Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-14 00:00:00

RAJLWAY, ASSOCIATIQ

The ordinary general- meeting ef Ihe-asSociation'wiis
held - ,Thursday, the • Railway Clearing-house,
§eynionr-street, ustonTsquare...,,Mr.. 116dgson, sit the
absence of the chairman (Mr.ThonipSon) presided.
Mr. Meorisoii':(tlre seeietary) -rettit theittfilitte4 of the
last meeUngandtke following report.of the committee ;
".The- committee report that they have considered
the bills anbmitted to theiii;i and ;made eettnin amend-
meats therein, • which have.., peens; printed, and the
bills as so amended_ , are now fulimitfed to • the
present Meeting. Thndommittee, tedoinmend
-that-the bills 'as so, amended be not • now discussed,
but be forthwith sent in .their amended forin to all
'tli eConifiarrieiineinlieis' of -iheidisociatiOn", and, be *4-2;
'sideredatthe: February meetings --The committee fug
recommend that any companies having amendments ,P)
*ptopOse; be retinested to send ifotice of the-same to" the
secretary, not:. less. than: 14 days before the Februari
meeting, so that copies of the proposed amendments may
be sent out to the several dompaniei with ilitiiiotiees:of
that meeting."
ined upon introducing int6:parliament for the
,pro-
. The Chairman said,..ke
which trusted-
t e t
ahsecimiaeteitointighawdouided.
psinterests. There had not been
'ririciple of the- measures tJr-
• thought,, :as ' there.
andas the chair-
, nnbat
e:en:
et3tr.i doseiaamendments amendments o.:4uwt
thaba_edi3ll:eit
wasnto
man could not -attend the 'lliscmoion on the citiestiOn
should!:be postponed' until:the next meeting,. :and that
notice should be given of any amendments the companies
Shoiild desire to niake:- Ile then moved that the report
be received and "adopted; andthe 'further consideration
of the two billsbe postponed until the meeting of the
association on the 9th of FObrimry, 'and the secretary be •
instructed to draw' the attention of -the cOninaniea to-the
necessity of sending-notices to the -secretary.. of. amend-
ments a fortnight*before-the"dak of meeting.'
The:m:otien having been seconded, was carried unani-
mously, • . -
A statement of accounts *asiread, from ivhioh it ap-
peared that the•eXpezises 6f th&atsooitition• for thelast
quarter,:had bee.n.. -464 £2.65. Id. for each
company, and that the entire. expense since the establiib-
ment of the association to-December 1819
1859, had bou_£s6B .13s:. 9d., -or about £2O is. 6d. per
company. „.

• - THE 'PRIHCE ImPgrtrAr.'s •• Frith!' Itivinw. The
Jioniteur states that .at a. review of some infantry:and
cavalry regiments in the courtyard of the 'Tuileries and
on the rPleee-dit Catreurtil;Ahi Pante Imperial, aceotn-
.panied by.hissquire, took hir,place on horseback on the
left of tile Empero-r, arid' bowed giacieuslY 'in 'reply to , •
iota Crier of "-Vivo rEmphenr," •4 Vivi l'lMpizatnee,"
"-Viva le. Prince Imperiah'!: - ~ ' . ... ~
VARING ROBBERY BY A RETURNED • CONVICT.—On •
Monday last,' a cod and impudent robbery Ou in ' .x.ten-
sive scale was committed by a returned convict, named
James Fisher, on the premises of the, Newcastle and
Carlisle Railway, in the-latter City.-' It'appears that on
' Monday. afternoon:Joseph Richardson; a licensed hawker,
living, in Carlisle, made uP two baleS of readymade
Crother, and set off with them -to the -railway station,
intending to go along , with them on the following
morning to Alston. On his way' he was accosted
by, Fisher, ,whom:Fea-TdirliOr know, with the
query; ' " Are- you - going -td --!- the railwiristaida ?".
Richardson replied -that- he was, and Fisher went-
eaanaac.nurYrcisPearphansoiruaiilthigytae:sgiet::.4‘the ground, he discovered that it
along with him. The !bales were' deposited in the lobby
of the,,ticket-office, after which Richardson..returne4 to
.town, and. Fisher went upon the platform. Later.On in
the evening a porter- saw Fisher sitting on a bundle ill
the station-yard, and asked him what- he was ' after.
Platter relilied.that the Mid was too heavy, and that he
wanted a lift. The porter then helped him to get the
.bundle-on his back, and he walked. off. Next morning,
when Richardson went to the station,.he,diseovered that
one. of his-bales was missing. He gave- inforniatiOn to
the police; Who-tracked the prisoner on the ScOtch-ioad,
and came up with him at Loneown. He' was brought
back to`Carlislia,' and a large quantity of property was
found in his. possession. After an examination before
the magistrates; Fisher was committed for trial.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF A DIAMOND.—A Gloucester
InAtfheiws .editayyswaasgobtlitielyosetaglera:donine
when he saw something. soddenly
which he held in. his hand.„ The -
but it attracted his attention, and,
coffaoabft cleaningn tie
object
tf
from
cot noapwmi 1 c'.
lr
principal
was a small ' stone possessing considerable brilliancy.
Ignorant. of the value of..the prize, ho.repaired.to the
nearest jeweller - to : know- what good fortune
had befallen' him ; but his .. friend, though con-
vinced . the gem was one - !.of, purest ray
serene,' determined 'to act with. becoming pru-
dence and caution, and offered a 'shilling' for it !
The- ostler, however, was unwilling to part with his
treasure on any such terms, and forwarded it to Mr. W.
Mann, silversmith, at the Cross, who said the stone was
a diamond, and' had apparently fallen from a ring in
which it had been set ; he was willing to give a sover-
eign for it, but preferred sending it, to a more experi-
enced lapidary in London, to ascertain its real value.
The diamond. was accordingly forwarded to the metro-
polis, where it was duly 'examined, and its worth esti-
mated at about £6. This
.intelligence has, of course,
afforded no small delight to the fortunate .discoverer,
but the gem is, we believe? retained in Ow hope of its
owner claiming it,"