The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-18 00:00:00

STEAMERS FOR THE CRIMEA.

LIVERPOOL, Friday.—The agents for the British and
North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Company,
Messrs. D. and C. M'lver, received a telegraphic de-
spatch from the Admiralty this morning, announcing
that Government required the services of the steam-ship
Niagara, expected from Boston on Sunday, for the con-
veyance of troops to the Crimea. Owing to the arrange•
went an interruption in the mail service to America will
take place, and the usual mails will not be forwarded on.
the 25th inst., but will be delayed until the 2Qth inst., and
I will be despatched in the United mail steam-ship Pacific
on that day for Vow York. The Niagara was Nos
first vessel which sailed from this port in the early
part of the year with troops for the East. The Canadian
steamer Charity is at present fitting up for the convey-
ance of troops in Birkenhead Dock. Notices are posted
in the Exchange and Underwriters' Rooms requiring
tenders immediately for steamers to convey troops.
Soul-Ram?Tox, Friday.—The Tamar (paddle), belong-
ing to the Royal Mail Company, has been chartered by
Government for the conveyance of troops. She returned
yesterday with the West India and Pacific mails, and
will be got ready for sea as quickly as possible. The
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nubia,
which is expected to arrive on Monday from Alexandria,
will sail on Wednesday under a similar contract. Each
of these fine steamers can with ease convey 1,200 in-
fantry to the Crimea, and they are to carry 16 horses
each for officers. It is expected, however, that about
4,000 troops will be sent on board them. Captain
Eagledue, the able naval superintendent of the company,
leaves London for Toulon this morning, to ensure the
best arrangements for the embarkation of the soldiers.

THE LATE' GENERALS CATHCART AND

STRANGIVAYS.

War is in all things hazardous, capricious, and cruel,
disappointing expectations, shifting the scene, varying
the parts, and changing the fortunes. In no point does
it battle the fond expectations of man so much as in its
choice of victims. It is proverbial that the best are
taken the first, and that those great souls which we
' vainly count upon as an enduring property feet first to
their home in the skies. This has been so in a thousand

lingering strifes between faction and faction, between
people and people ; yet again we choose our favourite
from the crowd, and in our forward thoughts picture
him the hero of many a future field—perhaps as the very
man whose fresh powers and unexhaustcd fortunes are
to preside over the last victorious hour. It was but the
other day that Cathcart returned from the Cape, where
he had brought a difficult war to a wise and honourable
concluson, to assume the high post ofAdjutant-General.
His claims had been warmly contested, on some grounds
or other, but the result showed that he was the last man
to care for office, when he could serve his country in the
field. Others thought it a waste of power that a
man fit for the first command should go out merely
as General of a Division. However, on .hs re-

turn to England, he went out straight to the Black
Sea, and landed in the Crimea in the same tattered
uniform that he had worn through the Caffre
war. Everybody looked upon hint as the man
who, being only a year or two over sixty, and possess-
ing all the activity, genius, and endurance of youth,
might some day have the command-in-chief. In his
youth he had served on the staff at Leipsic and most of
the great battles at the conclusion of the war. He had
been at Waterloo, he had contributed materially to put
down the Canadian rebellion, and had wound up the
Caffre war. He was that rare and precious character in
the British service—a soldier devoted to the science and
experienced in the practice of his profession. There was
nothing that might not be expected from him, and, with
such as he to fall back on, there was no fear that the
army would ever be at a loss for commanders. He now
lies, one of thousands, slain by a chance bullet in the
tempest of war. Oae other of the three Generals slain
we cannot help recurring to again. About a meek ago
we chanced to insert separately a record of the services
of General Stran4ways. This is seldom done, except on
the occasion of an appointment or alter death, and some
of our readers concluded from its appearance that the
subject of it had fallen in the war. As it happened be
had fallen, and the accidental publication of his services
in that form was but the shadow of an event then past,
but not yet known in this country. Certainly we little
dreamtleading aWdhievnisiwone
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SPIRITED CONDUCT OF MR. W. N. TV.
lIETVETT, ACTING MATE OF THE BEAGLE.

(Copy.)

No. 548. Britannia, off the Katcha, Nev. 1, 1854.
Sir,-- I have much glean tre in transmitting for tke in-
ferrsatien and favourable consideration of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, the accompanying et"e
tract of a letter I have received from Captain Lushing-
ton, in command of the naval brigade, employed is the
siege operations before Sebastopol.
Mr. Hewett, of whom Captain Lushington reports CO
highly, has been actively serving on shore since the 4th
of October, with the guns, &c., landed from the Beagle.
—I have the honour to be, sir, your olsed_intt senrar.t,
(Signed) J. W. D. DIINDA.S, roe-Admiro.l.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

Admiralty, Nev. 7, 1854.
As a mark of their approbation of the gallant conduct
of Mr. Hewett, the Lerds of the Admiralty hay* pro.
moted that officer to the rank of lieutenant, dating his
commission the day on which ke showed se worthy an

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of this com-
pany, arising out of the scrutiny into the votes recorded
for Mr. Willcox and Mr. Snell at the general meeting in
August last, was held yesterday at the offices of the
company, York-road-
Mr. CHAPLIN, M.P., the chairman of the company, in
opening the proceedings, said—This meeting, I need
scarcely remind you, is an adjournment from the 3d
October, which day had been fixed for the declaration of
the poll on the contested election for a seat in the direc-
tion, On that day I was obliged to state my inability
to make any such declaration, and I briefly gave you my
reasons. They were much to the following effect :
That in consequence principally of communications made
to the meeting by Mr. Saintabury, and statements in
reply to Mr. Snell, which to some extent confirmedthe what
Mr. Saintsbury had reported, a scrutiny was on the
Sept.l6th
August last directed by you. That on the 19t I
sat accordingly, to go into it, with the lion. Mr. Den-
man as my assessor, when Mr. Snell appeared with his
solicitorand two counsel, and Mr. Willcox was also repre-
That Jr. Snell, after consulting with
sented by counsel.
his law advisers, who at first declined to allow him to
give any explanation, agreed to give evidence and expla-
nation to us, it being conditioned on his part that he
should have two days to prepare himself. That on the
22d of September we met again to hear him, but could
not proceed on account of Lord Denman's death, and
accordingly adjourned to the 29th of September. That
on the 29th, Mr. Snell, to our surprise, wholly declined
to give any explanation, and Mr. Wilcox's counsel
thereupon withdrew from the scrutiny. I then (that is
to say, at the 3d of October meeting) added that in this
state of circumstances I did not feel myself able to say
more than that in my mind the whole business was in
so unsettled and unsatisfactory a state that I could not
declare any results. I have now only to say that
matters remain, and that my mind remains, in the same
state, and I can make no declaration which would be
satisfactory to me or to you. Neither can I take any
blame to myself that things are in this state. Mr. Snell,
by the mouth of Mr. Petersdorff, the last time I sat
with my assessor, on the 29th September, said that
although he would not then explain he would at the
first meeting of the shareholders challenge investigation,
and submit his conduct to some fair and just tribunal,
and' abide the result. On the 3d of October, which
was such first meeting, Mr. Snell said net a word, but
we had 'the pleasure of bearing Mr. Maynard in his
stead, and I was surprised that we heard ne more in re-
demption of what Mr. Peterolorff had said. You will
recollect that an adjournment sine die was then moved,
and that it was altered to an adjournment to this day, prin-
cipally at my suggestion, for I thought Mr. Snell might
still come forward and explain matters. I waited a fort-
night, and hearing nothing from him, I wrote to him,
expressing my readiness, on the receipt of a short notice,
to resume the business. A. correspondence followed, with
the details of which I do not trouble you ; but the re-
sult was that Mr. Snell declined any further explanation
to me, and insisted that I had nothing to do but to de-
clare him elected. I should perhaps mention that in the
course of it Mr. Snell again makes allusion to some other
tribunal as the proper one to settle the pending ques-
tion ; but this I only mention, in order that I may add
that to agree upon any other tribunal is for you and for
him, and certainly not for me, and so I have told Mr.
Snell before. I must next inform you that on Saturday
last I had a further letter from Mr. Snell, stating that
if I shall not to-day declare the poll, proceedings (at law,
I suppose) will be adopted to enforce such declaration.
Now really, gentlemen, I feel in no situation to make
any declaration to you, and I believe I never can do so
whilst the grave matters in part brought under our no-
tice on the 16th of August, and which Mr. Snell then
and often since has undertaken to explain, remain in
their present state. And, having thus declared my opi-
nion and my intention, I must there leave the matter.
Mr. MAYNARD said that the chairman had either en-
tirely forgotten or mistaken the conversation which
took place at the meeting to which he bad alluded.
What he (Mr. Maynard) said on that occasion was that
Mr. Snell courted investigation, and that although he (Mr.
Maynard) gave some explanation himself, he begged it
might not be received as a full explanation. He also
said, and now repeated, that it was not right to mix up
two questions which had no connection with each other.
The declaration of the poll was a mere computation of
arithmetic, and the chairman was bound to report the
result. The question of Mr. Snell's conduct bad no
affinity to the state of the poll, and was a matter to be
investigated by a different tribunal.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that he thought the tribunal
which had been appointed was a very proper one.
Mr. MAYNARD —Oh, dear, no.

The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Petersdorff, the counsel
for Mr. Snell, promised that Mr. Snell should give an
explanation at a future meeting.
Mr. MAYNARD was not aware of that fact.
A. DIRECTOR said that on the 19th September Mr.
Petersdorff said that Mr. Snell would be desirous to
submit all the documents and papers before Mr. Deni-
son, on which he relied, to the next meeting.
Mr. Rows said that if Mr. Snell, instead of appearing
by his legal adviser, would produce the papers which
Mr. Petersdorff had promised should be produced, he
(Mr. Rowe) should have great pleasure in at once pro-
posing that Mr. Snell do take his seat at the board.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MAYNARD inquired if Mr. Rowe would refuse the
papers which he wished Mr. Snell to produce 1
Mr. Rowx--The papers which Mr. Petersdorff said
Mr. Snell was ready to produce ? If these papers con-
tained a written authority to that gentleman to sign the
names of certain parties, that would be quite sufficient.
Mr. PUNCHER said the matter rested with the two
scrntineers. Mr. Saintsbury, the scrutineer appointed
on behalf of Mr. Willcox, could give a reason why he re-
jected certain proties which had been tendered by Mr.
Snell. He (Mr. Puncher) had rejected certain votes
tendered for by Mr. Willcox, and was satisfied to give a
reason for so doing. The mischief which had arisen
arose from the circumstance of Mr. Saintsbury not hav-
ing gone through the votes.
Mr. TITS said there was no motion before the meet-
ing, and the whole discussion was very irregular. He
thought the gentleman who gave a notice of motion at
the last meeting ought now to be called upon to proceed
with it.

SAINTSBURY was astonished to hear an intimation
that Mr. Snell did not undertake to explain his conduct
to a meeting of the proprietors. Every opportunity had
been afforded him of so doing. When he (Mr. Saints-
bury) gave notice of his motion at a former meeting, he
felt fully warranted in so doing by the circumstances of
the case. As a scrutineer he did not consider it his duty
to ascertain so much the number of votes which were
bad as the number of votes which were good, and he
had found it quite out of his power to ascertain what
portion of Mr. Snell's votes were bona fide votes. As
he considered the latter part of his notice of motion,
which related to the seating of Mr. Willcox at the
board, somewhat irrelevant, it was not his intention to
bring it forward on the present occasion.
A PROPRIETOR inquired whether the chairman had
merely expressed his own individual opinion, or whether
it was the opinion of the board ?
The CHAIRMAN said he had taken care to ascertain
the sentiments of his colleagues, and they had been with
him throughout. Their decision was unanimous. He
considered that he had quite done with the matter. -Until
the objection which had been pointed out with respect
to the fourteen or fifteen votes should be explained, no
man could say what was the case with regard to many
others. He had gone through the proxies. There were
800 or 900 votes which were irregular. Without those
explanations which he had personally invited, he should
not consider himself justified in declaring Mr. Snell to
be duly elected.
A, PROPRIETOR inquired if the chairman intended to
adjourn the meeting sine die?
The CHAIRMAN said he should do nothing at all. He
would leave the matter in the hands of the shareholders,
and could proceed in it no further.
Mr. BEATTIB said if Mr. Snell declined to offer any
explanation, he would move that the meeting be ad-
journed sine die.
Mr. TITR.—I think the sooner we leave the room the
better. (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN.—I did not like to be rude enough to
tell you so. (Laughter.)
Mr. CASTLEMAIN said he thought the hoard had exer-
cised a very wise discretion in not declaring the poll ; but
he thought the meeting ought to express an opinion on
the matter, and would therefore move, " That this meet-
ing request the chairman to declare that the late elec-
tion is a void election, and that if, previous to the next
general meeting, Mr. Snell does not take legal proceed-
ings to support his election, the shareholders shall then
proceed to fill up the vacancy at the board." (Hear.)
Mr. FFOOKS seconded the motion.
A PROPRIETOR moved as an amendment, "That all
matters concerning Mr. Snell be left to the board of
directors to deal with as they may think fit."
After a short discussion, the motion and amendment
were withdrawn.
Mr. lines expressed his regret that Mr. Snell did not
at once remove the imputations which had been cast
Upon his character, instead of appearing by his profes-
sional adviser.
Mr. Shitu. begged to say, without reference to the
state of the poll,' which he contended ought to be de-
clared in his fa
that he would leave
in a regular and proper manner,
any gentleman ofv ethe other matter to the decision of
high standing not connected with
the company whose name
might be agreed upon by the
meeting.
Mr. Tres did not think the meeting bad anything to
do with tbat.
Mr. MAYNARD entertainedva:chall
eluite a different opinion.
When a gentleman
ed to justify his
conduct offered to do ao, it was
noetn fair to say the meet-
ing bad nothing to do with the matter
Ma:rquis of Chandos
Mr. HALL suggested that the
a
should be applied to to determine the
matter.
o
Mr. SNELL said that he was quite ready to er.
submit t)
(Hear.
the decision of the chairman of the London and North
Western Company. (Hear.)
Mr. Rows said the point would then arise, What was
the question to be submitted to the noble marquis 7
Mr. MAYNARD said the question to be submitted to
the Marquis of Chandos would be, that which Mr. Snell
refused to submit to the assessors. Mr. Snell could not
decide what the question would be. If there was any
charge against Mr. Snell affecting his personal character,
he was willing to let the noble marquis decide whether
it was made out or not.
Mr. MANGLES understood the question for considera-
tion was the conduct of Mr. Snell with regard to certain
proxies, and whether it was such as to entitle him to
take-his seat at the board.
Mr. MAYNARD believed the question to be this—
whether, in connection with the recent election, Mr.
Snell had done anything affecting his personal charaoter.
If the Marquis of Chandos should undertake the re-
ference, ant should decide that Ur, $12.11 14ad not duo

anything affecting his personal character, of course the
declaration would be in his favour. If the declaration
should be otherwise, Mr. Snell would undertake to with-
draw, whether elected or not elected.
A PROPRIETOR remarked that if Mr. Snell should
withdraw, he supposed Mr. Willcox would be elected.
Mr. MAYNARD said that was a question with which
he should not presume to deal. What he understood
was that, if the decision should be against Mr. Snell, he
would withdraw. (Hear, hear.)
It was eventually arranged that an application should
be made to the Marquis of Chandos, but no formal re-
solution was adopted, and the meeting then adjourned
to that day four weeks.

RHYMNEY.
This company is about to make some important ex-
tensions of its railway connexion. Branches are to be
made to Caerphilly and at Cardiff from the Taff Vale
Railway to the Bute Docks ; also an extension to com-
municate wi;h the Newport, Abergavenny, and •Here-
ford line.