The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1861.

rNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIIx;E. JAN. tt.t.
lit L.V..IN LINTI'IIL4HIP. —The Vice-Clutirecllor
has ;rivet, holier, that the election of an Ilul.eau Lecturer
will take place on Tuesday. the 19th February. By the
re.,Alatious of the ova statute• affecting Mr. II tase's f,mm•
dation., it is enacted that the lecturer shall hold his office
lot one year only, but be Lapsible of ripelectiou after an in.
tend of five years. The elector, 41usll be the t'ice•Chen•
cello,. the Master of Trinity college. the Master of St.
John's Colle4e, and the lady Margaret's, fte tar, Not risiara,
seal If %llama l'ndeseore of Divinity. The lecturer shall
preu at ►nut four sermons during his year of Mice, at
such times as shall be pmecribed by the Authority of the
university. Ile shall not be required to print or publish
his sermon.. Any candidate shall he eligilJe fur the office
who is AU years of sge or upwards, and in Holy r asters, and
a Meeter of Arts or of Nome higher degree it, the l'uiver•
sity of Cambridge. The whale out income iu every year
arbiog froin Nt. flubse's beu.•faction, mid applicable to the
°dice. aili•sat.-. lecturer, awl tlesa.roator, shall
he divided int., ten ...11.131 lard., one of alai b part. shall be
assigued to the lecturer. Candidates are lc:Nested to seutl
their =IWO to the Vice-Chaaoellor on or before Tuesday,
Feb:misty sth.
ettseskai. Tafrot EXAWINATIoN.- The pr.:lectors of the
several miler. are requested to send the names of eandi•
elites for the above examination to Mr. J. S. Wood, :it.
John's College, on or before Friday, February Ath.

STRANGE OretIRRENCS ON BOAP.D THE
WELLESLEY GOLD SNIP.

The fullowiug remarkable facts connectvd with
the homeward voyage of the Wellesley, were on Tuesday
brought before the Kitting magistrate at Plymouth Police-
court (Lliptain !leaden). A man named '!'Lomas Bate, a
Dative of Itudmin, was charged by Thomas Glover with
steeling eight ounces of gold, two gold bruochet, two
gold pine, a gold watch and than; three cheques, of the
respective value of 41M., MY., and 2:101., awl a quantity
of wearing apparel. From the etaterneut of Mr. Brian,
the attorney for the prosecution, it appeared that the
prosecutor and the prisoner were fellow.pamengers to
• land from Australia, by the ship Wellesley, which
sat ol from Melbourne for Loudon on the lth .f No.
somber, Dna The prosecutor and his wife occupied a
private cahiu to themselves, and having a large chest, von-
taming their property, too bulky to be taken inside, they
°Marten the perniisnon of the mate to allow it to be placed
just outside the cabin door. On the Vol of December
the precentor eta:netted the property iii questiou, and
locket the hot, and on the evening of the 24th the chest
was seen standing safe. The next roorniog, however, it had
disappeared, and DO traces of it could be founiL During the
oeirm of the istmege home WOW disagreement had taken
place between 4ik,wer on the one hued, and Bate and a
stein named lay on the other, and when the search
was rea-le there were rummy. (or suspecting thew two tuna,
and Hate was declared to have told one of the peneugers
that it wee no good to look for the hoz, for he
had thrown it overboard. This was the state of
affairs when the chip arrived on Monday evening off the
*art, and as the prisoner then left her in a Itrighatn beet
for the purpose of being landed in Plymouth, the pro-
secutor, by the advice of the captain of the Wellesley,
followed hint, awl came ashore with him at the
lisrlinan on Tuesday morning. Without last of
time the eminence of the police was sought, and
the prisoner was taken into custody at the cus-
tom-house watch-house, between two awl three
the DAM* morning, by Police.constalde Romig. From the
sire of the lost box. and the difficulty of removing it, there
were strong reasons for suspecting that the prisoner had
received the assistance of the man Day. The latter had
gone on to London with the ship, and the prosecutor's wife
hail also preceedel there for the purposee of securing hie
sopreheasson, when he would mat likely he taken to the
nearest police-station, Worship-street, he (Mr. Brien) be-
haved. All the witnesses in the case had gone on to
Loudon, and what he should DOW ask the magistrate to
do was to remand the primmer. Mr. Brian then called
the twoorcutor, who, having coatirmol the foregoing,
added that been... the various articles referred to in the
charge, there was also is the box a gold ring made from
his owe gold, worth M. When he examined the couteats
of the box on the 23rd December, the prisoner and Day
were both present. No general search was made for the
box, but several persons offered to have their goods
searehed. Had heard the prisoner say he was a native of
Cornwall. What he now wished the bench to do, was to
reared the prisoner, so that he might be taken before a
Londou magistrate. He hid given the necessary directions
for Day's apprehendoa immeattely he arrived in London.
The prisoner -Was I standing by when you were examine
big your box on the 'Ctrd of December?
Prosecutor— Yes ; you were. You were playing at
checkers. You have said you would have your revenge.
The prisoner denied this, and added that he never saw
mist MIDI in the bor.

The prosecutor, answer to the court, stated that there
were about :O or 51 passengers on boanl the Welloiley.
Police.coustable James Ronda deposed to apprehend:lig
the pri.ouer, and that .apon being charged with the robbery
be said, '' Well, if you like. I know nothing about it."
le the prisoner's bag was found • cheque for 2501., a gold
watch and chain, and • few other articles, but nothing
couneeted with the robbery. The cheque for 250/. was
prisluced in court, but the prosecutor said it was not the
one he had lost.
.

The prisoner said lie belonged to Bedmin, and left the
Wellesley at the Start for the of reaching Ply-
mouth, intending to proceed to Salmis by train, when
he was arrested upon the charge of robbery. He knew
nothing of it, but was quite ready and willing to have the
case inquired into. When he left England he was working
as a farm servant, but had been a minutia Australia.
The magistrates remanded this case till Monday, bail
for the prisoner's appearance being accepted, himself in
lOw. and two sureties in :01. each, soil time allowed
lona to communicate with his friends for the newest,'
recor,rni,soccs.

FATAL LOSS OP THE SHIP MOUNTAIN MAID.

YeAtertlay the annexed communication
received by Captain lialated, It N., secretary of Lloyira,
from the Lot* ei the Committee of Privy l'ouned fur
Trade. announcied the melancholy loss of the ship Moun-
tain Mad, Captain Creigh, toaster, of Shields, from
Odessa, for London, iu the Black Sea. The statement was
adduced= oath before the vice-cousul at Constantinople,
dated Jas. 9 :

" We railed from Odom on Christmas-day, laden with
Indian emu. On the 31st December we sighted the Bos-
phorus Lights, and acoonlingly preceded under every mil.
About 6 ani., °win,: to • heavy snow storm, accompanied
by much fog and rain, we lost sight of the lights. About
6.30 a.m. we sighted the land, but toned we were on the
Asiatic side of the mouth, about Milt a mile from
Übe shore. We endeavoured with all possible speed to
get off the land, but owing to the tremendous running
sea we were unable to do so, and about 7 a.m.
the skip struck the ground with great force, about 300
yards from the shore, mad about two miles and • half east
of the &spheres. We then endeavoured to save our lives,
and hoisted out the host. ; the first, however, was stove to
Meer,. We them hoisted out the lung boat, and • boy,
nan.ed David Linklater, of Stroniness, aged 114, and two
men jumped into leer, but she was stove by the martingale.
One of the men succeeded in regaining the chip, but the
other, with the boy, was carried towards the shore. The
boy was drowned ; the maa succeeded in gaining the beach.
We thee took refuge in the foretop, where we remained all
night. Os New Years-day the weather moderated, and
we attempted to form • raft, but were unable to finish it
till nest day. About 10 am, not of the crew, named
William Break, aged 30, of Yarmouth, without saving a
word, stripping himself and seismg a piece of wood, made
for the share; hat owing to the heavy swell he WU
drowsed Wore he could reach it. We remained es the
wreck till the following day, when we were rescued by the
boat. from the slinre.•-(Sigeed) BENJAMIN CIUMUM, late
IlLaalar of the Ileuatain Mall"

THU LIVERPOOL PHILHARNIONIe SOI 'ILTY.--Yester-
day the adjourned annual general meeting of this society wee
LAI is the coitus rtes room, Exchange-buiklisga, Liver-
pool ; Mr. Crittenden occupied the chair. The report of
the society showed that during the last rear twelve full
dreserumerts were given. The total receipt. were, front
sibraiPtialiai At.. 3,741 from sale of extra tieketa, 8731.;
nod how books of the wools, 11:V. The bred, orgsrdet,
sod reader:ler, cost 1,55:4., sod the print ipsl artistes, 1,401 f.
The swesse derived from letting the hall Ma amounted to I
:11KV., awned 11111. is the previous year. The total liabilities
of the society are sow reduced to 1,1001.
A Psi'S OF MA' ales DlDlVltoYitis Dv • RAILS' sl'
TRAII.—As aerialist which has caused the destruction .4
the Meath foshouwis took [dace on the it.. of railway be-
' tows Naves end Kelly on Wednesday Lod. The mid-day
mad Wail, which left Kells at 2.j0 pm„ in coming on
tuwanis Naves, met the Meath hounds, which were at the
time following a fox which crowed the line. Seven were
killed, and three wounded had to be killed. No injury had
bees esitalsol Iry riders ur hones.
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL lireDri.r.criase.—
We are requested to state that the weight. for thia race
were echoed at 5 p.m. on the *Awl January, and that the
forfeits are to be declared to Mr. Topham, Clerk of the
Course, as Moder, ea or before the 29th toward, at p. tu.l
The misery, the diriappuintthent. the interminable
expense of "phy•le.tisides.'ran aew happily sopereend by the
ear I.t Os tsnr'a Rovslesta Arabka flesh which, by • pleadep
sad natural action on the system, TIMOIVII chronic sad exhaust-
-134 diseases, and replaces Innewe awl pals by 'Moat and
The followine are net the least remarkable :—tun
!_'..10. "Three years el:emirs Nervousness, with palm is my
seir and left ane and gement debility, which rendered my ide
very miserable, has bees resbleally remood by Du Barry's health.
Isitorien Brost—Alm am* Arehdricvo of Ito*. Sishireress."
tun 3,51.4. "Thirteen years' meek hutioution. and freniml
debility have bees restored by to. Barry's Plvellest Revs-
ler.ta Arable& foot —James Porter. Athelaireet, Perth."
Avoid pals sea reediriese . they invariably einisyste sod pope-
tests oftener. thelranarryance, ollimpponetwiest, end opt may
be eared. and all doctors' and apothecaries' balsa try whiz
De tarts Prod, which, at o few pence perciticzie them
Rs cog iiarstr, oil, other remedies N0.K41.11
—Weled ft tbe safest remedy. Andrew Urs. ILL, Dr.
garret Dr. Werarr, Dr. Madan& Or. ReembelL Pushed lathes
with taR luilrectious. lib., h {At ; gb., 111. ed. ; alb., Ila. :
: gelb., tree of carriage, 40s. Barn BarrAeLnd Co., 77,
Ressiststmet ; &he, Fortnum, Almon, and Co., lilly, Lon-
don: sad tlireesh all grocer. and cheemste in this district. and
All pnete of the kingdom-{AdventtrmenLl

Rata inttlligenct.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-JAN. 23.

Sittings in Banco.—(Liefore Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr.
Justice Crompton, and Mr. Justice Hill.)
tieRTON AND OTHER.% APPELLANTN; DARE, RESPONDENT.
This was a case stated hr magistrates of &lax, under
the 20th and 21st Vie., cap. 43.
The appellants. labourers, resident in the parish of
Steeple.ltunipstead, were convicted on the information of
John Dare, a fanner in the same parish, of baring tres-
passed upon I,i. land and nialicioualy damaged his property
by al. mt a manure heap, and treading the manure
into the ground. The magistrates, having baud both sides,
emidenined the uppelliuts to pay a tine of Is. each and the
A.o4s, which antiollOted to It. 195., the alternative being a
month's imprisnment. The appellants, dismtisfied with
that decision, applied to have a case stated for the opinion
of this court, according to the provisions of the act for the
improvement of the law with respect to summary convictions.
At the hearing it ws proved that on the afternoon of
the 22nd of March the appellants were playing at foot-ball
on the public play-ground of the pariah, a piece of ground
known w " the Caniping Close," which was separated from
some pasture laud, claimed to belong to the respondent, by
a dry ditch, and in which was a manure heap or clamp, the
y of the respondent. and whilst so engaged at
thefoot-
ball
appellants were charged with having trespassed oa
the rempondent's pasture and trodden down the respoodent's
manure. It was contended, eti behalf of the aPPellentes
that they had a right to play in the said pasture ground,
as being part of " the Camping Close," and that if the re-
spondent had placed a manure heap there he had done so
at his own risk ; they had, therefore, acted under a fair
and reasonable supposition that they had a right to do the
act complained of, and the magistratft were without jurisdic-
tion in the case. Nevertheless, the magistrates w.nvicted the
appellants, deeming that the question of the boundaries of
the "Camping Close" had been est at rest be the result of
an action Nought in the year 1849 by the then tenant of
the farm, one John Scope, when a compromise was entered
into by consent of the court, and a verdict was taken for
the plaintiff with Is. ILimages. At the hearing Snaps ap-
peared as a witness fur the appellants, and gave evidence
that the inhabitants of the push had constantly, both be-
fore and since the action fur trespass in 1849, played at
I various games on the piece of pasture ground in question,
without any permission or obstruction by him (Snaps), and
it was likewise proved that from thee immemorial the in-
habitants had considered it ea part of the playground.
Ins court held the decision of the magistrates to be wrong.
It was plain the defendants hail bon& fide a title to
the piece of ground in dispute, and therefore the mogul-
trues were without juriadictios to deal with the case.

It OMIT, APPILLANT: GRAM IMPONDIENT.

The appellant, William James Everett, is a butcher at
Newport, in the Isle of Wight. and he was summoned be-
fore the magistrates there bytbe superintendent of the police
force for that on the sth of June he was found keeping cer-
tain swine on his premises contrary to • by-law of the town
commissioners established under the if uniripalCorporations
Act,•od which enacted that for the prevention of nuisances
in the borough of Newport anybody keeping swine within its
limits between the let of May mod the 31st of October
should be liable to pay • Sae of ss. in the first instance,
and a further sum of 2s. 6d. per day for every day subse-
quently on which the swine should be retained on the pre.
mires. On the sth of June the appellant was found
to have a sow and 10 small pigs, as well as a large
pig, which the appellant alleged was on the premises for
slaughter. It was not alleged that the pigs in question
were an actual nuisance. The appellant objected that the
by-law in question wee illegal, as being clearly a restraint of
trade, and therefore that the conviction could not be upheld.
Their lordships were of opinion that such a by-law was
bad. A by-law against the keeping of swine ought at least
to enact that such keeping must have been proved to be
au actual nuisance.
THE WIEN r. THE INHABITANTS OE HT. GEORGE THE ItAITYL
This was an appeal by the churchwardens and overseers
of the parish of St. George the Martyr against an order of
removal relative to a pauper named Agnes Champion, •
young girl 1$ years of age ; the ground of removal been
that the said Agnes Champion war a bastard, born in the
General Lying-in Hospital. York-road, Lambeth, and eon-
sequently by the 13th of George 111., cup. 82 the pauper's
settlement was the last settlement of the nether,
wMn-
ever that might be. This was found to be in the appel-
lant.' parish. The objection taken by the appellants,
both before the magistrate and at the sessions, was that the
respondents (the overseers of the pariah of St. Giles, Cam-
berwell) bad not proved that the Lying-in Hospital in the
York-road had been duly licensed. It was not enough that
there should be an inscription over the gates of the hospital
stating that it was licensed pursuant to the 13th of
George 111. foe the public reception of pregnant women,
and that the solicitor and clerk to the trustees proved that
foe twenty years the hospital had existed for such purpose.
The actual license ought to have been forthcoming.
Their lordships held that the judgment of the court of
quarter sessions ought to be upheld. The statute of
George 111. was a highly penal enactment, and the pro-
ceedings having been taken against the authorities of the
hospital, it must be taken that the hospital—the largest of
the kind in London--wee duly licensed in years gone by.
Mr. T. Chitty appeared for the appellants; Mr. Knapp
for the mispen&nt-t.
Appeal dismissed.

THORNE., ATPILIANT ; COLSON, REXFORD/MT.—THORN;
APPILLANT ; ST. CLAIR, OTHIRTIIsE GONERSAL, AND
ANOTHER, RESPONDENTS.
This was an appeal against the dismissal of an information
by the magistrates of Margate.
The information in the case, which was or parte Robert
Samuel Thorne, charged that Jacob Colson did, upon the
22isd day of August last, unlawfully keep a certain place fur
the performance of stage plays without authority, such
place being of public resort and not being a booth or show.
It appeared that the defendant, whohappenedhirmelf to be
in London on the day in question, was the owner of a boner
in the High-street, Margate, and that in his absence his wife
let it for the performance in question. Each pen°s
was charged Is. for admission to the spectacle, and was
supplied with a hill of the performance. The performers
were • Miss Rosins Fennell and a Mr. Reginald St, (lair.
These two appeared in several different costume' ; Mr.
Reginald St. Clair ding at one time the "sincere lover"
and then the gentleman who only "sought the lady for her
moue." In the course of the performance Mr. St. Clair
likewise proposed marriage, and Miss Rosins Fennell sang a
song, accompanying herself on the piano. The piece was
announced in the bills as " The Tale of • Heart," and some
eighty persons were present at the spectacle. It was con-
tended, on behalf of the defendant, Mist such a performance
wee merely • dualogue, and that it was not a dramatic re-
presentation within the meaning of the act. And to that
effect Mr. Nelson L 4. of the (.'sty Theatre, gave evidence,
adding that it must be regarded as a performance of a
similar character to that given be Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Paul and by Mr. and Mrs. dermas' Reed, and that
similar entertainments were given in Londoa during
Passion-week. Upon that the magistrates found that the
performance of Mr. St. (lair and Mini Fennell was not a
siege play under the 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 78, and therefore
rafted to commit.

Mr. Justice Hill, to Mr. Lush, Q.C., who appeared. with
Mr. F. Ellis for the respoodeut, (defeodants helow)—Surel
it is sot amiable that such a performance is not a do
rf tattoo within the meaning of the act ?
r.
Lush would not contend that it was not, but he was
to maintain that the defendant Colson was not a
liireor owner of •uch place within the act of parliament ;
an likewise that the place having been let by Colson's wife
in his absence, he wan not responsible.
Mr. Poland, on the other side, contended for conviction.
The Court held that the alleged performance was clearly
a dramatic representation ; therefore the second case was
remitted back to the magistrates with an order to commit ;
but as regarded Colon's case the magistrates must find
further whether he was a keeper or owner of inch place
within the meaning of the act, and likewise that he was
liable under the circumstances for the act of his wife.

DAVIES, A PPILLLANT ; LORD BERWICK, REAPORDENT.
This was en appeal from a conviction by magistrates of
Shropshire. on an information gainat Davies fee that he,
being a "servant in husbandry," had disobeyed his master.
The information was laid under the 4th of Oeo. IV., cap.
34. It appeared that in the January of last year Davies
had entered into the service of Lord Bolivia for • period of
twelve menthe, subject to a month's notice, at • Wavy of
11. :a. per week. Loral Berwick is a great breeder of stock,
and Daves's duties were to weigh out the food and see the
mod was consumed by each of the cattle. He was like.
wise to keep an account of all the cattle that died, and of
the bull*, and calvings of the stock, in order that their
pedigree shedid Le known ; and then • condition
was added that he wee to be prepared to turn
his hand to seething. To the month of August, Davies, in
coosequence of sot tie all rent taken by him at a statement
inserted in a Shrewsbury paper, refused to go through the
stock and furnish such information to • man named Wat-
kins Ls might enable him to identify the stock and mark it.
Upon that Le was taken before a magistrate and settenoed
to twenty-one days imprisonment with bard labour.
Their lordships held the convictian wrong,. Davies could
not be convidered • " sienna in husbandry ; " he was more
in the character of • bailiff to his employer, andalthough he
I was to turn his hand to anything, still the breach of duty
I altered was io respect of not furnishing accounts, which
' could not be considered within the scope of the employment
of a servant in husbandry.

Conviction quashed aceo rdintly.
Mr. Swill. Q.C.. appeared for thereepondent ; Mr. Rod-
Q.C., for the appellant.

BAIL COURT.—JAar. 23.

Sittings at Nisi Pries. at Wasbninster.—(Balare Yes. Jostles
Blackburn and C0N211104 Jarian)
RUDER/SON r. RICADIRBON.-811LAIT.

Yr. Luton was counsel for the plaintiff ; the defendant
aP is person.
Cid wae an actioc brought by the plaiotiff to recover
from the defendant, who it his unek.. the balance of his
savant for ealary. The defoudant. who has a Lyaropathic
eMahlishment in Upper Seymouratmet, wrote to the
plaintiff, who was thee in America, offering him U. a week
if be would come to England and attend patients wider the
water treatment. The plaintiff, after tome communications,
went to the defendant, who told him he must attend on the
patients, wait at table, clean w,ndowa, knives and forks,
and go of errands. Foe Ude the plaintiff was to receive
U. a week, with board and lodging, and gratuities which it

was wid he would receive from the patient:. The .le.
&admit agreed to these terms, and the balance due aftor
payment of the ...Lay was now claimed.
The defence was, that the plaintiff had entered on the
service at a Warr of M. a year, with board and lodging.
The jury found for the plaintiff for the amount claimed-
-441. 4s. Gd.

THE POLICE COURTS.

JI.tNSION•HOUSE.

A waterotan named Aka May Nook was yesterday
brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with :dealing four
pigs of lead, weighing one hundredi weight each, the property
of Mows. Arthur t't allack and Son, lightenneu.
It appeared from the evidence that on the morning of the
ISth instant, a barge belouging to the prosecutors, laden
with lead, was lying off Fresh Wharf, and at about half-
past seven in the mornings man named Wardle, a lighter-
man's apprentice, who was down in the cshiu, bearing a
noise, came up to see what it was. When he got up, ho
saw the prisoner in a boat alongside the barge, with three
pigs of lead iu it, and another on the gunwale of the barge,
which the prisoner was in tbe act of removing. As soon as
he saw the witness he rowed off. Witness got into a boat nod
followed him, and saw hint, just as be was turning round one
of the barges, throw one of the pigs over into the water.
The prisoner then rowed round some vessels, and came
towards the witness, who caught him and held hint until an
officer of the Thames police arrived at the spot. All the
pigs had then disappeared from the boat, and it was sup-
posed the others had been thrown over while he was behind
the vessel.

On the 22nd instant a young man named Ceorge Harris
was brought before the Lord Mayor, for having two pigs of
lead in his possession with the same marks rod name as
those lust, and mid that he found them near the Crocodile
receiving ship, Tower-stain. He was discharged, being
bound over in the sum of W. to appear again yesterday as a
witness.

He then stated that while dragging for a tarpaulin which
bad been lost in the river be pulled up two pigs of lead,
which were each in a canvas , and while taking them
ashore the officer stilved him with them.
The prosecutors said the lead bore the same marks as the
cargo in the barge, and believed they formed a portion of
that cargo.
The prisoner said that he was quite innocent of the
charge against him ; he was rowing quietly down towards
the witness Wardle, when he accused him of stealing the
lead. He said he had not been near the barge, and bad
not been that way at all that morning.
He was fully committed for trial.

MANCHESTIIk SELIMPINF:P. AND LINCOLN•

'S
li I-Rif GATEWAY:

The half-yearly general meeting was held yester-
day at Manchester ; Mr. Cuarii.ei in the chair.
An aletmct of the directors' report and statement of ac-
counts has been published in this journal.

The CHAIKYAN inOVed the adoption of the report, and
gave explanations as to some of the items. In reference to
the bill before parliament for a line from Canton to Liver-
pool, it should be stated that the agreement made in
185tt with the Loudon and North Western, giving the
Sheffield Company running powers to Liverpool= condition
of the latter company givingupcertain powers they had in the
Gaston and Warrington district, had been found impos-
sible to be carried out ; and after repeated applications to
the London and North Western Company it was agreed
that the Great Northern and Sheffield should make their
own line from Gersten to Liverpool, having their own
stations at Liverpool ; that the London and North Western
should give the Sheffield and Great Northern running
powers from Canton to Timperlcy, and that all matters of
tolls and traffic should be settled by agreement between the
three companies, or by arbitration. On the other hand,
the Sheffield Company gave the London and North Western
running powers from Ardwick to Sheffield, on the
same terms of arbitration in case of dispute. The
great difficulty in carrying out the line from
Canton to Liverpool had been the want of capital ; but
he was happy to may that on the directors applying to the
shareholders, the project was regarded with =much favour
that in a very short time three times more capital than
requisite was subscribed. This showed not only that the
line was of great value, but that the policy of the directors
was approved. (Hear, hear.) A bill before parliansect,
enabling the Sheffield, London and North Western, and
Great Northern to make rates, was entirely different from
the bill rejected last session, being merely to promote
equality in charges and division of traffic, and providing
for arbitration in case of difficulty. He believed the
meaning of this was that there must be no competi-
tion, but that each party must work in the most
advantageous manner to themselves and the shareholders.
(Hear, bear.) He considered the Garet= line, and the esta-
blishment of their position in Liverpool, one of the most im-
portant measures ever brought before the :company. He
referred to their traffic statistics of the l..nt seven years as
showing the prosperous condition of the undertaking, there
having been in that period a net increase of from 217,13 Y.
up to 329,9111. During that time only seven miles of new
railway (single line) had been added to the property.
Mr. Few= (deputy chairman) seconded the motion, and
agreed with the chairman in thinking that but for war or
bad trade, their property would gradually and permanently
improve. (Hear, hear.)
The meeting was protracted till a late hour in the after-
noon by a long discussion, arising out of a subject not
referred to by the chairman in his opening reniarks.
Mr. WITHERS (of Liverpool), without desiring to imply
the least censure of the hoard, prowled that the share-
holders should appoint a committee of consultation, con-
sisting of Mr. R. Potter, Gloucester; Mr. J. C. Fletcher,
of Dale-pork ; General Studd, of Oxford and Exeter ; Mr.
J. Bibby, Liverpool ; and Mr. Withers himself, to confer
with the directors on the general policy of the commun.
He thought the negotiations that had beeu talked of
for a lease of the line to the London and North
Western and Great Northern, ou the terms men-
tioned some time ago in the London papers,
were being prejudiced by delay, and he considered the
shareholders would do well to see for themselves that an
opportunity of improving their position was not thrown
away. (Cheers.)
Mr. FILDICH seconded the motion.

The Cirataman stated that no offer of the kind had t'et
been before the directors from the London nod North
Western.
Mr. BANettort• a director of the London and North
Western, said that company were still willing to offer the
terms stated in the Times some days ago.
The CHAIRMAN, however, read a letter received the pre-
vious day float the Greet Northern declining the joint
guarantee, but suggesting closer Alliance.
Ultimately the report was adopted, and Mr. Withers's
motion, somewhat modified, wa, carried by 47 to 41. A poll
was demanded, which bad not concluded when our report
was despatched.
In the meantime the proposed dividend of 13 per cent. was
declared ; also the guaranteed dividends.
The meeting, having been made special, approved of a
traffic agreement with the Great Northern Company, under
the powers obtained in 1858.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

The poll resulted in a majority against Mr. Withers's
motion of 1 G votes. reptmenting 1,3100,0001. stock.

THE LONDON DISTRICT TELEOHANI.—About two
yearn ago a company was formed for a complete telegraphic
ramification of Loudon and its rapidly extending suburbs.
The idea was based upon the very reasonable conclusion
that, with the enormous population comprised within a
radius of It) or 12 miles front Charing-crofts, a sufficiently
remunerative traffic might be ensured by the adoption of a
moderate and uniform tariff, whereby the undertaking
would be made both remunerative to the shareholders and
an almost necessary convenience to the general public.
From time to time, as the works have proceeded, pests and
wires may have been noticed erectod upon the tops of the
most commanding buildings in the various thorough-
fares, and the novelty of the works has led many
to take some interest in the undertaking and its pro.
liable future 'mews. It is stated that the company
have now opened upwards of fill station, in the ‘:trious
parts of London suit the suburbs for the transmission of
messai„es, and have recently opened their new central
station in Cannon-street. For the neeeasary working of their
I system. somewhat similar to the arrangements of the
General Post-office, the greater part of the messagen are
telegraphed to this station, where they are sortiyl, and
thence transmitted to their various destinations. Messages
for the provinces and the continent are also received by the
company at their various branch stations, so that all parts
' of Lenten are, or shortly will he, in direct telegraphic
communication with the general telegraph system of Europe,
and messages from the provinces or continent can also be
IA to their destination by the company's wires, whereby
the present unavoidable charge for foot messengers will he
saved, and a more rapid delivery insured. The in-
tention of the company is to employ principally
female clerks, and they now have I,Oemployed
at their central mid various branch offices. The experi.
ment has thus far been successful, and as female tele-
graphists are also employed by the other companies, it is
hoped that a large and fairly remunerative field for labour
is thus opened to well educated and intelligent females.
The number of applications for appointments is almost in-
credible, and the names and addresses of all eligible appli-
casts are registered for future references as additional clerks
are required. The company are also erecting telegraphs fur
private purposes, and many firms who transact a large por-
tion of their business by telegraph have had wires put up
for their private use arid carried into the company's central
station. so that their messages can be telegraphed from their
offices direct to their destination.

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THE HottriE-NAIL BLAKEY:a' STIIIKE.—AIi in-
fluential meeting of horse-nail makers ICI. held at the Hotel,
Dudley, on Tuesday, when it wu resolved that the ruolti-
tion pseud at Lichfield on the 4th instant, to the effect that
the "unreasonable and unjust" demand for increased wages
should be strenuously resisted, should be strictly adhenal to.
A second resolution was also passed, offering 50/. reward for
the detection of bellows cutters, and il. for the conviction
of any person intimidating _a workman.
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