The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-13 00:00:00

NORFOLK ESTUARY COMPANY.

IRELAND.

COUNTV.—MtituEn.—The annual fair of
Bruins, in this county, was, until late years, notorious for
scenes of bloodshed, riot, and dissipation—faction tights
were of frequent nccurreuee, and many lives were lint.
Happily, since the temperance movement and the famine,
such disgraceful scenes have almost totally disappeared, and
a riot at Drama fair was be; to be looked upon as a I
nue city until Monday last, when unhappily a young man I
named Michael Phelan, when entering the fair green, was I
set upon and murdered with etones and stick+. The night
previous to the fair the green is frequented by idle and ells-
solute persona; tents are erected and tippling is indulged in.
About five o'clock iu the monting, Phelan, on enteriug the
green, was met by a crowd of persona who had passed the
night there. One of them named 3PLoughlin, with whom he
had previously some dispute, challenged him to fight. Phelan
declined, when he was attacked by 3PLoughlin and several
others, who knocked him down and Imit hint severely. Ile
was removed to an orchard-house in the village, and from
thence conveyed to his residence at Ballylaman, where he was
attended by Dr. ISPArtleur, of Shinroue. lie languished
until Friday List, when he died from the injuries he re-
ceived. Soon atter the attack M•Loughlin and two others,
named Marshall and Halloran, were apprehended by the
police. Saturday an inquest was held by B. Toy ISlidglev,
Esq., coroner, assisted by the local magistrates. The three
persons accused were present. Several witnesses were tin-
stained, and, after a lengthened inquiry, the jury retuned
3 yrrliet of " Wilful Murder" against John M'Loughlin,
Thomas Marshall, Patrick llalloraa, and John Marshall.
The coroner issued his warrant for the apprehension if the
latter, and committed the other three to the county gaol of
Tullaniore to abide their trial at the ensuing assizes.
FRACAS BE-mi.:EN 3111.rranv AND POLICE.—An
affray likely to be attended with very unpleasant come.
queues, took place at Ilanagher on Friday evening last,
ith some policemen, and a detachment of the lith
ment quartered there. It appears that two policemen were
in a shoemaker's shop, when some drunken soldiers en-
tered, who quarrelled with the police and struck them.
The soldiers were put out of the house, when they attacked
other police who were on market duty. Butte parties boxed
each other well. While so engaged, a pervoil named
Molloy, most improperly went to the military barracks, and
falsely reported that the police had stabbed a soldier. On
hearing which the soldiers became enraged, rushed out
of barracks with drawn bayonets in their hands,
and run through the streets to the terror of the inhabitants,
shouting for " h—y Peelers." The entire company, in-
cluding the guard, with three or four exceptions, left their i
baerasivs. On seeing this overwhelmin force approaelt the
police fled in all directions and conee&d themselves; the
soldiers pursued one policeman into a field, they knocked
him down, kicked him while down on tile head and body,
and deprived hint of his carbine and bayonet. In all pro-
bability the man would have been murdered hut for the
timely arrival of Head Constable Campion with a party of
police, and the colour-sergeant of the company, who in-
duced the soldiers to return to their barracks. The officers
of the detachment we re all unfortunately absent at the
time, having in the morning gone down the river Shannon
it few miles to a regatta at rurtutmet. Saturday, Captain
Pollock, held a private inquiry into the circum-
stances of the ease, hut the result has not transpired.

The tenth half-yearly meeting of this cotnpany
took place yesterday, at Gray's-inn Coffee-house, Holborn.
The chair was taken at h ilf-joest one, b 7 Sir. M. FUWILF4.:
From the statement of actoonts distnbuted amongst the
shareholders prior to the meeting, it appeared that the
amount capentled from the sth of February to the 21st of
Jule iu the prevent year was 17,200/. 2s. 44., making the
total expenditure from the commencement. 1'n06191.r.44.
The credit side gave 34;,:C.H.V. 10s. 11. as the amount of the
half-scar's receipts ; and there was a balance of
b,491/. I 1.. Ital. in favour of the company. The principal
item. of expenditure within the half-year were an advance
to the contractors, Veto and Iletts, of 30,2751. 3s. ;
to Messrs. Heywood, Kennard, and Company, in pit re-
payment of loan, 5,0001. ; and to engineers for professional
services, 1,700/.
The reports of the directors and the engineers were read
by the secretary and solicitor, Mr. Wing. The fernier was
a follows
" Your directors refer to the statement of receipts and
payments from the sth day of February last to the 21st
ultimo, which is appended to this report, and has been duly
audited. Your directois have the gratification to report
that the works are progre,sing very tat curably. fhe
engin-er''s report is appended hereto. It will be seen front
the balance that the contractors have been paid since the
last meeting a !UM or about 36,036/. Ils., and that the loan
to Messrs. Heywood and Co. has been reduced by 5,000/.
The directors hope their financial statement will be satis-
factory
to the shareholders, particularly when it is remora-
Defect that but one call has been made payable during that
period. Your director, n commend that a salary of 2001. be
paid to the secretary, exclusive of travelling expenses; that
a salary of 3001. lie paid to the joint solicitors, likewise ex-
clusive of travelling expenses and payments out of locket;
and that bbl. be paid annually to each auditor, to include
their travelling expenses. Your directors have the pleasure
to inform the shareholders that since the last meeting they
have come to an amicable arrangement with the Eau
Brink Commissioners. Your directors have appointed John
Walbanke Chihlers, Esq., M.P., John Fryer, Esq., and
Henry Wilson, Esq. directors, in the room of Joseph
brown Wilk., Esq., dect aseil; Charles Muriel, Esq., dis-
qualified, :end since deceased; anti Joseph Wilson, Esq.,
deceased."

TNGINETAS RETOILT.

Since our half-yearly r, port to you of the 26th of Feb.
last the works ter making the two new cuts or eh:ulnas fur
the diversion of the River Ouse have been continued by the
contractors Heuer,. Pete and Iletts, as fast as circumstances
will permit: and up to the present time 1,400,000 cubic
yards of earth have been removed from the upper cut
nearest to Lynn, a very large portion of which has been
excavated to the depth of one foot below the zero
mark, or within 11 feet of the intended bottom, and
the remain& r is proceeding with considerable activity, in
that there is no doubt but that it will be completed within
the time stipulated by the contract. In addition to the
above, the four sluices for draining the :itljacent lands on
each ride of the cut, and included in the contract, are com-
pleted with the exception of the coping, the stone for which
Is on the ground ; and this will be completed in about a
month. Preparations are also being made for the upper
slam or bank across the old channel, near the town of Lynn.
A new road has been for the farmstead, in place of
the one taken away by the works, according to the terms of
the agreement between the late Lord G. Dentincles trustees
and the company. This road will also serve to communi-
cate with the lands of the company and the town of Lynn;
lo that, as regards the progress of the works, everything
may be considered iu a satisfactory state.—Signed for self
and [loaner STEPHEN:ION, Joins RENNIE."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
stated that another call would be made within a short period.
After some conversation, in which the propriety of en-
forcing the payment of calls was strongly urged, a highly
sati4attory account was given of the progress of the works
and the value of the.lands now being reclaimed, as evidenced
by the fact that the Eau Brink commissioners bad lately sold
alarm. tract of reclaimed lands of a much inferior quality for
40,000,., being at the rate of 361. per acre. The report was
adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the
meeting separated.

TILE GRfar EXIIIIIITION.—The amount taken at
the doors ve,terday was 2,8261. 195., the number of visitors
being .15,35 i.
BRUTAL MURDER AT M INCIIKSTER.—Iames Mae-
=aura was yesterday committed for trial at the Liverpool
mixes, by the coroner for the borough of Manchester, Mr.
lierford, for the murder of a loon' man named Henry Ellis,
by beating him on the head with a hanuner. About 10 o'clock
on the night of Saturday, the Ilth ult., the deceased was iu
a beer-house in Queen-street, Moline, in company with the
accused and several others. The evidence as to the cause
of the fatal attack was not very plaiu, but it seemed that
Elba, who was in liquor had done something to Macii.mara,
who is a shoemaker, uud the latter thereupon went home
and got one of his hammers, put it in his pocket, and repaired
to the beer-house again. Ellis was still present, and on Mac-
minima making his appearance a second time he held out his
hand, and the usual sign of amity and friendship passed be-
tween them. In a few minutes afterwards, however, on
their leaving the house together, Macimmara tripped his
victim up, and struck him while on the ground with the
sharp end of his hammer, inflicting a terrible wound on the
back of the bead, and ran off, under pretence of punishing
a woman who had interfered. The wounds of the deceased
were attended to, first by a druggist, and subsequently at
the Royal Infirmary, where he eventually died on Sunday
last. A post-mortem examination snowed that the skull was
fractured, and that a small abscess was formed at the base
of the brain, the inflammation attending which ended in
death. At the coroner's inquest there was the usual re-
sumption of the dispute between that official and the magis-
trates, the former having got the prisoner in charge, and
refusing to give him up.
MOVEMENTS MAJE,Ti's SIIIPS.—At
Rio Janeiro, July 15 : 11.31.5. Cormorant, steamer ;
H.M.S. Harpy, ditto; Crescent, receiving ship; Tyne,
store ship. It.M.S. Conflict sailed on 22nd from Pernam-
buco for Bahia. The admiral, with 11.M.5. Southampton,
Thetis, and Rifleman, at Monte Video on June 30.
FEMALE EMIGRANT SOCIETY.—Her Majesty the
Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her approval
of the object of the British Ladies Female Emigration
Society, by subscribing 1001. to its funds. The object of
this association, as stated in its report, is not to promote
emigration, but to care for the moral interests of female
emigrants, especially of young women going to Australia.
Many of these being brought from homes of poverty, from
parish unions, and from active occupations, both IR rural
districts and in towns, are, during the weary and unoccu-
pied voyage to the Pacific in a crowded ship, thrown upon
their own resources, and are in danger of becoming a prey to
idleness and vice. To counteract these evils the society has
its visiting committees at the ports, by whom industrial
classes arc formed among the emigrants, books and work
distributed, and such friendly counsel given as the case may
require. The society seeks also to promote the appoint-
ment of edicient matrons who may carry oat their plans on
shipboard, and exert a beneficial influence over the
young women. A corresponding committee has been formed
at Melbourne and Geelong, and measures arc in progress
for securing the benefit of similar assistance to immigrants
arriving at Sydney and Adelaide. In 1519 the number of
fenca:e emigrants alone amounted to 132,703, of whom
11,813 were steerage passengers from the single port of
London, 6,925 being destined to Australia and the Cape.
GLASOOW AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—
Traffic for the week ending Aug. 9: 4,3931. 91. 6d.;
esuresmasdins week in last v. ar, 3,3311. Is. lid
ELAtOTITER OF SHEEP ON A RAILWAY.—Last
week a shepherd was driving a flock of sheep belonging to •
farmer at Steventon, from one field to another, between
Dettehworth-bridge and Farringdon-road station, where he
had occasion to cross the Great Western Railway. He had
driven the sheep through the gateway on to the line, but
had not taken the precaution to open the gate on the oppo-
side side to let the sheep pass through, and the consequence
was that a train coming up at the time ran into the flock,
and killed no less than 47 sheep, as well as the shepherd's
dog. The line presented an extraordinary sceueof slaughter,
and the cries of the wounded sheep were piteous in the ex-
treme. No blame attaches to the engine-driver.—Oaford
Journal.

DISGRACEFTL CONDVCT AT TCAM.—The Rev.
Messrs. Durrowes and Chevalier, two Engli<h gentlemen,
arrived at Tama in the course of a tour through the West
of Ireland, and on Sunday, after visiting the cathedral,
proceeded to the large mass-house erected by Dr. /4.11a1e.
While there it becinie known that they were protestant
clergyman, in consequence of which a mob collected, and
on their re-i-oliog tro:u the edifice assailed them with
shouts and hooting., pursuing them until they obtained
shelter at their hotel. They called next day upon the lice.
Charles Seymour to express their surprise and horror at the
reception they had met ia the town, from which, of coarse,
they took a hasty departure.—Cossnorght IVesickman.

EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.

MOWN. krOCST 12. The report to be presented to the fifteenth half-
asrtlya;
eon' tatry
.i,e
A meeting of persons willing to co-operate in the leigeneralimeeting of shareholders on August
here given their attention,
formation of a company for the establishment of a during. ;het past half-year
irtecottehrsc
packet station on the west coast of Ireland, and of a capital account with as little delay asP' possible, and ecufside-
line of steamers thence to America, has been con- sable progre.4 has been made in the adjustment of several
vened by the Lord Mayor to take place at the matters on which the closing of that account depends. The
Mansion-house, on the 21st inst. The alerting will
):, :Prestontl,nEas, thi a s iloh.ii
arlidu4ttlz. 1 2Qton Station contracts may
be one of practical men, and substantial results may to Messrs. Ilantt'cisleyls claim on tlullitiitrrifoil with
y contract n.;
1:tfl tl
be expected from it. The object will be to give ' undetermined. A plan of the division of the Salford
effect to the pmjeets suggested at the conference on I Station has been agreed upon ; and the directors
the subject, held at the Nlansion-house in the begin-; are in daily expectation of Mr. Brunel'a award,
ning of last week. The New York correspondent of ',l:ll,leliatchteors'ipberasteiloara,,e,natbif
tiobedijoiint statitoicilaait
sProenston.
the Freeman, in a letter published this morning, . vital for the past half-y'ea'r, without'e anrguiLang any further
mentions the circumstance that a gentleman con- . calls, or issuing any additional amount of preference stock ;
fleeted with the shipping interest of that city is and it will be seen that the iniavaseil pusitioi of the under-
about to visit this country immediately, for the pur- I taking, combined with an easier money market, has enabled
pose of aiding in organising the efforts made in this' idirbrat
of
fo reduce the th.ena avenge rote of orf,ue
interesttou nits' Mrs mortgage
matter here; and he adds, that the subject has ex- I future to be carried 'sglafurther. 'rite general traffic of . the
cited a good deal of interest on the other side of the I railway has met the expectations of the hoard, showing, as
Atlantic. The interest, however, which it has compared wit:t the gross traffic of the corresponding half-
created among the practical mercantile classes of the year of 18-50, an increase of nearly 33 per Gent., as under:
North of Ireland gives the project a much more 1 /450, 77,167/. 10.. 11d. ; 18-11, 102,1611. 6.. lil. ; in-
hopeful aspect than what it derives from the Amen-
crema, err's'', 24:196.1' 1:". 24. • 'Phis increase in the receipts
o the railway is principally attributable to a gradual
can feeling which is mixed up with it. extension of the business of the company—to better ar-
It would be well for Ireland if such subjects as rangements for conducting your on. r, hand's, traffic—the
that I have just mentioned were the only ones at Punctuality and convenience of your passciiger trains—nod
present occupying public attention here, stud if the
,a, t u general. improvementdeikiu
not
te
fmanromatre" tad
wrnit
meeting called by our excellent Lord Mayor were lines, or other extraneousgan circumstan'eues.ope'rineg workingo
the only one to which the citizens of Dublin were . expenses, on a comparison of the same periods, show also a
invited for the next week. Unfortunately, how- I favourable result, via., 60 per teat. for June, 18.50, against
ever, faster than such questions as that of the Irish 41 inr cent. for June, 1851. There is an increase of about
packet station are drawing men together to co- our per cent. in. the working earn's:sof the past half. year,
as outraged with those of the half year ending Meet/fiber,
operate for the material interests of the country, MO. This is accounted for by the proportion of passe
the repelling effects of religious dissension arc at traffic having been larger in the latter half-year than for
work to keep them asunder and perpetuate dis- the half-year just closed ; and therefore the increase is con-
union and discord. All thoughts arc turned to- sistent with the fact of an improved and economical ma-
wards the aggregate meeting of the 19th, and n,ag,e.maenthoeftritie railway. The directors recoluntrend
,a.divi-
although no me seems to anticipate what its rc- divi-
dend, • tct
~
,ito.lte ootr2 littrecencto.lilla,nrictinniteorn ththoer Irani
sults may be, the fact of Dr. Cullen having ni,.„t ofl which and of all • int„,.,:„ loans
been selected to preside, invests it with a degree of and preference charges, there will remain a balance of
importance, at least for the Doman catholic poptila- 1,557/. Is. 10.1. to the credit of the reserved fund.
tion. In the Fr,enunt of this morning a long list of The ordinary half-yearly meeting, to be held on the 29th
names
front E land is added to the requisition ; ing
t i i'sr et .e' t iso ra l ntoadensearicitiescialtitir the ri‘uirrit sepoowf e
r.,
co authorisingnfrr‘d the
by
those of two or three of the recently created catholic this act, and of considering the propriety of reducing the
bishops in that country standing at their head. number of directors from 16 to 12; also fur the appoint-
ment of an auditor in the room of Mr. John Adams' who
resigns, in consequence of the precarious state of his health.
A resolution will also he submitted, confirming the for-
feiture of shares, r:presmting ;I nominal capital of 5,7004"
The general statement of capital account shows that the
company is authorised to raise 3,861,8334 ; via , 2,899,3754
OD shares and 966,4A8/. on loans. The sum raised on shares
to the 30th of June last amounted to 2,715,2734, and on
loans to 726.3821., leaving a balance of 121,1781., being the
nominal available capital, including 6,79.3/. arrears on calls.
The capital account showed that 3,438,759/. had been re-
ceived to the 39th of June, including 51,06.81. during the
half-year, and 3,336,179/. expended, including 61,6074,
expended during the half-year, leaving a balmier, duo to
bankers and others of 97,419/. According to the estimates
of December, 1819. of the cost of completing the railway,
there appeared to be .311,2041. expended during the half year
on lines opened and under contract, leasing '221,1151. to be
expended on them. The expenditure during the half-year
on lines not commenced had been 3,3681., leaving 115,9134
on-expended.
From the statement of the working stock, it appears
there are 54 cm:inv., '27 first-class carriages, 42 second-class,
Gl third-class, 9 composite, and 6 coupe carriages, I mail
tender, IS trucks and vans, 13 break-vans, G horse-boxes,
811 goods waggons, 96 coal, ,35 cattle, and 20 ballast wag.
guns. The revenue account for the half-year ending June
30 states, that 102,561/. had been received and 48,413/. ex-
pended, including 1,913/. rates and taxes and 1,2931. passen-
ger duty The total disbursements aniount to 47.20 per cent.
of the receipts, leaving a profit of 51,151/. The general
revenue account shows that the interest on loans, dividends
on shares. and rents, absorb 31,6711., and the proposed divi-
dend of ss, per share and 14.3.1. per quarter-share, '12,2701.,
leaving 1,5,7/. to be carried to the reserve fund, which now
auouuts to 67.0.564 'l he number of passengers conveyed
during tho half-year was 938,901, and the average distance
, travelled by each of them was 11 miles. The auditors,
Messrs. W. Bates and J. Adams, state in their report that
the accounts are correct, and they recommend the reserved
fund to he kept up, in order to meet extraordinary expen-
diture during an unfavourable half-year; but the amount
withdrawn to be replaced at more favourable periods, so as
to maintain the fund in its integrity.

RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.-TILE SOUTH
WESTLItN.

TO THE EIOTon OF TIIE EXPILESi.

Stn,—l ant in the habit of travelling twice or
thrice a week by the above railway, and am naturally
alarmed at the numerous accideuts which have of late oc-
curred on it. Very recently, an engine went oil the line near
the Hampton Court terminus, fortunately without inflicting
injury, beyond the alarm and delay ; but, if the train had
attained even is minimum speed, the loss of life, would have
probably been frightful. My family begin to fear tra.ting
their lives to a mode of conveyance which seems to exhibit
either inattention or incapacity in the managers. if a man
hail been stationed, as ho ought to have been, at the curve
between the Waterloo and auxhall stations, it would have
prevented the late collision at the latter place. The cause
of the accident on Friday (recounted in Monday'a Ex-
press) does not apt car. There were, I think, some trains
wilt on wrong lines, a short time since, at the junction of
the Richmond and Southampton rails, through the points-
man going to sleep. Men should be employed whose capa-
bility and munition can be relied on; and these men should
not have their physical powers too severely taxed; nor
should their remuneration be too scanty. Strict inquiries
should be made into the cause of these accident., and pro-
bably it might turn out that the men who have the lives of
her Majesty's lieges in keeping are under-paid and over-
worked ; or may be there are not enough hands to perform
the duties properly ; and further investigation would pro- I
bablv show that on railroads, as elsewhere, the useful un-
derlings are screwed down, in order that the upper, officials,
who are the least useful, may enjoy high pay. As a spe-
cimen of the manner of working this line, turn to the time-
tables for this month, the only ones sanctioned by the di-
rectors, or allowed to be sold at any station on this line :
you will find the absurdity of two daily trains up from
Hampton-court at 11.30. The first is said to reach Vauxhall
at 11.55, and Waterloo at 11.5 (25 minutes before it started
from Hampton-court!). The second is said to reach Vaux-
hall at 1.5 a, and Waterloo at 12.5! Yet these are the only
time-tables authorised. I came up front Kingston this
morning at a very rapid pace, and was detained nearly or
quite as long a time in taking the tickets and after that
ceremony, as was occupied in the transit; but this is con-
stautly the practice. I am, sir
(Inclosing my name and address),
Your Constant Reader,
Aug. 11. W.
fteference to the time-tables verifies the second case
of inaccuracy referred to by our correspondent, but not the
first. Either it has been corrected iu our copy, or " W."
has mistaken 10 ur 12 for 11.—En. Et.]

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I WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RAILWAY.— The
above work is now rapidly progressing, and affords consi-
derable employment to many of the poorer glasses of this
neighbourhood. Upwards of nine hundred persons arc
working on that part of the line between Oaklands, the scat
of Colonel Phipps, and Caher, where also numbers arc
employed. Upwards of a hundred persons are engaged in
iforming a foundation for the railway viaduct about to be
constructed over that part of the Suir running through
" Caher Abbey." Already they have commenced laying
down the rails between this town and Caher, and we under-
stand the works between Bansha and Tipperary are in an
equally forward state. Much praise is due to Mr. llargan,
the eminent railway contractor, for the spirit of enterprise
displayed by him, and fur the manner in which he is carry-
ing on those works ; and we doubt not but that through
his means this line will be finished in a manner highly cre-
ditable to himself and satisfactory to the Limerick and
Waterford Railway Company.—tionmel Chronicle.
EIGUT BRIDGES DESTROYED. —The floods which
occurred in the early part of last week have proved destruc-
tive to property and life. In addition to the fatal accident
to the two men which we printed, we are informed that
eight bridges were swept away. The stacks of turf being
carried by the streams to the bridges and choking up the
arches, they were forced I. yield to the pressure. In seve-
ral places new beds have been formed by the streams, seri-
ously damaging the growing crops.—Armagh Guardian.
LONDONDERRY SCOWLS AT PENSIIER, RAINTON,
AND Pyrriao-ros.—The annual examination of the chil-
dren belonging to the above schools, which are sup-
ported by the Marquis and 3larchioness of Londonderry,
took place at rumba on Tuesday Last. The :children,
amounting to above 1,000, were conveyed in waggons from
the various schools, and congregated on the lawn in front
of the house of N. Ifindhaugh, Esq. The Marquis and
Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Blandford, and Lord and Lady Scalmm, were present, as
were also a number of clergymen and gentry from the
surrounding neighbourhood. The workmen from the va- '
rious codieries, numbering about 2,01/0, were present also
at the examination of the children, and were addressed by
Lord Londonderry, who stated that his own, so well as
Lady Londonderry's great anxiety, was to make them com-
fortable and happy; and he hoped that the proofs he was
giving, and the attention he was bestowing on their chil-
dren, would be sufficiently evidenced by the exhibition of
that day. Mr. G. Elliott, the new :viewer of the colliery,
also addrimed the men, and the proceedings terminated.—
aosderland Herald.