The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-23 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN.
The following circular has just been distributed :
" Secretary's-office, Euston Station, London,
Oct. 20, 1852.
TO THE PROPRIETORS OF THE LONDON AND NORTH-

WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

"Experience has satisfied the directors of the London
and North-Western and Midland Companies that it
would conduce to the stability of the undertakings, and
to the convenience and advantage of the public if the
co-operation (based on an identity:of interest) which has
subsisted for some years in working the two under-
takings, were rendered more complete and permanent ;
and they have determined, therefore, by an unanimous
resolution of each board, to recommend for adoption by
their respective proprietors an agreement to apply to
Parliament for a bill to amalgamate the companies, on
terms to be settled by referees of high standing. The
directors are led to recommend this course from
a conviction that by such means alone can
they obtain the fall advantages to be derived
from the existing arrangements or secure with cer-
tainty an uninterrupted continuation of that cordial co-
operation in the working of the two undertakings which
is essential to the welfare of the proprietors, and to the
interests of the public. In addition to the special rea-
sons in favour of an amalgamation of these two compa-
nies, experience is daily proving, beyond all question,
that a state of hostile rivalry between railway companies
leads, of necessity, to great and general inconvenience,
and to a needless and wasteful expenditure in the con-
duct of the traffic common to both, without any corre-
sponding advantage to the public ; and leads also to the
outlay, year by year, of large amounts of capital in the
construction of duplicate lines and stations, instead of
being devoted, tis the interests of the country dictate, to
the wants of towns and districts still devoid of railway
facilities. The directors trust that you will be able to
attend personally tho general meeting on the 33 No-
vember • if. however, you are unable to do so, and
should desire to be represented by proxy, you may ob-
tain the necessary form on application to this office.—
By order,

" CHAS, E. STEWART, Seervory."
Resolutions intended to be submittfid tor adoption at
he General Meeting, called for November 3, 1352:

" Resolved—That it is expedient to vit3et a perma-
nent union of interest between the London and North-
Western and Midland Railway Companies, and to amal-
gamate the undertakings on the following terms, viz.:—
That the relative values of the two undertakings be
ascertained and fixed by three referees of high standing;
that their decision be given after the passing of the act
of amalgamation : but in case the first application to
Parliament fails, further application shall be made in the
following and ensuing session, and it shall be competent
for either company to call upon the referees to fix the
relative value of the two undertakings ; such values to
be in any case fixed after 31st December, 1853."
" Resolved—That the directors be accordingly autho-
rized to introduce and prosecute, in the ensuing session
of Parliament, a bill to carry into effect the foregoing
resolution, and to take such measures, in furtherance
thereof, as they may deem fit, and as counsel may ad-
vise, consistently with the powers of the parties."

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON
RAILWAY,—The exertions of this company to obtain an
independent metropolitan outlet for its traffic are to be
met by the most determined opposition of the London
and North-Western and Great Western Companies..
BIRMING/lAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY.—The London
and. North-Western authorities are quite alive to the
mischief which this line may inflict upon its traffic.
There is a considerable season traffic from Leamington
northwards, and to prevent the Great Western Company
getting hold of it, the Euston-square authorities have
resolved to ran a train from Leamington to Nuneaton,
upon that most unprofitable of all lines the Trent
Valley, to meet the express trains at that point. This
will of course secure the Leamington northern traffic to
the London and North-Western Company.
BOSTON AND MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The Marquis of
Bristol, through whose land this line proceeds for above
seven miles, has given in his adhesion to the project,
which is now supported by every landowner from end
to end. The Ambergate line has cost nearly 30,000/
per mile. This line will cost, exclusive of the proposed
docks, less than 8,5001. per mile. It will, when con-
structed, bring into active working the Ancaster quar-
ries, the stone from which is said to be unequalled in
the kingdom.
RAILWAY MERCIIANDIZE DEPOTS.—The Great Wes-
tern Railway have just opened twenty-four, and the
Great Northern twenty extensive goods depots in all
parts of the metropolis.
SOUTII WALES RAILWAY.—Consequent on a notifica-
tion from the railway department of the Board of Trade,
this company have discontinued their open third class
carriages, the Act of Parliament requiring that all third-
class carriages shall be covered in.

EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Last evening a public meeting was hold in the British
and Foreign School-room, Cowper-street, City-road, for
the purpose of marking the departure for Australia of a
party of 180 intending emigrants of both sexes, who are
to sail in a few days by the ship Lord Delaval, which
has been chartered under the auspices of a committee of
gentlemen connected with various dissenting denomina-
tions. The room was well filled with an assemblage of
all classes, drawn together by the expectation that Mrs.
Chisholm would attend to address a few parting words
of advice to the emigrants, which she did. In the course
of her address, one of the emigrants asked " Shall we be
shaved, Ma'am, when we cross line—(Load laughter) ?
Mrs. Chisholm said that the razor used on crossing the
line was a very rude one, generally a pieco of old iron;
and they were very fortunate who escaped with only one
or two cuts from the operation. The passengers were
generally irritated by the process, and it often created
had
bad feeling during the rest of the voyage. She
therefore made it a rule not to recommend a passenger
to a ship were it was permitted. (Hear, hear). She
advised the emigrants present to get the committee to
add a clause to the contract prohibiting the ba!barous
practice. (Cheers). Dr. Thomson said he had twice
crossed the line, bat never saw any shaving. However,
he thought its discontinuance in all cases should be made
imperative. Mrs. Chisholm said that within the lust
two months she knew of five cases of shaving, which
wore all bad ones. The custom was like that of making
workmen pay their footing. She did not wish to trench
upon poor Jack's old established perquisites; but let the
passengers substitute a supper, by subscribing 3d. a-head
or so, at tho end of the voyage, as a mark of good feeling
to the crew. This would be much better than giving
them drink.

TUE ASSASSINATION OF MR. MANIFOLD.—The Lord
Lieutenant has offered a reward of 1001. for such intor-
mation as may lead to the conviction of the assassin of
the late Mr. Manifold.
hum ENIGRATION.—.The emigration fever in Ireland
has certainly received some check since the close of the
summer ; but still considerable numbers are taking
their departure for America or Australia. A local
journal gives an account of tho " oompleto decay of the
once prosperous and happy village of Kinvara,"
.from
which most of the shopkeepers and other inhabitants
have emigrated.

The C )roner remarked that the most certain remedy
would have been for some person to have sucked the
wound the instant after the bite, if any one could have
been found having the boldness to do it.
Edward Stewart, who looks after the humming birds
at the gardens, said that he and deceased left the gar-
dens at six o'clock on Tuesday, and he returned shortly
before six on Wednesday morning, and was in the rep-
tile room with the deceased when the accident happened.
A little after eight o'clock he was going out of the door
with a basket of larks. Deceased was then by the snake
glass. He lifted up the glass, and took out the "Bocce"
snake, and held it up by its neck. Witness ran to Gir-
ling, and said, " For God's sake put it back again."
Girling laughed, and said, " I am inspired," and then
lifted the snake on to witness's shoulder, and let it run
round his neck. Witness said, "For God's sake put it
away." Girling then put the snake in, and then game
down to where the " Cobra" was, and said, " Now for
the Cobra." Witness again exclaimed, "For God's sake
leave off—what are you about?" Deceased took the
1" Cobra" out of the case, and put it inside his waistcoat,
and it crawled round from the right side, and came
' out at the left side of his waistcoat. Girling drew
it out, and was holding the " Cobra" between the
head and the middle of the body, when it made a
dart at his face, and he (witness) saw the blood on Gir-
ling's nose, and Girling called out, " Run for Hunt,"
and witness did so, and was much frightened. When
witness returned, he found the " Cobra" back in its
case. He supposed it must have been placed there by
the deceased. Deceased would sometimes get a little to
drink. On the Tuesday night witness had tea with
Girling, and they went out together between seven and
eight o'clock, and they were out all night. They went
, to see a friend who was going to Australia, where they
had some porter, and afterwards they went to a public
house in Shoe-lane. Girling was not intoxicated, but
he was in an excited state; they had some gin after they
got back to the gardens, about breakfast time.
Another keeper named Baker said he saw Girling
handing the snakes, and warned him. Lie believed that
the deceased was intoxicated.

Mr. Mitchell deposed that the men had orders never
to touch the snakes, and said that any man discovered
about the gardens in a state of intoxication would be
discharged. He gave these orders to Girling personally
on his appointment. Girling had been a guard on a
railway before his appointment at the gardens. He had
once reproved him, and threatened him with instant dis-
missal tor opening the adder case to feed the reptiles,
instead of putting the food in at the top.
James Phipps, engineer at the Zoological Gardens,
said he saw the deceased Girling immediately after he
was bitten. He ran into the engine-house covered with
blood, and begged of him (witness) to take him for as-
sistance, as he had been bitten by a " Cobra," and was
dying. He would be sure to die. He then washed his
face, and fancied he had the snake in his bosom. He
kept saying, it's hero he bit me. A cab was procured
and he was conveyed in about 20 minutes to the hOspi-
tal. Nothing was done for him at the gardens.
Mr. Mitchell said the deceased was in possession of a
preparation of Libma Cedron, said to be a specific against
serpent poison, with the method of applying which de-
ceased was well acquainted, having seen it used in some
experiments which had been made at the gardens. These
experiments were inconclusive as to the value of the
alleged specific. He gave a bottle of the preparation to
Girling at the close of the experiments, although at the
time he gave it he remarked that no accident could
cceur there except by the negligence of the man him- iq
self. The deceased no doubt forgot that he had it.
The jury returned a verdict, " That Edward Horatio
Girling died from the eff,ets of wounds inflicted by a
venomous serpent known as the " Cobra de capolle," and
that the injuries were the results of his cvvn rashness,
whilst in a state of intoxication."
The inquiry then terminated.

THE FATAL DUEL AT EGHAM.

RE-EXAMINATION A THE TOWN-LIALL,
CHER I'SEY.

(Before Captain the ion. G. J. Cavendish, chairman ;
Captain Seymour, ; Mr. R. W. Edp,ell, and Mr.
J. Dobinson).

CHERTSEY, FRIDAY.—The prisoners charged with
being concerned in the duel affair on Inglefiold-green
were again brought up for re-examination this morning.
iu pursuance of the verbal remand of Wednecdsy last.
The accused, who were brought from Egham last even-
ing, in charge of Chief Superintendent Biddlecombe, of
the Surry police force, after having remained all day on
Thursday awaiting the result of the inquest, were
lodged in the town of Chertsey for the night, two of
them, viz., Baronnet and Allain, having been accommo-
dated at the Swan Inn, under a police guard ; and the
other two prisoners, Barthii‘my and &tourney, wore
similarly provided for at the Crown Inn, which adjoins
the Town-hall, they being also guarded by police officers.
The accused were brought up in custody at twelve
o'clock, and were immediately convoyed to the large
room at the Town-hall, whore the bench of magistrates
were sitting.

Chief-Su—perintendent Biddlecombe stated that the pri-
soners were brought up in pursuance of the remand on
Wednesday last, and related the leading and most im-
portant features that bad transpired at the coroner's in-
quest, held at the Barley Mow public-house, on Ingle-
tield-green, yesterday morning, and of the adjournment
of the further inquiry until Tuesday next (the particu-
lars of which appeared in our yesterday's impression).
Thirteen witnesses, he said, had already been examined,
and he had still two more, whose testimony was of the
utmost importance ; and, he presumed, already suffi-
cient evidence bad been given to justify him in asking
for a further remand until Wednesday next, which
would be after the coroner's inquest had returned their
verdict ; in the meantime, from inquiries he had set on
eld a short consultation
foot, he had no doubt but that additional and very kn..
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afterhe having
with the bench, inquired of the prisoners, through their
interpreter, what they had to say as to why they should
not be remanded until Wednesday next, to which two of
them, viz., Barth6:6my and Mournay, declined saying
anything; the other two, viz., Baronnet and Allain, put
in a statement written in the French language, whieb
was interpreted to the Court.
The following is a translation of the document as
made by Captain Seymour, one of the magistrates:
" Whatever may be the consequences of the severity
of the English law against duelling (of which I am in-
formed), I declare that I was the second of Mons. Cour-
net on the 19th October; that the obligations and sin-
cere friendship I entertained for him would not allow of
my refusing to accompany him in
Ile was my beat friend, and I had found so many noble
qualities in him, that I did all I could to avoid the rot-
centre, but I had to obey the laws of honour, friendship,
and the customs of French duelling. Wereantagonist, to p a
remainder of my life in prison, I would never disclose
person who was the
Cournet, now that I know the English law, the name of the
Hon°
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character and my habits. (Signed) ~
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I adhere to this declaration it is ' BARONNET."
' with my sentiments. (Signed)
quite in conformity
The .Bench then informed the " ALUM."
interpreter, that they would be accused, through an
Wednesday, when they would be remanded until next
Chortsoy, and in the meantime they further examined at
to liorsemonger-lane gaol, for safe would be conveyed
or
.safe custody.
The warrant for the
florsemonger-lane gaol commitment of the prisoners to
in the hands of was then made out and placed
theprisonersSSuer Biddlecombe, who re-
movedfrom court to the hotels where they
had spent the previous
evening,
and subsequently con-
Railway,London by the 3.50 train of the South-
Westerny,
f under an escort of police.
e
On the return
they
prisoners to Chertsoy from the
inquest last evenin g' wel:e visited
in
by their country-
man, Louis Blanc, who remained at Chertsoy n conver-
sation with
some of them for a considerable time, and
appeared deeply interested in the affair.
Ledru Rollin arrived in Chertsoy after the prisoners
were remanded, and wont to London in their couivany.
The following account of the unfortunate man's
(Cournet's) early life has been received from a French
„gentleman with whom the deceased was intimately ac-
quainted, and may be faithfully relied upon. Felin
Cournet, a captain in the French navy, was a man of
undoubted courage and intrepedity; when only eighteen
years of ago he and six other men in a boat took a
Spanish frigate on the Tagus. For this gallant decd,
in which his life underwent great perils, ho W6S deco-
rated and rewarded by the French nation with the
honorary distinction of the legion d'honneur, and before
he had attained his twenty-first year ho was made a
lieutenant in the navy by Admiral Roussin, the minister
of the marine service under the Government of Louis
Philippe. We are also informed, from good authority,
that the unfortunate man Cournet had fought fifteen
duels before the sad affair when he met with such an
untimely and tragical end, so that we may fairly pre-
sume that Cournet's opponent must have had the first
shot.