The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-31 00:00:00

WISHAW_ AND COLTNESS.

On Tuesday a special meeting of the shareholders in
this company was held in the Black Bull Hall, Virginia-
street, Glasgow; Mr. A. Gl, agow, of Auchen-with, in the
chair. The advertisement calling the meeting having
ben read,

The CHAIRMAN said they had met for the purpose of
considering. end determining in regard to a Bill now
pending in Parliament, entitled " A Bill to effect the Sale
of the Wishaw end Coltness Railway to the Caledonian
Railway Company." As it was the third time that
Bills had been submitted to them, he did not
think it necessary to do more thrn simply to move that
it be approved. By this Bill the Wishaw Company were
guaranteed from the Caledonian Company 10i per cent.,
which was equal to 522. 6J. for every 25/. share, payable
half-yeasty. The arrangement would be, he conceived,
a most favourable one for both parties.

The Bill was then unanimous'y approved.
After the appointment of directors the meeting cc-
parated.

NEWSPAPERS AND THE TELEGRAPH IN AMERICA.
—At the last meeting of the directors of the New
York, Buffalo, and Albany Telegraph Company, it was
decided to reduce the rates for newspaper communica-
tions and dispatches to eight dollar.; per week, or one-
third less than the previous rate; and at the same meet-
ing a dividend for the last six months was declared of
six per cent. on the profits of the company.
THE WORKS AT THE BRIGHTON TERMINITS.—Few
persons are aware of the extent of the works being car-
ried on at the Brighton terminus. There are at this pre-
sent time upwards of 730 men employed in the locomo-
tive and carriage departments alone, and a visit to
these workshops is exceedingly interesting. The
company do all their repairs at Brighton, but
have not up to the present period, made any
large engines for their own use, although they have
every facility for doing so ; but they are so well stocked
with first-rate engines, having 60 more than they have
daily in use, that they do not require to make any new
ores at present. The men are employed chiefly in
repairs, and making crossings and points. They are
building, it is true, a smal tank engine, to run on
the Eastbourne branch, which will be used with
economy. Mr. Craven is the superintendent of the
locomotive department. By an alteration in the boilers
and the construction of coke over. s at Kingston, he has
effected an enormous saving in the consumption of coke.
No less than 10,0001. has been saved in the consumption
of coke alone within the last six months. We shall no
longer be considered a non-producing town with such a
factory as the above here. The company make their
own station engines, pumping engines, engines for
lifting coals out of vessel-1, and, in short, they
.do
everything connected with a railway. Mr. Smith
is the superintendent of the carriage department,
and he has constructed several first-class car-
riages lately upon a new principle, and they
completely take the shine out of the others. There
are 230 men employed in this department. The
company also make all their wrought iron from clip-
pings and parings, which, after being heated in a fur-
nace, is shaped by an immense hammer worked by
steam, but which is regulated with so much exactness,
that the regulator can strike with the force of twenty-
five tons, or reduce it to the tap of a small hammer.
This portion of the work is well worth seeing, but
the most interesting part of it is the planing and
cutting in the turning department. All the machines
are worked by a seam engine of twenty-five horse power,
The company are about to enlarge their terminus,
carrying out the sheds to nearly double the length to
what they are now. One of the most important things
to the town will be the arrival of three fire engines,
which they intend to provide forthwith. This is not
only important to Brighton, but to all the towns to
which the line runs, and in the event of fire will be
very valuable. The Brighton line may safely be
said to stand A 1, among the various lines in the
country, especially with regard to its being in first-rate
working condition, and it is a line which has met wiih
fewer acei&nts than most other lines. The utmost re-
gularity is evinced throughout the works, and there is
every prospect of the line increasing in popularity.
Economy is studied in every department, and we must
not omit to mention the very efficient and able manage-
ment of the traffic by Mr. fountain.. His civility and
attention are the theme of
general praise.—Su&or Ex
press.-

LAUNCH.—On Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock,
a splendid new ship, named the Toronto, of 513 tons
register, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs.
I)enny and nankin, Dumbarton. For workmanship and
finish, this vessel fully supports the previous high eha-
racti,r of her builders, while her model reflects very
great credit on the taste of Mr. James nankin, by
whom she was designed, and leaves no doubt that her
owners, the Messrs. Allan, of this city, have added
another "clipper" to their numerous fl,et, so favourably
known in the Canada trade. The Toronto was at the
Jiro mielaw in l!ttla more than two hours after the launch
took place, and is now loading ter Montreal, for which
p.)rt, we believe, she sails on the 15d1 proximo.—Nn.l,ll
British Mail.

RICHARDS AND DRIVER.—This race of 110 yards
for five pounds aside came off at the Flora-gardens,
Bayswater, and, after a tight race, Richards was de-
clared the winner by half a yird. Betting even. Driver
for choice.

AN EXTRAVAGANT CH ARG E.—Every man likes
being taken for a gentleman, and yet no man likes being
charged as one—in a railway hotel bill.—lunch.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-S7REE7.
A young servant girl named Catherine Henessey,
lately dismissed from service, was placed at the bar
charged with having concealed the birth of a❑ illegi-
timate child.

It appeared from the evidence that about a month
ago the prisoner took up her residence at the lodg-
ings of her father, at 3, King-street, Drury-lane,
having been discharged from her situation the day
before. Her father, suspecting that she was in the
family way, turned her out of doors, and then she was
received as lodger by a woman named Cain, living in
the next house. She was repeatedly accused of being
pregnant, both by Cain and another woman in the
same house, named Taylor; hut she always denied the
imputation with apparent indignation. She seemed to
suffer considerably from indisposition, and one morn-
ing between three and four o'clock, was seen to go
several times to a water-closet, evidently in the
greatest agony. Both the women accused her of
being in labour; but she still denied the charge, and,
at about four o'clock, said she would go into the next
house, and lie down upon her father's bed fur a short
time, as he would be gone outs
lodgings,paSleh,etiwiians,
to admit that she had
aafterwardss t feuau, nbdu it us
tbi
lel r r feartuhseerd'
been delivered of a child. Mrs. Taylor, however,
sent for Mr. Bennet, the surgeon of the parish, and
he corroborated the suspicions which had been enter-
tained respecting the prisoner, who was then induced
to go to the workhouse, where she confesed she had
been prematurely delivered.
Constable Bashford, 5 F, proved that upon receiv-
ing information of the above circumstance, he ex-
/mined a cesspool referred to in the course of the
case, and found the body of a full-grown child in the
soil.

Mr. W. Bennett, surgeon, deposed that the child
was full-grown, and did not exhibit any external
marks of violence; and the matron of the workhouse
gave evidence of the defendant's admission while
under her charge.
The defendant made a long statement to the Court,
in which she corroborated the evidence given by
Cain-and Taylor, but denied that her Either had done
more than desire her to go and see a doctor, after
which she d 4 not like to return to his house. She
said she was examined by Dr, Harrison, the physician
to the family in which she had lately resided, and he
had reported that she was in the family way, upon
which her mistress desired her to confess, saying that
she would do something for her then. She (the de-
fendant) then confessed everything to her mistress,
who, however, immediately turned her out of her
situation. The reason why he had not confessed to
others was, that she feared being treated in the same
way by them also. She was 1$
Mr. HENRY committed the prisoner for trial on the
charge of concealing the birth. years of age.

WESTMINSTER.
John Davey, a youth about 17 years of age, was
charged before Mr. Burrell with attempting to obtain
a sovereign by means of. a forged letter.
Mr. 11. I. L. Sly
stated he kept the King's Arms,
Great College-street, Westminster. On that morning
a little boy brought a letter to his house, directed to
him, and of which the following is a copy :—" Friend
Sly, can you oblige me with a sovereign till to-
morrow,
as I sin without any money to go on with,
having paid all away. Your humble servant (signed)
MICHAEL MORDEN.II He at once knew that it was
an attempt at fraud, and being shown the prisoner by
the boy,
George Stoden, a boy eleven years of age, stated
gave him in charge.
that he was going down Abingdon street, on an
errand for his master, Mr. Potter, a musical instru-
ment-maker, No. 2, Bridge street, when the prisoner
stopped biro, and asked him to take the note produced
to Air. Sly, and if he was not in to give it to Mrs.
Sly, and if he was asked how Mr. Morden was, to
say very well he further said it was very likely they
would give him a sovereign, which be was to bring
to him, and he would give him something.
Police-constable Miller, of the B division, who ap-
prehended the prisoner, said he admitted having
given the boy the note, but ho had himself been sent
with it by a man on the bridge. On searching the
prisoner he found a sheet of the same description of
note paper.
Mr. Michael Morden, of 46, Lambeth-walk, eating..

house keeper, said he was very intimate with Mr.
Sly, but he had never written to him for mmey, nor
was the note produced in his handwriting. Had
known the prisoner from his cradle, but had never
seen him write.

Prisorler, who declined saying anything, NV3£ coin-
:flitted to the _Middlesex Sf-ssions.
MARLBORO PGII-STREET.

James Brown and John Kent were brought before
Hardwick, charged with having committed a
burglary in the Hercules Pillars public-house, Greek-
street, Soho.

Police-sergeant Miller, G 14, said he was on duty
about four o'clock that morning, when he noticed
that the side door of the Hercules Pillars public-
house was open about half an inch. He pushed at
the door, which was slammed to directly, but not
before he had satisfied himself there was some one
standing behind it. Witness asked who was there.
A voice answered, " I am the waiter belonging to
the house—is it four o'clock yet ?" Witness said he
must ascertain if the waiter was really speaking to
him, and therefore he must have the door opened.
\Vitness then rang the bell several times, and
hearing window opened at the back of the
house, he went round, and a person asked him
what was the matter. 'Witness mentioned
to him what had just taken place, when the
person with whom he was conversing said he would
come down, as he was the waiter. Witness was let
into the house a few minutes afterwards, and while
proceeding to make a search he heard a noise as if
some person had leaped out of the window. He ran
into the street, and saw the two prisoners, who had
evidently just jumped from the window, and were
endeavouring to make their escape. 'Witness pur-
sued, and called to a police-constable to assist. 'Wit-
ness took Brown into custody, and Kent was taken
by the other constable. On searching the prisoners
a quantity of cigars, about Bs. worth of copper
money, a silver pencil-case, and a coat were found in
the possession of the prisoners.
Police. constable, Pawson, A 313, said he was called
upon by the police-sergeant to stop the prisoners,
who were running away. 'Witness joined in the
pursuit and took one of the prisoners into custody.
Mr. Morbay, landlord of the Hercules Pillars, said
he fastened the door, before going to bed, the pre-
vious night, when an alarm was given that his house
had been broken into. Witness went down stairs,
and found that the bar had been forced open, and
partly ransacked. About two pounds of cigars were
stolen, and a quantity of copper, together with a coat
and a silver pencil-case. The property found in the
hat of one of the prisoners, and on their persons, was
the property stolen from witness's house. The pri-
soners had obtained an entrance through the kitchen
window, which they had contrived to unfasten.
Mary Sheen, the servant, said she fastened the
window the overnight.

The prisoners declined to make any defence, and
were fully committed.
MARY LEBONE.

James Pomroy was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, for final examination, on the charge of
having stolen several bottles of wine from the goods
yards of the Great Western Railway Station, Pad-
dington.

The evidence gone into upon the former and pre-
sent occasion, went to show that the prisoner was in
the employ of Mr. Bell, a contractor for the removal
of goods upon trucks on the line, and that on Monday
morning, 21st inst., at an early hour, prisoner was
seen to alight from a van, in which was a large
quantity of wine, consigned to Sir John Warrender,
Ebury-street, Pimlico ; he made his way into a stable,
in which were soon afterwards found some full and
empty bottles. No doubt whatever could exist with
regard to the wine having been stolen by the prisoner,
who was committed for trial.