The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-26 00:00:00

INDIAN TRAMWAY COMPANY.—(TRIs DIY)

An extraordinary general meeting of this am.
piny took place this day at half-pest 1 o'clock. at the
colicm in MoorgateMseet, to consider the report of its
directors, and to decide as to the Issue of new capital, ac. ;
Sir MAcnosaun ereramteou in the chair.
A report was read, which stated that the aew capital, the
issue of which the thareholden authorised at theirlast meet-
ing on the 28th June, had not been taken up to as
sufficient for the ooncraction of the proposed sew
lines. A coornunication bad been received from the
Secretary of Sate for India in Council, intimating that the
terms toe the construction of the new lines which the pre-
sidential goveromente had provisionally agreed to are con-
siderably in exams of those which the government of
India is authorised to sanction. Under these cireux,.
stances the board recommend that the late subscriµ
lions for the Wye of further capital should be t
once returned—that the operations of the columns
I should, for the present, be confined to the All7OOllOl and
Conjeveram Line in Madras, now in course of corium:.
tioo ; and that, as the actual subscribed capital of the coo.
pithy is 85,0001., the directors propose that the first issne
of capital shall be limited to 100.0001. The Arconnm
line, having a large existing traffic, wee undertahre
as an experimental line upon the terms origin.
ally laid down by the
.government, which come
within the limits of the principle that every line shall be
governed by its own merits, although neither these teems
nor those granted to the Indian Branch Railway Compass
(which the Right lion. 9 aviary of State for India n Council
has decided shall be the maximum terms of government co.
operation) ere such as the directors could recommend to be
accepted for the other contemplated works. The local govern.
manta approved, subject to confirmatico by the government
of India, certain arrarrments, which were to be
conformable in printe with the views of the supreme CO-
! vernment, end which t was believed might be sufficient to
raise the capital. It is much to be regretted. is the
interests of India, that in these views the local go.
vernmeota have not been supported by the home authorities.
The sequel has shown that the terms as regards the peen:
meat co.operation are not sufficient to induce the public to
subscribe the papital. The directors regret the result, sad
feel moored that the shareholders will give them credit for
having done all in their power to extend them important
and useful works. The board anticipate that before their
least ordinary general meeting the Arconum line will have
been completed, when the directors will be enabled to 11.
vise the shareholders as to the future.
On the motion of the Caataitas, the report was adopted,

BUENOS AYRES GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.)

The second ordinary meeting of the shareholder,
was held at Doom, at the offices of the company, 3. Ea.
LAW Avenue, Leadeshall-stnwt, Mr. C. Gam M.P., is
the chair.

—The report having been taken u read.
The CHADUIAS moved its adoption. He mid it appeared
to him very satisfactory. First, it showed the rapid pro-
gress of the worts ; sod essiondly, there was the snore.
raging feature of the traffic prospects. The account of the
latter came from the British minister at Buenos Ayres awl
might be safely relied on. In fact the estimates of pro
fit bad been rather understated than ometated, and after
reading the report to which be bad jest alWeil. be (the
chairmen) would rank himself among the most hopeful in
referencia to the future. . .

The motion was adopted, and after some routine business
had been deposed of, the meeting terminated with a vote of
thanks to the chairman and Ms colleagues in the direction.

A Beemaater, writing to a contemporary, says :
" Let me beg all that value their lives to examine well every
apple, pear, and peach they eat, far those venomous insects,
wasps, may beacon this year emooeced under the skin, and if
admitted within the mouth they will ating the throat, and,
as in several recent cases, the sufferers will die. Do sot con-
clude lam uncharitable. It is no charity to connive at

thdt end murder. lem satisfied that killing wasps is no
murder. Had Pelee the Hermit or Walter the Populism
lived in my garden, and witnessed these wicked vagabonds
trying every hive. worrying my bees. and stealing my hooey,
they would have preached a crusade against wasps. In one
respect they are unfortunate ; they have no queen, no
subordination, or reverence for law and order. They are
genuine red republicans—Hants and Robespierre', end
richly deserve the wont they get."
Tas Dues or NiwoarrLa. We are sorry to
announce that his Once the Duke of Neweasthesperienced

Tsiigi,l74;;;• 7a irlisyl;e11;;;h;poily sot of a =tam
to seriously alarm his many friends. Ilia grace has since
been gradually improving. The Earl and Counter of
Linwin arrived at Clamber is Saturday last. We seder-
stand preparations are making for the permanent reedier*
at Chamber of the Hon. Lady Satan widow of the late
Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, and only daughter of the
noble duke.—Noltiaphons Jo”ntal.
Ma. Raiser litYlNE.—This gentleman has been
removed from the oommirrios of the peso, for the county
of Tyronw as well as that for Fermanagh. We have sot
yet learned whether the government has shown its imam!
of the steps taken by the Lord Chancellor by depnviog
Mr. Irvine of the deputy lieutenancy which he 'holds is the
last-named *musty. —Dublin Ern,*, lima.
Tai RIATEDDFOD.—The second day of this cele-
beetles took plies on Wedsesday. In the earlier Part of
the morning there was a meeting at the naticand school-
room, at Llandodoo, where some papers were read on
the educatiou and social 'position of the people. The
members then went again In procession to the Pavilion.
where the competitions were esetinued in poetry, sing-
ing, mask. hr., and sundry awards duly made. Mr.
George Osborne Morgan was installed in the chair of
Powla, and Gwrigtrit (Mr. W. Jose., of Leaches) was the
conductor of the day. The principal prises is the 00111-
petition were taken by Moelig, Gilmore, Evan Williams,
Robert Lees, Gwalohmai (Rev. R. Parry), Mies
Phillips. Berdd hob gadair (Mr. Evans. of Newport), David
Lewis, Joan Arlon. Thomas Morris. Gwilvm Pasant (Wil-
liam Powell), Miss R. Williams. and Mee Evans. Talhaism,
the Rev. Busby Jones, of London, sod Mr. George NW-
eon, of Birmingham. delivered addresses is Welsh and in
English. A vote of thanks to the president, and the sing-
ing of the National Anthem, dosed the day's proceedings.
Tits PONTYPOOL RAILWAY COLLISION. —Yoder-
day the sufferers front the collision at Pontypool-road sta-
tion on Tuesday were all doing as well as could be expected.
The most seriously injured vu a Mr. Fairborn, from
Bristol, who had sustained a concussion of the brain ; and
Mr. Choate. of Worcester, who had to be removed from the
trolls st. Hereford. Min Gee, of Worcester, who has sus-
tained injury to the spies, is lying at Worcester very ill.
The passengers complain of treatnient received from
the railway officials at Pontypool-road. sad eepreially of the
apathy of the managers of the refreshment-roots there, who
refused tosupply warm water for the injured when required.
Complaint is also made that so amagameets bad been
mad* at Worcester for the removal of the Mimed patens
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THE POLICE COURTS.
(TH:S DAY.)

CLEIKI-NWELL.
SERIOUS CHART OF STARRING A WIFT,

Rt...ry Let, nan:, • conermonger, mailing at 16, Elder-
walk, Lower-rasa, Isliolooll2, wascharged on remand with
stabbing his wife, whermy her life was planed in danger.
Mr. Iticketts, solicitor, appeared for the defence.
The prisoner has been ander a remand a fortnight, and it
~as mbdered necessary ly the fact that on the first occult=
the surgeon stated that she had received a stab between
:be ribs, and he mild not Illy that she was out of
,Langer: and the second by the fact, that the prosecutrix
lid not attend, although she was ordered so to do
I v the magistrate. The evidence went to show
that the prisoner ami his wife, along with some others, were
haring some supper, when some words ensued about some
pieklm. The wife got up and said she never maid have
what she liked, on which the prisoner pushed her, and said,
.et out with you !" She at once turnedround and said
be hid stabbed her. The prisoner was very much affected
ut ending that be had stabbed his wife, and at once set off
for a surgeon. The parties in the room said that the stab
was given accidentally.
The wife of the prisoner now attended, and said that she
was much better and was programing favourably. She did
not wish to press the charge, as she was coafident that her
husband bad no intention to injure her. Her husband was
not aware that be bad a knife in his hand, and a kinder
bustund she could net wish for. She had been drinking a
little, and if she was stabbed it was aa much her fault as his.
Mr. I:l,:kette contended that the whole affair was an
accident. and
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irate taking that view of the case, diae.harged
the pnvoner with a caution.
VIRIEZZLIDII24I7 BY A RIttV7IM'SCOLLI(TOR.

ananing, aged 43, a collector, of 31, Havelock-
street, Islington, was charged with embezzling several sums
of money, amounting to about 401. received by him for and
OD ...count of his master, Yr. HomoeChsplin, of the Star:k-
ern green Brewery, Surrey.
The prisoner has absconded for some time, but was ap-
prehended last night by pollobsergesat Gould, 40 N, and
when told the charge be made no reply. Only one ame was
voce into to-day, that of receiving se. fort a small cask of
I OT, and not accounting for it.
The prisoner said he should room his defence for the
present.
Mr. Barker remanded the primmer for a week.
MARLBOROUGH-STILEET.
TTRPTRD MOROI; THROUGH .TRALOCBT.

J Wiltiosui, a saddler. midis( &t No. 20, Brewer
street, Goldoirsquare, was eherged before Mr. KDOX by
tweeter Wilma, of the C with feloniously
rutting and wouodiog his wife, Annie Williams, with intent
to murder her.

William Conquest, 169 C, deposed—While in Leicester.
square last night, about half-past 10 o'clock, I saw the pri-
soner and a female (the prisoner's wife) standin together
near the Alhambra Palace. When 1 approached within a
&zee yards of them I saw the prisoner go close up to the
fetnie and plaoe his band on her throat as it shaking
her. Before 1 got close up the female extricated her-
self from the prisoner's grasp, and ran into the
Sablonokre Hotel. The pneoner ran after her and
caught her by the shawl just as the was in the doorway
and the 'hest came off. I then followed the female into
the hotel, and found that the had been stabbed in the neck.
I thee went into the smoking-room of the hotel and took
the prisoner, who bad walked into the room, into custody.
On the way to the polioe-station the prisoner rid, " I am
glad I here done it, and shall now die happy."
Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner in liquor?
Conqu•et —He was not. He was quite sober.
Mr. Knox.—Was any knife found upon him at the
station

Conquest. Part of the blade of a knife, or instrument,
was found oa the pavement about two nude horn the
entrance of the Sablonnire Hotel by a young man, and
banded to me.

Mr. Mass.—Then you believe she was stabbed &boat that
spot:

ors•uest—l do—when the prisoner put his hands to
the female's throat. On searching him at the station in
Vine-street, a locket and a few other articles were found
upon him. He there said that he had had only one Metro.
meat upon him.
Inspector Wilton. C division, said—Last night, about
half-put 10, I was in the reserve room at the Vine-street
police-station. I saw the prisoner holding up a locket
loostaining • portrait of the prisoner, aid having some
blood upon it). The prisoner exclaimed, "This is my
portrait—the portrait of • man who has cut hie wile's
throat. See the blood on my band. I hops she is dead."
There was blood at the time on the prisoner's band.
Sergeant Lees, 9 C, said—lnat night I went into the
Febloriniir• Hotel in consequence of information given me.
I there maw a female lying of a sofa. She bad a wound on
the left side of her neck. Shortly after • medical man
attended and partly dressed the wound, but subsequently
the female's father, hlr. Cutcliffe, a surgeon, residing at
No. 10, King-street, Soho, attended and concluded the
dreaming, and removed his daughter in • cab. This morning
I found, about fifty yards from the Sablonnire Hotel, the
handle of a knife or instrument with a piece of the blade,
corresponding with the other piece, in it. It was on the
ground over which the prisoner pared on his way to the
Vine-street police-station.
Inspector Wilson handed to the magistrate the following
certificate ;

by certify that Mn. Annie Williams is ieespable
of leaving her bed to attend the police-court, in consequence
of an inroad wound in the thrust, inflicted by her husband,
John William/Oast night.
" C. Cercirrra Surgeon, 10, King-street, Soho."
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner fora week.
The prisoner, who had put no questions to any of the
witnesses, made a remark sa be was being taken to the
milt which leaves little doubt that *lousy prompted him
to attempt to take his wife's life.
MARYLEBONE.
►NOTHER DIDECMIT ASSAULT UPON ♦ GIRL 111 ♦ ILAILWAT