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MINES.
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1 all Agin% Fria .
1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold _
10s. all Anglo Californian -
20 6 Australian 1 - 11
1 all Australian Cordillera -
1 all Ave Maria •• - -
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of
50 all Blienarvon Iron and
Coal - 8
20 14 British Iron 4 - 6
35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issue ,
at £5 pm.) - 3 211
io all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 2.. - 3
20 15 Do. St. John Del ReN 31 -33
1 A Carson's Creek
1 ; Clarendon Cons. Min
Co. of Jamaica -
40 all Cobro Copper 56 - 58 57i
5 1 Colonial Gold
St. all Copper Min. of En.- 30 - 40
25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. ce;t 2d - Tar
.. 16 Copiapo . - 24
5 all English and Austiu
Copper Smeltg n 16 -2i 2
2 1 Fortuna par -ip
20 all General.. l5 -17
1 all Gt.Nugg etVoinßeg. -
all Great Polgooth -
1 all Liberty
3 all Linares 7 - i 71
... 2 Da. B 2 -
5 1 Lusitanian - iP
1 all Mariquita
1 all New Granada -
I all New Linares Minim,:
and Smelting Co _
1 all Nouveau Monde.... id g
20 all Pontgibaud Silver
Lead. MM. & Smelt 15 - 16 16
5 I Port Philip - I
1 all Quartz Rock -
50 all Ithymney Iron l9 - 21 20
15 all Do. New 5 - 6 6
30 12/ Santiago de Cuba.., 6. - 61 6i
1 all South Australian.. 1 - 1
10 71 Tin Croft ....... -• • -
28 all United Mexican 5/ 61 6
1 al Waller
1 all West Mariposa..,,, , 3/4 -
1 12s. Worthing Mining oi .
Australia -
1 all Yuba.. .• •••
MISCELL Ego
25 174 Australian AgTic.alt. 33 - 35 ;354i31 41
10 all Ans*:,raln. Royal Mail . -
10 7 Berlin Water Works 31 - 24 t4l
50 40 Brit. American Land 57 - 60 58
5 1 Brit. do Coln. Smelt„.
and Reduction Co. _
100 32i Canada 118 - 122 121 20 1
St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et
Jan. and July ll3 113 i 1131
5 all Crystal Palace.. 3i - 3 3i I
5 4 Do. Pr.ferenco dP
4 all Crystal Pal. of France „.
1 Duston Tron Ore _
20 SA Eastern Steam
25 23 Electric Telegraph l7 - 19
1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. -
15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. - 201
20 all General Screw Steam - 141
20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar _
20 10 Magdalena St. Navig.
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10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel.
10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 6+ - 6i
10 2k Do. New
1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel _ „„.
10 5 Netherlands Laud la -
2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter.
Steam Navigat. Co.
1 all N. B. kustralasian - 1
20 15 Nrth. of EuropeSt aani - •••
1 all Oriental Gas 1 - 1#
all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl 3 -3/ 3i
50 all Peninsular& Oriental - •• •
.5U 10 Do. Now 2i - 3ip
all Portland iron Co lfi -14
iOO 60 Royal Mail Steam 73 -75
all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1/ - 2 21+
1 / Ditto New
2i:i• all South Austral:Land Ist --• 391
1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 4 1
all
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20 5 Tr st SI L. Co.U. Can. ,
10. 28i Van DieMelfl3 Land _ 131

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

T AT TERSALL' S.

(THIS EVENING.)

ASCOT CIIP.
3to 1 agst Rataplan (taken)
3to 1 agst Fandango (taken)
ASCOT STAKES,
6to 1 agst Elospodar (7 to 1 taken)
Bto 1 agst Vandal (taken)
8 to 1 agst Mortimer (offered)
10 to 1 agst Bluebeard (taken)

DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Dramatist
25 to 1 agst Pohnoodie (taken)
25 to 1 agst Boardingschool Miss colt (taken)

MANCHESTER RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CORPORATION STAKES.
Ellennire ............................... ......... Walked over
TWO-TR-OLD STAKES.

Rowena filly ..
Van Dunck ...

Seven .ran.
TRADESMEN'S CUP.

Saucebox
St. Andrew

Six ran.
Neville did not run.

LATEST BETING.
Close of Rooms, 1.0
TRADESMEN'S CUP.
12 to 10 agst Neville (taken freely)
4to 1 agst Saucebox (taken)
8 to 1 bar two.
Neville hid previously been backed at evens for 400,
or 5001.

Vandal bas gone to Ascot.

MEETING OP THE LONDON AND SOUTH.
WESTERN RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

A special general meeting of the proprietors of this
railway was hell this afternoon at the company's offices
in the Waterloo-bridge station, for the consideration of
a bill now pending in Parliament for authorising the
erection of works by the company for regulating their
capital and for other purposes ; and also for the election
of a director, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel George
Hendeison, deceased ; Mr. Chaplin in the chair.

The report of the directors published in The Sun of
Saturday having been read by the secretary, and the
heads of the bill and clauses by the solicitor,
The CHAIRMAN said that having on two recent occa-
sions met them and entered into the details and history
of these proceedings, and they had'having a copy of the
bill and the report, which gave them every information
up to the present time, he had but little to say to
them. After alluding to his presiding over a di-
vided proprietary which was not satisfactory to en-
sure Emcees., and to some of the proprietors
publishing letters which tended to depreciate the value
of the property, otherwise than improve it, remarked
that so far from the dividends of the company being
" confiscated," they had only got so far as to their
being " suspended" only in the event of certain things
not being done iv accordance with a pledge given
with the consent of certain of the proprietors.
He thought they were all agreed on the prin-
ciple of the bill, except the clauses which
affected the pledge, as being satisfactory and useful,
especially the alteration of voting on the preference
shares stock, the consolidation of it, and asking for fur-
ther time to complete the Salisbury and Basingstoke
Railway, in order to prevent the risk of stopping the
dividend in 1856. He regretted the recommendation
of the Directors, with reference to the exten-
sion of the line to Exeter, had not met with
the approbation of the proprietors, which was the
only satisfactory mode of closing the business thrust o❑
them by the House of Commons, after two meetings of
the proprietary authori,ing thedirectors to do that which
was for the benefit of the company. (No, no.) Ho hoped
the company would sanction this proceeding, which
A asto be justified as a commercial speculation , but taking
it on higher grounds, as a point of honour they were
bound to carry it on. The public jocularly said that
the directors must get purged of their pledge, because,
until that be done, they'were unfit to continue in their
position. There was but one way it could be done. All
must admit that the pledge was duly authorised and
given—(" No, no," and " Yes, ye,.")—and accepted
by the directors, and for which the company had
had a quid pro quo ; and, lastly, the directors had
declined to attend to that promise. That pro-
mise had again, however, been renewed by
the House of Commons, and he acquitted the sharehold-
ers or any one connected with the company of being in-
strumental in having the clauses inserted in the bill,
which, however, would be the only means of extricating
themselves from their difficulty. He called on them to
go boldly forward in this undertaking, which would be
beneficial to the shareholders, and moved the adoption
of the report.
Count EYRE seconded the motion.

Mr. HELPS, after relating what occurred in reference
to this pledge, contended that it was only obtained for
a single line, and not for a double line, as stated by Mr.
Scott, and that the pledge given was a totally different
one to that authorised by the proprietors, involving a
cost of 1,100,0001. instead of 700,0001., and had no bind-
ing force whatever on them. M. Scott before the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons stated that the
proxies sent in against this pledge amounted to 252,
and the number who voted against it in the room
from eight to ten, representing 600,0001. of the com-
pany's stock, by no means an insignificant amount, and
whose opinion he (Mr. Helps) considered worthy of re-
spect. The Legislature had released them from this
pledge in having granted to a broad gauge company a
bill to construct a line from Maiden-Newton to Brid-
port, which would interfere with this contemplated ex-
tension ; and he contended if it were carried out it would
result in a losing speculation, which the Legislature bad no
right to force on them. He moved "That the meeting called
in accordance with the standing orders of the House of
Lords, does not approve of the bill submitted to the
proprietors."

Mr. DICKENSON seconded the amendment. He had
always been against Western extension, and at the
former meetings he opposed it as strenuously as possible;
and one of his undertakings was to defeat this project,
for he cared nothing about the pledge, having been no
party to it. He deprecated a committee of the House
of Commons having power to compel that company to
embark in what must be a losing speculation. With
regard to the petitions that had been presented
in favour of the extension, he fuund that Exeter
contained but 32,000 inhabitants, and already
had a railway with which it ought to be satisfied, and
that the other towns on the line did not number much
more than 20,000 inhabitants. There was nothing in
the district to justify such an outlay, and he saw no
reason why they should make a railroad for the conve_
nience of landed proprietors. If thiy consented to the
construction of a single line, they would be called on
to make it a double one, and so far from the traffic be-
low Exeter coming on it, they should recollect the South
Devon Railway was a broad gauge line.
Mr. ADDISON said he was ono who consented to the
pledge. There had been a total omission to the throwing
out of the Devon and Dcrset Bill, which at the time it
was before Parliament was considered would be detri-
mental to the companyt,haonsed
whothatacsgomuieetshceindginshitoualtdtbhee
done to get rid of it. It was in consequence of that the
were bound and
in equity now to carry it out.
time
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Mr.
PUNCHARD said there could be no doubt this
pledge was given from the impression that the Devon
and Dorset bill, if carried, would ultimately conduce to
their disadvantage, and it would be to their benefit it
should be thrown out, but Mr. Scott broke the pledge
by applying for a double line instead of a single one.
He was inclined to think this clause was introduced by
the ear-wigging of disappointed members of Parliament,
who, having tendered their resignation as directors,
much to their chagrin found them accepted.
Sir JOHN WALSH, M.P., said a prima facie case had
been made out that this undertaking would not be a re-
munerative one, and that they ought not to be forced
to acquiesce in a project against which there were grave
reasons as respected the interests of the shareholders.
It was not a question of Parliament or the authority of
the House of Commons ; but the course the shareholders
should take with regard to this bill that had not been
sanctioned by the House of Commons, and whether, in
point of honour, the shareholders by that pledge were
precluded from exercising their free
judgment on this
occasion ? Under the. circumstances, he thought it
would be better, not only for the line, but railway pro-
perty generally, that this bill should be withdrawn.
Mr. Wzzaz considered that if the pledge was not car-

' ried out the commercial world would look upon it as
an act of repudiation.
Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE (director) denied, that he or
those who were against the extension of the line were
repudiators. He had repeatedly suggested to the direc-
tors the withdrawal of the bill, but the solicitor always
opposed it by saying it could not be done, and the direc-
tors had acted on that opinion. He believed, if they
extended the line to Exeter they were sur-
rounded by men who would carry it on to Plymouth,
and then to the Scilly Islands, and beyond that if it
were possible. (Hear, and laughter.) He suggested
that, if the bill could not be withdrawn, to fight the
question in the House of Lords, under the Wharncliffe
order, and at the expense of the company.
Mr. BIRCEIAM (the solicitor) denied he had ever said
the bill could not be withdrawn, but that it could only
be done with the leave of the house.
Mr. HurcFuNGs, M.P. (director), addressed the meet-
ing, defending the conduct of the director and the soli-
citor, and added that Mr. Serjeant Gazelee consented
to withdraw his opposition to the bill if nothing was said
in it offensive to their breaking their pledges.
Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said the last speaker was un-
der a mistake in saying he bad withdrawn his opposition
to the bill.

Mr. COOKE addressed the meeting in support of the
motion, and said the resolutions adopted at Mr. Dicken-
son's meeting had been sent to the House of Commons
for distribution, accompanied with Mr. Pratt Barlow's
card, a director of the Great Western Railway Company.
Mr. DICKENSON said he was not influenced in doing
that by Great Western influence. He did it on his own
responsibility and expense, and Mr. Barlow was his son-

in-!aw.

Mr. •LACEY (a director) confirmed Mr. Hutchings'
statement of Mr. Sergeant Gazelee's intention to with-
draw his opposition to the bill, and that the sooner the
line was constructed the better.
The CHAIRMAN said it appeared they all agreed in
the clauses of the bill without the extension clause.
(Yes.) If the amendment were carried, that part of
the bill which they approved and would be of advantage
to them would be lost, and he suggested a modification
of the amendment.

Mr. HELPS declined altering any part of it.
The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which was
lost, and a poll demanded.

The original resolution was then put, the show of
hands being in its favour, on which a poll was also de-
mauded.

The CHAIRMAN announced the poll would continue
open till Tuesday, at 12 o'clock, and the result be de-

dared on Wednesday, at two o'clock.

Charles Castleman, Esq., of St. Ives, Ringwood,
Hants, was elected a director in the room of the late
Lieutenant-Colonel G. Henderson, the other candidates

having resigned. A poll was demanded and granted.
The usual vote of thanks was given to the Chairman

and the meeting separated.

SUICIDE OF "JOHNNY" BROOME.

Shortly before four o'clock, this afternoon, this cele-
brated sporting character committed suicide by cutting
his throat, at the Wrekin Tavern, Broad-court, Bow-
street. It is supposed that he was labouring under an
attack of delirium tremens when he committed the rash
act.

LOSS OF LIFE AT THE SOUTH LAM-

BETH WATERWORKS.

Yesterday morning, shortly before 8 o'clock, an ap-
palling accident took place at the reservoirs of the South
Lambeth Waterworks, adjoining the old House of Cor-
rection on Brixton -hill. The reservoirs, four in number,
occupy an area of nearly four acres, and are some 22
feet in depth, 700 feet long, and 200 feet broad, the
water being supplied by pipes of large dimensions from
Thames Ditton.

A recent Act of Parliament having compelled water
companies to cover in their reservoirs in and round the
metropolis, the South Lambeth Company contracted
with Messrs. Lock and Nesham, builders, of Theobald's-
row, to arch over their reservoirs at Brixton. Within
the last few days one of the reservoirs had been covered
or vaulted in by a series of bricked arches, each being
about 30 feet wide, stretching across the entire width of
the reservoir, and 20 feet in height—the surface or crown
of the arches being covered with a layer of clay two feet
thick.

Yesterday morning, while about 30 men were engaged
striking the centres from the completed arches, removing
the scaffolding, &c., almost w thout any warning, about
12 or 14 of the arches give way and fell to the bottom
of the reservoir with a loud crash, burying beneathithem
the men who were below at work ; some 20 labourers,
who were levelling the earth outside on the top of the
reservoir, also falling with the mass. The shock occa-
sioned by the fall alarmed the whole neighbourhood ;
and, as may be supposed, the most prompt measures
were taken for the purpose of extricating the sufferers.
Although nearly 200 labourerA were engaged in the
task, it was not until close to 11 o'clock that the whole
of the parties were got out. Four of them, unhappily,
had ceased to live, being crushed to death ; seven others
were found to be sadly injured, and were at once sent
to Guy's Hospital.
The names of those who were killed were George
Riley, Charles Underwood, John Wilkins, and Benjamin
Reeves. The three first were married, and have left
large families.
Many of the men had most marvellous escapes, and
the superintending foreman in particular. He hal taken
a friend down to inspect the works when suddenly he
heard a loud crack. He called to his friend, " For
God's sake, come this way," pointing to a recess or inlet
leading into the right reservoir. They succeeded in
springing into the inlet at the moment the mass came
down, but so hair-breadth was their escape that some of
the brick work caught their legs, and threw and held
them down, where they remained until they were dug
out. Curiously enough, they scarcely sustained any
injury. i

The accident is attributed to the instability of the
work, and the centres being removed before the brick-
work had time to consolidate. The amount of damages
is estimated at several thousand pounds. Between 200
and 300 men have been generally engaged on the works,
but fortunately a large number were keeping holiday
when the accident happened.