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The Week.
mittee of four gentlemen was added to the committee of co-operation , to consult with the directors in divising some plan for re-organizing the company , or forming a new one , \ o whom the vessel might be sold . There ' was a large assembly on Wednesday , at the Princess ' s Theatre , of members of the theatrical profession and literary men , for the purpose of considering the proposal for establishing a home for distressed actors and actresses . Mr . Kean was in the chair . A report was
read pointing out the objects of the scheme , and containing among others , the following recommendations : — -That the acceptance by the committee of the five acres of land from the grantor be confirmed ; that the title of the institution he ( f The Dramatic College ; " that a subscription for carrying into effect the objects contemplated be noAV commenced ; that the proceedings of the provisional committee be approved , and that the said committee be continued in office until the next annual general meeting ; that when , in the opinion of the committee ,
sufficient funds have been obtained , plans and estimates for the proposed buildings be procured . These recommendations were put to the meeting in the shape of resolutions , and unanimously carried , and a liberal subscription entered into . ——Among several benevolent bequests Avhich the late Mr . Morley , proprietor of the Burlington Hotel , has bestoAved on medical charities , he has left £ 100 , 000 to found a convalescent hospital , in connection Avith St . George ' s Hospital , within seven miles of Hyde Park-corner—an institution that cannot fail to he productive of the
greatest benefit to the poor .- Another victim has been added to the list of killed by the firework explosion in the Westminster-road , in the person of Madame Cot on , who expired in great pain at Guy ' s Hospital on Monday . —A rail Avay accident took place on Monday , on the North-Western Railway , at the Longwood station , two miles from Huddersfleld . The accident happened to a passenger train proceeding from Leeds to Huddersfleld , and appears to have been caused by the carelessness or inattention of the driver , who passed the station without stopping " ,
though the distanee signals warned him to stop , and dashed into a coal train which was standing on the line . No lives were lost , but twenty persons were seriously injured . An American captain , who hastradedfor many years between New York and Glasgow , and who arrived in London with a cargo a few days ago » , applied to the magistrate at the Thames Police-court under circumstances which prove that the acknowledged acuteness of his nation is not without exception . It seems that he had been accustomed , when in the port of Glasgow , to pay his men
in five dollar , or one pound , notes ; but receiving from his consignee here an advance in £ 5 Bank of England notes , he very innocently paid them away in wages as £ 1 notes , thereby suffering a loss of above £ 160 . Through the exertions of a police-A constable he has been fortunate enough to recover nearly £ 100 ofthe money . ——merchant of Wolgast , in Prussia , named Otto Frederick Homeyer , has been remanded by the Lord Mayor , charged with forging two bills of lading for corn ,
amounting in value to £ 3750 . The prisoner , when apprehended , admitted having forged the bills , but hoped the act Avould not do him any harm . Thomas Tyler , a stoker in the service of the North London Railway Company , has been fined forty shillings at the Thames Police-court , for having , while in a state o > f intoxication , performed the exploit of driving an engine from Bromley to Poplar , and damaging several of the company ' s carriages . —•—A remarkable illustration of
the ticket-of-leave system was given at the Mansion House on Friday , when a man , brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with stealing a purse , was shown to have been three several times sentenced to transportation for periods of seven , ten , and fifteen years , ' and on each occasion to have received a ticket-of-leave , with a gratuity of £ 5 . 135 . id . on his third dismissal . His Lordship said he should make a report of the case to the Homo Secretary . The cause " Mo watt v . the Great Northern Railway , " was tried at Chelmsford on Friday . It will be remembered
that some time after the discovery ofthe great frauds byEedpathon the company , Mr . Mowatt was removed by the directors from his situation of secretary , having previously been asked to resign , which he declined to do . In consequence , Mr . Mowatt brought the present action to recover damages for having been wrongfully dismissed . The trial occupied tho greater part of two days , and resulted in the jury returning a verdict for Mr . Mowatt , with £ 200 damages , and with an expression of opinion that there was no justification for his dismissal . According to the
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The Week.
mittee of four gentlemen was added to the committee of co-operation , to consult with the directors in divising some plan for re-organizing the company , or forming a new one , \ o whom the vessel might be sold . There ' was a large assembly on Wednesday , at the Princess ' s Theatre , of members of the theatrical profession and literary men , for the purpose of considering the proposal for establishing a home for distressed actors and actresses . Mr . Kean was in the chair . A report was
read pointing out the objects of the scheme , and containing among others , the following recommendations : — -That the acceptance by the committee of the five acres of land from the grantor be confirmed ; that the title of the institution he ( f The Dramatic College ; " that a subscription for carrying into effect the objects contemplated be noAV commenced ; that the proceedings of the provisional committee be approved , and that the said committee be continued in office until the next annual general meeting ; that when , in the opinion of the committee ,
sufficient funds have been obtained , plans and estimates for the proposed buildings be procured . These recommendations were put to the meeting in the shape of resolutions , and unanimously carried , and a liberal subscription entered into . ——Among several benevolent bequests Avhich the late Mr . Morley , proprietor of the Burlington Hotel , has bestoAved on medical charities , he has left £ 100 , 000 to found a convalescent hospital , in connection Avith St . George ' s Hospital , within seven miles of Hyde Park-corner—an institution that cannot fail to he productive of the
greatest benefit to the poor .- Another victim has been added to the list of killed by the firework explosion in the Westminster-road , in the person of Madame Cot on , who expired in great pain at Guy ' s Hospital on Monday . —A rail Avay accident took place on Monday , on the North-Western Railway , at the Longwood station , two miles from Huddersfleld . The accident happened to a passenger train proceeding from Leeds to Huddersfleld , and appears to have been caused by the carelessness or inattention of the driver , who passed the station without stopping " ,
though the distanee signals warned him to stop , and dashed into a coal train which was standing on the line . No lives were lost , but twenty persons were seriously injured . An American captain , who hastradedfor many years between New York and Glasgow , and who arrived in London with a cargo a few days ago » , applied to the magistrate at the Thames Police-court under circumstances which prove that the acknowledged acuteness of his nation is not without exception . It seems that he had been accustomed , when in the port of Glasgow , to pay his men
in five dollar , or one pound , notes ; but receiving from his consignee here an advance in £ 5 Bank of England notes , he very innocently paid them away in wages as £ 1 notes , thereby suffering a loss of above £ 160 . Through the exertions of a police-A constable he has been fortunate enough to recover nearly £ 100 ofthe money . ——merchant of Wolgast , in Prussia , named Otto Frederick Homeyer , has been remanded by the Lord Mayor , charged with forging two bills of lading for corn ,
amounting in value to £ 3750 . The prisoner , when apprehended , admitted having forged the bills , but hoped the act Avould not do him any harm . Thomas Tyler , a stoker in the service of the North London Railway Company , has been fined forty shillings at the Thames Police-court , for having , while in a state o > f intoxication , performed the exploit of driving an engine from Bromley to Poplar , and damaging several of the company ' s carriages . —•—A remarkable illustration of
the ticket-of-leave system was given at the Mansion House on Friday , when a man , brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with stealing a purse , was shown to have been three several times sentenced to transportation for periods of seven , ten , and fifteen years , ' and on each occasion to have received a ticket-of-leave , with a gratuity of £ 5 . 135 . id . on his third dismissal . His Lordship said he should make a report of the case to the Homo Secretary . The cause " Mo watt v . the Great Northern Railway , " was tried at Chelmsford on Friday . It will be remembered
that some time after the discovery ofthe great frauds byEedpathon the company , Mr . Mowatt was removed by the directors from his situation of secretary , having previously been asked to resign , which he declined to do . In consequence , Mr . Mowatt brought the present action to recover damages for having been wrongfully dismissed . The trial occupied tho greater part of two days , and resulted in the jury returning a verdict for Mr . Mowatt , with £ 200 damages , and with an expression of opinion that there was no justification for his dismissal . According to the