The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-10 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1849.

CRICKET.
ALL ENGLAND v. MANCHESTER.

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75

The proceedings terminated with a vete of thanks
:o the Chairman.

COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON.

A special meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday at Cockermouth ; Mr. J. W. Fletcher in
the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said the secretary would read the
resolutions they had to sul2mit to the meeting.
Mr. JACOB read the resolutions, which were to the
effect that it was expedient to raise 25,0001. by the
issue of 3,7G1 preference shares of 61. 13s. 4d. each,
with a guarantee of five per cent., the said shares to
be offered, in the first instance, to the holders of the
original shares, and, if declined, to those who might
be induced to take them up ; and authorizing the di-
rectors to borrow 8,3001, on the best terms it could
be obtained.
The CP.%IRMAN said that some of the shareholders
were of opinion that the money might be got for less
than five per cent., hut on the whole the directors
thought it better to offer five per cent. The money
was wanted for the pursose of releasing the directors
from their personal liabilides, entered into on behalf'
of the company.
The Rev. S. SllERWEN'expressed his dissatisfaction
at the conduct of the directors, and the prospects of
the company. They proposed making a branch to
Bridgefoot for the private convenience of a certain
coal proprietor, the chairman of the company. For
his part he would never sanction such an objectionable
measure.

A SHAREHOLDER remarked, that as they were bor-
rowing money at 4 per cent., he thought they ought
not to guarantee more than 41 per cent.
Mr. STEEL said the directors of the Whitehaven
Railway had guaranteed 6 per cent.
The resolutions were then adopted.
Mr. S. SHERWEN and other shareholders made
strong objections to the construction of the branch to
the Chairman's collieries at the expense of the com-
pany. They said if he wanted a branch to his colliery
the least he could do vt as to make it at his own ex-
pense.
The Camamax said it could be made for 2,5001.,
but declined pledging himself to make it for that sum.
Mr. SHERWEN reminded the chairman that the
original estimate for constructing the main line was
80,0001., and for the dividend 8 per cent. per annum,
and said that no confience could be placed in their
estimates.

The CHAIRMAN said he felt satisfied that the
Bridgefoot branch would be worth 10 per cent. to the
main line.

Mr. MORDY thought the branch line ought not to
be proceeded with, unless they had the written con-
sent of the majority of the shareholders.
The CHAIRMAN said that course was unusual, and
therefore he would not pledge himself to adopt it.

Mr. HARRIS said there was no occasion to consult
the shiseholders further than calling a meeting.
After a sharp and personal discussion on the sub-
ject, the meeting separated.

CALEDONIAN.—To-day this company open their
Clydesdale junction line for traffic, connecting it
by the existing railways with Ayreshire and Greenock,
and giving them a terminus on the south side of the
Clyde. The line runs from Hamilton to Glasgow,
and accommodates Rutherglen, Blantyre, and other
places.
EAST LANCASHIRE.-1,000 men are employed with
a view to the completion of this company's line into
Preston.

NAMUR AND LIEGE.—On Saturday the Chairman
of this company, Mr. Andrew Spottiswoode, issued a
reply to the proprietors, who, at the last half-yearly
meeting, in July, passed a resolution requesting him
to retire from the direction. The Chairman, in his
reply, declines to do this, considering it would be a
violation of the trust reposed in him by the Belgian
Goverhment. He states that the terms on which the
larger portion of the loan of 500,0001. has been con-
tracted for en behalf of the company are ruinous to the
shareholders; that the directors, as yet have only
obtained 238,2451.; and that for 207,9771. of the sum
they have given debentures to the amount of 324,5201.,
being a premium of 116,5431., or upwards of 50 per
cent. This, besides the loss of capital, increases the
interest on the money borrowed to 8 per cent. per
annum, and the result, supposing the debentures fill
due at the end of five years, will be, that for the
accommothtion of 326,4071., at 8 per cent., the com-
pany will have to pay a bonus of 179,5931.
WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE.—The
Methley branch of the above line was not opened on
Monday last, as it was announced it would be, in
consequence of some misunderstanding between the
Midland Company and the directors of the other line.

ADMISSION TO A CATHOLIC

CON VENT.

On Saturday two young ladies went through the
ceremony of what is termed " taking the veil," or
entering upon their noviciate, previously to being
professed as nuns, at the new convent of the Good
Shepherd, the second Catholic institution of the kind
in Hammersmith. One of the ladies, says a corre-
spondent, " whose name did not transpire, is from
Guernsey, and entered as a lay-sister. The other,
Miss Ryder, is highly connected, and as we were
informed, is a convert to the Catholic faith. Amongst
the friends who attended to witness her separation from
the world, were the lion. Mrs. S. Murray, the Hon.
Miss Frazer, and the Honourable Miss Methuen.
Her brother and sisters were also present. Being
assembled at one side of the chapel, adjoining the
convent, and the nuns, about twelve in number, being
ranged at the other both facing the altar, the young
ladies proceeded to turn to the threshold of the sanc-
tuary, where prie dieu were prepared for them, and,
kneeling down, a hymn was chaunted by a choir of
girls from the cloisters to the Virgin Mary, whose
nativity the Catholic Church that day celebrated.
The Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman (assisted by the Rev.
Mr. Phillips, chaplain to the convent, the Rev. Mr.
Searle, and the Rev. Mr. Guidez) then said a low
mass, at which the two noviciates and the entire
community received the sacrament, and afterwards,
assuming his episcopal insignia, delivered a lengthened
exhortation to them on the necessity of walking
in the footsteps of the blessed Virgin, who, though
the chosen of God, had to bear a life of trials and
anxieties ending in fearful anguish. But such was
the love 5h.,3 bore her son, that she would rather have
suffered thus with him than have led a life of ease and

happiness without him. So with them, whatever
offices or duties they might have to discharge, what-
ever trials they might encounter by their own frailty,
they must recollect that they were but the humble
handmaids of God, who would sometimes perhaps
withdraw from them even that very consolation they
felt in loving him and receiving him within their
breasts in order that they might love him for His
sake alone, and look to no earthly reward for doing
so. They would nct have such scenes of sorrow and
desolation to weep over as His blessed mother; but
they must not at the same time expect to lead a life
of unruffled tranquillity. They would have to carry
out the commands of God in a manner wholly op-
posed to self-love and the weakness of our nature,
and to yield that obedience to authority which formed

the very essence of the life of the religious state.
The Reverend Prelate's discourse (of which this is
merely the spirit) was followed by prayers special to
the occasion and the blessing of the robes, &c.
The ladies then withdrew to cait aside their
worldly attire—Miss Ryder being dressed as a bride,
with a rich lace veil suspended from her head
(the lay sisters plainly), and returned in the garb of
the order of the Good Shepherd, when they were in-
vested by the Bishop with the veil, as an emblem of
modesty and purity, and to conceal them from the
eyes of the world. They also received from his
hands a rosary to remind them "that they were con-
secrated to the Blessed Virgin." More prayers being
said and hymns sung, they liisscd each of their
" Sisters in Christ," and after bowing before the alt.;
left the sacred edifice.

We lament to have to announce the death of Mr..
Cash, of cholera. He died at Hastings on Wednesday
evening, and is the second of the Brighton directors
swept off' by the prevailing fatal epidemic. Mr. Cash
was the chairman of the late Eastern Counties Court of
Inquiry.

RYDROPRoBIA AT ARDSLEY.—In our last we
(Leeds Mercury) gave exclusively the particulars
of two distressing cases of hydrophobia at the village
of Ardsley, where two promising young men had
been sacrificed to the horrible madness occasioned by
the bite of a dog in a rabid state. We are now
enabled to furnish our readers with the particulars
of the inquest held upon the body of one of them,
Frederick Arundale. The evidence adduced was
that of William Arundale, who deposed that he
was the father of the deceased, who was eighteen
years old. That ten weeks ago he was bitten by a dog
on the upper part of the left arm, and on the fore-
finger of the right hand. The dog afterwards bit
two others before it was destroyed, and one of the par-
ties had died mad a fortnight ago from the effects. His
son did not begin to complain until the previous
Monday ; before which time ho had been quite
well, the wounds having healed. His son was
first seen by two doctors on the Tuesday, who tcld
him they were afraid there was something coming
on from the bite—they wished him to let Mr. Water-
ton try his remedy of the Wourali poison, should
his son be worse. Mr. Waterton bad offered to send to
London for a doctor, at his own expense, to try it, if
witness and his friends were willing. His son was not
agreeable at that time; he got worse, and on Wednesday
Mr. Slatter saw him, but be died on the day following
Sarah Arundale, the mother of deceased, stated that
she went with him several times to a person named
Dixon, a farrier at Wakefield, who told her he could
cure him, and he gave him a red powder to take in some
water and beer, and dressed his wounds until they were
healed. Hi r son was so bad. en the day of his death
that it took from four to six men to hold himn in bed.
Verdict— Deceased died from Hydrophobia.
I'LYMOUTH,
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Adelaide, South Australia. Off Port, Guineaman, Dun-
bar, Africa; Ashley, St, John's, New Briinswick.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING
Six o'CLocic.

Nk.;thing doing.

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HOPES.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)

" Oh bOy.l why scek'st thou with such care,

Those bubbles of the sea ?
Thy touch but frees the prison'd air."—
" I'm gathering hopes," saith he.
" Old man, why in that shatter'd bark
Dost tempt this troubled sea,
Without a compass, rudder, mark?"
" I'm following hope," saith he.

SICKNESS IN THE TOWER.—The battalion of tke
Guards which marched into the Tower from Chichester
on the Ist instant, was in a perfect state of health on
its arrival, but soon afterwards experienced the dele-
terious effects of the water used in the Tower. One
man died on Tuesday, in a few hours, of the cholera,
and seventeen were on the same day taken Into hos-
pital with diseased bowels. The pernicious water, it
seems, does not proceed from any water company,
but is supplied from the Thames by means of forced
pipes, which carry many impurities into the tanks.
In consequence of the cholera having appeared in
the detachment of the 11th Hussars, stationed at
Kensington, the troops were removed on Wednes-
day, by sudden order, and joined the Head-quarters
at Hounslow. The Household Brigade of Cavalry
is performing the dispatch duty until further orders.
Mr. Reid, formerly of the Life Guards, and keeper
of the Cavalry Canteen at the Horse Guards, was
taken suddenly ill yesterday morning (Friday),
at four o'clock, of cholera, and died the same day at
one o'clock.

THE ALLEGED MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER AT
HAMILTON.—The person suspected of having murdered
the gamekeeper Kirby, near Hamilton, on Wed-
nesday night, was apprehended on Thursday
morning. Ho was immediately conveyed to the
Calton Police.effice, where he at orce confessed
that he had been the cause of the unfortunate game-
keeper's death; but alleged that it was purely the
result of accident. He stated that ho had been chal-
lenged by the deceased with poaching on the Duke of
Hamilton's grounds, who, after considerable altercation,
set the dogs with which he was accompanied on him,
by whom ho was torn to the ground, and in the course
of the scuffio his gun accidentally went off, and its
contents were lodged in the deceased's body, killing
him on the spot. He was immediately conveyed
by Thomson in a cab to Hamilton, where he would
be examined by the Sheriff in the course of the
day. In reference to the prisoner's explanation of the
occurrence, e learn that a fact has come out in the
course of the examination of the body of deceased,
with which it can be with difficulty reconciled. It has
been found that instead of the balls having penetrated

lie heart in a vertical direction, as wouTehave been

likely the case if the gun had gone off accidentally in
the course of a set:fl, they have pissed straight
through, thereby leading to the supposition that the
deed must have been the result of design rather than of
accident.—florth British Mail.

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN.--
A female named Lab;.-.lla Stevenson was taken before the
magiitrates of Fenton, Staffordshire, on Friday, on a
charge of attempting to murder her three children, of the
respective ages of seventeen months, three years, and
five years. The prisoner seemed exceedingly dejected.
From the evidence adduced, it appears that the prisoner,
who is the wife of a crotemaker living in the town, on
the pre\ ions day took the three children out for a walk,
and after leading them about for some time, she made
for a place termed Smith's Pool (a large pond), a short
distance from her own house. She then threw the
youngest child head foremost into the pool, and after-
ards laid hold of another one for the purpose of throw-
ing it in, when its screams attracted the attention of Mr.
Superintendent Perry, of the inland navigation, who
hastened to the spot, and, at the risk of his own life,
jumped into the pool, and succeeded in recovering the
drowning child, who was in a very exhausted state, and
preventing the destruction of the other two children.
The woman was taken into custody, and the child taken
cut of the water was attended by a medical gentleman,
who succeeded in restoring suspended animation. The
mother, when placed befiira Mr. Rose, the magistrate,
exhibited urnistakeabl.3 evidence of her mind being in a
disordered state. She was sent to a lunatic asylum.

THE SWELL MOB AND THE DETECTIVES AT
BOULOGNE.—A gentleman applied to the Lord Mayor at
the Mansion ihaLe on Saturday, for his advice relative
to the notorious Joseph Wood, the cab and omnibus
proprietor, now in custody at Boulogne, for stealing a
gold watch from a lady on board the steam-boat which
had just reached Boulogne harbour from Folkestone,
and on board of which was Field, of the Detective Force,
who went thither in search of the Mannings. Since this,
his (Wood's) mother had proceeded to Boulogne, taking
with her considerable property, the supposed proceeds of
various depredations, and it would seem was in a fair
way of procuring the hbsration of her run, having ne-
gotiated vri!h, and agreed to pay to the husband of the
lady from whom the watch was stolen no less a sum
than 4001. nut to appear against him. As the appli-
cart had himself suffered by Wood, and was fearful he
might be again let loose to plunder the public, he begged
his Lordship would interfere. The Lord Mayor could
rot interfere, but suggested an application to the French
consul, who might probably be able to effect the desired
oject.
DREADFUL CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—About four,
o'clock on Friday afternoon a most horrible Fuse of
manslaughter occurred in Barlow-street, A r'
rduott 40,
blacksmith, named Thomas Richardson,
sigoeidnawith hot
having been stabbed twice through_ the groin
irons, so as to cause his death almosta
Un
receiving the information, ah who, on
policemanaiinkhaste,e to the
spot, when he. met John Le
'm thee man that has done it,"
seeing him, cried out,
and at once surrendered himself into custody. It seems
that being in • liquor, Richard son had visited Lee whilst
at
k and behaved himselfin a very troublesome
way,7°lwL en Lee became exasperated and turned him out
of the smithy. He repeated his visits, however, again,
and was still worse intoxicated. Lee was then about to
weld the iron rod of a pump. sucker, which he had got
red hot, when losing all control over himself, and aggra-
vated by the man, he rushed at him with one of the
heated
irons in each hand, and stabbed him twice in the
groin. The unfortunate man has been removed to the
George and Dragon, where his remains now await the
coroner's inquest.—lllaßchester Courier.
NORWOOD, SURREY, although only six miles from
town, continues, through the merciful Providence of the
Divine Ruler over all, to be entirely exempt from the present
Dreadful Scourge ; and the influx of persons from London
now taking houses and apartments in that beautiful and
healthy locality, exceeds anything ever before known by
the oldest inhabitant.

Order is Nat ure's beauty.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
OFF CoWES, •Sis:l7. 9.—Borcas, Thorken, S 6. Croix
for klensburg.