The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TJTQRSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1863.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Strong. 8,000 bales or more; imports, 4,755;
previously 22,761.

SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY.

The ordinary half•yearly meeting of the shareholders
Was held to-day, at the Waterloo Station—Captain Mangles;
chairman of the board of directors, presided.

The report, which has already appeared in Tho Sun,
having been taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN rose for the purpose of moving its adop-
tion. He congratulated the meeting upon the satisfactory
working of the line for the last six months. A great por-
tion of the increase of their t..iffic no doubt arose from the
inherent qualities of the country through which
the line passed; yet a considerable portion of
the increased traffic arose from the continuance
of the peace which he had the gratification to
announce to them in February last. The directors of the
South Western would do all in their power to preserve that
peace which now happily prevailed, and they would ever
be found to bo animated with a desire to act honourably
with their neighbours. (Hear, hear,) He thought the
shareholders would agree that they were under groat obli •
gations to the staff of officials for the manner in which the
additional expenses had been kept down. Referring to the
revenue account, the chairman said of course new
property could not be purchased without having
to be paid •for ; and it was satisfactory to find that
the gross revenue of the company for the half year
exceeded that of the corresponding period of 1862 by
£67,017. The balance available for dividend amounted to
£167,945 2s. ld., out of which the directors recommend a
dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum, and if this
was agreed to there would still remain a small amount to be
carried over to the current account. Having touched upon
other items in the accounts, the chairman proceeded to refer
to the state of the line. The directors regretted that equal
progress had not been made in the doubling of the
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway. The execution of
the work rested with Salisbury Company; but the
directors had urged on them the necessity of completing the
work without the least possible delay. The buildings for
the new workshops and the engine and carriage sheds at
Nine Elms was nearly completed, and the increased accom-
modation would be of the greatest advantage. The works on
the Petersfield Railway were proceeding, very satisfactorily,
and no doubt was entertained that the line would be opened
in the ensuing spring. In order to provide for the increas-
ing requirements of the Channel Islands traffic the directors
had entered into a omtract for the construction of a fast
paddle-wheel steamer, which had been launched, and would
be ready to perform her duties with the shortest possible
delay. During the last session of Parliament various new
railways have been authorised at the instance of inde-
pendent companies, and amongst them an extension of
the Ringwood and Christchurch Railway to Bournemouth,
an extension of the Sidmouth Railway to Budleigh Salter-
ton, and a branch from Wareham to Swanage. Working
arrangements with the South Western had been entered into
in the case of the Sidmouth, and with all, he had the satis-
faction to say, friendly relations, not involving any outlay,
existed. (Hear, hear.) The directors had to oppose no less
than 10 schemes for new railways during last session, and of
these six were withdrawn, two rejected, and two defeated in
committees in the House of Lords. The directors regretted
the expenses incurred, but they had the satisfaction of
knowing that, in every instance, the threatened inquiry had
been successfully parried. Having again congratulated the
meeting the chairman resumed his seat by assuring the
shareholders that the board would recommend nothing for
their adoption which was not in their judgment fully jus-
tified on a sound appreciation of the permanent interests of
the company.

The motion for the adoption of the report having been
seconded, it was put to the meeting, and carried unani-
mously.

The CHAIRMAN moved that a dividend at the rats of
£4 10s. per cent, per annum be declared, and made payable
on the 24th of:August nest.

Capt. JOHNSTONE seconded the motion, which was car-
ried unanimously.
After the transaction of some special business, the meet-
ing terminated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.)
IN RE DURANT.

This bankrupt was described as of Jewin-street, City, and I
of Poole, Somersetahire, solicitor, and now came up to apply
for his release from custody. A previous application was
made on the Ist April last, when his Honour, after taking
time to consider, refused to grant the release on the ground
that the bankrupt had been guilty of gross fraud in misap-
propriating trust moneys.,
Mr. Linklater, in now renewing the application, said that
the bankrupt was quite prepared to find bail, and proposed
two sureties in £3OO each; and instanced the case of Col.
Waugh, in which Mr. Commissioner Holroyd had made an
order for release on his giving reasonable bail. The bail
now proposed was double the amount of the debt on which
the bankrupt was detained.
Mr. Lawrence appeared for Messrs. Salter, the detaining,
creditors, who opposed the application, and read the judg-
ment given by his Honour. He said that no language
could more accurately represent the features of the case,
which had not in the least varied up to the present time.
Although the bankrupt had been seven months in prison,
and the case had been adjourned, not a vestige of accounts
had been filed, although the debts amounted to several
thousand pounds, but in addition to this the bankrupt was
in custody under a commitment by his Honour the Master
of the Rolls, for not answering a bill in Chancery. The
bankrupt had not even filed a preliminary statement giving
a list of his debtors and creditors, and the creditors were
wholly unable to form any idea of the state of the bank-
rupt's affairs.
Mr. Sargood, for the assignees, urged that, the bankrupt
should be released, and they did so not from any feeling of
favour to tho bankrupt, but because they conscientiously
felt that the bankrupt, from the nature of the accounts,
could not prepare them whilst in prison. Mr. Lawrence
only appeared for one creditor, and if his object was punish-
ment, his Honour would say whether the bankrupt had not
been sufficiently punished.
Mr. Lawrence said they did not ask for punishment, but
for information.
Mr. Darwin also appeared to oppose, and tendered a
proof for £doo. The bankrupt was a trustee under a will,
and had misappropriated the money, and had as trustee
actually proved the debt against his own estate.
His Honour ultimately said he would not make an order
for release until the bankrupt had filed his accounts and
given the bail as offered.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

A NICE TRlO.—Three remarkably ill-looking fellows
named William Gordon, alias Perry, John Smith, and
George Baker, were brought before Mr. Henry, charged
with gambling at the Two Spies public-house, in Catherine-
street, assaulting the landlord, and attempting to defraud a
foreigner named Giovanni Kriplay.
It appeared from the statement of the complainant, a
native of Switzerland, that he met the prisoners at the cor-
ner of Farringdon-street on Tuesday afternoon, when one of
them accosted him (seeing that he was a stranger to the
locality), and observed "'What a dreadful place this Lon-
don is ?" A conversation ensued respecting the marvels of
the metropolis, and then Baker offered to show him some of
the principal buildings and explain them to him. They
proceeded, firstly, to the Houses ef Parliament, complainant
" standing treat" on the road. They then brought him
back to the Strand, and proceeded towards Ihe " Spies" for
further refreshments. Here the prisoners exhibited a pack
of cards, and invited complainant to play for half-a-
crown. He declined at first, and they played among
themselves. One of them was heard to speak of
"false cards," which complainant's imperfect know-
ledge of the English language did not enable
him to understand. Eventually, however, he consented to
put down a crown, but having no change, he put down a
sovereign instead. At this moment the landlord, Mr. Law-
son, arrived, and seeing the cards, ordered the prisoners out
of his house, saying he would not allow card-playing there.
Gordon refused to leave the house, and then the landlord
proceeded to turn them out, in which he was assisted by
another man. Gordon resisted and aimed a blow at the
landlord which &tick the person assisting him. The police
were called in and the three prisoners given into custody.
Constable, 4 F, found a number of sash notes and brass
sovereigns or " medals " upon the prisoners, and Holmes,
Grey, and other constables: of the division, stated that
Gordon, or Perry, was at the head of a notorious band of
sharpers. This statement was confirmed by another officer,
Reimers, of the A division, a German, who acted as in-
terpreter also, and who had known Gordon for ten years.
Mr. Henry, after hearing Mr. Abrams for the prisoners,
said the conspiracy to defraud had no doubt been inter-
rupted, and that the prisoners must be discharged ; but he
fined Gordon £3 for the assault. The fine was immediately
paid.

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Yesterday morning, shortly after 12 o'clock, the
inhabitants of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, were
alarmed by the news of a most brutal murder and
the suicide of the murderer.

It appears from what can be gleaned by the re-
porter that the crime was committed at No. 4 Glebe-
street, Glebe-road, Bethnal-green. The house was
occupied by a weaver named James Dupey, with
hie wife and three children. They retired to rest
shortly after 11 o'clock, all lying in one room, and
about midnight a cry of " Murder !" was heard by
Mr. Joseph English, the landl, rd of the Florists'
Arms Tavern, who was just about to close. He
ran to the front of the house, which was nearly op-
posite, when ;creams of " Murder !" " Police!"
were distinctly heard. Several of the immediate
neighbours likewise rushed out and met the elder
son, about 18 years of age, who exclaimed, "Oh,
pray come upstairs ; my father has killed my
mother." Mr. English proceeded to the apartment,
and discovered a most fearful scene ; the wife was
lying upon a small bed in the corner of the room,
in her nightdress, with her throat cut from ear to
ear, and the bedclothes were saturated with blood.
The husband had made his escape out of the house,
followed by one of the neighbours. He ran at
full speed down Glebe-street, iu the direction of
Victoria Park, where he succeeded in getting clear
away. A messenger ran for a police officer,
when Sergeant Feist, 163 K, who was near
! the spot, attended. He sent for Dr. James
Ralph, the divisional medical officer, of No. 237,
Bethnal-green-road, who promptly attended, and
pronounced life extinct. The wound in the front
of the wife's neck was about six inches in length,
and divided all the main arteries. Death must
have been instantaneous.

Several persons went in pursuit of the murderer,
and when they reached the Regent's•canal, neer the
chief entrance to the park, a coat and hat were
found lying on the towing-path. Information was
given to the police-constable on the beat, when he
called Mr. Russell, the lock-keeper, who procured
the drags to discover the body of the murderer. It
was then about half-past 12 o'clock, but the body
was not recovered until 5 o'clock yesterday morn-
ing. Mr. Ralph, the surgeon, examined the body
on the towing path, and found a frightful gash in
the front of the neck, which had been inflicted im-
mediately before submersion. A razor, besmeared
with b'.ood, was found in the deceased's pocket, and
the weapon (which was handed to the police) was
found to be one which the deceased used to shave
himsel': with at home.

The body of the deceased woman still remains at
the house, but the body of the husband was re-
moved to the dead-house at the rear of Bethnal-
green workhouse, to await the inquest.
Mr. Burrows, the summoning officer of the dis-
trict, proceeded to the house at an early hour yester-
day morning, and made inquiry. He interrogated
the eider daughter, and it would appear that she
slept on the floor, by the side of her parents, when
she was suddenly aroused by her father stepping
upon her. She sat up and heard a gurgling noise.
The deceased woman was struggling, and exclaimed
faintly, " Oh, Henry, don't cut my throat." Her
father was partly dressed, and, placing the razor in
his trousers pocket, he ran out of the house.
The cause of the fearful act cannot at present be
ascertained, but the deceased man, who was 68 years
of age, had been subject to attacks of delirium.

Information was forwarded to Mr. John Hum-
phreys, the coroner, and the investigation wili be
opened to-day at the Prince of Wales Tavern,
Bonner-road, Victoria-park.