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I I RSDAY, SEPTEMIIF:R 25, 1815.

pany, he had no doubt but that at their next meeting he would
i e enabled to congratulate them upon that matter having been
brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The only terms upon
which the Liverpocl and Great Grimsby people would join
them, were what they called terms of perfect equality, '
but these terms would be found fair and reasonable.
when they came to consider the expense of their line as compared
to the cheapness of the other. The East Lincoln Company was as
yet only a project, to be brought before Parliament next year; but
they too could, if they chose, join this Cumpany. The meeting
would not to.day be called upon to come to a vote upon the pro-
posed terms of amal3amation, but they would be reed, and the
Shareholders would be afforded sufficient time to consider them
fully. With respect to the Rirer Don Company, he had their
permission to- say that they would in a rery.short time state the
terms in which they would ask the aid of this Company. The
Barnsley Junction line, he trusted, would be persevered in, for it
was lost last year, not on its merits, but on a point of form. Mr.
Hudson said, at a late meeting, that the line was a most important
one, and if no company could be got to make it, he would. He
concluded by moving the adoption of the report.
A short discussion followed, on some matters of figures, after
which the report was adopted, and the usual votes of thanks
having been passed, the meeting separated at four o'clock, having
sat three hours.

The following are the resolutions to which the Chairman alluded
in his speech as these which would be proposed or read, containing
the terms on which the amalgamation was to take place. First,
that the Sheffield and Manchester, Great Grimsby and Sheffield,and
the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Companies, be amalgamated.
Secondly, that presuming it to be the intention of the Great
Grimsby Dock Company to amalgamate with the Great Grimsby
and the Sheffield Railway Company, it Is proposed to include the
Dock Company in the amalgamation. Thirdly, that the parties
present recommend that the East Lincolnshire Company be also
subsequently included in the amalgamation, if that company
should obtain their Act in the next session, and coincide in
such measure. Fourthly, that the amalgamation company be
taken at par, and all liabilities be paid in full. Fifth, that in
lieu of dividend, interest at the rate of four per cent. be allowed
upon the capital to the Shareholders of the different companies
amalgamating with the Sheffield and Manchester Company, upon
the amounts paid up by them, until the opening of the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield and Sheffield and Lincolnshire lines through-
out. Sixth, that during the payment of the 51. per cent., the in-
come arising from the partial opening of each of the lines be placed
to the credit of capital. Seventh, that until the opening of the
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, and Sheffield and Lincolnshire lines,
the income arising from the Sheffield and Manchester line be
divided amongst the Proprietors of that Company. Eighth, that
the capital of the Leeds and Wakefield and Pontefract and Goole
Companies for the purchase of the land for the branches to
Banter and Caistor, and for shortening the line to Barnsley
and Welby, belong only to the Proprietors of the Great Grimsby
and Sheffield Company, and that all future issue of stocks by any
of the amalgamating Companies be appropriated to the Share-
holders of the amalgamated Companies pro rata. Ninth, that
until the Act for amalgamation be obtained, each Company con-
duct its awn allltirs, and that after the amalgamation the Directors
consist of fourteen in the first instance; that eight shall be ap-
pointed by the Sheffield and Manchester Company, two by the
Sheffield and Lincoln, and four by the Great Grimsby Company,
and that in the introduction of the Dock Company into the amal-
gamation, they shall have power to appoint two Directors, thus in-
creasing the number to sixteen. Tenth, that the Chairman of the
Company be an acting member, with power to re-assemble the de-
putation when he should think fit.

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DESPERATE ATTEMPTS AT

SUICIDE BY A FRENCH-COLONEL.

On Tuesday evening, about half-past six o'clock, a waterman and
lighterman, named David William Miller, of Jacob-street, Dock.
head, was standing on the upper side of the pier-head, at
the entrance of the St. Katharine Docks, for orders relating
to a barge he had just brought into the lock, when a tall, portly
gentleman passed him in a hurried manner, walked to the edge of
the jetty, and after striking himself violently on the breast plunged
into the river. Miller immediately raised an alarm, and called upon
the dockmen on the plet head fur a boat. hook. A long staff was
immediately lowered, and the gentleman, who had twice sunk, was
hooked by his clothes, anti kept afloat until Miller reached him in
a ship's boat, when he attempted to drag him into it. In doing so
Miller discovered something projecting from his left side, and called
out "he has a knife in his body," at the same time pulling
from it a dagger with which he had stabbed himself before
he precipitated himself into the water. The blood forthwith oozed
from the wound, and Miller called fur more aid, which was imme-
diately rendeced, and the gentleman was laid in the bottom of the
boat. He had no sooner recovered himself than he attempted to
seize the dagger which Miller had thrown aside. The waterman
defeated his intentions by placing his foot on the weapon, and called
upon the other men in the boat to keep the gentleman down, and
prevent him doing any further mischief. He was properly secured,
and the boat was rowed to St. Katherine's Stairs, where Mr. James
Evans. the superintendent of the Thames Police, and his boat's crew,
were about to embark in a police galley. They took charge of the
wounded man, and conveyed him to the Duke of Marlborough
public-house, close by, where no time was lost in calling in medical
assistance, and after his w,:und had been dressed he was conveyed
to the Thames police-station in Wapping, where he was divested of
his wet clothing, and a dry suit procured for him. While he was
dressing Mr. Evans searched his pockets, and found in one of them
his passport, and in another a handsome silver-mounted dagger
case, with the initial " G" engraved upon a silver plate.
The wounded gentleman on recovering temporarily from the
loss of blood, made several attempts to possess himself of the dagger,
and was with difficulty prevented from stabbing himself again.
The unfortunate gentleman, whose name is Francois Gavoisier,
and who is a colonel in the French army, is 62 years of age. He
is said to have served with distinction during the wars of the em.
pire. He would have been taken before Mr. Ballantine, but was
to ill to be moved. The wife and daughter of the unfortunate
gentleman soon afterwards drove up to the door of the police-court
in a cab, and on being informed that he was in the London Hos-
pital, they proceeded to that place, and were permitted to see him.
The interview was of a most affecting description. A strict watch
is kept upon Colonel Gavoisier, to prevent his repeating the at-
tempt on his life.

WHOLESALE ROBBERY ON
RAILWAYS.

The late apprehension of Maynard, the negotiator for the re.
storation of stolen property, and that more recently of Garratt as
his accomplice, has been the means of bringing to light a whole.
sale system of plunder. There is not a railway terminus in or
about London but what has been plundered to a very large extent,
and the detection of the robbers until lately has defied the most
skilful ingenuity of the several railway officers. On the capture,
however, of Maynard, suspicion fell on Garrett, as being a prin.
cipal party in perfecting those wholesale depredations. He was
accordingly strictly watched for near five weeks, during which
time he had as many residences at different parts of the town,
never staying at one place more than four or five days. On his
being apprehended, in North street, Lisson-grove, after a deter-
mined resistance, an immense quantity of property, principally
wearing apparel, was discovered in portmantsaus, carpet-bags,
boxes, &c., with variousrailway labels pasted upon them, and the in-
ference was that the property formed the remains of a host of robberies
on the n nmerous metropoli tan lines, Thew hole of the railways running
into London being interested in the discovery, their officers were
rromptly ordered to communicate with Mr. Nash and Mr. Collard,
of the Great Western Railway Company, and up to yesterday, no
fewer than eight distinct and large robberies on several lines were
satisfactorily established. They comprise the stolen lug-
gage of Price Lewis, Esq., on the London and Birming-
ham Railway; . of Mr. Jones, on the same line; of
Mr. Winter, on the same line; a large quantity of valuable
papers belonging to a gentleman, and on this line also; and a
quantity of luggage the property of a Mr. Keep. On the Great
Western, the property of Mr. Prance, and the luggage of another
passenger whose name at present is not known ; the luggage of
Mr., Babington stolen on the South-Eastern Railway, and that of
another passenger on the South-Western. The above-mentioned
railway companies, it is understood, for the full protection of
the public, come forward to prosecute. By far the greater
portion of the property, however, has not been identified,
and in order that it may be, the following, amongst
the mass, are most likely to be recognised :—Blue cloak,
lined, marked "E. B. F.," trowsers and wrapper, marked
"F. 2," bletting.paper, written thereon, " Mr. John Be-
dingfield, All Saints ;" a quantity of light-bue satin rib-
bon; an orange silk shirt; silk and satin scarfs; expanding
neckerchiefs; light brown and black expanding portmanteaus ;
black dress coats; trowsers; socks; black and white check trow-
sers ; a Coal-hole Companion ; fishing tackle; razor, No. 3;
curious pointed boot.jacks, marked " C. C , Esq.," partly abrased ;
shirts, name torn off; silver spectacles, in a case, by Braham, of
Bath; hair, wigs, and whiskers, for disguise; thermometer by
P. M. in a case, pincushion, pearl and gold studs, mould of a head
sunk in light brown stone, small spurs, glass salve-box, with a
silver lid, japanned black leather shaving tackle, cut open, tobacco
stopper, stag's head, microscope ; of the many things in the hands
of Mr. Collard, perhaps these may be mere promptly Identified.
It is almost clearly ascertained that these robberies could not have
been effected had they not had some confederates in the service of
the railways. That the gang is very numerous is well understood;
and that they have plundered the respective railway companies to
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been identified as a party almost always hanging about the various
termini. He has been in several noblemen's families, and was re-
cently in the service of Lord Auckland; and was known amongst
the members of his cloth by the soubriquet of Count D'Orsay.

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