTUMN METING.—MONDAY. The Tradesmen's Welter Cup of 40 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; winners extra; gentlemenriders ; jockeys, slb extra. One mile and a half. 10 sobs. - Mr. T. James's Conrad, aged, B.t 71b (inc. 51b extra) (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Saunders's Master Bagot, 3 yrs, 9at 121 b (in. 516 extra) Mr. T, Cliff's The Sluggard, 5 yrs, list Bib (inc. 51b extra) (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Tarne Deer, and Thames Darrell. Betting-7 to 4 agst Tame Deer, 9to 4 agst Slug gard, 3 to 1 agst Master l3agot, 5 to 1 ag►st Conrad. Conrad took the lead soon after starling, made the rest of the running, and won by three lengths ; two lengths between the second and third ; the same distance be tween third and fourth. _ _ The Shorts Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 adled ; whiners evra ; the second to save his stake. Seven 'furlongs- 20 subs. Mr. Dodaworth's Skycutter, 3 yrs, 63t 41b (Challoner) 1 Mr La Mert's Katherine Logie, 4 yrs, 8)t lib (Inc 51b extra) (Bray) 2 Mr. Gill's Bourgeois, aged, Bst 51b (J. Gill) 3 The following also ran:— Welham, Lord Nelson, Blue Rock, and Prioress. Betting,-5 to 2 agst Wellmn, 7to 2 each agst Blue Rock and Lord Nelson, 5 to 1 agst Prioress, and 7 to 1 agst Skycutter. Skycutter displayed much temper at the post, ant twice broke away and ran the course through each time before she was pulled up. A. goo I start was at last effected ; Skycuutter got off in front, made all the running, and won a good race in by a neck; a head only between the second and third ; a good fourth. Lord Nelson and Blue Rock were close together about halt a length from Vtelliam ; Priorest Was beaten off. - . - Th. Mostyn Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, a i ill 40 added, for 2 and 2-yr-olds; certain penalties and allowances. Three quarters of a mile. 9 subs. Mr. Jackson's Saunterer, 3"yre, 9st 41b (inc 6:b ex) (Osborne) w. o. The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous ; winners extra. Grosvenor Caurse. 17 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's De Ginkel, 4 yra, 63t 810 (Challoner) 1 Mr. Gough's Raven, 3 yr., 6st Bth (B ra y) 2 The betting open d at 7 to 4, and closed at 5 to 4 on Raven. Won by a length. • The Alma Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, frr 2-yr-olds ; col:s, 84 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bit 41b ; penalties and allowance 3 ; the second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes. Three-quarters of a mile. 32 subp. ' Mr. Greavo's Phylician, 83t 71b (Bumby) 1 Mc. Metry's Lady Rizabeth, Bat 803 Ono 410 tx ra) (Wells) 2 Captain White's July, 83t 413 (Addcroft) 3 Mr. J. Scot , .'s Eiperance, 83t 7th (Creswell) 4 Betting—Even on Physician, and 6 to 4 apt Juiy. Won by a length ; a head between the second and third ; good fourth. Handicap Plate of 50 sow. Three-quarters of a mile. 13 subs. Mr. Gills's adurgeoig, aged, Bst 21b 1 Mr. Btrber's Lord Nelson, 3,yrg, 7st 4'b 2 Mr. Dodsworth's S:zycutter, 3 yrs, bit 8b Mr. James's Conrad, aged, 63t 4 \Von by a neck ; same between the second and third ; bad fourth. LATEST BETTING ON THE URSE. CESAIIEWITCII . 100 to 6 agst Warlock 20 to 1 apt Ater 25 to 1 agt Apathy 25 to 1 apt Liam. A THOUSAND POUNDS WON.—Youatt Wm. Gray, of 15, Charing-cros, writes this advertisement on the spat where the• winner of the Cesarewiteh is trained, now at 1,000 to 12. He knows the one named gave 11 bto one of the best horses of his year, and won in a " trot." Tue light impost and his sweeping stride cannot fail to bring him in alone. Ti test the truth of this assertion, he will issue this advice for thirteen postage stampp, depending solely on per centage to cover the enormous' (laty. All information to the end of the season will he sent for ss. St.tinped addressed envelopes should be sent. Post-oftice orders to be made payable at Coaring crops. Commissions executed to any amount. Infor mation on the Cambridgeshire Stakes, thirteen stamps,. AQUATICS. PRINCE OF WALES CLUB. This tradesmen's club rowed its second match of the season yesterday, for silver pex,s, from Westminster to Battersea-bridge with the following results 1 Mr. F. Hunt I Mr. F. F r isker Mr. A C.)opet Mr. J. .M'Quire W. Dineen, coxswain. • Re I Mr C. Rnue 1 Mr. T. Hunter Mr. T. Wel:s Mr. J. Burnes C. Burton, cormain. Blue. Mr. W. Weal I M. C. Laac3 Mr. R. ‘Vil;is Mr. J. Perry E. Jtfcrys, coxswain. Blact< Mr. J. R nno I Mr. J. RaganMr.J. Blanchard I Mr. G. Blauchari W. Scott, coxswain._ It was a very fine race. They all got away exactly leuel, when Red took a slight lead followed by Blue, but Off the Peniten.iary they were oar and oar as level as at starting. White now be4an to draw away, went through Vauxhall-bridge a length a-head, and won the race by three or four lengths. There was a gallant contest fur second place to Pimlico pier, where Black Wai left astern and R3d went ahead of Blue, beading them at the Libish by only half a length, Black close. SOUTHWARK, BLACKFRIARS, AND LAMBETH REGATTA. This regatta, among apprentices who have served five years, came off yesterday, and aVracted a large uumb&r of spectators, but, unfortunately, was not amicably settled. The wager was for four freedoms and money priz.ls, under the immediate patronage of the Water men's Company, and was managed by Robtrt Larkin with the following results : FIRST HEAT. W. Farmer, Queenhithe t (Pink) 1 A. Richards, Irongate (Light Dui) 2 T. Whitmarsh, Queenhithe (Green) 0 F. Chute, Bankside (Tricolour) The distance was from Southwarkridge up through Westminster-bridge, down to- Bank-end, and finish at Carter-road. Green and Tricolour led at Blackfriars, when they fouled, and Caute went - ahead ; Canto's cutter then fouled Whitmarsh, and the others pa,sed him. At the Old Barge-house Farmer went by Caute, and woe easily. Catite's cutler also fouled Richards, when CauLe was disqualified, and the three others were all placed to row in the giand heat. • kEtOND HEAT. F. Kinchin, Irongate ............ (White) 1 GG E Matthews, lP ; ainrkn ier:ll'Vi Pickle :r es i t a r .... ..................................... 020 Matthews took the lead, followed by Kinchin and Fincis,,to Blackfriars where Kinchin went ahead, and won easily. At WestruinslAr Parker passed Finnic, be• corning second, and Mullis IR:Catile third at Hungerferd, coming back. GRAND 110 AT. In this beat Canto was determined to thw, although disqualified, and Finnia and Matthews following hi, ex tipple, the whole eight started, and made a good race, but as they were in the way of one another, the manager decided that the heat should be rowed again at four o'clock this (Tuesday) afternoon. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY . S•INN-ROAD. The number of ptients relieved at - this hospital during the week endin a ; October 3, is 2,304, of which 773 were no N case". 7BIGETIPUL OCCURRENCE IT .BIRKEN- BEAD ' TWO MEN MURDERED.' LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. A frightful murder has been perpetrated in Bir kenhead, and the excitement in the township is in creased by the fact that the life of a second man trembles in the balance, whilst three men, who are charged with the murder, are in the bridewell. It appears that at. a quarter to 12 o'clock on Sun day night, intelligence was conveyed to the Bir kenhead Police-office that John Drewery, 37, E block, Dock Cottages, had been murdered, and John Dunn, residing at D block, in the same place, had been severely stabbed by three men, named F ranc is Smith, John Smith, and Peter Callaghan, all navvies, lodging at 7, J block, Dock Cottages, and that the murderers had made their escape. In the meantime the wounded man, Dunn, was brought to, the hospital in a car, but was so weak from loss of blood that he could not articulate, and the house surgeon, Mr. Marshall, forbade anyone asking him questions. Three policamen,.wha. had heard of the occur rence, went to the Dock Cottages, and, in a dark corner, fotind the body of Drewery lying in a pool of blood, near which was a pocket-knife and a large stone, both covered with blood. The body was re moved to the lodgings of the deceased, when it was found that he had been stabbed under the left jaw, in the region of the heart, and under the last rib of the right side. He has left a wife and three children living at Prescot. The thiee policemen not knowing into which house the murderer hid gone, posted sentries at either end of each block ; and it is much to the eredtt of seven stalwart women living in the viol city, that they volunteered to do duty. A reinforce men of police from Birkenhead having arrived, the houses were searched, and the three men charged with the offence found in one bed, in No. 7, block. They had part of their clothes on, and their outer garments were stAined with blood. One man had his band very much cut. The five men had been drinking at a beer-house at the north end, which they left at 11 o'clock, and it does not appear that any of them were then intoxicated. It hai been whispered this morning that a difference in religion led to quarrelling, and eventually to tin commission of this frightful murder. The prisoners were brought before the magistrates this morning, and remanded. MONDAY AFTERNOON. The second man who was stabbed died in the hos pital at one o'cloctc this afternoon. The police have apprehended another man who was concerned in the affray. HORRIBLE CASE OF FRATRICIDE IN LI VERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. Last night a shocking tragedy was enacted in Trowbridge street, Brownlowshill, in this town, when, in a quarrel between three brothers, origi nating in the bad treatment of their mother by one of them, the brother inculpated stabbed one of the others to the heart. The muederer was brought before Mr. Mansfield, stipeudiary magistrate, at the police-court this morning, when the following facts were elicited : Robert Jones, a tall, thin man; of about 43 years of age, was the prisoner. He has been a soldier, and has served in India ; latterly he has earned his livelihood by acting as a butcher at the abbatoir, in Trowbridge-street. The prisoner seemed compara tively careless when placed in the dock.' Mr. Cloush stated the charge. He said the pri saner was charged with having killed his brother, Wm. Jones, aged 40 ye trs, by stabbing him to the heart, on Sunday night. Police-constable 20 said that about a quarter to 12 on Sunday night he was standing at the coiner of St. Andrew-street and Trowbridge-street when he heard cries of murder from a house No. 48, Trowbridge-street. He ran to the place, and on entering the passage he saw the prisoner stending with his back against the wall, brandishing a knife in his right lean /, which was wet with blood. Wit ness asked him what he had been doing, aed the pri so-ter replied, " This is it with which I have done it." He secured the prisoner. It was dark at the time, as Veen) was no light, but it was moonlight. Oa turning round, he saw a man lying on the fl on his fa e. He towel hin over, when he found that he had been stabbed en the left breast, near the ribs. He vets lying in a pool of blood. He was not quite dead, but he never spoke a wor 1. He was carrie l at once t the Royal Infirmary, but he die t bet,ro his arrival thee. Police-constable, 21.1, sill he arco .npan:el the other officer on hearing the ei-es of murder. He saw the deceased lying at the b Atom of the near the passage. Blood was fl swing from wound in his breast. He took the pia >ner to Bridewell, whilst the others took tee deceased to the Royal Infiimiry. On their way to Bridewell, another brother, John Jones, accompanied them, when the prisoner turning to him said, he deserved as much astheir brother William, and it would learn some of these fast young gentlemen a lesson. Tire, knife was exhibited. It was a butcher's orilitiaiy dressing knife. The mother of the prisoner, El'eibeth Jones, was th u c lie 1.. She was a respec'able looking old woman, and appeared •to be bowed down with grief. In 'answer to his worship she s she was 76 ye era ofage. She proc odes' to state that she was a widow; and that she was the mother of the deceased. She occupied a h inee in Trowbridge-streer, and two a , ns lived with her—the prisoner and another son, John.' She was in her house last night when the' prisoner came in—abort o'douk—and was in bed. The prisoner, on entering, asked if she wai aelt.ep, and'she replied that she was not. She then asked him whet e he had been se late. He a :it it did not mater where he had beer, and asked fir something to eat. She get up and gave him what there was--owe meat and potatoes. He ten wante t a light, and she stirre 1 the fire up to make one. Tee prisoner himself then began to meddle with the fire. She said, " Surely you are not going to carry oe as you did last Wednsslay night." Witne;s begin to be alarmed as his manner, and she sail she would not stop wsth him in the dark. She then went out to look fora policeman, to quiet However, she went to her son William's (the deceased). house, who lived a few doors higher up the street, and she aroused.himout of bed by knock- ingest the,do r. She told him she was afraid, and he said site should stay there all night. He wanted to serid his brother John to quiet the prisoner, and to remonstrate with bier) and he did se. But wit nest %y es afraid he would kill John, and on saying sa, William followed directly t her holt e. She was not pressnt at the scene. John Jonee, aged about 35, a butcher was next caltefl. _the said he was bother to the deceased, - who was a driver of Mr. John Smith's shatidry. Last eigiet, about 11 o'cleck, he went into his mother's house. He found the door wide open; and the pr sorter was steeding up, leaning against the wind 'w. He was cat re from a plate, with a knife Wttne4s s aid, " Where's mother ?" The pii oner repisel, "1 d n't know." There was very little fi e in the grate, and it was nearly dirk. • Witness said, " You have not turning her out again, have you ?" He replied, "I have turned nobody out." Witness struck a match and looked. • for a can lie, but he could find none. He then put ecnne.pieces of stick in the fire to get a light. During thes fitne his brother William carne in, sayixia " What sort b draviour do you call this? Iro• you wan - -t-a burden her to death ? What do you . mean by turning h--r our. 1 It would, ba fitter to find her a bed t lie upon, ant something to help her, instead of destroying her in this wly. You . have been here 4 weeks, and you have not given her • a couple of shillings." One word led to another, and the deceased said, " Come out of this ;if Jack - is not higenough for yo - u, I'll try. You shan't do as you like, although ram away from home. I thisik ofs ez „7.our mother for all that." The deceased hit the . prima .er, .and they got a fighting.. Witness shouted out, "Drop it," but it war no use. His brother William, of a sudden; cried out, "Oh Jack, I'm 'stabbed" Witness exclaimed, ." Oh, Oh, ! mar: • der,' nnraer ! help, help." He aiso s&zed the pri eosier'il arm, expecting every moment that it would be his turn next. He then ran upstairs with the ob ject of escaping through the window, when assis tance came in at the door. The decease never spoke afterwards. Witnewthout , ht the prisoner put hic4 knife down when he put dow n htsphte v He had' his apron on, and hi s s t ee l , although it was Sunday *ht. The knife w as th at which she prisoner used , in dressing. Mr. Mansfield—Was the prisoner drunk ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Allan, surgeon, of the Royal Infirmary, was then celled. He seid—A. lit le before 12 o'clock last night the deceased was brought to the infirmary. He - was d,sad when brought in. His shirt was coveted with blood. He found an incised wound on theleit side of the chest, between the sixth and seventh lib , . • He also feuud a bruise- on the right temple, and another on the nose. He could-not say hemorrhage or organic eliethersdeatlr yeas caused by inju r y without a post inortem'examinetion. His worship said Mr.'Allen bad better make the post mortem examioation, and he would adjourn • the case until to--marrow for this purpose. • The prisoner was then removed. ARSENICAL POISONING. • Instances of arsenical poi- oning in the human subject ate not infrequent, but they seldom present themselves under circumstances so favourable for observation and treatment as appeared in the lowing case. The case has been repotted to the North _British, Daily Mail on the best authority, and its accuracy is unquestionable :—At 7 o'clock on a recent Sunday morning, a female, aged 26, the paramour of a rat-catcher in town, who uses in his art and always keeps on hand a considerable supply of arsenious acid (the white arsenic of commerce), seized by jealousy or remorse, thrust her hand into the heap of poison, and withdrawing as much as she could contain between her collected fingers,plunged it into a cup of water, stirred the mixture smartly about, and swallowed the deadly draught. The quantity thus taken, as subsequently ascertained by the woman's illustrated statement, was half an ounce or upwards—somewhat more, pet haps, but not less than 240 grains. In less than half an hour alter her rash act she frantically repented it, and as eager now to live as she had lately been deter mined to die, she hurried to a druggist for an emetic. On her way thither she was sick, and inclined to vomit. She then obtained what appears to have be n an antimonial emetic, which she instantly swallowed, and washed down with cold water at a neighbouring pump. On returning to the house of her paramour she found the door shut against. her. She walked from it to another, about 600 or 600 yards distant, vomiting on the way, and was found on the stair of the latter house exhausted from vomiting and purging. Neighbours carried her into the house, and Dr. -- was sent for. He reached the house at half-past nine a.m., and found her stretched on the floor. Upon raising her head she vomited a large quantity of greenish-coloured fluid ; and at the end of her efforts to vomit, nearly a teaspoonful of a white powder, mixed with glairy mucus, was ejected from her stomach. This pow der was carefully collected, and subsequent analysis proved it to be arsenious acid. Several patches of powder similar in Appearance, the traces of her vomit, also bespotted her dress. The stomach pump was immediately applied, and was followed by a mustard emetic, and the stomach was thus thoroughly emptied and cleaned. The treatment afterwards consisted of the administra tion of milk, albumen, linseed lea, and similarmild demulcent liquids, and the external application of sinapisms and hot fomentations to the stomach and abdomen. The woman's life ias saved, and by the end of the week she had almost wholly recovered from the effects of the poison. Dr. --- ascribes her extraordinary rescue from death chiefly to - the free vomiting promoted speedily after the dose had been taken, and the use of the emetics and stomach pump. But it may also be due in some degree to the tine quality of the arsenic, which enabled the stomach to eject the poison more readily and com pletely than it might have done arsenic in Coarser crystals and a more ponderous state. For• it is to be observed that the arsenic from which the dose was taken was pure arsenious acid, in a much more finely powdered state thantlie common commercial arsenic. The immediate symptoms in this case were great thirst, great pain and irritation of thb stomach, which continued rejection for several hours of all liquids introduced into it ; and severe pain in the abdomen. Country Markets. CHELMSFORD -04n. 2. Oar market to-day was rather dull, everything realising about the last week's rates. Best barley and peas were slightly improved. W heat, white, old, per s. s. i - - qr.6l 651 Oats 8. S. , per qr .. .24 30 new.... 51 64Peas, Partridge •4l 44 red, old 51 59 White 38 46 new.... 51 59 Boiling 4O 47 Barley 35 46 Dun 40 42 Chevalier 38 50 Beans, Tisk 40 43 Grinding 35 42, Harrow ticks 41 45 Halt 73 77 1 Mazagan 37 41 Chevalier 75 79 1 Ditto, new... 37 40 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received in the port of London, from the following ports, horn Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, both inclusive; Colchester 4 I Harwich Leigh Us,Mon • zi .1: 5 -•:, 5 m 0 pai • 1 1 4 3 5 4 4 55 1 0 8 . 5 3 4 85 6 460 34 956 / 105; 150 5 16 33 , COLCHESTER— OCT. 3. • We had small supplies of wheat, and ,prices were fully up to last week. Barley plentiful, but the bulk was in ferior' and difficult o f sa l e, at i s to 2a per qr. decline; the finest description s for malting were rather dearer than last week. Beans and peas very scarce, the latter is per qr. dearer. 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