The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1865

Maury left, and after he had gone I remarked to -Maury
upon the Admiral being in a bad way. I added, alluding
to Maury going away from the country, "My pinion is
that you will never see him in his senses again." I had
often thought he would become deranged,
The Coroner—Were you surprised to hear of his death?
Witness--I was surprised to hear of it occurring so sud-
denly, but not at all at the act itself.
The Coroner—l seriously put this question. From your
knowledge of the deceased, and from what you had noticed
in his conduct, do you think he was of sound mind when
he committed this act ?

Witness—l think not. He was always very much de•
pressed.

LThe Coroner put it to the jury to say whether, after all
that they had heard, it was necessary-to carry the examina-
tion further into the deceased's responsibility.

The jury, through their foreman,, replied emphatically
that it was not.

The Coroner said that being so, he had left to them to
say—first, whether the deceased killed himself, and if so,
secondly, whether he was at the time responsible for the
consequences which the law imposed on self-destruction—
in other words, whether he waa in such a state of mind as
to render him responsible.
Inspector Bond, in reply to the court,said ho had searched
the room in which the deecased was found, but without dis-
covering any paper to throw any light on the subject.
Dr. Hetley said it was right, perhaps, to state that on
Friday when the deceased had recovered from the effects
of the opiate he expressed his horror at the riskof death ho
had run in taking it.

TheForeman—My opinion is that tho deceased destroyed
himself by his own hand, and that he was in an unsound
state of mind at the time he did so.

The rest of the jury said they were all of the same
opinion, and a verdict to that effect having been recorded
to the Coroner, the inquiry terminated.

The late Admiral Fitzroy was a member of the Royal
Society, the Royal Geographical, the Astronomical, tho
Ethnological, and the Meteorological Societies. Also a
member of the Institute of Paris. Besides a son and two
daughters of the first marriage, he leaves one little girl by
his second wife, also his cousin.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

METROPOLITAN.

A special general meeting of this company was
held yesterday, at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. Par-
son in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, ad-
verted to the serious loss they had sustained by the
death of Mr. Wilkinson, the chairman of the com-
pany, and stated that the directors would take time
to consider as to how they should fill the vacancy.
Mr. Burchell, the solicitor, read the heads of a
bill to confer further powers upon the Metropolitan
Railway Company, with reference to certain works
and lands and the regulation of their undertaking ;
and to authorise the lease or transfer of the under-
taking of the Hammersmith and Cityßailway Com-
pany, and arrangements with other companies or
parties.
The CHAIRMAN said the objects of the bill were
various. It authorised the company to make a devia-
tion in the construction of the western extension
from Chapel-street to Notting-hill, by passing under
the houses on the south side of Praed-street, instead
of under the street. They found that practically the
more economical mode of passing along a narrow
street was to go on one side of it rather than in the
centre, in which case they would have to compensate
the owners on both sides, but in the other case only
those on one side of.the street, and they would also
obtain the property. Another object was to obtain
additional land and property in the City, the White-
cross-street Prison, and property for a junction with
the main line at Aldersgate-street ; also power to
obtain the vacant ground on the west side of Far-
ringdon-road for warehouses, to accommodate the
companies using the railway. They had also to pro-
vide station accommodation at Finsbury for the
Great Western Company, who would pay them a
rent of 6 per cent. on its cost. He concluded by
moving a formal resolution approving the bill.
Mr. PARKER seconded the motion, and it was
carried unanimously.

The solicitor read the heads of a bill to authorise
the Hammersmith and City Railway Company to
alter some of the works connected with their railway,
and to purchase additional lands, and to lease or
transfer their undertaking to the Great Western and
Metropolitan Railway Companies.
A formal resolution approving the bill was adopted.

The Solicitor said the next bill on the list was for
conferring further powers on the Great Western
Railway Company, and contained similar clauses to
the preceding bill respecting the transfer of the
Hammersmith and City Railway, but the bill was
not ready. He then read the heads of a bill to con-
fer further powers on the Metropolitan District Rail-
way Company. It authorised working arrange-
ments with the Metropolitan Railway, and agree-
ments for the supply of rolling stock.
The bill was approved.
The next was a bill to authorise the Metropolitan
and St. John's Wood Railway Company to extend
their railway to Hampstead. The additional share
capital authorised by the bill was £200,000 in shares,
and £66,000 on loans. There was a permissive
clause in it to enable the Metropolitan Company to
subscribe £lOO,OOO towards the undertaking.
The CHAIRMAN said the Metropolitan Company
had no intention of asking the shareholders for
power to raise the latter sum, as the whole of the
capital had been subscribed. It was probable that
the St. John's-wood line would eventually become
an integral part of the Metropolitan Railway.:
A formal resolution approving the bill was adopted.
It was then agreed to adjourn the meeting to the
24th inst., at the offices, Duke-street, Westminster,
for the consideration of the Great Western bill.

On the motion of Mr. PARKER, a resolution ex-
pressing deep regret at the loss of their late excel-
lent chairman was unanimously adopted.
In reply to questions, it was stated that the junc-
tion of the London, Chatham, and Dover line with
the Metropolitan line was expected to be com-
pleted in July next. The works on the extension
to Finsbury were being pushed forward, and it was
believed by Mr. Fowler, the engineer, that trains
might be run through to Finsbury in August
next. They were widening the line to King's-cross
for the accommodation of the Midland, the Great
Northern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Com-
panies. The latter company would also bring in the
South-Western Company. They did not know what
accommodation would be required, but they could
run double the present number of trains over the
Metropolitan Railway, which would also double
their receipts.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman and directors.