The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN
RAILWAY.

An error having occurred in the report of the pro-
ceedings of this company's half-yearly meeting, on Fri-
day, in respect of the dividend declared, a corrected copy
of the following resolution, as passed, is sent herewith:—
" Second, That a dividend of 31. per 1001. stock, and
so on in proportion, on shares of a lower nominal
amount, be now declared out of the not profits of the
company, up to the 31st of December last, upon the
stock and shares of the proprietors entitled to the same,
after making or allowing such deductions as are di-
rected by ,the Acts relating to the company in respect of
amounts net paid up, and deducting the proportion of
dividend payable in respect of any period of ,which the
proprietors,of shares are pot entitled to dividend."

A genekal meeting of the inhabitants of St. Paul,
x:99114,0n Friday even-
ing,ll.for Parliamentary
S ha d
,w, et 101 , t
at took place
intopla
considerationce iin th eir v es ttryhe,
Bißeform introduced by Lord John Russell, and now before the
Legislature" ; Mr. Allem, churchwarden, and President of
the Shadwell Parliamentary Reform Aasociation, in the
chair. Mr. Sutton, overseer, in an able speech, moved the
following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Foley, and'
supported by Mr Skillet :—" That in the opinion of this
meeting, the Bill recently introduced by Lord John Russell,
is both defective and unsatisfactory, as it denies the right of
the franchise to tha.greater number of the producing classes,
Makes no provision for the vote Iby ballot,-triennial Parlia-
ments, or equalized electoral districts. It, is, therefore, t 07,,
tally unworthy of acceptance' Mr. W. E. Corner trustee,'
then moved, and Mr. Sheldrick, overseer, seconded—" That
a petition, embodying the foregoing resolution, be prepared,
and signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting, and.
shat Mr. George Thompson and Sir William. Clay be re-
quested to present and support the same. in the. Commons
House of Parliament," Both resolutions, were unanimously
carried, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the
three o'clock, ttiTsTEn.—
meeting separated.
immediately •.- . •
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROR.BERT IN TICToRIA-
§TREET WESTI
attentiono nof th Saturdayeewl
imeeornwiansg
a, half-pasttattracted
by
the cries for help. in Victoria-street,' Pimlico. . The consta-
bles
Wilson, aged forty-two' proceeded to the spot;' and found John Ro-
Cliff- highway, InYa-tw° years, residing at Albert-street, Rat-
-43d. ;He
wao .
epesisitre, of lasensibility.ori the ground bleed-
where every attentio4,conyeyed to Westminster tlospital,
isicl,r. lies ia
precarious
state:
statid to the unfortunate min, who
he had been just paid hi 4 'lt appears from his statement
station, and had been to see wages; on his return from a foreign
hood of W estminster d a few friends in the neighbour-
. an on his return
Victo-
ria-street, at the corner of Orchard -street, 'home down
by si.,x.. men, who kapeked him d-street, he was attacked
soldiers belonging to the Grenadier Guards; when.' ens 'of the
throat, and kneeled on his breast, whiletisieized him by the
him of 16s. Being a powerful young man "h'ethere robbed
perate resistance, and would have secured-one oefmhade a des-
nists, had they not used some instrument, and leftisbunsataign°,:
state of insensibility. Hearing foOtsteps. approaching, —"-
managed to get over the palings, and made their-- lh---
across Elliott's-green ; and although the parties are well
known to the'police, and every exertion has'be
been nsed, to
bring the scoundrels to justice, up to the present title no
clue has been obtained_ of their retreat. Fortunately, he had
left 71. in the care of Ulicensed.victualler in' the neighbour-
hood of the Strand.
One of the monkeys in Wombwell's menagerie,
. which was exhibiting at Bristol last week, escaped from his
'cage, and running along the bars in front of ..the adjoining
1 cages, was seized la Osoparcl, drawn into. his den, and
devoured,