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my father's house, he told me that his pot-houses, or
beer-houses, were in a bad condition, and he thought he
should do as others did—" smash," to make himself. I
By Mr. James—l should have " cut" him long before I
I did if it had not been for the sake of my sister. I did
not remonstrate with him upon his leaving
his
yearswife so
in
much with Mr. Baldwin, but I always thought he
ne-
glected her, and used her ill.
Charlotte Palmer said—l have been
for
many
the service of Mr. Tomlin, and nursed Mrs. Atkinson.
I used to go with Mrs. Tomlin to Mr. Atkinson's house
frequently, for three years after the marriage, and I no-
ticed that Mr. Atkinson was very unkind, and that his
wife seemed unhappy. While his wife was heavy in the
family-way her husband visited her very seldom, and she
was left almost alone, and there was no one to keep her
company.
Cross-examined.—She was in her father's house at
Dane-court at this time.
number of letters were then put in written by the
plaintiff. They extended to considerable length, but as
a great part of their contents merely related to indiffer-
ent matters, we shall only give those portions that were
relied upon as being material for the case of the de-
fendant. •
In the first, which was dated July 31, 1851, and ad-
dressed to Mr. Tomlin, the plaintiff said—
" I have your cheque for 91., which I am much obliged
for ; it leaves a trifle in your favour. You are so quick
and prompt in your actions that really it's quite alarming,
and sets us all an example that its quite fruitless even at-
tempting to imitate. lam glad to hear you contemplate
getting out of Old Man Hall with such flying colours ; for
my part I shall be sorry not to see Old Man Hall again ;
it's a sweet place, although I dare say not a very paying .1
one ;, but as to this vagabond of a place (the Vineyard
where he.was then residing), I should rejoice never more
to -see it, and depend on it could I get away entirely it
must be some urgent matter indeed to induce me to put a
step into it again, unless it were to shake the dust from my
feet, as St. John, or St. Luke, or Shakspeare, or some other
swell' says somewhere."
The next letter was dated February 16, 1853, and ad-
dressed to the defendant. It commenced—
"My dear Friend,—l have your letter and enclosures.
Many thanks for the cheque, which will be of much ser-
vice for the moment. As you say, what mem. shall I give
you for the 1001.? * * * lam much obliged,
not only for the assistance thus far, but for the earnest it
affords me of your kindness and friendship for me."
In another letter addressed to the defendant, dated
February 23, 1853, the plaintiff said—
"My dear Baldwin,—l am glad you are at Ramsgate,
for I believe the place does you good ; and, more than that,
you and Mary do each other good, you by cheering her
with your good companionship and great kindness, and she
by taking care of and nursing you, &c. *
•
I need say no more about the cheque you know my senti-
ments,
as well as if I expressed them a score of times. Many,
thanks also for your
friendly and generous proffer of fol-
lowing up this kindness. I hope you will be at Ramsgate
when I come on Saturday, if my face will let me, for it
will be about the last time, so I shall bring Mary away
with me ere long ; and we must now fix on something de-
finite and final, for at Lady-day the Vineyard will be in
other hands, and I must have a sale in the course of a
month or so, and then I shall want a place to put the fur-
niture that is not disposed of into, as well as a roof of some
sort to cover our heads. It will have to be a wonderful
little one, as the girl said when she accidentally pupped, if
I do not get something to help me out of my trouble. Love
to Poll. God bless you my friend."
The next letter was addressed to the defendant, and
dated April 5, 1853 :
" My dear Baldwin, —Here is a glorious change of wea-
ther for you who are suffering from asthma ! I suppose
you are once again high busy about your petition. When
will it, or is it likely to come on ? Let me know as soon as
you can, for I have made use of the 1001. you kindly put
into my hands for this place ; next to my brewery having to
be settled for to-morrow, I am hard driven, and although I
shall not be able ' of myself to help myself' (as the parsons
say), I was obliged to pay the deposit on the purchase.
Hence my application of the order for 1001 ' which other-
wise I did not intend to have made use of. I am preparing
for this sale of ours. How it will turn out, or whether
this step will be to my ultimate advantage, of course I
cannot tell. At all events, it is necessary to make the
trial. The place hardly loOks like itself, denuded as it
were of all its comforts, horses, dogs, servants, all gone ;
and it breathes an air of melancholy over us all, like
the deserted halls of our fathers. * * You
must come down and see the old place before we leave it,
if you can put up with the muddling way in which we live
--indeed I need hardly name it, for ever since you and we
have been acquainted we have been obliged to draw it very
mild."

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.

The directors of this company have just issued their
statement of accounts for the half-year ending 30th of
June last. It is as usual elaborate and clear, and con-
tains far more information with regard to the affairs of
the company than that issued by the directors of any
joint
stock railway company. The statement of the
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ceived on the new 121. 10s. shares recently issued. The
calls in course of payment amount to 193,975/., and the
calls which may be made to 3,584,724/. The general
statement of the capital amount shows that 29,846,1611.
had been expended to the 30th of June last, of which
22,767,801/. was expended on the main lines and works,
2,105,3211. on carrying stock ; and 256,881/. on lands
andabdudiiltdiierin togs thisyieldi sungrem 4nt, making,79ls7.ntolghets been expendedher2s,l3o,oo4/.
In
on 13 railways in which the company have an interest—
viz., the Coventry and Nuneaton, 299,478/. ; the West
London, 64,787/. ;,the Lancaster and Carlisle, 350,0001.;
the Caledonian, 143,784/. ; the Scottish Midland,
95,772/. ; the Shropshire Union, 165,384/. ; the Man-
chester and South Junction, 357,6711. • the South
Staffordshire, 151,9651; the Manchester and' Buxton,
55,705/. ; the Chester and Holyhead, 1,453,4451., and
16,0001. on security ; the North London, 405,7201. ; the
Buckinghamshire, 487,7281. ; the Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, and Stour Valley, 197,348/. • and on
works of Stour Valley, 474,3651. The receipts on
capital account amount to 31,156,1931., including
21,270,8921. received on stock and shares, 54,0071.
on calls paid in advance. 9,511,9631. loans on
debentures, and- 319,3301. on debenture stock at 3i
per cent. The interest and dividend upon the whole
of the 31,156,1931., is charged to revenue, the total
expenditure being 29,849,1611. there remains a balance
to the credit of the company of 1,307,0321. The deben-
ture statement shows that 1,527,612/. was borrowed at
5 per cent., 148,2001. at 4a per cent., 3,141,0501. at 4
per cent., 1,705,710/. at 3 per cent., 2,020,630/. at 31
per cent., 597,4501. at 3f per cent., and 371,3001. at
3 per cent, _

The amount charged to capital for working stock is
2,105,321/. ; the total mileage worked by it, 9031 miles
of railway ; and the average cost of working stock per
mile is 2,3301. The return of working stock shows that
there are 642 locomotive engines, 636 tenders, 1 State
carriage, 579 first class, mails, and composite carriages ;
570 second class, and 374 third class carriages ; 26 tra-
velling post-offices and tenders, 280 horse boxes, 243
carriage trucks, 226 guards, parcel, and break vans, 29
parcel carts, 8,838 waggons, 232 sheep vans, 20 trolleys,
1,155 crib rails, 5,150 sheets, and 162 horses.
The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th
of June last, shows that 1,298,8541. had been received,
including 689,7461, from passengers, &c., 458,5091.
merchandise, 59,8831. for coal, and 23,9991. for live
stock, 10,7931. interest on cash balances, 13,9211. rents
of lands and buildings, 511/. transfer fees, 1,846/. net
amount of Huddersfield canal traffic, and 39,6421. esti-
mated dividends from investments in various railways.
The expenditure for working charges amounted to
490,7361. ; fur rates and taxes to 27,720/. ; passenger
duty 24,372/. ; together, 542,8291., leaving 756,025/.
Out of this sum is deducted 194,398/. interest on loans
and debenture stock, 4,4561. chief rents, 2,000/. Peter-
' borough joint station, 10,000/. Parliamentary expenses,
5,0001. Preston and Wyre deficiency ; 19,1251. Buck-
inghamshire deficiency ;1,079/. North Union Deficiency;
16,770/. the Shropshire Union deficiency ; 1,2951. Man-
chester and Buxton ; 1,3951. Leeds and Liverpool
Canal ; 9,5121. Stour Valley deficiency ; lea.vizq
490,990/. From this is deducted 21,318/. for re-
newal of rails, leaving 469,672/. To this sum is
added 92,7861., the balance from the last account,
making a disposable sum of 562,4581. The pro-
posed dividend will amount to 533,156/., and leave a
balance to be carried forward of 29,302/. The dividend
on the consolidated stock, at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, for the half-year will amount to 476,518/. ; on
the London and Birmingham 201. shares, at 6s. per share,
19,430/. ; on the Manchester and Birmingham 10/. shares,
at 6s. each, 1,7301.; on the Huddersfield and Manchester
and Leeds and Dewsbury capital, 28,7271. ; and on the
Coventry and Nuneaton stock, 6,7501.
The renewal of rail account shows that 182,887/. had
been set aside out of revenue, including interest, for this
purpose, and that 267,818/. had been expended, leaving
a balance against the account of 84,930/. The sum set
aside for this fund during the past half-year amounted
to 21,318/.; and the amount expended was 38,7541.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.
The report of the directors to be submitted to the
shareholders on Wednesday next states, that the net re-
venue for the half-year ending 30th June last, amounts,
after deducting interest on-loans and other preferential
charges, to 119,117/. The surplus from 31st December;
1852, amounted to 7311., making the balance applicable
to dividend 119,8481., from which the directors recom-
mend that a dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 3,1
per cent. per annum, be declared, amounting, on
6,754,3571., to 118,2011., and leaving, 1,6471. to be car-
ried to the next account. The total receipts on the 251
miles of railway for the half-year ending 30th June last
amounted to 313,591/., the working expenses t 0119,746/.,
the taxation to 18,7431., and the net revenue to 175,1011.;
while the total receipts for the corresponding period of
1852 amounted to 285,6271., the working expenses to
113,7691., the taxation to 17,568/., and the net revenue
to 154,290/. The increase in the miles open was 9 miles;
in the miles run, 38,295 miles ; in the receipts for pas-
sengers conveyed 18,5681.; in goods, 8,7641. ; sundries,
632/. ; total, 27,9641. At the same time the working
expenses had increased 5,9771. Since December last
4,8231. had been received from the sale of surplus
land. The rents of surplus property amounted to
3,2831. for the half-year as against 3,1351. for the corre-
sponding period of last year. The new booking offices
and extension of roof at the Waterloo station are nearly
completed. The company have commenced the system
of collection and delivery of goods on their own account.
During the last half-year, in accordance with the former
practice, 5,0001. had been charged against revenue on
account of the augmentation of the rolling stock, 6801.
for stations, &c., and 3,351/. on account of former bad
debts and allowance to carriers. The amount of 1,8941.
charged for law expenses against revenue includes 4601.
paid to the Brighton and South Coast Railway Com-
pany, for this company's proportion of law expenses con-
nected with the joint line, and 1,0001. paid to the solicitors
of the company on account of Parliamentary and other
expenses during the present session. The balance of
4341. is the expense of the law clerk of the company for
the half-year. The bill for conferring further powers of
the company with reference to the completion of the un-
finished works between Basingstoke and Salisbury has
received Parliamentary sanction. The portion between
Basingstoke and Andover will be opened for traffic in
March next, and the remainder of the line to Salisbury
within three years from the passing of the act. Parlia-
ment has sanctioned the Portsmouth line, extending
from Havant to Godalming, where it is to join the com-
pany's line. With regard to the West-end and Crystal
Palace Railway, clauses for protecting the South-
Western Railway property were inserted in its progress
through the House of Lords, and the bill was passed.
The Wimdledon and Croydon line has also received the
sanction of Parliament. A bill for the construction of
the Staines and Wokiugham and Woking Junction Rail •
way has received the Royal assent, and the new com-
pany is engaged in preparatioes for commencing the
construction of the line. The board will be prepared to
enter into amicable arrangements for the development
of traffic upon terms of reciprocity upon terms mutually
beneficial. The board succeeled in obtaining the rejection
of the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill, and pledged this
company to seek for powers in this session to construct a
double line from Dorchester to Exeter. The extension of
the line of this company to Exeter, cannot fail to be
beneficial to Southampton. The evidence of authorities
of high consideration, which mainly influenced the de-
cision of the Parliamentary committee in the case of the
Devon and Dorset bill, shows the importance attached
to the constrruction of railways on the national gauge,
and the development of that system will afford a conve-
nient and continuous mode for the transit of persons
ann goods. The directors feel that it is the duty and
interest of the company to assist by every means in • its
power the dock company in extending their space for
shipping, and should an opportunity arise in which the
assistance of this company can be advantageously given,
the directors will not hesitate to consult the p; o prietc
thereon. The report of Mr. J. Beattie, the locomotive
and carriage superintendent, states that the stock in
both locomotive and carriage departmentsrunexceed those
isin a most
efficient state, and although the miles
of the corresponding half-year of 1852, the working ex-
penses have been reduced,
Thein
iv indicating a healthy and
sound state of the plant.
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stock shows that there are 121 lo
State carriages, 130 first-class,
second-class,boxes, 61
carriage trucks, 1,593
92 ballast and coke waggons •
2,301, Of the 121 engines
dition, 12 undergoing considerableeln
repairs, 7 working, but which will
with new ones, and 5 were built. b
place worn-out new stock. The Y
con-
sumed averaged 19.51 b per
of lomocotive power was
ca • 48 composite, 191
carriages ; 47 horse-
.geeds, &c., waggons,
93.1rtota. I dock of carriages,
good. working con-
dition, 4 ordinary
require to be replaced
the company to re-
quantity of coke
.t
mile per train,. and. the cost
of per mile per train. The
capital account shows that 8,820,7751. had been re-
ceived and 8,716,1381. expended, leaving a balance of
104,6371. The debenture account shows that 2,212,7441.
had been raised, on loan, of which 292,6571. was bor-
rowed at 5 per cent., 46,5861. at 41 per cent., 1,0001.
at 41 per cent., 937,7001. at 4 per cent., 333,2001. nt
3I 586,7001. at 32, and 14,900.. at 31 per cent. Tb •
total share capital, irrespective of preference stock,
amounts to-7,434,050/., of which 6,753,7651. is entitled
to dividend, 435,2261. shares in the hands of the com-
pany, 230,6581. remains uncalled, and 14,4001. non-
converted Gosport shares. The revenue account for
the half-year showed that 3.13,591/.
lance bad been received
and 138,490/. expended, leaving aba of 175,1011.

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The dividend declared yesterday at the half-yearly meet - ,:eizt ',l/21.f.:=r - ,fty,
ing of the Royal British Bank was at the rate of 6 per k" ~----,-74:.;',
cent, per annum, and the report and accounts were
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unanimously carried. The whole of the discussion was
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of a congratulatory nature, the only points adverted to : .::,...
being with reference to an increase of capital, the eaten- kf ari__,
sion of branches, and the issue, on a new and sound . ''LlSidiabi
principle, of circular bills of exchange and letters of
credit. It was explained, in connection with the pro-
posed issue of new shares, that since the preparation of
the statement submitted on the present occasion au in-
creased number had been subscribed for, and that there
was every prospect of the bank's business requiring the
additional capital. The following is an abstract of the
report : f

THE Ri

'OPAL B.RITISII BANK.

" The directors submit their abstract balance-sheet for
six months, ending the 30th of June. Though this is but
an intermediate report, they are able to state that these
has been a decided increase in the bank's operations. The
sums of interest allowed by the bank for the first, second;
and third year were 4,456/. 145., 9,6011. 10s. Bd., and
13,3941. Bs. 6d. The sum for the last six months has been
9,1781. 6s. 9d., being little short of the amount for the
whole twelve months of 1851, while there has been no
increase nor change on the rates paid or charged by the
bank since the commencement of its business. Its opera-
tive accounts at the end of the first, second, and third
year were 2,989, 3,994, and 4,411 ; at the end of the eseis tee;
last six months they were 4,617. The actual opera.
tions Dr. and Cr. through these in the six mouths
ending --
ending the 31st of December, 1852, were in number •
221,320, and in amount 12,756,061., averaging 571. 12s. 9d.; •
and in the last six months they were 250,647, amount-%e,
ing to 15,572,1051., and averaging 621. 2s. 7d. These facts
are sufficient to show that the bank is a. useful instis
tution to a numerous and important body of the trading " • "
community and that, though the directors have hitherto
declined or deferred many applications to extend its opera-
tions to other localities within the metropolis, besides the
three in which they placed their first branches, they ought
now, from the experience they have had of their system, to
comply with some at least of the requests which have
been made to them. They therefore contemplate opening
additional branches in those quarters where the want of
banking accommodation, the number of the population,a banks
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their employments, afford the best prospect of the
b
1)0ra ions proving successful. According to the funda-
mentalt principle on which the bank was established, it has
hitherto chiefly relied for its means of usefulness—as,
indeed, all banks, to be profitable to their sharehold-
ers, must always do—on the deposits of its customers,
rather than on any amount of paid-up capital. More
than the sum of the latter, it will be seen, is kept by
this bank invested in Government securities, and twice the
amount as cash in hand ;
and thoughwhev
tahtesaerme principle
of safety would guide the directors, _
theilnpelpidle-
hat th ha
up capital might be, yet, having regard to w ey
accomplished on their first basis—to the contemplated ex-
tension of their business on the same plan into other quar-
ters of the town—and to the privileges accorded to them by
their charter, they considered it now advisable to propose
to double their present capital, by the issue of scrip for
1,000 new shares of 10)1. each. Of this, one-half only will
need to be paid up before the issue of the share certificates.
79,0001. has been already subscribed. The remaining
21,0001. will be distributed among the existing shareholders
and customers, in the order of thepriority of their appli-
cations, and in the proportion of stock already held by
them. Payment of the 50/. per share will be received by
monthly instalments of 121. 10s., beginning on the 26th of
August inst., and 5 per
cent. interest will be allowed on
each instalment from the date of payment, if the whole
shall have been paid by the 26th of December next. In
addition to the extension of the business of the bank in the
metropolis, the directors expect an increase of profit to the
proprietors, and of accommodation to their customers and
the public generally, from a widely extended correspond-
ence they are opening with places abroad, and from the
issue of circular bills of exchange and letters of credit,
which embrace some features of economy, safety, and ac-
commodation not hitherto common in such transactions.
But, apart from these new sources of expected advantage
for the future, the directors are happy to be able to an-
nounce for the past half-year a dividend of 6/. per cent. per
annum, and an addition of the same amount to the re-
served fund, now forming the sum of 9,1181. 3s. Bd., or 18
per cent. on the paid-up capital, exclusive of the appropria-
tion of 5761. 18s. 6d. in diminution of the charge for pre-
irninary expenses and cost of premises."
The following is an abstract of the balance-sheet of
the bank :
Du.
To capital £lOO,OOO 0 0
Deposits, &c.
Prcmiseorynctta or bills and acceptances 46,998 410
Clerks' fund 864 17 3
Reserved fund ...
Dividend thereon

... £7,500 7 7
.. 117 16 1

7,618 3 8

£942,941 15 7

2,583 19 7

To unappropriated balance
at ditto
Gross balance for the half-
year ending June 30,
1853 £12,469 4 9