The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-15 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER

agent who has published it has not been the object of believed that there were 21. owing by Mr. M'Ewen,
any prosecution, has not even been contradicted." about 101. from Mr. Hogg, and 11. from a Mr. Smith,
During the last two weeks, that is from August 28 the whole of which the prisoner had received and
to September 11, the eight military commissions have not accounted for.
decided on the fate of 2.827 insurgents; of these Amos, E 111, said he took the prisoner into cus-
-1,939 have been set at liberty, 858 condemned to tody, and told him the nature of the charge against
transportation, and 30 sent before councils of war. him. The prisoner said nothing in reply.
From the time of their entering into functions, these The prisoner in defence, said he was not going to
commissions have pronounced 8,700 judgments in all, deny taking all the money. It was his duty to re-
by which nearly 4,890 persons were set at liberty ; ceiv© all moneys, and to account for them to his master.
somewhat less than 3,600 condemned to transporta- The latter always received the money once a week,
tion, and 229 sent before councils of war. but he frequently forgot to book it till several weeks
Another detachment of insurgents was sent off to had elapsed, when it slipped his memory that he had
Havre last evening, already received it from him (prisoner).
The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial
at the Central Court.

FRANKFORT.
The New Rhenish Gazette publishes a letter from
Frankfort of the 9th, stating, on what was considered
good authority, that the new Ministry of the Confede-
ration would be probably constituted as follows :
Baron de Stockmar, President of the Council ; M.
Stettman, Minister of the Interior; M. de Meyern,
Minister of War ; M. d'Arnim, ex-ambassador at
Paris, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. Combes, Mi-
nister of Justice ; M. de Hermann, Minister of Corn-
merce."

MAI?YLEBONE.
James Fraser was finally examined on the follow-
charge of robbery :
It appeared that Mrs. Lewis, of Cambridge-street,
Edgware-road, was walking along Crawford street,
when she saw the prisoner draw his hand from her
pocket and run off. She called out " stop thief,"
and he was soon afterwards taken into custody. In
his progress along he was observed to pass something
to another person. The property lost by Mrs.
Lewis was a purse, which, fortunately, contained
no more than 3s. 61; it had not since been met
with.

The prisoner, who denied his guilt, and said that
upon hearing " stop thief" called, he joined many
others in running, was committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Defendant (with emphasis)—A more base and
groundless accusation than the present could not be
made. I can prove that the charge has been trumped
up by the complainant, and that it was done with a
malicious intent. The fact is, this informer Evans
was in my employ up to Saturday last, on which day
I entrusted him with some tickets to dispose of for
the races, and he was to have brought back the money.
Instead, however, of his doing so, he sold the tickets,
kept the money, and sent me a letter, threatening that
if I proceeded against him for the offence he had com-
mitted, that he would give such information against
me as would have the effect of throwing me into gaol.
This letter is now in the possession of my wife, and
will be produced upon another occasion.
Mr. COTTINGHAM—I hare nothing whatever to do
with the motives that induced Evans to lay this in-
formation ; that person may be steeped in dishonesty
as well as you in obscenity. With that I have nothing
to do. It is when persons like you fall out with one
another that the public derives a benefit from it, and in
this instance it will have the effect of stopping the
dissemination of such obscene and disgusting works as
those proved to have been printed under defendant's
direction, and sold in his shop.
After some remarks from the defendant,
Mr. COTTINGIFIAM repeated, that with the motives
by which the informer was actuated he had nothing
to do; that the defendant must remember that this
was not the first occasion on which he stood in the
same position at the bar of that court for a similar
offence, and committed for trial. The magistrate
added, that the offence alleged against the defendant
having been proved, he should certainly send him for
trial, and should give notice to the Society for the
Suppression of N ice to prosecute. The offence, how-
ever, being a bailable one, he should adjudge the de-
fendant to enter into his own recognizance of 2001.,
and find two sureties of lOU, to appear again on
'Wednesday, in order to notify the circumstance to the
above society.
The defendant said, he should not trouble any of his
friends, but should submit to be sent to gaol.
GREEN WICH.
John Collins and John Coblings were charged with
stealing from the person of Owen Lynch, of Eltham,
milkman, five sovereigns, on the afternoon of the 6th
inst. The prisoners had been remanded for a week,
owing to the absence of material witnesses.
Owen Lynch said, on the 6th of September inst.,
between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, I was
on my way home, across Lee green, when I met the
prisoners. Collins said he would lay me a pot that he
could show me more money than I could. lie pulled
out silver, and I was foolish enough to pull out my
purse and show the contents—eight halves and one
sovereign; both prisoners saw the gold. I left them
and went on my journey home, leaving them behind.
I felt tired, and when I got about thirty rods off I sat
down at the roadside and fell asleep. Shortly after-
wards a boy, named Loft, waked me up. I felt my
pocket and missed my purse and money.
Davies, 163 It, said—l apprehended the prisoner
Collins attempting to escape towards Blackheath, and
told him I wanted him for a robbery. I asked him
if he had any money? He said he had plenty of
sovereigns and one sovereign in gold; and at the
station e
seahed him and found eight half-
station I again searched him and found 21s. more in
smilovnere.y-i lCommitted.
then searched

John Hepwell, WOOLWICH.
embez-
zling between 171. and 181., the property of his
a youth, was charged with
master, Mr. Griffin, carrier, of Woolwich.
It appeared from the evidence that on the Bth or
9th of September, 1847, at which time the prisoner
was in the prosecutor's service as errand boy, a man
in the same employment, named Selmen, gave the
prisoner several parcels containing money, amounting
in all to nearly 181., which had been forwarded by
Woolwich tradesmen to the wholesale houses in Lon-
don in payment of accounts. One of these was sent
by Mr. Pettigrew, a military tailor, to a Mr. Oliver,
but in consequence of Mr. Pettigrew having died in
the interim, and no one having seen the money (121.)
placed in the letter, this charge could not be pro.
ceeded with. Another parcel, containing three sove-
reigns and some silver, was sent by a Mr. Green, a
candle manufacturer, to Mr. Hale, of Queen-street,
Cheapside. The prisoner was ordered to leave the
money at the various houses, and to meet the witness
Selmen the same afternoon in the Old Bailey. In-
stead of doing this, as he confessed to the Court, he
broke open the letters,
.abstracted the contents, and
went to Gravesend, where he spent the whole of the
money. He was not heard of until a few days since,
when he was apprehended by Police-constable Griffin,
229 R, in the Greenwich union.
The evidence in the case of Mr. Hale was fully
made out, and Mr. Traill committed the prisoner for
trial on that charge.

THE HARVEST.
During the last week, and what has gone of this, the
weather has been most propitious to the ripening,
the cutting down, and in-gathering of the crops.
In a few places in this neighbourhood reap-
ing has been finished, and leading is in a state
of great forwardness. What has been got into the
stack-yard is in the best condition. The oats and barley
are spoken of as being excellent crops, the latter far
heavier than was at one time anticipated. The disease
has not spread of late among the potatoes. Regents and
cups appear quite sound, but late Americans are in every
place diseased more or less. Taking all things together,
prospects of an abundant supply of food for man and
beast are cheering.—Dundee Advertiser.
A gentlema❑ in this neighbourhood who has taken up
his crop of late potatoes (pink kidneys) found about one-
eighth part diseased. This was very much better than
he had anticipated from the perfectly decayed state of
the haulm. He strongly recommends every one to take
up their late crops (they cannot improve, but may
become very much worse), and to sow the ground with
turnips—the white snowball will do well.—Cambridge
Advertiser.

Since our last, we have had a great alteration in the
state of the weather, for while Saturday was through-
out cloudy, with occasional showers, and while the rain
fell nearly continuously and sometimes heavy from
about eleven o'clock on Saturday night to about six
o'clock on the following evening, Monday and yester-
day have been throughout fine and bright days. The
temperature has, however, even on these last two days
been very low for the sea.on of the year. The maximum
temperature was on Saturday 62 degs., on Sunday 67
degs., and on Monday 56 degs.—Manchester Guardian.
Saturday last was a fine day until nightfal, and a very
large quantity of oats and wheat were housed in excel-
ent condition in this and the adjoining counties. Indeed
in South Lancashire and Cheshire, with the exception of
some unimportant townships in the hills, the grain har.
vest may be said to have been completely gathered in.
The crop of oats in Cheshire has not been finer for many
years, the grain being well fed, weighing heavy, unit,
when manufactured, producing meal of excellent quality.
Sunday was a thoroughly wet day, the rain falling for
eighteen hours conntinuously. Yesterday (Monday), on
the contrary, was as fine as the most ardelit agricultu-
rist could desire.—Manchester Examiner.
GLascow.—On Friday and Saturday last the weather
was occasionally showery; but as there were at intervals
bright sunshine and drying breezes, harvest operations
were not interrupted. A good deal of grain in stook
has now been exposed for a considerable time; but as
the temperature has been low, no harm has yet ensued
from sprouting. The weather during the last week, with
the exception of Monday and Tuesday, was generally
rather unfavourable in this district.—Glasgow Herald.
DUMFRIESSIIIRE.—In all early situations, stacks be-
fore long will be the rule and stooks the exception; and,
should the present resemble last week in weather, as
seems probable from the mercury again mounting, abun-
dant scope will be furnished for celebrating thankfully
harvest home all over the south of Scotland.—Dumfries
Courier.

771 AME S.
Thomas Watts, who has been for some time em-
ployed as a watchman at a place called the Refuge
tor the Houseless, and to which baths and washhouses
are attached, in Glasshouse-yard, Upper East Smith-
field, and James Clark, a tall youth, were brought
before Mr. Ballantine, charged with ill-treating a
seaman named John Hood, and robbing him of his
jacket and waistcoat.

It appeared from the statement of Hood, whose face
was torn and bruised, that on Tuesday night he was
in Upper East Smithfield, and met with Clark, who
induced him to leave the house, and forced him into a
certain place in White's yard, Rosemary-lane, where
he was knocked down and brutally used, and his
jacket, waistcoat, handkerchief, and stock taken
from him. One man exclaimed while he was on the
ground, "cut his -- throat," and he was knelt upon
by one man while another compressed his throat until
he was nearly strangled, and the blood issued from
his nose and mouth. He saw both prisoners in the
house where he was ill-used. He purchased a suit of
clothes for 2/. 10s. just before he met with Clark, and
he was plundered of everything except his trousers.
Samuel Damerall, a police-constable, 140 H, said
that both prisoners were pointed out to him as having
being concerned in the outrage, and he took them
into custody. They denied all knowledge of the
sailor.

Inspector Scott, of the II division, explained the
affair to the magistrate. The prosecutor was in-
veigled by Clark into the refuge for the houseless,
commonly called the Model Lodging-house, in the
neighbourhood of Upper East Smithfield, on Tues-
day night, at twelve o'clock, and he was exposed to a
muck trial, at which a man, who called himself an
inspector of police, presided as judge, and the sailor
was sentenced to pay a fine of 7s. The sailor had
no money about him, and he was immediately at-
tacked by all the persons in the Refuge, about twenty
in number, who beat him in the way described, and
robbed him of his clothes. The Refuge was estab-
lished with the most benevolent intentions by Mr.
Russell Gurney, Dr. Bowie, and other philanthropic
individuals.

CAMBRIAN ARCHEOLOGICAL
CONGRESS.
CARNARVON, TUESDAY.--The second annual meeting
of the Cambrian Arcluzeological Association was com-
menced in this town this morning, and will continue
during the week, closing on Friday evening. The meet-
ing is held under the patronage of the Marquis of
Northampton. The President of the Association is Sir
Stephen Richard Glynne, lial t., F.S.A., Lord-Lieutenant
of Flintahire, and the lists of vice• presidents, members
of the committee, and local and district secretaries, in-
clude the names of most of the nobility and persons of
eminence in the principality.
Two excursions were made this morning by the visitors
and gentlemen interested in the antiquities which abound
in the vicinity. The first was into the Island of Angle-
sey, visiting the church at the village of Newborough, the
church at Llangadwalair, and the one at Aberffraw: the
celebrated Cromlech at llenblas, and several other objects
of interest. The excursion extended to a distance of 22
miles.

After some further proceedings,
11r. BALL&NTINE said—l will let this case stand
over till Saturday ; it must be further inquired into.
A gross outrage has been committed upon the sailor,
and he has been stripped of his clothes. I shall re-
mand the prisoners for the present, and if the sailor
can identify any more of the parties who robbed him,
take them into custody.

The second excursion took the company through some
of the most romantic and beautiful of the Welch scenery.
The route lay through the pass of Llanberis, visiting the
ancient towner at Dolbadarn, and Llanberis church;
thence through the fertile vale of Gwynant to Beddge-
lert, the magnificent mountain pass of Aberglaslyn, the
Roman-road, Castel' Cidwm, &c., and back, through
Bettves, to Carnarvon. This trip was over thirty-five
miles of ground.
with
a great The large and commodious room of the National
School had been appropriated for tho exhibition of the
drawings,re
tnumber. T
objects of antiquity,
&c of whie h there
drawings
were ranged
great taste, and the various articles of antiquarian
Interest were placed on tables in the centre of the room.
This evening the following papers will be read:—
"On Druidic Stories," by the Rev. John Williams, of
Nerquis; " On the Cromlech," by the Rev. John Jones,
of Llanllyferi ; " On Cantrei y gwaelod," by the Rev.
Griffith Williams, of Llangollen ; and " On the Archi-
tectural Features of Bangor Cathedral," by the Rev. U.
Longueville Jones, M.A., of Beaumaris.

A diver of the name of bolt is at present engaged
nspecting the moorings in the Tyne. He goes down
daily and traverses the bottom of the river, examining,
with all the minuteness of a person walking on shore,
the positions of the chains and buoys. On Monday he
came in contact with a log of mahogany, opposite White
Hill point: On being brought up it bore the date of
1813, having been immersed 35 years.—Neweastle
Journal.
BLACKBURN.—On Tuesday, about twelve o'clock
at noon, a store, containing about 700 calico pieces, be-
longing to Messrs. F. Steiner and Co., of Church, near
Accrington, was burnt, down. So rapid was the fire, that
in less than half an hour there was nothing left but the
bare walls. The loss is about 5001—Mane/aster
Guardian.
HLANGLIOLY StuClDE.—Yesterday Mr. W. Payne
held an inquiry at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on view of
the body of Samuel Alberry, aged 54, who committed
suicide on the evening of Friday last, under somewhat
peculiar and painful circumstances. It appeared that
the deceased had been for upwards of thirty years in
the employ of Messrs. Russell and Badcock, Scotch and
Manchester warehousemen, of No. 13, Friday-street.
Mr. Howell, in the employ of Messrs. Russell and Bad-
cock, stated that about eight, en months ago deceased
had a severe attack of erysipelas in the head, since which
time his mind had occasionally appeared to wander.
Latterly, upon several occasions, he had been threatened
with his discharge on account of inattention. On the
day on which he committed suicide, he bad been closely
questioned by Mr. Russell relative to the payment of
the booking of certain parcels with which he bad been
entrusted. Ten minutes after that occurrence deceased
went into the cellar and committed suicide by cutting
his throat with a knife. Wm. Alberry, the son of the
deceased, stated that his father bad been for some
months past in a very desponding state, and bad lately
expressed a fear of losing his situation. lie thought
that this was sufficient to account for the rash act. The
jury after some deliberation returned a verdict of Tem-
porary insanity."
TEE REAL SPEAKER Or THE lioursz OF COX.
NoNs.—Mr. Chisholm Anstey.—Punch.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
NORTH BRITISIL—PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS
WITH MR. HUDSON.
On Wednesday the half yearly general meeting of the
shareholders of the North British Railway was held in
Gibb's Royal Hotel, Edinburgh; Eagle Henderson, Esq ,
the vice-chairman of the company, presided.
After the seal had been affixed to the registered list of
shareholders, the report by the directors, of which the
following is an abstract, was rt ad:—
" The revenue account shows a free balance of
24,448/. 12s. 1 ld., from which the directors recommend
that a dividend, at the rate of five per cent. per annum
for the half-year, be declared and paid on the original
and Dalkeith Branch Shares. This will leave a balance
of 488 L 12s. 1 ld., to be carried to the credit of the cur-
rent half-year's account. As compared with the cor-
responding half-year in 1847, the revenue of the by-gone
half-year shows an increase of 8,3101. 7s. 6d. This has
arisen chi, fly on the goods traffic, which, notwithstand-
ing the depressed state of trade, is continuing steadily to
advance. The recent opening of the bridge across the
Tyne, and the opening of the bridge across the Tweed,
which is about to take place, will doubtless add ma-
terially to the traffic, both in passengers and goods,
by affording the means of transit to and from
England without change of carriage. The increase
of traffic from this, and from the gradual development
of the trade of the line, as well as the reduction
which will take place in the cost of working and manage-
ment, give ample promise of the revenue progressing, so
as to improve the future dividends, even when the addi-
tional capital which has been created comes into opera-
tion. The completion of the Ha wick Branch has been
delayed much longer than the directors anticipated. The
sole cause of this has been the difficulty of getting
money. The directors have been using every meats
which they prudently could to overcome this, by enforc-
ing payment of the arrears due on calls. By their pro.
ceedings they have reduced the arrears from 131,829/. se,
which was the amount due at July 31st, to 112,1122,
which is composed of-1. Arrears on original stock,
2851.; 2. Arrears on half shares, 6,027/. 10s. ; 3. Ar-
rears on quarter shares, 24,307/. 55.; 4. Arrears on
third shares, 81,492/. ss. Total, 112,1121. Were these
arrears, and the final call which has been made on the
third shares, promptly paid, the whole of the branch
would be opened in 1849. In the meanwhile, seventeen
additional miles of it (making in all twenty miles) have
been opened, and it is satisfactory to have to report,
that, so far as it has gone, the traffic has equalled the
expectations of the directors. The completion ot the
works, however, will depend entirely on the promptitude
with which the calls are paid, and as there is a large sum
which is already expended, which must lie nearly d. r-
mant until the line is tuliy opened, the directors earnestly
urge on the shareholders not to delay the payment. Had
the completed portion of the Hawick branch been opened
as soon as the directors at one time hoped it wOuld have
been, they could have pia posed a specific plan for put-
ting the holders of the third shares, on which no interest
is at present paid, on a somewhat more equal footing
with the other shares than they have heretofore been.
They have not, however, had sufficient experience of the
working of that part of the line to enable them to do
more than suggest, that the free revenue from it for the
current half-) ear should be divided among those holders
of third shares who shall have paid their calls. This
will not do injustice to the holders of half shares, as
they will continue to receive their interest until the
branch is completed, and it will, in the only practicable
manner, relieve the holders of third shares to a certain
extent from the hardship under which they have laboured,
in not having yet got any interest or dividend on the
sums paid by them. The other branches are being pro-
ceeded with as fast as the funds at the directors' disposal
will allow. The Tranent branch is all but finished, and
the greater part of the Dunse branch will be opened
within three months. The Kelso and North Berwick
branches are not in so forward a state, although they
are also well advanced. They will be pushed on as
soon as the directors are put in possession of funds for
the purpose. The Bill which was applied for last ses-
sion, by authority of the shareholders, for the enlarge-
ment of the Edinburgh station and the improvement of the
branches to Leith and the town of Dalkeith, was lost on
the second reading(without the merits having been gone
into), in consequence of the oppositionof the magistrates
of Edinburgh, and one landowner. The directors regret
this, as they consider both objects to be of the utmost
importance. In particular, the trade with Leith is in-
creasing so much since the partial openingof the Hawick
Branch, that it will be next to impossible to work it on
the existing Horse Branch, except at very great incon-
venience, delay, and cost to the company, and to the
public. The directors, therefore, recommend that they
be authorised to renew the application to Parliament for
an Act to carry out the same objects as those contem-
plated in the Bill which was rejected last session. The
other Act for which they applied, to enable them to
raise an additional capital of 600,0001., for completing
the works was passed. And, in conformity with
the instructions of the shareholders, the directors in-
tend at the firstfavourable opportunity to issue the shares
authorised to be created under it, proportionally to such
of the holders of the Carlisle extension scrip, as shall
claim them, within a time to be specified by the di-
rectors—credit for the deposit of 12s. 6d. per share,
which was paid on that scrip, being to be given to the
parties who shall so take the shares. Should any of the
&hares not be taken up by those parties within the spe-
cified time, such shares will then be issued as may be di-
rected by the company ; and those holders of the Car-
lisle extension scrip, who do not exchange it for new
shares, will receive back the deposit paid on it, minus
the expenses incurred in regard to the bills which were
presented for authority to make that line. The sum to
be repaid would be about 4s. 6d. per share. The new
stock, when paid up, will take dividend along with the
other stocks on the line and branches being completed.
The directors had intended to have proposed, at this
time, that the different classes of shares should have
been at once converted into 251. stock. Such a measure,
while it would have simplified the books and saved ex-
pense, would also have been convenient to the sharehol-
dere. They are obliged, however, to postpone this, in
consequence of the calls not having been all paid, and of
the works not having been completed. They will bring
it forward as soon as they are in a position to do so
with effect. The only special business before the meet-
ing will be a motion by Mr. Blackadder, That no sys-
tematic and predetermined work be done on the railway
on the Lord's day.'"
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to move the adoption of the
report, said he would not occupy their time by calling
attention to the depressed state of commercial enterprise
throughout the country, and its effect upon railway en-
terprize in general, but would proceed at once to refer
to the progress of the line during the last half-year. A
comparison of the revenue derived from passengers
showed that, during the half-year ending the 31st of
July, 1847, the amount realised was 28,321/., while for
the corresponding half-year of 1848, the amount was
30,0571., being an increase of upwards of 1,7001. The
number of passengers conveyed during the same period
in 1447 amounted to 56,716 ; while in 1848 the number
amounted to 531,867 ; being a decrease of 35,829. Not-
withstanding that large decrease in the number of pas-
sengers, they would observe that there had been an in-
crease of revenue. The directors had increased the
charges in July, but they did not take much credit for
that being the cause of the increase of the revenue. He
might mention that there had also been a decrease of
about 400/. on the revenue derived from the conveyance
of horses and carriages, which showed the want
of communication by bridges over the Tweed and
the Tyne. This proved distinctly that they had
lost a great deal of through traffic from that
want of communication, causing, as it did,
travellers to
change twice on their way to the sonth. They were
aware, however, that this would soon be obviated by the
completion of the temporary bridges. With regard to
the revenue from goods he was glad to say that it showed
a similar result. For the half-year ending the 31st July,
1847, it amounted to 14,3091., while for the corresponding
half-year of 1848 it amounted to 20,808/., being an in-
crease of 6,4991. He need not, however, detain them by
going through the gross revenue. In looking over the
report he supposed they would fancy that the working
expenses had been rather great; but they were aware
that on new lines it was difficult to bring things down
to the lowest possible minimum. He anticipated, how-
ever, that these expenses would, by-and-bye, be very
much reduced. They would perceive in the accounts an
item for waggons amounting to 1,7001 This was
a pretty heavy charge, but it was one which he did
not think was likely to occur again, caused as it was
by the altering the springs and making the waggons
suitable for the English traffic across the bridges. Ile
might also state that they expected, by the opening of
the bridges at Berwick and Newcastle, to be able to make
a large reduction in the price of coke, namely, from
18s. 4d. to 14s. 3d. per ton, thereby making a difference
of 2,5001. in the yearly expenditure for coal. They
likewise expected to make a large saving by making the
Berwick station a road station. With regard to calls, as
stated in the report, there were some of them that ought
to have been paid up long before this. Measures bad
been taken by the directors to expedite the payment of
these arrears as quickly as possible; and a special meet-
ing would be called, if these were not paid up, for
having the shares confiscated. Some of them might
think that the calls had been rather heavy. lie could
assure them that the directors felt this as strongly as
they did themselves ; but on looking at the accounts
they would see the absolute necessity which ex-
isted for relieving the directors of the large sum for
which they had become individually responsible.
Apart from this, however, the money was absolutely
required for completing
the works now in progress.
They were aware that they had only about one-half the
amount of mileage in operation for which they had ob-
tained powers when the last accounts were made up.
The other day they had opened 17 additional miles, and
he had the satisfaction of saying, that since these 17
miles of the Hawick line had been opened, the traffic was
exceedingly promising, and he was confident that it would
turn out to be a most advantageous line. From the large
quantity of coal at Bow shank they had yet derived no
benefit, on account of the unfortunate tunnel at that
place; but they expected by Christmas to reach St.
Boswell's, and to get into the heart of that rich country.
With regard to the branches he would not say much.
As respected the branch to North Berwick, some of their
shareholders had not a very favourable opinion of it, and
he himself did not consider it a very good one. He be-
lieved that they would not derive much benefit from it at
first. It would make a very good summer branch, but not
a good winter one, and they must just, therefore, put the
geed and the bad together. In reference to the Dunse
branch, which he considered a very important one, he anti-
cipated that in four months they would be enabled' to open
it very nearly to that town. With respect to the Car-
lisle extension, he intended to move a resolution upon
which the shareholders would give their opinion. The
last thing which he had to mention was a subject about
which there had been a good deal of talk. It had refe-
rence to a gentleman, well known in the railway world,
Mr. Hudson, coming ferward to make an offer for the
North British line. Till tbis morning the directors were
not aware that any communication would be made on

after that defendant and her mother bad a little bit
of disagreement. Her mother said to her that she
had had two letters from King, and that she knew
he was alive. The second conversation was on the
11th July, seven years ago last July. I have heard
defendant say since that King had used her badly,
and forced her to go into the Union house at Sud-
bury. I saw a letter directed to Mrs. King, from
Michael King, about five years ago. My wife an-
swered the letter by direction of defendant's mother,
and it was directed to Tooley-street, London. I
know nothing of whether the defendant knew about
the letter. I may have had conversation with her,
and I may not. I have subsequently had conversa-
tions with defendant about King up to February or
March last. About a week before Christmas last
I went up to London and on my return I told
the defendant that King had been pointed out
to me by Casey, who was with my brother, and
who said, " There, that is King, who married your
wife's sister." This was at Greenwich. I said, as
he was alive she had better not marry. She replied
she knew he was dead and buried at Belfast, and she
would marry if she liked. On the Sunday after last
Christmas-day I went to defendant's to tea. John
Downs was present. Defendant produced her mar-
riage " lines ' with her and the said John Downs.
She was described in it as Jane King, spinster. I
said, " Jane, why you have not got married ?" She
said, " Yes, I have ; here are my marriage ' lines.' "
I have since had conversations with defendant about
King. I have said, "Mind King do not walk in one
of these days, and you find yourself in the wrong."
She replied, " Oh, he has been away too long for
that." I have heard defendant say that the last time
she saw King was at a place called Duxford Plough,
between six and seven years ago, and since she told
me that it was five years ago.
Frederick Fenton, 28, Westgate. road, said—l
know defendant and one John Downs, of this town,
hardwareman. I was present with defendant and
John Downs in London about last Christmas. I
went with them to a church called St. James's, when
and where they were married in my presence. My
wife was with us. This marriage was solemnized
the day before Christmas-day, at St. James's Church,
in the usual form, and all parties present signed the
register.
By Mr. S waosi—No secret was made of the mar•
riage. I returned to town with them after their
marriage. I went to town with them on the Thurs-
day preceding the marriage. They were married by
license. I saw the license at church.
Henry King, Guildhall-street, deposed—The de-
fendant is my mother. I know my father. I be•
lieve the first time I saw my father was last Saturday
week, at my grandmother's house, about seven o'clock
in the evening. Ido not recollect seeing my father
five or six years ago. I am sixteen years old. I
cannot say hlw long I have lived at Bury. I have
heard my mother say my father was dead several
times. This was two or three years ago. I have
never had anything from my father. My mother has
maintained me, and apprenticed me to Mr. Earl, plas-
terer, my present master. I have heard my father
say that my mother was not his first wife ; that his
first wife died in London.
The defendant was fully committed for trial, but
was immediately admitted to bail.—Bury and Nor
wick Post.

After a good deal of further discussion, the Chairman
motion was agreed to, in so far as it went toepproVe C.)
that part of the report which recommended that 6 dill"
dend of 12s. 6d. per share should be paid on the 251
original shares, and 2s. 6d. on the 5/. shares.
It was also agreed, on the motion of Mr. ANDERSOI4'
that the directors should be instructed to appoint a con'
mittee to negotiate with the York, Newcastle, and Bo"
wick Company for a lease, or amalgamation with the,
North British, and that the consideration of the report
should be adjourned till Wednesday, the 18th October,
when the result of the negotiation, and the documents
referred to in it, should be laid before the compal*;i
and that the further business of this meeting be ad-
journed till that day.
The meeting then adjourned till the 18th of October.
RAI

LWA Y SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 14.
STOCK EXCHAXGE. —The Share Market remains reqs,
fiat. The sales are—Great Western, Quarter Shares,
475
dis.—Midland, 86.

LIVERPOOL, Sarr. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market for shares is worse
again to-day, and prices are lower. The sales are—Birket•
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, ill. Share'',
91/2 c. die.—Caledonian, 20,A—Ditto, Preference, 1.; c. dis'
—Great Western, Quarters, 5 dis.—Lancashire and York-
shire (late blancliester and Leeds), Fifths, 35 dis.—Ditto.
321. Shares (late Extensi,,n), 1034 dis.—London and North-
Western, 1101/. c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 18s. 9d.
Midland Stock, 83[4 c.—Ditte, New Halves, 101A1 C.--
Shropshire Union, 3/. 13. 3d.—South-Eastern and Dover.
No. 4, Thirds, 634—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G.. 1.4-•
E. Purchase), :54.

MANCHESTER, SEPT. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire,
p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 4%
dPirseLerLeneecdes,
Eighths, 714 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 6%—",,
Yireterence, 1-16 p.—Sheffield, Old, 48—Ditto,
North Staffordshire, .r,4 dis.— Caledonian, Preference, ti
dis.—Leeds, Fifths, 31. z dis.—Sheffield, Preference, 9 13.16
London and North-Western, 110.
BIRMINGHAM, Sarr. 14.
STocic EXCHANGE.— The market was again flat. The sales
are—North Staffordshire, 514 dis.—Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham (B), 86s. 3d. dis.— South Staffordshire, 91s. 3d.do•
YORK, SE.PT. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day wall
as, follows: Great Northern, 6%—North British, Thirds,
1/. 18s. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur-
chase)
7-//s n. —York and North Midland, 55.

BIRTHS.
On the 11th inst., at Purbrook-lodge, Hants, the lady of
Stephen Winkworth, Esq., of a son.
On the 12th inst., at Regent's-park-terrace, the wife of
James Richardson, Esq., of a son.
On the 12th inst., at Down Ainpney-house, Gloucester-
shire, the wife of Captain C. Talbot, It.N., of twin daughters.
On the 13th inst., Mrs. R. Hunter, of Brunswick-squoiret
of a daughter.
MrOs .11 ehfer 0 ,3 ot hf
ains at Great George-street, Westminster,

MAERIED.
On the 12th inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, the
Rev. Charles Abbot Stevens, M.A., of Trinity College, Car''
bridge, to Ilannah Isaacson, elder daughter of the late COPT
Andrew King, R.N., and niece of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward
D. King, K.C.H.

DIED.
On the 10th inst., at Albion-place, Reading, Berks,..,3ged
6S, Charlotte Elizabeth Wightmau, relict of
the late vice"
Admiral Sir Thomas Dundas, K.C.B.
On the 11th inst., at Kirk Ella-house, Yorkshire, J. S'
Egginton, Esq., aged 50.
On the 1 lth inst., aged 84, Jane, wife of Thomas Miles'
Esq., of Ston-Easton, Somerset.
On the 11th inst., at Aveley, Essex, T. Fisher, Esq., of
Westcott, near Dorking, Surrey, aged 35.
On the 12th inst., at Regent's-park-terr.lce, the wife of J.
Richardson, Esq.
On the 12th inst., Sarah, the wife of E. Huddleston, Esq.'
of Sawston-hall, Cambridgeshire, aged 67.

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