The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-23 00:00:00

EASTERN UNION RAILWAY.

The directors report for the half-year 'tidal that
there has been a progressive increase in the testae receipts
for the past half-year, the consequence is a great measure
of the termination put to the agreement between this com-
peay_aad the Eastern Counties Company for a division of
the Norwich trate. The facilities afforded by the water
trunk between Ipswich and London have materially aided
this increase • but these advantage* will, to some extent,
be eoustarbalanced by an imam of expenditure. The
traffic accounts show as increase is receipts fee the pest
half year of 2,23 W. Bs., as compared with the
ing period of 1851 ; and if due allowance wirtrXesaft
the proportion of Norwich and Loudon traffic included
in such previous half-year's receipts, but sot carried over
this company's line, the result would be still more satW-
factory. With reference to the expenditure for the past
half-year, the directors have to remark, that oonsequent
upon the extraordinary wet season, and the difficulties in
which the company have been placedC by the sudden ter-
mination of the Neese:eh agreement, and the cheap of
route which part of the traffic has since taken, there
have been various items of expenditure which should
have been introduced into the half-year's accounts could
the necessary particulars have been ascertained in time,
and which, as a matter of prudence, the directors consider
should be taken at not baseball 1,0001., and which will con-
sequently be in reduction of the half-year's available balance:
Your directors have to report, which they do with regret,
that they have been unable to make so much progress in
settling with the company's creditors, and in arranging the
company's affairs generally as they had hoped to have dose,
owing to the limited powers granted to them. It has doubt-
less come under the observation of the shareholders that on
the 3rd of December last a meeting of the Preference share-
holders took place, at which it was liberally proposed by
Mr. Brassy that he would, upon an act of parliament
being obtained authorising the creation of a new
Preferential Stock in lieu of the existing Preference
shares, guarantee per prices to the holders of
such Preference sham ; to which proposal an ad-
dition was made by the meeting that the holders of
the present Preference shares should receive back dividends
calculated at 3 per cent. Your directors having given this
'abject their fullest consideration, and with an earnest de-
sire for en adjustment of your financial affairs (vital to
every clam of shareholders), entered into negotia-
tions with Mr. Breasey, and with the represen-
tatives of that meeting, on this subject, with a view of
meeting the s•ishes expressed at that meeting. Your
directors have we satisfaction of stating that Mr. Bras•
sey has agreed, conditionally upon the passing of a bill,
the substance of which will be hereafter set forth, to take
up at par, with a bonus of 9 per cent., within six months
from the pasting of such bill, all suck preferential shares
as the Owners thereof may, within two months from the
passing thereof, signify to him their desire to disport of,
and their Willingness to transfer to him free from ex-
pense. Your directors have much pleasure in repotting,
with reference to the Harwich line, that by far the
larger portion of the land necessary for its conetruatioa
has been agreed for and is in the possession of the con-
tractor, who has a 'large plant aad staff of men actively
engaged in constructing the line, which your directors
are &seared will be completed and ready for MSc early
in the ensuing year.

Rain InteUiseitte.

HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTSIDAY.
derasza.—Ssinas Tee LIMD
as MAMMA
ant
" Leas Dioramas, Leas
Twee. Lo Sr. Lecea.
GANNILL V. NBA MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONENS OP WOOLS
AND TH2 LOED•ADVOCATII OP SCOTLAND.
This is an appeal from the second division of the Court
of Session In Scotland. The question raised in this ease is
whether the salmon fisheries in the sea round the coast of
Scotland bassi to the crown. The appellants are Ernest
Gums% Li., of Fortieth's, in the seunty of Kincar-
dine ; (ware Gray, salmon Saber, of Aberdeen ; and
James tisson, salmon fisher, of Fendon ; sad the re-
spondents ere the Commiseionen of Woods and Forests and
Works, and the Lord-Advocate of Scotland.
The case was not concluded when the house rose.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—YZWIZILDAY.
Semmes AT Nut Pants sa Lostaaer.—Deena Loan Courasu.
Aim Cenaca Jeans.
Arraign ...won of SPiect•• Joao's.
At the sitting of the court this morning a special juror
rose from one of the beck benches and asked rmissiott to
address a few observations to his lordship. Re, together
with other gentlemen, bad been summoned upon a cause,
and had attended in court during several days. At the
close of the business on Monday they were told the canoe
would come on the first thing on the followiug (yesterday)
morning; upon coming into court, however, they found
the record withdrawn and the cause settled. Thus much
of their valuable time had been taken up to no purpose.
Anotherjuror then Hid that the preceding speaker had
not quite explained the whole of the hardship. The case
inlquestion would, he understood, have come on the day
before yesterday ; but was postponed, he presumed, for the
convenience of counsel.
Lord Campbell said, the last gentleman was quite erro-
neous se to the reason of the postponement of the cause. It
was put off solely on account of the absence of a material
witness, of which fact an affidavit bad been made. His
lordship agreed with the gentleman who had first addressed
him, that it was a great hardship that special jurors were
summoned and kept waiting from day to day to try a cause
which, after all, was withdrawn. If it were in his power
he would give redress. Be thought it a subject very fit for
consideration, whether some provision might not be made
by act of parliament to relieve jurors in this respect. The
law sup' used them always to have some reasonable compen-
sation, for, in its contemplation, each cause would premed
to trial. It a record were withdrawn the parties ought to
be compelled to make some reasonable allowance to the
jurors. Be would bear the subject in mind, and consider
what could be done; in the mean time he could only, in
the name of their country, ex roes to the gentlemen of the
jury the thanks they deserved for their OLOSiOniOUS attend-
ance.

The two gentlemen bowed and withdrew.
The business before the court was sot of stashed in-
terest to justify a report.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Yarrammy.
SITTINGS AT NW Patti us Loxycas.—Borasa Ma. JVIRICZ

TaLIPOVIJ) •MD • BrionAL 1011111.
CILOCCR o. THE LONDON AND NORTE WIATIRN RAILWAY
CO m .—A LONG NROORD.
. . . . .

The plaintiff in this cue is a carrier, in business in Tudor-
street, Blsckfrian, and In sued the defendants, to recover
damages, in eessequenee of their refusing to carry his par-
cels ; and also epos other grounds. The declaration con-
tained 13 counts, sad the defendants answered the allege-
, does in them, by no less than 57 pleas.
Mr. Berjeant Syne, Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr. J.
Brown appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Serjeant Wil-
kins, Mr. Atherton, Q.V., and Mr. Bovill were for the
defendants.
Mr. Sernant Blies opened the can for the plaintiff, but
before he had finished his speech, ea arrangement was come
to, which saved the jury the trouble of investigating the
ausnerous issues raised between the parties, and a verdict
was taken, by consent, for the plaintiff, subject to a refe-
rence.
Verdict accordingly.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—YzsnaiDAY.
8117011111 AT Nu[ ?.1 AT OVILIMIALI..IIOOIII TIM Lora Cm.

-14-kaces AND- —OrmAL Jvatas.

4kvaLavx v.

OW • WMIZWI.
This paralysed we was mama this maniag. Mr.
Kaewise, on Ili we albs Mails% _Mast tha he wai
a mamas of ily ad brass, bads, sesSiderabls
Laded remedy is Smith Wales. bit appear.strange
that a lessee is hie 'blades in life, shield have given ac-
ceptors* sad adenoma mosey to Mb a wen= as Mrs.
Ruda (who had bum the wife of his esesismes) to the
amount Gibbed 1,0051., sad that he shed& age lave given
to her a bud /sr 3,00011. Te aseenst Ihr the entraordi-
eery oirmwasimmees, he suet stMe as essomene in his
es is lib, Idea would, in emit maw% give • else to
hi washmem. Is the early wise el his lii, about 30
yileiFieruenswel pi abroad roweling his character of a
mos=is whisk leasiek whe was this his
sp. He awed the matter to be in-
embed into by mere weenie in his sal read, and
est investigation body lid filly walled him, and he
ems utterly *deed Ism the edloee seeesseles which had
Ws male impiert him. It lie, hoIPIPMF left a nervous
esseefflillw ea that edema Imes his WM. Thirty years
had ;Wiwi rises that had weaned. Mrs. Haslet, the wit-
wee ass but a child, sad the defendant bad married
sad in all the Maness et moiety. Ham-
let died Is leiK &dog hi ilistisse Wetted large
ems seaman hem debsdant. Bohn hi death he
manatee his own to his wife ; sad she had worked
upon the nervous susceptibility of the defendant to such an
extant as to extort hem his the rums of which the jury
had Word. He had beige all this persecution up to the
riat time ; hat le lOW bond that various bills baring
'Siouan were about I. the market, besides the
twe rer BOA Mesh Ihe Abraham of Bris-
tol] had dissenaled. esikaing ler brut them as discount ;
sad seder them dessmasimies the eseindant found himself
=OPIIII bawd mad add the fraudulent claims
t•
were being made ow lbs. The bills in question
* disihndeat woad sale yeas set accepted by him, and
kb sipmemess to them wen breeds"
The ilsement wee the mask and stated that he had
seespeed he Ms. Rudd twe Mils at six months for 1001.
sash, whisk be lee sent to her is a letter on the 28th of
Mara heat, sad whisk had never besaimetteL He bad
writhe a inemesemdma ea Mr dear Se bib, and
Masse it to her, in whist be Me Meal aesennt to
.Ise sub, and the other pertiodem. (The haas was
' sad it appeued that the ewes were "1&11.;'
Amen= which the defendant dedered had boss made
in the memorandum after the note had left his bads.) The
ddeadant, apes beinag at the tee bills for UHL seek for
whist the sedan wes breught, deelseed that thz=
to them, psdperlieg he be w, wee met in hie
and that's bail ark...Vei them at the hoed of Torquay,
as Mfr. Haslet
The 4ohneant7=ser, lb sellabw, and another person,
&Malin, wen mild to peeve thee the eiguatares appeared
to them MM
_begodea.
The Lied Clesf Bans, in link/ the use to the jury,
saimeslied severely on the agar of Abraham the plain-
tiff sad bill-diseounter at &WI, who had whabe 1001.
fortissimo*" lie two bilis at lea sash, paiporthi to
IViiia, hlwleil limeirbkblif :mmt,glaitiar nibs, befievisighi the
the lyt
to be ' 11 him em assenat of her necessities, with
was guilty of auk shameful extortion?
snug was
sillier les .i the wows, or combining
with bee to died 11r. Pries, the ealreient; and if the
All ttZa hews waded to ruiner on the two bills,
thy set be baud to give him. Imre than the 2201.
whisitheird given he the bills mil interest apes that
answaL The real quad= for ;,he Jury was, whether the
aeseplwases to the two bills ware is the landwri=2;
degrades' or net. Mrs. Hamlet were the
wee hi, sod that be had signed
_the Mb at Torqsay in
Ape, bet, mid he positively dialed it. The signalises ap-
peared to have been written with a bed pea, whisk might
have been the ease at an inn; but taking themewswenthisa
whisk Mr. Piles had wrireessidttes as Mrs. Smears leder, and
whish he bed dose, ft two he
ISOR each,
MB lit auwiso, mai Ihs twee Oa which he odd led been
alleged Is UK, sei, sameadas that whisk be admitted to
Sae
be tie with *a os the tee bills which
las mit WM b wind be SW the jury %determine
the wails as . beet Will. _
Tie bey a restim aas hour, awl then re-
turned with amalielem Ihe esilidest.
IlLre. Bassist, who lad bewerpsedesny under the eye of
the ohms/ the inert, was lift beenght forward.
The Cl.hief Baron asked Mr. inewles if he wished to
make way swelbaliss with rheas. te the bilkthe inapt-
wee le Web time ONO to have hem herd t
Mr. Levies seethed with the digest's solicitor,
lid at eat Millie to lie se, Dal spela bass spin &shed
by the learned le Wine woad applif if his lordship
thou& it Sail sheiskl.dis eve •
The iadmaled diatimusteria which
Mr. Ksewiss sale the howl mad
The Chief Baron lima nederse HaraletintocuetodY,
and told her that she wasaierfed with having been guilty
of forgery mad perjury, asil she mut sett committed.
Mr. Prise mast the charge, to order that justice
migDrs . Hamlet (whe Wiwi is be greallygented, at her
altered parities.le os. sod lops aid Wm), was per-
fatly hassesmi. Mr. Pries mimic elogniedi his hand-
venlig to her. She had awe et -Ms lase then In her
hand to wee it. She had burst most of his lefters, as she
hal lies told to do, but had kept a few.
The Chief Baron—lt is a pity they were not put is
before.
• Mrs. Hamlet said she had requested her solicitor to pro-
tium them.
The Chief Baron—You will be committed to the prism
common to all the courts ; but you can apply for bail to-day
or to- morrow to a judge at climbers, aid /moduloe chow
documents then.
Mrs. Harabit;--I am perfectly innocent. Kr. Price has
committed the mast beastly seta, and ought to be exposed.
She was then removed from the court in the custody of
the tisistaff.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Yann.DAT.
Emu X. Cosa MEOW itala.
IN ill FOBlllll.

The bankrupt, a timber merchant, of Horton, applied
hr his certificate. Hie debts were 1,4891. ; assets about
2001. •
Mr. Lawrence supported ; there was no opposition ; and
his Honour granted an immediate certificate of the second
_

Omen 11.. corinewsza HOWITD.
RUM.:
This was lie what:ate 11
saesdei is the w..[ H. A.
Baiter. eseisiseleat, et Cllff•seei. Zs mei Mkt to
inessusei mato ; the psi dills ad prepay iron put

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESINLY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1853.