The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT NORTHERN.
The half-yearly report of the directors of this company
states that, after providing for the fixed rents and charges,
including the interest on the mortgage debt, now en-
tirely borne by revenue, and for the dividends on the
various preference shares, there remains a balance of
61,1701. applicable to dividends on the original stock,
and on the B stock. To pay a dividend at the rate of
21 per cent. per annum on the original stock, and at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the B stock, will re-
quire the sum of 60,1051., and the directors recommend
dividends accordingly, which, if adopted, will leave to
be carried to next half year's account the sum of 1,065/.
In the case of the 41 per Cent. Redeemable Preference
10/. Shares, as only three calls are paid, and the fourth
will not be due till the 30th of September, it is intended
to defer paying the dividend till after the scrip has been
sent in for registration, and therefore to pay it with the
next half-year's dividend on the whole share after the
general meeting in February, 1854. The dividend of
the 30th of June will be ls. 71d. per share, and the
sum of 8,5141. is reserved to meet it, including also in-
terest on calls paid in advance. The gross receipt of the
half-year to the 30th of June, although the first half of
the year, and which is usually less productive than the
second or autumn half-year, exceeds that ended the 31st
of December, 1852, by a sum of 20,0001. On the 28th of
June last the Royal assent was given to the Great
Northern Railway Company's Increase of Capital
Act, 1853, introduced to Parliament under the authority
of the general meeting of the 26th of August, 1852, and
which gives legal sanction to the 750,0001. share capital
raised under the authority of the same meeting by the
issue of 41 Redeemable Preference 101. shares, of which
71. 10s. has been paid up. The act also.gives the usual
power to borrow on mortgage 250,000/. The same act
gives power to convert all the mortgage debt of the com-
pany into a debenture stock, at not exceeding 4 per cent.
per annum interest ; to redeem the 5 per cent. redeem-
able preference stock, and the 6 per cent. stock of the
East Lincolnshire Railway Company. The directors
having made arrangements by which a reasonable num-
ber of trains on the line to be constructed by the Mid-
land Railway Company from Leicester, by Bedford, to
Hitchin, on the Great Northern Railway are to meet
the Great Northern trains, and,to convey the goods and
passenger traffic to and from the Great Northern line
and Leicester, by Bedford and Hitchin ; and in case
of any dispute arising as to the number of trains, or
the nature and extent of the accommodation afforded,
or as to the rates and fares, such dispute is to be decided
by the Board of Trade. The directors consider that
this arrangement will practically secure to the Great
Northern the full benefit of the contemplated Sandy and.
Bedford branch, of seven-and-a-half miles, without put-
ting the proprietors to the cost of its construction, and
a clause securing this object is inserted in the Midland
Company's act. The general meeting in August last
year was informed that, under the pressure of a manda-
mus, the directors had found it necessary to take steps
towards the construction of the Isle of Axholm Rail-
way, of 26 miles. A subsequent decision, however,
of the Courts in a similar case, that a ?mandamus for
such an object cannot be granted, relieved them from
the necessity, and the intention of making that railway
has been abandoned. The Ambergate Company are
this session seeking power to make an independent line
of about 24 miles, from their junction with the Midland
Railway into Nottingham, and to build at Nottingham
a station separate from, and independent of, that of the
Midland Railway Company. In the meantime the
Great Northern Company continue
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company have obtained a bill for the construction
of a line to connect directly the towns of Boston and
Grantham, to run into the Great Northern station at
Grantham, where it will join the Ambergate line, and
,friendly relations have been established with that com-
pany. An act has also passed for making a line under
and following the course of the New-road, from the
Edgeware-road to King's-cross—in the first instance un-
der the title of "The North Metropolitan Railway."
The promoters are desirous of forming a communication
with the Great Northern station, and intend to carry on
their line to the western and southern districts of London,
as well as towards the city. The directors are not in any
way partiei to this project, but they are of opinion that
it can only affect the Great Northern beneficially. The
report alludes to the question of the validity of the
working agreement of February 26, 1852, between the
Great Northern Railway Company and the South York-
shire Railway and River Dun Company, and the recent
decision in the Court of Exchequer in favour of the South
Yorkshire Company. They state that, although the
judgment will be entered up for the South Yorkshire
Company, it cannot by any means be considered as a
conclusive judgment ; and that, under the circum-
stances, they have not hesitated in carrying the case by
way of appeal to the Court of Exchequer Chamber. The
question of the validity of the argument will, therefore,
be argued before that court, 'which will consist exclu-
sively of the judges of the Queen's Bench and Common
Pleas. In the meantime the directors have not been
indifferent to the propriety of endeavouring to come to
an amicable arrangement with the South Yorkshire
Company, to be regulated entirely by the payment of
toll according to the quantity of coal carried ; but the
communications had between the parties have not
hitherto resulted in any arrangement. Prior to the
half-yearly meeting in February one of the directors
will retire from office, and not present himself for re-
election, in deference to the wishes of the proprietors,
and to carry out the understanding come to at the gene-
ral meeting in February last. The candidates for a seat
in the direction will be required to intimate the same by
letter, addressed to and lodged with the secretary prior
to the Ist of February in each year, and, therein failing,
to be considered ineligible for election.
The report of Mr. J. Cubit, the engineer, states that
considerable works are in progress at the Knottingley
and Wakefield stations, which are the joint property of
this company and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com-
pany, and which it has become necessary to remodel
and enlarge in order to facilitate the working of the
greatly increasing traffic consequent on the opening of
this line. The long-continued heavy rains and floods
have produced no ill effects on the line, and the perma-
nent way throughout is in good order, and the works
are in a sound and satisfactory state.
The capital account to the 30th of June shows that
10,227,3781. had been received, including 4,808,437/. on
the original stock, 1,298,2241. on 5 per cent. perpetual
preference capital, 1,425,4341. redeemable preference
capital, 2,594,6221. loans on mortgage. The sum ex-
pended on capital account amounted to 9,958,4781./
leaving a balance of 268,9001., including amount in-
vested in South Yorkshire Railway shares, So. The
revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of
June shows that 381,5771. had been receive& and
174,8791., or 45.83 per • cent., expended, including
6,0151. rates and taxes, and 6,1211. Government duty,
an leaving a balance of 206,6981. To this sum is added
3,7021., the balance from the last half-year, d 8,400/.
due from the Eastern Counties Company for six months'
interest and rent-charge on the Royston and flitchin
Railway, making 218,800/. From this is deducted
18,0001. rent guaranteed to the East Lincolnshire,
8,0001. rent of Royston and Hitchin, 4,7851. rent of
Foss Dyke Navigation, 5,8291. rent of WithamNavigation, 1,5151. rent of Louth Navigation, and 59,4961. in-
terest on mortgage debt, together 98,042/., leaving 5
a
balance of 120,7581. The dividend on the perpetual
per cent. stock amounts to 32,3231., on the 5 per cent.
redeemable preference stock to 18,7501., estimated divi-
dend on 41 per cent. redeemable preference stock
8,5141.—together, 59,5871., which, deducted from the
120,7581., leaves 61,1711. available for dividend on the
original and B shares, being equal to 21 per
cent. per annum on the original shares, and at
the rate of 5 per cent. on the 6 per cent. B shares.
The dividend on the corresponding period of last
year was at the rate of 2 per cent. per annul., the gross
receipts being 290,6751. ; and the balance remaining for
dividend on the original stock was 49,1861., while the
gross receipts in the half-year ending the 30th of June
last amounted to 381,5781., and the balance remaining
for dividend on the original stock was 61,1641. The
number of miles run by the engines was 2,163,119, of
which 1,187,531 miles were run by goods engines. The
consumption of coke by passenger engines was at the
rate of 21.11 b. per mile, and by goods engines 39.51 b.
per mile run. The cost of the coke and coal consumed
during the half-year was 18,9811., or 12s. 6id. per ton,
or 2.20 d. per mile per train. The total working charges,
including rates and taxes and Governmentduty, averaged
I'69s. per mile for the 2,068,615 miles run by the trains.
In addition to the 283 miles of the Great Northern sys-
tem, the company's trains have worked over 126 miles of
railway the property of other companies—namely, 53
miles over the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
lines, 18 miles from Doncaster to Barnsley over the
South Yorkshire, and over 55 miles of the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railways, making the total length of
railway worked over by the Great Northern trains 409
miles. The gross receipts on 2411 miles for the half-
year ending on the 31st of December, 1851, amounted
to 315,6501., and the dividend to 21 per cent. per an-
num ;on 2231 miles for the half-year ending the 30th of
June, 1852, amounted to 290,6751., and the dividend to
2 per cent. per annum ; on 283 miles for the half-year
ending the 31st of December, 1852, 361,0511., and the
dividend to 21 per cent. per annum ; and on 283 miles
for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1853, to
381,5781., and the dividend to 21 per cent. per annum.

Fore Cabin. Saloon.
To or from Gravesend and London —•• • • .... 10d. .. h. 2d.
„ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Sd. • • Os. I.od.
Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Sd.
BOAT TICKETS.—Twelve Months, 51. Os. ; Six Months, 31. Os. ;
Three Months, 27. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the
Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Terms,
apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter-
minus, Blackwell Railway.
July 23d, 1853. _

DECREASE OF METRODIBIL—The Wesleyan Conference
has for some years had to report an annual decrease in
the ranks of Methodism. It is officially reported to the
Conference now in session that the numbers of the so-
ciety have fallen off to the extent of more than ten
thousand members during the past year.
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GLOCESTER AND DEAN FOREST.
The half yearly meeting of this company was held on
Saturday at Glocester ; Mr. S. Baker in the chair.
The report of the directors stated that there remained
on the capital account with reference to the constructiThe
on
of the railway the small balance of 2561. 19s. lid.
receipts and payment on account of revenue for the past
half-year showed that there was a balance disposable
for dividend of 5,4731., which permitted the declaration
of a dividend of 4 per cent. per annum free from in-
come-tax, or 10s. per share, leaving a balance in hand
of 3931. towards discharging the half:year O's interest on
the debenture debt of 25,
000/. due in ctober. This
debenture debt had been contracted solely
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pose of enabling t company to subsc that
tent to tthe sharehe capital of the Hereford, Ross, and
Glocester Railway, the sum of 15,6251. having been
paid in calls on those sharent. s, andSo thelong baas the Hereford,
lance of 9,375/.
being invested at 4 per ce

the Hereford, Ross, and Glocester Railway, said, there
was an agreement between the Great Western and the
Hereford, Ross, and Glocester Companies by which
the Great Western was to work it and pay, first of all
the interest on the debenture debt, and then were to
take 60 per cent. for working the line, and allow 40 per
cent. of the earnings for interest or dividend.
The CHAIRMAN said, this had been considered a very
advantageous bargain to the Hereford, Ross, and Glo-
cester Company, as, although the working expenses
appeared high, they could not themselves work it at that

cost.
After some further conversation, the resolutions were
put and carried nem. con., and the meeting broke up.

SEAHAM HARBOUR WATERWORKS.

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GREAT DINNER TO THE MARQUIS OF LON
DONDERRY TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING
OF THE WORKS.
On Wednesday evening last a number of the proprie-
tors and friends of the above company sat down to
dinner at the Vane Arms, Seaham Harbour, in com-
memoration of the completion of the above undertaking.
The chair was occupied by Robert Wight, Esq., who
was supported on the right by Lord Seaham, and on the
left by his noble father, the Marquis of Londonderry,
who wore, on this occasion, the blue ribbon of the garter.
The vice-chair was occupied by J. J. Wright, Esq. The
dinner was served up in Mr. Gilmour's best style, and
though small time had been allowed for its preparation,
it fully sustained the credit of the Vane Arms.
After the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gave
the usual introductory toasts of "The Queen," "Prince
Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family," and " The
Army and Navy."
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, in responding to the
last toast, alluded to the younger men who were now
coming forward to supply the place of those whom he
hoped they would equal, though he well knew they could
never surpass them. If it was their fate, and it had
been his, to pass a long life in toil and service, he knew
there was at least one thing at which they would feel
highly gratified, viz., in having such a kind-and welcome
reception as he had received from the people of Seaham.
Mr. ANDERSON, of Westoe, in responding to " The
Navy," said he was sure they would do their duty when
called upon, whether against Russia or any other
country.
Lord SEAHAM hoped he was not breaking through the
order of the toasts in adding the " Militia" to the num-
ber. As an officer in that body, he was proud to state
that' these troops would do honour to any country in
the world. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN—" The Bishop and Clergy of the
Diocese." Responded to by the Rev. Mr. BETHUNE.
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing "The health of the Mar-
quis of Londonderry, called attention to his numerous
distinguished qualities and long experience, and the im-
portant position he held in the county of Durham. He
i was sure he was not saying too much before the noble
lord, when he said that if his lordship had done nothing
else than extended the traffic in that most important ar-
ticle of commerce—the coal trade, he was entitled to
their most heartfelt gratitude. In extending that trade
he had, as it were, opened up a new source of wealth to
the district, and he was sure there was none but wished
him the highest success. (Cheers.) But he had not
alone been the means of accomplishing this, for he was at
the present time constructing a line of railway to con-
nect the rising town of Seaham Harbour with the port
and town of Sunderland—(cheers)—so that this town
once looked upon as a rival would be a powerful adjunct
to that great port. There had been an expression used
in another place something to this effect—" How can the
Queen's Government be carried on ?" Nov in the spirit
of that question, he would like to ask the inhabitants
of Seaham how the prosperity and government of this
little place can be carried on without the fostering
care and generous impulses of the noble lord ? (Cheers.)
He more especially alluded to that event which bad con-
vened them together—the completion of the Seaham
Harbour Water Works. He reminded his brother di-
rectors, after they had commenced operations, and like-
wise builders " counted the cost," that they found it
would not be a remunerative concern. An appeal was
then made to the noble lord, who at once gave up to the
company, for a mere peppercorn, the right to supply with
water the ships that entered the port—a source of reve-
nue of about 1501. per annum. This, the chairman
thought, would make the Seaham Water Works one of
the best investments that could be found. Mr. Wight
concluded by proposing the toast, which was drunk with
all the honours.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY responded to the toast.
He said it was with no ordinary feelings of gratification
and pride that he rose to say a few words on the present
occasion. He liked much more to hear speeches than to
make them himself—to see work done than talk about
it. What he wanted was facts, and other things he dis-
carded as ephemeral, and of no importance. When Mr.
Wright asked "How the Government was to be carried
on," and alluded to himself (the Marquis) in the flattering
manner he had done, he could not but think that a great
deal of their success was to be attributed to the industry
and intelligence of the people of Seaham themselves, for
he had never suggested an improvement but had been
warmly responded to by them. This was indeed a most
auspicious day for this little town, for not only was
there an essential element to the health and comfort of
the people brought to their own doors, but it had been
carried to the very harbour, where the shipping coming
to the port could partake of it. He could appeal to God
that the thought of benefitting by this means the 700
houses of the town was more before his eyes and afforded
him more real pleasure than any advantage to himself
connected with it. (Cheers.) The Marchioness was no
doubt the polar star of the place, and to it his family
were attached by peculiarities. Any one with a common
heart and soul could see that there was no object nearer
or dearer to the heart of his wife than to be of service
to the estates of which she was the heiress. (Hear.) He
returned his hearty and sincere thanks to each and all
of them for the manner in which his name and his exer-
tions had been received by them ; he could not, as was to
be expected, be spared much longer among them ; nay, it
was possible that this might be the very last occasion ;
but as long as it pleased God to spare him, he would
look back with pride and pleasure on the kindness they
had shown him. Before sitting down he would trespass
a few moments more on their attention, and propose "The
Health of their chairman, Mr. Wight." Mr. Wight
came down here when the place had the appearance of a
barren and unfruitful rock, and plunged with him into
the undertaking. He spent thousands of pounds to
establish that great manufactory, and his exertions,
though futile enough looking at first, had been crowned
with complete success. It would be well, indeed,if
some more of Sunderland's enterprising merchants
would follow his example, and come here to
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own exertions, and could now look ca
man who had raised himself to the top y
Wight was that man. (Cheers.)b
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their hearts, and such was
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tort' of every one present
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The CHAIRMAN said there had een periods in the his-
expression to the feelings t.
hen he looked back to
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iron manufacturer on the a
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had then visited Seaham—
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Well he recollected visit to the only
first time.
part—a little smithy that stood
works then in this
iron
within what was now his lordship's avenue. He had
beenat the very time his lordship's agent came to
order therel
d the first iron for the construction of the harbour.
What ! he thought, construct a harbour on a barren
rugged coast like this.—the thing was impossible. But
it had been done, and his own hand had entered the first
order for malleable iron for the undertaking. Now they
had a harbour capable of accommodating 160 sail at one
time, and a mineral wealth that they could ship at the
rate of 4,000 tons in a single day. (Cheers.) Mr. Wight
concluded by expressing his hopes that Seaham
Harbour
would continue to prosper as much as it hadd one, and
resumed his seat amid loud applause.
Mr. J. J. WRIGHT rejoiced that the toast committed
to his care was one that was sure to call f
response—" The health of that noble lady the orth a hearty
Mar-
chioness of Londonderry."
star of the people of Seaham, and there was none who
took a deeper interest in her native countyshe
was
indeed the pole
both she and her ancestors were so intimat,ely with which
(Cheers.) She was the originator and promotercon enecfteadl..
most every good work in the town—whether it was in
rearing institutions for alleviating the pain of the body,

GUILDHALL.— Wm. Poole, an omnibus driver, was
charged with causing the death of a man, whose name
was unknown, by driving his omnibus over him.
A gentleman who witnessed the accident said he
observed the deceased making his way through Newgate-
street on Sunday evening in an almost helpless state of
intoxication, and just as the prisoner's omnibus ap-
proached the deceased made a lurch on one side as if
about to cross the road, slipped, and fell under the
splinter bar, when the fore wheel of the omnibus passed
directly over him. The prisoner pulled up, and the
deceased was picked up from between the fore and hind
wheels, and in five minutes after he expired.
Alderman Salomons inquired if the prisoner was in
any way to blame 1
The gentleman said—Certainly not. He was driving
at a rate of not more than four or five miles an hour,
and could not by any possibility have avoided the acci-
dent.
Alderman Salomons said under these circumstances

he would remand the prisoner on his own recognisances
in 201., in order that the verdict of the coroner's jury
might be obtained.
Anne Cocker, the mother of a large family of young
children, was placed at the bar upon a charge of cruelty,
in leaving an infant three months old for two days and
nights without proper nourishment and sustenance.
It appeared that the prisoner had within the last nine
months taken to drinking, and so inveterate had the
habit become that during the previous week she departed
from her home in the morning leaving the poor little in-
fant in bed, in danger of being smothered in the bed-
clothes. In the evening the father came home, and dis-
covering the deserted state of the child, he procured a
person to suckle it. The child was taken to Dr. Lloyd,
who pronounced it in a dying condition, and recom-
mended the nurse to give information at the police
station, so that the unnatural mother might be appre
hended. When the prisoner was taken, she was in a
beastly state of drunkenness, and it was ascertained
she had spent the intervening time at the various pub-
lic-houses in the neighbourhood, having made the tour of
all of them. _ She was, however, remanded for the at-

tendance of Dr. Lloyd.
Mr. Alderman Moon attended the court yesterday
morning, and stated, with regard to a cab case last week,
in which he fined the driver 10s. for misconduct, that he
had received several letters from persons complaining of
his decision. He said, as the case read in the report, it
would appear that he had decided somewhat too se-
verely ; but, as he doubted the driver's statement " that
he had finished his day's work when hailed by the com-
plainant, and was returning home," and no evidence
was put forward in proof of that statement, and taking
also into consideration the fact that he refused to let
complainant see his badge, and hid it under his arm
when requested to show it, he concluded that the driver
had urged in his defence a statement he could not sub-
stantiate. He was always most anxious to temper jus-
tice with mercy, and no person could be more desirous
than himself to promote a proper feeling of humanity in
cabdrivers respecting the treatment of their horses ; and
he therefore hoped the public press would allow him by
the above statement to correct an erroneous impression.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.— A labouring man
who said his name was Reynolds, presented himself
before Mr. Hardwick yesterday, to state that he could
not get the relieving overseer of the parish to do any-
thing for his sick wife and himself, he being without
employment, in consequence of having joined the late
dock-labourers' strike.
Mr. Hardwick—Where were you employed ?
Reynolds—At the West India Docks.
Mr. Hardwick—And why did you strike ?
Reynolds—l was obliged to do so. I did not want
to strike ; I got pretty good wages for my work, and
would have kept at work if it had not been for the Irish
labourers. The Irish labourers came round in a body,
and half murdered any one who would not join the strike.
I did not want to have my head smashed, by refusing to
join the strike, as I knew the law gave me no protec-
tion, or what was the same as no protection, for what
satisfaction would it have been to me, if crippled, to
learn that somebody had been fined a few shillings for
injuring me ? When the strike was over, I went back
to the docks to get work again, but everything was
slack, and there was no work for at least half of us.
The dock people had got all the hands they could to do
our work while on strike, and when we got back there
was nothing to do. I stood at the chain, waiting ever
since Thursday for a turn ; I could not get on, and, as
lily wife is sick and starving, and so am I, we tried the
parish, but could get nothing.
Mr. Hardwick, believing there might be some truth
in the applicant's statement, ordered him 2s. from the
poor-box.

WESTMINSTER.—TIcomas Spicer, a labourer, re-
siding at No. 11, Jubilee-court, Jews'-row, Chelsea, was
charged with a savage assault upon Mary Spicer, his
wife.

The prisoner was sent to the House of Correction for
six months, with hard labour, and he entered into his
own recognisances to keep the peace towards his wife
for a further period of six months.
Mr. Broderip, at the conclusion of the examination,
directed an inquiry to be made into the character of the
wife, and remarked, that if a favourable report should
be made to him, he would order assistance to be given
to her out of the poor-box.
Downing, one of the officers of the court, in the course
of the afternoon reported that on Saturday last two sum-
monses were to be heard which had been taken out by
the complainant against the prisoner. He came to the
1 court and induced her not to press them. He promised
i to behave better towards her in future, but he com-

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mitted the assault upon her in the evening.
Mr. Broderip—Does she bear a good character ?
Downing—Very good, sir. She is a hard-working,
deserving woman.
Mr. Broderip—Let her have a sovereign out of the
poor-box.

CLERKENWELL—CharIes York, a drover, was Two INDEPENDENT MINISTERS OFF TO THE DIGGINGS.
placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with the —Two of the leading ministers of the Independent body
manslaughter of Richard Thomas Moss, formerly a csm- in Manchester, the Rev. Richard Fletcher, who has held
stable attached to the G division of metropolitan_ olive, his charge about 22 years, and the Rev. J. L. Poore,
Mr. Richard- Perkins, provision merchant, of_ternoon , who has been a pastor there 11 years, are about to take
street, Holloway, deposed that on Saturday afternoon their passage to Australia. These gentlemen have been
about five o'clock he was in his shop when he saw the solicited by the Colonial Missionary Society to go out
prisoner pass by. The deceased followed him, and when to Victoria and superintend their missions in that
opposite the Pied Bull public-house the prisoner and de- thriving colony, and have accepted the responsible charge,
ceased commenced fighting. The prisoner Struck the leaving large and attached congregations behind them.