The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-08 00:00:00

POLICE. V
- . ESTERDAY.

I CLERKENWELL. —Ax UNSXPECTED Idarrixo.
Sarah Go giyear, was charged with stealing a silver watch,
and several other articles, from the person of James Layton,
of 6, Seymour-cottage, Caledonian-road.—The prosecutor
was in the midst of his statement of the circumstances at-
tending the robbery, to which we need not more particularly
allude, when he suddenly stopped short, as if deprived of all
powers of articulation, and although Mr. Greenwood de-
sired him two or three times to proceed with it, he still
gazed fixedly into the body of the court, as motionless and
intently as the bird at the rattlesnake, until Inspector Penny
explained the fascination
.by pointing out the prolocutor 's
wife, who occupied a prominent position in the front row of
the space allotted to persons in waiting.—Mr. Greenwood
having desired Mrs. Layton to stand forward, informed her
that her attendance was not required, and she might leave
the court if she chose.—Mrs. Layton begged to decline
availing herself of the magistrate's considerate offer.—Mr.
Layton then proceeded with his statement in no very envi-
able state of mind as may be imagined, his wife s:ttang right
before him, within about three yards, and bringing to bear
upon him a pair of bright eyes, which seemed never once to
wink during the time he was in the witness-box. His evi-
dence proved that the prisoner had snatched his watch from
his pocket, and broke the guard, while he was lice.ei-tae
with her, and ran away with it.—She was fully committed
for WM.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-- UNFOUNORD CHILROB
By A POLICEMAN.— Alfred Boggs wu charged by pollee-an-
stable Godward, E 84, under these circumstances: The con-
stable said he was in flerners,treet the previous day when
two young women came up. to him and pointed out the pri-
soner as a pawn who had just attempted to pick their poc-
kets. Witness followed the prisoner and took him auto
custody in Oxford-street, and at the prisoner's request he
went to No. 16, Broad-street, ws the prisoner said his friends
lived there, but it turned out that the prisoner was not
known to any one in the house. Witness then proceeded to
take the prisotaer to Vine street station-house, calling on his
road at this court to inquire the way, as he was
unacquainted with the locality of the station-house.
Eventually he took the prisoner to the station-house
and made his charge The answer of the lad to this state-
ment was, that he was about crossing from Berners-street
into Oxiord-street when he noticed the police-consta-
ble walking Wong in a state of reeling intoxication.
He stopped for a moment, and turned round to look at the
constable. The constable noticed this action and came
towards him. He went on until he came to his own door,
No. 16, Broad street, and had just rang at the bell when the
police-constable came forward and took him into custody.
The police-constable then walked him about from place to
place for about an hour, being apparently too much intoxi-
cated to recollect the way he wanted to go. The lad declared
that the charge of attempting to pick pockets was utterly
destitute of foundation. The younger brother of the prisoner
proved that the constable did not take his brother into cus-
tody in Oxford•street ; but that as saunas he opened the door
to his brother the constable tarns forward and took him.—
Lester, one of the C division constables, was deletched to
No. 16, Bread-street, to ascertain if the constable had called
there with the accused, ea ho bedstead. Lester returned with
the information that the *instable bad not called at the house.

—lnspector r baker said, after the charge was booked, the
boy was released on bail. He had since been informed by a
police-serjeant belonging to the coastable's division that the
constable had afterwards brought a charge to his own sta-
tion-house but that he was found to be so drunk that he
was himself locked up.—Mr. Hardwick entered the lad to
be discharged. Thee. was so mull peevarioatioa In the eel-

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Roman Loan . 109;
?messy Se•do
Dank NUM 3370 sae ,
elsebesse a 10e400 ;SO an, SG f 3.
Do. Do. (10 days). SS 314.
Kt oafs, 31.--Tbree • per.Cenu., 334.—nce•Pee•Fe110..14.—Fee7see.
16.—L0010a, 114.-00e0ag• on Lambe, 204.
Anemone. Jae. 1.-104100 Aces. Debt, Two-estl.a.Helf pm Oests ;Mi.
6s* Vireo per Cow... 71. 711; To.. per Cents. ell. f 34 Csamerclal
Oornpany. Few and.••lielf per 171,173. Ilpaleto New Flee per
Cents.. rot. 1 Tlreo per Ceato,374, 35.—liteba9u 00 L. 40416; twu
soothe, 11 el. Mambas. 33 113 Boothe. U 31.
Numene, Jan. I.—Autrian Five p.n. Cents., 1011, 119.0 /0000. 1.370
13001 an Po. per Dena let merles, 1016. Ditto on Certtheatee, 1001. 1006
DU. 366 301 4(0 Berta, See. New lsonr per Cent, Ilope,ond Co.. 1166
1/1133 Stlsellte, 07. *pub/. New Floe per (Neu., In. lA. Deuce Act
Labt, Two.a.d.a.lielf per Cnuets., M. Excluntice on Loon.: Humber,/
Dee. 31.131. St. Pecenbors, Dee. It Three lowans, 301. 211 m, Dec. VS
Mao woman lei. Nremee, 21, two meat be, 1101. 11,01(0, Da. 31
tbra mambo, 111. Vasa. Droe. U. Or,. wards, 9 314.
VI ••••. Dec. 211. —Sentries Nola, nee per 0.13.,1013, Four per Cents
NI; Una per 00100., 71; Lou ; 10 IMe, 1181.
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RAILWAY NEWS.
The share market improved in its position yester-
day. The quotations were well supported with an active
business, and in Cornwallis, Newport and Abergavennys,
and Reading, Guildford, Reigates, an ralvance might be
noted ; in the last, which for some time has been little
heard of, the improvement was considerable, arising, it is
reported, from the directors being likely to obtain more
advantageous terms of arrangement from one of the great
lines in treaty for it. London and Yorks, North Stafford-
shires, Ooole and Doneasters, were all well sustained. The
old stocks in steady demand.
The share market at Liverpool was again less animated,
and prices receded both fir the old linen and some newer
stocks. Birmingham and Oxford improved at first to 101,
but closed dull at 10j. London and York and Great
Northern were a trifle better. Trent Valley Midlands also
advanced to 265. 3d. ma. But, on the whole, the feeling
was rather against any general improvement.
There was a decidedly fair business done in the Man-
chester market, and shares generally maintained last quota-
tions, whilst some descriptions were done et a ehade higher.
Birmingham and Oxfords were done at 101 p.; Direct
Northern* at 1 p. ; Leeds and Dewsbury New Extensione
(pink), 11 p.; Manchester and Birmingham (C. grs.,) 71 p. ;
Liverpool and Bury halves, 6 p.; Manchester sod Southam7-
tons, 1-16 dis.; and West Riding', 2 7-16, I.
At Birmingham there was only a moderate business done,
but price' were steady. Stour Valleys were a shade better,
there being sales at the doer of the business at 31 p. ;
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A's) realised 411. 3d. p. ;
21s. 3d., and ultimately 1 p.; and South Staffordshires
Registered (late Junction) were done at 11 and 26.. 3d. p.
At Leeds there was not so much business transacted in the
share market as on any one of the three preceding day, of
I the week, yet prices still continued firm. West Ridinge
sold at 41 pm.; Antbergates, ss. 6d. pm. ; and Bast Lance-
shires, 31 pm.
At Bristol there was a fair amount of busines4 done, prin-
tipsily in New Exeter,, which, during the day, were done
at 4 pm., arid closed firm at 81. Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 12; Caledonian, 301 ; Caledonian New, 21;
Mid-
land New, 4W. shares, 391; North British Half-shares, 151.

RAILWAY SHARE LlBll3.—Loimoit Lot. 7.
yrrewkor,, Jo.. 7. —*Ow: Mentor, Bakenlar;l, 304, SO—Do.
ah.), 33—Do. ()X 811.). po.—E. Manner (York edam.), ae. kn. p.
Lenewhke tnew 311 p.—Da. (new seep), 33e. SC
bunk, Oberow, TB.—London, N. Western (4 O.), 21i p.-
4 rh.), 134 p.—Do. (I-sth A.), . p.—Oo. (4 U. Or. MI":
Do. (401. .b. L. M.) IN IL—Do. (L. SI. D.), .74.—Lowkek S. Onner,
(pp.. ',h.), 44 p
p.—Do.
Leek SI p.--Ds. (4 U.
134 p..—On. (4 Bk. Lte 8.),, p.—Do. (Iste M. a. Dr. sais.).

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MEETINGS.—WAawIcx, WORCESTER, AND RI:OBT.—
Dinohet on Meeting, tar. 7.-11 r. Sparkman In the chair. The
chairman odd that ankxs they oucceedot in making the company
bankrupt, they could not hope to obtain the kast minas against the
directors for their shameful misapplication of the funds, and for the
fraud which had ►nee committed by them in taking votes at their last
meeting upm 4,24 u short% which had been previously paid off, and
which ought therefore to have been cancelled; a fraud which. mutes.
lining as it did the bows file votes, amounted in his opinion toe mis-
demeanour. Ile had aided in dissolving several companies under a
promise on the part of the directors to produce their accounts; but
the dissolution being once had, they set the shareholder. at defiance,
and refused all information; widch, owing to the defeidive state of
the law, the shareholders had no power to enforce. Ile would there
fore sugge.t that they ought to serve the directors with a requisition
to hold another meeting to dissolve the company, and wind up Its
affairs according to Lord Dalhousie's Act. If they refused, he would
himself calla meeting for them to discuss the question whether the
company be made bankrupt or not. lie would elm suggest, os they
had .oMcient evidence to prove that many other ants of fraud besides
that relating to the 4,240 votes had been committed, that the share-
holders should petition parliament for a committee of inquiry Into the
management of the affairs of the company and the conduct of certain
of the directors. They could at the same time urge upon the lerrisla.
turn the necessity of amending the law upon the subject. tither
petitions were in course of signature at Liverpool, Leeds, Glasgow, and
other large towns; it being now universally man that shareholders
had no remedy but through the medium of the Bankruptcy Court.
The worse suggested being concurred to by the shareholder% present,
it won moved and worded, and unanimously agreed W, that a requl.
@Won beeereed upon. the directors for the purpose stated. The re
sition having beea signed in conformity with the act, the meeting
separated.

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Into borrow 64,6001.—one.third of the capitate( the company—pursuant
to the act of parliament. Mr. Sparrow inquired whether any arrange.
meet had been made relating to the F.ant .tnghan railway (part of the
Ely and Huntingdon line) and the Eitatern Counties Railway Com.
pang!—The Chairman said that nothing bad yet been settled.—The
meeting then adjourned.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.—LEARINO or Ton Nonvn
Barnsit. -The following are the terms on which Mr. Iludx.m hex pro.
peed that the North British Railway and brunettes be lewd in
perpetuity from the Ist July, BBL to the York an! Newcastle and
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Comps ies : I. That on the 32,000
Mares of 231. each, and on the 32,000 shame of U. (the two coned.
ng the *hare capital applied to the rosin line and lactheith
Brunch) eight per cent per annum be paid to the North
British Railway Company, commencing lot July, ISO ; but
that on the opent, g of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway the
lemma Nall have the option of biking poneration of the line, paying
In that event after the rate of 31. per cent. per annum up to the let of
July, 1817, on the Mere capitat-2. Th It on the 32,000 Mares of
121. llat. each (Hetrick branch), 96,009 shares of 64. 3s.
each (Jodburgh, Kelm, be., branches), and on the 76,000
Mares of et ils. Id. each (idoulaing Ilawick branch, tan.
plating Ydinburgh wAtion, Re. , 6 per cent be paid front the
complete opening of the branchlinen respectively up to the IC Jan.
then next ; 7 per cent for the following and a per cent for the sub-
enyient yeers.-3. That the exterudon from Ilawlek to Carlisle, with
the Canohie health, be abandoned. That the York and Newasto,
and Newcastle and Berwick railway companies, call up within gee
yearn, and apply to the Nooks, V. Inn per share, on each of
the 128,004 scrip shares leaned for this extension.-4. That
the works now in progress be completed under the direction of Mr.
Robert !gyp t. That the York and Newenals sad New-
castle and Berwick Railway COM puttee shall not be bound to proceed
with each of the North Brinell branch lines as have not yet
been commenced; but that they shall be obliged to call up the whole
of the beforementloned share capital within a period of three year.,
they being at liberty to expend the same on other works on or in con.
onion with the lines formed or In maned formation, or hereafter to
be sanctioned by parliament In substitution of any branches that may
be abandoned or otherwise.-6. That the shareholders in the North
British Railway Company doll have the option (to be exercised
within three rare) of amalgamating on equal terms with
the York and Newesetie and Newcastle and Berwick Railway
Companies.-7. That the York and Newcastle and the New-
castle and Berwick Railway Campania shall be at liberty to termi.
mate the lease at the end of every thud year, on giving 12 calendar
months' previous notice, or at the end of any one year In the event of
parliament sanctioning any other line or lines of railway from New-
cantle to Fdinburgh than those now granted, hut that In the event of
their enetcieing ouch power, the North British railway company shall
have the option of requiring an amalgamation with the York and
Newcastle, and Newcastle and Berwick railway companies on
equal terms. 8. That a ntotement of the recounts of the
North Bethel' railway company shall be forthwith prepared and
submitted to the York and Newcastle and Neweastie and Berwick
Railway Companies, and that this agreement shall be contingent upon
their being satisfied that the share capital, with the sum that can be
borrowed, (my one third) is adequate to the completion of the whole
of the terka on the male line and branches.-0. That • bill for the I
pursoac of carrying this agreement into effect shall be prepared and
mutually agreed upon, mat that in the event of any chase being In.
troducel during it. prover.. through parliament, varying all or any
of the prorations in the existing A:to relating to the ork and New.
male or Newcastle and Berwick Railway Companies, the two latter
to be at liberty to terminate this agreement We may add that these
terms have been laid before the North It: kith directory but that as
yet no answer has been received from them on the subject.
,
MIDLAND, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS.--The Midlands
hare agreed to jobs the above company in their application to parlia-
ment wet neat and, should the application not move s
the Midland are to pay 10,0001. towards the elms... Bute
Midland, Wakefield, and Leeds succeed In obtaining their bill, then
the Midland will lame the line at B. per ant and helf_proata.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXPORD JUIiCTION.—Ws are told
that s conaidemble amount of dlssallafaction prevails amongst a majo.
city of the shareholder* on thin line regarding the recent amalgams.
Bon and sale to the Western Railway. The eonduct of the directory
in the delay thrown In the way of transfer, and the reduced rate at
which the tole wax effected, aro complaints' of. The malcontents de-
clare they are reaolvel to set on nide the proeeetlings if poesihe.
STATION AT CIIKSTIOL—OpeTILDWIS have Just commented
for the wraith of a great railway Natant at Limiter, to be wed eat-
Jointly by the following linens running into the town of Chester:
Chester and Birkenhead Cheater and time, Liverpool and Chester,
Slarewnbury and Cheater, Chester and Wrexham, Stafford and Ches.
ter. The east will be little Mort of 100,000/.
THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE was opened for general
goods trance on Monday last.
WNITINAVEN J Pc-no:l.—The works on this line are
nearly completed. Workmen have been employed daring the past
week tt consolidating the permanent nay. The line will be openel
about the middle of February.
Tun NORTHERN OF FRANCA AND TN. FRENCH IRON
Menrass.—We mentioned wasethne sire the feet that the Fure.mugrery
Dribs marks on the Northam Sinop waseetarded by the
ot the sesepasy lo mow d
alarmatity driiMs. The lean.
names at haw odd so* the =in thuallvelt
wadi net menet te set prierneent authoring the tmeer-
Mks of delta rails ea my practicable terms. ifs poem
smut lial4 whatever be the private opinione of Its leading maim
(and sane et them are knows Is entertain enlightened wed liberal
views et eieenerelel policykdare int apt Independently of dm mow
point. la the loather. The oraellewee has hen th rhotod et
the Northam Qwespeay to be sawed te
at 25,000 tees. at Yelp
POYM6saAhlty -meth as wwald e then one ftrerl te ant et
Freseltleen. hilineetestd. leitielb %Weirs he liana atIM• hews
rikir ell 870 fres% Ohs pada* the natery. toad
an the lee Batmen at this pleat, toneet
hit ;111E...... stole. The hems et
see sed pillreeder ast allyeisa=
....wasmitiVthetelsermaile:Liereisidalittelans...""Rtmszawilliittlileaardahe they ally
see"theb
Room awn HAvats.—Tbia dud infil Wad daily
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Wit iv dem at re
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of the Mataunay one. The Itsrentth viaduct is to be Muted In a diffir.
tot manner, by the simultaneous pilaw of te4l" koded to doueye
the weight of any that will paw over the Ilse when It "hall be in 0p...-
ration. Teem trains, so hooded, are to pass on+ other OR the centre
of the viaduct, that they may thereby produce a grsuter amount of
micillatinn in the stcucturc than can possibly be contemplated by the
ordinary working of the line. The Muktunay vi duct uac 'elected by
the Ponta et [Hooters, as the most fragile put of the whole works
oti this line, end as it has hitherto withstood the severe use imposed
upon it, it may be fairly concluded that Mireille and liorentin will
peso safely through the ordeal prepared for them. The opening of
this line will be of incalculable service to the comnierchil men or
Paris, Bouts, and Havre, who have already, an far as the winter bee
gone, sufGerd much inconvenience from even the partial stoppage of
the Seine by frost. The warehlusee for the reception of merchandise
going up the line, laid out in the vicinity of the Outkei, on an Ina-
memely large !wale, arc approaching their completion, and will he
ready to be used as depots by the time the line is Opened for mer-
chandise.
Huhn Earle TO Cerra.—This line ha+ recently been
=t into unplemant notoriety by Lo crew, which even recces.
its entire and instant abandonment by the t%neestinshosiest.
It was clawed, in 1042, among those linn it !nett the government
considered deserving of being constructed on the principle of malts*
dividing the IllelnA of railwuy commummtion thniughout the country,
irrespective of the obsolete demands of commons. It does not, cer-
tainly, viand very high with the agioernet on the Duane of Perla, and
some difficulty appears to be exterienecvl in getting the ohareholdere
to make the remainingdepoolts -a didlculty that has not born loosened
by the hitter and undeserved attacks of Le Pros,. Tbough the Boe.
deaux and Cette may not he the remit promising affair at the present
moment, it must before long be one of the best lines in the south of
France, insomuch as tt will ironer or later be bright into cones{®
with hpain at both its extrema., and with Limoges at it, centre. In
the meantime it app.An to be in contemplation to make an appeal to
the government to guarantee 3 per cent. interest, and 1 per cent. for
the sinking fund (as was done in the caw of the Orleans line), until
the tributary lines from Spain and Limoges shall hove placed
Its affairs Is better condition. Or, if this should not be
acceded to, a miinbarwinent of the motion money when au Nusl
sum has been expended on the worko.
YARN AND itENNEI. —The Minister of Public Work+ of
France has jest opened at the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine a first credit
of 1,501.1,i100 trams her the railway works in that department during
the year just commenced. Nothing now delays the expropriation of
the ground, but the ministerial approbation of the plans for the pm-
Lion of the line between Vitrii and St. Ihnier. It seems to be the in-
' tention of the French government to proceed elgorouely with lb*
whole line fees, Paris to Rennes.

LUBECK AND H it EN.—Several German tOtirtfille eppeer
to entertain hopes that the Danish frovernruent .111 relay its opixisi-
tion to the proposed Lubeck and Michell railway, and allow it to run
along the territory of Lamenburg. The authorities of Lubeck, how-
ever, had not received, up to the 1,4 inst., any intimation at such a
change in the determination of the Ikantsh mbinet.