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MURDER OF A HUSBAND BY HIS WIFE AND SON.—
The Court of Assizes of the Vosges, in its last sitting,
tried a woman named Demangeon, aged 54, for the mur-
der of her husband, and her son Maurice, aged 20, as her
accomplice. At an early hour in the morning of the
29th of June last, as a man was passing along a field in
the hamlet of Ivoux, he found the body of a man stained
with blood lying in a path. His head was covered
with terrible wounds. Near him was a stone stained
with blood, and to which some of his hair adhered ; and
at his feet was a basket of eggs, several of which were
broken. But there were no marks of any struggle hav-
ing taken place ; and it was evident from the nature of
the wounds that they had not been inflicted with the
stone. It was consequently assumed that the man
had been murdered in some other place, and
then carried to the field. From the dress, deceased
was recognised as a farmer, named Demangeon, Hagis-
les Belles. He had lived in an isolated house with his
wife and son. They were sent for. The woman showed no
emotion, the son threw himself on the body, uttering cries,
but shed no tears. The woman said that her husband had
left home in the morning for the neighbouring market-
town with 30f. in his pocket, and that he had, pro-
bably been murdered to facilitate a robbery. It was
proposed to carry the body to the house ; but the woman
vehemently objected, saying that she dare not enter it
if the corpse were there ; and she offered money to have
it conveyed elsewhere. No notice was taken of her
objection. On arriving at the house the sheets, mat-
tress, and the bedstead of deceased were found to
be stained with blood ; as were also certain articles
of dress of the mother and the son, the ceiling,
walls, So. An axe, which had evidently been re-
cently washed, but which was still spotted with
blood, was also found. It was then remembered
that the old man had had constant quarrels with his
wife and son ; and that the former had frequently ex-
pressed a wish to see him dead—the latter to leave home.
They were both arrested. The woman shortly after
confessed that she bad murdered the old man with the
axe as he lay asleep, and that she had afterwards con-
veyed the body to the field ' • but she solemnly pro-
tested that her son knew nothing of what she had done.
The son, on his part, said that he had been awakened by
hearing his father cry ; that on getting up he had seen
his mother strikinge, him on the head with the axe,
that all at once her strength had failed her, and
she had cried, " take the axe and finish him ;” where-
upon he had struck him a tremendous blow on the head
,pith all his force, and had put an end to his life. The
mother subsequently admitted that what her son had
stated was true, and added that she had long resolved
to get rid of her husband, as she hated him, and as
living with him was insupportable to her. She further
said that she had been actuated partly by avarice,
inasmuch as the old man had determined on pay-
ing the penalty to prevent his son going for a soldier ;
whereas she had said to the son, " Let us murder your
father. We shall thereby save the money, as you will
be exempt as a widow's son !" The jury declared both
guilty, but found that there were extenuating circum-
stances in favour of the son. The court condemned tl.e
woman to death, and her son to hard labour for life.
They both heard the sentence unmoved.—Galignani.
POSTAGE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—There is
reason to believe that the postal system between France
and England, respecting which there have been so many
complaints on the ground of the high rate of postage,
and sonic anomalies that exist in it, is on the point of
being reformed. We understand that the French
Minister fir Foreign Affairs Dro,iynale Lhuvs. has
received a letter from the Earl of Clarendon on the sub-
jloecrdt2, landiehtalsiatreafpe
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Minister
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for implocliate consideration.—acilignani,

Of all the sciences recently introduced to the
world, that which has received the least practical
attention is certainly sanitary science. It might,
we think, really be said, that during the five years
which have followed its nominal recognition it has
made no advances at all. The machinery for the
application of the theory has been devised, and
even brought partially into existence ; that is to
say, certain " Boards" have been established with
functions presumed to bear upon this special work,
and some few towns, perhaps, may have been made
materially healthier than before. But, taking our
population altogether, and measuring by the mass,
we doubt whether the relative powers of pestilence
and science are very different from what they were
in 1849.

To some extent these results are probably due

to the extravagance with which theories of sanitary
reform were at first designed and promulgated.
Englishmen could not consent to be bound hand
and foot and delivered over to the discretion of a
Central Board ; and, when the terrors of the last
epidemic had passed away, resolutions of amend-
ment passed away too. But the chief obstacle to
the promotion of sanitary science lies, we sus-
pect, in the vulgar simplicity of the science itself.
It has no attractions of mystery, miracle, or
depth. It depends on no recondite formula de-
duced from elaborate experiments. It requires no
itinerant demonstrators, with their apparatus and
displays ; it can be taught in ten minutes, ana
practised as soon as taught. If its doctrines were
ascertainable only from the mouth of a "medium,'
or could be attributed by pious expositors to
"Satanic agency," they would probably have be-
come exceedingly fashionable, and controversy itself
would have aided to diffuse them. But, as it hap-
pens, they concern only the most common-place
observances, and are neglected accordingly. We are
simply told to clean out our cesspools, improve and
extend our systems of drainage, admit the air of
heaven into our dwellings, and discontinue the in-
terment of the dead among the abodes of the living.
This is " sanitary science," and the very vulgarity
of its precepts robs them of their force. It is the
Scriptural story over again. If we had been bidden
to do some great thing we should doubtless have
done it, but we were merely directed to " wash,
and be clean !"

Yet nothing can exceed the certainty of the doc-
trine. Ordinary specifics are both fallible and par-
tial—not effective against many diseases, and not
always aganist any ; whereas there is no species of
epidemic against which common cleanliness cannot
be practised with success. Eveti the inscrutable
cholera, which seems to obey no laws but its own,
and to pursue its capricious course through all the
climates of the globe, is arrested and repulsed by
these simple precautions. In many of its features

it baffles ill the researches of medical skill, but at
this point its peculiarities cease. In other respects

it is a mystery-, but here it becomes a common-Place
disease. We cannot tell how its poison is propa-
gated, how it acts, or how it is to be neutralised,
but this we know for certain—that if we purify our
streets and our habitations it will either never come
or will be easily expelled. Look at the resolutions
which we published yesterday as having been
taken at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where this in-
sidious pestilence, following its ancient track,
seems to have once more appeared. What was it
agreed to do ? To establish some wonderful appa-
ratus and mechanism of scientific power ? No.
It was resolved " to stop the prevalent practice of
throwing nightsoil out of the windows ;" to per-
form the work of scavenging early in the morning,
instead of, "as at present," in the middle of the
day ; to " prevent the sale of rotten fruit ;" to
" remove filth and nuisances," and to wash out
the dirtiest lanes. These, together with provisions
for medical and charitable aid, constituted the
" resolutions " of the authorities ; nor do we
imagine that any more sensible decisions could
have been adopted. But what does all this say for
the complicity of the case, and what must be the
condition of " sanitary science" when such arrange-
ments remain still to be made ?

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take against
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pestilence precautions
er we
exceedingly disagreeable in themselves, and that
convenienceee. But,e fory enthiifsthsepreecwial e
we were to be highly taxed in matters of every-day
reinnsurotainucceh aag-Vittatdision-
asto be apprehended as that of cholera, would there
be any harm in making our streets sweet and habit-
able ? Is it not a conclusion suggested by every
principle of decency and propriety that we should
find a better repository for the remains of the dead
than those crowded " yards " with which we
have surrounded our places of worship ? Do
we require to be threatened with the horrors of
a plague before we can be induced to supply our-
selves with pure water, and to turn this water to
its natural uses ? Should not all these things be
done from instinct, if not by reason ? The functions
of a " Board of Health" are really almost a stigma
upon our national civilisation. It is quite deplo-
rable to think that in this 19th century we should
require a special body of magistrates and officers to
enforce the observance of the commonest and most
necessary duties. Yet we see at Tynemouth that
the Local Board of Health has only just now re-
ceived permission from the authorities to begin
whitewashing and cleansing.
We are fortunately escaping from the most sickly
season of the year, and the colds of winter, which
are rarely very backward in this climate, will soon
succeed to the short sunshine of autumn. In fact
we have already passed the period at which, four
years ago, the epidemic attained its greatest
height. But experience has plainly taught us,
that the cholera is not a visitation recurring only at
intervals of 20 years, and never see again till after
the lapse of another such period. It has already lost
the character which deprived it of some of its terrors,
and we now see that it can localise itself as well in
Europe as in India. Since 1848, indeed, it has never
actually disappeared from the coasts of the Baltic,
and we believe that, if statistics could be obtained,
its operations would be detected in the northern
capitals from that time to the present. It raged
violently, though partially, in Prussia in 1850,
and was devastating Russia throughout the whole
of last year. Our own experience of the visitation
was mercifully confined to a few months, but other
countries have never entirely escaped it, and in
places where it finds its natural aliments of filth
and wretchedness, it may, perhaps, settle itself as
permanently as the plague in Cairo.
Exactly, however, in proportion as we have less
cause for alarm should we be more active in our
precautions. Our immunities, indeed, represent
so many advantages of position against a formid-
able enemy, and we shall be wanting in duty if we
omit to turn these to the best account. It cannot
be said that the work is arduous. We are called
upon to do nothing beyond what ought to be done
without any such call. To fortify ourselves
against a dangerous epidemic, we are merely re-
quired to put in execution the simplest rules of
social economy—rules, be it observed, which are
just as imperatively suggested by the ordinary con-
tingencies of life. It is not only pestilence which
waits upon their infraction. Perhaps the cholera,
indeed, is less to be dreaded than those ordinary
diseases which do their work ceaselessly and in
secret. A new danger alarms us into temporary
wisdom, and we set our houses in order accordingly.
When it has passed we relapse into apathy and un-
cleanliness, forgetting that fever is always at our
sides, and that the precautions we neglect are
preservatives against sickness in more shapes than
one.

DEATH PROM HYDROPHOBIA. —An old soldier, named
Quittau, of Malzeville, department of the Meurthe, had
a dog to which he was much attached, because it had
several times saved his life. About eight days ago he
fancied that the poor animal appeared likely to b. e
stricken with hydrophobia, and he resolved to drown it.
Having taken it to a river, he removed the muzzle, and
it bit him in the leg. He paid no attention to the in-
jury, but in a few days after was attacked with hydro-
phobia, and, after much dreadful suffering, died.—
Galignani.
THE TEMPERANCE LEAGUE DEMONSTRATION.—The
London Temperance League held its third annual ga-
thering yesterday, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens.
A very large number of persons were assembled, and the
children of the " Band of Hope " marched to the gar-
dens, headed by a military band, and under the leader-
ship of Mr. J. B. Gough, a popular temperance lecturer,
from
large, but
the United e
Uwnseitileeeodemtb
e„ States. On arriving at the gardens a
Welcome—after
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dress from Mr. Gough. The company then dispersed to
amuse themselves with the usual recreations of the gar-
dens, but collected again at four o'clock, when the
"Bands of Hope" sang some airs, and a few boy and
girl musicians and singers displayed some very preco-
cious acquirements, both in vocal and instrumental
music. Mr. Gough then delivered a very long and ani-
mated address, embracing all the topies and arguments
connected with total abqtinence, The ordinary attrac-
tions of the concert, fireworks, and storming of Chusan,
were then enjoyed heartily by a very crowded, but as
respectable and well ordered an assemblage, as could be
met with anyvillere,

Tames Hays, aged 35 years, an Irish labourer, in the
employ. of Mr. Saint, a brickmaker, of Shepherd's-bush,
was yesterday placed in tie dock of the Hammersmith
Police-court, before Mr. Beadon, charged on suspicion
of having caused the death of his wife, Elizabeth Hays,
by beating her about the head in a most brutal manner.
Long before the opening of the court, a large number
of persons, principally of the lower order of Irish, living
in the neighbourhood, including men, women, and chil-
dren, had assembled in the road in front of the building,
for the purpose of seeing the prisoner brought from the
police station on Brook-green to the court to be examined,
and by the time the accused was expected there could
not have been less than 800 persons. Directly the pri-
soner was seen coming towards the court, in the custody
of several constables, the crowd commenced shouting
and yelling at him, and if it had not been for a large
body of police of the T division, under the direction of
Inspector Cooke,., violent hands would have begn laid upon
tie prisoner by some of the women, who cast upon him,
as he passed, all kinds of imprecations and threats ; and
to prevent any disturbance from taking place the ac-
cused was at once removeL into the court, where he re-
mained' until the night c.aarges had been disposed of.
His countenance was exceedingly pale ; but, beyond
that, he displayed no signs of fear or contrition. About
three o'clock he was put into the dock, and the case was
then gone into. _

Mr. Martin, a solicitor, who had been instructed on
behalf of the prosecution by the deceased's brother-in-
iaw, detailed the facts of the case, which will be found
in the subjoined evidence, and added that the prisoner
had not been living with his wife for some time past,
but had been cohabiting with another woman on Notting-
hill. The deceased had lived in Kensington, and was in
the habit of going over to her husband on Saturday
night to receive what money he those to allow'-her for
her maintenance. It was on one of those visits that the
deceased received such injuries from her husband that
caused her death on Sunday evening last.
The first witness examined was Thomas Taylor, a la-
bourer, also in the employ of Mr. Saint, who deposed
that about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night
last he was in Shepherd's Bush market with the prisoner
and his wife, and another man named George. He saw
the prisoner knock his wife down twice with his fist.
When she got up the second time she ran behind witness
for protection. He told her to go from behind him, as
he thought the prisoner might fancy he was harbouring
his wife, and would attack him. She then went away,
and the prisoner ran after her, and threatened with an
oath that he would kick out her brains. He kicked at
her several times, but witness believed he did not touch
her with his feet. The prisoner also declared that he
would do for her that night. The deceased ran through
the market, and the prisoner followed after her.
Mr. Beadon—Did you see anything more of them
that night ?
Serjeant Lowe informed his worship that the witness
was locked up soon after for being drunk and riotous.
The witness, in answer to further questions, said the
prisoner was intoxicated at the time, but his wife was
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knocked her down.
Mr. Beadon —That was the answer, then, to her so-
licitation ?
The witness—Yes, sir. Directly she made use of
the words he struck her.
Mr. Martin said, if the prisoner was remanded, he
should be able to produce a witness who would prove,
hearing the prisoner threaten to do for his wife a week
ago.
The prisoner said he had no questions to ask the wit-
ness, but commenced telling his story of the transaction.
He was, however, stopped by his worship, who told him
he would hear anything he had to say after the witnes-
ses had been examined.
Edwardias George,
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called and i ckid -m ahkee r ,
corroboratedinthe employ of
Taylor
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Saint,
evidence iu every particular.
The prisoner said his wife was blind drunk, and he
tried to get her home.
The two witnesses were recalled, and denied positively
that the deceased was in any way the worse for liquor.
George added to his testimony that he heard the wife
say " You had better leave me alone and go home.
The reason you don't leave me alone is because I have
asked you for some money."
Police-constable John Serle, No. 69, T. division, said
—About 20 minutes past one o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing I was on duty near Shepherd's Bush market, and
while standing close to the Royal Hotel I heard a noise
opposite where the ground has been dug out for the
foundations of some new buildings, as if some person
was scrambling up the bank. I thought it was the con•
stable on the beat, and I went across to the place to see
if it was him. It was very foggy at the time, and I
could scarcely see anything before me. I stood for a
minute, and not hearing anything, I got underneath
some railings and passed into the grounds. I then
listened, but could not hear or see anybody, I then
turned on my lantern, and after walking about 12 yards
I saw the prisoner standing in front of me. I asked
him what he did there, and he replied with an oath,
"What business is that to you I" He appeared stupe-
tlhinfkouinngd
fied at the time, and seemed to tremble very much,
which I attributed to his having been lying down in the
cold. He then turned his face to the spot where the
deceased was afterwards found, and continued standing
for a short time looking in the same direction. I told
him that he must leave the place, as he had no business
there, and I pointed to a spot where he could get out.
I mo thenbu
t walkedon
turning few
paces,
round had not
moved from the place. I then went back to him, and
saw that he had gone further down, htheatwashe following
to the place where the deceased was afterwards found,
and I told him that if he did not quit the place I
should be compelled to lock him up. He sighed, and
shivered a good deal, which I still attributed to the fog
and cold. He then went away, and I did not see him
return. I stood a short time about the place, and not
which was nearer
hearing any noise, and thinking the prisoner had gone
off, I came away, and heard nothing more until the
deceased was found in the morning. She was discovered
in one of the holes in the ground which had been
thrown up for the foundation of a house, within six
yards from the place where I saw the prisoner stand-
ing. If it had not been so foggy I must have seen the
deceased.

Mr. Beadon (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to ask
the constable any question ?
The prisoner—lf I was there I don't recollect it.
James Tarling, police-constable, No. 264 T, said—
Shortly after six o'clock on Sunday morning I was
about going on duty, when I had my attention called to
a field where foundations had been dug for some new
house near the Royal Hotel, by some women, who told
me a female was lying in one of the holes apparently
lifeless. I went to the spot and found the deceased
quite insensible, and vomiting very much from the
mouth. She was lying upon her cheek, which was very
much bruised and swollen. I turned her over, and she
then tried to open her eyes. She managed to open one,
but the other she was quite unable to open in conse-
quence of it being so much swollen. I obtained the
stretcher, and• with the assistance of another officer we
removed her to the station at Brook-green. I remained
with her until five o'clock in the afternoon, and during
the whole time she never spoke. She was then re-
moved to the house occupied by her brother-in-law in
Brook-green-place, and I understand she died within
five minutes afterwards.
Edward Lines, the brother-in-law of the deceased,
said, about three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, in con-
sequence of the information he had received, he went
after the prisoner and saw him in Shepherd's Bush. He
told him the state his wife was in at the station, and he
replied, " Thank God, he had nothing to do with it, for
he had not seen her since eight o'clock the previous
night." The prisoner also said, " She was then very
drunk, and he persuaded her to go home."
Mr. John Brown, a surgeon, stated that he first saw
the deceased shortly after 7 o'clock on Sunday morning.
She was then in a state of collapse, being cold and quite
insensible. He did not at that time form any opinion as
to whether she would recover, but when he saw her at
half-past ten o'clock he thought she would not recover.
He could not state the cause of her insensibility, as it
might have been produced from drink or from a blow.
She appeared to have received a violent blow on the right
eye, and also on the lower jaw. The face was very much
swollen, and it seemed to him that the ball of the right
eye had been struck. It must have been done by some
He
t. should
fmoens
round instrument, or by the fist of a man.
be able to discover the cause of death upon a
examination of the body.
Mr. Beadon inquired if the coroner had been written
to, as it was necessary to hare a post-mortem examina-
tioi
Inspector Cooke believed the beadle had forwarded
the necessary information.
Mr. Beadon then alluded to the state of the law, which
prohibited him from ordering apost-mortem examination,
although he had the accused in custody, and giving the
power to the coroner to order an examination to be made
when his proceedings were all taken in the absence of
the person charged.
Tarling said, when the prisoner was taken into cus-
tody he said if she (the deceased) got drunk and knocked
herself about with a brick, he could not help it.
Mr. Beadon said he should remand the prisoner for a
week, and in the interim a coroner s inquest would no
doubt be held on the body, and if there was any fresh
evidence it could then be heard, and by that time the
cause of death would be known.
The prisoner was then removed, and upon the van
leaving the court he was again met with the shouts and
yells of the crowd who remained outside the building
until-its departure for the House of Detention.

CHURCH RATES AT STOCSTON-ON-TEES.—In the Holy
Trinity district of this town, a church rate, recently
proposed, has, on an appeal to the parishionErg, been
negatived by a very large majority—the numbers being
for the rate 54, against it 191. The subject has
created great excitement in the town, and the result
of the contest has been hailed as a great victory by a
considerable portion of the inhabitants.

favourableente There
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position
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It stated that an arrange
the railway from Madras to the Western coast' a
distance of about 400 miles, with branch lines to Banga-
lore and the foot of the Neilgherry-hills. A correspond-
ence between the
.East India Company and the Board
of Directors explains the terms of the new arrangement,
and that 41 per cent. is guaranteed on the additional
capital required to continue the railway to the western
coast, estimated at 3,500,0001., as has already been
guaranteed on the sum (500,0001.) required to execute
the original or experimental line, the terms being in all
respects the same. From the correspondence it appears
that surveys are proceeding for another line, branching
off from the main line and passing through Cuddapah
and Bellary towards Poonab, to complete a line of rail-
way from Madras to Bombay. The directors are of
opinion that the first-mentioned railway, with its two
branches, may be completed within 5 years from next
January, and that two portions of it—viz., from Madras
to Vaniembady, a distance of 120 miles, and from the
terminus on the western coast towards Coimbatore,
another distance of 80 or 100 miles, may be brought
into a profitably-working state at a much earlier
period. The line of country through which the rail-
way will pass is said to be generally favourable. It is
particularly so from Madras to Vaniembady, and on the
western coast the country has a moderate rise towards
Coimbatore, through the great break or chasm_ in the
Western Ghauts, at Palghat, of about 1,000 feet in 55
or 60 miles, but so uniform and regular throughout that
to the eye it appears almost level. From Palghat it
again falls about 500 feet to the river Cauvery, and
thence continues moderately favourable to Salem. The
only obstacles of consequence to he anticipated are met
with between Vaniembady and Salem, and between
Vaniembady and Bangalore, where there are mountain
passes to be traversed. There are several rivers of con-
siderable size to be crossed, as the Pallaur and Cauvery ;
but these cannot be considered very formidable obstacles
in a country where the construction of bridges is well
understood, and where many fine bridges have already
eastern
the eaarnlyd
been built. It appears that the East India Company
consider it highly desirable that the works should be
hewtwitheean
view t
the
western coasts. The report goes on to state, that " the
railway thus proposed will, when completed, connect
completion
nd
of
ft
theva various points,
line
the east and west coasts of the peninsula of India,
opening up large tracts of richproductive
.. and
country, and passing near the military stations
tary of
Arcot and Vellore and the Neilgherry-hills, with a
branch line to the large military station of Bangalore.
Its value in a military and political point of view will
be very great, and its advantages for commercial pur-
poses of the first importance. The monsoons, or stormy
seasons, during which ships cannot approach the land
without considerable danger, occur at different periods
of the year on the east and west coasts of India ; so that
during the season when storms prevail on one coast the
weather is fine on .the other. A railway, therefore,
which connects the two coasts must be of immense value
to commerce, by providing a means of communication
between the interior of the country and an open port on
one side or other of the peninsula throughout the year.
The traffic on the line is already large, and will no doubt
rapidly increase with the facilities and stimulus which
railway communication never fails to give to the deve-
lopment of the resources of every country into which it
is introduced. In order as far as possible to give effect
at the earliest period to the arrangements for the con-
tinuation of the line, the board propose immediately to
raise the further capital of 500,0001. sterling, authorised
by the company's deed of settlement, by the creation and
issue of 25,000 shares of 201. each, of which an option of
allotment will be given to the holders of original stock
in the company in the proportion of one new for one
original share. A deposit of 21. will be required to be
paid on allotment of the new shares, and the remainder
will be called up as arranged with the East India Com-
pany, in the proportion of about 25 per cent., or 51. per
share per annum. In order further to carry out the
arrangements with the East India Company, an act of
Parliament will be necessary in the next session to in-
crease the capital of the company, and confer the neces-
sary powers for giving effect to the objects contem-
plated."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said it contained a long correspondence that fully de-
tailed the objects they had in view respecting the exten-
sion of the line, and the terms upon which the capital
was to be raised. The first section of the line from Ma-
dras to Merril, now in course of construction, was 50
miles in length, and there could be no doubt that the
prolongation of it would be very advantageous to the
company. The line from Madras to the western coast
would be about 400 miles in length ; and they would re-
collect that, from the commencement of the undertaking,
they expected that the first section would be gradually
prolonged into the interior, but they did not anticipate
that they would have been called upon at so early a
period to consider the expediency of the measure.
There could be but one opinion on the subject—that
railways must be long to be remunerative. The places
they were to accommodate had no outlet in consequence
of the bad roads, and therefore the resources of these
districts remained undeveloped. The extension of the
railway would produce important results in a military,
political, and commercial point of view. The East India
Company were desirous of affording them every facility
to carry out the undertaking; they gave the company the
land for nothipg, and guaranteed the proprietors 41 per
cent. per annum on their outlay. The line would open up
the interior where there were no roads at present, and
would connect the military stations of Arcot and Vellore
with Bangalore and the east and west coasts. It was known
to every one who had resided in India that there were
two monsoons or stormy seasons in the course of the
year. The north-east monsoon commenced in October,
and ended in December, during which time vessels could
not approach the east coast, while at the same time the
weather on the west coast was very fine, The western
monsoon commenced in May or June and ended in Sep-
tember, and in like manner the ships could not approach
the western coast, while they could easily approach the
east coast. The railway stretching from coast to coast
would therefore be of great value, not only in a political
but in a commercial point of view. The cost of the line
from Madras to the western coast, with branches to
Bangalore and the foot of the Neilgherry-hills, would be
4,000,0001., including the 500,0001. for the first section,
upon which the same amount would be guaranteed—
namely, 41 per cent, per annum. To raise the capital
they proposed, in the first instance, to issue one new
share for each share now held in the company. to make
up the capital to 1,000,0001., which was the ?amount
authorised by Parliament. Before they could raise the
remainder of the capital it would be necessary to obtain
a new act, which they would apply for in the ensuing
session, and, on obtaining it, they would issue to the
proprietors six new shares for every one now held by
them. He then moved a resolution to the effect that

the report be received and adopted, and that the direc-
tors be requested to carry out the objects mentioned
therein.

Mr. ARBUTHNOT seconded the motion.

Major COURT said, there was no doubt of the political
importance of the railway, and, although it was intended
to pass through military stations, it did not appear that
it would pass through any large manufacturing towns.
It was from the latter that a large traffic could be ex-
pected. The only object of the line in this respect was
the transmission of raw produce to the east and west
coasts. He thought they ought to have had some
statistics with regard to the expected traffic. The ques-
tion was, whether the guarantee of the East India Com-
pany of 4i per cent. was a sufficient assurance to the
shareholders that they would have a fair return on their
outlay. He believed the line had not been surveyed,
and therefore it was impossible for them to say what
would be the cost of it, or whether the guarantee would
cover the expenditure. They might also compromise the
company by entering into a contract to make the line in
five years, before they knew what works they would
have to construct. He believed the guarantee was for a
period of 25 years, and the length of the railway and
branches would be 520 miles. If they did not make it
in five years the guarantee would be worth nothing.
The CHAIRMAN said, that the country had been sur-
veyed, but the surveys of the line of railway were not
yet finished. They had stated it as their opinion that
the line could be completed in five years,
but they were
not bound to construct it in that time. The contract
had not been entered into, and the guarantee was for 99
years, and would extend to the whole of their outlay.
y.
Major COURT said, the shareholders ought to have had
a copy of the contract with the East India Company
submitted to them for their consideration, to show
whether the guarantee included the whole expense of
the undertaking.
the contract was o
The CHAIRMAN said
feootshidaterathhele dleoncgutmh,enat relating to
odtheshare.
holders could see it at the office.
Majors sha CourßeeT,,o thatpsreferre hdhe ghavminigat
see at anycopyofi time the ttoenclose
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conditions upon which they wore guaranteed.
Mr. J. M. PARSONS thought it a most injudicious
time to propose any addition to their capital. They pro-
posed in the first instance to double the capital of the
shareholders, and afterwards to increase it eightfold. He
thought the original line would give them an adequate
return, but it was very doubtful whether the extension
and branches would yield sufficient to pay interest on
the outlay. Looking at the present state of the money-
market, he thought the proposal, if carried out, would
be a deathblow to the undertaking. Instead of an in-
crease in the capital being an advantage it would be a
great disadvantage. During the past eight months the
Bank of England had doubled its rate of interest, and
it was likely to be further increased. He concluded by an amendment to the effect that it was not expe-
dient at the present time to raise further capital, and
that the proposal of the East India Company be de-
ferred to some future time for consideration.
The CHAIRMAN said, he quite agreed that the present
moment was not the time to raise a large capital, but a
certain proposal had been made to them of vital impor-
tance to their undertaking, and if they did not accept it
there was another company ready co undertake what

they proposed doing, and, if the amendment should be
iearried, they must be prepared to give up what they had
!been contending for for years. It was not proposed to
tissue the whole of the shares, but only one share for each
'share at present held in the company, and upon which
;a deposit of only 2/. was required to be paid.
After some observations from Captain Barker and
other proprietors in favour of the extension line,
Mr. ARBUTHNOT, the deputy chairman, said he thought
the present pressure in the money-market would pass
over, and when they required the money it would be
raadily obtained. The present shareholders were not
bound to take up the new shares, but he thought when
they were allotted they would be very happy to do so
Mr. A. BEATTIE thought there would be no difficulty
in obtaining an extension of time for raising the money.
It would probably be better to leave the matter in the
hands of the directors, as they were entitled to the
thanks of the proprietors for what they had done.
The CHAIRMAN observed that it might not be in the
carried
The
amendment
nd as
mqeunitcklways a
s power of the directors to extend the time, but, having
heard the opinions of only a few of the proprietors
against the proposal, it might happen that the majority
were in favour of seconding the wishes of the East India
then pos
putsib and negatived by a large
Company, who were anxious that the railway should be
majority, and the original motion was carried.
On the motion of Mr. A. BEATTIE, the proceedings
concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and
directors. .
le

FATAL COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND
BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

Last night an inquest was held by Mr. W. Payne,ithe
coroner, and a numerous jury, at Guy's Hospital, on
the body of William Jenner, who died in that institu-
tion
Captain
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August last.
Railway ; Mr. Church, solicitor ; Mr. Biggs, manager ;
BsoAatirihirdge.
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tonainn Railway; and Mr. Faithful, solicitor, with several
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engine-drivert
et
Joseph Boardman was the first witness called. He
his fireman. On the 27th of August, at about a quarter
before five o'clock in the afternoon, their engine was at
Coldblow, near New Cross. They were coming from
Deptford-wharf on a branch line. They had started from
Deptford-wharf at about twenty minutes to five, with a
train of coal and stone. They had proceeded about half
a mile when they saw a danger signal toward New
Cross, on the side next to the Greenwich Railway.
When he saw that, he opened the whistle of his engine,
and shut off the steam. Shortly afterwards the dis-
tance signal was turned, signifying that it was all
right, and he went on. Having passed that signal,
he went on to the bridge, where he saw a man with
the "all right " signal in his hand. Having proceeded
under the Brighton Railway, a man came out giving a
signal to stop, but they were then going at the rate of
fifteen or sixteen miles an hour. This man gave the
signal with his hand. Upon this he shut off the steam,
opened the whistle, and told the fireman to put on the
breaks, as he was afraid there was something the
matter. Shortly afterwards he told the fireman to jump
off, having reversed the engine, as he saw a train of
empty carriages on the line. The railway is a single
branch line, and these carriages were ahead of them on
the same line. When he first saw them, they were not
more than 40 yards from them. The fireman did not
jump off, but witness did. Although he had reversed
the engine, there was still a good deal of way on the
train behind. He saw his engine run into the train of
empty carriages as soon as he had jumped off. He got
up to the engine as quickly as he could, when he saw
the fireman on the tender box bleeding. The guard of
another train got him down, placed him on a carriage
door, and he was taken to the hospital. The footboard
of the tender was smashed from the concussion. The
empty carriages were on the sidings where the trains
are made up. He could not tell what the first danger
signal was for. The first he knew of an obstruction on
the line was when he saw the empty carriages. There
was an engine to the empty carriages. There is a curve
of the line there. The man who gave the danger signal
was on the Brighton line, near the carriages. He could
not see for more than 30 yards from the place where he
stood.
The Coroner—Could he have any means of knowing
that a train was coming till he saw it ?
Witness —I think not.

The Coroner—Have you any idea how the firman sus-
tained his injury 1
Witness—The footplate was smashed, he supposed,
by the knocking together of the engine and tender.
One wheel of the engine was off the line, and many of
the carriages were broken. Witness ri(mained on the
engine till it came within two or three feet of the car-
riages. He just saw it dash into the train, and that
was all.
By a juror—lt was only a line for goods and coal.
Joseph Eastwood said he was foreman of the train
makers at New-cross. He first saw the coal train come
under the arch. It was the train that Boardman was
driving. Witness was on the engine attached to the
train of empty carriages. The engine had come from
the shed at the top of the wharf; but the carriages had
come from the siding at Coldblow. The train was com-
posed of passenger carriages that they were going to put
on another siding. As they were going out of the
siding the engine slipped, and they were obliged to go
back some distance on the main line to get a better
start, and had but just stopped when the coal train
came up. He could not see the coal train until it had
got under the bridge. They put on the distance signal
before they went down to the place where they were
shunting. The -man_at-the bridge could see it, to show
that the line was obstructed. There was a correspond-
ing signal to work further down the line. He could
not tell the reason why the distance signal was taken
off, because the line was not clear. It was turned off
some distance up the line. As soon as he saw the
wharf train he told the driver, and he jumped off the
the engine. The cause of the accident appeared to
arise from some person having turned off the danger
signal. The signal being copied by the man on the
South-Eastern line would mislead the coal train.
John Stevens, bridge-lifter at the Surrey Canal, said
he was stationed there. He saw the danger signal at
New Cross, and he also put on the danger signal. He
saw nothing of the coal train when the danger signal
was on. It was on for 20 minutes, and it was then
taken off. He could not tell the cause of the danger
signal being on. After it was taken off he saw the coal
train go by, and saw no more of it until he heard a
crash, and then he ran towards it. When he saw the
coal train pass by he did not know that there was a
train of empty carriages on the same line. He did not
know whose duty it was to attend to the signal at New
Cross. He saw the danger signal one hundred yards
from New Cross.

Eastwood was recalled, and he said there had jus
before been a Dover train on the line, and when it went
out he told Moore, the guard of it, not to put the danger
signal off. He could not tell if it had been turned off or
not, as the signal was too far off.
Stephen Moore, guard on the South-Eastern Railway,
said he was with a train on the siding on the 27th of
August, but he saw the train of empty carriages. The
driver did not tell him not to take off the danger signal,
and never spoke to him.
Eastwood reiterated that he was the man he spoke to,
and told him not to take off the danger signal. He was
taking trucks off, and having to pass through two pair
of points, he held them for him. He saw no person
touch the danger signal. He saw Moore go away soon
after with the South-Eastern train. That was before
the accident occurred. If he had left the signal on, he
should have turned it off when he had finished his work.
He did not know who turned it off.
Captain Barlow said, as allusion had been made to the
South-Eastern Railway, he begged to take exception to
the evidence, as these signals were on the Brighton line,
and were not under the control of the South-Eastern
Company.
William Barkwright, an engine driver, said he was
with Moore when they were getting some trucks from
the siding. He never heard Eastwood say anything to
him about the train. Moore turned the danger signal
on whilst they were at work. Moore turned the danger
signal off because they had done their work. East-
wood's train was shunting about when he turned off the
signal. Edington took care of the signals. If he had
to go away for any purpose, the signal took care of
itself. (Great surprise.)
The Coroner—lf Eastwood was shunting about with
his engine, how came Moore to turn off the danger
?
°Witness—Because he left the signal as he found it.
The Coroner—But why, if another train was about ?
Witness—Because he supposed that Eastwood would
attend to that. Moore turned it off because he had done
with it.
The Coroner—Then you knew that another train was
about, and as Moore went and turned the signal off, do
you suppose it was Eastwood's duty to go and turn it on
again ?
Witness—Yes, sir.
To a juror—There is no signalman there, nor has there
ever been one.
Mr. J. Bayfield, house surgeon, said the deceased was
brought into the hospital with a compound fracture •f
the left leg, and also the thigh on the same side. He
went on well for some days, but in consequence of in-
ternal injuries he became weaker, and died on Saturday
last. _ _

The coroner then addressed the jut), at some length,
and said that if they considered there was criminality
against Moore, he would adjourn the case for further
evidence, but if they thought it was only a case of want
of judgment, they would return such a verdict as the
nature of the case required.
The jury said, although they considered the death of
the deceased was accidental, yet they were of opinion
that blame attached to the company in not making
better arrangements.
Mr. Farmer said that arrangements had already been
made, as experience had shown the necessity for a man
being appointed whose sole duty it would be to look
after the signals at this part of the line.
The inquir . Aon terminated.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 12.
The newly-built steam (screw) corvette Malacca, in
=nand of Lieut. Price, of the Cleopatra, and officered
and manned with 60 men from that ship, arrived at
Spithead last night at sunset from Moulmein, to obtain
her engines. She is officered by Lieut, J. A. Price,
Assistant-Surgeon C. F. Williams, Acting Mate W. H.
Nurse, Second Master R. Smith, Passed Clerk 1V.;,,F.
Lima, Midshipmen R. Adams and the Hon. R. Moreton;:
Mr. Richard Sturgess, master, came home passengefiii
her, on promotion. She sighted the Channel fleet off
Cape Clear on the Bth inst., under canvas, and on
Saturday, at 5 p.m., showed her number to the Blen-
heim, 60, Capt. the Hon. F. T. Pelham, which ship
they saw take in sail in most "beautiful style." The
news at the Cape was the same as when the Contest
left that station. On her passage to England, the
Malacca proved herself an astonishingly fast sailer ; she
passed other ships on her passage " as if they were at
anchor," but nothing passed her. She is a most capa-
ciously proportioned vessel, and, instead of carrying 8,
she would easily carry 18 guns.
.._

The Barracouta, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander George
Parker, bad a survey held upon her on Saturday, con,
sisting of Captain Shepherd, of the Victory ; Dr. Sir
John Richardson, medical inspector of the Royal Naval
Hospital at Haslar ; Dr. Baker, of the Neptune :Dr.
111‘Donald, of the Victoria and Albert ; and Dr. Babing-
ton, to investigate the causes of an abominable and
sickening stench from below. The result of the survey,
which was very properly called for by the surgeon of the
Barracouta (Dr. Babington), was an order that the vessel
be cleared and examined internally, which she came
into harbour this day to have done. It is said she goes
to China, but we imagine not at present, as circum-
stances which we are not at liberty to mention may
detain her officers in England for some time.
The Plumper, 9, screw corvette, Commander Whar-
ton, was paid advance wages at Spithead to-day by
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Fanshawe, C. 8., and the
clerks of the pay-office, and she leaves this evezing or
at daylight to-morrow for the Coast of Africa statioh.,
The Contest,l2, sailing sloop, was laid up in ordinary
this morning.

....
The Banshee dispatch packet, Lieutenant-Commander
Hosken, left this harbour for Portland, to attend upon
the Lords of the Admiralty and the officers of the Ord-
nance this morning.
...

-The Antelope, 3, paddle vessel, Lieutenant Young,
Left Spithead this afternoon for the coast of Africa.

PEMBROKE.

The Caesar has been undergoing the repairs rendered
necessary by the severe straining she received, and has
been in the shipwrights' and caulkers' hands. More
diagonal riders and knees have been added, and the ves-
sel refastened where she had given way and opened, and
there is every reason to believe that she will prove as
strong as before. A thorough recaulking is being given,
a body of caulkers being sent from Devonport to assist.
When on the way some of the butts opened to the ex-
tent of nearly an inch, but they have closed again in
dock.

A party of seamen-riggers have been sent round in th
Magicienne, Captain Fisher, in order to rig out and
navigate the Casar to Portsmouth. Before the close
of the month she will be ready to be taken to her
destination.

THE MEDEA COURT-MARTIAL.
By letters and papers from the West India station to
the 30th ult., we have the result of the Medea court-
martial, which is looked for with so much interest in
the navy. It appears that Commander J. C. Bailey,
of the steam-sloop Medea, had brought his First Lieu•
tenant and Chief Engineer (Messrs. Williams and Mur-
ray) to trial for insubordinate conduct, the first-named
officer upon six charges :

" 1. For neglect of duty on the passage from Eng-
land to Havannah, between the 17th of February and
the 24th of March, 1853.
"2. For insubordinate conduct about the 17th of
March.

"3. For disrespectful conduct about the 18th and
22d of March.

" 4. For neglecting to perform his duty, and insubor-
dinate conduct about the 21st of March.

" 5. For disrespectful conduct about the 10th of April.
"6. For unofficer-like and insubordinate conduct
about the 26th of May."
Mr. Murray, the engineer, was charged with neglect
of duty and disrespectful conduct.
Both officers were tried on board the Pyramus re-
ceiving-ship, at Halifax. Lieutenant Williams was
acquitted, with an admonition to be more respectful
to his commander in future ; and Mr. Murray was fully
acquitted. These officers then turned the tables upon
the commander, and Lieutenant Williams then brought
the following charges against him : _ _

"1. For that Commander John Crawshay Bailey,
being in actual service and full pay in the fleet, and in
command of Her Majesty's steam-sloop Medea, did, on
or about the 18th of March, 1853, after Lieutenant
Thomas Drinkwater Williams's complaining to the said
commander, conduct himself in an unofficerlike manner
towards me, tending to bring me into contempt with
the officers and ship's company.
"2. For that the said commander did, on or about the
22d of March, 1853, at Havannab, conduct himself in an
oppressive and overbearing manner towards me, the said
Lieutenant T. D. Williams, in having superseded me
from the usual duties devolving on the senior lieutenant,

formally on the quarter-deck, in consequence of my
giving to him, for the senior officer, a letter requesting
an inquiry into my conduct.
"3. For that the said commander did, on the 26th of
March, 1853, conduct himself in an oppressive, over-
bearing, and unofficerlike manner, in compelling me, the
said Lieutenant T. D. Williams, by order, to sign the
ship's log, such log not being a correct copy of the deck
or rough log.
"4. For that the said commander did, on or about
the 28th of March, 1853, at Havannah, conduct himself
towards me the said Lieutenant T. D. Williams in an
oppressive and overbearing manner, in having repri-
manded me on the quarter-deck for an alleged offence,
in the presence of part of the officers and ship's com-
pany, without any previous investigation.
"5. For that the said commander did, on or about
the 28th of March, 1853, at Havannah, conduct himself
in an oppressive and overbearing manner, in having
placed me in close arrest for an alleged offence, after
holding a partial investigation, and deducing conclusions
therefrom quite contrary to the evidence given, I, the
said Lieutenant T. D. Williams having denied the charge ;
and that the said commander, John Crawshay Bailey,
did enter, or cause to be entered, the same falsely in the
log.
"6. For that the said commander did, on or about
the 6th of April, 1853, conduct himself in an oppres-
sive and overbearing manner, in confining me, the said
Lieutenant T. D. Williams, to my cabin for the space of
ten days for an unintentional breach of etiquette, not-
withstanding I had verbally, on the quarter-deck, and
afterwards in writing, apologized for the same.
"7. For that the said commander did, on or about
the 2d of May, 1853, conduct himself towards me,
Lieutenant T. D. Williams, in an unofficerlike manner,
in having sent me an improper message, such message
ten ling to bring me into contempt with the officers and
ship's company.
"8. For that the said commander did, on or about

the 23i1 of May, 1553, at sea, conduct himself towards
me, the said T. D. Williams, in an oppressive and un-
officerlike manner, in refusing to take notice of a com-
plaint of insolence to myself, when reported by me
through an officer of the watch, such tending to encou-
rage disrespect towards myself.
" 9. For that the said commander did, on or about
the 26th of May, 1853, at sea, conduct himself towards
me, the said Lieutenant T. D. Williams, in an oppres-
sive and overbearing manner, in confining me to my
cabin for an alleged offence, and refusing, in an un-
officerlike and ungentlemanly tone, to allow me to ex-
plain the circumstances.
10. For that the said commander did, on or about
the 28th of May, 1853, conduct himself towards me, the
said Lieutenant T. D. Williams, in an oppressive and
overbearing manner, in ordering by memorandum that
no one in the ship was to hold any communication with
me except the surgeon, gun-room steward, and my ser-
vant, without his (Commander J. C. Bailey) giving me
any reason for such order, and in keeping me in soli-
tary confinement for the space of 28 tidys, from the 28th
of May to the 22d of June, and only releasing me there-
from when advised of the necessity for so doing by the
surgeon.

111. For the said commander did, on or about the
22d
of June, 1853, at Port Royal, conduct himself in an
oppressive and overbearing manner to me, Lieutenant
T. D. Williams, in continuing to refuse me the society
of my messmates, although recommended the said society
by. the surgeon for the benefit of my health, and not-
withstanding the expressed wish of Captain Walter Reid,
senior officer at Port Royal.
" 12. For that the said commander did, on or about
the 16th and 22d of June, 1853, continue himself towards
me, the said Lieutenant T. D. Williams, in an oppressive
manner in suppressing or not transmitting letters on her
Majesty's service, forwarded by me, through him, to the
senior officer at Port Royal.
" 13. For that the said commander did, between the
dates of the 22d of March aid the sth of July, 1853,
conduct himself in a general unofficerlike manner to.
wards the officers of the said steam-ship Medea, tending
to bring them into contempt, and to produce a general
discontent."

FINDINGS OF TAE COURT.
let Charge.—" Not proved, and of a frivolous nature.
2d.—" Not proved, and trivial and vexatious.",
3rd.—" Not proved, and malicious."
4th.--" Not proved."
sth.—" Proved, so far as concerns the arrest ; rest of
the charge not proved."
6th.—" Proved, as to the arrest."
7th.—" Frivolous and vexatious."
Bth.—" Not proved."
9th.—" Proved, so far as applies to the severity of
the arrest."
10th.—" Proved."
11th.—" Proved."
12th.—" Not proved."
13th.—" Not proved."
The Court, taking all the circumstances of the case,
pro. and con., into their consideration, adjudged that
Commander Bailey be severely reprimanded.
It is curious that all the charges " proved " referred
only to the arrest of Lieutenant Williams, which the
defendant admitted. To dispose of the other charges
occupied three days.

ANOTHER ROYAL BETROTHAL.—The Princess An-
toinette, second daughter of the late Prince Edward of
Saxe Altenburg, brother of Queen Theresa of Bavaria,
has been betrothed at Munich to her cousin, a Prince of
Altenburg. The Princess was born on the 17th April
lass.

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