The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-14 00:00:00

- - NORTH WALES RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) „Th_, e first neral meeting of this Company sin-!e re ,i:Ling 'heir Act of incorporation, was 1' eld this da):, 4 1 . '. .„.:a 4 n; past twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern ; Sir ", I , l lani Wynn, Chairman of the Directors, presided. he SECRETRY having read the advertiseme t the meeting, e CHAIRMAN said that, according to an A.-;t of p arliament, they had convened the meeting as Share "elders in that Company, with the view of laying the 81 ate of affairs before them, and therefore, in the first Pace there would b e s ho wn them a statement of the money eeived, an d i n t h e secon d p l ace, t h e manner in whit:, it 1 j cl been expended ; and he trusted that after seeing 'ese they wou ld b e sat i s fi e d t h at t h e i r money h a d b '',',l 3 ended in such a way as to induce them to place c ence in the Directors they had chosen. He was him ', an advocate for railways, and in this case the Corn E : . I3 Y , he thought, had nothing adverse to fear from t„ Y other Company. There might be particular obstacles th e construction of railways, but, in genera', he was flare t hey were calculated to benefit the country, and r , vanlage all classes of society. The wealth of the e , :t e Opulent, and the labour of the humble, were alike 'lvbrtuced by the formation of these lines. The markets er e , increased, because articles were brought to them th e i n Per and more expeditiously. In the next place, the cr ease of railways promoted knowledge, and it pro toted health by facilitating communication with distant I ,:es, and giving means of recreation which before were v er thought of. Thus admiring railways, he was, mightW say, an admirer of them all. Merionethshire, t, efhiew h bordered th e i r li ne , was i n t en d e d t o b e i n t ersec t e d t wo lines from Worcester, one taking the sea-coast, ~ the other the inland country ; but he would refrain d °' giving an opinion upon them until the plans were K i! ve loPed. Then,if he were honoured by still beingin the rlrectory of the North Wales, he should be happy to :ate his sentiments as to the mode in which either would tit upon the interests of that country, but he thought et either wo u ld b ene fit th em i n a cons id e r a bl e d eg r ee . Would say one word as respected Ireland. It would observed that one of their ports, Port Dyullaen, was t l Z °B ite Wicklow, and this would be, therefore, a much are direct route to passengers and traffic from London uublin. The present route was most circuitous, and - Pro' • Jeet like the present was, therefore, likely to yield th,"„ e Vie return to its projectors. He would not trouble w ith further remark •, but, before sitting down, he lin e • "lut help expressing his decided opinion that this to t h w°4l d be aenefit, not only to the shareholders, but 1,, Country at large.—(Cheers.) 1 4 1:ue Secretary, Mr. MARRINER, then read the report Views : th e ' 4 ,e Directors h ave t a k en th e ear li es t o pp or t u nity of calli ng l l aareholders together to congratulate them upon the pass thOr th e Act incorporating this Company, which Act received 1: ) Yal assent on the 21st July last, and have much pleasure tad Yu: l g before them a short statement of its present position ',P r ospects. fp o :2 l e district of country which this line is to traverse, is that kp t T ie Hang or , i n t h e county o f C arnarvon , t o P or t D yn ll aen , thesame county ; the latter place is a sea-port, situate on lai; 4 ,alt of Wales, immediately opposite the port of Wicklow, tii; e `and ; it posseses great natural advantages, and the cape- A * of being made a most commodious and safe harbour. tiki project having been formed in the month of August last to t er 4Pet Port Dynllaen, by means of a railway, with the Ches. t ,,, 4 • 114 Holyhead line, and thereby with the manufacturing W a i;qa le the north of Englani, and the mineral districts of It hr s, the Directors consented to become, in conjunction with al highly respectable landowners connected with the loca rie,4*.the promoters of the line, feeling convinced that, if car litatilito effect, it would be productive of great benefit to that kr the c ountry , an d y i e ld an amp l e re t urn f or th e cap i ta l t red for its construction. from.: the time this C om pa n y was projected, ether parties had ted a line of railway from Bangor to Carnarvon, and had i!t o „,,ed coniiderable outlay in surveys and other matters, and 'der to prevent the serious costs which competing in Par ,ho:e" with an opposing Company would have entailed, an ar.. lie°,inetit was entered into with those parties to give up their ta,m the promoters of this Company, which was eventually D a d into effect. ko ns Ur ing the progress of the Bill through the House of Com- Nte t the Company had to contend with the opposition of two t ad nl/43 landowners, one of whom petitioned against the Bill, Ige t ,iPPwsed it before a Committee of the House, but subse tlN ar rangements were made to the satisfaction of both par- Ilk or 1 0 the H ouse o f L or d s an a tt em pt was ma d e t o impede tla t:gress of the Bill, which, however, proved unsuccessful, IV Act was obtained without further opposition. riot o f thus given a short statement of the origin and pro stmeaea'biteh e un . derta_king, the Directors feel much gratified in to inform the Shareholders . that they see no impedi- N ss : the way of their proceeding with the preliminary steps l'trid i r Y, to be taken for the construction of the works, and ktido2gly intend to make immediate arrangements with the 'mers on the line, for the purpose of securing early pos 'xi),)4 of such land as may be required, and they confidently e irt i e a t r that one portion of it, namely, that from Bangor to The"o, will be finished in the course of next summer. B alance sheet attached to this report, which shows the Prq7 l) . e nditure up to the present time, is submitted for the l ' t ion of the Shareholders, and the Directors remark ,Titl i il:'easure, that the whole of the preliminaay cost in este t,„• gthe Company and obtaining the Act of incorporation, \i• 'i t " amount to 7,5001. 4r113, e ta view of securing the advantages which will be neces tive,„ noferred on the undertaking by the exercise of the O•p eto contained in the Port Dynllaen Harbour Act, the ar e h o r , s have great satisfaction in being ble b to inform the iders that the necessary arrangements have keen made t it, e Proprietors of the harbour to purchase their interest I _ l4 er; e . °4 clusisn the Directors beg to congratulate the Share d° T • upon the favourable state of their affairs, as well as upon b th e sortable prospects which present themselves with regard ttv4vmture success of the undertaking 4 r, E kxrcr OF CAPITAL ACCOUNT TO THE PASSING OF iqV2q, 1815 . THE ACT. £ s. d. ). i l ' l llririetor s for Deposits on 11,890 Shares ... 14,862 10 0 l,rres Forfeited l iat s loitim on Shares er est allowed by Bankers 4 13 10 rection ; but the remaining rrimber, twelve, being sufficient to comply with the Act, it is not proposed to fill up the vacancy. The three Directors retiring from office by rotation are, Mr. Bagshaw, Mr. Kennard, and Mr. John Masterrnan, jun., and the Board recommend these gentlemen for re- vlection. According to the statement of account far the half year ending 30th June, 1845, appended to the report, the receipts, including a balance of 8,9941. 14s. 5d., b rough t over from the previous half-year, were 37,372/. 10, 5d., and the disbursements 22,001/. 9s. 7el. ; leaving a ba lance in hand of 15,371/. Os. 10d. Of the =tiara ex - pended, 15,4531. 10s. 2(1. had been expended on the Newport Extension;. the remainder on general expenses, excepting a debenture rrietid of 3,0901. The general statement of receipts mil expenditu.-e from the beginning till the 30th of June shows the for mer to be 1,137,8701., and the latter 1,122,498/. 19s. 2d. The CHAIRMAN then rose to address the meeting. He said he was sorry that the number of Shareholders pre sent was not greater, as he had something agreeable to say to there in addition to what was contained in the report. It would be recollected that some time since the Eastern Counties Railway Company capitalised their debt or 710.000/., by creating new shares at par. In consequence of this a question had arisen whether a cur respanding right was not vested in the present Company. The matter was brought by the Direc tors of the F . esent Company under the con sideration of the Eastern Counties Board, where every attention was paid to it. After some discussion it was mutually agreed, in order to remove every legal doubt that might exist as tee the respective rights of the Companies to capitalise their debts, to draw up a case involving the point under consideration, to be sub• mitted to a competent legal authority. Sir William Follett Was fixed upon, but, unfortunately, before the case could he submitted, that gentle-man died. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Roundall Palmer were next selected, and the case which was to have been submitted to Sir William Follett, was placed before them. The opinion of these t.vo gentlemen, he was happy to say, was entirely in their favour. It was hardly desira ble that the whole case submitted should be read,though, should it be required, the seen tary would do so. The last paragraph, however, contained the whole that was material. The Chairman then read the concluding por tion of the case, - the whole of which he stated had been submitted to both Companies, and by them agreed to. It contained two questions, and was to the following effect-Ist, Whether the Eastern Counties Railway Com pany had the power to capitalise its borrowed money without the consent of the Northern and Eastern Rail way Company; and 2d, Whether the Northern and East• ern Compay had a similar power without the consent of the Eastern Counties Company. Both questions were answ( reel in the affirmative. The consequence of this was, that this Company has a right to capitalise its debt, the same as the Eastern Counties Company had done. In the course of the business a resolution would be pro posed to this effect. The mode in which it was pro posed to be done was, as the debt was about equal to one-third of the paid-up capital, to issue shares at par in , the proportion of one new share to each present share, such new shares to be guaranteed 5 per cent. on the capital paid up on these new shares, and afterwards to participate in any di visable fund over and above the payment of the Five per Cent. dividends. Thus, those who held 3,000/. just now, would have their shares increase d to 4,000/. At present, should this course be agreed to, only a small deposit would be required as an acknowledgment on each new share. A SHAREHOLDER inquired in what proportion the deposits on the new shares would be required to he paid up ? The CHAIRMAN said that the payments would be re quired in proportion as the several items became due. During the last half year, as would be seen by the ba lance, 3,0001. debentures had been paid off. The sums owing were payable at the following dates :- 80,5001., the 15th of January, 1847 ; 50,0001. in Sep. tember of the same year ; 56,8001., 15th January, IM9 ; 49,700/, January 15th, 1852 ; in addition to 67,800/. for the Newport Extension, due the 30th September, 1848 ; making the total of 304,8001. due. The money would have to be raised in proportional sums to redeem these obligations. Resolutions were then proposed and carried that the report be received and adopted, and that a dividend in agreement with its recommendation be declared. Afterwards a resolution, embodying the plan for the capitalization of the debt of the Company in the manner named by the Chairman, was submitted to the meeting and agreed to. Tne three retiring Directors were then re-elected. Mr. TOZER asked whether the dividend of 51. per cent. declared would be paid on the 27,7451. received from shares duriflg the past half-year ? The CHAIRMAN replied most certainly. A. vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman and the Board of Directors, and the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACE S—WEDNESDAY. The Reading Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; two yrs old, 7st. 31b ; and three yrs, 9st. Half a mile. (6 Subs.) Mr. Death's Camelia, 2 yrs (Hutchinson) 1 Mr. Dorrien's Ferney, 2 yrs . Mr. May's Corinthian Torn, 3 yrs Mr. Stevens's The Bard, 2 yrs 4 Betting—Even on the winner, 2 to 1 agst The Bard, 3to agst Ferney, and 4 to 1 agst Corinthian Tom. Won by two lengths. The Berkshire Stakes of 26 sovs. each, h ft, and only sif de clared, with 50 added. Two miles. (24 Subs. ; 17 paid 5 toys. each.) Mr. Coleman's Devil among the Tailors, 6 yrs, 6st 71b 1 Mr. G. D. Donkin's us f. by Sir Hercules out of Tag lioni, 3 yrs, 6.t' S *gains , t Yrs, fist 91b Mr. U. H. Peel ns trudge -it, 4 yrs, 7st lito BETTING-6 to 4 agst Taglioni, 3to 1 agst Elemi, and 4to 1 agst Devil among the Tailors (who carried Illbs over weight). Won by a neck. The Borough Plate of 25 sovs. each, added to a sweep stakes of 3 soya. each, for 3yr olds, 7st 61b, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, 5 yrs, 9st, 6 yrs and aged, 9st 31b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs. if demanded, &c. Heats once round and a distance. (4 subscribers.) Mr. Tubb's br g Palemon, aged ........ Mr. Wood's Stittenham, 3 yrs Mr. Webb's b m Brenna, 5 yrs First heat won by two lengths ; second by a neck. Mr. Hibburd is engaged to start the horses at the ensuing York Races. CHELMSFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3 yrs old, 7st llb ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, 9st 21b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 61b ; mares, &c., allowed 31b. Three miles. The winner to be sold for 3001., &c. (4 Subs). Mr. Shafto's Metal, 3 yrs, walked over. The Town Plate of 50/., for 3 yrs old, 7st 31b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, 9st lib ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 51b ; mares, &e., allowed 31bs ; winners of plate or sweepstakes, Sibs ; of two, 51bs ; of three, 71bs extra. The winner to be sold for 2501., &c. (5 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Timbria, 3 yrs . (Pettit) 1 1 Mr. Robinson's Glee, 3 yrs Mr. Whittington's Miss Robinson, 5 yrs Mr. Coape's Energy, 3 yrs First heat won by eight, second won by a head The Hurdle Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 20 added. One mile. Winner to be sold for 70 sovs. Were won in two heats, by Mr. Mew's Barnaby Budge, 5 yrs ( Higgins) beating Mr. Benbow's Delusion, aged, the first heat in a canter, and the second by a head—the winner was claimed. £16,714 13 10 672 7 4 C t. Il y tu -- )) D Mll t . t I.ld 0 ring and Surveying Expenses T e ncc of Law Expenses and Par otary Charges in obtaining the Act )) Reg t 4 fleorporation ), _ s and Expenses of Offices, Salaries to Dr,,,.ecretary, Clerks, &c. , b 711 t 680 0 0 , ri u unary Expenses, &c. . '' 4 4 g and Stationery... 1 1i ye E xpenses 288 15 4 , h •gs eel , g tiak, aneous Expense. et in hand 6O 4 6 12,107 1 10 (Wakefield) 1 1 . ......... 3 2 2 dr ORANGE DEMONSTRATION IN ENNISKILLEN. (Fr:An the Chronicle.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. AUG. 13. SIX o'CLocK, A.m.—The long-promised Orange de monstratiol took place at Enniskillen yesterday. On this trying occasion the Orangsmen wet e totally aban doned by their former leaders, the magistrates and gen try. Even in point of numbers, the ►netting fell very far short cf the anticipatory boastings of the Orange Jour • nals in Dublin. There were, however, about ten thou sand persons assembled, mostly farmers and the labour ing classes, with a small sprinkling of the second class of gentry. At this meeting the Orangemen made a de claration of unalterable hostility against the Peel Go vernment, and refused to co-operate with the repealers. I send the following abridged report of the proceedings from a more lengthened account which reached the Freeman's Au? nal this worning by an express, and I am indebted to the proprietor of that journal for an curly copy : ENNISKILLEN, TUESDAY EVENING. Before proceeding to record the demonstration of to day, we will advert to the proceedings that took place here last evening. About nine o'clock last night the preliminaries may be said to have commenced. A peal of bells gave note of preparation from the church tower, and immediately afterwards some few in• distinct figures might be noticed through the darkness making efforts to hoist an Orange flag on the topmo,t pinnacle. This proceeding, as might be expectsd, at tracted a large number of that class usually denominated " street idlers," who occasionally gave vent to their "No Popery" and " No Peel-ite ' sentiments, with a plentiful admixture of William-ite epithets. This " de monstration" was confined solely to the vicinity of the church—through the town all was quietness and inac tion- there appeared none of those indications which usually mark the approach of such a popular display as the present was expected to be. The people seemed to be more engrossed with their ordinary busines than with the 12th of August or its associations. A band paraded the Main-street, feeding the ears of an attendant crowd of idlers with the " Boyne Water," The Protestant Boys," and other tunes of a like party and sectarian import. The affair as yet suggested more of the ludicrous than of the grand. In front of the band was carried a lighted torch ; the flame was created by a compound of antimony, lint, and other ingredients, and this occasionally lighting up their preliminary " walk," made the entit e business look rather blue. After this pArading party had pursued their diversion for a couple of hours, they dispersed to their homes. The town became as still as on ordinary occasions, and ail was quiet in Enniskillen for the remainder of the night. Up to ten o'clock this morning the town pre ser_ted but few indications of the approaching demon stration. The day was ushered in by the ringing of joy bells, but there were few manifestations of party feeling until a very advanced period of the morning. On the bridge, at the entrance of the town from the county Cavan side, a triumphal arch was erected. This arch was composed of Orange stuff, with a border of deep, blue. An equestrian statue of King William was sus pended from the centre of it, and it was surmounted by a large gilt cross. A passer-by gravely informed your reporter that the cross was placed there to prove that they were " a Christian - like people " in Enniskillen. Orange flags were placed at t ach side of the arch. An Orange flag floated from the top of the Market-house, bearing on one side the inscription, "Remember 1690," and on the reverse side, " No Repeal, no Surrender." Flags were also displayed from the steeple of the church of Enniskillen. A second arch, similar to that already described, was placed on the bridge at the other side of the town. A small equestrian statue of King William was su-pended from the centre of the arch, and under neath were inscribed, " Enniskillen," " Derry," Augh rim," and " The Boyne." Orange lilies were exhibited in the windows of about a dozen houses—principally those of the humbler order. This completes the de scription Of the decoration of the town. All preliminaries adjusted, the procession left the fair green in the order of their districts. They marched through the main streets to Portora gate at the west side of the town, where they turned and retraced their steps. Without speaking in any manner to depreciate the importance that may be attached to the dewonstation by those favourable to the principle commemorated, we must in candour say, that, as a popu lar display, the proceeding was cold and spiritless. There was no cheering—no outward exhibition of enthu siasm, nor, in their passage through town, were they greeted by the occupants of the several windows with any cheering or encouraging signs or expressions. There were about 140 banners in the procession, each banner heading a lodge. A liberal estimate might allow thirty persons marching in each lodge, and the number would still be under five thousand. If we add a like number for the crowd, who did not take any part in the procession, the whole multitude assembled will still be greatly within ten thousand._____ THE MEETING was held in a large meadow, belonging to Mr. Paul Deane, situate about a mile from the town, at the Dublin side, on the crown of an elevated hill overlooking Lough Erne, and in full view of tho magnificent mountain scenery around. Among those present at the meeting were the fol lowing :—John Crilloghly, Esq.; Henry Grey Archdall, Esq. ; Michael Burke, Esq., Trory Glebe ; William Dane, RA ; Samuel Yeates Johnston, Esq.; James Chartres, Esq.; RE v. Charles Walsh, Clones; R. Mayn, Esq. ; Countess of Enniskillen, Capt. Archdall, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Maude, Edward Archdall, J.P., Riversdale • James Lendrum, Rev. Henry M. Wind, Belturbet ; Mr. ' Eaton Caldbeck, Rev. Mr. M'Clutchy, Rev. Mr. Rayibm, Nie•hnhts Archdall, Esq.; Rev. Chas. 1.,41141 r... 11 . Mlli t 1:V V. E • Poct..nr Kemal), Robert Alexander P un t , isnasKeit , Hugh Hamilton, Rev. William Moffatt, Rev. Mr. Newport, B. White, Charles Jones, Maurice Maxwell, Rev. Mr. Wilson, - Rev. R. N. Taylor, Arthur Holmes, Esq.; Thomas Irwin, Esq.; Doctor Finlay, Swanlinbar ; Rev. John Hudson, Rodney Bell, Esq.; Thoteas Dawson, Esq.; Rev. Ilugh Hamilton, jun. Several of the persons in the procession carried Bibles in their bands, tied round with orange and blue ribbons. The chair was taken by Lord George Loftus, who kr, r , X 16,714 13 10 o f was `IA.Pin AN said that while the report was brief ektifi 41 , 0 5 t valuab'e, and they ought to be particularly / IN that their Chairman, who had so kindly con preside over them, was a native of Wales.— ' t 'tti e ,, -8 ; •) Re was glad to find that that beautiful and r tt, •re country was beginning to attract the attention i ' 4 l; W aY companies, and he was very sure that this 4d w ugh a short one was of a most valuable character, i h ' 1 4 . ,:,, t14 1 in a considerable ' degree completely alter the t - I ,"st tl h" of England with that sister country. He ) 7 4 e the Directors merited the fullest confidence from hNs4reholderi; for the masterly manner in which they / i4 lll 4 „ r i r tql their Bill through Parliament, and, in one ,s t e a - ,:kr instance, he was sure they in the highest de ,lettip,—„ted with the utmost foresight, namely, in not `qor', - ","ig with an opposing line. He should, therefore, e tt , t : l at this report be received and adopted. Th e DASHWoOD seconded the motion. tte pen was received unanimously. top d afl,hitions to the following effect were moved, se ', l e ,Z , and agreed to • nlr.k -‘1 1, 4t the bir tors . named the Act be confirmed. lat Mr. James Pyke, of Westbourne Grove, and 411)0i,e,niamin Edgington, of Duke-street, Southwark, be h 4 1 , - ` n etl auditors." ' 4 ll I' P LiPmAN inquired if any remuneration had yet htlN4pven to the Directors ? and being answered in the kra i ve, roposed, that, for the first year, 1,000/. should as a remuneration for their services, to e 'l , l:' - `, , ,nnually among tht m. dpP`-'ll4.lumAri said, that after conferring with his_ tr4 tt e, he was appo i n t e d t o sa y th a t 7001. would be A , kr ' 0 41 : 11 1 3 1y sufficient. 'RA.PM AN thought that if 1,0001. were allowed to Ttleh tt . B the m ax i mum sum , i t wou ld be all the better. i ty lies might then limit themselves to 7001., f Thshkaild feel so Lelined. , re solation was then put to the meeting in its 0 kr k b i t ) rna, and carried unanimously. e tte,,-"ettals proposed that Mr. John Marriner be Th e se cretary, at a salary of 3001 per annum. tkter!SRAIRDIAN passed a high eulogium on the cha- T h or the latter gentleman. 14 t'lisi resolution was seconded, and also carried unani hka 4-4 JP• ° ° l tE proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman th,s trectors for their past conduct. He was sure that il sjt voted to them would not be too much, for if the b iled ll , s t e h (! , the Chairman of the Great Western were ful idhlla a ‘ Company would also be extended to Port 're b, e h, thus enta ili ng a grea t er amoun t cf labour on i c tors of th e N or th W a les. "Nrj e kIIAIIIMAN returned thanks, and the meeting ad (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) • WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Theatre Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added. Lord G. Bentinck's b f Cherokee, 2 yrs walked over A Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft. Mile and a quarter. Lord Warwick's b c Roebuck Holyoake Handicap Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 added ; second to save his stake. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Painter's fby Jereed—Bustard, 3 yrs...(C. Edwards) 1 Mr. Copeland's br c Arthur, '3 yrs The following also ran :—Mr. Ongley's Roderick, 6 yrs— Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 5 yrs—Mr. Hawkins's Nix my Dolly, 6 yrs—Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 4 yrs—and Mr. E. Peel's Jack Sheppard, aged. Jereed filly won easily, and was afterwards sold for 5001. The Consolation Plate of 50/. ; three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst ; five, Bst 9113 . ; six and aged, Bst . 121 b ; mares, &c., allowed 21bs; winners extra. Heats, once round and a distance. The winner to be sold for 2501. Lord Warwick's Gwalior, 3 yrs ......(W. Abdale) 1 0 1 Mr. Wiggan's Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs ...... 0 0 0 Mr. Jones's The Disowned, 5 yrs Sir C. Monck's My Old Hack, aged Mr. Phillips's f by Physician, 3 yrq ST. LEGER BETTING.-6 to 1 agst Weatherbit-6 to 1 agst Mentor (t)-10 to 1 agst Merry Monarch-10 to 1 agst Old England (t)-12 to 1 agst Annandale-17 to 1 agst Pantasa-20 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger (t)-25 to 1 agst Pacha (t freely)-25 to 1 agst Ould Ireland-25 to 1 agst The Baron-30 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon. DERBY.-30 to 1 agst Twig (t). LEWES RACES—WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. New course. Heats. Duke of Richmond's b c Red Deer, 4 yrs (H. Bell) 3 1 1 Mr. Ramsbottom's br h Pine Apple, 5 yrs Lord G. Bentinck's b g Haworth, aged 2 3 dr First and second heats won by half a length, and the third by four lengths. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—HUNTINGDON, 1845. Acceptances for the Huntingdonshire Stakes. Plantagenet, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Queen of the Gipsies, 86t— Hersey, 3 yrs, 7st 11b—f by Slane, out of Mary Anne, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Little Finch, 3 yrs, Est 41b,-Event, 3 yrs, Est 41b— f by Jerry, out of Legend, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. having shortly addressed the meeting, Samuel Johnson, Esq., of Scion-hill, came forward and moved the first r, solution, to the effect that they deemed the resuscitation cif the Orange system as necessary for their protection. Arthur Holmes Grant, Secretary of the Orange Lodge of Monaghan, proposed the second resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Wm. Dane, and carried unanimously. Mr. Henry G. Archdall proposed the next resolution, which was seconded by Kr. John Johnson, Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ulster. The Rev. John Frith proposed the next resolution, which was adopted. The meeting pledged themselves never to support any candidate at an election who did not join the Orange Society. The meeting separated peaceably. , TH.ERN AND EASTERN ti At , RAILWAY. ()Th i n- YEARLY MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) this ‘-otbh° 4alf-yearly meeting of the Shareholders in t iNt e4ll3T was held at one o'clock to-day, in the Board "ltich('_,f the C.)nipany, at the Station, Shoreditch, tl,, rt.( Paterson, Esq., Chairman of the Company, in „ T`h,nr• 1 ' "43in es' f h eeting was opened by affixing 1 1,, L "‘AI of s° t ern - re ister of the Share , 1 ( 1, the Company to the g 4t 'Por t. f s ',, ar tkr which the Secretary read the following lroni the Directors : ° , l t. 4:)ll,lerr beeir_ec. tors have to report that the dividend, at the rate dun e per annum, for the half-year ending the 30th (I,l).ayabl2‘_ll the the respective Shares of the Company, will 0 t Ist of September next (subj . ec v t .a to — the de li. 2 Property-tax), and will be as follows . • 7 %.• ti d• per Share on the Registered Shares 5/. paid). 15 s. r e r Share on the Registered Shares (20/. paid). h ,th p p " Share on the Scrip Shares ( 351. paid). c, k 'L l e .'"eipts of the Northern and Eastern Railway for the ending 80th J 2 495/une l . ast amount to 45,759/. Ha, ~.''lpn , "r 1 increase of 6s 9d., as compared with the co!. ' 4 Y 1 - I d ",, ln z g Portio n of , th ar 1844, the came length of rail. ouThp arbitration open at both been e b e th periods. tit t} :: di luted ac , c r o e u e a r t re a d f a o Your Directors' last report, contractor, has not, on account r i l ' l cled. ll4l4l 4l pr essure of Parliamentary business, b een con ' A'Anot t here is, however, no other impediment ; and they Alt h t'eat a t the matter will be brought to issue previous to getaeral Aspi od oth er meeting. en coo of gagements of the Company outstanding at the ""e az nalgamation are satisfactorily progressing to Th. I °a• o b ,„• t,- r u . -tag Ogle line throughout from London to Norwich wltal34,"th took place on the &ith ult., under the most f.a tittory allsPices, and with every prospect of the most satis e%,,,,,s:ults, etl eihon The w or k s h ave b een com pl e t e d with a degree ex ecat,,, in the formation of railways, the whole having Ei voth in twelve months after the Act by ti; tr i ension of the from Newport to Cambridge, i Ptiii l c i l pcl ot was E anctien e d, had received the Royal Assent : - " a rms Edwa r d M ang l es h as re ti re d from the di CRICKET.—The match between Sussex and Mary lebone (with Pilch), which has excited so much interest in consequence of the extraordinary number of runs obtained by Sussex at the commencement of the game, was resumed yester day morning at Box's grounds. Brighton, in the presence of about 2,000 spectators. Marylebone, it will be remembered, had been put in on the runs, Sussex having scored 265, and Marylebone only 138- They continued playing till five o'clock, when Marylebone had obtained 212 runs, making their total score 350, being 85 in advance of the first innings of Sussex. Against this number Sussex went in, and Sopp and the two Nappers played together for about an hour and a half, when they lost their wickets with 54 runs. Hammond was shortly afterwards caught by Royston four wickets down, with 55 runs. The game was now becoming . interesting, but the stumps were struck at seven o'clock, leaving the game to be finished to-morrow (this day), Sussex having obtained 59 out of the 85 runs ALARMING FIRE IN OXFORD -STREET.—Last night, b3tween the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, a fire of rather an alarming character broke out upon the premises belong ing to Mr. James Nunn, hosier and silk-mercer, situate at No. 217, Oxford-street, near Portman -street. It originated in the front shop, a spacious compartmeat filled with costly articles; and, owing to the combustible nature of the stock, the flames very speedily obtained a firm hold, they hav ing in less than five minutes communicated to each side of the shop. The origin of the fire is not precisely known. The building and its contents are insured in the Phmnix Fire-offi e. IVe understand that the office of medica l examiner to the East India Company is likely to be vacated by Dr. Hume, who is appointed a Commissioner in Lunacy. It is thought that the Court of Directors may be disposed to ap point to this important office a member of their own service, and while such men as Martin and Anneley, are to be found, no difficulty appears to exist.— Times. • M. d, 13runnow, the Russian Ambassador, has recently snide some efforts to obtain a reduction of the duty on Russian tallow ; but Sir Robert Peel has intimated that it is not his intention to make any change.—Morntng Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST 14, 1845. iZELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES PRINCIPAL CIT. NAMES OF RAILWAYS, Aberdeen ... Arbroath and Forfar Ditto Half Shares . Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Belfast and Ballymena..., Belfast and County Down Birknhd, Lan. & Ches, Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss. at 7 1 ,E dis.) Ditto Half Shares . .. ... Birrninghm & Oxfrd. Junc. Blckburn, Chrly, & N. Un. Blackburn, Darwn, & Bolin Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Brighton, Lewes, and Hast. Bristol and Exeter ...... Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester . Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Half Shares Chester and Holyhead . Cheltenham and Oxford Chichester and Brighton Churnet Valley Clydesdale Junction Cork and Bandon IN TIIE Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal Coventry and Leicester ... Cornwall. ..... Diss, Beccl es, and Yarmoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich . ...... Dublin and Belfast Junet. Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New......... Dundee and Perth.. Eastern Counties Do. New .ES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. Do. Peril., 5 pr Cnt., No. 1 Do. ditto No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh an Glasgow Do. Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb., Leith, and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Bedford Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr •• Do. Quarter Shares...... Glasgow and Greenock .... Ditto New Ditto Preference ...... .. Glasgow, Dmfries, and Car. Goole and Doncaster. Grand Junction. Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighths.... ...... Grand Union . London.' Liver pool. Great Grimsby & Sheffield Gt Sothrn & Wstm (Irelnd) Aug.l3. 11% 60 10% 2 3 Ditto Extension Great Munster ••• Great Northern of Scotind Great Northern of Engind Do. New, Shares - Do. New, 301. Shares Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Guildfrd, Farehm, & Ports Harwich . 214 20 6 % P 87 211 A Hudrsfld & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby 25% 11% 30'h 225 —.. Ditto Half shares. Ditto Quarter,Shares ... Inverness and Elgin ...... ... Kendal and Windermere.. .05 23 22 Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions Lancaster and Carlisle..... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Thirsk - Leeds and W. Riding June. Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis,& Kil. June Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn London and Birmingham. Ditto Thirds. .! .. 2%pl Aug.l3. 11% 11 1 / 4 2514 31 3 /4 ..._ - 2% 6% stto ekw...... Lon. & Man.(Remington's) London and Brighton Do. Cnsolidated Eighths London and Croydon. Ditto New Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent London and Greenwich Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege London & South Western Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501. Shares Do. New, 401. Shares London and York London and Windsor Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskillen Lynn and Lly Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares • Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Manchestr, Bolton, & Bury Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend Manchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Midland Ditto Fifths Ditto New Do. Cons. Birm. & Derby Midland Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Nwcastl & Darlingtn June Do. New (Brandling) Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen Newark and Sheffield North British . Ditto Half 5hare5........ Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares North Kent North Staffordshire North Eastern North Union (A) . ......... • Ditto (B) North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares . North Western North Wales ......... Norwich and 8rand0n...... Ditto New Not., Belvoir, and Granthm Nottingham and Boston Nott., Erewsh Val. & Man. Nottingham and Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre . Ditto Half Shares . Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar. Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Richmnd and W. End June. Rugby, Worcester, & Tring Scottish Central ....... Scottish Midland.. . Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Shrewsb.,Wor., and Crewe Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrewsb,Herefd,&N.Wa ls Slamannan . .................. zl , ~~ 20% 111/ 121 s. 3d. 52 11% 50% 141 A 15% 13% 15 1 ' 425. 6d. 3 3 4 51A 10% I 1p 18 1 4 _... 2314 PA p 10 34 /01 811,4 2 3 A 4 Bristol, ch 3f e a ster n- . 1 lAug.l3. 87 1 h 301 h 6% p .75 11% 3 1 4 1p 2 4 37 233/4 - 14% 2% 2 1 A 2% 31 8% 69 59% 54 51A 201 90 1245. 6d. 3p 7 N 1 3 / 4 14 1 4 14% 14 1 4 3 9-16 ..... 24 4 3 / 4 64 101,/,, 22 1 4 -- 5% 91 /8 3 Is. 3d. 3% 71,4 7 1 4 3914 lAug.l3. 351,<a 4 3-16 .94 [393A 129, 121,!4 31 4 30s. pl 10s. 39 2 4 3 / 4 3% 3:- %:1 31 A 31/2 _ 71/2 7 2 3, - 3 / 4 , P South Devon . .............. South Midland .........•••••• South Eastern and Dover. Do. New (iss. 32/.) No. I Do. (iss. 33/.68.8d.) „ 2 Do (iss. 301.) e 3 Staines and Richmond Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales ............... Trent Valley Do. and Holyhead June West London, Old Shares West End & Southrn Wexford and Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub Waktid, Pontefrct, & Goele Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares 47/ 8 p 1 4514_ 5 7'.4 46% 3 7-16 3 1-16 5% 27 3 / 4 York, 15 3 / 4 8 81% 2 7/ 3% Welsh Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire. Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares. _ 151% Aug.l3. 14% Leeds. I Hull. _ 3014 lAug.l3. 25 1 :' /2 Do. Scarborough Branch Ditto Selby ... Ditto Extension. .... 98. p. 51.195.6 d lAug.l3. 2 1 91 / i - 5% 14% 107 24% 22 Rudders field. lAug.l3. 26% 14% 1514 Sheffield 2 4 I,c, Aug.l3. 3% _ . 13% 14% 158. p 475. 6dp 163:6d 31s. p 7/. 14s. 17414 `26',74 104 2 3 1/2 3?.; 101/ Glasgow. Aug.l2. 573. 4 3 / 4 18/.1869d1 IV. 19s. p Dublin. 405.6d.p 7 1 2 :'i 1414 , - I P, 31. 12s. 2.35. 1211 9/. 9s. ss 24A 21 s. 4 Aug.l2. 31 1 / 2 8/.1153d 1 13/.85.9d. 31 51 ,;3 _ 3V 3 ..... 3:yi 4 31. 16s, 14 159; 6d. 31. 18s. _ 1 -3 - 3/.165. p 14% 6/. 4s. _ 25:-?, 3 1 233 A 3N THE GENERAL POSTMEN. The General Postmen have recently memorialised the Post master- General on the subject of their pay. The petition was signed by nearly two hundred of the junior members of the corps. We have looked into the very valuable Return made to the House of Commons, on the 20th of February, ou the motion of Mr. Duncombe, M P., for Finsbury, and find that the aggregate incomes of the two hundred junior General Postmen exceed 15,0001., being an average of upwards of 751. per annum to each. The complaint can therefore scarcely be as to the amount of the incomes, and, indeed, as their petition states, it is rather to the mode of remuneration that they ob ject, made up, as their receipts are, of various fees and per quisites. They pray that they may not be left dependent on the public for a considerable portion of their incomes. The prayer seems sufficiently reasonable, and the men should certainly receive all their pay from the revenue, and not be permitted to levy contributions on the pub lic in the shape of early delivery, Christmas gratui ties, sale of " Directories," &c. If the wages of the senior postmen were fixed at double the present Government pay of 145., that is at 28s. or even at 30s. weekly, the middle class at 255. or 265., and the juniors at 21s. or 225., it would probably give perfect satisfaction to the petitioners. Probably, to ensure certainty, they would prefer even a smaller fixed scale to the present system; but, for ulterior reasons, it would be better that the more liberal arrangement were adopted. It is probable—indeed, we believe, certain—that a consider able increase must shortly be made to the rank and file of the Post-office establishment, and such a rate of wages should be decided upon as would induce men of decent attainments to enter the service. At the present period of the 19th century, and in the present state of general education, we should no longer be subject to such endorsements on our letters as " gorn from rate nightrider strete," " try camebridg terris high parke,' " gorn awa not none ware," &c., in a style of penman ship worthy of the orthography. THE INFANT SAPPHO.—This wonderful child gave the second of her series of concerts at Crosby Hall, last evening. She is more wonderful than ever. Her musical and poetical improvisations are most extraordinary ; not only does she ex temporise the music, but she will extemporise the words of a song. Nay, more wonderful still, she will, if we may be allowed the expression, extemporise a musical score. She can, in an instant, adapt her improvisations to the mast complicated har monies and sudden transitions. She was last night encored in the favourite song " I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls," and in Arne's beautiful air, " Where the bee sucks." Perhaps the most astonishing performance last evening, however, was her " Laughing Irish Gallope," in which her laughing in har mony produced the most extraordinary, and, at the same time, pleasing effect. The concert was very well attended. SADLER'S WELLS.— ihe play of the Stranger was acted in this theatre, on Tuesday last, with complete success, Mr. Phelps taking the part of the Stranger, which he person ated to the satisfaction of a crowded and highly respectable au dience. Mrs. Warner, as Mrs. Haller, succeeded equally well. Her acting throughout was faultless, particularly the affecting scene in which she expresses her penitence and contri tion. The character of Baron Steinfort was by Mr. H. Mars ton, and that of Solomon,: the pompous old steward, was amus ingly performed by Mr. A. Younge. We are glad to see the steady improvement which progresses in the class of audience which attends this theatre, and the managers deserve every en courogement and support. BRIGHTON, AUG. 12.—Earl Somers, Lord Chief Baron Pollock, and Count Lebzeltern, left here this afternoon in the General Steam Navigation Company's packet Fame, for Dieppe, en route to Paris. TIIE MESSRS. ROGERS' STOLEN NOTES.—NOW that the excitement consequent upon the recent robbery at the above firm, has somewhat subsided, all sorts of expedients are being adopted by the thieves, with a view of bringing the missing notes into circulation. Some of rather an ingenious character have come to the knowledge of the police, amongst the most conspicuous of which is that of having a new list of the stolen notes printed, and taken round to the places where the old lists are, or have been exposed. In the new bills, the numbers of all the small notes am fictitious; a casual observer would not notice this, and, consequently, upon a stolen note being presented, and the I arty referring to their list for secu rity, the number not being there, it is changed. ESCAPE OF CONVICTS IN SPAIN AND MURDER OF THE ESCORT.—A letter from Madrid of the 2d inst. states, that as 200 convicts were being conducted from Carthagena to the Canal of Castile, they rose upon the troops escorting them, massacred them all, hanged the commanding officer on a tree, and escaped in different directions.— Galignani of Tuesday. RAILWAY INTELLIGEN CE. NEW STANDING ORDERS Yesterday tlienewtandinWOider;;ei.atinir, to the passing of Railway Bills through the House of Commons, as am aided for use in the ensuing session, were issued. Two altercione are to take place in the appointment of Committees. The Select Committees on petitions for private Bills are to divide them selves into Sub-Committees, " each consisting of seven mem bers at least," and to make regulations for the transaction of business. The Committee on Standing Orders is to consist of " eleven" instead of " seven" members—Eve to be a quorum. The following are the new provisions introduced to meet the cases of such Railway Bills as were before the House last ses sion, and which are likely to be introduced in the next : ONE-TENTH PART OF THE AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED TO BE DEPOSITED.—" That previous to the presentation of a petition for a Railway Biil, a sum equal to one-tenth part of the amount subscribed shall be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England, if the railway is intended to he made in England ; or with the Court of Chancery in England or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland if such railway is intended to be made in Scotland; and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland, if such railway is intended to be made in Ireland. Pro vided that the above order shall not apply to any railway Bills that have been before Parliament dosing the present session, and which may be again introduced in the next session, or which are already provisionally registered, or the subscription contract for which may be already executed, or partly executed on the 29th of July ; but with respect to such Bills, a sum equal to one stwentieth of the amount subscribed shall be de posited as before provided." The following are the new Standing Orders applicable tosuch Bills ashave been ordered to be engrossed in session 1845 : NOTICES IN NEWSPAPER!..; AND GAZETTE.—" That. the promoters of such Bills shall give notice by adveriisemeut for six suecessive weeks in the months of October and November in the London, Edinburgh, or Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, and in the local paper or papers which may usually be in circulation in the part of the country through which the line of railway is proposed to pass, of their intention to present a petition fur the re-introduction of any such Bill." COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE WHETHER. PETITION BE THE SAME AS THAT IN 1845.—" That upon any petition for leave to bring in a Railway Bill, which shall be presented to the House during the session of 1846, and referred to the Committee on petitions, the Committee do examine whether the said pet I lion he the same in substance as any petition for the same Fut pose, and from the same parties, which was presented in the session of 1845 ; and in that case, whether any Bill brough` into the House in pursuance of such petition in the session of 184), was pending in either House of Parliament on the termination of such session ; and if so, whether a subscription contract, as required by the standing orders, binding in the usual way the subscribers to the undertaking, has been entered into and is valid at the time of such inquiry, and whether the deposit of 51. per cent. upon such subscriptien is lodged in the manner re quired by the standing orders." IF PETITION SAME, STANDING ORDERS TO BE HELD TO BE COMPLIED WITII.—" That in such case, wad on proof of such notice having b een g i ven as a f oresa id, and in caie it should appear that such Bill had, at the end of the session of 1845, been pending in the House of Lords, or if pending in the House of Commons, had been ordered to be engrossed, the standing orders with respect to any such Bill shall be held to have been complied with." COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE WHETHER BILL BE THE SAME AS THAT IN 1845 —" That the Committee on any such Bill do examine whether the Bill be in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the session of 1845, and that in such case no evi dence shall be received by such Committee; but that on the reception and adoption by the House of a report from such Committee, that the Bill referred to them is in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceed ing in this House in the session of 1845, such Bill may be ordered to be engrossed without any further proceeding in re spect thereof." PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, A 1:G. 8. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE UN GROUP X OF RAILWAYS. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY (SHEFFIELD BR ANCII ) BILL. Lord Courtenay reported from the Select Committee on Group X of Railways, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group, together with the re port of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that, in the case of the London and York Railway (Sheffield Branch) Bill they had heard counsel in support of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they had examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satis faction. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. ADJOURNED INQUEST. LITTLEBOROUGH, Ave. 13.—The inquest on the body of Richard Peaks, the stoker, who was killed by the accident which occurred near this village on Monday, the 4th inst., was resumed at twelve o'clock to-day, at the Falcon Inn, before Mr. C. C. Lewis, coroner for the county of Essex. The same gentlemen who attended on behalf of the Com pany on the former occasion were present oir this—viz., Mr, Duncan. solicitor ; Ale. Hanson, manager of the traffic de partment ; Mr. Phipps and Mr. Lawford, engineers of the line; and Mr. Fernihough, superintendent of the locomotive department. The first witness called was General Pasley, who gave the following evidence :—I came down to inquire into the accident the day after it occurred, and first proceeded to Chesterford, and thence to the place at which the accident happened, in company with Mr. Phipps, Mr. Hanson, Mr. Jackson, and several other per sons whom I did not know. Mr. Law ford joined us after wards. I saw two second-class carriages, the tender, and the horse-box on different parts of the line, near the spot at which the accident occurred, and from which they had been removed. The rails and everything else had at this time been replaced. The accident, as 1 was informed, happened about a mile from the end of the incline, and a mile and a halt from its summit. I was shown a rail where the engine ran off, and I questioned the engine-man respecting it. I also asked questions of Mr. Jackson, Mr. Randle, jun., and others. 1 bad a good deal of conversation with Mr. Phipps and Mr. Law freVr,leifetb ev act zios,_ Xll. me then svere.vreseut at..the acci, what I heard from these persons and from the examination 1 made, I formed an opinion as to the cause of the accident, which was, that it must have arisen from excessive speed in descend ing a gradient stated to be I in 157, along a curve of which the radius was stated to be two miles, on a new railway not thoroughly consolidated; and 1 think it possible that the outer rail of that curve may not have been raised quite so high as is usual in curves in proportion to the radius. On seeing the rail I formed the opinion that it was split by a downward blow, such as it might receive from the jumping of the engine. The engine-man said lie thought that the wedge of the joint must have got loose, that the end of the rail was consequently thrown up, and that the flange of the wheel of the engine striking against it caused the fracture of the rail and the accident ; but I was not of that opinion, because, in the first place, there was no mark on the end of the rail, such as the wheel would certainly have made if it had come in contact with it in that manner ; and because, in the next place, there was a mark on the surface of the rail, and on the splinter which had been separated from the rail, showing that the blow must have been downwards. Still the jumping of the engine must have been excessive to cause the rail to split. CORONER—Do yeu think there was any irregularity its the line immediately before the spot where the engine went. oft? General Pasley—ln a railway newly opened it is possible for a subsidence to take place in a particular rail, and for two or three of the sleepers to be a little deranged ; but still in diet case no accident would happen if the speed were moderate. On the other hand, if the speed be excessive, a very slight subsi dence is sure to cause an accident. The Coaorsze—Having regard to the state of the line, and to the incline where the accident occurred, what, in your opinion, is the speed with which a train might proceed on it with perfect safety ? General Pasley—l should think it might proceed at the rate of 18 or 20 miles an hour with pet feet safety. The CORONER— Should you consider any speed beyond that attended with danger? General Pasley—Not if the road were well consolidated. The CORONER—I am speaking of the line as it is. General Pasley—l think on descending such an incline on a newly made line the steam should be altogether, or nearly shut off. The CORONER—Do you consider the speed of 30 miles an hour an unsafe speed on this particular part of the line ? Ge neral Pasley—l should think it so until the road was perfectly consolidated. But I consider that the speed of the train in this case must have been excessive from the result ; because, if it had been going at a moderate rate it would have stopped, not have run so far, or left the permanent way and run over to the bank. In fact it would have stopped upon the permanent way. I was once witness of an engine going off the line, and it stopped at a distance of 20 yards from the spot at which it left the rail. (It may be as well to state here that the distance at which the engine was found from the split rail, at which spot it went off, was found to be 153 yards.) On that occasion we were going at an exceeeingly slow rate. 'lhe CORONER—Are there any other reasons why you think that the accident was caused by excessive speed ? General Pasley—As I said before, the curve may have contributed to it. 1 have seen an engine thrown off the rail by a curve. The CORONER—Did Mr. Phipps and Mr. Lawford agree with you in that opinion ? General Pasley-1 don't know. 1 did not question them, as they had not been present at the ac cident. Mr. Lawford told me he got down from the train before the accident occurred, hut he said lie thought that the speed had been excessive the stage before he descended. I supervised and reported on the line before it was opened. I cannot say I examined every part of it. 1 examined it so as to enable me to form a judgment as to the general state of the line and its fitness for traffic. The line was in very good order, much better than many other railways which I have inspected, and on which no accident has happened. It is impossible to examine the position of every sleeper and every rail separately. Instead of a day, it would take me a month to do so. 1 in spected this line from one end to the othsr, and I must say 1 consider it one of the beet lines, and in the best order, of those I have inspected. A juror—Did you examine the incline on this part of the line yourself? General Pasley—l of course saw all the in clines and curves, but how am I to examine them without taking the level and radius of each ? I can only judge of them by my eye. The juror—l think you said that the outer rail was not suffi ciently high, and that the accident might be in part attributed to that circumstance ? General Pasley-1t did not so occur to me at the time of my survey. The juror —Would it not be essential that you should have subordinate agents who would co-operate with you for the pur• poses of a more minute examination ? General Pasley—l have an assistant; but if you mean that I am to examine in detail every rail, and every curve, and every gradient, and every sleeper, then I say that such a course would occupy .snontlis instead of days, and would besides be perfectly unnecessary, as there are platelayers all along the line to see that all is right after each train passes. It is only necessary on new lines to go cautiously at first. On one railway, which I inspected, 1 reported that a viaduct was too weak, and the railway in con sequence was not opened for a fortnight, during which the ne cessary alteration was made. But if you expect me personally to examine every detail connected with the construction of the railway, you expect what is impossible and unnecessary. The juror-1 do not expect anething of the kind; but 1 think that where there are curves and inclines, there ought to be a close examination of them. General Pasley—l have examined many hundreds of miles of railways, and have seen trains run off of curves the first day, and, therefore I say, that the tr ains ou g ht to g o slowly on curves and gradients until the railway is well consolidated. Having repeated his impression as to the cause of the accident, the witness proceeded to say—So long as an accident appears a mystery, it operates against railway travelling ; and I always, however mysterious it may appear before inquiring, find, upon inquiring, a clear solution of it. In a railway not properly consolidated, one or more of the sleepers may sink a little, causing a slight subsidence of the rail, but sufficient, as hap • pened on the Northampton and Birmingham Railway, to throw the engine off the line. Then, again, a particular state of the rail may have the effect of throwing a train off the line if going very quickly, and not if going slowly. The Great Western Railway twist up their express trains under circumstances which had not given rise previously to any accident ; - • -•--- • . ; . ; ,;1 2 mem05w........•••••••• but before long a very alarming aceidenT),Curred." although not utt,•ndrd with loss of life, the tAskts w a in torn, d over an embankment. The same thing happ'qrse.d ,Wat 1% . the ( lasgew and Edinburgh Railway. For three yeari trains had been passing over a viaduct bridge without the sign of accident, but the moment the express train came the bridge proved too elastic for it, the e: give was thrown off the rail and overturned, the tend: r rolled down the embankment, and the engine-man was killed. lam not afraid of speed. Had I 1.) , .e3 on the erigke to which the accident happened on this line, 1 dare say I should not have quarrelled with its speed, but have shared the fate of the fireman. The Co itONEß—That I have no doubt of. %e all wish to go fast when it is our own case ; but I think we often wish to go faster than we ought, or there is any necessity for. Mr. R. S. Best, a student of Queen's College, and a first ales passenger by the half-past eleven o'clock train on the 4th inst. (who was also examined at the inquest at Cambridge) said, that he was accustomed to railway travelling, and did not think the speed on that particular occasion at all extraordinary for an express train. He had travelled much faster. He had gun- sixty mil, s an hour, and did not think the train on Mon day week went beyond forty miles an hour_ At the time of the accident he conceived they were going as fast as at any other period of the journey, perhaps faster. Did not observe the beat of the engine, nor any slackening of speed between SVanden and the place where the accident occurred. A mo ment or two before the accident he had observed a good deal of oscillation in the train. Mrs. Mary Dickson examined—l was a second-class pas senger by the train. I have travelled a good deal by railways. I did not consider that we came down at all fast. I returned on the following Wednesday much quicker. About one minute before the accident took place I observed a motion in the carriage I was in ; it was more a jumping than a rocking motion ; I had not observed it jumping or rocking before. After leaving Wendon station, I thought we were not going so fast as before. I made the remark to a gentleman in the carriage with me, end he said, " We are on new ground, and that, I suppose, is the reason why ice are going so slow and steady." I am quite certain we were not going so fast after leaving Wendon as before. 'T he jumping of the eau riage was like gaing from sleeper to sleeper, but I am certain the carriage was lot off the rail, for I looked out of the window and saw that it was net; in a moment after came the shock. Mr. Best was re-examined, and said thi,.! a moment before the accident he felt the carriage lie was in rolling from side to side, but felt na jumping until it had got off the rail and on to the sleepers. Bennett examined—l live in Fetter-lane, Londott. 1 eas a passenger by the train. I was in the second-class carriage, next the horse-box. I consider that the train came very fast from London. I have been in the habit of travelling every other day on the line as far as Stortford for the last three years, but never before went by a quick train. I observed the carriage I was in to shake very much all the way from Wendon. I mean from side to side. I did nut remark any jumping. Just before the accident 1 think we were going faster than before. I thought so before the ac cident occurred. I thought so only in my own mind, I did not say go to any ore in the carriage with me. I am the driverof the Magnet coach. I was greatly shaken by the accident, and had my hand much hurt. Abraham Samord examined-1 am a farmer. I came by the r.iilway from Brighton on the morning of Monday, the 4th instant, and afterwards by the half-past eleven o'clock train from Shoreditch. I consider that we went from that to Wen don quite as fast as un the Brighton line, and from Wendon to the scene of the accident we went, I think, faster. It was su remarked by a person in the carriage with me. Just before 'Le accident happened I observed a little swinging of the car but not much. 1 was in the second-class carriage it was next the horse-box. About two days afterwards I was speaking to a person who got out of the train at Wendon, and he remarked, that we started from Wendon at a very rapid pace. I have not travelled above half-a-dozen times by rail ways. , ' At tl - .e suggestion of 111 r. Duncan, solicitor to the Company, Lawford was called to satisfy the jury as to the outer rail of the curve, where the accident happened, being higher than the other. He said—l perfectly well know that curve. In some parts of it, but I cannot say whether on the precise spot where the accident happened, the outer rail is higher than the inner. It was completed nine months ago, since when engines and waggon trains have been constantly passing over it, and I should say it was perfectly well consolidated when opened to the public. I have no recollection whatever of stating to General Pasley that the speed of the train to Wendon waa excessive. In my former evidence I said, and I now repeat, that it was not ex cessive, and ►hat the train proceeded steadily to that station, at which I got out. I observed no oscillation in it ; if I had I should have apprehended some accident. The CORONER having observed that he believed there were no other witnesses to examine unless medical witnesses, whose testimony could be of no use on the occasion, as they all knew how the deceased met his death, A medical gentleman, whom we understood was sent-for when die accident happened, stepped forward, and produced a letter, requiring his attendance as a witness, and demanded to know if he would be allowed his expenses. The CORONER thought not, at least he was not legally en titled to them. When he (the Coroner) required medical witnesses be always summoned them himself, because unless he did so, be had no power to pay them. The Surgeon— Should 1 have been justified then in not obeying this letter ? The CORONER—Certainly, under the Coroners' Act. The driver Young having been tendered as a witness, The CORONER said he would hear any statement Young had to make, but would not examine him on oath, because he could not tell whether the jury would hold him responsible or not. Young declined to make any statement, but Mr.Fernihough, superintedent of the locomotive department, wished to say, that from London to Stortford the speed allowed was very great indeed, so much so, that do what they might, they were sometimes unable to keep it up. If not up to time at Stortford, they endeavoured to make it up at Wendon. On this occasion they did so, and there was, therefore, no necessity for travelling atter they left Wendon at a greater speed than was allowed, that being on the average 30 miles an hour frem , ;tortford downwards. The engine-men had instruction. to make up lost time within certain limits, and were liable to reprimands, and ultimately to dismissal, if they did not do so. But, since this accident occurred, it was not intended to make up any lost time on the new road. The CORONER then brictly addressed the jury. They had to consider whether this accident had arisen from the negli gence or reekles , .w, , e.f the driver, or was the result of a o i over which lC a o s- nY tom nary' car 'Opt/1i 'the pa i d If the latte777 l l k ':e vent 'et could necessarily be " Accidental death;" and then EY.De the question as to whether the jumping ,f the engine arose from overspved or from any depression or imperfection on any part of the line. As regarded the engine itself, it appeared that it was in perfect working order; and, as regarded the line, nothing, according to the evidence, could be discovered in it sufficient to account for the jumping of the engine. If General Pasley's evidence were to be relied on, and it was supported by various facts ind cirtumstraices, theme appeared to him (the Coroner) very little doubt that the train was going at a greater speed than it ought; that that speed caused the engine to jurni., and that the jumping split the rail. They were told that the speed from London to Stortford was exceedingly great, and that from Stortford to Cambridge it was allowed to be on the average thirty miles an hour. According to the evidence of Mr. Fernihough this train was going at, or over thirty miles an hour. Now, considering this to be a new line, that would appear to be much too great a speed, although for i hat speed the engine-driver would not be responsible, as it was allowed and required by the Company. The Company, no doubt, imagined that they might go at that speed with perfect safety to themselves and the public. That also must have been the opinion of General Pasley when he inspected the line, otherwise he would have felt it his duty to report to the Com pany that they ought not to allow a train to go down the in clines at a quicker rate than 18 or 20 miles. When he in spected the line, he, no doubt, thought that they might be descended with safety at 30 miles an hour ; he had since altered his opinion, and he now felt that they could not be descended with safety at a greater speed than 18 or 20 miles. The decline was stated to be only lin 157. The curve, according to Mr. Phipps, was a very slight one, and a train, in his opinion, might with safety descend it at from 30 to 35 miles an hour. His (tile Coroner's) impression, as far as he knew of the subject, and he had learned something of it from the numerous inquests he had held, at which it necessarily came under his attention, was that there must be more than ordinary risk connected with these curves, unless the greatest caution were observed; in fact, every accident which had come under his notice had taken place at a curve. Taking all the facts of this case, he thought it was tolerably evidentthat the jumping of the engine going down this incline and along this curve, was occasioned by a much greater speed than ought to have been employed Whether that amount of speed was such as to implicate the driver and make him criminally re sponsible was for the jury to say. He would only observe that his instructions were to go rather better than thirty miles an hour, and according to Mr. Fernihough he was not exceeding that at the time of the accident. On the subject of the speed the evidence was very conflicting, and in his opinion, although he did not offer it for the guidance of the jury, it was not sufficiently conclusive to justify a verdict of man slaughter against the driver. If they discharged him from all criminal responsibility, their verdict would be accidental death, and the only question remaining was as to the deodand. During the last session of Parliament a Bill was intro duced for the purpose of doing away with deodauds by a Noble and Learned Lord, and supported by other Noble Lords. Whether the Noble Lords were shareholders in railways or not, he did not know—( A laugh)—but the Bill was thrown out by the Attoney-Genet al, and the law, therefore, stood as it did before the introduction of that Bill. It was in evidence that the engine at present, and after deducting for injuries, was of the value of 1,4t,0/., and it was competent to the jury to levy a deodand for that amount, or any portion of it which they might think fit. The jury were then left to themselves. They deliberated for about two hours, and at four o'clock returned a verdict of " Accidental death," with a deodand of 1501. on the engine, accompanying the verdict with the following remark:—" The jury beg to express a hope that no swift train will be allowed to run upon any part of the line below Stortford until it has become much more consolidated and settled. They also hope that no train will be allowed to run without at least two trucks between the tender and the passengers' carriages, and that posts or marks may be at once put up showii:g where every incline begins and ends." PRIZE MONEY. (From the London Gazette.) LONDON, AUG. 12.-Notice is hereby g and company of her Majesty's ship 1)ido, board and entitled to share in the proceedtsesartn the Sakarran ties granted for the destruction of pirugust, 1844, that the river, island of Borneo, on the 19th o f whiovinng t o from boun ties were the officers actually on distribution thereof will be mad imade o n the 25th inst., at No. I. James..street, Adelphi ; and wh ere the lists will be recalled for first class, 120/. 4s. 2d. ; three months. Captain, 500 • o '. 9 d . ; second class, 721. th i r d c l ass, 36/. ls. 3d. ; fourth 2s. 6 d. ; , . iod. , fifth class, 121. Os. Jd. ; sixth class, class, 4/. Os. 1 id.-J. Woodhead, agent. 8 class,l. Os. 2 3 4d 1 . . ; Wxststibts I 'TER A tic. 12.-Notice is hereby given to the officers and company of her Majesty's steam-sloop Hydra, Horatio B. Young, Esq., commander, who were actually on Osse'vent h. board at the capture of the Cyrus, on the 6th of June, 1844, that they will be paid their respective shares of the slave and tonnage bounties arising from the capture of the said vessel, on Monday, the Ist of September next, at No. 14, Great George street, Westminster ; where the unclaimed share will be re called for three months. Flag, 101/. Os. 1-I,d. ; commander, 1891. 7s. 9.1 d. ; fir s t clas s , 5 1 . 7s. 110. ; second class, 311. ss. Bp. ; third class, 151. 14s. 40.; fourth class, 10/. 9s. 7d.; fifth class, 51. 4s. 91d. ; sixth class, 31. 9s. 10d. ; seventh class, IL 14s, 11d. -Hallett, Rubinson, and Co., agents. Among the numerous letters received on the subject of railways is one containing a suggestion that all maps of pro posed companies should have fur their foundation maps of the district furnished by Government, with those details that have been given by the Ordnance as surveys. In short, the notion is, that the lines should be added to the present Ordnance maps. A doubt, whether the maps now published by the different companies can be safely relied on, has given rise to the suggestion. Another letter refers to the circumstance that, in spite of the increase of deposits from 5/. to 101. per cent. by the House of Commons, railway advertisements are con stantly appearing, on which only 1/. is. tid. on the share of :25/. is required. lithe practice is founded on a belief that the standing order does not apply to compani e s p re viously regis tered, such belief is completely erroneous, for, on the occasion of the debate on the subject, an amendment designed to set this Inuit to the measure Was lost.—Time.. ..S i Ali