The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-22 00:00:00

TIIE SUM LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1864.

completion of the cable in the Persian Gulf and the
establishment of the land lines in Mesopotamia and
Persia on such a footing as to admit of the lines
being opened to the public for the regular carriage
of messages.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

TENDRING HUNDRED.

The directors of this company state in their report that
the line from the Hythe to Wivenhoe continues to be
worked under the arrangement with the Great Eastern
Railway Company, and that the results are satisfactory,
although they afford no measure of the success which will
be attained, as regards this portion of the undertaking,
when the lines in connection with it are completed. The
electric telegraph is now in operation along this part of the
line. Notices have been given to all the landowners and
occupiers on the branch line to St. Botolph's, Colchester,
of their land and other property being required for the pur-
poses of the company, and negotiations for the purchase are
now pending. The directors regret that difficulties have
hitherto prevented actual progress in the construction of
this branch ; but they confidently expect that it will be
open for traffic by the end of the summer, when all that has
been said of its value will be fully realised.
The accounts show that £24,450 had been received, and
£24,385 expended, leaving a balance of £65.
The report of the directors on the extension to Walton-
on -the-Naze stated that the capital already subscribed is
£26,020, exclusive of the amount (E 25,030) to be subscribed
by the Great Eastern Railway Company, and, satisfactory
as the local subscription may be thought, the directors hope
that they may yet see included in the list the names of many
other landowners and men of influence connected with Col-
chester and the district. The directors have caused certain
clauses to be introduced into the bill now before Parliament,
with the object of insuring the construction of a quarter of
a mile of railway at Wivenhoe, which will be required and
jointly used by this company and the Wivenhoe and Bright-
lingsea Railway Company, and providing, in effect, that
in default of the work being completed by that company at
a fixed date powers for that purpose may be conferred upon
this company, to be exercised at the expense of the Wiven-
hoe and Brightlingsea Company. The latter company have
presented a petition against the clause referred to, and com-
munications are now pending between the two companies.
The receipts amounted to £2,059, and the expenses to
£1,565, leaving a balance of £493. Mr P. Bruff, the
engineer, states in his report that the extension to Weeley
and Walton is of paramount importance to the well-being
not only of the company, but to the town of Colchester and
the important district to be traversed by the line. The line
has been staked, working plans and sections prepared, and
landowners' notices served at the most important parts be-
tween Wivenhoe and Kirby-cross (in the immediate vicinity
at Walton), whence an improved line is to be adopted to
the seaside terminus.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN.

SIIIRE.

The total expenses of this company's railways, including
rents, tolls, duty, &c., hem January 1, to March 13,
amounted to £63,561, as against £65,289 for the correspond-
ing period of 1863. The proportion of the South Junction
receipts accruing to this company from January 1 to March
13 amounted to £6,406, as against £5 951 for the correspond-
ing period of 1563, and the expenses to £3,276, as against
£2,591,

progress. The gross receipts from the society's
estate in 1863 had amounted to £2,448 5s 6d, and
the expenditure to £917 is 4d, leaving a balance of
£1,531 4s 2d ; out of which the directors recommend
that a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum
should be paid on each £5O share.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report
and accounts.

Major APLEAY, in secondir.g the motion, spoke of
the great number of respectable tradesmen and
artisans of Caithness and the surrounding villages
assembled on the occasion of laying the foundation
stone of the eastern breakwater, and of the extreme
good humour and good order which prevailed on
that occasion.

The motion was agreed to, and the retiring direc-
tors, the Earl of Caithness and Mr. Loch, and the
retiring auditor, Mr. W. Miller, were re-elected.

A communication was read from Messrs. Steven-
son, the engineers, to the effect that there had now
been deposited in the lino of the breakwater 3,138
tons of stones, that the contractors had sent to the
ground a large quantity of plant and timber for
staging, and another cargo was now on its way, and
that other punt was being proceeded with, and
would shortly be sent to the works; so that they
hoped soon to report that the works had been fully
organised.
A vote of thanks was then accorded to the chair-
man, and the meeting separated.

policeman came up, and gave him into custody, The bag
was found near where the prisoner was taken.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Lockyer, the prison officer, put in 12 previous convictions
against the prisoner, ranging from Oct., 1856, to Jan., 1864.

The Assistant Judge sentenced him to be kept in penal
servitude for lour years.

Geo. Farmer, 62, was indicted for fraudulently obtaining
by false pretences, from E,,an Evans, the sum of ss. There
were many other indictments of a similar nature against
him. He pleaded guilty.

Lockyer, the prison officer, said the prisoner had already
boon sentenced to four years' penal servitude for obtaining
money by false pretences, representing himself to be sent by
the commissioners of sewers to examine the drainage of
houses, and thus obtaining admission he exacted money
from the inhabitants.

ThA Assistant Judge sentenced him to be kept in penal
servitude for six years.
(Before Mr. Payne.)

'William Ford, 25, hawker, was indicted for breaking and
entering the dwelling-house of Frederick Spong, and stealing
therein six coats, two waistcoats, and other articles, the
property of the said Frederick Spong.
The prosecutor is a coachman in the employ of Sir Fre-
derick Halliday, and on the night of the 2d of March, be-
tween seven and eight o'clock, he returned home to Por-
chester mews, and f3und the stable door open, the lock
having been forced. He then examined Ihe stable, and
there f ulna a bundle, which, on opening, contained six
coats, two waistcoats, a pair of trousers, a dress, and other
property, worth about £l2, which he had left in a chest o
drawers in a room over the stable, and soon after he saw the
prisoner run out. He pursued him, calling out " Stop
thief," and a person named Charles James, a stableman,

tried to stop him, who received from the prisoner a severe
blow on the eye with his fist. He continued to follow him
and never lost sight of him until he was stopped and given
into custody, On going to the stable-door and comparing
the marks where it had been forced open with a jemmy
found in Leinster-gardens, and where, no doubt, it had been
thrown by the prisoner during his flight, it was found they
exactly corresponded.

Mr. Collins addressed the jury, who found the prisoner
guilty.

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Mr. Payne sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for 18 calendar months.

Richard Curtis, 29, and William Alfred Clarke, 29, both
privates in the Marines, stationed at Wcolwieh, were in-
dicted for stealing a watchguard chain and silver watch,
value £6 10s,, the property of Philip Purcell, in a dwelling-
house,

From the evidence of Mr, James Brennan, inspector of
the F division of police, it appeared that at about half-past
nine o'clock on the night of the Bth of March, from infor-
mation he received, he went to the Seven Dials, and saw
the prisoners enter the Grapes public-house there. After

being there for a few minutes Clarke came cut, and went I
in company with another man to Little St. Andrew-street,
to which place he followed them. He there saw Clarke show
this man a watch and chain, upon which he (the witness),
went up to the place and stood near enough to hear him
ask the man to buy it for £3. The man asked him to let
him look at it, and he (witness) also made a similar recptest.
Clarke said it was all right, but after some difficulty the in-
spector got the watch and chain from him. He asked him
where he got it, and he said in Union-street, Plymouth, six
six weeks before, when he was paid off from his ship. He
was asked for his pass, and he said his mate had it. He had
directed Cut tie, who hart came out of the public-house, to be
taken to the station-house, and afterwards Clarke was taken
there, both being drunk at the time. He there told them
both that he should charge them with being deserters, and
also with having the watch and chain in their possession
and not giving a satisfactory account how they became
possessed of it. Clarke said he was six weeks on furlough,
I and Curtis said he had leave on that afternoon, and that
his time would be up on the following morning. Clarke
gave the name of Smith, but Curtis gave his right name.
The prosecutor, Philip Purcell, was then called, and he
said he was a sergeant of Marines at Woolwich, and be-
longed to the same company as the two prisoners. He
had known them for about nine months, but he could not
tell how long they had been in the corps. They were
quartered in a room opposite to the room he occupied, toge-
ther with 16 other men. On Saturday night, sth March,
he remembered going into their room, and he remained
there for about five ho'nutes. He was certain that he saw
his watch at about twelve o'clock that night. The next
morning his watch wat missed, and Clarke went to his
room to take a cap and a key, which he said had been left
in his room, but he said nothing to him about a watch,
Some other evidence,having been given,
Mr, Wharton addressed the jury on behalf of Clarke,
cent nding that there was no proof that he had stolen the
watch, and that Curtis had given it to him, stating that it
was found on his bed.
The jury found both prisoners guilty, but recommended
Curtis to mercy on the ground that he had spoken the truth
as regarded his term of leave.
Mr. Payne sentenced Curtis to be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for 8 months, and Clarke for 12 months.
William Regan, who, with his two brothers, was fried
and convicted last session of an assault on policeman 167 F,
was brought up and placed at the bar.
It will be remembered that the two other prisoners were,
on their conviction, fined each in the s An of £5, and had to
enter into recognisances in the sum of £2O to keep the peace
for 12 months ; but the other prisoner, William Regan,
being insolent in his manner, was ordered to be imprisoned
for four months, and to pay a fine of £5.
To-day Mr. Payne ordered him to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for 14 days (which will expire on Thursday),
to pay a fine of £lO, and to enter into his own recognisances
in the sum of £2O to keep the peace for 12 months. The
reason of this ectra fine, coupled with the circumstance
above alluded to, was that there was a second indictment
against Wm. Regan for inflicting actual bodily harm on
Police constable Hargreaves whilst in the execution of his
duty.
' At this session there are an unusual number of prisoners
' committed for assaults on the police, and a special day has
been named when those offences will be disposed of.