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London, England, 1855-08-29 00:00:00

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(THIS DAY.)

THIS DA.Y'S NEWS!

BB3I4RINE TELEGRAPH COMPAIVY.

-40-
e half-yearly meeting of this Company was an-
etr °ll4ced to be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
oe tet, SirJ.Carmichael in the chair ; but in consequence
he non-attendance of twenty shareholders required
ett
he charter the meeting was adjourned till this day
..
It. The dividend could not, consequently, be
declared•
tholes report stated that the present half-year's account
d a steady and satisfactory development of the
(31aPan
hal, Y. The number of messages transmitted in the
ylear ending 31st December, 1854, was 18,955,
hi4eircling a BUM of 8,2781. 14s. 3d., whilst during the
23 60 ending 30th June, 1855, there had been
8,0 messages transmitted, yielding the amount of
41"21- 163. lld , showing an increase of 3,650 messages,
104/.
2s. Bd.. in money. During the last three months
co'lnumber of messages cent to and received. from. the
torrel:e2lti.have exceeded by 3,488 those carried in the
Ir'tluing period of 1854, and 4,061 those of the past 3
~hire°llthe
of 1855, showing that the stagnation of business
tallea marked the year 1854 and spring of 1855 was
tb 111" way, and it was only reasonable to assume
pe4rtsuw, Ith the return of confidence in commercioal
the ite would greatly increase thebusiness
,ritene°l:ll PanY• A small increase of expense had
in the establishment of continental agencies,
frolc.: had, however, occasioned an increase of revenue
IDam towns which before made but little use of the sub-
th;:le wire for commercial purposes. The attention of
b fend ertholders was called to the formation of a reserved
PreE,'ler Which 71 per cent. per annum on the net
te„e of the company were to be devoted. The actual
dee-Itll2ga of the company might admit of a dividend being
tytt:erded the same as last, but after carrying the above-
te 7i Per cent. to the reserved fund, there would
kicia,ll,4 enlY about 61 per cent. available for dividend,
detcl''e directors recommended the declaration of a divi-
,p4t the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, fi ee of income
kti 'ha receipts for messages had been 8,3821. 163.11 d.,
2,,n37t111.5197:rking expenses, salaries, &c., amounted to

44 ry INTELLIGENCE.—(THIS DI Y.)
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
L vir IN RE J. MAYHEW.
.48 4 meeting for audit and certificate. The
1>141:-Ilt was a mining agent and stockbroker, of Kings-
41c1 late of Coggeshall, Essex.
krci, balance sheet, which was prepared by Messrs.
gird
and Pullain, of Lothbnry, extended from June,
I t° June, 1855. Dr to creditors, unsecured,
)4511..
• liability, 1,1721.;
11115 , ditto holding security, 775/. ;
ditto 'Tune, 1851, 2,1051. ; credits by property, 45/. ;
i 311.111 the hands of creditors, 2951. ; bills receivable,
domestic expenses, 1,1931. ; business ditto, 381. ;
; losses, 6741. ; bills held, 1,4701.
154 thee liabilities and expenses were stated to have arisen
>kit . tale of 3,400 shares in the Wheel Trenance Mine,
okria Chancery, having been instituted against the
apt and another respecting them.
° .4certifi„te. °PPosition was offered, and the bankrupt obtained

IN RE PAUL.
4th •44 a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was
dealer, of (:orahill.
le,etils4laoce sheet, which was prepared by Mr. Deloite,
debt :4 fr°nl Sept., 1854 to May, 1855, and showed
70/. °- to creditors, 7311.
2s. 9d. ; do., holding security,
Eta, ; liab'lities, 6011. ; capit4.l, Sept, 1855, 221. ; pro-
-700/15°1• ; credit, by doubtful debts, 4921. ; property,
4,„
.z do., in _
hands of creditor, 401. ; losses, 1101. ;
IsZc,` 44", 701. ' • bad debts, Sept., 1855, 3651.
k certifiveT)el.iti°ll wasas
offered, and the bankrupt obtained

AO
LICE
INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.)

skyoh MANSION-HOUSE.
'l2g man, named James Mayne, having the ap-
114y:Ce of a groom, was charged before the Lord
(tilt--1. With having the halves of five 51. bank notes
15tid,- (If the Bulk of England, and two of the ux-
1tq1413411k) in his possession, supposed to have been
loti* ,e constable 645 stated that from information he
obi he looked after the prisoner, and saw him in
t414:7:113e1 with another man well known to the polioe -
'qq followed him into Aldgate, and from thence
pk,,,,i'i,`s4(lenball-street, where he went up to him, and
ti 4 :141 if he had not got some halves of Si. notes.
(1,1116„--
.replied, yes, showed them to witness, and said
op:it them in the road between Brentford and
1 ; they then took the prisoner into custodyb.
44,4":°11 Mayor inquired ii the officer had ascer-
t "ether the notes had been stopped payment at
kto.
•
11 Policeman said he had not.
444 it Pi3oner was remanded to enable the police to
tile necessary inquiries.

4Ztlte
iq e BOW-STREET.
h-itel °V STEAHAN, PAUL, AND Co.—The
thejieltee were again in attendance this morning,
4tthtrgeinent of their bail.
11111-",awhi, on the part of the defendants, made an
j ."4 that the bail be enlarged for a month, as it
I%,,tiTtloisible for the trial of the defendants to take
k, 4°4 the October sessions.
• t74l33Phries said he felt bound to oppose thee
~t 1 ,'"`Qtl. There were circumstances'within his ow
414:2 knowledge which justified him in resisting the
4141 4141+e't f°r ao enlargement of bail for a longer period
,Itleit• He begged to assure the magistrate. that
4tiYtc,".te'tion would be made to bring the trial on
tt,.° u.ttle September sessions.
til/4 ZetlrY said that the statement of Mr. Humphries
''cliacient for him. He should therefore order
• /0• ' "qatlta to attend this day week.
1174. titlt asAuLT —A woman, named Eli,.abeth.Bres-
k,:q4' with a child .in her arms, was placed at the bar
ae
'41411-44'g charged with violently assaulting a m
11(1 I.Yabi
N:it evidence of the
411
the
l 1 1)4 4PPeared that
41 o last night a violent altercation
t
qtr ce between the prisoner and her husband, a
O 10(1 • to. glngs, in Birch's-place,
Rlls-buildings. The
by the breaking of crockery and the loud
'11114441t• Ife
ttillstirder occasioned
.a large crowd to assemble
.
1,,1" /louse. He resided at No. 3, in the build-
:ttel4-4 hearin the noise he went to see what was thbe.
klk'l%l, 110 hadgscarcely reached the scene of disturb
'111:t1,14 the prisoner's husband ran past him, and said
ttth!tilll'sl,444..Reiven his wife something, and now he would
ti‘ti,klit,cit,ll. same. He e then threw off his coat, and
tca, terlai_ biro (complainant) to fight, but hearing his
tlittig? the man ran away. Before he could turn
a,e wr'Ecan at the bar advanced. towards him, and,
gtlt citla'rt .11 concealed behind her, 'with an oath.
ktltiel,Pithtiiel a 'ViOjlegat blow across his nose, which laid it
4,444'1'1 °Pen on his face. A constable was sent for,
lgee)eAOn vvas given into custody, and Ryan was
0 111141-‘t° the hospital suffering very severely from the
t4t,
tl• itlg k by the magistrate what she had to say
4111t4iaage, the prisoner risonerdenied having struck the man,
it,k tl.:ltietria it was all a conspiracy against her.
kt:temaitt°alntwitnesses corroborated the statement of
t°e't,ll44.lltY said that, as the witnesses all seemed te
ti4;4141,1144' Prisoner in a drunken quarrel had struck
c1'1141,,11e Manner described, he should fine her 405.,
4ct' Lt commit her for 14 days to the House of
111, I°4.
14i4ober Was then locked up.

'lot4 SOUTHWARK.
%111 141 A
WIFE.—John Holland, a
t 1 tr rt_ -41BATILT ON A .
41 liri:Peotable looking man, carrying on the business
41:414,
114Yer, was brolght this morning. befoare
wAilfre;
q /tole! 4ged with violently assaulting his
it't tt"d•
Ni 4,ki. "%rid, a very
to the
41t1
4ticeshe had been married t
i tr k , stated that
respectable and decent woman
4 'la r uPward of 10 years. They were at present
%cl lt at l‘z 8
tllt 40 thii, 0. 7, Parker's row, Bermonhdseey.mnTnntehys
4441),Ntqle.:ren, and for the last two or three months
in
the
1t4t.;% Ith,z 111a4d used her most brutally,
110 4lit her . e came home at night halfainntoxicated, of
IS. Iltri violently, and upon several occasions lcnock-
ll:411115 I:ivibo . This morning, about half-past 12 o'clock,
l%eliktratiZte the worse for liquor, and upon witness
,' N berg with him, be instantly struck her on the
04
k4i ,ttiati 1., month severely and knocked her down.
14 fiei4 Iv;f "718, who resided next door to the prisoner
41"t:Ite exi;:, Stated that his conduct to her was brutal
,i
It
lo* he il'e for the last six or seven weeks. Last
'h.:s 4 ifehhtiaed her a great deal, and knocked her
l'ktitroa, te was a bullock.
bite %,,e allard, a boot maker
tf 414 th , corroborated the evid ernenseidoifng
the prisoner's
at
.No. 8,
\*a e A i 0e last witness. He cons idered the conduct
A .1 t‘ uP:t- 4tr brutal in the extreme. The complainant
-N ti elle citliet and inoffensive wo man.
447, a widow aud the la ,ndlady of the house

in which the prisoner and his wife lodged, stated that
from the prisoner's continued violence she considered
both her life and that of his wife's in danger. He had
repeatedly threatened that he would murder his a ife,
and witness had known him on several occasions sharpen
knives for the purpose, as he said, of cutting his wife's
throat.

The prisoner, upon being asked what answer be bad
to make to the charge, stated that his wife was in the
habit of tantalising and irritating him, and upon such
occa-ions he hardly knew what he was about.
One of the witnesses stated that the prisoner was in
the habit of using his wife as brutally when he was sober
as when he was in liquor.
Mr. Coombe committed the prisoner to the House of
Correction, with hard labour, for three months, stating
that he hoped that punishment would induce him to be-
have better in future to his wife.
A CRIMEAN SOLDIER IN TROUBLE.-- William Wallis,
a private in the 66th Regiment of Foot, quartered at
the Portman Barracks, Oxford-street, and whose regi-
ment is ordered out for the Crimea, was brought up
in custody, charged with desertion. It appeared that,
on Saturday last, the prisoner had leave of absence from
the barracks till 12 o'clock at night, but stopping out
much later than that hour, and while on his way to the
barracks, yesterday, be was accosted by a policeman and
taken into custody for desertion.
The prisoner said that he had no intention whatever
to desert, but hawing been ordered out to the Crimea,
and being too late to get into the barracks on Saturday
night, he thought he would have a spree before he went
to wap the Russians, and was on his way to the barracks
when he was taken into custody.

Mr. Coombe said there c,uld be no doubt it was a
clear case of desertion, and ordered the prisoner to be
kept in custody, and an intimation to be given of his
being so to the Horse Guards.
AN UNNATURAL FATHER.—SamueI Major, a dissi-
pated looking fellow, residing at 2, Swan-lane, Swan-
st, eet, near the Bricklayers' Arms station, was placed
in the dock, charged with ill-using and violently beating
his children. The charge was brought against the pri.
goner by several of his neighbours, who had witnessed
his cruelty to his children for some time past, and were
determined to have him punished for it.
Alice Major, the eldest daughter of the prisoner,
stated that her mother had been dead for about two
years, and that since her death her father had been con
tinually in the habit of beating and ill using herself and
brother and sister when he came home drunk. The
witness, who is 16 years of age, but did not appear more
than 14, presented a melancholy spectacle of ill-treat-
ment ; both her eyes were blackened, and her face fright-
fully swollei The cause, she said, of her father beat-
ing her last night was because she had not ironed his
shirt, and the reason she bad not done so was because
she had neither coals to light a fire nor a candle to Fee
by, her father spending all the money he made in drink,
and leaving herself and brothers and sisters to starve,
which they would have done ere this had it not been
for the kindness of the neighbours.
The other children of the prisoner were all brought
into court, and their appearance exacted the sympathy
of the worthy magistrate and all present : ragged, shoe-
less, and dirty, they presented a spectacle at which
humanity could not but shudder.
Mr. Coombe considered that a man who could use his
children as the prisoner had done was worse than a
brute—they had an affection for their offspring, but the
conduct of the prisoner was brutal in the extreme. He
was determined to make an example of him, and he
should, therefore, commit him to the House of Correc-
tion, with hard labour, for six months.
The worthy magistrate directed the police-constable
to take all the children (six) to the workhouse, and see
that they were properly attended to.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

An unusually small supply of English wheat was on sale
in to-day's market. All kinds moved off freely, and prices
were very firm. The whole of the supply was disposed of.
The show of foreign wheat was rather limited compared
with some previous weeks. Importers were very firm, and
some of them refused to sell except at a further advance
of 2s per quarter. The business doing was therefore trifling.
Floating cargoes were quite as dear as on Monday.
The barley trade was steady, at full prices. Malt sup-
ported former terms.
There was a good sale for oats, at Gd per quarter more
money.

Beans, peas, and flour were quite as dear as on Monday.
The first arrival of the latter article-2,120 barrels—has
taken place from New York.

Wheat.
320

English ..
Irish ....
Foreign 1 3,710