The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-08 00:00:00

thrown into great alarm on Wednesday evening last,
when a woman hi a state of frenzy ran through the
streets to tl.e p lice barrack, .i*.ating that she bad
rers•-..n to fent. h_r eon Vcr.3 rrturlared in. the Wo:,d of
Giyn, near that to Nn. The poise went to ascertain
if such were the,. fact, and returned to their quarters
bringing with them the murdered remains of a young
lad, aged about sixteen, named Andrew .M.'Loughlin.
On Friday morning, the coroner, Mr. Dillon, held
an inquest on the body, when Julia M'Loughlin, the
mother of the deceased, deposed that her son was
woodranger of Glyn, and caretaker to James F.
Armstrong, Esq., of Balliver, all in the King's County;
that he left home for the wood in perfect health, about
two o'clock on Wednesday evening last, taking with
him a little dog that usually accompanied him ; that
she became restless and uneasy at or about four o'clock,
for what reason she could not say, but she made fur
the woad, accompanied by another son, and entered it
by the way he usually took ; that she had not got far
into it when she found his stick on the path, and a
little further on she observed his cap on the grass,
the little dog lying on it "crying"—she then
ran about the wood calling him, and, not getting an
answer, she ran into town, and reported the particu-
lars to the police, who accompanied her to the wo
where they ultimately found her son dead. After
the examination of the constables who assisted the
unfortunate mother in her search for her son, the
jury returned a vi rdict of wilful murder against some
person or persons unknown.— King's County Chro-
nicle of Wednesday.
THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 95 : Three
and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 95i; Commercial
Buildings of 461. 3s. ld , 31 ; National Bank, 18 ;
Dublin Consumers' Gas, 4+ ; Great Southern and
Western, 31i ; Midland Great Western and Royal
Canal, 231; Steam Ship Building Company, 46;
Waterford and Limerick, 81.

DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE,
AND WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION RAIL
WAY COMPANY.
The usual half-yearly general meeting of the share-
holders in the above company was held yesterday at the
Company's Offices, in Guildhall- chambers ; Mr. Mee
Mathew, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the
chair.
The report of the directors stated that—
" In consequence of the required number of share-
holders by themselves and proxies not attending at the
last half-yearly meeting in June, the report then pre-
pared by the directors became unavailable, and it there-
fore becomes their &iv to embody the whole of the
transactions during the current year in their present
report.
" The heir-yearly balance-sheet up to 22J May last
was duly forwarded to each shareholder, and tl.e balance-
sheet for the present year, ending 231 November, has
also been sent, from which it will be seen that a dimi-
nution has been effected in the debts and claims on the
company during the present rear; in fact, the closest
attention of the board has been devoted to this impor-
tant object ever since their appointment,
" The directors have been indefatigable in their ex-
ertions to obtain payment of the call of V. per share,
and have applied the moneys so received in the liquids •
tion of those debts and just claims, the whole of which
were incurred in and about the affairs of the company
previously to the appointment of the present board, but
it will be seen from the printed balance-sheet that a large
sum is still unpaid in respect of such call.
"The board have been most reluctantly compelled
to commence several actions for the recovery of the call,
and in some instances the parties have gone to trial and
resorted to every delay and expense which the forms of
law allowed, to defeat the claims; but in each case these
attempts have been frustrated, and the judges at nisi
prius end in banco have declared that the call was
properly and legally made, and must be enforced.
However, in some instances, the defend lots have
subsequently, and almost instantly after the final
decision, become bankrupt or insolvent, and one of
them, Francis DAliane, of Manchester, is now incur-
ring the penalty of his vexatious oppositon by the re-
fusal of his certificito fur twelve months; and another,
Henry Tomlinson, of Ashbourne, has suffered impri-
sonment for a like vexatious defence to the action
against him; and he was only released from incarcera-
ti in by the clemency of the board, who accepted a saw of
money by way of compromise.
" Since the last meeting the action brought by Mr.
Jeremiah Smith, solicitor, of Rueeley, against one of the
late directors for his claim of 2,8001., has been tried, and
a verdict given in favour of the defendant ; and the
other action commenced by Mr. Smith against the com-
pany for the same claim has been abandoned with costs,
and Smith has since become bankrupt.
" The bill in Chancery, filed against the company,
by Mr. J. A. J. M acgregor, solicitor, fur his bill of
costs fur alleged professional services, amounting to
2,1161, has been dismissed with costs, the taxation of
such bill has been referred to the Master under the ordi-
nary process, and is now nearly completed; and the
directors have the satisfaction of stating that the anti-
cipeted balance, after the set-off to be ma le of the
moneys paid to Mr. Macgregor, and of the costs in-
curred by the board, which he has been directed to pay,
will be very inconsiderable, if any.
" The action brought be Mr. Serrell, for 4201., (the
amount, of the cheque taken by Mr. Daniel Turton
Johnino, of Aldermary Churchyard, Cheapside, late
directOr), has been tried and now stands for final thci-
sion, upon a special case to be argued before the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas. The directors (under
legal• advice) feel the greatest confilthce in the result.
" The taxation of the various Perliainantary bills of
Me. aiinbrigge is still in progress; and such are the
reductions which have been already made from the
amounts charged, that the directors do not anticipate
any addition to the liabilities of the company from this
source. It is conjectured that the taxation of these
bills of costs trill be completed very speedily.
" The board hare to the utmost of their power been
anxious ti diminish the expenses of management, and
with this view the offices have been removed from Corn-
hill to this place, and the services of the clerk have been
dispensed with, by which a considerable annual saving
his been effected, the sole expenses of the company now
being—Rent, cleaning, Ace 471. 55.; sexretary, 200/ ;
hoy, 13/.—rr.uking a reduction of expenditure to the
amount of 1481 171. per annum. • -
" Previously to the last half yearly meeting in June
vacancies occurred in the direction by the retirement of
Humphrey Brown, Esq., M.P., and Mr. Weston, and
there are two further vacancies occasioned by the
operation of the Act of Parliament, as Mr. Rowland
G ardiner Alston and Mr. Harris go out by rotation, and
are eligible for re-election. Mr. Hampton and Mr.
Fearon, the auditors, have also resigned their appoint-
meet.
" The board assure the shareholders of their unre-
mitted exertions to carry out fully what has been so
satisfactorily begun, and they confidently hope that at
the next half-yearly 'meeting they may be in circum-
stances to render the Act of incorporation profitable to
those who may continue to hold shares in this small but
important undertaking."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, took the opportunity of eulogising the exertions
of Mr. Harris, one of the directors, in procuring a
reduction of the liabilities of the company.
Mr. ALSTON (a director) seconded this motion for
the adoption of the report, and recommended the
shareholders not to place blind confidence in the
board of directors, but to sift and examine the affairs
of the company for themselves.
Mr. HARRIS thanked the board for the good
opinion they had expressed of him, and gave it as
his opinion that the result of the taxation of the
lawyer's bill would be an order upon Mr. Bainbridge
to refund some of the money he had received from
this company.
In answer to questions,
Mr. HAasis stated that the first object the direc-
tors had in view was to clear off the debts of the
company, which he hoped would be accomplished
before the next meeting, and then they would be in a
position to sell their line, if they could do so, either
to the North or the South Staffordshire Company. It
should be remembered that some time ago the North
Staffordshire applied to Parliament for a branch to
connect their line with the Trent Valley. That
application was rejected, but if the North Stafford-
shire Company really wanted that branch they might
take up this project, which, to them, would be worth
20,000/., in so far as it would attain the end of their
own branch, namely, connect them with the Trent
Valley.
The motion for the adoption of the report was then
agreed to.
In reply to another question,
The CHAIRMAN stated that thare were 11,400 share s
in the hands of the public.
The retiring directors were then re-elected.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and tl.e
meeting adjourned for three months.

On the evening of Wednesday lets', when the
train which let the Londoa-road station at seven o'clock,
fbr Ashtcn-under-Lyne, had reached the Fairfield sta-
tion, a man named George Lees, a gardener residing at
Dultinfield, got into one of the carriages. Just at the
moment that the break was put en, for the purpose of
stopping the train at the Guide-bridge station—but while
the train was going at the rate of ten miles an haur—
Lees pushed lopm the door and stepped out, but was
immediately thrown down, caught between the curb-
s•one and the foot-board, and dragged forward several
yards. 11e was picked up about twenty or thirty yards
from the regular stopping piles of the train, and sent to
the Manchester Royal Infirmary as soon as possible. It
was then found that the bone of his upper right arm,
and both bone.;,of the fort-arm, had been fractured ;
and thera was also extensive laceration of the flesh. Ile
was in a state of collapse when admitted into the Infir-
m4ry, from which he never thoroughly and died
early on the Friday morning. On Sa urday an :rip at
was held on the body, when the jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental death."—Mancheder Guardian.
A HINT TO TUE PREEMAS3NS OF TIIE WEST OF
ENGLAND.—At the dinner of the Colston Society, in
Bristol, the week before last, Mr. W. Proctor, with
reference to the reiteration of St. Mary Radcliffe
Church, urged by Mr. W.l). Bushell, then present, who
had headed the Freemasons on the day the first stone of
the new works was laid—said he.htid heard there was a
disposition on the part of the craft to connect themse!vas
with the restoration, and he suggested that they should
set s• foot a subscription and undertake some special
portion of the fabric. This would indeed be a return on
the part of the craft to the good ways of their mediaeval
predecessors.—Builder.