The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-11 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE, - Edward Candace, a tall,
powerful man, was charged with the following outrageous
conduct :

Mr James Watson, the proprietor of the Cheshire Cheese
tavern, Grosvenor-street, Pimlico, said that at a little before
six last night the defendant came to his house and made a
disturbance. Complainant's attention was first directed to
him ty finding that he had got a poor old man with a
wooden leg down, and was taking his stick from him.
When complainant interfered defendant seized him by the
throat with great violence, and made his cheek bleed, In
the scuffle with defendant complainant lost a valuable
breast-pin.
Mr Arnold inquired whether the defendant had been
drinking ?
Complainant replied he did not exactly know. He was
not served at all in his house. _ _ _

Michael Logan, a poor old man, with a wooden log, said
that defendant and his two companions came into the house
where he had gone for some refreshment, and seized what
he had called for and drank it. They then asked him if he
would treat them with some beer, and upon his refusal, the
defendant struck him a violent blow in the eye, and followed

it up by endeavouring to take his stick away from h:m.
When thfendant was given into custody he kicked witness
in the stomach on bis way to the station.
Police-constable 40 B proved that defendant committed
the assault complained of, on his way to the station-house,
ulna' the old man.
Defendant denied the assaults, and said ho was the ill-
used party.
Ile was remanded.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE UNION.

A meeting of landowners and others locally interested was
held at Sedbergh on Wednesday, to take into consideration
this projected line of railway; the Rev, G. Platt in the
chair.
After hearing the explanations of the solicitor and engi-
neer, the meeting unanimously passed a resolution in fa-
vour of the proposed railway and pledged itself to support
the bill in Parliament. It was stated that many of the
leading landowners along the proposed route had signified
their approbation of the line, and in some instances
had offered to take the value of their land in shares.
The proposed line would commence by a junction with the
London and North-Western Railway at Sedbergh, and pass
in an easterly direction through Garsdale and Wensleydale
to the North-Eastern Railway at Leyburn. It was to be
extended from the latter place, via Masham, to Melmerby
junction. The length of the proposed line would be fifty
miles, and the estimated cost was £425,000. It was stated
that a return of £2O per mile per week would afford a divi-
dend of about £6 per cent , after allowing 50 per cent. for
working expense&

SOUTH AUSTRIAN AND LOMBARDO -
VENETIAN
The total traffic receipts from the Ist of January to the
29th of September amounted on th© South Austrian lines,
1,086 miles in length, to £1,517,561, and for the correspond-
ing period of 1863, on 1,082 miles, to £1,473,847, showing
an increase of £43,714. The total receipts on the Lombardo-
Venetian lines amounted, on 274 miles, to £283,236, against
£269,116 on 237 miles, showing an increase of £14,120. The
total receipts on the Central of Italy lines, 167 miles in
length, amounted to £157,813, and for the corresponding
period of 1863, on 145 miles, to £158,969, showing a de-
crease of £1,156. The aggregate receipts of the above lines
amounted, on 1,527 miles, to £1,959,610, and for the cor-
responding period of 1863, on 1,484 miles, to £1,899,932,
showing an increase of £59,678.