The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-14 00:00:00

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AMSTERDAM WATER WORKS COM-
PANY. ,:t ‘: #.•
A meeting of tiis company was held yesterday, at : ,
.Narr
the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering •„_.
(113 policy and advisability of entering into an ar- Ati,iritaMazit
rangement for an amalg imation with the Haarlem
Water Company.
Mr. Lovann presided, and opened the proceedings
by calling on Mr. Phillips to give an explanation.
Mr. Pumnirs stated that he represented the holders
of 2,000 shares, all of which were paid up. These
proprietors, deeming that it was impracticable for the
company to procure a supply of water from the Rhine,
advocated an amalgamation with the Haarlem Com-
pany, which had been in a progressive state for some
time. The Rhine Company had started with 25,000
shares, cut of which there were only 7,000 or 8,000
paid up; besides which there were 5,000 shares
which, it was stated, had been repudiated by Mr.
G-each. Taking these circumstances into considera-
tion, he felt induced, on behalf of the holders of the
2,000 shares, to advocate an amalgamation with the
Haarlem Company, for he believed if that were not
carried out, the shareholders would lose all the money
they had advanced.
A PROPRIETOR said he quite disagreed with the
observations of ale last speaker. So far from there
being only 7,000 shares paid up on it, it was stated
that there were 15,0001. in the hands of the bankers.
He considered the Haarlem water was quite incapable
of supplying Amsterdam, and, moreov4r, it had been
proved to be unfit for household purposes, se much so
that Government had ordered the tanks to be
locked up.

Mr. NOAD said that he could see no chance of the
company ever becoming remunerative, excepting by
an amalgamation with the Haarlem.
Mr. DUNCAN said he was present that day on behalf
of the directors of the Rhine Company. In repect to
the charge of Mr. Geach withdrawing from his con-
tract, he could only state, that if such W4B the case,
there were many other parties who were ready and
willing to lay down the pipes, for which they would
take shares in return.—(Hear, hear.) Respecting
the number of shares paid upon, a certain number
were taken by the directors and concessionaries, all
of which, including those of Mr. Leach's, amounted
to 15,000, and 10,000 were left for Holland. He
wished to know what was their object of amalgamat-
ing with the Haarlem Company, when it could be
seen by an advertisement they had evidenced their in-
ability of carrying out the undertaking ? He con-
sidered that the directors of the Rhine Company had
been as energetic as possible in carrying out the ob-
jects of the company.
After some further conversation, Mr. DUNCAN
moved a resolution to the following effect :—" That
the meeting feeling satisfied with the legal position
of the Amsterdam Water Works Company, ob-
jected to an amalgamation with the Haarlem Com-
pany."
Mr. SMITH seconded the resolution, which being
carried, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman,
and the meeting separated.

THE MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.
At the Thames police court yesterday, the magis-
trate was detained longer than usual, it being the day
appointed ,for finally examining Frank Murray, a
Tuscan, and Berta Argent, a Roman, charged with
the wilful murder of Peter Getland, a fellow-ship-
mate, on board the British ship Alberto, while lying
at Mobile Bay, in the United States, on the 17th
April, 1850.
Mr. Powell appeared, as before, from the Home-
office, for the prosecution.
On the last examination, a witness named Colvill
provod that, on the day in question, he was present
when the prisoner Murray struck Getland over the
forehead with the axe. Getiand bled about two gal-
lons of blood, and died on shore seven days after.
Argent had had a row with Getland two days pre-
viously, and had drawn his knife on him.
Mr. Powell stated that since the last examination
Captain Benson, of the Alberto, had sailed for Bom-
bay, and therefore there was no evidence to show the
death of Getland.

Colvill added to his evidence. The wound extended
to the crown of the head, being four or five inches in
length. He heard Murray say that they would only
get three months for killing a man in America.
Murray made a blow at witness, and bad he not
stooped would have shared the fate of the other poor
man.

Benjamin Wilson, another seaman, said that on the
15th Argent and Getland had various quarrels, and
Argent drew a knife, which witness took from him.
Murray snatched the knife out of witness's hand,
After the man was wounded he expressed a wish
that they had killed him at once, as he was in great
distress.

Murray, through an interpreter, asked to have a
lawyer, or to see his consul.
Mr. Yardley-1 have done all I could, by request-
ing Mr. Powell to communicate with the Tuscan
consul. Mr. Powell—l have done so, Sir. _ _

Mr. Yardley—lt is by no means improbable that if
you have no means of retaining a legal adviser at
your trial it will be done by the sheriffs of London ;
at least, I believe, they generally do so in serious
cases. Mr. Powell—l will go myself to their consul.
Mr. Yardley—There is no consul for Ancona,
except the Austrian consul. Mr. Powell—They shall
also have a copy of the depositions.
The prisoners were then committed to the Central
Criminal Court for ,trial, not for murder, but for
wounding with intent to murder.

ROYAL HUMAIVEmSeeOCnIETY.
Yesterday the half-yearly ti
named society was held at the officesg ofthis well-
in Ta f lger-
square; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M
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--, in the chair.r 3
Tee
minutes of a variety of committee meetings having
been read and confirmed, the Court proceeded to -con-
sider the cases recommended by the committee for
were awarded
of the Royal
Loulnatc,iltnsilgvieirrl:;daanlds,
darnidvet.rhelnohllnowciinragy,
Artillery, who saved the life. of private
. Vane, of the
55th Regiment; 2d, to William Wilson Anstey, who
saved his father, Mr. W. Jekyll Anstey, in the Lon-
don Docks; 3d, to Mr. T. 11. Julian and Wilson
to Lieuenant C.
Majesty's. ship Asia, h
Boyd, who saved Thom 4th,tevens, Whaley fallen
overboard at Plymouth ; to Mr. Wick.
ham, who saved a female infant. that had fallen into
Afs.hterh.;.P.- Donor, resident engineer
9th :igjaains Regiment ;7th to Scuds-
' w h osa
tsmhanmereerisysheitrpanF;hr6noptmbe:eto;of
saved a seaman named Cubbins,
ved belonging
privateiowthoe
Ken-
nedy, of the, Mr. W. H.
oßichtheards,
oyi3n.Ae
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College, Cambridge, who
saved John Ledbury, who had
Portsmouth; Bth, to W. C. tx A fallen off the pier at
the Bentinck, who had savedngove, fourth officer of
Rebecca Hicks, who
had fallen into the South
Charles Burgess, railway ampton docks ; 9th, to
of John Pemberton, guard, who saved the life
dent on the South e ngme:driver, at the fatal scol-
d.. Oddy, who saved Coastl Railway ; 10th, to Thomas
Mr. Vicary, who had been carried
out to sea while bathing,
the gallant .at Brighton. The case of
attention andlaudation,Vincent,ot the Ainezon, excited much
that, owing to
the occurrence,such authentic evidence
granting a the. and regret was expressed
m edal
amounted to 1 890.1
th brief interval that had elapsed since
ere had not been time to obtain
as the
.society requires before
The receipts of the year have
1,7961. 7s. 34. )le.avi.n 85a..801., and the expenditure
5 to
there is still a'debt of
trithers in the Serpentine
gloolbaidance of 941. Is. d. but
' The
uedutrointhe
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weree
191,147. There had been 25 casualties, hut only one
had proved fatal. The whole of the fficers of the
society were re-elected, and the proceedings ter-
minated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

NEW CAB INDICATOR.--yesterday Mr. William
Grayson, of Henley, Oxfordshire, watchmaker, submitted
to the Commissioners of Police, at Scotland. yard, one of his
new patent distance indicators for cabs and carriages. He
and one ohf them was affixed to a
had one detached in his for te purpose of better ex-
plaining its mechanism,
small spring cart, showing the machine in motion. Mr.
Yardley, the chief clerk, came down and examined its oPe'
ration, in lieu of Sir Richard Mayne, who was previously
engaged, and expressed the desirability of such on inven-
tion, if it could be practically found to answer, which time
alone would tell. The machine itself is about the size of a
small chronometer, having a dial numbered in the same way
as far as ten, each division or figure on the hour circle re-
presenting ten miles, with minute marks to note the num-
ber of odd miles, and the complete revolution of the index
marking one hundred, the greatest number of miles any cab
is likely to travel in one day. This dial is set in the side of the
is an eccentric boss made of wood, covered with leather, and
vehicle on a perpendicular line with the axle bar,upon which
acting on an iron arm, bent and conaniuntiicating e
with
ratchet wheel and pinion, which giv
es a
cator, and sets it going.
The mercantile accounts from Vienna to the 11th
moon to the i
inst. state that the recent amelioration in the condition of
the foreign exchanges was rapullY giving way, and that a
further unfavourable alteration had taken place, the quota-
tion on London having risen to 12.3. e Goldt also was again at
2514, and silver at '22 Premiupos 9f a new loan were
in general circulation, and, although the Government organs
declared them to be premature, little doubt was entertained
that the exigencies of the Treasury would render its speedy
announcement unavoidable. In the state of business there
was no material alteration, except that wool was in increased
demand, large Frenchtipurchases having been made at
pend-
ingim-
oveasd
tparitjacees.aal.Areqauyes,
inonwwhihicchh
thheadCustomsduties e ti
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should
henceforth be paid, has been terminated by the decision that
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ages of the principal reigning Sovereigns in Europe :—The
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of 60 Russia,
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Den-
mark, 43; the President of the French' Republic, 43; the
King of the Two Sicilies, 41 ; the King of Bavaria, 40; the
King of the Netherlands, 34 ; the Queen of England, 32 ;
the Queen of Portugal, 32; the King of Hanover, 32; the
King of Sardinia, 31; the Sultan, 25; the Emperor of
Austria, 21; the Queen of Spain, 21.
The periodical comet of Encke was detected at the
Liverpool observatory on Sunday night, during a brief inter-
val between clouds. The comet appeared as a faint patch of
nebulous light of one or two minutes' diameter.