The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-03 00:00:00

SOUTH 'ARK.

James Myers, a— stout-built, pale-complexioned
young man, dressed in a snuff-coloured Taglioni coat
and black trowsers. was placed at the bar before Mr.
A'aratkett, charged with stealing a leathern portman-
teau, containing divers articles, the property of Mr.
Francis Moor, from the platform of the Brighton
Railway, at London-bridge.
The defendant stated that he came up from Brigh-
ton by the train, and arrived at the London-bridge
terminus between eight and nine o'clock on the pre-
vious night. The portmanteau produced was his
property, and when at Brighton he had it delivered
into the charge of the company, and received a ticket
to claim the same at the end of the journey. On
presenting that ticket last night his portmanteau
could not be found, but in about ten minutes after-
wards he saw it and the prisoner brought up to the
platform by the next witness, and he heard the pri-
soner say that he came up from Brighton by the train,
and that the portmanteau was his own, and that he
had received it from the policeman to whom he had
delivered his ticket for it. The complainant added
that he heard the witness Cooper say to the prisoner,
" That is false, for I saw you on the platfornt half
an hour before the train came up." The prisoner
then said that it was by another train he came pas-
senger.

William Frost stated that he is employed as one
of the porters outside the terminus of the Brighton
Rail?, ay. On the previous night, when the train came
in, about half-past eight o'clock, he saw the prisoner
come from the gates, dragging the portmanteau pro-
duced, and he (witness) asked him if he wanted a
porter, and he replied in the affirmative, and witness
took it up on his shoulder, and was carrying it from
the terminus, when he was overtaken by the next
witness, who inquired whose it was. The prisoner
replied that it was his property ; that he had come up
from Brighton by the train, and he said that he was
surprised that he should be suspected, and he then
pulled witness along by the arm. The next witness,
Cooper, however, desired that he should return to the
station, but the prisoner declined, and said he would
take our numbers, and report our conduct to the di-
rectors. The witness added, that he then assisted in
securing the prisoner, and took him back to the ter-
minus, with the portmanteau, which was claimed by
the prosecutor.
William Cooper stated that he is a constable of the
Brighton Railway, and was on duty at the time men-
tioned, and received information that a portmanteau
was tnis,ing, and that a porter had gone after the
thief. He (witness) followed, and met the porters
and the prisoner, and the latter claimed the portman-
teau as his property, and asserted that he had handed
the ticket to witness for it. Witness however added,
that there was no truth in the prisoner's assertion .
Mr. ATECKETT remarked that there must be negli-
gence somewhere to allow the prisoner to take away
a large portmanteau from the platform, and that it
was only by some accident that the owner had it
restored to him.

Cooper said that it was a mixed train that arrived
with luggage vans attached, and that a good deal of
confusion prevailed owing to the hurry and bustle of
passengers wanting to get quickly away with their
luggage, that the prisoner no doubt availed himself
of the circumstance and got hold of the complainant's
portmanteau.
Mr. A'BECKETT said there ought to be a more
rigid look-out kept, as what was the use of issuing
tickets for luggage to an owner, at Brighton, whets
it could be obtained at the London terminus with-
out the production of it, by a stranger, as in the
present case.

James Winter stated that he is a porter in the com-
pany's service, and that he saw the prisoner on the
platform last night, half an hour before the Brighton
train came in, and he saw the prisoner take the
portmanteau from the barrier where the luggage is
placed. He (witness) asked him if it bt,l.,nged to
him. He said it did; and he then asked him where
was his ticket, and he replied that he had given it to
a constable. Soon afterwards a portmanteau was
missing, and he suspected it was the one the prisoner
had taken, so he gave information and went atter the
prisoner, and overtook him and the prisoner just as
they turned round St. Thomas's Hospital. Witness
asked the prisoner whether he came up from Brighton,
and he replied in the affirmative, and added that the
portmanteau contained his property. Witness added
that he assisted in taking the porter back to the
station, and on the way be expressed his determina-
tion to punish them for daring to supect a man of his
respectable character of being a railway thief.
Mr. A'BECKETT remarked that if the policeman
whose duty it was to receive the ticket for luggage
from the owners was in attendance at the barrier
where it was deposited on the arrival of a train, this
robbery could scarcely have been effected. If the
policeman was on duty in another place, then there
ought to be more of the company's servants at this
particular spot, otherwise the property of the passen-
gers would be at the mercy of such characters as the
prisoner, who managed to intrude themselves on the
platform on the arrival of the trains. The Magistrate
then committed the prisoner for trial.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.-APPOINT-

MENT OF A NEW BOARD.
A special general meeting of this company was held
in the Manchester Exchange yesterday, for the pur-
pose of remodelling the board of directors. The attend-
ance was numerous. Mr. William Marshall occupied
the chair.

I The CHAIRMAN stated that so long ago as March
I last it was proposed to reduce the board to twenty
members, and at subsequent meetings of the company
various proposals for effecting this reduction were
made. A number of gentlemen were appointed by
the shareholders to act with six directors appointed by
the directors in the selection of a new board. That
list was submitted at the last meeting, but it was not
agreed to. Another joint committee was then ap-
pointed ; but it now appeared, from a letter written
by Mr. Leeman, one of the members of the commit-
tee, to Mr. Houldsworth, and dated " 4th Sep-
tember," that after sitting from ten o'clock in the
morning to eight o'clock in the evening, they were
obliged to separate without coming to any conclu-
sion.—(Hear, hear.) The directors had since had their
attention constantly directed to this subject, and he
had hoped to be in a position to lay a list before the
meeting for their acceptance ; but he now regretted
that he could not do so.—(Hear.) He had to an
nounce that since the last half-yearly meeting Mr.
Houldsworth had sent in his resignation as a director
of the board, stating in a letter addressed to Mr.
Stuart :—" The course adopted by a majniity of the
directory in reference to the late proceedings for the
reconstruction of the board appears to me, after ma-
ture consideration, to have been so opposed to the
spirit of the arrangement entered into with the share-
nolders on the 3d July, to the whole proceedings of
the board itself, in reference to the nomination of the
new board, and to what was due to the gentlemen
nominated, that I cannot identify myself with it by
sharing in their responsibility of conducting the affairs
of the company under circumstances so fruitful of
discord and difficulty. I have therefore come to the
conclusion to resign my seat at the board, and re-
quest you to be kind enough to convey this intimation
to my colleagues."
The CHAIRMAN said that at the last meeting a num-
ber of the directors had signified their intention to
abide by the list of the joint committee, but since
that time the board had been charged with " repu-
diation." Such a charge be considered might more
properly have been made against what he called the
" opposition," who had taken upon themselves to
form another committee, and by so doing had rendered
nugatory all that bad been done by the committee
previously.
.Mr. MOWATT said they should lay the blame upon
the proper shoulders. A committee had been ap-
pointed jointly by the board and the shareholders.
They had put forward a litt, which had been repu-
diated, and by whom ? He denied that the opposi-
tion had done it, and he challenged any member of the
board to say that it was not in the board, or a section
of the board, that the repudiation took place.—
(Cheers.) For years he had objected to the present
management, because he believed that if it continued
he should be totally ruined, so far as the property he
had in that line was concerned.—(Hear, hear.)
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, a resolution was
unanimously adopted to the effect that the present
board .be reduced to ten members.

Mr. MONVATT, M.P., then proposed that, in order
to carry into efl'ect such reduction, the following g,n_
tlemen should cease to be members of the board,
viz.:—Messrs. Schuster, Grenfell, Gill, Hatton,

Ralph, Buchannan, Smith, Brooks, Andus, Bateionf
Ells, and lipaton.

Mr. InomAs FIELDED/ seconded the motion.
An arrn,mitti.-n;; was then moved by Mr. WILLIAMS,
of Chester, and seconded by Mr. MACVICAR, that the
following gentlemen should form the ten who should
remain on the board, with four others, to sit ex officio.
vitssrs. Anderton, Gill, Hatton, Marshall, Moxovl
Ralph, Smith, Stuart, Wickham, Wilson; and the
followipg gentlemen ex officio, Andtv, Hornby, Beau-
mont, R?.dclitfe.

Mr. BROADBENT, a director, complained of the ehuf•
fling manner in which the business had hitherto been
conducted by the board, and said he would vote for
Mr. Mowatt's motion, believing that he would pro-
pose a list of gentlemen who Would be of the greatest
service to the company.
Mr. MOWATT then proceeded to state his reasons
for objecting to various members of the board. He
would take Mr. Gill, as one of the gentlemen repre•
Fencing the old board of management from the corn-
mencemen t, and would therefore state his objections
to him. 11c had always been actively connected with
the line, and consequently instrumental in producing
the prtsent lamentable deterioration in the value of
their property. For some years, however, he was
out of Manchester ; but, on his return io
1848, he fbund that the rate of dividend
had decreased from 8 to 6 per cent. This exceed-
ingly dissatisfied Mr. Gill, and be then took the affair
very much into his own hands, and made an attempt to
reform matters. In fact, he and Mr. W. Entwistle
were very desirous to ha 7e the sole and unlimited
control of the management. They had produced a
decline in the value of the property to the extent of
four-fifths, and they had made his (Mr. Mowatt's)
50,0001. worth only some 10,0001. It was not likely,
therefore, that he should submit to such a system of
management longer.—(Bear, hear.) But Mr. Gill,
after reducing the value of the company's property,
and no doubt his own at the same time, wished to
quarter himself upon the company, and Mr. Houlds•
worth had intimated his desire to have him a salaried
officer, with 1,5001. a year.—(Hear.)
Mr. GILL denied the truth of the statement.
Mr. MOWATT said he had had good authority for
what he asserted, and proceeded to find fault with
Mr. Gill for having been a party to the issuing of
writs against defaulters, while he was at the same
time behind with his calls to a greater extent than
they were. He considered that, if properly ma'
naged, the value of their property might be at least
doubled.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GILL then replied to Mr. Mowatt, denying,
that the question of his becoming a paid servant of
the board had ever come under their consideration,
and bringing evidence from the books of the company
to show that he had years ago, and also within the
last few weeks, proposed that all the directors, him'
self included, should serve the shareholders for
nothing.— (Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which
was negatived, but a scrutiny was demanded, and was
taking place when our report was dispatched.
C- • -

.TLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND ARDROSBAN.....-TO
ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of
this company was called for Monday, in Glasgow.
After nearly an hour's delay twenty gentlemen at'
tended. Mr. J. Hodgson Hind took the chairman's
seat, but objected to proceeding to business on the
ground that only 935 shares were represented by the
meeting, whereas 1.400 were required legally to eon-
stitute it. He expressed his regret at the want of
quorum, and that the affairs of the company were net
in a more prosperous condition, and stated the circunr
stances under which the Earl of Eglinton had re-
signed the office of chairman, and he had accepted it.
Mr. Wilkie, writer, explained that the shares formerly
held by Mr. Barlow, on behalf of the National Ex'
change Company, were now represented by Mr. Gour-
ly, and contended that his presence increased the
shares to the required amount, and that therefore the
meeting was perfectly legal. The chairman said hi/
should adhere to the register, in which he did not find
any such transference. Considerable discussion en'
sued as to the relevancy of the objection stated bf
the chairman, and ultimately the gentlemen present
separated.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
LEEDS, OCT. 1.--The arrivals of wheat continue largi',
and from this circumstance there appears great apathy
in the buyers, and little desire manifested 4 to go into
stock. Prices for new are again is to 2s per quarter
lower than on Friday. Old is not offering in any great
quantities to materially reduce the prices. Malting barley
sells at 25s to 28s per quarter, and grinding keeps steady
in value. Oats, ahalliugs, and beans as before.
NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET. OCT. I.—With only
a moderate supply of all descriptions, our trade for wheal
to-day ruled exceedingly dull; new selling with dila;
culty at a decline of from is to 2s per quarter, and old
at fully Is. Fine old is in demand at a slight improve
ment in price. Barley maintained previous price&
Other articles are unchanged
NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, OCT. 24.—The
supply of beasts about the same as on last market day'
Quantity of sheep and lamas 1.000 less; quality of ellen
reasonably good. Demand fur beasts mod sheep consi'
derably improved trona last week, and the former realises
more money. No alteration to notice in lambs; and 0
good clearance effected in all kinds of stock. Beasts,
730; sheep and lambs, 6 000. Beef, 4s 6d to as 6d• Sheep, 4d to 54 d; lambs, 4id to sd.
DUBLIN, OCT. I.—We bad a dull market at our Col
Exchange to-day; even for the best qualities of wboo
and barley our quotations of Friday were scarcely sue'
ported, whilst middling and inferior were 6d to is lower'
In oats no alteration. Sales of Indian corn were trifling,
but auparior samples' reali.ed rather more money."'"
Wheat, white, 224 to 25s 61; red ditto, 178 to 23s 6di
barley, 10% 03 to 135 01; bei e, 8s 6d to 94 6d; oats, net'
7s tid to 9s Od; rapeseed, 19s to 225 per barrel; oatmeal,
9a 61 to 108 6d; bakers' flour, I3s to 16s per cwt;
than corn. 26s to 30a per 480Ibs. It
EDINBURGH, MEAL MARKET, OCT. I.—There were in
the meal market to-day 18 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280_ ,11*
imperial, which sold thus:-2 at 1/ Ps 6d, and 16 at 119 s
()a;
average price of the whole 119 s Od B.l2ths. 2 sacks flour'
which sold at 2
HAY A9s. 2 sacks pot-barley, which sold thus :-1 5C
EDINBURGH
ND STRAW MARKET, OCT.
Oat straw, from 7s Od to 98 6d per kemple of 16 stenes troll;
wheat ditto, 7s ad to 85 6d ; barley ditto, Cs Od to is Od'
Hay, from 1!d to lld per stone.
DALICEiTH 'VIRAL MARKET, SEPT. 30.—There were 132
sabagles heays oatmeal, and no barleymeal at this day's market;
y. In oatmeal there was only a trifling alteration
from the prices of last week.
down ls per bag.
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second •
imperial
Barleymeal, per ditto •..—s29s 01
_S 01 Od
Peasemeal 03 Flour —s Od —s Od
...
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Pot barley ... Od —s Od
—s Od —s

Third
27s 3d
- od
- od
--I Oa
- od

.. ..

COAL MARKET.— YESTIRDAL
Bate's West Hartley... 15s 3dl 16s Bell "
Middle's W. Hartley.. 15s 9d Belmont l5 od5
,1
Begbies Hartley
0",
Carr's Hartley
Clavering's,N.Tanfield 138 6d Haswell 163 Davison'sWestHartley 15s 6d Keepier Grange lss 697
East Adairs Blain— .. 13s 6d Lambton
Hasting's Hartley ...... 15s 6diLumley 155 19'"
Hedley's Hartley ...... 15s Odißichmund.. .. ......
6J.
North Percy Hartley.. 15s Od Pemberton .....
Orig. Windsor Pontop 13s 6d Russell's Hetton
Old Tantield
Ord's Alain ...... ...... 15s On Scarborough lbs 6d
"„ cl
Havensworth'sW.Hart 15s 6d,Caradoc .. . • n9 ri
... •• •
154 '',„--
South Peareth
Vanfield Moor .... ..... 1455 6d Hartlepool ... 165 VI
l'anfield Moor Butes... 13s 6d Seymour Hartlepool.. 135 6u
Townley Moo
143 WI Kelloe .. 1655 oa
%Volker's Primrose,.. 12s 6d South Kelloe 155 93
WestW 1V lam ...... ... 14s OdlSouth Hartlepool l6i OJ
am -- . ......... 15s Od'Thornley
Wall's End, &c. West Kelloe ...... .....
Original
Hotspurraewag tisononanl Gibson Northumberland
Acorn Close
Brown ... .
ensham ..
tiewicke and Co.
it
c3ddteiychmaorudrsoTne'seaTees
1154: Al ; '
Elm Park
Clennell
Hedley
ilssss 3odd'ScoluavtherDinugrhTaemes .. ...... ....
113555 4
IF,s 3d Clevelirg Tee5...
Horton
... .......... 15s 04.Pease's. West Tees ... 135
1.,s 3d) Vernon Tees •lss tx:
15s th''Teet
15s OdlWest Cornforth
...... 143 9d Cowpen Hartley
Percy._
Eden Main ....... • .
:
Lambton Primrose . 153 6d Ships at market. 390.
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