The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-30 00:00:00

SIIICIDI IX WM LONDON DODDS.

Mary Ann Barring. was oharged with—
attempting to
drown hermit, by leaping into the water at tbkilenaitage-
built of the, Lambs Docks.

A young man teas passing aloes the awing bridge at the
time, and by his intrepidity and assistance the prisoner was
got oat by the drags. Elm was quite insensible when
brought ashore, and bevies been plated in a warns bath is
the dash, and rewiring the assistance of Dr. English, of
Upper Beet Smithfield, she rammed.

Mr. laittaa—What have you to My to such a &trios&
charge ?

P;isoaer—N othing, your worship.
Mr. Ingham—You are remedied for a week to allow the
rAter to mks some inquiry about you.
Prisoaer—Thank you, sir.

THE RECENT COLLISION IN THE DOVER
ROADS.-VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER.

Yesterday the investigation into the circumstances
eouneeted with the recent collision la Dover-roads, between
the Vivid mail stouter and the Henry, of Yarmouth, was re
loomed before Mr. Thompue, the borough coroner.
Mr. Churehward, Mr. Jeakiss, and Mr. Stilloell appeared
for the Royal Mail Steam-puke' Company; Mr. Milhaud
for the owners of the Henry ; and Mr. Irons for the Marine
Department of the Board of Trade.
The additional witnesses examined were Janus Pittoeit,
mat.; John Compose, second mete; JOllO Watson, cap-
tain; William Kidham and Thomas May, look-outmen,
all of the Vivid; and John Gvdden, a waterside labourer.
As before, the chief point sought to be elucida•ed was the
presence, or otherwise, of a light in the rigging ot the
Henry at the time of the collision.
All the witnesses attove•amed, connected with the Vivid,
deposed that they did not see any light exhibited, and that
if there had bun one they must have seen it. On the other
heed. Oedden, who was stationed that night on Out Dover
pierhead up to half•past 11 o'clock to look out • collier
which was expected, deposed that about 9 o'clock that
evening be distinctly saw • ochooner bring up in Dover
roads. She had two masts, hoisted a bright light somewhere
is her fore rigging. He observed the light from time to
time up to half-past 11, when he quitted the pier. The
light was then horning, and as he left he saw a steamer (the
Vivid) leaving the harbour.
The coroner, in summing up, said the jury would lay
whether the misfortune." occurrence resulted from accident,
or whether it arose from a want of proper and reasonable
'ears out the part of those who had the charge of the
If they should be of the latter opinion, that finding would
amount to a charge of criminal neglect, and they would
return their verdict accordingly.
The court was cleared, and the jury were in consultation
for so hour and a half. The foreman then announced that
they had unanimously sgreed to a verdict of manslaughter
lagainst John Watson the captain of the Vivid, and William
Kidham •ad Thomas May, the look out men.
The coroner said be would issue the committals in the
ordinary course. (The defendants had previously retired.)
With reference to the speed of the Dover and Calais
packets, it was stated that the rate specified in the Post-
office contract was 13 knots an hour.

Lord Ward, whose arrival io Paris from his visit to
the Crimea has been already announced, is expected in
Lmadon daring this week.

The Right Honourable the Earl of Zatland, Greed
Master of M mins in England, will hold a provincial grand
lodge, in the Old Globe Ledge, Scarborough, on Monday.
the 10th September next.

W. S. Lowndee, Esq., of Whaddon Hall, hoots the
Atherton country this season.
, DISCOVERY OF TIIE DEAD BODY OF A GENTLE-
MAN ox WANDSWORTH COMMON —lnformation his been
given of the discovery of a deed body of a gentleman on
Wandsworth Common, about 40 piers of ape, 5 feet 9 inches ;
dressed in a black shooting coat, speckled waistcoat, light
cord Monsen, white shirt, marked " C. Binge," black bar,
maker's sem D Capper, Cross-street, Gulden-square. The
body is taken to Wandsworth Union to be owned, and the
inquest bold.
ALARMING FIRE AT LIMEHOUSE.—(THIS DAY.)—
This morning, hotly der twelve o'ei. ck, a fire broke out
in the pr: raises of Mr. H. Ho, per, %mention keeper, Henry-
I street, Limehouse. It was with difficulty the inmates
were able to escape; as it was, they were half suffocated
by the smoke. The engines from Wellelme-square, Jarvis-
square, and Watling-street, promptly arrived, and were
sowerfolty manned, under the direction of IA . Fogo
and !badman, the district engineers. A plentiful supply
of water being obtained from the mains of the East London
Fir ter Works, the fire was subdued, but not until the
under side of the staircase and the stock was considerably
damaged. The cause of the are Is unknown. Contents in-
sured in the Guardian Fire-office.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE.--SIZREA LEONE, ASCEN-
sioN, AND TRNINIFFI.—MaiIs will be made up for Sierra
Leone, Ascension, and Tenni& on the 10th proximo, per
her Majesty's screw stem-vessel Bloodhound. Letters and
oewspartwe intended to be forwarded must be marked " per
her Majesty's stammer Bloodhound." Letters will be
charged—to Mom Leone, 61. ; Ascension, Is. ; and Tens
rifle. le. 10d. per 1 x. ; newspapers, Id. each—the postage
in each ease must be pre-paid.
POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—THIS DAY.—WEST COAST
or AritiCA.—A mail will be made up at this alive, to-
morrow, 31: t last., for the West Coast of Africa, per the
Gambia. In consequence of the detention of the ordinary
mail, the latter was not despatched until the 28th inst.
AUSTRALIA.—The Emma, homeward-bound, with
1 the Australian mail, and due at Plymouth on the 24th tilt ,
has not yet arrived. A mail will be made up for Australia
on the 4th proximo per the Lightning.

SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.-(TRIS DAT)

The 38th half-yearly general meeting of the pro-
prietors of the above railway was held this afternoon at the
Bridge-home Hotel, Lmen-bridge. The meeting wee
made special fee the purpose of resolving, under the 'Mho.
rity of an est mimed lan melee, that the borrowed monies
of the swepaay, or a portion thereof, received by me
or bonds, not ezeeeding 2,000,0001., might be eonvertenr
WA.

Mr. BM), the deputpebeirtnu, presided; and before
the pro, eedisp were opened, be announced that Mr. Mob,
M.P., bad resigned the °Mee of chairman, in consequence
of blimp compelled to go abroad; but be had not cored
to be a director.

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The report, •high has already been published, was taken
a read.

The Cli•tlittAN, hi movies the adoption of the report,
wide a very brief speech. He said the railway was in •
very satisfa7tory condition. Its Male was increasing, while
the cost of aumagement had been judiciouly reduced.
The state of the meounts, therefor*, was most sacounitioir
and would 'sable the director. to divide 3s. ed. per share.
or 21. 181.6 d. per cent. per sauna. The receipts this half.
yes,. eseeeded those of the eerrespondion half of last year,
by 9,6091, sad, sines the directors sontemplatod no further
estensicns, he thought toe gaped of affairs was most pro-
mising.
Mr. TittLow seconded the motion for the adoption of the
report.
Mr. BARROW complained of the treatment which railways,
and particularly the South-Eastern, had invariably met with
at the hands of the legislators. So loop as Parliament
treated railways in • hostile spirit they never could be pro.
Stable._

—idr.llAgna said—To hie mind the working of the line
during the paq half-year, was saytbiag bet satisfactory.
The new dination had made large promime of economy, but
thou, promises they bail yet to fulfil.
Mr. 8.111117 DA found fault with the high charges for work-
ing e:wasaa, which were equal to 48 per cent of the
receipts.

mi. H remarked that the local, poor, and other
vas, were excessively high; be was told la some parishes
the railway paid nearly all the taxes of the parish. That
wee an abase which the legislature ought to look to.
Mr. Burrs poin,ed out the falling, off which bad taken
,leas in the Greenwich traffic, and complained that the
charge of the half year for advertising was extravagantly
high.
The CHAIRMAN. replying to these and other °beer's-
tiont, said the falling off is the Greenwich line was occa.
sinned by the North Heat line diverting the traffic to
Blackheath. With regard to the charge for advertising,
that was occasioned by the excarCon traffic, and the
directors were considering whether, considering
heavy cost, it would be worth while to keep it
up. The excess in the working *species was attri
hatable to the fact that they bad many unprofitable
branches. Fur laments, the loss of the last halt-rear
on the Guildford, Reading, and Reloate line was 16,000 L,
on the Whitstable 3,0001., and 34,000 on the Ashford and
Hastings.
The report was then adopted, after which the dividend
was declared payable on the 3rd of September (Monday
neat). The warrants to be sent out on Saturday, the 14.
Mr. ALEXANDER Her, of Manchester, was then ottani
loosely recommended to the directors to fill up the vacancy
at the Board.

The meeting was then made special, and resoloLons re-
lating to the creation of the new stock wars parsed.
Thn meeting then terminated, with the nasal tots of
thanks to she chairmen.

SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was
held at the company's ffice• Plymouth, on Tuesday, when
T. Woeloorobe, EN. presided. Sir A. Buller It. Cole, D.
Derry, J. W. Buller, Hips.. and Dr. Miller, directors; and
M . J. H. Oil, W. W. Fos M. 8. Gripe, C. C. White-
ford, It. W. St ,W. E. lieudle, W. Read, and other
shareholders were present.
The repute of the directors and the engineer, Mr. Brunel,
having been read,
The CHAIM/11AX said the company bad, in common with
other commercial establishments of the country, felt the
effects of the war, in a compatative diminution of its trade;
but they bad not suffered beyond a temporary stoppaae of
progressive improvement. An evidence of this was that
the directors proposed the same dividend as was paid last
year. The company had great expenses thrown on it by
the new 'reser menu of the Poet-office for the transmis
don of mails, which necessitated au extra train, bat did
not produce additionisl traffic. The repairs of the sea-wall
at Teignmento were also expensive but necessary. Ten.
due had been accepted for the commencement of the
Sutton Harbour line ; the works would be pushed on cape
ditiously, but at one part of them it would be newsier, to
close the line against traffic for a short time. Since the last
meeting, the Currie& company had been able to raise
275,0001 on debentures—and this success precluded the
probability of the associated companies having to purchase
the Cornish tins—a stipulation contineent en the Cornish
company not being able to rail* sufficient funds. The
chairmen held out prospects of increased profitable traffic
flowing over the South Devon line when the Cornish line
should be completed, as it wee expected to be in two years
from this time. New arrangements for the working of the
Tavistock lice and the Eamouth line, by the Booth Devon
Company, were stated by the chairman, who added that
resolutions on the subject would he submitted to the share-
holders at a future meeting. In conclusion, he said the
directors would ask the shareholders to renew for twelve
months the authority which had been given, for a term, to
the directors, to dispose of 4,162 unissued new shares. He
mewed the adoption of the report.
Sir A ButLnit seconded the motion.

A dividend of 54. 61. per share for the hilt-year was then
declared, and the authority asked for by the directors, to
lame the remaining new stock, was granted. Thanks acre
voted to the airectors, and the meeting separated.

DUBLIN AND DROGHSDA RAILWAY.

The directors' report to be presented at the en-
suing mretirg of the proprietcrs of this line gives the fol.'
lowing rnmparative view of the traffic fir the half-year
ending June 30, 1855, and of that of the corresponding p..
.I,d of 1844 Six months ending June 30, 1854—Passen-
gers: first class, 33,4701., 5,9311 Os. 34.1. ; secend class,
70,494, 7,0311. 10r. Id.; third ch.', 145,889, 8.2121.1(8.91d.
Total, passengers, 219,853; amount, 21,1751. 6s. lid
Parcels sot merchandise, 9,3781. 16.. ;
2,0061. le. 411. : total, 32,5601 4s. l}l. Six months end
ing June 30, 18.55—Passengers : first class, 34,464,
6,2/71 14s. 84.; second dui, 69,447, 7,2141. 7s. 3d.: third
c.ass, 145,878 8,2651. 9, 14. Total passengers, 219,789 ;
amount, 21,7081. le. Id. Parcels and merchandise,
10,955/ 18s. lid. ; mails, 2,0641. 18s. 2d. : total,
34,7391. 18s. 9J. The traffic on the line continues to in
Cr.'..., the receipts for the put half year having exceeded
tho.te for the correc ending period of the year 1854 by
2,1781. 14s. Bd. The goods trail." in particular continues to
show a marked improvement, the increase over the corres-
ponding half year being 1,5871. 2s. 4d., or at the rate of
16 per cent.
The net profit, as shown by the ed accounts, after
eayine interest on kans and dividends on preference shares,
is 10,4091.65. 64 , which, added to the balance of profit on
the previous half year vim, 1,8131. lls. 6d., make,
12,432/. 18s. Out of this amount the directors recommend
a dividend of 30r. per share on each old 751. share, and 101
COO each of the third shares, being at the rate of 4 per cent.
per unum."

TRADE TABLES.—Thia morning a very bulky
return was issued, containing tables showing the trade 01
the United Kingdom with different foreign countries and
i British posswions in each of the ten years from 1841 to
1850. In 1841 the total for all countries was, inwards,
18,026 British ships with 3,381,211 tons, 9,627 foreign ships
with 1,291.165 toss; =sting together 28,052 ships
and 4,652,376 tone. Ontwards the figures were
British ships, 18.464, tons 3,429,279; foreign ships 9,788,
tons 1,336,892; tegethor, 28,250 ships and 4.766,171 tons
In 1850 the return stood thus: Inwards, British ships
22,709, tons 4,700,199; foreign ships 16,146, tone 2,400.277;
together, 37.854 ships and 7,100,476 tons ; outwards, British
shins 21.939, tons 4,742.315; foreign ships 16,900, tons
2,662.243; together 38,889 ships and 7,404,589 tons.

An extra° tna7 quantity of counterfeit coin hu
lately boa paid in Hull by a gang of expert smuhers.
Hitherto the rogues have beeped conviction, although five
or six parties have b•ea taken into custody.
LUNAR RAINBOW.—One of those rare phenomena
wwt visible in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh on Saturday
evening, fora few minutes, about ten o'clock. The moon was
then Tar) clear, at no great altitude from the southern horizon.
The rainbow anpesred in the north. The primary arch was a
complete semicircle; a secondary bow, exterior to the other,
was also visible for a time, but soon disappeared. The
primary arch was at first uniformly white, and gradually
presented all the how of the solar rainbow—the tinted
colour, differing only In intensity from those caused by solar
DRAFTS FROM HIGHLAND HEGIMENTIL—The fol-
lowing detachments for the Crimea left the undermentioned
towns in Scotland on Tuesday for Carlisle, cos roads for
Liverpool to emberk on board the Hansa steamer—viz ,
42nd Foot-2 officers sod 71 men, from Stirling; 71st Foot
—2 einem and 83 men, from Perth ; 79th Font-2 officers
and 61 men, from Aberdeen ; 92nd Foot-8 sincere and 188
men, from Edinburgh ; 93rd Foot-1 officer end 48 teen,
from Dandies to Edinburgh, and thanes to Carlisle. The
92nd and 93rd drafts started from the Caladonias Railway
station at two o'clock.
HR. OLIVER A BANKRUPT.—On Tuesday a flat of
bankruptcy was tuned agaiost Mr. Oliver. The petitioning
creditor, we understand, Is Mr. Allison, of Halifax. The
law allows seven days to plead against the adjudication ;
bat, before cause can be shown, Mr. Oliver must apnear
in court, sad sign the neesassey document.—Letkorpool Poet.

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1855,