The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-04 00:00:00

life, nothing but the most extravagant luxury is the
order of the day. Even at the table d'hote of Zer-
matt or Chamounix, high up among snow and ice,
the ladies came down attired like birds of paradise.
But here, in these large hotels, they display all their
Paris and Baden finery ; their morning garb is as
recherche, as motley and showy as their evening cos-
tume. No wonder some of these fair tourists carry
a perfect Noah's Ark of trunk, or trunks, along with
them. Noah's Arks of trunks up and down the
rugged paths of the Alps ! A gentleman fairly ob-
jected to setting foot inside the omnibus at the sta-
tion last evening, because with the load of " plun-
der" that was laid upon it he thought either the
top-heavy machine must upset, or the trunks come
through and crush us where we sat. Now, all this
farrago of persons and things makes up the world
of Alpine tourists ; but whatever you see at Beau
Rivage bears but little of an Alpine character. The
fact is these monster hotels on the Lakes, or be-
tween the Lakes, are a sort of Capua, to shake
the purpose and break the sinews of enterprising
mountain-climbers. They are very good resting-
places for men or women who have heard the flat-
tering guides congratulating them on their running
" comme des chamois," not for those whose exploits
are still in prospect. Beau Rivage is a fairy bower,
with marble halls, a parterre of fragrant exotics,
music in the evening, dancing tjce a week, talk free
of expense, gorgeous sunrise and sunset equally gratis,
a starry canopy at night, and a flood of silvery
sheen reflecting the young moon's beams ; an indo-
mitable summer weather ; nights as warm as the
day ; a September in which the traveller carries his
bundle of wrappers over the highest mountains with-
out ever unfolding them, in which he sleeps with
open window at the Riflieberg or Chamounix

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

HULL AND HORNSEA.

An adjourned meeting of this company was held
at Hull on Monday to receive the report of the con-
sultation committee ; Mr. Wade in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN remarked that the committee had
never met in consequence of one gentleman declin-
ing to act, and of another being prevented doing so
through domestic affliction ; consequently, there
was no report to lay before the meeting.

Mr. MAXSTEAD having moved the appointment of
another committee to carry out the wish of the
meeting, an amendment was moved thereon by 11r.
WARD, who desired to grant the committee power
to call in the services of a professional accountant,
if necessary, and also to meet the directors of the
North Eastern Railway along with the Hull and
Hornsea directors in any negotiations that might
take place between them.

The CHAIRMAN said the position of the company
was a very simple one. They had a load of debt
which they had no means of discharging except by
the assistance of some other railway company, or
by getting out preference shares or ordinary shares
if anybody would take them. The preference stock
at 5 per cent. had been no temptation to the public.
He considered that the turmoil which had prevailed
at their meetings had been quite a bar to any nego-
tiations for obtaining money in quarters where they
otherwise might have obtained it. There was no
immediate help unless some other railway company
was disposed to work the line for some considerable
period, and then purchase it according to its proved
value.

A committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs.
Dudley, R. Smith, R. C. Cattley, J. Lumsden, and
T. Reynoldson, with power to call for books, papers,
&c., and to present their report to an adjourned
meeting to be held on the 30th inst.