The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1853.

on that account was not so great as it had been in pre-
vious half hours.

by stating that no further interest at present would be
paid to the shareholders. The financial statement
showed a balance in hand of 11,5741. 3s. Bd.
The CHAIRMAN recommended the adoption of the
second course set forth in the report, which he very
strongly supported.
, The report was adopted after some discussion.
A resolution was then moved and seconded, authoris-
ing the directors to carry out the second course above
referred to, but

THE PROTESTANT BURIAL-GROUND AT
MADRID.-POPISH BIGOTRY.

iir.l3oicomplained that there was no statement in
the accounts of the Norfolk share stock on which they
had to pay dividend. He repudiated the Norfolk agree-
ment altogether, which he said they were not bound by,
either legally or morally, inasmuch as it had been al-
tered since it received the consent of the shareholders.
He had been informed that to pay ss. a share on the
Norfolk share stock took 12,4311., while they had only
2331. to pay it with. He understood that the Norfolk
agreement would close in 1855, and he hoped before
that time terms would be made more fair to the Eastern
Counties proprietors.
The CHAIRMAN said the number of Norfolk shares on
which they paid dividend was 49,842 201. shares. He con-
sidered it of the greatest importance that they should be on
terms of amity with their neighbours, especially with the
Norfolk Company. At the proper time he was sure that
company (who were carrying out that agreement fairly)
would be prepared to arrange terms for mutual working,
which should be fair to all parties. At present it was impos-
sible to say what arrangements might be proposed. It
was possible that they might include terms of union not
only with the Norfolk, but with the Eastern Union,
thus bringing 'the whole three lines under one system.
He could only say that the directors were anxious to be
upon amicable terms with both companies, and would
be prepared to deal with them liberally. The loss stated
by the hon. proprietor far exceeded the annual amount.
Mr. MCLAREN wished to know what were the ar-
rangements with the Southend and Tilbury Company.
The CHAIRMAN—They are that we should work the
line at a given rate pet mile, which has been fixed
under the advice of Mr. Gooch, our locomotive super-
intendent. The agreement is for ten years, but it is sub-
ject to revision.

The following further paper respecting the Protestant
burial-ground at Madrid, in continuance of the corres-
pondence presented to Parliament in 1851, has been
presented to both houses of Parliament by command of
her Majesty :
LORD HOWDEN TO TIE EARL OF OLARENDON.—(RECEIVED
JUNE 13).
Madrid, May 30, 1853.
My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose a copy and
translation of a note I have received from the Minister for
Foreign Affairs containing permission to establish a burial
ground for British Protestant subjects.
Although this permission appears the direct consequence
of a right secured by treaty, it has for half a century been
opposed, evaded, or delayed, and I have had the greatest
difficulty in obtaining it.
I have been told confidentially that the fear which has
always actuated all Spanish Governments, and excited
constantly both the open and underhand opposition of the
ecclesiastical authorities, is, that by any concession what-
ever a wedge would be introduced by Protestant Govern-
ments as a means of demanding further facilities on sub-
jects connected with any manifestation of a different ritual
than that which is alone tolerated by law.
I have so often debated this question, both in words and
in writing, that I have deemed it quite useless to make
any rejoinder to the three first conditions contained in the
inclosed. When once a nation, like an individual, sets at
nought the opinion of the whole civilised world for the
gratification of some darling passion, it is perfectly idle,
as I feel it to be in this case, to hope that any representa-
tions can have avail.

Mr. BACKER moved, and Mr. BARLOW seconded, an
amendment, authorising them to take the third course.
Both the resolution and the amendment were nega-
tived, which leaves the affairs of the company in statu
quo for another six months.
The meeting separated after a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN-

SHIRE.
The report of the directors of this company states,
that the expenditure on capital account for the half-year
ending June 30, amounts to 93,8721., of which 23,0901.
was for the settlement of a long-pending claim. The
receipts for the half-year amounted to 172,1421., and
for the corresponding period of 1852 to 160,6721., show-
ing an increase in the receipts of 11,5151., while the in-
crease in the expenses only amounted to 3,5501. The
receipts for goods continue steadily to increase, while
the passenger traffic is progressing satisfactorily. The
traffic at the new dock at Grimsby exhibits a gradual
improvement, but the directors fear it will be some time
before a return will be obtained commensurate with the
large outlay. The value of the merchandise traffic to
and from the Grimsby station was 12,622/., against
6,0371. at the corresponding period of last year. The
directors have been able to reduce the interest upon
some of the bonds from 5 per cent. to rates rang-
ing between 31. to 4i per cent., and thus, although
a larger amount has been borrowed than in the
corresponding week of last year, the total inte-
rest is less. The whole of the interest upon the
debenture debt has been this half-year charged to reve-
nue. In the corresponding period of last year 6,1831.
was charged to capital in respect of unproductive works.
The directors recommend that oue half-year's dividend
be paid upon the 61. preference shares, which will leave
a balance of 3,5301. The expenditure during the half-
year in working the traffic on the railway was 104,572/. ;
and on the canals, 19,818/. ; total, 124,3901.—leaving
84,7451. as the net profit. To this sum is added 4,0921.,
the balance from the last account, making 89,8271. Out
of this sum 56,7521. is deducted for interest on loans,
13,7341. canal annuities, 15,5251. dividend on 6 per cent.
preference shares, and 2851. interest on calls in advance,
leaving a balance of 3,5301. towards dividend on capital
amounting to 4,816,8101., no part of which balance was
earned in the course of the half-year.

I, however, could not refrain from making an observa-
tion on the fourth point, and I add herewith the copy of
my note.—l have, &c., HOW-DEN.

The resolution adopting the report was then put and
carried unanimously, also
A resolution altering the bye-laws for the purpose of
of requiring 14 days' notice of the name of any proprie-
tor who might be put forward as a candidate for a seat
in the direction.

Inclosure I.—(Translation.)
Madrid, May 24, 1853.
My Lord,—With reference to what I stated to your
lordship in my note of the 29th ultimo, I have the honour
to inform your lordship that, according to a communica-
tion which I have received from the Minister of the In-
terior, the Queen, my Sovereign, agreeing to the opinion
of the Consultive Board of Police of this capital, has been
pleased to grant permission for the construction, at the
place known by the name of La Herradura, at a short dis-
tance from the hill of San Damaso, in the vicinity of this
capital, of a cemetary for Protestant British subjects who
may die in this town, under the following conditions, which
have been already communicated to the British Legation
in the note of 6th July, 1851 :-
1. The cemetary will be erected on the hill of San Da-
maso, outside the gate of Toledo, and it will be constructed
with subjection to the hygienic or sanitary rules required
by establishments of this kind.

After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting
separated.

BRISTOL AND EXETER.

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in this under-
taking was held yesterday at the White Lion Hotel,
Bristol, J. W. Butler, Esq., chairman of the company,
presiding.
The Secretary, J. B. Badham, Esq., read the report
of the directors, as published in the The Sun.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
congratulated the meeting on the increase that had taken
place in the gross receipts of the company. That in-
crease was not confined simply to the present half-year,
but it had been in operation through all preceding half-
years, and he saw no reason why it should not continue
to operate. The increase which had taken place in the
working expenses rose from circumstances extraordinary
and exceptional, and which were not likely to continue.
For this they must have been to some extent prepared,
because lie stated at the last meeting that though con-
siderable work had been done upon the permanent way,
it was not in a satisfactory state, and that it would be
necessary in the ensuing half-year to do a good deal in
drainage and ballasting. The directors felt that it was
their first duty to ensure the safe and efficient working
of the line, and that whatever might be the effect on the
dividends, no work should be postponed which was
essential to the security of the passengers or the safety of
the line. In all that had been done every care had been
taken to make the repairs most substantial ; the timbers
had been prepared in the most scientific way. If, at
the commencement of railway undertakings, those mat-
ters were little undestood, and many experiments were
tried, which proved failures, yet now they were better
experienced, and the directors hoped that the timbers
now laid would be longer lived than those that had been
taken up, and that they would last, not 12 years, but
double 12 years, if not for a much longer period. He
hoped from the attention that had been paid to that
most important object, drainage, that the timbers would
be likewise preserved through the healthier state of the
subsoil, and that an increase of improvel balance would
tend to the same result. There was in the capital
account a heavy charge on account of the Yeovil branch.
It had been long a source of regret to the directors that
that large charge—over a hundred thousand pounds—
should have been bearing interest which was chargeable
against revenue, whilst it remained unproductive. He
hoped that this would not long continue, although he
was not prepared to say precisely when the Yeovil
branch would be open for traffic, yet he hoped that it
would be at no distant period. The directors were en-
couraged by the contractors to believe that it might
take place perhaps within a month ; and he felt sure
that when it was opened it would lead to a considerable
increase of their traffic. He concluded by again ex-
pressing his confidence in the ultimate prosperity of
the line.

-2. No church, chapel, nor any other sign of a temple, or
of public or private worship, will be allowed to be built in
the aforesaid cemetery.
3. All acts which can give any indication of the perfor-
mance of any Divine service whatsoever are prohibited.
4. In the conveyance of the dead bodies to the burial-
ground, any sort of pomp or publicity shall be avoided.
The civil governor of this province has already been
made acquainted with the aforesaid royal decision, and on
communicating it to your lordship, I cannot abstain from
adding, with reference to what is staved to me by the Mi-
nister of the Interior, that the epithet of " gratuitous,"
which has been applied to the delay which this affair has
experienced, is not just ; because, in spite of the wishes
and exertions of the public administration, there are some-
times powerful causes which occasion a necessary delay in
the dispatch of business, as has been the case with the
affair in question.—l avail, &c.,

FRANCESCO LERSIINDI.

Inclosure 2.
LORD HOWDEN TO GENERAL LERSIINDI

Madrid, May 30,1853.
Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge your Excellency's
note concerning the establishment of a cemetary for Bri-
tish Protestant subjects who may die in this capital.
With regard to the three first conditions specified in the
docunient I shall say nothing, having already said use-
lessly a great deal, and often, on the suject. My opinion
on them is that of Europe, including the great Catholic
nations of France, Austria, Portugal, Belgium, Sardinia,
and Brazil ; and if that opinion be indifferent to the na-
tion of her Catholic Majesty, England will at least find
herself in good company in the appreciation of the above
conditions.

I have, however, a word to say on the fourth condition,
because I think that it is practically a seed of future diffi-
culty,

If is this :—" Se evitara, en la conduccion de los cads-
veres tocla clase de pompa y publicidad.." (In conveying
the dead bodies to the burial-ground, every kind of pomp
or publicity shall be avoided.)
This clause is as vague in its sense as it is in its phraseo-
logy. What may be called pomp in this country may only
be deemed decency by ptrsons brought up with different
feelings as to charity, and animated by a respect for the
dead which is unaffected by latitudes.
What publicity means I am entirely at a loss to discover;
I really do not see how it is possible to convey a corpse
from the gate of Atocha to the gate of Toledo, without it
being known that it is a dead man, which recognition is in
itself an act of publicity.
Does the Spanish government mean that the body is to
be smuggled ?_ _ _ _

Mr. BARTRUM, in seconding the motion, bore testi-
mony to the assiduity and care with which the directors
had conducted the business of tb6 company, which in
point of genuine prosperity he 'tpooarded as standing
second to none in the kingdom. %.
The report was adopted, the dividend of 41 per cent.,
as recommended in the report, declired ; and a vote of
thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings.

I regret anything like jesting upon such a subject, but
the field is open to much ridicule, and I restrain myself.
My object in writing this note is to state to your Ex-
cellency that the above clause opens a source of much
possible conflict between the Legation and your Excel-
lency's department.
I renounce all responsibility as to its being carried out
according to the expressed wishes of the Spanish govern-
ment, or the appreciation of the word " pomp" by some
ignorant and fanatical mob. I do not know whether the
State of Spain would permit sucha homage to civil dignity,
but in all other countries of the world it is precisely to the
authorities themselves that the representative of a foreign
country would apply for protection in conveying a human
body to its last resting-place. Perhaps I shall have occa-
sion to try this question.
I hasten to finish this communication, as it is impossible
to make it without a feeling of irritation. If in the streets
of London, whither I am going, I have the misfortune to
meet a Spaniard carried (with "publicity") to the grave,
while reverently uncovering myself as the corpse passes,
my sorrow will be tempered by the feeling that he is
buried like a Christian, and my pride will be gratified by
thinking that this homage has been paid to one of God's
creatures by Christians who are my countrymen.
I cannot conclude without stating my deep regret that
the course of Spain is such as to produce a gradaal aliena-
tion in the opinion of the English public, out of which will
must infallibly result a state of feeling which no govern
ment can control or oppose.—l avail, &c.

ST. ANDREWS AND QUEBEC.
Yesterday the general half-yearly meeting of the share.
holders of this company was held at the office, 26, Par.
liament-street, Westminster.

The chair was occupied by Francis Edwards, Esq.,
of Bulstrade Park, in the absence of the Earl Fitzwil•
liam.

The SECRETARY (J. W. Byrne, Esq.) read the half-
yearly report, which commenced by adverting to the in-
creasing interest which was being awakened by the rail-
way undertakings of British North America. From the
far-west of Canada to the Atlantic, it stated, sources of
wealth were being developed which must ultimately find
their way into the markets of the world. Hence the
importance that this line should be carried forward, with
all possible vigour, to its ultimate point of attainment—
namely, immediate commercial intercourse with those
great trunk lines which are intended to traverse, through
their whole extent, the extensive and populous districts
of Canada, and the rich valleys of New Brunswick—in-
asmuch as such a connexion affords the only medium for
securing a permanent communication between the
British North American provinces and the parent state.
The St. Andrews and Quebec line is a fractional, but es-
sential part of this vast enterprise. It was first in the
field, and commands the only outlet of East and West
Canada, through the British territory to the Atlantic.
It was expected by this time to have reported the open-
ing for traffic of at least a part of the line. This has not
been accomplished ; but the contractors have sent out
during the present year 1,000 men from England, and
the works are now being prosecuted with greater vigour.
It is anticipated that the first 13 miles, to the point
where the railway crosses the Fredericton road, will
now be shortly opened ; that distance, according to the
engineer's report, having been nearly completed, and
part of it run over by the locomotives. With regard to
the remaining portion, the only thing required is the
laying down the necessary timber and rails, It will be
completed by the time any rolling stock can be got on
the spot. In addition to the 13 miles, 18 miles are in a
sufficiently forward state to afford the prospect of com-
pletion during the present year. The cuttings and em-
bankments, as will be seen by the section, are in an ad-
vanced state. From the number of men employed on
this portion of the line, the contractors contemplate
having their locomotives in a very short time at work in
the forest As soon as the line is opened for passengers
traffic up to the point where it intersects the Frederic-
ton road, preparations will be made at St. Andrews for
depositing lumber and affording accommodation for that
and other goods traffic, which will be brought upon the
line so soon as it is completed to the forest. It is be-
lieved that the logwood traffic would be very consider-
able. As the undertaking developes itself, its paying
capabilities become more and more apparent. The con-
tractors have added their testimony on this point. The
construction of the second section of the line, to the
Grand Falls, has engaged the attention of the directors,
but they are not yet prepared to submit any well-
digested plan. The measure is important, as the line
will then join that portion of the railroad to be con-
structed by the Government of Canada, and at Quebec
unite with the great line now being constructed by the
Grand Trunk Railway of the Canada Company. When
this is accomplished, it will necessarily constitute this
undertaking one of the most important of the present
age in British America. The local government have
issued further debentures to the amount of 11,0001., as
payment on the shares in the railroad company. A fur-
ther call of 21. a share will shortly be made. The ac-
counts up to June 30 stands thus :—Payments on calls
in advance, 11,0441. 13s. 10d. ; balance in hand, 2,0111.
15s. 6d. ; total, 13,0561. 9s. 4d. Receipts—balance in
hand on last account, 5,8901. Bs. 7d. ; paid on calls in
advance, 7,1211. Os. 9d. ; Mr. Thompson, 45/. ; total,
13,056/. 9s. 4d.

HOWDEN.

MR. BUCKLEY'S ABSOLUTE SALE OF PURE-

BRED LEICESTER&

The high and increasing estimation in which this first-
class breed of sheep is held at the present moment is no
less traceable to the efforts of the breeders in whose
hands the true race of Leicesters has remained, to main-
tain it in all its integrity, than to the vast importance
which sheep begin to acquire in agriculture, both from
the excellent profits certain to be derived from ordinary
care and prudence in sheep farming, and from the re-
markably advantageous position in which these animals
stand, related as their products are at once to trade
and subsistence, and consequently of great value in a
populous manufacturing country. In the breed of sheep,
its excellence and yield, whether of wool or mutton,
the manufacturer is in fact as deeply interested as the
farmer. Hence the universal attention which the
Leicesters, our highest native English race are at pre-
sent attracting ; for the present is a social crisis in
which the rapid development alike of manufactures and
population is instinctively impelling men to look for-
ward with eagerness to every improvement in the re-
sources of material and food. The sheep, as we have re-
marked, stands in the prominent position of contributing
largely to both these desiderata. The shows and letting
of sheep which we have latterly had to record in the
Nottinghamshire Guardian's farming columns, have
been in one respect different from that of Mr. Buckley,
at Normanton Hill, near Loughborough, who is de-
clining ram breeding altogether, and is consequently
bringing forward on the Ist proximo, one of the first
and most celebrated breeds in the country for absolute
sale. The whole of this fine flock consists of 40 rams
and 200 ewes and theaves. It is stated by Mr. Straf-
ford, of London, who is to be the auctioneer, that the
purity of this stock is too well known to require further
comment beyond pointing out its descent namely,
from the flock of Mr. Buckley's late father and grand-
father ; the latter, being well known as identical with
that of Mr. Robert Bake well, of Dishley. We may add
that the flock was constituted by Mr. Nicholas Buck-
ley, of Normanton Hill, the present Mr. Buckley's
'grandfather, and assisted by the purchase of ewes at
sixty-five guineas each at the sale in 1793, of the
late Mr. Paget of Ibstock (whose derivation from
the Dishley breed is familiar to all who who know any-
thing of the Leicesters.) Mr. Paget indeed was the
constant associate of Bakewell himself, and consulted and
advised with that eminent breeder in every step taken for
the improvement of those fine and valuable animals. He
was also a member of the Dishley Society ; an institu-
tion of few but select members, associated for the pur-
pose of promoting and preserving the improved breed
of Leicesters, regardless of expense. For a number of
years, in imitation of the spirit and purpose of this eel&
brated association, as much as from 1,200 to 1,000
guineas was subscribed and expended for the use of
three or four sheep annually, by Mr. Nicholas Beckley,
conjointly with those other two celebrated breeders, Mr.
Stubbins and Mr. Breedon. They adopted this method
of maintaining the superiority of their flocks, as one
which at an expense that could hardly have been at-
tempted single-handed enabled them to match the pecu-
liarities of a greater variety of their ewes, and to meet
the improvements where they were wanted.
The results of these careful and expensive practical
improvements by the most eminent men connected with
the breeding of Leicesters may now be said to be sub-
mitted to public competition in the sale of the Normanton
Hill branch of the Dishley flock. Mr. Nicholas Buckley,
it is well known, realised the largest sums ever obtained
for the use of a single Leicester ram; but it may not be ge-
nerally known that of the very sheep which he let for 1000
guineas, he reserved for the benefit of his own flock one-
fourth part of the use ; so that the services of the best ani-
mals which the flock turned out were never lost to it. The
sheep have not been crossed to this day byany other tups;
for after what has lately been stated in the Guardian re-
specting the animals lotted by Mr. Burgess of Colgrave, and
Mr. Sanday, of Holme Pierrepont, and what is known of
these gentlemen in the profession, the fact that during
the last few years rams have been used which were bred
by them, will rather be accepted as an additional proof
of the purity, integrity, and advancement of the Nor-
manton Hill sheep.
We have nothing more to add than that any breeder
or flock-master desirous of effectingpermanent improve-
ments in his flock, will have on Thursday next one of
the best opportunities of doing so at Normanton Hill.
The purposes for which these Leicesters are now so
greatly sought after and so largely employed, were
never more urgent than at this moment when the
whole community, whether agricultural or manufactu-
ring, are looking to the truly English staple of wool
as once more about to take the lead in contributing
to the wealth and prosperity of the country.—Notts
Guardian,

The report was put and agreed to, and the meeting
separated.

NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the London Tavern. The chair was occu-
pied by Joseph Middleton, Esq.
The SECRETARY read the report, which commenced by
referring to the promise made at the last meeting, that
at this the directors would state the course they advised
the shareholders to consent to adopt. No difficulty
would be found in liquidating the liabilities at the proper
time. The directors had not succeeded in making, as
they had hoped, any arrangement with another com-
pany, which, while relieving the shareholders of their
liabilities, would have given them a return for the capital
expended on the works. Three courses were open to
them for the future. First, to bring the company under
the provisions of the Railways Abandonment Act, which
would, in all probability, render a further call necessary
to defray the expenses. Secondly, to apply to Parlia-
ment for a new bill, limiting their powers to the con-
struction of that part of the line already considerably ad-
vanced, from Wath to Bedale, seeking powers in the same
bpiollrttioosnell this portion of the line. On this point the direc-
tors ere advised that the few miles of line from Wath to Be-
dale, proposed to be carried out, would be completed for a
vreeiusnmelall sum ofmoney in addition to the amount already
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