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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1853.

tion of company and construction of works, and for
power to use Rugby and Leamington branch of London
and North-Western and Birmingham and Oxford Junc-

tion.
South Metropolitan Railway.—lncorporation of com-
pany for constructing a railway from Bankside to
Mitcham, both in the county of Surrey.
Spalding, Bourne, and Stamford Junction Railway,
and Spalding Waterworks Company.—lncorporation of
company for constructing a railway from Spalding, in
the county of Lincoln, to Essendine, in the county of
Rutland, and for constructing waterworks for supplying
Spalding with water from the river Glen. Powers. to
use stations of the Great Northern Railway at Spalding
and Essendine, and lines approaching thereto.

Severn Valley Railway.
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.
to Henneaud, with branches ;sion
South Wales Railway.—Fo eats line
of SouthfromSw.wanasleeas
line, and purchase of lands.
lease railway and works ; pur
• construction of
Shrewsbury and Hereford ItsilWeayoradFdOirtiopnoawl elrantdo
Shrewsbury and
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Railway.
Hereford Railway and Gloucesteralnd the
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Mumbles
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Junction.—To Swansea Blaoynan
and purchase of Oystermouth Railway,
the Llanelly and Llandilo Railway near Pontardulais,
undnecLt°SugwanrseVa
South Devon and Tavistock.—For incorporation and
construction of railway between these points, with branch
to Lee Moor Porcelain Clay Works.
South Devon. For alteration of Sutton Harbour
RaßranchSiltwoct
ai appropriation of Plymouth and Dartmoor
; and sale of surplus land.
Stockton and Darlington.—Branches to Shildon Tun-
nel, and abandonment of part of existing line.
Stockton and Cleveland Union.—For incorporation,
and to make arrangements with Stockton and Darling-
ton, and other lines.
Sydenham, Farnborough, and Otford Railway.—From
the Sydenham station of the London, Brighton, and
South Coast, to Farnborough and Otford • and junction
with the West-end and Crystal Palace Railway ; and
facility clauses.
Southwark and Crystal Palace. Railway.—For a line
from the Thames at Bankside, Southwark, to the Crystal
Palace.
South London Railway.—To connect with the South-
Eastern, London, Brighton, and South Coast, South-
Western, and West-end and Crystal Palace Railways,
with a branch to or near the Crystal Palace Park ; for
running powers over and arrangements with those com-
panies ; and power to enable them to subscribe to the
undertaking and to amend their acts.
South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Bromley).—
For a line from Lewisham to Bromley to raise and apply
capital for the purpose ; provision as to capital already.
authorised ; creation of preference stock, shares, or an-
nuities ; for extinguishing mortgage debt, or in lieu of
borrowing.
Salisbury and Yeovil.—lncorporation for construc-
tion ; power of incorporation by other companies ; run-
ning powers over, and to lay down additional rails on
certain lines of the London and South-Western.
South Wales and Northamptonshire Junction.—ln-
corporation for a railway from the Blockley station of
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton to Ban-
bury ; powers to run over Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and to
make arrangements with those companies.
Stockport, Disley, and Whaleybridge Railways.
South Staffordshire (Cannock and Norton Branches).
—Additional land at Wednesbury, and increase of
capital.
South Midland Union.—lncorporation for railway
from Poole to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth ; of Great
Western between Bruton and Castle Cary ; with con-
necting branches.
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal.—Reduction of
capital ; conversion of shares into stock ; lease to Lon-
don and North-Western.
Swansea Vale Railway.—lncorporation and power to
complete line from Portardawe and Swansea.
Torquay and South Devon Extension.—lncorporation
for line from Torquay pier or harbour to Torquay branch
of South Devon, and branch to a point near Lavermead,
and power to South Devon to subscribe.
Thames Embankment (London to Westminster) Rail-
way.
Thames Embankment (London and Westminster)
Railway.
Tottenham and Hornsey Junction.
Vale of Towy Railway.—lncorporation of company
for a railway in the Vale of Towy.
West-end of London and Crystal Palace Company.—
Extension to Bromley and Farnborough ; level crossing
at Norwood : amendment of act.
West Kent and Crystal Palace Junction Railways.—
For railways from Farnborough, Oxford, Eltham, and
Greenwich to the Crystal Palace, and junction with
South-Eastern, London, Brighton, and South Coast, and
West-end and Crystal Palace ailways, and facility
clauses affecting them.
Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway.—For
a line from the Whitehaven and Furness Junction, at
Mirehouse, near Whitehaven, to Egremont, with branch
to Cleator Moor and Frizington.
Westminster Terminus Railway.—For railway to
Clapham, and branch to join West-end of London and
Crystal Palace Railway.
West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway.—
Branch to Wandsworth.
Wells and Fakenham Railway.—lncorporation for a
railway from the Norfolk Railway at Fakenham to
Wells-next-the-Sea, and branch therefrom ; arrange-
ments with Norfolk for working, interchange of traffic,
and apportionment of tolls ; and power to Norfolk to
subscribe.
Wycombe and Oxford Railway.
Wrexham and Ruthin Railway.
Yeovil and Exeter Junction.—Construction of lines
and powers of contribution by other companies.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and York and North
Midland, and Leeds Northern Railways.—Construction
of Docks at Jarrow.
York and North Midland Railway.—For construc-
tion of new lines ; powers to use existing lines; branch
to and railway station at Leeds, and to enter into
arrangements with company owning and using.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick.—For Pontop and
South Shields Railway, way leaves purchase and enfran-
chisement ; additional powers for construction of docks
at Jarrow ; branch thereto, and increase of capital.

wick, extending -jurisdiction and powers of commis-
sioners, and levelling of rates.
Swansea Harbour.
Newcastle and Tyne Dock.

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Belfast Harbour.
Port Gordon.
Newport Dock.
Crystal Palace.—Power to deviate roads.
St. Mawe's Port, Harbour, and Pier.--Incorporation
of company for improvement of harbour and repair or
re-construction of quay and pier.
Blyth Harbour Improvement, Dock, and Railway
Company. —lmprovement of harbour, reclamation of
lands, with power to Blyth and Tyne Railway to sub-
scribe.

Port of Londonderry.—Consolidation of acts relating
to the port, improvement of navigation of the Lough
and river of Lough Foyle, and construction of a uniform
line of quays and docks.
Greenwich and South-Eastern Docks.—Construction
of docks, basins, locks, and other works, and incorpora-
tion of company.
Wellington Docks (Southwark).—For incorporation
of company for construction of docks to connect rail-
ways and otherwise, and for arrangements with same.
Waveney Valley Drainage. For appointment of
commissioners • works near Mutford Loch ; lowering
the water of the Waveney and its tributaries ; and power
to levy rates.
Great London Drainage.—Power to incorporate and
appoint commissioners to relieve the Thames from im-
purities by making a tunnel sewer, and to collect the
deposits of sewerage matter for agricultural purposes.
Wandle Sewerage and Water Company.
Ennis and Shannon Navigation.
Albert Park.
Kensington Improvement.
Charing-cross Bridge.
Liverpool Improvement.
Metropolis Improvements. New street from Bell.
yard, Carey-street to Fetter-lane.
Manchester Corporation Waterworks.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Nov. 30.

OLD COURT.

Philip Grinney, 36, wheelwright, was charged with
feloniously cutting and wounding Hannah Giinney,
with intent to murder her.

Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton
was counsel for the prisoner.

It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix, who
appeared to be still suffering very severely from the
effects of the dreadful injuries inflicted upon her by the
prisoner, that they had been married for fifteen years,
and that three children were the result of the marriage.
The prisoner and his family lived in Park-street, Ken-
nington, and it would seem that for some time before
the occurrence took place, which formed the subject of
inquiry, he had expressed feelings of jealousy towards
his wife, for which, however, there did not ap-
pear to be the slightest foundation, and that he
had repeatedly threatened to destroy her. The pri-
soner, it appeared, was not only jealous of a young
man named Henry Lee, but that he also imputed to his
wife an incestuous intercourse with her own brother.
At a late hour- on the night of the 24th October, Lee,
who is a drover, went to the prisoner's house, accom-
panied by another young man, and they asked permis-
sion to be allowed to remain there until the time in the
morning when they would have to go to market, and
the prisoner allowed them to do so, and they laid down
in their clothes in a lower room of the house, and about
4 o'clock in the morning the prisoner got up and let
them out. He then returned to his bed, and the prosecu-
trix was very much alarmed at hearing him mutter to
himself, " There is not much chance yet." She after-
wards heard him say, "It is too soon ; I must wait a
little longer." The prosecutrix was so much alarmed at
his conduct that she got up at six o'clock and went
down stairs, intending to go for some assistance ; and
while she was engaged in dressing herself, the prisoner
came down stairs and asked if Henry and Thomas
(meaning Lee and his companion) were gone. She
told him he must be foolish to ask such a question,
as he, had let theta out himself ; and the prisoner
'then' sp4d, "We are all alone then, now ?" The
prosecutr.W.told him there were as many there
as were required, namely, himself, herself, and the
three children, and the prisoner then went up stairs
again. In a short time he returned, and she observed
him take something from his trousers pocket, and then
he said he should like to have her brother there by him-
self. The prosecutrix told him that he knew her brother
would not be alone with him, on account of his having
threatened his life ; and immediately upon her saying
this ho seized her by the hair and commenced a most
savage attack upon her with a knife, and cut her throat
in three separate places. During this attack the un-
happy woman seized the blade of the knife and forced
it from him and threw it away, and he theu drew a
second knife and wounded her with that also. While
this murderous proceeding was going on the daughter
of the prisoner was down stairs, and was about to call
for assistance when the prisoner, using a dreadful oath,
made a desperate thrust at her with his knife,. and it
appeared that but for her having stumbled at the moment
she must have been stabbed between the shoulders.
The unhappy woman succeeded in getting the second
knife from the prisoner, and he then, according to her
evidence, put his fingers into the wound he had inflicted
in her throat and attempted to tear it open. After this
he dragged her into a back room, where he got posses-
sion of a third knife, with which he was about to inflict
further injury upon his wretched victim, when, in con-
sequence of the alarm given by the daughter, assistance
came, and his wife was rescued from him. The prisoner
was taken into custody shortly afterwards, and he then
told the policeman that he hoped his wife would die, as
then he should be hanged and he should be happy. The
prosecutrix most positively denied that there was any
foundation for the suspicions entertained by the prisoner,
and her brother and Lee were in attendance as wit-
nesses to confirm her statement.
The learned counsel for the prisoner made an appeal
to the jury on his behalf.
Mr. Justice Talfourd having summed up, the jury
almost immediately returned a verdict of guilty of wound-
ing with intent to murder.
The learned Judge, in directing sentence of death to be
recorded, said that, although the life of the prisoner was
forfeited, and most justly forfeited, to the law, it was
not his purpose, so far as his humble power went, that
the Capital sentence should be carried out, and he should
make a representation to that effect in the proper quarter.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

have, erroneously reported that "Thompson had escaped
from his custody," fearing probably the censure of his
inspector for not having taken him, or acting, per-
haps, upon the advice of Mrs. Burroughs. At the sta-
tion he was desired "to watch the house" all night,
but, apparently with9ut any instructions whatever, he
procured the assistance of three other constables, and
at three o'clock in the morning surrounded Thompson's
house, back and front, knocking him up from his bed, and
took him into custody. The charge was taken by Inspec-
tor Hardy, who heard all the circumstances related, and
the offer of Thompson to go and fetch the picture (which
he (lid, under the escort of three policemen), and yet
still retained him in custody ; subsequently transferring
him to the George-street station, E division, and thence
to Bow-street, where he was examined and discharged.
Thompson then preferred a complaint against Earl,

Inspector Hardy, and three other officers, for having I
illegally detained him, and after hearing the evidence on
both sides at great length, Mr. Jardine committed the
constable Earl for one month, and fined Inspector
Hardy 101., at the same time acquitting the latter of
having authorised Thompson's arrest. Earl was sent to
prison, and was further dismissed from the force. In-
spector Hardy appealed against the decision of Mr.
Jardine, and was successful, the costs, amounting to
eight times the penalty, being eventually allowed out of
her Majesty's Treasury.
After these proceedings, an action was brought
against Thompson, by Mrs. Burroughs, and Thompson
became a petitioner in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, where
in the presence of Earl, and the whole family of Burroughs,
he swore that his real name was " Charles Sears." Earl
immediately reported the fact to his solicitor, Mr. Lewis,
who applied to Mr. Jardine on his behalf for a summons
against Thompson, to answer the charge of perjury, and
this was served upon him immediately upon his discharge
from Portugal-street.
Earl now proceeded to support the charge, by stating
what he had heard in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and
by denying some of the statements made by Thompson
when the case was originally before the Court. He
added, that he had lost his situation in the police, be-
sides having endured the month's imprisonment, and he
called Inspector Hardy, the three constables who as-
sisted in the arrest of Thompson, Mr., Mrs., and Miss
Burroughs, as witnesses to confirm his evidence.
Mr. Jardine had given every possible attention to the
facts disclosed in these proceedings, from time to time,
as they had come before him, and he did not see the slighT,-
eqt ground for the conclusion that Thompson had
committed perjury. The whole case exhibited the most
blundering and scandalous mismanagement on the part
of the police that he had ever experienced. The sum-
mons, therefore, was dismissed.
Directly Thompson had left the court an extraordinary
scene occurred. The Burroughs family rushed upon
him with savage ferocity. Miss Burroughs spat in his
face, pulled his hair, and struck him in the face, and
the police had hardly dragged her from him when her
father pounced upon Thompson in much the same style,
giving him two blows in the face, and challenging him
to fight like a man. In consequence of this disturbance,
all the parties returned to the court, and Burroughs and
his daughter were charged with the above assaults.
Thompson stated that the defendants followed him
into the street, abused him in the most filthy language,
and assaulted him in the manner described above. No
one could imagine the life he had led through these
people.
The evidence as to the assaults having been confirmed
by the police,
The defendant Burroughs began conducting himself
in a violent and disorderly manner, abusing the com-
plainant and his witnesses, and declaring his anxiety to
have a stand-up fight with Thompson in the body of the
court.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.—LIGHT AT KIJKDUIN.
The Netherlands Government has given notice that the
catatroptic light of the first class, applied to the lighthouse
at Kijkduin, was first lighted on the 25th September. It
is situated in 52.57.4 N., and 4.43.30 E., of Greenwich.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.
ANGRA, TERCEIRA, Nov. 17.
London, Liverpool, and Newcastle are declared infected
ports. Vessels arriving here from the said ports will not
be admitted to quarantine, as the Lisbon Board of Health
will not accredit the lazaretto established here in 1849.
Vessels coming from the other ports of England which are
classed as suspected, will be admitted to free pratique after
the expiration of eight days from the time of departure,
and provided no deaths or sickness have occurred during
the voyage of less than eight days, the vessel will perform
quarantine to complete the eight days.
CARTRAGENA. NOV. 20.
Ships now proceeding from Shields, Sunderland, or any
of the outports, with a clean bill of health, are kept four
days on observation within this port; and those arriving
from London, Liverpool, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, must
first proceed to one of the lazzaretti before pratique can
be given.