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LONDON, MONDAY 1,211,1"*"77e1
1," AUGUST 19, 1850.
N°. 18,066.]

GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS'
C(AII'ANY.
E 0 R T.

Gentlemen,
We have the satisfaction to inform you that the erection of the
manufactory and the laying of the Company's mains are proceeding
with rapidity, and, according to the report of the engineer. they will'
he completed in ample time to be pat in working crder, according to
the conditions of our contract, before the 29th of September, when
we shall c•nninenee supplying our customers. Inclu ling several
streets and lanes, where the works were of the most d Metall. charac-
ter, the ergineer reports that more than one-halt of the entire City
has been laid ; some inconvenience has been necessarily occasioned
to the inhabitants, but having selected for our operations tile season
of the year wren the traffic in the streets is comparatively small,
and having setiefitel the public mind, Porn the declarations and ac-
tions ..f the old City Gas•Cornpanica, that it was impossible t• break
up their monopoly and to secure for the City an abundant supply of
this e semial article of tradi g and domestic consumption, without
the introduetion of a new c impeny, our superintendents engaged in
laying the pipe!, report that they have everywhere been received by
the consumers with the most hearty welcome. Tile inhabitants have
cooperated everywhere with us in le seising the alumna of incon-
venience when it was capah:e of diminution, and have cheerfully
borne it when it was not.
The public prints have made the shareholders acquainted with the
fierce opposition this company had to encounter in laying their mains
across the Canal-bridge leading from Bow-common.
This opposition bore upon the surface the appearance of having
been occasioned by the Gas Companies supplying that district ; the
directors have reason, however, for believing that the surface of the
stream did but conceal the under current of a snore determined and
more formidabie character.
• Dark and mysterious rumours had for some months been circu-
lated by the partizans of the old companies, that the Great Central
would not be permitted to lay down pipes to bring the gas from
their works to the City ; and at various meetings of the local boards
of the district where permission was required, the solicitor of the
City Gas Company appeared, to endeavour, as he had previoesly
done at the vestry at Camden-town, to induce them to refuse their
consent.
Mr. Tyrrell's exertions were without effect. At three of the local
boards the assent was unanimously given, and at the other by a ma-
jority of 16 to 2. On Wednesday last the contractors commenced
the laying of their pipes under the footway across one of the Canal
bridges, for the purpose of formiiig the comma dcation between the
City and the Company's works.
The Battle of the Bri ages has been chronicled by the daily press,
and need not be here repeated; it is sufficient to say that, clothed
with jest'ee, arthed by law, and backed by the parochial authori-
ties and the entire force of public opinion, it was not likely that
this company would succumb to lawless force. The directors Ad-
dressed a letter of remonstrance to the Commercial Compani.in
wbbse name the proceedings had been taken. Since the receipt of
this letter, they have gracefully withdrawn from the unseemly
contest, and have left the company's contractors in the undisputed
possession of the field, and they are pursuing their operations in
peace.
At the meeting before the magistrates of the parties ostensibly en-
gaged in the conflct, the Agent of the City Gas Company, like the
stormy petrel, was, as usual, hovering around the scene, but as soon
as the tempest subsided he disappeared.
The directors trust they may now congratulate their shareholders
With the certainty of being allowed to prosecute `their labours to a
succes,ful issue amid a peaceful calm, which it will not be permitted
to any bird of ill omen hereafter to disturb.
The state of the share and capital account of the company is as
satisfactory as the progress of the worse. The whole of the 15,000
shares authorised by the company to be issued, have been appro-
priated as fol ows :
To subscribers under the Parliamentary contract who have
not executed the incorporation deed .• ••••• • .• • • •• .• 1,167
Contractors in respect of unexecuted w0rk5............ 1,500
Shareholders upon whom calls have been made, including
1,500 contractors' shares for works executed ....•• •• •• • • 12,333
Shares 15,000
12,333 shares of 10'. each is .. • • £123,330
Amount of preliminary expenses, including two Par-
liamentary contests, law, expenses of deeds, and
all other charges of forming the Company, procur-
ing consumers' contracts, &c. • • •• #15,179 1 4
Amount of payments to contractor° for buildings,
works, mains, pipes, services, meters, and land .. 51,332 10 10
Banker's balance • • .. • • • • • • ..
—18,933 10 1
£81,445 2 3

• SHARE ACCOUNT.
Amount of shares upon which calls are payable, 101.
123,330 0 0
per share, 12,333 .• • • • . .. •• £
Receive lon account • • .. .. £85,445 0 0
To be received• • 31,885 0 0
---- 123,330 0 0

The directors have the Satisfaction to state they have every rea-
son for tielievit“ that the execution of the works will be completed
within the limits of Mr. Croll's estimate.
If the calls upon the whole of the appropriated shares had been
paid up, the capital would have been abundantly sufficient to meet
the anticipated expenditure, without any further issue of shar es, i,nd
without the exercise of the power of borrow in; upon mortgage,
which, to the extent of 25,0001., is given by the Incorporation Deed.
Nothing beyood the deposit has yet been paid upon the 1,167
shares referred to In the account, as held by persons who have
signed the Parliamentary Deed only, and there are likewise shares
upon whleh, for various reasons, the first call of 11. per share has
been alone paid. All the parties are liable upon their covenant to
actions for the full amount of their shares, and the shares are also
liable to forfeiture; but as the shares of the Company are In demand,
the Directors have determined to give to the parties entitled to
them the option of retaining them, paying up the c,lls fortwith, or
of surrendering them upon payment of their proportion per share of
the preliniinary expenses. Any portion that may be relinquished
will be offered to the existing shareholders pro rata.
The Directors are restrained by the Deed of Incorporation from
giving any bonds, bills, or notes, or from borrowing money, oe to
contract any trade debts to bind the shareholders; they, therefore,
desire to be empowered to borrow any sam not exceeding 25,0001.,
upon mortgaze at 4 or 5 rer cent., for floating capital, in case they
may require any temporary advance until the calls upon the defi-
cient shares shall be paid up.
(signed) FRANCIS BENNOCII, Chairman.
August 14, 1850.

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IN ..--. —.. AIME SOCIETY.
Offices, 9, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BlaclifrlarS, London.
1 ..,,.., -...— — Capital, 150,0001., in 12,000 Shares, of 121. 10s. each with power of
I% .5... 9
934 , increase to One Million.
1X -., ''`' 10 Life Policies Indisputable.
1( ... .-- 10;4 TRUSTEES.
A Sterhen Olding, jun., Esq. I Francis Lloyd, Esq.
It, .. ". 11 G. M. Murray, Esq. I W. Whltelock. Esq.
ti I ... Ili, BANKERS.
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3154 • ADVANTAGES OF THE SOCIETY.
(.5 Life Policies indisputable.
4,titZ4gtis ".-
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Lives "declined " by other Offices accepted.
go to ~ In
stik I 7% Fees to Private Medical Referees of Insurers.
11ite..41 lit?,•? att4p. are ~., Fire Policies granted for sums adapted to the circumstances of all
h,,,,, li ,gt, • ,ers - --ii direct, the racaets But ocaug per- classes (with a division of profits.)
"iitia °Oth r., 'N ,„c'r for Boats. Loans advanced upon Freehold and Leasehold Property, and to
R,,t Or NStir3l.l.s74'weive Months,. 4/. 45.; Six Months, 21.155. ;
Share and Policy holders. upon and uhted personal security.
1.:1464., • kolli.V: be had_ of the Collectors on board the Agencies and Medical Referees wanted in town and country.
GEORGE ANGUS, Secretary.

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t„t IL} 4 Mission —SIXPFNCE.
l's:44c'tK, et ji'e 0,e3/4,l'S on TUESD tY and THURSDAY.
Fireworks at Eight o'clock, with the ter-
v! Mal Gellent—Mr. W O. ROSS, the eminen!
Allter,"44 17,1,437 re engaged for Four Nights. viz. : Monday,
'.(10,111:4e 43's 4o,Land Thursday, the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d
ett,Nionts Wednesday. and Saturday, with the usual
0.144 Siibwris, grand Pyrotechnic Display, and View of the
from ,
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" esherville Pier every Quarter of an Hour till
'tailwaY Train at Twenty Minutes past Ten

CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
E
The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P.
Chairman.
HENRY FREDERIC STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.

ADVANTAGES.
The Lowest Rates of Premium on the Mutual System.
The Whole of the Profits divided among the Assured every Fifth
Year.
The sum of 274,0001. was added to Policies at the last Division,
which produced an average Bonus of 6*21. per cent. on 'the Pre-
miums paid.
Amount. of Assurance Fund 970,0001. Income 170,0001 per annum.
Loans granted on such Policies as are purchasable by the Society.
For particulars apply to
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary,
6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.

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~,-,, .'4l). Sirnpso THIS DAY, August 19,
VAkky aibi tles, Em es authorised by Captain M•Leod, the Secretary
il4.lte to h,bas'Y, to announce the intention of his Excel.
Yor b ICII et,. nollr these Gardena with a Farewell Visit THIS
ki.oilreworict.sion there will be a magnificent an i appropriate
,tleti • I, tkOW am', by Mortram, and numerous other attractions.
mtij4;lleri ; kapt,„ IV --ID-NESDAY—GRAND DAHLIA -410 W.
Mk( Ilex° ith, " begs to announce that a Grand Dahlia Exhibi-
/ithNh:Aogu4Tand, will t4ke place on To-Morrow and Wed-
i,41,01t,7 awar, 0 and 21. when two silver cups, and 31 money
eth,DLtimid :d• The Bows of the Duke of York's School,
tiro k1,,,i and, under ihe dir,ction of Mr. It. Potteous,
ks. " Permission of Colonel grown, Commandant, attend

GARDENS.

FORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and
COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
This Hotel, situated in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange,
Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, Is fitted up
in first-rate style, sad the accommodations for American, Foreign, as
well as English strangers, will be found everything that is desirable,
whi'e the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate
Cook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee
and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Lied Rooms, will be
found second to none in the kingdom.
N.B. The charges for servants are included in the Bill (except those
who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid,
and it is respectfully intimated that all further payment is mine-
ce.sary.

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k 114,, the
It% tl at i., Banks of the Thames at Chelsea.
sit, 4rteh neit•'•Den Daily at Three o'clock. •
Vkiitl3l4 earch:Dast Four. No charge for admission except by
1/4141.14r. T. 88111:n^-e. Children under Six years of age tree.
• 'n'aPsoni Albion, Great Itussell-street, Co-
ll•kAts ONE STIILLI.NG ADMISSION.
klt% 4 R
, b., i,.„ .4 .zee.. Children, lialf-p-ice.
Zholt xe" of Deulin's new Fairy Ballet. " The Origin of
tlillbik,llkanci Wa GrouPingS from. the Antique. Dancing to
IN:1•1,411e,",, ttn,...FiftY Instrumentalists. laciame Antonio
bl 4 Zktid 4tOrtr-; Ilious Ascent and Descent In the middle
7: CIZ. till CoreicrZ,,, gergeous Fireworks. Ch9ttaway's splend d
14‘'110,111e4shni and Vgiil,l*bY Mr. J. N. Sharpe and Mr. It. Glin-
tttwit lt, ma „_ totessor !Thorne, as the great Lion Leapers ;
ictitZlliitt:iver t 811a1 and unusual Attractions and Amusement!.
ett;ol.er,l tbe yiranade, in addition to the usual attractions, will
airtlN
~_ estroyad
1,1tC14,4 4 Was d eek of Mrs. Graham's tialloou, which it will be
ii, ; rdiy,"reent near T t - p (son, a e
by ex I i ft r her safe ascent from
ts.thte.44. 'or th.
f..• To ti on the 7th instant.
tOkt,or,,z, Or the .i, glare, the usual entertainments will be pre-
114ilVe D•rViz., is..al al Fresco, and the usual charge lor admis-
ttls. ilitm eAttrat__
, ,0,,,,...gtin...._".. a Grand Chinese Fete.
irtOth, Ilkt graceful can here enjoy the health-promotingelegant
41014444 k ,Shoot, WI bow, with the advantage of proper instruc-
"l pt Jsize flg three dozen arrows, Is. Matches fir Dinner,
witl't, kr. Te "," are always open. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to
11,611 ii),t4o etgen, Archery Manufactory, 161, Bishopsgate..
tl.4,ttt:o,l)st „, Cave, ~,,
141:tem, th' FlD„,:'"e Shooting Gallery—Burns's Cottage,
t i-t4(ltk t Ar rea illUStrative of his Works—Summer and
)terkoP,:tion', Litegiona—The Maze—Statuary of the finest
I te , un Sunday
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411 :tier, __ .! c.
Cr (Iliot. 8, admission by Refreshment Ticket,
goathttrtio,...: on ilundays at Six o'clock—Half-a-Crown.
~a'',. Can be re tatter... ached by road or river for 3d.
:rata-bridge every Night after the Fireworks.

ROYAL TABLE SAUCE.—CROSS' and
BLACKWELL, Purveyors in Ordinary by Appointment to
her Majesty, beg respectfully to inform the nobility and gentry, that
they continue to manufacture this delicious and justly-celehrated
Sauce in handsome china vases for the tab'e, and in pint and half-
Dint bottles ; also their improved Essence of real aorgona Anchovies,
Dinmore's Essence of Shrimps, for boiled and fried 11th ; the celebrated
Soho Sauce, for game ; Sir Robert Peel's sauce, for general purposes;
Anchovy Paste, Strasburg Potted Meats, tee. The whole of the
above, together with their superior Pickles, mly be obtained of all
the principal sauce vendors throughout the kingdom.
91anufactory, 21, Soho-square, London. Established 1706.

NiUSIC by WILLIAM, VOCAL.
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WOOD.
The People's Anthem, " God Save the People"—Quartett, Semi-
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"We are glad to see that these fine stanzas of the Corn-law
Rhymer have at last found fitting musical utterance. The composer
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" Dark, Deep, and Cold."—Quartett, Semi-chorus and Chorus, with
Lithographic Illustration. Poetry by Ebenezer Elliott. A Tribute
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"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may."—Madrigal. Poetry by Her-
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PIINOFORTE.
" The Drawing-room Quadrilles."—A brilliant Duet. Price is.
" The S sters."—Two Waltzes, with brilliant finale. Price 3s.
"The Free Trade Polka," with beautiful Coloured Illustration.
Dedicated to Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. Price 2s. 6d.
"This is just what a polka shoald he: light, airy, tripping, and full
of life, with the time well marked, and easy of execution. A man
with the gout, or a lady with the toothache might dance to such
music."—The People's and Howitt's Journal, June, 1850.
" The Free Trade Quadrilles." P ice 35.
"The Free Trade Waltz," consisting of Waltz, Trio, and brilliant
finale. Price 3s.
Shepherd and Jones, 93, Neargate-street, London ; and to be had
by order of all Musiesellers in the kingdom.

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°liege or kor mrsal Medicine.
of Ot N. t
country,
be nygeian Agents throughout the
British
e4ith, zir'' on enclosing a Fourpenny piece to
evr-roact, London.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
During this weak the ALPINE SINGERS from Styria will
pefform several of their National Melodies, daily at Four, and in the
Evenings at Half- past Eight.—Lecture on Chemistry, by J. 11. Pep-
per,,Estl., daily at a Quarter-pest Three, and in the Evening at Eight,
illustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the Handling of Red Hot
Mett..4.—Ledture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Voltaic Electricity, daily at
Two, and in the evenings at a Quarter-past Nine.—New Series if
Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Wonders of Nature, daily
at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten; also
a Series, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at
One o'clock.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c.
Admission, is.—Schools, Half-price.

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THIRTY-FIRST EDITION.
ustrated by 26 knatomical Coloured Erigravin7s on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
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by post, direct trom the Estate' shment, 3s 64. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work 01l
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain disl
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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH ERN ClRCUll:—Liverpool. Aug. 17.
NISI PRIUS COURT. (&fore Mr. Justice

CRESSIVELL'.)

ELLIS V. THE WEST OF ENGLAND INSURANCE COMPANY,

This action was commenced early on Friday
morning, and was not concluded until two o'clock
to-day.
The action was brought on a policy of fire in-
surance for 5001., effected in defendants' office by the
plaintiff, upon his stock in trade, he having recently
carried on the business of a draper at Hu?me. A
fire having occurred on his premises, his stock iu
trade, to the value of the policy, was alleged to have
been consumed, soon after which he became bankrupt,
and the present action was brought by his assignees
in his name. The defendants pleaded a number of
pleas, alleging, amongst other things, non-payment
of the premium on the policy, that the fire on the
plaintiff's premises was the result of csrelessness, and
that the plaintiff had fraudulently violated the condi-
tions of the policy.
Mr. Watson, Q.C., and Mr. Aspland appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin, Q.C., Mr. Cowling,
and Mr. Hugh Hill for the defendants.
The evidence on the part of the plaintiff was that
at the time of the fire there were goods on the pre-
mises to the full amount claimed. For the defend-
ants it was contended that there were scarcely any
goods on the premises at the time of the fire, and cer-
tainly not to the value of the policy ; and that for
these reasons the company resisted the payment as a
fraudulent imposition.
His LORDSHIP having summed up the evidence
with great care,
The jury retired, and after a short absence re-
turned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Justice Ma HTMAN.)
James Smith, aged 16, was charged with having
on the 17th of April la•t feloniously assaulted his
mi4ress, Mrs. Hannah Knight, with a knife, with
intent to murder her, or to do her some grievous
bodily harm.
Mr. Pollock appeared fur the prosecution, and
Mr. Monk fir the defence.

It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix
that she was the wife of a pawnbroker carrying on
business in Butler-street, Manchester, and that in
April last the prisoner, who had been in her hus-
band's service about six months, was accused of
having stolen ss. from a drawer. After this, on
the 17th of April, about 9 o'clock in the morning, as
the prosecutrix was sitting in the kitchen with her
back to the scullery, in which the prisoner was at
that time engaged, she suddenly felt the arm of
some person placed round her neck and a
knife placed against her throat. She im-
mediately put up her hands in self defence to
protect her throat, and seized hold of the knife, and
after a struggle both fell to the ground, and im-
mediately the person who had attacked her, and whom
she did not see, ran away, and she heard the prisoner
crying out, " Oh, Mrs. Knight," and run through
the scullery into the yard, and thence into the street
crying out "Murder." To the best of her belief the
person who assaulted her was the prisoner. Her
throat was scratched but did not bleed, and her hands
were cut. A knife was afterwards fbund in the scul-
lery with blood upon it. She had never had any
quarrel with the prisoner.
The Learned Counsel, for the prisoner submitted
that the evidence would not sustain the charge in the
indictment, as the wounds on the hands of the prose-
cutrix had been made by herself in struggling with
the person who had attacked her, and the scratch on
the throat did not come within the legal definition of
a wound, and was not a felony within the Act. lle
referred to the case of "B. v. .Beckett," 1 M. and
R., 526.
The Learned Counsel for the prosecution con-
tended, that it was a sufficient wounding within the
statute if the jury were satisfied that it was the pri-
soner's intention to wound the prosecutrix in the
throat, and that her hands were cut in her struggle to
prevent it.
His LORDSHIP was of opinion that the evidence
would not support the charge of wounding within the
meaning of the statute, as the skin of the proiecu-
trix's neck had not been cut, and the cuts on her
hands might have been made by herself in the struggle
which had taken place. The case must be dealt with
therefore as an assault.

The L-arned Counsel for the prisoner then ad-
dressed the jury in his defence, and
His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, with a recom•
mendation to mercy.
Sentence wns deferred. _ _ _

Edward Walsh Was charged wi►h having, on the
6th of September last, aided and abetted in the man-
slaughter of Richard Lilly.
Mr. Monk appeared for the prosecution ; the pri-
soner was undefended.

uv
It appeared that on the 6th of last September a
prize fight took place at Crossness, near Manchester,
between Richard Lilly (the deceased) and John Mid-
dleton, on which occasion the prisoner acted as the
second of Lilly. The fight lasted two hours, and
shortly after its termination Lilly died in conse•
quence of the injuries he had received. In the course
of the fight the prisoner had picked up the deceased
several times, as his second.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
His LORDSHIP, in prissing sentence, expressed a
strong opinion on the illegality and brutality of prize
fights ; as, however, there appeared to have been no
circumstances of unfairness, and the deceased had been
the aggressor, he should only sentence the prisoner to
be imprisoned one fortnight.

WESTERN Cll?CUlT—Bristol, Aug. 17.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Thfore Mr. Justice COLERIDGE
and a Special Jury.)
EVANS V LURRELL AND ()VIERS.
Mr. Butt, Mr. Sergeant Kin"!lake, and Mr. M.
Smith were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Green-
wood, irlr. Stone, and Mr. Bailin for the de-
fendants.
The plaintiff was a shipowner, residing at Neath,
and the defendants were the representatives of the
Bristol Steam Navigation Company, and the action
was brought to recover damages for an injury which
the plaintiff alleged he had sustained by reason of the
steam-vessel of the defendants having run into his
schooner called the Liverpool Packet, trading between
Neath and Bristol, in consequence of the negligence of
the parties on board the steam- vessel called the Rose,
belonging to the Bristol Steam Navigation Company.
On the 15th of January, the Liverpool Packet, having
taken in her cargo at Neath, proceeded on her regu-
lar voyage, under the command of Captain Westlake,
under whose care she had for years made her passage.
About half-past four o'clock in the morning the
schooner passed the light-ship which marked the
Welsh and English grounds, the weather being dark
and cloudy. In about 20 minutes aftewards the Rose
pissed her going down Channel. About half.past five
the schooner was close-hauled on the larboard-tack,
nearly opposite Walton Bay. She was proceeding up
Channel. Suddenly the Rose came upon her, and a
collision took place, the schooner being cut down
nearly to the water's edge. The bowsprit jib and
jibstay were carried away. The crew of the schooner,
expecting their vessel to go down, jumped on board
the steamer, but afterwards returned on board their
own vessel, but almost instantly hailed the Rose,
which was pursuing her course, and begged the cap-
tain to tow the schooner into shallow water, which
he did. The schooner was afterwards towed to Pill,
and, ultimately to Bristol, where she was put into
dock, and remained eight weeks undergoing repairs.
The plaintiff claimed the amount he had paid for re-
pairs, and also compensation for the loss he had sus-
tained during the time the schooner was unable to
take her voyages, which together would amount to
about 270/
Of course in such a case all depended upon which
captain wa3 in fault, and a great number of witnesses
were examined on both sides, each throwing the
blame on the other.
Eventually, after a trial which lasted a day and a
half, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, 2431. 7s.

'POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO S
William Berry was charged with having most
violently assaulted Mr. Eogenius Fenning, common
councilman, of the Poultry, in his warehouse, on
Friday.
Mr. Fenning said the defendant had lived in his
service about. seventeen years ago, and there had been
reason for discharging him. On Friday, while Mr.
Fen in his ceuntiog- house, the prisoner
entered and struck him three times across the shoulders
with a stick. The surprise was so great that there
was no time for preparation, but just a, the defendant
had 'inflicted the last. blow, be received a knock-
down thump from one Of the servants of the establish-
ment, and the police.Sooa afterwards took proper care
of him.

The defendant—lt is true I did live with Mr. Fen-
ning seventeen years ago, and .I committed a sort of
a mistake, for whichq was discharged. I went into
the shop on Friday last to speak to one of the men at
work there, and Mr. Fenning thought proper to
accuse me of acts of dishonesty, and protested against
my c&l!irg at his house. I was a good deal excited

by what fell from him, and I did strike him, but I
became very sorry for it. I had been drinking at the
time, and my hands could not lie on the table, so
I let them go at him.
Alderman GIBBS—Did you commit any act for
which you were sent away from the service? De-
fendant—Yes, seventeen years ago I did, but I have
made amends by my life for that one fault, and it was
because I had redeemed my character, and I had got
too much drink, that I attacked Mr. Fenning. I hope
you will let me off, as I promised to marry a young
lady to-morrow.—(Laughter.)
Alderman Ginns asked Mr. Fenning what he
thought of the contrition of the defendant ? Mr.
Fenning—l do not wish to have him confined if I
am protected from his violence. I understand he has
been acting extremely well since he left my service.
Alderman GIBBS—You see he says he is going to
be married to-morrow. I am afraid this will be an
ugly preparation for the poor woman who is to have
him. I shall take two hail in 201. each for his good
behaviour towards you for twelve months.
The bail was forthcoming immediately, but the
defendant was scarcely released from custody, when
he procured a stick, and belaboured his sureties in such
a manner as to send them roaring for the police, aild
he contrived to get clear away, swearing that he
would get married a day sooner than he intended on
account .of the extraordinary trouble he had been
put to.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWA Y.
The following report of the directors will be pre-
sented to the half-yearly meeting, to be held at the
London Tavern on the 22d instant
" On completing the first year of their official duties,
the directors have to report that, notwithstanding the
many difficulties and complications arising out of the
past, they have reason to be satisfied with the progre,,s
which has been made towards the establishment of order
in the current business of the company, the restoration
of its credit, rind the arrangements that have been
effected, InAerially tending to reduce the heavy ex-
penses to which the revenue has been hitherto subj. er,
The accounts for the half-year have been made out on
the principles and form approved by the proprietors at
the last.meeting by Messrs. Quitter and Co., and they
haie been subject to the continuous audit of Messrs.
Reevss and Mayhew, to whom that important duty was
assigned by their co-proprietors. The capital account
having been virtually closed, in accordance cith the re-
solution of the last half-yearly meeting. the revenue is
now debited with all diebursements, and it will be ob-
served that the half-year's income has been charged
with 15,4181. 2s. ad. for the rebuilding and replacement
of engines and carriages, and that the sum of 8.0001.
has been, carried to the credit cf the reserve fund fur
the renewal of permanent way and works. A portion
of this fund has been applied to the renewal of the Col-
chester line, and the repair of stations, as shown in the
accounts. The directors being of opinion, from the ex-
perience they have acquired of the condition of the pro-
perty, that a smaller sum than that recommended by
the committee of investigation will be sufficient for the
renewal of the way and works, recommend the share-
' holders to sanction their reserving hereafter 22,000/. a
year in place of 32,0001.; and it is proposed that this
sum should be apportioned by charging the revenue of
each half-year ending the 4th of January with 14,0001.,
and the half-year ending the 4th of July with 8,000/.
The receipts of the half-year are 400,7051. 12s. 5d , of
which 53.536/. lls. 3d. has been derived from the Nor-
folk Railway, and the charges as apportioned by the ac-
countants against that line amount to 37,1811 7s. 7d.
The Norfolk revenue has been charged with 400/. as the
expenses of the joint committee during the year. The
directors regret to announce the unsatisfactory result of
the working of the Norfolk line during the past half-
year as compared with former periods; this is chiefly to
be attributed to the opening of the Eastern Union Com-
pany's extension to Norwich, and the consequent division
of the traffic to and from London and Norwich and the
districts lying between the two lines of railway; while
their junction. which must bring a considerable traffic
upon the Norfolk Railway, still remains to be made by
the Eastern Union Company. The charges and
expenses against revenue during the half-year
amount to 365,2101. 4s. 3d., leaving 35,495/. Bs. ad.
to which must be added the surplus left atter
paying the last dividend, namely, 1,6201. 175., making
an available balance of 37,1161. ss. 2d The directors
therefore recommend a dividend upon the consolidated
stock of the Eastern Counties Railway Company of 2s.
per share. and a payment to the Norfolk Company suffi-
cient to five an equal dividend on their consolidated
stock, according to the agreement subsisting bet "eon the
two companies. The directors have purchased No. 2 Five
per Cent. Stock, amounting to 3,2661. 13s. 4d., formerly
issued in excess, and have cancelled the certificates, as
was resolved at the last half-yearly meeting; they also
gave notice to the holders of the York Extension Five
per Cent. Guaranteed Stock that they might be paid off
at par on the 10th of June last. In pursuance of which
notice, holders of that stock, to the amount of 25,840/.,
had consented to receive payment when the half-year's
accounts were clued, leaving 18,0801. then to be dealt
with, part of which has since been paid off; and this
stock will be repladed by, debentures at lower rates of
interest. Your accountants are still engaged in the ex-
amination of the capital account, which they have not
been able to complete during the past half-year. Sundry
payments formerly made in error or in excess have been
discovered, some of which are now recoverable; these
will amount to more than sufficient to pay the cost of
this laborious investigation, and the directors therefore
recommend that it be steadily pursued. Since the half-
year's accounts were closed, the reference between the
company and Mr. George Hudson, arising out of the
Wisbeach and St. Ives Railway transactions, has been
decided, and the sum of 1,0001, with interest at five per
cent. for three 3 ears and three-quarters, making to-
gether 1,1871. 10s., have been awarded to the company
and paid by Mr. Hudson, who has also paid the costs
of reference. The attempt, by a separate company. to
obtain an Act of Parliament to make a railway from
Cambridge to Shepreth haying been defeated, and the
powers of this company to take land for a branch line
in the same direction—namely from Shelford, near
Cambridge, to the termination of the Rryst .n and
Hitchin Railway at Shepreth, being limited as to time,
the directors took means to get possession of the ground
without delay, and they have- the satisfaction to- surte
that it was obteinel on comparatively reasonable terms,
and in all cases by amicable arrangement with the
owners and occupiers. Specifications have been p e-
pared, and coetracts aro advertised for the whole of the
works, which are intended to be completed in time for
the opening of the Royston and Hitchin Railway.
During the present session of Parliament an Act was
sought by the Blackwell Railway Company to obtain
running powers over the whole of the Eastern Counties
Railway; and, had the attempt been successful, the
result to this company would have been unjust and in-
jurious. The directors, however, have the satisfaction
to announce, tbrs by the opposition they were enabled to
present to this Bill in the Committee of the House of
Commons, the powers sought were reduced to such
limits as to render it unnecessary to carry the opposi-
tion further. These have increased the law charges of
the company during the past half-year. The Ea tern
Union Company have obtained an Act of Parliament,
giving them an extension of time to make the branch
to Harwich, and other powers; and although the direc-
tors felt it their duty to call on the proprietors, at their
last general meeting, to refuse their assent to certain
clauses intended to have been inserted in that Act, they
believed great advantages to both companies would result
from the opening of the Harwich branch, and they shall
be glad if the Eastern Union directors are enabled to
devise some mode of completing it, in which the directors
can advise this company to co-operate with them. The
directors regret that they have not succeeded in con-
cluding an arrangement with the Great Northern R ail-
way Company; but being well aware of the loss wbiab
must be sustained by both companies in the event of a
hostile competition, they trust that a good understanding
may be maintained between them until some definite
arrangement be made. The directors regret that it
should have been deemed expedient by the Newmarket
Company to discontinue the working of their railway.
It has been a subject of much care and anxiety to
this board, and several prepositions have been made to
the Newmarket Company for working their traffic, bw.,
the directors feel it impossible, consistent with your in-
terests to offer more than they have already done,
namely, to work the Newmarket Railway at cost price,
and without any profit to this company beyond what
might arise from treffic thus brought upon the Eastern
Counties Line. The carriages and other materials be-
longing to that company, hell by the Eastern Counties
as security for their debt, will shortly be taken at a va-
luation. The Electric Telegraph Company's ogre anent
to work and maintain the apparatus upon this railway
having some time ago expired, remained in abeyance
when the present directors took office; negotiations have
been since pending which have resulted in a new agree-
ment between the two companies, to the effect that a fair
allowance shall be made to this company out of the re-
ceipts for commercial and general messages sent along
their line, so that in future it will be their interest and
policy to extend more freely to the public in the eastern
counties the benefits of the telegraph, and to induce the
more frequent use of this rapid mode of communicating
intelligence. The Lowestoft harbour has bees finished
within the estimate, under the superintendence of Cap-
tain Andrews, the harbour-master, who has been de-
servedly appointed by the Trinity Board superintendent
of pilots for the port, which is now much frequented as
a harbour of refuge, accessible at all times of tide to
vessels of twelve feet draft of water, and to ships of the
larger class at high water. The trade of the port con-
tinues steadily to increase, nearly a thousand vessels
having entered the harbour for trade or refuge during
the past year; and new residences are rapidly rising on
the south side of the harbour, which, with the esplanade
and pier, will render Lowestoft an attractive watering
place for the citizens of Norwich and the inhabitants of
the midland counties, who have ready access to it by
the railways converging at Peterborough. The works
upon the Eastern Counties Railway being now completed
the directors are enabled to dispense with the services of
a resident engineer, besides effecting either reductions
in that department, and to place the maintenance of the
way and works in charge of the superintendent. The
directors suggest that provident funds should be raised
among their officers and servants, to which the com-
pany should contribute, in order to afford, under pro-
per regulations, some provision for their families in
case of accident or injury, to which such men are much
exposed, as also in the event of their becoming unable to
perform their duties through age, sickness, or infirmity.
In the extensive workshops at Stratford taere is now
training up a body of men to work and repair the com-
pany's engine...4i, upon whose skill and intelligence much
depends. The directors desire to assist them in
quiliug a prwlic,:lli useful education, to fit them for
t.ueh service. These objects, to encoul-,ge education
satin prudent balms, may he cted at a e'ery moderato
expense; the duty as well as the interests of the com-
pany require it, and they trust it will meet the approba-
tion of the propeietors. During the past half-year pre-
po3als to week the lozotnotive engines and carriages by
contract have been urged upon the directors by several,
whose knowledge and experience in railway manage-
ment are 'entitled to great respect, and persons of skill
and responsibility have come forward with substantial
offers to undertake such cone acts, so that the board
felt bound to give this subject their best attention; but
after having maturely considered it they are of opieiou
that it is not for the interest of the proprietors that they
should lease the working of their line. The directors
have, therefore, appointed Mr. John V. Gooch, late of
the South-Western Railway, as superintendent of the
locomotive department. It is the painful duty of the
directors to report that, owing to circumstances which
arose era inquiring into the payments formerly made,
for land and other purposes, terough Mr. Duncan,
the late solicitor to the employ, they found it necee-

sary to direct the accountants strictly to examine all
those transactions; and the result of these inquiries, as
reported by . Messrs. Quilter and Company, has been
' that various sums of money, for which cheques had
been-given to Mr. Duncan, were not paid by him for
the purposes intended; that other sums had been
charged and paid twice over; and that certain payments
reported to have been made, bad not been made. Mr.
Duncan having delivered, and having been paid, his
Parliamentary accounts to a point, by the former direc-
tors, according to a scale of charges agreed upon, he has
since also demanded to have additional rcmurerution for
the same services, on the ground that the scale agreed
upon was below the usual charges, and that he has not
had the amount of hi:sine's he w-e.s led to expect when
the scale was fixed. A copy of the accountants' report
vi as given to Mr. Duncan, and an explanation required.
The answer received contained an offer of resignation,
which the directors accepted; and they forthwith
sought the assistance of Messrs. Crowder and Maynard,
who are at present acting as solicitors to the company,
and by whose advice they are and will be guided in any
proceedings which may take place. It will be remetn-
bored that, at the time the present directors took office,
Mr. Duncan continued to cocduct the law business of
the company, although he bad previously tendered his
resignation. The well-known talent of Mr. Duncan, the
intimate knowledge he poste,sed of all the, company's
affairs, and the zeal and industry he displayed in their
service, during a period of transition, when there was
also much dispute and litigation, rendered- it prudent
and necessary to request him to withdraw his resigna-
tion, and it was not until time and opportunity had been
found to search into past transactions, that the present
directors could obtain knowledge of them errors. In
concluding this report, the directors venture •to state
their hope and belief that, difficult and harrassing as
their duties have been, and still are, they shall, if they
continue to possess the confidence and support of the
proprietors, be able substantially to improve the condi-
tion and- prospects of . the company, and to , lessen the
working expenses. ' In so doing they would repeat their
resolution, more than once expressed, to endeavour, by
conciliatory means, and by co-operation with neighbour-
ing railways, rather than' by. competition with them, to
secure to this company and to the great system of rail-
ways in the eastern division of Englaed, the traffic and
revenue which they ought to possess and retain. -
" EDWARD L. BETTS, Chairman.".
The general balance sheet to the 9th of July showed
a total of 339,3161. 3s. On the credit side, the
amount of cash at the banker's was stated to be
92,197/. 18s. 6d.; the amount due by sundry debtors
(exclusive of the reserve of 1,6411. 19'. Id., on ac-
count of irrecoverable balances), 122,414/. 14s. 10d.