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

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

question.
The declarations made in the Committee by Herr
von Bismark upon the position of the Government
are of especial interest. They may be summarised
as foliewe
,‘ Up to the present time it has not been the inten-
'ion of the Government to proceed upon any other
basis than that of the Diet. This, however, by no
means excluded the possibility of an independent
advance,..if the proposition of Prussia should not be
eupported by a majority at the Diet. It was his
duty, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, to place Prue-
elan interests in the first rank, not the interests of
another dynasty or of any other nationality. It
could not be admitted that the collective strength of
Prussia and Austria—the Powers who protected
the glass-house of the German State system from
European attacks—should be disposed of by a majo-
rity which possibly did not represent two millions
and a half of population. So long as the separation
of territories in Germany held good, so long might
German commercial interests and the like be spoken
of, bat no German interests in politics. In that
regard he could only recognise Austrian, Bavarian,
&c., interests.
"He considered the question of Prussia's entire
withdrawal from the London Treaty rather a ques-
tion of opportuneness than of right. Only those
deductions from right had force which one possessed
the power to carry out. It was a common error to
imagine that the right of States was found by law-
yers, not made by treaties. It was an awkward
thing to measure treaties by the mere standard of
justice. The Committee should recollect the Treaties
of Vienna, which contained much injustice, and yet
had constituted the basis of the European State-
system for nearly 50 years. They should recollect
Poland ; remember the curtailment of Saxony,
whose King was punished merely because, being
the only monarch in the power of Napoleon, he had
been unable to join the Allies.
"If the German deductions of right in the Schles-
wig-Holstein matter were declared to be perfectly
clear and transparent, as had been remarked in the
Committee, and opposing opinions were stigmatised
as 'threadbare sophistry' and ' hole-and-corner
arguments,' he would only observe, in place of all
criticism, that hole-and-corner-arguments,' when
supported by a majority of European bayonets,
usually gained the day. In the question of oppor-
tuneness our relations to the Duchy of Schleswig
played an important part ; for as soon as we with-
drew from the London Treaty, the cognate treaties
of 1851-52, and therewith all claims to interference,
fell to the ground. From the moment of withdrawal
from the London Treaty, therefore, the Duchies
were shown different roads, and then the question
immediately started into importance whether the
Confederation had a right to conquer a non- German
country—Schleswig—from a German Prince. Such
a right of the Confederation could never be de-
duced from Federal treaties, which were merely
for mutual assistance. Were such a capability ac-
cepted, it would follow that the Confederationrussi should
have restored Neufchatel to the King of Pa an
have reconquered for Austria her birthright in Italy.
imparted
In case of a withdrawal from the London protocol,
Denmark could at once incorporate Schleswig. The
Ist of January of this year, to which period he had
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from Copenhagen, and of the collective motion
brought in with reference to that date upon Dec.
28, which held out the prospect of eventual occupa-
tion of Schleswig. The Diet had come to no resolu-
tion as to ejection' of the hereditary Prince of
Augustenburg. The motion of the presiding Power
(to request the Prince to leave the country) had been
met by seven affirmatives, five negativee, and four
votes desiring to convey the request in
thereupon,
the
been form of
a wish ; and the motion had,
re-
ferred to the Committee. Tho Prussian represen-
tative had voted in the affirmative without instruc-
tions, but in perfect conformity with the wishes of
his Government, because the presence of the Prince
obstructed the action of the Federal Commissioners,
and was injurious to the authority of the Diet."
A member of the Committee asked how these ex-
pressions were to be reoonciled with the passage of
the Royal reply, which stated, " The succession

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
11 per cent, per annum on the ordinary stock of the com-
pany, 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 £163,311; 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 £5,454, against £4,123 for the cor-
responding half of 1562, showing an increase of £1,331. T)_:e
quantity of coal shipped in the half-year was 57,929 tons,
against 68;784 tons for the same half of 1862, showing en
increas3 of 19,145 tons. The company's share of the net
profits of the South Junction Railway ~nlOll/its to £8,957,
as against £8 47, showing an increase of £BlO o,er the
corresponding period of last year. The 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 expenbes, which in-
clude £1,122 in reduction of the suspense accounts, have
been diminished by £2,897, showing an increase of net pro-
fit of £4,729. The directors regret that the Garston and
Liverpool Railway is not Set completed, as they had anti-
cipated. The expenditure on capital account during the last
half. year amounts to £238,650, of which £151,470 is for
subscriptions to other companies, £18,560 for works and
stations, and £30,018 for new rolling stock. The capital
account shows that £10,341,788 had been received, and
1 £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. These 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 wasoonveyed 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 sa
heard her say " 0 dear 1" once. During the day the unfid she
ortu-
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 Harmer, 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
and enlisting in the Royal Marines. In July List he deserted
and returned to Renner, but appears to have wandered
about, sleeping in barns, die., afraid to go to his wife, lest
she should inform against him. He has been heard on seve-
i 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 28 years of age, but
bears a very indifferent character. He has decamped, and
the clogs have been traced a long dist‘nco, but be has not
yet been captured.

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Prince of Walls.
ALKALOIDS, NOT ED BY CIMIISTS.—Apirine
is found in the Cocos lopirlea, belladoninc in the leaves and
twigs of belladonna, capsxine in the p,,recarp of the opsi-
cam, crotonine in the seeds of croton.
named
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.---A wornan
ted 9
nes pday
lace
Harley was drawing water from a well Iv°
called Duck-lane, SAgley, Staffordshire, o
detached
morning, when the bucket became acciden
tanii
procured a hook
from the chain, and fell into the water.
Stre
bucket, but first
brought up a heavy parcel. This
and endeavoured to regain possession of
being opened was
found to contain the dead body of a child, apparently about
its body, and there wcre
ten days old. A brick was tied to
ommitted. A coroner's
indications that a murder had been c
inquest on the body will be held to-day (Friday).