The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

THE DISTWRUANCES IN STOCKHOLM.

A letter from Stockholm gives the following de-
tails respecting the recent disturbances in that city :—" In
the afternoon of the 3rd • young man, short of stature, of
delicate frame, and deemed with entree= care, stopped all
at once in one of the prinuipal squares of this city, and
saluted to the earth • tall, fat, simply dressed man whom
he met. The fat gentleman, by way of reply, rushed on
the little man, wrested Tie cane from his hand, and, seis-
ing him by the collar, thrashed him soundly. Ile continued
the castigation until same policemen came up and carried
both of them to the watehbouse. They were taken before the
director of the police, and the affair was explained. The
little gentleman so named Sjoeberg; he was formerly •
journeyman tailor, bat is now editor and publisher
'of a little satirical journal called Folikerti Roert
(the Voice of the People), which was started in
ISIS, when the democratic and communist delirium was
at its height. The aggressor is named daconion ; he is a
Jew and a dealer in soap and perfumery. Sjoeberg in his
journal had reproached Jennison with selling things of bad
quality and injurious to health. Jacob's= commenced an
action against Sjoeberg to obtain damages for libel, and the
case was pending. dimension considered the salutation of
Sjoeberg a mockery, and accordingly thrashed him. The
director of polies declared to Jaeobeson that he should he
presented for the assault, but as he was well known he did
not detain him is custody. This scene so simple, between
two men without education, and which anywhere else
would have pared unperceived, has caused very grave dis-
turbances which have kept Stockholm in agitation during
a whole week. Sjoeberg the day after inserted in the Fol.
Ants Roast some extremely violent articles against the Jews
in general, and exciting the people to attack them. SP:o-
ber/ wee arrested, and lodged in the fort of Leiashohn ; but
in the evening several thousand person enemabled, and
proceeded in a body towards the fort. They shouted
hurrah !' as they went along, and their obese was to en-
courage Sjoeberg. When they arrived at • bridge which
leads to the fort they fogad it occupied la team who pm.
vented them from going any further. Indented et
their project bulked, the mob proceeded aloof
streets, and smashed with *tones the windows of alt the
Jews' houses and of the synagogue. The troo , having
followed, dispersed them; and seventeen at the tisedsre
were arrested. The mob, having re- assembileds meet le
the domain of lielanaberg, at • sheet distance hem the
gates of Stockholm, which belongs to M. Lamm, a Jew
distinguished by his charity, and who enjoys general
esteem. There they committed great excesses ; and 31.
Lamm soul his family would probably have fallen violins
to their brutality if his workmen and servants, all Chris-
tians, had not, at the risk of their own lives, made
an energetic resistance. In the evening_ of the follow-
ing day, the distsrhasees were renewed. The mob uttered
She Jews Straw patrele et military
Verereemis= tells felled out to elm Osamu% and
squares The ..,.an of the city *dished a melees-
ties inviting the inhaldleste to abstain hem isassiblke is
the saute, and to keep their workmen sad ornate at
home; hat it produced so effect. The day Am the Cane-
deal , end another square near, became searapied by a
tamuiusse aowd. But • a number of constables armed
with stabs arrived, and struck right and lett. They thus
caused the people to disperse. in the eve*t hundreds of
boyeammtbied in the same squares, and mieldentad against
the :ewe; but they were =on driven away. Thus the old
hatred of the Jews has reeeivel an slimmest which will pro-
bably not fall to keep it alive for a long time."

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OBJECTION TO OATHS.—At the Bristol Bank-
ruptcy Court, on friday, in one of the =me called on, Mr.
J. P. Laurence, of that city, attended in obedience to
summons from the court is be 1116131111111 tee** the estate
and effects of the bankrupt. Os the usual oath ban ten-
dered to the witness, he declined to take 11, stades that he
was an Independent, and had conedentlawe elesetiems
the oath propond.—His Honour : Yea as. WWI apes to
be sworn as the law require!, and ywu mast wake* te do
or take the consequent:m-le. UMW, :
by an authority euperior to earthly law to" sweat not at
all." I have no desire to set myself above the law, but I
can only give you " yea " and " nay," niaik Ike so doing I
must take the consequences.—Uis Homer : Do you profess
to be one of the people called Quakers t—Mr. Laurence:
Honour : Have you never taken an oath ?—Mr.
Laurence: Yes, once.—His Honour: How long ago ?
I do not know ; the books will show. It was
when I was sworn in as a special constable for West
Milton, by the parish officers of Westbary-opon-Trym.—
Was it a month ago that you were so sworn ?..-Oh, no ; it
was full a year ago, if not more.—His Honour : I em afraid
it will be my duty to commit you to prison, if you persist
in this course, though I should be sorry to do ito.—Mr.
Laureoee : I cannot alter; I must go.—His Honour Very
well ; se your conscience obliges you to refuse to take the
oath required by low, so my duty compels me to enforce the
provisions of the law which I have to administer.—Mr.
Bevan: Can you tell us where the bankrupt is?—Me.
Laurence : I have given you my decision. lam yes and
nay ; and if you cannot take me at that lam notbing.—H*
Honour : Stand down, then, and I will make out the was,
rant for your committal. Do you think if you had a 11111 e
time given you there is any chance of your alteriag paelt
determination ?—Mr. Laurence: None whatever; I wild
be mint to prison.—Mr. Laurence woe then taken out of I
court, and during his absence Mr. Bevan intimated that if
he 000ld be got to answer at all, he (Mr. Bevan) would not
press for his committal. Mr. Laurence was accordingly re-
called into court, and having given such information as was
desired, his Honour stated that he bad not thought himself
called on to interfere with the discretion exercised by Mr.
Bevan, but if that gentleman had pressed the matter, it
would certainly have been his duty to send Mr. Laurence
to prlson.—Sherbourne Journal.
SEElorg INCONVENIENCY. wen experienced in Man-
chester, yesterday, in consequence of the miscarriage, by
the London and North Western Railway, of nearly I,
capita of the Daily Neve, Tl/14f1, and other morning papers,
addressed to /losers. Wheeler and eon, the news agents
who supply the Exchange and other public buildings.
Many merchants and manufacturers left town without get-
lug a eight of the news of the day-only a few odd copies
picked up at the railway station being obtainable to supply
the Eachabge with. Tie papers bad been duly booked at
Easton-square, bat bad bees lost on the way.

SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in
this railway and canal was held at the Lion Hotel at Shrews'.
bun' yesterday, Earl Powse in the chair.
The following are the most Important passages In the re.
pore of the directors, se read by Mr. Skey, the eeretary :
The proprietors are entitled to, and will receive, a divi-
dend for the past half-year, at the rate of U. 151. per cent.
per swum, being half the dividend declared by the London
and North Western Company for that period, and the war-
tante for the same will be heued before the close of the
present month. The bills for regulating the capital of the
compaay, for authorising a communication between the
canal basins at Chester and the railways there, and for en-
larging the basins, &c., and for a branch canal to connect
theeanale of this company with the Trent and Mersey navi-
gation ai Mtddlewieli, and other purposes, which were be-
fore parliament at the time of the last half-yearly meeting,
have been subsequently withdrawn, at the request of the
Leaden sod Ninth Western Company. A company having
been formed for the purpose of constructing a line of rail-
way from Shrewsbury to Aberyatwith, and of joining the
Shrewsbury and Chester line at Oswestry, which has met
with the hearty approval of the London and NeethWestern
Compeer (who are also surveying a line from Shrewsbury
to Crews tit muns,lien therewith), your directors have
donned it advisable to facilitate the operations of the
Aberystwith Company, and are in friendly communication
with its promoters."
Under the head Capital Account it was shown that the
gross receipts have been 2,223,3711. 14s. ; the gross expen-
diture on the railway and canal has been 2,181.7651.125. 74.;
and after deducting the various liabilities of the company
under this heed, there is a balance to the credit of the com-
pany amounting to 66,6031. Is. sd. The canal earnings for
the half-year have been 49,5391. 13s. 3d., and the expense of
working, 34,8851.95. 10d. ; leaving a balance to he carried
to "interest and dividend" account, amounting to
14,6)41. 3s. 64. The earnings on the 30 miles of railway
for the half year ending Juno have been 14,989!. 3s. 6d. ;
and the expense of working, 12,693!. Os. 7,1. ; leaving •
Wanes of 2,2961. 2s. lid. The haliyear's interest in de-
bentures on bends amounts to 16,3341. Ils. Id.; and the
amount required to pay the dividend declared at thia meet-
ing is 19,7211. Os. 6d. ; showing a loss to the London and
North Western Company on the half-year amounting to no
less than 18,1661.65. 2d.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said that the company's bills had becu withdrawn from par-
liament during the last session at the request of the London
and North Western Company, such proceeding being ne-
mem la consequence of the arrangements and negotiations
ping en at the time. With respect to the proposed line of
railway to Aberystwith from Shrewsbury, the directors had
thought it proper to give a certain countenance to the pro-
ject, as the shareholders would see by the newspapers, the
scheme having the support of the London and North
Western Company. Since the last half-yearly meeting the
proprietors would have seen that Mr. Glyn, who had so
long and so ably filled the chair of the greatest railway
corporation, had intimated to the board his pur-
pose to retire from his arduous duty. In these
circumstance, he (Lord rowis) thought it due to Mr. Glyn
that be should state that during the whole period in which
by reason of his position be had been connected with this
rii"lway, be had always manifested the most fair and liberal
spirit in all its dealings; and although Mr. Glyn's private
engagements rendered necessary his retirement from the chair
of the North Western Company, he would still retain a seat at
the board, and he (Lord Pelvis) accepted that as an augury
that he would still continue to act as • member of the
gestated bard of the two companies, and that their mutual
relations would be conducted in the same harmonious mea-
ner as they had hitherto been. He had nothing Auther to
ay except to repress his regret that the last act of Mr. Glyn,
in which he made such fair overtures to the Great Western
Company and the broad gauge had not been more
favourably received, looking to the tone and temper in
which the proposition was made. By the terms proposed all
those unpleasant contest', and difficulties, and wranglinge
which had so long prevailed, to the great injury of railway
property, would have been put an end to ; and he could
only again express his regret that the Great Western Com-
pony had not dealt with the subject in that fair and liberal
manner which it deserved. (Hear.) He felt that, too, the
more strongly, from the equitable manner in which it was
proposed that Shropshire interests should be dealt with in
any final settlement of the differences in this most difficult
matter. The noble evil concluded by formally moving the
adoption of the report.
Mr. 1111111 T TOUTAL, of Manchester, the deputy-chair-
man, seconded the motion, which was put and carried
unanimously.
By a subsequent resolution, a dividend was declared, at
the rata of half the amount paid by the London and North
Western Company.
Mr. Alderman E. Ilareocx, of Shrewebury, complained
of the inconvenience to which Shropshire passengers Jour-
neyiag from London were subjected by reason of the
change of carriages at Stafford, and he suggested that the
authorities at Euston-square should cause carriages to be
put on to run through.
Earl Powis said that the matter had been discussed be-
fore, but he now learnt from Mr. Skey, the secretary, that
• carriage wee regularly put on to run through by tea
o'clock day mail, one of the most important trains out of
London ; and the North Western Company would at any
time put on • special carriage where there wee a party
going through.
Mr. W. B. BATLEY, of the Orford Circuit, in moving
a
a vote of thanks to the noble chairman and board of di-
rectors, expressed his complete confidence that his lord-
ship would see their affairs placed on a proper footing,
with the fullest regard for the interests of the propristom.
Both in the hands of his lordship and his late father,
Shropshire Union interests had been completely protected.
with the fu'lest regard for the importance of the Imp
stake confided to their charge.
Mr. Bt AILEMORM seconded the motion, which was ser-
ried by acclamation.
Earl Fowls, in acknowledging the vote of thanks, add
that the battle of the gauges involved many difficulties,
but their board was so constituted as to steer clear of
many unpleasantneases, and.to mem any emergenies which
might arise.

UteTEß.—The report of the directors, to be sub-
mitted to the proprietors on the 29th Mat., stated that 4934.
was expended on capital mount during the half-yew. The
imaging rims Me Newry and SSnniskillen, and the
Dundalk an Enniskillen Railway Companies, to enforce
the *Mints of this company are still pending The directors
continue, as the bosh of 'the company falidne, to replace
the mosey so paid sr at the We of 4 per cent., whereby a
loonaiderable saving is effected. Riese the last meeting the
whole of the Dublin and Belfast Jemmies Railway between
Pereseewa eel Dents& has hem epithet for traffic. The
▪ ebstiseliss, thmetsms, new seerimimg htween Belfast
eat Rails Is the ereselei of the Dem, end it is cond.
=esthelpeeed thee the heidst war that river will be
mod
mellits the enewles eillelitef. The tram ma-
im, et the t batiosit soma% to 25,1471., and
the were*: expenses be 7.7441., and, after de-
death, the lamest on the Isemewed capital, there will »-
melt a helium of 13,3721., mss el which the direetors re-
amememi a dividend of 23a. per then, leaving a balance of
1,43 U. es be added to the ?mew thee, whisk will thee
'mouth M RPM The dismiss,. attar them* maid de-
liteestith, haw decided on eddei the shereheidaes
comfiest wed esterwriae e M the propriety at
applies. M pedlemeth in the snack, weds. for an act to
ambit the esmperry be mast their Use of railway from
I, Oaths, t Meet le Mew. The propo line =ikpreeeed by G erlassiewils, Measighan, Clones, spans ded
Bel-
turbot to Came, where it would Join a line, for the making
of which an set has been already obtained, from Cann to
Maims, on the Midland Great Western Railway. It
would pees through one of the most populous and thriving
rural &trims in Ireland, and would form a great trunk
line through the been of Ulster. The line hem
to Cavan by the proposed route will be about 41 =le
length, and the required capital 150,0001. The Menem
F,ume that the landowners will be iavourable to the pro-
and be 'Min to part with their land at a fair price.
hey also aspect that the traffic of the district will pay the
working expenses and interest on the capital for the new
line, and that it will tend to increase the traffic over the
whole length of the present Ulster Railway.
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STOUBBBIDOE EITENSION.—A very influential and
numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Stourbridge was
held on Tuesday to consider the inadequate railway mem-
modathis afforded by the Oxford, Worcester, and %Vigra.-
heapton Railway Company, and to petition the London
and North-Western Company to take measures for carrying
out the the branch of tho Stour Valley Railway through
Cradley to Stourbridge. Lord Lyttelton was called to the
chair, and, in complying with the request of the meeting,
stated that it wu impoWble not to see that there was a
want of that perfect railway accommodation betissen Stour-
bridge and Birmingham which he considered wee essential
and necessary to the prosperity of the town. After some
observations from Mr. Foster Captain Hickman, Mr. R.
Scott, Mr. Swindell, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Aekroyd, resolu-
tions favourable to the objects of the amemblage were passed,
and the meeting separated.

THE BANDITTI OF TILE NORTHERN Counins.—lt
will be a source of great satisfaction to the public to learn
that the formidable band of robbers who committed some
of the most daring robberies lately known in this country
about three or four weeks ego is likely to be completely
broken up, if the whole of the desperadoes are not brought
to justice. The robberies to which we allude are those at
Didshury, Mirfield, and Bolton, near Bradford, committed
be seven or eight men armed with pistols and guns, and
wearing dark masks. We leers from Yorkshire that one
of these men, named John Dunn, has been apprehended
by the chief constable of Bradford, and confesses to
having taken part in both the blirfield and Bolton
robberies. In fact, from his statement, part of the silver
plate stolen from Mr. Clough, the solicitor at Bolton,
near Bradford, his been found in the Bradford Canal,
including a silver teapot and a silver coffeepot. The
Liverpool police have in custody a man named Fez, but
he is confined by fever at the infirmary, and it will be use
weeks before he can be ermined. It is stated also that
Mr. Beswick, of Manchester, his in custody a third bobber
of the same gang, named Redman. Each of these men has
confessed to his own share is these robberies, and it is likely
that the police, having succeeded so far, will yet obtain the
manses of the other robbers, or some clue which will lead to
their apprehension. Dann was a blacksmith at Bradford,
but he and the other robbers had been " 11111,10," and this
war just the class of men who might be supposed to have
taken part in such outrages, because the men, from their
experience during the last few years, have formed a notion
of the unprotected state of country houses, whether occupied
by farmers or gentlemen, where many men servants WON
not kept.