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

NOItTH WALES RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) T h e first gc neral meeting of this Comp my sine re eetttlh ast re ceiving their Act of incorporation, was f eld this (lily, , s I , I' twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern ; ;Sir i i,`" ani Wynn, Chairman of the Directors, presided. he SECRETARY having read the advertisemel.t call yhe meeting, ParP CHAIRMAN said that, according to an Act of e they had convenednompany, the meet: so• as Share ens in that Company, with the view of laying tile elate of affairs before them, and therefore, in the first rPeemee. there would be shown them a statement of the money 11.‘adeibveeedn, and in the second place, the manner in which it expended ; and he trusted that after seeing these they would be satisfied that their money had been expended in such a way as to induce them to place con 'ilec in the Directors they had chosen. He was him selfpi„an advoc ate for railways, and in this case the Coal tio—Y' ttl , tight, had nothing adverse to fear from y other Company. There might be particular obstacles to the construction of railways, but, in genera', he was ;aye th ey were calculated to benefit the country, an d to : v antage all classes of society. The wealth of th e ° , r e opulent, and the labour of the humble, were al ike enhanced by the formation of these lines. The markets „,. lere increased, because articles were brought to them j e f i c ea Per and more expeditiously. In the next place, the inu rease of railways promoted knowledge, and it pro lotod health by f ac ilit a ting communication with distant t .s accs, and g i v i ng means o f recreation which before were never thought of. Thus admiring railways, he was, !night say, an admirer of them all. Merionethshire, 7utch bordered their line, was intended to be intersected two lines from Worcester, one taking the sea-coast, a nd the ot h er t h e i n l an d coun t r y ; but he would refrain r era giving an opinion upon them until the plans were . v eloped. Then,if he were honoured by still being in the dir ectory o f t h e N ort h W a l es , he should be happy to elate his sentiments as to the mode in which either would t upon the interests of that country, but he thought . e th at eith er wou ld b ene fi t t h em in a considerable degree. would say one word as respected Ireland. It wo uld observed that one of their ports, Port Dynllaen, was L'PPosite Wicklow, and this would be, therefore, a much m ore direct route to passengers and traffic from London I) ublin. Th e p rese nt route was most circuitous, and an P r t:leet like the present was, therefore, likely to yield th ample return to its Victors.proj He would not trouble Zwith further remark but, before sitting down, he li ne t ` ncl t help expressing his decided opinion that this to the country at large.—(Cheers.) .e SecretMARRINER, then read the report itt Mr. A t cr ilv Direc,tors have taken the earliest opportunity of calling shareholders together to congratulate them upon the pass thg of the Act incorporating this Corn vany, which Act received the royal assent on the 2lst July last, and have much pleasure rising before them a short statement of its present position 4 ,,,Ptospects. "5 district of country which this line is to traverse, is that i tt - ' 4 4 ',. Bangor, in the county of Carnarvon, to Port Dynllaen, t he same county ; the latter place is a sea-port, situate on the.coast of Wales, immediately opposite the port of Wicklow, '? Ireland ; it posseses great natural advantages, and the capa t't9 of being made a most commodious and safe harbour. 2' Project having been formed in the month of August last to i;"nect Port Dynllaen, by means of a railway, withthe Ches. and Holyhead line, and thereby with the manufacturing Cots in the north of England, and the mineral districts of "sr the Directors consented to become, in conjunction with r.veral highly respectable landowners connected with the foes riltY, the promoters of the line, feeling convinced that, if car p,ed„ into effect, it would be productive of great benefit to that e quirM the country, an yield an ample return for the capital for its constru d ction. At the time this Company was projected, ether parties had Cmoted a of railway from Bangor to Carnar vo n , and had i t C 4rr ed considerable outlay in surveys and other matters, and lianstirder to prevEnt the en serious costs w would have entailed, an al , 4rgement was entercd into with those parties to give up their ffto th e promoters of this Company, which was eventually ed into ect• During the progress of the Bill through the House of Com : s the Comprany had to contend with the opposition of two i txt e nsive landowners, one of whom petitioned against the Bill, (pie oPposed it before a Committee of the House, but subse ti„4t arrangements were made to the satisfaction of both par the" In the House of Lords an attempt was made to impede illuiprogress of the Bill, which, however, proved unsuccessful, Havin g Act was obtained without further opposition. b "ing thus given a short statement of the origin and pro b:3% of the undertaking. the Directors feel much gratified in hemp zt 'ng Able to inform the Shareholders that they see no imperil tte"t in the way of their proceeding wil l the p reliminar y ste p s : es 'aty to be taken for the construction of the w orks, and a7ingly intend to make immedia t e arra n g ements with the 8 4wite rs opt the line, for the purpose of securing early pos e% s '" of such land am may be required, and they confidently Pct that one portion of it. namely, that from Bangor to ar "n, will be finished in the course of nextsummer. t , T he b a l ance s h eet attac h e d to this report, which shows the 141 ' 4 ' e xpenditure up to the present time, is submitted for the N,i i t it "bation of the Shareholders, and the Directors remark blistht.pleasure, that the whole of the preliminaay cost in este d„e Ing the Company and obtaining the Act of incorporation, vv .not amount to 7,5001. sa r ; ; lt h a view of securing the advantages which will be niece- Conferred on the undertaking by the exercise of the b.*ers contaire:d in the Port Dynllaen Harbour Act, the s i t l i l l etors have great satisfaction in being able to inform the v a reholders that the necessary arrangements have been made uh theof the harbour to purchase their interest _ 4 it. proprietors 1 1 14 nonclusien, the Directors beg to con g ratulate the Share thewers upon the favourable state of their affairs. as well as u p on t 0 reas,nable prospects which present themselves with regard the future success of the uncle! tzlchig ~STATEMENT OF CAPITAL. ACCOU NT TO TILE PASSING OF Jur. ' E ttlY 21 - THE ACT. 1815, x 8. a To Proprietors for Deposits on 11,890 Shares ... 14,862 10 0 ~ Shares Forfeiteil,. ~ Premium on 'nares 4 13 10 Interest a ll owed by Ilanlivr. £16,714 13 10 Cr, 9y , V f,ngineerin g and Surveyin7 Expenses i Non Account of Law Expenses an.i Par liamentary Charges in obtaining the Act 2,111 6 2 . ~ 0 1 Incorporation "'eta and Expenses of Offices, Salaries to 682 0 8 ~ „ Secretary, Cleiks, &e. )) % r ylim inary Expe . nses, &c 112 18 lutin g and Stationery... A dvertising Expenses ', Ali scellaneous Expense' 60 4 6 '` Bala nce in h an d ••• 672 7 4 U r 0 £16,714 13 10 it w ' `-'llArmas said that while the report was brief lt,a most valuab!e, and they oug.ht to be particularly s r , - "ed that their Chairman, who had so kindly con (eeitied to preside over them, was a native of Wales.— eers.) Lie was glad to find that that beautiful and 4 1114 utie country was beginning to attract the attention li t ,: a ilway companies, and he was very sure that this t hough a short one, was of a most valuable character, 4 1 would in a considerable degree completely alter the th c , ati Ons of England with that sister country. He thw u ght the Directors merited the fullest confidence from L e s hareholders for the masterly manner in which they 0 4 carried their Bill through Parliament, and, in one ;' 4 7tieular instance, he was sure they in the highest de e:a meted with the utmost foresight, namely, in not k tla Petiug with an opposing line. I{e should, therefore, Ze that this report be received and adopted. DASHWOOD seconded the motion. T e report was received unanimously. R esolutions to the following effect were moved, se to tid ed, and agreed to : That th e Directors named in the Act be confirmed. .g 4 That Mr. James tyke, of Westbourne Grove, and ' 4 ' enjamin Edgington, of Duke-street, Southwark, b© PPointed auditors." I M r .CAAPMAN inquired if any remuneration had et 11 given to the Directors ? and being answered in the li e 64ti ve, proposed, that, for the first year, 1,000/. should oi granted as a remuneration for their sQrvices, to be v h ated annually among them. bs CHAIRMAN said, th..-t after conferring with his K l, L eagues, he was appointed to say that 7001. would be t ined amply sufficient. Etf r. CHAP3IAN thought that if 1, 000 /. were allowed to Th e as the maximum sum, it would be all the better. Th i e Directors might then limit themselves to 700 /., it eY should feel so i dined. the resolution was then put to the meeting in i t s 44 Igival form, and carried unanimously. t i. A jr• Norms proposed that Mr. John Marriner be The secr e t ar y, at a salary of 3001 per annum. ',he CHAI RM AN passed a high eulo;;ium on the cha inLer rot the latter ge ntleman. The resolution was seconded, and also carried unani %4ly. c 4, *.CooKE proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair man t Directors for their put conduct. He was sure that iiio 411 , 41 voted to them would not be too much, for if the iiii_, 4ll se of the Chairman of the Great Westtrn were fill- Cu, that Company would also be extended to Port aen e ia vl] , tus entailing a greater amount cf labour on Directohrs of the North Wales. j ol ; l , : l n i e ed e . n.tritsiAN returned thanks, and the meeting ad- .*TORTHERN AND EASTER RAILWAY. , r I , I ALp-yE.ARLY MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) C h " half-yearly meeting of the Sharehol ders in this r 'll3a rlY was held at one o'clock to - day , in the Board "f the Company, at the Station, Shoreditch, i l ebard Paterson, Esq., Chairman of the Company , i n too chair. oh e l l'i , le business of the meeting was opened by affixing I soal of t h e C ompany t o the register of the S,l are It e u ers, after w hi c h the Secretary read the followi n g port from the Directors : ,fl o ur Directors h av e to report that the dividend, at the ra te tif Per cent. per annum , for the half-year ending the 301 h Ju ne last, on the respective Shares of the Company, will d e : j aYable on the Ist of September next (subject to the de nr property-tax), and will be as follows : viz .- 7, 2 s. 6d. per Share on the Registered Shares (45/. paid). ; 5 1 Per Share on the Registered Shares (20/. paid). per Share on the Scrip Shares (35/. paid). hale r eceipts of the Northern and Eastern Railway for the bein_Year ending :20th June last amount to 45,7591. 1 s., te s ,!_a increase of 2. , 1931. 6s. 9d., as compared with the cor - Is a c, l i !doiig portion of the year 1844, the same length of rail- Th,: ar log been open at both periods. ar.bitration, referred to in your Directors' last report, L i e pored account of a contractor, has not, on account thid ', u nusual pressure of Parliamentary business, ;bandeen con rluZu• There is, however, no other impediment the ' n a 0:43 the matter will be brought to issue previous to A , r zt genergl meeting. Atri e ether engwments of the Company outstanding at the f:l2‘ei °f the amalgamation are satisfactorily progressing to h u e son, 4 4d y °Pening o f the line tbroNliont from London to Norwich vou ral rautith took place on the 36th ult., under the most f.a lattor auspices, and with every prospect of the most satis q 3' re su l ts. The works have been completed with a degree been P6dit ion in the formation of railways, the whole having e leettted within twelve months after the Act by fly To extension of the line from Newport to Cambridge, C a Brand on was sanctioned, had received the Royal Assent. P t lin Charles Edward Mangles has retired from the di- rection ; but the remaining number. 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 Masterman, jun., and the Board recommend these gentlemen for re. election. According to the statement of account for the half year ending 30th June, 1845, appended to the report, the receipts, including a balance of 8,9941. 14s. 50., brought over from the previous half-year, were 37,372/. 103. 5d., and the disbursements 22,001/. 93. 7d. ; leaving a ba lance in hand of 15,371/. Os. 101 Of the amount ex • pended, 15,4531. 10s. 2d. had been expended en the Newport Extension; the r( mainder on g( neral expenses, excepting a debenture repaid of 3,0501. The general statement of receipts an 1 expenditure from the beginning till the 30th of June she ms the for mer to be 1,137,870/., and the latter 1,122,4981. 19s. 20. The CHAIRMAN then rose to address the meeting. Ile said he was sorry that the number of Shareholders pre sent was not greater, RS he had something agreeable to say to them in addition to what wa:, contained in the report. It would be recollected that vane time since the Eastern Counties Railway Company capitalised ti.eir debt of 710,000/., by creating new A:lre, , at par. In consequence of this e question had arisen wheth, r a cor responding right was not vested in the p: ( sent Company. The matter Has brought by the Direc tors of the p: esent Company under the ct n sideration of the Eastern Counties Board, a here every attention was paid to it. After some discussion it was mutually agreed, in order to remove every legal doubt that might, exist as to the respective rights of the Companies to capitalise their debts, to draw up a case involving the point under consideration, to tyi sub• milled to a competent legal authority. Sir William Follett was fixed upon, but, unfortunately, before the case could be submitted, that gentleman died. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Rounth,4ll rainier were next selected, and the case which was to have been .submitted to Sir William Follett, was placed before them. The opinion of these two gentlemen, he was happy to say, was entirely in their favour. It was hardly desira ble that the whole case submitted should beread,though, should it be required, the seer 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—lst, 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 2,1, Whether the Northern and East ern Compay had a similar power without the consent of the East( rn Counties Company. Both questions were answered 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 shout 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 afterwartis to participate in any di visable fund over aid above the payment of the Five per Cent. dividends. Thus, those who held 3,0001 just now, would have their shares increasLd to 4,0001. At present, should this course be agreed to, only a small deposit would be required as an acknowledgment on each new ORANGE DEMONSTRATION IN ENNISKILLEN. (From the Chroriele.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. AUG. 13. IN' THE Six o'CLocK, A.m.—The lon , g-promied Orange de monstratiol took place at Enniskillen yesterday. On this trying occasion the Orangemen wet e totally aban doned by their former leaders, the magistrates and gen try. Even in point of cumbers, the meeting fell very far short cf the anticipatory boastings of the Orange jour• nals in Dublin. There were, however, about ten thou sand perens 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 Jr teu;rvi's Joe' nal tkii worning by an express, and I inch bled to the proptictor of that journal for an early c, py :NAMES OF RAILWAYS. London. lAA cr 14.01. Man chester, Bristol York. Leeds. ENNISKILLEN, TUESDAY EVENING. Before proceeding to record the demonstration of t0 (1.'3,, (1.'3 , , we wid advert to the proceedings that took place here last (veiling. About nine o'clock la>t night tbe preliminaries may be said to have commenced. A peal of bell.; gave note of preparation from the church tow( r, and it - median ly afterwards snne few in• distinct figures might be noticed through the darkness making efforts to hoist an Orange flag on the topmno,t pinnacle. This procreding, as might be expected, at tracted a large number of that class usually thrimominat , d street idlers," who occasionally gave vent to their " No Popery" and "No Pin 1-ite" sentiments, wi:im II plentiful admixture of William-ite epithets. This " de monstration" was confined s-lely to the vicinity of time Church—through the town all was quietness a:id inac- Lien; there appeared none of these iodic ttinr.s which usually mark the approach of such a popular display as the present was expected to be. The people &owned to be more engrossed with their ordinary busbies than with the 12t11 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 entime business look rather blue. Aft,r 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 all was quiet in Enniskillen for the remainder of the night. Up to ten o'clock this morning the town pre sented 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 f,elirg 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 each 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 exhibiir3 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 gr, en 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 demonstation by those favourable to the principle commemorated, we must in candour say, that, as a poi,u kr 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 share. A SiurtEHoLDEr. inquired in what proportion the deposits on the new shares would be required to be 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, 1849 ; 49,7001., January 15th, 1852 ; in addition to 67,8001. for the Newport Extension, due the 30th September, 1848 ; making the total of 304,800/ 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. The 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 durilg the past halt-year ? The CHAIRMAN replied most certainly. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman and the Board of Dir. ctors, and the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. READING RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Reading Stakes of 15 sous. 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 (llutchinson) I Mr. Dorrien's Ferney , 2 yrs 2 Mr. May's Corinthian Tom , 3 yrs Mr. Stevens's The Bard , 2 yrs Betting—Even on the winner, '2 to 1 agst The Bard, 3 to agst Ferney, and 4 to 1 agst Corinthian Tom. Won by two lengths. The Be4csbire Stakes of 26 sots. each, h ft, and only 5 if 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 ns f. by Sir Hercules out of Tag lioni, 3 yrs, 6sl' Mr. S. Scott ns Elemi, 4 yrs , fist 91 b Mr: G. H. Peel ns Trudge-it, 4 yrs, 7st 6lb BETTING-5 to 4 agst Taglioni, 3to 1 agst Elemi, and 4to 1 agst Devil among the Tailors (who carried I llbs over weight.). Won by a neck. The Borough Plate of 25 sous. each, added to a sweep stakes of 3 soya. each, for 35r olds, 7st 61b, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, 5 yrs, 9st, 6 yis and aged, 9st 3!b. The winner to be sold for 100 soya. if demanded, &c. Heats once round and a distance. (4 subscribers.) 11;r. Tubb's br g Palemon, aged (Wakefield) 1 1 Mr. Woo'f's Stittenham, 3 yrs Sir. Webb's b m B renna, b yrs First heat won by two lengths ; second by a neck Mr. Ilibburd is engaged to start the horses at the ensuing York Races. CHELMSFORD RACES. —WEDNESDAY. The Cup Stakes of 10 stars. each, for 3 yrs old, ist llb ; 4 yrs, Bst 7lb ; 5 yrs. 9st 21b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 6,1) ; mares, &c., allowed 31b. Three miles. The winner to be sold for 3001., &c. (4 Subs). Mr. i•hafto's Metal, 3 yrs, walked over. The Town Plate of 501., for 3 yrs old, 7st 31b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, 9st fib ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st slb ; mares, &c., allowed 'albs ; winners of plate or sweepstakes, 31bs ; of two, Sibs; of three, 71bs extra. The winner to be sold for 25C1., &c. (5 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Timbria , 3 y rs (Pettit) 1 1 Mr. Robinson's Glee , 3 y rs ..... ••• " Mr. Whittington's Miss Robinson, 5 yrs Mr. Coape's Energy , 3 yrs ... 3 dr 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 sous. Were won in two heats, by Mr. Slew's Barnaby nudge, 5 yrs ( Higgins) beating Mr. Benbow's Delusion, aged, the first heat in a canter, and the secoud by a head—the winner was claimed. 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 bough Erne, and in full view of the magnificent mountain scenery around. Among those present at the meeting were the lid lowing :—John Gilloghly, Esq.; Henry Grey Archdall, Esq. ; Michael Burke, Esq., Trory Glebe; William Dane, E. q ; Samuel Yeates Johnston, Esq.; James Chartres, Esq.; 11,v. Charles Walsh, Clones; R. Mayn, Esq. ; Count -ss of Enniskillen, Capt. Archdall, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Maude, Edward Archdall, E q.. J.l'., Riversdale; James Leadrum, Rev. Henry M. Wind, Belturbet ; Mr. Eaton Goldbeck, Rev. Mr. M'Clutchy, Rev. Mr. Raydon, Nicholas Archdall, Esq.; Rev. Chats Bell, James Moore, Esq.; Robert Weir, Esq.; Doctir Tiernan, Robert Alexander Hunt, Lisnaskea ; Rev. Hugh Hamilton, Rev. William Moffatt, Rev. Mr. Newport, B. White, Charles Jones, Maurice Maxwell, Rev. Mr. Wilson, Rev. R. N. To) lor, Arthur Holmes, Esq.; Thomas Irwin, Esq.; Doctor Finlay, Swanlinba: ; Rev. John Hudson, Rodney Bell, Esq.; Thomas Dawson, Esq.; Rev. Hugh Hamilton, jun. Several of the persons in the procession carried Bibles in their hands, tied round with orange and blue ribbons. The chair was taken by Lord George Loftus, who 11,;;;;g shortly addressed the meeting, Samuel Johnson, Eq., of Scion-hill, came forward and moved the first r: solution, to the effect that tiny deemed the resuscitation c.,f the Orange system as necessary for their protection. Arthur Holmes Grant, Secretary of the Orange Lodge of Monaghan, proposed the second resolution, which nes seconded by Mr. Wm. Dane, and carried una!limously. Mr. Henry G. Archdall proposed the next resolution, which was seconded by 211 r. 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. 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, on the motion of Mr. Duncombe, 1%1 P., for Finsbury, and find that the aggregate incomes of the two hundred junior Genera' 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 1 , 15., 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 t* 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 grate nightrider strete," " try camebridg terris high Parke," " gorn awa not none ware," &c., in a style of penman ship worthy of the orthography. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Theatre Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added. Lord G. Bent inck's b f Cherokee, 2 yrs walked over A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. Mile and a quarter. Lord Warwick's b c Roebuck walked over 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 A rthur, 3 y rs 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. L. Peel's Jack Sheppard, aged. Jereed filly won easily, and was afterwards sold for 500/. The Consolation Plate of 50/. ; three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four, Sat ; five, Bst, 91b ; six and aged, Bst 121 b ; mares, &c., allowed 21bs ; winners extra. Heats, once round and a distance. The winner to be sold for 250/. 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 Disowne d, 5 yrs Sir C. Monck's Sly Old Ha ck, a g ed Mr. Phillips's f by Physician , 3 yrs 2 dr Sr. LEGER B ETTI NG.-6 to 1 agst eatherbit— 6to 1 agst Mentor (0-10 to 1 agst Merry Monarch-10 to 1 agst Old England (t)-12 to 1 agst Annandale-17 to 1 agst I'antasa-20 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger (t)-25 to 1 agst Paella (t freely)-25 to 1 agst Ould lreland-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. NOV course. Heats. Duke of Richmond's b c Red Deer, 4 yrs (H. Bell) 3 1 1 Mr. Ramsbuttom's br h Pine App le, 5 y rs Lord G. Bentinck's b g Naworth , a g ed 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, 4yrs, Bst 71b—Queen of the Gipsies, fist — Hersey, 3 yrs, 7st llb—f by Slane, out of Mary Anne, 3 yrs, fist 101b—Little Finch, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Event, 3 yrs, 6st 4ib— f by Jerry, out of Legend 3 yrs, fist 131 b. TILE INFANT SAPPito.—This wonderful child gave the second of her series of concerts at Crosby Hal, 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 as 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 beauti: . ul air, 66 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.--1 he 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 anti 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 cour. gement 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. THE 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 havp pole to the knowledge of the police, amongst the most conspicuous of which is that of having a new list of he 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 are fictitious; a casual observer would not notice this, and, consequently, upon a stolen note being presented, 4nd the l arty reforripg to their list for, seen city, the number not being there, it is Cbsnaed. ESCATE OF CONVICTS IN SPAIN AND MURDER OF THE ESCORT.—A letter from Madrid of the 2d inst. states, ,hat as ay) convicts were being conducted from Carthagena to the Canal of Castile, they rose upon the troops escorting them, mas acted them all, hanged the commanding officer on a tree, and escaped in different directions.—Galiynatii of Tuesday. 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 rues, Sussex having scored 265, and Marylebone onl y 133. The y continued playing till five o'clock, when M ar y lebone had obtained 212 runs, making, their total score 350, bein g 85 in advance of the first inning's of Sussex. Against this number Su'sex 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 se ven o'clock, leaving the g ned 59 ame to be finished to-morrow (this day), Sussex having obtai out of the 35 runs ALARMING FIRE IN OXFORD-STREET. —Last night, between 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-atreat, near POrtlll3ll- street. It originated the front shop, a spacious eornpartmeut filled with costly articles; and, owing to the combustible nature uf the stoav ck, the fl a mes very speedily obtained a firm hold, they h ing in less than five minutes communicated to each side of the shop. The origin of the fire is not precisely known. he building and its contents are insured in the Phoenix gyre-otEi e. We understand that the office, of medical exanurer to the East India Company is likely to be vacatad by Dr . . Hume, who is appointed a Com mi-sioner 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 dildcalty appears to exist.— Times. M. de Brunasow', the Russian Ambassador, has recently made some efforts to obtain a redeetion of the duty on Russian tallow ; but Sir Robert Peel has intimated that it not his intention to make auy change.—Mordny Chronicle. is THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1845. IELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES PRINCIPAL CI TIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOFLAND, AND IRELAND. Hull. rt udders field. j !Sheffield. Glasgow, Nug.l3. Aug.l3. 117 1 g 1 31:Y I 2?g 6 % 2 1 / 2 11 1 ,./; lAug.l3. 11% lAug.l3. !Aug.l3. lAug 13 ' • lAug.l3. 2A Auo•.• 13 • Aug.l3, 3% 1 3 1 Aug.l2. Aloe► Been Arbroath and Forfar Ditto half Shares . Armagh, Colr., & roams!' 13,Ifast and Eallymena lielfast and Cuunty Down 1 irk - 1111d, Lan & Ches, Jnc. Birmingham and Glu'str New ( at 7 1 / . 1 ,- 2 dis.) Ditto 1.1..1f ;:qiares . Birtuingl.rn & Ofrd. June Licl.burn, Chtly, & N. lin Blackburn, I:arwn,&l4oltri Bolton, Wigan, & lii igliton, and Ilitt Bristol aid Exeter Ditto New istol and Glotuxster. . Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln— Chester and I:irkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Hall Shares ... Chester and Holyhead.... Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton._ Churn et Valley Clydesdale Junction . Cork and Bandon Cork an Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and You.i,lial Coventry and Leicester Corm:alt. ..... Diss,Beceles, and Yarinoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich ...... Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway._ Dundalk and Enui . sKillen Dundee and Arbroath I)itto New......... ..... Dundee and Perth...—. Eastern Counties Do. New . Do. Perp., 5 pr Ctn., N o. 1 1)o. ditto N 0.2 East Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension ......... Edinbgb, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow... 1)o. Quarter Share. Do. New Quarter Shares Ediub., Lcitli,and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Eedrord Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr Do. Quat ter 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 Great Grimsby & Sheffield Gt Sultan & Warn (Irelnd) Ditto Extension Great Monster... ••• Great Northern of Scotlod Great Northern of Englnd Do. New, Shares Do. New, 301. Sharus Great Western Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto Fifths Guildfrd, Farehm, & Ports II arwieh Iludrsfid & Man. R & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selbv Ditto Half Ditto Quarter Shares ..• Inverness and Elgin Kendal and Windermere.. Kingstown and Bray Kill'Urney Junctions Lancaster and Carlisle..... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and -Deen , bury Leeds and Thirsk Leeds and W. iding June Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Kit. June Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liverpool and Manchester tto Half Shares. Ditto Quarter Shares ... Livrpl, Ormskirk, & I'restn London and Birmingham. Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters. London and Blackwell—. Lon. & Alan.( Remington's' London and Brighton Ge New, B: s a lud t / e t. h d ssp‘ l re g r see ' tiestenh: cent. London and Croydon. Ditto New ...... London and Greenwich Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege London pp p 00 0 Do. New Conr. Eighths Do. New, 501. Sh ares London and York • London and Wiudsor " ..... Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry andeoleraine Londonderry & Enniskillen Lynn and Ely ............ Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares . Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares . Do. New Quarter Shar es Manchestr, Bolton & Bury Manchstr, Bury, B :Rosend Alanchstr, Buxtn, & Alatlk Midland Ditto Fifths ............ Ditto New Do. Cons. Birm. & Derby Midland Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Nwcastl & Darhngtn June Do. New (Brandling) Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Abergavennv Newry and Enniskillen Newark and Sheffield North British Ditto Half Shares._ • Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares North Kent North Staffordshire North Eastern North Union (A) Ditto (B) North \Vales Mineral .... Ditto New Shares . North Western North \Vales ........ Norwich and 8rand0n....., Ditto New .. ............ Not., Delvoir, and Grauthni Nottingham and Boston Nott., Lrewsh Val. & Man. Nottingham and Mansfield Oxford and Binning. 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'd unc. Rugby, Worcester, & Tring Scottish Central ....... S co tti s h 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 & 'rrnt Val. Un. Shrewsb, llerefd, & N.Wals Slamannan ................. . S ou th Devon . ....... . South Midland ...........•••• South Eastern and Dover. Do. New (iss. 321.) 0.1 Do. (iss. 33L65.8d.)„ 2 Do (iss. 30/.) n 3 Staines and Richmond.... Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline.. South Wa1e5...... Trent Valley .................. D.). and Holyhead June. W ' West London Old Shares . West End & Southrn Coun Wexford and Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Wated,Wexfd,Wiek& Dub Wakfid, I'ontefrct, & Goole Wakefield an Harrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares„ Welsh Midland West Cornwall %Vest Yorkshire. Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich ... Ditto New „.... ...... York and Carlisle ............ York and North Midland.. Ditto Half Shares. Do. Scarborough Branch Ditto Selby ............. Ditto Extension. GO 10i4. 2% 3 20 6 % PI 87 21% 25 1 4 111/2 30 1 / 223 22! ! 1 p I 18t 4 23 1 % 11 4 p lON 8 1 IA 3 71 i r o3 4/ 8714 30 fA 6% p 75 37 23 2 2 31 8% 69 59% 24 1 4 - 5 5;i3 71 / 3% g 39 14 1p 3' /i P 2 1 % 14 1 / ,' 2 2; , 8 124: 6d. 13 % 14 1 / 4 14% 14 1, ( __,2 9-16 121;73d. 52% 11% 501 / 141,,;, 15 Yki. 13:F 15 1 42% Gd, 5% 334 54 5!4 4 3 / 4 64 101/2 22 1 4 4% 201 90 3' 27% 9 1 / 3 3 43/4 4 3-16 ,94 139% 30s. p 10s. p 39 E% - 7% 7 234 3 7-16 3 1-16 5% 8 4, Is. 3d, 3% _ 35 V, 129% 121,!e. 4 3 % 4% p 451/2 15 3 / 4 8 5 7 / • , E 3 46.3 A 4% P - 2yB 15 3% 30 yt 14% --, ~:--- ~~ 25% 98. p. 15/.195.6d _ 14% 13 1 /0 143 15s. p 475. 6dp 635. 6d 31 s. r - 1 5 % 14 15i/i 107 24% 22 1414, _ 3.01, 43 % ! SI. - 186-9(1 71. 14s. 17414 26Th 23% 26% 24 31% 8/.1153d 41. 19s. p' 1405. 6d. p 1 2% 31. 12s. 4% 3!.:65, 14% ISs. 1 ...._ !3/.85.9d. 3 % 23 Dublin. Aug.!l 2. 575. 9/. 9s. I 7 35 25% 12% 24% 5 3 1 4 31 3 % 3% 595. Gd 61. 4s, IGs.p 14% RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEW • STANDING OtIDER,;. t Yesterday the new Standing Orders relating to the passing of Railway Bills through she House of Commons, as amended for use in the ensuing session, were issued. Two alterations are to take place its the appointment of Committees. The Select Committees on petitions fur private Bills are to divide them selves into Sub•Commit'ers, " each consisting of seven mem bers at least," and t o ma k e regu l a ti ons f or th e tran;taetion of business. The Committee on Standing Orders is to benOst of " eleven" instead of " seven" members—five to be a quiorum. The following are the new provisions introduced fo - rneet the eases of such Railway Bills as were before the IlouSe last ses sion, and which are likely fe be introduced in tire next i ONE-TENTH PART OF, THE AMOUNT FiTISCRIBED TO BE DEPOSITED.--" That previous to the preSentitiois of a petition for a Railway Bill, 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 bi 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 net apply to any railway Bills that have been before Parliament during the present session, and which may be again introduced in the next session, or which are already provisionally regis'ered, or the subscription contract for which may be already executed, or partly executed on the 29 h of July ; but with respect to such Bills, a sum equal to one .t wentieth of the amount subscribed shall be de posited as before provided." The following are the new Standing Orders applicable tosuch Bi Is ashave been ordered to be engrossed in session 1515 : Nos - lees IN NEWSPAPERS AND GAZETTE.—" That the promoters of such Bills shall give notice by adver isemerit for six susteessive weeks in the months of October arid November in the London, Edinburgh, or Dublin Gazelle, as the ca-e may be, and in the local paper or papers which may usually be in eirculstion in the part of the country through which the line of railway is proposed to pass, of their intention to present a petition for the re-introduction of any such Bill." COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE WHETHER PETITION BE THE SA ME 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 t‘hether the said peti tion he the same in substance as any petition for the same put pose, and from the same parties, which was presented in the session of 1845 ; and in that case, whether any Bill brought into the House in pursuance of such petition in the session of 1845, 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 Si. per cent. upon such subscription is lodged in the manner re quired by the standing orders." IF PETITION SAME, STANDING ORDERS TO BE HELD TO BE COMPLIED WITH.—" That in such case, aed on proof of such notice having been given as aforesaid, and in case 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, Arc. 8. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON dROUP X OF RAILWAYS. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY (SHEFFIELD BRANCH) BILL. Lord Courtenay reported from the Select Committee on Group X of Railways, to wham 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, Ana. 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 on this—viz., Mr, Duncan. solicitor ; Mr. Hanson, manager of the traffic de partment; Mr. Phipps and Mr. Lawlord, 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. Lawfurd 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 I 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 1 questioned the engine-man respecting it. I also asked questions of Mr. Jackson, Mr. Randle, jun., and others. I had a good deal of conversation with Mr. Phipps and Mr. Law ford, but they did not tell me they were present at the acci dent, and I did not question them as to matters of fact. From 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 1 in 157, along a curve of which the radius was stated to be two miles, on a new railway not thoroughly consolidated; and I think it possible that the outer rail of that curve may nut 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 he 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 it 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 you think there was any irregularity in the line immediately before the spot where the engine went off? 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 he a little deranged ; but still in th-t 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 CORONER—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 perfect safety. The CORONER—ShouId you consider any speed beyond tha 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. 1 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. 1 he COItONEK—Are there any other reasons why you think that the accident was caused by excessive speed ? General Pasley—As I said before, the carve 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—l don't know. I did not question them, as they had nut been present at the ac cident. Mr. Lawford told me he got down from the train before the accident occurred, but he said he thought that the speed had been excessive the stage before he descended. I supervised and reported on the line before it was opened. 1 cannot say I examined every part of it. I 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, arid 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. I in spected this line from one end to the other, and 1 must say I consider it one of the best 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—lt did not so occur to me at the time of my survey. The juror —Would it not be essential that you should Lave subordinate agents who would co-operate with you for the pur. poses of a more minute examination ? Gtncrai Pasley-1 have an assistant; but it you mean that I am to examine in detail every rail, and ever y curve, and every gradient, and every sleeper, then I say that such a course weuht occupy months instead of days, and would besides he perfectly tomecessary as there are platelayers all ali,rig the line to see ihat all is right after each train passes. It is only neeessary on new lines to go cautiously at first. On one railway, which I inspected, I reported that a viaduct was too weak, and the r ailw hi a c y h . i t n he c t o t n sequence was not opened for a fortnight , during we ll- cessary alteration was made. B e i d it to examine every detail connect h. and unnecessary. i . I ,s it :it y h o t u h e e x v i e ,)e n c s t tr m u e ct p to e n rs o o f na th Y r f the railway, you expect what is imp ossible thereo • ug h t u a t think that r— thjuatrowheired to obe a close examina t ion of them. ) as i e y-1 have examined many hundreds of miles of there not a e r e xp c t u .c r t ve a s n a ; n t dTr g iclin es, rai"lweanyesr,aalnid have seen trains run off of curves the first day, and, therefore, I say, that the trains ought to go slowly on cu rves and gradients until the railway is well consolidated. H a yi ng re peater: his impression as to the cause of the accident, the it operates against railway tra ve lli ng ;. an d I a l wa‘s, w i tne ss proceeded to say—So long as an accid en t appears a m ystery, however mysterious it may appear before inquiring, find, upon inquiring, a clear solution of it. In a railway tiot properly a,t th i e ltmt rail, in g b }, u a t to a ffli toco nsolidated. one or more of th e s l eepers may s i nk a l itt l e, c ausing on e t s h li e gh N t o s r u t b h s a i tu de p n t e o e n of o as t 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 seat up their express trains under circumstances which bad not given rise previously to any accident ; but before long a very alarming accitlent occurred' although not atti.nded ith loss of 11,-, the train beitlg turned over an einhan4u•nit. The same thing hap i Tneti to the taaso,ow anti Edinburgh liailway. For three years their trains hid been passing over a viaduct bridge without the of accident, but the moment. the express train (.•tri, the bri4lgo proved too elastic for it, ti-e..rgine was throw!, (AT la I sod overturned, the tentkr colic-ft no xn the ,-trib.l,l,ti.t nt, thc engine-man.was killed. lam afraid been on the engine to which the accident happeoet l i thi, !in', I dare say I should not have quarrelled with its speed, but have shared the fate of the fireman. The CORONER—That. I have no doubt of. We all wish to go fast when it is our own case; but I think we often wish in go faster than we ought, or there is any necessity for. Nlr. R. S. Best, a student of Queen's College, and a first- class passenger by the half•past eleven o'ch,ck tr.iin 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, lie had travelled much faster. He had gone sixty miles an hour, and did not think the train On Mon day week went beyond forty mite• an hour. At the time of the accident he conceived they were going as fast us at any other period of the journey, perhaps fester. Did not otter ve the beat of the engine, nor any slackening of sl'e'd bet wren IVendon and the place where the accident o, curred. A mo ment or two before the accident he had observed a good deal of wcillation in the train. Mrs. Mary Dickson examined—l v.as a second-class pas. senzer by the train. I have travelled a good deal b y railways. I &Lel not consider that we came down at all fist. I returned on the following Wednesday much quicker. About one minute bef.,re the accidcnt took Vaee 1 oberved a motion in the carriage I was in ; it wai more a jumping: than a rocking motion ; I had not observed it jumping or rocking before. After leaving Wendon station, I thought we ‘‘ere noi going sr, last a. Ipfore. I made the remark to a gentleman iii tha earrine with me, and he said, •t We are Olk new ground, and that, I suppose, is the reazon why we are going so slow and steady." I am quite certain we were not going so fast aft, r leaving Wendon as before. The jumping of the eat triage was like g.,ing from sleeper to sleeper, but I am certain the earl lag., was nut off the rail, for I looked out of the window and :raw that it was net; in a moment after came the shock. Mr. Best was re-examined, and said that a moment before the accident he fit the carriage he was in rolling from side to side, but felt no jumping until it had got t ff the rail and on to the sleepers. William I3onnett examined—l lice in Fetter-lane, London. I was a passenger by the train. I was in the second -cia-s 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 I think we were going faster than before. I thought so before the se ' citlent occurred. I thought so only in my own mind, I did not say go to any one in the carriage with me. I am the driver of the Magnet coach. I was greatly shaken by the accident, and had my hand much hurt. _ _ Abraham Samord examined—l am a farmer. I came by the r.ilway 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 at on the Brighton line, and from Wendon to the scene of the accident we went, I think, lister. It was so remarked by a person in the carriage with me. Just before the accident happened I observed a little swinging of the car but not much. I 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 Wendoti at a very rapid pace. I have not travelled above half-a-dozen times by rail ways. At the suggestion of Mr. Duncan, solicitor to the Company, Mr. 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 \Vendors was excessive. In my former evidence I said, and Inow repeat, that it was not ex cessive, and that 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 the 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 he always summoned them himself, because unless he did so, he had no power to pay t hem. The Surgeon—Should I have been justified then in not obey i ng. tills, letter ? The Coatitto. 7 -Certainly, under the Coroners' Act. The driver Yon* having been tendered as a witness, The CORONER kid 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 snake 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 from Stortford downwards. The engine-men had instructions to make up lost tirr.e within certain limits, and were liable to reprimands, and ultimately to dismissal, it 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 G,KONER then brit fly addressed the jury. They had to consider whether this accident had arisen Into the riegli ' genre or recklessness of the driver, or was the result of a casualty over which he had no control, and which could not have been prevented by any ordinary care upon his part. If the latter, their verdict would necessarily be •' Accidental dew h ;" and then came the question as to whether the jumping of the engine arose from overspeed or front any depression sr imperfection on any part of the line. As regarded the engine itself, it appeared that it was in pertect working order; and, as regarded the line, nothing, according to the evidence, could be discovered iu it sufficient to account for the jumping of the engine. It General Pasley's evid e n c e were to be relied on, and it was supported by various fads and circumstances, there appeared to him the Coroner) very little doubt that the tram was going at a greater speed than it ought; that that speed caused the engine to jump, and that the jumping split the rail. They were told that the speed from Li toron to Storttorri 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 f.:reat a speed, although fur !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 Pastel( when I.e inspected the line, otherwise he would have felt it his duty to report to the Com pany that they ought not to allow a traits to go down the in clines at a quicker rate than 18 or 20 min.s. \\ hen 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 16 or 20 miles. The decline was stated to be only I to 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 (the 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 w as tolerably evident that the jumping of the engine going down this incline and along this curve, was occasioned by a much greater apes d 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. Ile w ould only observe that Ms instructions were to go rather better than thirty miles ass 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 hip 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 deodatids 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-Genei al, and the law, therefore, stood as it did before the introduction of that Bi.l. It was in evidence that the engine at present, and after deducting for injuries, was of the value of 1,4r0/., and it was competent to the jury to levy a deodand for that amount, Cr 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 15(1. on the engine, accompanying the verdict with the iolbswing 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 anti 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 anti ends' PRIZE MONEY. (From the London Gazette . ..) to the officers fl i ,: e w n ere actually on and company of her Majesty LoNnoN, Aun. 12.-Notice is , t s i i , l e il , i o id° !is arising from boon )(If c i e ,,%,,,,, i o the Sakarran d'stru • cu Ztli a ' August, 1544, that the hereby . t b i o e a s r g d r a a n n d te e d nt f i .o tl:d th t e o share in 's river, island of Borneo, on t he the 25th . t Adelphi ; and where the lists w Lri called for J th arnes..strce Ca Asir), 50(.1. 6s. 9,i ; first class, 12' /. 4s. 2d.; there month s . ... 1 . lid.• third class, 36/. Is. 13,'. ; fourth distribution thereof will be ma c h on will Le at N o. 1, second class, /Ls. -s• class, 12/. 1. Os. 3d. ; sev enth class, 41. Os. 1 }id.-J. Wor thead, agent. class, 24/. Os. 1 0 d. , tif; ll Its, sd. ; s i x th c l ass, WESTMINSTER, AUG. 12.-Nntice is hereby given to the officers and company of ln r Mayc.st's stew-sloop 11‘dra, Horatio B. Young, Esq., cilrimaiidcr, who weie actually on board at the capture of the Cyrus, on the 611, of June, 1544„ that they will be paid their resp ec ti ve s h ares of the slave and tonnage bounties arising from the capture of the said vessel, on Monday, the Ist of September next, at No. 14, (;teat George street, Westminster ; where the unclaimed share will be re called for Once months. Flag, 101/. Os. 1-1-J. ; commander, IS9/. is. Bid. ; first class, 5-1. is. 1 lid. ; second class, 31/. 6s. Sid. ; third class, 15/. 14s. 4iLl.; fourth class, 10/. 9s. 7d.; fifth class, 5/. 4s. 94(1. ; sixth class, 31. 9s. 10d. ; seventh class, 1/. 14s. I ILL-Hal:cu., Robinson, and Co., agents. Among the nu.nerous letters received on the subject of railways is one containing a suggestion that all maps of pro posed companies should have for their foundation maps of ;.he district furni,hed by Government, with those details that have been given by the Ordnance as surveys. In short, the potion 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 dui. per etas. by the House of Commons, railway advertisement s ate e,,n stantly appearing, on winch only 11. ;a. tid. on the sniire of '5l. is required. If the practice is founded on a belief that the standing order does not apply to companies previously !Avis tered, such belief is completely erroneous, for, on the occAbiou of the debate on the subject, an amendment designed to test this limit to the measure was lost.— Times. 11 1 41 r