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 £184,934, 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

14 per cent. per annum on the ordinary steel of the cona--
Ftny, leaving a balance of £5,483 for the next account.
The traffic receipts, as compared with the corresponding
period of last year, show an increase of £27,877. Ihe total
local traffic amounts to £1613,311; and the foreign traffic to
£150,509, making £316,820.
The dues, wharfage, &c., of the Grimsby docks for the
past half-year amount to £5,451, against 11,1'23 for the cor-
responding half of l3h'2, showing an increase of £1,331. Tho
quantity of coal shipped in the halt-year was t 7,929 h;ns,
against 65,764 tons for the same half of IA2, showing an
increas?, of 19,145 tons. The company's share of the net
profits of the South Junction Railway amounts to .C,i,957,
as against £8,147, showing an increase of XSIO over the
corresponding period of last year. The revenue of the canals
shows an increase of £1,532 as compared with the eerie-
spouding 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 In; Va
been increased by £1,832, the working expenses, which in-
clude £1,122 in reduction of the suspense accounts, have
been diminishes' by £2,897, showing an increase of net pro-
fit of £1,729. The directors regret that the Garston and
Liverpool Railway is not 3et completed, as they had anti-
cipated. The expenditure on capital account during the last
half. year amounts to £2.35,G50, of which £151,470 is for
subscriptions to other companies, £48,560 for works and
stations, and i 30,018 for new rolling stock. The capital
account shows that £10,311,788 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 Old 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. Oa 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 was conveyed to the workhouse at Leominster.
The surgeon of the workhouse was in immediate attendance,
and everything possible done to relieve her, but she died at
11 o'clock on the following evening. The nurse said she
heard her say " 0 dear 1" once. During 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
children (one illegitimate), had been out washing for a per-.
son in Hennor, and had left for her home about 6 p.m., and.
nothing more was seen of her till she was, discovered by Lip-
pett. Circumstances which have transpired leave but little
doubt that the perpetrator of this cruel murder is the de-
ceased's husband. Not long after marriage he is said to have
discovered her with another man, when a fierce quarrel en-,
sued. This and other immoralities led to his leaving her
in the Royal Marines. In July last ho deserted
returned to to Hennor, but appears to have wandered
and enlisting
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about, sleeping in barns, &c., afraid to go to his wife, lest
she should inform against him. He has been heard on seve-
ral occasions to threaten her with violence. When last seen
he was noticed to have clogs on with iron plates at the bot-
tom, and on the path where the murder occurred there were
marks of a person wearing clogs walking up and down seve-
ral times. He is a smart man, about 2S years of age, but
bears a very indifferent character. Ho has decamped, and
the clogs have been traced a long dietance, but has not
yet been captured.

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ALKALOIDS, NOT FD RV CIHMISTS.—Avirine
is ffnnil in the Cocos lapidea, 1,-170,7oni;ic in the les,;ri,
twigs of belladonna, cops:einr in the per :v.11.p at the 0,11',•-
cum, crotonine in the seeds of croton.
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.--A svonyln name d.
Harley was drawing water from a well at a plato
called Duck-lane, Sedgley, Staffordshire, on IVednesdy
morning, when the bucket became accidentally detached
from the chain, and fell into the water. She procurod a hook
and endeavoured to regain possession of the bucket, but first
brought up a heavy parcel. This on being opened was
found to contain the dead body of a cluld, apparently about
ten days old. A brick was tied to its body, and there were
indications that a murder had been committed. A coroner's
inquest on the body will be held to-day (Friday).