The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-20 00:00:00

LEICESTER PUBLIC MEETING.

AT a MEETING of the ELECTORS and
other Inhabitants of the Borough of Leicester, convened
by public advertisement, and held at the New Hall, Wellington-
street, on Monday, Dec. 18, Joseph Whetstone, Esq., in the Chair.
It was moved by Mr. R. HARRIS; seconded by T. T. PAGET,
Esq., and carried unanimously,
• Ist. That we, the Electors and other Inhabitants of this Bo-
rough here assembled regard the petition presented to Parliament
against the return of our present Representatives, as an attempt
to deprive the constituency of the services of gentlemen who have
been returned as their Members at a fair and open election, by an
undisputed and overwhelming majority.
/loved by the Rev. C. BERRY ; seconded by Mr. J. AIOTT; and

carried unanimously,
2d, That the charges made in the course of the petition against
the Magistrates, are gross falsehoods, and infamous slanders upon
their public characters. That during the time these gentlemen
have been in office, and throughout the whole of the Election, they
have conducted themselves with a propriety and impartiality which
has obtained for them the increased respect and confidence of all
classes of their fellow townsmen.
Moved by Mr. ALFRED BURGESS; seconded by Mr J. Bloom,

THE LONDON and BRIGHTON RAIL-
WAYI COMPANY, incoporated by Act of Parliament,
July 15, 1837.

DIRECTORS.
JOHN HARMAN, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN MOXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Captain Beauclere Lieut.-Colonel Moody,•R.E.
John Cattley, Esq. Captain J. W. Pringle, R.E.
Charles Henry Clay, Esq. Francis Ricardo, Esq.
Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Esq. Thomas S. Robinson, Esq.
Moses A. Goldsmid, Esq. John Shewell, Esq.
Richard Heaviside, Esq. Robert Sutton, jun., Esq.
Colonel Hodgson Joshua Walker, Esq.
John Hodgson, Esq. Sir Samuel Whalley, M.P.
Donald Maclean, Esq. Josh. B. Wilks, Esq.
ENGINEERS—Sir John Rennie, John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL—Francis Henry Goldsmid, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet and Sutton, Basighall-street, Lou-

don ; Mr. Henry Faithful, Brighton.
SECRETART—Mr. Thomas Wood.

The Directors, anxious to arrive at the best possible data by
which to test the merits of the Line to Brighton selected by the
Government Engineer, instructed Mr. Rastrick to make out the
working surveys, levels, and estimates of the Main Line and Branch
to Shoreham, and to report thereupon to the Board, and to afford
additional and corroborative evidence on the subject, the Directors
requested Mr. Locke personally to inspect every part of the Line,
and investigate the estimates, in order that he might be enabled to
report fully on every point.
Mr. Rastrick and Mr. Locke have completed their labours, and
made their reports to the Directors, which have been submitted to
the Subscribers ; and the Directors need hardly state that those
reports are quite satisfactory, and prove beyond all question the
eligibility of the Line, the cost of making it, and the time in which
it can be completed. It only remains for the Directors to call the
attention of the Subscriber to what more particularly affects their
interests, namely, the profits which may be safely calculated upon.
Taking the estimate of Mr. Locke (which is the
highest), the sum required for making the Main Line,
and the Branch to Shoreham, including Stations and
every contingency, amounts to

To this is to be added the estimate of Mr. Driver for
Land, and the liabilities to which the Company is sub-
ject with various Landholders, making together a sum
not exceeding ...

£920,000

£203,000

Thus it is—seen that the Main Line and Branch to
Shoreham, including Land, Buildings, Stations, and
every contingency will be completed for the sum 0f......£1,120,000
Flaying thus ascertained the capital to be expended in the Main
Line and Branch to Shoreham, the Directors refer to the income
as proved in evidence before the Committees of both Houses of
Parliament. From this evidence it appears that the traffic will pro-
duce a gross income of 305,0001. Deducting 50 per cent. from the
sum for the annual expenses, there will remain a net income of
152,5001. to be divided amongst the Subscribers.
In closing this Report the Directors cannot refrain from con-
gratulating the Subscribers on the favourable position of the
Company, as they feel confident that this undertaking will lead
to results alike beneficial to the Subscribers, the town of Brigh-
ton, and the public at large.
By order of the Board,
THOMAS WOOD, Secretary.
London and Brighton Railway Office, 71, Lombard-street,
Dec. 19, 1837.

SCOTLAND.
VALUABLE ESTATES in the COUNTY of CAITHNESS.
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,
THE ESTATES of STIRKOKE, containing
7,000 Imperial Acres; SIBSTER or HOPEVILLE,
1,030 Acres; SCOUTHEL and WEST WATTIN, 7,000 Acres;
and LYNEGAR, 1,100 Acres; all situate within convenient dis-
tances of the seaports and market towns of Wick and Thurso, the
great fishing stations of North Britain, and where upwards of
20,000 persons are employed in the fiskeries.
These Estates, comprising in all 18,130 imperial acres, have been
farmed, during the course of many years, on the system of agri-
culture so successfully practised in East Lothian, Berwickshire, and
Northumberland. The lands are well enclosed, and subdivided
into regular farms, all in a high state of agriculture. The farm-
houses are comfortable and good, with suitable agricultural build-
ings. Trashing-machines and corn-mills have been erected on the
estates, and the whole are in a state of good and substantial repair.
Steam-vessels are constantly plying to Edinburgh and London,
affording every facility for the conveyance of stock and corn to the
southern markets.

These Estates abound with game and wild fowl ; and the streams
with the finest salmon and trout.

A part of the purchase-money may remain on mortgage, if re-
quired.
For farther particulars apply to Messrs. Horne and Rose, W. S.,
96, George-street, Edinburgh ' • or to Messrs. Murray, Tattersall,
and Murray, Laud Agents and Auctioneers, 47, Parliament-street,
London.