The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

THE GREAT SHIP COMPANY.

SPECIAL MEETING-THIS DAY.

A special general meeting of shareholders was held this
day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering
and determining the steps to be adopted to relieve the
Great Ship Company from the difficulties that at present
surround it.

W. Baker, Esq,, chairman of the Board of Directors,

presided.

The CHAIRMAN, in his observations to the meeting, said
they were 'all aware of the difficulties that encompassed
the company, from the detailed report which had been
extensively circulated amongst them. The directorshad done
all in their power to make the ship remunerative, but diffi-
culties unforeseen, and over which they had no control had
arisen, and it had been thoughtright to call the shareholders
together to consider what should bo done to relieve the
company of its present difficulties. It remained entirely
with the meeting to determine what should be done as the
directors had exhausted all the means at their disposal.
After a few words from Mr. TAYLOR,
Mr, HAWES proceeded to condemn the policy
that had been pursued by the directors. It ap-
peared to him to have been a mistake throughout
for them to place such a ship on the American
station, where she had to compete with other ships built for
speed alone. They appeared to forget that it was never
intended to submit the vessel to the frequent chances of
danger in trading with America. (Hear, hear.) She had
been built for long voyages, such as Australia and India,
yet she had never once been further than America. He
never expected that she would pay on the station, and he
had told them so two years ago, but if they, by her
means, brought Australia within. forty days of England
success would have been certain. The directors seemed en-
tirely at a loss as to policy, so he thought the sooner they
had a body of men with some more fixed principles the
better. (Hear, hear.) He proposed that before anything
was decided by the meeting, that a committee of shareholders
should be appointed to inquire into the present position of
the company, and that an adjournment should take place
for 10 days, to allow time for a thorough examination
of the company's affairs. He felt certain they had only to
place the ship in the position for which she was constructed
to ensure a return for the expense and anxieties she had
occasioned. He had the utmost confidence in the capabi-
lities of the vessel, and he felt sure she would triumph over
all her enemies.
We shall continue the report in a late edition.

SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE ON A LADY.

(From a Correspondent of the Morning Post.)

BIARRITZ, Sept. 28.—A disgraceful scene has
taken place at this fashionable watering place,
where the Court at present resides. Among the
numerous foreign visitors there are a great many
Russians and Poles, who naturally look upon one
another with great hostility. As the sympathies
of the French visitors are all for the Poles, they,
too, are not regarded with very friendly feelings by
the Russians. Among them was a French lady,
who, having just arrived from Lemberg, where she
had had opportunities of closely observing the
Polish character under great trials, was particularly
demonstrative in her expressions 'of attachment to
and admiration for that long-suffering nation.
These demonstrations were very unpalatable to a
certain Ruisian lady of high rank, who determined
to put a stop to them by inflicting a punishment
worthy of her countrymen in Poland on the enthu-
siastic Frenchwoman. Meeting her in the open
street, and in view of the imperial carriage, which
was driving past, she struck her in the face with
her parasol. The result of this brutal act was that
the Empress struck the name of the Russian lady
and several other Russians out of her visiting list.
The Russians were extremely dissatisfied at this,
especially as the Countess Przezdiecka, who,
although a Pole, is a subject of Alexander 11., was
retained on the list. A fresh revenge was deter-
mined upon. As the countess was returning from
an official soiree, a man accosted her with a letter,
requesting her to read it immediately. Thecountesa
took the letttr to her room and broke the seal.
Immediately some detonating powder, which was
in the seal, burst with a loud explosion, and the
countess's head-dress was on fire. Luckily her
chambermaid was near, and extinguished theflames,
which had already burnt her eyebrows and part of
her hair. Ihe letter contained the following words:
"Wretched little Polish woman, do you think we do
not know that it is by your intrigues and your de-
gradation that you have succeeded in being admitted
to the intimacy of that miserable little French
court ? We care very little either for it or you. Do
not be too proud of those miserable distinctions
which we know how to stop when we like. Let not
your barefooted compatriots imagine that they will
triumph through you. You are now warned, and
they will be also." This affair has caused great and
universal indignation, and it is said that it will be
brought forward in a court of justice.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts.-,
Railways.

1863. 1862. 1863. 1862

X 4 2
Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,104 2,375
Belfast and County Down 49 49 641 680
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,628 2,176
Bristol and Exeter 1214 1214 6,893 7,348
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington B,l 84 309 293
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 351 329
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 64 64 218 251
Cork and Youghal • • 324 27 470 430
Cornwall 531 531 1,803 1,396
Deeside l7 17 322 335
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,473 1,512
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,653 1,924
Dublin and Meath - 191 1 3
Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd 514 481 2,531 2,246
Edinburgh and Caasgow 1694 1694 8,657 8.356
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 50 2,952 2,678
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt.Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 351 851 39,361 39.45
Great North of Scotland 5B 68 1,690 2,086
lit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 661 572 519
fit.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 3511 829 9.037 8,689
Great Western 10561 10324 63,991 65.695
Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 86/ 1,495 1,391
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,596 1,564:
Lancashire & Yorkshire 8954 3951 39,168 36.530
Limerick and Ennis 24/ 24f 163 245
Limerick and Foynes 264 261 157 227
Llanelly 461 461 613 678
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 6 1,917 1,942
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261 241 23,219 24,920
London, Chatham, & Dover 72 724 6,043 6,136
Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 2f 1.400 60
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
slan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
Mauch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9l q 1,509 1,452
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 3l - 1,663
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6144 49,277 46,478
Midland Gt.Westn. of 'rind 2594 1921 4,518 4,5 )r
Monkland
44 711
2,7381,703
28
1:83290
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 7441i
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee ....
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095
North London 9
254
North Staffordshire
Oswestry and Newton 6O
lihymney ---- 194
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern .....
Somerset and Dorset 391
751
South Devon
South-Eastern..
Taff Vale 55
Ulster
Vale or Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 321
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
274
West Cornwall
W. Hartlepool 11 arbr.&RaiL
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt
Whitchaven Junction l2
Whitchaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
Austrian B2B
Belgian Eastern Junction.. •• 2
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 181
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish lOBl
Eastern of France lO7B
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O
Great Indian Peninsula 534
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India .. • • „F.!
Great Western of Canada... • °
5
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 403
Northern of Canada ........ •• 9'
Northern of France 697
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491
Paris and Orleans l3474Pernambuco
Royal Danish 69
Sambre and Meuse 6B
South Austrian
Southern of France . 777
Victorian 196
Welland - 25
West Flanders 75
W. and N.W. of France ,

4101 13,944 13,158
1077 t 57,533 54,413
9 3,221 3,159
252 8,556 8.444
42 1,249 1,130
191 997 896
62 2,168 1,981
91 5,233 4,972
1321 5,570 5,524
39/ 730 468
75/ 4.113 4,040
306 29,666 29,920
55 5,840 5,640
51 1,907 2.281
10 211 241
251 2,411 2,011
31 407 387
77 1,569 1.578
271 815 872
48 4,925 4.583
7 566 577
12 907 736
3.5 815 743

52 1,639 1,591
828 30,048 31%382
204 315 322
132 k 1,322 947
9611 2,333 1,062
185 4,116 4,264
1081
1060 58,194 60,961
039 15,996 10,551
1090 14,732 11,193
4371 4,227 4,400
134 4,923 4,655

79 '551 '377
315 11,.58 9,,,91
435 21,332 20,C62
94 - -
691 - -
44 1,116 1,3:38

10 024 486
1354 133,088 143,492
1204 69,634 66,026
506 -

69 741 741
6R 1,403 1,340
1315 59,000 56,151
777 33,228 31,607
151 8,319 5,310
25 283 640
75 1,126 1,121
758 65,596 50,021

His Excellency Count Bernsterff left the Prussian
Legation last evening to join the Countess and family a
Brighton, after attending on their Royal Highnesses the
Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia on their arrival in
England on their way to visit the Queen at Balmoral.
The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Ca-
vendish, who have returned to Holkar Hall, near Milne-
thorpE,,, from Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, will shortly leav
or a visit to the Earl of Carlisle in Dublin, and afterwe rds
go to the family estates in Ireland,