The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-17 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH AND DARTMOOR.

A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at
the office, Great George-street,, Westminster, Mr. Harrison
in the chair, to consider a bill now before Parliament, to
authorise the raising of capital, and amalgamation with the
South Devon Railway Company.
The CHAIRMAN said the amount of additional capital
proposed to be raised was £35,000 in shares. He then
moved the formal resolution approving the bill, which was
agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the
proceedings.

DEVON AND SOMERSET.
A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at
the office, Parliament-street—Lord Poltimore in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said there was one clause in the bill he
had to submit to which their assent was requisite. It em-
powered the company to make working arrangements with
the Tiverton and North Devon Railway Company, and also
with the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. He moved
that the clause be approved.
Lord FORTESCUE seconded the motion, which was agreed
to, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to
the chairman.

DITTCH-RIIENISH.
The receipts of this company for the fortnight ending
April 30 amounted to £11,003, and for the corresponding
period of last year to £9,019, showing an increase 0f.£1984.
The receipts from May 1, 1864, including the above,
amounted to £270,934, showing an increase as compared
with the corresponding period of last year of £41,880. The
working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £4,666, or
42.31 per cent. of the receipts, and for the corresponding
period of last year to £3,766, or 4F74 per cent., showing
an increase of £9OO. The working expenses from the Ist
of May, 1864, to the 80th of April, 1865, amounted to
£102,531, or 37.84 per cent., and for the year 1863-64 to
38.16 per cent. of the receipts.

RAILWAY BILLS.
In Court B, the promoters' case of the Edinburgh and
Glasgow Railway (No. 3) Bill was continued all day. In
group 8, the Furness and Yorkshire -Union Bill, being un-
opposed, was referred to the General Committee ; and the
Skipton, Wharfdale, and Leyburn Junction Bill was pro-
ceeded with. In group 9, the preamble of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Purchase, &c.) Bill was proved;
and the case of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Bill was com-
menced. In group 11, the preambles of the Chester and
West Cheshire Junction, of the Great Northern and Man-
chester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire (Cheshire lines, &c.),
and of the Cheshire Lines Bills were proved. In group 12,
the preamble of the Central Wales and Staffordshire Junc-
tion Bill was not proved. In group 14, the Great Western
and the Stonehouso and Nailsworth Bills passed. The
case of the East Somerset Extension Bill was proceeded
with. In group 17, the Newry and Greenore Bill being
unopposed, was referred to the general committee; and the
case of the Spalding and Bourn Bill was proceeded with.
In group 19, the Carnarvonshire Bill being unopposed, was
referred to the general committee; and the case of the
Denbigh, Ruthin, and Corwen Bill was considered.

A MAN SUFFOCATED IN A MALT BIN.—On
Saturday, at noon, the borough coroner at Dover,
Mr. W. H. Payn, held an inquest at the Flying Horse Inn,
on the body of Richard Taylor, a man between 50 and 60
years of age, who had been in the employ of Messrs. Leney
and Evenden, the extensive brewers, and who had met
with his death on the previous aftehoon from suffocation,
having been found in the malt-bin of the brewery, where
ho had been placed to " tread" the malt about an hour pre-
viously. The receptacle in which the deceased was found
is called a " skry," the malt passing from a bin above
through a small aperture. Simultaneously with the pro-
cess a workman is employed to tread it down in the skry,
and it is feared that the deceased either lay down to sleep
or was seized with a fit, and was thus by a slow process
buried alive, although within reach of his fellow workmen,
who were pursuing their avocations unconscious of his fate.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."—
Kentz.,sh, Gazette,