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

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

THE WESTERN OF FRANCE.
An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders
of this company was held on Thursday, May 6, in one of
the large rooms belonging to the Paris terminus, at the '
flarriere du Maine, M. Rivet, the president, in the
chair, and with him were the following. directorss—The
Duke de Noailles, M. de. r Este a M. Gervais, M. Jabe
Peto,,M.P., Mr. Geacte M.P., Mr. Mangles,
M.P., Mr. G. Glynn, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Blount, Mr.
Bimeee,- ,
The report stated that the decree authorizing the con-
stitaitien of the company was signed on the 27th of
January, 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
have two entries into Paris formed by the two Ver-
sailles Una, and that the Western Company should con-
strucethe jenetion of the two Versailles linos at Viro
flay, a goods' yard at the Batignolles in Paris, and a
paSsenger station in'the Rue.. St. Lazare, and it made a
treaty pith the St Germain Company in July, 1851, to
execute those works for name of 4300,000 f. (172,0001)
A: dispute afterwards arose between the two
companies as to, the time in which the works ought to
be-eXecuted, a law suit ensued, and it ultimately
settleclabythe.Western Company agreeing to hand over,
at par, to the St. Germain'e Company the amount of the
sum claimed by it in debentures of I,ooof. each, at ,5 per
cent interest, reimbursable in ,52 years at the rate of
1,250 f. each, and-in addition a eum of 110,000 f. for the
world executed. At the same time it was agreed that
the weiterm Company should take possession of the
Right Bank_Line on the lot efJely as soon as the junc-
tion lino at- Virofity should be finished. The, treaty
with ibe Right Bank Company would be carried out in
accordance with the terms of the concessiott,, As to the.
Left Bank Company, it was -decidA that ti fixed sum
per annum should be paid to the proprietors for the line.
Negotietions as to the aitiount were still pending. The
law of 'concession to the,Western Company had done all
that was possible to compensate for tho' charge of
two entraeco lines into Paris, one on each
lei hsrotiaaooictaikso
:ngtaionvtde:nionraedttover.ouvrapnn
returned..
pay
side of
t 00r:
,14:70Q0ef. 0
os 1
re t
fr(.
without
42C80..00 Pec poon aoi; n;n y)yf
oaTtrothhtwehufioes
fixed
keeedii
obligation
periods,
n from Versailles to
by the Government in about four years from the present
time. ,113-6 State had to exi cute the 'other sections on
the conditions of the lam of 1842, that is, it had to fur-
nish the, gr,,yqcl and execute the works of art and earth-
works, while the company had only to lay down the
construct the stations, and provide the working
stock.
,The btate also guaranteed an interest of 4 per
cent. on the capital, :`and finally nettled at long dates the
debt of the Left Bank Company. In return for what the
Western Company are to pay they.have obtained the
concessionef a line of 366 kilometres (229 miles) in length,
which is so far productive that the sections already open
wil'uld suffice, not only to pay all those charges, but to
give a handsome return for the capital of the sharehol-
oers. The cost of the portion already at work amounts
to 25,000,0001. (1,000,0J0/), the whole of which sum the
State had given up to the concessionnaires. The com-
pany had received from the State on January 10 the
section from Chartres to La Loupe, fled would open it to
the public in September next at the latest ; the expense
of the permanent way on this section would be 200,000 f.
(8,0001,) less than the estimate. There was every pro-
bability at present that the sum Of 43,000,000 f.
(1,720,0001.) 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 miles, the report states that
they have steadily increased since its opening. In 1850
they averaged 21,814 f. per kilometre ; in 1851, 25,984 f.;
and in 1852, it was calculated they would average
29 503 f. (1,1800 per kilometre. It is estimated that
when the section to La Loupe is opened the receipts of
the veer will amount to 4,000,000 f. (160,0000 The
expenses incurred anterior to the formation of the (tom-
-16,8924), is to be repaid
(3,6500 per annum.
f' (32( r"t hf e r services. .Bight-
paid no before the provi-
b
l
ithntoodeerfienpiotretswhaerrees.
parsed
itt;oanittfh
ec amountingooncthe
allowedi
concessionaires,
natheii ttro:
dc4,
must
and2cuo,s3tt
02 Or
s
aeso u 10
uoanimously.
0 ELD M.P, in moving a vote of
enesctinchoen
fcoornnvi
ietrytewd
thanks rt
the directors,. stated that a re-
ptr,t4bnutt-o
inclined to' hink that it would be greater,w andh that imi;
turn of -10-pegPrrceLesEnidrteinhtada'nbdeen. promised in the prosper
kef utrhnet sphreedsebnyt thesin report
hahi
k ioh emwu.
ca s
intaining_ the good under-
the sweat guarantees for ma
osiiital, both French and Eegi.ishi m r ed, were
ferd thet
ki n
standing which now existed
el and the meeting separated.
The resolution wws _came between France and Eng-
land.—(Applause.)

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CORN WALL.
The renewed effort to construct this line, by which the
important districts of Cornwall,
and especially the vain-
able western port of Falmouth will be connected by rail--
way andnieetriortelegraph with the Great Western Lines;
and the Land's-end be
IlndrL f•T, ..-rcatter of great national importance.
,la
fflit',6;-o,ovveVai, bv the i,mtneuse reduotion in the.cost
in instant commanication with
or c i'' L il bemade rsmall a s
readyllevelopE,d on
ons ructton we line can
Cdinpatatiteiy, and for which contractors have already
offered tuders; And when the extraordinary traffic al-
re
I.
114
e —eyelid the Cornwall,' be taken into account, there-
d es 1:1Iq,
appear to be any reasonable grounds for dOubt-
the West Cornwall line, a dissected
in theAsser-lion, that when.completed it will yield a
fur per tentage to the original holders of shares in the
Cornwall Company, and' to. those ;vita may now invest,
at the,diSCOunt ofl'ercd by, the prospectus, not leas than
EiX per 'cent, ,
Iche importarca of increasing our national defences at
the least possible cost to the nation, is undeniable, and if
a rupture with France were unfortunately to occur, the
pert of Falmouth will be regarded as of vast importance
for the landing of the mails, and as the resort of our
Mercantile navy, by which they would be saved, to so
large tinextent, from the risk of Channel navigation.
It may.-therefnre, be fairly expected that every facility
will be afforded by the Covernment for encouraging its
completion, and-that at this time:of superabundance of
money the public will be inclitied to invest their capital
in an undertaking which promises so satisfactory. a
result. -

: .
BIRCH AND BROOMSTICKS.
,Were -.you- ever young?,-Of course you were, and
made yCiir first triumph betore family friends by trot-
ting, full speed, into the midif of little Session's muslin
frienilskitstrideia!brOCtiistick, and had at least a_ hundred
kisses from dear old Granny, who sat in the'coreer, and
kowed it was vulgar to trot broomsticks indoors, while
-she-secretly loved you all the more for it. There-; too,
2weivgle 914 Captain, in his scull-cap; and barnacles, and
purple nose, Who gloried in a romp, and yet, for fear of
Offifidlnethe young ladies, suffered innumerable pangs 1
wtietki-be saik " Charley, you're a naughty boy, sir!"
NVol,_that time has gone into the land of memory, and
the 'broomstick is the only talisman to summon its pie-
tUres.to the 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
and,
came
baCk to us at sehool;inflictieg stripes, and, in the com-
pound of foolscap and-tickled birch, torturing the
iiffeetions as well as the flesh, and making youth's sea-
son of song and.
.sunghine one of wailings and tears.
The pickled biro7.-how barharous is itself, and still
more barbarous mita frequent and untanned use, marking
Wye the phases t'f 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
*iiild,he..beaten into the body—that to Make an impres-
adepte-a lots as ;la° elementAtingiY
td.j.:rt on the'mercery; blood must trickle,from the skin:
wtlii-thatlithe-isTast also, and 'memory seems to ba-
the old sottish, s
10W even those barbaritie's • and when we catch sight of
the modern cime i sp •
and st3cegesti
.t of education in the place of
used by men who have
i„,;„;.„, ~._. Jai e7wten,we see that, we sometimes
.of pain, while the cane is
;thingsvv—e7ti;rL,hava sadly: degenerated since we
x school, for to us now the pickled birch is thing
mere prose,
of pr y, it, be the poetry:.
a
—Elith Cook'i J°
owned.
_re of sugar-candy at the highest.

4IGIIp IN TAIRD-CEASS CARRIAGES.--A petition
Is. 411 ,course` or signature .at Newcastle and North Shields,
entreating Alio Rouse of Commons to interfere and compel
the York, N-ewcastic, and Berwick Railway Company to put
lights in their third-class carriages.l
MUNIFICENT LEGACY.-The treasurer of the Royal
Ortho
pxdic Hospital for the Cure of Deformities, Blooms-
buTy-squars, has just received the munificent sum of 5001,
being a bequest to the funds of the institution by the late
•Alezalld9r AlEtCkellzie, Euq,