The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-06 00:00:00

EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1851

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.

The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors
of this railway was held on Thursday afternoon in
the board room, at the Citadel Station, Carlisle, E.
W. Hassell, Esq. (chairman of the board of directors),
in the chair. The meeting was very fully attended.
The CUAIRMAN in a long speech moved the adop-
tion of the report, and on the present occasion a di-
vidend at the rate of 6i per cent. was declared.
Some discussion took place, in the course of which
all the recommendations in the report were adopted,
the dividend declared, the proposed directors re-
elected, and a vote of thanks given to the chairman
and directors.

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND

MIDLAND JUNCTION.

DERBY, SEPT. s.—The ordinary general meeting
of shareholders in this company was held this day in
the Midland Hotel ; the Hon. G. H. Cavendish,
chairman of the company, occupying the chair.
The Secretary having read the advertisement call-
ing the meeting, the seal of the company was affixed
to the register of proprietors. The secretary next
read the report, the substance of which will be found
in the chairman's speech.

The CHAIRMAN stated he had to apologise to the
meeting for the unavoidable absence of Mr. Thomp-
son, who by a pressure of business was prevented
from being present. He felt it but right, however, to
state that to the energy and exertions of Mr. Thomp-
son the shareholders are mainly indebted for the
favourable position in which the company now stands.
The report, it would be observed, intimates that an
arrangement has been entered into with the London
and North-Western and Midland Companies jointly
for working this company's line for 19 years. It was
but right, however, he said, that this agreement has
not yet been put into legal form, but the heads of it,
to the effect stated in the report have been reduced
into writing and approved of by the directors of each
company ; and it only awaits the decision of the
legal advisers of each company to determine the mode
in which it shall be carried into effect. Having made
this explanation, he concluded by moving that the
report, together with the statement of accounts, be
received and adopted.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Toots), and una-
nimously adopted.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that the forfeiture of
6,182 shares in the company, which have been de-
clared forfeited by the directors, be confirmed, and
that the said shares may be sold or otherwise disposed
of as the directors may think proper.
The motion was seconded by Mr. PAXTON and una-
nimously adopted.
The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the
chairman and directors, and the meeting broke up.

the original shares ; 629,9651. on the 15/. preference
share s ; 137,5241. on the second preference shares ;
1,084,332/. on debentures (119,3001. at 5 per
cent. and 965,0321. at 4. per cent.) ; 4,3301. tolls, &c.;
50,630/. balance of earnings previous to commence-
ment of revenue account; and 38,756/. advances on
surplus lands, shares, &c. The expenditure amounted
to 3,986 069/ , viz., 36,887/. for six Acts of Parlia-
ment; 3,109,4291. land and construction (including
Conway and Menai bridges, 742,2131.), 124.4901.
engineering, office, direction, and other incidental
charges ; 36,3851. stamps, brokerage, and interest ;
11,2411. carrying stock ; 166,5271. expended on
steam-boats ; 178,904/. interest to shareholders to
31st December, 1848 ; 103,2001. on debentures
to 10th January, 1850 ; 40,0101. dividend
to June 30, 1849, on preference shares ;
178,9911. Mold Railway ; leaving a balance of
24,0561. The revenue account for the half-year
ending 30th of June states that 61,6621. had been
received o❑ the railway, including 14,8771. for the
mail service, and 1,3291. toll from Shrewsbury and
Chester Railway ; and the expenses amounted to
33,1841., leaving a balance of 28,4781. The receipts
on the steam-boats during the halt-year amounted to
4,2081., and the expenditure to 6,6391., showing a loss
of 2,431/. This sum, deducted from the above balance
of 28,478/., leaves 26,0461. as the net earnings for the
half-year. The balances in favour of revenue account
from the commencement, including the last balance,
amount to 129,8771., out of which is deducted 14,4421.
outstanding liabilities on traffic account ; 34,6501.
interest on preference shares to the 30th of June,
1850 ; and 49,425/. interest on debentures to Jan. 10,
1851, leaving a balance of 31,358/. The debenture
interest to the 10th of July amounts to 24,7621., leav-
ing but 6,5771. towards the interest due on preference
shares. The statement on account of works shows
that 97,3321. has been expended of the estimate laid
before the proprietors on the 14th March, 1850,
amounting to 140,8111. for the purchase of land and
the completion of certain works.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—It is stated that notice
has been given that the portion of this line, extend-
ing from Gloucester to the Chepstow Bridge, will be
ready for the Government inspector on the 12da.
The bridge not having been completed, we under-
stand that the directors have entered into a contract
for the conveyance of passengers over the river.
THE NARROW GAUGE TO BRISTOL,—The Midland
Railway Company appear at last determined to do
away with the break of gauge to Gloucester, by con-
tinuing the narrow gauge from that city to Bristol.
This company, as our readers may remember—after
repeated applications to Parliament, and in spite of
the determined opposition of the Great Western
Company—succeeded in carrying a Bill, empowering
them to run a narrow gauge line of rails along the
present line ; and i❑ order to do this they must buy
a strip of land, from Gloucester to Stonehouse, of the
Great Western Company.—Bath Gazette.
VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY.—MT. Brunel, the
engineer, has announced to the Railway Commis-
sioners of the Board of Trade that this line will be
ready for the inspection of the Government officer on
the 12th inst. Its public opening will therefore take
place in the course of the following day or so. It
was thought that the recent steps would have de-
layed it, but those difficulties have been overcome.

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PROJECTED RAILWAY.—A scheme is now in con-
templation to furnish a more direct line of railway
communication through Upper West Kent and Lower
North Kent than is at present afforded by the South-
Eastern routes. Maidstone is proposed to be on the
contemplated new line. The omnibuses which run 14
times daily between that town and Strood are crowded
every trip, the passengers preferring that route to the
metropolis to the expensive and circuitous journey by
rail via Paddock Wood. If a new through line could
be formed, it is said that a branch could be constructed,
and without any large expense, from the Strood ter-
minus of the North Kent to Maidstone.
WINDING-UP OF RAILWAYS AND JOINT-STOCK
COMPANIES.—The two important questions connected
with the law of liability on this subject, namely, as to
the validity of calls upon contributories, and as to
whether companies not completely registered come
within the operations of the Act, having yet to be
settled, the whole process of winding .up iu that par-
ticular point is at present at a perfect stand still.
RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PIEDMONT
AND SWITZERLAND.—The Patriole Savoisien states
that a company of Swiss, Italian, and English engi-
neers have been studying the best means of opening
a communication by rail, as short as possible, by the
St. Gotbard or the St. Bernard. It seems that they
have discovered a passage from the Vallais to the Val
d'Aosta, which will only require a tunnel of three
kilometres.

FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING RAIL-
WAY.—The agreement between this company and the
Preston and Longridge Company proposes that the
shareholders in the latter company shall receive 6-7ths
of the clear profits of the railway in lieu of the pre-
sent rent charge, and that the shareholders in the for-
mer shall receive 1-7th, the line to continue under its
present management.
RAILWAY ENTERPRISE IN AMEEICA.—A committee
of gentlemen of Louisiana and Mississippi, appointed
for the purpose, have issued a circular, in which they
propose a convention of delegates from the states of
Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio,
to unite with the people of Louisiana and New
Orleans, to deliberate upon and concert such
measures as will be likely speedily to influence the
construction of a system of railroads connecting the
Gulf States with those of the west and north-west,
and radiating throughout all the interior. They also
invite delegates from others of the Southern states,
in order more fully to understand the systems of work
projected or being carried out by them, and to co-
operate in the construction of any which may have
an interest joint and common to all. It is proposed
that this convention shall be held on the first Monday
in January next, at New Orleans.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Richard Collison, a cab-driver, was brought up for
final examination before Alderman Salomons upon
the charge of having stolen a packet containing 201.
—viz., 17 sovereigns and 3/. in silver, the property of
Messrs. Cubitt, of Gray's lon •lane, builders. Mr.
Humphreys appeared for the prosecution.
Mr. Robinson said—l am cashier to Messrs. Cubitt,
and I made up a packet on Saturday last, containing
171. in gold and 31. in silver, together with an advice
note, and directed it to "Messrs. Dunnage and Co.,
Atchford-house, Atchford ; to be left at the Wey-
bridge station till called for." I had intended in the

first—instance to send the parcel by rail, but finding,
after having made it up, that our carman was going
to the immediate vicinity of Atchford on the follow-

ing day, I left instructions for him to. deliver it per-
sonally.
John Loughborough—l am yard foreman to Messrs.
Cubitt. I received the packet in question from Mr.
Robinson, with instructions to give it to James Letts,
our watchman, who was to hand it to the carman. I
identify the piece of brown paper produced as being
the outside wrapper of the parcel.
James Latta, the watchman, said, I received the
parcel from Loughborough, and delivered it to our
carman Henry Bryant, with instructions to him to
deliver it at its destination.
Henry Bryant, carman to the prosecutors, said on
Friday night I received instructions to proceed with
my horse and cart with some working materials to
Atchford. I received a packet from Latta, but I
cannot swear that the brown paper produced formed
the outside of the parcel, the night being very dark
when it was put into my hands. I carried it up the
yard and placed it on the top of the load, which con-
sisted of scaffold poles. I did not know the contents.
I left my employers' premises at one o'clock in the
morning, and proceeded from Gray's Inn-lane along
Gray's Inn-road to Guildford-street, then through
Lamb's Conduit-street, Great Ormond-street, and so
towards Westminster- bridge. I did not go near
King's-cross. I arrived at Atchford at about eleven
o'clock the same morning, and then missed the parcel.
Fairburn, the keeper of the coffee stall in King
William-street, City, said—At ten minutes to two
o'clock on Saturday morning the prisoner came up to
my stall in his cab, and opened a parcel, saying that
he had found a similar one a short time since. He
asked me to hold it for him for a moment, and he then
opened it. It appeared at first to contain nothing
but shavings, bat I presently saw there were two
small parcels inside, the larger of which was of the
size of a Ss. packet of halfpence. He said he had
picked the parcel up at King's-cross. He threw the
brown paper, which was wet and muddy, on the
ground, and I picked it up after he was gone, put it
in my tin can, and afterwards gave it to Police-ser-
geant Lloyd. There appeared to be about 2/. worth
of silver in the inner parcel, on discovering which
the prisoner said he was taken very bad in his inside,
and asked me to take care of his cab while he retired
for a few minutes. I did not observe any address on
the brown paper.
Police-sergeant Lloyd said—l received the brown
paper from the last witness. I could not see any
writing upon it at that time. It was wet, and I took
it to the station-house and dried it. I then showed it
to the inspector.

Thomas Barnes, 448—1 n consequence of informa-
tion which I received, I went to the cab rank in King
William-street, where I found the prisoner with his
cab. I told him I was come to see him respecting a
parcel of money which he had picked up. He said
he had picked up a packet containing 255. at King's-
cross. I told him he must accompany me to the sta-
tion-house to explain the matter. He gave me his
correct address.

The prisoner was committed for trial, but Alder-
man SALOMONS said he would accept of the bail of
two holders for 201. each for the prisoner's appearance
at the Central Criminal Court.

GUILDHALL.

At the la.st examination of Mr. and Mrs. Fells,
they were reprimanded for their cruelty to the un-
fortunate young girl, and Mary Anne Targett was re-
manded by Mr. Alderman Hooper, with the view of
ascertaining it anything could be done to alleviate her
then helplusA condition, to place her beyond the reach
of want, and the scourge of the task-master and
mistress. Yesterday she was again brought up by
Springate, the gaoler frem the Giltspur-street Comp-
ter, and placed before Alderman Hooper, who seemed
surprised at the astonishing improvement that had
taken place in her general appearance since her re-
moval from the service of Mrs. Fell.

Alderman HoorErt (addressing the girl)—l have
received a very favourable account of you since you
have been in the Compter. The matron says you are
a very industrious, good girl, and I hope you will
continue so. I have made arrangements to send you
before the Ladies' Committee, who kindly take into
consideration all these csbes, and I trust they will be
able to do something for you, and if they cannot as-
sist you, I will continue to keep you under my pro-
tection until arrangements can be made to get you
into a situation where you will be taken care of.
Girl—l have not been paid all my wages yet, sir.
Shall I have them, and my clothes ?
Alderman HOOPER— \\ hat amount is due to you ?
Girl—Altogether, I think it is about 2/. Ils.
Alderman HoupEß—l understand your mother
has received it, and if so, I will make her hand it
over; she has deserted you, and she is not entitled to
receive money due to 011. I was at first inclined to
think this case very much exaggerated, but from va-
rious circumstances that have since transpired, and
from what I have heard, I believe that this girl hss
been grossly ill-used by her master and mistress, and
indeed I am not certain that I ought not to place them
at the bar again, and have the affair further investi-
gated.
Mr. Roe, the summoning officer, said he would call
on the mother, to get the girl's clothes, and whatever
money she may have received.

Alderman HOOFER—And call also on Mr. Fell,
and tell her that if she pays the girl's wages to her
mother she will do so in her own wrong, and the
Court will hold her and her husband responsible fur
the amount.

Mr. Roe—l will, Sir. I have already sent for the
mother, and I expect her here every minute.
In a short time the mother appeared, and in answer
to questions from the Alderman, said she had the girl's
wages and clothes at home, and she was accordingly
directed to fetch them to the court forthwith. In the
course of about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes
she returned with the clothes and a portion of the
wages alleged to be due.

Alderman HOOPER —How much money have you
brought? Mother—Twelve shillings, Sir.
Alderman floorEa—That will not do, woman, you
have had more than that.

Mother—The❑ you know better than me.

Alderman HOOPER—What business bad you to re-
ceive this girl's wages ; you had no claim to them.
Mother—l am her mother, Sir, and Ido not see who
has a better right to receive them.
Alderman HoorEa—Sne is an illegitimate child;
and the Act of rarlia.ment gives her power to receive
her own wages, and removes the mother's authority
over them.

Mother—But I am her mother; and have given a
receipt for the wages.
Alderman HOOPER—You may be her mother, but
you have been a ♦ery cruel one, and have neglected
to act the mother's part towards this poor girl. The
more I see and hear of the case convinces me that
you have endeavoured, by every mean=, to sever
every natural tie between you, and to get rid of her
altogether. I will take upon myself to see that the
money due to her be paid, and will direct an officer
to intimate my determination to Mr. and Mrs. Fell,
and also to inform them that any receipt giveu by the
mother will not be deemed a discharge of the debt.
Springate then took the girl, Mary Anne Targett,
before the ladies who were holding their committee
at White Hart-court, Lombard-street, and she was
examined by Miss Forster, the leading member of
the committee, who expressed great satisfaction with
regard to the girl's character, both from the chaplain
and matron of the goal, as also from several of her
masters and mistresses from her former situations.
Miss Forster said the ladies' committee were ex-
tremely obliged to the alderman for sending such a
deserving object for their consideration, and that they
would feel great pleasure in taking her under their
protection. They gave it as their opinion that she
had been very cruelly treated by her master and mis-
tress, and that her mother must have been a most
unnatural parent in neglecting to remove her when
she was aware such was the case.

By Miss Forster's directions the poor girl was sent
to an establishment at Hackney, called the "
Eliza-
beth Fry Institution," a place for the reception of
young girls of good character, who are admitted to a
mouth's probation prior to being placed i❑ situations
in the country.
The girl herself seemed delighted at the prospect
held out to her, but at the same time said she should
have been perfectly happy if she had been allowed to
remain a servant to the matron of the prison, who had
treated her with the utmost kincineis while under her
care.