The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-03 00:00:00

TERRIFIC THUNDER-STORM.

On Saturday afternoon, at about a quarter before four
o'clock, a tremendous thunderstorm passed over
the metropolis. Several vivid flashes of light-
ning, followed bey loud peals of thunder, were
the preludes to a perfect hurricane of wind, rain
and hail. The storm burst at once, as though a water-
spout had burst—the wind raged with terrific fury,
and the hailstones, which fell with the rain,
were some of them of the diameter of at
least half an inch. In several instances windows
were br, ken by the hailstones. The hurricane of wind
and hail lasted shout ten minutes, when it became nearly
a dead calm, but the rain, and lightning, and thunder,
still continue, and the rain is at this moment
pouring doe n like a shower bath.
SUN OFFICE, lIALF-PAST FOUR.

The storm has returned with increased violence
the hailstones were some of them at least an inch
and a half in diameter. Our readers may judge of
the force of the storm and the size of the hailstones,
from the fact that in our establishment alone upwards of
thirty panes of glass have been broken.
The above appeared in the third edition of The Sun,
of Saturday evening. The storm lasted until half-past
six o'clock, and was at its greatest height at half-past
four. There is scarcely a building within the metro-
politan district which has not been damaged, and even
at the present moment the extent of the mischief done
cannot even be guessed at.
Amongst the public buildings in the metropolis which
have suffered most severely by the fracture of skylights
and domes, from the hailstones, are Buckingham Palace,
Somerset House, Burlington Arcade, the Bazaar (Baker-
street), end the Paddington terminus of the Great Wes-
tern Railway. The Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick,
the Botanic Gardens, Kew, and those in the Regent's-
park have also suffered severely.
In the neighbourhood of Brompton, Kensington, and
Hammersmith, the storm was particularly severe. About
four o'clock the electric fluid struck a stack of chimneys
at the house, No. 21, Lower Phillimore-place, at the cor.
ner of the road leading to Notting-hill, by which the
stack has been much shattered. In the Victoria road a
skylight was carried by the force of the wind into the
middle of the road. In the lower parts of Kensington
and Brempton, the basement stories of several of the
houses were inundated by the great body of water which
descended like a torrent upon Notting-hill and the
higher parts of the locality, and which carried everything
before it.

The nursery grounds westward of town have suffered
severely, as have also the market gardeners, their lights
being all more or less damaged.
In the metropolis considerable damage has been done,
all buildings having skylights being more or less injured.
The houses on the western side of Farringdon-street
have sustained considerable injury by the overflowing
of the Fleet-ditck, which filled the various cellars and
underground apartments. One house, occupied by/a
linendraper, had five feet of water in the lower rooms,
and it required several men to be engaged nearly two
hours to empty the place. The lower stores of the
Angel Inn were completely flooded. A number of sheep
were saved just in time.
Battle-bridge was a scene of great excitement and
confusion, in consequence of the waters overflowing the
land from near King's-cross to Acton-place, Bagnigge
Wells-road, which was so inundated that the thorough-
fare had the appearance of a river or canal, and was not
only rendered impassable, but the inhabitants could not
obtain egress or ingress to their piemises without the
assistance of some conveyance. The kitchens, parlours,
and back yards of many of the dwellings were so over.
flowed that parties could not enter them.
The homes nearly opposite the police station in the
Bagnigge Wells-road were completely filled with water,
arising from the elevations of the surrounding neigh-
bourhood. Mr. Kerr, a baker, in Hereford-row, Bag-
nigge Wells-road, on the day before had in 36 sacks of
flour, which were entirely spoiled. The lower part of
the house of Mr. Greenwood, of the Northumberland
Arms, was quite inundated. The lower part of Mr.
Silcock's, the Carpenters' Arms, Bagnigge Wells Toad,
was also filled with water, as well as other public-houses
in the neighbourhood. At the police station-house,
Bagnigge Wells-road, and also at the police-court, nume-
rous windows were broken. _

The skylights at the Euston-square railway station
have suffered so much that the whole of them must be
replaced.
At the lower end of Mutton-hill the rush of the flood
was so powerful, that it burst through the gratings, and
before the inhabitants were aware of their danger, the
water, which was mixed with the most nauseous soil
rose three or four feet above the surface. The utmost
alarm necessarily prevailed, but iu a few minutes the
cellars were filled, when those who occupied them were
obliged promptly to take their flight, leaving their furni-
ture to mercy of the flood. At the bottom of Mutton-
hill, it was at a depth of four of five feet, Adjoining
Mutton-hill, to the north, is Wignall's-place, in which
are eleven houses; here the water had risen about seven
feet. The utmost consternation prevailed among the
inmates who were at the first floor windows, imploring
assistance, many of the suppliants holding children in
their arms. Assistance was promptly afforded by the
neighbours. Among the first was Mr. Hunter, landlord
of the Two Brewers, who swam to the aid of many, and
rescued several children. A man named Smith, a
French polisher, followed his example, and also saved
many. Ladders were also brought to the spot by
means of which the women and men were extricated.
The consequences of the flood are such that some of
the houses are undermined, and cannot now be occu-
pied. The back of the Coach and Horses, near Wig-
nall's-place, is swept away. In Round-court, to the
south of Mutton-hill, two houses, the property of Mr.
Langdon, were forced down, and but for the activity of
the inhabitants, who hastened to the assistance of the in-
mates, many lives would have been lost. A Mr. Clarke
saved three children. The premises of Godson, carcase
butcher, wero nearly swept away. Among the property
lost was a cart, which was swept into the sewer that is
here open. In Thavies-inn the kitchens were filled with
water. A vast quantity of timber and other materials
have floated down the Fleet-ditch. Two houses above
Mutton hill are also down. The rush of water was tre-
mendous, and carried away the whole of the back part
of three houses in Round-court, occupied by poor fami-
lies, who with the greatest difficuhy succeeded in making
their escape. A large warehouse in the same court,
belonging to Mr. Fox, drysalter, had the back front
also carried away. Mr. Nichols, a broker, of No. 1,
Vine-street, has sustained considerable loss, by
a large quantity of furniture being carried
away down the ditch into the Thames. Mr. Knight,
a publican, had his cellars so flooded, that the barras of
beer were forced upwards, and knocked in the bar and
parlour flooring. He also is a great loser. At eleven
o'clock at night the poor people in the courts and alleys
in the neighbourhood were busily employed in removing
their furniture, as many of the houses, in consequence
of the water sapping the foundations, which are very
old, have sunk several feet, and are rendered extremely
dangerous. A strong body of police afforded most
efficient assistance in this distressing affair. The autho-
rities at Clerkenwell workhouse gave a general order for
the immediate admission of the poor people and their
families, who have been rendered homeless.

During the time that the st•)rm was at its height,
ther air, which was falling in such immense bo-
dies, ran down the various conduits into the Fleet-
ditch, which very speedily became filled. The outlet at
Blackfriars- bridge, not being sufficiently large to al-
low the water to rush out as fast as it entered the sewer,
the extraordinary pressure of the water blew the iron
crown off the covering of the ditch with such violence,
that it made a noise like the explosion of a piece of ar-
tillery. At the same moment the water flew out with
such impetuosity, that No. 3 Waterman steamer, which
was going down the river, was driven against one of the
piers of Blackfriars-bridge, and so disabled that she was
forced to put back and land her passengers by means of
one of the Citizen steamers. Soon after it took place,
portions of tedsteads, chests of drawers, cheffoniers,
&c., were seen emerging from the mouth of the great
sewer. Intimation of the circumstance was very
quickly communicated to the officers of the Thames.
police, who soon took up their position in boats
in front of the sewers, and this efficient body of men were
occupied until a late hour in conveying from the sewer
portions of articles such as those that we just mentioned.
The articles in question were all conveyed to the other
side of the bridge, contiguous to the steam-boat pier,
where they were placed under the care of an officer of
the Thames Police. The several articles were supposed
to be the property of the furniture brokers and others
whose houses were destroyed or injured in the neigh-
bourhood of Saffron-hill; these persons will, of course,
be on the look out to ascertain how far this assumption
is a correct one.

In the Strand, also, considerable injury was done to
the windows of many houses owing to the hail-storm.
Several squares of glass in the workshop of Mr. West,
the optician, were broken to pieces. The glass domes
which light the Lowther Arcade were all of them more
or less injured, and the shopkeepers in the Arcade were
obliged to give up business altogether.
Buckingham Palace has suffered severely. It appears
that the Royal Picture Gallery is lighted by a skylight,
consisting of a centre piece and sides. There is an im-
mense dome over the grand staircase, composed entirely
of glass. A glass dome over the Ministry staircase, and
a variety of others. All these have been utterly de-
stroyed ; the ruthless torrents of hail and rain poured in
with the force of a cataract, making the various stair-
cases so many waterfalls ; the basement floors of the
palace were completely flooded. The Picture Gallery,
in which are some of the most splendid productions of
the old masters, was at one time in imminent danger,
for when the large hailstones had removed all oeposition
to the ingress of the rain, the gallery was flooded to the
depth of many inches, and the water assumed all the
appearance of a natural current. No time was lost in
removing all those pictures that were liable to be injured,
and we believe that in no single instance has damage
been done to any one. The more valuable pictures were
ranged under the engraved plate glassof the sides, which
successfully withstood the violence of the storm. As soon
as the rain had in some degree abated, active measures were
taken to clear the various rooms and lobbies of the
palace from the water that had accumulated, and to
achieve that object speedily the services of the police
stationed at the palace were called into requisition, and
a company of the Foot Guards wero sent from the
Weilingtoll bltralcki to 011ieti their Denim were put to

a severe test for more than an hour. Mr. Cohbett, the
pa inter and glazier to the royal palaces, visited the
palace, and having ascertained the extent of the damage,
he at once gave the necessary directions for covering in
the picture galleryand the various rooms with tarpauling,
and a great number,of men were instantly set upon that
work. Many thousand squares of glass are demolished,
and at a rough calculation the loss in that article alone
will be little short of 1,8001. or 2,000/. It is satisfactory
to state that the Queen's decorators have closely in-
spected the various royal apartments, into which the
water obtained access, and have not discovered that any
material damage has been sustained by any of the costly
embellishments. The parade in front of the palace, ex-
tending from the foot of Constitution-hill to James-
street, Buckingham-gate, was one sheet of water, and so
deep as to render it impassable to pedestrians.
The deep barrel drain in the Green Park burst from
the immense accumulation of water, and formed a com-
plete river to the ornamental water in the enclosure of
St. James's Park. Here the violence of the storm dis-
mantled the flower-beds, tore up the paths, and so
flooded the pastures, that it became necessary for men
to wade up to the middle to rescue the sheep that
would otherwise have been drowned. The water
accumulated to that depth in bird-cage walk that it
was rendered impassable to podestrimr, and almost so to
vehicles.

At the metropolitan police office, Scotland-yard, 300
squares of g',ais were broken. The Admiralty stables
sustained great damage, and not a house in Whitehall.
place-gardens escaped. Lord Liverpool's and Sir W.
James's windows suffered most.

We were also informed, from a creditable source, that
the Houses of Lords and Commons were so inundated,
from the destruction of the fan lights, that it may be
questionable whether they will be in a condition to re-
ceive the members this evening.
Carlton-terrace has suffered very much, the vestibules
of those houies which are glazed being considerably
shattered.

Every square of glass over the Regent Quadrant was
demolished, and the pathway strewed with broken frag-
ments. Several of the large houses have their stock in
trade greatly injured.
A considerable number of windows have been broken
in the Government Gazette-office, and the building
saturated with water. Scarcely a house in Cannon-row
has escaped injury by the storm.
In the well-known r*nge of premises belonging to
Messrs. Harvey, termed Lambeth House, in the West-
minster-road, the floors of the shops were covered with
water. The stock in trade is most severely injured, The
skylights were demolished by the hail falling upon them
The Baptist chapel in the Waterloo-road had upwards of
three feet of water in it. The Hero of Waterloo Inn,
in the same road, had between 40 and CO tons of water in
the cellar and about CO squares of glass demolished.
Messrs. Jones's oil factory in Robert-street had 90
squares of glass broken. The Pear Tree Tavern, in the
New-cut, had the water in the cellar almost up to a man's
arm-pits. The West of England engine was engaged
nearly two hours pumping the water out. Mr. Knight,
an oilman in the same thoroughfare, had a most valuable
stock in the cellars spoiled by the water. The
Surrey Theatre had the skylights demolished
and the windows broken. The rain poured in such
a manner that the place was flooded. A notice was put
up last night that, in consequence of the damage done,
no performance could take place that night. The sur-
gery belonging to Mr. Brookes, in the Waterloo-road,
had five feet of water in the kitchens. The Nine Elms
terminus of the Southampton Railway was extensively
injured. Astley's Theatre was injured almost as bad as
the Surrey. Messrs. Fell's brandy distillery, in the
Waterloo-road, had eighty panes of glass broken. In
Bishop's-walk, Lambeth, it is stated that the lightning
struck the wall of the Archbishop of Canterbury's
Palace, and tore up a tree in the garden. Mr. Bacon's
printing premises, in Robert-street, had a number of
squares of glass broken, and the business was in conse-
quence suspended. Mr. James's grocery premises, in
the New-cut, was injured to such an extent that! the
place was forcel to be closed last night. The Victoria
Theatre,and Lawrence's miscellaneous,s tores at the earner
of Webber-street, had several feet of water in the cellars.
The neighbourhoods of Fore-street and Princes-street
have suffered by the water.
Scarcely a house in Belgrave-square or its vicinity has
escaped receiving some injury. One mansion alone has
701. worth of glass demolished, and many of the rooms
saturated with water.

At the Surrey Zoological Gardens, the conservatory,
in which the carnivorous animals are kept, has sustained
such injury that to repair the glass will cost 2001. This
building is 100 feet in diameter, and its domed roof,
which is 300 feet in circumference, is covered with glass
and its sides are secured with the same material, leaving
a space of about eight feet between the latter and the
dens of the animals. This space, when the storm had
subsided, was found covered with broken glass to the
depth of two or three inches, and scarcely a whole pane
was discernible in the roof.

When the storm was at its very highest a singular in-
cident occurred in this building. A noble lioness, which
had been noticed for some time to be in young, became
most uneasy, and roared terrifically ; but it was at first
considered that this was produced by fear, as the other
animals were more or less acted on by the appearance of
the vivid flashes of lightening ; but it was soon dis-
covered that the poor beast was in great pain, and in a
short time she gave birth to a cub lion. The keeper at-
tended to her as well as they could ; and the youthful
addition to Mr. Tyler's stock of animals was taken care
of. It is much feared, however, that it will not live, as
there can he very little doubt that its birth was pro-
moted and hastened by the fears of its mother.
The monkey-house, which was also seriously damaged,
presented an extraordinary scene during the storm ; its
inmates were so dreadfully alarmed by the lightning,
that many of them covered their eyes, to prevent them
seeing the flashes of lightning.
The splendid foliage of the gardens suffered severely
by the hurricane, and one tree was blown right down.
Three parts of the garden were covered with water.
The injury done to Vauxhall Gardens was compara-
tily trifling, and will be repaired by an outlay of, per-
haps, 301 The lightning struck the Chinese Temple,
and dashed a large portion of the panelling, which was
an inch and a half in thickness, to pieces. By the
violence of the storm a large beech tree at the bottom
of the Italian walk, was snapped off at about four feet
from the ground, and fell on the roof of the stabling, but
did not do it any mischief. This, with the exception of
the breakage of some of the lamp glasses, and the
glasses of the private rooms, was all the damage done to
these gardens. Mr. Alford, the coach-maker, in the
Walworth-road. will be a severe sufferer, a large sky-
light on the part of his premises, where a number of
harne.s-makers were at work, was nearly wholly de-
molhled.

The Catholic chapel, in the Londdh•road, had a great
number of squares of glass destroyed, as had also New-
ington Church.

The damages sustained by the publicans in the vicinity
of the Kennington and Walworth-roads has been very
considerable. The cellar at the Elephant and Castle
was inundated to a depth of several feet, and the loss
will be considerable. Mr. Hewitt, of the Lamb and
Hare, in Kennington-lane, had his cellar filled to a depth
of five feet. _ _

The owners of green-houses in the neighbourhood of
Kennington and Lambeth, must be severe sufferers.

- The damage done to the banks of the Thames by the
rush of water, especially about Chelsea and Milbank, is
very extensive. Boats were forced from their moorings,
and it required the greatest exertion to keep them from
being washed away.
At the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, some thousands of
squares of glass were broken. The houses in the
Clapham, Vauxhall, and Wandsworth-roads have
scarcely a square of glass left whole in those fronts
which were exposed to the fury of the storm. The
windows of the houses in Larkhall-lane were literally
shattered, Mr. Kennedy, flymaster, having only six
panes left whole, and the fruit, young tendons, and
whole limbs of his celebrated vine being scattered in all
directions ; and the well-known Larkhall Tavern has
one front a complete wreck. At Mr. Chapman's, florist
to the Queen, in the Wandsworth-road, the storm has
been most destructive. The glass roofs of all his
hot-houses and green-houses are completely de-
molished; the fronts and sides being very little better.
Mr. Chapman estimates his loss at 1,000/. ; and the
rare plants and flowers are greatly damaged, and
some totally destroyed. In fact, the ravages of the
storm in this locality are beyond all conception, the hail-
stones which fell being generally the size of common
marbles, and some were picked up as large as walnuts.
Such a scene of destruction was never before exhibited
over so extensive a district; whole streets for miles—
indeed, the whole district from Battersea-fields to Clap •
ham-common, including Brixton, Stockwell, Kennington,
and Newington-butts, has suffered most severely. It
was, literally, a West Indian tornado, with the addition
of a hailstorm.

Several of the lower floors in the Penitentiary, Mil•
bank, were several feet deep in water. In open ground,
facing the Quadrangle, the water rose so high that the
officials and other parties were forced to climb over the
iron railings to effect a retreat.
The Citizen steamer D was struck by lightning off
Battersea, and her paddle-box was carried away ; for-
tunately no lives were lost.

WORLD'S TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. —A. grand
muster of teetotallers from various parts of the united king-
dom and the world, will take place in the metropolis this
week. Already numerous deputations have arrived, and
special trains are engaged to convey many more on Monday
next. In addition to the regular sittings of the convention,
a series of public meetings are announced, including a soiree
in Freemasons -hall on Thursday evening next, and a large
demonstration in Covent-garden Theatre on Friday evening
Among the arrivals are Archdeacon Jeffreys, from Bom-
bay; Dr. Baird, from Stockholm; Drs. Beechor, Cox, Pat-
ton, De Witt, Mussey, and a goodly company of temperance
worthies from America, including Elihu Burritt, " the
earned blacksmith."

MALIBRAN A SAINT.—M. Beriot caused a monument
to be raised in the church of Laeken, to the memory of his
first wife, the lamented Malibran. This monument consisted
of a statue in white marble, representing the celebrated
cantatrice as Norms, and was placed in a chapel of blue
stone, closed by a bronze open-work gate, through which the
statue could be seen. The number of visitors attracted by
this monument, however, displeased the cure of Laeken. who
caused a tin plate to be nailed over the door, pierced with a
few holes, through which detached parts only of the statue
were visible. He states, as a pretext for this act of Vandal-
ism, that some peasants had knelt before the statue of an
" actress," and adored it as a saint.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON (CHICHESTER
BLANCH) RAILWAY.—On Friday afternoon a frightful acci-
dent occurred on the Chichester branch of the Brighton
Railway. As a special train, containing a portion of the
company from Goodwood was proceeding along, the guard,
perceiving some of the luggage on the roof of a carriage dis-
placed by the motion of the train, imprudently got on it for
the purpose of securing it. Whilst so employed the train
passed under a bridge, and the head of the poor fellow came
in contact with the crown of the arch. He was killed instan-
taneously, the upper part of his body being shattered in a
WQat dreadfal manner. &a Inwly awaits a cgrearrwiaguest.

HOLYHEAD HARBOUR OF
REFUGE.
Reports have just been laid before Parliament rela-
tive to the Holyhead Harbour of Refuge. The follow-
ing is an extract from a copy of Major-General Sir
Love Parry's letter, with copy of the plan annexed
thereto :

"Madryer Park, Pwllheli, Sept. 23, 1844.
" My Lord and Gentlemen—Understanding that the
Government have referred to Mr. Rendel the several
plans for the construction of a harbour at Holy-
head, with a view of his making a new
design and estimate for a packet station there, I
deem it right, as chairman of a public meeting,
recently held in Caernarvonshire on the subject, to ap-
prise you of the fact that Mr. Bendel is the engineer
of the Birkenhead Dock Company, which consists of
the same promoters, and has the same solicitor and Par-
liamentary agent, as the Chester and Holyhead Railway
and the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Companies ;
indeed, so dependent upon the Holyhead Rail-
way did the Dock Company consider their
project (as the terminus for the Dublin and
Liverpool steam vesels), that they subscribed for sham
in the Ilolyhead Railway to the amount of 70,0001.
each, as appears by the printed Parliamentary con-
tract of the latter Company. It is also deserving of re-
mark, that the same parties are the principal share-
holders of the Birkenhead Railway, which has been
conditionally disposed of to the Chester and Holyhead
Railway Company. Under these circumstances a refe-
rence of the question to Mr. Rendel would, permit me
to observe, be naturally considered by the public and the
parties locally interested as a reference to the engineer,
of the Holyhead Railway.

(Signed)

"I have, &c.,
" L. P. J. PARRY,

" To the Commissioners of Holyhead Harbour."
A copy is appended of a report made by Mr. Rendal
to the Lords Commissioners of her Majzsty's Treasury.
The following are extracts relative to the design for a
refuge and packet harbour in the West Bay :
"As the mountain of Holyhead is only about one
mile frome the site of the proposed harbour and abounds
in stone suitable for building the ordinary kind of
sloping sided breakwaters, and as such breakwaters may
be economically and rapidly formed by means of railways
laid from quarries to be opened in the side of the
mountain, so that the stone may be brought in waggons to
the work, I propo>e in this manner to carry out both
breakwaters at the same time, as rough stone embank-
ments, raised 10 to 15 feet above high water mark, 36
to 40 feet at top, and with slopes such as the materials
would rest at, or the breaking of the sea upon them
would occasion. On drawings Nos. 3 and 4, the sections
of these rude breakwaters areshown by red dotted lines.
They could be formed in four summers, so as to
enclose the harbour and make it available for refuge ;
and though the gales of each winter would doubtless
occasion considerable derangement in the work, espe-
cially between high and low water, such disturbance
would not materially diminish the shelter the break-
waters would afford, whilst it would effect the impor-
tant object of consolidating the whole mass of stone,
and prepare it as a compact nucleus for the permanent
structure.

" The mode I have to propose for finishing the break-
waters is also shown on drawings Nos. 3 and 4, viz.,
after the rough stone breakwaters have undergone, by
exposure, sufficient subsidence, I should commence at
the shore end of each to throw down the top to the
level of low water, using the removed stone to form the
slopes to the angles marked on the drawings, and to
build, in its place, inside and outside, ashlar stone walls
of the strongest description ; these walls to be built from
the level of low water only for the North Breakwater,
but in the East Breakwater, to be brought up on the
harbour side from the bottom, with diving bells, so as to
make the whole length of this breakwater a convenient
wharf, which I consider necessary, from its being in
immediate connexion with the dockyards on Salt Island,
and calculated to become an important part of that
branch of the establishment. The head of each break-
water will also be formed of ashlar stone wall ; that of
the Eastern Breakwater will be built up from the Plat-
ters (rocks), and that of the Northern will have its walls
founded thirty feet below low water, as shown on the
drawings.
" All these walls below low water will be built of
large squared blocks of sand-stone, and above low water
with limestone ashlar facing, and sandstone ashlar
backing, or with the stone of the locality set in suitable
cement.

"The top of the great or North Breakwater would be
40 feet wide, and raised 18 feet above ordinary spring
tides, with a parapet 8 feet 6 inches high,
" The East Breakwater would be formed as a wharf,
100 feet wide, and raised eight feet above spring tides,
with a parapet eight feet high. All other dimensions
and details arc so plainly shown on the drawings as to
make further description unnecessary."

FATAL ACCIDENT AT HOLM-lAN.
On the afternoon of Wednesday last, the town of Wells
and its immediate neighbourhood was thrown into a state
of much excitement and alarm, by a report that Lord Lei-
cester had been accidentally drowned near the beach at
Holkham. Numbers immediately hastened to the scene of
the accident. It appears that in the course of the afternoon
his Lordship, accompanied by Mr. F. Astley, brother of
Lord Hastings, the Hon. Wenman Coke, and Mr. George
Hill, went out to the sea-side for the amusement of
" draught sea" fishing. They were attended by several of
his Lordship's servants, and a fisherman accustomed to the
beach. In approaching the sea from Holkham, the party
had to pass through a narrow channel, in which, at that
time, the water was not above a foot deep, but after
fishing for about a couple of hours, on their return the
water had considerably accumulated, and the tide coming
in fast they suddenly found themselves in imminent
danger. Lord Leicester and Mr. F. Astley, and the rest of
the party, immediately dashed through the channel ; but J.
Foster, a servant of Mr. Astley's, hesitated. Alarmed at his
situation, Lord Leicester called out earnestly, and directed
him as to the way of escape; but, mistaking his direction,
the poor fellow speedily got out of his depth, and found it
impossible to extricate himself. Mr. Astley, knowing his
inability to swim, immediately rushed to his rescue—swim-
ming about thirty yards to reach him ; but his strength
being nearly spent in the struggle, Mr. Astley speedily
found himself unable to save him. At this moment both
were in the utmost peril, Foster having seized him by the
throat, and impeded his efforts to assist him. Lord Leicester
seeing their situation, without a moment's hesitation,
heroically determined to risk his own safety for their rescue,
and instantly throwing himself in, swam to the spot, resolved
to use his utmost exertions to save both.

Mr. Astley having succeeded in breaking Foster's hold of
him, assisted by his Lordship, each taking him by an arm,
they succeeded in getting him ashore, but in the struggle
life was nearly extinct. Such was the great exertion re-
quired, and the consequence of the excitement and alarm of
the occasion, that, on reaching the shore, his Lordship fell
from faintness and exhaustion. The body of the servant was
immediately conveyed to the Victoria Inn, Holkham, num-
bers having arrived at the spot, who, by this time, bad heard
of the accident. We regret to add, that although every effort
was made by way of restoratives for the resuscitation of the
servant, the vital spark had for ever fled. On Thursday a
Coroner's inquest was held on the body. Verdict, "Acci-
dentally drowned."
Mr. F. Astley was sufficiently restored to return home last
night; and his Lordship is now perfectly recovered. The
heroic conduct and generosity of his Lordship arc the subject
of universal admiration.

THE LATE COLONEL MACERONE.—It was on Mon-
day our painful duty to record the sudden death of this dis-
tinguished officer, which occurred on Saturday last. From a
subsequent examination into the circumstances of the case,
we have discovered them to be of the most distressing kind,
and that Colonel Macerone's death was accelerated by anguish
of mind at beholding around him his wife and children in an
utterly hopeless condition. Only a few days previously an
execution, made in the house in which he lodged, took from
him the whole of his furniture and clothing. Such was the
state of destitution in which his widow was left, that, until the
last few days, she had not actually wherewith to purchase a
coffin wherein to inclose her husband's remains. This is a
case which we feel sure only requires to be made known in
order to excite the most prompt and warm sympathy .?fth
public. The widow, with her two orphans, are now residing
at 1, Mortimer-terrace, Norland-road, Notting-hill, 11 and
would be grateful . for any assistance which may be rendered
chro
MEETING OF TUE LONDON DISTRICT Posr LETTER-
Csnrasns.—Late yesterday (Friday) evening, a meeting
of this body was held at the Pied Horse, Chiswell •street,
for the purpose of taking into consideration their present
condition. Mr. Mannicomb, on being elected to the chair,
observed that as one of the deputation, he had waited upon
Mr. Saltwell, by whom they were told that the Alterations
now in progress in the General Post-office would not at
affect the district post department. He (the Chairman)
was, therefore, of opinion that some steps should be imme-
diately taken to memorialise the Postmaster-General on
the subject,. The draft of a memorial was then read to
the meeting, praying for the allowance of " a scale of
wages proportioned to their respective daily duties, and
rising according to years of service, as recommended in
the 13th Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry.' One
of the reasons urged for such a measure was, that it would
"go far in doing away with that jealousy that does and
ever has existed between the two departments, and
make them work with that unanimity so essential to the
service and interests of the public." Mr. Elwood pro-
posed that a committee be appointed to draw up a memorial
on the foundation of the one which had been read. In
moving the proposition he described most forcibly the evils
which arose from the existing practice of receiving Christ-
mas gratuities from the public. This he described as a beg-
garly system, degrading to the feelings of public officers and
re;pectable men, and the source of dishonest practices be-
tween fellow-servants, frequently leading to disputes and
serious misunderstandings. This proposition having been
seconded by Mr. Church, a discussion arose with reference
to the injustice of the present system of making out the
" extra duty balance sheet," in which, it was contended, the
amount paid to the men who were actually employed was
mixed up with other payments for services performed, not
by letter-carriers, but several other officers, either of a dis-
tinct class, or entirely unconnected with the letter-carriers'
duty. The motion was then carried unanimously, and a
committee of thirteen letter-carriers was appointed. Thanks
were afterwards voted to " the press" and the chairman,
and the meeting separated.
DREADFUL FlRE.—Shortly after eleven o'clock on
Saturday a destructive fire took place at the firework manu-
factory OfDrewell and Co., Hatfield-place, Westminster-road.
The workmen on the premises discovered the fire in a front
shop detached from the dwelling-house, and having raised an
alarm, Mr. Inspector Arnold, of the L division, soon reached
the spot, as well as engines belonging to the London esta-
blishment and West of England Company. No want of
assistance was experienced, and an abundant supply of water
was quickly obtained from the Lambeth mains, but such was
the dangerous and destructive nature of the materials on fire
that but a few minutes elapsed before the front shop, with its
contents, were entirely destroyed. At the back of Drawell's
house were many small ones belonging to poor families, who
began to shift their humble furniture for fear of destruction,
but by the advice of Mr. Inspector Arnold, as the fire had
been so far subdued, the poor alarmed creatures experienced
no injury. No person, thank Providence, was injured on the
occasion. The__ ac-
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not vote at all on this occasion, for it was
high - time for them to see if they could not A meeting of booksellers, stationers, and others, was held ca HOME CIRCUIT.-Guildford, July 31.,ssamy,otthoerh,aavnedpie.nrmthitetetdeeitt I
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adopt some other steps by which the whole of the directors Saturday, at the London Tavern, to consider the propriety of The Commission for the county of Surrey was opened lady well brought up would answer such a letter, of the remonstrances of his master or employer • IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM--
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proceedings might be fairly. and openly exposed, with the , petitioning the Legislature against certain clauses in the here . telling him to avoid such compliments for the future as and it had been kept alive at a subsequent period PANIES' STOCK.
business
on Thursday, and was proceeded a itia. in A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held, view of obtaining redress in another tribunal.-(Cheers.) Bills of the Bristol, Birmingham and Midland, and other were therein lavished. On the return of the young lady to from h • •
t ci unwillingness of the defendant to break it
both courts this morning at ten o'clock. Air. Baron
twelve o'clock on Saturday, /the Lowden Tavern, for the Had the whole of the deposits been paid up there railway companies, authorising them to open parcels, and West-bill, the engagement was arranged with the con- off until he could no longer' die • from ' guise himself the From tie Official List,
in the hands of the a Parke presiding at Nisi Prins and Mr. Justice Coltman
;purpose of taking into considereizion the propriety or other- should now have been _ charge separate carriage for every inclosure. The follow- ' ' sent of all parties, and he visited afterwards at the madness of proceeding with it further, and the cruelty to- PUBLISHED EVERY TUEADAT AND FRIDAY EVIDIING.
' directors a clear balance of 247,2631, and, in accordance ing is the clause en ht to be introduced into in the Crown Court. The business on the civil side is house as one engaged to he married t 3 and was received wards this
the Bill now • . her, young lady herself of carrying it on to a con- LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY SI.
wise of proceeding with this scheme (which our readers may le'ofthe directors, hshould now have
with the underta ing t the before Part' g Parliament: it is entitled "An Act to consolidate heavy, there being a hundred cases entered for trial, by the mother and family almost as one of its members. In summation which must have been calamitous, and
be aware was thrown out before the Committee on Standing come forward and stated that they recommended time instant the Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham Glou- nine ofwhich • I jury There only 1e37 he wont to Edinburgh to pursue his professional studies, of misery to both. The
and
Orders on a slight technical error) during the next session dissolution of the Company and the divison of the balance in cester Railway Companies, with the Midland Railway " twenty prisoners for trial,and it is computed that the and it was agreed that they should write to each ether every of a labouring man, and she herself khuckster's •.'
; - an
hand amongt the shareholders. They might then, with some e
month. He passed two years in Edinburgh, and then came His two brothers worked in the lace frames; his Name raid. Dice
of Parliament. - And provided also that it shall not be lawful to include in criminal business will be throughto-day (S d )
reason, have called upon the shareholders to express their onepacket several Heanor, where his friends resided. The intimate and wereprobably
back to . . sisters nearly dependent upon him. What
The meeting, which was most numerously. attended, was
individualsparcels of various sorts and intended for and it is arranged that Mr. Justice Coltman shall then
thanks to them for the manner in which they had conducted •
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association was now renewed between them, and he professed was his condition to marry a lady by birth and education,
called for 11, but the chair was not taken till 12. We can-.. various
, but that it shall be lawful for the Mid- try the last thirty common •jury cases. The first special
£ s. d. £ s. d.
the peccadilloes of
their business, notwithstanding many
Company to charge a separate sum for each
0 0 0 20%
not forbear calling the attention of railway companies
been guilty. But would not the na
which they had lper cent 40 0 0 4
to the great inconvenience and loss of time which this
then resent leavethat room with the firm
hospitals, and during his stay there letters of. the same the girl's mother ought not to have allowed him, circum-
reprehensible practice occasions both to the public and our- shareholders,,number of influential gentlemen were present. Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23%
conviction that the directors had not managed the affairs ofThe cases tried yesterday in both courts were entirely
nature passed between them. After this London,slanted he hismother and • '
stay in as was, - eolonial .. ...........• Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16.,
selves. If the parties had stated in their advertisement that co in The Loan MAYOR '
took the chair at twelve o'clock. After
the mpany a manner becoming honourable men ?- devoid of interest to the public. and his there passing his examinations, and becoming ad• come upon terms so familiar with her daughter. Well, he Londn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 `l7 ~
the meeting was called at 11 for 12 o'clock, the shareholdersreading the advertisement, he said the course which the
hear.) Upon their own showing, they should now be milted, he contemplated establishing himself somewhere, did try to break it off-thinking it utterly hopeless, as in London .joint-Stock ••• 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 147 s
and the representatives of the press 'would then have known (Hear, Railwa Comany proposed to pursue was in his opinion so Metropolitan ......... - . 25 .0 0 710 0
prepared, and in pursuance of that engagement they should' ' ' - ' WESTERN CIRCUIT.-Exeter, Thursday, July 30. teed a Mr. Cooper, of Belpen being about to resign and dis • truth it was ; and he must sa •tl • Id h
3 int it would have been
how to act,. -
unconstitutional, and at the same time so unjust, that he Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent 100 0 0 25 0 0 48
Mr. H. WILLIAMS having been voted into the chair, have come before the directors that day prepared to return sb i
ou dbe happy to hear what those present had to say on CROWN SIDE.-(Before Mr. Baron Pievrre pose of his practice, he became the purchaser of it. He better for both if her mother had listened to the voice of Ditto, New.- ••• •• • Si. pc cent..
10 0 0 10 0 0 19
on each share. He knew Mr. CROMBIE, the secretary, having stated that the 21. •ew that the shareholders who had the subject. Mary Anne Austin was indicted for stealing a pin, the went there, and lived in lodgings, until he finally settled reason in 1842, when the conviction of impracticability had National of Ireland .. Si. e.; cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 2(,)
meeting was properly constituted, and read the advertise- voted at the last meeting in favour of the winding-up of the The first business proceeded with was the reading of a Property of William Carr. with Mr. Cooper, and then took a house of his own. It forced itself upon his mind, and he first avowed it. lie did Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 2"
rnent by which the meeting had been convened, after which undertaking still held the same view.-(Hear, hear.) He petition to the House of Parliament, which set forth that •
Ihe real state of this case is either peculiar. A man of would be shown that he there succeeded beyond his most not question that this young lady had suffered distress and itte, New••• •• •• •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
n 26,
Messrs. W. Lowe, H. Beaumont, and John Clapperton were himself was the representative of between 8,000 and 9,000 stationers, booksellers, patent medicine sellers, and others the name of John Wilson was in the band of the Coldstream sanguine expectations. He became surgeon to the union, pain at the disappointment, but he had been, at one time, as Union of Australia ...• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 - , lit
Union of L0ud0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 's'
appointed scrutineers, shame, belonging to parties living at Exeter, who London, and in the provinces, are in . the in • •Guards ;he deserted, and then took the name of William and to a number of medical clubs, and wrote to the plaintiff much attached to her as she had been to bin- His course _
The CHAraztvg said he need only state to them very were against the. continuance of the scheme. For habit of transmitting various articles to oblige their friends or Carr. He married a woman under that name. He enlisted from time to time to tell her so, and also that his general had been dictated by imperative necessity, founded upon ex- EIVSTSICANCE COIVIPIS.XTIES. ..---
shortly that they had met there that day for the purpose of each of those shares 2L 12s. ed. had been paid. But customers in their parcels ; that the practice had existed for in another regiment under the name of William Carr, and practice was increasing. His visits and letters however be- perience and trial. It had been said that his sister lived ...-_--
taking into consideration the propriety or otherwise of (lis• there were thousands and thousands of the shares held time immemorial, and that if the clause were allowed to pass served three yearn in Spain, and answered to the muster- coining less frequent, the young lady wrote to remonstrate with him, and if he could support her he could support a Name of Company. Dividend Amount
per of Paid. Price'
solving the Company. The report of the directors would be by the directors, and those who would vote with them, on great inconvenience and expense would be entailed upon roll under that name. He then returned to England and with him; to which letter his reply was, that he was so wife. One moments reflection would show them the utter•
Annum. Share.
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laid before them, and they could then take their own course• which only 301. a piece had been paid.-(Hear, hear.) He them ; that it would, besides, endow railway companies gave himself up as a deserter in his proper name of John much occupied with his increasing business. Still, however, fallacy of that proposition. Besides, it was plain that his -
They were all, as a matter of course, sufficienthe aware of himself held twenty shares in this company, and he thought with the power of opening every large package, to examine its Wilson. This pin having been stolen from his wife, and she the most passionate letters were written, and this went on sister performed all the menial offices of the household, as- X s. d. X n d• „,
Albion .............. W. 105 500 0 0 50 0 0 • ''.,
the Act of Parliament, which stated most distiuctly that they he bad a right to ask the shareholders then in the room, the contents, and to charge for every parcel it might contain, and having been married to him under the name of William Carr, till the year 1842, when the young lady was much annoyed sisted only by a boy, engaged also in the apothecary's shop,
Alliance Brit. and For. 6per 0 1975.
cent. 100 0 0 11 0 ~,,h.
'were to limit their discussion to one object only, The I t greater art of ho he fdt confident were bond fide share-
praying that it might be expunged from the Bill. the property in the indictment was laid as being that of on receiving information of his having been seen at fleanor, and about the horses that the defendant's business required Ditto Marine... •
time he had the honour of' presiding over a •
ti
holders-P " 'When the case came on, it being proved that driving ••• 6/. per cent, 100 005 0 0 , ~,
Meeting (Cheers)--whetber the promises which the Mr. B. TAvi.on proposed the followeng resolution ;_ William Carr. - Atlas ~...., .. ~,„ „
13s 6d h 50 0 0 0 '"'" prs . 5 0 7%
of the shareholders they were stat-Jd to havedirectors had made to them had been fulfilled, or their " That the meeting has heard with the deepestthat regret the man's real name was John Wilson, Mr. Baron Platt of an innkeeper. He wrote to her an excuse fur his conduct, lion ?He told them he was embarrassed, and it was per- Britishr
s.per share 50 0 0 50 0 ~3, been very desultory in their pro '.
neentings Indeed, pledges redeemed?-(Cheers.) If they felt with him that great and unceasing efforts continue to be made by different directed an acquittal. The prisoner was then indicted for viz, that the young woman was a patient of his, and he fectly true that he was so. The payment of the interest of ciericeeted.&Genaere 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 o "1'
on some of the points he believed, ' • Bounty ............ „
they were repre- they had not been, let them abstain from voting at all on railway companies to introduce into their Bills powers to stealing the pin, the prnperty of John Wilson, otherwise thought that a ride would do her good. He still, however, the mortgage did devolve upon him. The letter to the bro. 31. 100 0010 0 0
sorted as having been rather the rrhat d this occasion.-(Cheers.) In conclusion, he begged to enable them to open and examine the contents of all parcels known by the name of William Carr. Upon the arraignment wrote to the plaintiff in the affectionate terms of one con- th - I t d't d 1 t that even his re- ure'wn •• •• •• •• ••'• •• 10s. 50 0060 o -,
,no doubt ernure ypu an en to i ; an , i no,
.... Eagle • GAt soon soo 5W
was somewhat of an exaggeratioe,, but
there were reasons propose-
" That this Com immediatelyd• 1 " and ' -
plea of autre fors ac uit was put in, and it was contended tem 1 k • , The • •ffcould 1 •
. pany do dissolve." ve. packages which may be entrusted to them for convey- a
Eng.& Scot. Law -•• 3/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 270
why they were desultory. The-. ofhad no main point under A SHAREHOLDER-How many advertisements have you ante, on the ground that they may contain smaller parcels, for the prisoner that this was one and the same felony, und her ears to what every one was talking about all around after that, must have done so. The brother had said that he European Life .. ••• • 5% per cent 20 . . 0 0 All pa •
la 20
consideration at present •; ,a, that therefore the prisoner could not be again put upon her her. Her health became broken, and she had a most • •it •c A •h' • i '
wever, that was not the put in the Times convening this meeting ? I see but one. which ought be the subject ofcharge; that
to
:,oiled that they would limit The CHAIRMAN-That is the number required
.by the Act meeting considers such powers, if granted, would be most and alarming illness. Her brother, who was and showed no doubt to have existed at all in his mind at Globe ••.••••• • •• •• •• 61. per cent. Stock. -
48
themselves to one cited to show that if a part was indicted for taking the goods • - Guardian .... ••••• • • • AL per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 „
',Ant, being the Question of disco- of Parliament, unconstitutional, and would vexatiously interfere y in London himself, walking the hospitals, on hearing that time as to the truth of his statement respecting his cir-
lution. Whether they - • -of A, and they turned out to be thegoods of B, ho could not of Imperial Fire .• •• •• • • 6/. and bonus 500 0050 0 0 211e,s
tirel - The SHAREHOLDER-SO you cenfined yourselves strictly with the great commercial interests of this min-
, imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I"A'
Y uPon f.neenselves. He believed and hoped to the number ordered by the Act of Parliament.
.. try, and that, with these convictions, the meeting be afterwards tried for taking the goods of B, because it was not been near her for more than seven weeks, his mother, which he returned to her, which had excited • 29
Indemnity 31arInc• •• • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - ,
most sincerelnone and the same offence. though almost a boy, thought it right to write to him, inti- some mirth, was, he thought, vory reasonable.en
. a that no one had come there for the purpose The CHAIRMAN-Certainly. cordially adopts the petition which has been read." Law -Life. 1/. SS. 100 00030 0 6 et creatin- Mr. Baron Peer said, he entertained a strong opinion aan uproar. He believed that their real intenticn The SHAREHOLDER then complained that the share Ile considered that the clause, if passed, would be a gross mating, in most becoming lenguage, that he considered his "To what strange uses may a e come Horatio ?" Legal and General Life - 50 002 0 0 6,"
was to i
g‘ve the subject a calm and cool consideration. With holders had been unfairly dealt with. It was evident, he said, and unconstitutional violation of the rights of every subject that it was not the same felony, but the case in Hawkins, sister's illness occasioned by his conduct towards her, and occurred very naturally to him when he learned from that London Fire •••• • • •• 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14,1
tkat view he placed himself entirely in the hands of the that the directors did not wish the advertisement to be seen, of the realm, as it would subject every package transmitted rather staggered him, and therefore he would consult his that he was trifling with her affection-. To this the defeed • lady that her daughter's love letters to biro and his to her, London Ship •.•• • • . 10s. 25 0012 10 0 143?
0 0 1°,63 shareholders. He begged to call upon Mr. Crombie, the se- lest there should be a large attendance of the shareholders by a railway to an examination by its officers-a right which brother Judge. ant wrote him an answer, to the effect that man ring was written in the ardour of affection, were to be sent to that Terdinlenv.lit.lB; ........
5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 ,
Gen. Life 4%1 per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 '',,
cretary, to read the report which the Committee b g dt, e ge o opposed to the continuance of the scheme. The last meeting, he considered ought not to be delegated to a private company. His Lc:rill:Gino, having returned, stated that Mr, Justice out of the question, that he was doomed to a life of celibacy, most ours mantic of mankind, an attorney-letters written National Lfiall Fund.. 5/ Per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 ,?,w,,
W' sit to the meeting. at which the directors requested a large attendance, was ad- Besides, it could not fail to interfere materially with cons- Erle thought the issue of fact, whether it was one and the that he could not succeed at Belper, that he had staked his in the confidence of affection, for the perusal of Mr. Moss National 'Life .. .. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 "7'
Mr. CaommE then read the report, which strongly recom- vertised over and over again in the newspapers.-(llear.) coerce. Railways obtained great privileges from Parliament, same felony, ought to be tried by the jury. all upon the throw of a die, and failed ; that he was over and his clerks. His Learned Friend had said that now that palladium Lip, .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2/. Os•
mended the shareholders to prosecute the scheme during the Mr. THOMAS HARVEY then proceeded at great length to but those privileges were obtained on the ground that great The attorney for the prisoner was then called, and he head and ears in embarrassment; that what little property the young lady was twenty-eight years old, all her charms Phoenix
Prot 3/. p. et. & bs. - .- 205
(!ctor Life.... •• • 5/. pqr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. Y'
next session. The report was received with loud applause. condemn the directors' conduct, and support the views taken public convenience would result from them ; but, if instead crf stated that he was present at the former trial, and that the was in his family was mortgaged, and he had to pay the in- and attractions had of course one, and she would never get Provident Life•• .• •. • • 1/. 55. 100 .0 0. 10 0 0 '2',,
In answer to Mr. Sergeant GAzELEE, the Directors and by Mr. Osborne. The Company had made a most shameful that, they were found to extort money from the public in away prisoner was acquitted on the ground of the pin being the tc rest upon the mortgage, and it must be sold; and, in short, a husband. He hoped that his Learned Friend would not hook Life.. • •
Secretary stated, that the report had becn regularly drawn arrangement with reference to the purchase of the Wade- they had no right, he apprehended the Legislature would property of John Wilson, and not of William Carr, as laid in that he was quite ruined, and his family gone down to the be mobbed as he went out of Court, because he knew that Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - ICI
up by the managing committee. bridge Railway. lie also thought that the committee of prevent them from doing eo. They all knew that the pith- the indictment• dogs, and be must go to sea as a surgeon in a ship, as a friend ladies never attained to the acknowledged age of twenty- eon Fire -
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The CHAIRMAN having stated that he was quite prepared management had acted very improperly in going to Parlia- nary carriers, were subjected to stringent regulations and The Learned JUDGE then put it to the jury whether the of his wished him to do at once. He had ever loved Rosins eigho His Learned Friend cried out, " How very unlikely, Ditto Life .• ... • .... 11. 6s. - - 49
to take any motion that might be made on the report, ment with such execrable plans as they did, and to which fines, if they detained goods beyond a certain period, and Prisoner having been acquitted of stealing property belonging too well to link her to a fate of such a nature as a marriage tlemen, she was to get a husband now." He didn't see that Universal Life .•
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Mr. OSBORNE rose and said that, in the remarks which he had called the attention of the committee previous to were railways to be exempted from such provisions, and to William Carr, and being now indicted for stealing pro- with him in his present broken condition. The youth replied at all. He admitted that this young lady must have the
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lie should take the liberty of making, he should strictly eon- their doing so. not to attend to the convenience of the public? Then Petty belonging to John Wilson, they were of opinion that reproachfully, but temperately,saying thathewas grieved, but verdict, but he confidently submitted to them that under all CANALS.
thee himself to one subjeht, in pursuance of the Act by Mr. MASTERMAN said that he would only make again, it would prevent the diffusion of knowledge. For
the felony with which the prisoner was now charged was the partially satisfied, and adding, towards the close, that his the circumstances of this case, where a mother had so en- • a
Names of .. Dividendl , •'; Dividend
same of which the prisoner bad been before acquitted. conduct appeared to him to have been most base andunmanly. couraged a lad of 18, an apprentice only, to commence and . u ,Price. Names of !,-; per price.
'which the meeting had been convened. jie could not one remark upon the observations made by the many years he had been chiefly engaged in cheap periodi-
Companies.
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help remarking that the conduct of the managing Ho o ble Gentleman who last spoke, and that call, -but they could not exist if there was not the facility of
n ura The jury returned a verdict that it was the same felony, After the correspondence with the brother he paid a visit to get involved in this unfortunate engagement, from which he . vs. Annum. ce
and provisional committees was intimately mixed was, when he acted in the capacity of secretary to this very sending them readily all over the kingdom ; if they were and therefore the prisoner was discharged. Mrs. Toplis, detailing all the story about his poverty, and, had never after been able to get himself released, the damage
John Westaway was indicted for the manslaughter of Wit- in short, peremptorily breaking off the engagement. The should be very moderate indeed. The compensation sought X X
up with the proceedings of that day. He confessed Company, and the statement with respect to engineer • charged a sum disproportionate to their price of carriage,
leo
that he felt much astonished at the report which had just ing faults was laid before the committee, they did not they must be relinquished. Philosophical societies could liam Tucker, at Torquay, on the Ist of April• young lady was out at this time fora drive, which it was was for what the plaintiff had lost by his not marrying her; Ashtn& 01€11i 97 5/.55. poi 70 Afonmouthsh 100 81. 0
been read by Mr• Crombie-(Hear, Lear)-because lie had think it was of sufficient authority to induce them scarcely support the publication of their journals. Their Mr. Hpuldsworth was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. supposed would, after her illness, be of benefit, but returned if he had married her he would not have had the other lady's Asheyedea-e 113 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 33
always understood that the managing committee of this un- to stop proceeding with the undertaking. A 8 members are scattered over the country, and the monthly Collier for the prisoner, during the conversation, when the mother said, " Here she money, unless he bad married them both. What right could Bllar;cl;3tro.k. C . 100
160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - ~,o
- - Heath .... •• too fn. "e dertaking was, par excellence, composed of highly honourable to the Honourable Gentleman who moved the first journals are transmitted to them through booksellers •
The evidence showed that the prisoner was employed in comes, our thing, and you may tell her yourself, for I have this young lady pessioly have to dip her hand into thepocket
of Is.rakineeeAbrg•• 150 5/. 85 ottingham. 150 12/. --,•,
and respectable men, whose words were always to be depended proposition, he must say that he thought the Hon. in London, so also were presentation copies by blasting a roc% near a road at Torquay, from which it was not the heart to tell her." He then had an interview with of the young lady who had innocently and unconsciously Cromford.... 100 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. .1`;
upon and whose actions had always met with the approval Gentleman must have read the report backwards; what that authors i but if the parcels were to be broken open,_, distant seventy feet. Some part of the rock upon one of the young lady alone, who being heard by her sister to be all this become the wife of the defendant? In conclusion, Dudley ion 4/. - Regent's •• •• 33 11. ss. ''./
of those of their fellow-men who were able to distinguish report stated was, that the Committee regretted that they and each parcel charged separately, a great, if not these explosions struck the deceased, who was on the public much distressed and sobbing, that young lady listened, he bogged of them to remember that this was a poor country Derby -•• • • 100 6L 73 Rochdale ..•• 85 41. '
between right and wrong.-(Hear, hear.) But he did not bad not the power to give to every gentleman an opportunity a total, check would be put to the diffusion road, and killed him. and would detail what passed. It amounted, however, to apothecary, making about 2001. per annum, out of which he Ellsinre&Chs 133 41. 55 Shropshire •- 125 81.
a... • • 100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 13?
mean to say that they were deserving of the highest onto- of withdrawing from the Company if they desired it. As to of information by this means. Manuscripts, drawins inu.sic, Mr. Baron PLATT said, that these explosions so near the a rupture of the engagement. The plaintiff besought had to find drugs for the poor, to keep. at least, one if not Eyewash
dichC•lyd 100 41. Do Lk FdSt .12 6/. p. C. 11.-
miums that could be passed upon tbem in reference to the the complaint which had been made about the South- and small portions of philosophical apparatus requiring re- public highway were a public nuisance, and that the public that he would not go to sea, which he ultimately pro- two horses, a house over his head, a shop forming part of it, orateteunan too 71. -95% surid&Wore 140 281. 2?,„'
manner in which they bad conducted the interests of this Western Company holding shares, or buying shares, he pair in London were frequently sent in bookseller's parcels ; did not seem to understand their right& Persons were not inised, and lie also promised 'that lie would visit her and a boy. Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 2',',"
Company. Indeed, that conduct was suprising to him, be• thought that was a proof of their sincerity in but if they were charged respectively the greatest inconve- justified in committing such dangerous acts. The master again. This he never intended to do, and had never done. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, Glamoransh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 31'
cause not many months ago in that very room they gave the matter. The shares were not bought by them for the nience and expense would be the natural result. The Go- who employed a party to do such an act was as much amen- ,
The effect produced upon her was a very serious illness, 'The jury deliberated for a very few minutes, and then re•• illstr&Brkly ,00 - - Strtfrd en Av 79 11. 10s.
Grantham
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expression to opinions the very reverse of those which they Purpose of dissolving the Company, but for the purpose of vernment, in adopting cheap postage, took an exactly oppo- able as the man wha by his own hand committed it. A high- extending over a long time. If he had broken his engage- turned a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages, 2COL
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bad now expressed in their report. In three months those keeping it on. It could not be, therefore, that they were site direction.-eliear, hear.) When the Government had way was for the accommodation of the publid, and he who merit at an earlier period when she was still in the bloom of - twilit &Avu 39, 7s. 6d. 9% Tnit&lllr-1 --
gentlemen could blow both hot and cold. On the 30th of prompted by any any desire to snake money by their trans- done this, and conferred a benefit upon the country, was invaded the safety of that highway was guilty of a nuisance, her youth, there might be something to be said ; but here he Lancaster ... 47 1/. 10s. - my, IA slt. 3 50 301.
April last they met in that room, and said they should feel action. He assured them that there was but ono feeling on it to be tolerated that companies desirous of obtaining army and rendered himself liable to punishment. had deluded this poor girl for no less than six or seven years, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Leeds& Li-17p 100 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - most happy if it was in their power to wind up the affairs of the part of the directors, which was, to do the best they nopoly should have the power to break open packages, and, The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him making offers to two or three other women, whilst he was
MARLBOROUGII-STREET. Leicester ...• 140 10/. 105 Worcstr 81 44
78 21. Leicstr &Nth, 83, 4/. 60 Birming. 1i
this Company; and now that Parliament had given them the could to promote the interests of the shareholders. unlike the Post-office, where letters were charged to mercy. professing the most devoted attachment to her; and at last,
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH AND Lotiabboroghll42l 701. 850 Wilts & Bike 67 11. - • Comzi, according to their weight, and quite irrespective of tha Mr. Baron PLATS, in addressing the prisoner, who was in 11144. marrying one of them because she liannened to have . 7 1,77. 7 11 1 • power, tbey stated that they should be most hannv to proceed In answer to a question put by Mr, _

not vote at all on this occasion, for it was
high time for them to see if they could not
adopt some other steps by which the whole of the directors
proceedings might be fairly and openly exposed, with the
view of obtaining redress in another tribunal.—(Cheers.)
Had the whole of the deposits been paid up there
should now have been in the hands of the
directors a clear balance of 247,2631, and, in accordance
with the undertaking of the directors, they should now have
come forward and stated that they recommended the instant
dissolution of the Company and the divison of the balance in
hand amongt the shareholders. They might then, with some
reason, have called upon the shareholders to express their
thanks to them for the manner in which they had conducted
their business, notwithstanding the many peccadilloes of
which they had been guilty. But would not the bond fide
shareholders then present leave that room with the firm
conviction that the directors had not managed the affairs of
the Company in a manner becoming honourable men ?
(Hear, hear.) Upon their own showing, they should now be
prepared, and in pursuance of that engagement they should
have come before the directors that day prepared to return
21. on each share. He knew that the shareholders who had
voted at the last meeting in favour of the winding-up of the
undertaking still held the same view.—(Hear, hear.) He
himself was the representative of between 8,000 and 9,000
shame, belonging to parties living at Exeter, who
were against the continuance of the scheme. For
each of those shares 2/. 12s. ed. had been paid. But
there were thousands and thousands of the shares held
by the directors, and those who would vote with them, on
which only 30s. a piece bad been paid.—( Hear, hear.) He
himself held twenty shares in this Company, and he thought
he bad a right to ask the shareholders then in the room, the
greater part of whom he felt confident were bond fide share-
holders—(Cheers)—whether the promises which the
directors had made to them had been fulfilled, or their
pledges redeemed ?—(Cheers.) If they felt with him that
they had not been, let them abstain from voting at all on
this occasion.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, be begged to
propose—" That this Company do immediately dissolve."
A SHAREHOLDER—HOW many advertisements have you
put in the Times convening this meeting ? I see but one.
The CHAIRMAN—That is the number required by the Act
of Parliament,
The SHAREHOLDER—SO you confined yourselves strictly
to the number ordered by the Act of Parliament.
The CHAlRMAN—Certainly.
The SHAREHOLDER then complained that the share
holders had been unfairly dealt with. It was evident, he said,
that the directors did not wish the advertisement to be seen,
lest there should be a large attendance of the shareholders
opposed to the continuance of the scheme. The last meeting,
at which the directors requested a large attendance, was ad-
vertised over and over again in the newspapers.---(Hear.)
Mr. THO3IAS HARVEY then proceeded at great length to
condemn the directors' conduct, and support the views taken
by Mr. Osborne. The Company had made a most shameful
arrangement with reference to the purchase of the Wade-
bridge Railway. lie also thought that the committee of
management had acted very improperly in going to Parlia-
ment with such execrable plans as they did, and to which
be had called the attention of the committee previous to
their doing so.
Mr. MASTERMAN said that he would only make
one remark upon the observations made by the
Honourable Gentleman who last spoke, and that
was, when he acted in the capacity of secretary to this very
Company, and the statement with respect to englneer •
ing faults was laid before the committee, they did not
think it was of sufficient authority to induce them
to stop proceeding with the undertaking. As
to the Ilonourable Gentleman who moved the first
proposition, he must say that he thought the Hon.
Gentleman must have read the report backwards; what that
report stated was, that the Committee regretted that they
bad not the power to give to every gentleman an opportunity
of withdrawing from the Company if they desired it. As to
the complaint which had been made about the South-
Western Company holding shares, or buying shares, lie
thought that was a proof of their sincerity in
the matter. The shares were not bought by them for the
purpose of dissolving the Company, but for the purpose of
keeping it on. It could not be, therefore, that they were
prompted by any any desire to make money by their trans-
action. He assured them that there was but ono feeling on
the part of the directors, which was, to do the best they
could to promote the interests of the shareholders.
In answer to a question put by Mr. Comzr,
Mr. FARQUAIIAR, the solicitor to the company, stated that
the argreement entered into between the company and the
South-Western would be no bar to the dissolution of the
Company.
In answer to a question put by Mr. COHEN,
Mr. CROMBIE, the secretary to the Company, said the
company were in no way cognizant, or in any way connected
with the purchase of shares.
Mr. FAIIQUAHAR also reiterated the fact, and said that he
had no communication whatever with any person in the pur-
chase of shares.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that he would be perfectly ready
to hand over his shares if the Company wished to become
possessed of them. He was at a loss to know for what rea-
sons the Company would wish to buy shares, except for two
reasons, one of which was a laudable desire to prosecute the
line, or the other an endeavour to shield from inquiry any of
their actions. He thought he could discern a motive why some
parties should be anxious to screen themselves from inquiry in
the transaction relating to the purchase of the Wadebridge
and Bodmin Railway, by which the holders of shares, worth
only eleven shillings, had received from this purchase the
sum of fifty-six pounds.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Hon. Gentleman was led into
a most gross error respecting the purchase of the Wadebridge
Railway. In the first place, the railway was desired by the
Great Western Company, and they wished the Committee
of the House of Lords to insert a clause in the Bill, making
it compulsory upon us to sell that line to them, which had
been refused, and that the line at present yielded a return
of 700/. a year.
Mr. D. ¶V. HARVEY thanked the chairman for his inter-
ruption, in order to set him right upon this subject. The
real question was whether this company was, or was not,
to be dissolved ; and he would say, upon that sub-
ject, that whatever might be the value of this line,
there were a number of persons present who had
not perhaps the possession of that far-seeing cepa-.
city which should always distinguish the directors of
a company, and who wished to hard over this valuable line
to those who were willing to carry it on. He thought the
meeting should know something of the situation of the
Company, and what would be the actual position of the par
ties should the company now be called upon to dissolve.
,The SECRETARY said he would give the Hon. Member the
information he required. He then gave the different items of
expenditure of the Company between the 29th April last, and
the 31st of July.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY then went on at considerable length
to call upon the directors to deal fairly and honourably with
the shareholders. If any member of the direction would say
that he would give him 2/. 2s. for his shares, he should
have them, but if they did not do so within a week, he
would not consent to any such arrangement, and would be
prepared to lay down five shillings upon each of his
shares, to make a common fund for the purpose of
taking proceedings by which they would be enabled
to recover the whole amount of the deposits back again from
the Company. He conluded by moving that a committee of
the shareholders should be appointed for the purpose of in-
quiring into the accounts of the Company.
Mr. CHAPMAN, one of the directors, vindicated himself and
his brother directors from any charges which might be
brought against them, either with reference to jobbing in shares,
or in the purchase of the Wadebridge Railway. He pro-
posed that a committee should be appointed, who would con-
fer with the directors upon this subject, buthe thought that
it was not quite regular or legal to propose the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN said that he did not think the question
should be put, the Act was very explicit on the subject, and
enacted that no business should be carried on at such meet-
ings except as far as regarded the question of dissolution or
non-dissolution.

A meeting of the shareholders in this Ce,mpany was held,
RA, twelve o'clock on Saturday, a the London Tavern, for the
:purpose of taking into considirtstion the propriety or other-
wise of proceeding with this scheme (which our readers may
be aware was thrown out before the Committee on Standing
Orders on a slight technical error) during the next session
of Parliament.
The meeting, which was most numerously. attended, was
called for 11, but the chair was not taken till 12. We can-
not forbear calling the attention of railway companies
to the great inconvenience and loss of time which this
reprehensible practice occasions both to the public and our-
selves. If the parties had stated in their advertisement that
the meeting was called at 11 for 12 o'clock, the shareholders
and the representatives of the press would then have known
bow to act.
Mr. H. WILLIAMS having been voted into the chair,
Mr. CROIVIBIE, the secretary, having stated that the
meeting was properly constituted, and read the advertise-
ment by which the meeting had been convened, after which
Messrs. W. Lowe, H. Beaumont, and John Clapperton were
appointed scrutineers,
The Cneanemare said he need only state to them very
shortly that they had met there that day for the purpose of
taking into consideration the propriety or otherwise of dis•
solving the Company. The report of the directors would be
laid before them, and they could then take their own course.
They were all, as a matter of course, sufficienas aware of
the Act of Parliament, which stated most distiuctiy that they
were to limit their discussion to one object only. The last
time he had the honour of presiding over a meeting
of the shareholders they were stated to haveg
been very desultory in their protee'lings. Indeed,
on some of the points he believed, they were repre-
sented as having been rather uproeaplis. That, no doubt,
was somewhat of an exaggerathe but there were reasons
why they were desultory. The-,, had no main point under
consideration at present ; eowever, that Ws not the
case, and be sincerly 'eoped that they would limit
themselves to one ',saint, being the question of disso-
lution. Whether they were uproarious depended en-
tirely upon fea.-eenselves. He believed and hoped
most sincerer- that no one had come there for the purpose
of creatinr.3 an uproar. He believed that their real intention
wee to give the subject a calm and cool consideration. With
tfeet view he placed himself entirely in the hands of the
*shareholders. He begged to call upon Mr. Crombie, the se-
cretary, to read the report which the Committee begged to
Prevent to the meeting.
Mr. CROMBIZ then read the report, which strongly recom-
mended the shareholders to prosecute the scheme during the
next session. The report was received with loud applause.
In answer to Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE, the Directors and
Secretary stated, that the report had been regularly drawn
up by the managing committee.
The CHAIRMAN having stated that he was quite prepared
to take any motion that might be made on the report,
Mr. OSBORNE rose and said that, in the remarks which
he should take the liberty of making, he should strictly eon-
line himself to one subje&, in pursuance of the Act by
which the meeting had been convened. He could not
help remarking that the conduct of the managing
and provisional committees was intimately mixed
up with the proceedings of that day. He confessed
that he felt much astonished at the report which had just
been read by Mr. Crombie—(Hear, hear)—because he had
always understood that the managing committee of this un-
dertaking was, par excellence, composed of highly honourable
and respectable men, whose words were always to be depended
upon, and whose actions had always met with the approval
of those of their fellow-men who were able to distinguish
between right and wrong.—(Hear, hear.) But he did not
mean to say that they were deserving of the highest enco-
miums that could be passed upon tbem in reference to the
manner in which they had conducted the interests of this
Company. Indeed, that conduct was suprising to him, be-
cause not many months ago in that very room they gave
expression to opinions the very reverse of those which they
bad now expressed in their report. In three months those
gentlemen could blow both hot and cold. On the 30th of
April last they met in that room, and said they should feel
most happy it it was in their power to wind up the affairs of
this Company; and now that Parliament had given them the
power, tbey stated that they should be most happy to proceed
with the scheme in the next session of Parliament.—(Hear,
hear.) But they had not furnished to the shareholders any
reasons for this extraordinary change in their opinions.
Looking at the circumstances that had recently taken place,
aad 'looking also at the fact that many parishes
were deeply interested in retaining so large a sum
of money as that now in the hands of the Committee, the
shareholders might, however, take for granted what were
the reasons which prompted the directors to recommend the
continuance of the scheme. And that notion the sharehol-
ders might form without being deemed very uncharitable to-
wards the gentlemen on the board of management. It might
be said, why didhe notanimadvert on the reportof the3oth of
April at the time it was laid before the shareholders? but, in
reply to that, he had to state that he had not then time to
peruse it. In that report the Committee stated that, after con-
sulting the highest legal authorities en the subject, they had
unanimously come to the resolution of recommending the
dissolution of the Company. The Chairman, at the last
meeting, said (and he would wish the shareholders to
understand that he sat opposite to the chairman,
and took down his words), that it would be a
desirable thing if the Company had the power of dis-
solving.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr. Osborne) put it to
the meeting whether, if that really were the serious opinion
of the chairman and directors in April last, they could
honestly and consistently come forward now amid
ask the Company for their sanction to the
continuance of the scheme? What tight had they, after the
Opinions which they had expressed at the last meeting, now
to come before the Company and ask for that sanction?--
(Hear, hear.) They then stated that they regretted they
had not the power to wind up the affairs of the
Company ; but now, when that power was
granted to them--when an express Act of Parliament
was passed investing them with that power, the Chair-
man and the committee came forward, and, without as-
signing any reason, stated that it would be best not to dis-
solve, but to continue the scheme. Under these circum-
stances he (Mr. Osborne) would ask the meeting whether he
had not a right to say that the gentlemen of the
committee, whoever they might be, had not kept good faith
with, had not, in fact, dealt honestly towards a large body
of the shareholders?—(Cheers.) Why should the share-
holders now put confidence in the recommendations of
those gentlemen—why should they take it for granted
that they had been actuated by honest motives, when
they drew up this their last report?—(Cheers.) Why
should they assume that the affairs of the company had been
managed so honestly that no one could "pick a hole" in
their doings? They were told by the printed statement
before them, that the amount of deposits issued was, in the
gross, 296,708 L 11s. 9d., but from that sum there were
several large deductions. There was the large sum of
33,556/. to defray the expenses of solicitors, engineers, &c.,
.up to the present time. And first, there was the large sum
pt 13,823/. for doing what? For absolutely doing nothing__
(Hear, hear)—for absolutely doing mischief. He alluded to
what had been done in the way of surveying.—(Hear, hear.)
Indeed, the line was so badly surveyed, and so great were
the deficiencies in the plans, &c., that to have
brought them before the House of Commons, they "could not
hold water" for one hour, and yet they were called upon to
pay 13,823/. tor surveying the line, and also to express their
most sincere thanks to the directors for the excellent manner
in which they had conducted the concerns of the Company.
—(Her, hear.) The next charge was 2,0001. for the
London solicitor's expenses. Now he did not exactly
understand what was the proper remuneration to a London
solicitor for the amount of work done for this Company
during the last six or nine months; but, for his own part, he
should most certainly not object to receive such a sum for
the same business. He should consider the solicitor fortunate.
—(Hear, hear.) He was not disposed to split hairs in these
matters, but he must say that in his opinion that 2,000/. to
one individual was a larger sum than the shareholders of
this Company ought to be charged with. But it
was not the London solicitor alone that had a share
in the funds of this Company.—(Hear, hear.) There
was no less a sum than 4,000/. charged for country
solicitors and agents, for doing what he should wish to be
informed. Why, it was no wonder that these gentlemen
were so anxious to carry on the scheme, when there
was the probability of such a rich harvest as this before
their. Ile was not at all surprised when be heard
of their purchasing scrip for the purpose of enabling
them to vote for the continuance of the scheme.—(Hear,
hear.) For the Parliamentary agents there was a charge of
4,8091. What had been done for that sum he was not pre-
pared to say, but he thought it was a vast deal of money to
pay for getting the scheme of the Company thrown out on
the standing orders. He thought he had a right to appeal
to the shareholders and ask them whether it was
reasonable to call upon them to pay such a large amount of
money for getting their project thrown out of Parlirment.
Besides, there was no chance of this Bill ever being carried.
--(Cries of " Yes, yes," and " No, no.") Did the share-
holders anticipate that thirty shillings would be returned
to them on each share ? But the directors had
their money in their hands, and they could do
as they pleased; they could say "We have a
sufficient number of votes here to-day on our side, and you
may, therefore, grumble as you please," The shareholders
would get no satisfaction.—(Hear, bear.) There was yet
remaining in the pockets of the directors the sum of 78,111/.
7s. 10d. belonging to this Company. He would nowapproach
a subject which he must say had created in his mind a great
deal of uneasiness. He did not wish to express himself in
harsh language, but he felt so strongly upon the topic that
he was about to allude to, that he was afraid he should in-

advertently make use of very strong language; if he
should, he hoped the meeting would forgive him
A large number of shares had been purchased lately, to the
amount of many thousands, at a given marketable price, by
parties who appeared to be the agents of some company or
some individuals who had a large interest in the success of
this undertaking. This took place at Exeter. Thou-
sands of shares had been purchased by those individuals
at 303. a piece. A man called upbn him to purchase some at
the
same rate, but when asked who were the parties that
had employed him, said, "I must not tell."
A DI tt smolt broker does that; it's quite absurd.
Mr. OSBOR.SE-Noif those shares had been purchased
by the committee of m%
The SECRETARY•••Thneyagi=tjt.
Mr. Osnoßmt—Or by agents for them, or by the South-
Western Company, or the Amalgamation Companies, he
would then ask the shareholders to look at the position in
which they were placed. He would suppose tbatit)
tlemen had employed their agents to purchase thosoesearis.
at 30s. each, whilst those very gentlemen had receiveda
21. 12s. 6d. for every share. What then must they think of
their conduct?
Mr. MASTERMAN (a director)— The managing committee
have purchased no shares whatever.
The SECRETARY—They have not purchased a single share.
Mr. OSBORNE did not say they had, but he believed that
he should not subject himself to the charge of
uncharitableness if he said that he believed that those
shares had been purchased with the knowledge, consent,_ and
approval, of those gentlemen, and also of the South-Western
Company ; for be believed the South-Western Company to
be at the bottom of this matter.— (Hear, hear.)
But the fact was too strong to be disputed that
those shares had been purchased at thirty shillings a
piece. He would venture to say that by far
a greater part of those gentlemen then in the room, and aloe
of those who authorised the directors to vote in their name
in favour of the continuance of the scheme, were those who
had purchased their shares at 30s. a piece. The very shares
%rat had been purchased in the discreditable manner to which
he had alluded would be turned that day against the other
shareholders, who had gives 21. 12s. 6d. a piece for their
shares.—(Loud cheers.) The directors, inconsistent as was
theii conduct with regard to the project, cared not for
that, because they knew that they could carry what
motions they pleased. But was it right that these
things should be done? Was it possible to reconcile for
one moment such conduct with plain, straightforward, down-
right English conduct?— (Loud cheers.) Must there
not be some interested motive that had induced
them so rapidly to change their opinions?—(Hear, hear.)
Were there not some strong reasons that had tempted them
to recommend the continuance of the scheme? His honest

Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that his opinion was that the
meeting could be adjourned, and that the shareholders could
call another meeting and appoint a chairman, and then pro-
pose any resolution they pleased. He hoped, therefore, that
the shareholders would not leave the room until a committee
had been appointed in accordance with his resolution.
Mr. Sergeant GAZ KLEE considered that the construction
of the clause was such as to admit of the resolution of Mr.
D. W. Harvey being put to the meeting.
Mr. D. W. lIARVEY said that if his amendment was car-
ried it would be accomplishing both purposes—the dissolution
would not be carried, and that the meeting would be ad-
journed for six months, and in the mean time the com-
mittee would he performing their duties.
The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to put the resolution, hay-

ing declined to put the amendment.
Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE then claimed to be heard upon the
original resolution. He said that he had assisted in the
formation of the line, under the impression that the scheme
was supported to a considerable extent; but he found that the
case was not so, and he wished to withdraw his name at
once from the list of the provisional committee, and to re-
move from all responsibility which might attach to him.
in consequence of his connexion with the Company. He
contended that the company had no right whatever either to
go to Parliament and oppose the Cornwall lines as they had
done, or to pay a single sixpence for their engineering sur-
veys. He thought that actions should almost have been
brought against the surveyors for their gross neglect in pre-
paring the plans of the Company for deposit. He should
make his bow to the Company, and protect himself from
all responsibility upon the subject; he had never before
signed his name as a provisional committeeman, sad he
would never do so again.
In answer to a question put by a shareholder,
Mr. bIASTERMAN said, that a considerable bulk of the
money released from the hands of the Accountant• General

was lent out to the South-Western Company at an interest
of 3* per cent., the remainder was out upon personal se-
curity, and he did not feel at liberty to give up the names
of the parties, but the Committee were responsible for the
whole of that amount.

Mr. BIGO spoke in favour of the amendment of Mr. D.
W. Harvey, and thought that the directors should not
shelter themselves behind the triple breastwork of an Act
of Parliament, He would, for himself, refuse to vote at all
on the original motion.
After a few words from Mr. OSBORNE, he agreed to with-
draw the motion he had put.
Mr. MAsTaumArr, one of the directors, said that he made
a proposition to his brother directors, which had been
unanimously agreed to by them, the result of which was
that the directors declined to vote upon the present question.
. .

. .
By that proceeding, therefore, he thought the directors would
give an assuranee to the shareholders of their disinterested-
ness, and their desire to do everything to satisfy the body of
shareholders.

Mr. D. W. llar;vsy thought the shareholders should not
allow themselves to be carried away by the announcement of
the directors, that they could not vote upon the present oc-
casion, because the directors had power to call another meet-
ing if there were but a dozen votes recorded to-day.
In the midst of the most tremendous confusion,
The Cliainstax was proceeding to put the question of dis-
solution, when

Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said there was no question of that
nature before the meeting.

try, and that, with these convictions, the meeting
cordially adopts the petition which has been read."
Ile considered that the clause, if passed, would be a gross
and unconstitutional violation of the rights of every subject
of the realm, as it would subject every package transmitted
by a railway to an examination by its officers—a right which
he considered ought not to be delegated to a private company.
Besides, it could not fail to interfere materially with com-
merce. Railways obtained great privileges from Parliament,
but those privileges were obtained on the ground that great
public convenience would result from them ; but, if instead of
that, they were found to extort money from the public in a way
they had no right, he apprehended the Legislature would
prevent them from doing so. They all knew that the ordi-
nary carriers, were subjected to stringent regulations and
tines, if they detained goods beyond a certain period, and
were railways to be exempted from such provisions, and
not to attend to the convenience of the public? Then
again, it would prevent the diffusion of knowledge. For
man years he had been chiefly engaged in cheap periodi-
cals,-but they could not exist if there was not the facility of
sending them readily all over the kingdom ; if they were
charged a sum disproportionate to their price of carriage,
they must be relinquished. Philosophical societies could
scarcely support the publication of their journals. Their
members are scattered over the country, and the monthly
journals are transmitted to them through booksellers
in London, so also were presentation copies by
authors ; but if the parcels were to be broken open,_
and each parcel charged separately, a great, if not
a total, check would be put to the diffusion
of information by this means. Manuscripts, drawings, music,
and small portions of philosophical apparatus requiring re-
pair in London were frequently sent in bookseller's parcels;
but if they were charged respectively the greatest inconve-
nience and expense would be the natural result. The Go-
, Vernment, in adopting cheap postage, took an exactly oppo-
site direction.—(Hear, hear.) When the Government had
done this, and conferred a benefit upon the country, was
it to be tolerated that companies desirous of obtaining a mo•
nopoly should have the poser to break open packages, and,
unlike the Post-office, where letters were charged
according to their weight, and quite irrespective of the
quantity of their contents, to charge for each parcel, supposing
there were a number separately? He cordially concurred in
the sentiments of the petition and the resolution, and would
do his best to call the attention of Members of Parliament to
the subject.---(Cheers.)
Mr. STONEMAN seconded the motion. He considered that
the clause would not affect booksellers alone, but every one
engaged in business, as it would confine transactions
between parties. If it was annoying to have the seal
of one's letter broken in its progress through the Post-
office, it was equally annoying, if not more so, to have
one's parcels broken open, and perhaps the private commu-
nications it contained perused. This he apprehended would
be the effect of it, and if one company obtained the power
others would not be slow to imitate their example. They
had, therefore, taken a step in the right direction, and
should call upon their representatives to watch narrowly that
such objectionable clauses are not introduced into other
railway Bills. If a package contained fifty parcels it ought
to be inviolable to all, save the consigner and consignee.
Besides, the company could not be defrauded, because
they charged by weight. They liked small parcels
on account of being enabled to charge more for
agency.—(Hear.) Parcels would be examined by the servants
of a railway, as if they were Custom-house officers. Manu-
facturers were in the habit of sending a number of
patterns to their customers, which were made up in
one large parcel, and were delivered frequently by an agent,
and frequently half-a-dozen persons in a town had books
through the hands of the booksellers, who received them in
one parcel from London, with both of which the clause
would interfere and prevent. He could characterise the
power thus sought to be obtained as nothing less than a gross
and tyrannous monopoly.—(Hear.)
The motion was then carried unanimously.
Mr. RIDDLE proposed the next resolution—" That the
Ri ;lit Hon. Lord John Russell be requested to present the
petition of this meeting to the House of Commons, and to
report the prayer thereof." The clause would, in his opinion,
bring destruction to the bookselling and stationery trade.
Mr. E. WILSON seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.

During this visit he wrote to her a very fervent letter, pro-
fessing his attachment. This she answered as a young
lady well brought up would answer such a letter,
telling him to avoid such compliments for the future as
were therein lavished. On the return of the young lady to
West-hill, the engagement was arranged with the con-
sent of all parties, and he visited afterwards at the
house as one engaged to be married to her, and was received
by the mother and family almost as one of its members. In
1837 he went to Edinburgh to pursue his professional studies,
and it was agreed that they should write to each other every
month. He passed two years in Edinburgh, and then came
back to Heanor, where his friends resided. The intimate
association was now renewed between them, and he professed
and exhibited, if possible, still more affectionate regard than
before. He shortly afterwards went to London to walk the
hospitals, and during his stay there letters of the same
nature passed between them. After this stay in London,
and his there passing his examinations, and becoming ad•
mitted, he contemplated establishing himself somewhere,
and a Mr. Cooper, of Belper, being about to resign and dis •
pose of his practice, he became the purchaser of it. He
went there, and lived in lodgings, until he finally settled
with Mr. Cooper, and then took a house of his own. It
would be shown that he there succeeded beyond his most
sanguine expectations. He became surgeon to the union,
and to a number of medical clubs, and wrote to the plaintiff
from time to time to tell her so, and also that his general
practice was increasing. His visits and letters however be-
coming less frequent, the young lady wrote to remonstrate
with him; to which letter his reply was, that he was so
much occupied with his increasing business. Still, however,
the most passionate letters were written, and this went on
till the year 1842, when the young lady was much annoyed
on receiving information of his having been seen at Heanor,
driving up and down in a gig a young woman, the daughter
of an innkeeper. He wrote to her an excuse fur his conduct,
viz., that the young woman was a patient of his, and he
thought that a ride would do her good. He still, however,
wrote to the plaintiff in the affectionate terms of one con-
templatktg a marriage. The plaintiff could no longer shut
her ears to what every one was talking about alt around
her. Her health became broken, and she had a most
serious and alarming illness. Iler brother, who was
in London himself, walking the hospitals, on hearing
of his sister's illness, and that the defendant had
not been near her for more than seven weeks,
though almost a boy, thought it right to write to him, inti-
mating, in most becoming lenguage, that be considered his
sister's illness occasioned by his conduct towards her, and
that he was trifling with her affection-. To this the defesd -
ant wrote him an answer, to the effect that marl wing was
out of the question, that he was doomed to a life of ce libacv,
that he could not succeed at Belper, that he had staked his
all upon the throw of a die, and failed ; that he was over
head and ears in embarrassment; that what little property
was in his family was mortgaged, and he had to pay the in-
rest upon the mortgage, and it must be sold ; and, in short,
that he was quite ruined, and his family gone down to the
I dogs, and he must go to sea as a surgeon in a ship, as a friend
of his wished him to do at once. He had ever loved Rosins
too well to link her to a fate of such a nature as a marriage
with him in his present broken condition. The youth replied
reproachfully, but temperately,saying that he was grieved, but
partially satisfied, and adding, towards the close, that his
conduct appeared to him to have been most base andunmanly.
After the correspondence with the brother he paid a visit to
Mrs. Toplis, detailing all the story about his poverty, and,
in short, peremptorily breaking off the engagement. The
young lady was out at this time for a drive, which it was
supposed would, after her illness, be of benefit, but returned
during the conversation, when the mother said, " Here she
comes, poor thing, and you may tell her yourself, for I have
not the heart to tell her." He then had an interview with
the young lady alone, who being heard by her sister to be
much distressed and sobbing, that young lady listened,
and would detail what passed. It amounted, however, to
a rupture of the engagement. The plaintiff besought
that he would not go to sea, which he ultimately pro-
mised, and he also promised 'that he would visit her
again. 'rids he never intended to do, and had never done.
The effect produced upon her was a very serious illness,
extending over a long time. If he had broken his engage-
ment at an earlier period when she was still in the bloom of
her youth, there might be something to be said ; but here he
had deluded this poor girl fur no less than six or seven years,
making offers to two or three other women, whilst he was
professing the most devoted attachment to her; and at last,
in 1844, marrying one of them because she happened to have
some money. The Learned Counsel here read portions of
some of the very numerous letters, observing that his friend
could have all of them if he pleased, or any that he chose.
The first letter read was of the llth October, 1836. In this
he spoke of his ardent hopes that "you will one day repay
me by being mine ;" "if steadiness and perseverance, my
Rd-sine;" "do not write a guarded and circumspect answer,"
&c. This she answered on the 21st—" My dear friend;"
favourably, but warning him against any more such flowery
compliments—" very sincerely, Rosina Sarah Toplis." In
November,lB37, he wrote from Edinburgh every good letter,
descriptive of his journey, &c., with " deprived of your
sweet society ;" "thoughts revert to home and West-hill," &c.
He had attained the age of 21 before he went to Edinburgh.
On the 20th November, 1837, she replied to the last, "My
dear Richard," &c., and a great number of letters on his
part, of a very ardent nature, and on hers sufficiently so,
were interchanged during the stay in Edinburgh. After his
return to Heanor, she went again on a visit to Nottingham,
when he wrote to her a letter dated September 6, 1840, con-
taining "Our mutual happiness," "My own," &c, " It was
the wild and ardent dream of my youth, and it is the en-
during ;" "would that, &c., and then a week would make
vou my own," &c. Then came some others, and after he went
to London, one on December 31, 1840 :—" For that one ob-
ject;" "your dear company ;" " it will conduce so much to
our eventual happiness ;" " dearest and best beloved ;" " I
can never forget the sweet sympathising;" "Dearest Reside,
my life is quite a cheerless existence without you;" " my re-
ward," Pic. He was at this time about to go up for his ex-
amination. The 3d February, 1841, " Rest assured," &c.
The Bth March, " I remain, my dearest love, as ever ; that I
am still without the possession of all that's dear to me."
In July, 1841, she went on a visit to her aunt's at Shef-
field, after which he renewed his promises, and mentions
" bright scenes of happiness with you, love," four lines
of poetry, and " some not far distant day." In Oc-
tober, 1841, he wrote an excuse about driving the lady
in the gig at Heanor, and said that his resolution was
that his next visit should be to the plaintiff alone. On the
18th of October, she wrote to him a somewhat severely re-
proachful but not unmerited letter—" Very much hurt ; had
heard it from some one else; should have thought that he
had trifled with her feelings long enough, and now remain,
my own dear Richard, yours truly," &e. In letter of 4th of
March, 1842, lie thanks her for some little present, and ex-
cused his diminished number and length of letters, and
min,ber of visits; he had "hardly time to eat; illness all
around him ; election of surgeons for the union, and he was
a candidate." Next letter—" progressing in his business"—
" been appointed to union contrary to his highest expecta-
tions, though only resident for two years"—" to adorn the
cottage that some day ere long will be the residence of my
Rosina," &c. The next letter, however, shortly afterwards,
was ominous—" The early advent of that periol depended
not so much on him as on some one else who had not yet
figured on the stage," but concluded, 'syour faithful and
affectionate ;" and it was at this time that he was proposing
marriage to another person. On the 25th of March she
writes, referring to the passage just stated, expressing her
surprise, saying she knew of no one who could have a right,
or to whose interest it could be to interfere, and beseeching
him to tell her everything and be as candid as she was, and
adds that it was ,now three months since she had seen him,
and they were only seven miles apart, and she heard a good
deal that was very unpleasant to her to hear. His reply
still spoke of " the ardent !and continued desire of her
ardently and devotedly attached," &c. Shortly after this the
mask began to be removed, by the representations about
failure, ruin, and going to the dogs, and then to sea, and then
the farce aboutahe examining of the books. On the 25th
of November he wrote, not to her, but to her mother, "Dear
Madam, will you be kind enough to let me know how our
dear Rosina is ?" On the 6th of December the brother
wrote to him " Dear Richard," upon hearing from home of
the illnessof his sister, speaking of the opportunity;it afforded
him to be explicit, and telling bins that these disappointments
must occasion these repeated illnesses. On the 20th of De-
cember the defendant replied, " Dear, Robert, I am not at
all surprised to hear from you"—with great propriety of
delicacy—" I have risked my all upon the hazard of the cast,
and I have lost—utterly ruined, &c„ and going to sea.
There is no other censure to be cast upon me beyond
the blame of being unsuccessful and unfortunate. I
have ever loved Rosina too well to link her to a
destiny of misfortune," &s. The brother's letter of the
19th ofJanuary, 184.3, "Sir," speaks of his sister's severe
illness, which he believed his conduct towards her had
mainly caused, says that he had managed to make her
miserable, and continued very naturally in reproachful
tenour and terms throughout. On the 18th of February,
1843, he wrote to this poor girl the decisive epistle which
commenced with " My dear Rosina,—lt is useless any longer
to hope against hope. I have ever loved you fondly and
faithfully. I hoped to have overpowered my embarrass-
ments, but they have overpowered me instead. lam
surrounded by them, which are yearly, monthly, and
hourly increasing, &c. from this earthly state —oh
the last three years such another— a home on the
waters. No other alternative but to resign. I have
injured you, and hope for your forgiveness," &c. And
now, gentlemen (said Mr. Whitehurst), you may picture to
yourself the state of this young lady on receipt of this most
cruel epistle, breaking off, as it was intended to do, alto-
gether, the engagement which had subsisted for seven years
with a man upon whom, during that time, her warmest
affections had been bestowed. Her answer stated, " I
cannot resign you on such grounds as you give me; nor
shall I ever—certainly not for poverty. During these seven
or eight years, forgive se for now saying I have had other
opportunities, and have never listened to any one. You say
that you have injured me: you have, but I forgive you,
and cannot resign you." He after this came over, and the
final interviews, first with the mother, and then with the
daughter, took place as above described. Her letter of the
7th of March further stated—" Do not, I implore you, go to
sea, if you have any regard for my life. lam not ambitious ;
a small income will do, and I am not above contributing to
it. If Belper will not do you can try some other place," &c.
To this there was no answer, and he should show them that
at this time he was making an offer to another young lady,
with a considerable fortune—with a fortune of 6,0001. or
7,0001. ; but the clergyman who had become the husband of
that lady's sister had heard of his engagement with Miss
Toplis, and objected to bins on that and other grounds, and
so he was in that quarter refused. A year and a half after-
wards, at Midsummer, 1844, he wrote a letter beginning
" To Miss Toplis," stating that he was destined never to
alter his condition of a dreary life of celibacy, and that
the correspondence which was now of ancient date, should
be mutually returned for the sake of etiquette, and that
such was the " general rule," &c. No answer being re-
turned to this he wrote again to the young lady in Aug_ u._st,
beginning " Dear Madam," and saying that lie supposed she
had not received his last, and reiterating what he had said
before. These letters, the mother, from regard to the fed-
'rigs of her child, opened and withheld from her. In the
imonth of October a packet of letters was put into the hands
of Mrs. Toplis, while she was at the tea-table with friends
present, and she placed it under the cushion of the sofa for
the time, and afterwards opened it, and found it to contain
her daughter's letters to the defendant. She then wrote a
note to him, dated the 26th of October, 1544, acknowledging
the receipt of them, mildly reproaching him, and apprising
him that they had been forwarded to her legal adviser, to
take such measures in respect of them as he might recom-
mend, and when lie might deem the most fit time. This
was probably intended to offer him a locus pcenitentive. He
however, wrote across it in large letters,
"To what strange uses may we not come, Horatio!"
and in such state returned it to her by post. The Learned
Counsel then stated that the young lady was not rich, but
possessed charms and attractions which, during the long
course of years of the plaintiff's basely trifling with her, - as
he had chosen to do, would have procured her a settlement in
life, honourable to herself and her family; and no amount
of damages that they could award could restore her, though
she was of a happy and contented disposition, to that state
of mind which she had previously enjoyed.
The Learned Counsel then called the mother of the plain-
tiff and several other witnesses, who gave evidence corrobo-
rating the statements he had made in his address to the jury.
Mr. HITAIFIZZY then proceeded to address the jury on be-
half of the defendant. This unfortunate engagement had
begun between boy and girl, when his client was about
eighteen purl 91•1 (very nearly 20), gm winthe maw

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, Thursday, July 30.
CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron Pistrr.)
Mary Anne Austin was indicted for stealing a pin, the
property of William Carr.
The real state of this case is rather peculiar. A man of
the name of John Wilson was in the band of the Coldstream
Guards; he deserted, and then took the name of William
Carr. He married a woman under that name. He enlisted
in another regiment under the name of William Carr, and
served three Meals in Spain, and answered to the muster-
roll under that name. He then returned to England and
gave himself up as a deserter in his proper name of John
Wilson. This pin having been stolen from his wife, and she
having been married to him under the name of William Carr,
the property in the indictment was laid as being that of
William Carr. When the case came on, it being proved that
the man's real name was John Wilson, Mr. Baron Platt
directed an acquittal. The prisoner was then indicted for
stealing the pin, the property of John Wilson, otherwise
known by the name of William Carr. Upon the arraignment
a plea of autre fois acquit was put in, and it was contended
for the prisoner that this was one and the same felony, and
that therefore the prisoner could not be again put upon her
trial for the same offence, and a dictum from Hawkins was
cited to show that if a party was indicted for taking the goods
of A, and they turned out to be the goods of B, he could not
be afterwards tried for taking the goods of B, because it was
one and the same offence.
Mr. Baron PLATT said, he entertained a strong opinion
that it was not the same felony, but the case in Hawkins,
rather staggered him, and therefore he would consult his
brother Judge.
His LORDSHIP, having returned, stated that Mr. Justice
Erie thought the issue of fact, whether it was one and the
same felony, ought to be tried by the jury.
The attorney for the prisoner was then called, and he
stated that he was present at the former trial, and that the
prisoner was acquitted on the ground of the pin being the
property of John Wilson, and not of William Carr, as laid in
the indictment.
The Learned JUDGE then put it to the jury whether the
prisoner having been acquitted of stealing property belonging
to William Carr, and being now indicted for stealing pro-
perty belonging to John Wilson, they were of opinion that
the felony with which the prisoner was now charged was the
same of which the prisoner bad been before acquitted.
The jury returned a verdict that it was the same felony,
and therefore the prisoner was discharged.
John Westuway was indicted for the manslaughter of Wil-
liam Tucker, at Torquay, on the Ist of April.
Mr. Houldsworth was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr.
Collier for the prisoner.
The evidence showed that the prisoner was employed in
blasting a roe% near a road at Torquay, from which it was
distant seventy feet. Some part of the rock upon one of
these explosions struck the deceased, who was on the public
road, and killed him.
Mr. Baron PLATT said, that these explosions so near the
public highway were a public nuisance, and that the public
did not seem to understand their rights. Persons were not
justified in committing such dangerous acts. The master
who employed a party to do such an act was as much amen-
able as the man wha by his own hand committed it. A high-
way was for the accommodation of the public, and he who
invaded the safety of that highway was guilty of a nuisance,
and rendered himself liable to punishment.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended him
to mercy.
Mr. Baron PLATS, in addressing the prisoner, who was
much distressed, said that he appeared to be an industrious
man, earning his bread by honest means, and evidently was
not aware of the dangerous act he was committing. His
was not a case for severity. Taking into consideration the
recommendation of the jury, the length of time he had been
in gaol (since April 3), and all the circumstances of the case,
the sentence was that he should be imprisoned for one fort-
night, without hard labour.
It is to be hoped that this will have the effect of putting a
atop to this most dangerous practice.
Aaron Floyd Norris was indicted for stealing three sheep
on the Ist of July at Payhembury, the property of William
and Charles Pratt.
Mr. Kekewicli was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr.
Greenwood defended the prisoner.
From the evidence, it appeared that on the Ist of July
three sheep were missed from a flock belonging to the prose-
cutors, which were iii a field at Rye-park the previous night.
Inquiries were directly made in the neighbourhood as to any
Parties who had been seen in the neighbourhood, and upon
whom any suspicion might by possibility fall. It then
seemed that on the afternoon of the 30th of Juno the pri-
soner was seen drinking at a public-house at Culmstock, some
short distance from the estate of the prosecutor; he after-
wards rode away upon a bay horse. About 11 o'clock that
night he came again to the public-house, and said he had
been riding 42 miles. After taking refreshment he went
away, riding in a direction towards the prosecutor's. Ile had
not any sheep with him at that time. About 4 o'clock the
next morning a person who lived on the road between Rye-
park and the prisoner's house was disturbed by a noise; he
' looked out of his window, and saw a man riding on a bay
horse and driving before him three sheep, and soon after
this the prisoner was seen near his own house driving three
sheep, and the man said to him, " Well, butcher, where did
you buy these ?" to which the prism= answered, " At
Taunton." In consequence of these circumstances, suspicion
attached to the prisoner, who was a butcher. A search
warrant was obtained, and the carcases of three sheep were
found, and the heads corresponded with those which had been
stolen.

Mr. RICIiARDSON, in proposing a vote of thanks to the
Lord Mayor, characterised the clause as a gross imposition
on the public at large, and said that it ought to be strongly
resisted. If the parcels were charged separately, the
additional expense and porterage would be great. Messrs
Morrison, Dillon, and Company, one of the largest 1 ouses
in the City, had parcels sent to them by parties,
to transmit in their packages to various parts of the country
lie (Mr. Richardson) had also parcels sent to him for a
similar purpose; in fact, the practice was an old one, and.
was extensively followed, and anything which would pre-
vent it ought to be strongly resisted. They were greatly
indebted to the Lord Mayor for his services, and for the
publicity which his presence would give to the proceedings.
Mr. ORA seconded the motion, and considered that tho
clause would introduce a vile system of espionage, which
the public would not tolerate. Some time ago the London
and Birmingham Company proposed a similar clause, but
when a meeting was announced on the subject it was with-
drawn.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced
"to ten years transportation.
Elizabeth Richards was indicted for setting fire to a farm-
house at Tiverton on the sth June. '
Mr. Tyrrell conducted the case for the prosecution, and
Mr. Cox defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prosecutor occupied a farm at Tiver-
ton ; the prisoner was in his service, she was only 15 years
of age, andihaving stayed out all night her mistress had
scolded her. On the night of the 4th of June an alarm of
fire was given, and it was found that the house was on fire
in four different places; the fire, however, was got under,
but the prosecutor and two other men sat up all night
watching the premises. No suspicion was then entertained
that the prisoner had anything to do with the fire. The
next night the prisoner herself told the prosecutor, that she
saw a light in the thatch, and that it was on fire. From
some particular circumstances the prosecutor was then in-
duced to suspect the prisoner. She was searched and a lu-
cifer match was found in her pocket. She said, " I had two
lucifer matches. I lighted one, and set fire to the straw. I
hope you will forgive me.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but begged to re-
commend the prisoner to mercy on account of her youth. In
this recommendation the prosecutor joined.
The Learned BARON, who was dreadfally affected, ordered
her to be brought up for sentence to-morrow;but at a late
hour in the evening his Lordship directed judgment of death
to be recorded against her.
Two women were convicted of setting fire to a rick, and
were sentenced to fifteen years transportation.
(Before Mr. Rooms, QC.)
Jane Ann Dern was indicted for having concealed the birth
of her child.
Mr. Cox was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Green-
wood for the prisoner.
This prisoner surrendered on bail. She was an exceed-
ingly pretty, respectable-looking young woman, and during
the trial cried host bitterly. She was a housemaid, in the
service of a Mr. hawker, at Plymouth. She slept in the same
bed with Mary Harvey, one of her fellow-servants. About
four o'clock on the morning of the 11th of March, Harvey
was awoke by the groans of the prisoner, who said she had
the spasms. Harvey offered to get up and make her some
tea, but she would not allow her to do so. Harvey got up
early, leaving the prisoner in bed. About seven o'clock
Harvey went up stairs and told her that they all believed
something wrong had happened. The prisonerassured her she
was mistaken, and asked her how she could accuse her of
such a thing. About eight o'clock one of the servants went
into the bedroom and saw the prisoner put a bundle into her
box. Harvey then went into the room again, and said
they were positive that she had been confined or had mis-
carried, and she insisted upon looking into her box. The
prisoner said, " Well, Harvey, if you must, you must,"
and she unlocked her box, and said, " Now I'm ruined
for ever; what shall I do ?" As soon as the box was
opened the body of a newly-born child was seen. The
prisoner said, " There's the baby ; I'm happy to say I used
no violence towards it." Under the body different baby
clothes were found. The prisoner said she had been deli-
vered at 4 o'clock that morning, and that the body had lain
by her side till 8 o'clock, when she put it into her box. The
surgeon deposed that the child was still-born. From all the
circumstances it was evident that the unfortunate girl had
made preparation for the birth, and that had the child been
born alive she would have taken care of it ; but it being
still-born, she had clung to the hope that her character
might yet be preserved, for no one had suspected her condi-
tion, and her character stood high, and therefore she had then
determined if possible to conceal her shame, and bad not ac-
quainted her fellow-servant with the fact. The case was a
most pitiable one. The Learned Counsel was completely
overcome by his emotion, the witnesses were in tears, and
the jury were sobbing, and there were but few dry eyes in
court.
The foreman of the jury with great difficulty pronounced
the word " Guilty." The jury and the prosecutor united in
recommending the prisoner most strongly to mercy.
Mr. ROGERS, in a most feeling manner, passed sentence
upon the unfortunate girl, and ordered her to be imprisoned
one month, but without hard labour, and told her she would
not be placed among the bad characters in the prison.

The motion was carried, and the Lord Mayor returned
thanks.

After a scene of the Most indescribable confusion Mr.
D. W. Harvey left the room, followed by Mr. T. 'far,/
Mr. Sergeant Gaaelee, and a great number of the shareholders,.
The CHAIRMAN then said that the absence of certain par-
ties would not interlere with the business of the meeting.
Mr. Horrsm then moved, and Mr. TArtscarAm seconded,
a motion that this Company be dissolved.
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution.
The scrutineers were then appointed.
During the time that the scrutiny was being gone into, the
more refractory gentlemen in their rival meeting had selected
Mr. D. W. Harvey to the chair, and had carried a resolution
similar in character to that proposed by the Hon. Gentlemau
in he first instance, to the effect that a committee consisting
of seven of the shareholders should be formed, and that they
should be authorised to confer with the board of directors
within a fortnight from this date, and report to a general
meeting of the shareholders upon the subject.
It was then moved and seconded that the best thanks of
this meeting are due, and are hereby given to, Humphrey
Williams, Es q., for his able and impartial conduct in the

Before the separation of the meeting a number of signs.
tures were appended to the petitions to both Houses ol
Parliament.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, July 31.
DAMER V. LORD PORTARLINGTON.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case, over-
ruling the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, and ordering the
bill to be dismissed.
ills Lordship afterwards proceeded to hear petitions in
lunacy, most of which were unopposed.
IN RE DYCE SOMBRE.
Mr. DOLT stated that this was a petition presented by
Mr. Dyce Sombre, whose unfortunate case has been frequently
before the Court, and it prayed that the commission oflunacy
issued against him might be suspended without his being
compelled to leave France, and come within the jurisdiction
of the Court. Mr. Sombre was most anxious that the facts
relating to his state of mind should be most fully investi-
gated; and although not within his Lordship's jurisdiction,
he pledged himself to abide by any order the Court might
think proper to make. The Learned Counsel then went
into a history of the case, and read the affidavits of most
eminent medical gentlemen, which he thought would con-
vince his Lordship that the commission of lunacy ought to
be superseded.
Mr. BETHELL was heard on the other side in support of
retaining the commission, and he argued that Mr. Sombre's
state of mind was still diseased, and that he was utterly
incompetent of managing his own affairs.
The LORD CHANCELLOR directed that two medical gentle-
men, Dr. Bright and Dr. Southey, should see Mr. Dyce
Sombre and report upon his state of mind, and that for that
purpose he must come to Dover, and remain there until
these physicians, whom his Lordship would instruct for the
purpose, had completed their inquiries.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH AND
APPENDAGES.—Sarah Woods, a good-looking, respectably-
dressed young female, was placed at the bar en the following
charge :
Police-constable 84, of the D division, stated that between
nine and ten o'clock on Saturday he saw the prisoner enter
the shop of Mr. William Gorton, of Oxford-street, silversmith
and jeweller. Her manner induced him to suspect that all
was not right, and on her coining out he ascertained that
she bad produced in the shop two gold fashionable watch
seals, key, and briquet chains, and wished to know their
value. He directly followed and stopped her. On asking
how she became possessed of the seals, she said she had
found them, between four and five o'clock that morning, in
Hyde-park. Shortly afterwards she said she had a silver
watch and guard chain about her, from which she had
detached the seals.

Mr. HARDWICK asked the constable if be knew the pri•
soner or what she was? The constable replied in the nega•
tive.

VICE CHANCERY COURT, Angust 1.
(Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRucE.)
LEWIS V. LEWIS.
Mr. COOPER (with whom was Mr. Wright) appeared to
have an injunction, instead of the interim order made in this
cause on Thursday last, restraining the executor from touch-
ing the assets in the case.
The COURT thought it was a case demanding an injunc-
tion and granted it accordingly.
His HONOUR heard unopposed petitions in Chancery, and
sat in the Court of Review.
The Court rises to-day for the long vacation.

Mr. HARDwicK asked the prisoner what account of the
transaction she gave? The prisoner said she met a gentle.
man, who was not known to her, and remained in his com-
pany until late. They drank together at several different
houses, and eventually she accompanied him to his lodgings,
and slept with him. He let himself in with a key. The
house was a highly respectable one. About four o'clock in
the morning he aroused her, and wished her to leave the
house as quietly as she could. lie said he had no
money, but gave her his watch, and appointed to
meet her at one of the houses they had taken refreshment at,
which she knew. He opened the door for her, and told her
to escape, if possible, being observed by the neighbours. The
name of the street was Chapel-street, but she did not know
what part of the West End it was in.
Mr. HARDWICK—CouId you point out the house again if
you saw it ? Prisoner—Most certainly I could.
The constable said that he had every reason to believe her
statement was correct ; the watch was a very valuable one.
Mr. HARDWICK directed that the prisoner should accom-
pany the constable, to endeavour to point out the house.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, August 1.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GouLnunsr.)
IN RE BERRY.

THRICE BANKROPT.—SUSPENSION OF A CERTIFICATE.
The bankrupt, who had carried on business in Church-
street, Paddington, as a draper, came up for his certificate.
The Learned Commissioner, after having gone through the
proceedings, observed that this was the third time the bankrupt
had availed himself of the law within ten years, and, unfortu-
nately, it was now too often the case that persons would
persist in continuing business, having not a shadow of hope
of success, to their ruin and the injury of others; such
a system must be put an end to. Every one
ought to endeavour to gain a livelihood by industry, but
here in each case the bankrupt's expenditure had greatly- ex-
ceeded his profits--in the first case there was nothing to
show what the dividend had been, in the second only 2s. 6d.
in the pound, and now also a small dividend only: this was
a case which could not be lightly dealt with, or there would
he no telling how often persons would come before the Court.
The bankrupt having appeared three times was desirous of
going into business for the fourth time, although he evidently
had not profited by the experience of former occasions, but
persisted in the same mode of keeping up for a
time against difficulties. It was right and proper that a
man should not despond at checks in trade, yet. with a full
knowledge that the longer he went on the more he lost, he
ought to stop short. The only feature in the case which
operated to prevent the suspension of the certificate for a
very long time was, that the bankrupt had accurately kept
a cash-book, balanced every week. How he could have
continued, week after week, and year after year, with in-
creasing losses, was somewhat surprising. Ile had, how-
ever, kept bond fide accounts for the inspection of his credi-
tors, which was a wonderful exception from the general rule
in such cases. Under all the circumstances, his Honour
thought the justice of the case would be met by a suspension
of the certificate for twelve months.

5i
14,4
10i0
3
2g
0g
21. 03.
205
11. 33.
23
210

340
A
1
1313
11
293
230
315

DOCKS.
_-----"
Dividend Amount Nice'
Name of Company. per of raid. - -
Annum. Share.
--- -----'
.£ a. d. X s. d• 50
Commercial ... - 141',4
East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 21
East Country • . 11. per sh. 100 0 0 - 113 ~
Landon . - 101,r
St. Katharine •••• • • - 5 per cent. Stock. - 702
Southampton •••• • • • • 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
WATER-WORKS.
_____---------
-
j Dividend Amount price,
Name of Company. • per of Paid.
Annum. Share.
_..../
___ -East London..•• •.•• • • ! 8/. 100 00. ocr - 90
Grand Junction ••• • • • , 31. 10s. 41 13 4 - 70
Kent -•••••••• •• •• I 21. 10s. 100 0 0 -- -57
Vauxhall •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0
West Middlesex ••• • • • 51.55. pr cnt. 63 12 9
gEO'
LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PI TX- ----
Dividend Amount Trice'
Name of Company. per of Paid.
Annum. Share.
-r-'
z .. d. X s. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0
.'
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 „-'`',l
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 I -„`s
Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 ce 0 "-IL
National Bank 6l. per cent. -.• 19 0 0 4.244
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent.
Union Bank of Scotland '7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 ~,- -'
Western Bank 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 r"' /
LA
'Clydesdale Bank.. -. • 6/. per cent. - 10 004 11,,
Eastern Bank .....• • • 5/. per cent. - 210 0' 4,4
Caledonian Bank - 50 0. 714
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. --- 10 00' 1303 i
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. -- OO, 245. 9(1
Scottish Union Ins. Co. N. per cent. 20 0 0 ~ 0„ 1414
- 105 50
•CI 13%
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 L'-' ,,,. 9;i
Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid, 28
North British Insur. • • 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0,, 22_,
Caledonian Fire Basun 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 '', 1334
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 :‘,,, 75
Edin.&(llasg. Railway 1/.los. pert. 50 0 0 50 0 .
~". 184
Ditto, 14 Shares •• • • is. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 AU Pahu„ 16
Edin., Leith, Se Grantn - 20 0 0 ..10 0 " 75
1 i•
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. '7l. per cent. 50 0 0 All. pa.'" . 14
1 6
Glasgw &Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All Pal" 4O
Gisgw&Garnidrk Rail. Cl. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid . 37
Dundee& Arbrothltall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid • 9
Standard LifeAssarnee.l;s/. per cent. 50 0 0 2io '.4)

MARKET NEWS-(SATURD'A-

COVENT-GARDEAT. 10 to
Pines, English, 7s to lOs per lb; ditto Colon; - 300
3s each ; Melons, 3s to 6s each ; Dutch ditto, 18 1011 N
per dozen; Hothouse Grapes, 3s to 6s, and Chei 'to 3s;
is to 4s per lb ; ditto, 12s to 20s; Apples', 53 Per
Gooseberries, 6s to /2s per bushel ; Currants, 4 5 to Joao,
half sieve; Cucumbers, 2s to 8s per dozen; Fre n"otatoegt
3s per halt sieve; Peas, 3s to 4s per bushel ; Nes' r rdozelii
7s to lOs per cwt; Cabbages, 6d to is p is, ao—
Greens is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches; Celer nottlei
Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Mushrooms, 2s 17'e 'r fr Bade;
Onions, 4s per bushel ; Pickling ditto, 3s to 4s 'Pe' doe'
Spinach, 6d per junk; Carrots and Turnips, 45 to 80 P er
bunches.

The supplies of limUNost GarEtilctlers°oßnils.ale
teal
extensive, while the general demand was in alvveerYr";l ups
state, and prices had a downward tendency.
•
NEWG&TE AND LauLDETTECASO I barel
We had a very dull trade this morning, at ~,,,itton•
stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to as 4d ;to 4d;
2s 81 to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d; Veal, as 64.1 Geer
and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s lOd per 81bs, by the carcase..lo exclaj
38 6(1 to 6s; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Pigeons, 4d " 6S ; 73d
Surrey Fowls, Gs to 10s; ditto Chickens, 43 utter,
Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to Gs per couple. Fresh ,
to is 3d per lb. 3slOd;
NEWPORT. 10 at
to pork,
Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 23 , at id
Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s lad; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s au,
4s to 4s 10d per 81bs.
We hid a full average supply of Fish on offer.
whole the trade was steady, at late rates.
WEITECHELPEX. „
Beef44:BB
dd
rtoefrisvBsm o
81bs.
sd.s; 41rde
at ol 33ss.t
4dd;
toM Mutton, o4nd, 2; s a 6ndd
Pork o: -
6d Ho
BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropol jo are
8d to BtAd; of Household ditto, 6d to 71,4 d per 4 r.tm loaf*

The certificate was accordingly Suspen dcd for twelve months

SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE KING OF DENMARIL—We
find the following in the Courrier Francais of Thursday :
" Accounts are said to have reached Paris, announcing that
the King of Denmark was, on the night of the 20th ult.,
attacked with a congestion of the brain, which put his life in
danger, and that, notwithstanding copious bleedings, he re-
mained in a very clugerpio Atato."

00 the

RIDE P/I.O.RRET. 72112,
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, ,'3d per lb ; do. 6 tlb to td
3d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to
,lid ; do. Mb to 18816, .1,00
to 4d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4 i/id ; do. 961 b to 104 IN 41, to
scl; do. 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Calf Skins, 4la cb4hisr
6s ; Horn Hides, 135 ; Lamb Skins, 2s to 2s f, ;
ling, 10d to ls.

WAY DIATC.KETS. 2lss
531KrrnnELD.— Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; New d i 031' 5, to
o 3/ 12s ; Old Clover, 41 to 5/ 15s ,• New ditto, : 010
41 15s ; Oat Straw, II 128 to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Stra If :,.
to 1/ IGs per load. Supply good, and trade very e all Irl
w Hisita 0 1/ 16s ; Whe P'. 01115-
ditto, 2/ 108 to 3/ 16s; Old Clover, 4/ to 51145; 1\ s3,otref2
Y., 31 3s to 41 isjxttot
Do.—Old
11168 to 11 18s per load. A full average supply and k -
31 Cssul"t o 4l 14,
gish demand. ditty
WHITECHAPEL.— Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 41; N:42,,„11. 31 62
2/ 5s to 3/ 15s; Old Clover, 4/ to 51 17s; New d'f'"A/ l's"
to 4/ Gs; Oat Straw, 11123 to 1/ 14s • Wheat Stra P''
to 11 16s per load. Trade dull, at late rates.

cf.----
grill fitter
THE OFFICIAL INQUIET AT THE POBT"%
le 01,14
During the past week but little has been done in I' rag('
of the above investigation, in consequence 001,r- $1011„/Ils
the solicitor, being absent on official business at tri! v( ill
Assizes. It is expected that to-day the ingtli:•:int°, "
resumed, as there are several charges not yet g°ll--
---''.°
many witnesses still unexamined.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, July 29.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice ParrEsoN and a Spe-
cial Jury.)
ROSINA SARAH TOPLIS V. RICHARD ROWLAND ALLEN.
This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. The
defendant pleaded, Ist, that he did not promise; 2d, that at
the time he made the promise, he was an infant, under the
age of twenty-one years; 3d, the statute of limitations—
that he did not promise within six years and, dth, that the
contract was put an end to by mutual consent and agree-
ment. The plaintiff now assigned that the promise whilst
he was an infant under the age of twenty-one years was not
the promise in the declaration mentioned, and that he pro-
mised after he was of full age.
Mr. Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Waddington, conducted
the plaintiff's case ; Mr. Ilumfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Macaulay
represented the defendant.
Mr. WiimmuitsT opened the case. The plaintiff was the
daughter of a widow lady, whose husband had been a wine
merchant in the town of Nottingham, and was well con-
nected, being related to Mr. Toplis, the banker, and to the
Rev. Ar. Melville, who were well known in the county of
Derby. After the decease of her husband, Mrs. Toplis, with
her four children, went to reside with his uncle, Mr. Toplis,
birth,lB
35 butnd
loBf3sgreat
was ability,
an
apprentice
who subsequently removed to a house at West-hill, in
lleanor, where they had continued to dwell down to the
present time. The defendant Allen was a person of humble
a medical gentleman at lleanor, who professionally attended
Mrs. Toplis and her family. About this time Mrs. Toplis had
as hisl
or ettoesrssiswtoonultdtso ho;i1;,.
Banoddei in
an illness, for which Mr. Boden attended her, and hence
his assistant, Mr. Allen, became acquainted with Mrs. Toplis
and the family, by attending occasionally for Mr. Boden,
and this ripened into intimacy, and he became a frequent
visitor at the house. lie bore at that time a high character
for sobriety, steadiness, and honour, and became attached
to this young lady, who was then about 18 years of age.
About this time the young lady went on a visit to Mr. Scul-
Lhorpe, a highly respectable solicitor 4 NQttiogbana.

BIRTHS
On the 26th of July, at Sussex.-place, Regent's- PaTic, UP.
of
lady of George Rooper, Esq., of a daughter. (11
On the 26th of July, at Whitgift Hall, Goole, tb__°,,lrter',..
Captain Sir James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, of a datp,olp
On the 27th of July, Mrs. James Johnston, °f
lane, Lower Thames-street. 0613/
gr'
On the 27th of July, at the Grove, Camberwell l f
.i. 6
Goss, of a daughter. °
On the 28th of July, at Keppel-street, of
wife of Gillery Pigott, Esq., of a son. co/4W'
On the 28th of July, Mrs. E. Paulson, of Chian
a daughter.
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Rusg3ll-04uS 144

MARRIED.
On the 27th ult., at St. Martin's-in-the; FieLde,
nbalwicrc:
Rev. S. Ramsey, Mr. C. Webb, of Judd- street, ion, the
square, to Emily, eldest daughter of Mr. Ittleca°"'
Regent's-park. BOO
On the 21st of July, at Cambridge, the Rev. JO 11 to
Gibson, 8.A., of Trinity College, Curate of Haze, Sammy,vVa ,of
Anna, youngest daughter of the late Swann Ilta re", "--'.-
Foxton, Cambridgeshire.
On the 29th of July, at St. George's, Hanoverlo4r:
Captain Sir Richard Grant, R.N., to Lydia,idOw of 3111—
Lambert, Esq.,±)f Fowlers, Hawhurst,-I(elarit.
...........---'

DIED. • ..1. moire,
On the 24th ult., at Margaret-street, Cavenete,.4-.
George Hosmer, Esq.
On the 28th ult., m Regent-street, T. 'gleam, TP(I.
or P,. wir.
On the 29th ult., Emily Heseltine, infant daughter
George Winter, Hawley-road, Kentish- town. T.nol
On the 29th ult., at drove-end-road, St. Jotues-woOd, ...-
Amelia, eldest daughter of J. R. Hall, Esq.
On the 30th ult., at Deptford, Mr. G. Pete •. aged 71'

chair.
The vote was agreed to nem. can.
The meeting theta Doke up, after haying lasted upwards

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