The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-20 00:00:00

THURSDA_Y
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would, not act. Had read Beck's jurisplutienco; there
are malty caes of suicide by stabbing noticed in it, but
they are of the right side.
Thomas Cock, brother of the deceased, stated
the deceased was not left-banded; he and his wife did
not live very comfortably.
Cross examined by Mr. COOPER—had the use ofboth
hi 3 hands. Knew many married people who jdo not live
comfortably.

BANKRUPTCY._(` IS DAY.)
(Before Mr. ~nuni3spirwr )

IN RE ERIK".
The bankrupt hud carried on business as ti
factor at Beecies, Suffoik, and now applied for his certi-
ficate, which had been adjourned to this day.
Au applicadon was made on behalf of the us',-ignees for
further adjournment under the following ciroutustanc,s:
It appeared that an action was pending b..tween the
signees and a third party, and the assignees had ob-
tained a verdict for 1,2001., but the assignees thought it
possible that the defendant might take some steps to
disturb the verdict.
The bankrupt's solicitor considered that as the verdict
had been given in favour of the assignees, the certificate
ought to be now granted.
Mr. PLnws, for the assignees, said that the verdict
would probably be considered to bear against the bat,k-
rapt, as it involved a question of fraudulent preferet:ce,
and his Honour (Evans) had adjourned the case to know
the result of the trial.
His HoNoutt said the matter had been adjourned for
consideration of the certificate, and he could nut dcricfe
on the case unless the whole facts were before him, the
case therefore had better be adjourned until the return
of Mr. Commissioner Evans.
The bankrupt considered it a hard case to be brought
up again.
Sir. YLEWS said bankrupt's expenses had been paid,
and the assignees would undertake to pay or the next
journey it Mr. Commissioner Evans th,,egtit lit.
His HoNoun said there was nothing shown to entitle
the bankrupt to his certificate on the mere asking; hut
if the bankrupt pressed, he (tl,e Commissioner) would
decide on what now appeared, but perhaps it would be
better for bankrupt that he should not.
The case was th.7n adjourned to the 2d of October.

EFzsbetii Warner had apartments with the prismirr
dut Lig the summer and autinum of 1845. Deceased lived
h h'-r, they frequently q, arrelled.
Elzabrth Barker said, in 1846 prisoner 'iv( d *with her
in the City•road. Often had cc.nversations with her about
her litniband; he did not live with her.

Mrs. Lundell lived, in the early part of the present
year, with prisoner, in Napier-street, Hoxton; she was
always very jealous of her husband. On one
hcctotion, about four or five weeks before the murder.
prisoner told her that on the bight before she had asked
the price of a pair of l istole, and she would bear of
shmeihing before very loeg. Witness reified that she
;'id net think much of what jealoui people said; but it
she thought she meant her
_husband should write to
di c, aced.
A number of letters which were found by the police
sergeant in the butlei's pantry were next put in and read,
which shewt d the prisoner to be labouring under strong
feelings of jealousy and revenge for some supposed
iaj cry.
Mr. COOPER then proci (Ad to address the jury or,
behalf of the prisoner. lle remarked that the charge
was of murder with malice aforethought, and commented
strongly upon idle tales of yet.rs past being ralef,d up by
the prosecution to prove the manner in which they lived;
he then spoke of the manner of :the woman throughout
the affair, and put it to the jury whether
it was the conduct of a woman who was fond of
her husband and meditated murdering him. The prose-
cution had called a clergyman to prove the pious con-
duct of deceased, but many of the most religious persons
have been known to commit suicide ; the fear of losing
his situation by his wife being there, when he knew she
was ordered never to enter the house, might:induce
him to commit suicide ; the surgeo❑ had said that the
deceased could not have done it with his right hand ;
but, o❑ cross-examination, he allows d it might have been
done with his left. With a few more rem irks upon the
evidence, he called upon the jury not to convict the
prisoner upon such slight and circumstantial testimony.
Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up at considerable
length,
The jury retired to consider their verdict at four
o'clock.
In about ten minutes the jury re-entered the court
and returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

CRIMINAL COU DAI )
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
MURDER —Caroline Cock, described as a widow, aged
28, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Cock,
her husband.
The prisoner, who bad a child in her arms, and was
Aceommodated with a chair during the trial, pleaded
Not Guilty.
Mr. Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Clarke, appeared
for the prosecution; and Mr. Cooper defended the pri-
soner.
Mr. BODKIN, in opening the case, stated that the
deceased was the prisoner's husband, and up to the
time of his death filled the situation of butler in a gen-
tleman's family at Enfield. A few weeks ago, on the
Ist of July, the prisoner, who had not been upon good
terms watt the deceased, went to see her husband, and
on the day in question, which was a Sunday, she re-
mained to dinner with him. The family was from borne
at the time, and besides the deceased and the prisoner,
there were only the cook and the house maid in the
house. The two latter were upstairs dressing
when the murder was supposed to have been
committed, but on one of them coming down
she found the prisoner in the deceased's pantry standing
over husband, who was lying on his back on the floor.
The prisoner said, "See what I have done; for God's
sake, go and fetch a:doctor." :Upon which the servant ob-
served, " Good God, be has been stabbed ; why there is
blood coming from his heart. Had he any disease of the
neart?" The prisoner replied, " No;" and immediately
afterwards medical assistance was called in, when it was
discovered that the deceased had been stabbed in the
side, and was quite dead. A steel and large carving
knife, the last covered with blood, were found in the
pantry; and the observation of the prisoner, coupled with
.he opinion of the medical man, that the wound could
not have been inflicted by the deceased himself, led to
her being given into the custody of a police-officer, when
she protested in emphatic terms, that when she first en-
tered the pantry the deceased stabbed himself, and she
at once gave the alarm, which brought tie nurse to the
spot. Certainly letters were found upon the deceased
in the prisoner's handwriting, and written no later than
June, which induced an impression that the prisoner
was jealous of the deceased, and contained demands for
money, and threats of vengeance if they were refused.
Charlotte Brown, a nurse iu the service of Mr. John
Edward Buller, of the Parsonage Grange, Enfield, was
the first witness examined. She said she remembered
the prisoner coming to dine with the deceased at her
master's house, on the Ist of July last. After dinner
she went up stairs with the cook to dress for church, and
while she was there the deceased came up and asked her
to step down stairs and see his child. Soon afterwards
she went down, and found the prisoner standing over
the deceased, who was lying on his back in the pantry.
The prisoner said " See what I have done; for God's
sake go and fetch a doctor." Witness observed blood
running from the side of the deceased. He had no coat
on. She then hastened to a neighbour's and got him to
go for a doctor. The prisoner was holding her child in
tier arms when she came down stairs, and had her bonnet
and shawl on.
Mr. Buller, the master of the deceased, stated that the
deceased had been in his service two or three years, but
he had known him previously for many years. He was
man of religious feeling and principle. He was out of
town at the time this occurrence took place, but just
before he left he saw the deceased, when he appeared in
his usual good spirits and health. For reasons which it
.vas not necessary to explain he had previous to this
eeerrence forbidden the prisoner, whom he had know
slightly, from entering his house.
Mary Captain, the cook, stated that previous to the
,Jay of the alleged murder she had seen the prisoner
ince. On that day the deceased, the coachman, and
'terself sat down to dinner, and whilst they were so en-
gaged the prisoner came in with her child. She ap-
peared to be in an excited state, and witness remark. d
o her, " Oh, dear, what a heat you are in," and took
be child from her and invited her to sit down to dinner,
but she declined doing so. The deceased then walked
round the table and asked the prisoner, " What brought
you here ?" The prisoner replied, " Yeu know what I
ease come for." She then sat down to dinner, and it was
not till then that the deceased asked her the question
the had just mentioned. After dinner the prisoner and
deceased appeared to have become friendly, and witness
went up stairs to dress, while the coachman retired to
his stables, and the deceased and the prisoner were left
in the kitchen together. Whilst witness was dressing the
nurse called her from the bottom of the stairs, observing
that " John was very ili" She went down imme-
diately, and found the deceased lying in the
pantry, and the prisoner crying in the kitchen. She
noticed a steel lying by the side of one of the deceased's
legs, and a knife-tray with knifes in it on the pantry-
table.
Witness got some vinegar and water, and having
bathed the deceased's face, she observed blood on his left
breast, and asked the prisoner if she knew if John ever
had any affection of the heart. She suid, " No, never."
Witness then said to the deceased, " Jobn, here is your
wife," and he replied, " Well, what does she want ?"
He never more spoke after that. Soon afterwards the
medical man came in, and found that the deceased was
dead. Just before the medical man arrived she observed a
wound in the deceased's side, and exclaimed, in the
presence of the prisoner, " Why, good God, he is
stabbed ;" but the prisoner made no reply to the remark,
and stood looking over the deceased.
Thomas Smith, the coachman, corroborated the testi-
mony of the last witness so far as it rejated to the pri-
soner coming into the kitchen and dining, adding, that
just before going to church he entered the kitchen and
.ft‘e the prisoner and deceased sitting together very
comfortable.
Mr. Edward J. H. Asbury, a surgeon, stated that he was
called in to see the deceased on the afternoon of the Ist
of July. He found the body of a man lying on the floor
of the pantry. He was not dead, but died almost im-
mediately after he arrived. He tben examined the
,aody, and found a wound at the region of the
heart, which had penetrated the waistcoat and shirt.
It was about an inch deep. Upon his men-
t'oaing that the deceased was dead, the prisoner made
an exclamation of surprise, but what the words of it
were he could not 'remember exactly. He thought it
Was " Is he indeed?"
John Collies, a police-constable in the U
stated that on the Ist of July he was called into Mr.
Buller's house, where he found the last witness and
others standing over the deceased. He asked the last
witness if the man was dead, and received a reply in
the affirmative ; the prisoner was sitting near at the
ime, and he followed up his first question by asking
how it happened. The last witness said he did
not know. He then said to the prisoner, " How
did this occur ?" She replied, " I don't know."
and appeared to be perfectly cool and collected.
noticed a butcher's steel lying on the flour near to the
deceased, and afterwards found a knife in the sink
in the pantry, which he produced (it was a white-
handled dessert knife), and which at the timo was
stained for about three inches with blood.
lie then asked the prisoner, "Do you know anything
of this?" She said, "I know nothing of it; I never saw
it before." He then told her that she must consider
herself in his custody, and she replied, " Very well."
She was quite cool and perfectly collected when she
gave that answer. lie went out for a few minutes,
and when he returned he told her that she must
come with him to the station -house. She said " Very
well," and stepping over the deceased she went out
before him and was conveyed to the station-house,
where she remained till Monday, when she was taken be-
fore a magistrate. The station-house was about a mile
from Mr. Buller's house. On the following day she
asked if there had been an inquest on the body. OD
being told a verdict of wilful murder had been returned
against her, she said." Is it possible?"
Thomas Holden, police-constable, said he was on duty
at the station-house on the night in question; observed
the prisoner to appear very restless on the following
morning. She said, that at Mr. Buller's house after
dinner she and: her husband hid some words; he want
into the pantry, and called her to him, she saw his hand
on his side he walked to the door and lay down. She
asked it he was ill, and he said, " No, I shall 5, on b,
better." She screamed out for the girls, and one came.
Some days afterwards. whilst with the prisoner, she
said, " If the worst comes to the worst will my child
have the property ?"
Jacob Asbury, a surgeon residing in Enfield, wlis
called into Mr. Buller's house on the Ist of July. Ex-
mined the body, and found a wound on the left breast ;
made a careful examination of the wound; it was a deep
wound, and must have been made by a cutting instru
ment, probably the knife produced. The heart was
slightly wounded. Death was caused by the wound; the
wound could not have been inflicted by the right hand
of the deceased; it was possible to have been done with
his left, but he must have placed his arms in an unnatural
position ; after the wound had bean inflicted be might
have walked some distance before he fell doe n; he would
be capable of speaking for from five to ten minutes.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cooper—Could not have man.
mush a wound with his right hand, becaus.) it's muscles

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The usual halt-yearly general meeting of the
proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway was held
this afternoon, at the Bridge-house Hotel ; Mr. James
Macgregor, chairman of the board of directors, in
the chair.
The advertisement convening the meeting having
been read, and the minutes of previous meetings
confirmed, the following report was submitted to the
shareholders :
"In presenting the accounts of the South-Eastern
Railway to the proprietors for the half-year ending on
the 31st of July, 1849, the directors have to state that the
revenue account fur that period excludes all charges not
applicable to its traffic, and includes all charger' that are
applicable to it.
" In pursuance of the principle recommended by the
committee of investigation, the directors have charged
the revenue of the half-year with a sum of 3,7501., for the
formation of a fund for the renewal of the permanent
way ; ot 4,1541., to meet deterioration of the rolling
stock; 6001. tor the renewal of the waggon, van, and
horse stock, belonging to the goods department; end
2,4001., to cover the amount of accounts not rendered, so
that the future revenue may not be burdened by any
charges relating to the past.
" Had the directors acted solely on their own convic-
tions, they would have delayed commencing to provide
this fund until all the lines and works of the company
were completed and opened for traffic, which will probably
be the case in August next year.
" The receipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the
half-year ending on the 31st of July, 1849, have been
220,2081. Os. sd.
" The amount of working expenses incurred during
the half year has been 78,630/. 7s. 6d. The rent of the
Greenwich Railway and the Canterbury and Whitstable
Railway is 22,0121. 10s., and the rates and Government
duty, 22,8841. 9s. 101, making the expenditure on the
revenue of the half-year 123,527/. 7s. 4d., and the
balance to be carried to the account of profit and loss
96,680/. 13a. 53.
"A systematic course of watching the assessment of
parochial rates, and resisting the frequent attempts ot
the parishes to increase them, is pursued by the direc-
tors. In those parishes in which the amount of assess-
ment is the highest cases have been referred for adjust-
ment, but no final decision has yet been obtained. Every
exertion will, however, be made by the directors to pro-
tect the company's interest in relation to this most
important question.
" The account of profit'and loss, after paying the last
half-yearly dividend, was in credit, 2,91.1/. 16s. Bd., and
there now appears in this account, after debiting it with
interest on the mortgage debt of the company to the 31st
of «ifoly, and with the charge for renewal of the perma-
nent way and working stock, a disposable balance of
61,295/ 13s. 9d.
‘• On the 4th of July, 231 miles of the Reading,
Guildford, and Reigate Railway were opened for traffic,
viz , eight miles from Redhill to Dorking, and 161 miles
from R-eding to Fat nborough. On the 20th of August,
201 Ldditional miles of this railway were opened, viz.,
101, miles from Dorking to Shalford, and 10 miles from
Farnborough to Guildford. The connecting link that
still requires to be completed is 11 miles between Shal-
ford anti Guildford, which is constructed by the South-
Western Railway Company, the works on which the
directors believe to be now finished, the sanction of the
Railway Commissioners being only required to open the
whole line-tor traffic.
" 1 he accommodation for goods traffic on the Reading,
Guildford, and Reigate line is not yet constructed. The
directors do not hesitate to express their belief that when
the line is open throughout, and the usual facilities for
each description of traffic are provided, it will yield a
satisfactory revenue. The traffic from the 14th of July
to the 16th of Sept. produced 2,787/.
" The North Kent line to Lewisham, Blackheath,
Charlton, Woolwich, Erith, Dartford, Greenhithe,
Northfieet, Gravesend, and Strood, for Rochester and
Chatham, 25 miles in length (connecting the London
and Greenwich Railway with the Gravesend and Ro-
chester line), was opened for passenger traffic through-
out on tho 30th of July, and the receipts for seven weeks
amounted to 17,350/.
" The proprietors will observe that the receipts have
hitherto been almost exclusively from passenger traffic,
as time has not permitted the completion of the stations
and other facilities r« quired for the goods traffic.
" The directors may remark, that on the opening of
the North Kent line, they felt it their duty to give ex-
tended accommodation to the passenger traffic by run-
ning trains for each class from the London-bridge station
to and from Woolwich every half-hour, and to and from
Gravesend and Strood every hour. It will be the study
of the directors, as they acquire a knowledge of the re-
quirements of the traffic, so to regulate the accommoda-
tion as to give the must ample facility for the passenger
traffic, continuing to run such trains as meet those re-
quirements.
" The North Kent an' Bricklayers Arms Junction
Railway, which is 60 chains, or three-quarters of a mile
in length, was opened for traffic on the Ist of September.
Trains are run from the Bricklayers' Arms statii n at
intervals of a quarter of an hour, from 7.10 A M. to 10.10
P M., to and from the junction station with the Green-
wich and North Kent lines, thereby giving a west-end
terminus for every train to the North Kent and Green-
wich traffic. .
" The receipts for goods for the half-year ending on
31st of July, 1848, were 35,498/. 17s. 5d., for the last
year 36,9261. 1 ls. 2d.
The trade in fish and fruit during the last half-year
has been deficient, and has affected the receipts; but the
directors are of opinion that the South Eastern Railway
will gradually acquire its due proportion of all the
goods' traffic of the district it serves. They are aware
that the facilities afforded, and the punctuality with
which the business is conducted, give general satisfaction.
" The directors have much pleasure in stating, that
the importation of goods at Folkestone from Boulogne
is increasing, and parties using the route appreciate the
economy it, presents to them in the dispatch of goods
from Paris to London, both in time and money.
" The following statement of the duties that have been
received at the Custom-house ot Folkestone needs no

the
half

estimate by the sate of: 140,0001. -
" The directors believe that there %ill probably be a
diminution:of their previous calculation of the cost of the
London bridge terminus and other works to the amount
of from 50,0001. -to 80,0001.

"Again, an addition of 150,000/. will be required to
the amount allowed for interest in the statement of
assets and liabilities, in constquence of the continued
plyment of 5 pi r cent. interest on the No. 3 end No. 4
capital, until the completion of the lines and works for
e hich that capital was raised.
"The whole of these variations will cause a probaVe
addition to the ultimate capital of 240,000/., and thereby
make it 9,706 360/.
" The company will therefore have to apply to Par-
liament for additional powers to raise, by capital or by
mortgage, the sum of 590,9851., or 240,0001. in addition
to the sum set forth in the financial statement.
" The directors have further to obs,rve, with refer-
ence to the financial statement, that it should have set
forth that if the cost of the Reding, Guild!ord, and Rei-
gate Railway exceeded 600,004., the interest on the ad-
ditional sum would be a charge on this company.
" From the liter communications of the It.mding,
Guildford, and Reigate board the directors think that
the ultimate cost of the Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate Railway, will exceed 600,000/., by about 40,0001.,
which sum will be raised on the mortgage bonds of the
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company, and the in-
terest thereon will be a charge on the south-Eastern
Company.
" The present meeting has been made special for the
purpose of authorising the creation of new stock to the
amount of 300,0001. to widen and extend the Gravesend
and Rochester line; the Greenwich, North Kent, and
Bricklayers' Arms Junction line; and the London-bridge
station enlargement, and for the further widening of the
Greenwich Railway. These works are already nearly
completed out of the general assets of the company.
" The amount of over-due calls on the 31st of July was
237,624/. 15s. Of this 'sum 27,953/. 155. was unpaid
calls on No. 4 shares, appertaining of course to shares
%Lich are:now liable to forfeiture; 43,3604 for over-due
calls on 1%.70. 1 shares; 142,225/. on No. 2 shares; and
24,090/. on No. 3 shares.
" lie mortgage debt of the company on the 31st of
July, which falls due between the years 1850 and 1856,
is 1,046,7821,; this has subsequently been increased to
1,169,1821., by the issue ot bonds to the amount of
122,4001. at 4i per cent. per annum.
" The directors will propose a resolution authorising
them to issue 300,0001. of new stock, and also 141,700/.
of unallotted stock, at a guaranteed rate of interest.
" The directors elected Mr. Francis Curwen Smith to
be a director in the place of Sir William Fielden, Bart.
" The directors, iu conclusion, beg leave to reiterate
the remarks which closed their financial statement.
They consider that the science of working raiiways
with economy is still in its infancy, and can be
oily attained by care and great experience, and
they have the most confident expectation that
great improvements will continue to be made
under this head; their own experience justifies them in
asserting, that great reductions wit! be made in the ex-
penditure on revenue account
" The directors trust that the unabated confidence
which they entertain in the South-Eastern Railway will
be shared by the proprietors; arid it will be the study of
the directors to promote the interests of the company to
the best of their ability."
The statement of capital account shows that 8,499,052/.
had been received, and 8,666 007/. expended, including
549,093/. expended during the past half year, leaving a
balance against the company of 166,955/. The revenue
account for the half year eliding the 31st of July
states that 220,208/. had been received including
164,831/. for passengers, and 38.162/. for goods and
cattle; and 123,5271. expended, including 9,486/. mainte•
sauce of way; 33,0851., locomotive power; 19,956/., pas-
senger department; 9,129/., goods department; 6,6221.,
general charges; 22.0121., rent of Greenwich and Can-
terbury lines; 15,591/., rates and taxes; and 7,294/.,
Government duty; leaving a balance of 96,6811., of which
the interest on loans will absorb 29,793/ ; reserve fund
fear renewal of stock and way, 8,5041.; leaving a balance,
applicable to dividend, after adding 2,9121. from last
account, of 61 2961.
The report of the accountants, Messrs. Quilter, Ball,
Jay, and Crosbie, states—
" With the exception of the accountants', legal, and
other expenses attending the late investigation, amount-
ing to the sum of 2,0921. 4s. ld., this balance is com-
posed entirely of items reported upon by the Committee
of Investigation as applicable to the revenue of periols
anterior to the date at which their inquiry closed, and
of items of a similar character dealt with during the
last half-year not appertaining to its expenditure, and
therefore necessarily displaced from the half-year's tic
count by the operation of the principle on which it is
framed.
"The total amount received to the 30 h of July in
respect of No. 3 and No. 4 shares was 3,601,2561.
bearing interest on certain conditions, payable out of
capital, by virtue of resolutions of the court of proprie-
tors, hitherto at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum; it is
proper, however, to observe that the sum of 802,855/.
18s. 9d., part of the above total, having been expended
on the main line and for general purposes, would, bat for
the legal operation of these resolutions, have contributed
an addition to the general capital entitled to participate
in dividend.
'• The total amount of unproductive capital at the
close of the half year was 2,798 4004 6s. 311.; by the
opening of the North Kent line on the 30th of July last
the amount of unproductive capital was reduced to the
sum of 966,1371. 13s. 4d.
" In reference to the audit, we venture to suggest that
it should be conducted continuously; that is, ao as to
keep pace with the transactions of the company, and not
to throw upon the auditors the duty of reviewing and
vouching the transactions, in all their detail, ot the
entire half year in the short interval of time which
elapses between the close of that period and the halt-

yearly meeting.
" We have, in the profit and loss account for the hal
year, in accordance with your instructions, charged
with the following sums:—
Reserve for renewal of permanent way £3,750
Ditto for renewal of rolling stocks
Wear and tear of goods department stuck 600

Total £8,504
The report of Mr. P. W. Barlow, the engineer, btates:—
" With regard to the Nort Kent line, the contract es-
timates, as previously stated, are 636,8001. ; of this
amount the sum due, and certified by me, does not
amount to 400,0001.; and the works are so nearly com-
pleted that there is little more to certify.
" I desire especially to remark, that these reductions
have been obtained without injuring the t tficicncy of the
line; but, on the contrary, the deviations have improved
the gradients, and have removed some of the worst of
the curves; end brick constructions have been substituted
where the timber gearing had not been commenced.
ASIIFURD AND HASIINGS LINE.—On this line the
prop., ss made in the untinishi d portion between St.
Leopoldo and Rye has been principally in the tunnel►,

of which there are four, amounting in the aggregate
length to nearly two miles. Some further redaction

may be expected beyond my estimate in January; in
tact, the works on the portion from Rye to St. Leonard'
will be executed for less than one-halt the previous esti-

mated contract amount.
" TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND HASTINGS LlNE.—This
branch has not been pressed forward so rapidly as the
Ashford and St. Leonards, but in all the heavy works,
beta eon Tunbridge Wells and Withernden, and between
Robertsbridge and Whatlington, every exertion has been
made. There ate four tunnels, viz., the Grove Hall's
Hole, Wadhurst, and Muuntfield, making an aggi egate
length of 2,128 yards.
" PERMANENT WAT.—I have recently examined the
state of the permanent way, and am enabled to report
that it is in very good condition.
The maintenance accounts, comprising the repairs of
works, stations, fences, &c., and which include also the
renewal of sleepers, do not exceed 1101. per mile per
annum."
The CLIAIRDIAN, on rising to move the adoption of the
report, was rtceived with some slight mauitt stations of
disapproval. He said he should not have much to add
to the report, but he must be allowed to direct the at-
tention of the proprietors to the fact, that the receipts
of the pa,t half-3 ear exhibited a deficiency of 18,000/. on
the corresponding half year of last year. It should,
however, be remembered that the revenue this half-year
had been debited with a charge of 8,604/. for permanent
way, rolling stock, &c., which had never been done before,
and that circumstance in some degree would explain the
falling off in the balance which had hitherto been appli-
cable to dividend. Still the directors, although they had this
year to grapple with a deficiency in receipts of nearly
30,0091, they had full confidence in the ultimate
success of the present system. The North
Kent line had been brought into activo opera-
tion since the last meeting, and the results had
proved highly satisfactory. Experiments were
going on for bringing about a reduction in the working
expenses. The speed of the goods trains had been so
reduced as to secure a saving of 20 per cent. in the coo-
sumpti,n of coke, and it was anticipated that a similar
reduction of speed when applied to some of the passen-
ger trains would produce a result squally satisfactory.
With regard to the proposition contained in the report
for raising additional capital, he could assure the
proprietors that the dirt ctors considered the
plan they suggested the beet that could pos-
sibly be adopted, and he
trusted,
therefore, the
shareholders would have no difficulty in agreeing to it.
Now, with reference to the operations of the past halt-
year the actual surplus of receipts in hand would enable
them to pay a dividend of 10s. 6d. on the consolidated
stock, 9s. 4d. on No. 1 shares, and Ss 4d. on No. 2
shares, and still leave a balance of 5701. 13s. 9d. It was
for the iroprietors to determine whether that dividend
should be paid, hut in arriving at any con-
clusion upon that point, it must be borne
in mind that the accounts had been made up in
their present form in accordance with the resolutions of
the committee of investigation and the implied wish of
the shareholders.—(Hear.) lie concluded by expressing
lull confidence in the ultimate success of the under-
taking, uz,d moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. J. WILSON wished to know what the value of the
rolling stock was?
The CHAIRMAN said if the Honourable Proprietor
would refer to the expenditure in the capital account he
would see the value. He was happy to say that their
rolling stock had been kept in such an efficient state of

comment:—
From January 6to July 5, 1848 ... £3,295
1849 ... 14 856
From March 6 to Sept. 5, 1848 ... 3,986
1849 ... 23,936
" The following statistics of continental traffic during
the last half-year show how large a proportion of the
whole passed over the South-Eastern Railway, and will,
the directors think, tend further to prove, if any evi-
dence were necessary, how great the importance is of
having adequate provision for the steam-ship service
between Folkestone and Boulogne, and Dover and Ca•
lais, so as to insure that punctuality to travellers
which will confirm and extend the preference now
given to the South-Eastern Railway. Passengers
to and from Boulogne via Folkestone, from the Ist
of February to the 10th of September, 1849, 30,243;
same period in 1848, 33,045; via London, 12,802, and in
1848, 8,483. Passengers to and from Ostend during the
,ibove period in 1349, via Dover, 8,908; same period in
1848, 12,155; via London, 7,000; and same period in
1848, 3.928. Passengers to and from Calais via Dover,
18,267; via London, 4,285.
" The service between Folkestone and Boulogne and
Dover and Calais, t o far as it had been conducted by the
South Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company,
has been performed with perfect safety and matchless
punctuality.
" The tidal service between Dover and Calais, per-
formed during the half-year at the joint expense of this
company and the Northern of France Railway Company,
at the rate of two thirds and one-third respectively, has
unposed a charge upon the revenue account of the South-
East ern Railway Company for the half-year of
1,756/. Bs. 2d.; but the din etors are of opinion that, in
contributing to a general service which brought 13,355
passengers on the South-Eastern Railway during the
past slx months they acted a wise and prudent part.
The terminus of the Northern Railway of France is
now opened on the pier at the port of Calais, and pas
sengers leaving London by the mail train at half-past
eight o'clock P.M. arrive at Paris at nine A.M. the fol-
lowing morning, and at Brussels a quarter before ten
a.m.; the one journey being performed in twelve and a
halt hours, and the other in thirteen and a quarter hours,
including all stoppage'.

" With reference to the filln,ird ,t-tement published repair that the engineer did not think there was any ne-
by the directors on the Ist of January, wherein it cessity for a reserve for its renewal.
was shown that the estimated ultimate capita of the Mr. J. WILSON apologised for asking these question;
company for completing all i,s hues war works Ans but he bad receive: the report so late that he
9,466,3601., the directors have to observe that they was compelled to put them to understand its details. lie
know of no variation that requires comment in regard wished to know if the interest on the Gravesend and
to the calculation they tnen triLdt,, except mat Rochester line had been carried to the capital account.
upon further advice they have been led to conclude The CHAIRMAN said, if the Hon. Proprietor would
that they will eventually be compelled to construct ev(ry again refer to the accounts, he would see that it was
part of the Ashford and Hastings line as a double line charged to revenue; but he had no hesitation in stating
of railway ; and that it will be for the interest of the that it was the opinion ..t the directors that justice and
company that the Tunbridge Wells and Hastings line sound prin iple requind that it should be charged to
should also be a doitble line. This will increase the capital. . .

-Mr. J. WILSON wished to know whethl.r the new rails
on the Gravesend and Rochester line had been charged
to capital or revenue?
The CHAIRMAN said the question was out of order,
inasmuch as the cost of these rails had Lot come into

this halt-year's account.
Mr. J. WILSON then, in a lengthened address, urged
upon the proprietors the necessity of appointing respon-
sible auditors from amongst their own body, who should
be disqualified from holding a seat at the beard, and who
should be so remunerated that the duty of w;akly exl•
mining the accounts should be re quired of them as a
right. He altogether disapproved of the past policy of
the direction, particularly in reference to the system of
placing charges to capital which ought to have game to
revenue; nor could he agree with those who thought the
recentcommittee of investigation had done their duty, and
he hoped the shareholders would not reward any of its
members by electing them to seats in the direction. HL
altogether disapproved of that part of the report which
related to thee raising of additional capital and issuing
preferential shares, and called upon the meeting not to
sanction the appointment of Mr. Smith to the direction.
He wished to know whether the reduction in the speed
of the trains, which he understood was to fifteen miles,
applied to the passenger or the goods' trains; because,
if they went on reducing their speed in that way, they
would soon have hackney coaches running against them.
The CHAIRMAN replied that the reduction applied to
the goods' trains, but it was intended to apply the same
reduction to some of the passenger trains.
Mr. J. WILSON then moved, as an amendment, that
the paragraph relating to the issue of new shares be ex-
punged from the report.
The CHAIRMAN defended the course which the direc-
tion had hitherto pursued, and denied that the money of
the company had teen applied to any dishonourable pur-
poses, as some gentlemen had insinuated. Readmitted that
charges had been carried to revenue which ought to
have been placed against revenue, but the proprietors
should bear this in mind, that all the gain of that system
had gone into their own pockets.
Mr. CARLISLE seconded the amendment, but from
different motives to those assigned by its mover. He
saw there was a large amount of calls in arrear, and
until they were paid up he felt that they ought not to
issue any new shares. While he was on his legs ho
might as well ask if it was true that the steam-packet
company owed this company a large sum of money—
whether a large loan had been made to the steam-packet
company ?
The CHAIRMAN replied that the steam-packet com-
pany did owe the railway company money.
Mr. CARLISLE--How much?
The CHAIRMAN said he had not the ledger with him,
and could not answer that question.
Mr. GILBERTSON asked for some information upon the
returns from the hotel at Dover.
The CHAIRMAN said the reason that hotel had been
constructed was this:—The Dover Harbour Commis-
sioners, under their original Act, had power to call
upon this company to build an expensive and useless
station at Dover. but' they had consented to forego it,
upon the company undertaking to build the hotel referred
to by the lion. Proprietor. The cost of that hotel was
included in the construction account. He would take
tnat opportunity of stating that this company held a
large awe nut of property, of various descriptions,
end ho had no objection to have the accounts lelating to
it laid before the shareholders in their original shape,
but he thought the shareholders would be acting more
judiciously by adopting these accounts, which had been
prepared by public accountants.
The amendment was then put and negatived, after
which the original resolution for the adoption of the re-
port was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN ,hen moved the dividend referred to
in his opening address to be payable on the 15th Oct.
next, lees income-tax.
A PROPRIETOR wished to know if they could legally
pay the dividend, since the line from Ashford to Has-
tings had not:been completed within the time specified
in the Act.
The CHAIRMAN said, the directors had taken advice
on the subject, and legal authorities were clearly of
opinion, that as no part of the Ashford and Hastings
capital would participate in this dividend, it could be
legally paid.
The resolution was then put and carried.
The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution authorising
the directors to carry out the latter recommendations in
the report relating to the issue of new shares.
Mr. J. WinsoN moved as an amendment that the sub-
ject be postponed.
Atter some discussion,
The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors proposed to
issue the shares at par, and they were ready to issue
them In full.
Mr. SMITH wished to ask the Chairman whether he
thought 17,0G0/. would have to be annually set aside for
a depreciation fund.
The CHAIRMAN did not think it would. The rolling
stock, rails, steepers,aud permanent;way were constantly
being re placed by the necessity that existed for always
keeping the line and stock in a high state of efficiency.
It was his firm opinion that this line would ultimately
3 ie Id upwards of 4 per cent.
The amendment was then put and lost, and the origi-
nal resolution ultimately carried.
The share holders then resolved themselves into a
special meeting, and agreed to- the recommendation in
the report.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting terminated.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING.
Six o'CLocx.

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LIVEItrOOL, bIrT. 19.—VISIT or THE D 1.711 ON
CAMBRIDGE.—thiI Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, who, with other guests, has been staying with the
Marquis of Anglesea, at Phis Newydd, North Wales,
paid a visit to Liverpool 3 esterday. His Royal High-
ness was politely received by the Mayor, J. B. Moore,
Esq., whose, carriage, servants, &e., were placed at his
disposal. The IV ayor accompanied his Royal Highness
in a survey of the docks, warehouses, &c., of Liverpool.
In the afternoon his Royal Highness visited the Blue
Coat School Hospital, an institution analogous to that of
Christ Church, London, with which his Royal Highness
expressed himself highly pleased. De afterwards
visited Mr. ilausburg's establishment in Church street,
St. James's Cemetery, and sonic other places. We un-
derstand his Royal Highness has waived his intention of
leaving town this evening, and will dine with the Mayor
at the Town Hall. A select party has been invited to

meet him.
MRS. HEALD.—The Cork Constitution says :
"Lola Monies is the daughter of a Cork lady. Ller
mother was a member of a millinery establishment in
this city, the partners in which were the mother of the
Countess of Landsfeldt, her sister, and two step-sisters.
The mother was married in this city to Lieutenant
Gilbert, the f.ther of Lola, varo was an officer in the
army, and shortly alter sailed from this port with his
stile to join his regiment, the 21st Bengal Native In-
fautry. Lola's mother, who is in declining health, paid
a visit to her sister in this city at the close of last year."
DAY OF PRA/Ea.—THE SCOTTISH CHURCIIRS IN
LONDON.—It was resolved by the Church of Scotland
I'resb) tery in London:—" That this Presbytery, believ-
ing that national sins draw down national judgments,
and that the wide- spi sad and fatal epidemic which now
destroys so many ut our fellow-subjects is a visitation
from God, under which it becomes all ranks and
degrees of men in our country to humble themselves,
and to acknowledge God's hand in it, and the greatness
of our sins, who seek forgiveness through the blood of
Christ, do express their deep regret and sorrow that our
rulers have not felt it their duty to appoint a day
for national humiliation and prayer. This .1 resbytery,
therelore, hereby appoint Friday, Sept. 21, for special
prayer in ail the churches under its jurisdiction, that it
may please God, the Father of Mercies, t.o forgive tho
sins of our nation and people, and .to mitigate or re-
move from us our present sore salictton,. and sanctify it
to all ranks of our people. And the ministers and elders
are hereby enjoined to meet for this special object in
their respective churches at such an hour on the said
Friday as may be felt by them most convenient; and
every minister of the Presbytery is hereby enjoined to read
this paper !rum the pulpit on Sabbath next, Sept. 16, and
to report, to next meeting of Presbytery."
DYE BLACK FLAG Of ST. SAVIOUR'S.--We are
convinced that " truth" really "is strange—stranger
then fiction." It is written in the Times that, at a vestry
tan,,riktn),r
order
rarvoeef
graveyard
ah'aresd pßaionsasretdd a
h ontf
dinHeteleiabtlietbhrgaftooerirSte
hst
o.e
lSavioureultoi
os un r te o'
disobeys,
of S oa u t
certain
wr . a
district called the " Cross-bones " burial ground. Under
existing circumstance a, that this vote can have been
carried is less credible than the greatest lie in " Mun-
chausen." Perhaps some future historian, of more ima-
-1 g,thation. thanr chronology, will relate how the name of
bt.Santour s wasgiven to this parish by popular irony
during the epidemic of
1849, and will cite in support of
his conjecture the astounding fact above recorded.
The ves4r) men of St. Saviour's have made a bold stand
indeed against their sanitary aggressors.„
NOvfe
won'tcourso
their motto is " No Surrender," meaning
give up our charnel!" Of course, also, they have
nailed their flag to the mast, and it only remains for us
to observe that this flag is the " Death's head and Cross-
bones."—Puuclt.
NEWPORT, rEIdisnoRESHIRE,
SEPT. 17 .—The Sarah,
from Quebec, parted both chains in a gale here 13th
inst., and came down on the sands at low water; is much
strain( d, and leAy,
CLYDE.—Arrd. Leven Lass, MiDonuld, Tobago;
Malabar, Quebec.