The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-28 00:00:00

HARRISON, THE LEEDS WIZARD.

Yesterday Henry Harrison was again brought up at the
Leeds Court-house, charged with committing a rape upon
Eliza Croft, and with obtaining money from her under
false pretences.
The inmost excitement prevailed in the preCincts of
the police-office, and the court was densely crowded from
10 o'clock until half-past 4.

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On Croft being recalled she stated that the offence was
committed between 6 and 7 on Friday night, the 17th
just., and repeated the statement several times, saying
that she was never at Harrison's house in the daytime,
and that at the time the offence was cointnitz,ed it was
dark, and that a candle was burning in the room.
Evidence was called which proved that Harrison was
from home from 1 o'clock till 11 at night on that day,
and that the girl was in Harrison's room between,ll and
12 in the morning, after which Croft said the offence was
committed in the morning.
A niece of Harrison's proved that Croft called between
11 and 12 in the morni,tg, and that she and Harrison
were upstairs for about 10 minutes, that white they were
up stairs no noise or alarm was made, but that after Croft
had gone she BaW something which excited her suspicion.
She then drew the attention of Harrison's housekeeper
to it, who, it appeared, upbraided Harrison about it. _ _
At the close cf the examination Mr. Ferns, on behalf
of the prisoner, asked the bench if, after what they had
heard, they thought there was any case ?
The Bench replied that they thought there was, and
should remand the prisoner until Thursday.
On being removed from the dock the prisoner
was
hissed by
b y
remaineda
outside-some greatnumberoutsid of women
tam eto obtain in the gallery, a
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gtanpl
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the
crowd of
him, in which, however, they were disappointed.

DUBLIN, 'MONDAY MOR'I,
ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT.
A moderate Conservative journal .(the
Star) has some sensible remarks upon the r,
social improvement effected through the agency
the new land tribunal, and, adopting the maxim of
"let well alone," cautions the Government not to
sanction any meddling with the Encumbered Es-
tates Court, except in so far as to place it upon a
firm basis as o!:e of the institutions of the coun-
try

" The idea of removing one of its commissioners on
the ground that his services are required in the Court
of Exch-Auer is the merest moonshine ; but even if
there were a pressure of business in that court much bet-
ter would it be to appoint another Baron and to leave
the Encumbered Court intact. Fortunate wculd it be
for both England and Scotland if their encumbered land-
owners had similar courts to appeal to, instead of haviiig
to„ineet the heavy costs and the ' law's delay' under the
present system. But wl.atever opinion may be enter-
tained upon the ,übjtct across the Channel or north of
the Tweed, the Encumbered Estates Court was the true
panacea for this country ; and however Government or
the Legislature may act in the premises it will ever be
proudly associated with that period of Ireland's history
when she emerged from a state of misery and discontent
to one which only required a few years longer continu-
ance to render her 'the envy of surrounding nations,'.-L.
aye, and the ' admiration of the world' to boot. Once
again we say no experiment with this court."
Among the petitions presented to the Court last
week was one for the sale of another property of
the late John Sadleir, the yearly value of which
was of the unpretending amount of 2091. 15s. 9d.,
charged with encumbrances to the extentof3ls,oool.
The total amount of net rentals posted for sales
before the commissioners up to the 7th of February
next reaches 69,000/. per annum, probably repre-
senting a capital of about 1,200,0001.
A CONTUMACIOUS CORPORATION.
Sir John Young, notwithstanding the ministers'
money brawl, has not yet been silenced. The town,
conned of Cork, which was the first to kick against
the new act, bas succeeded in attracting the atten-
tion of the Government, and that not in a way the
-fforst- to -tro coveted. A letter fromithe Orcrwa4oll- -.
.citor to tlielown-elerk mentions the fact thit the
corporation have omitted to levy three half-yearly
instalments of ministers' money for the Ecclesiasti-
cal Commissioner (the new paymasters of the
clergy), and intimates that an information will be
-exhibited-in the Court of Exchequer against the
corporation on the first day of next term (the 3d
of November) at the suit of the Crown, unless the
demand be forthwith paid. •

DUBLIN CUSTOMS' DITTIES.
An abstract of duties received at the port of
Dublin for the year ending the 30th of September
shows that .not only has an increase taken place
in every item of the Customs' revenue as compared
with the preceding year, but that a falling off
which took place in wine and miscellaneous articles
in 1855 has been more than recovered. The total
increase on the year is 80,381/., and on the two
years 117,155/. Between the years 1853 and 1854
a decrease of 73,000/. occurred, principally owing
is-the reduction in the itea duties, the amount re-
ceived from that article having sunk from 373,000/.
to 320,0001. It has now., in consequence of the
imposition of the war duty, reverted to as nearly
as possible the original amount. In the sum re-
ceived on sugar there has been a large increase.
We subjoin the total amount's received for the
years ending the 10th of October, 1853, and the
30th of September, 1856 : •

1853. 1856.
Tea
Mu,covado sugar
Refined sugar 36,605 ... 46,653 '
Coffee
Wine
Spirits 32,232 ... 35,558
Tobacco -
Colier articles 42,138 ... 32,362

£950.278 ... £094,53G
l?;,The amount received in the year just ended is
arger than at any period since Sir Robert Peel
revised the tariff in 1847. From 1844 to 1846 the
duties exceeded 1,000,0u0/. annually.

THe GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA
RAILWAY.

Tho fourteenth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders
in this company was held at the Lond.,n Tavern yester-
day ; Mr. W. J. Hamilton, chairniau of the board of tii-
reetmrF, in the chair.

Mr. NICHOLSON, the superintending director, read the
report, which has already appeared in The Sun.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said hs to-k was an agreeable one. They would recollect
on a former occ.t,ion I ha. their then chairman spoke of
the immense advantages of rail Nays to the Indian govern-
ment in the facilities they affirded fur the transport of
troops, and stated that a detachment which formerly
took 7 or 8 days to relieve, had by the instrumentality of
the railway been relieved in one day. On the present oc•
casion he was enabled to give another illustration of
the great benefits which the railway conferred. For
some weeks previous to the setting in of the monsoon
there was a great Fcarcity of water in Bombay, and
by 177:3U8 of the railway 60,000 gallons of water a
clay were introduced into the town of Bombay and
its iannediate neighbouraood, to the great relief of
200,000 i f the poorer classes of the population.
Toe railway carried the water at a very low rate of
charge, but at the same time incurred no loss, for
they received during those eight weeks 1.0,000 rupees.
Tire progre•sive diminution of the per ceutage on the
working expenses was very satisfactory, a year and a
half having reduced theta trona 86 to 41 per cent. From
a statement which they had already received, they were
nuatile.d to calculate to a certain degree what would be
the return for the next half-year, and he was justified in
stating that, although no additional line had been opened
beyond the 88 miles, the profit, would exceed those of
the present half-year as much as the latter exeeeded
those of the preceding one. The surveys were also pro-
ceeding very satisfactorily, and it was impossible to
s:eak too highly of the great exertions of the contractors.
On the line from Campole, including the Ghauts, to
Poonah, they had upwards of 30,000 natives at work,
and beyond Poonah they had nearly completed an addi-
tiotial 60 miles, bat te-me time would elapse before the
geutral line up the G,auts would ho in a state to carry
the traffic up to Poonah. Arrangements, however, had
been wade for carrying the rails up the G-oauts instead
of waiting till the first portion was completed, and there
was r,asan to believe that within a short period a por-
tion (.f the line would be open f, r traffic above the moun-
tathien
hisses.
A
engineer
to furtheripi,ro suvetir,vy of the
eeline,lessGehoauttitsoliaodosetn,abald
and
etftct a great saving both in distance and time. In the
other direction, fe-am Nagpore to Wassind, they would
Open a coal and iron district. At present they were
paying no less than 40 . a ton for coals. The East

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la;ha;"; Railway, whicit opened a coal field in their the-
tiict, gut coal for 8-. a too, and he sa N no reason why
this company ehouid not get it equally cheap. There
WWI another subject which he wished to refer to. In
the Railway Record some alarm was expressed in con-
sequence ut an intimation that it was the intention of
Government to suspend pubic works, and an idea had
gone abroad that under public works was included great
railway undertakings. Ile was happy to take the op-
portunity of stating that under the head of public works
railways carried un by private companies were not in-
cluded..

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A SHAREHOLDER asked, in reference to a letter which
bad appeareil in that morning's papers, whether a line
which had been conceded partly to this and partly to
another c,:rapany, was a new line, or was it a line for
Which this company had rai,ed an additional million ?
The CHAIRMAN said it had nothing to do with the mil-
lion, but it. referred to a line to Jubbulpore, where their
and the East .ralian Rail ..ay would have to meet. Tney
would want ad itional capital L.r it.
the SHAREHOLDER asked what amount of additional
shares wi,ulo he issued ?
'Eno CHAIRMAN repli d that he could not state, but the
directors would take care to have the guarantee of the
East India Company, ar d the present shareholders would
Lave the Option of taking ice new shares.
Mr. NicHoLsorr said an individual might answer a
question with,,ut the board being committed. The 1,103
miles which they had the sanction of the East India
Company to make would he constructed complete, in-
cluding station and rolling stock, and every item of
perse, for. ten millions, and that they bad now four mil-
lions of capital. Therefore, it was easy to come to a con-
elusion as to bow much more they would want.
votea The resolution
thanks
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thed
then
rut,
t (uais
the interests
the company having been passed,
meeting separated. aiin
f()ou;ltYh their raetetdenttoio n
tale
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when the directors will submit a resolution recommend .
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ing that the company he wound up.
FATAL FALL FROM THE TOP OF SOMERSET-HOUSE.—
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Coltman, plough: bf:tirlinagndfivo,ianzietrh,ewrloiliosfoodfeath was occa-
sioned by the Admiralty
department of Semerset-house. It appeared that
the deceased had been employed with another plumber
in repairs upon the roof; and as he was about to get
from the parapet to the ladder a clerk cried out
from oue of the windows, " Halloa, about that
b-ttle alluding to a phinl of toothache mixture which
had ben placed outside the window on account of its
stneP, "(I which dLaA been teen to put in his
pocket, thinking at the tune, no Gubt, that it had been
thrown aside there as s. Ile missed his footing as
the words were uttered, and stumbled over the parapet,
faultliinigotsodmea,
ed6oanodr
w7oasfet ken t
e.lieo King'swaspi Collegeckedupiniisensible,
b
where he was attended to by Mr. Goodall, the house
e
surgeon, but the thjuries he received were of se frightful
a character that be died a few minutes after he was ad-
mitted. The person who was at work with deceased
said there was nothing to protect persons on the roof
from falling over the parapet, although its
danger had
been frequently pointed out to the foreman of the works.
It W 2.3 under the control of the Board of Works. The
jury xaturued a verdict of "Accidental death.".