The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-09 00:00:00

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

GENERAL MEETING THIS DAY.

The first general meeting of this company—late the
Eastern Counties—was held this day, at the London
Tavern, for the purpose of electing ten gentlemen to form
the new board. of directors to transact the business of th e
company, and also two auditors.
The chair was occupied by H. Love, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN said they were called together that day
for the purpose of electing a board of directors from the
amalgamated companies, and, in order not to detain them,
he would, without further preface, propose the name of the
first gentleman, viz., Mr. Samuel Anderson.
A PROPRIETOR, asked the amount of stock held by the
gentleman.

The CHAIRMAN said the amount of stock to qualify for a
director had increased by the new act from £5OO stock to
£2,000, and all the gentlemen who came before them to-day
were duly qualified.

A PROPRIETOR asked if the gentleman objected to say
in what other company he had an interest.

Mr. ANDERSON said he held no shares in any railway
company antagonistic to the Great Eastern. He, however,
objected to the right of the proprietor to put the question,
which he considered was one inquiring into his private
affairs.

The motion that Mr. Anderson be elected a director was
carried unanimously.

The CHAIRMAN next proposed the name of Mr. George
Parker Bidder.

Mr. COBBOLD seconded the motion.

Mr. ADAMS looked upon the election of Mr. Bidder to
the board of the company as a most fortunate circumstance,
because he thought by his aid they would get rid of all
those cross-couutry lines which had been the great source
of expense to the Eastern Counties.

The motion was carried unanimously.
Sir Samuel Bignold was elected a director, as also were
Capt. White Jarvis, and Mr. James Goodson.
Mr. SAMUEL ANDERSON moved the election of Mr.
Horatio Love as a director.
Mr. BIDpER seconded the motion.

The motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. LOVE thanked the meeting for the honour. He
begged to assure them that his whole endeavour, since his
connection with the company, had been to promote its
prosperity, and if there had been errors they had been
caused by circumstances over which there was no control.
(Hear, hear.)

Mr. Thomas Norris, Mr. Packe, Mr. John Alexander
Smyth, and Er. J. S. Wells were then unanimously
elected to a seat in the direction.

The meeting then proceeded to the election of two
auditors, when Messrs. Soper and Morgan were chosen.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the pro-
ceedings.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLS"-YESTERDAY.

ST. LEGER.
5 to 2 agst The Marquis (take 3to 1)
9to 2 agst Buckstone (taken)
100 to 15 agst Carisbrook (taken)
10 to 1 agst Exchequer (offered)
14 to 1 agst Argonaut (taken)
20 to 1 agst Hurricane (taken)
20 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (taken)
20 to 1 agst Stockwell colt (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Old Calabar (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Caractacus (taken)
CHAMPAGNE STAKES.
Evens on Lord Clifden (taken)
THE DERBY.
1000 to 30 agst The Beau (taken)
2000 to 30 agst Gunner (taken)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—MONDAY.
The only horse upon which any investment upon the
Great Yorkshire Handicap was made was Dulcibella, about
whom 11 to 1 was taken. Nothing done upon the War-
wick events.—For the Doncaster St. Leger, The Marquis
and Buckstone made a slight advance. Nothing less than
10 to 1 was taken about Carisbrook. 25 to 1 was taken
rather freely about Johnny Armstrong, and towards the
finish 100 to 5 was booked. It may be fairly assumed that
Caractacus has made his exit for this event, as, after many
ups and downs, 50 to 1 was laid. Closing prices :

GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
11 to 1 agst Dulcibella (taken)
14 to 1 Bathilde (offered)
ST. LEGER.
3to 1 agst Marquis (taken freely)
6to 1 agst Buckstone (taken)
10 to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Exchequer (offered)
15 to 1 agst Argonaut (taken)
20 to 1 agst Johnny Armstrong (taken)
20 to 1 agst Stockwell colt (taken)
60 to 1 agst Caractacua (taken)

JUDGE JEFEREYS.

Of all the historical personages of the seventeenth cen-
tury, none has acquired so permanent and horrible a repu-
tation as Jeffreys, and there is no character on which the
State Trials throw more light. To most persons he is a
mere monster, stained with every possible lorm of infamy,
and actuated in all his conduct by none but the most
wretched personal motives. The reports of his proceedings
contained in the State Trials do not materially alter this
view of his character. Probably he was, upon the whole,
the worst man whose actions form part of the history of Eng-
land ; but, bad as he was, he was a man, and not a mere
monster. With the exception of a certain indecency of
language and demeanour, which were collateral to his chief
offences, he did little more than any thoroughly unscrupu-
lous lawyer might do in the present day ; indeed, any
one who has had the honour of knowing the sort of bar.
rister who is regarded by the respectable part of his pro-
fession as a black sheep, and is known to the public as a
brazen-faced bully, whose trade it is to badger witnesses,
to insult judges, and to bluster and rant before juries, will
have no sort of difficulty in forming a clear conception of
Judge Jeffreys. In the worst scenes he always conducted
himself with plausibility,and had more or less of an excuse for
what he said and did. The famous case of Lady Lisle,known
to every reader of Lord Macaulay's History, supplies a good
illustration of this. She was tried fer harbouring rebels
after the battle of Sedgmoor, and the main question was,
whether she knew the persons whom she entertained to be
rebels. The only witness upon this point was one Dunne,
who had guided the persons in question to her house
Ho was, of course, a most unwilling witness, and the coun-
sel for the Crown asked the judge "to examine him a
little the more strictly." The scene which followed is
well known. Lord Macaulay's genius has made all his
innumerable readers familiar with the furious execrations of
Jeffreys, the terror of Dunne, the reluctance of the jury to
convict, and the violence by which they were forced to do
so. There is, however, another side of the question, which
is not so well known. It was not merely by cursing,
swearing, and ranting that Jeffreys obtained his object.
According to the practice of the times, it was beyond all
doubt his duty to examine Dunne, and no one accus-
tomed to the examination of witness can read the report of
Dunne's evidence without seeing, that apart from the
swearing and raging, the examination of Dunne was most
skilful, and extorted the truth from him notwithstanding a
long seaies of prevarications and falsehoods. It is quite
true that Jeffreys behaved at times like a wild beast, but
it is also true that Dunne was a most artful liar, and that
he gave the greatest possible provocation. In order to
screen the prisoner he wilfully suppressed the very evidence
which he was called to give, and Jeffreys screwed the truth
out of him, with infinite brutality no doubt, but still with
consummate ability. In our own times, if such work
had to be done at all, it would be done, not by the
judge, but by the counsel, nor would the jury be asked to
convict upon the unconfirmed evidence of a man who was
obviously perjured; bill the whole course of procedure in
the 17th century was different, and if Jeffreys had done in
a dignified way what he did with frantic declamation and
profane oaths, he would have done his duty rnd dose it
well.—Cornhill liagazine.
THE OPENING OP BOTANIC GARDENS ON ►SUN-
DAY.-"-We are informed that the success of the agitation in
Dublin last year for the opening of the Glasnevin Gardens
has stimulated an effort in Edinburgh for the opening of
the Royal Botanic Gardens. A memorial just forwarded
to the Lords of the Treasury received in Edinburgh, in the
few days it was open for signature, 14,160 names, none but
Edinburgh citizens being allowed to sign. Counter memo-
rials from the Sabbath Alliance and Protestant Association
have been sent.
Th

e Salut Public, of Lyons, states that the late
rains have greatly hastened the ripening of the grapes, and
that the vintage has already begun in the neighbourhood
of St. Foy (Saone et Loire), and likewise in the Beaujolais.
It is expected that the wine crop will be abundant, and of
good quality ,

The number of passengers arriving at Boulogne
from Folkestone and London in August last was 14,684.
There were 13,253 departing; making a total of
28,2391a5t
passengers from and to England during the
month. In the month of August, 1851, which had until
now been one of the largest passenger traffic on record,
11,571 passengers arrived, and 11,151 departed; making a
total of 22,722, The past month shows, consequently, an
increase of 5,517 passengers on the number which until
now had marked the most active period in the international
intercourse.
TITS EASTERN FlailEATES.—Tho reports made
with respect to the prospects of the herring fishery off the
eastern coast present some improvement. Fish are plenti-
ful, and the quality of those landed at Great Yarmouth has
been good. Boat have come in with several lasts each,
and prices have ranged, according to quality, at Irons
411. 100, to £l7 lOs, per lad (13,200 fish,)