The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-15 00:00:00

NORTH LONDON.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the Euston Station, Mr. J. Scott
in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said he had but few observations to make.
Before the new capital could be raised some of the
proprietors had subscribed £6,344 in anticipation.
The directors had since been able to place all the
new shares, liquidating £72,000 due on loan, and
replacing £lO,OOO which had been borrowed from
revenue. The whole of the rails on the line had
been in use nine or ten years, and they wero now
being replaced by a better kind of rail, which ad-
mitted of their being fished at the joints. The bad
weather had much affected their passenger traffic,
so that in June there was a falling off in the receipts
of £974, as compared with the corresponding
month of last year. They had, however, done well
with the coal and goods traffic. Since the last
meeting they had had five very superior engines
delivered for the conveyance of the goods traffic,
and their rolling stock had been much improved.
Mr. CREED seconded the !notion for the adoption
of the report.

Mr. HERAPATH wished to know whether in re-
laying the line, they had laid down heavier rails :
the fishing was a great advantage, and htshoped
the effect of the expenditure would be to improve
their line considerably. He thought the traffic on
the line was going on well, and that the report was
very satisfactory.
Mr. CHUBB explained that• the old rails were
" bull-headed " and could not be fished, but the
new rails were double-headed and fished at the
joints, which would make a much better line than
the old one.
Resolutions were passed adopting the report, de-
claring a dividend of X 2 10s. per cent. for the past
hal f•year on the consolidated stock of the company,
and authorising the directors to borrow any sum or
sums of money not exceeding in the whole £50,000.
On the motion of Mr. Herapath, seconded by Mr.
Saunderson, a vote of thanks was passed to the
chairman and directors, and to Mr. Chubb, the
manager, for their great attention to the interests
of the company.

EAST ANGLIAN.
The adjourned special meeting of this compan. y
was held yesterday at the London Tavern to receive
the result of the poll upon the motion for a com-
mittee of investigation. Mr. Bruce in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN read the report of the scrutineers,
which stated that there were recorded against the resolution for the appointment of a committee of in-
vestigation 2,692 votes, representing £202,228 of
ordinarYstock, 548 votes representing £14,600 of A
5 per cent. stock, 373 votes representing £4,048 of
7 per cent. stock, 2,746 votea representing
£53,222
B stock, and 1,017 votes representing £17,932 of C
stock. For the committee of investigation 4,002
votes were recorded, representing £367,548 ordi-
nary stock ; 237 votes, representing £4,941 of A 5
per cent. stock; 149 votes, representing £1,645 of
A 7 per cent. stock; 1,452 votes, representing
£23,199 of B stock; and 1,128 votes, representing
£26,288 of C stock. Total against the appointment
of a committee 224 proprietors, representing 7,376
votes ; for the committee 286 proprietors, repre-
senting 6,968 votes; majority against the resolu-
tion for the appointment of the committee 408
votes.
The meeting then separated.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—The Star of the South,
1,253 tons, belonging to Mr. William Donald Ryrie, and
the Conway, 1,142 tons, belonging to Messrs. T. M. Mac-
kay and Co., aro now embarking- soldiers' wives and
families for Kurrachee and Calcutta, under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Chant, the Emigration Commissioners'
experienced despatching officer. The vessels are chartered
by the Emigration Commissioners, under the direction of
the Horse Guards, the former at £l4 15s. per statute adult,
and the latter at £l6 9!;. 3d. The women and children, be-
sides being brought without cost to themselves by railway,
are gratuitously supplied with necessaries out of funds
placed at the disposal of the Commander •in-Chief by the
Central Society for Bettering the Condition of Soldiers'
Wives.

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The Lord Chief Justice then called upon the
High Sheriff to state whether the placard that had
been posted outside the walls of the court had been
placed there by his authority ?
The High Sheriff replied that it was.
The Lord Chief Justice then inquired what ex-
planation he had to give for such a proceeding?
The High Sheriff then rose, and bowing to their
lordships and ti.e bar, of whom there was a full
attendance, he said he was glad to have that op-
portunity of offering an explanation of the course
he had pursued in publishing the placard which
was now the subject of remark. That course he had
not taken without deliberation, and he was bound,
with the greatest respect and deference to their
lordships, to affirm that he believed that he had dis-
charged his duty to the county of Surrey as the
high sheriff appointed by her Majesty.. He pro-
ceeded to say that Mr. Justice Blackburn had
ordered the court to be cleared of several of
the audience, and that the officers effectually
executed the command. This he respectfully
contended was an illegal act, and had the
effect of invalidating the verdicts which had
been afterwards returned, and this being so,
he considered it obligatory on him to do what he
believed the duties of his office required at his hands,
viz., to assert the illegality of the course pursued
by the learned judge, and to command his officers
not again to obey such orders from the court. The
High Sheriff then stated that he had left the town
on Thursday with their lordships' sanction, that he
had departed in terms of amity and good feeling
with their lordships, and he now distinctly dis-
avowed on his honour as an English gentleman the
least intention to offer any personal insult to Mr.
Justice Blackburn. (Mr. Justice Blackburn bowed
his assent to this remark.) He would say, in con-
clusion, that he desired to treat the court with all
respect and submission, and that the step he had
taken was taken upon a sound conviction that in
ordering an English court of justice to be cleared of
the auditory, the learned judge had assumed an
illegal authority, and one which he (the High
Sheriff) felt bound to disobey as the chief officer of
the county. (Some slight applause occasionally
greeted the High Sheriff's observations.)
Their lordships having briefly consulted,
The Lord Chief Justice, amidst breathless silence,
said that the court had heard with anxiety and
sorrow the statement which the High Sheriff had
addressed to them, amounting as it did to an
entire justification of what their lordships, as her
Majesty's judges of assize, sitting as the represen-
tatives of the sovereign, felt to be a most improper,
unlawful, and unseemly contempt of their office,
and of the administration of justice. The High
Sheriff had most unquestionably mistaken his
law to the utmost, and he (the Lord Chief Justice)
now declared that the power and authority of her
Majesty's judges, acting in pursuance of her Ma-
jesty's commission, were perfectly well defined
and establishei, and that the course taken by his
learned brother was one which he had the most
undoubted right to adopt. His lordship said that
he at once conceded that English courts of justice
were open to the public in the fullest sense, and he
trusted they ever would remain so ; but it was
going far beyond either law or necessity to avow,
as the high sheriff had done, that there was no
power reposed in the presiding judge to order such
modifications of the arrangements of the court as
were indispensable to that which it was the office
of a judge to carry out, viz., the efficient adminis•
tration of justice. His lordship then adverted to
the great structural inconvenience of the courts in
which the judges had presided, and to the fact that
his learned brother had ordered the lower part of
the court open to the street, and not the other parts
of the court, to be cleared, because the examination
of witnesses in criminal cases, when prisoners were
standing on their trial, were inaudible to the court,
and jury, and this was surely a transparent neces-
sity for the order which his learned brother had
conveyed to the officers of the high sheriff. His
lordship then observed that the high sheriff had
not made the least complaint or remonstrance be-
fore he left the assize town, and stated that the
court were nevertheless perfectly assured that the
high sheriff, who was an honourable English gen-
tleman, neither had intended, nor was he capable
of offering any personal indignity to her Majesty's
judges ; but the course the high sheriff had pursued
was clearly a painfully contumacious contempt of
the court as such, and a most serious reflection upon
the authority of the judges' commission, which
emanated from the throne, and demanded, espe-
cially from the high sheriff, as one of her Majesty's
important officers of justice, obedient and respectful
observance.

The Lord Chief Justice then fined the high sheriff
£5OO, and the fine was immediately recorded.
The business of the assizes was brought to a con-
elysion late last night.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT—LIVERPOOL, Aug. 14.
Mr. Baron Martin took his seat on the bench in
the Crown Court this morning at 9 o'clock.

WIFE MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.
Thomas Rawlinson, aged 41, carter, was indicted
on the coroner's warrant with the wilful murder of
his wife, on the 15t of June last.
Mr. Preston appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Pope defended the prisoner.
In this case the prisoner and his deceased wife
lived in a cellar, iu Mason street, wrapping. The
prisoner was a carter, and the deceased was an ha-
bitual drunkard. On the day in question, the de-
ceased and two women (each of whom were called
as witnesses), were drinking in the cellar at 10
o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Rawlinson being at
that time in an almost helpless state of intoxication.
The women left about 11 o'clock, and the deceased
went to bed in a back cellar. About half-past 12
o'clock the prisoner went home to get his dinner;
knocked at the door several times, but received no
answer, and then inquired of one of the women
(Holland) where his wife was. The reply given
was, " She is again drunk in bed." The prisoner
then went again to the door, and his wife opened it
for him. He asked his wife what there was for
dinner, when she made use of some flippant and
foul expression towards him. He said, " It is a very
hard thing for a man to come home after a day's
work and find nothing for him." The deceased then
ran into the back cellar, and the witness saw him
strike her on the forehead with a saucepan, and she
fell. The prisoner, after that, was very anxious
about his wife, and had her washed and put to bed,
but later in the day she was conveyed to the
Southern Hospital, where she died. In the cross-
examination all the witnesses admitted that the
prisoner was a steady, sober, and industrious man.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty of man-
slaughter, with a recommendation to mercy.
His Lordship, in passing sentence upon the pri-
soner, said the jury had found the only verdict
they could under the circumstances. There was no
doubt the deceased came by her death from a blow
with a saucepan, under the moet miserable circum-
stances. It was very wrong to use such a weapon,
and, as he could not look over the offence alto-
gether, he should sentence the prisoner to one
month's imprisonment.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-Aug. 14.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
David Wemys Jobson, a well-dressed man with
a large black beard and moustache, surrendered to
take his trial for misdemeanour, in having threat-
ened to publish certain libellous matters reflecting
upon the character of Sir James Fergusson, with a
view to extort money. In other counts of the in-
dictment the defendant was merely charged with
publishing a libel.

The defendant merely pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Giffard and Mr. Poland conducted the pro-
secution ; the defendant conducted his own case.
Mr. John Allen Quintin, a gentleman connected
with the publication called 7he Leisure flour, was
then examined, and he deposed that the defendant
had been in the habit of contributing to it, and he
called for some money and wrote a note to the
secretary, the work being published by the Reli-
gious Tract Society, which was produced and read.
It contained a statement to the effect that the de-
fendant was compelled to ask for money in conse-
quence of his having been robbed by Sir James
Fergusson, and he alluded to that gentleman in a
most offensive manner.

The witness was cross-examined at considerable
length by the defendant, but he did not elicit any-
thing that at all bore upon the case.
Mr. Disraeli was then sworn. He said—l am-

The defendant proposed to ask several other of-
fensive and irrelevant questions of Mr. Disraeli, but
the Recorder would not allcw them to be put, and
said he would not allow a court of justice to be
made the medium of insulting any one.
The defendant (to Mr. Disraeli)—Have you ever
received any other letters from me ?
Mr. Disraeli—l have received a great many from
you since the year 1852. They were at length of
such a character that, coupled with your conduct, it
was considered advisable that you should be put
under the surveillance of the police.
Defendant—What did I do that induced you to
take this step ?
Mr. Disraeli—You were constantly in the habit
of haunting the public offices and the House of Com-
mons, and you,behaved in such a manner that it
was charitable to advise the police to have their
eye upon you.
Defendant—How many letterd do you say you
•
have received from me!

Mr. Disraeli—l have received personally about
twenty from you, but at last they were of such a
character that I would not receive any more. I
believe that you have sent altogether 120 letters
to me.

Defendant—Were you not aware that I had some
conversation with Lord Afalmesbury about making
a draft of a Reform Bill that would be satisfactory
to the working classes ? (A laugh.)
Mr. Disraeli—l never saw you in my life until I
saw you at the police-office.
The defendant then asked the right hon. gentle-
man whether the sole cause of his appearing against
him was not on account of his having represented
him in an illustrated newspaper as a conjuror in a
bottle ; and several other absurd and irrelevant
questions, and—

Mr. Giffard interposed, and said that in the in-
terest of justice he felt called upon to protest
against such a course being proceeded with.
The Recorder told the defendant that he could
not be permitted to pursue such a line of cross-exa-
mination. The questions he had asked were totally
irrelevant, and had nothing to do with the inquiry,
and were only calculated to insult the witness, and
he would not permit that to be done.
The defendant then asked Mr. Disraeli whether
he had not written a letter to him, thanking him for
"cutting up" Lord Palmerston ? (A laugh.)
Mr. Disraeli—Certainly not.
Lady Edith Fergusson said—On the 9th of June
I received the letter containing the verses now pro-
duced. I afterwards sent it to my husband.
Cross-examined by the defendant—l never heard
that you had expressed your regret that the letter
had ever reached me.
Le Brument, one of the warders in the West-
minster House of Detention, proved that the de-
fendant gave him a letter, addressed to Lady Fer-
gusson, which contained some verses. He read a
portion of them, and showed them to Captain Hill,
the governor of the prison, and he refused to send
the letter.

By the defendant—Witness always considered
that he was perfectly sane while he was in prison.
Captain Hill, governor of the Westminster House
of Detention, deposed that when the verses were
shown to him he considered they were very im-
proper to be sent to a young married lady, and he
refused to allow the letter to be sent, and it was
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returned to the defendant.
In answer to questions put by the defendant,
Captain Hill said he believed that upon some points
he was labouring under a delusion.
Defendant—Did I not acquiesce in the verses
being returned to me ?
Captain Hill—You had no alternative, because I
refused to send them. (A laugh.)
The defendant asked witness whether he did not
receive instructions from the prosecutor to starve
him, so that he should not be able to bear up and
conduct his defence ?

Captain Hill said the question was too absurd to
require an answer.
The defendant put a great many other irrelevant
questions to the witness, and the Recorder was
frequently obliged to interpose, and request the de-
fendant to confine his attention to the question
before the Court,

Mr. H. Fergusson deposed that he was uncle to
Sir James Fergusson, and a writer to the signet in
Scotland. Witness married a daughter of the de-
fendant's sister, at least he believed she was.
By the defendant—l had never seen you until I
saw you yesterday. I have no reason to believe that
my wife is not your sister's child.
Sir James Fergusson was then called. He said
—I am the member for Ayrshire. I was formerly
lieutenant in the 3d battalion of Grenadier
Guards, and afterwards captain of that regiment.
I served in the war in the Crimea, and was
present at the battle of the Alma, and I was
slightly wounded at Inkerinan. I was elected for
Ayrshire while I was in the Crimea. I received
the letter now produced at my house in Scotland
on the 21st of December, 1659. On the 13th of
February I received another letter from the de-
fendant, and on the 23d of March I received a
third. I afterwards received a copy of the verses
addressed to my wife.
Cross-examined—l have never described you as
a iunatic or an assassin, but in conversation I have
certainly said that you were an impostor. I never
influenced the editor of the Times to write an ar-
ticle against you and describe you as a madman.
In answer to further questions put by the de-
fendant, Sir James Fergusson said he had received
many other letters from the defendant, but he de-
stroyed them all, except the one of the 21st of
December, in which the demand was made for
money. _ _ _

The defendant then put some questions involving
charges of gross immorality against some members
of the family and other persons.
The Recorder interposed, and said that he really
would not permit such matters to be gone into. It
was a most infamous abuse of the privilege of cross-
examination to attack absent parties, and they
really had nothing whatever to do with the inquiry
before the court.

This was the case for the prosecution.
The defendant then proceeded to addres3 the
jury in answer to the charge. He made a long
rambling speech, in which he referred to his lite-
rary productions and other matters that had
nothing whatever to do with the °nee.
Tho Recorder, in summing up, said that as the
defendant had not pleaded a justification, it must
be taken that the defendant had admitted there was
no foundation for the charges he had made against
the prosecutor, and the only questions the jury had
to consider were whether the letters and the verses
were libellous and defamatory, and whether they
were published with the intention to extort money.
The jury almost immediately returned a verdict
of guilty, but recommended the defendant to mercy
on account of the state of his health.

He was then ordered into custody, and the Re-
corder said he would consider what sentence
should be pronounced.

POLIVE INTELLIGENCE-Aug. 14.

MANSION-HOUSE.—David Foster, a tailor,
33 years of age, living in Rose and Crown-court,
Half-moon-street, was charged with an assault upon
his wife.

The Lord Mayor told the prisoner it was a brutal
and unmanly assault ; besides, he appeared to have
treated her so ill that she was compelled to leave him
a few months after marriage. The sentence of the
Court was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for two calendar months. His lordship ad-
vised the wife to go to the union with her child.

The Lord Mayor has received from a lady, sign-
ing " C. P.," is. 6d. for the four Irish boys, or-
phans, who recently applied for relief to the court
in a state of distress.

In the case of James Lee, a decayed actor, who
was brought before the court on Friday, charged
with begging, and who, in consideration of a state-
ment he made as to his age and infirmities, was
discharged with an admonition, his lordship took
occasion to say that he had since received several
sums of money for his use from benevolent persons,
but that, in consequence of a communication which
had been addressed to him from a quarter where
Lee was well known, to the effect that he was not a
person deserving of sympathy or charity, he (the
Lord Mayor) should retain the money until he
received the directions of the donors as to its dis-
posal.