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DANGEROUS RAILWAY IVILFGE.—On Saturday,
• was brought by
at the Maryleboqe County Court, an
a railway porter, named Rogers,Great Western.
against
Company, in whose employment he had been, for the amount
of wages due to him from the period at which be was sus-
pended until he was finally dismissed from the company's
employment by the board of directors It app the
eared that the
plaintiff had been found drunk on duty, which waS the cause
the liquor
Of his dismissal, and the means by which he got
disclosed a system prevalent, it is believed, on most la..wa 3
s.
The porters, it seems, are in the habit of pouring hot water
into the empty spirit casks sent to the station for convey-
ance. and well rinsing them. This is called "bulling" the
cask, and the "bull" thus made is, in fact, strong grog.
Mr. Collard, the superintendent of the police at the railway,
said be had never heard of the system of " bulling" until
this case, and he would adopt means to preyent it. His
Honour trusted that strong measures would be taken to pre-
vent a recurrence of the system now disclosed, as it was
fraught with imminent danger to the public and to the men
themselves. - Judgment for the defendants.

The remains of Mips Michelson, who met her pre-
mature death by the falling of the Pavilion Gate, were con-
signed to the grave in Preston churchyard yesterday, in a
quiet and most unostentatious way.—Brighton Guardian.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

John Gilbert was charged with forgery upon the
London Joint Stock Bank.

Mr. Tilson appeared for the prosecution ; Mr.
Humphreys for the prisoner.
Mr. Tilson said that a gentleman named Orr had
in a business transaction given his acceptance for
1101. to the prisoner, and that on the day that bill
was due a forged bill, the• exact counterpart of it, was
also presented for payment at the London Joint-
Stock Bank.
Mr. W. C. Boone, clerk in the London Joint-
Stock Bank, said—On the 4th of Febrtary this bill
(the forgery) was presented by the Union Bank, and
paid to them in their usual change. The bill pur-
ports to be dated the Ist of December, 1851, and to
be drawn by John Gilbert and Co. and accepted " at
the London Joint-Stock Bank, W. S. Orr and C 0.,"
payable two months after date.
Mr. George Davis, commission agent,. Rail way-
place, Fenchurch-street, said—l know the prisoner.
I received from him, on the 9th of December, this
(the forged) bill. e asked me to discount it that
day. I 'did so. I gave him a cheque for 1071. 10s.
on the Union Benk of London. On the 3d of Feb.,
the day before the bill was due, he came to my pri-
vate residence with 1101. in bank notes to pay the bill
on the following day. I told him I would do so. I
afterwards saw him at three o'clock on the 4th of
February. He called to know if I bad taken the bill
up. I told him he .bad better go with me down to
the Union Bank. I had left the money there in the
morning. He went with me to the Union Bank, and
the clerk who has charge of the bills there stated to
me in the prisoner's presence that the bill bad been
paid by the Joint Stock Bank, and he handed me the
money I bad left with him to take it up, which money
I then gave to the prisoner.
Mr. W. S. Orr, of Amen-corner, Paternoster-row,
bookseller and publisher, said—l am acquainted with
the prisoner. Previously to the month of May he
put up a hydraulic press for me ; it was to be a long
credit; I understood it to be nine months. He asked
me to give him my acceptance of a shorter date. The
understanding was, that when the bill became due he
was to renew the whole or any part of it, as I might
request. When the bill became due I asked him to
renew about 1001. of it. On the morning of the 2d
of December I received from him by post his draft
for 1101. It was entered on the back, and I returned
it by post accepted by me the same day. This
(pointing to the genuine bill) is the bill. I only gave
him one acceptance for 1101; This (pointing to the
forged bill) is not my acceptance, nor was it written
by my authority. I never authorised any one to ac-
cept a bill for me.
Cross-examined by Mr. Humphreys—The original
bill was a six months' bill, drawn in May and due in
December, for 1801. 3.. 3d. There had been previ-
ous transactions between us. He had put up a steam-
engine for me. I had not been acquainted with him
long, but I am bound to say that up to the present
transaction his conduct had been most exemplary. He
was a most intelligent and able engineer. For the
1101. renewal I received a cheque for 1051. The other
51. was deducted in consequence of a running account
bet ween us. I have been in communication with the
bankers since, and I know now that the money for the
1101. bill was paid into the London and Joint-Steck
B Ank to my account, in the name of Gilbert. It is so
stated in the bank-book. I did not discover that the
110/. had been paid in until last Saturday evening,
and then I found it had been paid in on the 4th inst.
Mr. C. R. H. Wessell, clerk at the Union Bank,
said—The bill produced (the forged acceptance) is
the one for which our bank obtained payment from
the London Joint Stock Bank. The bill was paid
into our bank by Mr. Davis, of Railway-place, Fen-
chutch—treet.
Mr. Humphreys submitted that, although there was
no possibility of denying that there had been great
irregularity upon the part of the unfortunate gentle-
man at the bar in the transaction, there could not have
been the least intention of fraud, as the prisoner bad
paid in the money to stop the bill at the Union
Batik before it could have reached the Joint Stock
Bank.
Mr: 'Filson said it was the determination of the
establishment he represented to prosecute, and that
there could be no doubt of the commission of the act
with which tbe prisoner was charged.
Alderman CUBITT did not believe that the prisoner
had"any intention to defraud the; Bank, but"-the nia-*
gi,trate had no alternative in the case. It was well
known that extensive frauds had frequently had their
commencement in similar transactions, and it was his
duty to send the case before another tribunal.
The prisoner, upon being asked whether it was his
wish to say anything, replied I am quite innocent of
any fraudulent intention whatever.—Committed for
trial.

GUILDHALL.
William Southwell, mate of the brig Petrel, was
brought up for further examination before Alderman
Humphery and Sir Peter Laurie, on the charge of
assaniting James Harman Crisp, a cab driver, by
casting him wilfully into the River Thames.
This case was remanded from last week for the
attendance of the principal witness for the prosecu-
tion, who, the
been suborned by the prisoner and his friends, but
Court was given to understand, had.
having been summoned, he now appeared and was
re-examined.

William Joyce, in answer to the Alderman, said
he understood the cabman had settled the matter out
of court, and was to receive 51. by way of compensa-
don for the., injury he had sustained. Witness
accordingly went out to drink with the captain of the
brig, who then give bim (witness)
a sovereign for
himself to induce him to keep out of the way. Not
feeling in a state to give evidence after what he had
drank, he took the sovereign and went away. It was
the captain who stood treat.
Aldermen HUMPHREY remarked that on the last
occasion tha captain swore that he had not treated the
witness to any drink, neither had he been instrumen-
tal in preventing his appearance in court.
The captain here stated,he was not sworn on the
day of the remind, for he never touched the book.
Alderman HUMPHREY said if he did not touch the
book when the oath was administered; that trick was
too common to save him from an indictment for
perjury if he swore falsely. He then ordered the
captain into the witness-box.
Benjamin Theater, the captain of the brig, having
been sworn, admitted that he treated the witness
Joyce to a pint of beer, and also that he gave him a
' sovereign, but explained that it was at the urgent ad-
vice of the witness's friends and the concurrence of

the prisoner, whose money it was. He gave nothing
out of his own pocket, but paid the money on the
prisoner's account out of what was due to him. He
further added that the witness then said, the "
old cabman might go and be d—d for what he
cared."

Alderman HIIMPHERT said the captain had now
c3ntradieted on oath all that he had previously stated,
and the only excuse he made for telling all these lies
was that he was not sworn.

The witness Joyce here said that when he received

the sovereign, Alexander Reed, the pugilist, and a
map know as a hanger-on, were with him, and said
they were to have ss. each out of the money. Joyce
said he did not want it, as be was sure he should be
obliged to come up here again.; he, however, gave
them 7s. each, and spent the rest.
The captain main 'asserted the money was not his
own.
Sir P. LAURIE said it did not signify whether the
money belonged to the captain or any one else, as he
Was the party who gave the money to the witness to
defeat
bad had a very narrow escape, and if the case had
The unfortunate cabman
rested with him instead of Alderman Humphery, he
would have indicted the captain with the prisoner.
Alderman HUMMIERY said that was his opinion on
the last examination, but the absence of the witness
Joyce rendered it absolutely necessary to remand the
case. It was a very serious matter, and no man under
such circumstances would have trifled with the law in
a°
letter'stfcommitatuhye
the manner the captain had done if be were innocent
toisabinnueeersfoiriin transaction.
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tuo al
ndlaid,
pephi
nesoandwrio.ceutvl
however,
therefore,
ackaep ttahine
The case was then remanded till Saturday for the
and the cabin-boy, •
prepared, and the witnesses, Joyce
evidence at the trial.Y
were bound over to attend and give
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Jane Thomas was brought
charged with having stolenb before Mr. Bingham,
railway shares of the value of banker's book containing
Captain Stanton, of No. 21,
_2,8001., the property of
square._ Idenrietta-street
,Caven-
disht sharehrc
ot.eheleedongpdiußrnsii of
justice.

The complainant said, on Tuesday evening he got
into an omnibus in Parliament-street. He had his
banker's hook in his pocket, which contained twenty
1001. Midland railway shares, and twenty 401. Mid.
land shares, besides a small glass. The prisonei sat
next to him in the omnibus. At Regent-circus three
p,rsone got cut of the omnibus, and complainant then
missed his book. He called to the conductor, and
told him of his loss. A constable was called, and the
prisoner given into custody. The book was not found.
When the prisoner was taken into custody she
protested she was a respectable married woman with
four children, living in the Albany-road, Camberwell.

Police-constable Coombs, L 94, said be knew the
prisoner to be the wife of a swell mobsman. The
prisoner herself bad been convicted and sent to prison
for three months.

The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next.

SOUTHWARK. •
Yesterday Daniel Sullivan, a rough, powerful
looking fellow, was placed at the bar for re-examina-
Moo, charged with a violent attack on Mr: George
Harris, and robbing him of
a valuable gold watch.
The complainant said that he lived on his property,
and that on Saturday night last he went with his
brother to a house in George-street, Southwark, to
witness a " set-to " betwe'en two pugilists. In the
course of the evening, complainant having had occa-
sion to proceed to a yard at the rear of the house,
was accompanied by the prisoner to show him the
way, as he was a stranger. When theL got to to the
bottom of the yard the prisoner seizerthe complain-
ant's watch-2bain, drew the watch itself out of his
waistcoat pocket, and by a violent tug broke the chain
and got possession of the watch. Complainant col-
lared him, but he was immediately knocked down by
his assailant, who escaped, but was subsequently taken
into custody in about two hours afterwards at a house
in Lombard-street, Mint.

The prisoner attempted to prove an alibi by assert-
ing that be was in the City at the time of the alleged
robbery (half-past nine o'clock).
Sergeant division, stated, that having
since
he had ascer-
tained that there was no foundation for the alibi at-
tempted to be set up. He was committed.
made inquiriesWrigbt, the snbject,

LAMBETH. ;.
magistrate, Mr. Elliott,
THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE AND.ITS CONSEQUENCES.
was—Last
-disposed of the
whole of the business of the day, two men presented
themselves before him and-requested some pecuniary
aasbtout evening
t o leaps aas
veththeesibtetianegh,
having
and a number of
Murray
by avast body
pute and John Casey, it
p
theirass assistance a
fellow-workmen,
eown.
wbeertl behalf of themselvesan dtheirfamilies, who were
at present suffering great privations.
From the statements of the applicants, who gave
athpeiera
of unskilled labourers in the iron trade, now suffering
through the pending claims of the operative engi-
rneadm thates as
they .Nicholasbad been
engi-
neers, by which many thousands of men with their
families have been thrown out of employment with-
out the' means of subsistence, to collect subscriptions
on their behalf.
Mr. ELLIOTT briefly replied that he did not wish
to interfere between master and workmen, and could,
therefore, afford them no relief. The applicants,
however, thanked him for the kindness and patience
with which his worship bad heard them, and then
withdrew. .

RAILWAY ' INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTII-WESTERN.—TEIE ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS.
The adjourned, meeting of the shareholders of the
above company was held yesterday, at the Nine Elms
station, for the purpose of receiving the report of the
scrutineers appointed at the previous meeting to take
the votes on the election of three directors in the
place of Mr. Lacey,
3,117,, Mr. Scott, M.P., and Mr.
Reed, who had offered themselves for re-election. Mr.
Smith (the deputy-chairman of the London and
North- Western Railway Company) presided.
The three candidates nominated in opposition to
the retiring candidates are Mr. Sergeant Gazelee,
Mr. Helps (barrister), and Mr. Mortimer (stock-
broker).
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day,
said he regretted to hear that objections had been
made by both the scrutineers to the votes that had
been taken. The objections in question were of a
technical character, and it therefore had been thought
right by the board to obtain the assistance of a gen-
tleman of legal eminence (Mr. Lloyd) for the pur- '
pose of guiding him (the Chairman) in his decision
respecting the votes that had been objected to. Per-
haps the most convenient mode of proceeding would
be, for the secretary to read the number of votes re-
corded for the respective candidates, though any of
such votes would of course be subject to being struck
off if the objections to them were found to be valid.
To this it was observed that the scrutineers—one of
whom, viz., the gentleman chosen by the directors,
was stated to hold an appointment under the com-
pany's solicitor—had not made any report. It was
stated that the scrutineer on the part of the new can-
didates made objections. to certain votes, but that the
directors' scrutineer ',nisi' of opinion that suola Alitipeci-
tions were net • within the province of scrutineers ;
that the first-mentioned scrutineer desired to call in
counsel
oottowitdheicoidet-hewheeotohpeer
of
fucthhe objectionseerotjoeerweereor
wereduty,
but that the directors' scrutineer refused to agree to
such a course, and that it was only the latter scruti-
neer who had looked at the number of votes recorded.
The scrutineer on the part of the directors affirmed
that he did not refuse to
of an assessor ; but that the
consent to the appointment
of on the part of
the, new candidates declined to ntment
what the points
were that he shouldsubmit state . „
an.
' to the •decision of
assessor. ' • •

on
Mr. Helps, and Mr.
berablf
oCfil.itiirß.AlskeNrgeMaidu,t' iGf
athzeeiSee7Utitlear appointed
Mortimer 'had refused to go into the votes, it .was his
(the scrutineers) fault, and that as" the scrutineers
had not been able to agree upon the
appointment of
_
(al
an assessor, it was his
(the Chairman's) duty to ap-
point an assessor. He had done so; and by his advice
he should be guided in his (the Chairman's) decision
upon the validity of questioned votes.
appointment Sergeant GAZELEE objected to the t of
an assessor by the Chairman as an act of injustice. The
board bad exerted themselves in every possible way to
secure the re-election'of the three old members; they
had thrown the whole of their own votes into the
pany had voted for them, and now one of those scale in their favour ;
soli-
citors bad fixed upon an assessor by whom the fate
of the election was for the present to be decided. He
would propose that the questions should be referred
t) Mr. Justice Patteson, who had just retired from
the bench, and that all parties should be bound by his
the three solicitors of the nom-
would not refuse to' decide
decision: He thought
on the matter, but to pro-
vide against his refusal, he (Mr. Sergeant Gazelee)
would 'be hound h
-Y• the decision of any counsel he
(Mr. Justice Patteson) ;
In'ght appoint. If the direc-
that Mr. Justice Patteson
tors would not listen t
thought no reasonable man could quarrel with any
shareholder who 'might feel inclined to carry the
-0 so just a
question to the last court in the kingdom.
The CHLIRMIN said they must proposition, he
litisiness.of the meeting, •
The statement "of the number of votes was then
go on with the
reed as follows :
Votes for Mr. Reed -
Mr. Scott . •..
)1
Mr: L-

• 14,673
• 14,607

7 2 .._
-•• ~acy 14,100Mr. Mortirne; •
11 • • •
13,486
// Gazelee ••
Sergeant .. 13,428
4
f f Mr. ,1N.12,999
• .
Mr. Sergeant GAZEL then
en moved that all th e
disputed votes be referred to the decision of Mr.
Justice Patteson, or any
counsel that he might name.
The motion was seconded, and after some little
The CHAIRMAN said the board had no objection to
the proposition of Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, but, of
course, the candidates must first assent to the propo-
sition.
Mr LACY
(two
re-election) objected.
of the three retiring
directors,
Mr. Reed said he objected because the course taken
by the scrutineer on behalf of Mr. Sergeant Gazelee,
Mr. Mortimer, and Mr. Helps, was calculated to
and and
candidates Mr. REED
for
disfranchise many of the voters.
Mr. HELPS here inquired the number of share-
holders who had ' voted.

The Directors said the numbers were notknown.
Mr. Sergeant GAZBLEE.—We h
126 votes.
i. in which Ser-
geant St majority of
eitnhaebclehahiim
ton
A long desultory discussion ensued,
Gazelee stated that Mr. Ch
of the company, had paid-up calla to the chairman
of extent of
alone a
28,0001. so late AS the 21 instant i)
It:,
the retiring directors ; that the direct:: favourh ofd
vote, and that he bad given 640 votes
given 1,400 votes against the new can
dictates and
that if those, as well as the votes of the th'
officers of
the company, were struck off, there would be a very
large majority againA the re-election of the old
directors.
Mr.• MORTIMER said the charge against the scruti-
neer on the part of himself, Mr. Sergeant Gazalee,
cud Mr. Helps, of a desire to disfranchise share-
holders, came with a bad grace from Mr. Reed, inas-
much as the other side had absolutely objected to
votes because Me word " undertaking,' instead of
"company," had been_ used in the proxy papers.
_ Much more discussion ensued, and the three new
candidates ultimately consented, BO far as they are
concerned, to abide by the decision of the Chairman,
as guided by the counsel appointed by the directors.
The meeting was then adjourned till the 25th inst.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL.
We find by the report to be presented at the thirty-
first ball-yearly haatlft-hyeeaLrolyndgoen Tr general v
e meetingr
ns of proprietors, to be
op street, on
Tuesday, the 24th day of February, 1852,
at twelve
o'clock, that the directors recommend the declaration
eah
sgates
of a dividend 2s. 6d. a share upon the 109;131 shares

issued, which will require 13,6411. 7s. 61, leaving a
balance, after deducting income-tax, of 1,394/.165,1(1.,
tb be carried to the revenue of the current half-year.
The dividend for the year 1851 will therefore be
4s. Gd. a share, as compared with 2s. for the year

YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.
Oa Tuesday the half-yearly meeting of this com-
pany was held at the De Grey Rooms, York, when
the chair was taken by Mr. U. S. Thompson.
The report of the directors was, with the exception
of the recommendation respecting the proposed York
Hotel, adopted.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend, after
the rate of 2 per cent, per annum on the Consolidated
stock of the company be paid on the 25th February.
—Carrie3.

' The meeting was then made special for the purpose
of considering the propriety of applying to Parlia-
Ment in the next ' session for power to construct the
works and effect the objects mentioned in the three
following'Bills—viz., a Bill to enable the company to
Make a railway to the Victoria Dock at Hull; a Bill
to enable the Lancashire and Yorkshire and this com-
panyl to ente into arrangements as to the working
'and manag ent of portions of their railwaYq ; and a
'Bill for am amating the East and West Yorkshire
'Junction R way Company and this company, and
for vesting undertaking of the former company in
that of thej er,
. These Bi ere s verally approved, with little or
no discussion ; auks having been voted to the
Chairman, the Mee uig separated.