The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-22 00:00:00

psesitlirg, when, after a recapitulation of the various cite'
CUlT)st:;rcus 01 the eernletny, which here so often be en
et, 11th' beetle? tee eueee. i eets eeved (tett ar, quite-
It en seteu ci it,, ptieetees e to tee directors, cshlng ever
them to convene ea ineetieg et the proprietors of the
company within 21 Bays, to tske into censideration the
following propositions:-1. That it is the opinion of this
meeting, that the we rking contract entered iuto by the
directors of the Caledonian Railway Company with the
Scottish Central Railway Company ite highly in juriuus to
the interests of the Caleclouian sletreholders.— 2, That
Oe turn of 381,227/. 19e 9!., admitted by the directors,
in their report of the 17th of February, 1849, to have
been expended by them in the purchase of shares, or
acquiring an interest in certain " subsidiary lines," is a
misappropriation of the funds of the Caledi nien Railway
C mpany, and that the same and al Other stems which
have been, or may hereafter be, expended in relation to
those or any other shares er lot, rest in any railways, be
disallowed in the accounts of the company; and we re-
quest that the said extraordinary meeting may be eon-
vered in London. A vote of thanks hssiiig been given
to the chairman, the nieeting separteeed.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—The principal
ire at of the, past week in connexion with the railway
interest in Birminghaen ht,is been the completion of the
mail: line of the above undertakiege Greet importatece is
very reasonably attached to the opening of this line, es
it will estehlish a direct communication between the Lon-
don and North-Western lines at Macclesfield, and to the
Trent Valley.
RAILWAY COLLISION.—A serious accident occurred
a few days ago on the South Stiehl:, branch of the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway. The last passenger
train from Shields was on its way from that toen to
Brockley Whirrs, on the night of Saturday last, when a
pilot engine was following on the saute line, but at. xnuch
greater-velocity, and, with an aeparent disregard of con-
sequences, the pilot engine was run forcibly into the
passenger train, breaking many of the carriages, mad
seriously injuring several of the passengers, who were
thrown against each other and the sides of the carriages
with great violence. Fortunately no one was killed, but
the injuries sustained will, iu many instances, cause con-
finement for several weeks. The engineman and stoker
of the pilot engine were taken into custody, and brought
up before the magistrates at Gateshead, on Wednesday,
when it appeared the engineman had allowed a friend
to ride upon the engine, and the parties were so en-
gaged in conversation that they did not observe the pas-
senger train ahead of thetas till it was too late to avoid
the collision. The engineman and stoker were com-
mitted for trial at the sessions.
Scnooes aT SOMEUS Towee—Yesterday evening
a very numerously attended meeting was held at the
Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford square., for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety of erecting schools for
sceular instruction in this neighbourhood. The Hon..
Arthur Kinnaird was moved to the chair, and opened
tee preceedings by adverting briefly to the cbject of the
meeting, and expressing his full concurrence in the be-
nevolent views of !hoes who were anxious to afford the
district in question those advantages of which they were
at present so deficient. Rebell etewart, 14:.q., then read
a report of the committee al pointed to irevestigate this
matter, from which it uppeared, that out of 209 families
in the neightent hood of Somers Town, and which con-
sist, dof 685 individuals, tee-re were but 173 children
who attended any school, and that 156 were without any
instruction in religion or zee:tiler education. Hering
advertsd to the aovantages which Sunday schools and
ragged schools had conferred en the community, the re-
port then entered into a lengthened detail of the crime
and profligacy of the neighbourhoed ef the' proposed
school. It then stated that these schools were not to
partake of a sectue tan etearacter. The meeting having
been addressed by sir. Cowan, M.P, and several law'
ended geistlemeti, a re selution, approving of the objects
of the meeting, and promising to support them, wasente-
ninsously adopted. Thanks were then voted to 03°
chaiftean. and the meting sepal attd.
Tile WESTERN GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—The annual
distribution of prizes to the pupils of this establishment
(which is in connexien with IC leg's College), took place
usterday in the Heti of the school, in Alexateder:
square, Brompton. The chair was taken by the Bari 0r
Cadogan, by whom some of the rewards were dist,"
buted, utter he bad congra ulated all who were ince-
restel its the welfare of the institution upon its ircress;
ing prosperi and efficienc. 'tele remaining Phe
%tero presentety d by the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, the lee
master of the City of London School ; by whom and bi
the examiners, the pupils were highly eulogised, and_
the management of the head master, the Rev. gr.
Earle, and the other masters, the Rev. Mr. Phillips.
&e., was warmly praised, as tending to augment tb!,
utility of an establishment in which ao many youths bse
been educated who had since achieved academic fame
and conspicuous positions amongst the good and the
great.

REBUILDING OF THE OLYMPIC TUEATRE.--YeS.
;erday the reconstruction of this theatre commenced on
the site of the old building in Wych•street, recently de-
stroyed by fire. It will be built as an equestrian theatre.
ORPHAN WORKING Sonoor..—Yesterday the an-
nual examination of the children attached to this excel-
font institution, established in 1758, for educating and
afterwards apprenticing orphan children, took place."
the New School-house, Haverstock. hill, Hampstead, Mr.
J. M. Coombt, the treasurer, presiding on the occasion.
The boys and girls, numbering together about 200, who
looked exceedingly clean, neat, and happy, were examined
by Mr. Smith, of the Brizisb and Foreign School Society,
in Scripture history, geography, grammar, arithmetic,
and general knowledge, and certainly the promptitude
tahnedmaseecluveraseiyhaonf
their
their
taenas:hv ;frt.: twho we
were
eo
warmlylesscredit o
com-
plimented by the committee upon the efficiency of their
pupils. A number of young men and women who had
been apprenticed from the institution were rewarded, ac-
cording to annual custom, for their good conduct since
leaving the school, with presents of money varying from
ss. to 11. each. The children were afterwards regaled
with a substantial repast, at which they were joined by
the former recipients of the charity.
DESTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC-HOUSE BY FlRE.—This
morning, about two o'clock, the neighbourhood of
White-chapel was a scene of great excitement by the
outbreak of a fire at the King's Arms, Freldgate-street.
But a very few minutes had e apsed before hundreds
were on the spot, and promptly engines and firemen of
the Brigade and West of England Company. The diffi-
catty of a good supply of water being removed, soon
enabled the firemen to follow up their hazardous work
in entering the premises, whilst others were directing
their riforts towards the houses adjoinitg. The fire
raged with unabated fury for upwards of au hour, when,
notwithstandieg, every eflOrt and the hopes at first enter-
tained, by three o'clock the King's Arms,
with all the
contents ehere:n, were consumed. It was ascertained
that all the innia,es had escaped, and that the property
destroyed was insured, hut as to names and insurance,
from the confusion prevailing, nothing certain was uscer-
tamped. There was a strong police tome present, who
rendered greet assistance to the firemen.
A HINT TO BATUERS.—A melancholy accident
occurred at Cowes or. Sal urdey, and has thrown a highlY
respectably tarnily iete deep grief. It appears that the
eldest son of Mr. k% bite, of the Medina Iron Foundry,
accompanied by two )(mug friends, took a boat and pro-
ceeded to the east Link of the river to bathe. Shortly
after being io the water his companions were alarmed
by a faint cry, and immediately atierwards they observed
White sinking at se me oistarce trim the Loan As the
survivors were bad swirnmets, they gained the boat as
soon as possible, and hastened with it to his assistance;
but they could not find the body until it had been in the
Water lolly minutes; and though every means were
adopted to procure reanimation, all proved unavailing.
The deceased was in fps twentieth 3 ear.
Traffic for
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--
the week ending June 16, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 1 f1t370`4,
10s. 9d.; parcels, 321. 7s. lid.; goods and cattle,
19s. 4d.; steam boats, 1941. 128. Od.--T0ta1,1,7,191. 105.,
exclusive of toll from Shrewsbury and ()nester Com-
pany, and payment for coliveyauce of mails.
RUSSIAN BUTTER.—The steam-ship Camilla, ar-
rived from Sc. Peteraurgh and Copenhagen, has brought
102 casks of butter from the first- mentioned capital, the
•
produce of Russia The same vessel had on board 45
bet rels of butt, r from Copenhagen, of Danish produce.
GROUSE PROSPECTS IN TUE NORTH.--The dry
weather which has now so long prevailed has been
favourable to the grouse, and we heard encouraging
reports Irom the head of Glengarry, and other quar-
ters. Nests, with six or eight eggs in each, were
often met with early in the season. We have
_d" the
believe re-
ceivedtwo separate reports from Stratherrick, °Hhe
believe both may be relied upon. The one says
grouse ere doing well, and I have not seen such ap-
pearances of abundance of geme sine the season of
1846." The ether says, ff There were a third more
birds this spring than lest, a' d, what is still better, they
were bialthy."--Inverness Courier.
The Manchester Guardian states that, during
Whit-week, one hundred and fifty thousand persons left
that town by railway; and during the corresponding
+leek of last year one hundred and sixteen thousand.

BIRTHS,
On the 18th inst., at Eaton-terrace, the Lady Caroline
King, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at LindEn, Northumberland, the wife of
the Rev. J. H. Bigge, vicar of Stamfordham, of a son.
On the 18th inst., al-, Inverness-road, Bayswater, the wife
of S. Vardon, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 18th inst., at Brighton, the lady of the Rev. Dr.
Morris, of a daughter.
On the 19th inst., at Camberwell, the wife of Jeremiah G.
Pitcher, Esq , of a son.
On the 9th inst., a N Park n.Lau
-road, Brixto,,,
wife of Mr. N. Dawsont , cf aew
son. , the

MARRIED,

h inst., at Union Chapel, Islington, by the Rev:
Samuel
Collis, of
ltutfer Cl:lthe late John
On the 1.9 t
a:r.
Jane, eldest ,incent-terrace,
Tucker,E.• , of Noble- treet, City,
. •
on the Ith inut., at Ilinton Chart
daughter th erbouse, Elizabeth
Ann', Maria, eldest dim
t late Rev. J. P. Maud, of
Swainswiek, near Bath, to Ed
iTplionigntaosn,
ward Augus:us. only son of
H. A. Ferrymab, Lq., of ft
v,l 3 nch-house, in the county of
6out%ampton.
Lteowi;i,
On the all of ,at St. IP '' .
Len St Bishopsgate, Mr. Charles
F. IlOrtieaS:k of 6 tt_t
11. it
Afar
il.
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~ , .J 01), to Louisa, eldest &tighter of Mr.
LL___,nops;_,me-,treet.

for tat
On the 2'st hut, at his resiience on Clapham-common,
urrey, John Ilatcherd, tsq., in the 81st year of h a age•,
years the much-respected ,enior partner in the firm of
• s.l.Egsrs
• Hatchard and Son, booksellers and publishers, 187,
On the 10th inst., et Otterden Rectory, Kent, Captain J.
E. Baldwin, seco. d son t:t the Lte W. Baldwin, Esq., of
Stede-Lill, in the same c.:niov.
On t,,e i fit h inst., age I 7 year., Wickham, the younger
and posthumous son of the late Harry Hart, Esq , of Brix-
ton-hill, t;urrey.
On the 19th inst., at Eastbourne-terrace, Mary, the wife
of J. P. Bolding, Esq., aged 34.

London: Printed and Published by linfliDO YOUNG, cf
No. 112, Strum,l, Printer, att The Sun Office, N. 112,
7TI the Precinet o,e `;ttruy, in ate county cl
Illiddlcsez, Friday, June 22, 1849.