The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-11 00:00:00

kind upon a company which, at en expense
of four millions, had reduced the period occu-
pied in the journey to twelve hours.—(Heer,
hear.) The only additional expenditure to. he
imposed upon the shareholders would be the ccra-
struction of sidings and other works for the sto wage
of slates, so as to facilitate the conveyance of that
kind of goods. The only other additional exp enfli-
ture would be the increase of working stock, but that
had received the sanction of the shareholders at
I,the
former meeting. The Chairman next alluded to the
construction of the hotel at Bangor, and said
the plan proposed by the directors was to allow the
person erecting it 25 per cent. on the amount of
traffic received by the company at the hotel sta-
tion, and that this should continue up to the
point when he received interest upon ;his outlay
at the rate of 7 per cent. It was esti-
mated that such an arrangement would put 70 per
cent. into their pockets on the additional
traffic, though virtually not incurring a farthing's
expense.—(Hear.) In conclusion, the chairman said
his conviction as to the development of the
traffic on the rail way was precisely what
it was at first—that he had seen nothing
in the course of his constant visits on the rail-
way to alter :that opinion, and that he was sure 1
all he had pointed out would be more than fully
realized.—(Cheers.)
Mr. IleNsmAs said the directors promised last year
a dividend of three per cent., but that promise was
now as fa: from being fulfilled as ever; They had a
right to expect a clear, honest, and straightfor-
ward balance•sheet, but the one presented to the
shareholders was not of that character. It
was a fallacy to suppose that the balance of 24,0001.,
as set forth in the accounts was correct, because there
was placed to revenue the net amount received from
May, 1848, to December, 1851. Instead of being a
balance of 24,0001. there was, after allowing a
certain sum for paying up the preference shares, an
actual deficiency of 119,0001., which was paid out of
capital. No hope of any temporary advantage ought
to induce the proprietors to blink at such a state of
affairs. It was important to them as well as the public
that directors should not be allowed to " cook up"
accounts so as to show either a balance or a deficiency
—which ever suited their purpose.
The CHAIRMAN said his opinion that the rail-
way would produce three per cent. to the old pro-
prietors was still unaltered, and the increase
of receipts during the last half-year showed that his
expectations had been partly fulfilled. The railway
had been rescued from the depth of misery, and had
become one of a remunerative character.—(Hear.)
A SHAREHOLDER repudiated the assertion that the
directors either "cooked" the accounts or tampered
with them.—(Hear.)
In reply to some observations regarding the
American route,
The CHAIRMAN said the Admiralty were now pre-
paring moorings at Holyhead to faciliate the landing
of mails from American mail packets, and this was
an evidence of the importance which the Government
attached to the route by Holyhead.—(Hear.)

The motion was then- agreed to.
A resolution, authorising the payment of a divi-
dend of Bs. 3d. per share, to be payable on the 18th
of March, was next passed.
A resolution was then proposed, approving of
the erection of an hotel and grounds near Ban-
gor, and authorising the directors to assist in
promoting the same, and the formation of a com-
pany for the purposes thereof; empowering the di-
rectors also to contract with such company for allow-
ing them 25 per cent. "...on the amount of the
fares, so that 7 per cent. should be secured on the cost
of the hotel and grounds.
A resolution was also passed authorising the for-
feiture of the unpaid shares.
The retiring directors having been re- elected, a
vote!of thanks was passed to the directors and chair-
man, and the meeting separated.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.
Traffic—Week ending March 6, 1852 £7,E63 1 10
Traffic—Week ending March 8, 1851 7,414 13 6
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 •76,631 13 7
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 77,928 2 2
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
March 6, 1852 ... 44,712
Passengers ... ••• ••• ...Z5,692 18 4
Goods ... ••• ••• 2,175 3 6

Total ... ,„, £7,868 1 10
Total miles open, 1852, 17314 ; ditto, 1851, 17314.
London Terminus, March 11, 18:2.
In the return issued on the Eth instant, this amount was
stated as 66,631/. 13s. 7d. in error.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT HAMPTON COURT
PALACE.

An inquest was held at Hampton Court Palac© yes-
terday, before F. J. Manning; Esq , Coroner of her
Majesty's household, and a highly respectable jury,
composed of the yeomen officers of the Palace, on
the body of Miss Julia Gordon, a young lady
aged fifteen years, one of the daughters of Lord fienry
Gordon, residing in Hampton Court Palace, who met
with her death by the accidental burning of her
night dress. It appeared byihe evidence that the young
lady in question was in the hanitin the morning of sitting
near the fire in the study, which was near her bedroom,
with no other clothes on than her night dress; and that
on Saturday morning the nurse was alarmed by per-
ceiving Miss Julia Gordon running out of the stud;
enveloped in flames, with no other covering but
her night dress, which was partially burnt upwards.
The screams of the young lady attracted the attention
of Lady Henry Gordon, who rushed from her bedroom,
and succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not
without suffering severely i❑ the attempt. The unfor-
tunate young lady was so eeverely burned that
notwithstanding the constant attendance and car,-
of Mr. Francis Baker, surgeon, of Hampton Court, she
lingered in groat agony until four o'clock on Mondsy
morning, when she expired. The jury, after hearing
the evidence, returned without hesitation a verdict of
" Accidental death." We regret to hear that Lady
Henry Gordon is an invalid, and suffers severely
from the effects of her courageous exertions to save
her child.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, EDINBURGH.
Oa Monday night Mr. Josh Silsbee, an Americau
comedian, whose popularity has been great in London,
made his first appearance here in Jonathan Ploughboy,
a part he played nearly a hundred nights in the me-
tropolis.
,Too piece is entitled The Forest Rose, and
is of itself a very trashy affair, though it serves
well enough as a vehicle for displaying the comic
powers of Mr. Silsbee. These are of the genuine
Yankee order—Jonathan Ploughboy is a regular
screamer. kits humour is of the driest and broadest,
and so abundant and spontaneous that its effects are it.
resistibly contagious; the laughter it excites is general
and continuous. There is not much wit in the words,
but the extremely odd and characteristic style in which
they aro spoken, the peculiarities of accent
and expression with which they are dropt and slipt from
Jonathau'a lips affect tho risible muscles of the audience
in a marvellous degree. his strange dre,s and gro-
tesque attitudes are also no slight source of the fun his
acting produces; every gesture is amusing and character-
istic; be appears as if filled with irrepressib'e
comic humour which flies off in electric sparks at
all points—from the ends of his fiery rod hair to
the soles of his Jonathanian boots. He draws
amusement out of his hat as a conjuror does
trickets, and throws infinite expression into the collar
and tails of his coat. In short of its kind the delinea-
tion is perfect—a caricature it may be, but essentially
true to nature, i, e., Yankee nature, and a consummate
work of art. Mr. Silsbee performs in another piece
with almost equal spirit and humour, but his style, of
course, is the same. Ho appears every night this week,
and wo may promise all who go to see him that they
will be kept on the broad grin the whole time ho is on
the stage.—Scutsniaii.

TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING
Six o'cLocx.

Nothing doing.

THB BACEIELORB.—In a late work on suicide, it is
said that marriage is to a certain extent a prevention of
suicide. It has been satisfactorily established that, among
men, two-thirds who destroy themselves are bachelors !

THE " DERRY " MINISTRY.—" Them's the jockies
for me!" cried the gentleman at dinner— silent, till a plate
of dumplings had been set before him—whom till he opened
his mouth, a poet had been admiring as the most intelligent-
looking man he had ever seen. The remark dispelled the
illusion ; it was not a very wise one : but there would havo
been some sense in it, as applied to her Majesty's new
Ministers. For, as the Doncaster Gazette observes—" The
turf is wonderfully well represented in the present Cabinet,
which combines four of its staunchest supporters in the per-
sons of the Premier, the President of the Council, the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, and the Master of the Horse." The
last-named appointment, doubtless, is filled by a competent
person. We wish we could say as much of the others.—
Punch.
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—PLYMOUTH, MARCH
9.—An officer arrived here by steamer last night from Fal-
mouth, where he had landed from the Ceres, which had
touched at Sierra Leone on her way home. He states that
the Bosphorus screw steam-ship had met with a very
boisterous passage on her way out, and had been delayed
nine days on her voyage. She is now due on her homeward
voyage, bat, in consequence of the delay referred to, she is
not now expected to arrive for some days.
RETURN OF J. W. HENLEY, EsQ.—The re-election
of J. W. Henley, Esq., President of the Board of Trade, for
the county of Oxford, took place in the Town Hall, Oxford,
yesterday.
The demand for freight and passage to Australia
has increased considerably during the past few weeks, but
it is still scarcely beyond what has been usual at this
treeirod of the year. The emigrants are of various classes,
being a fair number of cabin as well as of steerage pas-
sengers.
ComournoN or Or' r.—From F the annual ac-
counts relating t
amounted to
s. The total quantity,
House of Commonsto
in-
creased to 50,3681 b.,
quantity of opium
me on the 17th ult., it appears that the
trade and navigation, presented. to th!
.and (luring the past )e
of preceding year
42,3241bntered for home consumptio.n
had
eing an increase of 8,04-11 b.
ar it
im ported
in ISM for home and f
106,113 cwts. It would, oeignconsumption amounted to
truth in the report that therefore, appear that there is some
eatipg increases. however, imported
that
I as Om-drinking decreases, vPilltn-