The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-06 00:00:00

PRESENTATION. —On Saturday last, Mr. E. Watkin
was presented with a very handsome candelabrum and a
silver tea-pot and stand, by his brother officers of the
London and North-Western Railway Company, on the
occasion of his leaving that line to take the management
of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway.
The presentation took place at the Queen's Hotel of
the Grand Central Station, in New-street, Birmingham,
where an elegant cold collation was provided by Mr.
Scott, the manager of the establishment. Capt. Huish
presided, and amongst the gentlemen present were the
Marquis of Chandos, the chairman ; Mr. Benson, the
deputy chairman ; Mr. Glyn and Mr. T. Smith, directors,
and Mr. C. E. Stewart, the secretary, of the London
and North-Western Company ; Mr. Denison, M.P., the-,
chairman ; Mr. Packe, the deputy chairman ; and Mr.
Seymour Clarke, the general manager, of the Great Nor-
thern Co.; Mr. Ellis, the chairman ; Mr. Beale, the de-
puty chairman ; and Mr. Carbutt and Mr. Hutchinson,
of the Midland; Samuel Thornton, Esq., Dr. Harrison,
and Messrs. H. Edmunds, S. Carter, S. Trevethick, J.
E. M'Connell, T. Norris, W. Robinson, Woodham, H.
Morgan, Mills, Palmer, Perring, Bradshaw, Reay, &c.
The cloth having been withdrawn, and several toasts
given, the chairman in an appropriate address, presented
the testimonial to Mr.Watkin, which was acknowledged
by that gentleman in a suitable reply ; after which the
company retired. —Bi rminyhani, Gazette.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. —The directors of this com-
pany, with a view to give the greatest possible accom-
modation to the public at the lowest remunerative
charges, have not only recently introduced on the line a
greatly superior class of second-class carriages, but have
also made considerable reductions in their tariff, both on
the main and branch lines. We find that double jour-
ney tickets will be henceforth issued at the rate of a fare
and a half ; while the reduction in the price of periodical
tickets must prove a great boon to residents on the line.
On the North Kent Branch the price of day tickets will
henceforth be—to Gravesend and back, first class 35.,
second class 2s. 6d., third class, 29.—a rate much below
what are called parliamentary fares. The periodical
tickets for families resident at Gravesend for the season,
will be granted for any period ranging from one week to
a year. There can be no doubt that if the same princi-
ple is carried out in reference to pleasure trips, the com-
pany will derive greater profits, and the public will ap-
preciate and avail themselves ofr these facilities.
PERTH AND DIINKELD RAILWAY.—The contract for
this line has been let conditionally on the bill obtaining
the sanction of Parliament. The contractors are, it is
stated, the Messrs. Leslie, Oughterton, & Davidson, and
the sum is said to be 50,0001., or little more than 6000/.
per mile. There is only to be a single rail.—Edinburgh
Witness.

HEAVY GALE ON THE EASTERN COAST.

SOUTHEND, June s.—Accounts have reached here of
a serious sacrifice of property, accompanied by loss of
life, having taken place in the vicinity of the Swin during
the boisterous weather of Thursday night and following
day. The wind set in from the north-east, and gradually
increased in violence to a hard gale, with heavy falls of
rain. Indeed, up to Saturday night, the weather off
the coast is reported to have but little moderated.
The colliers are the principal sufferers through getting
on the shoals which abound in this channel eastward,
but the most serious loss which has occurred happened
on the Galloper Sand on Saturday night. The unfor-
tunate ship was a fine Prussian barque, called the
Najade, Captain Michaelis. She was laden with timber
from Memel, and was about- making her way up Channel
for Gloucester, when she struck upon the abovenamed
shoal. She immediately began to beat upon the sand
with considerable fury, and, as her loss appeared cer-
tain, some of the crew proceeded to construct two rafts
as a means of preserving themselves. Suddenly the
barque shifted her position, and, dropping off the sand.
%vent over into deep water. Most of the crew, nine in all,
contrived to save themselves by getting on to the rafts,
but the master, Captain Michaelis, the carpenter, and two
boys are reported to have been drowned. Those on the
rafts, after being buffeted about all night, were fortu-
nately observed by .the Brigham smack Sea Flower,
which picked them lip between five and six o'clock in

the morning, and proceeded with them to Ramsgate,
where they were landed. Since the above was commu-
nicated, we learn that the barque has been fallen in with,
floating bottom upwards, that a tug had got hold of her
and was making probably for Ramsgate, which she will
reached this evening, should the weather continue
favourable.

On the Barrow Sands, four coasters or colliers are said
to have been wrecked during the trying weather of
Friday morning. One of the Wivenhoe smacks, the
Emilie, brought into the Colne on Saturday a fir-built
b6at, bearing no 'liable; and• some stores which were
io -taken-off the vireelt ef 41 .collier,-lest-upon the sands, he,
ft litfshirs being abort-foupaniles,distant... The Am Ck
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further reports- that three othet brigs, apparently I-
Hers, were seen ashore on the shoal. One of these has
been ascertained to be the Juno, bound to London from
the Tyne, the captain of whioh, Mr. Hodgson, and the
crew were preserved by a brig which was passing.
Two other ships are known to have been lost during
the gale, viz., the Stamfordham, Captain de Redder, and
the Lady Anne, from Sunderland ; but providentially
the crews were saved.

Another collier is reported to have been lost, to the
southward of what is known as the Heaps, on Friday
morning, and to have foundered in four or five fathoms.
The boatmen who come in speak of seeing much wreck,
woodwork, floating about. Sevefal ships lost anchors
and chains during the night.
Round the South Foreland the wind is described to
have blown a strong gale, Squally with rain. The captain
and crew of a Norwegian ship, called the Mathilda,
bound to Algiers, from Sunderland, which foundered in
the Channel on Friday, have been landed at Dover.