The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-16 00:00:00

THE HOLMFIRTH CALAMITY,

Nothing :natter transpired at Holmfirth up to Friday
evening. The coroner's jury viewed the bodies re-
covered since they last met, but nothing will be done in
the way of taking evidence until Wednesday next. A
new-born child has been found in the river opposite
Hinchcliffe mill dam; but it is supposed to have been
purposely placed there since the accident at the reser-
voir by some unnatural mother to conceal her shame.
A large and influential meeting was held at Bradford
on Friday for the purpose of originating a subscription
for the relief of the sufferers by the late calamity at
Holmfirth. Resolutions were passed appointing a com-
mittee to make an active canvass of the town, and col-
lect subeoriptiona on their behalf. A subscription list
was opened in the room, and upwards of 1,0001. was
contributed before the meeting broke up.
KEIGHLEY.--THE RESEAVOlR.—Considerable alarm
and rumour have prevailed in this town during the past
week respecting the strength and stability of the em•
bankment of the Keighley reservoir, situated about five
miles above Keighley, on the edge of the moor sepa-
rating Yorkshire from Lancashire. This reservoir, we
understand, is about as large again as the one at Holm-
firth which burst. The ♦alley down to Keighley is
much more contracted, and the buildings are in greater
danger, supposing an accident occurred. Scores of people
living on the edge of the beck, which runs down from
the reservoir, left their dwellings and slept in other parts
of the town. We believe, however, that their alarm was
premature. Good watch has been kept and several
workmen employed about the embankment, so that it is
thought no danger need be teared.—Leeds Mercury.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Who kill'd cock-robin?
I, says Lord John, with my bow and arrow,
I kill'd cock-robin.

so,—But does not Lord John claim here a greater
feat than belongs to him ? He may have been the
instrument that bent the bow and let fly the shaft,
but who put the bow and arrow in his grasp, and
bade him take aim at his companion in the Ministry ?
Now, the said arrow having been submitted to in-
spection, is evidently of German stick, feathered
from the Prussian eagle, and pointed with some of
the base metal, once attempted to be circulated as
coin in Cobourg, for which a certain petty potentate
was pretty smartly
.fined by the Diet, and for which
delinquency a certain purse was pretty heavily drawn
upon.
The arrow thus prepared, it appears, was handed
from the Osborne quiver on the 13th, and levelled
from Lord John's bow on Sunday, the 14th of De-
cember. The victim, fully sensible of the armoury
whence the shaft was issued, and smarting at the
many affronts received from the same quarter, and
the offensive injunctions and threats of dismissal con-
veyed to him in 1850, was evidently too proud to
attempt to shield himself from the blow now . so deli-
berately aimed for his destruction. Having also been
at Osborne for an audience—though not as a guest—
on the 12th, the Minister must have felt that any
explanation required ought to have been asked direct
of himself, and not insidiously by a letter on the fol
lo wing day through another. When contempt was
thus bred, who can wonder it was shown by silence ?
Twang went Lord John's bow accordingly on Sa-
turday, the 201), and down with glee a dispatch is
dispatched by train to Windsor to boast of what the
great little man has ventured, of his own free will,
and on his own responsibility, as he affects to believe
and declare. With still greater glee certain German
eyes, on opening the dispatch-box with his own key,
feasted on its contents, and the agent for the conti-
nental alliance, in the fulness of satisfaction, must
needs convey the intelligence, by that very night's
post, to the emissary Radowitz, so graciously received
as a guest at Windsor when the Foreign Secretary
was excluded. Such news easily sped to Vienna by
the 23d, on which day the letter was written, certi-
fying the intelligence as published by the Breslau
Gazette on the 24th. So much for foreign eyes with
foreign interests at heart, and foreign principles for
conscience, having access to all official documents sub-
mitted to the Sovereign of these realms !
Now, who kill'd cock-robin ?
A WARNING VOICE.

REFORM OF EPITAPHS.
A correspondent of the Builder says—ln your late
numbers you have published some instances of curious
and inappropriate epitaphs on tombstones. I have a
collection of such in my possession, and now send you a
few from it. From Dorchester, Oxfordshire:—
" Here lies the body of --, an honest man,
And when he died hs owed nobody nothing."
From Bideford, Devonshire:—
" The wedding- day appointed was,
And wedding-clothes provided ;
But when the day arrive did, ,
She sickened and she died did.''
From lllveratone:

" Here lies my wife,
Here lies she:
Hallelujah,
llallelujee."

From Doncaster:—
the a
yfeo 1
fl oa wv
oi
un
rge, d but
u s
" Here lie two brothers, by misfortune surrounded,
One dy'd of his wounds, and other was drownded."
I cannot_reoctholelrecctowaheesrpeonldiwits
answer for its being genuine:—
" Sacred to the memory
Of bliss Martha Gwynne,
wh. WAS BO very pure within,
She burst the outward shell of sin,
And hatched herself a cherubim."
[Several
similarly distressing withle
llu
mar
sense, good taste, propriety, and right feeling;ages of good
do not think it desirable to print h but we
was to aid in awakening attention to era.
Our object
011 tO
have been committed in this r the errors that
inducing the adoption of a better espect, with the view of
fully proved, and needs no str course. The case is
en then•
----___ g ing.--ED. Builder.]

REMARKABLE FULFILMENT OF A DREAM.—During
the night of Tuesday, William Jackson, a railway labourer,
residing at Green Ilammerton, near linareshorough, dreamed
that he should be killed on the railway. He awoke and told
his wife of tl,e circumstance, whereupon alio implored him
not to go that morning to his usual labour on the line; not-
withstanding which he did so, when, strange enough to state,
he accidently fell from a ballast train in the neighbourhood
1
of Fiaxby, and wt.:, run ov,:r, both
his leg 3 and riOt arm
ea- m brought manner. He was Otrrs
Wheat Sheaf Inn, in this town, where he expired three hours
after his arrival. The poor man has left a widow and severs
children to bewail hie loft—Bradford Observer.
being crushe,. in a dr

RAILWAY INTELLIGENC.E.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Thursday, at the Nine Elms station, Vauxhall, for the
purpose of receiving the report, declaring a dividend,
electing three directors, and on general business ; the
attendance of proprietors was very large. Lord Morley,
the vice-chairman, presided, in the absence of Mr. Chap-
lin, M.P., who was prevented from attending by indis-
position.
The minutes of the previous meeting having been read
and confirmed, the secretary read the report, of which
the following is an abstract:—

" The net revenue for the half-year
ending December 31, 1851, amounts,
after deducting interest on loans and
all other preferential charges, includ-
ing an extraordinary charge of
10,0001. referred to below, to . £181,976 14 1
The surplus from June 30, 1851 2,320 16 1

The balance applicable to dividends,
therefore, is
From which the directors recommend that a dividend
for the half-year at the rate of 54 per cent, per annum
be declared, amounting on 6,695,218/. to 175,7491. 9s. 5d.,
leaving to be carried over to the next halt-y ear
8,548/. Os. 9d. The revenue of the half-year ending
December 31, 1851, having received the increase due,
directly and indirectly, to the Exhibition of the Industry
of all Nations, presents an exceptional result, which
prevents it from serving as a criterion from which to
judge of the progress of the ordinary traffic. Its prin-
cipal features are, briefly, an increase of receipts as com-
pared with the corresponding period of 1850, of 69,113/.
Is. 5d.; an increase of expense of 10,8021. 93. id. The
number of passengers, in comparison with the number
in 1850, has been as 1,827,870 to 1,370,788. The num-
ber of train miles run as 1,126,498 to 951,029. The
greater, portion of this additional business occurred in
the three months of July, August, and September. The
continental traffic formed an important item in the in-
crease arising from the Exhibition, the numbers of con-
tinental travellers reaching nearly 1,000 per week
during such period. The increase of numbers during
the same period on the main line was about 216,011, and
on the Windsor line about 241,072. The increase in the
goods and live stock traffic during the last half-year, as
compared with 1850, has been, it will be seen, at
the rate of about 831. per week, or a total
of 4,286/. lle. sd. The receipts from season
tickets have improved as 2,9551. to 4,1441, and
the number extant has largely increased and is increas-
ing. It is satisfactory to find that the reaction in the
regular traffic, which was anticipated as a probable re-
sult of the cessation of the exeitemeet produced by the
Exhibition, has not yet been appreciably felt by this
company; the receipts, counting from one month after
the closing of the Exhibition to the present time, having
been better by 4,7361. than for the corresponding period
of 1850—the same number of miles being opened during
each period. The passenger tax on the excursion pas-
sengers carried during the Exhibition, at and under Id.
per mile, in first and second class carriages, has been re.
tained by this company on the ground of such receipts
being legally exempt from the tax. The claim of the
Inland Revenue Commissioners for payment of duty on
this item is, nevertheless, being prosecuted at law, which
the directors cannot but regard as an inequitable and
unfair proceeding, when it is considered that it was by
means of these excursion trains alone that the mass ot
the people were enabled to visit the Exhibition, and that
such trains afforded the very accommodation which the
Act providing tor the drawback of the tax on fares at
and under Id. per mile, was framed to encourage—viz,
the securing to the poorer class of travellers th means
of traveling at moderate fares and in carriages protected
from the weather. In connexion with the subject of
plant or carrying stock, the amount under this head
has reached the total set down in the estimate of
February, 1850, as the limit to be charged to capital—
viz., 570,160/. The capital account for plant, in accord-
ance with the pledge given, having been closed at the
sum above stated, the additional plant required for addi-
tional traffic, will have to be defrayed out of revenue by
successive instalments spread over five years, and a re-
serve account has been opened to liquidate the cost of
such plant. To this reserve ace' unt 10,0001 has been
carried from the revenue of the last half-year. Psrsuaded
of the importance of making the nearest practicable ap-
proach to the object ad much wished for in railway
management, and as yet found so difficult to attain—the
closing of the capital account, the directors propose
that the principle of the reserve fund, commenced for the
first time this half-year, to provide for additional work
ing stock, be extended to such future additions to sta-
tions and sidings as are found to be necessary for the de-
velopment of traffic; and that the expense of such addi-
tions, instead of being charged to capital, according to
the practice sanctioned by commercial usage, be also by
this company from this time forth put to a reserve ac-
count, and paid off by revenue, by means of instalments,
spread over a given number of years. The directors
know no other way of practically closing the
capital account, as regards lines opened for traffic,
the business on which is increasing; and it is in this
conviction that they adopt the course in question.
The line from Farnham to Alton is satisfactorily proceed-
ing to completion, and will be finished in the course of
the present half-year. The North and South Junction
Railway, 3i miles long, connecting this lino with the
London and North-Western line, and the railway system
ot the north and east of England, and the port of South-
ampton with the docks and warehouses of London, is
expected to be ready for opening in the autumn of the
present year. In consequence of two proposals made to
your board during the last summer by the landowners
and other influential persons locally interested in the
extension of this railway westward, the directors found
it necessary to call the proprietors together on the 16th
December last, in order to submit these proposals to
them, and after a careful consideration of the subject
they recommended that the company should sanction an
arrangement with the promoters of the central line pro-
ject from Salisbury to Exeter, which was almost iden
tioal in design with that line for which this company, in
1848, obtained powers to construct, and for which object
the proprietors of this company then entered into most
onerous engagements. This arrangement did not in
volve any subscription from this company to the capital
for constructing the new line, nor did it involve
any absolute guarantee. The recommendations of
this report were not, however, accepted at that
meeting, but a committee of shareholders was then ap-
pointed to examine into the proposals of the central and
coast schemes of extension. The report of that com-
mittee, of the 22d of December, was adopted at ad-
journed meetings on the , 23d and 31st of December.
This report contained the recommendation that the pro-
posal of the central scheme should not receive the sanc-
tion of this company, and went on to say that the pro-
posed extension of the coast line from Dorchester to
Exeter, would add materially to the value of this pro-
perty, and that it deserves every encouragement and aid
which the proprietors individually may bo disposed to
give it.' The promoters of the coast line have subse-
quently to this period submitted proposals to your board,
but from the nature of these proposals, and the wording
of the shareholders' report, the board did not consider
themselves authorised to treat upon them; they will ac-
cordingly be submitted to the meeting of this day by
the promoters. Your directors have made arrange-
ments with Mr. Brassey for completing the works from
Basingstoke to Andover as a single line, and at a re•
duced cost—viz., 74,0001. The works are therefore re-
commenced. In regard to the remaining portion of the
line between Andover and Salisbury, the directors are
pursuing the inquiry recommended in the committee's
report as to obtaining the lowest estimate at which the
works between these places can be completed."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be received
and adopted said—Gentlemen, I think you will all agree
with me in congratulating ourselves upon the success of
the traffic during the last six months; and although we
may certainly, in a great measure, attribute the vast in-
crease which has taken place to the Great Exhibition,
yet still iI think we may fairly congratulate ourselves
upon our permanent traffic having made satisfactory
progress—(Cheers)—because we must look to the fact
that not only has there been no reaction in the traffic
the whole
consequenf on the great bustle of the Exhibition since
_
the Exhibition closed, but, on the contrary, the!ee:::
wisebeictneet
the
been a satisfactory increase as compared
period last year.—(Cheers.)
number of houses building
our line, I think we must be alongs,tis When
We
in go on
the ordinary nature of things, this incrtehe le course of
ding to
and continue; and, when we look at
t central, an thatt our
d there-
station at Waterloo-bridge
fore the most convenient,-
ofany cmtance must operate
e is
thealteerminus in London,
we cannot but feel that that cir
at
some
little distance
upon those who prefer
_livingLoud cheers.) In alluding to
from the metropolis.
--
for the Great Exhibi-
the traffic arrangementsohighly to praise the zeal and
lion, it is impossible
activity of your servants on that occasion
(ilear,
an, from the porter upwards, exerted
They and it was owing to their ju-
hear.)
which they
arrangement' and the ability with themselves to the utmost,
itwhe have been
dicious arrao
arrangements, h
carried out those arrang t
led under the guidance of
enabProvidence, to carry the
thousands an persons who flocked e
thou d thousands of to
our line, not only without any fatal accident, but without
materially interfering with our ordinary local traffic
(Cheers.) The directors have given a gratuity to each.
of the servants who were engaged in thist ffi during
the Exhibition, accompanying that traffic
with
letter expressing their thanks for gratuity g
assi-
duity with which their duties the zeal and
performed at a
war©
time of very great pressure.(Applause.) Thewish
of direc-
torshave borne in mind the frequently expressed wish
of the proprietors that the capital accounts of this com-
pany should be closed, and they have accordingly di-
rected that for the future all the plant, all the increase
in the stations, and any additional sidings, which may
be required shall be transferred from the capital to the
revenue account.—(Cheers.) This will of course
'n view of closing the
mate-
rially facilitate the object we have have
capital account altogether. The auditors
l that thev m
eapproved
of the suggestion, and I flatterm
shows thataan ner
in which you received announcementthatt
cheers.) An allusion it
meets your approbation.—(Loud is
made in the report to the fact that
we
were obliged to
build new offices for our clerks and officers. It is abso-
lutely essential that that should be the case, for the
offices are perfectly unfit for the purposes s.. p for which
• tended, and gr. imon, the medical officer of
they are in lib assures us that
the Board of nesnew offices are
essential So far as regards the health of our officers.—
The offices will
(Hear, hear.)
at em be constructed in such a
manner as to bring into cortunction with the per-
t building the Waterlooj•station, whenever it
inanen
shall be determined to proceed with that building.
A PROPRIETOR—Is that to be put to the revenue
account?
The CHAIRMAN—No. There is a sum set apart for
eh,. L., ruplt.t3on of thP V.7l).fit;•ko station fov! 9. p.)rtion
taut sum will be applicable fur the erection of the new
offices.—(Hear, hear.) Some proposals will be sub-
mitted to you by the proprietors of the coast line.
Is will be for you to decide Ppm Shoe proposal.

The directors did not think they were justified by
the wording of the report of the committee which
you sanctioned, to take those resolutions into their con-
sideration, because the encouragement to the scheme
which is given in that report is merely given in this
way, that the shareholders should encourage it indi-
vidually.—(Hear, hear.) It does not go beyond that,
and it te as presumed by your directors that the coast
scheme was preferred to the central scheme, because in
the one case there were /4 o guarantees or stipulations de-
manded; and to the other case such guarantees were
required.—(Hear, hear.) The matter is left entirely in
your hands to deal with as you please.—(llear, hear.)
The directors have taken the same view as the report
of the committee, with reference to the completion of
the line between Basingstoke and Andover, and they
have entered into a contract with Mr. Brassey to com-
plete a single line at as small an expense as possible, and
the contract supersedes one of a much heavier nature,
which was -eviously in existence.—(Hear.) The di-
receers do not think the vast interests embarked by the
South-Western shareholders would be secured if thee
line were to be in the hands of an independent party
so as to be sold, to the highest bidder.—(Hear.) With
regard to this line, when we were discussing the merits
of the central scheme and the coast line, the expenditure
required for the completion of the line was one of the
great objections to the central scheme. The directors
were fully aware at the time that it was essential for
the interests of the company that this line should be
made, and they only wished that the traffic to the cen-
tral line should come over it in order that it should Pay
better than it is likely to do.—(Hear.) From what
has occurred since we discussed the merits of these two
linee—the fact that we are compelled to c°°/-
piece this line now—and the fact that stipulations are
demanded by the coast company more onerous than
those demanded by the central, may open your eyes to
the reason why the directors preferred the one line over
the other.—(Hear.) I have great pleasure in informing
you that your chairman is gradually recovering Wrath&
severe illness under which he has been labouring
(Cheers)—and I trust that in the course of a short
time we shall again have the benefit of his advice
and assistance at the meetings of the board.—(Cheers)
One word with respect to the candidates offering
themselves for re-election. Of course it rests entirely
with the shareholders whom they will elect, and it will
only be for the directors to support those candidiktese
whom they think most competent to fill the situation.
So far as lam myself concerned—and I believe I speak
the feelings of each individual member when I say to!"t
we shall regret most exceedingly the loss of any of the
three directors with whom we have been acting, who have
most zealously, conscientiously, and ably discharged the,
important duties and trusts confided to them—(Cheers)
—I trust that the contest, whatever may be its result'
will be conducted without any personal vitupeill-
time, and without that contusion, and disorder which
I regret to say has been so frequently the characteristic
of our meetings.—(Cheers.) Our first business will be
the adoption of the report; our next the declaration of
the dividend. The different candidates will then be
moved and seconded, and if the minority should demand
e
a poll, it will commence immediately after the dhow °I
hands and continue till eight o'clock. It will then be
transferred to the York-road, and continued on IFlldir
and Saturday from ten o'clock till five. On NiouditY..
and Tuesday the poll will be in the hands of the sera
to
neers, and on Wednesday at two o'clock we propose. re
make the final declaration.—(Hear, hear.) The: 14°Dbe
Chairman concluded by proposing that the rt fort
received and adopted. _ _

Mr. UPCROFT seconded the motion.
Mr. KAY wished to ask a question with respect t° ties
l
Bodmio and Wadebridge line. From the accounts+ it we.
impossible to ascertain the cost of that line and .•hen
desirous of knowing the actual expense which 13114 been
incurred. He wished also to receive some explateam'
with respect to three items connected with the f•
packet Company. There was a charge against ti se g
venue account of 2,000/ ; a charge for ateaLOP fc the
working account of 4,752/. 9s. lld and a charge .
ems
capital account of 2,1031 11s. sd. These three' nce
011,
amounted to nearly 8.000 per annum, and the
he drew from the accounts was that this was am eete-*
annual loss to the company.—(Hear, hear.) ket
The CHAIRMAN said with respect to the steam - Pee r.
company, the two last amounts referred to the It ono,te
able proprietor were actually on the credit 51,., „;
e--
(Laughter)—and the 2,000/. was interest upon a i
50Hear.) and
Mr. UZIELLI said the expense of the Bonen-a I was
Wadebridge line had been 35,9261. 16s. 3d. Ther es the
still a small payment to be made in liquidation I D'
advances made by the commissioners several year 65-4
about 1,000/.
A ir. KAY—What is the profit? Mr. Ijzsel ism
don't see any.—(Laughter.) es of
A PROPRIETOR complained of the law expert 9 „ted
c-
the cornpsny, which during the last half-year awe
f the
to nearly 8,000/. Ile thought a great portion 0 d
legal expenses would be saved by the appointwen " -
law clerk, with a fixed salary.—(Hear, hear.) A was
The CHAIRMAN said the subject now broach' ;"very
considered some time ago by the directors, al
fairly and honestly met by the solicitors to nom-
fairly
pany, but us the Parliamentrry expenses ws !re „ eel
about closing, it was not thought desirable to in tike
alteTration.
he SOLICITOR to the Company explained the t aa°_,;oll;
siderable amount of tbe conveyancing bills paid dtli`bue',
last year were applicable to a period some time P41" large
and he believed the sum referred to includes
amount of vendors' costs for conveying the land.
d
lia
Mr. LOCKE, M.P., said that in 1850 the estimate an
bilities of the company amounted 10 640,0001,
state
at that time he was most anxious that some wing
ment should be laid before the preprietors, ec°
bow those liabilities were to be provided for.
:rder
In-
struction were given to the auditors to repoirnt
six months upon the expenditure of capital, 3 e%-
that it might be seen whether the estimates vier co
ceeded or not. At the first meeting which took „P a
vf
afterwards it appeared that out of the 640,000/. the re
early
280,000/ had been expended, and at another balf-Y
abed
m.e(ing the expenditure was reported to have r— wort'
399,300/. In the present report there was not one
hat
from the auditors on the subject, and be suggest:pi; also
the report should be amended in that respect- .! with
complained of the omission of the usual statements
respect to the mileage and the locomotive carriag4tt on
partment, and suggested an addition to the rep°
that point also.—(Hear.) old
Mr. ALEXANDER HOYES, one of the accountatt% 5000
the complaint of the honourable proprietor watTi t say
respect well founded.—(Hear, bear.) conks , ,ague
the matter had been forgotten; but he and his cei" bteet
e
bad not thought it necessary to report on thet, sit, tag
on the present occasion. Of the 640,0004 that
still remained a sum of 180,0001. before Do
amount would be exceeded. In some cabat le,
odoubtthers trh est,yiamountsng had estimatedbeen e
ffen t
ehda.d eon
be x eeestee_ sand
s full detail of these matters, which it well0b:1001 pos-
port.
sible to state without ma' king a voluminee_e_sti ified
Perhaps the Honourable Proprietor would he ePar
if a complete report should be made next hall'Yes b le t'
The SECRETARY said it had been found if,ale prc,b ;
complete the table referred to by the bone-„ne ( SE
prietor, in consequence of the suspension ei vese act t'
clerks tor misconduct. The information with r )it b a
the locomotive engines was now ready, and 1. ID
added if the report was to be sent round again. al La
theArfetp"erstowmaes furthern
per annu a• 0
A dividend at the rate of 51 per_ceeia.x,-to be p
unanimouslydise u
joonpt thee sujectt droppe. sr
il
then declared, subject to the income
on sad after the 28th of
The meetingproceeded to the election of ;o°,l
retiringr nominated 11„,
dt‘hvire.ecßilteonernds..
candidates were Mr. Sergeant. (3 4169.
Mr. H. C. Lacy, m.p sc.d Par'
Mr. C.
Helps, and S.Mortimer.
lee, Mr. • * having severally addressed the Pr°.
The candidates
0 , a show of bands was taken, which the ( ,11 A
risient dretiarteTbdehreno tethbwhear:vec efis fallen on the retiring direcce )1 el-
poll was then demanded on behalf of the other la -
dates.
Mr. Alexander Hoyes was unanimously elected
tor of the company.
Captain MOORSOM, as a phricohprhi eatdo rm,
aadned
sentative of a committee w
to the board
interests
)1.
proposed
etahfnondl
following
np
gapnrryoepsarosileutwtoi
eroslni as calculatedtheir
ot:
n_ edrie
. riot,
dation of the committee of
That this meeting in cturwing out the recom 0 le;
aasprthope,
,tboiPtiroe,
r 16th December last, so as torospercieur'Or the coustructiut
e._!;oast line in connexion with the lines of the Suit
Western ail
R---way Company, request the directors t
• lof )111
to
make such arrangements with the provisions 00,
• t s appointed oh,
_v
mitten of the coast line as would effect the object
sistently with the best interests of this company.
[ Mr. BUCKINGHAM seconded the motion.
After considerable discussion, in the course of wb tone
several amendments and alterations were suggested' ,
Mr. Locale moved that the proposal of the props?! qie
of the coast line be remitted to the consideration ot
directors, and that they be requested to consider ' 170
same without delay, and also any new proposals pt too
promoters of the central line, and report to a Log
meeting, or take such other means of COLGEGUnietI.
their opinion as they shall think it.
Mr. KAY seconded the motion. • 't
After several amendments had been moved and (11/1,
led
upon, the motion of Mr. Locke was agreed to. _ to
The proceedings terminated with a vote of thaws-
the chairman and directors, which was briefly
knowledged.

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.
On the 12th inst., in Wilton-crescent, the Viscount "51
ewport. win' of
On the 13th inst., at Cricklewood, Middlesex, the
Adam Rivers Steele, Esq.
On the 9th inst ,at Cheshunt-villa, St. John's-wood. tha
wife of J. B. Alawer, Esq.
OF • DAUGHTER..
On the 12th inst., at Brighton, the wife of the Rev. lir'
J. Stracey.
On the 12th inst, at Southwick-crescent, the wife of Isllsc
Braithwaite, jun.,

DIED.
On the 15th inst., at his residence, 7, St. Michael's-ell%
Cornbill, Mr. Thomas Sawyer, newspaper agent, in the s'l'
year of his age. late
Bert"
On the 7th inst., at Cork, Sir Edmond Thomas,
Major in the 69th Regiment, aged 42. O' .nd,
On the 6th inst., at Ashcroft, Cirencester, RO
youngest son of the late J. Cripps, Esq., M.P., aged 41.
.oer
On the 6th inst., at Ro;,s-house, Cheltenham, the Dew"...
Lady Stuart Menteath, aged 80. - Y.
On the Bth inst., at Denton-lodge, Norfolk, the Be
George Snndby, aged 84.
At Paris, on the 10th inst., aged 18, Lieutenant a JOhn
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