The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUA.

send you a paragraph from the _Hereford
Journal of Wednesday last, respecting the Shrewsbury
and Hereford Railway, should you think proper to in-
sert it ; and I beg to say, that having been in the vici-
nity of Ludlow, I found the prevailing impression there
quite in accordance with that statement, and especially
that the traffic on that portion of the line had far ex-
ceeded the original calculation. I took the trouble to
make some inquiries respecting the line, as I am in-
terested in its prosperity, being

A. SHAREHOLDER.

"SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.—We un-
derstand that the terms proposed by Mr. Brassey to
work this line when completed are by no means satis-
factory to the shareholders and inhabitants residing in
the Ludlow and Shropshire district. They allege a
monopoly of the coal trade, through him, or some con-
nexion or agent, by which the price of that necessary is
kept up beyond what it otherwise would be ; that the
traffic on the line being much greater than was antici
pated, he is, through these means, realising 6 per cent.
profit. It is believed that the directors will accept Mr.
Brassey's proposal if sanctioned by the shareholders ; it
therefore behoves the latter to attend the meeting at
Shrewsbury on Tuesday next, and we are glad to learn
that a free ticket will be given to all desirous to attend ;
and although there are other respectable contractors
who may be disposed to work the line (in case the com-
pany do not), yet there can be no objection to Mr. B.
doing so upon proper terms, and with proper restric-
tions, compatible with his interest and that of the share-
holders ; for instance, the latter ought to have an equal
power to make void the agreement at the expiration of
five years, with proper notice. There is no reason
whatever why this may not be one of the best paying
lines in the kingdom if managed properly and economi-
cally."

ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—The Island Home and the Emi-
grant arrived yesterday from Port Philip with gold
valued at 94,6001., the one having 16,434 ounces, and
the other 7,230 ounces.

DIINGARVAN ELECTION.—The election for Dungarvan
terminated on Thursday in the return of Mr. J. F.
Maguire, by a large majority, the numbers having been,
as near as can be learnt, 171 for Maguire, and 77 for
Crogory. It 10 said the Gregory party intend to peti-
tion against Mr. Maguire's return. .
ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND EXETER LINE.—An
accident occurred on the Tiverton branch of the Bristol
and Exeter Railway on Sunday, which was well nigh
attended with fatal consequences. The engine-driver is
usually in the habit, on approaching the station, of
detaching the engine from the carriage, the former being
shunted off into a siding, and the latter, under the
charge of the guard, proceeding on to the station. On
Sunday afternoon the guard, it is understood, instead of
doing his duty in the usual way, entrusted the break to
a policeman, who actually turned the handle the wrong
way, thereby causing the carriage, which contained a
number of passengers, to dash with great force against
a block of wood at the terminus. Nearly all the pas-
sengers received injuries more or less ; some had their
teeth knocked out, and others were much bruised. The
platform was injured by the concussion. The men were
immediately suspended, and some inquiry, it is under-
stood, will be immediately instituted by the directors.
NEw BOMBAY RAILWAY.- - A prospectus has been
issued of a new Bombay railway, to be called the Bom-
bay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company, with
a capital of 4,500,0001., in 201. shares. The principal
object of the company is to connect Bombay with Agra,
so as ultimately to form a junction with the Bengal line,
and thus open up an uninterrupted route from Bombay
to Calcutta, but it is also proposed to construct a line
from Surat into the cotton districts of Candeish and
Berar and the coal districts of the Nerbudda. The main
features of the scheme having been approved by the
Governor-General, the India-house, it is stated, have
authorised the company to make the requisite surveys,
and have guaranteed the expenses that may be incurred
for that purpose. Meanwhile an arrangement is hoped
to be effected by the company for obtaining a conces-
sion for the line with a secured rate of interest on the
total outlay.

STRONG 3fINDED WOMEN.--The French Scientific Con-
gress opened at Arras yesterday. On Saturday last 108
persons, among whom were two ladies, Mmes. Fanny
Desnoix and Phillipe Lemaitre, inscribed their names to
take part in the proceedings.
CANARY ISLANDS.—lntelligence from the Canary
Islands to the 6th states that the vines were dreadfully
ravaged there by disease. The cochineal crop was also
expected to be a deacient one.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS

FRANCE.

There was no intelligence of any inmportance
received in Paris yesterday about the Turkish
question.

The Government candidates for the vacant seats
in the Legislative Corps at the elections which are
fixed for the 4th September, are, for the depart-
ment of the Aveyrou, M. Auguste Chevalier ;
Cotes du Nord, M. Champagny de Cadore ;
Ille-
et-Vilains, M. de la Guistiere ; Nord, M. Godard
Desmarets ; Vendee, General Lebreton ; Yonne,
M. Ornano ; and Loiret, M. Nogent St. Laurent.
M. Auguste Chevalier was Secretary of the Presi-
dence to Louis Napoleon ; and General. Lebreton
was one of the Questors of the Constituent Assem-
bly till June, 1848, when he resigned in conse-
quence of being interfered with in the command
of the military force for the protection of the
Chamber.

The opening of the canal from the Marne to the
Rhine has been fixed by Government for the
Ist of September next. From that day a complete
, service will be established by water between Paris
and Strasburg.
Another thunderstorm passed over Paris yester-
day, about 3 o'clock. It did not last so long as
on Sunday, but it was quite as violent ; the flashes
of lightning were most vivid, and the rain rushed
down for some time in torrents. It cleared up
about four o'clock. The wind hal been blowing
strong during the early part of the day.
The Pilote de la Somme states that the storm of
Sunday was felt with great violence at Abbeville.
The thunder and lightning were terrific, and the
streets were in a few minutes completely inun-
dated. Between Vauchelles and Abbeville hail-
stones fell as large as eggs, but fortunately, the
harvest having been all carried, no mischief has
been done. The storm was also severely felt in
the adjoining communes, and some pieces of ice as
hard as iron and weighing nearly a pound and a
half were picked up. Several roofs of houses were
injured, and several pieces of the ice passed com-
pletely through the zinc roofs.
The receipts of the Paris and Orleans Railway
Company, with its extensions, for the week ending
the 20th August, amount to 897,048 f., being an
increase of 299,329 f. as compared with the corre-
sponding week of last year.
Private letters from Bayonne of the 23d are full
of accounts of the bull fights, which seem to be
now quite as popular in that part of the country
as in Spain itself. Crowds of people of all classes,
high and low, peasant and noble, from the Basque
country, the mountains of Navarre, Guipuzcoa,
and Biscay, poured into the town on Saturday,
Sunday, and Monday last, to witness the first
appearance in France of the famous toreador
Cuchares and his band of bull fighters. The mul-
titude increased to such a pitch that there was no
longer any lodging to be found, and people had to
return to St. Jean de Luz, Cambo, Biarritz, and
the surrounding villages, merely to obtain a night's
lodging, while hundreds bivouacked in the open
fields. Hundreds of Spanish ladies, all dressed in
their national costume, on foot or in carriages,
thronged to the great rendezvous, the Plaza de Toros.
On Sunday next there is to be another spectacle of
the same kind, but with the additional and novel
accompaniment of black bull fighters, who were
imported, it is said, from the Ha vann.ah, and great
sport is expected. Bayonne and St. Esprit seem
to be turned into Spanish towns; nobody thinks of
politics or of business, and the private letters of the
gravest persons are all about the bull fights, which
would now appear, after this second essay, to have
taken permanent root in that part of France.
The Bourse was rather more firm yesterday than
Thursday, without much business doing. The
Three per Cents. opened at 80f., and rose to 80f.
300., at which they closed for the end of the month,
in the absence of all political news to influence the
market. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed
at 105 f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,285 f. ;
' Rouen, 1,090 f. ; Havre, 515 f. • Great Northern,
900 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 985 f. ; Paris and
Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 828 f.
75c. ; Western of France, 750 f. ; Bordeaux and
Cette, 647 f. 50c. • Great Central, 560 f. ; Lyons to
Geneva, 565 f. • Sardinian Victor Emmanuel, 502 f.
50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 890 f.