The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-12 00:00:00

EMBEZZLED MATERIALS AT MANCHESTER.

About a fortnight ago we gave in the Ex-
press a report of a eue heard before the magistrates at
Manchester, in which two men, named Pox and Mamie,
had been seined (along with a large quantity of cotton, silk
and worsted warps and weft, found in their possession) by
the polies, on suspicion of having purchased the goods,
knowing them to be the products of embeasiements by
working people. The prisoners, who had been appre-
hended by Mr. Richard Remick, chief superintendent of
police, were not only found in possession of nearly a cart
load of materiels used by weavers, but no two bundles of the
goods were of the same colour, or dye, or guilty, or in such
quantity as might be expected to be fount in the posses-
W= of a regular dealer. They were in such quantities,
and of such a variety, as might be expected to bi accumu-
lated by purchasing them from handloom weavers, taking
warp and weft out to make up into goods at home, and em-
bezzling small portions; and st will be remembered that it
was stated in evidence by the police that when they took
the prisoners several working people were in their shop
with small quantities of such goods to sell. The statute
under which the prisoners had been taken, and their goods
mixed, was that of Gee. 111., by which the onus of proving
that the goods were lisanstly ebtaised is thrown upon the
primers, and the sem had bees reemaded until yesterday
as give then that appertualty. Three was • good attend-
ees, of saegkeraare ea the bomb.
Mr. Rigg, attorney, appeared he the prisoners, and ob-
jected in the that place that they meld sot have a con-
viction in this ease. became usher the 10th meths of the
act of parliameat.(l7 (tm. 111.), the saatertals west ham been
concealed; and, under the Mk meths of the ruse act,
must have bean in the pemssies et the Omen when the
search warrant was obtained; wberam, hi this suss, he con-
tended the goods were act Mad esseseled. whilst in the
second place the police had bad pmeseales et the keys of
the premises and were going backwards and hews rls nine
days before the march warrant was besseL
Mr. P. Robins (of Rip* and Rebireen, aeteeneys),
for the preseautios quoted in reply the ere ef " Regina e.
Wilcock," heard I. the Quant's Rea* ea the 16th of May,
1845, in which Lord Campbell held that eseeselment was
merely aa evideace, but by as seam ereattal to the defini-
tion of the offence.
Mr. Maude (chairman of the beach), holding that there
was concealment such as was eestemplated by the act, said
the pollee did not take pessemies, Ist @sly took the keys to
prevent other persons going tate the shop se warehouse of
the prisoners ; and, thesehiret, seatiaalag possession by the
prisoners was not disposes& whoa the Nertil-warrant was
issued.

Mr. Itigg then called as wiliness* the daughter of one
of the prisoners (Fos ), and a man whet was himself the
servant of a person that had bow cemmitted under the
same act of parliament for prousion of embezzled
materials. lie also put in about half-erdosen invoice., but
these were of a very suspicious nature, the dates of all of
them having evidently been altered from 1861 to 1862, and
none of them containing item, which refer ed to any por-
tion of the goods seized. In answer to questions by Mr.
Riga, these witnesses said the prisoners had bought such
goods in job lots Irom Sir John Potter and Co., Mr. Moulds-
worth, and other respectable merchants.
Mr. Maude asked why such gentlemen as these were
not put into the hoz to prove that they had sold the goods,
or goods similar to these, to the prisoners.
After a long and patient hearing, the magistrates ex-
pensed themselves of opinion that the prisoners had not
accounted for pow• salon of the goods, and inflicted a
penalty of 2W. on each of the prisoners, with forfeiture of '
the goods.
The prieinere, in default of payment, were committed
for a mouth.

TnE BEARS AT BERN .—The /istenigenr-Bina
stater, that the good people of Berne hare fur s-nne time
been in a state of profound aflbotion at the comparatively
deprrted state of the low, which contains but one bear.
Measures are being taken to re4ore the bearditch to its
ordinary well-tenanted condition, when the citizens will
once more rejoice over the living ensigns of their cantons.

RAILWAY IN lELLIGEfa

(Me tbe aty mini* of tas Daily New.)

• MONDAY EVIKIWO.
The Birmingham and Oxford Railway is now
open, and we have heard numerous inquiries as to
the tenor of the act of parliament by which the
traffic charges of the Great Western Company are
compulsorily reduced, and also as to the extent of
such reduction. The clause of the act is as follows,
from which it will be seen that the reduction in
question is fixed to take
.place at tho expiration of
one month from the opening of the new line:

39. And whereu by the Greet Western Railway Amend-
ment and Extension Act, 1817, it was provided, that from
and after the transfer of the Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway, and of the Birmingham, Wolverhamp-
ton, and Dudley Railway, or anv part thereof, to the Great
Western Railway Company, the tolls and charges on the
Great Western Railway, and the branch railways by that
Act authorised to be made, Ail old be reduced es therein
mentioned Be it enacted, hat from and after the expira-
tion of one month after the opening of the Birmingham
and ()aura Junction Railway, and Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley Railway, or any part thereof, for
the public conveyance of goods or passengers, whether
such transfer shall then have been cotnpleti d or not, it
shall not be lawful for the Great Wrsteen Railway Com-
pany to demand or receive fur the use of the Great Wes-
tern Railway, or the said branch railways, or any other
railways to which the aforesaid provisions for reduction of
tolls or charges may apply, in respect of passengers, cattle,
or good*, or for propelling power, or for the conveyance of
pauengers, cattle, or goods, article., matters or things,
along the said railways, and of carriages, and for locomo-
tive power, and every other expense incidental to such con-
veyance as aforesaid (except givernment duty), any rates,
tolls, or charges, exceeding those prescribed and authorised
to be taken by the said Great Western Railway Company,
in "The Great Western Railway (Amendment and Ex-
tension) Act, 1817." _ _ _

As regards the extent of thu reduction we believe
the subjoined statement will be found accurate, the
comparison lying between the scale of fares received
up to this time and the new reduced scale :

London and 'tending, 3.5 t miles. Reduced shoat-
Express train, incises 7.1 per cent.
Ditto 2nd class
Ordinary train, Ist class
Ditto 2nd class

Average reduction
London to Swindon, i 7 ladles.
Express train, lit CiAIIII lB percent.
Ditto god clams
Ordinary train, lit clam
Ditto 2nd clan

Average reduction
London to Bath, 1061 aiMs.
Enpreti train, lit clue
Ditto god clue 43 „
Ordinary train, lit class
Ditto Lou clue
Average reduction
London to Bristol, 11111 saw.
Express train, let cl■ss
_ . Ditto 2nd class

Ordimay train, lit claw 3O
Ditto 2nd clam

Avenge reduction

The above statement has reference only to the pas-
senger traffic. We are not aware of the precise scale
of the Great Western charges fur the conveyance of
goods, no such documents having been published, but
on a comparison between the old scale establis.ted by
parliament, and the new reduced tariff, we find the
reductions on this branch of butiness to rule as
follows :

Average redaction
&brat
West Drayton re oat.
Beadiag7g ~
Badt
Bristol

This statemtnt, however, cannot be so fully relied
on, for the reason above stated. We are also aware
that statements have been in circulation tending to
prove that whilst the railway will lose upon
its passenger receipts, the return from the
goods trine will actually show a gain. It
may be reasonably doubted, however, if this
latter will be the case. The inhabitants of a
large section of the kingdom are interested in the
change about to be made in the tariff of this greet
line, and mach interest will be felt to see the result
of this sudden reduction. It appears reasonable to
infer that for some time to conic the receipts must
be sensibly affected, but there then comes the ques-
tion if the reduced charges will not have a strong
tendency to stimulate travelling all along the line,
so that the increased number of passengers will go
far to make up the loss. In any case the Great
Western shareh, lders cannot but congratulate them-
selves at the change being made at the present pe-
riod, when, owing to the prosperity of all classes of
the nation, the traffic in every part of the kingdom
is marked by so much elasticity.
The award of Messrs. liopc and Stephenson, the
arbitrators in the dispute between the London and
North Western and North Staffordshire Railway
Companies, was published to-day after a lengthened
delay. The "conclusions" recommended for adop-
tion by the two companies are as follows:
I. The London and North Western Company to acquire
absolutely the railways, canals, and whole fixed and move-
able property of the North Staffordshire Company.
2. The London and North Western Con.pany, in con-
sideration thereof, to pay the North Staffordshire Company
upon tteir present peidtip share capital an annual dividend
of 3 per cent. daring the first year, of 31 per cent. during
the second year, and of 31 per cent. during the third and
all subsequent years: provided, that it shall be in the
option of the London and North Western Company at any
time, nun six months' notice, to convert the share capital
of the North Staffordshire Company into ordinary stock of
the London and North Western Company at par.
3. The paid-up there capital of the North Staffordshire
Company to be taken, as stated by themselves, at
2,W28 ,00W., and the nominal amount of the shares to be re-
duced from 2W. to 171. 10s.

4. The London and North Western Company to under-
take the canal net or dividend, the bond debt, and all
other liabilities of the North Staffordshire Company : Pro-
vided that if the bond debt, as estimated by the North Staf-
fordshire Company with a view to coves ail existing liabili-
ties, shall be found to exceed 1,050,0001., the London and
North Western Company shall be entitled to &duct from
the dividend payable upon the North Staffordshire share
capital a yearly sum equal to interest at 31 per cent. on the

6. The obligation of the London and North Westem Com-
pony to pay the dividends under Article 2, and to discharge
the liabilities ander Article 4, to commence from the time
at which the transfer of the North Staffordshire property
shall be legally completed.
8. The two companies to apply to parliament at joint ex-
pense in the neat session for immediate p 'seers to the above
effect, and in case of failure to renew the application in sue-
eroding sessions. Should parliament three times reject the
application upon merits, and not merely on formal points,
the engagement between the companies to cease.
The recommendations of the arbitrators appear to
' be regarded with satisfaction by the North Stafford-
shire shareholders, judging from the rise in the shares
to-day.