The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE.
The report of the directors of this company states that
the total revenue of the past half-year from all sources
amounted to £364,429, the total expenditure to £179,495,
and the balance of net profit to £]84,934, which, with the
balance of £6,474 from the previous half-year, gives a total
sum of £191,408 available for interest and dividend. The
debenture and other interest chargeable against the revenue
of the half-year amounts to £61,118, the canal annuities to
£14,143, and the dividends on the various classes of prefer-
ence stock and shares to £81,263, making a total charge of
£156,525, leaving a balance of £34,884, out of which the
directors recommend that a dividend be paid at the rate of
11 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the cow-
pup, leaving a balance of £5,483 for the next, account.
'rho traffic receipts, as compared with the corresponding
period of last year, show an increase of £27,877. '1 ho totAl
local traffic amounts to £160,311; and the foreign traffic to
£150,509, making £316,820.
The dues, wharfage, &e., of the Grimsby docks for the
past half-year amount to £5,451, against £1,123 for the cor-
responding half of 1862, showing an increase of £1,311. Thu
quantity of coal shipped in the half-year w:s ti 7,023 xis,
against 68,784 tons for the same half of 1862, showing an
increase of 19,145 tons. Tilt. company's share of the net
profits of the SJuth Junction itailway amounts to £3,957,
as against £8,147, showing an I:tcrease of £BlO over the
corresponding period of last year. ne revenue of the canals
shows an increase of £1,832 as compared with the corre-
sponding period of last year. The effect of the consolidation
of the working of the canals with that of the railway has
been satisfactory. Although the receipts of the canals have
been increased by £1,832, the working expenses, which in-
clude £1,122 in reduction of the suspense accounts, havo
been diminished by £2,897, showing an increase of net pro-
fit of £4,729. The directors regret that the Gersten and
Liverpool Railway is not Set completed, as they had anti-
cipated. The expenditure on capital account during the last
half• year amounts to £?38,650, of which £151,470 is for
subscriptions to other companies, £48,560 for works and
stations, and £30,018 for new rolling stock. The capital
account shows that £10,341,788 had been received, and
£10,151,451 expended, leaving a balance of £190,331.

The Murder of a Wife by her Husband near

Leominster,

The facts relating to this shocking murder have already
been briefly stated. More full details have since come to
light. On Monday evening a working man named Lippett,
proceeding along the road in the parish of Hennor, near
Leominster, hearing a low moan on a path leading across a
field, at once went to the spot, and had only gone a few
yards along the path, when he was alarmed at a ghastly
spectacle—a woman lying on one side of the path in a pool
of blood. Her body was also besmeared with it, and every-
thing indicated that she had been foully murdered. Appalled
at the sight, he at once rushed to the mansion of Captain
Stevenson, which is close by, and cold what he had seen.
He then ran to Hamnish, and acquainted Mr. Vale, the
parish constable, with what he had seen. A cart and horse
were procured at once, and Vale accompanied Lippett to the
spot where the woman was lying. On examination they
found several frightful gashes on the top of the head, one of
them so deep that the brain protruded. There was another
terrible wound of a similar description at the back of the
head. There were other bruises, and the skull seemed beaten
to pieces. The head and face were covered with matted
blood and brains. An apron was at once tied round her
head, and she wasconveyed to the workhouse at Leominster.
The surgeon of the workhouse was in immediate attendance,
and everything possible done to relieve her, bat she died at
11 o'clock on the following evening. The nurse said she
heard her say "O dear!" once. Daring the day the unfortu-
nate victim of this outrage, Mary Watkins, who was a strong
robust woman about 30 years of age, and the mother of three
when a fierce quarrel children (one illegitimate), had been out washing for a per-
son in Hennor, and had left for her home about 6 p.m., and
immoralitiesinan led to his leaving her
seen
wohf
which
rti
havells
transpired
sw
red ldiscoveredeave
butby Lip-
pett.little
doubt thn
Circumstances
moreat thew as
perpetrator of this cruel murder is the
larines. In July last he deserted
ohetehimintenfoYtrha,lebnt appears to have wandered
de-
ceased's husband. Not long after marriage he is said to have
barns, &c., afraid to go to his wife, lest
against him. He has been heard on seve-
aaasen-
sued.hntteodddiscovered
thuo siTuslreturnedletli e
enlisting
.hsigiennariftngnoowdr
mi
nhllt
ral occasions. to threaten her with violence. When last seen
ho was noticed to have clogs on with iron plates at the bot-
tom, and on the path where tho murder occurred there were
marks of a person wearing clogs walking up and down seve-
ral times. He is a smart man, about 28 years of age, but
bears a very indifferent character. Ho has decamped, and
L
the clogs have been traced a long distance, but ho has not
yet been captured.

ClillllCll CLOCK.S.—" A more splendid and exquisitely
finished piece of mechanism we have never seen."—Standard.
Clocks by the first artists of the day for the drawing room,
dining room, bed room, library, hail, staircase, bracket, car-
riage, church, turret, railways, warehouse, counting house,
musical, and astronomical. Church and turret clocks spe-
cially estimated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on
clocks, free by post for two stamps, with descriptions and
prices, enables those who live in any part of t!.e world to
select a clock. Also a short pamphlet on cathedral and public
clocks, free for one stamp, Prize medal and honourab:e
limn lion in classes 33 and 15. J. W. Denson, 33 and 34, Lud-
gute-hill, London. listablish,ld 1710. Watch and clock
maker, by welal warrant of arryintraent, to i 1,11,11. the
Prince of Wal' a.
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ALK 11.0TDS, NOVI) DV A pirine
is found in the COCOS lOptWeat bc17,7 loni,c in tlir, leAves
Ana
twigs of belladonna, eaps,cin,- in thrr, pf,recarp of tho (.91)6'
cum, crotoninc in the seeds of croton.
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.—A woman mimed
Harley was drawing water from a well at
a paY
lace
called Duck-lane, Sedgley, Staffordshire, on Wcdnesd
apparently about
morning, when the bucket became accidentally detached
itbenunddaytoscouldn.taiAn
from the chain, and fell into the water. She procured a hook
and endeavoured to regain possession of the bucket, but first
brought up a heavy parcel. This on being opened was
indications that a murder had been committed. A coroner's
inquest on the body will be held to-day (Friday).
bthrieckdewa'asi btijeYd ot
of ai
tcshichild,
body, and there ware

T..------- .
JUIFEBOAT SE RVlCES.—During the storms.,,
.0 of the past year • the boats of the National Lifeboat...,
c2asitution saved 4t7 r ,ersons from different wrecks on our
the ts. The Institutio a has also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in.
gra same period on lit, !boat establishments, in addition to.
pernting £1,351 6s. Od. r is rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked.
spoils by its lifeboats,, .and other means.
The Committee of the I ustitution earnestly AP PEAL to the,
public for ASSISTA_N,I ; to .ei, able them to meet the con—
tinued heavy demandis on the Institution's 125 lifeblat estab—
lishments. Contribution s are receiv.-d by all the London.
d country bankers ; an d by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,,
•
the Institution, if, Jol in-street, Adelphi.

111 HE MODERN' AUGUSTUS—The Gentle-
man and the Bri cidayer, scc., scc., in FUN This Week.
—one renny.

HER MAJ:ESTY'S THEATRE.
FAUST.
(In English.)
SATURDAY NEXT, JANUARYrence Lancia
23.
Lemmens-Sherrirv•;o;on, Taccanl, and Flo.
Santiey, Marcli2S i, Dussek, and Sims Reeves.
Conductor—Signor ArdiLi.
Comn tence at ELAM o'Clock.

ROYAL V,NGLIS ft OPERA.,
C )VENT-GA It DEN.
Under the Man wemeut of Miss Louisa Pyre and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, to commence with (17th time) an en-
tirely new (Operetta, entitled FANCHETTE. Miss Louisa
Fyne and Mr. W. a.rrison.
After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a scale of
unprecedented ma gialficence, entitled
HA it LEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.
Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven.

._._-__
THEAICRE ROYAL
m. tDR U R. Y-L AN E.
nagers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and
F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EN 'ENING, the Performanc,es will commence with
the New Ser to-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled
ri IGHT Als ID MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps,
sMessrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fit zjames, and Misses
upported b• r
B. Leclercq. _Atkinson, and Heath.
To conclude with then ew Grand Christmas Comic Panto-
mime of SIN BAD TUE SAILOR ; or, The Seven Wonders
of th.,. Wo dd. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri -
II arlequins„ I lessrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons'
Messrs. W. A.. Barnes and J. Alorris ; Columbines, Madame'
Bolen° and. IlLisses Gunniss.
2sual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.
Prices as -

joyA,l4 LYCEUM THEATRE.
llnd er the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
BEL DEN (ONTO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Ii very Event nig during the Week.
THIS EV, ,STING, the performance will commence with a
New and 0) riginal Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD :
ltessrs. H. Wriddicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett,
31,ireland ; D lisses Percy, Pauline Le;:lerel, Wood, Mrs. Lee,
and Miss E. Lavenu.
A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
IG,tor y, in TA relve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chri nicle-," by Mr. John Brougoam. Principal charac-
e Ly Mr. 'echter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Ighain, I Imery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Z.‘,.,lert, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenu, Airs. Lee, and
Miss Elswort by.
The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge Is
made to the c•ecupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either
for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and
at the attei idants in all parts of the house are forbidden to
:,Iceive any g ratuities whatever.
Box-offi,,e open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7.

►cHEAT:B'.E ROYAL HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
TFIES EV& \TING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs.
Sothern, Buck) done, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers,
Clark, Cullenic rd, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry,
Lindley, Hill, .&c.
After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights
of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid,
Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough,
Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c.
Commence at 7.

ROYAT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sol e Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVEZNING, DONNA DIANA.
After which, HARLEQUD LITTLE TOM TUCKER;
or The Fine: Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman
who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't
know what to do.

EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL--,
Sole Proprietor and Manager. M. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING. THE MOTHER AND CHILD
ARE DOING WELL : Mr. J. L. Toole,
/ to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, It. Phillips, Bil-
ington, Stuart. Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss 11. Simms, and
Mrs. Billingt an.
To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio
and his Seven. Magi: Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips,
Stephenson ; Miss Woolzar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti
Josedhs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman.
Commence at 7.

LEA H.-EMIVERY
SS BATEMAN.

NIGHT,

3IISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tins EVENING,
the (16th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
BA rE MAN,. in the character of LEAH. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the prit:cipal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
iotice.

111 t
OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the
Management R.
of Mr. B. WEBSTE.
G (.a%A.T ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs.
CHARLES MATHEWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs Brown,
Mr. Phe4.s. Mr. Fechter, and Lady Audley every evening.
1863; or. the Sensation 4 of the Past Season, until further
notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr.
Benjamin W.ebster, Mr. Paul Bedford. and
Mr. Charles Mathews Mrs. Stirling., Mrs. Frank Mat-
thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs,
and Mrs. Charles Mat!news.
THIS EVIIINING. and during the Week, at 7, THE
ADVENTUF.ES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A
CUCUMBER. ; and 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF
THE PAST SEASON.
In rehearsa:l, a new Comedy, by Leicester Buckingham,
Esq.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS
AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton,
Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, ezc.
Followed by MARGATE SANDS.
To conclude with TURN HIM OUT.
Commence at 7.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tuts DAY.--Morning, lh. 15m.—Afternoon, lh. 50m.
ro-Koßaow.-Morning, lh. 59m.—Afternoon, 2h. 50m.

The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 22, 1864.

THERMOMETER.
This day at Two o'clock 52

Barometer-29.78.
Wind—S. ; moderate, and cloudy.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1864.

The meeting of Parliament, which is now close
at band, may naturally be looked forward to
with greater interest than ordinary. It
is true that of late years session after
session has dawned upon us bright with
good prospects and fair promises, and again and
again, year after year, the fatal hour of prorogation
has arrived without witnessing the fulfilment of
those promises or the realisation of those anticipa-
tions. Procrastination, the proverbial " thief
of time," continually robs us of our immediate
requirements, and puts us off with empty
asJurances about the good time that is coming.
There is an old fable, and those old fables contain
for the most part, a wonderful deal of truthfulness'
which tells of the warning fate of the boy who
cried " wolf " once too often. Even the most
atient will give way at last.
credulous and p
'. Quousque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia
nostra? Once, again, the country on the assembling
of the Legislature may address this interrogation
to their do-nothing Government. While around
us foreign nations, our friends and allies, are
menaced with war or torn with internal disaffection,
our favourite policy of letting ill alone only in-
creases the disasters which we are called upon to
bewail. If a Congress is proposed for the consi-
deration and probable amelioration of difficulties,
we will have nothing to do with it. We
will neither "strike" nor "hear." With re-

overn

gird to our foreign relations our
rnent cannot expect to receive many
c7mplittent3 on the results of their favourite non-
On the other hand, what have
intervention policy.
they to show by way of compensation in the admini-
stration of home affairs? What reforms were carried
out least s2t:ision, or are likely to be carried out,
lodging from present appearances, in the next ?It
remains to be seen, and a very few weeks will
demonstrate it, whether tine and experi-
ence have at length " worked wonderti" in high