The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-17 00:00:00

'RESS, WrIIiESDAY TINGE, . AUGUST 17, 1864.

And the be added, "He would set leave." Whoa asked by
• fotwfahl• if Oa knew the cooseq uence of what he bad doue
be said " Yes. and I wish you would take me to Huddersfield
before any one gets up." Another alatemeot, the brained
comma said, showed that be had premeditated the Ming. It
was, "I told her two days's° I should do it. I =peat Isbell
be hanged ; sod I don't want to get aff ; I did it M a
sion." If the man's maid was unreliable such arprsasioas
were not to be pressed against the prisoner, but the jury
must exercise their judgment upon them. thee bearing from
his lordship what weight was to be attached to them. If
they thought he was aware of the 'amputation asd of the
criminality of his act they mast say so, het if they could see
their way to believing that at the time he committed Mu
fearful act be was by no mains in possession of his faculties,
then he was to be excused from the coesequences, and if
such should be the case no one would- rejoice more
than those who roodected this prosecution.
The primmer was Acquitted on the ground of insanity.

*steed that bones, and he wu confident that the prisoner
or some one else must have put *owe drug ii.to the
bate there, ■s he wu coutdou of everything when he
entered the piece sad sat down. Ho did not give the watch
and handkerchief to her to pawn, as he bad mosey about
►im

Themes ROMP, a tanner, said that about five o'clock ou
Satigday afterooon he was in the tap-room of the Leather
Market Tavern with a friend. He saw the prosecutor and
prisoner enter sod sit in a far corner. The prisooer handed
him a glass of ale, and soon after he partook of it
he fell down fast asleep. The prisooer kept talking
to him, and suspecting her, he watched her and saw
her take his watch and handkerchief. A little
while after she left the house. Failing to rouse the prose.
calor from his sleep be followed the prisoner, sod at last
be saw her enter a pawnbroker's in Parkees-road, Dockbead.
He then gave information to the polies, and she was takes
into custody.
Policeaxinstable 152 M, said he took her into custody u
she was offering to pledge the watch fora sovereign. He
also found the silk handkerchief on her. She said the
prosecutor had given her the watch to pledge.
Mr. Woolrrch committed her for trial.
GREENWICH.
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Maria William, a NSW illbt•TO;iing girl, 16 Years of
age, and who appeared in a white lam fall and kid gloves,
was charged with picking flowers from a gentlemas's garden.
Police-constable 157 K mid that at a quarter past four
that morning be saw the prisoner leave the garden at a gee-
tlesnan's residence with • quantity of flowers in her band.
As soon se the prisoner saw wits's, she droed the flowers
sad walked away, but on being brought back she ackoow-
lodged to having taken the flowers, and he took her into
custody. .

Mr. hall (to the prisoner)—How came you to steal thew
Bogor.?

Priomer—l took them became I am vary food of
flowers.

Mr. Trail—Where do you belong to ?
' Prisoner-1 have just mune from Cardiff, where I have
an aide and aunt living—my uncle being a clerk there in
the breach of the Bask of Ragland. I have also relit.
titres at Canterbury and Bristol, but they do not yet know
of my father's death.
Mr. Traill—What relatives bare you at Bristol, and
why did you sot all upon them before Way( the trail to
Bath?

iiiSoner —I have an uncle then who is in the polio,
force. The moos I did not call upon him was because the
train was just ready to start for Bath, and I wished to reach
toy uncle and aunt at Ashford, who, I think, will be able
to obtain me a situatices

Mr. Train—dare you a mother Habig
Prisoner—No : mother has been dead some time.
Mr. Tamil—What money had you when you left Cardiff?
Prisomr-1 had 125.; Mit that has all gone.
Mr. Total directed the officer of the court to take the
girl to the relieving officer at Greenwich, and to hare her
admitted to the union until her friends wereoommunicated
with.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

NORTH LONDON.

The thirtieth half-yearly general meeting of
the shareholders of this resopouty was held yesterday after-
noon at Dub') Statioo ; Mr. if. Woourezotr Birk' in
the chair.

The advertisement convening the meeting having been
read,
The Casnoux, in moving the adoptioe of the report.
an abstract of which ban appeared, said that it must he very
gratifying to the shareholders to observe that there had been
an increase in all three branches of traffic—namely, pas-
senger, goods, and minerals : and the increase in the pas-
senger traffic was the more gratifying because it proved that
the opening of the Metropolitan Medway had not injuriously
affected the receipts of this railway company. There had, it was
true, been a small diminution in the peasetivir traffic on the
opening of the Hammersmith line, bat that had been
more than made up from other sources. They
had made considerable peognr in the works of the ass
lies to the City, and had expended 5,0001. far land at Bow.
In coasequemee of their 'mein three halls in what:mat
last session, and having to watch the progress of other bills
in parliament, their parliamentary expenses had been
unusually heavy. Last session, however, must be looked
upon as as exceptional am on account of the great
number of projects which had been introduced affecting the
City. This company, in order to imagine its own interest,
but been obliged to watch the progress in parliament of 11
bills ; and, although they had not succeeded in carrying
their proposed bill for a hoe to Tottenham, yet in conse-
quence of the Great &stern having a statics in Liver.
pool-street, dose to theirs, great advantage would result
to this company, in conesquenos of the faci-
lities which would exist for an easy transfer of
traffic from one lime to the other. During the past half-
year the directors had iotrodoced and carried a bill for the
construction of a sew dock at Poplar ; sad although they
met with some opposition from the Eset and West India
hook Company, eventually, he was glad to say, an *usage-
meat had been come to by which they were empowered to
construct a new estrum for barges, and the dock company
had agreed to pay seven and a half per tent, on the sum ex-
pended on those works. These were all the points oa which
it was necessary to touch. The directors thought it would
be wise and sound policy to add the sum of 4,0111. to the
special works and contingencies' fund, which would leave •
sum available for dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum, and suable them to carry forward a balance of Mt.
Be congratulated the shareholders upon the viviparous
condition of their affairs, and woad simply coeclode by
moving that the report be adopted.
After 000siderabk discussion the report, was adopted, and
a dividend at the rate of 7 per oast per annum declared.