The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-12 00:00:00

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND.

The report of the directors of this company states, tha
they have called 'an extraardinary meeting of the share-
holders for the 7th of October, to bring under their notice
the arrears of calls which exist on certain of the original
or postponed shares of the company. Calls to the amount
of 4/. per share had been responded to by the holders of
15,440 postponed shares, of which 14,376 were trans-
ferred to persons who have not since paid the remaining
calls, and who, it is believed, have no means of doing so.
Persons who have come forward with offers to purchase
these 14,376 shares at a discount not exceeding 30s. per
share, and have proposed at once to pay up the remain-
ing calls by anticipation. The directors recommend the
shareholders to confirm the forfeiture of these shares, and
that they be allotted to the proprietors of shares whose
calls are not in arrear, in the proportion of one for-
feited share to every two shares held by the proprietors,
For each forfeited postponed share of 101. the purchase
price is to be Si., of which 41. is in anticipation of calls,
and to be in full of the price of each of the shares. The
purchasers are to be entitled to interest at the rate of
5 per cent. per annum on the 4/. paid in anticipation of
calls, such interest to date from the payment of the pur-
chase price, and to continue until the line is open for
traffic from Kittybrewster, near Aberdeen, to Huntly'
when the forfeited shares will rank along with the other
postponed shares. Such of the forfeited shares as may
not be taken up by the shareholders are to be sold or
disposed of at the discretion of the directors, at a dis-
count to the railway company not exceeding 30s. per
share. The works on the line are being proceeded with,
and it is confidently believed that the 40 miles com-
mencing near Aberdeen will be open for traffic by Mid-
summer, 1854.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER

In reply to a correspondence with Sir AV. Johnston,
who states it had been circulated in Edinburgh that the
directors of the London and North-Western never had
made any serious offer for this line, Mr. Stewart, the
secretary of the former company, states that the views
of his directors have not undergone any change ; that
they are prepared to adhere to and carry out their en-
gagements to the full with. the Shrewsbury and Chester,
and that they will unite in the introduction, in the en-
suing session, of a bill to confirm the arrangement b
which the Shrewsbury and Chester is to be secured a dr-
vidend of 41 per cent.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER-
HAMPTON.

The inhabitants of Chipping Norton are making a
movement for a branch line from their town to this line.

CHARD.
Active steps are being taken to carry the act of the
last session for the construction of this lino into effect.
Two previous acts were passed, authorising the forma-
tion of the Chard Railway, one in 1846 and another in
1847, and the bill recently enacted revives and amends
the powers of the former acts, and authorises the exten-
sion of the railway to Taunton. It is expected that the
important district through which the Chard Railway is
to pass will furnish a remunerative return. The works
between Chard and Taunton will shortly commence, and
the company are pledged to complete the line in three
years, or forfeit 1,8751. to the consolidated fund.

THE HEAD SCHOOLMASTER IN PORTSMOUTH DOCK-
YARD.—Mr. Rawson, the head master of the school for
Royal Naval Shipwright Apprentices, in Portsmouth
dockyard, who has been appointed the successor of Dr.
Woolley in directing the mathematical stmlies of the
school of mathematics and naval construction, is well
known in Manchester by his mathematical attainments.
He is entirely a self-taught man, and worked in a
coalpit, as a common collier, till he was nearly 30 years
of age. He subsequently gave instructions in mathema-
tics in Manchester ; taught himself French, in order to
be able to read "Le Mecanique Celeste" of Laplace,
the works of Lagrange, Poisson, and other French as-
tronomers and mathematicians ; i
and at the same time
extended his own original inquiries nto the higher and
more abstruse regions of mathematical science. In
January, 1845, he was elected an honorary member of
the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society -
whose memoirs he enriched by several elaborate mathe:
matical papers. Mr. Rawson left Manchester a few
years ago, to take charge of the school for royal naval
shipwright apprentices in Portsmouth dockyard, from
which position lie has been advanced to the higher post
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tan DAr —'Morning 28 min. after 8 I Evening 12 min.aft. 9
To-Dl,aaoir —Horning 58 min, after 9 1 Evening 48 min.aft. 10