The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-24 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before the lasintent4 ultra )
1/;FAMOCII TIUDE.-1111AVt SMITINCI.
Jame Brewer was indicted foe selling *whim Wei
prials, sad also fee having then in his patentee in
papaw at Miming them. The priemer pleaded pi*
Yea. Polsd mid is this cam he wee maireeted le any
by the pa intantonere of Police. which w me slam
vasz4irestated ohmmeter, the primmer living at tie,
Leicester-square. Be had test a ode
al obsess' ad thwarting pictures to young Mile h 6
riawho ba • little money to speed mll4
in description. The way of &Wig hi
me to mad into the cousitjzi ostologues US.
raising the prices at photog and CM. I
Aldan tot a disgusting character, them fill iste
hands of persons who communicated with Be Oil
Mayne, who directed inquiries to be made le sem*
whether such thugs were sold there. Accordiagly p
eon of the same of Tucker was employed, who met h
prisms's home and asked him for some phlaris, sin
which some were shown him. when be mai than
not the kind be wanted. Upon this the prise" of
he supposed he wanted something " broad,' she
he kWh him into a side room, and ram d es
a number of photographs of • diegustiag tied, sad 1t
seeing he took another pram, who elm mind see
arable of • similar character. The 00031111illiCOM siNle
then thought it right that • erasure should be tads ids
Lad Campbell's Act, when several dawns Oita,
elides and eopper.plates were found, and sa italmessi 61
this was a ems et • very aggravated chanalsrol ma •
that celled for • vary severe puniOuneat.
Inspector Delmer, of the B division wee seUsd,
answer to the Amistent.Jo6o, be said he lied lamb
shop for about fifteen mootha. Them things mime
shown is she window, nor was there any ilder dole
there. The shop wee very dirty sad any levities. Btu
Deed is t.
• beekehep, and there were some very good
Oaths tide al the door-way were the wards—"
from life." He woe sent to this house in F
bat he did sot Atlas anything then.
The Amistant..Todge said he knew these catalogue me
throws over the walls of gardens of ladies' sebselt el
every effort was mad to get them isto circulatios, rite
wee no estimate to be formed of the mischief that man
They should ill discharge their du to the midis
es
Mdid scot make an example of the defendant, sad tas
teem of the court upon him was that he be MON
and kept to hard labour for eighteen mouths.
The things seized were ordered to be &Maya

Owe there was a dreadful row—a pares! of raisin'
oohed over from the is among them, oilman the
eat reclusion. The pleaseutor ens throve cm his
Er-La (prMocer) wen paddig him off the premed°,
enrisi. sod while be was defeating Mos& the ma.
Mora sad took him into matedy.
Allla rasrried feels* said she was lA* the
pio,"•-• sag his wife sad as aid tidy when the prmesenter
woes them. TIM Serum were dreadful. sad
prireser was trying to lave his wife the wadable
iossidlvdtsd and
• essoirych observed aooordlog to the pramestor's
Zs; ot he Val throws over" salaam 'oleos," arid mold
alpha that it met • oormerted plea among •
savowitissitebsisi=ll frost male sod mate cow
proem sated is front It
✓l= to is. from twenty to thirty fellows leap-
liiiirtillyeLooastable employed in the theatre. said
_4ol7sisheard the &Wharves he went sad he
isemeater from the peisemes snip. and took the let-
ie woody. He did sot see any pumas plashed over
airy* stroarly coodeemed the &gametal slate of
lilies is the theatre, sad mid that • strong form ought
wayieyed to prevent it. He had 110 doubt • parcel of
le Wore threw seek other over to create disorder mid
ZooNa trader all Use eiroarnalanoes he discharged
de

loirDON AHD NORTH WAITER, RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

The balf.rerly rettethig Of the shareholders was
00 haa at the Muton Station; Mr. R. MOON,
yympa d d
the
"-he wa hes hese =liven la the Express.
Ste Groanos moved its adoptios. He said thus was
gigfor coop of the Olaf& of Um half year.
Gumption of a dooms, of 14,0001. in the
oil trate there was every ISINOS far wa
sta=ne reosipla averaged about the rune
Wan mile as they did last year, but as the
emir barat We oppose bad bass Mooed about ltd. per
na, The 'mama um 790,0001. in aims of Mims
of MOO, sad yell the losasoodu
tb. w=tedirsearooly any Woman. He hoped that
wain time they would be =abated to show as forest.
shie a mule with regard to the permanent way. All
ais swop were in perfect order, and the stoic
pi vats Ird-rate canditioa. He thmht, therefers,
wee, fully lodge
sabd din asythgpoem that the reiWts al the Irli
helyear wan ootary.
The report having been semaded,) and sours quietism !I
wag bees put on various mists involved in the repot,
XL Tani referred to the roost letter wide' ce bairn
dibepwas is relates to railway seeldonta It eras be
desesA well that that matter Weald be pawed I. its haw
kee. That the number of madams was small was shows
by the low rose of brumes fee 1000010 m. • mad a. N.
e.g.& the widest. which bad °warred, les idiom' they
:Tie, rangy
atfrzalitth speed and low fans. (Laughter.)
u 021009 to the directors, it was MO they had
iss. Ina laugh is realatiog the damask of the
p~eassest mad the popular outcry with refugees to those
ti(Hor, heir.)
ewouss upraised his satiefution that the report
er dis dada sosteised no reference to severe foot or
▪ Amerima war as having caused • diminutios of the »-
alp.. Gaselitsr.) A dividend of 7 p• oat was satiefsetery
tbs rpm% bat be hopd it woad moos be Worsened to •
—dividend of 10 par coot. (Laughter.) He was
fjd Net the directom had not thought proper to mention
its Xosaoryr and Liverpool direct line ; and its hoped
tbs bard wield sow moat to speed • single shilling cm
limbos el evratiag a amtral Maim at Maaelmater.
pm> He deprecated the pending government commis.
apt Oozy Pato railway niaaagemat as being totally
emeasary. It would 1m far batter, he thought, if
he. we a commission to inquire into the great Ppeases
to tibial the old railway companies were objected in
=st. DO Nihon would, he believed, soos be
by sae for the government taking railways
sect away management into its own heads. (Hear.)
Yr hie own part he entirely approved of the
ecosemical sad careful manner in which that line was
pewit ; sad the only suggestios which he had to
rite at thatsubject was that theemployfe of lbs compay
doll noes a per center oa the dividends beyond a
mesh sorest would, is his opinion, b • a great
avowye to the company and the public at large.
gr. Incur eoaded that the goveranwit hsd • per-
het right to Mode into the wummasest of railways, and
as swell that inquiry would not injure that great com-
ply. If there were inquire' with regard to 061100111 and
Aired& establishments, why should railways form an
moupas?
lb. GOO% mid the boa. proprietor who had just spokes
'mg Wort that railway mariagenieut was constmitly
sated sad criticised by proprietors.
Xr. 1/021111L, X.P., adverting to the questioa of ex-
pert is pdiamest, said that they (iodated to a great
seat of led eUrm over which parliament had, in faet,
se soh& Pier, Oar.)
• Comets, is reply, alluding to the letter of the
Qum mid that peat attrition was paid .to the subject
to With that letter related. The bawl could sot prevent
edam* bat did everything they could, and would oedipus
to de vrayther; is their power for that purpose. (Hear.)
As TV bib speed and low fares, he denied that they
was mum of the accidents which occurred. The line
os keel Y Int•ste order, and the engines were In Ant-
ral* coatis& So far as the men and the droning were
coma they must trust to the chapter of accidonts. If
ern asijected their duty accidents would occur.
bat the stoat ore was taken to employ
sly trustworthy pwsaaa As to the question of
amusetico, it world not be an easy thing to pay 20,000
IseU by per outages, but the employes of that company
wee libmally treated, and he did not believe any railway
mow bad a better set of offloers. (Cheers.) With
rood to the adios of parliament, it must be recollected
that purulent was omnipotent; the company could sot
wit it if it wasted to do so. He further observed that
if the moment should come to them and ask them
whether they would take 10 per cent. in perpetuity it would
tediSsalt to Wan— (laughter) hut he beloved parliament
voald war medico anythiog of that kind.
report having been adopted, a dividend at the rate of
7pc mat per mom was declared, the Chairman observing
that it was the hugest dividend that had been declared in
*at onweay for seventeen years.
Re Cronus moved, and Mr. WESTIOAD, AL P., a di-
ricer, sseseded • vote of 1,0001. • year to Mr. Jamas
Ilierreft, ow of the directors, for the great services he bad
andsred to the company.
CDOMILD, one of the auditors, Outdid straitly to
the wails of Mr. Bancroft, who had, he maid, saved tha
wassey easy thousands a year.
The vole we prod unanimously.
Other formal resolutions in aosordaece with the report
ore that weld to.
ilr. W. IL Hodgson, Mr. C. W. G. Howard, Mr.
G. H. Lawmace, and Lord Alfred Paget, 11. P., retiring
tweetirs, were unanimously r•-eleoted.
The °BADMAN stated that Lient.-Colonel Creed had »-
trod. sad that there were two wassoias in the board still
to la applied,
Os the notice of Mr. Hormuz. M.P., seconded by Mr.
100, /Ir. Samuel Prior Edwards, of Airburth, near
lamfool. was elected to All one of the vacancies •
▪ ca the motion of Hr. GAZT811); seconded by Mr. Lila.
lk liPiog, of Seveaoaks, Kent, was chosen to All
Os Oho
It. H. Crodeld was re-elected auditor.
n• lusting was then made special. and the agreement
will the Laacashire Union Company was approved.
A risolation was afterwards panned empowering the bard
r oasts 1.210,0001. of stook to be es chaapd for Stour
401.. eatt Shropshire Union stock.
Innreedier terminated with a vote of thanks to the
Chairman and he colleagues is the direction.

WEST HARTLEPOOL HARBOUR AND RAILWAY
COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.).

-
De ordinary half-yearly meeting was held to-day,
it the Loads. Tavern ; Hr. H. R. SANDEACH graidieg.
the repel, which baa already appeared in the Express,
ins Ma as read.
Ths eltellinall moved the adoption and the ratification
d the frovisicroal arrangement for the amalgamation of
the mdertaktag with the North Eastern Company, the
tuba bag that the North Eastern should, oa obtaintog
ramelentary emotion, substitute for the Went Hartle-
;3°l A end B Stocks a corresponding amount of
nth beam Prefemntial stook, cerrflai a par met*"
faalatent dividend of 4 per cent. from the Ist July, 1868,
Mill Men:mediate guaranteed dividends of 31. ss. for 1865,
31. 10a for 164 and 31. 15e. for 1867.
A discussion ensued in which, however, only one share•
hiala Vohs is opposition to the proposal of the board, and
*finitely the motion was carried with two disesettents.
The digitised was declared at the rate of 21. 16e. 6d. upon
preferential stock, and 21.3 a 6d. upon the ordinary dock,
latable oe sad after the 15th of March.
". Malin; directors and auditors were re-elected, and
the
Prfteadiare terminated in the usual manner.

1111TROPOIJYAN BOARD OP WORKS.
(THIS DAY.)

The mud weekly meeting of the above board
shld Mime tide day, at their atom, Bpriowiewctets ;
wt. Jou THWAITEE is the chair.
.71es cosh statemeot showed that the balances in the
„••••• et the Stemmer on the 18th February inst. were :
"11,,,..estreat setoucta, 276,4351. 6.. 7d. ; on deposit mooodts•
seed on government eaeurittse. 51,3711- 1(h. 10d.
"int:meld the Finance Committee, &A., ware approved.

SUM MAIN naanucr.
The committee lave been directed to make sr:torments
lot the opening of the Main Drab:lege Works.
Toe ordinary bindings was then disposed of, and the board
Atoned,
the

.‘s following statement, showing the number of
/Pea_,_,ast **impious received at, sad despatched front
"••wb. pot the Peninsular end Oriental Royal Mail
deettg elipppeee for the month of November, lber, hr boo
by the Poolke matherilies :—Beesived per
150.435 letters and 119.134 nem spews, dispatched
pet MAIM, 47.501 letters sad 73,501 sswerspern lai
I hid et 97,935 letters sad IMtab nsweespets.-1Z
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