The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

BRUTALITY TO A CA/3 HORSE.—Joseph Goff, cab driver,
badge 3,015, was eharged by the Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals with cruelly illtreating a
horse by unmercifully flogging it.
Joseph Coote, one of the officers of the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, about half-past four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, saw the prisoner in Pall Mall
flogging the horse he was driving attached to a four wheel
cab in a most cruel manner. The prisoner turned up
Waterloo-Place, all the way flogging the horse, and the
passengers on a passing omnibus cried "Shame" on wit-
nessing his brutal conduct. The officer pursued the prisoner,
and on stopping him, after he had gone a distance of 200
yards, all the while flogging the horse, he gave as his reason
fot• doing so that the horse had stumbled.
Terok:lerley, another officer of the Society, proved that
there zngaet,
The rk; on the horse, showing that it had been
T
yerre flogger
saki he might have give]: the horse two or
severely
reree were
threecuts,
u t
Mr 4nog said he could not order the in isoner to be
rivenslowly and whipped, but he deserved it. His con-
duct had been ,moet brutal.
The owner of the horse said he should discharge the
prisoner.
Mr Knox said as that would be some punishment, he
ould only fine the prisoner 20s or 7 days.
The prisoner was taken into custody about five o'clock
yesterday, but for some reason or the other on the part of
the police was not brought before the magistrate till after
all the other charges had been disposed of.

THAMES.
AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG OFFENDER—John Ballard,
alias Barry, alias Lowen, was brought before Mr Paget,
charged with stealing money from a till, in White Horse-
street, Stepney.
A fortnight ago the prisoner entered the shop of Mr
William
GeorgeniNaVe in theaslibourne,a ginger beer maker, at lb
minutesmorning
and went round the
counter. Be was seen by Mr Washbourne's brother, who
beforewas in a parlour behind the shop, which he immediately
entered. The prisoner immediately said, it I want a half-
-411 of sherbet, if you please,
pennywon sir, Mr Washbiurne
took the prisoner alongside the till which he opened, and
missed from it 51 in half-pence. The prisoner took that
sum from his pocket, and he had a half-penny besides
in his hand. Mr Washbourne said he would
give him into custody. The boy then made a
detmained resistance, and tried to escape. He was secured
and after the first examination he was remanded for a week.
Owing to a mistake as to the date the witnesses were not in
attendance on the day appolnted_feorwthe second hearing, and
the prisoner was discharged
_l-1
_as again captured yes-
terday by Police-sergeant Dodsworth of the A divi •who
said greatly neglect • division,
said the prisoner had
.b ed, his father co-
t I and his moth
habiting with a rrostitut;im . mother in a w orkhouse.
es la OU.StOdy for robbing tills,
The boy had been three
and once convicted. ,prisoner a
Mr Paget convicted thC P
.„. ,_ 8 a. juvenile offender,
and sentenced him to three n...?"‘"r imprisonment and hard
labour.
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HERE is "AN RRIBLE TALE,"—The Paris
eneefetohfethbenielhdainnggess weohnne'ehtbsi with
come
led,owi in
isnpeoaonksienqgu
the Rues des Idarmousets and des Deux-Ermites, which
the removal of the Hotei INen, says r...... 4,
are both condemned to disappear, WV be seen in the wall a
sculptured stone, partially obliterated by time, but which
still bears some traces of the former design, namely, a dog
represented in bas-relief, in the place of a porcelain dog
fixed there during the reign of Henry IL, to commemorate
an act of instinct accomplished by one of those faithful
animals. At No. 2in that street lived, in adjoining shops,
one
a barber and a pastrycook. A stranger having
-
day
entered the shop of the former to get shaved was never teen
to leap it, 'lli' family, being uneasy at his disappearance,
had him 806,1; for, aria a friend, accompanied by the dog
of the missing man ant: a sei7eant of the watch, searched
all over Paris. As the socket.. Were at length passing be-
fore this house in the Rue des Deux..Erm 'tea, the dog began
to scent about him with an Uneasy air. ..
T t next rushed into
the barber's shop and commenced scratching' on the Boor
with such persistence that it led to the discovery 0: a trap-
d9or ever a cellar, which still exists, and where the boo.; of
a man was found cut into pieces. The barber, says the 1
story, had made a bargain with his neighbour, whose pica,
made of human flesh, had acquired a great celebrity, so that '
when a stranger came to get shaved he was placed on the
trap, and, a spring being touched, he fell into the cellar
below, where he was despatched by the pastrycoc k, if not
killed by the fall, The two murderers were broken on the
wheel, and their houses razad to the ground. Is there any
truth in this story ? What is certain is, that until the
commencement of the 16th century there might have been
seen an open space, at a spot formerly occupied by the
houses, the cellars of which could still be Been. Francis I.
it was who permitted the present habitation to be built,"

Railway and other Companies.

SOUTH DEVON.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Tuesday at the company's offices, Millbay ; Mr T. Wooli-
combe, the chairman, presided.
The report was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,

observed that he trusted they would consider it on the
whole satisfactory. The surplus actually earned over the
corresponding period of 1863 was £7,000 odd. They were
told when they last met that the Teign Valley scheme was
carried in the last session of Parliament as a mere local
line. It was an extraordinary scheme. The parties who

I had procured a bill for making a line with a capital of
£60,000, asked Parliament to allow them to raise a pre.
ferential capital nearly six times the amount of the ori-
ginal capital upon the £15,000. The directors had in the
House of Commons the grea'ott difficulty in getting any
information whatever as to the financial position of those
gentlemen. The Teign Valley scheme excited a great deal
of attention in Parliament, and a remarkably good com-
mittee was appointed to investigate the circumstances of
the case by the House of Lords. They went into the case,
and then they did succeed in getting a complete exposé of
the financial position of the company. The solicitor,
when asked to explain how it happened that he had not
got e said he was getting it every day, and
there could be no question about it. (Laughter.) However,
the result of the whole question was that the committee de-
cided unanimously that the bill ought not to pass. During
the progress of the inquiry, it was considered necessary on
the part of the South Devon Company, that the Teign Valley
Railway, being an accomplished fact, it would not do for
this company to give their opponents an opportunity of
saying they would do nothing to assist them to carry legis-
lation into effect. Therefore they decided it was necessary
to state to the committee their willingness to work the Teign
Valley line, provided the parties were willing to treat with
them for that purpose, and to make fair terms. (Hear.) A
considerable amount of interest was manifested on the part
of the corporation of Exeter with a view to obtaining rail-
way communication to the quays at Exeter, and a scheme,
which was of the most complicated and objectionable cha-
racter, was brought forward by the Teign Valley proprie-
tors for the purpose of giving this accommodation. He
thought the South Devon Company satisfied the committee
that that scheme was pertectly impracticable, but at the
same time the directors intimated their intention of recom-
mending the proprietors to sanction a plan which was pro •
posed several years ago for making a communication from
their line a little below St Thomas's to the Exeter quays.
The Lords' Committee recommend that next session the
South Devon Company should connect the city quays with
their line, avoiding the necessity of crossing the roads on the
level. The cost would not exceed £5,000, and it might be
less. He referred to the necessity which the directors were
under of coming to them for authority to obtain more capital.
They proposed the sum of £300,000 as the amount which
they thought, while they were going to Parliament, they had
better take powers to raise. They certainly did not propose to
spend anything like that money at present. With respect to
the increased accommodation in doubling some portions of the
line, that they considered essentially necessary, and it ought
to be proceeded with at once—viz., from Newton to Teign-
month, He thought they had capital sufficient for that pur-
pose without touching upon the new capital at all, and that
would, therefore, be available for future improvements of
the line, and for the purpose of arranging the purchase of
the locomotive stock. The purchase of that stock involved
a financial operation which must effect a considerable
saving of money to the proprietors, because the amount
which they now paid for the hire of locomotives included
the interest of contractors' capital, and the sum for redeem-
ing the plant from year to year, and the depreciation of that
plant also. He believed that the amount they at present
paid to the contractors in the shape of interest was a much
higher rate than that which they would be called upon to
pay for the money which they raised to pay them off. There •
fore there would be a clear gain upon that part of the trans..
action. Then, they also conceived that they had now
arrived at a point which would enable • them to work the
line themselves, and to save the contractors' profits by car-
rying on business on their own account. They had actually
paid nearly £20,000 towards the cost of the locomotives from
half-year to half-year out of the revenue, and that was so
much really to the credit side of the account. With regard
to the remainder of the capital—£3oo,ooo—it would be very
difficult to go into anything like a very minute estimate of
the appropriation of that money. (Hear.) If they had had
more capital their general rolling stock would be increased
in amount, and it would be a wise step to increase it, be-
cause every half _year they were paying a tclerably large sum
under the head of interchange of carriage stock. They had
also found it necessary to make considerable improvements
prospectively in the general train arrangements of the line,
With regard to express trains proper, they now proposed to
have three express trains up and three down every week-
day from London. The first would leave Plymouth at 8 30
a.m., arriving in London at 3 p.m. Persons, therefore, who
were in the absolute necessity of going to London and re-
turning in one day would be enabled to go up by that train
and leave by the 450 train, which arrived in Plymouth
at 11 55 p.m. The next express would leave Plymouth at
10 45, and arrive at London at 6 10. The first down ex-
press would leave London at 9 15, reaching Plymouth at
4 35, and the second express would leave London at 11 45
a.m., arriving at Plymouth at 6 10 p.m., and a third
train would leave London at 4 50, reaching Plymout at
11 55. The third express up would be the old 320 train,
arriving in London at H o'clock. They had also increased
the train service for Torquay and Dartmouth. The express
which left Plymouth at 8 301. would leave Torquay at 9 25,
getting into London by 3 o'clock. The next morning ex-
press from Torquay would leave at 11 40, arriving in Lon-
don with the general Plymouth express at 6 10. The third
express train from Torquay would leave at 4 22 in the
afternoon, reaching London at 11 o'clock. The speed
of these trains would average somewhere about 38 miles an
hour from end to end, and considering they were some dis-
tance from the metropolis, he did not think there would be
any great reason to complain of that. (Hear.) Ho then
adverted to the financial arrangements between the Corn-
wall Railway and the associated companies, the Great
Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon, for secur-
ing them some of their advances to that company. He still
thought that the associated companies had derived an ad •
vantage from the extension of the Cornwall line to Fal-
mouth, and that they were quite compensated up to the
present time—and he believed they might derive a still
greater compensation—for the risk and liabilities they had
incurred. If the matter had to be gone over again he should
bo quite prepared to take the responsibility of recommend-
ing that proper assistance should have been given to the
Cornwall Company towards carrying it to a state of com-
pletion. (Hear, hear.)
Mr D. DERRY seconded the motion for the adoption of
report.
J. GRANT could not concur in the opinion of the
chain:no that the declaration of such an increased dividend
as it was p,-eposed to give the shareholders was a matter
calling for any special exultation. One and a half per cent.
was but a poor 11, turn to the shareholders for the money
which they had inviested in the South Devon. It was true
that it was an improve,.
ment on the dividends lately paid,
but there was assuredly great room for improvement.
Eighteen months ago their .
dividend only reached 6s 6d.
proent occasion had improved
Though their dividend on the
the market value of the South Devoe' stock had not improved
saw no reasonable
to any extent worthy of mention. De'
property so keg
prospect of any great improvement in the,.'as the directors submitted to be under the goe-ernment of the
Great Western andßristol and Exeter Comparey. The in.
terests of the shareholders ought to be the first te'id great
object of the directors. and those of the public Ilex, ; but
the principles on which the South Devon directors seek.n to
administer the affairs of the company were those whic;.`
were known to be most in accordance with the views and
wishes of the boards of the two companies he had just
mentioned. They would remember that some years ago the
sea had swept away a large portion of their line. The ex-
penses were charged to revenue, and the shareholders re-
ceived no dividend that halt' year. He (Mr Grant) main-
tained that the principle of thus charging to revenue what
ought to be charged to capital was not only unjust to the
shareholders, but was contrary to sound commercial prin-
ciples. lie concluded by moving the following resolution :
6' That in the opinion of this meeting it is most desir-
able for the South Devon Railway Company to encourage
the interchange of traffic with all neighbouring railway
companies, and for the directors to renew their efforts with
South Western Railway Company to attain that object,
and to report at the next meeting.'
The Rev. A, B. WILLS, of Exeter, seconded the amend-
ment, and strongly condemned the course pursued towards
the South Western Company.
Dr CLARKE supported the amendment.
Mr C. TROTTER supported the original resolution.
The CHAIRMAN having replied, suggested the expediency
of the withdrawal of the amendment.
Mr GRANT, after explaining that it was not intended as
me of censure or want of confidence in the directors, as
a lting appeared to suppose, consented to withdraw

t inCe' 'g
he
hie arrimiment.
After ow
.rejection of amendments by Dr Clarke and the
Rev. A. 13. EL'iSs
The original r:solution was then put and carried.
A resolution declr ring a dividend at the rate of £1 12s 6d
s then unanimously adopted.
per cent. per annum Wu'
lIAIRMAN, seconded by Mr D.
On the motion of the t,
DERRY, a resolution was pah.sed to the effect that the S,uth
Devon agreed, in conjunction a ith the Great Western and
the Bristol and E:zeter, to guara:rtee payment in certain
proportions, the interest on dividend not exceeding £4 lOs
per cent. per annum on stock created by the Cornwall Rail-
way Company to the extent of £149,600 for the repayment
cf the 7,480 6 per cent, £2O preferential shares, which had
been already created and issued by the company, and also
intemeet at the same rate on £400,000 and £32,830, to replace
other sbroeo thanksd been issued at a higher rate of interest,
A vote of to the Chairman closed the proceedings.

GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester-
day at the offices, Great George-street, Westminster; Mr
p. Davey in the chair.
Mr C. ELEY, jun., the secretary, read the report. It
stated that there had been no further expenditure on capital
account during to half-year, and that the voin of the bonn-

dary wall by the Duke of Northumberland's propel ty now
in progress would probably complete that account. The
directors had recently been engaged in arranging such faci-
lities for coals to be sent by rail vta Brentford as the, v be-
lieved would largely increase that traffic. Already at xing
the past.month the quantity had been 5,980 tons ag. dust
1,631 tons in the same month of last year. The traffi, re•
turns furnished by the Great Western gave a tollage for • the
half year of £4,248, against £1,236 for the corresponding six
months of last year. The arbitrationwith the Great Wes tern
relative to the clai:n of this company to inspect the book s in
order to a verification of the accounts still remained un-
settled, although it had been for some months before the
umpire appointed by the arbitrators. The balance at the
disposal of the shareholders was £9,836, which would admit
of dividends of 5 per cent per annum on each class of pre-
ference shares, and 2i per cent, on the ordinary shares.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report.
Mr DARvILL seconded the motion, and urged upon the
Great Western the importance of conducting their lint+
upon purely commercial principles.

After soroe discussion the report was unanimously
adopted.

NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION.
Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was
held at the Euston Station; Mr H. Tootal in the chair.
The report was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said he thought
the proprietors would be well pleased with the report, the
accounts, and dividend, which latter was at the rate of 6 per
cent. per annum. On the last occasion £lOO was appro-
priated to this purpose, but on the present occasion £6OO
was required. In the session of Parliamentjust expired the
company had promoted a bill for an extension of their line
from Acton to Richmond, and to increase their capital to the
extent of £lO,OOO, for the purpose of purchasing land sid-
ings and station accommodation The London and South-
Western Company introduced a bill almost identical, and
both Houses sanctioned it, giving the company the right
of user and station accommodation, with which they were
satisfied, and the line would be opened at once. Alto.
gether, the position of the company was one for con-
gratulation.
Mr H. C. LICY seconded the adoption of the report, and
it was carried unanimously.
Resolutions were then passed declaring a dividend of 6s.
per share, being at the rate of 6 per cent per annum on the
share capital of the company, and the directors were
authorised to raise an additional capital of 10,000.
On the motion of Mr BENTLEY, seconded by Mr Ceruia,
the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr Mansell, the
manager, and to the chairman and directors, and the meet-
ing separated.

STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEY-BRIDGE.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed
to be herd yesterday at the Euston Station, but, in conse-
quence of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of pro-
prietors to constitute the required quorum, the only business
done was to agree to the dividends proposed by the directors
namely, at the rate of 41 per cent per annum on the pre-
ference shares, and the same rate on the ordinary shares.
The report showed that the traffic receipts for the half-year
ending the 30th of June last amounted to £10,337, as com-
pared with £8,133 for the corresponding period last year,
being an increase of £3,204. The sum available for dividend
was £3,073, and the payment of LOS dividend on the pre-
ference, and £2,882 on the ordinary shares, would leave £33
to the credit of the next account.