The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-11 00:00:00

GREECE.

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Athens journals to the 27th ult. have been received.
They contain no news of interest; but the Trieste
Gazette has the following from Athens:—
" The attention of the Government is at present en-
gaged on a very serious affair; it proposes to conclude
with the Patriarch of Constantinople a treaty which will
completely change the relations of the Greek Church,
which had declared itself independent of Constantinople
since the establishment of a kingdom, and which had for
its chief a Synodchosen by the King. By the new treaty the
Greek Church will ceaso to be an independent member
of the dogma, of Anatolia, and will return under the full
and entire authority of the Patriarch. The orthodox
Russian party have long looked for this result. It was
M. Degliganni, who, when Greek Charge d'Affaires
at Constantinople, succeeded in concluding this treaty
with the support of the orthodox party. The Greek
Ministers are now about to present it to the Chambers."

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
GREAT WESTERN.
A:special meeting of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany was held at the Paddington Station on Wednesday
afternoon, in pursuance of the standing orders of the
House of Lords, in order to take into consideration an
Act to authorise traffic arrangements between the Great
Western, the Shrewshury and Birmingham, the Shrews-
bury and Chester, the Shrewsbury and Hereford, Rose,
and Gloucester Railway Companies.
Mr. RUSSELL, the chairman of the company, presided,
and, in opening
,the proceedings, said that when the
proprietors were called together a week since, the
directors were not aware that it would be necessary
under the Wharnclifie standing order to submit this
Bill to them. The Standing Orders Committee of the
Ho use of Lordsnd the
had ,prheoswenete er,
meetingtaken awdifferentiview e
feo-f
the case, a
rence to their decision. It would, of course, be neces-
sary to submit to a similar ordeal the Bills of the other
companies which were required to carry out this ar-
rangement. He did not think, however, that the Com-
mittee would insist upon the strict observance of the
standing order, for if they did he feared it would be
impossible to obtain a continuous line of communication
between London and Birmingham. At the meetings
of the two Shrewsbury companies, which had been
held within the last week or ten days, it was clearly
shown that although the directors could command a
large majority of their proprietors, in fact equal
to three-fifths, in favour of their arrangements, they
could not obtain the assent of four-fifths, as required
by the standing orders of the House of Lords; al-
though that consent was merely required to agree-
ments which had been already sanctioned by the pro-
prietors. These results the directors broadly and dis-
tinctly ascribed to the number of shares which were
held in these companies oa behalf of the London and
North-Western Railway Company, and upon these
grounds they had prayed that the standing order should be
dispensed with upon the present occasion. That ques-
tion was now under investigation by a Committee of the
House of Lords, and it would therefore be extremely
improper for him to advert to it any further than by
saying that he confidently believed that they would be
able to establish the allegations in that petition, and that
they had full reliance upon the justice of the decision of
fe Rouse of Lords upon every case that was fully and
1Y laid before them.
111" d t resolution approving the Bill was then unanimously
o, an the proceedings terminated.

A MREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.
c0uipa32613.4„ i_4l general meeting of the proprietors of this
the pa.pewau., held at Shrewsbury on Wednesday, for
dience t 0 °f approving
w harn o i
me,: disapprovingordeo
the f
0(
li
Ino
woibneg-
Bill, introduced i ‘
ris Traffic Arrangements
session :—...,. A It.nio Parliament during the present
between the Greet
naingham, the lure Western, the Shrewsbury and Bir-
:...ierkenhead, Lancashire, and Che-
shire Hereford, thew...°l:ueY and Chester, the Shrewsbury
sshbicreo Rijilanilewtiaoyns'.!tiTdC
HRereford, Ross, and Gloucester-
The called for the reading of the
'The CHAIRMAN, boor R. H. Clive, M.P., presided.
Bal, begged to allude to
had taken place at the 11472 important meeting which
should
day, and which he hoped ig €?f, Trade on the preceding
yes, as well as
state
of feeling anmag'*jhhee harbinger of a better
of
the
Valley line
better arrangements with the:l2l:o3lladen and North-
Western Company. At the
present month,
meetin
Minded it was arranged that the _ g to whieh he
rsiamotuldthill
oust"..elf were to
o_tipevneehdootinrs,thneo2tiOctoh
Wolver-
B card of Trade fork its approval; andb? given to the
Ec an had to add tat Mr. Glyn and hit(the chair-
? aygured
h ive the appointment of the station.
h atu-riton. Lie (the chairman) hoped that
thi!t
assemble 1)!3
l', better and satisfactory state of things,
•ffletl. for the future. The chairman neat and; !Poke
',chy. they had again been called upon to
Shrowsbury that day. The directors had inte„, at
iv.clude the present Bill in the notice by whrelea_to
in eeting of Thursday last was convened"; ha," it
i the:
wi !re told by their Parliamentary agents that such
a course was unnecessary, but it was subsecluentlY
di: ;covered that the app oval of the shareholders ender
Lc ird Wharncliffe's order was essential, and that Wu
thl a reason they were called together that day. The
cht airman observed that the title and preamble of the
Bill,' gave all necessary information as to its object?,
one he was consequently not required IQ enter into

further explanation. After alluding to an unfair and
one-sided report of the proceedings of the meet-
ing on Thursday list, inserted in a provincial jour-
. nal, he concluded by moving that the shareholders
do approve of the bill authorising traffic arrangements
between the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham, Shrewsbury and Chester, Shrewsbury and Here-
ford, and Hereford, ROSS, and Gloucestershire (with the
exception of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Juaction) Railwaya, and also to authorise the directors
to submit to such -alterations as they might deem expe-
dient during the progress of the Bill through Parliament.
Mr. Hiu, seconded the metion.
Not the slighest observation was offered in opposition
to the motion, and the CHAIRMAN declared the motion
carried by a show of hands.
Hereupon Mr. J. WEBSTER demanded a poll, and Mr.
Roy and Mr. W. J. Beale being appointed scrutineers,
the meeting was adjourned until four o'clock.
When the proceedings of the meeting were resumed,
the scrutineers declared the numbers who had voted
to be—

FOR THE RESOLUTION.
Persons present, 170 votes 1,481
Proxies, 897 votes 9,435

AGAINST IT.

10,916

Persons present, 38 votes 754
Proxies, 600 ... ...votes 6,544

7,298
Mr. ROY stated that there were about 200 more votes
than 3-sths. The number of votes not being 4-sths, the
standing orders of the House of Lords were not com-
plied with, and if the House insists upon a strict com-
pliance, the „Lill may be considered as lost for the present
session.

Thanks being voted to the chairman, the meeting
separated.

COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE.
An alarming accident, attended with the loss of two lives,
occurred on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
line, on Tuesday afternoon, near to the Woodhouse junc-
tion, and within a short distance of the spot where a colli-
sion occurred last year between a Great Northern excur-
sion and a goods train. It appears that about two o'clock, a
ballast train, laden with sleepers, left Grimsby for
Sheffield, a passenger carriage, containing seven or eight
men in the company's service, being attached to
the last waggon. Nothing occurred until they arrived
at the Kiveton-park station, when, in consequence
of the piston-rod breaking, the engine became dis-
abled. Efforts were then immediately made to
bring the trains to a stand, bat in conse-
qaence of the line at this point being on a steep
incline this was not accomplished until some time had
elapsed. The moment this was done, all the men except
two left the passenger carriage, and a messenger was
dispatched to signal an approaching luggage train,
which was then due from Retford, and the steam whistle
of which was then distinctly heard, bat which, in conse-
quence of a sharp curve in the line, was not then visible.
Before he had proceeded more than twenty or thirty yards
he came in sight of the train, the driver of which, as
soon as be became aware of the danger, instantly re-
versed the engine, abut off the steam and applied the
break, after which he, together with the stoker and the
guard, leaped off the train and escaped without any se-
rious injury. On the collision the engine of the goods
train was thrown off the rails and sustained considera-
ble damage. The passenger carriage and several of
the ballast waggons were smashed to pieces, and the
two men who were sitting in one of the compartments
of the carriage, unaware of the danger, were killed on
the spot. Their names are William Waller and John
Walker, married men, residing at Brigg. Their remains
were conveyed to Woodhouse, where the affair will
undergo an investigation before Mr. Thomas Badger,
coroner. The line was speedily cleared, and no inter-
ruption was occasioned to the ordinary trains.

RIOT IN BELFAST.

The Belfast Mercury of Tuesday has the following:—
" One of the extraordinary and unforeseen occurrences
which from time to time arise out of the most trivial
causes took place on Monday evening in Belfast, in the
shape of disturbances, amounting to riots, which con-
tinued at intervals for some hours. In the morning a
very large body of teetotallers met in procession in
town, according to annual custom, and proceeded by
the Belfast and Ballymena Railway to Randalstowu,
where a public meeting was held. On former occasions a
very large muster was made to witness the return of the
party in the evening; and last year when the teetotallers
spent the day in Armagh, the crowds were so dense
at the terminus of the Ulster Railway that the returning
party were enabled only with the utmost difficulty to
emerge from the station. It is well known that, from
whatever cause, these processions are not looked upon
with favour by a class in the town; and on the last occa-
sion, very serious apprebenspns were entertained that
on the return of the procession a breach of the peace
would have ensued. Fortunately, however, though
there was a good deal of mischievous bustling, every-
thing passed off quietly. Monday evening, the proces-
sion was expected about six o'clock, and for two hours
previously large numbers were assembled about the
terminus, York-street; the great bulk of them being evi-
dently idlers and sightseers, and not met for any pre-
meditated purpose. The procession not appearing, the
want of something to beguile the time induced a few
boys to commence throwing tufts of grass at each.
other, which they procured at a field hard by. This
went on harmlessly enough for some time, until
their blood becoming warmer, or from the supplies of
grass becoming scarce, they bandied stones among each
other. The stone-throwing fever communicated itself
to others, tied before one hour had passed over the state
of things became resolved into this—the crowd hadswelled
up York-street, as far as Earl-street, and those who chanced
to be on either aide of the street stood methodically ranged
against each other. Stones were flung to and fro, and
many blows were given. A. party of the local police
now came to the spot, and their presence had, for a
time, some effect in restoring order. However, the
paucity of their numbers in comparison with the dense
bodies of people who lined the streets only emboldened
the mischief-makers. Several ruses wore played on
the police; a knot of fellows here affecting a tumult, and
on the approach of the police, becoming quiet or
moving away; while, at the same moment, in a distant
part of the crowd, a shout would be raised, and
they would sally thither, only to find themselves again
bafflad. The county police under Mr. Hill, SI.,
also' came on the ground, and exerted themselves
With much energy; but the mob was paramount, and,
regardless of the presence of the authorities, they be-
came momentarily more excited dinr They
exhibited their unmanly ruffianism a moyst brutal
manner to persons who happened to pass through the
streets on cars. These were pelted from both sides,
and some gentlemen were in considerable danger of re-
ceiving mortal injuries. Some were much hurt.
Matters growing worse, and some of the police being
much maltreated, a party of the military under Lieut.
Colonel Garrett, appeared in York-street, and defiled
on either side of the street. Mr. Tracy, our resident
magistrate, and Mr. Stevenson, J.P., both of whom re-
ceived several blows of stones, Mr. Tracy in particular
having been much hurt, appeared at the head of the
force, and the Riot Act was read. The crowd on this
began to separate; but still stones were thrown, especially
at the police, who now became the objects of attack
when it was possible to annoy them. Several of the
rioters were arrested.
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RACING FIXTU

RES FOR 1852.
Bihar)?
Stockbridge
Winchester
Knighton 25
Carlisle
Ludlow
Chelmsford 3O
LY.

Leith
Lamberton
Hampton ...
Newton ***
17
'renbury ..
Macclesfield 2l
Newcastle
Jo.
611

Salisbury
Newmarket
Worcester
Woodford and Loughton
Lancaster
Jersey
Ilsrey l4
Liverpool
Tpswich
AUG
2
3

Ripon
North Staffordshire
Brighton
Edgware
Brighton Club. ......
Wolverhampton 9
Great Yarmouth lO
Reading
Coventry l2
SEPTE.
Warwick
7
Whitehaven .
Rochester and Chatham 8
Doncaster ...
Eglinton Club •,
Bedford

Stamford 2O
Knatsford
Nottingham
Abingdon
Guildford
Goodwood • 27
Downham Market 2B
Weniock

Lynn
Lichfield l6
York
Radcliffe ................
Egham
Derby
I*.3tourbridge ..... .
Lincoln

:3113ER.
Leicester 22
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket F. O 2B
Chesterfield
Western Meeting