The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-30 00:00:00

THE SVN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 60, 1844,

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
• Pursuant to notice given in the columns of the Weivh-
iman, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Carmarthen,
and the adjacent parts of the county, was held in Car-
, anarthen Town-hall, last Wednesday, for the purpose of
meeting a deputation of the Great Western Railway
Company who were desirous of explaining the means
they
,purposed taking for the establishment of a rail-
way throughout South Wales, so as to connect Ireland
and South Wales more closely with the metropolis.
A great number of gentlemen attended. About half-
past twelve o'clock the deputation, consisting of Charles
..Russell, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Great Western Railway Company, F. L.
Gower, Esq., Mr. Saunders, the Secretary to the Corns
, party, and Mr. Hunt, arrived at the Town-hall, and the
business of the meeting was commenced immediately.
The Hon. Colonel TREVOR, having acquiesced. in -a
motion that he take the chair, proceeded to observe that
no event that had occurred for years which'promised to
great benefit to thecounty of Carmarthen as the extension
of the Great Western Railway acroas:the Severn, near
Gloucester, and the makitrg of a railway through South
Wales to Fishguard. It would open oat an increased
traffic on all sides ;, in Ireland on the cue
side, and on the other side through Bristol,
to Worcester, to 13irmingham, and to all the
great markets of the north and west of England.
It would enable tho inhabitants of Carmarthen-
shire to reach the metropolis in an almost incredibly
shbrt apace of time, he believed in eight or nine hours.
—(Hears) A gentleman belonging to the deputation
corrected him, and he was now, happy to state that if
the railway was carried out, and a station established
in Carmarthen' the distance between Carmarthen and
London could be performed in seven hours.—(Cheers.)
The very want that the agriculturists of South Wales had
'long suffered under—that'of being unable to take their
produce to the manufacturing districts where it
would be rapidly consumed—would now be supplied.
--Nothing would be easier than for a farmer to s,nd his
stock by the railway up to London or Bristol. Scotch
cattle were brought to London by steamers, in both a
living and slaughtered state, and if it remunerated a
Scotch fernier to send his stock to London, it would most
assuredly amply repay a Welsh farmer: A Welsh
farmer had greater facilities for grazing grounds—be
ought therefore to be able to compete. He took the op-
portunitynf stating that he was warmly in favour of the
proposed rellwa,y, and that he was empowered by Lord
Dynevor to state that he was very anxious that the rail-
way )..ould take place, and would, when his land was
re:Fared for the purpose of the railway, take shares of
th's Railway Company instead of money, to the amount.
Mr. RUSSELL said that the. Directors of the Great
Western Railway, in pursuing their progress westward,
Thad been desirous not only of examining the character
(of the country to be traversed, but also to satisfy their
'own minds of the opinions entertained by the gentle-
men in South Wales respecting the scheme, and the de-
gree of cordial support probable to be received. Hitherto,
be had much pleasure in „saying, that the support had
been most satisfactory.—(Cheers.) At every place at
which they had held meetings, every gentleman of the
town and neighbourhood lad been unanimous in his ex-
Fression of cordial approval, and proffers of every pos-
ssible countenance and support. Thus far, the progress of
the deputation had been through the manufacturing and
mineral districts of South-Wales. Now they were in the
midst of an agricultural district, and it was most import-
ant, most essential, and in fact absoletely necessary to
the prosperity of the railway, that all interests should
iunitestu support it. Hitherto the means afforded to the
agriculturists of South Wales had been circumscribed and
limiied ; by the railway 'a facility of intercouse would
be epened up and extended to every part of the empire,
end establish the connection between the agricultural
and manufacturing districts on that sure basis which is
Itnint!ed- on their common interests. In the earlier
period of the constructiousa railways, the landed gentry
bed manifested a decided and vehement opposition to
them. They are now, and there is an example here
to-day, liberal and zealous supporters; many gentlemen,
in order to have the railway run near their estates, had
gratuitously given their lands for its formation, and the
gentlemen in some parts of South Wales had expressed
their willingness to take shares in lieu of money as com-
pensation for the land through which therailway will
pass. In Chepstow, the tenants of his Grace the Duke
of Beaufort had petitioned his Grace to support the rail.
way. One object of the:visit of the deputation was to
secure the approbation of the gentry of South Wales.
He was not at present in a condition to state the exact
course the line would take. Mr. Brunel!, at that very
moment, was engaged in" taking an accurate survey of
the country. Great 'pains had been • taken to give an
accurate account of the
_amount of traffic in South
Wales, and it much surpaised his expectations. If
the line were adopted, it would open a corn-
- munication with all the great manufacturing districts,
with the metropolis, and witli tfils south of England and
the south of Ireland. It would be the great highway
and thoroughfare for the.southern portions of the ern-
spire,. When the deputation was in Ireland a short time
since, th y has! held communication with some persons
deeply interested in the question, and he found they
were willing to concur in the speculation, and to extend
the scheme from the harbour of Wexford to Waterford
and D iblin—to Cork, Limerick, and so on throughout
the south of Ireland. If he found the same cordial sup-
perteZistirs throughout the Principality, he was autho-
vised by the Great Western-Company to state that no
effort should. be withheld; and they were quite ready to
contribute their full share of assistance in the under-
taking.—(Cheers.)
D.Moßats, Esq., M.P., proposed the first resolution.
lie did hope that the landed Interests of South Wales
would not suffer this vast undertaking to languish for
want of that cordial support which they could so readily
render it. If the present opportunity were lost, it would
all probability be a very long period before another
such would occur—before such an advantage would offer
itself again.
D. A. S. DAVIES, Esq., M.P., had much pleasure in
seconding the proposition, Wales was blessed by Pro-
vidence mith great and peculiar advantages. She had a
beautiful country, vast natural resources, industrious in
habitants, and an acute and intelligent population. Yet
with all this, in consequence of her remoteness from the
metropolis, numerous disadvantages had been felt. Dif-
ficulty had been experienced by the inhabitants, both in
the transmission of their produce and of themselves.
Both these desirable objects could now be maintained by
the proposed railway, and ,he trusted that they would
not lose the chance now laid before them by any apathy
on their part in not puttine- their shoulders to the wheel.
If the opportunity was lost;' he was afraid it would never
return. He (Mr. S. Davies) had felt so great a degree
of interest in the proposed railway, that he had taken a
considerable number of shares—((;.heers)-,--more perhaps
than he had been justified in doing by the station he held
in the county.
CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting

Pugh then read the second resolution, which was
seconded by Caltain J. G. Phillips, R.N., and was also
carried unanimously.
T. C. MORRIS, Esq., proposed the third resolution,
appointing a Committee to obtain subscriptions.
Dr. BOWEN seconded the proposition, which was car-
ried by acclamation.
R. G. THOMAS, Esq., wished to express the great
satisfaction be felt in .being appointed one of the Com-
mittee to procure shareholders, He was convinced the
measure was fraught with great benefit to South Wales,
and thought that the deputation, as had been stated by
Mr. Saunders to be the case on the establishment of the
Great Western Railway, would be the harbingers of the
greatest good to the inhabitants of South Wales that
ever appeared.—(Cheers.)
H. R. DOWNMA.N, Esq., observed, that in developing
the coast line, Mr. Saunders had not stated whether,it
would run through Llanelly and Pembrey or not fi
He wished to know, because these two ports were the
outlets of all the mineral resources of Cannartbenshire.

Mr. SAUNDERS said that the line would pass through
Llanelly, but he was unable to state whether it would
pass through Pembrey or. not.
CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., proposed a vote of thanks
to Colonel Trevor fur his able conduct in the
chair.—(Cheers.)
Colonel TREVOR returned thanks, and expressed his
perfect satisfaction with the coast line of railway.
R. G. THOMAS, Esq., proposed the cordial thanks of
the meeting to the Great Western Company for pouring
forth their capital in support of the undertaking, and
for sending down the deputation to explain the purposes
and objects of the railway.—(Cheers.)
Dr. C. MORGAN seconded the motion. -

CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., returned thanks.
The meeting then- separated.

PROPOSED RAILWAY
FROM WYMONDEIAM TO EAST DEREHAM.

A meeting was held at the Assembly Room, East
Dercham. on Thursday, the 26th September, to take
into consideration the proposed Railway from Wymond-
ham to East Dereham, which was numerously attended
by the landowners of the neighbourhood. Among those
present were the Right Hon. Lord Sondes, Right Hon.
Lord Bayning, F. W. Keppel, Esq., the Rev. Philip
Gusdon, John Gusdon, Esq., Rev. H. Collison, Rev. B.
Barker, Rev. C. H. roullaston, G. Cooper, Esq., A.
Moore, Esq., &c., &c.
W. W. Lee Warner, Esq., having been called to the
chair, the business of the meeting was opened by
Mr. BIDDER, who recapitulated many advantaget
which would result to this town and neighbourhood,
from this branch of the Norwich and Brandon Railway,
and stated that the line to Wymondbam could be exe-
cuted in the least time, and with the least capital
(110,0001.) He said, the scale4of charges would be the
lowest possible, and similar to those on the Norwich and
Yarmouth line, and instanced the following t—By first-
class carriages from Dereham to Norwich, 2s. 6d. ; by
second class, is. 6d. ; by third class 10d. ; and that coals
might be brought from the ship's side at Yarmouth and
delivered in Dereham at 4s. 6d. per ton : and he provcd
that by means of this line, speedy transit would be af-
forded to almost every part of England. He mentioned
that every inch of land on the Norwich and Brandon
title had been agreed:for without having recoarse in any
instance to a jury, and that they only wanted to ascer-
tain if the general feeling of the landowners here was
favourable, and to receive their co-operation before they
proceeded at once with the work, contemporaneously
with the main line.

Mr. BUSH, a London solicitor, at considerable length
advocated a line from Lynn to Norwich. He stated that
the railway from Dereham to Norwich would be fifteen
miles in length, commencing at Neatherd's Moor, and
terminating, a quarter of a mile from Norwich ; that on
this line there was no elevation of any importance ; that
the soil was of the most favourable kind ; that the land
had been surveyed; eminent engineers had declared it
practicable ; that a single line with double bridges could
he constructed for 150,0001. ; and, backed by a con-
tractor who had been engaged in some of, the most*ex-
tensive similar works in England, and by a powerful
bOdy of capitalists, the Company whom he represented
was prepared to carry such a railway into effect.
In reply to a question from the Chair, as to the names
of these gentlemen,
Mr. Buss declined-to give them, but stated that if

the meeting was adjourned—for ten days, they should be
present to speak for themselves.—(Cries of "No, no.")
JOHN Gusnox, Esq , who appeared as the representa-
tive of his father, stated that the proposed line, byway of
Wymondham, would be advantageous to this part of the
county, as •at Letton they were now far removed from
any water carriage, Norwich, Brandon, and Narborough
being each eighteen miles distant.
Lord BATNINO thought the direct line to Norwich
would be more beneficial to the town and its neigh-
bourhood.

The Rev. Philip Gurdon, F. W. Keppel, Esq.; and R.
Freeman, Esq., having • addressed the meeting, it was
moved by Mr. Gidney, and seconded by Mr. ReeVs,
" That the railway from Dereham to Yarmouth, the
metropolis, and the manufacturing districts is,. in thy
opinion of this meeting, essential to the interests-of this
town and neighbourhood."
The next resolution, moved by Mr. Page, and seconded
by Mr. Elvin, " That the proposed branch of the Norwich
and Brandon Railway, by way of Wymondham, to East
Dereham, appears to be well calculated to carry out this
object, and is deserving of the support of this meeting."
The third resolutien was moved by Lord Sondes, and
seconded by F. W. Keppel, Esq., " That it is the opinion
of this meeting, that the projected railway from Lynn
to Dereham would be highly beneficial to the town and
neighbourhood."

Mr. Ald,ns then moved; and Mr. Gidsey seconded,
" That a Committee, consisting of W. W. Lee Warner,
Esq., Mr. Reeve, Mr. Gidney, Air. Thomas Harvey, Mr.
Rams&le, Mr. Buck, and Mr. Elvin, be appointed to
co-operate with the Norwich and Brandon Company,
and to watch over the interests of the town and neigh-
bourhood."

The thanks of the meeting were then Toted -to the
Chairman, for his able conduct in the chair, and, seconded
by Lord Bayning, it was carried unanimously.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night a working
man named William Dodds, employed on the Pontop
Railway at South Shields, died from injuries which he
had received whilst following his avocation on that line.
It appears that during the night of the preceding Friday
he accompanied the coal waggons down to South Shields,
the coal being shipped in the Tyne ; about midnight,
and whilst seated at the end of a light waggon, he had
fallen asleep. This circumstance was not observed by
the man whose duty it is to link the empty waggons
together, and when the train was drawn by a horse to
another train of waggons which were standing near, the
lour fellow was jammed between them, by which the

---a 0, , sower parts of his body were crushed in a shocking man•
it assn carried unanimously, and by acclamation. ner, and he lingered in great agony until Tuesday, when
*the CHAIRMAN then said :that he wined to ask Mr. he expired. It is a remarkable and painful circurn-
Saunders for a sketch of the:proposed line. • Two lines stance that a man named Gibson, brother-in-law to
had been mentioned, and, lie wished to have it explained Dodds, was killed in a similar mariner, and from the
to the meeting which line the Great Western Company same cause, only about a fortnight ago. It is stated that
,
pueposel adapting, and what advantage the line had over . •
the men on the Pontop line have been overwrought since
the other,
M. SA UNDERS, Secretary to the Great Western Rail- the cessation of the pitmen's strike, in consequence of
Mr. the additional demand formals, and the anxiety of the
way Company, would preface his eb,ervations b y stating coal-owners to make up the leeway, or, in other words,
that when the question of a line of railway through to compensate themselves in some measure for the loss
:South Wales was first mooted, the resolution of the j they sustained during the strike by selling as many car-
Great Wettern Company was that they would have the goes of coals as possible at the present advanced prices.
best line that could be got for, all purposes.—(Cheers.)- Some, if not all of the men, have lately worked 20 hours
'hey determined that no local interests should influence I per day out of the 24 ; but this practice, injurious to
thema but that the line should be a great national coin- health and dangerous—nay .fatal to life—has now been
munication between tho southern portions of the empire discontinued by the employment of a double shift.
and the metropolis.—(Cheers.) The progress of rail- DEATH Or A FEMALE HOUSEBREAKER.—Friday
.ways in England had brought to a point a number of
brauches near the river Severn, so that the point at, forenoon an inquest was held at the House of
Correction at Ilford, before C. C. Lewis, Esq., one of the which to commence the South Wales Railway had been
readily fixed—the Only question had been whether the Coroners for Essex, on view of the body of ls:rs. Frances
river sheuld be crossed at Gloucester or below.. Green, aged twenty years, who died in that prisen on
That question rested yet undecided, but, whichever Monday morning before. From the statement of Mr.
it is, is to. be the best -line for all, purposes. Anderson, the Governor. of the Prison, it appeared that
in January last, the deceased was found guilty of bin.-
With regard to the • coiet line and the inland line, glary, and was sentenced to twelve months. imprison-
the Company had decided to have the coast line, pro- meat.. On the 17th instant she had been delivered of a
seeding through. Newport; Cardiff,s'Neah,- and Swansea female infant, and was going on pretty well until Sunday
to Carmarthen, and from thence to Fishguard with a
branch night last, when, for some reason or other, and though
4o Milford. The great object to be attained was
two females were in care of her
she got out of bed and
the combining of all the commercial, manufacturing and
walked about the ward for a short time on her bare
other interests in the counties through which the line feet. From this, and her then delicate state, she caught
true the distance would have been rather shorter,.
passed.—(Hear.) If the line had been all inland, it was
but cold, and though every attention hadbeen paid to her, she
lingered until Wednesday morning, when she breathed
the 'difficulties of engineering whuld be great, and all the
her last. A private nurse, who had been employed to
great mineral districts would be left out of the question. attend the deceived, ase,
well as one of the wards-
.. It had been his good fortune,,in former days, when the
Great Western Railway was in its infancy, to traverse women, were examined as to the treatment which she
many received, and both deposed to the fact that the de-
many places and towns in South Wales to solicit sub- , ceased herself had acknowledged that-she had nothing
de-
scriptions for that undertaking. At Aberga,venny, whatever to complain of ;. on the contrary, she ex-
Neatli, Cardiff, Swansea, Carmarthen, and other places, pressed her gratitude for what had been done for her.
subscriptions had, been received from all classes of people. The husband of the deceased was called before the jary,
It was a pleasing recollection to him that at that time, he and asked if be had any complaint to make ? He replied
had peresiaded some tradesmen to take shares who were
that he had not, and that it was his opinion' that she had
now holding them and were.deriving considerable profit
fbeen kiedly treated. He said that he had only been
rom:them, a.:'l who spoke. thankfully, and even grate- to him for having* married three weeks- to the deceased when she coin-
'fulley, ng persuadd them to take part in mitted the burglary for which she bad been punished.
so ged an investment e.(Hear.) They did not want He also admitted that she had been a suspected
,cha-
inchvi'duals to take large amounts of shares ; they wanted
large numbers of per.sens each to take small' amounts. before, and racter
hitherto every disposition had been shown to support bury her. this Maitland, one of the visitingmagiatrates,
on hearing, declared that the body should be in.
the' railway scheme, Find he had no doubt of the same re-
:Wit in Carrintrtheushirea—The Company could then tarred at the county expense. The jury expressed,them-
make certain that the Railway Bill would be carried in selves perfectly satisfied with the treatment which the do-
the next session of Parliament. He did not pretend to ceased had experienced, and returned a verdict of "Na-
say they would have the same amount of traffic as the • D
total death." . .
Great Western Railway had,. but they must consider
a,ESSELS IN THE GIVER —A complaint having been
ELIYERT OF WOOD GOODS INTO CRAFT FROM
V
that that railway had, in consequenceof the high prices
of' materials at the time it was constructed,d
the South cost nearly made to the Customs authorities, respecting the discovery
four times as much per mile as it is suppose
of a short delivery of a quantity of lathwood sad fire-
,4
Wales Railway will cost. act that if they got a fourth of wood from the vessel into craft, as compared with the
the profit, and were only put to a fourth of the expense,
foreign measurement per bills of lading, and requesting
the profit, pail posse, will be the same as on the Great
that instructions might be issued to the principal officers
Western. .
in the woodfarm and waterguard departments to watch
D. MORRIS, Esq., observed that in addition to what the tidewaiters more strictly, and tee that they did not
leave the deck, or go into the cabin for their meals, ,&c.,
had :b9en said relative to the two lines,dhbee begged to
mooted when the deliveries of lathwood and firewood were.going
inferris the meting that the question had
John Guest, Inoo-t.— on, for that, at such times, unmeasured wood was frau-
hadnt a meeting at which were present Sir uest, who
dulently thrown into the ighters, and "that almost in
taken 200 'shares, and Mr. Cravvshay Bailey, who
; every delivery the importers and . the revenue, were
had taken 300 shares, and , they had stated Abet if they
!robbed by parties to a very considerable extent, and that
had 'followed their own interests they would support thehe
if the tidewaiters were in such cases made an example of
inland line, hut having regard to the interests of t
i and punished for a neglect of duty, it would have a salu•
public, they had sacrificed their own interests 'and sup- !
ported the line,
sq., the Chairman of the Carmarthen- , tary and beneficial effect—directions have been, issued
DAVID
! to the principal officers of the woodfarm and waterguard
coastP E I
shire Quarter-sessions, who was received with applause, departments to issue the most express instructions to the said :—I bee been requested to propose a resolution, and tidewaiters on the subject, and to elution them not to
leave the deck of their vessels during the time that any
in doing so, I will say that if 'ever there was a railroad
lathwood or firewoodis being framed or delivered, under
that deserved the favourable consideration of the Leis •
any pretence whatever ; and the inspecting officers:have
.'attire, and the patronage of the Government, it appears
received instructions to make a report to . the board of
to Ire that this is that railroad. I look on it not merely
.• -
,
any officer that they may find absent on such 'occasions
.M- a conmiereiel undertaking.. It- is a national work, it '
-
from the place
Is a great political work, it is a great State enterprise. e '
-Foe it will connect Ireland more closely with ais Conn- 1 THE , GAM E-LAWS.—At Wandsworth police-court
on Thursday, Mr. Paynter refused to convict a person
try,. and tin-rely contribute to the integrity of the empire. 1
rho Ives seen ti shoot a pheasant near Wimbledon-park,
It, wilt bind Ireland to this country 11 more enduring i
q.
1 r d who could not produce a certificate. It was on,llie-
-13°4
; n't
these
wilict
are
furg'ed by
force
" vi°lene''' - '.l 1 d that the person had been given into custody that
but by the links which are farged by the arts of peace, I group •
1 the magistrate would not convict, as the party ought to
- by seicnce, and by the genius'of Brunel— (Cheers.) Mr.
.. _,
hays been previously ti 114134.914

BOROUGH. OF MARYLEBONE RE-
GISTRATION.
(Before C. D. MOYLAN, Esq.)
The Revising, Barrister sat in the Paddington Vestry-
room-on Friday to revise the list of voters for that
parish.
Mr. Allen appeared for the Liberals, Mr. Greenwood
for flit Conservatii-es.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

The following is a statement of the number of claims
and objections made by the Reformers and Conservatives
in this district :--- •

khost of poor fisher Men appeared before Sir J.
Key, to answer several informations laid against them
by the City water-bailiffs, for fishing in the Thames
with-illegal nets, thereby damaging the fisheries to a
serinuaextent. ,:The justice-rooth was much crowded
by dredgermen arid. others employed in the fish trade,
the proceedings being of the greatest moment to this
class of persons. The complaints were laid under a
Code 'of regulatiens passed by the Court of Aldermen
as far back as 1785, for the better preservation of the
young fish in the river; and which enacts that no net
shall be dragged in the Thames for flounders above
London-bridge,less than 2i inches in the mesh, and
not more than sixteen fathoms long.
• Mr. Rough, one of the bailiffs, in proving the case
against several of the offenders, stated that he caught
most of them fishing at about midnight with the net
produced, which, so far from being 21, the average
was full 1, the Use of which must have seriously de-
teriorated the fisheries, inasmuch as the nets drew the
young-: fish.
The defendants, in answer to the charge, positively
denied that the nets were' illegal, but admitted that
they might now he found within the measurement, as
the twine shrunk from itsoonstant immersion in the
Water.: They eomplained of some recent alterations
which the Court-of Alderman : had 'adopted in the
fisheries, almost precluding their gaining a livelihood.
Sfr J. KEY—The nets I am bound to condsmn,
and 15m sorry!for, you. ,
The men then lift the justiee-r, om.
• MAR I, MORI UG MS E E T..
." Abraham Myers :was brOught up for final examina•
tion, charged with having wilfully and maliciously
'stabbed John Clayard, livery-stable keeper, with in-
tent to murder him.
Theprisonerc;onti the prosectitor were each pro-
vided with legal assistance.
Mr. Clayard,_ who was in court, with his arm in a
sling, was calledon to give evidence, and was accom-
modated with a. seat in the witness-box. His state-
inent"was as follows :—I am a livery-stahle keeper,
and keep the White Bear-yard, Lisle-street, Leicester-
square. On Tuesday last I was at the house of Mr
Banlss, the Crown, in Cranbourne passage, with some
friends. About half-past six o'clock I was standing
in front of the bar, when Myers came in. Some words
ensued betweed us, but. I forget what they were.
Myers said to me that if I called him the same name
which 1 had called him to a friend, he would punch
my head. I called him the name, and he then struck
me on the mouth.- I got up, and blows ensued. I
held him against the corner of the bar, and he tried to
force my eye out with his thumb. He put his fingers
into` my mouth for that piirpose. I told him if he did
not take his fingers out of my . mouth I would bite
theni. He persisted, and believe I bit his fingers.
We. were parted, and I sat on a stool ; while sitting
there he came up to me and we had another tussle.
I: told him tobe quiet, as I did not wish to hurt him.
Myers ,went into the tap-room, but came out again
almost immediately, and *anted me to fight, and he
then kicked me. I did .not kick him again, but I
kicked his hat, and afterwards went into the parlour.
•In the parlour: words ensued with Myers and some
other persons in'the parlour about his having kicked
me. About half an hour after this, Myers came in to
me and asked nie why I kicked his hat. I told him
because he had kicked me in a brutal manner. Myers
'wishedto force his conversation on me, but I told him
:to drop it, as we had already been a nuisance to the
company.. I got up and went to one end of the room,
and Myers went to the other. Two persons came in
and. sat near Myers. Myers spoke to one of them,
andsaid, " You are not going away just yet, give an
eye to my coat,'; and then went out. In ten minutes
or a quarter, of an hour Myers returned, and sat
down' for a time in his chair. lie then rose as if to
light his cigar, arid. I said to Myers, don't let us have
any. animosity between us, shake, hands. I held out
my band, and I forget whether I said, here's my
heart with it, but I might have said so. Myers
took hold of nay right' hand with his left, and put
his right hand behind him, and scuffled with
his
_coat pocket. He then suddenly made a
blow at my breast, and he was about to repeat it,.
when I saw he' had.- a knife in his hand. I rose up
and seized the knife, and my thumb was cut across.
This was done all' in a breath, and Myers, when he
made the blow, said, " You b—, rii have yoUr I
heart." I staggered, but did not fall ; and
Myers stepped back and placed himself against the
door,: looking round the room, as if he wished :to
stick-the knife into somebody else. Myers remained
against the door about half a minute, and some per-
sons called out; " You villain, you have murdered
the,man." Every one in the room appeared afraid to
approach Myerk on account of the large knife in his
hand. Myers opened the door and ran out, and I did
not see him again until I saw him in custody at the
station-house, after I had got my wounds dressed. I
had two wounds ; ,one on the breast, and one on the
hand. The hand was very much cut.
Cross-examined—Myers commenced the quarrel,
by saying, if I- repeated the tern i) which I had applied
to him, when speaking to another person, he would
punch my head. I did apply the term, but I forget
the precise words. It was not, You are a b
13;--.". —ln the scuffle Izot the best. I did not use
any language to_ Myers t 0 warrant him in striking
me.. I did not abuse him; or his house; nor did I tell
hikn'that he had better hire a gig, to go in the coun-
try46.fight it out. I told him that I was too much
for him. I had been drihking that day, and so had
MYerS., but I did' not think Myers was drunk.
John Acton, Waiter at the Crown, said Myers and
Clayard had - been quarrelling during the afternoon,
and.aftewards they, went into the parlour. Heard a
cream and ran into the parlour and saw Myers with
a knife in his heti& t Was about to seize Myers, but
his„rnasier shock his head.
tfhoellowed and seized Myers, and
Myers went out and
Passage, and then ran out of
held him till a police-constable
ttdhhr ore
ephwpoeuhdsi
emt h. ed
owk
iintf er:insnds
came up.
Crosseexamined—Witness did not hear any bad
Myers.
landlord of the Crown, was
naexamined,Mmers.ajl leai pendhd bßhyiainCeh 1 vsaidtaehrned to
ce- went to corroborate the
statement made :by ClaYard. He was of opinion that
Clayard tried to4ooth Myers rather than to provoke
him. Myers appeared to be inclined to quarrel with
any one. - -
The knife was produced: It was a butcher's knife
used: for cutting up the largest si oints. It was sur-
prising to think that any man attacked with such an
instrument could have escaped with comparatively so
little injury as the prosecutor. •
Mr. Thomas M'Queal, assistant to Mr. Morgan,
surgeon, No. 71i- St. Martin's-lane, said he dressed
the prosecutor's wounds. There was a wound on the
left side of the chest, and a wound on the ball of the
thumb:: The wounds had evidently been inflicted
with a knife or some sharpinstruinent. The wounds
were not dangesiOsts.
Inspector. Aggs, who took the charge, was asked
as to the state of the prisoner when brought to the
station-house?--s-The inspector said Myers appeared
to be drunk. '

• Reformers. Conservatives. TotaL
Claims . 2
Objections

On Mr. Moylin taking his seat,
Mr.. Brown, one of the overseers, said he wished
to explain the cause of an omission in the list of
claims and objections. He had been absent from
England during _.nearly the whole of the month
Of August. On leaving London, he directed
that all communications relating to parochial matters
were to be handed to, the vestry-clerk. This was done
with every communication except one, and that was the
claiiiis and objections, made by Mr. Allen. That_ gen-
tleman enclosed' thenrin a sealed envelope, and his (Mr.
Brown's) 4 servan;thinking that it was a private com-
munication, did not forward it to the vestry-clerk, but
kept it until his return to town on the 30th of August,
when it was impoifsibte to get the list printed and placed
on the church doors' Within the time prescribed- by the
Act of Parliament. • He had stated to Mr. Allen the
cause of this Worth-nate omission, and had expressed
his willingness to; do all in his power to rectify it if it
was..possible to dorso in a legal mannt r.
Mr..Mlen said lie had invariably followed that practice
Lie had done so- to prevent theni from being mislaid or
lost; and personally delivered the letter containing them
ut Mr. Brown's house.

Mr. Brown frankly admitted the service.
ThovItEvIsING•BARRISTER doubted whether the Act
gavn him powerlo interfere. He was empowered, by the
26th section to (teal with a list which had been published
in some way, and whether correct or incorrect, but not
with one that had not been published at all.
- Mr, _Allen said it was- hard that claimants who had
compiled with the Act of Parliament should suffer from
the neglect of the overseer.
The. REvzsitif‘aaßrasita said the question was
whether he could -revise an unpublished list.
Mr. Allen said,tfie mistake might have been rectified
on the return of the'overseer to town.

Mr. Brown admitted that he might have written the
iist,lut it could not have been printed within the time
reqinied by the act.
The REvist,44 BARRISTER said, in that case Mr.
Broirn ought to have sent in a written list. The Act im-
posed heavy penalties on overseers for neglecting to re-
rartrlists, notices of lvhich were served upon them, to
the Town Clerk.-- He could only deal with the
claims as those Or persons omitted from the published
lists,by the overseer.
Mr. Brown said the mistake would not have occurred
if the claims and objections had not been enclosed iu,an
envelope. When he first saw the envelope, he thought
it captained a circular from some charitable institution,
or frota the Home-office, requiring some ridiculous
re-
turn:

Aft. Allen thought he could hardly say that as a Con-
servatille.—(A laugh.)

As the parties who 'claimed did not appear, and
their qualificatiOns were not made out, their claims were
not entertained.l

Sergeant Adams' name was objected to by the Liberals
on the ground that he
,was the landlord, but not the oc-
cupir of the house, which he let furnished. His name
had been struck. out ,of the list last year and the year
before, and it was again struck out.
The names ot several persons who were in the service
of the Government, and others who were not duly quali-
fied froin various causes, were struck off the list.

EAST SURREY REGISTRATION.
Mr. S. C. Fish, the Revising Barrister, held his
court, on Saturday, at the Horns, Kennington, to
revise the lists "of voters in the parishes of Clapham,
Streatham, and Lambeth.
Mr. Meymott attended on behalf of the Conserva-
tives, Mr.. Jeans for, the Liberals, and Mr. Sydney
Smith, the well-known anti-corn-law lecturer, also
appeared to support a new claim made in the Lambeth
district.
Mr. Rowland-Evans, of Lower Tulse-hill, attended
to support his claim to vote, which was objected to ou
the ground that he had not sent in a proper claim.
It appeared ;hat Mr. Evans had merely written a
letter to the overseers requesting them to place his
name upon the list of voters for the county, his quali-
fication being a 50/. rental.
The REVISING BARRISTER said this was not a proper
notiCe. The Act of Parliament specified a particular
forni, which must be followed, at all events; in mate-
rial particulars. As this had not been done, he could
not allow the claim..
Mr. Evans said he thtfriglii it was hard that' he
should be disfranchised, when it was quite clear that
he had a legal- qualification. He wished to know
whether he could not now amend his claim.
The REVISING BARRISTER said he could not do so.
The claim must. be sent in by a certain day in July,
or it could not be received. The claimant could
easily obtain a Ropy of the _proper form, and he must
renew his application next year, when his name
would be placed on the list.
The claim was then disallowed.
In the parish of Lambeth, Mr. W. G. Aime
claimed to vote' in respect of an original lease of a
house in Devonshire-street, Kennington, let to sepa-
rate tenants, each paying less than 101. per annum,
but ;producing in the whole more then 101. a year,
clear of all charges. The claim was opposed by the
overseers.
The REVISING BARRISTER asked on what ground
the overseers opposed the claim ?
Mr. Meymott said that the objection was, that the
property in question being within the borough. of
Lambeth, was properly the subject of a borough qua-
lification, and not one for the county.
Mr. Smith said he appeared in support of the claim,
and he apprehended that the claimant was clearly en-
titled to vote for-Oe county. He said it was an im-
portant.question, and he should be very glad to have
-the Barrister's decision upon it. The claimant held
the. lease of a large house, which was let to several
tenants, some of 'whom, however, paid to the amount
of 10/. a year, so that there was no borough qualifica-
tion. The 25th: section of the Reform Act appeared to
be framed with the object of preventing two persons
from qualifying for the same property, but in this in-
stance, if the present claim was not allowed, the pro-
perty would confer no vote whatever. Mr. Smith
concluded by stating- that one similar case. had oc-
curred-last year in the parish of Bermondsey, and the
Revising Barriiter allowed the claim.
Meymott said he recollected the case referred
to by Mr. Smith, but he did not see any analogy
between it and the present claim, because, in the
former; there were several separate houses held under
one lease, whereas, in-the present case, it was one house
only; which was ;clearly of greater value than would
form a borough-qualification, and, therefore, it could
not confer a vote for the county.
Mr. Smith contended that the cases were similar.
There were several different holdings by tenants in
both:cases, none of them being of sufficient amount
alone to confer a borough qualification, and he there-
fore Summittedthat the lessee was entitled to vote for
the county.
• The REVISING BARRISTER said, if he understood
the question rightly, the subject of the claim appeared
to he a house split into several tenancies, all of them
under 101. a year.
Mr. Smith said this was so.

Mr. MALTBY aiked Myers what he had to say ?
Myers=-1 have. only this to say, that I was intoxi-
cated ut the time; and so I cannot contradict anything
the 'witnesses 116,0 said. I don't know what hap-
pened, and was so unconscious of what took place,
that wizen I got sober in the morning, I did not
know what it was for that I had been locked up. I
was quite drunk, and I had been out drinking all
day.
Mr. MALTBY fully committed" the pr'soner for the
attempt to murder, and refused bail when applica-
tion was made to 'him.

The ItEvrsiziG BARRISTER inquired whether the
whole building, if let, would not be worth more than
10/. a year ? Mr. Smith replied that it would.
The REVISING BARRISTBR said that under these
circumstances he did not think that a county quali-
fication had been made out. It was clear that the
building was worth more than 10/. a-year, and being
within a borough, it clearly conferred a right to vote
for that borough, anti the fact of its being split into
severattenements made no difference.

John Locker, a well-known dog fancier, was charged
with _having attempted to steal a valuable little dog
belonging to Mrs. Parsons, of Halfmoon-street.
Mrs. Parsons said she was walking in Curzon-
street about nine o'clock on Friday evening, when she
suddenly missed her dog ; she turned round, and saw
the prisoner attempting to cover it with a cloth. She
called " Stop thief," and the prisoner then ran off with
he do g, n butd
over dropper the animal when pursued.
A person named Cadwallader Waddy said he fol-
loii vd uOk the prisoner.
t t
The prisoner, it appeared, had enticed the dog by
the.-well-known means of a piece. of prepared liver.
Mr. MALTBY fined the prisoner 51., the value of the
dogyarid 20/. additional fine, or six months' hard la-
bout.. - _

Mr. Meymott said the 25th section of the Reform
Act declared that " no personshould be entitled to vote
in the election of a knight of the shire, in respect of
any estate or interest in any house, warehouse, &c.,
if the same were of such value as would confer on
him or any othelr. person the right of voting for any
city or borough, whether he or any other person
shall or shall not have actually acquired the right to
vote for such city or borough in respect thereof."
The REVISING Birtaima said he had no doubt
upon the point. He thought the claim could not be
sustained, and therefore the name would be expunged
from the list.

When Mr. Fis.H had gone through the Lambeth
list, le addressed Mr. Clark, the vestry clerk, and
complimented hitin and the overseers upon the careful
manger in which the lists had been prepared.
The whole of: the revision 'having been gone
through, Mr. Meymott addressed the Revising Bar-
rister, and said that
.on his own behalf, and he had
no doubt Mr. Jeans would concur with him, he
begged to tender his thanks for the courtesy they.had
experienced at the hands of the Revising Barrister,
and the extremely careful and efficient manner
,in
which the several lists had been revised.

—on. Friday a very gentlemanly-looking man, who
gave , his name:John Kennedy, was charged before
Mr. Maltby with having committed an act of gross
indecency that afternoon in Kensington-gardens.
Notwithstanding all the precautionary measures
adopted by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests
to'guard against' the abominations practised by a lot
of gentlemanly dressed miscreants, complaints conti-
nue to be made almost daily of something disgust-
ingly-offensive liming been perpetrated by a fellow
that too in thelight of day. In order to prevent
,dark or Kensington-gardens, and
either in Hyde
such scoundrels from having an opportunity of in-
dulging in their disgraceful propensities, the number
of constables has been greatly increased, so that it
will in future be next to impossible that the guilty
can escape without detection.
In the present
.case Denny Farrow, one of the
extra-men, saw the prisoner leave one f the alcoves
in the North-wood, and approach three ladies and a
little girl. As soon as he had overtaken them, the
prisoner exposed-himself in a disgusting manner. The
ladies separated, evidently to avoid the fellow, when
he followed one of them who was going towards the
gate, with his person still exposed. While following
the lady, the prisOner came close to the spot where
witness (who was pretending to be reading a book,
but *as all the while watching the prisoner's move-
ments) was standing. The prisoner was taken into
custody, and exclaimed vehemently against the
officer for interfering with him as a gentleman.
The . above facts were all corroborated by John I

The REVISING BARRISTER said he was very glad
they had concluded their labours; and he thanked the
agents on both sides for the assistance they had ren-
dered him, and which, he said, had rendered those
labours comparatively light.
• The court then adjourned.

We have heard that on the recent visit of a section
of the Archieological Association to Dover, the Duke of
Wellington, as constable of Dover Castle, refused to al-
low the learned members admission to that ancient and
interesting fortress, to make sketches or memoranda.
The Duke. has no sympathy with antiquarian or histo-
rical Pursuits ; witness his reply on being remonstrated
with on the dangerou3 position of the National Records,
placed over the ammunition iri the. Tower.—" He would
take care that the gunpowder received no, injurjr.r.:—
keh 'Herold.
.14Ifirquis- of Exeter, Groom of the Stole to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, has, it is said, received
an intimation that his presence will bo required on official
duty t Wilic4or on the 9th and 10th of October.

1 Harvey, another officer, who witnessed the prisoner's
conduct from the opposite side of the Serpentine.
The prisoner• (who pretended to be greatly affected
at the position in which he stood, and tried by dint of
rubbing and squeezing to show a tear in confirma-
tion of his assertion) said in his defence, that it was
• quite impossible.he could.be guilty of the offence im-
puted to him, as he was a married man, -and had only
been in London,a-few•days.. If the officers persisted
, in the accusation be should be lost -to society and
ruined for life. He was in• the habit of carrying a
handkerchief in his hand, arid from this must have
arisen the errors they had fallen into. He could assure
the Magistrate on the word of a gentleman that there
was not the least foundation for the charge.
Mr. MALTBY said that be had the sworn testimony
of two witnesses-that the offence had been committed,
and he should, therefore, .pass 'a sentence of three
months' imprisonment and bard labour.
:.entente took the prisoner by surprise, and
he begged to be let off with a -fine. To back this 'ap-
peal he made another ineffectual effort to shed tears.
No effect, however, was _produced in his favour, and
he went to prison in the van. - •
1711,10N-HALL.

Thomas Purren and Jeremiah Cross, two draymen,
appeared on hail to ans er the charge of causing the
death of Mr. Scutt. •
Mr. COTTING GAM, addressing the accused parties,
said that since.tlasinquiry that had taken place with
respect 100 Mrs Scott's death at that court, an inquest
ha i been held on the bkaly of the deceased, and a ver
diet of accidental death returned. This was the result
which he (the 'magistrate) - anticipatsd, and in dis-
charging the accused, he seriously impressed on their
mind. the necessity, in future. of having some person
attending at the heads of their horses while they
themselves were
,engtioed in unloading their drays.
Ilad that precaution been adopted in the present in-
stance, the life of a human being would not have been
sacrificed, and they would not have been placed in the
unpleasant position from which they had been just
discharged. -
In the course'of the day ati-aged man, in the garb
of a sailor, applied for advice' under these circum-
stances :—The applicant. Stated that he was a native of
Prussia, but had been fifty-one' years in England, ten
of which he had served this country on board a man-of-
war. He was now, in his- old age, in great distress,
and considered-that he had some claims for his ser-
vices, althouglehe was 'allowed almost to perish in the
street. • •, - -
Mr. COTTINGLIAM, who, deplored the situation of
the old min, questioned 'him on the subject of the
nature of his services, from'which it appeared that he
was wounded. on board the Orion, line-of-battle ship;
in an engagement. with the Spaniards off Algesiras,
and that he also received another wound in the head
from a splinter while servingsin the. Montague, in the
West Indies, and lastly that he was in the ever memo-
rable battle orViafalgar. : He added that he derived
no. pension foishia services; not being long enough in
the navy to entitle him. ~He had waited on the Prus-
sian Consul, Who refused to send him to his own
country, saying that as he had fought and bled for
England, they had a right to' maintain him.
Mr. COTTINGUAM, who interested himself- very much
in the fate of 'the old, tar,-advised a memorial to be
drawn up, setting forth his services, and addressed to
the Lords of the-Admiralty, with a view that his case
might be taken into conaideration, and be granted an
asylum in Greenwich Hospital for the few remaining
years of his life. • The magistrate had the memorial
dispatched to the Admiralty, and it was accompanied
by 'a note frorn 'himself, calling the attention of the
Secretary to the case. The applicant, with tears of
gratitude, thanked the magistrate, and he was desired
to call in a few -days to be informed of the result of
the application on his behalf.
Shortly before the termination of the business of
the day, two deputations of tradesmen waited on the
magistrate to solicit his advice with respect to two
grievous nuisances, the one' a lucifer manufactory, in
Kent-street ; and, the ether an exhibition of wax
works, at a house situated in the populous vicinity of
London-bridge, on the south side. At the first of
these places, here was carried on a brisk trade in
lucifer matches; upwards Of a dozen men and boys
being employed in the manufactory. The stench
arising from the process'of making the matches was
intolerable, an& the manufactory itself, being nothing
but a wooden erection, waaexposed every moment to
conflagration :•in which 'case great and extensive
damage wodd:acdrue to-the owners of the adjacent
premises. With respect to the exhibition, it was
stated that a fellow with a big drum and a pandean
pipe was stationed at the door all day long, from
eight in the morning until eleven o'clock at night.
That during the intervals he was not engaged in
beating away on, .the driiM-he was exerting his lungs
to the utmost limits of their power by bawling out,
" Walk in,' ladies and ;gentlemen, and behold the
astonishing works of natur." The result of such an
exhibition was,--that it caused great crowds to collect
opposite, and who blocked the thoroughfare, and
gave great facilities for picking' pockets. There was
scarcely a day passed that persons passing to and fro
from the City, were not • robbed by the gangs of
thieves infeSting the spot. '
Mr. COTTINGIIAM, having listened to the complaints
in each case, advised .the
.applicants to indict the
parties at the ensuing sessions.
On Friday Thomas Iretson, who, under the as-
sumed rank' of a lieutenant in the navy, has con-
trived to commit several robberies at different
lodging-houses, was brought up in custody along
with a young woman named George, who passed as
his wife, charged in conjunction with stealing various
article f furniture and other goods, the property of
persons with whom they had. been lodging. Both
the prisoners were in a wretched plight, Watson
being without coat, waistcoat, shoes or stockings, and
the woman equally ill-dressed.
It appeared, that in the month of February last the
male prisoner,engaged apartments at the house of a
person named Jenkins, in Thomas street, describing
that he had recently arrived from India, where he had
been in active service as a lieutenant in the navy,
and that he, was then placed on the half-pay list.
Shortly after he had taken up his abode there he was
joined by the woman, Whom he introduced as his
wife, and they remained there until the September
following. At the latter part of the month the pri-
soners absconded, and on their departure it was dis-
covered that they had completely stripped the rooms
they occupied, not only of chairs and tables, but also
table and bed linen, glasses, and in fact
every portable article they could dispose of.
Inquiries having, been made, it was discovered that
the prisoners were merely cohabiting with each other,
and that Watson was a glee-singer at one of the con-
certs held at a public-house. On that occasion both
the prisoners were taken into Custody and brought to
the court, 'Watson at the time being dressed like a
midshipman." He declared .that he had been in the
navy, and that his friends being respectable he ex-
pected a remittance, which .would enable him to re-
deem the whole of the Missing articles which he had
emplOyed the woman to pledge at different pawn-
brokers' shops. The complainant having expressed a
desire to comply with the offer and not press the
charge, the prisoners were accordingly discharged.
They, hoWever, had not been long released from con-
finement when they engaged lodgings in York-Street,
Westminster, where Watson again resumed the cha-
racter of a naval officer living on his pension; and he
had not been many weeks there before he and his
fellow-prisener, abSconded, stripping both the rooms
they occupied of a considerable quantity of property.
Thence they were traced to Belvidere-place, Borough-
road, where they. took lodgings at the house of a Mr.
Smith, whom they plundered of goods to a serious
amount, and ~then left: the house, locking up the
rooms, and leaving a letter behind stating that they
were without the means
.of paying their rent, and
that as soon as a', remittance from the country came
to hand, they would arrange all their affairs. Nothing
more was heard of either party until the preceding
day, when their were taken into custody.
Policeman'Hockaday, 'l7B L, in describing the
circumstances-under which he secured the prisoners,
stated that. he found them at one of the low and
filthy lodging-houses in the Mint, Southwark ; that
the male prisoner had scarcely a rag to cover him,
having got rid of his naval uniform, and his unfor-
tunate companion was nearly in as miserable a plight;
that in Watson's possession he found, besides a num-
ber of duplicates relating to stolen property, also the
copies of several songs, the reading of one of which
excited much laughter.
Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that it was evident Watson
had, for a cansiderable length of time, carried on a
system of robbing lodging-house-keepers,' and had
contrived, by assuming to be a naval officer, to obtain
admission to their houses: Although he had passed
the-other priioner off in all instances as his wife, it

. ,
was now iatisfictorily proved that she was no rela-
tion to him, and that he' employed her to pledge and
sell the produce of his plunder. Under all circum-
stances, he should commit the prisoner Watson for
trial, but he sbould be brought up again, as other
charges were likely to be preferred against bim; and,
with respect to the.other prisoner, he should discharge
her, as she was evidently the victim.