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the efore, I take it for granted, under the circumstances, that I
r ceive I the money.' • I have not the least recollection of re-
eeivi g it, h•it I take it for granted that so it is. I cannot have
th s,zht,s. d 'OA about it, and I must take it for granted that
h di _five me 'he cheque. lean only state again. tha a, to the
It. th,re Kaa never, at the tnie las 'wed him.
atom on my mind of deriving any advaLtiige

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d, of ee-se, when" I state this, the— Cerninittee wie
m st or'ur ,Ily and teoperly take care to ascertain that fact
f. en other quarters. I think I can undertake to say, not
keievine who the Do eisters of the South-Eastern Company
were at that time so mush as this, that all those gentlemen will
tell you th • saint. I .11 old h se, for, ups nmy honour, Ido
tin knew their names, rest all of them ; but I challenge them all,
from eegi nrii, •g to end, to say 'hit I i ad ever the slightest expec-
tation sit any kind or sort, and Mr. Wray also; and the proposal
as to these shales was never made to me 61 after the Bill hid
passed, and the shares I never received, inasmuch as it would
not have been convenient ; hut the shares' worth, afterwards, I
did receive from Mr. Wray • that is the transaction."
It appears further, from the testimony of Mr. Bonham him-
seli. that he held and still holds shale-3 in the North Kent Com-
pany. The following is a portion of his evidence upon this
p tint
Chairman : Will ilea state the number of shares yon had in
the North Kent Iladeaa ?---1 had 1(10. Yeu purchased 100?
—Yes. Yeti still h them ?—Yes ; that is to sae. I had
125 ; those 125, it seems, were sold upon a profit of some-
where about 2s. 6d. or perhaps ss. a share. Lord Wortley :
Y lIIP'I,I the whole 123 ?--Yes. Chairman : Then you pur-
chased again P—Yes, I purchased again very recently 100, and
these I have. Did ysu buy them in the market ?—I bought
them, at least my friend who managed the transaction for me,
breigh• the min he market at a high premium. They were
net noueht in yeur name?—The: were not bought in my
naive Your name sloe, not appear ?—No, it doss not ; I
sum, se net. Then they are. in feet, held by him at this mo.
meat ?--.1 hey are, in fare, at this moment held by him. Are
they r.elri by him in tru-t for you ?—Yes. You h wing paid
the deposit aid ihe premium ?-1-le must have paid the dee
posit and the premium ; they are held by him in his hands
for me. In point of fact, up to this time, you have paid no-
th net ?—I have pail nwhing upon those ; they were bought
oly a few dys ago. Was that friend any person connected
wilts the Board of Ordnance?—Not in the remotest degree.
Was it any person enenected with the promoters of the North
Kent Ra l' ?—Not in the remotest degree.
Capta•n Boldero's evidence was next taken. Captain Bol-
dero had only received the evidence taken on the first day of
the sitting of the Committee when he -as examined. He de-
nied that Mr. Hignett had any authority to use his name in
the letter of the 3il of February. The facts elicited in the
exareiroeien of Captain Boldero are briefly stated in the fol-
low ing r xt arts from his evict- nce
Chai•en.n— Are you a holder of shares in the North
Kew Railway ?—I am not now; I was. Did you buy them
yourself in tee market ?—I did not buy them myself in the
market. Will yeti state the particulars of that transaction to
the Committee? Deeided'y. The date when you became a
share-leiter in the North Kent Railway, tine the date when
you eet rid of those shares ?—Until the beginning of this year I
weer hdd a railway share of any description. My first trans-
act ere n specelatirg a little in railwass commenced thus :—A
(rind if mine ask el me if I would buy some shares in the
Chester and Holyhead. I said, " Yes; provided they are
mod-rate in price." It was final y agreed between him and me
that I should buy twenty shares of him. and he would deliver
the' in the coulee ef four or eve slays ii I would give him a
cheq•le for 1401. I sent for the new-paper. arid I f and the shares
quoted in the mark-it at 6*. He said " Well, if you ;i e
me a its sue f.r 14 1. tea, wit etagere- orole.rage and every.
thine aeit I b eight tee shares. On the Pith of March
asked ate. Fligneo to buy me 91 shares more in the Chester
a•et Holyhead I knew no broker : I was never on the
Sick ace nge, aed I t heri fere asked him to boy them for
me. Mr. Pakineton : —And you got those shares ?—Yes ;
i.e bought theirs fur me at my desire. On the 7th of March
Mr. el eett was at my room, and we spoke abrut the North
Kent Ratlv ay. He said he thought t eas a good sp ulatien ;
the pr mum N. 91 very low. and I requested hen ro bu-. me
lett sewes H tireight 100 shares, and of course paid the
premiu . aert pail rte i•rokerage, and I paid hire for them.
; kept them tra sb t litre, and sold them. Mr. Pakimiton
Ti •e w na. bu-iress say eansseted ny Mr. Hignett?—lt was;
lie toll ;ht. and sold therp for me. The next transaction was.
I tienk, in April ; I toek up a paper, and I said, " Mr.
Higne t, I h .ve seleisted three lines, anti I should like for you
t bu m share. in each." l I ant stating things as they
ore u ref )—eo in the Ilanchester and Leeds, e 0 in the North
British, and 20 in the Glasgow arid Edinburgh," all sixteens.
I t ink .1 e ranehester and Leeds I hold now, and these are
the paler, (Tee witness produced the same.) There was a
pr. n juin paid in the market. And these are the North
Brit se. f Tee weness pro :used the same.) The Glasgow
and Eilinbueth I have not got. I sold t em in the ma• ket.
Clio rmass : Did you at any time subsequently purchase any
shares n t ..e N ',eh Kent ?_ I die.
wipe as 0 at, nu :he 9th of June, Captain Boldero sold
the last mentioned shares. He explains his motives as fol-
low • :
bV
t was the date of that purchase, and the number of
shares? i het was in Apr 1 ; 'he next, ate! only other transac-
tion that I had in the North Kent, something oc unrest in
gutting the Bill through the Committee; some objec-
lions were got over. and a friend advised me to re-
ineesr in the North Kent. On the 25th of April, I asked
Mr to) -tt to buy me fifty or sixty shares. In the afternoon
he came • rid said that he had bought leo North Kent shares. I
said. " That is mote than I want," and I took 70. There
•.1. premium psi I I asked him, also, to buy 25 shares in
tee N firth Kent, for a connexion of mine, which be did at
21 I:rested e. Sir C. Douglas— Were those 25 over and
above tit- 70?— ert unly. Mr. T. Egerton—Did you pay a
depo i• with the p mi tin? —They were sold in the mark- tat
21. premium no thi .eiiesit ; the shires were, I think, at 11.
151. ewer, aid 21 was he prism ten added to the deposit ; I
sild thirty ef tetee shares in April, and I kept the re-
mainder until the 9h of June. On the 9th of June I sent to
Mr. Hignett. and desired him to sell the 65 Mr. Palengten—
Your rem siting 40 and your friend's 23 ? —Exactly. There
were 30 • o'd fir t, and on the 9h of June I sold 65. Here is
the paler— • sixty-live North Kent shares, 9:h of June." I
sold them at 2a premiiitn. Chaernan : You have ceased to be
a sharvhiituier in the North Kent Company? I have. You
have net had any shares since?—No. Your purchases and sales
were mad •in the name of Mr. Hignett?—They were. Under
your eirectioe ? Certainly. Your name not appearing in the
tr ,nsaetien at all?-1 -uppose not ; I told him to buy and sell
just ee I felt a dispositoa t.. speculate. Tie reason why I sold
on the 9 h of June 1 will explain; finding that the evidence
was bewe received by the Commieee, contrary to the spirit
aid aidles of the Nlester•General. it struck me that possibly
some question might arise in which I should be called upon
to offer some explanation, and that induced me to sell. Mr.
Duneoe.be : Whvie did you expect that exelanation would be
caili.ll for ?—lets the House; there might be some pe-
wees or diseussion about it. I saw that as the matter was
wring flit, !heal better be out of it. But previously to this
the .11s-ter-General having given his consent to the
three competing lines, unqualified to one and condi-
tioeal to 'he other, which condieons had been accepted, I
die not think t pestle.. that any questien could arise in the
eepertment effecting the merits of either line, the Master-
General having left it to Parliament which of the lines was the
best, his as ent tieing given to all three. I understand you to
say that the reasons why you d rented that the sale should take
place were that certain proceeitirigs w ,re going on before the
Cm:lfni:tee in conseqeenc- of which you thought that the
protirie•y of your Mildirei these shares might be questioned ?
t)eserieeiy I hail previously entertained the opinien that no
pr es ••bie geese, n eoule tteme Argue ,is. I thought that the
},resets' ns of the Master-General would, in this case,
as iii every ea e which we haul had be ore, be insisted upon by
the Cemin't ee to which the Bill want. I had never known
any instance to the contrary.
The eelovri, g evidence was given by Mr. Wray, Receiver-
fernerai it Piaiiee

Ci,ai ma. Were you engaaed in promoting the Suith-
Rai way Rh in the ,ear 1816 ? —Yes, I was. I was
re a ,e,i by the Com, any for that purpose, as banister, or pro
,n. Were 3ou not then the receiver of the police?
Yes I % ;at that time I was not of the police co•irts. When
you sa, you were retained as a barrister, is the G,mniittee to
urviss st t d that it was strictly a prole atonal engagement?—
Yes, in this way : I retired frnn practice at the time of my ap-
pointment in 'P',39, but I iiad a good deal of business as arbi-
and referee, an-t the manner in which I acted for the
gnu Eastern Company was thi, : I arbitratsd a great many
of the claims of gentlemen of landed property, and amongst
the rst Lord sorangford's case. I settled and awarded him
2,c0 / as c.impensatiou f •tt his land. by which I saved the
Soo h-C.a,tern otnpany a very largo sum, for, in point of fact,
they hal given me authority for a gaol leal n:ore. What were
the doe ;es you had to discharge as a barrister ?—I had three or
four referenees of that kind, and generally promoting the inte-
rests of the company, and of course [did everything I could ts
pro note them. Did u vanv-sss members of Parliament on
'behalf of that corn ?—Y, s, certals. Were pin acting
moth as other p.,rsons in the -ame wart ?.LNo, I am not aware
~f that. It is a d fli ult thing to recollect what occurred so
many tears ago now, but I have no recollect.Mn of any par-
tieuar persons. How were you pail by the Company for your
services ?—I thought myself very ill-paid, but I think al-
together aleint-20'1. or 30'4. That you considered was for
prJessiosial services. and for canyassing?—lt was for a long
stmt ito ght h,er been six week• ,or perh_ps two months
alr.g th r and 1 wa, asked t' go over to Paris to ne-
g e with the Francis Governisient fora continuat-on of the
r i'roa 1. which I b lieve the. 11--tv -tyle the French Nor hero
R ,i•roid, with Dr Rowring and Cap' ain Pringle. I declined
it ; I th..ll:!ht I cou d not well go con-istently with my other
engagem- nts ; those gentlemen went, and of course were paid
fdr their services, and I, in fact, subscrib 'd money towards it.

LAW INTEI.I.IGENCE
cr) (v-IA yrER Y Jfiti 12

The Lord Chancellor took unopposed lunatic and appeal mo-
tion: t - day, it being the third seal after Trinity Term. No
i.
ea,e, however, of any interest came before his Lordship.

NEit hint! calling for a special report took place in any of the
Other Equity Courts

A SSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
()XP I? n CI RCUtT.—Abinydon, .Inlq 10.
Mr. Justice Patteson arrived here at about three o'clock this
afternoon, and having opened the commission at the Bridewell
Hall, proceeded to attend Di. ine service at St. Helen's Church.
The assize sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Yates, the
Vicar of St. Mary's parish, Reading. There are eight causes
entered for trial, one only being a special jury case; and it is
expected that it will probably not come on at these assizes.
The calendar contains the names of nine prisoners, of whom
one is co,not.tted f,r arson, one for wounding with intent to do
{iris sr:us bodily harm, one for forgery, two for robbery with
I Tl,let,eo., two f housebreaking, one for shcepstealing, and one
for laree, y. The small number of prisoners is accounted for
'by the as,ix .s fill wing so pick!), on the sessions, at which it
aNears a great number of cases were disposed of.
dub 11.
Lord Denman, immediately on entering the town, at about
• half I;as, ten this morning. proceeded to the Shire-hall to 'tre-
wc in the N si Prius Court.
Toe case
srninons Gibson, the only spa jury cause
in Ih.. a ~t which it V.
was,subp;posed, it tried, would have
lasted a considerable' .timconsent. made a remanet.
• o ease of any public interest was tried thi's Court to-day.
CRO';'‘'N COURT._ Mr Justice PATTESON. )
Henry Scott, aged
hur,osfeil:il-seicted for having, at Cookham,
in this a .not y. on the ISt tact, wounded his wife, with
in en; to do her gr woos by
,slr. PLicet conducted the prosecution; Mr. J. J. Williams
d. fend. d the pris•mer.
I% a-p,ared that the prose. b
utrix,theevt aiife of the prisoner.
hbe .o for iv rab a we. k working
s,,in
returned to her
illt:nee from home,
w a pace called Ha.gate Lodge, ad,d that
s ;(3
tTir,
,1
hone on Saturday the 17th, and, being unwellte
went
u anti did not rise till four e.st on the Sunday followin
went down to get some wa'er, and it would seem that there
She
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then to,dt place some altercation h t ween her and her husband
her not to go to church, and she persisting in
doing so. She then went up to her room, aid, on endeavouring
t open a box be onging to her, in order to get from it some
Fuiiab:r apparel to go to church, found that the lock had b.-en
• tampered will, a d that she could sueceed in unlocking it.
(hi this 4110 weiit d un and taxed her hushan.i with having
ope ed her hex, and asked him what he had done to the lock.
lie answered, .‘ nothiti,” aria she sail she world not hive
her Plssee cxaminsii by anv of his friends. and then re..
tom-it to her room: While" kneeling before the b x and
a rivi ;g- to open it, she reel ed a blow on the back of
the head which knocked her down. he Wed to noel but