The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

ASCOT RACES.

(THIS DAY.)—BY EXPRESS.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each. Two miles and

a half.

Vampyre
Wanota

tedarius

Won by a length. Fifteen ran.

WEST FLANDERS RAILWAY

_
(THIS DAY.)
The seventh half-yearly general meeting of the pro-
proprietors of the above railways was held this after-
noon, at the London Tavern; W. P. Richards, Esq., in
the chair.
• The report stated, that at the general meeting held in
November, the traffic receipts for the half-year, ending
31st Avigust, were stated to be 6,0191. ss. I ld. The
total expenses of the half-year (including those of main-
tenance of way) were 5,962/. 13s. 10d. At the same
time the directors expressed their expectations that the
expenses of the succeeding half-year, which are now
laid before the meeting, would be diminished. In this
expectation they have not been deceived. The expenditure
for the half-year, ending the 28th Feb. last, is reduced to
5,3071. 7s. Id. The receipts for the same period, the
least productive of the two divisions of the year, amount
to 5,7134 16s. sd. being a falling off of 305/.95. 6d. upon
those of the preceding six months. The receipts, when
compared with those of the corresponding half-year in
1847-8, show a diminution of 1,0981. 45, 9d., which
your directors believe to be the effect produced by the
revolutionary movement in France, which began to ope-
rate in February, 1848, afflicted Belgium during the
whole of last year, and is now only slowly modifying its
influence. Your directors have been anxious
to enforce the most rigid economy ; the effects
of their exertions are visible in the accounts
now presented to the meeting, and will appear still larger
in the next accounts. If the whole working expenses,
including proper maintenance of permament way, can be
confined to 10,0004, which will be less than 3001. per
mile, the directors can hope for little more, and to this
must be added a sum for the renewal of depreciated
stock. The receipts since the end of February, com-
pared with the same time last year, show an increase
during the three months, amounting to about 2601.,
which it is hoped may be considered as an indication
that Flanders is slowly recovering from its prostration
and distress. The directors have to state that the pro-
ceedings in Chancery, which were abandoned by Mr.
Robert Stephenson, as executor of his late father, have
been renewed by another party, the same solicitor
being engaged; which course has caused some trouble
and inconvenience. The directors have put in an
answer to the bill filed by Mr. Pulsford ; and under this
suit have deposited all the books and documents of this
company in the Court of Chancery. The directors beg
to refer the proprietors to the resolutions passed at the
last meeting with reference to the forfeited shares, and
to state that they have considered it as the
safest course they could pursue to allow those
shares to remain in the state which the statutes
of the company ordained, as they were unwilling to
incur legal responsibility hereafter, and involve the com-
pany in another Chancery suit. The directors have con-
sidered that they have best fulfilled their duty to the
proprietors by simply laying before them the statement
of the receipts and expenditure, with the report of the
Directeur Gerant, without comment. The balance in
hand is 3,6071. ; the ascertained liabilities of the com-
pany, as stated below, amount to about 1,8401. There
are a few items, which are still matters of
dispute, which are amply provided for by the balance.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
congratulated the proprietors upon the improved aspect
of their affairs, and declared that the directors were now
convinced that ultimately the undertaking would turn
out to be a most profitable one.
LY.4I. remarked that the liabilities had been cal-
culated up to the present time, while receipts were only
brought down to the 28th February.
The CHAIRMAN said' this had been done in order that
the sharehalders might know the exact amount of their

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A PROPRIETOR calculated that the profits would enable
them to divide 20d. .a share, and when he considered that
the liabilities had been reduced from 200,000/. to
45,2001., he thought they had good cause for congratula-
tion. He was quite sure the accounts were strictly
correct.
The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting that they were.
The report was then adopted, after which
Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
broke up.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the ASSISTANT- JUDGE.)
The June General Sessions were opened this morning
at the Court-house, Hicks's Hall, Clerkenwell-green.
William More was indicted for stealing a watch, of the
value of 121., the property of Joseph Norman Bond Em,
from his person. The prisoner picked the pocket of the
prosecutor of the watch at Stepney fair on Whitsun-
day last.
The prisoner, who was defendei by Mr. Horry, was
found Guilty.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, if he knew of anything
previous against the prisoner he would certainly sen-
tence hisi to transportation, as he would everyone:of those
men who frequented fairs for the purposes of robbery.
They all knew one another, and he cautioned the prisoner
not to come here again, after he should have completed
the term of nine months imprisonment, with hard la-
bour, to which he was now sentenced.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN NEWSPAPERS.
—Henceforward, the undermentioned newspapers printed
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" Comet." These newspapers, though unstamped, may be
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No. 13, 1849, in regard to the transmission by post of
newspapers other than the above-mentioned, printed and
published in the Channel Islands or in the Isle of Mao,
are still in force, it being, however, understood that such
of the newspapers as are printed in these islands in the
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possessed.

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amsterl gim 12 214

.NGE.-(THIS DAY.)
Leghorn ........ • • ..•• 31 0
Genoa.. • • • • ...... •• 26 70
Milan
Naples •• 40%
Palermo, perm .... 116%
Messina .............. 120
Lisbon.... • • •• 53!4
0p0rt0.... • ..... 53%
Rio Janeiro • • ........

Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 034
Rotterdam .... ••.. • • 12 2%
Antwerp •••••••••• .. 25 80
R:imburgh .... • •313.1. 13 1234
Altona
Paris, 3 days'siglat .... 25 5234
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 70
Uarseilles • • ...... 25 70
Boardeaux.... •.... . 25 70
Frankfort on Mains.... 122
leetersburgh, Sil..Rble.. 3514
Berlin • • .. • • ........ • .
Vienna, effec. fib • • .... 12 51
Trieste, ditto.... • • 12 51
Madrid •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49%
Cadiz .• • ............ 50
Bilbao.. • • • • .. ........

Buenos Ayres ...... • •
New York, 21 days'alght
Philadelphia .... • • ....

PILICZ3 OF istrwoN, PTA 01
Foreign Gold in bars ...i3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 (1
New Dollars • • .... 0 4 10
Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11%

Barcelona ............

Seville•••••••••• •••••,

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1549.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*209
Diseases of Uncertain. See.t. 36
Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ... 165
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 104
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 46
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ••• ••• ••• 127
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs

of Digestion... ••• ••• .•• •.•
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• • •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, & .3. ...
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ••• •••
Malformations... •• ...
Premature Birth ... ... ...
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ... •••
Old Age •• • ••• ••• - •• • ..•
Sudden ... ... ... ... ... •••
Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance
Causes not specified ... ••• ••• •••

DEATIIS FROM ALL CAUSES

Population
Enumerated,
1841
West Districts... 300,711
North Dic.itricts.. 375,971
Central Districts 373,653
East Districts ... 392,444
South Districts.. 501,190

Average weekly Deaths
Deaths, 1844-8. in the
Five Springs. Week.
. 145 ... 156
. 185 ... 184
. 168 ... 138
. 207 ... 187
. 258 ... 230

Totals... ..... 1,948,369
Males ...
Females ... ...

... 895
... 448
... 447