The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

CORK AND BANDON.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at the London Tavern ; General Chatterton in the
chair.
Mr. H. W. WOOD, the secretary, read the report, an
abstraCt of which appeared in The Sun of Saturday.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said be did not think it necessary to detain them by
making any observations upon it.
Mr. lams seconded the motion.
Mr. Cox complained that he bad received a stamped
proxy paper from the office. He thought they were not
in a position to spend money on stamps for such a pur-
pose, and he wished to know the object of it.
The SECRETARY said the object was to obtain sufficient
proxies to constitute the meeting and to secure the re-
election of two local directors, who were of great service
to the company in promoting the traffic.
Mr. Cox had no wish to offer opposition to the report,
but thought that it was illegal to send out stamped
proxies, and was of opinion that it ought not to bare
been done.
Mr. RADCLIFFE, the solicitor to the company, said
the hon. proprietor was quite right. The funds of the
company should not be used for proxies. They should
not have been sent out at the expense of the company,
unless authorised by the vete of a general meeting.
Mr. Bans, a director, contended that it was important
to secure the re-eledtion of the local directors, as they
were most indefatigable in their exertions to improve
the traffic and promote the interests of the company.
Mr. BEAMISH, M.P., said he hoped they did not in-
tend to proceed with the bill now before Parliament,
unless the parties at the other Side were anxious that it
should be proceeded with.
The SOLICITOR said that his instructions were to take
no steps in the matter until the report of the committee
was received.
The resolution for the adoption of the report was then
agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret that they were
about to lose the valuable services of Lieutenant-Colonel
Beimisb, in consequence of his retirement from the
board.
The retiring directors, Mr. T. S. Reeves and Mr. W.
_ _

J. Shaw, were re-elected ; Mr. C. Beatnisb, a large
hhareholder, was elected a director, in the room of Col.
Beamish ; Mr. C. Bell, the retiring auditor, was re-
elected.
On the motioi of the CHAIRMAN a committee of share-
holders was unanimously appointed to confer with the
directors on the best mode of placing the pecuniary
affairs of the company in a sound and satisfactory posi-
tion, the committee to consist of Messrs. Jones, Thomp-
son, Graham, Guiness, Wilson, Taraffe, Mahony, Swan-
ston, Yeathard, Beamish, M.P., Perrier, and Adair,
with power to add to their number.
Mr. WINKwbisTR proposed that the grateful thanks
of the meeting be presented to Lieut.-Col. Beamish for
his valuable assistance to the undertaking, and express-
ing regret at his retirement from the beard.
Mr. Lions seconded the resolution, and it was unani-
mously adopted.
Mr. WINKWORTH called attention to some of the diffi-

culties which the committee would ha►e to overcome.

Messrs. Barnes and Barnard, ate solicitors to the Public
Works Loan Commissioner/0.1.4d served the I
~—+ nti Jut for Oba'eb
with notice, tnat it the moneys due to the commissioners
were not paid by the 14th instant summary proceedings
would be taken to recover the amount. The undertak-
ing had the elements of success, and it only requited
time to develops it. He hoped that•those injurious Inea-
suree would not be carried into effect, and that the com-
pany would soon bo relieved from its present position.
Mr. BIAMISH, M.P., could not believe that it was the
intention of the commissioners to take immediate pro-
ceedings against the company. He did not suppose for
one moment that the commissioners would refuse to give
the directors fair and reasonable time to consult with
the large shareholders for the purpose of satisfying the.
claim. It certainly could not be the wish of the com-
missioners to injure the undertaking by adopting harsh
and oppressive proceedings, particularly as it was a legi-
timate undertaking, and calculated to confer great local
benefit if properly carried out. From the progress
which Ireland had made during the past few years there
was every reason to expect that railway undertakings
*could continue to improve and be successful. Tht•re
could therefore be no doubt of the security of the under-
taking.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to
the chairman, and the meeting adjourned to the 7th of
March, to receive the report of the committee.

ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS.

It appears from a report of the Railway Department
of the Board of Trade that during the year 1854 233
persons have been killed and 453 persons have been in-
jured on railways in the United Kingdom. Of the
above, 31 passengers were killed and 346 injured ; 112
servants of railway companies, or persons employed by
contractors, were killed, and 87 injured ; and 80 persons
who were neither passengers nor servants of railway
companies were killed; and 20 injured.
Of the passengers who have suffered on railways, 12
were killed and .331 injured from causes beyond their
own control : and 19 were killed and 15 injured from
want of caution on their own part. Ten passengers
were killed in consequence of collisions between trains,
which are attributed to inadequacy in the regulations
for working the traffic on the lines. Of the 331 passen-
gers injured from causes beyond their own control, 283
suffered in collisions between trains, 33 were injured in
accidents fromi trains leaving the rails, and 15 from
trains running threugh facing points.- It appears that
95 accidents to trains have come under the notice of the
Board of Trade during the year 1854 ; of these 85 have
been specially reported upon by the inspecting officers of

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the Railway Departmeni. These 85 accidents may be
classed under two principal heads—accidents appertain-
ing to the rolling stock and road, and accidents apper-
taining to the management of railways. The accidents
appertaining to the rolling stock and road are 32, which
may be further subdivided into accidents from engines
and carriages leaving the rails, in number 24; accidents
from trains running through facing points, 3 ; accidents
to persons in trains being struck against works adjacent
to the line 2, and miscellaneous 3; total 32. Under the
head of accidents appertaining to the management there
are 53, which may be further classified as collisions on
double lines of railway between trains following each
ether on the same line of rails, in number 29 ; collisions
at junctions, 5 ; collisions at' stations or sidings, 14;
collisions on single lines of railway between trains meet-
ing in opposite directions, 4; and miscellaneous 1;
total, 53.
With regard to the 32 accidents above mentioned, it
appears that 14 were within the control of the manacre-
tztent, while 18 could not have been guarded against,
turf in six cases out of these 18 the consequences would
IWetably have been less severe had a different manage-
Xecut.nrevail d
tiro' of
the e • Out of the 53 accidents appertaining to
ikroont, only one was entirely out of the Con.
other eager tir:PanY upon whose line it occurred. In four
to the manatel
accidents were not directly attributable
occurred if the ansnnt' but they would probably not have
greater, or if a dila':
zrdation for the traffic had been
report shows that out ollittagernent had prevailed. The
intoinstances did purely acci-
been reported upon in only LB4 accidents which have
dental circumstances enterthe the cause of the
tries were the acci-
dents,acci-
and in only 16 out of
dents attributable to accidental
accidents, to have
The negligence of inferior servant, would alone.
entered into the causes of $6 of the an
three cases were the accidents due to that eauusteininonly
Three accidents were from causes entirely beyond
control of the company, hence only 22 out of the 85
accidents could not have been guarded against. The
other accidents would probably not have occurred, or
their consequences would have been less Sells:Ma, had
proper precautions been taken by the superior officers of
the companies, and they art, therefore attributable to the
defective management of the lines. The causes of theso
latter accidents may be classed under the heads of defects
of conaruction in the real or machinery, insufficient
tneatts of securing safety, insufficiency of ,staff,
and in-
adequacy of the system of working.

RAILWAY DILLS AND STANDING ORDERS.
Y.< sterday ihe following railwit,Y bills were declared
to have complied with the standing orders of both Houses
of Parlimusnt

BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA.—TO C
Etruct railways from Bombay to Agra and Central India,
by will of Surat, Baroda, and Neemucb, and from
Surat into Candeish and Barar, and for negotiations with
the East India Company for connecting the north-west
ana central districts of India with Bombay, and for