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—Ditto (Head's). % p.—North Devon, 2 p.—South Wales,
b%—Bristol, Thirds, 10—Trent Valley and Holyhead June-
tic*, SiA.
HUDDERSFIELD, ,m. 16.
STOCK Excituittr..—The sales are—Great Eastern and
Western, 4—Grand Union, 4%—Great Grimeb.y 110 ithef-
field Junction, Quarter Shares, 63‘.."LeiCtster an& Birming=
' ham, 21. 19s. 6d.—Manchesttl And 'Birkenhead Continuation,
276—Shrewsbury, Iltreford, and North Wales, 414 —Chelnl3.•
ford and Bury, 21A.

the line front Wektbrdi- which *ill tiitetaNt. their
And, Accordingly, one Of theh•_.eriglneerst t 3. DI Gibbons; Mit.,
'commenced a new auryeY ,tm the Carlo* and WeXford liu.n
Monday last ; aiid from the liberal Manner in Whieh, the COMpany
will Meet the landed proprietors and all thoSe innhediately ititbretted;
the tordpany will not want either eneourageinent or itipeorti=att'-
loti Sentinel .
„ A *alliatirilt jury WaB siiiiikithled to attend at the Court-house of
MarYborOtigh; on Monday, for the purpose of investigating the claims
of those who refused the compensation offered by the railway Direc-
tors. Each juror will receive two guineas a day, car-hire, lunch, and
dinner, for his services, the expense to be defrayed by the claimant, if
awarded less than the SIMI offered, and by the Directors, if otherwise.
The Directors of the Cashel Railway summoned 70 workmen and
car-owners tbr a combination it) raise wages on the line between Athy
and Carlow. After the case was gone into, the defendants expressed
regret tor what they had done, and proposed to submit and go back_
ti Work at the usual wages. The Athy bench, however, inflicted a
fine of 3s. each, and costs of Court. The wages of these men vary
from Is. 4d. to 3s. Bd. a day.
WESTERN LINES.—The Galway and Great Western Railway, and
the Galway, Ennis, and Killaloe Railway, have been amalgamated,
so that the line is now secure, and all competition at an end.—Galway
Vindicator.

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CEN'rRAL CRIMINAL( COURT.
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be, it lidented victtiallefy Wee indietdd in that he had corn
matted perjury on a trial at the superior Courts of West-
minster,' n the case of Persona v. Cox.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. O'Brien were for the prosecution,
and Mr. Ballantine for the defence.
Mr. CLARKsON opened the case. He said that the charge
they were called upon to inquire into was one of the most
*emus character—a charge not lightly made, nor easily dis-
posed of, The circumstances under which the indictment
was preferred were as follow :—The prosecutor, Mr. Par-
sons, a respectable baker and grocer in Limehouse-walk, had
certain bill transactions with a Mr. Cox, and in the year 1841
he accommodated the latter gentleman with a post-dated bill
for 71. 7s. 2d., which he did not, however, make any prepara-
tion to meet before coming due. In consequence, certain
warrants took place between these parties, and the result was
that an action was brought by Mr. Cox against Parsons for
certain moneys due, and Parsons brought a counter-action
against Cox for alleged slanderous expressionS. In this, last
action Cox pleaded three separate pleas--the first that he was
not guilty ; the second that no special dama(re was done by
these expressions ; and, lastly, he pleaded justification. The
case came on in the month of July, and the defendant's share
in the transaction was now first apparent. The defendant
appeared as a Witness in a trial on the Bth July, in the
Queen's Bench, before the Lord Chief Justice, on the plea of
justification alleged by Cox. His evidence went to show
that on a certain day he had been in the shop o
Cox, and Parsons was also present. Cox thenf
stated that Parsons was indebted to him in certain
sums, and Parsons then and there wrote out the bill in
question for 71. 7s. 2d., receiving in return 41. 14s. in change.
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The trial upon this very witness's evidence went against the
plaintiff, and in favour of defendant. From that time to this
Mr. Parsons had not had an opportunity of moving for a
new trial. The day stated by the witness before the Court of
Queen's Bench a's that on which he had teen the cheque
passed over by Parsons was the 27th December, now he (Mr.
Clarkson) would be prepared by numerous witnesses to show
that on that day Mr. Parsons wag at Gravesend, and that the
cheque was really written on the 20th, and post dated to the
27th, for Cox's accommodation.
William Adams examined—Said that he attended at the
trial at Westminster, and heard the defendant give his evi-
dence. He swore that on the 27th of December he went to
Cox's shop to pay for a chaldron of coals, and saw Mr. Par-
son there. Saw that person pay over a cheque, and Cox give
him the balance in cash.
Cros,s-examined by Mr. BALLANTLvE—An action was com-
menced by Cox against Parsons kir the bill, on the 23d May,
1843, and the counter-action for defamation two days after.
William Parsons, examined by Mr. O'Bmxx—Knew a
person named Alexander Cox. He dealt with that person
for potatees, ' which, in the trade, were called fruit.—
(Laughter.) 'He accommodated him with cheques.
The RECORDER—Produce the cheque in this case.
Mr. CLAuxsox confessed that he bad it not, and should
therefore be obliged to do that which otherwise he had not
intended to do. He must in justice to his client put Mr.
Furnley into the witness-box.
Mr. Furnley examined by Mr. CLARKSON—He was attor-
ney for Mr. Cox. in an action pending before the higher
courts. He had documents belonging to his client, but not
being subpoenaed to do so, he did not, as his attorney, wish to
produce those, as they might prejudice the action.
The Rimounzri ruled that the question might be asked if
he had the cheque.
Mr. CLARKsON asked the question, and was answered in
the affirmative, but the witness, as attorney also for North,
refused to produce it. Eventually the cheque was, by order
of the Recorder, handed into Court. - - - -
W. Parsons was again placed in the box, and said that the
cheque had been given to Cox in his (Parsons') shop, on the
20th of December (Monday), before some witnesses. He
left on the 24th, the day before Christmas, for Gravesend, and
did not return until the 28th, he having resided with his
family there all the time. He met many gentlemen there on
the 27th.
After Mr. BALtAx.runt had addressed the jury for the de-
fence, and called several witnesses to rebat the charge brought
against his client,
The jury, after hearing three -witnesses for the defence
stopped the case without troubling the Learned Recorder to
sum up, by returning a verdict of Not Guilty.
James Steptoe was indicted for stealing a quantity of peaches and
nectarines, the property of Mr. George Gunner, who stated he was a
market gardener residing at Wimbledon, and that he had packed up
such fruit for market.
John Whitehad, police-officer, stated that he stopped the prisoner,
and after taking him to the station-house, he searched and found
some peaches and nectarines on his person, and a large quantity in
his handkerchief. The prisoner stated that he had found the property
on the road.
Mr PAINE addressed the jury for the defence, and called several
witnesses to character.
The RECORDIR having summed up,
The Jury consulted, and found the prisoner Not Guilty, on the
ground that it was doubtful whether the fruit was really the property
of Mr. Gunner.
(Before-Mr- Justice WIGIITMAN and Mr. Justice Eats.)
OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE FRETENCES.—WiIIiana Vickers,*
respectable-looking man, surrendered tol take his trial on a, charge
of having obtained under false pretences, from Mr. Silvester Foster,
of TOkeiflibuse-yard, a cheque for 5001.
Mc. Clarkson and. Mr. Charnock appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Sergeant Shea, Mr. Bodkin, and Sir. James for the defence. -'
Mr. CLARKSON opened the case, and from his statement and the
evidence, which was very voluminous, it appeari . that
on the 9th of June last, the defendant called upon the
prosecutor and represented that ho was about to change
his account - from the Westminster Bank to another,
and requested the loan of an exchange cheque for 5001., which, as
his references were highly respectable, the prosecutor unhesitatingly
gave him, receiving one of his in return. The cheque for 500/. was
drawn on Prescott and Co,, and the defendant, on presenting it, at
once got it cashed ; while, on the contrary, the prosecutor, on pre-
senting defendant'i Cheque at the Westminster was refused, they in-
forming hint that they-had never had an account with the defendant.
-The prosecutor, -en being cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SIIEE,
admitted that on the 10th June, even after he had ascertained that
there were "no effects" at the Westminster, had bought for him,
and transferred into his hands, railway scrip in the London and York,
amounting in value to 1,2561. 53., for which the defendant handed
over a cheque, leaving a balance of 781. still owing to the prosecutor.
The defendant subsequently gave him a cheque for 5761. to oover the
one first dishonoured and the balance remaining upon the railway
transaction which was satisfied by Mr. Fitch. It unfortunately
turned out, however, that the paper with which Mr. Fitch had satis-
fled the debt turned out to be of no value at all.
George Rush examined by Sir. CIIARROCK—He was a clerk in the
London and Westminster Bank. They had no account with Mr.
Vickers on the 9th of June. lie knew Mr. Vickers, but he had never
had a shilling in the bank. Some cheques of his had been produced,
but they were dishonoured.
Robert Banks, clerk in Prescott's, said that Mr. Foster banked
with them. He paid a cheque of 5001. when presented.
John Banks, jun., was also a clerk in Prescott's. He presented a
cheque of Mr. Vickers's at the Westminster Bank, which had been
dishonoured.
Mr. Sergeant &KEE submitted to the Court that the allegations in
the indictment had not been proved. In the first place, there was no
evidence that the defendant had stated that he had an account with
the London and WestminSter Bank, and with respect to the remain-
, ing charges of false pretences, they were in like manner unproved.
The Learned Sergeant quoted cases to show that, it the charges in
the indictment were inseparable, and if one of the false pretences
were insufficiently proved, then no judgment could be passed upon
any of the allegations.
The objection was, however, overruled, on the ground that in the
indictment before the Court the charges were not inseparable.
Mr. Sergeant SHER then addressed the jury. He represented the
defendant as a member of a most respectable family, his father having
been a partner in the well-known American house of Maynard and
Vickers, of Sheffield ; his brother then being a head of the firm, and
the defendant himself an alderman there. He (Mr. Sergeant Shee)
would not tontbal that, when he entered that Court, he felt the re-
sponsibility of the task which devolved upon him ; but new he felt
certain that he should prove with the greatest certainty, that through-
out the whole of that transaction the defendant had conducted him-
self like an hottest man. The Learned Sergeant then aualized the
evidence adduced on the other side, pointing out the weak points
against his client, and dilating upon the circumstances which were in
his favour. •
Witnesses were then called to character.
Thomas
Dunn,l Esq., Mayor of Sheffield, knew the defendant as
being and Director of a joint-stock bank, and he knew
Thomas
a mmercha
him always as an honest and upright man.
Mr. Ellison, agent to this Duke of Norfolk, and other highly re-
spectable witnesses, gave a similar character.
Mr. Justice WionTstAN then summed up, and said that the jury
would have -to, throw aside all extraneous matters, and to decide
simply upon this—whether the prisoner obtained the cheque, in the
first instance, With the view of defrauding the prosecutor.
The jury, after consulting, returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
THEFT ERDM MADAME FORGEOT.—Mary White was charged with
having stolen three yards of ribbon, a bracelet, and a bank note of
501. value, theproPerty of Eliza Forgeot, the Inimitable' French actress,
and James All'Afahart for having received the same, well knowing them
to have been stolen.
Mr. Clarkson was retained for the prosecution, but no Counsel
appeared for the defence.
,eYB.etailel to the prisoner White
Mr. cyAnKsosr, after stating the case to the jury, called
Madame Forgeot, who stated that the female prisoner had been
(the prosecutrix) had a
among other things, a
; discovered the note had been
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concerning my loss, but she denied all knowledge of it. I was in
the habit of leavin; the key of my box in the bed-room, and the
female prisoner had free access to the room. I left town for Psr
on the 314 August, without finding or getting any elue to the reCO
very of the lost note.
After several other witnesses had been examined,
Mr. Justice ERLE summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of
Guilty against both prisoners.
Mary White was sentenced to be transported for the term of ten
years, and James M'llithon to be imprisoned in the House of Cor-
' rection, with hard labour, for twelve calendar months.
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HULL, StlA'. 16.
STOCK ExcrrAlsom.4he sales are—Hull and Selby, 104
—York and North Midland Extension, 29%—Blackburn,
Darwen) and Bolton, 11X—Caledonian Extension, 4
, Eastern Union Extension, VA—Grimsby Dock Extension)
11—North Wales, 5--Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 3%...-Derby
and Gainaberough, 60s. p.—Direct Northern, 3%—East
Lincolnshire, 7%—East Coast, 3%---Goole, Doncaster, Shef-
field, &c., s%—Graad Union, 434—Great Eastern and
Western, 334—Leicester and Bedford, 41. 12s.—Leicester and
Birmingham. 3—London and Birmingham Extension,2/.lBs.
6d.—London and Manchester (Remington's), 414—Man •
cheater, Buxton, and Matlock, toq—Manchester, LiVerpool,
and Great North of England, 60s.—Newcastle, Durham, and
Lancashire, 51. Bs. 9d.—Nottingham and 13oston, 33 —Not •
ting'narn and Mansfield, 41/2—North Western, 7—North
Staffordshire, B—Rugby and Huntingdon, 4—South Midland,
71. 17s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 9—Staines and
Richmond, 31—Tean and Dove Valley, 4—Wakefield and
Bradford, 7—Wakefield and Harrogate, r %—W est Yorkshire,
16—Welsh Midland, 414—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 5.

SHEFFIELD, Sm.. 16.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Preston and Wyre,
44%—East Lincolnshire, 6%—Goole and Doncaster, 514-
-Grimsby and Sheffield, 23—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 6
Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 10%—Grand
Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 4%—Manchester, Midland,
and Great Grimsby, 5 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 10%—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate,
434—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, B%—Wakefield and Har-
rogate, 5%.
YORK, SEFr. 16.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and North
Midland (Selby Scrip), 801,E _Ditto, Extension, 29%—Cale
donian Extension, 4—Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and
ly
Leicester, 31. 13s. 9d.—Grand Union, 4 —Leicester and
Bedford, 44—Manchester, Buxton, &c., 10If)f —North West-
ern, 714—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 9 elsh Midland,
4%—Yorkshire and Glasgow, 4%.

RAILWAY IN TELLIGEN CE.
_
RiticirroN AND CirtentsTEß.—The pile bridge (says the Brighton
Herald) erected by the Brighton and Chichester Hallway Company
- over the river Adur. is completed. and the first engine passed over
-- last Saturday, with a train of waggons laden with chalk, to finish the
--, road lit the parish of Lancing. The railway, as far as Worthing, to
2768 d
90 expected to be opened next month, and the whole line early in the
spring of next year. The opening of the railway to the westward
,I, will cause a great increase in the shipping trade of this port, and in
-.., r 7. anticipation, the railway Directors have ordered two more docks to
" be made at Kingston, with a large wharf between, so as to provide
- five more berths for vessels to lie in and discharge clear of the tide.
The docks were commenced at the beginning of this week, and the
work will proceed with all possible dispatch. The CompanS, Is also
enlarging one of their warehouses on the old wharf, to afford greater
accommodation for the growing trade of the port. The Commissioners
of the harbour made, during the present year, and are still making
large outlays for the iniprovement of the harbour, widening and
deepening the channels, more particularly in the western arm, which
--_ will soon be a good one to take, and a good one for berths for ships to
lie in.
...
DernatTs.—Wandsworth's work on the law of railways contains
- the following important statement on railway deposits :—" Mention
- may be hers made of two orders, adopted by both Houses on the last
day of the session, raising the Parliamentary deposits required from
. projected railway companies from five to ten per cent. From some
cause or other the order of the Lords differs in its language from
that of the Commons. ThO latter applies to such schemes only as
had not, at the time when the order was made, been registered by
the registrar: Of joint-stock companies. The former includes all,
whether tbej9nad been registered or not. Difficulties will arise
under the operation of this order with respect to those companies
which had been previously registered, and had proceeded so far as to
get their Parltionentary deeds executed by the subscribers to the
respective undertakings:, It is supposed that the provisional Direc-
tors of companies in that position might borrow the additional five
. per cent, from their bankers, or others, and pay the same to the
Accountant-General iti Chancery, tinder the statute for that purpose,
and thus Make np the deilciCney at the time of taking their Bias be-
fore the House of LO-rd's.: But it is conceived that this cannot be
done, as the Joint-stock Companies' Act prohibits, by section 25, the
borrowing of money pending the obtaining of the requisite Acts of
Parliament." .... .
RAILWAYS AND TnE Fisitaittyit.r-The herring fishery is now in
dill activity on this coast. .MtatiN 'boats from Newbiggin, Cresswell,
Blyth, and other places- HI Northumberland, are stationed at Culler-
coats, from whence dearly she hundred boats sail every evening,
rendering the place' a scene of great bustle, and affording much
amusement to the numerous visitors at present residing at that
pleasant bathing place. Even here the effect of railways is felt,
parties being every morning on the sands buying, to send to Leeds,
Mimehester, Birmingham, and London': and on Wednesday morning
no less than five tons of herrings were dispatched by railway to those
places.—Bernick triveder.
Helms AND Ilatrrs.—A good many inquiries have been made as to

26x- the delay in the commencement of the works on this important line
13,71 by the Great Western Company. We believe that arrangements are
s in progress.with respect to the purchase of land, &c. ; but the delay
in the working departinent may perhaps be chiefly attributed to the
absence of Mr. Brunel, who is on a continental tour, and also to the
impossibility of obtaining a supply of hands till after the harvest is
completed. The line will furnish a great deal of employment during
the winter, if it should not be a very severe one.—Berkshire Chronicle.
CHEPSTOW AND GLOTICESTER.—A correspondent informs us that
it is Pretty well understood that the Great Western Railway Com-
pany will give a decided opposition to this scheme. We understand
a most important lick in the chain of railway communication has
been determined on between this city and Brecon, pursuing for the
most 'part the present mail road through Rosa, Monmouth, Ragland,
Ahorgavenny, and Crickhowell, to Brecknock, and making available
the line of railway: now being laid out on one part of this line.-
- Gloucester Chronicle.
WELSH MinLAxD.—A meeting was held at Hereford on Thursday,
for the purpoSe of explaining to the landowners the route and advan-
tages ofthis line. Amongst those present were, Viscount Ifereford,
King King, Esq., High Sheriff of the county ; James Davies, Esq.,
High Sheriff el the county of Radnor ; Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. ;
Joseph Bailey, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Yellers Coniewall, Bart. ; the Wor-
shipful the Mayor of Hereford, Capt. P. Peploe, Garnstone, and others.
Mr. J. Palmer Budd, of the Ystalyfera Iron Works, and Deputy-
- Chairman of the Company, said. coming out, as the Welsh Mid.
land did, from the great manufacturing districts of South Wales,
taking Swansea, the great outlet into the Channel, the Harbour of
Refuge, anti the great scat of the copper trade in its route—coming
by a main line up to Brecon, joining there with the Carmarthen and
other lines, and in its course uniting with lines already existing in the
mineral districts, it would by these 'means render the city of lien
ford the great centre of railway accommodation, and afford the most
,„" direct course from the manufacturing districts of South Wales, and
from the agricultural counties of Hereford, Brecon, and Worcester, to
the great railway system of the Midland Counties and the North of
England. In addition to the straight line which would go from Here-
- ford to Shrewsbury, there would be a direct line from Leominster to
Kidderminster, where it would join the great railways to the north.
He denied the assertion that the Welsh Midland accommodated two
iron works only, the fact being that the Welsh Midland accommo-
- dated the whole of the iron, copper, and tin trade in South Wales.
Sir Robert Price, M.P. said that although he would not pledge him-
self to any line, yet frith he and Mr. Pritchard would not offer any
vexat outs oppooltlntl to the Welsh Midland, if it did not injure their
property. Mr. Bailey, M.P., said that, with regard to the different
railway schemes which bad sprung up for this particular district of
the county, he had been solicited liy- almost all of them to take some
active part In their promotion. After maturely considering which he
thought would be best for the county of Hereford, he was induced to
join the Welsh Midland, because he thought it answered the wants
and requirements of the county generally. Largely connected with
the mining districts as he was, he could readily say that the Welsh
Midland would telly meet all the wants of those important districts
alma. Mr. De Winton, of Maesderwen, addressed the meeting; and
the meeting separated after expressing general approval of the mefi-
sure.
Few towns (says the Leeds Mercury) are likely to experience iso
complete a metamorphic as Gainsborough. For a number of years
5 it had a most flourishing shipping trade, furnishing all the midland
2,, counties with a depot for goods of almost every description, but
chiefly an immense quantity of deals, &c., from the Baltic ; grove-
ries, gm, and iron in return, to the north, to Hambnrgh, and the
Sine the establishment of railways its flourishing trade has
dwindled away almost to zero, and although it was made a port of
the fourth rank some years ago, the trade has continued to decline.
The hope of better days is now entertained, in consequence of the rail-
ways projected to pass through the town. The Direct Northern would
pass through by a trunk line ; the London and York by a loop. Then
there is the Sheffield and Grimsby, the works of which have
just commenced, Under the direction of Mr. John Stephenson. Ano-
ther lino has been projected from Derby to Gainsborough, and meets
with much support; and two lines from Goole, with extensions to
Grimsby and Selby ; and within the last few days an announcement
has been made "of a projected line from Gainsborough to Newark,
nettbrd. What may be the ultimate effect of these projects upon
tine town and trade of Gainsborough it is impossible to predict, but
the most sanguine hopes are entertained that they will restore its
languishing trade, and raise the town to its former prosperity.
The change in public opinion, with respect to lines of railway
41, passing through towns, could not be more truly exemplified than in
21 Wrexham. Formerly every influence was exerted to keep the ter-
' minus of a railway at a distance from the towns, but now great
anxiety is expressed by many of the tradesmen of Wrexham, in con-
- sequence of a report that the Directors of the Chester and Wrexham
line have come to a determination that the station for the latter place
shall be in field near the race-course, instead of at Brynyffynnon,
g before arranged. Many complain that the trade of the town,
markets, anti fairs have been failing off for some time ; that the
number of unoccupied houses is greater than at any former period ;
and that this project of altering the station of the railway will tend
still further to depreciate the Interests of the town. If the report be
correct, and the result likely to be as stated, we hope that the
welfare of the inhabitants will be taken into consideration before that
of a few individals. It will be much more satisfactory to let the
original project be carried out.—Carnarvon Herald.

SCOTCH LINES.
CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRE JUNCTIOS.-011 Monday a
• meeting of the Provisional Committee was held in Edinburgh, at
• which a detailed report from a survey committee, with the engi-
• neer's report on the line, and its branches to Helensburgh and Miln-
- gavie, were considered ; and on the motion of Mr. J. C. Colquhoun,
-of Killermont, M.P., seconded- by Mr. James Ewing, of Strathaven,
- the report was unanimously approved of. This line has been laid
- down so as to give full accommodation to the whole of Dumbarton-
- shire ; and the terminus at Milngavie is so planned as to be capable 1
-of affording a convenient connexion with any of the northern pro-
- jetted lines.which may hereafter be adopted.
- HADDINOTON AND EAST LINTON.--The inhabitants of Haddington
- met In the council chambers on the evening of Monday last, to con-
- Bider the expediency of forming a railway company; the line to run
• betwixt lladdington and the village of East Linton, a distance of
• five miles.
Earr or FIPE.-On Saturday a meeting of the Town Councils of
• Anstruther and Crail was held, when resolutions in favour of this
• line were passed. Bailie Morris stated that the number of shares
• applied for had greatly exceeded the estimated capital of 250,0001.,
• and there was now no doubt of the complete success of the under-
- taking.
SCOTTISH CENTRAL.-BRANCH TO CIIIEFi.-A deputation of this
- Company had an interview on Thursday last, at Crieff, with Lord
- Willoughby and Viscount Strathallan, the result of which was that
- both noblemen have concurred in the line of the proposed branch
- from Crieff to Auchterarder. As the only obstacle to the branch line
-is thus removed, there cart be no doubt that this place will enjoy the
- advantage of a near and direct communication with the main trunk
- through Perthshire, and that equally soon with the completion of the
- railway itself. Another project, we hear, has been started, viz., a
- line direct from Crieff to Perth, by the line of the Pow. In the
- event of Perth becoming a great shipping port, this district could
- supply both wood and slates in large quantities for export.-Perth-
- shire Courier.
- Infron.aas, Douica, AND CALLANDER.-The Scottish Central Corn-
- pany have agreed to guarantee a revenue to the Proprietors of the
- Dunblane and Callender line of 3% per cent. on their capital stock of
- 80,0001., with one half of the surplus profits. The Central to work
i
- the line at rates to be fixed by Mr. Locke, with no view to profit to
- Central, and the Callender line to have the use of the Central station
-at Dunblane. The Central to have the power to lease the Callender
- line in perpetuity, at is rate of 6 per cent. on its gross cost.
- SCOTTISH CENTRAL.-The tunnelling of the Scottish Central is
- going briskly forward at Craigend, and we hear that at three of the
- shafts veins of freestone have been found. As the county of Perth
- will now likely have for some years large bodies of labourers congre-
- gated in one district, it might be prudent to take example or warning
-by what has occurred in other places from that cause, as it is better
-to prevent crime than to punish it. Among the chief drawbacks at-
- tending these undertakings, may be classed the breaches of the peace
-to which they are liable from the workmen being paid at one time,
- and for a longer period than daily labour is usually paid in this
- country, and thence led to mispend both their time and money in
- drink and dissipation. This leads, in the first place, to expense to the
3 railway contractors themselves, inasmuch as it necessitates the em-
P
- lovment of a stronger force than would otherwis
- necessary, and for which theyare chargeable.-Edinburgh paper.e be

TAYLOR'S FLOATING BREAKWATER.—We regret
to notice the exceedingly unsatisfactory nature of the reports
which have been made to the Admiralty on the subject of
Captain Taylor's coating breakwater off Brighton by the
Coast-guard officers. These reports are embraced in a re-
turn which has been printed by order of the House of Com-
mons. It appears that for many months there was no gale
from the south- west—the quarter necessary to test the powers
and action of the breakwater, and when at last, on the 2d
of August, a strong breeze sprjuig up, the experiment can
hardly be said to have been really tried ; for the report of
the Lieutenant of the revenue cutter Tartar, whilst it states
that the breakwater had no effect that he could perceive, in
part accounts for this result by saying that the sections of
the breakwater were moored very slack, and the inspecting
commander further observes, that " from the small number
of sections laid down, also from those being so slackly moored
and improperly placed, it is impossible to form any correct
opinion of their efficiency for shelter, or whether they could
stand the force of a gale, broadside on. More than three
months previously Lieutenant Westbrook had in his
official report objected to the insufficiency of the size
of the breakwater, as too small to 'warrant any
decided opinion; he said "he much regretted being re-
quired to express an opinion upon so few as only
three sections of only sixty feet long each." If it were
worth while to examine the matter, it was worth while to
have afforded means for trying it on a sufficient scale. That
it is worth while to try the experiment fully we can hardly
doubt, when we consider how vast a sum is about to be sunk
in our southern harbours ; and, if some time has been unpro-
fitably lost, it is but the stronger reason for taking a different
course now. The comparative ease and rapidity with which
a floating breakwater can be constructed is a strong argu-
ment for pursuing the inquiry into its efficiency ; for, sup-
posing that it should turn out that its efficiency also is merely
comparative, it may yet be desirable to employ it whilst the
more solid structure is in course of erection ; and when that
object is effected, the floating breakwater may be allowed
either to remain as an auxiliary to it, or may be transferred
elsewhere to a station of less importance. The Admiralty
ought scarcely to have needed Lieutenant Westbrook's hint;
they might have known that 60 yards floating breakwater,
loosely moored, could not be expected to have any perceptible
effect ; it was no more than an overgrown buoy, and the sea
would merely play round it ; but whose fault is it that a
larger section was not presented to the action of the waves?
Surely, not that of Captain Taylor, who, we believe, has made
every pecuniary sacrifice for the success of his experiment,
while the Admiralty have contented themselves with re-
maining cold spectators of his struggles. A breakwater of
from one quarter to half a mile is the least that would indi-
cate the worth of the plan ; and when we consider the num-
ber and weight of the scientific reasons that have been urged
in support of the opinion that the action and influence of the
of the
• wind upon the sea are very superficial, we hope to see the
experiment fairly tried.—Tunes.
AWFULLY' SUDDEN DEATEL--011 Sunday night,
r between nine and ten o'clock, the following singular case of
,sudden death occurred to a master chimney-sweep,
name of Hancock, residing in John-street, Tottenham-court-
, road. It appeared that the deceased was sitting in the club-
room of the sign of the Bear public-house, in the Tottenham-
. court-road, in company with his companions, in converse-
r tion ; he exclaimed, " It is true, so help me God 1" and, on
- giving utterence to the words, fell from his seat on to the
I floor insensible. Medical aid was immediately procured, and
k every endeavour used to retore animation, but without effect.

IRISH LINES. .
an-
BELFAST AND 110LTWOOD ATMOSPHERIC.—The Belfast papers
antomunoscpchtehdecfoprrimnuctilpiii: tfr.foma Cnoenlfiaspatntoy tonoicyownsoodtru.ct
The
Yeailelnwgn
50,0001. The Marquis of Donegal is one of the Provisional Committee.
line will not much exceed three miles. • The proposed capitalo is
0 nf
the h e
LIMERICK WESTERN COMPANY.—A new Company has been formed
to make a line from Limerick to Newcastle. The proposed capital
is 220,0001. Amongst the Itovisional Committee are Lords Devon,
' Limerick, Dunraven, and Monteagle ; Sir Lucius O'Brien, Mr. A.
O'Brien, M.P., and Mr..J. O'Brien, M.P.
CLONMEL, KILKENNY, CARLOW, AND WICKLOW.—An amalgama-
tion has been satisfactorily effected between the Clonmel and Kil-
kenny and Kilkenny, Carlow, and Wicklow Companies, which ap-
pears to have given general aatii,factinn, as the union promises to be
y. Ric
advantageous to the public as well as to the Shareholders of both
Companies. We learn that Earl Fitewilliam gives the project his
wmiotshtosuttreen.upeetinssseuptrrtht,e andeonpan
hasloffered ahacord mnsid.ermabulgegetrriacdgteo,fElasqnd.,
our late As,istant Poor-law Commissioner, is the Secretary.—Carlow
SeVinel. _ _

BRAT TO WATZBFORD.—The English Great Western Company are
maturing their plan for the continuation of a railway from Bray to
Wicklow, Enniscorthy, New Ross, and to Waterford, of the success of
which no doubt, whztcver exists, as the project will meet with the
sanction of the Government. In the meantime, they have taken up

rnE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1 IMS.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
14701L5111P-ST.REET.

after the night thtlfge§ had been disposed of,
Mr. Vann, the solicitor, addressing M 1 Bitigharn, said that
he had an application to make upon a subject which he at=
ceived to be of great public importance, and not only mate-
rially affected the respectability of that Court, but also the
character of the profession to which he had the honour to
belong.
Mr. Vann then stated, that the matter of complaint to
which he invited the Magistrate's attention referred to the
conduct of certain individuals who had been allowed to
practise in the capacity of attorneys at that Court, without
the slightest legal qualification, or even shadow of just pre-
tension to that character. The persons to whom he alluded
might be comprised under two distinct classes, the first of
whom, though they had received a professional education,
had been unable to take out their annual certificate of
qualification, and the second of whom consisted of persons
who, although wholly ignorant of the principles and prac-
tice of the law and generally of disreputable character,
were in the habit of passing themselves off as clerks to gen-
tlemen actually on the roll, and not only caused great injury
to the reputation of the persons so falsely represented, but
were also in the practice of accepting such petty retainers as
could never be offered to respectable members of the profes-
sion. The injurious effect of this conduct upon the public, he
was satisfied, required no comment, but the detriment it in-
flicted upon the qualified practitioners would be manifest
when he stated that the aggregate cost of their certificates
alone amounted to no less a sum than 85,000/. per annum.
He begged to draw the mmostrofterwatention, in reference to
the persons last mentioned; to the Gth and 7th orVintoria,
cap. 73, commonly called Lord Langdale's Act, by one sec-
tion of which all persons practising after its passing, on the
22d of August, 1843, without being duly qualified by cer-
tificate, were incapable of recovering any fees, and the 32d
section of which enacted, that any attorney or solicitor who
should knowingly or wilfully permit or suffer his name to
be in any way made use of, in any action or suit upon the
account or for the profit of any unqualified person, should
and might, upon proof made 'thereof upon oath to the satis-
faction of any superior court, be struck off the rolls, and for
ever after be disabled from practising as an attorney or
solicitor; and it should further be lawful for the said court to
commit such unqualified person to the prison of such court,
without bail or mainprise, for any term not exceeding one
year. The Learned Gentleman then referred to the conduct
of several persons who had been in the habit of so acting,
and with respect to one of whom he stated that he had re-
ceived an answer to a communication he had addressed to
Mr. Timm, the solicitor to the Board of Stamps and Taxes,
which he begged to hand to the magistrate, and which offi-
cially notified that the certificate of the person in question
had expired in November, 1842, and had not since been re-
newed, although the magistrate must be well aware that he
had been constantly engaged up to the present time in the
prosecution and defence of cases of every description at that
Court. He (Mr. Vann) could assure the bench that he had
not the slightest personal feeling in the matter, but the prac-
tices of the persons he had alluded to had been so re-
peatedly complained of by the judges at the several criminal
courts, in almost every session, and were so seriously detri •
mental to the actual members of the profession and the
public, that he felt himself compelled to draw the attention
of the Court to the subject, in the hope that the magistrate
would upon any future occasion, where there could be any
doubt of the fact, require the production of the certifi-
cate of any person appearing before him in the character
of a solicitor.
Mr. Barad Am said that he entirely concurred in the views
expressed by the Learned Gentleman, and was not only de-
sirous of furthering them, but had himself received express
directions from the Secretary of State for the exclusion of
all persons wbo were ,not legally qualified to practise. The
facts just disclosed by the applicant had not been previously
brought under his notice, and he had not been aware of
their existence in that Court; -but now that he had been so
satisfactorily apprised of them, he should certainly take
the most teffectual means in his power for their future sup-
pression.
In the course of the day one of the persons referred to in
the above observations having presented himself to conduct
the defence in a trivial case of footway obstruction,
Mr. vine, the chief clerk, communicated to him the sub-
stance of the complaint before stated, and formally required
the production of his certificate of qualification before he
entered upon the matter in dispute.
This demand completely startled the pseudo-attorney, who
was manifestly wholly unprepared for its being made ; and,
after several evasive and irrelevant observations about pro-
ducing his qualifications and recommendations upon a future
occasion, finally, upon the demand being inexorably repeated
by the chief clerk, declined to accede to
_it, and abruptly
quitted the Court, evidently greatly disconcerted, and to the
no small chagrin and astonishment of the client who had
retained " him.

THAMES.

On Tuesday, Thomas John Moss, a young waterman, was
finally examined, charged with stealing 241. 15s. 6d., the
property of Robert Prest, in his dwelling-house.
The robbery, which had all the characteristics of a most
expert burglary, save that it was not done within the hours
which would constitute it one under the Act, was most adroitly
executed, , The particulars are rather curious. On the
evening of Tuesday, the 2d instant, Mr. Prest, who is fore-
man to Messrs. Pavett and Co., millers, who have extensive
premises near Execution-dock, left the cash received on the
Ist and 2d inst., amounting to 241. 15s. 6d., the greater part
in gold, some in silver, and a considerable quantity of cop-
pers, in a desk of which he kept the key, and which was in
a small office adjoining the second floor of the receiving lofts.
The next day it was found that the place 'had been broken
open, the lock forced, and all the cash taken, except a few
halfpence and one or two bad shillings. A sort of crow- bar,
called a jemmy, had also been left behind. The only available
means of access was by folding doors which opened to the
waterside; and a ladder, which had been lying flat in the
yard on.the previous evening when Mr. Prest left at six o'clock
for the part of the premises which he occupied was found
reared up against the building next day. Information was
given to the police, but suspicion was at fault for a consider-
able time, owing to the clever manner in which the robbery
had been effected, and by a single agent. At length Inspector
Evans, hearing that the prisoner was more flush of money
than his presumed means would warrant, and was spending
it with reckless profusion, contrived to procure information
which warranted the prisoner's apprehension, and he was
brought up to this court on Friday last. It was then shown
that about nine o'clock on the evening when Mr. Prest left the
money safe three hours before, the prisoner met a person
named Joseph Nathan, whom, together with a couple
of young women, he treated to some ale and
s._pruce, which he payed for in copper money.
He. directed Nathan to call a cab, in which he drove
to that person's house, paying the fare also in copper money.
Whilst there he gave Nathan, whom he had seen only once
or twice before, four half-sovereigns, and ss. in silver to his
wife. From thence Nathan accompanied him to No. 11,
Devonshire-street, Commercial-road, where he was equally
profuse.of his money, and accounted for being so flush by
stating that he bad received 6/. from his uncle. In addition
to this evidence, Joseph Jenkins, the cabman who drove the
prisoner to Nathan's oz the Tuesday night of the robbery,
dated that he met him on the ensuing Tuesday, when the
prisoner asked him whether he had seen any of the Thames
police-officers? Witness asked him what he had been doing,
when he replied that he had been taking some swag, and that
5/. reword had been offered for him. This was the substance
of the evidence on Friday, and the defence then offered by the
prisoner was, that as regarded the cab, he had fetched it for
some sailors, who engaged him at the Tunnel, who bad dis-
appointed him. With respect to the money, it was a sum
which he had been saving up from his earnings for a parti-
cular purpose, but being excited by a dispute with some
young women, he brought it with him to show that he was
possessed of it. Nathan told him it would not be safe to take
it home with him, being the worse for liquor, so he gave it to
Mrs. Nathan to keep. When the prisoner was brought up
yesterday, a fresh, witneaa was called,s whose evidence was
pretty conclusive.
John Frazer, a waterman, well acquainted with the pri-
soner, was passing through Devonshire-street about half-past
ten o'clock on the night of the 2d inst , and hearing his voice
at the house No. 11 called out, "Is that you, Tom?" The
prisoner made him go in, and witness found three women, a
man, and a .little girl in the place. The prisoner put his
hand in his pocket, and exhibited a handful of gold to the
amount, as witness thought, of 20/. He also exhibited a sort
of sample bag, such as flour factors use, which appeared to
contain more money. He gave one of the women a sovereign,
and addressing witness said, " G— strike me blind if I have
not been and done the mill by myself."
The prisoner, who on Tuesday made no defence, was sent to
Newgate to take his trial for the felony at the present session
of the Central Criminal Court.
BOW-STREET.
Edward Mailasser, a young man engaged on The Sun newspaper,
was charged with furious riding in the Strand on the previous evening.
The Charge Was made by a person whom we understood to be
connected with the press, who said, that on passing along the Strand
last evening his attention was attracted by the furious riding of a man
on horseback, which he understood was an express from an evening
newspaper, and at the same time observed a female lying prostrate
in the road. Ills motive for coining forward on this occasion was
that he had so repeatedly observed the same conduct from the other
servants of the establishment that he considered it a duty .he owed
to the public to bring the case before his worship.
The magistrate said he was aware an evening paper was making
great exertions to give the earliest information relative to railway
matters, &c., hitt the safety of the public must not be compromised
on that account.
A cabitan was brought forward, who swore that tha prisoner was
riding very fast at the time, and that he (the cabman) observing the
accident, laid hold of the bridle, and insisted that the prisoner should
come off. The prisoner, in doing so, assaulted him by knocking his
hat off..
Mr. Finch, the publisher of The Sun, here addressed the magis-
trate, to point out that the horse could not have been going at the pace
mentioned by the witness, for the moment the rider was unhorsed,
the animal very quietly walked to the stables ; but he was inter-
rupted by the Chief Clerk asking if he (Mr. Finch) was a solicitor.
The MAGISTRATE, in giving his decision, said that as the prisoner
had no witness to prove the contrary, he had no other alternative
than to inflict the usual penalty, 405., for furiously riding, and 40s.
for the Result on the cabman, which was immediately' paid.

SHOWER OF DUST IN ORENET.—A friend just
returned from Orkney acquaints us of the following interest-
ing fact :—On the night betwixt the 2d and 3d September,
current, the wind blowing freely from the N.W., there fell
upon the whole mainland of Orkney a shower of fine impal-
pable dust, evidently of volcanic origin. The dust fell in
such quantities as to cover the whole island, and admit of
being easily gathered. It is presumed to have been caused
by an eruption of Mount Hecla in Iceland, as a similar pheno-
menon which occurred many years ago was ascertained to
have proceeded from that cause. We have seen a quantity
of the dust, which exactly resembles finely ground pumice
stone.—Dundee Warder.
In the months of June and July the heat was so
excessive in the south of Russia, that the troops could not
march except by night. The drought has caused great
damage, and bad crops are expected this year in that part of
Russia.
BASINGSTOICE.—On Wednesday James Shackle-
ford, a youth of 14 years of age, was brought before Messrs. Sym.
tnonds and Cottle, magistrates for Basingstoke, at the Borough-
court, on a summons granted upon the information of Mr. Dalby,
the superintendent of , police on the South-Western Railway, to
answer to the charge of throwing a stone at a railway train white
in motion on that Company's line. John Bailey, a servant in the
Company's employment, deposed that on the morning of the flth
inst.,:as the down slow train was proceeding under the Reading.road.
bridge, a stone was flung with considerable force from the top of
the bridge, which struck the carriage between two passengers, an
bounded off to a considerable distance. Witness at the moment
looked to the bridge, and saw the defendant on the parapet and
looking over. The train stopped immediately, and witness went in
pursuit of the defendant, and secured him after a smart chace.
The defendant did not deny throwing the stone, but said it was not
larger than a walnut, and expressed much sorrow for what he had
done. Bailey, the witness, remarked that the stone thrown was
much larger than described by the accused. The magistrate com.
mented in severe terms upon the extreme danger and enormity of
the offence, and convieted the defendant in the penalty of 103.,
together with 10s. eosts, or in default of payment to 14 days' Im-
prisonment. The uncle of the youth paid the penalty and costs.
THE WEATHER.—A sudden change has taken
place in the weather. From an early hour this morning, with the
change in the moon (first quarter) rain set in, and has continued
Intermittingly, though not very heavy, during the day. A break
in the weather just now would injure the oat crop still out, lit no
slight degree. It Is to be hoped the present unfavourable change
will blow off. If we had but one ten days or a fornight more of
fine weather, all the harvest would be gathered in.—Limerick Re.
porter of Tuesday,

NAVY.