The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-12 00:00:00

we understand that Mr. Robert Cocks, of Oxford-steel

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London, cog , will make the following statement as to
the trinkets produced in court yesterday, and which
brought the trial to the crisis That on the 6th of June last
the prisoner called at his shop, and, giving his card, " Sir
Richard Smyth," stated he was tramse of children just
come of age, and who demanded their mother's property,
and he (the prisoner), finding he had been robbed of them,
desired to purchase other similar articles made not less than
fifty years ago. He selected five rings and two brooches,
and wrote the inscriptions which were placed on them.
These facts were communicated by telegraph to Glou-
cester yesterday.

STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY.—The
half.yearly general meeting of this company was held at the
company's offices, in Darlington, on Wednesday. T. Mey-
nell, jun., Esq., chairman of the company, presided. The
report showed a nett revenue (after payment of working
expenses and interest), of 43,6211. 16s. 10d., out of which
there would be an amount remaining, after payment of the
dividends on the Preference Shares and the inhale on the
leased lines, sufficient to justify a dividend of Ave per oeut.l
per annum. The statement of the revenue account showed
the receipts for the half year ending June to have been
113,2401. 6e. 81d., and the payments 69,9181. Bs. 100.,
leaving a balance in hand of 43,62:1. 18s. 10d. The capi-
tal account showed the receipts at 1,147,0881. 13s. Bd., and
the payments 1,030,4261.95. Oid., leaving a balance in hand
of 118,6821.4 a. 7}d. The Four per omit. Preference Shares
account stood, receipts 248,8481. 81. 4d., end the payments
at 171,1711. 41. 3d., the balance bang 77,8771.4 e. Id. The
Chairman said, it was certainly highly gratifying to the di-
recton that they were enabled at so early a period to di-
vide a profit beyond four per cent. to the holders of the
A shares. For his own pert, he believed that the di-
rectors always entertained en expectation that ul.
timately Ave per cent. would be divisible amongst
the holders of those shares, but certainly he was rather sur-
prised to find that they would be in a position to do so at so
early a period,beiug much earlier than they had anticipated.
This showed the steady progress the company was making
to recover that position which they formerly held in the
railway world. There was &statement in the report to the
effect that the loans bad been reduced during the pmt half
Tar by the amount of 100,0001. As some might wish to
know how they stood in respect to their legal ce pital, be
would state, in explanation, that the present 'Amount of
loans, after deducting the amount due to the company to
be paid in liquidation of loans, wu 642,23.51. They had a
balance in hand, towards the liquidation of ea= loans, of
116,6622., leaving 425,693/. to provide for The amount
remaining to be paid oa preference stock v ,As 401,0001., on
premiums 45,0001., making a total of 446,0f,01. payable to the
company, which was about 20,0001. in races. of the loans
to Day off. The report was adopted, oft which a proposi-
tion was submitted to the meeting to
1T resent some kind of
testimonial to Mr. Joseph Pease for tr .e great services which
he had rendered the company. The proposition met with
unanimous acceptance, and it ir as agreed to leave the
matter in the hands of the directs. es.
WEAR VALLEY RAILWAY ,—The half-yearly gene-
ral meeting of this company W Al held at Darlington on Wed-
nesday; 11. I'. Smith, Esq., e Warman of the company, pre-
siding. The chairman recur eked that their affairs were pros-
perous, and when that was the cage, there was generally very
little said. They were qal' .e satisfied they would have their 6
per cent. this half-years and also that there was every pro-
bability of its being es. .itinued for many years yet to come.
Their affair,' were no', merely prosperous, but very priispe-
I:with every or,iectation of their being more prosperous
hulls:from what *n heard from their lessees. The Chair-
man, after luo ding the formal resolutions, which were
putted without remark, said the business of the meeting
conolutir.d.