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Average Amount.
Pease s Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 37,465
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten anti C 0... 10,430
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter-
borough—Masers. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson
and White
Pealorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven.
and Co

RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTH DEVON.
EXETER, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25.—A special ge-
neral meeting of the shareholders of this company was
held yesterday afternoon at the New London Inn, in
this city, Mr. Woolcombe in the chair; in pursuance
of a requisition, signed by 22 shareholders, represent-
ing between 1,600 and 1,700 shares, and Mr. C. Ste-
vens, whose name appeared at the head of the list,
had signified his intention of moving a resolution re-
quiring the appointment of a committee to inquire
into the affairs of the company.
Mr. STRVENS then proposed the following resolu-
tion :—" Tnat a committee, to consist of three per-
sons, proprietors in the South Devon Railway Com-
pany, be appointed for the purpose of considering
whether any and what measures ought to be adopted,
with a view to the reduction of the working expenses
of the undertaking, improving the traffic and revenue
thereof, establishing and maintaining the credit of the
company, and other wise improving the conduct and ma-
nagement of its affairs. Also, whether it be expedient
that the provisions in the company's Act of incorpora-
tion, in reference to the appointment, the number, and
order of rotation of directors, the right of voting the
audit of accounts, the powers of sale and leasing, and
other provisions should be altered or enlarged, and
also to report their opinion on the expediency of an
application to Parliament for these purposes, the com-
mittee to have full powers to call for, and require the
production of, and to examine, inspect, and take
copies of all books, accounts, and papers of the com-
pany, and to employ accountants and other assistants
and with all other necessary and proper power. The
committee to report also on the state and condition of
the company and its affairs; and that it be a direc-
tion to such committee to state the names of the per-
sons who have been deprived of any pecuniary advan-
tage by reason of all or any of their calls having
been from time to time unpaid, and the sums of money
which they have lost thereby, with a view to the re-
turning them the same. His object, he said, was
simply an inquiry into certain facts which had ap-
peared to the requisionists to require investigation.
He represented in that meeting 111 persons, pro-
prietors of more than 1,600 shares, and the claim
which he made on their part for an inquiry ought not
to be denied by the directors. He would refer to
one subject touched upon in the requisition, viz., the
hire of locomotive trains. Was it not fitting
that the contract for a matter of such importance
should he submitted to the shareholders for their ap-
proval ? He would also refer to the present state of
the credit of the company. That it was bad, was not
to be disputed; but what was the reason ofits beingso,
with a revenue larger than their debenture debts ? He
had no hesitation in ascribing it to the mismanage-
ment of the directors. Mr. Stevens then proceeded
to vindicate his own conduct in reference to the pre-
ference shares, the validity of which he had disputed,
and to answer a circular issued by the directors, ex-
planatory of their own conduct in the transaction.
the reasons he had given would show the necessity of
placing more power in the hands of the shareholders,
and in order to do so he entreated their support to the
resolution he bad proposed.
Captain EDWARD JENNINGS, R.N., seconded the
resolution.
Mr. MILNER moved as an amendment—" That a
committee of shareholders be appointed to confer with
the directors." A committee of investigation was
frequently a committee of hostility, and the appoint-
ment of a committee of the shareholders to confer with
the directors, would meet the view of the larger body
of those interested.
Mr. G. HARPER seconded the amendment.
Mr. GELL, of Plymouth, said he believed that the
board could give good reasons for its conduct, and
trusted that they would come forward and give those
reason•. He trusted that several items of expense
would be wanting in the next year's accounts. He
was an advocate for the reduction of fares, and he
believed that the experiment was worth trying. The
expense of the permanent way was also much too
large in his opinion. He did not wish to see Mr.
Stevens's motion adopted, nor yet thrown aside alto-
gether. But it was quite true that some effort was
made to retrieve the present condition of the company,
by increasing its traffic, and reducing the cost of ma-
nagement.
The CHAIRMAN said that the committee to inquire,
and the committee-to confer, were, in fact, identical,
and he should treat them as such in his observa-
tions. He had nut sought the position he then occu-
pied, and he would not only be willing but glad to
surrender its arduous duties at the call of the share-
hol lers. During the period in which he and his col-
leagues had held °Mee, the working expenses de-
creased steadily every half•year, with a corresponding
increase in the receipts of the line. The permanent-
way contract would effect a considerable saving on
the present rates—the difference between the rate
per mile they paid to the contractor, and the rate per
mile of the Great Western, as to the increased charge
for the maintenance of the permanent way. This
charge was always greater in new lines than in old
ones, and he was afraid that they would for a short
time increase, although that would soon be followed
by a permanent diminution. He believed that rail-
way companies would make the largest amount of
profit at the lowest rate of fares. lie thought that
the change should not, however, be sudden. If they
had confidence in the directors let them that day avow
it ; and if they had not, let them not have a committee
of investigation, but have a new set of directors alto
gethrr.

half-an-hour will be saved in the journey to and from
Worcester. The journey to Cheltenham at present
occupies an hour and three-quarters ; hereafter it will
be accomplished in the hour.

GREAT WESTERN.—The directors have issued or-
ders that henceforth all sidings on their line shall have
fixed " scotches" placed upon them, to prevent car-
riages or trucks drifting by any possibility on to the
main line, and Mr. Tyrrell, the general manager, is
now seeing that the arrangement is carried out.
These scotches are to be locked on to the line, so as
to obviate either wilful or accidental displacement.
LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT.—Captain
Laffan, the Government inspector, has just been over
this line, now completed to the watering place of
Southport, 18 miles from Liverpool, and it will be
opened immediately.

9,684

Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 26,228
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood.. Ledgard
and Sons

24,353
5,404

8,93

Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co.
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co
Ross Uld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allas-a;.• 4,173
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co 11,498
Scarborough Old Bank, 3carborough—Woodall
and Co 22,825
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons.
and Co • . . 29,174
Sitting-bourne an.l Milton Bank, Sittingbourno
—Valiance and Son..

_
2,605

Southampton Town snd County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddionn and 1)( arce
Southwell Bank, Suuthwell—Wylde and Co
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and
King ...... ..........
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall . 2,995
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,468
Stourbridge Ban's, Stourbridge Rufford,
Wratg, and Co ....
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley. and Co. ~.
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and

23,22

6,599

9,649

20,5

9,482

6,878

7,804

2,595

8,323

Co.
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt & Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Greenway and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox.
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tow, and Co
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby,—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Ban'',
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurt:ey and Co.
Wiveliscwthe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co.
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 63,790
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co. .-
Wolverhampton
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and lialesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten -
York Bank. York—Swarm, Clough, and Co.— 38,273

9,800

40,235

22,073

7,117

Bank,

13,030
Wolverhampton—

9,065

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 51,267
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford ....
20,633
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington .
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,963
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle
22,048
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 17,544
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley
34,394
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,255
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington l4 899
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 127,113
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,280
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 37,790
Hull Banking Company, Hull 21,4.52
Halifa,x Commercial Banking Company, Ha-
lifax
13,102
• •.
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,363
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 15,350
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough
21,104
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster ........
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 40,976
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham... 28,448
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle. Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London 346,713
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 38,286
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 59,833
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
17,115
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 23,682
Pares's Leic2.st(rshire Banking Company, Lei-
cester ...
7, Saddleworth... 3 040
i3r tsahpaakßl
idanni
4.nkgin, gCom p a n ............... 36,066
and Company,Bos t
oSnh eßffiaenlkd i ;3.g. . .C. .(.)i .n. .. 36:752
857.1
Stamford,detieelw
StPucakneYi'Sstßarnaaridng Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- 48,600
. ... , ................................ 270 434
Lang-
port
Shropshire Banking company, shiffnall . n 0,,,,
i.ro Banking Co '
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Ba le • s''''' 8
................ ..........g......... 22,016
Ban kin Com-
-- ........... 57 275
Shspe mpany,
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking
haffineeffiyl
d, e
ladn Stourbridged.
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a.
i.l
.a.
m. .
..
.....
Company, sh,iliA ................................
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond ...
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company
Shaftesbury
Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield ... -
Wolverhampton add Staffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton 3;7,119
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,430
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven . • • 20,!63
Warwick and Leamir_gton Banking Company,
Warwick
West of England and South Wales District
Bank. Bristol ......
72 816
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 69,605
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester , 3,857
York Union Banking Company, York 60,223
York City and County Banking Company, York 76,389
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Inland Revenue, Somerset /louse, Sept. 21, 1830 e

Mr. Fox then moved a vote of confidence in the
directors.

It was objected that this resolution could not be
put until the others were disposed of.
After some discussion Mr. AIILMAN withdrew his
amendment, and Mr. NORRIS stconded Mr. Fox's
resolution, observing that he should afterwards pro-
pose that it be referred to the directors to ascertain
some means of adjusting the varying interests of the
holders of original and preference shares, and to admit
both to immediate participation in the profits of the

9,279

9,039

company.
Mr. BAILEY, a shareholder, then rose amidst cries
of "Question." Upon his announcemeut that he
would be heard, and had a long speech to make, the
patience of the meeting, which had lasted already five
hours, gave way, and although it was announced that
a special train would run to Plymouth after the
London mail had passed, the room was half emptied.
Mr. Bailey, with a resolution which would have done
honour to a better cause, maintained his ground, and
had his speech all to himself. The shareholders re-
monstrated loudly against Mr. Bailey's pertinacity,
finding that, iii spite of all-interruption, he still con
tinned. About fifty gentlemen declared that they
would return in three quarters of an hour, and vote
when he had done. Mr. Bail-y, after more than an
hour's perseverance, gave up his point, but in conse-
quence of many shareholders having actually left to
dine, it was deemed necessary to keep the poll open
until nine o'clock.

The result wa% that Mr. Stevens's motion was lost;
;hat of Mr. Fox, f>r a vote of confidence i❑ the direc-
:ors, being carried.
The meeting then thanked the Chairman for his
mpartial conduct, and separated.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND
WOLVERBAIIPTON RAILWAY.
The completion of the branch line of this railway,
bringing the city of Worcester into immediate com-
munication with the Midland (Bristol and Birming-
ham) Railway, has since the last half-yearly meeting
of the company been so rapidly forwarded as to be
ready for the inspection of the Government surveyor,
and accordingly yesterday the inhabitants of 'Wor-
cester were astonished by the appearance within the
suburbs of that city of a locomotive engine and ten-
der, the first that has ever been seen in the locality.
The Government inspector was Captain Galton. At-
tended by officers of the Midland Railway Company,
this gentleman started from the Spetchley station of
the Bristol and Birmingham line, for the purpose of
inspecting the branch line of the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway, from Abbott's-wood
(about two miles and a half from Spetchley station)
to Worcester. The junction at Abbott's-wood had
been completed some days previously, and one set of
rails had also been laid down throughout the line from
Abbott's-wood to Worcester, the other line being
nearly complete. The distance is four miles, and the
first part of the line runs through an easy country.
As it approaches Worcester, however, there are two
or three heavy cuttings and embankments, and Wor-
cester lying in a hollow on the banks of the Severn,
f.urrounded on all sides by rising ground, the line
does not run into the city, but passes through the
suburbs along a rising ground on the east, a short
tunnel having to be passed through north of the 'Wor-
cester station. The branch up to the station, however,
is at present only to be opened, so that the tunnel
(which has been completed for two years at least)
will not be required for present use. 'The opening of
the whole of the loop line from Abbott's-wood through
Worcester to Stoke would have greatly enhanced the
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added. Horizontal sleepers are used as upon the
Great Western Railway. The station at Worcester
is nearly completed, and the branch here will now in
a very short time be opened publicforf traffic. The
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inspector made a careful survey th line, and gave a
favourable opinion of its construction. There can be
no doubt about the etabiliry of the works, which have
already stood the test of time. This opening will
of a four-mile
to
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nibus drive from Worcester
abo-
lishing the long-abused nuisance
Spetchley. At least
confer a great boon on the trade of IVorcester by

8,875
9,095

1,270

50,24

2,725

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1850.

her. He did not know where she lived, nor what her
name was, nor had he ever seen her face, but be give
her an excellent character, as far as he could judge.
He was told to ask for her name and address ; and
one morning, after having got this, the two young
philanthropists went to the assigned place, but were
very much disappointed by finding that no such place
existed. After having again spoken to the watchman,
they got an answer through him that the girl pur-
posely gave a wrong address, in order to get rid of
the young men, and that she also decidedly refused to
give her right name and address, or to go to see any
person, adding that " no one knew who she was, and
no one ever should know." After about a month's
diplomatic negotiations by means of the watchman,
the girl agreed at last to visit a German lady, univer-
sally esteemed in Glasgow for her kindness and bene-
volence. Arrived there, and putting the jealous
shawl aside, a pale, interesting face was discovered.
The girl gave satisfactory references as to her former
life. It appeared that she was a native of Edinburgh ;
that having become destitute from the death
of her father, the illness of other members of
her family (they were bed rid with fever), and
many other circumstances, and not being able
to get work sufficient to provide for a sick
mother and young brother, and being possessed of a
good voice—her only family inheritance—she resolved
to try to make a precarious living by singing on the
streets during the twilight and evening. Being
asked to sing she readily complied. Mr. Seligmann,
the well-known professor of music, who Was present,
and one of the young men who had first taken an in-
terest in the voice, said—" The voice of that young
girl is not the one we admired so much." He re-
marked as something peculiar, And which he had ob-
served on previous occasions, that the voice sounded
on some evenings most beautifully, while at °their
times it was very indifferent. The girl insisted that
she was the person in question, and by repeating her
conversation with the watchman, by naming over the
list of songs she was in the custom of singing, estab-
lished beyond doubt that she was the individual in
whom they seemed to take an interest. The matter
remained unexplained at the time, and the visit ended
by the lady and Mr. Seligmann promising to call on
her sick mother, after having had inquiries made into
the character of the family. Having found this to be
in all respects satisfactory, the promised call was
given, and then it was found out that the girl had a
sister, who was then with a distant relation in Pais-
ley, and who, when she happened to be in Glasgow,
sometimes relieved ber from the task of singing
in the streets. The two girls were taken by
the gentlemen and the watchman for only one, and as
the two sisters communicated their adventures to each
other, the mistake was thus easily explained. The
second girl, who was the elder of the two, was sent
for, and her voice soon proved her identity. Most
satisfactory information as to her character having
also been received, another benevolent German lady
instructed her in reading, writing, and other elemen-
tary branches of education, and Mr. Seligmann gave
her singing and piano lessons. When her kind in-
structress left Glasgow the girl was put at board to
different respectable families in succession, and her
education soon took a higher bent. Her conduct and
diligence gave great pleasure to her patrons, who, by
private subscription, raised a sum of money for her
support. After more than two years' instruction in
Glasgow, it was considered expedient to send her to
Germany to pursue a higher branch of musical study
then this country affords. From thence, where she
has been labouring successfully about 18 months, we
receive the most flittering accounts of her voice, the
compass of which is from G below the lines to E flat
in alt, nearly three octaves. We hear, moreover, that
she makes great progress in every female accomplish..
ment, and that she is received into the best society.
As she is to appear soon in concerts in her native
country, we consider it our duty to direct the atten-
tion of our readers to her history, and to interest them
in her behalf. The name of the handsome young lady,
in whose elegant manners, lady-like deportment, and
great musical abilities no one would find out any trace
of the street-singer, is Christina Dawson.
We have watched the progress of Miss Dawson's
education since she was taken in charge by her phi-
lanthropic protectors, and have much pleasure in
bearing testimony to the rapid and steady progress
she made under her different tutors before her remo-
val to Germany. We may also add that we have been
long acquainted with the facts contained in the above
simple narrative, and would have given them publicity,
but we delayed the recital until their publication
might be of service to her on the occasion of her first
public appearance as a professional vocalist.
We may here add that the father of Miss Dawson
was through life an industrious mechanic, originally,
we believe, from Rothsay. Christina, the heroine of
the above little story, is his eldest child. The widowed
Mrs. Dawson, with her second daughter and son, are
now in Edinburgh, where they have been by the kind
aid of Miss Dawson's patrons, put into a small and
respectable way of gaining their livelihood, so that
they are now placed beyond the necessity of depending
upon eleemosynary aid. Miss Dawson's professional
career, it is to be hoped, will further remove them
from want, and may, as she has always shown great
filial and sisterly affection towards her relatives, place
them in a more comfortable position in society than
their late gloomy prospects would have led them to
hope for.—Glasgow Herald.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Jane Truman was again brought up, and placed at
the bar before Alderman Cha.lis, charged with steal-
ing two 100/. Bank of England notes, one 201. ditto,
one 10/. ditto, one 51. ditto, a cheque for 371., and 71.
10s. in gold, from the person of Mr. John Winpenny,
woollen manufacturer, lately residing at the Castle
and Falcon, Aldersgate-street.
Alderman CHALLIS said, as none of the stolen pro•
perty had been found, and the prosecutor was not
present to identify her more fully than he had done
on the previous examinations, he should feel it his
duty to discharge the prisoner, as there was no case
made out against her.
Edward Matthew Macklin was brought up on re-
mand for further examination, charged with fraudu-
lently obtaining silk goods to the value of about 600/.
of Mr. Edward H. Davies, of .5, Goldsmith-street,
City, agent for M. Faessler Petzi, silk-manufacturer
of Paris and Lyons.
The case was remanded from the last examination
merely for the production of the goods by the various
pawnbrokers, who hold them in trust till such time as
they shall be ordered to give them up.
A great quantity of goods, consisting of silk.,
satins, plushes, umbrellas, &c., were produced by Mr.
Sowerby and other pawnbrokers, amounting in all to
the value of about 4001. or 5001., but they were pledged
for not more than about 2701.
Alderman CHALLIS could not help remarking upon
the facility afforded by pawnbrokers in general to
servants to dispose of goods of which they had robbed
their employers. He thought that when such valu-
able goods as those produced were presented for
pledging, that the pawnbroker, for his own safety,
should make some inquiry as to how the party pledg-
ing became possessed of them. With regard to the
present case, he should remand it till Monday next,
with the understanding that the prisoner would then
be finally committed, and the depositions in the mean-
time would be prepared accordingly.
Joseph Ruddick was charged with stealing a quan-
tity of valuable books, the property of his employers,
Messrs. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., of Stationers'-
hall-court.
Alderman CHALLIS said—From the manner, pri-
soner, that you appear to treat this charge, I believe
that you are not aware of the serious position you
have placed yourself in. You are liable, according to
the Act under which your employers have prosecuted
you, to be compelled to pay double the amount of the
value of the property, to be fined 51., and to be impri-
soned for three months for each offence proved against
you; and in default of payment within three days
of the time of committal of the forfeiture and fine,
to he publicly whipped in the House of Correction
or any other public place that the magistrate may
think fit to appoint. The cases are all very clear,
though I can only convict upon two, for which I
shall impose a fine of Si. and three months' imprison-
ment for each offence—the second three months to
commence at the expiration of the other. The books
are to be given up to the prosecutor without any re-
muneration. lam sorry to have to remark once more
upon the conduct of the pawnbrokers. In the cases
just disposed of it has been shown that 3s. has been
lent upon property worth 255., and upon the pawn-
broker's own acknowledgment they could get ös. for
the same, even if they sold them to the greatest dis-
advantage. I consider that if pawnbrokers are de-
termined to carry on a wholesale system of receiving
stolen goods, the only way to make them more care-
ful is to make them the sufferers on conviction It is
only by repeated losses that they will be brought to a
proper sense of their duty. If a poor man were to
act in a similar way to only one-fourth the extent he
would most probably be transported for it ; and Jam
therefore determined to use every means in my power
to suppress such an iniquitous system.
The books were then given up, and Mr. Longman,
the publisher, and Mr. Miles, on the part of Messrs.
Simpkin and Marshall, thanked the Alderman for the
kindness he had shown in his attendance to the case,
and retired.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A hootmaker, who gave the name of John Chain
pion, but whose real name is Desmond, was brought
before Mr. Hard wick charged with having committed
a gross outrage on a young woman named Rose
Chamberlain.

Mrs. Champion, a respectable-looking married
woman, said she was walking through Percy-street
yesterday evening with her niece, Rose Chamberlain,
and a female friend, when the defendant, who was a
perfect stranger, suddenly laid hold of her niece in
a way unfit to be described. She pushed the defend-
ant away, upon which be applied an infamous name to
her, and made use of language, both to herself and her
niece, of the most disgusting character. She called
for the assistance of the police, and sent her niece to
fetch her husband. The defendant then charged her
with stealing his pocket-handkerchief, and insisted on
the constable taking her into custedy.
The police-constable said the defendant appeared as
if he had been drinking.
The defendant was tined 51. each for assaults on
aunt and niece, making 101. together, or four months'
imprisonment.

MARYLEBONE.
Mr. James Worthington Lavasey, residing in
Union-place, New-road, was brought before the sitting
magistrate, Mr. Long, charged with the following
shameful assault upon Catherine Hollis, a married
woman, and who lives in David-street, York-place,
Portman-square..
Mr. Davies, solicitor, of Dorset-street, attended for
the defendant, who was described as a law-student of
the Inner Temple.
Complainant, whose upper lip was swollen, gave
evidence to the effect thaton the previous night, about
ten o'clock, as she was proceeding along East-street,
Manchester-square, she was followed by defendant,
who at length accosted her, and asked her whither
she was going; to which she replied that she was
going home. He requested to be permitted to ac-
company her, and on her telling him that she could
not permit anything of the sort, he exclaimed, " Then
take that," at the same time giving her a blow on the
mouth. He then ran away, and on her crying out,
"Stop him !" he was taken into custody. It further
appeared, that when captured by Church, 129 D, he
had fled for refuge into a ccok's shop in Paddington-
street. On the way to the station, and also when
first laid hold of by the officer, he denied having
struck the complainant.
Mr. Davies said that after all that had been stated
he would not attempt for a moment to show that the
charge was an unfounded one, and he thought under
all the circumstances that the best course for him to
take was that of an expression of regret on the part of
the defendant for his conduct; the defendant was
truly sorry for what had occurred, and he hoped that
the magistrate would deal with the case as leniently as
possible.
Mr. LONG inflicted a penalty of 50s. for the assault,
which he looked upon as being one of a serious and
unprovoked nature.
Mr. Davies requested that defendant, ins'ead of
being compelled to pay the sum alluded to, might be
permitted to arrange with the complainant; but the
magistrate would not comply with the wish.
Two youths, named Walter Blake and Jeremiah
Stansham, were placed at the bar for re-examination
on the charge of having stolen a quantity of silver
plate to a considerable extent, the property of Mr.
Edward Broughton, of St. James's-terrace, St. John's-
wood.
The prisoners were fully committed for trial.
CL ERKE N WELL.
Thomas Thomond, a sullen-looking fellow, 20
years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyr-
whitt, charged by Mr. Joseph Thomond, his oN n
father, a master baker residing in William-street,
Caledonian-road, Islington, with having stolen two
silver table-spoons and other articles of plate, and also
with having threatened his life, by which he went in
bodily fear.
The father, who was evidently much affected,
said that the prisoner was a drunken, profligate fel-
low, who might do well were it not fur his depraved
inclinations. He had endeavoured in his youth to
instil moral principles in his mind, but to no pur-
pose. On the whole of Wednesday last he was
drunk, and continued annoying witness by driving
backwards and forwards before his door in a cabriolet'.
He received information that the prisoner bad boasted
to a neighbour that he had taken two silver
spoons, &c. Subsequently be called on witness and
asked him for money, which he declined giving him,
on which he threatened to have his life, and, taking
several half-crowns from bis pocket, exhibited them,
and said he did not want money, and he threw a
pawnbroker's duplicate on the counter for the pro-
perty, which had been pledged at Mr. Neade's, in
Penton-street, Pentonville. He consulted with a
policeman, and gave the prisoner into custody. Wit-
ness added, with a flood of tears, that the prisoner
had frequently alarmed them out of their sleep in the
dead of the night to demand money ; his mother
sometimes got out of bed and remonstrated with him,
when he threatened, with dreadful language, that he
would never he satisfied until he could put a bullet
through her heart. He had used a similar threat to-
wards witness.

Mr. TYRWHITT inquired what course he wished
to be adopted towards the prisoner ? Mr. Thomond—
I wish to be protected. My property and life are
not safe. Something must be done.
Mr. TYRWHITT said there was abundance of evi-
dence as to the unlawfully pawning the property.
Prisoner (sullenly)—Can't I have a solicitor ?
The evidence of the pawnbroker was taken down as
to the pledging the articles fcr 1/. 2s.
The prisoner in his defence said he had been drink-
ing for two or three days, and the only excuse he
could make for himself was that he was under the in-
fluence of liquor at the time.
Mr. Trawnirr, addressing the prisoner, said his
conduct was most disgraceful. There ought to be
some limit placed on the conduct of bad and violent
sons towards their parents, and he could hardly cou-