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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22 1849

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. tions of some of the directors, who did not 'believe it
EASTERN UNION. I would produce much until the line was opened
Toe aejeurned /riff-yearly meeting of this corn. throughout to Norwich—(Hear.) With regard to
piny was held at Ipswich yesterday, Mr. J. C. the traffic on the Sudbury Extension, he believed it
Cobboll, M.P., in the chair. The meting was also amounted to about 101. per week per mile.
made speciel for the purpose of taking into considers.
Mr. FIELD was not convinced of the necessity of
tion a proposition for raisine• a new capital of 125,000/. raising the new capital at the present moment ; but
in new shares of 51. each, bearing a guaranteed in- as the directors placed themselves under great per-
terest of 7 per cent. per annum until the 31st of De- sonal liabilities he would not object to the creation of
cember, 1852 ; 6 per cent. until the 31st of December, capital.
1855, and 5 per cent. in perpetuity thereafter; such In answer to questions,
shares to be distributed rateably among the proprietors The CHAIRMAN stated that the company had the
in the proportion of one Si. share for every two 251, power of re-issuing the 3,000 Ipswich and Bury for-
shares held in the company.
feited shares with a preference interest not exceed-
The SECRETARY (11r. Saunders), read the report, ing ten per cent., but the directors had not yet called
which stated—
any meeting to consider the subject, nor did they pro-
" The traffic has not in the present half-year contri- pose to do so.
bated the same revenue that it did in the previous one. The motion for the adoption of the report having
Thu receipts have, however, not diminished to the extent been carried with one dissentient,
that has been experienced in many other companies, and The CHAIRMAN proposed a resolution for raising
they have exceeded, by upwards of 3,000/. these of the
the 30th of June, 1848, the new capital of 125,000/. The directors only pro-
corresponding half. ear ending; posed to raise one half of the amount they were
with the same number of miles open, which has been
case with but few other lines in the kingdom. authorised to raise by the Act of Parliament, know-
the
ing the disadvantages under which they laboured in
" Your directors have been scrupulously careful to .
charge all sums which could be payable out of revenue,
and not out of capital, to the former account; and they and that amount being sufficient to enable them to
are able to state that the working expenses have under- meet their present engagements, and open the line
gone careful consideration and retrenchment, and that to Norwich.
for the 78 miles of line to Burston, including the Sud Mr. MUSKETT was satisfied that the traffic on the
bury line, the weekly pay-bills are less then they were line to Diss would never be developed until it was
prior to 30th of June, since which period the line beyond completed through to Norwich, and he was therefore
Haughley has been open for general traffic. Hence the not going to oppose the raising of the money.
directors are enablsd to assure you that the net revenue The CHAIRMAN said that the line would be opened
will in future appear in a much more favourable point of to Norwich for the sum proposed to be raised, assisted
view, even independently of the prospect, which they by other resources of' the company not yet realised—
now announce, of opening prior to the next half-yearly z., 2/ 103. yet to be called on the shares, arrears of
meeting the whole of the line to Norwich.
vi
" That in consequence of the favourable reception call, and surplus property.
which the proposals for raising 250,0001. additional ea- The motion having been carried,
pital met with at the meeting of shareholders on the 15th The CHAIRMAN proposed a resolution for creating
of June last, very great exertions have since that time the new shares on the terms stated in the notice
been made, and responsibilities incurred, to place the calling the meeting—viz , 7 per cent. for three years,
Norwich Extension Works in the state in which they 6 per cent. for three years, and .5 per cent. from 1855
now are; and the directors do not doubt that although in perpetuity.
differences of opinion may exist as to the best mode of Mr. FIELD opposed the resolution, feeling assured
raising the amount required, you will consider it advise-
ea ten up, especially as
that the stock would not be t 1 '
ble without delay to concur in some plan for rasing at
their 6 per cent. guaranteed stock was at a discount
least the sum of 125,0001., without which it is impossible
to meet the immediate and very pressing liabilities of the of 7or 8 per cent., though that stock being guaran-
company. teed in perpetuity was certainly more valuable than
'the Act of Parliament sanctioned by you in June that now proposed to be created. He should be glad
received the royal assent on the last day of the session. to hear that arrangements had been entered into with
It contsins n t only the clauses which you required to the creditors of the company to receive guaranteed
be introduced inei it, but also a clause which obliges the stock in discharge of their claims; and if so, he
company to submit their accounts annually, for a limited thought they might be induced to take 5 per cent.
period of five years, to an auditor, to be appointed by stock.
the Beard of Trade.
The CH kIRMAN said that no such arrangement had
"It is the determination of your directors that the been entered into as that mentioned by Mr. Field, nor
comp toy's accounts shall be submitted to you in the
clearsst and most comprehensive form, and that rot only
yourselves, but the public, may have entire confidence in present be carried out.
did he think it likely that any such arrangement could
at
purorgpeo7dthetonbee.
the statement and position of your affairs, as much and ps,thcaknd
undeserved suspicion has been cast upon the accounts of created would u
getting
Mr. Fitenldbneeliveevredbethtaaktenthue
many railway companies for want of full explanations, cessity of in the arrears of calls as early as
ln rder_ to induce the payment up of the
which a complete investigation has in many instances possible.
dispelled. calls in arrear, and to raise the necessary funds for
" Previously to the agitation of the audit question, the carrying out the works of the company, he begged to
accounts of this compan', had been submitted to' and are propose, as an amendment on the motion of the chair-
still undergoing a complete investigation by, Mr. James man—
Hutton,That the stock be rai-ed in 51 shares, at a guaranteed
en eminent public accountant, who, with your
auditors, has examined the half-yearly statements of re- dividend not exceeding 10 per cent.: the comp any
ceipts and payments produced this day, but who desires having the power to redeem the shares at par, at any
more time to complete the capital account of the com- time after the Ist of December, 1852, on six months'
pany. notice being given."
The result will at all future meetings secure that in- Mr. BROOKE seconded the amendment.
formation which many proprietors have called for, and
the most perfect accuracy and correctness, both in the After some discussion the amendment was adopted,
figures and the principles on which they are to be made and a series of resolutions passed to carry it out.
Out for the future. Mr. JOHNSTON moved—
" The directors are still in negotiation with the new " That at the next meeting a return of the number of
Board of the Eastern Counties Company as. to the liar- Sunday trains run on the Jibe in the months of May,
wich line, the iteportance of which is fully recognized by June, and July, 1849, the number of passengers of each
all parties, and the best assurance has been given them class carried, and the number of the parties employed
that the future relations between the two companies will on the line on Sundays be laid before the proprietors."
be of a most satisfactory and amicable character, and The CHAIRMAN said, that the directors had already
that every facility will be given for the fair development limited the Sunday trains so that none ran between
of the legitimate traffic of this lice." the hours of 10 A.M. and 6 r at.
The capital account for the half-year ending the Mr. MUSKETT seconded the motion, though he
.30di of June, showed that the sum of 182,1921, had hoped that no steps would be taken to limit the ac-
been received, and 172,4081. expended, leaving a cornmodation to the working classes on the only day
balance in hand of 9,783/. in the week which they had to themselves.
The report of ',Ur. Bruff, the engineer, stated that The motion having been carried,
the opening of the Norwich line to Diss and Burston, Mr. FIELD said, that the opening of the line to
and of the branch of the Stour Valley line to Sud- Norwich would necessitate arrangements being en-
bury, took place on the Ist of July, being somewhat tered into with the Eastern Counties Company, and
leer than originally proposed, owing to the delay in he hoped in doing so the directors would endeavour to
obtaining the land and the limited means at the dis- have some arrangements come to for the use of the
posal of the contractors. These extensions had in- Fenchurch•street station. He would be also glad to
creased the length of the line under work to 78 miles, know what had been the result of carrying parties on
leaving 16 to be completed before the line could the line on market-days at one fare.
be opened through to Noreich. The revenue ac- The CHAIRMAN said that during the last session,
count showed a net profit of 11,389/ 9s. for the half- when the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Amalgamation
year as compared with 8 473/. in the corresponding Bill was before Parliament, the Eastern Union Corn-
half of the previous year, the mileage being about the pany took no part in opposition to it ; but he did sug-
same. 'The whole line throughout to Norwich, it was gest that a clause should be introduced into the Bill
expected, would be completed for the passage of trains liar getting some arrangement made by which the
by the first week in November, although all the whole of the eastern lines might avail themselves of
station works would not be completed. the Fenchurch-street terminus.
Tee revenue account fur the half-year showed the Mr. BRUIT, in reply to the other question of Mr.
receipts to have been 32,258/., and the expenditure Field, begged to state that there had been a great in
22,331/. ; leaving a balance in hand of 9,926/ , which, crease in the local traffic, both in the number of pas-
with payments of 1,463/. from the previous half-year, sengers and the amount of money ; the local traffic,
made a net balance of 11,3891. in fact, being more than five-eighths of the whole.
At the conclusion of the reading of the report, A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con-
The CHAIRMAN said, that he understood there was eluded the proceedings, which lasted upwards of three
some difference of opinion among the shareholders. hours.
He woul I abstain from making any observations
matil after he had I es-d the objections to the proposi-
tions of the directors. They regretted to have to
call the proprietors together fur the raising of new
capital until the line was completed to Norwich,
knowing the difficulties they must have to contend
with, with their limited revenue and the discount at
which their shares now were, in raising new capital ;
hut the directors trusted the shareholders would avail
themselves of the advantages offered them. The
engineer's report stated that the line would be opened
to Norwich in the early part of November, and there
could he no doubt that that statement would be car-
ried out. Indeed, several shareholders had that
morning come over the line from Flawdon, seven
miles from Norwich, and but for the fact of the cen-
tres not having been removed from a bridge, they
could hare come from Swainsthorpe, only three miles
from Norwich.
The CHAIRMAN then read the resolutions, which
were merely to carry out the objects of the meeting
as stated above, and in the first instance moved the
adoption of the report.
Mr. T. T. PULLEN had held his shares for three
years, and had lived upon something less than bread
and water during that time to enable him to pay his
calls. He was an inhabitant of York, and knew that
the directors had lo,t the confi'?.ence of the share
holders of York by their reckless extravagance, and
also of the public, and he did not therefore believe
they would ever be able to raise new canital. The
original estimate fur the line was 20,000/. per mile,
but he found by the newspapers that at the last
meeting the chairman said the cost would be 23,0001.
per mile, which would be upwards of 300,000/. on the
line. The directors had not yet learnt the first prin-
ciples of economy, and he believed they never would
until, like the shareholders, they were pinched by
necessity, which was the mother of invention.—(Hear,hear.) He and other shereholder3 had held their
shares, re!ying on the honour of Mr. Grayson, the
representative of the York shareholders at the board;
but they had been deceived by the great extrava-
gance of the directors. The shares of the company
were only worth about 61. for 251.—(EIran) From
reports he had seen in York from time to time, any
one would suppose their line was one of the most
flourishing in the kingdom, while he now found the
property in such a state that, were the chairman to
place a pistol at his head and blow out his brains, it
would a great relief to his troubled mind.—(Hear.)
Mr. MUSKETT said that it appeared, after paying
the working expenses, the profit only amounted to
9,926/., making the expenditure 70 per cent. on the
receipts, while they had always been led to believe
that it would not exceed 50 per cent. He wished to
know what was the amount of interest paid on de-
bentures and capital employed on the portion of the
line now in work.
The CHAIRMAN replied that the half-year's interest
on the line at work was between 5,000/. and 6,000/. ;
that did not include the interest on the capital em-
ployed on the Norwich Extension, which laid dead.
Mr. Musics'sl' a•ked what was the amount of in-
terest payable on the preference shares?
The CHAIRMAN replied, about 9,000/.
Mr. MUSKET? consilered the amount of working
the line unduly heavy, and urged on the directors the
necessity of reducing the expenses.
The CHAIRMAN begged to observe that the expenses
bad been lately reduced, and the increased mileage of
the line did not now cost more for working than the
shorter line had cost, and they could not reckon on
what the atnount would be when the line was opened
throughout.
Mr. FIELD thought, considering the line was not
opened throughout, the amount of the working ex-
penses, which were 641 per cent., a very favourable
augury of future Success. He, however, had great
e
objections to those parts of th
report which prnpo-ed
to create new capital—as he behevel that it would be
better not to do so until after the opening of the line
to Norwich, when the valueoftheihreaproperty would
be raised in the market.—(gear,have proposed that the consideration ofrili He woulde
question of
raising new capital be deferred, but for the
explana-
tions given to him at the board that morningwa
he hoped would also be given to the meeting. He
wished the chairman to explain how it was there had
been so little increase of traffic as that which had
taken place on the opening of the Diss line; and also
whit was the amount of traffic produced from the
Sudbury line.
The CHAIRMAN said that he could assure the pro-
• prietors that nothing but dire necessity would have
induced the directors—who were among the largest
shareholders—to propose the raising of new capital
until, the line was completed—as any depression which
k place in the value of their shares must materially
themselves.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to
• Dlis Extension, it Lai come up to the expecta J

IRISH GREAT SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN RAILWAY.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 20 —Yesterday the half- yearly
neetine of this company was held in the Board room,
at the King's-bridge Terminus. Mr. Edward Al'Don•
nell, chairman of the company, presided.
The SECRETARY read the report for the half-year
ending the 30th of June, in which the directors, after
expressing their regret at the death of their late re-
spected chairman, Mr. Carr, announced that the works
were so far advanced that the line would be opened
to Blackpool, in the suburbs of the city of Cork, early
in October, and that they had given the necessary
notice thereof to the Railway Cominis,ioners for their
inspection. The report then proceeds :—" The de-
pressed state of the country has rendered it inexpe-
dient to proceed with the other branches. From
these statements it will appear that the actual cost of
constructing the main line, exclusive of 146,000/. in-
terest paid to proprietors and debenture-holders, will
be 15,400/. per mile, and including the purchase of the
rolling stock, interest, and every expense which can
he fairly put to the debit of capital, will he about
17,800/. per mile. This sum, although exceeding
former estimates, cannot be deemed extravagant. This
excess has been chiefly caused by the high price
exected for land, and by the advance in price which
took place in 1845 and 1846 in every material re•
quired for the construction of the railway. It must be
satisfactory to know that for this sum all the works,
including stations and warehouses, have been con-
structed in the most substantial manner, and a suffi-
cient stock provided for working the entire line to
Cork. Several branch lines were subscribed to under
the authority of Parliament, and by votes of the pro-
prietors in the years 1845 and 1846, in the belief that
they would prove valuable feeders to the main trunk ;
hut, in consequence of the calamitous state of the
country, it was not found expedient to proceed with
any except the Irish South-Eastern Railway, from
Carlow to Kilkenny; and the proprietary of that
company has been so diminished by insolvency and
forfeiture of shares, that the directors found it neces-
sary to obtain an Act of Parliament to reconstruct the
company, and limit the works within the powers of
the remaining solvent proprietary. As ten miles of
the railway have been already opened, and only 11
miles more are required to complete the communica-
tion with Kilkenny and with Thomastown, near
Waterford, your directors deem it prudent not to
oppose that measure, and they now call upon you for
a vote for 40,000/. to enable them to perfect this
company's subscription to that undertaking. The
effect of this new Act will be to abandon the con-
struction of .the line from Carlow to Wexford,
and to reduce your subscription to the Irish
South-Eastern Railway Company to 90,000/. from
150,000/., the amount contemplated by the former
Acts. In consequence of the number of shares for-
feited in that company, it is estimated, from the
contracts already taken, that the cost of constructing
a single line from Carlow-to Kilkenny (21 miles)
will not exceed 8,000/. a mile to the present proprie•
tors, and that the line when completed will, in ad-
dition to its own earnings, bring a considerable in-
crease of traffic over the main line. The directors had
hoped that their subscriptions to the branch lines
could have been defrayed, and the extension to the
River Lee completed, with the capital of 3,333,0001.,
which they were authorised to raise for the construc-
tion of the works to Cork, but this has been found
impracticable, for the reasons already mentioned; and
they are obliged to apply to the proprietors for a
creation of further capital of 300,000/., authorised by
the several Acts of Parliament, to cover all the com-
pany's engagements and liabilities. Tney do not,
however, contemplate calling up the chief portion of
this increased capital for a considerable time, but
they deem it essential to the safety and credit of the

The companyan nexteod makesta temperto, t
will trwfor etvheerytrcaoffinctinregeeenicpyts.
and working expenses for the past half-yar, subject to
the result of the settlement with the Post-office, for
the conveyance of mails, now in the course of arbitra-
tion. The receipts have not increased in proportion
to the last 38 miles opened. Such increase could not
have been expected during the depressed state of the
country, from an extension which touches on no im-
portant town, over which no goods or cattle have yet
been carried towards Cork (which is the natural di-
rection of that traffic), and over which only three
through passenger trains run daily. The directors
have also observed that the third-class carriages, at the
low rate of three farthings per mile, intended for the
accommodation of the poorer classes, continue to be
extensively used by the middle and upper classes of
travellers. This has, in their opinion, made it neces-
sary to have a more marked distinction made between
the first and second class quick trains, and the third
class or Parliamentary train."
After stating that the worlds expanses of the line

bad been very moderate, the report thus concludes :
The directors, ever unwilling to hold out delu-
sive expectations respecting this undertaking, have
deemed it their duty from time to time, in the midst
of general despondency, to express their confidence
in its final success. They still entertain that opinion,
strengthened by the experience of its partial openings,
the moderate cost (no longer an estimate) of the line
and its appointments, and the low rate, compara-
tively, at which the traffic can be worked. The net
earnings of the past year are shown to be 104,1611.,
derived from a portion only of the railway, and
during a period of unprecedented distress—a sum
nearly adequate to cover the interest at 5 per cent.
paid on the borrowed capital, and 4 per cent, to the
proprietors during the same period, together amount-
ing to 106,3651. When, therefore, the line shall be
completed from terminus to terminus, and the traffic
more developed by the reviving prosperity of the
country, the directors confidently anticipate a very
large increase to that revenue."
On the balance sheet it appears that the receipts of
the company from the commencement, including
deposits, calls loans, traffic revenue, Post-office ser-
vice, and liabilities of the company, were 3,607,932/. ;
and the general disbursements under their respecTive
heads, exclusive of stores on hand, 16,4051.; balance
in banker's hands, 8,4181 ; balance in hand on ac-
count of current expenses, 2,94 e/.; and sundry
amounts due to the company, 55,343/.—amounted to
3,524,8181. The revenue arising from traffic for the
half-year amounted to 89,0521 ; and the expenditure
for the same period was 36,6751., leaving a net ba-
lance under this head of 52,3771.
Sir J. MacNEILL, engineer. in-chief, read his re-
port, in which he gave a very satisfactory account of
the state of the works.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
reports, said that in consequence of the death of their
late excellent chairman, the duty devolved upon him
of filling his place, however inefficiently, at that board.
But he was happy in having the co-operation of Mr.
Boothby, nbtv the deputy chairman, an English gen-
tleman who had taken great interest in the formation
of the company, and who had taken great pains to in-
troduce the undertaking to the attention of English
the speedy termination of the stupendous wor t hey
capitalists. He congratulated the shareholders on
first
itns
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aayg o.
was lnra Ds e edc, em
andbeirh,
1849, there would be completed and in
DhlBld4c4ee,nrrittegr,
full and perfect operation 188 miles of railway be-
tween Dublin and Cork, thus connecting the two
principal cities in the kingdom within a few hours'
travelling.—(Cheers.) He referred to the cost of
construction, which was perhaps something higher
than the original estimate, and attributed the increase
of expenditure in that regard to the enormous cost of
land, and stated that the very landed proprietors
whose properties were most served by the company
were amongst those who bad made the most exor-
bitant demands.—(Hear, hear.) In more than one
case in the Queen's County they were made to pay
double and triple the amount of the value of land
through which the railway ran, and he was of opinion
that unless the Government by some enactment
would take steps to protect railway property in that re-
spect, the system of exorbitant charges for land would
cripple, if not totally destroy railway speculation in
Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The management of the
railway had been singularly felicitous, and the best
proof he could adduce in that respect was, that
during the half-year there was not only no
accident, but there was no instance in which
the persons of passengers or property of the
company in engines and carriages had been endan-
vered from one end to the other of the line.—(Cheers.)
Before he concluded he would take the liberty of
offering his advice to the shareholders, and particularly
to his English friends, not to sacrifice their shares.
Englishmen had tried their capital in every country
in the world before they made a trial of Ireland, and
now having come amongst U 3 to invest their capital
with a liberal hand, he hoped none of them would be
induced to dispose of the shares they held without
giving the Irish undertaking a fair trial.—(Hear.)
The motion for the adoption of the reports having
been unanimously carried, the meeting was then
made special for the purpose of authorizing the direc-
tors to lease the Irish South Eastern Railway, a line
projected tiom Carlow to Kilkenny, a distance of 21
miles, half of which is open for traffic, and to empower
the directors to raise a capital of 312,0001. on 50,000
new shares of 61. ss. each. It was proposed that a
deposit of 11. ss. per share should be paid in January
next, and the remainder would be called in by instal-
ments, over a period of three years, but that the only call
in 1850 would be the deposit of 235. in January. It was
further provided that the deposits and calls on those
new shares should bear interest at 6 per cent. to the
holders, and that when fully paid up, the holder of
eight shares should have all the privileges of proprie-
torship, in common with the holder of an original
share. The necessity for raising this new capital
arose from the relations in which the Great Southern
and Western Company was involved with the South-
Eastern, inasmuch as they had subscribed for 90,0001.
to the capital of the latter, which at its foundation
had 50,000 shares, and that number was now reduced
to 18,000. The directors advised that that company
should be reconstructed, and with that view they called
upon the shareholders to authorise them to lease the
South-Eastern Railway for fbur years, at 4 per cent.,
in order to make the capital invested in that company
availah!e to profits. A resolution to that effect
having been moved, seconded, and unanimously
adopted, and thanks voted N the Chairman, the
meeting dissolved.

When taken into custody, a paper was found at his
lodgings which purported to be a report of a commit-
tee appointed by the society to audit the accounts,
and it stated that the committee held a meeting on
the 14th of December, for the purpose of consider-
ing the financial position of the society, at the Duke
of Clarence public house, London road, Southwark,
but no meeting of the kind ever took place. The
case against the prisoner Croton was that his name
appeared in the report as the collector, and as regarded
Roberts, evidence would be given that he had on
many occasions received money from subscribers.
The question, therefore, in respect of those pri•oners
would be, were they part of this system of swindling,
or were they the dupes of the prime-mover of the
whole concern—Henning. He (Mr. Robinson) did
not intend to press the charge strongly against Ro-
berts and Croton, but he should prove the facts, and
leave them in the hands of the jury, and he was per-
suaded that they would receive no injustice from them.
After several witnesses had been examined in sup-
port
of this statement,
Lewis Gumpertz was called. He said he was secre-
tary to " The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals." That society was still in existence. It
had never been defunct. The prisoner Henning had
no c..,nnexion whatever with it. He had, however,
been an assistant to a person named Gibbons, who
was in the employ of the society of which he (wit-
ness) was secretary, but he had no authority what-
ever to receive subscriptions on his own account.
Cross-examined—Never asked Henning to get
persons to serve as committeemen for the society.
Henning—Why, have you not been the society
itself tor more than two years?—(A laugh.)
Gompertz—No.
Henning—Upon your oath, when was the last
meeting of your committee held ?
Gompertz—On the 19th of July, 1849.
Mr. BULLOCK said he could not allow these ques-
tions to be put. They Were entirely foreign to the
case.

Henning—l wish to show you, my Lord, that he
has no society at all.—(Laughter.)
The COMMISSIONER—We have nothing to do with
that, and I cannot allow the questions to be put.
Mr. ROBINSON said, at the conclusion of the case
for the prosecution, that he was not in a position to
press the case as against Croton and Roberts, who
were accordingly acquitted.
Henning was then called upon for his defence, and
he proceeded to read a statement, occupying about a
quire of foolscap, to the jury. He complained that he
AS the victim of a malignant feeling on the part of
the Mendicity Society, who had taken up this prose-
cution at the instigation of a rival Animals'
Friend Society which had been established
in the City a few months ago. lie
contended that the society was a bona fide
one ; and, to show that he had not acted improperly
in making " patrons" of tho4e who had subscribed
to the society, he argued that the correct definition
of the term " patron ' was, according to lexico-
graphers, a " benefactor ;" and, as a subscriber to the
society was a benefactor, he thought it did not matter
whether he were described as patron, benefactor, or
subscriber. Had time been allowed him, his society
would have been established on a sure and solid basis;
but, as it was, it had effected much public good, and,
solemnly, he said, before God and a jury of his
country, he would declare that the good of the
public, and to aid the noble cause of humanity, were
the only objects he had in view, and that his heart
entertained nothing even akin to sinister or selfish
motives.

Mr. BuLLoca having summed up,
The jury found Henning Guilty and Acquitted
Croton and Roberts.
Ilenning was then sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment.

It was stated to the counsel for the prosecution,
although proof could not be adduced, that Henning
had succeeded in obtaining above 1,0001. by this
fraud.

In the course of the day, the two men, Myers and
Murphy, who were convicted yesterday, were brought
up to receive sentence.
Murphy was ordered to be transported for seven
years, and Myers to eighteen months' imprisonment
and hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO W-STRHET.
THE BOARD OP HEALTH AND THE BURIAL' GROUND
N TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAD.—Yesterday a gentle-
man, whose name did not transpire, waited upon Mr.
Henry, the sitting magistrate, to ascertain if he had
an authority to issue an order to compel the
managers of the burial-ground adjoining Whitfield
Chapel, in Tottenham court-road, to have a family
vault opened for the interment of an elderly man, who
had died within the last few days, and which, upon
application being made to them in the usual way,
they refused to accede to, giving as a reason that
proceedings had already been commenced against
them by the Board of Health for an alleged violation
of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention
Act, which had lately been brought into operation
for the discontinuance of interments at several burial-
grounds in different parts of the metropolis.
Mr. HENRI' said it was entirely out of his power to
interfere, particularly as there was at present a
summons pending between the Board of Health and
the managers of the ground in question ; and he was
ziven to understand that the Learned Counsel, Mr.
Clarkson, who was retained for the defendants, had
already given an undertaking to the Board that no
more interments would be allowed on their part
until the case was disposed of at this court.
The applicant said he attended on behalf of. the
widow of the deceased, and he was induced to concur
in the opinions expre4sed by her other friends, that
the refusal of interment was a hardship of no ordi-
nary character, inasmuch as the family had, some
years back, purchased a portion of the ground, in
which was constructed a vault capable of containing
five bodies, and up to the present time there had been
only two persons buried in it; besides, being eleven
or twelve feet in depth, it was, on that account, not
likely to cause such a nuisance as had been, perhaps,
justly complained of in other places.
Mr. Hulsey considered that so far the managers
might, at a future day, be answerable to the owners
of the vault, but the question to be determined upon
'he summons that had been granted was, had the
Board of Health, under the provisions of the Act
under which they intend to proceed power to prohibit
interments taking place for the future in that ground,
and until such a point is decided after hearing the
arguments of counsel, the managers were certainly
bound by the undertaking given by their counsel to
keep the ground closed; at the same time, as great in-
convenience may be caused by the postponement of a
funeral until such decision is known, he would re-
commend that the body should be interred in some of
the cemeteries out of town.
The applicant, in reply, said that, as a general
question, there could be no doubt as to the propriety
of such a course, but he respectfully submitted that
there was great difficulty in disposing of vested rights
in such a summary manner as the Board had con-
templated.
Mr. IdEtsay said it might be a matter of future
consideration how far the managers were bound to
make compensation for the loss of the vault which had
been purchased by the family of the deceased ; but,
after the undertaking that had been given on the part
of the defendants, it was impoasible that any inter-
ment could be suffered by them for the present to
take place.—The applicant then withdrew.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Baron PLATT imdMr.austice WILLIAMS
Thomas Smith, 70, and Harriet Smith, 27, were
found guilty yesterday of feloniously sending a letter
to Sir Walter RocklitYFarquhar and others,. demand-
ing money of them, with menaces, and without any
reasonable and probable cause.
Mr. Ballantine was for the prosecution, and Mr.
Bodkin and Mr. Huddlerone were for the prisoner.
A point of law being reserved, judgment was re-
spited.

James Beale, aged 29, pleaded Guilty to an indict-
ment for misdemeanour, in hiving unlawfully at-
tempted to obtain 1001. from the corporation of Lon-
don by false pretences.
Mr. Clarkson was for the prosecution.
The offence imputed to the prisoner was that he
had endeavoured to obtain the sum in question by
way of loan from the trustees of one of the City
charities, known as Wilson's Charity, by falsely re-
presenting himself to be within the conditions upon
which the money could legally have been advanced.
He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in
Giltspur-street Cumpter.
THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BeLtocx.)
THE ALLEGED "ANIMALS' FRIEND SOCIETY." John Parry Henning, 55,
e pretences.p pe
a r
e a
Mr.
for the prosecution, at the Henry Roberts, and
Thomas Croton, were indicted for having obtained
moneyh
y Rubinsonfals
instance of the Mendicity Society; Mr. Parry ap-
peared for Croton. The others were not defended.
Mr. ROBINSON, in opening the case, said that the
false pretence which would be proved against the
prisoner Henning was, that he represented himself as
an authorised collector, and the secretary to a society,
called the "Animals' Friend Society," and had re-
ceived turns of money from different parties upon
those representations, whilst, in fact, there was no
such society in existence, except such as was consti-
tuted by Henning himself in his own person. There
was a society, called "The Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals," which bad begun in
1847 or 1848, and of which a person named Gom-
perta was the manager and secretary. The only
manner in which Henning had anything to do with
the latter society was, that he had been
an assistant to Gibbons, a collector in the employ
of Gompertz. Henning, however, set up an "Ani-
mals' Friend Society" on his own account, and though,
in the prospectus of the society, there were the names
of Viscount Templemore Lord Templeton, Sir
Charles Forbes, Admiral Vernon, Hon. Miss Vernon,
Lady Ann Beckett, Sir Edward Page Turner, Sir
Augustus de Clifford, Admiral Munday, and other
titled personages appeared as patrons and patronesses
of the society, it would be shown that these names
were used without the knowledge of the distin-
gushed persons indicated, and that, in fact, Henning
was himself the society, the committee, patrons, direc-
tors, manager, secretary, treasurer, agents, collector,
inspector, and constables. There was a document
purporting to be a report of the committee of the
society, and as this report contained the names he had
mentioned, the prisoner, by circulating it amongst
the aristocracy, succeeded in obtaining many subscrip-
tions ; for many of the nobility, seeing the names of
noblemen with whom they were acquainted, and
persons of rank and station, associated with the
society, would be disposed to aid it by con-
tributions. The report stated that the committee
had sincere pleasure and gratification in being
enabled to state that " through the example thus set
by England, their Majesties the King of Prussia,
the King of the Belgians, the lite King of Bavaria,
And Pope Pius IX., have passed laws for the protec-
tion of the inferior animals throughout their dominions.
In the kingdom of Bavaria alone there are seventy-six
societies established for the suppression of cruelty."
The whole, from beginning to end, was a tissue of
flagrant falsehoods, and was no doubt got up en-
tirely by Henning. If anybody gave a subscription
to Henning. that subscriber was im mediately made
either a patron or committeeman ; and thus it was
that such names as the Hon. Richard Denman, the
Hon. Frederick Chichester, Viscount Templemore
and others appeared in the prospectus. Even the
landlord of the house in which Henning had a bed-
room was made a committeeman without his know-
ledge. It would be shown that Henning had realised
from 124 to 141, a week by this system o( fraud, j

LAMBETH.
DISTRESSING CASE Or Meenee.--Yesterday, after
;he night charges had been disposed of, Henry Wat-
son, aged 35, who had been for some years a waiter
at the United Service Club, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Elliott on the following-charge, as it
appeared in the police-sheet—viz., " With the wilful
murder of Louisa Charlotte Watson, aged sixteen
months, his own
daughter, by drowning her in a
water-butt, at No. 21, Wood street, Lambeth-walk,
in the parish of Lambeth."
The first witness called was Jane Watson, an in-
telligent little girl, who deposed as follows—l shall be
eleven years of age next October, and live with the
prisoner, who is my father, at No. 21, Wood-street.
Lambeth-walk. Last evening, at about half-past six
o'clock, I put
my youngest sister, Louisa Charlotte,
who was about a year and a half old, to bed in the
back room of the first floor, and at that time my father
was in the kitchen. I returned to the kitchen, but
went up stairs in about ten minutes after, and then
saw the child where I had left it, in the bed and
asleep. At this time my mother was out, and on her
coming home, about a quarter to eight, I heard my
father tell her he had put the child into the water-
butt, and she went and took it out.
Mr. Eemorr—Did you hear your father say why
he had put the child into the water- butt ? Witness—
Ne, Sir_; I did not.
Mr. ELL/OTT—Did you observe your father go
up stairs after you had been and seen
your father
asleep ? Witness—.II did not.
Mr. Cecil Conrade Watkins said—l live at No. 134,
Doris-street west, Kennington, and am a compositor.
I have lodged with the prisoner three years, but left
his house on Wednesday last. Mrs. Watson having
agreed to wash for me, I went to her house last even-
ing to speak to her about it, and also told her where I
had removed to. On my getting up the steps at the
door I saw the prisoner going into the
kitchen by the area steps, followed by his
wife. I knocked at the door, and heard a scuffling
in the passage, and the children cry loudly. The door
was opened by Mrs. Watson, who entreated me to
come in, and on my doing so I saw the prisoner
standing at the end of the passage. IN rushed to-
wards me, and exclaimed, " Take me into custody,
Mr. Watkins,:l have drowned the child." I said,
" What have you done ?" and he replied, " I have
drowned my child in the water butt" I then went
into the yard, followed by Mrs. Watson, and on re-1
moving the lid from the water-butt found the child

there. Mrs. Watson and myself took it out of the
water, and the child seemsd perfectly lifeless and cold.
I ran for Mr. Jeffree, a neighbouring surgeon, who
promptly attended, and used every possible means to
resuscitate the child, but without effect. I said to
the man, " You wretch how could you do such a
thing ?" and he replied, " I did it to save its soul ;"
and repeated that expression twice or thrice. When
I first went to live at the prisoner's house, there
did not appear to be anything particular about
him. He was always very quiet, and did not appear
to care for any society but that of his children, of
whom he appeared to be excessively fond.
The prisoner, who was guarded in the dock by two
constables, here dropped upon his knees and wept
bitterly for some minutes, but soon recovered suffi-
ciently to allow the examination to proceed.
Mr. Watkins proceeded to say that after he .had
lodged there about eighteen months, Mrs. Watson
spoke to him about the then state of her husband,
who at that time complained of his head, and appeared
very feverish. Mr. Jeffree, the medical gentleman,
was at that time called in, and the result was that
the prisoner had been sent to Bethlehem, where he
remained until March last. For the last two or three
weeks witness had observed a great change in the
prisoner, and was afraid from his appearance that he
would do someting. He was very desponding, and
could not be drawn into conversation, but always
appeared remarkably fond of his children.
Mr. John Jeffree said I itea a surgeon, and live in
Paradise-street, Lambeth. Last evening, about eight
o'clock, I was called to the prisoner's house, where I
found a female child lying on the table in the kitchen.
It was wet and cold, as though just taken out of
water. I put it into a hot bath and did everything I
could to restore animation, but without success. Ihe
child had evidently been dead some time, and had
died apparently by drowning. There were no marks
of violence, and the appearances were those of a person
who had died from drowning. I asked the prisoner
how he came to do such an act, and he said, having
lost his own soul, he did this to save that of his child.
He also said he had lost his soul, and was eternally
damned. I asked him how he came to think so, and
he said he had been reading some religious books at
the club that fully confirmed his views on that sub
ject. I have known thn prisoner for four or five
years, and attended himself and his family up to No-
vember, 1848. During that month, and on the occa-
sion mentioned by the last witness, I was called to
the prisoner, and I then found him in a low, despond
ing state, and on this occasion it was that he made
use of the expressions about losing his soul, and his
being eternally damned. A corre-pnndence then took
place between himself and the secretary to the club
to which the prisoner was servant, and he then re
commended his removal to a place of confinement.
He was then sent to Bethlehem, and he (Mr. Jeffree)
had not seen him from that time until the evening
before, when be was sent for to his house, as he hid
before stated. Mr. Jeffreeplaced before the magistrate
the correspondence that passed between himself and
Mr. Willis, the secretary to the club, from which it
appeared that when Mr. Jeffree recommended him to
be placed under restraint he had given it as his opi
nion that the prisoner's delusions were those of a reli-
gious character, and stated that, from what he had
witnessed, he was of opinion that they were not easily
removable. Mr. Willis, on the part of the club, ex-
pressed the deepest anxiety to do everything that was
necessary for the poor man, whom he described as
an old and faithful servant of the club, and the result
was that he had been sent to Bethlehem. On that
occasion the friends of the poor man expressed them-
selves in strong terms against Mr. Jeffree, and attri-
buted the loss of his (Watson's) situation and his
confinement to his precipitancy and representation;
hut of this charge he was completely exonerated by
she committee of the club, who, in a letter from their
secretary, expressed it to be their opinion that he (Mr.
Jeffree) had acted in the most kind, prudent. and
considerate manner ; and which ought to inure for
him the thanks and gratitude of the wife and family.
The next witness was Sergeant Walsh, 3 L, who
merely said that the prisoner was given into his cus-
tody, and he heard him acknowledge at the station-
house that he understood the nature of the charge.
The prisoner, who when asked if he wished to say
anything to the charge, replied " Nothing," was fully
committed for trial. He was in so weak and
wretched a state that he was obliged to be assisted to
the cell.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 15, 1849.
The following promotions hive this day taken place,
consequent on the decease of Admiral of the Red, Sir
Charles Hamilton. Bart., K.C.B.:—

Admiral of the White, Sir John West, K.C.8., to.be
Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue, Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart.,
K.C.8., to he Admiral of th“ White.
Vice-Admiral of the Red, Zschary Mudge, to be Ad-
miral of the Biue.
Vice-Admiral of the White John Allen (a), to be Vice-
Admiral of the
Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Edward Hawker, to be Vice-
Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red, Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C. 13.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White, H)do Parker. C. 8., to be
Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Edward Henry A'Court
R pington, to be Rear-Admiral of the White,
Captain Sir James John Gordon Bremer, K.C.8., to be
Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
Retired Captain Abraham Lowe has also been promoted
to be Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed in
the London Gazette of lst Sept., 1846.
ADAHRALTY, SEPT. 19.

Coalbrook-dale, Shropshire, coach and omnibus proprie-
tors—J. Worthy, Hartlepool, Durham, builder.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Hammond and A. Murray, railway contractors—
E. Clark and H. Messenger' Dartford, Kent, innkeopers
—G. Lockwood and H. M. Beriurnont, Hobeck, York-
shire, cloth finishers—W. H. Smith, E. Smith, and J.
Gibson, New Church-street, Bermondsey, ship chandlers
—H. 11. Budgett and H. Budgett, Bristol and King's-
wood-hill, Gloucestershire, wholesale grocers—J. Moore
and J. Brosin, Loughborough, Leicestershire, maltsters
—R. Ward, M. Hall, W. Bradley, and I. Wortnalii,
Drighlington, Yorkshire, railway contractors-11. Ro-
berts and W. Ogden, Minchinhampton, Glouc .st atshire,
drapers—A. Binnie and J. S. Richardson, Old Bond.
street, tailors—W. Williams and W. Green, Pimlico,
c merchants—Mary Fouracre and J. Barlow. Stan-
dish-with-Langtree, Lancashire, miners and coal mer-
chants—S. Wild, J. Aralrew, J. Haigh, Betty Stelfox,
and W. Pownall (as far as regards Betty Stelfex and
W. Pownall), Athershaw Moor, Lancashire, coal pro-
prietors—W. R. Harris and T. J. Winter, Essex-strt-et,
Strand, attorneys and solicitors—J. Handley, R. Boone,
and S. Fox, West Lkigh and Manchester, coal miners
and coal sellers— R. Pow, J. Favveug, R. Wylain, E.
Glynn, and J. Ititson (as fares regards J. R,itsoi.), Cor.
senside, Northumberland, Rirlsd le Iron Company.
INSOLVEN 1' PETI !TONERS.
Thomas G. Btucksidge, Madt ley, Shropshire, plumber.
Thomas Haigh, Iludder:fi,lti.
Eli Gledhill. Huddersfield, journeyman weaver.
William Caldicott, Oldbary, Worcestershire, engineer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
D. Leslie, Glasgow, bak,-r, to meet within the Royal
Exchange Sale-rooms, Glasgow, Sept. 26 and Oct. I',
at one.

J. Young, jun., Glasgow, tnPrchant, to moat within
Comrie'a 1i,9)al Hotel, Glasgow, Sept. 25 and Oct. 16,
at two.

Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Qaar•
termaster Henry Varlo to be Captain, vice Captain John
Collis', placed on half pay; S .cond Lieutenant George
Leslie, to, be First Lieutenant, vice Varlo, promoted.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicester.
_ .

Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Ca.
valry—Cosmo George Charles Novill, Gent., to be
Cornet, vice Lord BAternan, resigned, May 23.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 18.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick William
Jacomb, of Huddersfield, in the county of York, Gent.
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court o
Chancery.

J. C. Bell, Dundee, merchant and agent, to meet
within the British Hotel, Dundee, Sept. 27 and Ocr. 18,
at twelve.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6.
The Right Honourable- Sir -Thoma.s Wilde, Knight,
Lord Chief Justice" of her Majesty', Court of Common
Pleas, at Westminster, hath appointed Ashley Maples,
of Spalding, in the county of Lincoln, Gentleman, to be
one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the ac-
knowledgments of deeds to be execived by married
women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fine;
and recoveries, and for the t.ubstitutien of more simply
modes of assurance, in and for the parts of Holland, in
the county of Lincoln, also in sud for the parts of
Kesteven, in the same county.

BA NKIiIIPTS.
Thomas Shaw, victualler, Wolverhampton, to sur-
render, Oct. 2 and 'Nov. 6, at ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham;
Riley, Wolverhampton; Smith, Birmingham.
George Webb, wine merchant, Tamworth Stafford-
shire, Oct. 13 and Nov. 7, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Ward, Stafford ; Smith. Birmingham.
John Hogan, shipwright, Hakiii, Pembrokeshire, Oct.
9 and Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Morgan, Haverlord-
west ; Whittington and Gribble. Bristol.
John Dale Harwood, ironmonger, Liverpool, Oct. 3
and Nov. 9. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co.,
Staple Inn, Brabner and Son, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Wilcox, Little Bell-alley, Moorgate-street, tailor,
Oct. 13, at e'evon—T. Barrett, Oxford, timber merchant,
Oct. 15, at twelve—J. Gilbert, St. Luke, ironfeunder,
Oct. 15, at. halt-past eleven—J. Nutter, Cambridge,
miller, Oct. 15, at_one—R. S. Roach, Cateaton-street,
cap manufacturer, Oct. 15, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
Sarah Whitehouse, E. Whitehouse, and A. White-
house, Tewland, Gloucestershire and Monmouth, tin
plate manufacturers. Oat. 11, at eleven, at the Court,
Bristol—T. Bamford, Little Town, Lancashire, woollen
manufacturer and farmer Oct. 17, at eleven, at the
Court, Manchester—J. Hall and R. Hall, Elton, Lanca-
shire, bobbin turners, coal grinders, and red liquor ma-
nWacturers, Oct. 16, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester
—W. Sarginson and M. Rigby, Bury, Lancashire,
joiners, Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T.
Barraclough and J. Everitt, Southowram, Yorkshire,
woollien spinners and woollen manufacturers, Oct. 12. at
eleven, at the Court, reeds—C. F. Cotterill and W. H.
Hill, Wslsall, Staffordshire, merchants, Oct. 27, at
twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Hall, Kiegton,
Herefordshire, miller and corn factor, Oct. 25. at twelve,
at the Court, B:rminghaita—J. Bickerton, Newtown,
Montgerneryshire,
_flinneldraper, flannel manufacturer,
and wool dealer, Oct, 17, at twelve, at the Cuurt, Liver
peel—J. B. Prichard and J. R. Croft, Liverpool, oil
merchants, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—
W. Maria, Wrexham Paper Mills, Denbighshire, paper
manufacturer, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool.

R. Allen, Edinburgh, stock-broker and dealer in
sh ires, to meet within the rooms of Mr. P. S. Fraser,
Edinburgh, Sept 28 and Oct. 19, at one.
A. Macpherson, InverneAs, hotel keeper, to meet
within the Caledonian Hotel, luverness, Sept. 27 and
Oct. 18, at twelve.

, - NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Buinghall- street.
D. N. Fisher. Lynn R-gis, Norfolk, musicseller, Oct.
13, at one—S. Yorke. Cambridgeqiire, upholsterer, Oct.
13, at half-past eleven—S. Prentice, Slough, ironmonger,
Oct. 20, at eleven—J. Wright, Northampton, corn arid
coal merchant, Oat. 13, at twelve..
In the Coontry.
J. Ellis, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, dealer in wine
and spirits, vietthiller and publican, Oct. 19, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol—W. Edd.son, It ,trick, . Yorkshire,
fancy woollel manufacturer, Dec. 4, at eleven, at the
Court, Leeds—W. Ramsden, Wak, field, Yorkshire,
painter and dealer in paint and colours. Oct. 11, at
eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Hickson, Greengages,
Yorkshire, apothecary, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Court,
Leeds—R. .Boucher, Liverpool, boot and shoe mar,ufac-
' turer, Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Birrniogham—J.
Smith, Rugeley, Staffordshire, scrivener, Oct. 16, at
twelve. at the Court, Birmingham—R. Raby, Preston,
Lancashire, hatter, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Man-
chester.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending September
18, 1849, is 2:s. 9d. per cwt.

By the Vice• Chancellor, Oct. 12.
T. T;ndle, South Shields, banker and shipowner--.T.
?ootar, Prkoon, and flyikh-ker—B. Wright,