The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-15 00:00:00

AT!VUT TO COMMIT SOUNDS AT LONDON-

Thomas Rockford, a odagular-lookiag young usa, de
scribed ea a canna, was charged with attempting to commit
minds ander the following singular oireameteases :
John Pony, a baket•maker, said he wee peeling the
steps at the south- cut aide' of Loadea-bridge, about twelve
o'eloek last night, when hie attention was awaited to NOW
thing lying at the buttons, partially in the river, which was
nearly at high tide. He ran down to see what it was, ekes he
pereeind the prisoner lying ea kis hick, aakmt all
bat his shirt, with the water up to kis seek. Witams
seised hold of Ma, sad ailed him what he wee doing there,
when he replied, What's that to you; I Intend to draws
myself." He however told him he s►ould not do that, sad
seised hold at him and palled kiss up the steps, when they
bad a severe straggle, sad had sot another .a sense to hie
mimeses, lee would have overpowered witame, mid seat-
anted the threatened sat of self•dostruatisa. His shirt was
tors oh bis leek, but they sumsoded in patting on his
trousers, sad weaveyiag hi. to the polimonstioa.
In newer to the charge the primmer said, I wont does
the steps as purpose to draws myself, and I palled aft au
nay clothes sump% my skirt. so that ao see should be able to
save me. Before I left home I made up my salad to commit
suicide, sad I wrote a letter 'seeing It at home, inform*
a► wits ad Mends that when they read it I 'hada be me
MOIL

Magietrate—Yea an • vary &AA Maw. sad you
adopted amy singular sae of eamafttiag indaidc Ima
lardy thiak yea really fatasdadit

l'eieeee—idid, Sir, mid I had micas fee doug, :it me I
am I. debt.

MeoMate—Are you is say employmeat ?
Primer—Oh. yes ; I an aow a carman is tie employ et
Mr. WWl= Cooper, is the Beroagh.saarket, end pt may
aldose shinier a week. Formerly I was ambled by Mr.
Ask, the primer, opposite the railway. all aliblesaidllmp.
Magiatrata—Bat I me se mot why yes 'Wild abetti.

Ito tie gab Me. Tot bays s geed sitestke, sad art be it
lair ehremsbases.

Priesssr—My wife, so well as spelt, has bees ill, sad
at Chrism's I was Glossa ma, sad I owe sissy to the
data, who asked me fee It. Olken trouble seise iamb
sad 1 hate sees to pay lay debts.
Mailstsate—Bat that's we ream why yaw should sow
nit ea art et self dastarastlow.

Prisener.—Theree something else your weisldp. Whoa
I left hem yesterday manias my wile was there, but wins
I retuned is the meanly she was est. Befog so mud at
her endow I detenaind to malt mink.

The caw who took the Wawa late custody lafermed
the sassistaute that be told him he was detenalaed to destroy
himself anima* they had revealed him that time. lie
sloe mid he amid sever be sea at beam semis.
The magistrate said be was a foolish fellow, sad did not
go shoot the job like a puma [steadies to emssait suicide.
However he must dad sureties for hie Ware good behaviour
foe three moults.

♦ &TWIGS CA CAuI.

♦ ditirloskiai Mies!, anima ia the garb of a driver,
sad who gave his ante Ma Wows, bat who is well kaowa
to the pollee leader several ether albino, was plased at the
bet before Mr. Tyrwhitt seder the fellowiag eireasetasere :
It appeared be.. the 'videos. et tie sebum that yeeter
day he was hailed by the primer sad two other perms,
lead ordered to drive the, to 6t Jobaocreet-read. Before

they arrived at that plate um laid hint to drive then to s
different direction, sad while deists° they jumped out of his
cab sad tried to got sway. The other two sueseeded, bat
the grinner fans', he caught bold of his, sad aria re-
futing to pay the fan, he gave his iato eastedy. While
the eab wee staadiag i• treat et the polies tees, the pri-
souses esespasiess ems sad Jumped ea the cab, sad drove
it off. The eab sad bone had bees reeovered, bat the men
bad aside their asleep,.

The primer, who was Tory drub, add be costal sot pay
the faro, harts( so rsosoy.
Mr. Tyrwhitt o. d, swab bolas thaw, Ito would bays to
go to the Rosso of Conoodos fors .oath.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

(THIS DAY.)

The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the
Loadoa and North-Wotan Railway Conway was held
this atoning, at the Bastee•eqaaro station, the Marquis of
Chsadoe (chairman of the board of direeton) to the chair.
" The half yearly statement of eeernat inhibits the fol-
Imolai results, as compared with the eorreepoadiag period
of lag year :
11154. 1.55.
fres ismasiws. wok naps, km. 701,643

-- 710,071 010,11711
11.0•Alrfroa nerobandis,ls. *ChM
-- MAC 170,233

t3fLI7II

Per ctstege-of dishowneseat to
• Per tse purpose du mparleas,""bnarthe smug dedastel for
wed& 'greenestt bt the senents of 1934.
The Union off in the passenger Mae exhibited in them
returns may be attributed is pert to the effect of the inereesei
taxation in consequence of the war, which has sensibly
effected railway travelling, bat principally to the opening
throughout of the Great Western Company's extensions to
the north. Some distillation has already been made in the
camber of passenger trains, to meet the allured eireamstanus
of the traffie, and further redaction may become name-
sary. L the merchandise department, it is gratifying to
report a maimed and large increase, and at the
same time a reduction is the out of coadsetisi it,
The subject of the expenses (morally of maistainiag end
working your railway bee occupied, and continues to oc-
cupy, much of the striation of you board ; and is the face
of great difficulties, they have smoseded in working as
increased trails at a diminished oat. The receipts from
other lime is wraith this company hold an interest are less
than in Jane, 1854, owing, no doubt, to the depression
whisk has existed throughout the country.
Prow the theterseat of the Half-Ten% Amman, It
win bs was that the set pretends are 493,104 2 9
To which add the Behan earned from Yet ;Amount 71,270 11

5360,474 14 0
Lam further allowasee tar Mimi at lens (Ab-
meet IL) — 40,414 11 4

Maytag • ctleporble Wawa et. ....... ...... 8311.81 3 1 8

The Directors nernammed a Dividend of 21. 2s. ed. per
cent. for the last siz months, amonatier to 636 8651 Is. 24. ;
leavieg a Baines of 6,9601. le. 6d. to be earned forward to
the neat half.year's amount.
The Camarnia, la moving the adoption of the report,
entered into a general review of the condition of the com-
pany, end a statement of the various ceases which have
combatted to affect the diminution of trail. noticed in the
report.
Mr. tincion found fault with the high fennel veld
apart Denatures. Other novelties could obtain plenty of
support at 4 and 4} per nut., but this company paid ea high
as 6 per cent. Thisbe attributed to the feet that the loans
were arranged is the board-room ; they ware not advertieed
sad thrown open to conspetitioa.
Mr. Idlycnitu. was ready to move a resolution to the
effect that The se.embled proprietors ere of opinion that
our diminished dividends and unsatisfactory prospects are
rosily attributable to the fact, that the profit does not bear
• fair and proper proportion to the gross notion, end there
fore they urge upon the directors such a revision of the ta-
riff se should losers a dividend of not lees than 6 per cent."
Mr. HADFIILD, M.P , hoped the directors would not
object to receive a deputation of shareholders to ascertain
where the error of management lay.
Atter some further discussion the report was adopted,
and the dividend declared payable on the 22nd instant.

A singular discovery has been made at Aix-la-
Chapelle. Is a bale of cotton shipped from the United
States to Warsaw, by way of Antwerp, theta ware found
several silt banal revolvan and a quantity of powder.
The Madrid Gazette announces that Nicholas
Warne, one of the chiefs of the insurgeat bend, which
crested so much trouble in Borges, had given himself up
to the Queen's troops.

The Nord having applied to the Societe des Gene
de Leuzee of Franco to be pertained to eassindis, like other
publicati Ise, abroad and in France, a twenty foe the repro-
deotion of the works of French writers forming part of the
society, a special =eating of the rnarnben was called to con.
eider the proposition. After doe deliberation the ohahman
was directed to send as reply that "the society refused to
hare any kind of intercourse with a jeansl in the pay of
Russia."

INCREASE OF BOUNTY TO £l6.—lt having been
found difficult to obtain a sellaieney of artificers for the
field batteries of the Royal Artillery, and the horse sad
reshot brigades, the Board of Ordure has considered It
expedient to imams the bounty from 101. to 161. for the
shliatmest of farriers, shoeing amitba, wheelwrights, collar
=skin, saddlers' and coach smiths. The rate of daily pay
has elm bobeeninareased, as an inducement to thaw alums
to volunteer.

SOITICTED MIIILDKIL OF ♦ S♦ILOR ♦T SH♦D-
wELL.—Cooafa'a Issuser.—(Txis D♦Y.)—Mr. W.
Baker, the deputy MOW, held as Inquest at the George
and Dragon Tavern, High-Moat Bhamell, on view of are
bxly of Gorge Smith, aged 43 years, who was found
on Manley morning, lying dead on the causeway faring
New Crows Wharf, Wapping-wall, with a severe injury on
the bead, whisk was sofileirst to moot for death. A
great number of witness' were examined by the Coaxer
and Pu y. sad ultimately as epos verdict wee
mood of rood dead is the rivet with a est
woad as the hod, bit bow maned the jury had so evi-
deem to show." The Comer molted the pollee to fol-
low up the are. and if they cold tram any further *videos
OLIO woo likely to threw Dame light spar the myetoriesa
death of the &mod, the parties ooseemed might he takes
before a magistrate. _ _

- MARY ion= Mrreosh.—A few gentlemen have
=to erect to the memory of Mary Russell Millard
et "Oar Village," some memorial whisk shell
Unity the aspect satatahted by aay, sot only la Rus-
hed but la hinnies, bath for her Stormy Wss sad
bar private virtues. It is hoped that reads may be provided
for ereedag a idea alostuarat over her mitre, fa the
churchyard of that village shish oho hes made famous by
bar masses sad her madam ; sad der baildileitaiptenos-
sible, a 'shed is the some pariah, to be dedicated seam
to her sassaary. The Ray. W. Kuser. Privy -
aloe, Watekell ; F. Hanoi. Bp., 77, Wood-street,
Cheapish!' ; sad the Bee. C. ley, Beasley, Heats,
sadertaks to roost,. subscriptions.
FRENCH ART EIHIBTTION.-.-Amlle those who
have Melted Meths. Rasa Bushier% pima of the "Hone
Fair" 'Luba the last few days, see the Has. Mae. Fowls
Grimness, lards Madame sod Mar blow's of
Bute. Lay Craws sad party, ArehhiftaCum %dee Caaterbury,
the Lost Chandler. Lady Cramer*, . Lady
Henry Paley, Ludy Gresville, Lad Basset he. Ric
PROPOSED Pm AS XwowkaL-41es lasetehi,
sad Cheshire lassitadeasl Asociation, seaelviligof 70 lite.'
wary sal median's,' sad MON mambas, is to
die the seas dee Bilehhe Bari of Derby, a Iderawiley,
alas Umegead, Oa fletafitig ant. The Napalm vi chit
the et eK woremq the serdese. ash Oman
Pestlirlij;eird OMmly, ILP., whe h to be mess% mill
pobablydeltess ea seism la the sane et the shame&

SHARE LISTS-THIS DAY.

Two o'Cz.oaL

The railway share ghat to-day is generally
better. Most of the heavy stocks have rime Lto 1
per oent. London and North-Westsra stock is quoted
98 to 1; Great Westerns, 681 to 67 ; Midland, 701 to
71; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 811 to 891; Swath-
Eastern., 181 to 1; Great Northern', 221 to 1; and
Caledonians, 311 to 1.
French "bares are in several cuss higher. &sterns
are quoted 39 to 1; and Northern 381 to 37. Great
Western of Canada shares continue to show an up-
ward tendency.