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any of their traffic, but still they thought it desirable
encourage branches from the populous districts of Bar-
net, Staines, and Hounslow. He had nothing further to
add, but should be happy to give any explanation that
proprietors might ri quire.
A SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether a Kew line
was not under consideration?

The CHAIRMAN answered in the affirmative.
The report was then put and carried.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the Beard of
Directors were confirmed in their offices.

Mr. John Jackson, accountant, of Cloudesley-square'
an,l Mr. lienjimin Edgington, Duke-street, Southwark,
were appointed auditors.
A resolution was then proposed empowering the Di-
rectors to teke such steps as they might think necessary
for carrying out or encouraging lines to Staines, &e•Y
which was also carried.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed that 30,0001. be sulr
Fcribed on behalf of the Richmond Company towards
the Central Railway Terminus at Charing-cross. Ne
thought this would be an object of the highest impor
tacc.., to their line as affording one of the best points ill
town for a useful terminus. Seconded and agreed to.
Mr. HARE afterwards proposed that 7004 be laid aside
in the hands of the Directors for the purpose of a fend
to defray recossary expenses incurred on behalf of the
railway.
Thanks were then given to the Chairman And Direc-
tors, and the meeting adjourned.

A RECAPTURE WITHOUT
MURDER.
It was on the 4th July, 1837, when a West India!'
day had just dawned, or as Quamino has it, "open hie,
eye, Massa," that on a tranquil sea in the Gulf o'•
Mexico, with an horizon bounded by sea and sky, nought
aas to be observed but two vessels, one of which wt°
her Majesty's packet from Tampico, bound to Havannabt
steering by the wind—the other, a clipper-like looking
schooner to windward and ahead of the packet, running
about two points free towards her. Now, sap Jack
to his watch-mate on the forecsstle, what does tn;
sea- sarpant want ? At noon she was within hail, wile
the commander of the packet, whose broad British eV
sign had long been displayed, hailed the stranger t°
know why he did not show his colours, and was !An.
swered that he was in distress and had no colours on bon"Phe'
then rounded to and backed his topsail, waiting for he'
then
boat to come alongside. The officer, on retie"'
ing the deck, found four men with three white and al:
negro; the whites were armed to the teeth, each hasinn_
buckled round him a brace of pistols and a cutlass' °f
Their tale was brief : she was an American schooner, °4
New Orleans, that had been detained four days before OP
the port of Matamoris, by a French sloop-of-war, forti
breach of blockade; a Lieutenant and 8 seamen were Pue
on board, with orders to take her to Vera Cruz, where th
French Admiral then was; that at midnight of this dsl
the three whites, who were the master of the schooner;
his mate, and a Mexican passenger, had, as soon es tie
of the four Frenchmen of the watch had gone below', ele/o
to the officer in the cabin, and the other to the seat°
under the forecastle, to cad their relief, rushed to the , co
where the arms were concealed, seized them, put t. 70
hatches over, secured the man at the helm, thrust 111.•
below to acquaint his shipmates how much safer itt,";
for them there than it would be OR deck, and then ltr„
rating the French negro sailor, on condition of assistw;
to work the vessel, they found themselves once In%
uncontrolled masters of her. The American csiltil-0
stated that the share he held in the vessel was all t'br,
property he had in the world, and to let so good an oPP,°,6
tunity slip of regaining it, was more than his calcule° of
v,ew of things ever thought of; however, in the midst: •
their success, they were without water, which unde4
hot sun is intolerable—the packet therefore suPPI/for
them with about thirty gallons; and whilst waiting b,
the supply, it was not a little amusing to see the Freneep
men summoned one by one on deck, pinioned, and t!jj,
secured below. The water being received on board, le••
the prisoners properly secured, sail was made, and
,:e0
vessel arrived at New Orleans three days after, Ifrtbe
the French officer put in his claim for the prize, but hod
authorities thought the master and part owner, wil°;,,st
so gallantly and bloodlessly recaptured her, had the ""
title, and therefore gave her up to him.
[The above has been forwarded by a naval offietil
as a c -ntrast to the wretched affair which has reee°
occupied so much attention.] —Devonport TeleyraPli"

Oil-

THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY..-....This line Of • te,
way is proceeding, notwithstanding the numerous et:in
ments which have been from time to time set afi°l' rO,
reference to it; and from all we hear, the works in Post
gross are going on steadily and satisfactorily, snwtoe
the opening of the line between Exeter and S e",utis
may be looked for within a very few months.—rois-
-7 idles. of
A CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST THE REV. Je e 9
PEARSON.—At Rochester, on Friday, the Rev. Jat:teb
Pearson, vicar of Stoke, appeared before the magisitrotty
to answer an information charging him with vion3oo.
assaulting and ill-treating Thomas Rook, his gr°ooo
The complainant it appears was on Friday afterOdeo,
last eiearing some rubbish out of his master's gs.r soh
and his master was engaged pulling up some 513,111 0
seed at that time, when his master called hif,610,0•
poor gardener, and said that he was lazy.
plainant said, " I have never b, en told that before
,Lity farmer or gentleman." The defendant relll: teig
" Yes, you ai 0 1...zy, for you run to Mr. Mistien
to thrash some seed for him when you ought to have beer
here.' Complainant replied, "You are no gentleman eO.
mentioning such a trifling thing." With that the rev. ifito
tleman seized him by his shoulders and nearly threw
backwards, and also kicked him across his shin. Cilite
plainant complained to the defendant of his kicking n'
of
when his master said it was a lie, and walked o,',
into some of his fields, and on his master retn"e'd
ing, which was about an hour afterwards, he shofiso.
his master his leg, which was bruised, and his tadia
ter called him a lying scoundrel, for that he 00
not do it. Mr. Prall addressed the bench tile
behalf of the defendant, and appealed to nof
bench whether they could believe that a clergrna"„er
the Church of England could have acted in the toen."oo,
described, without receiving some strong provoenr oft
The magistrates retired for a few moments, and the
their return into Court the Chairman observed, that
magistrates had unanimously come to a conclusion rto.
an assault had been committed, and, however painflift
wards the Rev. defendant it might be, the C°n'
fore'
bound to convict. The sentence of the Court, the-e the
was, that the Rev. defendant pay a fine of 21. for To
assault, and the expenses, amounting to 11. ss.
aecl,
Rev. individual paid the money and was dischfiro
The Court was crowded.
PIRATES.—Mr. Saunders, of the St. Vincent, by
rived at Bristol from Jamaica, reports having been spokett
04
a brig and a schooner, under "panish colours, in lat. 40 3,84 y a
the 24th ult. ; and from every appearance, corroborate°. wo,
man sent into the foretop for observation, they were
not
and would no doubt have attacked the St. Vincent bad Pool
large American ship hove in sight at the time, when 0.
hauled their wind and were soon lost sight of.— Shipping
zette. icpcl4
PLATE ROBBERY.—Between nine and eleven 0 dome
on Friday morning, the last day of the Brighton racesteoce
thief entered the area of No. 11, Cavendish-place, the reslho
of Mrs. Cormoux, and carried off the plate basket, whie fool
been incautiously left by the butler in a window visible „le
the street. It is supposed that some loitering thief naustesr,
caught sight of the prize, and, descending the area stet,', 1',04
Fled it off unperceived. The plate consisted of sPongusesi
forks, silver goblets, toast racks, gravy spoons, and the
5pL
table furniture, and was valued at considerably more than
No trace of the thief has yet been discovered.
~!„„ stilt
DESTRUCTION OF DOGS.—The dog persecution riog
goes on in Leeds. About ICO dogs have been destroyed '4040
the past week ; and the total number of the canine race leo
fired within the last month is between 300 and 400-
Intelligencer.
nInGO.I
LEAP FROM HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION-8.. too-
At an early hour yesterday morning considerable elcite coo,
prevailed in the neighbourhood of Hungerford-market in the
sequence of its being known that Mr. H. KenworthYtsor
teacher fu swimming, had undertaken for a wager of ten sod
reigns to jmp from the battlement of the above briclgeotes
swim to Black friars-bridge in the short apace of ten mien by
(with tide.) At six o'clock Mr. Kenworthy, accomPanitortlf
several friends, made his appearance at the bridge, and 5 B'
afterwards plunged from the centre of it into the water; rtoe
mediately afterwards he was seen striking out manfully loeo of
goal, which he attained within the time, amidst the ehe
the spectators. 4. St
'at 195" s.
SPLENDID METEOR.—On Saturday nlo, ou-
eleven o'clock, a meteor of resplendent brightness was it
served by some persons near the Queen's Bench prison It
moved through about sixty degrees towards the south-west'oe the
appeared like a disc of white light of about two-thirds..,
is
apparent diameter of the moon, which it much reseraill!:ity
colour and effulgence when clearest and brightest. Its ;deity
at the f
was very great, about that of a shooting star, and ~.oleo 0
mination of its course it was broken into seeming O'Toole
various-coloured light, not much unlike a rocket. It' to the
was inclined downwards at an angle of about 25 degrees
horiW zon
A, and was in a right line. tbeSe
WARWICK AI)N JONES.—The race between icere
pedestrians cane off yesterday, at Acton Bottom. TheYes,ro;
matched for 201., to contend over 200 yards of ground• stag,
wick is well known under the cognomen of " the Epsom„ Jones
was the favourite in betting, at 6to 4. At the 5ta.1„..70,10,
obtained an advantage, and went away at a lead for .10200,
when his adversary came alongside, and, after a spirited
Jones came in by half a yard the winner. 8
FlRE.—Last evening, shortly after seveen
fire broke out:upen the premises belotiging „IgtAford,
Holliday, known as the Three Cups Tavern, in Des"role
Ste ec t, hid bien-sti eat, Holborn. The discovc rywee.,,ir of
by some of the inhabitants, iu the mews at th
the house, noticing flames raging in the second fi?,_"_sterjea
Occupied as a sleeping spat ttnent. Mr. Holliday Jr
every.
tip to render assistance, when he found alln°sb_„,,iriee
thing in the room in a generel blaze. The two 7e7ahle
promptly attetali d, and the fireman after con,-4_ Dot
trouble, succeeded in xtitiguishing the flarnes, "`
wee
before e‘ery article of furniture in the apartn? ~t
00e
destroyed. Tun cause of the • fire could not
cent, ted for. lAA/
rge 11
EXORBITANT CosTs.—A man named —no. e N.
lower , with
°noresiding, Lear Meopbain, appeared onFriday
bench of county magistrates at Rochester, chahreg
having, on the 2d inst., damaged underwood to t
of ore penny, belonging to William Mestere
m Stn_ro
tv 003
of Camer, and one of the county magistrates?wa:"
cle-te
the beech. It appeared that the defendant 0 f ./r,
cutting and damaging the underwood by a seervgn-g of thba;
Smith's abL,ut halt-past eight o'clock in the eve'chage, t„,
day ; and as tLe defendant did not deny th tor%
elect), consisting of six magistrates, adjudged,rop. to 04
for the damege he had committed, antoT'do'fatilt
penny, together with the costs, 169., and 113 _ calenu'"
was sent to the House of Correction for one
; nee
in, nth.
official a 554
NICE CALcur.ATloN.—One of the ou=e ••-deals,
ed two al%
at the Bankruptcy Court has lately declar ,
of &eve' sad
upon an estate, the first being to the anlaull; _ fothil
teen the of a-pettay in the pound, and the lacono 6,'
half-farthhig in the riund.

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