Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-11 00:00:00

COSTA RICA RAILWAY COMPANY.

The first ordinary meeting of this railway company We,
held at the Clarendon Rooms, • South John-street, for !I;
purpose of electing directors and an auditor, and for
purpose of transacting the general business of the unuei,
taking ; Mr. James Crossfield, the chairman, preside,.
The required number of shareholders being presents the
secretary read the report, from which we extract t•L`
following :
"The diteeora in presenting this, their first report, han
p'easure in congratulating the shareholders on the success'
progress of the undertaking. -
" By the accounts received from Mr. Ferrer, the goal°
manager, they are informed that up to the Bth June (the tt
of his last communication) 62 miles of the railway were c°':
pleted, and, Ora subject to the arrival of the vessel contain'?:
the final shipment of materials, he ful'y expected to finish 1h:
whole of the line at present contemplated, viz., as far as tql,
River Bairancas (ten miles), in the course of another nano
" The directors have much pleasure in stating that, as
as the expenditure in this country is concerned, they 130 f
sent out an ample supply of materials for the construction
the line, and yet kept considerably within the estimate of' at
nally laid before the proprietors ; and, though they are tlat
present in a position to lay- before the general meeting ar'i,eB
any detailed report of the expenses incurred upon the wore
in Costa Rica, they see no reason to suppose that the estimate
will be exceeded there."
The directors of the company ware all re-elected
unanimously, ani Mr. Babe was chosen as the aucIVL
and the first Monday in June was appointed for holeu,";
the annual meeting. There beiug no other bu-incsg,
the meeting separated.

COMMANDS IN INDIA.—The Times announces that Melee
General Sir H. Bose will command a division, and Cole%
Percy Herbert a brigade, in the army which has just bee
despatched to India.
ACCIDIINT ON THE HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY.-011 SatOrdlt;
is a labourer, named John S nith, was employed ottl`th
incline, with a herse drawing seine trucks laden Vie
earth taken out of the excavation for the tunnel, W. ,
going down the incline the trucks obtained such an too
petus that they went too fast for the horse in front, "0,
which Smith was riding. Tne horse was thrown ele°46
and the poor fellow being pitched on to the line, 'Os
trucks passed over one of his thighs. He was consreY.,`,l
to the Uoivereity College Hoepital in a cart, and as leper
of his fellow-labourers rode with hiM, and a large nano
also accompanied him, a rumour got abroad that those ag
the cart were the mutilated workmen. Amputation otv
deemed necessary, and was at once performed, and
sufferer is progressing favourably.
A SON SHO3TING HIS MOTHSR.—On Monday, at the a
Casale Eden (Durham) petty sessions, Jariaes Tulin, r
youth of seventeen, was charged with shooting his mother
with intent to do her bodily harm. On the precedn
Wednesday eeening, the prisoner, having quarrelled i • I'ta
mothet's house with a female neighbour threatened
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shoot her ; be snatched op a gun Fiona the corner of:::
iuuw, put a cap on, aim snapped it. H:s mother eWs ll
lated with him, when heesaid, "You b—, I'll shoot Y-ria
too," and putting a cap on another gun, he presented an
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filed the piece, the contents lodging in the upper part a
her back. A laedical man was called in, and extracted
eighteen shots, some of which had penetrated to the dePas`
of one and a half inches. The poor woman was so ill I
to be unable to attend, though deemed convalescent; 5,0:
the prisoner was remanded, hail bring accepted for D'''
appearance.
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THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OP LORD HARDINGE•--- )4
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mission has beet, given by Lord Palmerston to erect t 7
colossal status of Lord Hardinge, by Foley,
~411 the
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court-yard of Burlington H 4,•,
House, far exhibition, previous "-
its departure for India. The cost of the statue has been
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defrayed out of furies veluntarVy subscribed a feet Yea f
since by that pertion• of the public who were desirous °I,
paying a merit of tribute to the abilhies and memo,' e
the late Commander-in-Chief, more particularly in refer-
eine to that period of his life when he acted as Geverncir;
General of India. A very large proportion of the fun
was subscribed in Calcutta, and the statue is to be erected
on a granite pedestal on a site close to the Governntl,
House, in, the capital of the Bengal Presidency. 'l7
work, which is in brotze has been cast by Messrs. Elchlea.
ton and Co., of Birmingham.l It is more than thirtef;
feet in height, and weighs something over four tons. rl'',.„„." 1'
whole has beet cast in separate portions, far convenience i,
of removal, as it vv.s found that none of the railways Ori
canals could convey it entire to London, as the bridges () ,
the tunnels did no`..afferd sufficient height for it to &s-
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under.
THE CHINESE AT AHOY.—An Ames, letter, of June
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says—" Among ihe signs of friendly feeling at Amoy,, ,3,e1; j,
of the most remarkable has been a compliment paid "; '
the foreigners and to the Queen by a semi-official body 6; n
Amoy, usually called 'The Committee of Pablic Safety, i
consisting of the most influential people of the place`
This committee issued invitati ,ns to the consular authors
ties, the naval officers, and all the merchants and missioll"
aries of the place, to a dinner on the 23rd of May, intended, '
doubtless, as the Queen's birthday: The • invitation! -•,
included even the- ladies, but there and a few others did
not go. The p 1 Ice was a large temple, called 'Lam-p°-t0; '
about two miles from the town. 'The table was prepared
for us in European „style, while the Chinese entertainers
had their own table is their own eyle in an adjoinil?X
room. Two of their number were deputed to sit at the
head and foot of our table, being selected, the one because
he could talk Spanish, and the other because he kneo '
Ware If our Hong Kong- friends had heard of the pre-
paratiens before leia.rning the auspicious termination, theY
may very probably hive trembled for our safely, but I can
assure you that the most perfect cordiality prevailed, and
that no one suffered any cell consequences from the Chinese
hospitality. It was a little amasing to see the endeavours
of our cheirman to get a promise from the captain of the i
man-of-war that he would put down any insurrection that I
might occur, but of course he took care to give no such
aesarance. On Monday, the 25.h0f May, I had the plo;
sure of meeting at dinner at the British consulate two 01,
the manaar;ne, one, the commander of the Amov land
forces, who is at present annArnoy man, the other the con"
troller of customs, who is a Manchoo. We had a great
deal of very pleasant intercourse with them, and they
seemed quite at their case, and quite cordial with us."
GOLD AT NELSON.—From the Aorere wo learn that the
gold fields continue to realise the highest, expectations that
have been formed of them. Several fresh gullies have been
discovered, which proaaneel fully to equal in yield those
already in work. Fete men, we arc told on autharitY9
have washed out thirty ou-ces in the week. A nugget of
pure gold, weighing 2 ea 11 grs., had been found ill
Appoona Gell, being the largest nugget yet found. The
quantity of gold brought from the Aorere for the week
ending April 25, and entered at the Customs, was 1621
ounces, but this, it is stated, does not represeut the quasi"
tits of gold actually broeght over; one party-, with twenty
three ounce-a did not report his gold at the Customs at all.
108 passengers bad arrived at the Aorere from Wellingtou•
Dvsentry was becoming prevalent there, which is earl..
bated to the intemparete habits of many of the men sac!
expisure from lyieg about in the night.. The quantity 01
gold brought from the Aorere during the week ending
April 18 was reported at the Customs to be 169 ounces,
while the week before the quantity was 1083 ounces. As
there was no law to compel persons bringing gold toaislelson
to make the Customs acquaiated with the result of theic
labours, the quentites above stated, it was supposed, were
bat a s,:iall pie ion of the gold. Welch was 6 ;ding its way
from the Aorere. As there acre also several vessels run-
ning from Aorcre to Wellington, it met suspected that Ue
small quantity of theyield of the gold fields had found its
way across the Straits. What perhaps will be a more
tangible proof to persons in this country who have been et; •
often deceived by the repeated discoveries of New Zealand.
gold fields, is the fact that a parcel of 80 ounces has bean
shipped by the Monsoon, which may be daily expected."! s
Anstralian and Xew Zealand Gazette.