The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-29 00:00:00

EAST INDIAN RAILWAY.

The second half-yearly general meeting of the
shareholders of this company took place yesterday at
the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the
report of the directors, and for the dispatch of the
general business of the company.
H. A. Aglionby, Esq., M.P., took the chair shortly
after one o'clock.

The usual formal business having been disposed of, 1
The SECRETARY read the following important
report :
"In convening the proprietary for the half-yearly
general meeting, the directors have the gratification to
report, that since they last met the proprietors they have
concluded a contract with the East India Company,
based on the terms and conditions submitted to, and
approved by, the special meeting of proprietors held in
April last, and which they trust the proprietary will
feel places the interests of this company on a sound and
satisfactory basis.
" This contract has been printed, and a copy will be
delivered on application at the offices of the company,
to each shareholder.

"The interest of 5 per cent. per annum, guaranteed
by the East India Company, will, on and from the 17th
of August instant, include the preliminary deposit of ss.
paid on the existing shares in the company, and upon
which hitherto no interest has been paid.
"During the past session of Parliament the Act of
Incorporation, by which the liability of each shareholder
is limited to the amount of bis or her shares in the
company, has received the Royal assent.
" In pursuance of powers conferred by that Act, the
board of directors have, in accordance with the pledge
given to the proprietary, reduced the shares in the com-
pany from 501. to 201., and have made a re-distribution
of the capital into 50,000 shares of 201. each; of the ar-
rangements consequent on which due notice will be given
by advertisement.
" In consequence of an intimation, that it was the
feeling of the authorities that the number of directors
bhould bo reduced, powers for that object were inserted
in the Act, and the directors have now to recommend
that their number be reduced from 13 to t, of which it
is proposed that 3 be a quorum.
" Your directors have received a tender from Mr.
Jackson, of Pimlico, for the construction of the first line
of railway to be undertaken by the company. This
tender embraces the construction and completion of the
railway within two years from the commencement
of operations, and its maintenance for three years
after completion, at a cost, including a double line of
rails and stations, of 8,500/. per mile. Mr. Rendell,
your consulting engineer, has recommended the accept-
ance of this tender, and your directors are disposed to
concur in an arrangement on that principle; but they
feel
the question to be one of great magnitude, and they
have
E submitted it to the Court of Directors of the East
India
Company, for their consideration.
" On a •
review of all the circumstances of the past
history of the company, the board cannot close this
report without congratulating the shareholders on the
measure of success which, after so great a lapse of time,
and so many opposing obstacles,
I has at length attended
the efforts of the company,
and fexpense has necessarily
been incurred, in
ciple, under circumstances of grealattcrucing culty, the present
proprietors are, by the nature of the alfar grent effected,
relieved from any of its burden, by havingpart o f the capital full
amount
subscribed by them allowed as
company, bearing interest at five per cent. rf ;lim`'ef hasthe
been consumed, its lapse has not only been attended
with the advantages of increased exi,erience, but still
more of cos'. diminished in an extraordinary degree.
Without all the information which has been the result
of the measures already adopted, the company could
not have been in a position to receive a tender from
-
a contractor. so salisfactory in proof of the suffi
ciency of their estimates, as that of Mr. Jackson ;
nor could they have approached the execution
of the work with that confidence which they now feel
in its issue. From henceforth they consider the un-
dertaking
to be under the direct auspices of the East
India Company. No step can be taken as to the con-
struction of the railway until possession of the land
has been given by the Government of India, and all the
ulterior proceedings of the company are subject to the
eontrol of the East India Company, and dependent for
success on the cordial concurrence and co-operation a
the authorities b oth at home and abroad."

The CHAIRMAN then shortly addressed the meeting,
congratulating them on the state of their affairs, and
moved the adoption of the report.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from a
proprietor, said, that the Government of India had
the power, if their profits exceeded 10 per cent., to
step in and insist upon the reduction of the tolls, but
he did not think they would do so if their profits
were 11 or 12 per cent.
After some discussion, the report was unanimously
adopted, thanks were voted to the Chairman and
directors, and the meeting separated.

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS
k AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The half-yearly general meeting of the share-
holders of this company took place yesterday at the
company's offices in Old Broad-street.
John Scott, Esq., the chairman of the company,
took the chair shortly after two o'clock.
The usual routine business having been gone
through, the secretary read the following report,
which, after a short discussion, was agreed to, and
ordered to be printed and circulated among the pro-
prietors, as was also the report of the engineer.
" The directors, during the past half-year, have been
steadily pressing forward the works of the line; and in
order to afford full information to the proprietors with
regard to the progress made, they have requested the
engineer to prepare a report, which will be submitted
to the meeting.
" It has been the endeavour of the directors to carry
out the object referred to in their report of February
last, of opening a communication into the City,
in order that such portion of the line as may
be completed might be profitably used, whilst
the works south of the Lea Cut Canal, which
afford the direct communication to the docks and ship-
ping, were being proceeded with. Difficulties have,
however, arisen in procuring the land required for the
branch line, and the directors have been compelled to
defer this work; but arrangements are in progress for
contracting for the completion of the main line to the
Nast and West India Docks and Blackwall, thus so far
effecting the object in view.
" Since the meeting in February last, the directors
have found it necessary, in carrying on the works, to
make further calls upon the proprietors, and they have
intimated the probable periods at which the remainder of
the capital will be required. Loans have as yet been
effected to a limited amount only, but they will be
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" The directors, since the last meeting, have taken
the necessary preliminary measures for the recovery of
calls which the proprietors had neglected to pay; and it
will be seen by the accounts that the sum of 3,6051. has
been in consequence received : the directors trust that
further payments will shortly be made on this account,
so as to prevent the necessity of more rigorous steps
being resorted to.
"The negotiation with the London and North-Wes-
tern Railway Company for leasing the line, referred to
in the last half-year's report, has not yet led to any
agreement for that purpose; but that company has ex-
pressed its readiness to arrange for the working of the
line; and as the construction of the railway approaches
completion, thedirectors will have to give their attention
to this subject, and they doubt sot that an arrangement
may be effected on mutually advantageous terms.
" The increased engagements of Mr. George Carr
Glyn having compelled him in March last to express a
wish to retire from the direction, the board have elected
Mr. Richard Creed to fill up the vacancy, being happy to
avail themselves of the valuable assistance of so expe-
rienced a coadjutor."
Mr. GLYN congratulated the shareholders on the
probability of their completing their line within the
estimate proposed by the engineer.
From the accounts of the receipts and expenditure,
it appeared that the total receipts were 473,6651.85. 4d.,
and the expenditure was 468,459/. 14s. 7d., leaving a
balance in hand of 5,2051. 13s. 9d.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from a
shareholder, stated that he expected the line would be
open by April or May next.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and direc-
tors, and the meeting separated.

NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND

HEREFORD RAILWAY.

The sixth ordinary half-yearly meeting of this
company was advertised to take place yesterday at the
London Tavern, at twelve o'clock. At one o'clock
there not being a sufficient number of shareholders
present to constitute a meeting it was adjourned
sine die.

The following report of the directors was intended 1
to be submitted to the meeting had it been formed :
" The directors have, upon this occasion, but little to
report to the proprietors, inasmuch as their attention has
been confined to a reduction of the several unpaid ac-
counts of the company as they have been respectively
applied for, and in a supervision of the working of the
Llanvihangel, Grosmont, and Hereford tram-roads—the
revenue of which has been applied to paying off
the interest on the balance of the purchase-money
under the agreements which have been entered
into with these companies —as explained at
the last meeting. The balance of the purchase-money
is 28,7301., and the annual interest thereon is 1,4361. 10s.,
which the directors hope will be met out of the future
revenues of the tram-roads; and the shareholders are
already aware, that under these agreements, this
company has the option of paying off the balance
of purchase-money in July, 1851, or of then can-
celling the purchase, and forfeiting the money already
paid. Since the last meeting of shareholders arrears of
call have been received, amounting to 2,4551. 10s. As
was anticipated in the last report of the directors, the
lines, north of Hereford, are assuming active progress,
and it cannot be too strongly impressed on the share-
holders, that the value of their property will become
greatly enhanced by the completion of those lines to
Hereford, It will be satisfactory to the meeting to be
informed, that the bill in Chancery which had been filed
against this company by the Rhymney Railway Com-
pany, has been agreed to be withdrawn, and the claim
to a fulfilment of the agreement, as well as to the pay-
ment of the deposit of 10,0001. abandoned, on payment
by this company of the costs of the suit. The costs of
all parties therein will not exceed 2601. The
shareholders will perceive by the annexed
statement, the ascertained accounts unsettled, includ-
ing the above 2604, are reduced to 1,4584 2s. 6d., to meet
which, and the balance due to the bankers, there are
arrears of call to the amount of 22,2614 on 7,835 shares,
and which may be estimated to produce 6,0001.; be-
yond which there is a sum of 1,3231. 10s. 3d. cash at
the bankers. The directors have only further to add,
that in addition to the entire relinquishment of their own
annual allowances, and a previous reduction of the
secretary's salary, they have_ succeeded in a further re-
duction of the office expenses of the company, to the
extent of, 2301. per annum, to take effect from the 29th
September next; whilst under this arrangement the)
will still retain the services of the secretary."

TAW YALE RAILWAY AND DOCK.
The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro-
prietors of this company was held yesterday at the
London Tavern, Mr. John Sharland, chairman of the
board of directors, in the chair.
The following was the report :
" Your directors have forwarded the financial state-
ment for the past half-) ear to each proprietor, and have
confined their operations since the last meeting to en-
forcing calls and paying off various claims on the com-
pany; having suspended the construction of works in
March last, with the exception of such as they were
compelled top roceed with.
" Your directors regret the decision of the Commis-
sioners of Railways, in opposition to the all but unani-
mous prayer of the shareholders, and of almost every
landowner and occupier on the line, as to the gauge, has
' operated so ruinously on the shareholders, that many
have transferred their interests, and others cannot be
induced to pay the calls; your directors, however, are
not without hope that Parliament may yet relieve them,
by sanctioning a change of gauge at no very distant
period, particularly as the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company, who, before the Commissioners of Railways,
and the Parliamentary Committee, expressed their
readiness to take the line, have now declined to do so
on any terms.
" Your directors are under the painful necessity of
admitting for your confirmation the forfeiture of 4,640
shares, upon which calls are in arrear, the required
notices of the forfeiture of which have been given to the
respective proprietors; a resolution for such purpose
will be submitted to you.
" The directors submit to the consideration of the
shareholders, the following plan for re-issuing these
forfeited shares; also a statement, showing the present
position, and future prospects of the company ; these,
with other matters, they intend to submit, with the ap-
proval of this meeting, for confirmation, to the share-
holders, at an extraordinary meeting to be convened for
the purpose.
" Ist. That the forfeited shares be re-issued, as 20/,
scrip preference shares, with credit for 41. as a deposit
paid thereon, bearing interest or preference dividend at
the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, in perpetuity, and
shall be issued to the proprietors of Taw Vale Railway
and Dock shares, rateably to the number of shares held
by each proprietor, who stands registered in the com-
pany's books on the day fixed for such extraordinary
meeting, and who shall on or before that day have paid
8/. on each share.
" 2d. That the holders of these 204 scrip preference
shares shall have the privilege of paying all or any por-
tion of the calla in advance, receiving interest thereon
from the Ist of the mouth next following the day of pay-
ment of such advance; and, until the 30th December,
1852, shall have the option of claiming to be registered
as either proprietors of Taw Vale Railway and Dock
shares, or stock; or, as proprietors of 5 per cent. per-
petual preference shares.
"That the following be the conditions on which the
preference shares shall be issued, viz.—lst. That a call of
3/., making 71. per share paid, be' paid with. in one month
after the issue;
and unless paid by the date named, the
letter of allotment to become cancelled, and the
scrip
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of immediately eddiiraeteetleyreo.thTerhwaise
s disposedares a
ofsecond call of 3/. per share be made payable three
months a
months after the first call A third call of 31. per share
be made payable three months after the second call. A
fourth call of a per share be made payable three
months after the third 'call. A fifth call of 31. per
share be made payable three months after the fourth call;
and a sixth and final call of 14 per share be made payable

THE SITN, LONDON,

three months after the fifth call. The interest to com-
mence on the whole amount of 201., the Ist of the next
month after the third call is paid.
" 2d. That if any one of the last five calls be not
paid on or before the day specified, all interest from that
day shall cease; and if unpaid for one month with in-
terest, the scrip shares and all previous payments
thereon shall, without further notice, become absolutely
forfeited.

" 3d. That the said preference scrip shares issued in
lieu of the said forfeited shares, together with such
additional preference scrip shares as may be issued in
lieu of 201. shares hereafter forfeited, shall be the only
shares having a primary preference dividend.
" 4th. The directors propose that only 21. per share
more shall be called on the existing 201. shares, making
in all 101. paid, until the money to be raised by the pre-
ference scrip shares and the borrowing powers of the
company shall be tested.
" sth. The directors propose that the existing 201.
shares, on which 81. has been paid or may be paid on or
before the said extraordinary meeting, shall continue to
receive interest from the day of such meeting, until the
line is opened from Crediton to Barnstaple, after which
they shall take all surplus income, after payment of the
preference shareholders.
" Your directors annex to this report a statement of
the position of your affairs, and submit also for your
consideration a statement showing, that by a deviation
of your present Parliamentary line, by which you will
avoid 1,400 yards of tunnelling, your line from Crediton
to Barnstaple can be finished by the means proposed,
for 100,000/. less than the Parliamentary estimate, viz.
for 447,8211., instead of 548,0001., and have a surplus of
40,579/. to meet interest and contingencies."
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to questions put by a
proprietor, said he had much difficulty in addressing
the meeting on the subject of the report, as the do-
cument had been altered since it had been agreed to
and printed. The report in the hands of the proprie-
tors had been aggreed to on that day week by a very
small board; but to-day the board had been more
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put that report forward; but that it would tend to
advance the interests of the company to leave out the
portions alluded to and insert the additional paragraph
just read. There were, the Chairman said, gentle-
men present who would no doubt explain why the
document had been altered. He certainly felt himself
in rather a difficult position, as he had taken a prin-
cipal part in drawing up the original report, because
he thought the propositions set forth would promote
the interests of the company; but the majority of the
directors were of a different opinion. He felt
convinced the Taw Vale Railway would be a
paying concern, and he would state his reasons
for thus thinking. In the session of 1844
the North Devon line was brought forward.
It was thirty-two miles in length, and was to go
through the very same district of country that would
be traversed by the Taw Vale. The capital to he
raised for it was 400,0001. Proper parties were em-
ployed to take the traffic, and they proved before a
Committee of the House of Commons that the gross
receipts for passengers and merchandise would amount
to 44,0001. per annum.
A PROPRIETOR said he believed that fact was never
proved.
The CHAIRMAN said he was not saying that it was,
he was referring to the evidence given before a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons. Taking the work-
ing expenses at 40 per cent., namely 17,6001., the net
profit on the traffic would be 26,400/. When they
went for their extension they made it 31 miles long
—that was a mile shorter than the other, and they
did this by a projected tunnel. It was now thought
right that the tunnel should be avoided, and the
intention was to make it of the original extent-32
miles. Mr. Pare's estimate of the traffic of the line
was 42,4801. Now, taking the working expenses at
40 per cent., namely, 16,9921., the net profit would
be 25,490/. They were at that time contemplating
an arrangement with the Bristol and Exeter Company,
between whom and themselves, if the arrangement had
been effected, the surplus of 3,5701. would have been
divided. He hail recently been over the district
through which this line would pass, and with every
inch of which he (the Chairman) was intimately
acquainted. He was accompanied by a gentleman,
also acquainted with the neighbourhood, who was
also satisfied that the calculations which he (the
Chairman) was about to give of the estimated taffic
of the line was perfectly correct. They made out
that the passengers, goods, and mineral traffic would
produce 40,405/. per annum, and the rents of the
sheds and the dock dues would produce a further
sum of 1,0001. per annum, giving a gross revenue of
41,4051. Allowing forty-two per cent. for working
expenses on 17,1991., and paying the interest on the
182,6001, borrowed capital, the preference shares and
the sum required to open the line, there would be a
surplus of 1,4361. The estimated traffic of 22/. per
mile per week .was a very moderate estimate. He
found from the railway returns that the Bristol and
Exeter cost 32,000/. per mile and earned 561. per
mile per week; the Eastern Counties cost 39,000/.
per mile and earned 551. per mile per week ; and the
Great Northern, 126 miles of which were open, had
cost 33,0001., and took 201. per mile per week, but the
Great Northern had not yet the advantage of the
through traffic. The Great Western had cost 47,0001.
per mile, and its receipts were 82/. per mile per week.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire had cost 45,000/., and
its receipts were 981. per mile per week. The Hon.
Gentleman gave the cost per mile and the receipt per
mile per week of the following railways as follows :
Cost Receipt
per mile. per mile.
London and North Western £42,000 .. £ll2
London and Brighton
Midland . . 31,000 ... 57
South-Eastern ... .... 50,000 ... 72
South Devon .. 35,000 .. 39

those current on this day week, and the demand conti-
nues good, especially for low and mid sorts. Purchases
to a fair extent have been made in green, at thc, rates of
this diy week.
COFFEE.—To-day Native Ceylon Coffee was in excel-
lent demand by private treaty, prices are still on the
advance and rule at from 38s to 39s for good ord. At
auction 38 bags went at 38s 6d per cwt. Plantation
was dealt in with greater freedom, and the public
sales of 180 casks 900 bags went at an advance on last
week's rates of 2s to 3s per cwt, mid and good mid went
at 56s to 635, low mid 53s to 555, fine fine ord 48s to
525, fine ord 44s to 475, and good ord 39s to 43s per cwt.
The market has a firm aspect.

RlCE.—There has again been much inquiry after
common sorts of East India. The supply is smaller
and shippers are yet the chief operators ; cargo
Madras has been sold at 7s 3d to 7s 6d, pearl
barley 7s 6cl to Bs, pinky white 83 to 9s, low Bengal
8s 6d to 93. The better sorts have met with a fair
sale at full rates, and 3,300 bags at auction were partly
sold at 103 to 103 6d for good white. On the part of
holders of all descriptions there is firmness. Cleaned
Rice has been in lively demand, and prices keep on the
advance ; town dressed Carolina selling at from 233 to
28s, Patna low to fine 12s to 203, and American cleaned
Rice cwt.
SBfree sellers of Jamaica Ruin, and
thePml2aliiskTetsot—i2s3Twsheiiee are
well supplied. supplied. The value of plain and mid
quality 28 to 33 per cent over proof is from 2s 2d to
2s 9d, better sort 32 to 36 over 2s 10d to 3s 3d, and
fine 33 4d to 4s. East India has been dealt in with
caution at is 3d to is 3id proof, but upon these
terms there are not free sellers. The market for Lee-
ward Island has been in a quiet state, and the small
parcels sold were at is 4id to is 5d proof, and
there is a fair amount on offer. In Demerara
a good business has been done at 23 to
2s 3d for 30 to 40 per cent. over proof.
The demand for Brandy continues active, and in the
market there is much firmness. We quote Cognac best
brands of the vintage of 1841 at 3s 10d to 4s, 1847 ditto
4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1846 ditto 5s 6d to 5s Bd, 1845 ditto
at 5s 8d to 5s 10d, inferior marks 3s 4d to 3s 10d,
and Bordeaux 2s to 23 2d per gallon. Geneva
is firm at is 9d to Is 10d for shipping sort, and at 2s 3d
to 3s 3d for fine adapted for home trade purposes. The
value is still 9s 8d for British made Spirit, and 8s to
8s 6d for Gin 17 to 22 per cent. under proof.
COCHINEAL.—Ta day the quantity offered at auction
amounted to 50 bags of Teneriffe. The former only in
part sold at 3s 3d to 3s 9d for black, and silvers 3s 4d
to 3s 6d, whilst the latter was taken in at 3s 10d; these
are rather lower rates.

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and at
were taken in at 27s 6d to 28s per cwt for 54 to 3i per
cent. refraction, and these are full rates.
SPlCES.—Rather higher rates have been paid for
Nutmegs, and the parcels offered at public sale, amount-
ing to 49 pkgs, found ready purchasers—middling brown
went at 25 9d to 2a lid, good mid and good 3s to 3s sd,
fine 3s 6d, to 33 7d, and one lot of very superior
4s 7d per lb. Mace is wanted; 15 cases at auction
went at 2s 4d to 2s 5d for mid, and at 2s 6d to 2s 7d for
good. The better sorts of Cloves have been in good de-
mand at a small advance, and 11 cs Bencoolen at public
sale realised from is 7d to 2s id for good and fine; com-
mon sorts are, however, less wanted, and 80 bags
Zanzibar were taken in at 8d per lb. Black
Pepper is not to be obtained at lower rates.
At public sale, a part only of 4,313 robins and 2 03S
bags of Aleppy found buyers at From 2i to 2id for
middling and good half heavy black, Malabar, good 3d
to 3i.d. White met with more attention, whilst
243 chts and 300 bags at auction sold at 6d to 8i
for good and fine Tellicherry, and at 44-d for middling
Singapore. There are several buyers of Pimento, the
value is from 4d to 4id. In Cinnamon there has been
little business concluded. Ginger is not much wanted
by exporters, and at public sale 237 packages Jamaica
went from 41 3s to 71 per cwt.
TALLOW.—OnIy a limited business has been con
eluded in Russian on the spot, and prices have
still a downward tendency. There are sellers of
fine P. Y. Candle at 38s 9d to 39s per cwt.
Home melted is cheaper, but at 37a to 37s 6d
nett cash sales to a fair extent have been made. For
other sorts of Tallow rather lower rates are acceded to,
and the quantity on offer is yet large. The public sale
of 1,384 packages South American went at 34s to
36s 6.1, and 252 casks of Sydney at 34s to 36s
per cwt. Rough Fat is still 2s Id to 2s lid per stone
of 81bs.

Oars.—There are sellers of Linseed Oil for delivery up
to the close of the year at 25s to 25s 3d per cwt, still
few contracts have been entered into. On the spot a
good home trade has been experienced, and several par-
cels have been sold for export. The rates paid are
25s 6d, and in some cases 25s 9d per cwt.
Rapeseed Oil met with less attention, and more desire
is evinced to sell ; pale at 37s 6d to 335, and brown at
36s 6d to 375. For Olive the market remains
firm.—Gallipoli at 421 to 431 per tun, and other
sorts at 391 to 41/ 10s. For Cocoa Nut Oil
sellers are ready to accept 33s to 35s per cwt.
for fair to fine quality. Palm has been much inquired
for, and the trade are compelled to pay 31s to 31s 6d for
good and fine quality. On the part of holders of Sperm
there is firmness, and holders ask 79/ to 801 per tun. None
has been offered at auction. Seal—Pale at 32/ to 33/,
straw and tinged 291 10s to 31110 s, yellow and brown
271 to 29/; still only small sales have been made. Cod
27/ to 2715 s is the value. Southern Oil—At auction 264
tuns were all sold; fine at 291 15s to 30/ 15s, good 29/
to 29/ 10s, and low to mid at 26/ to 281 per ton.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)

Thomas Povey, 36, labourer, was indicted for
stealing a quantity of silk tabaret, valued at 131., the
property of the Eastern Counties Railway; and Sa-
muel Jones, 49, Joseph Lucas, 43, and James Thomp-
son, 39—the three last-mentioned persons surrender-
ing to take their trial—were indicted for feloniously
receiving the property in question, knowing it to have
been stolen.

Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Cockerell conducted the
prosecution ; Mr. M‘Mahon appeared for Povey ; and
Messrs. Prendergast, Payne and Metcalfe defended
the receivers.

It appeared in evidence that on the 2d of June a
parcel of goods, among which was the piece of ta-
baret in question, was dispatched by the Eastern
Counties Railway from Braintree, addressed to
Messrs. Warlter and Co., Wilson-street, Finsbury.
The train arrived in due course at the Shoreditch
station on Sunday morning, the 3d of June, and it
was moved off the main line and remained there until
the following morning, when, upon the train being
unloaded, it was discovered that Messrs. Wariter's
parcel had been opened, and the piece of tabaret
stolen therefrom. The prisoner Povey was employed
upon the railway, and therefore had an opportunity of
taking the property, but there was no distinct evidence
when or how it was removed. In consequence of
inquiries, however, that were made by Inspector
Shackell, who is engaged now in the service of the
company, the whole of the prisoners were apprehended,
and by his subsequent exertions the circumstances
connected with the robbery were discovered.
Sergeant TEAKLE deposed that on the 29th of June
he went, with Mr. Shackell, to the shop of Messrs.
Hampton and Co., in Leicester-square, and inquired
of the shopman what was the price of the piece of
tabaret which he saw in the window. The shopman
replied that it was 3s. 9d. per yard, and he added that
it was " very cheap" at that price. He saw a gentle-
man in the shop, and informed him that the tabaret
had been stolen, and he then inquired how they be-
came possessed of it, and he was informed that they
had purchased it of a person named Jones. Upon
receiving this information he took the prisoner Jones
into custody, and inquired of him if he had sold any
tabaret lately in Leicester-square, and he replied that
he had, but said he had forgotten the price he received
for it. He then told him that the article had been
stolen, and asked him where he got it from, and he
referred him to Lucas, whom he accordingly took into
custody, and upon his questioning him regarding the
stolen property, he said he had got it from Thompson,
the fourth prisoner, and on his being taken into cus-
tody he said that Povey had brought the article to his
house to sell, and that knowing nothing of the value
of such things he had applied to Lucas and Jones.
Messrs.
Povey was then taken into custody, and on his being
informed that he was chargedgwivietnh sttoeahliinmg tbhye tabaret
he hbnetadamaiidttetdhatthaitt hheadhadbeteanken it to Thompson to sell,
named Bolton, who was also employed upon the
railway.
Shackell confirmed the evidence given by Teakle,
and also produced a bill of parcels given
the ar
by
Hampton and Co., to Jones, by which it appeared
that they had given ls. 3d. a yard for
which was valued by the manufacturer at ss. per
yard.
George Bolton, the person referred to in the evi-
dence of Teakle;deposed that there was no truth in
the statement made by Povey, that he bad given him
the tabaret.
Mr. W. Hampton was next called—He deposed
that he carried on business as an upholsterer in
Leicester-square, and that he purchased the article
produced of the prisoner Jones. The number of
yards appeared by the bill of parcels to be 38i, but
the actual quantity was 40 yards.
The RECORDER asked why the exact quantity
was not stated ? Mr. Hampton replied, that a por-
tion of the tabaret was stained, and that was not in-
cluded.
The RECORDER inquired what price he gave for it ?
Mr. Hamiiton said 15d. per yard.
The RECORDER—Then was it " very cheap" at
3s. 9d. ?—The witness said he was not in the way
when that price was asked. He should have sold it
much cheaper.
The RECORDER—What was your price ? Witness
—We did not agree to sell it.
The RECORDER—Then what did you put it in the
window for ? Witness—We put all our goods in the
window.
Mr. BALLANTINE—And I suppose the shopmen
have instructions to say that everything is cheap ?
The RECORDER—At the rate this article was
bought, this ought to be the cheapest shop in London.
Mr. Hampton said, he would not give a farthing
more than he did for such an article.
The REcoßnEa—What did you give ? Mr. Hamp-
ton—l gave 2/. Bs.
Mr. BALLUITINE—Not quite 2/. Bs. Did you not

WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1849.

take off 2s. sd. for discount? Witness—We always
take discount for cash.

Mr. BALLANTINE—ThP rmimirachrw valaf.s tiie
property tIE 131. Pray, du you often buy things in
this way, Mr. Hampton ? Witness—Not very often.
I bought this of Jones because I had known him for
two years, and was aware that he was in the habit of
having " job lots."
By Mt. PAYNE—Jones asked me 2s. 9d. or 3s. a
yard for the tabaret in the first instance, and I told
him to take it away, and he did so. We afterwards
had some further dealing for it, and he agreed to take
what I offered.

The RECORDER here gave directions that in the
allowance of expenses to the witnesses Mr. Hampton
should not be included.

Mr. BALLANTINE remarked that his conduct had
been most improper and was well deserving the cen-
sure cast upon it by the Court, and he at the same
time time ob-erved, that in a robbery of a most ex-
tensive character brought before that Court a few
sessions back a similar facility appeared to have been
given by persons in an apparent station of respecta-
bility for the disposal of the stolen property.
The RECORDER said, that in this instance there
appeared to be very little distinction between the case
of Jones and that of the witness Hampton.
Mr. Hampton declared he had given the full value
of the article.

The RECORDER said he had no business to have
bought it at all under the circumstances.
This being the case for the prosecution,
Mr. METCALFE submitted that there was nothing
to go to the jury against Lucas, for whom he ap-
peared. He was not proved to have made a single
false statement, and the stolen property had never
been shown to be in his possession.
The RECORDER said, that the case was certainly, in
a legal point of view, very slight against that prisoner;
and he at the same time observed, that although a
great deal of pains had been taken to get up the pro-
secution, he was rather surprised that all the interme-
diate parties should hare been placed at the bar, and
that the person who eventually purchased the property
should have been made a witness.

Mr. BALLANTINE had no hesitation in saying that
if he had been consulted originally, he should have
advised a different course, and should certainly have
directed the indictment of the person in Leicester-
square, and should have asked a jury to say whether
the purchasing of property at such a totally inade-
quate price was not evidence of a guilty knowledge on
the part of the purchaser that the property had been
stolen.

Mr. Prendergast, Mr. M'Mahon, and Mr. Payne
then addressed the jury for their several clients, the
counsel for the receivers contending that there was no
proof of any guilty knowledge, particularly relying
upon the fact that they had told no falsehoods, but
had each truly represented how he became possessed
of the property.
The RECORDER then summed up, and
The jury, after deliberating a short time in the box,
expressed a wish to retire. They were absent nearly
an hour, and on their return into court gave a verdict
of Guilty against Povey, and Acquitted all the other
prisoners. The jury at the same time expressed their
opinion that there had been a great want of prudence
on the part of the witness Hampton in purchasing the
property.

The hECORDER said, he quite agreed in the opinion
expressed by the jury. It really was a fearful thing
for the public that persons keeping shops, and i❑ re-
spectable positions, should give such facilities fur the
disposal of stolen property.

Mr. Hampton begged to be allowed again to state
that the article was damaged, and he considered hd
had given the full value for it when he paid 15d.
yard.

The RECORDER (with warmth)—Then why did
you ask as. 9d. for the same article, and represent it as
very cheap ? The more you stir in the mater in the
more unfavourable light your conduct appears. You
will not have your expenses, and I recommend you to
consider it good advice not to be connected witb
such a transaction again, and to be more prudent in
future.
The prisoner Povey was then sentenced to be trans-,
ported for seven years.

- Martin Hansell who was convicted on Monday of
misdemeanour and having attempted to extort money
by undertaking not to publish libellous matter con-
cerning a gentleman named Bevan in the Satirist
newspaper, was brought up for judgment.
It was intimated to the Court, prior to sentence
being pronounced that the prisoner was in a danegrous
state from consumption, and that a long confinement
would, in all probability prove fatal.
The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said that the
defendant had been convicted of the offence of en-
deavouring to extort money by refraining to
publish scandalous matter in the newspaper of which
he was the proprietor ; and, upon a careful considera-
tion of all the facts, he felt bound to say that he entirely
agreed in the verdict that had been pronounced by
the jury. He found, upon inquiry, that the woman
Mills, who was included in the indictment with him,
and who had, no doubt, been the instrument of putting
him forward, had been sentenced to six months' im-
prisonment, and taking into consideration, his superior
position in life, and his advantage in point of educi- •
tion over that person, he did not see how it was
possible to pass upon him a more lenient sentence
than the one she had received. He then ordered the
defendant to be imprisoned for six months, and at
the same time observed that he had no doubt
he would receive every medical attention which
his condition required, and that the Secretary of
State would also interfere if the state of his health,
resulting from confinement, should render such a step
necessary. _

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. BuLLocs.)

Thomas Langston, 33, a smith ; John Low, 18, and
Charles Low, 22, also smiths, were indicted for steal-
ing a teapot, a spade, 120 keys, a quantity of iron,
and articles of ironmongery, the property of Arthur
Williams, their master.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton and Mr.
Cockle severally appeared for the prisoners.

Although the prisoners were separately tried upon
different indictments, the whole of the cases arose out
of one transaction, which was this :—The prosecutor,
an ironmonger, carrying on business at Hammer-
smith, in the early part of the present year, took the
business, which is a very extensive one, of a Mr.
Wright, a great number of whose previous servants
he continued in his employment, but in the middle of
July, finding that he was •being robbed, he gave in-
formation to the police, who upon searching the
various places of residence in the occupation of the
prisoners, a quantity of his property was found, of
which they could not give any satisfactory account as
to how it came into their possession.
The jury found them Guilty, and having bean
strongly recommended to mercy, they were sentenced,
Langston to four months, and the two Lows to three
months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Henry and George Alfred Norris, the two brothers
who were yesterday found guilty of defrauding a
number of pawnbrokers, were this morning brought
up and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.
This finished the business of the session, and the
Court adjourned until Monday, the 17th of September.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
The following letter was received by the Lord
Mayor in the course of the day :
" No. 5, Church•court, Clement's-lane, Aug. 27.
"My Lord,—l think it my duty to inform your
Lordship that Manning, who is now being sought for
by the police, was at my office inquiring the charge
for a passage per the Constant for himself and his
wife. This was just before the discovery of the
murder took place. I need not add I have seen
nothing of him since, but there is a probability of his
hanging about Plymouth, to which port the ship is
now on her journey, and he stated that he wished to
join her there.
" He did not give me his name, but I have a per-
fect recollection of him, and have made it my busi-
ness to go over to the Town-hall and read again the
description of his person, which is correct, and I
no doubt in my mind of his being the same person.
" I have the honour to be,
"Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
" H. HORNEMAN.
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
His Lordship immediately sent the communication
to the magistrate at the police court at which the
woman accused of being accessory to the murder of
O'Connor has been examined.
Joseph Powell, alias Bright, was brought before
his Lordship, charged as having been included in an
indictment upon which his brother was tried some
time ago, and convicted and sentenced to be trans-
ported for seven years.
Heddington, the officer, stated that a true bill had
been found against the prisoner and his brother in
the Central Criminal Court Session in the month of
July, 1848, for robbery, and that Robert Powell, the
brother of the prisoner, had been tried, found guilty,
and transported; that on Saturday witness appre-
hended the prisoner in Great Carter-lane, and that
the prisoner made a desperate resistance and did all
in his power to disable the police, and bit and
kicked those who laid hands upon him; that the
prisoner denied his real name, and threatened to dis-
patch the officer, seized him by the throat, and cut
away from him by means of a penknife, and was at
length secured by a grocer, who threw a rope over
him and crippled his legs.
The prisoner said that Heddington mistook him for
another person, and laid violent hands upon him
without provocation ; that his name was Jack Bright
instead of Joseph Powell ; and that it was almost
time for him to stand upon his defence when he was
roughly handled.
The LORD MAYOR said he would send the prisoner
to the Central Criminal Court, in order that it might
be ascertained whether he was the party who had

been engaged with Robert Powell in committing the
robbery for which the latter had been transported.
trial.

John Walters, who was a few days ago charged
with having for'ged and uttered a cheque, pui porting
to be an order for 1571. 103., upon the banking-house
of Barclay and Co., of Lombard-street, was brought
up for re-examination.
The prisoner had been identified, upon his first
examination, by one of the waiters at the Guildhall
Hotel ; and a witness swore that he believed the
handwriting in the cheque, and also in a note pre-
viously sent to Messrs. Barclay, to be the prisoner's.
By accident, however, a gentleman of the name of
Jerram was sitting in the Justice-room with the
Lord Mayor, and with Mr. Jerram, it appeared, the
prisoner had lived for six or seven years, before he
had entered the service of Mr. Da Silva, whose
cheque it was supposed he had counterfeited; and the
prisoner, after having looked at the instrument which
he was accused of having forged, said, " With the
permission of the Lord Mayor, I should wish to ask
the gentleman who sits with his Lordship a question."
Mr. Jerram, thus appealed to, said—My Lord
Mayor, I will of course answer any question the man
at the bar puts to me, but I think he had better not
ask me any.
The prisoner—l beg, Sir, that you will consent to
be sworn.

Mr. Jerram was then sworn and examined—He
stated that the prisoner had been six or seven years
in his service, and he had often seen the prisoner
write.

The prisoner—ls the writing on the cheque like
mine ? Mr. Jer ram—lf it is your writing, it is
greatly altered from what it was when you were
with me.

Alderman GIBBS (who sat with the Lord Mayor)
said, he was present at the first examination, and he
did not consider the evidence sufficiently strong
against the prisoner to justify a committal, as it was
impossible that a jury could convict upon it.
The prisoner was then discharged.
William New, a Thames steam-boat commander,
pleaded Guilty to a charge of having navigated a
steam-vessel between Hampton and Teddington-lock
at a quicker rate than was allowed by Act of Par-
liament.
The LORD MAYOR said he would inflict but a
small penalty for the offence. If the charge had been
that of overloading be would have inflicted the highest
fine. He had lately witnessed a case of tremendous
overloading, from which he apprehended serious dan-
ger, and he considered it to be his duty to wait upon
the Board of Trade, and represent the circumstance.
It appeared that the Board had been most grossly
imposed upon on the occasion of the application for
licences to steam vessels, the numbers to be carried
being vastly disproportioned to the size of the boats,
and they promised to bring in a Bill in the nex session
calculated to remedy the evil. His Lordship said,
that he should, instead of inflicting the fine of 51., be
satisfied with the penalty of ss. ; but he assured the
defendant that any further mischief to the banks of
the river, occasioned by rapid transit, should be visited
with a severe penalty.