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objected to by the Committee as preposterously incorrect,
since which another bill had been received for 2,200/.
A SHAREHOLDER wished to know what the amount
was received in deposits ?
The CHAIRMAN-29,620!. 88. The expenses on the
other hand had been generally set down with the addi-
tional claim of the advertising agent, at 18,044 L, but he
had nolloubt the deductions would bring it down to one-
half.

Mr. SMITH conceived that no good could result from
the appointment of that committo e, and that if it were
granted, from his experience, it would end in their getting,
instead of twenty, only ten shillings a share. All the
gentlemen were there, and let them interrogate them.
He suspected those committees of ir.quiry. They had
already lost a portion of their money by folly, and pro-
bably the whole of ti ( money be squandered
in law proceedings.--(1....var, hest...)
Sir JosurrA WA...ffISLET said that it was necessary
for them to understand, that unless the money was paid
before the 30th of December next, they would lose the
concession of the first section from Aviles to Leon.
About one-third of the shares had been sent to Madrid,
and the Directors did not distribute them,
but kept a large portion for themselves.
They did not subsequently take more than
1,900 shares. It had been attempted to throw
ridicule on the names of those gentlemen of the
Peninsular Railway Company which had been submitted
to the meeting. These gentlemen permitted the Share-
holders in the Royal North of Spain Railway Company
to take shares in their railway. But he conceived it
was not right to make those reflections on such names
as the Duke de Sotomayor, Messrs. Laffitte, and the
other gentlemen named.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
•
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 18.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, in London, before the LORD CHIEF
BARON and a Special Jury.)
CASTLEaSAN t'. CAPPER.
This part-heard case was resumed this morning. It was an
action of assumpsit, brought to recover the sum of 1,000/. on
a policy of insurance, effected on the brig Alarm with the
Marine Insurance Company, of which the defendant is deputy-
chairman. The defendant had pleaded, denying his liability,
except as to 5001., which he paid into Court.
Mr. Crowder and Mr. Cleasby appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Jervis, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Wilde, for the de-
fendant.
The plaintiff was a gentleman of property, residing in Dor •
setshire, and the defendant the deputy-chairman of the Ma-
rine Insurance Company. In August, 1842, the plaintiff,
being the mortgagee of a brig called the Alarm, effected a
policy of insurance with the defendant's company upon the
vessel for 1,000/., the sum he hLd advanced upon her, which
was to extend over and -remain in force for a period of
twelve months. The Alarm was engaged at the time
in the coasting trade of South America, and continued
in the same trade till the subsequent June of 1843, when she
sailed on a voyage from Monte Video to Paraguay, a small
place lying between Monte Video and Rio, and in the course
of this voyage she encountered some very severe and bois-
terous weather. She was struck several times by the sea, and
once touched upon a bank on the coast, known as
the English Bank. On her return to Monte Video it was
found that she had received so many injuries as to render
her not sea-worthy, and past all repair. She was, therefore,
sold as a condemned vessel to a Spanish ship-breaker for
200/., and the plaintiff ultimately brought the present action
to recover the amount of insurance he had effected upon her.
The master of the Alarm was called to prove
the manner in which she had received her injuries,
and one of her Majesty's Marine Surveyors, named
Hodges, spoke to the nature and extent of the
injuries. She was, he said, so much damaged, that it
would have cost more to repair her than she would after-
wards have been worth. Had she been in England the cost
of her repair would not have amounted to more than one-
quarter; but both labour and materials were cheaper here than
in South America. The carpenters of Monte Video received
double and sometimes treble the wages of an English carpenter,
and one of the latter would do the work of four of the former.
Besides, the Monte Videan carpenters and artizans were quite
independent of their employers, and if the latter happened to
say an angry word to, or remonstrate with, them upon their
idle habits, they would eollect their tools and leave the work
they were upon undone.
Mr. JERVIS, for the defence, contended that the injuries of
the Alarm were not so great as to justify her condemnation,
sinoe the expense of her repairs might have been most extra-
vagant in Monte Video, but she might with safety have
been brought over to this country at a very moderate out-
lay, and then made equal to a new vessel at a trifling cost,
compared with what it would have been in South America.
The injuries, therefore, of the vessel must be taken in
the light of a partial loss, and not considered as being suffi-
cient to entitle the plaintiff to recover the same damages as
in the case where a total loss had ensued. The plaintiff had
been amply remunerated by the money paid into Court for
the partial loss, and he submitted that the verdict ought
to be for the defendant.

Another SHAREHOLDER—Have the Provisional Direc-
tors paid up ?
The CHAIRMAN answered that they had not. With
respect to the Board of Management, he might say that
no shares were originally allotted to them. All the
shares were allotted to the public, with the understanding
that, should they not all be taken up by the public, they
should be taken up by the Committee; if otherwise, then
they were to purchase in the market.
Mr. WHEELOW—How many of the Provisional Di-.
rectors have paid up?
The CHAIRMAN—Twenty-four of them have paid.
Mr. WHEELOW stated that the original number of
shares which it was agreed should be allotted to each
Provisional Director was 150 ; now, in the case of the
party he represented, 20 more than that number had been
allotted, 170 in all, and paid.
The CHAIRMAN replied that the extra number had
been sent in mistake.
Mr. WHEELOW—Then the money ought to be re-
turned. He wished to know how many shares the Com-
mittee of Management bad taken up ?
The CHAIRMAN.—We took as many shares as quali-
fied us to act—two shares each; but we had none allotted
us. I can only say that I hold 600 shares in the Com-
pany, but none of us in the Committee ever received any
allotment whatever.
A SHAREHOLDER remarked, that the Chairman had
stated that in the event of the public failing to take up
the shares, the Committee would take up those that
were left. He wished to know if they would do so
now ?

The-CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question, stated that if
the resolution were agreed to, the money would be paid
on the 31 it of December next.

The CHAIRMAN then, in reply to a question, said that
the money would be paid before Christmas, if they agreed
to the resolution.

The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which was
negatived by a large majority, and the original resolution
agreed to. _ _

A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman,
and the meeting separated.

IRELAND.

ANOTHER HORRIBLE MURDER IN TIPPERARY.
CLONMEL, DEC. 16, 1845.—The south riding of this
unfortunate county has become the scene of a blood-
stained and cruel murder. The victim in this instance
is Mr. Charles Acheson, formerly a respectable and ex-
tensive trader in this town ; but who, being unfortunate
in business, was obliged to take a situation as clerk in
the employment of Messrs. J. Stein and Co., the eminent
distillers, at Marfield, near this town. He came into
town on yesterday evening about some business, and
delayed some tine at the house of Mr. M'Glissan, town-
clerk, which he left about nine o'clock, and was accom-
by Mr. Glis-an as far as the union workhouse,
where he bid him good night, and the unfortunate
man proceeded on his way alone. He was waylaid in a
lonesome part of the road near Birdhill, and within
forty perches of his own house, and beaten with stones on
the head and breast in a most frightful manner; the
eye-balls were dislodged from their sockets, and his
brains dashed about the road! The lifeless body was
found this morning in the horrible manner above de-
scribed, on which an inquest will be held at four o'clock
this evening. The only cause that caa be assigned for
this horrible murder is, that Mr. Acheson discharged
three men from the distillery last week for miscon-
duct.—Dublin. Evening Mail, Dec. 17.
CRIES' JUSTICE PENNEFATHER AND ALPHABET
SMITH.—It. was reported in the Four Courts yesterday
that Chief Justice Pennefather had forwarded his
resignation to London, accompanied by the mo-
dest request that Alphabet Smith should got the
vacated office ! What is almost as extraordinary, this
piece of cool impudence, if true, was credited by the
majority. All we can say is, that it would not be be-
lieved of any other man out of a straight waistcoat.
The Government which would appoint Alphabet Smith
to such trust would be as mad as the man ‘s ho would
recommend. him. But we cannot believe either the one
or the other.—Dublin Pilot of Wednesday.
RAILWA r COMMITTEES IN DUBLIN.--The Limerick
Repo, ter ccmtains a requisition, signed by the Catholic
Bishop, the Mayor, High Sheriff, and many of the leading
gentlemen of the city and county, calling a meeting for
Wednesday, to memorialise the Government to grant
that the Committees on Irish Railways should hold
their sittings in Dublin. The example of Limerick should
be at once generally. imitated. All parties are interested
in the matter, and the Conservative as well as the
Liberal press agree in its justice, and appreciate the
benefit it would confer on this impoverished city, as well
as upon the shareholders, by facilitating the settlement
of their business. We are disappointed at not seeing
Dublin in the van of this movement.
Major 8., late of the Life Guards, and who gallantly
fought with his troop at Waterloo, has been so reduced
to the lowest ebb of misery, by the pernicious effects of
gambling, that he is now employed as a porter in a house
of business in this city, having been previously in the
workhouse. For months he has been in rags.—Cork
Southern Repot ter of Tuesday.

The CHAIRMAN—We were only at liberty to do so i
we thought fit.

A StiirtEsor.DEß contrasted the conduct of the Com-
mittee of Management of the Direct Manchester with
the present. In that Company only 200 shares had
been returned, and the Managing Committee had had
from 300 to 500 shares allotted to each of them ; it
was quite a different system here.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had acted
from the very best intentions in the course they had
taken. It was furtherconsidered that when it was found
that the Great Leeds and London could not go forward,
and when there was a probability of an amalgamation with
the London and Nottingham, that the Committee should
secure themselves, as in the event of an amalgamation they
would have to qualify themselves, by taking up a num-
ber of shares in that concern.

After somefurther discussion on this point, the CHAIR-
MAN directed attention to the amalgamation question,
explaining that that Company was willing for the union.
Some time ago the Deputy-Chairman of that Company in-
tinaated to him, that if the Great Leeds and London would
abandon the incurring of any further expense, that he
had no doubt the amalgamation would be acceded to ;
the terms which were named being, that the Directors
should have 100 shares in the new company, and the
shareholders 20 each. They had, in consequence of
this, stopped all further proceedings; and after reducing
all expenses to the lowest point, he had no doubt they
would be able to return 355. per share to the share-
holders, providing the Company was dissolved.
A SHAREHOLDER called the attention of the meeting
back to the deposits. He thought none of the claims
ought to be paid, or the money parted with, till all the
Provisional Directors had paid up ; and if they did not
pay, proceedings ought to be taken against them.
The CHAIRMAN said if they adopted that course, they
would be obliged to file bills in Chancery against them
and they would be put to enormous expense in conduct-
ing the suits.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a Proprietor, stated that
162 of the Provisional Committee had applied for shares
by letter, but that out of that number only 24 had paid
their deposits.
A long and most irregular conversation, for discus-
sion it could not be called, then took place, in the course
of which several motions were made and amendments
proposed, some of which were adopted, and many not
put to the meeting, in consequence of the most irregular
manner in which it was conducted. One of
the motions put to the meeting, but which
was lost, was to the effect that those- members of the
Provisional Committee who had written for shares, but
had not paid their deposits, should be informed that if
their deposits were not paid within a certain time their
names would be advertised in the newspapers for a cer-
tain number of days. The only motion carried was, that
the Company should be dissolved, and a return made to
the Proprietors of 11. 10s. per share, the original de-
posits being 2L 12s. 6d. per share.
We have found it utterly impossible to give anything like
a regular report of so irregular a meeting, and the diffi-
culties of our reporters were increased by a total want
of that usual courtesy displayed towards them at other
meetings, of furnishing the names of the speakers, to-
gether with a copy of the report. On our reporter ask-
ing to be allowed a sight of the report, be met with a
distinct refusal.

Witnesses were called to substantiate this defence, after
which Mr. CROWDER replied, and
The LORD CHIEF' BA.nox summed up, explaining that a con-
structive loss did not mean that the vessel was totally de-
stroyed, but that it had become utterly useless to the owner,
and leaving it for the jury to say whether a prudent man,
who was not insured at all, would have sold the vessel
for 195/, under the circumstances related by the two wit-
nesses for the plaintiff. In point of law, a vessel could not
be condemned on speculation, or, as in this case, where the
actual damage had been guessed at, but not ascertained.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. 18.
(Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.)
GEARY V. LATTER.

The plaintiff in this action is an ironmonger, in Holies-
street, Clare-market, and the defendant, a surgeon, in the
Adelphi- terrace. The action was brought to recover the
sum of 8/. Os. 6d. for goods sold and delivered.
The defendant pleaded that he never was indebted.
Mr. Cross, for the plaintiff, said that the delivery of the
goods was unquestionable, and the only defence which could
be anticipated was, whether the plaintiff, who carried on
business undQr the firm of Geary and Son, was in partner-
ship or not.

111. Fox examined--Was formerly foreman to Mr. Geary,
sen., deceased. Went in June or July last to do some trifling
jobs at defendant's house, when defendant desired him to
make him a pattern of some wire screens for his approval.
Witness caused one to be made, but it was not approved;
two others were made, neither of which pleased his taste, but
they were ultimately left with him. The charges were fair;
the master was entitled to charge one-third more on wages,
as well as profit on the material.

Cross-examined by Mr. CHARNOCK—Mrs. Geary had two
sons. Witness was consulted about their being taken into
partnership, and he objected that one son should be set be-
fore the other, and the bills were made out " Geary and
Son." He always looked on Mr. Atlas Church (Mrs. Geary's
son) as master; he hired and paid the workmen and ser-
vants. There was a common cash-box between the two,
and each had a key. The bills produced were signed Geary
and Co., and he kept the book.
Mr. Atlas Church was called, and swore positively that he
was not a partner, but a servant, at 225. a-week, and that
there was no cash-box, as described.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,
cap. 32, for the 1% eek ending on Saturday, the 13th day of
December, 1845.

Mr. CDARNOCK addressed the jury, and said it was a painful
case. On either side one party or the other was guilty of
deliberate perjury, but the only one interested in supporting
the action was the last witness. He called
A witness, who estimated the value of the work at 41. 15s.
The SECONDARY left the case to the jury whether there
had been a partnership. If so, the verdict must be for the
defendant ; if not, then the jury would estimate the value of
the goods. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5/.

ROYAL NORTH OF SPAIN RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
The annual general meeting of this Company was
held at the London Tavern yesterday, and was very
numerously attended.
The SECRETARY having read the motion convening
the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN (W. R. Collet, Esq.) said that he
was perfectly aware of the difficulty with which he had
to contend, and it would facilitate the business if he
were to read to them the report of the Board of Di-
rectors.—(The Chairman here read the document in
question.)—The original concession of the line, bearing
date the 31st of December, 1844, bad been granted by
the Government of Spain to Mr. Richard Cayley, from
whom it had been purchased for 40,0001., half of which
was to be paid on the bringing out of the first section
from Aviles to Leon, and the remainder on the com-
mencement of the line from Leon to Madrid. It
further appeared that the shares had been speedily
taken up upon the issuing of the prospectus for the first
part of the line, and that Sir Joshua Walmsley had been
sent out by the Company to make the requisite financial
arrangements with the Spanish Board of Directors. It
stated also that Mr. Cayley, in consequence of the
negotiation that ensued, had been induced to aban-
don the second moiety of the purchase-money ; and
thus an unfavourable opinion had been formed
of prosecuting the first portion of the line, but it was
believed that the second section, from the capital to Va-
ladolid, would open a profitable field for investment.
It stated also that it was deemed necessary that a provi-
sional directory should be organised, to give greater
power to their operations, but that the directors, in-
fluenced by the altered state of public feeling, deem
it advisable to return to the scrip-holders 50
per cent. on the shares issued in France and Eng-
land. It stated, moreover, that the shareholders would
be entitled to an equal number of shares in the United
Per:insular Railway Company. There was no desire on
the part of the Directors to shirk any inquiry that
might be made into their conduct. They had been induced
to carry out the project from a conviction that it would
benefit this country, and it was thought that had
caused them to enter into the arrangements they had
done with Mr. Cayley. The Chairman then went into a
detail of the motives and the conduct of the Directors,
which are all embodied in the abstract we have given
of the report. In conclusion, he would move that the
report be adopted, that the thanks of the meeting bo
given to the Directors, and that the Company be dis-
solved.
Mr. Wuxi/viol; inquired, before agreeing to that re-
solution, whether the gentlemen who were originally
Directors continued to be so still?
The CHAIRMAN, in reply, stated that they had re-
signed the management to the gentlemen named in the
report.
Mr. WiLitiNsosi then said he had to propose, as an
amendment, that a committee of five shareholders be
appointed to investigate the report of the engineers, to
see if what was there stated as to the expenditure was
correct, and to report the same to the shareholders at a
general meeting for that purpose.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY, in seconding the resolution, said
that though there had been great candour on the part of
the Chairman and the other gentlemen present, yet he
considered that it would be right to have time afforded
them to look into a report of sixty pages in extent.
Before he proceeded further, be would wish to know if
the Hon. Chairman was willing to accede to the amend
men

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dee. 19.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN RE SAMUEL ELPIIICIC.

The bankrupt in this case was described as of the Green
Dragon, Bermondsey, victualler, and this day applied for
his certificate. His debts are about 6001.

He was supportod by Mr. Duncan, counsel, and opposed
by Mr. Pyke, solicitor to the assignees. upon the grounds of
untradesman-like conduct, and disposing of assets to favoured
creditors, instead of allowing them to be distributed by the
Court.

It appeared that the untradesman-like conduct was founded
upon the fact of his not giving notice, as is usual in the line
of business that the bankrupt had carried on, to the whole-
' sale tradespeople, that he was going to dispose of his stock
on the 29th of May last, which he did for 20/. ; and giving
a preference by paying
.certain persons, and absconding the
day after he sold his business, and also residing at Brighton,
expending part of the 2001. he received from the sale of his
business, instead of coming to the Court and allowing it to
be fairly distributed among the general body of creditors.
Mr. Duncan, in reply, said that certain individuals had ad-
vanced the bankrupt certain sums of money, which had been
used in his business, and, therefore, such creditors were en-
titled to have the preference; and that at the time he gave
the preference he did not contemplate bankruptcy, and had
not kept anything for his own purposes.
Mr. Commissioner FASE was of opinion that the bankrupt
had not conducted himself in a way to entitle him to the
benefit of the bankrupt law; that lie had acted in an under-
hand manner in distributing the major part of his assets
among favoured creditors, and with the remainder living in
the country. :It was impossible for this Honour to say that
this bankrupt had acted fairly, and, therefore, under all the
circumstances of the case, he must mark the censure of the
Court upon such conduct, by suspending the allowance of the
certificate for two years from the date of the fiat.

CRIMINAL COURT.
CENTRALO
L D COURT.

'Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Baron
_ALDERSON.)

Tui FORGERY ON THE BANK OF NORWAY.—Knot
Bull, 29, described as an artist, and Peter Schmidt, 39,
wi'o was stated to be a merchant, were jointly indicted
under the statute fur having unlawfully in their posses-
sion a block of brass, upon which was engraved a por-
tion of a promissory note or order for the payment of
money, purporting to be a note of a foreign state—to wit,
the kingdom of Norway.
There were upwards of thirty counts in the indict-
ment, varying in different respects the precise form of
the charge, and in some of the counts there was given
an impression from the alleged fraudulent engraving.
Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. B alkin, conducted the prose-
cution ; Mr. Doane appeared for the prisoner Bull, and
Ur. Beilantine defended Schmidt.
The trial occupied the Court a great many hours, but
as the facts have very recently been detailed, it will not
be necessary to give the evidence of each witnessin
full. It appeared that the prosecution was instituted by
[he Bank of Norway, which corporation, it was alleged,
wigs attempted to be defrauded by the act of forger,
imputed to the prisoners. It would seem that the com-
mencement ofthe transaction was at Stockholm in August,
in which city the prisoners were seen together, and
Bull was there seen in possession of a Norway bank-
note fu~ one hundred dollars, which, it would appear,
was the amount of the notes that were intended to be
forged; and Bull was then traced from the city of Stock-
holm to London, where he arrived in the beginning of
Septemb.-r, and took an apartment in Gloucester-street,
Queen-square, Bloomsbury. It was then proved, that
hi., tlte prisoner
13u11 exerted himself to get paper of a particular descrip-
tion, such as was used for the genuine Norway bank-
notes, and that he also employed a wire-maker to pro-
vide the necessary apparatus to make the water-mark ;
and, in order to lull the suspicions of those who were
engaged in the transaction, it was cunningly contrived
that the word " lottery" should be introduced, but in
such a manner that it could be omitted when the plate
was finally worked off. To show the connexion the pri-
soner Schmidt had with the transaction, it was proved
that when he was taken into custody, a letter was found
in his possession, signed Henry Klemford, which very
clearly came from the prisoner Bull, and in which lie
addressed him in the most familiar terms, and detailed
all his proceedings in England, of course in ambiguous
terms, but very clearly referring to the particular trans-
action. Ho expressed himself very anxious to see his
friend, for he said that " London was very dull, and
he could not tell how Englishmen amused themselves,"
and evinced great anxiety for his friend (Schmidt) to
come to England to join him. An answer to this letter
was found in the possession of the prisioner Bull, and it
appeared that, very shortly afterwards, Schmidt arrived
in London, and took up his abode in another part of the
same house occupied by Bull. It was then shown that
the prisoners went together to the engraver's, and the
other parties concerned in providing the plates and the
paper, and upon the final proceeding, when Bull ob
tained possession of the plate upon which a portion of
the note was engraved, they were both taken Into cus-
tody by .John Forrester and his brother, and upon
searching Bull, several portions of a genuine note were
found in his p,:ssession, as well as the plate in question ;
and upon searching the lodgings, a genuine one hundred
dollar note was found, but some portions had been cut
from it, and the omissions were supplied by the pieces of
paper found upon the prisoner Bull.
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tired at a quarter to seven o'clock. They were absent
about ten minutes, when they again came into Court,
and returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners.
Mr. DotNE said, on behalf of the prisoner Bull, he
believed the prosecutors would say that he was the least
guilty party in the transaction.
Mr. BODKIN could only say that it was believed that
Schmidt was the principal in the transaction.
Chief Justice Timm', said be could only look at the

The CHAIRMAN said that he conceived it would be a
proceeding not justified by the circumstances of the case,
and repeated his statement as to the zeal with which the
Directors had discharged their duty, as well as the re-
gret they felt that the project should not have suc-
ceeded.

Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, notwithstanding, he con-
ceived that this inquiry should be granted. He did not
wish to throw suspicion on any party. He came there
as a man of business, who could not afford to lose his
money, and therefore he considered that every person
should support the amendment.—(Hear, hear.) It
could not be concealed that the doings of
the Royal North of Spain Railway Company had
been the subject of public criticism and censure. He
wished to know if the gentlemen who wore fondateurs
had obtained shares or reaped any benefit. This might
be as unfounded an idea as ever was entertained since
the London Tavern was erected. Nevertheless,
he conceived that it should be clearly es-
tablished that they had not, if such an idea
were entertained. From the letters in italics
it would appear that the whole wealth of Spain was
embarked in the projected railway.—(Hear.) Now they
were aware that it was quite possible that some of those

Spanish grandees might repudiate those shares. Ile
would not, for one, be satisfied until the inquiry was made.
Mr. JacicsoN said he should not be doing justice to
himself and his brother Directors if he did not correct

some mistakes that had been made. In the first place,
Mr. Cayley had obtained the concession for himself;
and not as one of the Bcard of the Com.

pang. They were perfectly justified in making__ the
surveys they had made, and in ping to the expenditure
they had done. He would ask any gentleman
conversant with railway matters, whether a survey of
three hundred miles in length could be surveyed at a
cheaper rate than that at which they had effected
their survey ? They found out that they had made
a bad bargain with Mr. Cayley. The Directors acknow-
ledged that they had spent the money of the share-
holders, but they erred through ignorance, and he
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this very demand for inquiry on themselves by their
mode of proceeding, and that they should court inquiry
themselves. (Hear, hear.)

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appeal, he did not wish to act with severity against the
defendant by pressing for his commitment. He would
like Mr. Newbon undoubtedly either to pay the money
in fourteen days, or to appeal.
The undertaking was at once given.
Mr Newbon, who complained of so great an array of
legal talent and personal influence as had appeared
against his unassisted advocacy, then stated that the
Company he represented laboured under very considerable
hardships from the course the Corporation had pursued.
They had favoured the rival company by allowing them
to ply at the new pier at the precise period when the
Waterman's boats had been in the habit of calling at the
old pier. He denied the right of the Corporation to
erect the new pier and to hike these regulations.
The LORD Mavon—l do not sit here to try the ques-
tion of right.
The City Solicitor trusted his Lordship would permit
Mr. New bon to state his grievances, whatever they
might be. That learned gentleman had indulged very
freely in his observations upon the Navigation Committee
upon a former occasion at the Mansion-house, when no
one was present to answer him. It would have borne
a more manly aspect if his learned friend had apprised him
(the City Solicitor) of his intention to cast these imputa-
tions upon the City authorities. He would leave found
him (the City Solicitor) prepared with an answer. The
City Solicitor hoped Mr. Newbon would be allowed to
proceed, as it was not improbable that a little discussion
might lead to a termination of those disgraceful conflicts
which were day by day repeated, in consequence of the
attempts of this Company to violate the wholesome regu-
lations of the Corporation, and to establish for them-
selves a close monopoly by preventing other vessels from
approaching the pier. The object of the Waterman's
Steam-boat Company throughout the affair was quite
apparent. Before the erection of the new pier, boats of
a large capacity. like the other Woolwich boats, could
not get alongside the pier. The consequence was,
that the Waterman's Company had established a close
monopoly. They had been acoustomed to go to the old
pier as often as, and no oftener than, their own conve-
nience dictated, without reference to the accommodation
of the public residing in that locality. Sometimes they
went every twenty minutes, at other times every half-
hour, and sometimes only once each hour. The other
company started from Hungerford pier regularly every
half-hour, and Mr. Newbon's Company wanted, by run
ning their own boats alongside, in the manner the wit-
nesses had detailed, to drive their competitors out of the
field, and so restore the close monopoly which had existed
in the days of their own inconvenient and unsafe land-
ing-place.
Mr. Newbon said that Mr. Pearson's statement was
founded altogether in error. The Waterman's Company
only wanted to have an opportunity of keeping their
own time at the pier, of which privilege the Navigation
Committee had deprived them, by giving it to the Wool-
wich Company. He denied the right of the Corpora-
tion, and desired to have an opportunity of trying it, if
the Corporation would bring an action against any of
the officers of the Company.
The City Solicitor said he would at once put that
statement to the test. He could but condemn, in the
strongest terms, the conduct of the advisers of the Com-
pany, in endeavouring to effect their objects by force, and
by that means placing their more humble instruments in
a situation which rendered them liable to fine and im-
prisonment for acts for which their principals ought to
be made amenable.
Mr. Newbon—That is what I want to try. Don't be
alarmed about the men we employ ; they shall be suffi-
ciently protected.
The City Solicitor—You, Mr. Newbon, were, I under-
stand, on board one of the Waterman steamers, exciting and
urging the passengers and crew to invade the pier in spite
of the force then prepared to resist the aggression. If
you really wish to try the question of right with the Cor-
poration, and you will make an appointment to come up in
the steamer to the pier in half- awhour, or at any time
you please, I will be there to receive you, and if you put
your foot en the pier, I pledge my word that you shall
meet with no resistance, but, within an hour afterwards,
an action shall be brought against you personally to put
the question of right in course of trial.
Mr. Newbon—No ; I decline to do so. ,I offered it
a fe sr days ago ; but now I shall bring an action myself
for the treatment I then received.
The Chairman of the Navigation Committee said that
if the Waterman's Company really suffered any incon-
venience, it was their own fault for not coming before
the Committee to state what it was they desired. Per-
haps some accommodation might be devised which would
suit the convenience of all parties.
Mr. Charles, jun., the Chairman of the Company, said
the directors were anxious to confer with the Naviga-
tion Committee, and wrote to them to that effect, but
received no reply.
Mr. Joyce said he had himself made a communication
to Mr. Charles, which, if attended to, might have pre-
vented ad the confusion that had occurred. As a large
shareholder in the Company, he felt that his pro-
perty was being injured by these contests, and was
anxious for their termination. The Navigation Com-
mittee would meet the next day at twelve o'clock, and if
the Company wished to confer with the Committee, it
would be easy for them to attend.
The City Solicitor said he was afraid that would not
suit either his Learned Friend, Mr. Newbon, nor him-
self.—(A laugh.) The present bellicose aspect of affairs
promised a plentiful crop of law suits, actions, indictments,
and law proceedings in all forms. It their clients got to-
ther and talked over the matter as gentlemen and men
of busin as, it was to be apprehended that these suits
would vanish into thin air.—(Laughter.) It was very well
to vapour about trying the question by a case in the
superior courts, and very tender and sentimental
to express pity for the poor men who were put in
jeopardy by the violent course now adopted ; but it was
quite obvious that that pity could not be sincere on the
part of himself or his Learned Friend, or means might be
readily found to give effect to their generous and judi-
cious feelings upon the matter. If his Learned Friend
would permit his very respectable clients, the directors,
to meet the Navigation Committee next day, and if he
would do the City Solicitor the honour to pair off with
him into the next room, where the preliminary arrange-
ments for the actions against Mr. Newbon and himself
might be settled, he made no doubt that their respective
clients would improve the opportunity and end their dis-
putes, and they might rely upon it, there would be no
litigation amongst the inferior actors in the scene.
Mr. Newbon did not assent to the proposal, and an
appointment was made for hearing the other informa-
tions on a future day.
The LORD MAYOR then expressed his determination,
by every means at his command, to preserve the public
peace, and, in case of any violation of the law, he was
prepared to sit and hear the cases as often and as long us
circumstances might render it necessary.
. CLERKEN WELL.
AN TRISH WAKE,-.-Mr. Goodman, landlord of the
Ship, in Saffron-hill, was charged with having had his
house open for the sale of spirits at an unlawful hour.
Police-sergeant Wilkinson deposed that on passing the
Ship, at twenty minutes to four on Sunday morning last,
he heard sounds of merriment proceeding from the first
floor. He knocked, obtained admission, and on entering
the front room on the first floor saw several persons sit-
ting round a table drinking.
Mr. COMBE—What was on the table? The sergeant—
Several pewter pots containing beer.
Mr. COMBE—What else? The sergeant—A coffin, in
which the corpse was. They were all drinking round the
body.

Mr. COMBE—Did the man die there? The landlord
admitted that he did nut.
Mr. CO MBE—Then it would appear the corpse was
brought there for the purpose of selling the beer.
The landlord denied that such was the case.
Here an Irishwoman, "in weeds of woe," vociferated
from the body of the court " I am his wife," and at the
same time flounced up to the witness table.
Mr. COMBE—Whose wife are you ?—My husband's.
Mr. COMBS—The defendant's ?—No, the dead man's.
Mr. COMBE—What do you mean ?—The lady, in a
stentorian voice, went on to say that she brought the re-
mains of the deceased there because she had no place
else " to wake him decently in."
The defendant was fined 11. and costs.
The widow left the Court vowing vengeance against
the police.
John Peters, a strong built, powerful man, was charged
with assaulting police-constable 432 N, in such a manner
as to place his lite in danger.
About twelve months ago the prisoner was convicted
and punished for a very brutal assault on the com-