The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-19 00:00:00

For the Amendment,

Proxies
Present

.13,911

. 12,089
. 1,825
--13,914

Majority in favour of the
amendment 3
This statement was received with cheers from a great
portion of those present.
The CHAIRMAN intimated that as there was a majority
against the scheme, the directors intended, during the
interval between now and the general meeting in Feb-
ruary next, to consider what course they should pursue,
bearing in min.l in whatever they did the best interests
of the company. (Hear, hear, and cries of "Oh.")
Mr. HENDERSON then moved an amendment, to the
effect—That this company having last year, and on the
present occasion, decided against the policy of making
extension lines at the company's expense, and distrusting
the present weak and divided state of the management,
deem it expedient to reconstruct a direction in a manner
best calculated to give effect to such policy, and to pre-
vent any future attempts, on the part of the directors,
to revive schemes that have proved so very prejudicial
to the interests of the proprietors. (Cheers.)

. .
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been called for a
specific Object—the declaration of the poll—and as no-
thing irrelevant to that object could be brought under
discussion, it was out of order to submit such a resolu-
tion as this to the meeting. He therefore declined
to put the resolution from the chair, feeling
that it was incompetent for him to do so. An in-
describable scene of confusion here ensued, Mr.
Sergeant Gazelee and several proprietors gesticulating
and shouting at the top of their voice in defiance of
the directors, and totally disregarding the attempts of
the chairman to preserve something like order. Finding
it impossible to convince the proprietors of the impro-
priety of bringing such a resolution before the meeting
without due notice, he at last declared as there was no
more business to transact the meeting was dissolved ;
whereupon he and all the other directors, with the ex-
ception of Mr. Sergeant Gazelee and Mr. Mortimer, the
dissentients, vacated their seats, followed by the Ser-
geant and a considerable number of proprietors.
Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE then took the chair amidst the
cheering of his supporters. He said he considered that
the chairman had acted illegally, and that it was his in-
tention to proceed with the business which he had left
undone.

The resolution of Mr. Henderson was then, after same
verbal alterations, put to the vote, and, of course, car-
ried unanimously.
Another resolution was passed, on the suggestio n of
Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE, to the effect that a printed list
of the poll should be printed and sold to the pro-
prietors at one shilling a copy, in order that it
might be ascertained who had voted for and against the
extension ; and, also, on calling on the directors to sum-
mon another special meeting at an early period, with the
view of finally settling the question as to the extension
of the line and the general policy of the directors.
The proceedings terminated with a proposition for col-
lecting a fund for defraying the expense incurred by the
gentlemen who had got up the agitation against the
directors.

DECEASE OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, K.G.

We regret to announce the death of the Duke of
Beaufort, who expired somewhat suddenly at a quarter-
past two o'clock p.m. on Thursday last, at Bodininton-
house, the ancient family seat in Glocestershire, to the
deep grief of the Duchess, and the Ladies Somerset,
who were present at his dissolution. His Grace was
taken seriously ill on Wednesday, so as to create the
greatest alarm, as it was said that gout, from which the
noble Duke had been a great sufferer, had at length
flown to the stomach. Intelligence was immediately
forwarded to the Marquis of Worcester, doing duty with
his regiment at Edinburgh, but he was unable to reach
Badminton before his father's decease. The deceasd
Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort, Marquis and Earl
of 'Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, Viscount Grosment,
Baron of Bottetourt and Baron Herbert (both by writ),
Baron Herbert of Ragland, Chepstow, and Gower, and
Baron Beaufort, of Caldicot-castle, in the peerage of
England, was eldest son of Henry Charles, 6th duke, by
Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson, sth daughter of Gran-
ville, Ist Marquis of Stafford, and was born the sth of
February, 1792. The late Duke served on the staff of
the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular
war, and it was while so employed that he was taken
prisoner by the French army commanded by Marshal
Soult, but remained captive only a few months. The Duke
soon after the attainment of his majority, was returned
to the House of Commons for the family borough of
Monmouth, which he sat for in several successive Parlia-
ments up to 1835, when he was elected for West Gloces-
tershire, in conjunction with the Hon. G. C. Berkeley
and Mr. R. B. Hale. He did not long enjoy that
honour, for, in the month of November the same year
his father died, and he consequently succeeded to the
dukedom. In the house of Commons, as in the Lords,
the Duke was a zealous supporter of high Conservative
principles, but he was more famous iu fashionable and
sporting circles than in the arena of politics. The late
Sir Robert Peel, soon after his coming into office in 1841,
recommended his Grace to her Majesty for the second
garter that became vacant, and his Grace was invested
with that distinguished honour by his Sovereign at the
same chapter at which the Duke of Buckingham and the
Marquis of Salisbury were invested in 1842. The
Duke was Colonel-Commander of the Glocestershire
Yeomanry Cavalry, to which he was appointed in April,
1834, and was High Steward of Bristol. The late
Duke was twice married—first, July 25, 1814, to
Georgiana 6 Frederica, second daughter of the Hon.
Henry Fitzroy, who died May 11, 1821 ; and secondly,
June 29, 1822, to Emily Frances, only daughter of the
late Mr. Charles Culling Smith and Lady Anne (only
sister of the late Duke of Wellington), and half-sister of
his first wife, by whom, who survives him, he leaves an
only son, the Marquis of Worcester, and several
daughters, and a daughter by his first marriage, Lady
Georgiana Codrington, wife of Sir W. C. Codrington,
M.P. The Marquis of Worcester, now Duke of Beau-
fort) having succeeded to the family honours by the de-
mise of his father, a vacancy occurs in the representa-
tion of East Glocester, in the House of Commons. The
present Duke was born February 1, 1824, and married
July 3, 1845, Lady Georgiana Curzon, eldest daughter
of Earl Howe, by whom he has a y ,uthful family.
A morning contemporary the (Morning Herald) thus
speaks of the character of the late Duke :—" Descended
from a long line of Royal and noble ancestors, in every
act of his life he proved himself worthy of his high lineage.
We believe few men ever died who will be more sin-
cerely and heartily regretted than his grace by a large
family, by hosts of friends in society, by all the gentry
of the West of England, and by the ancient tenantry on
his vast estates. Never was a man more beloved by all
classes of the community ; a prince of Plantagenet blood,
and a prince in nature—amiable, generous, all heart and
feeling, hospitable almost to excess, and lavish to the
poor. Confessedly he was the "first gentleman of his
day," bland and gay in his manners, courteous and well-
bred in every movement—at once you saw the ducal
Somerset. When only 20 years old, though the eldest
son of a duke and heir to a magnificent fortune,
the youthful Marquis of Worcester joined the army
in the Peninsula, was present at several of the great
actions, both as an officer of Hussars and as aide-de-camp
to Wellington ; he distinguished himself as every Somer-
set for ages has done, "with the hereditary courage of
his gallant race." For many years his grace was a
member of the House of Commons and of the House of
Peers. Steadfast, unchangeable, uncompromising in
his political principles, he was a resolute Conservative ;
devoted to the Crown and Church ; true as his sword,
he lived and died an honest politician, admired by his
party and respected by his opponents."

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

The Patric of yesterday announces that the
Turks, being retarded in their advance on Bucharest
by the inundation of the Danube, have decided on
arresting their onward movement. After having
destroyed the quarantine building and the works
at Oltenitza, they have repassed the Danube with-
out being molested by the enemy.
The Turks still occupy the islands opposite
Giurgevo and Oltenitza. The Russians are firm in
Krajova.
The Russian Minister at Vienna has received the
following telegraphic message from Prince Gort-
schakoff, dated Bucharest, the 13th inst. :

" At the moment when measures were about to
he executed against the establishment of the Turks
on the left bank of the river, opposite Turtukai,
they evacuated their position and retired to the
right bank, keeping possession only of an island
which lies between the two banks."

The despatches received by the Austrian Govern-
ment confirm the above, adding that the Turks
had retired from their position at Kararasalz, and
from that which they occupied opposite Giurgevo.
General Osten-Sacken's advanced guard had
passed the Pruth, and he was expected at Bucha-
rest on the 20th.

The British vessels Vengeance and Albion, and
the French vessels Jupiter and Henri IV., and
eight steam-frigates, are at Beikos, close to the
entrance into the Black Sea. The Ottoman naval
division which is to cruise in those waters consists
of four frigates, two' steamers, three corvettes, and
two brigs. The vessel Mujeddetie and two fri-
gates have lately joined the squadron.
The Porte has refused to grant the exequatur to
the Consul-General appointed by Austria for the
Danubian Principalities.
260 vessels loaded with corn passed by Constan-
tinople in the period from the 18th of October to
the Ist of November. They came from the Black
Sea.

The enthusiasm of the Turks at Constantinople
was at its height at the fortunate commencement of
the campaign which has just opened, and that the
Sultan must have been convinced of the fact by
the transports of joy with which the people hailed
his presence on the 4th, on his way to the mosque.
A Turkish poet, Halis-Effendi, has just composed
a national hymn, in the manner of the Alarseillaise,
which has been set to music, and it is popular with
men, women, and children.

A letter from Vienna, of the 13th, says :
Prince Gortscliakoff has, within the last few days,
received formal orders to commence and continue
hostilities. The loss of the Russians near Oltenitza
is larger than was at first supposed. There were
not 600 killed and wounded, but 1,100. The num-
ber of killed alone was 500. It has been remarked
here that Arif-Effendi, the Turkish ambassador,
was in grand costume when he went to pay a visit
to Prince Stirbey.. A letter from Malta says that
Lord Redcliffe has demanded that all the troops of
that garrison that can be disposed of shall be sent
to the fleet.

Accounts from Bucharest of the 9th are to this
effect :—For three days past we have heard the
report of cannon. The Russian head-quarters are
at Butestchti, where there are only 35,000 men. Bu-
testchti is situated on the confluent of the rivers
Argis and Dembivitza, on the road from Oltenitza to
Bucharest. If the battle has taken place at
Butestchti, the Turks must have advanced 14
leagues from Oltenitza. A letter from Vienna
states :that General Prim 'commands a portion
of the army in Wallachia until the arrival of
General Klapka. We have already given the bul-
letin of Prince Gortschakoff relative to the affair
of Oltenitza, and in which he boasts of a success in
forcing the Turks to remain in their intrenchments,
when the only object of his attack was to drive
them out of them. The Cronstadt Gazette of the
7th is less modest than Prince Gortschakoff. It
states that the Turks were defeated, and that the
Russians remained masters of the field of battle.

From Constantinople we learn that 3,000 Druses
and 3,000 Maronites have offered their services to
the Porte to march against the Russians.
The Jv ew Munich Gazette, under date of Athens
4, says that a Greek vessel entered the port of the
Pincus on the Ist, the captain of which announced
that he had witnessed a naval combat between the
Turks and Russians near Keli. Two Egyptian
vessels are said to have been sunk and a third was
towed to Constantinople, considerably damaged,
by a Turkish steamer. The captain adds that these
vessels had on board reinforcements from Batoum.
The authorities of the port drew up a minute of
this report, making the captain responsible for its
correctness.

A letter from Warsaw of the 11th states that
nothing is yet known of the departure of Russian
troops from tho north or from Poland for the
south.

A private letter of the sth, from Constantinople,
is as follows :—" That the English and French fleets
will winter here, and that the allied Governments
will not limit themselves to be represented by naval
divisions. It also appears that the fleets will enter
the Black Sea, as a notice from the French Consu-
late has been placarded on the Bourse announeinc,
that the contracts for supplying provisions are to be
effected either at Constantinople, Odessa, or Trebi-
zonde. This has produced a great impression among
the public, which is composed principally of Greeks,
whom we class here as Russians. Yesterday prayers
were offered up in all the religious houses for his
Majesty the Sultan, who henceforth takes the title
of Gazi (the Victorious). The Sultan has ordered
at the Mint 160 decorations of the order of Medue
from the 2d to the sth class. The Porte has re-
fused its exequatur to M. Ainhaudrital, who has
been named Consul-General of Austria for the
Danubian Principalities."
The following is the official notice alluded to in
the foregoing, as published by the French Consu-
late at Constantinople :

" NOTICE.

On Saturday, the 12th November, 1853, at 11 o'clock
in the morning, will be adjudicated the supplies of pro-
visions to be delivered to the French ships of war from
Constantinople to Odessa, on the coast of Europe, and
to Trebizonde, on the coast of Asia, to commence from
the 16th of November, 1853, and during the en tire stay
of the squadron in the Bosphorus and in the Black
Sea."

An imposing ceremony took place at Constanti-
nople on the 3d in the Mosque of Mahomet. The
Scheik-ul-Islam publicly read the fetva, which
gives the Sultan the title of Ghazi—that is, the
victorious warrior. Mehemet Buschi Pasha, Gene-
ral of the Guard, had been appointed to command
the army of reserve assembling at Adrianople. He
was preparing to set out, and was only awaiting
the arrival of General Bosquet and some other
French officers, who are to travel with him. The
appointment of Faud Effendi as political commis
sioner to the army of Omar Pasha was spoken of
at Constantinople. M. de Bruck, the Austrian
Nuncio, is said to have apprised the Porte that the
plan of Prince Gortschakoff is to draw Omar Pasha
into the plains of the Greater Wallachia, and to
give him battle with the 3d and 4th corps, whilst
the sth corps, commanded by Osten-Sacken, should
cut off his retreat o the Danube. This communi-
cation was regarded at Constantinople as a means
employed by Austria to retard hostilities.
The Oest, Correspondenz of the 14th contains the
following telegraphic despatch of the 9th from
Bucharest :

" For some hours the booming of artillery has been
heard, but it is uncertain whether it comes from Olten-
itza or Giurgevo. All the Russian pontoons have been
forwarded from Colentira to Giurgevo. The Rus-
sians, to the number of 7,000 or 8,000 men,
are posted on a rising ground at Trateslhti, (this
should be Frateschi) a place at about two hours distant
(nine English miles) from Giurgevo. On the 9th the
Russian head-quarters were at Budeschti, a place four
hour distant from Bucharest. (The place in question is
four hours distant from Oltenitza and six from Bucha-
rest.) At Oltenitza the Turks have about 17,000 regular
infantry, 3,600 irregular troops, and 4,000 artillerymen.
It is believed that General Prim commands this corps
until the arrival of the Hungarian revolutionary leader
Klapka, who is said to be expected. We have further
credible advices that General Soimonoff, on the 9th,
dislodged the Turks from the island near Giurgevo, of
which they were in possession on the Bth. The Turkish
corps at Kalafat, which is 24,000 strong, is commanded
by Ismail Pasha. The Russians have 35,000 men at
Budeschti. General Budberg is expected at Bucharest."
The Journal de Constantinople, of the 4th, con-
tains the following account of the operations of the
Turkish army in Asia :
"Pn the 28th October, the same day as that on which a
division of the European army crossed the Danube at
Kalafat, the Imperial troops of the army of Asia,
by a happy coincidence, obtained over the Russians
a signal advantage, the news of which arrived
the day before yesterday at the Porte. The most
important details of the affair are these :—ln the
night of the 27th ult. a small division of the
corps d'armee, encamped at Tchourouk Sou, composed
of irregulars and of a battalion of the Imperial Guard,
marched to attack the Russian fort of Chekvetil (St.
Nicholas), situated on the coast of the Biack Sea, and
dc:fendp,l by two battalions of irc.,.14-ry, three companin,
of Cossacks, and by a company of artillery. On the
28th, at break of day, the Imperial troops arrived
before the fort, and suddenly attacked it with so much

resolution and courage, that they took it after a com-
bat of four hours, in spite of the most obstinate resist-
ance. During the attack the Russian troops of a.neigh-
bouring fort came to the assistance of Chekvetil.. The
battalion of the Imperial Guard went to meet, them,
made a single discharge. and then rushed on them with
the bayonet ; they were soon completely routed— In this
combat of four hours, the Russians lost the fort of
Chekvetil, 2,000 muskets (of which 1,500 were ,of the
best quality), 4 guns, and 1,000 men. The lose of the
Turks was not very considerable. The Imperial'. troops
made about one hundred prisoners. Amongst them is
the son of Prince Gouriel. Four of them arrived the
day before yesterday at Constantinople, on boa krd the
Ottoman steamer the Chehper ; and the others. were
embarked on the Taif, which is expected this day
or to-morrow. Selim Pacha, General-in-chief of the
corps d'arnide of Batoum has given the necessary orders
for causing the fort of Chekvetil to be placed in the best
state of defence possible. The corps d'annee of
Tchourouk Sou consists of 8,000 regular soldiers, 6,,.000
redifs, and 10,000 irregulars. The news of the pas sage
of the Danube, and of the taking of the fort of Cheltve-
til, has been received at Constantinople, by the native
population and by the Europeans, with the great est
enthusiasm."

The same journal says :
"On the Ist the Minister of Marine sent two superio.r
officers of the Admiralty to pay his respects to Admiral'.
Dundas, commander-in-chief of the English fleet, and.
VI, s Admiral Hamelin, commander-in-chiefof the French
squadron on their arrival at Constantinople. Vice-Ad—
miral Hamelin went on We,:nesday on board the Mala—
moudie, which is anchored at Buyulipede, to pay a visit
to the Capitan-Pacba. M. de Lacour, Ambassador of
France, presented the Vice-Admiral to the Minister of
Marine, and the Minister received him most courteously.
On their departure from the Admiral's vessel, the Am-
bassador of France was saluted with 19 guns, and the
Vice-Admiral with 17 guns ; and the salute was duly
returned by the French frigate the Mogador, in which
M. Hamelin had arrived at Constantinople. In the
evening the Vice-Admiral left for the squadron on board
the Ajaccio."