The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-28 00:00:00

MR. NE WDEGATE A 7 RUGBY.

RUGBY, THURSDAY.
The annual show of the Rugby and Dunchurch

Conservative Association was held in a field near
Rugby yesterday, after which the annual dinner
was held in the Town Hall, The Earl of Dalkei_tk
presided, and was supported on the right by the
Hon. Chas. Lennox Butler, High Sheriff, and on
the left by C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M.P. Mr.
Spooner was absent through indisposition.
The CHAIRMAN having given "the Members for
North Warwickshire," which was received with
considerable cheering, _ _

Mr. NEWDEGATE, M.P., rose to respond. After
expressing regret at the non-appearance of his col-
league, he referred to the fact that at the meeting
of the Rugby and Dunchurch Agricultural Associa-
tion last year, he had been the first to advert to the
doings of Captain Wilkes on board the Trent, of
which information had been received that morning,
and he was rejoiced to find that the views he then
expressed.had been subsequently sanctioned by pub-
lic opinion and by the Government. Recent events
had shown that our American cousins were deter-
mined we should not forget them. England never
wished to do so; but it was only natural that at the
present moment, when the heart of this country was
being wrung by an unhappy internecine struggle,
there should be an impatience on the part of Eng-
lishmen that the Government should interfere, and
stay if possible the strife now raging in America, not
only because they were of our own flesh and blood,
but also because it was a struggle destroying one of
the Free States of the world. (Hear, hear.) Eng-

land must always have a deep sympathy with all
freedom, but he was persuaded that. Lord Palmerston's
Government had pursued a statesmanlike and pru-
dent course in hitherto pursuing a policy of absten-
tion in reference to American affairs. The Ameri-
can people seemed as though they could not forget
that the first phase of their national existence 7,7 as
marked by their separation from England, and
there was a sort of national jealousy against Eng-

land 'amongst the Yankees. Some of them were
angry with us because we did not regret that cir-
cumstance more than it was possible for us to do ;
whilst others suspected us, or seemed to suspect us
in the matter of non-intervention. Not because

they thought we had a feeling of envy or interest,
but because they thought we had some covert
design to grasp again the Goverment of the
United States, which was a most chimerical idea.
Still there was a jealousy which he believed the
English nation most deeply deplored. (Cheers.)
He regretted, as much as any one, that the form of
Government which the Americans had set up had
not proved so successful as ours. The supremacy
of man formed a too prominent portion of the com-
position, instead of obedience to the will of God ;
there was, in fact, too much of that sheer absolut-
ism of the human will expressed by the first Napo.
leon, when he said, " L'etat c'est moi." Finally, he
thought the Government had acted wisely in leav-
ing to some other country the office of pacificator in
the present struggle. The hon. gentleman, refer-
ring to the subject of the distress in Lancashire,
said the distress was a very grievous one to be
borne, and they were bound by special ties to sym-
pathise with them in their troubles. When the
ribbon trade of Coventry was struck down by the
operation of the French Treaty, Lancashire most
readily and nobly contributed to alleviate their
suffering poor, and he trusted that now in the dark
hour of its trial, the whole county of Warwick,
with Birmingham at its head as the metropolis,
would join heart and soul to repay what had been
sent for them with interest. But the troubles of
distress were not confined to the cotton districts;
it had come near home among their neighbours,
and it was their duty to provide for them. He had
been recently engaged in an inquiry as to the state
of Coventry, and he could assure them that it was
in such a condition as to need their deepest sym-
pathy ; and more than deep symyathy, the bestow-
ment of such means as they could well spare. He
thought the Mayor of Coventry and the Local Re-
lief Committee had recently commenced a separate
subscription for the poor weavers in that place ; but
if they bore in mind that but one-half of the suffer-
ing operatives of that town were weavers, they
then would see how inadequate the movement
was to offer any relief at all commensurate
with the existing distress. He had made in-
quiries upon the subject from the chairmen of the
various district committees, and they assured him
that not only was there great distress in Coventry,
but also in all of the surrounding districts, reach-
ing beyond the town of Nuneaton. In consequence
of that an appeal had been made to Lord Leigh, and
he had nobly answered them by establishing another
fund, to be called the " North Warwickshire Fund,
for the relief of the distressed operatives." The
hon. gentleman then referred to the subject of church
rates, and stated that for seven years he had devoted
himself to the solution of that great question, which
caused so much dispute between Churchmen and
Dissenters. The result of his labiours was a bill
which he introduced into Parliament last session,
and which had been by him withdrawn for purposes
of amendment. In that bill he proposed to remove
the' present rate, which was personal, and tax
property for the maintenance of proper worship in
the Church. He believed the subject had caused
much irritation for the last 28 years between Dis-
senters and Churchmen, but it would admit of a
solution satisfactory alike to both parties.

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METROPOLITAN.
The works on the main line of this railway are
nearly completed, with the exception of the Pad-
dington Junction, or Bishop's-road Station. Con-
siderable progress has been made in the construe •
lion of the signals, which have caused much delay
from the difficulty of making them perfectly simple
and more then Usutill y effective. It is believed that
these difficulties will soon be overcome, and that in
the course of two or three weeks at furthest the
line will be read, for public, traffic. Every endea-
vour is being made to render the vk orking of the
traffic as successful as possible. Trains have been
run through, both on the up and down lines, seve-
ral times, with a view to test the stability of the
permanent way and the efficiency of the engines
and carriages. The locomotives, which are of pecu-
liar construction and run through without emitting
steam or smoke, have been found to work very well,
and the permanent way is also in good working
order. No day has yet been fixed for the opening
of the railway, but it is believed about the middle
of next month will be the time of opening the line
for public traffic.

CALCUTTA AND SOUTH-EASTERN.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the offices, Gresham-house, Mr.
J; terra-Wit •
The report stated that on the 28th of June last a
portion of the scaffolding and of the temporary
brick pillars erected at the Piallee for placing the
girders of the bridge gave way, and though of
course the future stability and security of the bridge
itself will be in no way affected by this occurrence,
it has rendered necessary renewal end strength-
ening of the preparatory worts, which has occa-
sioned an unfortunate delay. This accident will
not retard the opening of the line for a longer
period than two months beyond the contem-
plated time; thus substituting January 1, 1863,
for Nov. 1, 1862. Arrangements were in course of
being made in India to establish a communication
with the Mutlah in the beginning of November suf-
ficient to enable the proprietors of the town lots to
commence operations at the new port immediately
after the rains. The screw-pile jetty for the Mut-

lab, which has received the sanction of Government,
will be shipped in the course of next month Ves-
sels will thus be enabled to deliver their cargoes at

once to the railway waggons for conveyance in two
hours to Calcutta. The Government have secured

a large plot of ground adjoining the terminus at
Calcutta, on which they are now engaged in erect-
ing a market for the accommodation of the firewood,
fish, and vegetables to be conveyed along the line to
Calcutta. The directors have raised in shares the
whole of the additional capital voted by the share-
holders at the last meeting, making the total capital

raised in shares and debentures £400,000. The
capital account to Sept. 30 showed that £378,793
had been received, and £371,788 expended, leaving
a balance of £7,005. The amount received for in-
terest froln the commencement to the 30th of June
last was £34,207.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said he hoped the line would be opened
throughout at the time mentioned in the report.
Letters had been received stating that a temporary
mode of conveyance for passengers to the Mutlah
had commenced on Oct. 27 for the remainder of the
distance-12 miles. The cost of the screw pile jetty
would be £12,000, but they would derive remune-
ration for that outlay. The Government had com 2

plated arrangements for opening a large market at
the terminus of the line in Calcutta. The company
had raised £310,000 on shares and .00,000 on deben-
tures, making the total receipts £400,000. He had
no doubt that further capital would be required to
the extent of £60,000, including the cost of the pier.
Mr. MARsium seconded the motion for the adop-
tion of the report. He *aid -ha had full cmifidence
that the line would be open for public traffic and
yielding good returns before the next ordinary
meeting. The Government had given orders that
no pains should be spared to develope the traffic on
the line as soon as ,possible, and for that purpose
the jetty had been ordered to facilitate the loading
and unloading of ships at the Mutlah. The jetty
would enable them to unload and convey 1,000 tons
of goods from the Mutlah to Calcutta in three days.
The opening of the line had been delayed by cir-
cumstances over which they had no control.

In reply to questions from Mr. Hartridge and
Mr. Adams it was stated that the length of the line
was 28i miles, and that the cost of the line and
works, including the jetty, would be £460,000, or
about £16,000 per mile.
The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks to
the chairman and directors concluded the pro-
ceedings.