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was discharged. I will give Mr. Lewis 12 months for him
to see if he can find out that I ever used a penny of the
money. Sedgwick is as much bound to obey his orders
as I am, and it was, that fact made me say I did not think
he was to blame in the matter.

John Frederick Martin, another labouring man, lately
'employed at Merriton's Wharf, provedthe writing of a lot
of tallies similar to those placed on the jute per the Onward.
Sedgwick directed him to write them. Arnott did not
come into the warehouse while he was there. -The fire
occurred on the 23d of November. After that he was
working in Sedgwick's gang, and in that capacity he wrote
thousands of tallies for different ships. He recollected
the salvage being taken, but he did not know who did it.
By Mr. Lewis—Arnott was Sedgwick's superior officer,
and consequently he would have to obey his orders. He
did not know when he was writing the tallies City of
Dublin that ho was doing wrong. He was directed to do
it by the foreman, and he did it. There was no secrecy
about the matter.

Mr. Roberts, auctioneer, of Threadneedle-street, on behalf
of the insurance offices, proved the receiving of a list of
articles said to have been destroyed at the fire in Novemb:n.,
accompanied by a note signed, on behalf of Barry Brothers,
by the prisoner Thorn.

Thorn said that ho merely acted in the matter as cones-

pending clerk.

The prisoners were remanded until Saturday next

Failway and other Companies.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

The directors of this company have resolved to recom-
mend to the proprietors at the general meeting on the 16th
inst. that the dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of
December last be at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum on
the ordinary capital stock-of the company.

FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST) RIDING
JUNCTION.
The half-yearlyineeting of this company was held yes-
terday at Preston ; Mr. T. B. Addison in the chair.
The report stated that the gross receipts for the past
half-year amounted to £3,788, being £462 more than those
for the corresponding half-year of the preceding year. The
working expenses were increased by £ll4. The net
balance amounted to £1,498, out of which a dividend was
recommended of 2s. per share.

The report was adopted, and the dividend declared.

MONKLAND.

The directors of this company state in their report that
the receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of December
last amounted to £45,097, against £43,301 for the corre-
sponding half of 1863, showing an increase of £1,796, and
the working expenses and interest to £21,798, against
£23,445, showing an increase of £1,353. The net balance
amounted to £20,299, against £19,856 for the same
half of 1863, showing an increase of £443. The working
expenses were 44.5 per cent. of the receipts. The directors
were enabled to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, leaving a balance
of £2,248, which, on being added to the reserve fund, in-
creased it to £7,001. A branch line of three-quarters of a
mile in length had been constructed from the Rhotts line to
Benhar, to provide access to a mineral field which was
being opened out, and a considerable accession of traffic
was expected from this source after the minerals had been
reached. The bill for the amalgamation of this undertaking•
with that of the Edinburgh and Glasgow had been ar-
ranged. Should the act be obtained in the ensuing session
of Parliament, it had been agreed to anticipate the pro-
posed date of amalgamation and to unite the companies on
the 31st July next. The revenue account for the half-year
ending Dec. 31 last showed that 45,097 had been received,
and £20,082 expended in working, £4,716 paid for interest
on loans, leaving a balance of £20,299. The expenditure
on capital account amounted to £967,141.