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of paying them, and the works must have stopped,
had it not been for the workmen carrying them on.
He fully expected that the traffic on their lines
would be doubled in the course of the next two
years. Ile said that Mr. R. Stephenson had esti-
mated that the line would pay 71 per cent.
On the motion of Mr. DixoN, seconded by the
Hon. Mr. BUTLER, a vote of thanks was passed to the
chairman, and the meeting separated.

SOUTHWARK COUNTY COURT, Oct. 6.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF CIUM. CON.

Mr. Day, a surgeon, residing at No. 49, Salis-
bury-place, Lock's-fields, Will worth, was summoned
to the above court by Maria Joyce, to recover damages
for alleged assaults and false imprisonment. Mr.
Binns attended for the plaintiff, and Mr. Solomons for
the defendant.

The plaintiff, rather a good looking young woman,
said that about four years ago she had occasion to
employ the defendant in her accouchement. She
afterwards went into the service of Mr. Birkby,
when the defendant came after her, and induced her
to live with him as his wife. She consented to his
wishes, and lived at several houses with him, and was
introduced to company by him at Vauxhall-gardens
and other places of entertainment. At the latter end
of July last he grossly ill-used her with his walking-
stick, and afterwards promised to give her money
to send her out to service. She accordingly went
to his house, when he gave her into custody for an•
noying him, and she was locked up in the station-
house, but shortly afterwards liberated by Inspector
Baker. She knew the defendant was married and
had a family; i❑ consequence of that she wished him
to leave her and attend to his wife.

Caroline Strange ways, the landlady of the house in
which the plaintiff lodged, proved their cohabiting
together, and the ill-treatment she received. The
plaintiff was a very sober person, but appeared to be
much ill-u2ed by the defendant.

The charge•sheet was here produced, and the
entry proved, where it was stated that the plaintiff
begged forgiveness of Mr. Day for annoying him.
In consequence of that she was discharged.
The defendant acknowledged keeping company with
the plaintiff, but denied ill using her.
His HoNoun gave judgment for the plaintiff—
damages 5/.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKENWELL.

On Saturday a young named George Barton was
, brought up for the second time. An examination of
two witnesses against him took place on Saturday,
' the 29th ult., but was not reported, before Mr. Combe,
at the Clerkenwell "Police-court, on a charge of
having stolen, on Thursday morning, the 27th ult., a
bundle of railway parcels under the circumstance
-proved in evidence, as subjoined. The accused ap-
peared to be about 20 years of age.
The prosecutors are Messrs. Chaplin and Horne,
the well-known railway carriers, and Mr. Humphreys,
solicitor, appeared for them. Mr. Pelham attended
for the`accused. Mr. Horne and Mr. Benchley, his
managing clerk, and Mr. Collard, the police superin-
tendent of the Great 'Western Railway, were present.
The MAGISTRATE (addressing the prisoner the mo-
ment he entered the dock)—Will you give your name
to-day ? You refused to do so this day week.
Mr. Pelham—George Barton is his name, Sir.
The evidence adduced on Saturday, the 29th ult.,
against the prisoner on the part of William Davy and
Sarah Coombes (subjoined) having been read.
Mr. Humphreys said, he would give an outline of
what he intended to do thst day. They were aware
that 22 parcels strapped together had been left at
Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's, Bedford-row, by
William Davy, whilst he went to deliver others • and
that when he came back he found that a number of
parcels had been left in substitution for the bundles
that he (Davy) had originally deposited at Messrs.
Gregory and Faulkner's. He was not now going to
call on the persons who had sent the parcels that had
been stolen. He would only call persons from Bristol
who would prove that two of the parcels sent, and
abstracted, had been transmitted from Bristol on the
26th of September last, the day before the robbery
in London tools place ; that they had been transmitted
by the different channels of conveyance that would
bring them to London. He should call a great num-
ber of persons, but each would give only a very short
account; sufficient however, he thought, to establish a
proper chain of evidence to justify the committal of
the prisoner on the charge of having stolen 22 parcels.
He would call witnesses to prove the transmission
from Bristol of two parcels—the one sent from the
office of Mr. C. Hassell, solicitor, of Bristol, and di-
rected to Messrs. Lepard, of Cloak-lane, City; and
the other from the office of Messrs. Prideaux and Son,
also solicitors of Bristol, and directed to Messrs.
Holme, Loftus and Young, of New Inn, Strand. He
would also prove the conteuts of the two parcels.
W. Davy, examined by Mr. I-lumphreys—l am a
porter in the aervic© of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne
for the delivery of railway parcels in London. They
are carriers of country parcels coming by the Great
Western Railway to different parts of London. lam
particularly engaged in the transmission of small
paper parcels, which I am in the -habit of strapping
up in bundles. On the morning of last Thursday
week, the 27th of September, I received from the
Great Western Railway 24 parcels to deliver. I
fastened them with a strap and made them into a
bundle, and when I had so made them up I put them
into one of our vans, and went down with them to the
corner of Brownlow-street, Holborn, and there took
out the bundle of parcels and left the van, and I then
called at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's, at 1,
Bedford-row, where I frequently leave parcels.
When I got there I had no parcel to leave there, but
I left the bundle of parcels on the form in the hall, in
the presence of Mrs. Coombes, the 'housekeeper. I
have occasionally done that before. I had two parcels
out of the 24 to deliver in Bedford-row. I separated
from the bundle those two parcels, and then went
to deliver them, leaving the 22 other parcels on the
form at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's. 1
was gone about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour,
and on my return I found some parcels done up simi-
larly to mine, with a strap in a bundle. (Bundle
produced.) There were eight paper parcels done up
in this bundle, and there was one loose, directed to
Guildford-street, which Mrs. Coombes told me the
person who had left it said I was to deliver immedi•
ately. She also gave me this book (producing a small
account book), and gave me also another message
from the party who gave her the book. None of the
nine parcels, though strapped in the same way,
formed part of the bundle I originally left, and I
never saw one of them before. One of the 22 parcels
I left at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's was ad-
dressed to the Messrs. Lepard, Cloak•lane ; and
another was addressed to Mr. Holme, New Inn. No
one had any authority whatever to exchange the
bundle I had left for that I found, or to exchange it
for any other bundle.
Mr. Humphreys—Did you know the prisoner?
Witness—l had seen him once before.
Mr. Humphreys—Where did you see him ? Wit-
ness—Just by Gregory and Faulkner's private door
in Bedford-row. Their office door is round the
corner.

Mr. Humpbreys—When was this ? Witness—
About a fortnight before the 27th of September, but
Ido not know exactly. It was between 8 and 9
o'clock in the morning, and I was on that occasion
engaged in delivering parcels. I had some parcels
similar to those in this bundle now produced, and
bound round with a strap in a similar way. He was
standing looking about, and I spoke to him.
Mr. Humphreys—Why ? Witness—Because I
thought he came from the North-Western Railway.
I asked him if he wanted Gregory's ? He said,
" No, I want Parker, Hayes, and Parker." I did not
know at the time that they were the solicitors of the
Great Western Railway Company, but I was aware
their offices were at No. 1, Lincoln's Inn-fields. I did
not then tell the prisoner where their chambers were,
because I did not recollect at the time. On that
morning I had left a bundle of parcels at Gregory
and Faulkner's whilst 'I went to deliver others, and it
was on my return to get back my bundle that I saw
the prisoner.

Cross•examined by Mr. Pelham—ls there any
doubt in your mind as to this being the man you then
spoke to ? Witness—Not the slightest—l only saw
him once, about a fortnight before the 27th of Sept.
I never saw him before or since until he was in
custody.
Mr. Pelham—You are called on to speak to his
identity. Do you solemnly swear that that is the
man you addressed in Bedford-row ?—Yes.
Mr. Pelham—Has he been pointed out to you by
the police ?
Witness—No; I saw him last in this court on Sa-
turday last. He was in the passage when I recog-
nised him. I was with Mr. Boulton, who did not
say, " That is the man." I first said, " That is the
person I saw in Bedford-row." I spoke first, though
I do not know whether the prisoner was first seen by
me or Mr. Boulton. I saw him in the custody of an
officer walking along the passage of this court. I
had no intimation, either by winking or pointing, as
he entered the passage—no intimation given to me
that he was the man I met in Bedford-row. I am
quite satisfied he is the man.
Re-examined by Mr. Humphreys—Before you saw
the prisoner in the passage, did you see Smith, the
police officer (the officer who had the prisoner in
custody) ?—No, Sir.
By Mr. Pelham—lt was between 8 and 9 o'clock
in the morning that I left the stolen parcels at
Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's, and I was gone
about 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour.
Sarah Coombes examined by Mr. Humphreys—l
am housekeeper or charwoman at Messrs. Gregory
and Faulkner's. On Thursday week I received from
the last witness several parcels tied up together.
There might have been 22. I saw the last witness
take away parcels. Afterwards the prisoner called at
the house. kie had on his shoulder, strapped up to-