The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-21 00:00:00

CLERKENWELE.

John Roberts and James earthy were charged with cut-
ting and wounding Mr. Edmund C. Ward, a gentleman resid-
ing in Wilton-street, and police-constable 160 E ; also with a
violent assault upon Bridger, beadle of St. Giles's, and with
assaulting police-constable 49 E, and threatening to murder
him.

The prisoners are remarkably powerful men ; they have been
repeatedly convicted at this court, and were, when old St.
Ones and its " rookery" were in ex►stence, the terror of that
neighbourhood.
It appeared from the evidence, that at three o'clock on the
previous evening these two fellows were observed standing at:the
corner of Bedford-place, Russell-square, pushing everybody
who attempted to pass along the pavement there into the street.
Bridger, the beadle, having seen them treat a gentleman in
this way, went up, but before he had time to say a word,
M'Carthy knocked his hat off, Roberts then seized him by the
collar, and M'Carthy by the skirts, and they dragged him
about, knocked him down, and kicked him. Mr. Ward, who
chanced to be passing, seeing M'Carthy aim a blow at the bea-
dle, rushed between them, whereupon Roberts, letting go his
hold of Bridger, fell upon Mr. Ward with great fury ; he
knocked him down and beat him so violently about the head,
that he bled profusely from the mouth and nose, and in
court his mouth•was' so- much swollen from the injuries
received at to render his articulation indistinct. The
prisoners, seeing assistance coming, ran away, but were
stopped by Police-constable 160 E, who manfully seized
them. This officer appeared in court with his head
and face pladstered, and he complained of great pain. He de-
posed that as soon as he arrested them they knocked him down
on the pavement, and kicked him violently on the head and
body. His head was laid open and Roberts kicked the con-
stable on the face with his strongly nailed shoes, and lace-
rated his nose in a shocking way. They kicked him so that
he was unable to stand, but he continued to struggle with them
until police-constable 49 E and other constables arrived. They
kicked the latter ocer violently, and swore they would rip his
►owels out T_he-police-:were at length obliged to strap them
on stretchers, and 'so. convey them to the station-house. On
their way thither they said all that could be done to them was
to be fined ; that they would soon find the money, and then they
would serve out the b— beadle.

The prisoners put their hands in their pockets, and treated
the whole affair with jocular indifference.
They were fully committed for trial.

LYNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY.

The first half-yearly meeting of this Company was
held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., in the chair.
Th 9 SECRETARY having read the advertisement con-
vening meeting, proceeded to lay before the Pro-
prietors)WipOort, which was merely a recapitulation of
the prog'reif their' Bill through Parliament, and men-
tioning th-tii,i4i!ssity of electing auditors and directors.

The eitaitiaka then moved that the report be re-
ceived, entered_oaslho minutes, and a copy seat to each
• ,• •
sh.ireholder. _ •
, •
Mr. • • ;seconded the resolution, which was
carried ,
The the seal of the Company
be affix 4;:...., -,reholders.
Mr. ed the resolution, which
•
was cam ray„
The c:4l a..
ion
the next form to be dis-
charged OH 66M-0 auditors, an appointment
which, uncterAtiii: ityisz:Tglauses Consolidation Act,
was rendered impefative.' o,'t
A SHAREHOLbER suggested:
_that, as the Proprietors
were comparatively ignorant of each other, it would be
better that the Directors should name the gentlemen
they considered most suitable for the office.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Board could not nominate,
but only suggest, gentlemen to discharge the duties of
auditors. However, anticipating some difficulty might
arise in the selection, he had drawn up a list of those
who held the largest amount of shares in the Company.
Mr. Tinker was, next to himself (the Chairman), the
largest holder, having 525 shares ; but as he was the
auditor of the Ely and Huntingdon Company, his elec-
tion would scarcely
_be AilVisable. Mr. Lloyd held 400
shares, but he WaiLti,h6a.T.' Mr. Dawson held 350, but
being a sharebrokera Liverpool, it was possible that at
any period his interest in the Company might cease ;
his election, therefore, would be inexpedient. Mr.
Bruce, who held 310, was in the same category as Mr.
Tinker, being connected with the Lynn and Ely- Company.
Mr. R. C. Dawson held 230 shares, but being Secretary
of the Milbank Penitentiary, his time would be too
much occupied to give his undivided attention to their
interests. Mr. Lechmere, a solicitor, was the next
largest holler, having 225 shares, to whom no objection
existed. He therefore suggested that either that gen-
tleman and Mr. Teether or Mr. G. Whitley, each holders
of 200 shares, should be elected.

Mr. BUNTING then moved, and Mr. SMITH seconded,
the nomination of Mos -rs. Lechmere and Whitley, who
were unanimously elected auditors. _

Mr. LECIIMEi returned thanks, and assured the
meeting ho would do his duty conscientiously by the
Company, which he considered would, when in con-
nexion with the two collateral lines near them (the Lynn
and Ely and the Nottingham arid Grantham) become
the best among the railway projects of the country.
Mr. TABERNEIt moved that their late Board of Direc-
tors, consisting of Henry Charles Lacy (Chairman), Sir
Henry It Calder. :'Thomas Neville Abdy, William Ere-
van], Henry C. Partridge, and J. B. Whiting, should be
re-elected.

Mr. SMITH seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried unanimously.
Thanks were then passed to the Chairman and Direc-
tors, and the meeting separated.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH MIDLAND RAlL-
war.—Another melanchOly and fatal accident occurreg on the
North Midland Railway, at Masborough, on Saturday last, by
which a poor man, named Francis Dam, in the employ of Ur.
Barker, of Rotherham, lost his life. The facts are briefly
these :—One of the goods trains from Derby had arrived at the
Masborough station at half-past one o'clock on Saturday, when
a portion of the carriages—six in number—laden with iron,
were detached from the train in order that they might run into
one of the sidings, A fireman, named John Turner, was about
to do this, when the deceased unfortunately attempted to cross
the line, just as the train was shunting, or backing. He was
knocked down, and three carriages passed over his legs and
thighs, when, strange to say, with his legs dissevered, he ma-
naged to drag himself off the rail before the three remaining
carriages, with engine and tender, passed over him. He was
promptly conveyed to the Sheffield General Infirmary, where
every attention was speedily paid him, but so great had been
the shock to the system, accompinied with the loss of blood,
that he died at five o'clock the same afternoon. An inquest
was held on Monday afternoon. The jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental death," accompanying the verdict with a re-
quest that the Coroner would write to the Secretary of the
Midland Company, ••••• y that it was the opinion of the jury
0
that a man should ~stationed on the last carriage of
the train when shit jury were also of opinion that
the Masborough Ott . "cramped and limited for the
business done there, 'an', enlarged.
BONDED IVI/EA AOIHI Russell has ob-
tained a Parliamentary docurn which was yesterday
printed, showing the quaMity of what in bond on the Ist of
July during the last eight years. The paper shows that, on the
Ist ult., there were 430,394 quarters of wheat in bond. The
following is the account rendered from 1838 to 1845 :—ln 1838
there were of wheat and wheat flour in bond, 618,690 guar.
tern ; 1839, 51,217 ; 1810, 5,i9,952 ; 1841, 579,872 ; 1842,
1,253,436 ; 1843, 297,416 ; 1844, 604,122 ; and in 1845,
430 394.

CALLING HARD NAMES.—The Granite Freeman
has a sketch, by a correspondent, of an able lecture on slavery,
lately delivered at New Market, N. H., by the veteran David
Root, in which he thus meets the charge of using hard lan-
guage :—ln speaking of the compl lints that are made that we
call the slaveholder hard names, he said, " If a man take my
cloak clandestinely, I would call him a thief ; if he take it
away by violence, I would call him a robber ; but, if he take
my cloak and me, body and soul in it, and reduce me to a chat-
tel, I would call him a slaveholder 1"--Boston Chronicle.
GAS EXPLOSION.—On Monday night an explosion
from a defective gas-pipe, occurred is the shop of Mr. Smith,
carpenter, Hosier-lane. In a few minutes the place was filled
with flames, which threatened the destruction of the house.
A large crowd collected, but no efforts were made to subdue the
destructive element ; at length a daughter of Mr. Smith, not
more than ten years of age, ran into the yard, and, after filling
a pail with water, courageously threw it in the midst of the
danger, and, with other aid, succeeded in checking the further
progress of the fire. No serious injury was done.
DARING ROBBERY.—Last evening, two men en-
tered the parlour of the George beer-shop, Burdett-street,
Westminster-road, and, having consumed a pint of porter
they had called for, went off carrying with them the clock,
valued at 41. 10s. They must have been expert thieves, as they
had to pass the landlord and his two sons on their exit, they
being in the bar at the time.