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report of the Parliamentary committee, that un-
less this line was made there would be a rival line to
Brighton. (Hear.)
The motion Was then agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then moved the sanction of the
meeting to the bill for constructing a station near
Victoria-street, dm, an undertaking which he said
bad met with unanimous approval in all quarters,
and especially among members of Parliament:
Mr. Seem seconded the motion.
In reply to a question, •
The CHAIRMAN said the Victoria station, and a
new line, mile long, with a bridge over the
Thames, would be carried out by a thoroughly in-
dependent company ; but that (Brighton) hue
would have a preferential claim upon the traffy,
and the management of the portion communicating
With them. The Victoria Company would also give
them land for a station. With regard to the new
line itself, he believed it would, by gathering up a
local population, pay the whole cost of its execution.
The motion was then adopted, and
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to move the sanction
of the meeting to the fourth. bill, the only power
which affected that company being a permissive
one, for the Brighton Company to lease lines be-
longing to the Crystal Palace Railway Company.
Mr. SCOTT sec-mded the motion, which was
adopted without discussion.
The meeting was then made special, for the pur-
pose of authorising the dirt atora to raise additional
capital, not exceeding 100,0001., by the creatitn of
new shares or stock, or by borrowing, or by deben
ture stock, such stock or shares to be i,sued on
such terms and at such times, in such manner and
amount, and to such persons, as such meeting may
determine, and to pass such resolutions thereon as
such meeting may deem advisalile.
The CHAIRMAN, in submitting a resolution to
carry out this object, said the amount would be
raised upon debentures at 4 per cent., and he also
stated that, in the exercise of a power previously
conferred upon them for converting the debenture
debt into permanent stock, the directors had
already converted 200;000t. of debenture bonds-
into perpetual annuities at 4 per cent. He had as
doubt the whole of the debenture debt would be
similarly converted in time, and the result would
be a saving of 20 per cent. upon the amount of
interest now paid on the debenture debt of the
company. (Hear, hear.)
been adopted, t
The resolution having he pro-
! ceed,ngs closed by a cordial vote of thanks to -the
chairman and directors.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—J;itne 3.

GIIILDHALL.—A letter, of which the following .
is a copy, was handed to our reporter by Sir Henry
Muggeridge, it having been forwarded to Mr. Mar-
tin, the chief clerk, by a gentleman at the West-
end, to whom it had been addressed by the writer :
" Dane's Inn, St. Clement's, Strand,
31st May, 1858.
" Sir,—l beg permission to inform you that lam in
the occasional habit of making pecuniary advances to
ladies, and that at the present time I have some highly
eligible investments to offer which, besides yielding a
most remunerative rate of interest, may ultimately place
other advantages at your disposal.
" Further particulars can be obtained on application
to me between the hours of eleven and four o'clock, or
by appointment.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant,
We leave this letter to speak for itself.

CLERKENWELL.—SUPPRESSION or ISLING-
TON FAIR.—John Miller, Richard Saunders, and
Sarah Wright, travelling showmen, were brought
up in custody of Randall, 172 N, one of the war•
rant officers of the court, .and placed at the bar be-
fore Mr. Corrie, on the following warrant :
"That they did unlawfully keep certain lands,
grounds, and premises, near to the Queen's high
way and private dwelling-houses, and did erect
on the said lands, grounds, and premises, divers
booths, tents, stakes, and other erections, for the
purpose of persons frequenting the same, to shoot
with guns, and exhibit dancing and other perform-
ances, and did unlawfully and injuriously cause
divers persons to meet and frequent there for that
purpose, whereby her Majesty's subjects were an-
noyed, disturbed, and put in peril, against the
peace," &c.
Mr. Layton, solicitor to the parish of St. Mary,
Islington, attended for the prosecu ion ; and In-
spectvr Judge, N division, on behalf of the Coin-
missioners of Police.
The above defendants, among some others, were
summoned to this court at the instance of Mr. Lap.
ton, for the purpose of suppressing the Britannia-
fields Fair, which is a great annoyance to the in-
habitants, and the resort of thieves and prostitutes.
Mr. Corrie adjourned the summons for the pur-
pose of the parties doing away with the fair, but as
they did not, and refused to attend to the ad-
journed summons, warrants were granted, and the
above parties were brought to this court.
Mr. Layton said he did not think the parties
who held the fair were so much to blame as a man
of the name cf Trigwell, who had written a note to
him, saying that he wished the fair to be put a
stop to, and yet let the land and signed the agree-
ment the day afterwards. As soon as he was ap-
prehended he should ask for the case to be sent to
the Central Criminal Court for, trial.
Mr. John Triton, the street-keeper appointed
by the vestry of the parish of St. Mary, Islingtln,
proved that the fair was a great nuisance, and the
resort of the worst of characters. Several pick-
pockets and blacklegs had been brought to this
court and punished for offences committed in the
fa.r.
Mr. Layton said, if the parties present would at
once put a stop to their shows and go away, ho
should be content to their entering into their own
recognisatices to appear when called upon.
The defendants agreed to this course, and having
entered into their recognisances left the court.

SOUTHWARK. ROBBERY or VALUABLE
DEEDS ON A RAILWAY,—AIfred Henderson, who
stated himself to be a pain. er, of Halstead, Essex,
was finally examined, charged with stealing a parcel
containing valuable deeds, the property of Mr. G.
M. Hughes, solicitor, St. Swithin's-lane, City,
from a guard's break on the LondoH and North
Kent Railway.
It appeared from the evidence of Thomas Head,
that he was guard of a train on the North Kent
line, and at, half-past nine on the evening of the
24th ult, he arrived at Woolwich Arsenal station.
At that time he had three parcels in his break for
delivery in London, and he had occasion to get out
for a minute or so. After the train started again
for London, he missed from his break the parcel
addressed to Mr. Hughes, and on arriving at Black-
h•-ath he telegraphed to Woolwich the loss. As
soon as the train arrived at the London-bridge
terminus, lie was about to proc red to the superin-
tendent's office, when he saw the prisoner get out
of ono of the carriages, and was about to leave the
station with the parcel under his arm. He imme-
diately went after him and gave him into custody.
The prisoner said that the parcel was his, and he
had brought it from Chatham.
Mr. Hughes said that the parcel contained deeds
relating to property purchased in Kant by his
brother, valued at near 3,0001. The stamps alone
cost 4GI. lls., and had they not been recovered it
would have putthem to considerable inconvenience.
The magistrate asked the prisoner whether he
would be tried by him or go to the sessions for trial.
He preferred being tried by his worship, and
pleaded guilty to the charge.
The magistrate sentenced him to six months'
hard labour, and recommended the railway com-
pany to deposit valuable parcels in a safer place.
He considered the guard's break not a very fit
place, as it was open to all parties at times.

WOOLWICH. TTEMPTED SUICIDE.—EIiz a
Francis, a young woman in the service of Mr.
Sparrow, a solicitor, of New-road, Woolwich, was
charged with attempting to commit suicide, by
swallowing oxalic acid.
From the statement of Mr. Sparrow, it appeared
that on the previous Sunday evening he told the
prisoner she should not go out, as he luyi reason
to know that she had formed a very improper con-
nection. Shortly afterwards ho was' told that she
had taken poison ; and after obtaining the assist-
ance of a medical man, he se:.'t the prisoner in a
cab to Guy's Hospital, or her ine would have been
sacrificed.
The prisoner now said that she was excited with
passion when she committed the act.
Mr. Traill ordered her to find two sureties ill
201. each for three months.

THAMES.—TYRANNY ON BOARD SHIP ON THE
HIGH slr,As.—Mr. William Bennison, the chief
mate of the ship Mary Ann Wilson, appeared be-
fore M. Selfe, to answer three summonses issued
against him for assaulting John M`Pherson,
Richard Forbes, and Johu Scott, seamen, on the
high
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, conducted the
prosecu-
tion, and said that cruelty and tyranny had been