The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-10 00:00:00

;:RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

THE WESTERN OF FRANCE.
An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders
ofthis compeny was held on Thunday, May 6, in one of
the large rooms belonging to the Paris terminus, at the
Barriere du Maine, M. Rivet, the president, in the
chair, ena with him wore the' following directors:—The
Duke de Needles 14 de l'Est 6 Mt- Gervais, M. Jube-
lin, Mr. Pete', M.P., Mr. Geach, M.P., Mr. Mangles,
MX., M. G. Glynn, Mr. Stoke, Mr. Blount, Mr.
Simons. -.
The report stated that the decree authorizing the con-
stitution of the company was signed on the 27th of
Jetinsyy, and the board of directors _were nominated on
the 29th of February last. By, the law of the 13th of
May, 1851, it was decided that the. Western line should
eleeee two entries into Paris formed by the two Ver
sallies linee; and that the Western Company should mn-%
structihe junction of the two Versailles lines at Vire-
flay, a goods' yatd at the Batignolles in Paris, and a
passenger station in the Rue St Lezere, and it made a
lereaty with the St. Germain Company in Jul), 1851, to
execute those works for a sum of
_4,300,000f. (172,000/ )
dispate. after Wards: arose between the two
companies as to thetime in which the works ought to
be executed, a law suit ensued, and it was ultimately
settled by the Western Company agreeing to hand over,
at par, to, the 'SL Germain's Company the amount of the
sum clailited by it in debentures of I,ooof. each, at 5 per
,cent, interest, reinebursable in 50 years at the rate of
-1,250. each, and in addition a sum of 110,000 f. for the
works executed. As, the same time it was agreed that
the Western Company. should take pessession of the
Right Bank Line on the lst ofJuly as soon as the junc-
tion line at Viroflay should be finished. The treaty
with the.R.ight Bank Company would be carried out -in
‘aceordatice with the terms, of the concession. A's to the
Left Bank Company, it was decided that a fixed sum
per annum Would be paid to the proprietors for the line.
Negotiations tte to the amount were still pending. The '
of _concession. to the Western Company had done all
:that was possible to compensate for the charge of
two entrance lines into Paris, one on each
,-.ithout any other obligation than to pay
aside of the Seine. Thus it had given over to
the Western Company the section frem Versailles to
(120 0000 for working stock, and to advance
31C2013,00a00r10.0e0.4061€ 01 (480,0000. M fixed periods, to be returned'
by the Government in about four years irom the present
The Sate had to execute the other sections on
`the conditions of the law of 1842,_that is, it had to fur-
nish the greurtd and execute the, works of art and earth-
:works, while the company had only to lay down the
;tails, constluct the Stations, and provide, the working
!erock. The State also guaranteed an interest of 4 per
cent. on the capital, and &tally settled- at long dates the
debt of the Left Back Company. In return for, what the
ar r3e66 toki payinet
rtehae(y2.2havemiles) obtainedn
gtthhe,
concessionW4ter oe'r iiPlainneYe
which is so far productive that the sections already open
would suffice, not only to pay all those charges' but to
give a handsome; return for the capital of the sharehol-
ders. The cost of the portion already at work amounts
to 25,000,000 E (1,000,000/.), the whole of which sum the
State had given up to, the eoncessionnaires. The corn-
pany had received froin the State on January 10 the
nection from -Chartres to La Loupe, sad would open it to
the eublic in September nxt at the latest ; the expense
of th" permanent way on this section would be 200,000 f.
(8,0001,) less than the estimate. There was every pro-
bability at
_present the., the sum of 43,000,000 f:
(1,720,0000 for a single line of rails would not be ex-
ceeded. With:regard to the receipts on the section to
:Chartres, a distance-of-55-neilee, the report states that
they have steadily increased since its opening. In 1850
they averaged 21,814 f. per kilometre ; in 1851, 25,9841.;
Fend in 1852,' it' was calculated they would' average-
-29.500r.. (1,1800 per ltitome!re. It is estimated that
when the_eection to Le Loupe is opened .the receipts-of
the year"will amount to 4,000,000% (160,0001.) Tho
04:lenses-barred anterior to the formation of the com-
pany, anienaiing to 42%320f. (16,8920, is to be repaid
to the concessionaires, and 91,250 f. (3 6500 per annum
:is to bealloteed the directors for their cervices. Eight-
tenths 'of the capital.must be paid up, before the provi-
fienal slates can, he converted into definite sharee.
Resolutions inconformity with the report were passed
unanimously.`
in moving a vote of
turn of TO per cent. had beets promised in the prospec-
HprttlrienEtLps'nihitiiPre"etorc, stated that a re-
thallnikr.sWtO-tre
tus, but from the data furnished by thcereport he was
inclined to thinkthat it would be greater, and that im-
in which so much
barked, were
I capital, bath-French
for, maintaining the good under-
;fhb surest guarantees F E
between ranee and ng-
pottant tendertakines .inkdeEtllo7gipisrbes,enwri,ts
ern
L standing which now existed
lated.--(4pplause.)
,The reaolution was earned end the meeting separated.

4
CORN W ALL.
,The reneifed effort to construct this line, by which the
in portatit'cliitricts of Cornwall, and especially the valu-
able western port of Falmouth will be connected by rail-
way and electric telegraph with the Great Western lines-,
and the Land's-end ho in instant communication with
London,_is a matter of great national importance. ,
When, however, by the immense reduction in the
cost
of construction the line can be made fOr so small a sum
comparatively, and for which contractors have already
offered tenders; and when the extraordinary traffic
rte-
ready al-
ready developed on the West Cornwall line, a
diss
lthe beyond the Cornwall, be taken into account,
doubt-
there
des not appear to be any reasonable grounds for
tag the 'assertion; that when completed it
-will yield a
fair per cvntage to the original holders of shares in the
aat°trlinew.dalisi.CC-onlPeaffneYr'edanbdy t°thetliposreoswphecotums,"contolwessintvheastn,
six per cent. ,
The importarce of increasing our national defences at
the least-possible cost to the nation, is undeniable, and if
a ruiture ivith'France were unfortunately to occur, the
port of Falmouth will be regarded as of vest importance
for the landing of the mails, and es the resort of our
mercantile navy, by which they would be saved, to so
large an extent, from the risk of Channel navigation.
It may, therefore; be fairly expected that every facility
will be afforded by the Government for encouraging its
completion, and that at this time of superabundance of
Money' the public will be inclined to invest their capital
in an undertaking which promises. so satisfactory a
result.

BIRCII AND BROOMSTICKS.
Were you ever young?-0t course you were, and
made your first triumph before family friends by trot-
ting, tali speed,; into the midst of little Jesnima's muslin
friends astride a breornitick, and bad at least a hundred
kisses from dear old Granny, who sat in the corner, and
vowed ii was vulgar to, trot broomsticks indoors, while
she secretly loved you all the more for it. There, too,
was the old Captaint in his scull-cap, and ,barnacles, and
;purple nose, who gloried in a yomp, and yet, for fear of
°floating the young ladies, suffered innumerable pangs
when he-said, ." Charley, you're a_naughty boy, sir!"
Welt, that-time has gone into the land of memory, and
the broomstick is the only talisman to summon its pic-
tures to Me present.- The broomstick went the way of
all toys—petted to-day, burnt to-morrow; and to avenge
the degradation-inflicted ..upon it then, its ghost came
bank to us at school, inflicting- stripes, and, in the cam-
-pound of foolsaap and pickled birch, torturing the
affections as wants the flesh, and making youth's sea-
son of song and sunshine one of wailing& and tears.
The pickled hireh--how barbarous in itself, and still
mere batbarous in its frequent and untimed use, marking
more the phases of the teacher's, temper than the dul-
ness of- the pupil's mind. Stupid old doctrine! to ima-
gine that what the mind was incapable of grasping
could be beateu into the body—that to make an impres-
sion on the memory, blood must trickle from the skin.
Well, that time is past also, and memory seems to hal-
low oven those barbarities: and when we catch sight of
;the modern,cane, to sparingly used by men who have
adopted love as an element of education in the place of
the old sottish spite—when we see that, we sometimes
imagine al! re :r that
it be
biengsthehpa
suggestiveoveet
rosy:
sugar-candy
pain, degenerated
while th since
e e
a n we
e
want to school, for to us now the pickled birch is a thin
mere prose Si at the highest.
7Eliza Cook's Journal.

ti.ES,IGNATION. of TOR LORD PRESIDENT.—The
offices of Lord Justice General and Lord President of the
Court OrSestiioh have be
tresigned by. Mr. Boyle, and the
.resignation has been accepted by Majesty. The Bight.
Honourable David Boyle 26th July, 1772, and has
consequently nearly completed his eightieth
year. He parsed
Advocate in 1793, and was appointed ...Solicitor-General in
1807, in which year he wes elected Member for the county of
Avr. He continued Solicitor;
whenail and to represent
Ayrshire, till the spring of 1811, he was raised to the
Bench as Lorcißoyle. In the autumn ofyear he
was appointed Lout Justice-Clerk ; and in thec'teonbeer 1841 he
was appointed Lord justice-General and Preaident of the
Caurt of Session.--Scoism an.
LIGHTS IN THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGES.--A petition
is in course. of signature at Newcastle and North Shields,
entreating the House of Commons to interfere and compel
the
york, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to put
lights in their third-class mines.'