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vote of tlw-nks
directors, the meeting separated.

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ford-upon-Avon ; which motion was seconded by Mr.
F. G. TOMLINS.
Mr. T. K. HEnvEr, seconded by Mr. VANDENHOIT,
moved—
" That the Lord Mayor of the city of London, and
other corporate authorities in the cities and towns of the
United Kingdom, be earnestly solicited, without delay,
to convene meetings of their fellow-townsmen for the
purpose of taking the subject into consideration, and of
raising subscriptions to be added to the fund devoted to
the object in view."
Mr. T. AMTOT, seconded by Mr. B. BERNARD,
moved—
" That the proprietors and editors of provincial news-
papers be respectfully invited to lend their able and
powerful assistance to this undertaking, not only by
strongly recommending it to their readers, but by
allowing subscriptions to be paid in at their different
offices."
An animated detail of the proceedings of the Strat-
ford-upon-Avon committee was given by their
secretary', Mr. H. Bracebridge, which was warmly
applauded; and a committee was named, consisting of
upwards of 70 persons distinguished in literature and
otherwise.
Mr. P. CUNNINGHAM read a statement of subscrip-
tions received by the Royal Shaksperian Club,
and by the committee of the present meeting. From
this statement it appeared that upwards of 1,200/.
had been subscribed by 54 persons. Of that sum
8201. had already been spent in the purchase of the
adjoining premises.
Among the subscriptions are the following :
Prince Albert, 250/. ; Queen Adelaide, 100/. ; Cor-
poration of Stratford, 100/. ; Earl Delawarr, 50/. ; Sir
M. W. Ridley, 100/. ' • Mr. J. Spear, 100/. ; the Earl
of Ellesmere, 1001.; Mr. Lucy, of Charlcote-house,
25/. ; Viscount Morpeth, 25/. ; Mr. H. Hallam, 51.;
Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, 5/. ; Mr. J. P. Collier,
Si. 55.; Mr. C. Knight, Si. ss. ' • Earl Howe, 20/. ;
Dr. Thomson, the Chairman of the Royal Shaks-
perian Club, 211.; Mr. Bracebridge, the Secretary
to the Shaksperian Club, 201.
The resolutions having been unanimously adopted,
the thanks of the meeti ig were voted to the Chairman,
and the proceedings terminated.

Chairman and

DIRECT LONDON

AND PORTS-

MOUTH RAILWAY.

The third ordinary meeting of the shareholders of
this comp any was yesterday held at the London
Tavern.

The chair was taken at one o'clock by W. A.
Wilkinson, Esq., chairman of the company.
The usual preliminaries having been disposed of
the SECRETARY proceeded to read the report, in
which the directors strongly recommended to the
proprietors the immediate commencement of the
works under the conviction that the line would not
only confer a great extent of local advantage, but would
prove a profitable commercial investment, commanding,
as it must, the carrying trade to Portsea and Ports-
mouth, and the large pleasure traffic which would
ensue from cheap, quick, and frequent trains between
the metropolis and the Isle of Wight. But the di-
rectors were fully impressed with the necessity for
caution in the present depressed state of the money
market, and they trusted that the proprietors would
repose confidence in them that they would only call
upon the shareholders at such time, and in such
manner, as might be most conducive to their interest
under all the circumstances of the case. The four
directors who retired from office were—Benjamin
Baines,' James Robinson Greig, John Laurie, and
James Whiskin, Esq., but they were eligible for re-
election, and the board recommended their re-election
accordingly.
From the statement of receipts and disbursements of
the company, from the period of its formation up to
the 30th of June, 1847, it appeared that the total
amount of the former on deposits and calls had been
109,3311. 75.; the total sum expended had been
74,1661. 16s. ld., leaving a balance in the hands of the
company of 35,164/.los. 11d.
The CHAIRMAN said, that in moving the adoption of
the report, he would briefly refer to the position of the
company. About twelve months since the share-
holders gave their consent to the terms of agreement
of the proposed amalgamation of this company with
the London and Brighton Railway. The Bill
authorising that •amalgamation had, however,
been thrown out in the House of Commons.
The same circumstances which previously were con-
sidered as strong reasons for an alliance with the
Brighton Company still existed with equal force.
He thought that it was 'yet within the possibility of
events to recover the moneys already spent in the
concern, or to make some arrangement by which the
line would be made profitable to the shareholders. If
the line was not made there was no doubt but that
all the moneys hitherto expended would be lost,
and unless they could make up their minds
to complete it the concern must at once be abandoned.
Now, there was no doubt but that the line, if made,
would prove a paying one ; there was also a very
strong feeling in the county in favour of the line on
the part of the landholders through whose property
the line would pass. He had received a requisition
signed by upwards of 800 landholders, urging the
directors to make the line. To that requisition he
would, however, take the opportunity of answering,
that if they wished to have the line made, they must,
of course, come forward and render some assistance
in making it. In the present position of the com-
pany the utmost reduction had been made in the estab-
lishment, and Mr. Cubitt and his son, the civil en-
gineers, had most handsomely promised to give their
services gratuitously. He would t(herefore conclude
by moving the adoption of the report.
In answer to a question put by a SHAREHOLDER,
Mr. CUBITT said that the line could be worked well
as a locomotive line, and could be constructed at a
cost of about 1,100,0001.
The report was carried unanimously, an amend-
ment which had been proposed having been with-
drawn.
A resolution authorising the the re-election of
Benjamin Baines, James Robinson Greig, John
Laurie, and James Whiskin, Esqs., was then una-
nimously agreed to.
A SHAREHOLDER then moved, as an amendment,
that the vacancy in the direction should not be
filled up.
JOHN LAURIE, Esq., one of the directors, seconded
the amendment, which, having been put, was declared
to be lost.
Some discussion then arose upon the re-election of
Mr. Greig, one of the directors, on the ground of his
being a holder of land through which the line would
pass, but ultimately the original motion was agreed
to by a large majority.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman,
and the meeting broke up.

LONDONDERRY' AND ENNISKIL.
LEN RAILWAY.
The half-yearly general meeting of the share
holders of this company took place yesterday, at the
company's offices, in Church -passage, Guildhall, for
the purpose of receiving the report of the directors,
the statement of the -accounts, and the ordinary busi-
ness of the company.
J. G. Farris, Esq., took the chair shortly after
twelve o'clock, and the usual preliminary proceedings
having been gone through,
The Secretary, Mr. F. H. FLEMING, read the fol-
lowing report :
" The portion of the line from Londonderry to Stra-
bane, a distance of fifteen miles, was opened for traffic
on Monday, the 19th of April last.
" The period which has elapsed since the opening—
that between seedtime and harvest—is confessedly, the
worst season of the year for traffic; and was rendered
still more unfavourable by the distressed state of the
country ; notwithstanding which the present receipts
give satisfactory assurance, that when the traffic has been
more fully developed, and the line extended to Omagh,
or even to Newton-Stewart, an amply remunerative
return upon the capital will be obtained.
" Negotiations are now pending with parties locally,
interested in opening up to your railway the several dis-
tricts of the country adjoining it ; and it is confidently
anticipated that the early establishment of additional
public conveyances in connexion with the trains will pro-
duce a greatly increased traffic, as the shortening of dis-
tance, by your line between Derry and the towns lying
south and west of it, will not only enable those persons
who have hitherto resorted to Derry as their market, to
transact their business there and return home the same
day, but will extend this benefit to the inhabitants of
districts which, on account of their distance, have
hitherto been excluded from it.
" Among the numerous benefits accruing both to the
public and the company from the opening of the line,
your direetors are happy to state that her Majesty's
Postmaster-General has already availed himself of it,
not only for the direct communication with London and
Dublin, but for the conveyance of the mails to the
western coast; and your directors have the pleasure of
knowing that they have been enabled to confer upon the
merchants of Derry the commercial advantages neces-
sarily arising from an opportunity of answering letters
on the day they are received ; in fact, bringing Dublin,
and, consequently, London, one day's post nearer to
Derry.
" The general advantages to the city of Londonderry
and its neighbourhood, already manifest from the work-
ing of the line to Strabane, have served to arouse a strong
local feeling in favour of your undertaking, and a general
desire for its extension. With a view of encouraging
and aiding this extension, some of the leading lauded
proprietors have expressed their readiness to give the
land required by the company on the most liberal terms,
both as regards price and period of payment.
" It has occasioned your directors much regret that
they have been obliged to make calls beyond the amount
at one time contemplated; this, however, became neces-
sary, from the ,great default of many shareholders who.
from inability to pay, could not be compelled to do
so. Much anxiety has pervaded the board as to en-
forcing the payment of calls; and it is with satisfaction
they are able to state that, in many instances, by a
wholesome forbearance, payments have been procured
which must otherwise have been lost. Though it is
hoped that no shareholder who could pay has felt him-
self unduly pressed, it was considered but just to those
who had paid, that all having the ability to pay should
do so. It is still confidently anticipated that payments
to a very considerable amount will be received out of
the arrears ; towards the reduction of which, the best
efforts of the directors will continue to be directed.
" The directors have considered it their duty to
forfeit 817 shares for non-payment of calls; this for-
feiture is now submitted for your confirmation; at the
same time they deem it just to state, that until these
shares be sold after forfeiture, the proprietors thereof
respectively may reclaim them by paying up the calls
overdue.
" Notices of forfeiture upon a large additional
number of shares have been served; but negotiations
have been opened by several of the holders, which it is
necessity of having the forfeiture
confirmed;
several cases the second and third
e
since service of the notices.
It i hopedis
ha willy have
been aavnodi d
in
paid the
" The outstanding liabilities on account of the line to
Strabane amount to about 57,0001. Your directors hope
that the amount of some of the claims may be lessened ;
but it cannot fairly be estimated that they will even-
tually be liquidated for a smaller sum than 50,0001.;
this amount would fully have been covered bad the calls
been only reasonably responded to. There is still every
reason to believe that the produce of the arrears will
serve very materially to reduce the liabilities, and that
such arrangements may be made as will
permit the ba-
lance to stand over until such time as the company shall
have been placed in a position to meet them, by the
adoption of the course which the directors are now pre-
pared to recommend.
" Your directors continue fully impressed with the
belief that the line to Enniskillen, if carried out as
originally contemplated, would be highly productive ;
but looking at the present state of monetary affairs,
and the convenience of their shareholders, they feel
satisfied that their most effective way of ultimately se-
curing the construction of their whole line is by taking
steps to limit, for the present, the length of line and
the amount of capital. With this object in view, your
directors beg to submit the following suggestions for
your approval.
"Your capital is at present 500,000/., represented by
10,000 shares of 50/. each ; of these shares 533 were
forfeited at your last meeting, 817 are now submitted
for forfeiture ; and it is believed it may be necessary
to increase this forfeiture to the extent of 3,000 shares,
leaving 7,000 shares in the hands of responsible pro-
prietors.
" Your directors would therefore suggest that the line
should be limited to Omagh, and that, for the present,
the portion of it between that town and Enniskillen should
be abandoned, and the capital reduced from 500,000/.
to 350,000/. ; and that this sum of 350,000/. be
represented by 14,000 shares of 251. each; and that each
shareholder of the present capital shall, for every 501.
with 25/. paid up, become the holder of two shares of
251. each with 121. 10s. paid. This suggestion, if adopted,
will reduce the amount *of capital; enable the company
to borrow 116,000!. immediately the change be made;
and will, by reducing the shares from 501. to 251. each,
render them more marketable. Should this plan
br
adopted, it is confidently hoped that the line to New-
town-Stewart may be opened without calling upon the
shareholders for any payment towards it beyond the
121. 10s. per share above-named.
" Your directors looking at the aid rendered by the
o
Government, in course of last session, to such Irish rail-
way companies as were legally
th en
istitl companyed to a t
had not
(a
tthn te c
position which they much regre
attained), entertain a sanguine hope
session a further measure for aid to Iris at ih
raihlwayoms will
ing
Majesty's Government ; in
receive the sanction of her
which case, by the plan now proposed, this company
would at once be enabled to participate in its benefits,
and thereby be in a position to extend the line to
Omagh."
After some discussion, the report was agreed to.
• Eight hundred and seventeen shares were declared
forfeited.
The directors that went out by rotation were re-
elected, with the exception of Mr. Robert Bond, who
was rejected upon its being stated that he had not
Paid up his calls, and Alexander Lindsay, Esq., the
present mayor of Derry, was re-elected in his room.
Mr. Bloxam was re-elected one of the auditors.
A resolution to the following effect was unani-
mously adopted :—" That the works shall not be ex-
tended beyond Strabane until the proposal for the
same shall have been submitted to a general meeting
of the shareholders."
A resolution was also carried " That the capital of
the company be reduced to 350,000/., in shares of 25/.
each, and that the line between Omagh and Ennis-
killen be abandoned for the present, and until the
directors have procured powers to effect the same."
It appeared from the statements of the Chairman
that there was upwards of 80,000/. in arrear for calls,
but the solicitor of the company stated that he was in
hopes they would be enabled very shortly to get more
than 30,0001. of that amount.
A resolution empowering the directors to adopt
the most vigorous measures for enforcing the payment
of the calls was unanimowsly carried ; and, after a

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday John Ovenston, who attempted to assas-
sinate Mr. Crawley, the wine-merchant in Mark-lane,
was brought from Guy's Hospital to the Mansion-
house, in the custody of Edmonds and Strickland,
City policemen, for the purpose of undergoing an
examination. Mr. Crawley, who is under the care
of the surgeons in St. Thomas's Hospital, was not
able to attend. The prisoner was placed in a chair at
the bar.

Mr. John Yates said—l am clerk to Mr. George
Crawley, of 12, Mark-lane, wine-merchant. On Sa-
turday, the 14th of August last, at about ten minutes
to four o'clock, I was in Mr. Crawley's counting-house
in Mark-lane, when the prisoner came in. Without
hearing any observations from him, I asked him
to take a seat for a short time, knowing that he wished
to see Mr. Crawley. Mr. Crawley was then in the
neighbourhood. I went to a wine-merchant's in
Mark-lane to fetch Mr. Crawley. In about half a
minute Mr. Crawley came in. The prisoner was then
sitting in a chair in the counting-house and Mr.
Crawley addressing him said, " Step inside." The
prisoner then went into Mr. Crawley's room, and
Mr. Crawley followed him. No one was in that
room but Mr. Crawley and the prisoner. The room
adjoins the counting-house. Mr. Crawley closed
the door after him, but the door was not fastened. I
then resumed my seat, and almost immediately I
heard the report of a pistol. Shortly afterwards
I heard Mr. Crawley's cries of " Murder." I
then ran towards the door with the intention of going
in, and the door was thrown open, and Mr. Crawley
staggered out and ran into the street, and I ran out
after him, and closed and locked the counting-house
door upon the prisoner ; and as I was turning the
key of the door I heard a second report from the same
room. In about a minute a policeman came up, and I
went back into the counting-house with him. I went
into the inner room, where I saw the prisoner sitting
on a chair, against a writing-desk, with one elbow on
the desk. He was bleeding from the mouth, and I
observed a small pistol lying on the desk. The pri-
soner observed that it was Mr. Crawley's own fault,
or words to that effect.
John Strickland, City policeman 582, said, on Sa-
turday the 14th of August I was on duty in Mark-
lane. At about half-past three o'clock in the after-
noon I was called to Mr. Crawley's counting-house.
I got the key from Mr. Yates and wont in with him,
and saw the prisoner sitting on a chair in the inner
room, one arm resting on a desk and his head resting
on both hands. He was bleeding from the mouth.
On the desk I found a pistol stained with blood and
quite warm. My brother officer, Edmonds, then
came to my assistance. Mr. Harris, of Fenchurch-
street, surgeon, also came. I observed the second
pistol lying on the chair on which the prisoner was
sitting. Mr. Harris directed me to take the prisoner
in a cab to LGuy's Hospital, which I did. After I
found the second pistol the prisoner said, " Good God,
it was I who did it, and it was that d—d villian
Crawley who caused me to do it." The prisoner said
he had al ways got a living in an honest way, and to
be ruined in that way he could not bear. He then
inquired how Mr. Crawley was. There were two
gentlemen in the room at the time. I conveyed him
to Guy's Hospital in a cab. Going along he repeated
that it was that " d—d villian Crawley' who
caused it, and he was sorry the ball had not gone
through his brain. Edmonds was in the cab with us.
I delivered the prisoner into the care of Mr. Cox, the
house-surgeon. On searching the prisoner I found
the paper I produce.
Here the witness produced a paper, of which the
following is a copy, with the exception of some names
and allusions, which under the present circumstances
it is necessary to keep from the public eye :
" Mr has the painting of Jairus's daughter,' in
security of the money I had on loan from him, which I
wish to be settled, and intended doing so as soon as I
got settled with 1)r. --, but Mr. Sheard says he will
try and claim the statute of limitations. This will show
that he is a villian at heart if he does so, and ought to
be exposed to the world at large. See to this particu-
larly. There are debts owing to me much greater than
I owe, which can be collected, and 'every one paid that I
justly owe, and then there will be a surplus, which will
belong to you both, Mary and Beatrice.
"The disgrace which has been brought upon me by that
villain Crawley, is from my not consenting with him and
to get possession of the Inn, which I could
not do, and I saw there was something underhand going
on between them and --, when -- requested me to
let him send in some articles to the -- Inn ; he said
that it might come to about 301., but he and Crawley
have made a different affair of it ; but it will end in no
good to either of them. One must go for an example, to
deter other such wretches from doing the like. Death
, is far more preferable than the disgraceful situation this
villain Crawley has placed me in, and driven me to do
that which I never would have contemplated. This ac-
tion will, no doubt, cause a great deal of grief to you all,
but you must forgive it, as you could never expectl that
I could ever know happiness to see me
again in this wor d after
this villain Crawley's conduct towards me, and
pine away day after day I know would break
manner you
you hearts.
Therefore, console yourselves in the best
can, and I trust you will meet with kind-hearted friends
who will assist and console with you in your affliction,
and time will wear smooth that which may now appear
al rough and rugged to your views and feelings.
A,
Re-
member me to poor old Mr. Jacobs. I hope that rs.
D— will keep her promise, and get your u•Phew JohnuY

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• A double return.

MEMBERS RETURNED.

Liberals ...
Peelitea ...
Protectionists

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SHAKSPE RE'S HOUSE.

Thursday, a public meeting was held in the
Thatched-home Tavern, St. James's-street, for the
purpose of taking measures to.promote a subscription
for the purchase of Shakspere's house at Stratford-
upon-Avon. Among the gentlemen present were
Messrs. C. Kemble, J. P. Collier, T. Amyot, C.
Knight, Bayle Bernard, P. Cunningham, T. K.
Hervey, Vandenhoff, Bartley, C. H. Bracebridge,
Professor Tom Taylor, &c.
It was stated that communications had been re-
ceived from the Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of Cla-
rendon, and Earl. Howe, expressing their concurrence
in the object of the meeting and their regret that
they were unable to be present at the meeting simi-
lar intimations had been also made by Lord Morpeth
and Mr. Macaulay, the former being prevented from
attending by a severe attack of gout, and the latter
having made arrangements to leave for Holland that
morning.
Mr. J. P. COLLIER was called to the chair, and in
opening the proceedings, briefly adverted to the steps
taken by the Stratford-on-Avon Shaksperian Club,
and their secretary, Mr. Bracebridge, to accomplish
the object which the meeting had been called to
promote.
Professor T. TAYLOR having stated the circum-
stances under which the present movement had origi-
housreepinn
nated, and urged the necessity for immediate exertion,
moved the first resolution, as follows :
et% eyh e e
ave bte,eSn tra
thattfo
irnd -yeurinnh-
teHd
Shakspere was born, and! doubtless that in which he
spent a considerable period of
his youth, having been
advertised for sale by public it is highly expe-
dient that a subscription shoaung
A‘onT. That
traditionally h e
chase of it, to save it from removealroarisedde forr the pus-
chase
preserve it as a national monument; andaotitition, and
sale of the property is fixed for the 16th of atas the
September,
it is most desirable that subscriptions be forwarded
as
speedily as possible."
Mr. C. KESLBLE seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted.
Mr. C. KNIGHT referred to the considerations which
went to establish the identity of Shakspere's home.
He wished to take the opportunity of giving expres-
sion to the general desire which seemed to exist that
more should be done than merely purchasing the
house, and that other places with which the name of
Shakspere was associated should be restored and pre-
served. In conclusion he moved the second resolu-
tion, as follows :
" That it appears to this meeting that the Royal
Shaksperian Club of Stratford-upon-Avon have acted
judiciously in employing a large amount of the funds
already collected under their auspices for the purchase
of a separate portion of the Henley-street property,
which really forms an integral part of the house in which
Shakspere is held to have been born; and that, pro-
ceeding upon the same principle, it is expedient to urge
the extension of the subscription to the utmost limits
which the public sympathy may determine, not for the
exclusive purpose of securing the remainder of this
interesting
property, but for connecting with that more
immediate object the further expression in some ade-
quate mode of the reverence which those who speak
the tongue which Shakspere spoke' most especially feel
towards his memory."
Mr. P. CUNNINGHAM secended the resolution.
Mr. W. J. THOME moved that a metropolitan com-
mittee be formed to aid the Shakspere Club of &tat-

into Christ's Hospital. I know that if she can get a
presentation she will do it. " J. 0.
" Mrs. Mary Dixon and Beatrice Jenkinson Ovenston,
46. Upper Chatlotte•street, Fitzroy-square."
Mr. Kearsey, before the above document was read
aloud, submitted that it might contain matter calcu-
lated to excite a prejudice against the gentleman for
whom he watched the case, and said that he could
show, beyond all doubt, that Mr. Crawley had acted
most irreproachably throughout the whole of the
business to which the prisoner referred, and that not
the slightest impropriety was imputable to him.
Mr. Sheard said that he knew all the particulars of
the transactions which had taken place on the subject
to which the paper alluded, and he knew that the pri-
soner was possessed of a monomania with regard to
it, and he had endeavoured to impress upon the un-
fortunate man that he was mistaken in ascribing to
Mr. Crawley any desire to do him any injury.
William Edmonds, policeman, 528, said, about a
quarter to four o'clocki on the 14th of August I was
on duty in Fenchurch-street. , I went to Mr. Craw-
ley's house. A crowd had collected. The prisoner
was in an armchair, close to a table, bleeding very
much at the mouth. Strickland was holding a hand-
kerchief to the prisoner's mouth, and said, " Feel
here, here's the ball." A gentleman present advised
that the prisoner should be searched, when the pri-
soner put his hand into his trousers pocket and said,
"I have no more," and threw down his purse on the
table. I went and met Mr. Harris, and followed him
to the counting-house. A cab was fetched, and we
took the prisoner to Guy's Hospital. Going along in
the cab the prisoner said he was quite prepared, and
threw his hands down. I said I believed Mr. Craw-
ley was not much hurt, when the prisoner sai(f it was
all his (Mr. Crawley's) fault. At the hospital I saw
Mr. Wilks, one of the dressers, extract the ball pro-
duced. The prisoner wished to look at it, and I
showed it to him, and he wanted to feel the weight of
it, and I refused to let him have it. The paper pro-
duced was found upon him in my presence, and I said,
why, that tells us pretty well all about it. I then
left the prisoner in charge of Mr. Strickland.
Mr. Samuel Solly said, I am senior assistant-
surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital. I saw Mr. Craw-
ley at half-past ten o'clock at night on the 14th of
August in Creorge's-ward, St. Thomas's Hospital. I
was in the hospital some time before I saw him. I
was informed that he had been shot, and I found a
wound just below the outer angle of the nose on the
right side, about half an inch above the mouth.
Upon examining the wound I found it communicated
with the cavity in the upper jaw, called the antrum.
On probing the wound, after a little time I discovered
the ball, that is, I felt metal strike against metal. I
then made an incision from the corner of the nose to
the angle of the mouth, carrying it in the furrow to
avoid the scar, and, enlarging the opening in the
bone, inserted the bullet forceps, and extracted the
ball I produce. The bullet had grooved along the
fangs of the teeth of the upper jaw, and by means only
of the check caused by the fangs of the teeth Mr.
Crawley's life was saved. The bullet has part of one
of the fangs of the tooth still lodged in it. I have
kept it in my possession ever since. The nature of
the wound was dangerous to life. Mr. Crawley
has been under my care ever since. He has gone on
favourably, but at present I do not consider him to be
quite out of danger.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sheard—l mean the pos-
sible consequences of the wound may be fatal. The
wound is dangerous to life, but it did not produce any
injury to a part that was vital. Death might follow
such a wound without being preceded by erysipelas.
It might be caused by the irritation arising from such
a wound without erysipelas, in two or three days. If
the patient had been of an anxious temperament he
would not have gone on so favourably as he has.
The LORD MAYOR—Do you consider that Mr.
Crawley may with safety be removed from the hos-
pital before the 20th of September.
Witness—l do.
The prisoner who did not utter a word was then
remanded.