The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-21 00:00:00

for the week end:4 Ja0.15. M.
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.•1.7311X1.
Ooveramiat Debt.—
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470

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"o7v;;;;;;;It Ocouttlar
fluatud. Da .t Weight
Annuityl . ..... Z 13.870,7903
OtherSeccultics
Notes .......
cold and tillver Oda 481.94

E1T.515. 411
MARt3HALL. Chlel Cadger.

SUGAR.—The average price of Sugar, the produce of
the British possessions in America, computed from the re-
turns made in the week ending the 18th January, 1853, is
265. 4fd. Sugar, the produce of the Mauritius, 255. 9d.
Sugar, the produce of the East Indies, 265. Od. The
average price of the three foregoing descriptions of Sugar,
jointly, is 265. 3d.

FALL Or THE ROTHERHAM MECHANICS' HALL.-
A judicial inquiry into the cause of the falling of the nor-
thern wall of the Mechanics' Hall at Rotherham, now en
course of erection, which resulted in the death of John
Anderson, a labourer, and the severe injury of two of his
fellow-workmen, was commenced in the Court-house, Ro-
therham, on Saturday evening, and adjourned to Wednes-
day, in the evening of which day it was brought to a close.
M. E. Hadfield, Esq., an eminent architect, of the firm of
Hadfield, Weightman, and Saleim, of Sheffield, who had
been requested by the jury to report upon the cause of this
calamity, thus ascribes the causes which led to the acci-
dent:—" Finley, in improper deviation from the plans and
specifications, whereby the beam over the recess in the
gable end wall was so much reduced in strength as to be
(combined with the causes below stated) much too weak
for the purpose. Secondly, the specification pro-
vides that there shall be at least ono through
stone in every superficial yard of wall, and that
river 'and shall be used for the mortar, neither
of which most important and necessary previsions appear to
have been attended to. The walls were to be " groited,"
and this also has been omitted. Thirdly, the unprecedented
and continual wetness of the season, whereby the wall
became so saturated with water as to ooze out in various
places;—and when in this condition it was raised siz feet
higher in the two days immediately preceding the aocident,"
placing upon it an additional weight of at least 30 tons,
which it was certainly not in a condition to bear. And this
in our opinion was the immediate cause of the accident.
The jury returned the following verdict That the de-
ceased, John Anderson, was killed by the accidental falling
of the north wall of the Mechanics' Hell in Rotherham.
The jury are of opinion that the architect has neglected his
du y in not having the piece of timber taken out that was
put in by the joiner over the recess contrary is contract,
and in allowing the masons to build the walls with iuferior
material., at the same time proceeding too rapidly with the
north wall. These circumstances, combined with the tin-
precel-nted wet season, are in the opinion of the jury the
cause of the accident."

TILE ACIIILLI CASE,
COURT OF QUEEA'S BENCH.—YESTERDAY.
Sseei.—oso,ap Coati Cnt sign:cm 011.1111ka4 Ma.
NOV,. to.sauesa, Va. !voice Wiewneap, ono Ys. !calm
110-.• Tits Qt 111,4 o. Nawmsx.
Ltve continue our report of the proceedings of yesterday
is apt
Sir I. 'fbesiger concluded a long and elaborate speech by
"wogthsttl isa lordships were is this ease asked to grant a
sew trial under circumstances differing from any preceding
ee,se There wee a great conflict of evidence on many points,
pi's *here the evidence was undoubted it was entirely in
wino of Dr. Achilli. If they granted a new trial then
would be no limit to the cases in which a new trial might
to Aka tor. Suppose fur an lost int that the jury had, moat
irefoi,erly, found a verdict the other way. The court
would not then have allowed a new trial for the purpose of
managing Dr. Newman; ought their lordships, then, to
&!!•,w a new trial for the purpose of criminating (if possible)
Dr Achilli? If the court made this rule absolute
they would be doing that which they had
ige , th.y would be interfering with the verdict of a jury,
for the purpose of affording another inquiry into the con•
duct of a person who, surrounded by the greatest and
Satin difficultly., had already once succeeded in establish-
Isg his isuocence.
Illlfol Kelly followed. He would not have pre-
sumed to address their lords Lips, after the el .borate airs-
tte ets of his leader, were it not that there were many
important considerations attaching to this cause. This case,
although comically and in form a criminal prosecution
of Pr. Newman, was in fact the trial, upon a multiplicity of
ours, of Dr. Achille, who, after undergoing every pm-
able diaadeantage, had rsceirsd the unanimous acquittal
et
an English jury. If any one of these charges had
bees made against Dr. Achilli, and he had sub-
meted to hie trial, and had been acquitted, it would not
hem bees possible, in accordance with the law, to have been
pat upon his tnal. But from tie acre accidental form of
she muse it was now sougl.t to obtain what would in reality
be a Woad trial upon the same charges. But let the result
of this application be what it might it could only terminate
in another acquittal. It is admitted that in 14 or 16 out of
the 23 shames, there was ground for the prosecution. The
result of a second trial, taking the most favourable course
fir Dr. Newman, could only be that he would come again
betore this court guilty, not of 23 slanders against Dr.
*chilli. but hf 15or 16. This libel does not merely charge the
'deuces accost morality, but goes on to say that Dr. AChilli
had already b. ea subjected to judictal censure and animad-
fee4ol2. Of the troth of this public ill-fame and judicial
sondenuiston there was not a tittle of evidence. The
sham having. faded in this most important particular,
Inittit the jury justly, in those cases where the
evidence wea conflicting, give credence to the prosecutor
Hut, in addition, during a large portion of the time when
the jury were called upon to believe that Achilli was
openly and notoriously to have committed these crimes,
and to have been censured, it was found that he was ad-
vancing from post to post in that very church, whose ruling
peen were said to have condemned him. The learned
reticent& then went through the evidence, and commented
upon it at great length.
At the conclusion of his speech the court rose.

THIS DAY.
Long before the judges took their sesta this morning, the
Court become densely crowded.
Mt. Ellis, who appeared with Sir F. Thesiger and Sir F.
Ily, also addresAd the court against the rule.
Sit Alexander Cockburn, the Attorney-General, rose in
rapport of the rule. lie said he was certain this case,
Important from the beginning, was now doubly so, as they
had been accused of suborning false testimony, and of
having beta guilty of a false, foul, and flagrant conspiracy.
But he would not go into those matters which really had
nothir4 to do with the merits of the case, and would not
weigh at all with the learned judges who had to try the
issue. if their lordships should be of opinion that the ver-
dict was against the weight of evidence, he had no doubt
they would at once wad it back, notwithstanding the tech-
nical objections which had been alleged. He would briefly
advert to the case of Dr. Achilli,
_as connected with the
various places in which he carried on his ministrations.
With regard to Valente at Viterbo, the evidence
of the intercourse between herself and Dr. Achilli was
proved by the witness. She was assailed by the other side, and
wassaked whether she had ever mentionedthe circumstance.
ate replied that she had mentioned it to her confessor, but
tat at the time she did not tell it to her mother. He ad-
mitted that the case was not one of actual ravishing oa the
part of Dr. Achilli, and that to some extent the woman was
• willing party. It was not to be supposed that every time
a girl committed such an offence she would go and tell her
mother,—indeed it was but natural to think that from her
mother she would conceal her sin as long as she was able.
It was also urged that the story was improbable, because
the girl would never have yielded for two or three sausages
and en old pocket handkerchief. Her evidence clearly
showed that she did not yield for any consideration of the
sort, and the statement she had made proved that
she repudiated such • charge. The woman was • married
mows, sew living in respectability, and gave her orilence
nadir es influence which must have been natural to her to
mempl es mach as possible her past shame. There was nit
mash ce of subornstion of testimony in that case.
He a reproved by Sir F. Thesiger with having been
Men by surprise in the case, and that that accounted for
his misrepresentations with regard to Dr. Achilli. In
amlordtat there might be no mistake about the matter, he
sow openly
charged Dr. Achilli with the grossest equivoca-
tion mu displayed in a witness-box, and he would point to
bb tritium in reference to Gentili, as • complete proof of
that assertion. (The learned gentleman read the whole of
Dr. bikini's evidence bearing upon that point.) His evi-
dent assign was to lead to the inference that the girl's tea-
was worthless, because he had
tae the house of any person named Gentili, and
Met certainly would have been an overwhelming
leentnedistlon if It bid bees true. But it came out upon
SPOWlWlleiesellin tam he had passed his time in the hoes,
it e lady named Cluimegbari, and that her maiden name
Zirestrtili, and that amording to • custom which pre-
fa Italy she was known by her maiden name, and
by *et ease alone, to the witness Eleanor Valente. Such
al ewe= prevailed extensively in Germany.
Lob Campbell—And is Scotland up to the present day.
ale A. Cockburn—Suck s ease of shuffling then as that of
✓ida Dr. Achilli had bees guilty was never witnessed in
▪ men of justice, and be new publicly charged that apes
Me.
Me ease was preesedies wham we west to poem.)

THE CORN METAGE QUESTION.

Yeiburday, an ialhisatial msotin.g ot merehanta and
amalgams who signed a mameniel. same few menthe eines,
eating apes the megimuloa to swinge the eh ..f ke
mango at gray Mg, wee lad at the lAndliS Tours.
fat ea pupae et rossivieg the meet
a=1:41.1114., dm mannlitee appointed a a termer meeting.
Mtatmeaul. llog.. N.Y., seek tie teak gad az-
lie daM aimenemege fa the oldest tithe mewing,
111111=h1 rids.' , the:b. eo:ut:trierillit • Airll"4",
md ought to be conga into asst. A report wu read, of
mashies give the Mewing abridgment :
N That tho labelmem* at the mid two agree of
Allies tre sash sameneummt mod porterage, since the
mamas was made as the god day of May, 1662, au-
sae 41. per queer, ex ship, and 21d. per quarter
sa . That la this arrival of a gage of cora
it pram
of Lemke, the assignee ot the mid
flip Ores to his lighters's'', granary keeper, et pareheser,
fm Me eme may retain, aa or6r on tbe rasa& for the de-
-1 WNW/ 111119 cars, ad the holder of sub order then pro.
3 use to the motet's eines to procure a sworn meter ; *pea
1
imellt of +bleb intimation the meter summons to his aid
lad puede with sin, seven, and sometimes *iglu, fellow-
Varbials en board the vessel, to perfects the week 4
, the cargo, which is done by three of the porters
into the hold of the vessel with the meter. That
a seise sera is delivered out of (unary, and a City
admeaumemeat is required, an order is given to the buyer,
who op*, for and proceeds with • meter and three or
muse pieties to the granary. The meter and porters merely
i 1111 tai alike the bushel and all the sacks, leaving the TO'
Imadder of the labour and the delivery to be performed by
the granary keeper ; and for this metage, ex granary, •
abuse of about 23d. per quarter is made. That it is the
duty at the manor and crew of every vessel arriving
at say port of the United 'Kingdom, to moist In the
delivery of all cargoes entrusted to their care, sad
in the port of London all goods, including even flour, 1
sues eon, are delivered by or at the expense of,
1 the ; and it is obvious from this that the practise'
whieTtaprevatied (however originating) with respect 10
1 mug, be imposed upon the merchantaand consignees of tits
eat of Loathe a blades and expense which does not of
right belong to them, and which has tended and is continu-
lag to divert business from this port ; and in fact a very '
large quantity of cora is now brought to London by rail-
ways, chiefly to avoid the heavy charge of metage. That
there is no doubt that if the merchants and factors engaged
in the corn trade cf the city of London were left quite ea-
Uttered to make their own arrangements with respect to
the measuring and delivering of corn, they could procure
raponsible parties to perform the whole for lid. per quar-
to ex ship, and Id. per quarter ex granary. The com-
mittee, however, desiring to take an extremely liberal
new of the remuneration to be paid for the work
done, and having regard to the guarantee afforded
by the superintendence of the city of London, re:om-
itted that the present numerous charges, emounting
is the whole to the before-mentioned sum of about 4d. per
uarter-ea ship, and 234. ex granary should be reduced to
th- per quaver on heavy grain, and lid. on light grain, ez
°LP, and 4+l. on heavy grain, and Id. on light grain, ex
iety, to be paid by the importer or seller, thus avoiding
et treat expense and trouble of collection from buyers in
1111 Parts of the country. That as the result of the manner
in which the privileges claimed are carried into effect, a
profit ineome, as the committee are assured, of from 15,0001.
16:040001. a year is derived by the corporation, and how-
ever meritoriously this lum may be' applied, it is
ellbehtted that the levying of any curb impost, even if sus- '
+ thimble in point of law, is wrong in principle, and pre-
tilt dim! in effect, amounting, in fact, to a tax on the con-
iein of grain throughout the most populous part of the
..."14„ Larks."
, et LULA moved, and Mr. (ixaroan seconded, • TWO-
-I,.liti‘t that the report be adopted, and forthwith presented
Z. 24 eclporation through its proper officer.
•
Its motion wee carried unanimously.
()ter reulutior- 5 expriasivo of thanks to the committee
lad to the chairman, te., were passed, and the busirmel
!Ostuisted,—the observations of the various sproat rs being '
i'llitet to au exposition of facts which will be found in the
.oat *Net

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST

I;WAY.
The report of the directors, to be submitted to the
fourteenth ordinary meeting of the proprietors, to be held
at the Bridge House Hotel, (lauthwark, on Friday, the 29th
day of January, 1853, has been issued. It states:
The see-aunts for the half-year ending the 31st Decem-
ber, 1852, show the following results :
" The amount of capital raised to the 31st December,
1852, is 7,267,3)21., consisting of mortgage debt.
1,614,1621.; preference capital, 1,037,5961.; consolidated
stock, 4,615,634 L ; total, 7,267,3921.
" The works referred to in the last half-yearly report for
time additional accommodation and security uf the increasing
traffic, have been proceeded with as rapidly as circum-
stances would permit. The construction of the fourth line
from the Bricklayer's Arms Junction to the Croydon Junc-
tion, and of the Crystal Palace Branch, as well as the en-
largement of the London-bridge Terminus, are also in
rapid progress, and althou,lh much impeded by the state of
the weather, they will be ready in time for the opening of
the Crystal Palace next summer.
" The total amount expended during the past half-year has
been 73,6801.; of which 39,1731. has been expended on
the fourth line and on the enlargement of the Loudon-
bridge terminus. 16,9761. on the new gacids yard and incline
at Brighton and other sidings and works, and 1.3,47 W. on
additional stock to meet the increase of goods traffic and to
provide for the Crystal Palace traffic. This makes the
amount of temporary excess above the 7,200.0001, which
has been fixed as the limit of capital, equal to 121,6411., to
meet which the directors recommend that a sum of 10,0001.
be set ends as a sinking fund out of the earnings of the
past half-year.
" On a former occasion a rough estimate of 75,000/. was
given as the probable outlay in connexion with the fourth
line and the Crystal Palace branch. This outlay will be
considerably exceeded, for the following rearms :
" Firstly, the site of the Crystal Palace has been fixed on
the summit of Norwood-hill, requiring the construction of
a branch of about one mile and a quarter in length, start-
ing from the Sydenbam station, in order to obtain conve-
nient access to the Crystal Palace with a gradient prac-
ticable for locomotive engines. It is obvious, however, that
by placing the Crystal Palace on one of the most command-
ing and beautiful sites in Europe, its sttractioas will be
greatly increased, to the benefit of the railway ; and, in
order to carry out the spirit of the arrangements entered
into between the two companies, the Crystal Palace Com-
pany will extend the amount on which a first charge of four
per cent is to be allowed to this company out of the joint
earnings.
" Secondly. On going into the question of the arrange-
ments at the London-bridle Terminus with the governors
of St. Thomas's Hospital, without whose consent as owners
of the adjoining property, it would have been difficult to
proceed, it appeared that the guvernors objected to any
partial measure, by which their property would have re•
maimed liable to probable further interference in the course
of a few years, as the traffic expanded, but were willing to
concur on equitable term, in a comprehensive scheme by
which a great and preeminent improvement would be
effected, both for the hospital and the railway. The directors
felt that it would be in the highest degree imp:litic to lose
the opportunity of acquiring on fair term., space which is
invaluable to the company, and which, if not now secured,
would have been in a few months so appropriated to the
purposes of the hispital, as to become unattainable except
at an enormous cost, and by a doubtful parliamentary cur-
test. Accordingly, they at once closed with the proposal of
the governors uf the hospital, and succeeded in securing
amicably the whole of the property, as well as the consent
of the commissioners to the requisite diversion of streets.

As regards the expenditure on the London-bridge Ter-
miens, the directors have to observe, that what is now dr.ne
will in effect give two complete and separate stations: one
for the ordinary traffic, with increased space for the car-
riage approach, and increa.ed facilities for taking up and
setting down passengers and luggage ; and another for the
excursion and other spacial traffic; an arrangement which,
independently of the prospects et a very large additional
traffic to the Crystal Palace, could not much longer be de-
layed. Whether they look at the future development if
traffic, or at the security of the existing property of the
company against any possible repetition of the speculative
follies of 1845, the directors consider the poss.:mien of •
first-rate metropolitan terminus, with four lines of reila
lover the most crowded portion of the railway, an o'Jject of
vital and paramount importance.
"The gross revenue for the half-year has been 332,8321,
showing a diminution of 3,6191. as compared with the cor-
responding 11,1 f-year of 1851 ; but while there has been a
falling off of 9,3611. in the passenger traffic, the proprietors
will observe that in the goods traffi: there has been • fur-
ther increase of 4,3661.
Half-Year ending
31st Dec., 31st Dec.,
1861. 1862.
Miles run by trains
Total traffic receipts (excluding
cartage)
" Distinguishing the ordinary expenses from the amount
expended in renewals, and from the cartage, the general
result of the comparison with the corresponding half-year
of 1861 will stand thus—
Half-year ending.
31st Dec. 31st Dee.
18,51. 1862.
Ordinary expenses £103,360 .. £107,092
Per train per mile 2s. 61d. 2.. 63d.
Per cent. on receipts
Renewals 16,903 ~ 24,464
Cartage

Total _ 1126, 364 ..1137,400

" The ineemed expenditure arises from two causes—
firstly, the inflamed amount expended in renewals in keep-
ing up the alibi stock and the permanent way ; and se-
condly, the honey charges he emanation which the com-
pany have bees obliged to pay in respect of the accident at
Ford Beide, and that to the express train at Red-hill. As
regards them emidents the direetses will only observe that
, they from emcee ewer which the board had
no cosy, the by servants in their em-
a distant as to signals ; and it is
le knew that so bliss ma justly be imputed to
the imaagement ef the Me. At the same time the
intoner unititemelle se regards O.' proprietors,
Mee In lee Mein state dim am there is no alternative
bat bevmaerk heavy Onipasseds* se materially to affect
the di
" The general result, as regards the traffic, is very satisfac-
tory, showing that the aces revenue for the year 1832 has
only been 3,4441. less than for the preceding year of the
Great Eshibition; and the prospects for the future are en-
coaraging, as the general traffic is now rapidly increasing,
and the impulse already given to that of the Croydon line,
by the proapert of the construction of the Kew Crystal
Film in its vicinity, confirms the directors in their belief
that when completed its effect on the railway will be found
trgyy beneficial.
r Os the other hand, it Is apparent that tle great In-
crease in the price of all materials used upon railways, the
rise in wages consequent on the general prosperity of the
country and the extensive emigration to Australia, added to
the increasing pressure of public opinion for the highest
possible standard of safety and efficiency in every depart-
ment of railway management, render it impossible to COrsfine
the expenditure within the limits which were contemplated
daring former periods of depression.
" The landowners and other parties fa the Bast Grinned
district having formed a company for constructing a branch
railway from that place to Three Bridges, applied to this
company for their co-operation, and the directors have
agreed! subject to the enaction of the proprietors' to apply
to parliament at the proper time, for powers to lease the
branch line, when constructed, at a rental of 2,0001. per
annum, equal to four per cent, on an outlay of 30,0001., or
of about 7,3001. per mile, being the estimated cost of con-
struction; with a power to this company of purchasing the
line and works at any time after ten years, for the sum of
60,0001. ; and, in the meantime, until these arrangements
are saactioned by parliament, to work the line under a
teak arrangement, which will in effect secure • similar
rental to the East Griostead Company.
" A similar agreement heathen entered into with another
company, farmed for the purpose of constructing a branch
railway from Bognor to Chichester ; the rent in this case ,
being 1,2001. per annum, or four per cent. on a cost of
6,0002 per mile.
"As a special meeting must be called, under the stand-
ing orders of parliament, for the purpose of submitting
these bills to the proprietors, the directors will not at pre-
sent further advert to them than by observing that
while they are satisfied that the branches in question will,
at the low cost at which the construction is guaranteed,
prove profitable feeders to this company, their principal
motive in entering into the agreements in question was not
so much the expectation of profit as the feeling that It
would be improper and impolitic, when bona .Me efforts
were made by respectable parties locally interested to obtain
the construction of cheap branch railways in districts ad-
joining this company's Lines, to refuse such • moderate and
reasonable amount of co-operation as might be safely ex-
tended without fear of involving the proprietors in useless
outlay or unprofitable engagements."
"The other bills in which this company is interested, and
which will also be submitted to the proprietors for their
want, under the Standing Orders, are :
"1. A bill promoted by the Wimbledon and Croydon
Company to carry out the agreement adopted at the
last half•yearly meeting, respecting the lease by this
oompay of • short line from Croydon to Mitcham for
VOL a year.
" 2 A bill to carry out the arrangement adopted by this
company with the Crystal Palace Company, and in which
ere mho included powers of purchasing certain property,
sad diverting certain streets or roads, required for the en-
largement of the London bridge terminus and the Brighton
goods yard ; and the same opportunity has been taken of
applying for the requisite powers to enable the company at
any time to create • debenture stook in lien of the existing
mortgage debt.
" 3. A bill to authorise this compan and the London and
South WORM Railway Company, it they shall think fir
to amalgamate at any time hereafter, on terms to be agreed
upon.
It has been already explained to the proprietors that
the object of this bill is simply to obtain the requisite pew-
ee, so as to be in • position to act, in case the general rail-
way legslation of the ensuing session should be favourable
to amalgamation within prescribed limits, and under condi-
tions rendering such unions advantageous ba'h to the public
and to the railway companies. It is as yet uncertain what
come parliament may eke, and therefore whether the bill
in question will be proceeded with ; but the directors be-
lieve that no one can doubt the policy of obtaining if preg-
nable, powers which might, in conceivable circumstances,
be very beneficial, and which ie any event cannot be used
unless the proprietors of both companies are fully satisfied
of their advantages. Under any circumstances, the direr.