The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-06 00:00:00

defiance of the active portion of the share- *,
h.olders. This will probably raise the whole ques•
Lion (
on with regard to the conduct of railway meetings
and the objectionable use of proxies belonging to
parties who are net only necessarily ignorant of the
arguments used at the meetings against the measures
which the proxies are sent to support, but they are fre-
quently ignorant of the nature of the measures they thus
vote fir, and to this source may be traced the sanctiun
by the shareholders of improvident leases, guarantees,
and worthless branch lines, by which in many cases the
original capital has been rendered wholly unproductive.
It is believed that thero is a large section of proprietors
in railway companies who never vote on any question,
either in person or by proxy, and it is calculated that
they amount to one-third of the whole. These per-
sons it appears trust entirely to the directors, the Lords,
and the Commons, and many of them have suffered
wofully for their confidence. If proxies are to be
used in accordance with the standing order as altered,
the publication of the list of shareholders repre-
sented at each meeting, with the amount of stock,
and its circulation among the shareholders, may
prevent misrepresentation and enable the Committee to
secertain the correctness of the return. Thcn, again in
seeding proxies to proprietors, officials will naturally
take care that those shareholders who invariably vote in
favour of the directors shall have proxies sent them, but
some of the other shareholders may not be fortunate
enough to receive either a notice or a proxy; they may
complain, bat can have no redress unless they attend
the meeting, should they happen to knew of it. The
chairmen of the Great Western, the Great Northern,
and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Compa-
nies, have represented to Lord Derby the propriety of
restoring the majority to three-fifths of the proprietors
present, and of rendering an investigation imperative in-
stead of permissive, as to the bond fides of the parties
voting, whenever complaints be made by petition from
either party to the Rouse of Lords.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICE
CONSTABLE.

Shortly before twelve u'clt.ck on Saturday night great
excitement was caused amongst the inhabitants of Lam•
b.-Ala-walk, in consequence of the following desperate
attempt b.,ing made by a party of Irishmen to murder a
police offia:r of the Lor Lambeth division. It will be
remembered that several months back a policeman
unmet' Chaplin was murdered by a number of men in
the same spot as the present unfortunate occurrence
took place, and ever since, owing to the bitter feeling
evincA by some of the parties towards the police, the
constables have invariably gone on duty in couples, so as
to protect each other when patrolling drat particular
die. rict.

On Saturdly night, at the above-named hour, a
female was violently assaulted by one of the men, and
having given an alarm, police constable 81 L ran to the
,pot, wrien he was in the act of v.lttrig Into custody the
Woman's assailant, but betore he could do so a cry of
" Down with the police" was relied, and some eight or
ten fdlows immediately made a terrible onslaught upon
the officer. Nut content with brutally betting and
kicking him, they actually threw him down on the
ground, and whilst some held him on the earth, the
others jumped upon him, causing three of his ribs to
snap asunder and otherwise seriously injuring him in-
ternally.
Police-constable 178, of the same division, on hearing
the noise, went to the assistance of his comrade, when
the mob attempted to serve him in a similar manner.
The t ffi!er, however, had the preoence of mind to draw
his truncheon, which he tray forced to strike indiscrimi-
nately over thd heads of the crowd ; but in spite of
which they continued to strugL,gle with the police, and
eventually the two truncheons % ere broken over the
heads of the mob. When the pieces were fouud they
were covered with blood, and hair was adhering tothewu.t
Two of the fellows were fortunately appre
the others effected their escape. Tnere.
i
ho b
however, no
doubt but they all be taken into cmsswt,ooduynded ,as they
escapedbeing seriously
could hardly have
dot-
ing the conflict which happened.

EXTRAORDINARY CAPTURE OF TWO

THIEVES.

James Lennox, alias L'ercival, and George Mills, two
notorious sieves, belougiag to the London swell muh,
and formerly connected with Hackett, the expert thief,
who is now undergoing a long term of imprisonment in
the United States, were brought before James Deane,
E q, at the Town Hall, Tunbridge Wells, ,on Saturday,
for final examination, charged with stealing a gold
wareh and appendages, worth 501., the property of Mrs.
Maria liolliegsworth.
It appeared from the evidence which was taken at
some length, that the prosecutrix lodged at Mount
Ephraim Cottage, Tunbridge Wells, and un the morning
of the 23] ult., she quitted the house for the purpose of
taking a walk, leaving her watch on the table in the
trout eitting-room. Sne returned home a little after
one o'clock, and mused it immediately. She then went
and informed the superintendent of her loss. Mr. Mor-
ton, the head of the po►ice, returned to the house with
her, and feeling satisfi,ei that the robbery was committed
by L .radon thieves, ho procured the assistance of ono of
his ofilepre, and proceeded in a vehicle down the London-
road. When he arrived at Crowhurst, 23 miles from
Tunbridge Wells, he perceived Lennox stanoing in
front of a public-house, and, knowing him to be a Lon-
don thief, he followed him into the house, and ascer-
tained that both prisoners had just arrived from Tun-
briclp Wells, with an extraordinary swift horse and
chits•'. He took the prisoner Lennox into cultody,
and Mills was apprehended in the stable by the consta-
bl.4 who accompanied him. lie (Mr. Merton) seerched
the prisonere end their coaise, after which he went into
the stahl.‘ where the horse was standing, and in a few
mine' CS the watch and appendages were discovered.

Otht-r c.,rionora:ive 6.rsuzn iny havteg bcen given, the
enagtd:raio commit, ed them to Ni.itthirme Gaul fur trial.

THE BATHS (F HOMBURG.

A letter from the baths of Homburg of the 28 h
, ult. says—" Our summer seasons has nevrr been
more animated or brilliant than it is at present. Balls
and concerts succeed each oth-r every day, and the
aristocracy of every nation fl ,ck hither to partake in
the pleasures and amusements of the baths. The
opening of the new salons of the Casino took place
recently ; these two magnificent rooms, the work
of the celebrated Belgian arcbitrct, Cluys:mear, are
much admired for their rare elegance, for their spa-
cious extent, and for the luxury and suniptuousuess
of their decorations. The Casino of Homburg has
nothing to envy at any bathing establishment in Eu-
rope. It now appears to be the finest and the most
comfortable resort of fashion. Tce official list of
foreigners contains the names of more than 1,500 fa-
milies who have come to Homburg since the opening
of the season. Among the visitors of high distinction
we remark their Serene Highnesses the Duke and
Duches of Schleswig- Uolstein-Augustenbourg, with
the Princes Frederic and Christian, end the Princesses
n
Louise Auguste, Caroline Amelia, and Henrietta,
their sons ad daughter 9;
his Serene Highness Prince
Ghika, from Bucnarest ; his Excellency Prince de
Wittgenstein; the Marquis and Njaichiones,:of Lon-
donderry-, Earl Munster, and Earl of Morton ; the
CAintess of Morton, with her f; the HOD. Sir
W. Melville and. Sir Augustus Vernon; the Duke and
Duchess de Rai zit) ; the Countess Gourieff;
Baroness de Cetto (nee de Deux-Ponts); his Ex-
cellency the Count de Briey, Envoy of the King of
the Beiktians to the Germanic Confederation ; Count
de Pourtales, Chamberlain of his Majesty the King
Of Prussia, from Faris ; his Excellency President de
Mousse', of Wiesbaden ; the i\lsrchioness de San
Milan, from I,l_,ico ; his Excellency Count
da B n•astorff, ex, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
and the Countess do Bernstorff, from Ber-
lin ; the Hungarian Count do Rovacz •
Count Frederic d'Erbach-Erbach ; Baron Osy,
member '
of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives •
C nint d'lncisa, from Turin; Baron de Blittersdorf,
ex-President of the Council of the Grand Duchy
of
Baden, Count de Sz-mbeck, from
i
yvarsaw from ocmo u In It a
dn he e
orgensfjorna, Chamberlain of
his Majesty the King, of Sweden, and Superintendent
• the Baron de Belle-
of the Government in Norway
frnid, ex member of the States:General of Holland,
from the Hague."

THE SEWERS CONIMISSIod AND THE
GOVERNMENT
The last step taken in the Sewers c 0,,,„,;„ inn was
not a wise one. The most eminent of titth'Poeitsfiee wh
accepted the unpaid oeseeeseCommissioners of 4: el '3
poise, on the poio orlesigning, we believe, on the r:ca's
sioti of -the refusal of Sir Charles Wood, the last Chan.
',Ciller of the Escheeeer, to r, m ive OH technical diffi.
culties to the borrowing of wimpy, which prevented the
execution of the large Orain4g4 works for the metropolis,
of which the plans had been approved'. The condition
of things at that time was iully punted out in the spech
of Lard Ebring,on at the doe of : t the last stesion, on
Cie Sewers Bill, which we have before now quotA. The
Comtniar,ioners were then persuaded to remain in office.
On the acces,ion of the new Government, some annoy-
aace was expressed at the mode in which the present
Sewers Bill was brought f ir ward, without consideration
1 the Ceanissioners' proposi,ions. Oa the death of
howeVer, to-Za
war; 'Awes we understand that the expression of a hope
would be o the
ec"eyed tproper authorities that no one
ame to th:tgeinted chairman who would not no accept-
-I.itrang,r to
upon the
itehtle!ed to the ial, were
alissitmels. In this respect they appear,
pro "e been as little' consulted as they
to the chairman Rho Bill.
No eel's cal objection is felt
1 gal chairratin
the '`D has just been appointed: he is alike
ts:u)hi,
oj
he
w::::::knicavd:tabegrusitnsfti, t,trhhh.ew. I e h he w° En"
w st. ted on the . arY wkeliti not t •h r fEcient Jaw'
and and to the works, and
a ..i.,.l.os9llll9g4lsoeret practice on the subject. Bat, as if
rn( vent Etna
in whom the C,Cotntisi:4ss4ln
appointed,
olltu rin swhiele
what
was
ri, ~,„
and direction in an i 13
"P
Thi,,
'a the
one whom
cubtiit, from Or a
mionerfalci,elruei I " deal;
isevelltvoersein
one
thoi:yuimoney:,tbethrerlelti)in3remdi,
si ceincsuicf management
af,4ist. p„telree confidence, not
bert Stppheneon,
• (Ir.6°m-4' other native rilaP'.and th.' rostilttl) reported
sent in their resign •i to, and Mr. 11mdpIt'hM-r. it°.
accepted Who aons, which have we b,1:" now
purified°will when r
. --Builder.
"I'4 la to be
Mr.
it7bis:ri:veirit,:nra trust,—a
man

ART EDIICA.TION OF CLULDRFN.—Let us bore I rnenticn, in a parenthesis, that we have fund the children
of the Swereign at nine in the morning at the MU3.UM of
Practical Art ; and on another occasion, at the same hour,
amidst ' the Elgin marbles —not the only wise hint to tie
mothers of Ennknd to be found in the highest place. Ac-
cu.stom sour children to dud beauty in goodness ani go)dnea
ju beaum—BrYz.tre

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