The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-10 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1849.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night] :
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY EYENING.—This day her
Majesty held a levee at the Castle, which was at-
tended by upwards of 2,000 of the nobility and
gentry of Ireland. Her Majesty arrived from the
Vice-Regal Lodge at a quarter to two. The royal
cortege consisted of three carriages, each drawn by a
pair of horses. It was attended by a troop of the
7th Hussars. As the cortege passed through the
streets her Majesty was warmly applauded by the
populace, who had collected along the line to see and
greet her with hearty cheers.
As the Queen alighted from the carriage she ap-
peared in high spirits, and graciously returned the
greetings of the ladies and gentlemen assembled at the
state entrance. Her Majesty, being conducted to the
Throne Room, assumed her place. Prince Albert
stood upon her left, Sir George Grey upon her right
hand. The lords and ladies of her Majesty's
household, with the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and
the Countess of Clarendon, stood behind. The ap-
pearance of her Majesty's Court at the moment the
deputations with addresses were admitted was bril-
liant and effective.

Her Majesty wore a green tabinet dress, with
shamrocks embroidered in gold, a blue scarf, and a
splendid bandeau studded with diamonds. Prince
Albert was attired in military costume.
This day's proceedings commenced with the recep-
tion of the address from the Corporation of Dublin,
which was read by the Lord Mayor.
The next address was from the University of Dub-
lin. It was read by the Lord Primate.
Her Majesty thanked the deputation for their
loyal address. She stated, that the University which
they represented, occupied a distinguished position
amongst the learned institutions upon earth ; that its
fame was to be found amongst the records of the
dead, as well as amongst the works of the learned men
of the present generation ; that she trusted by the
manner in which they would continue to administer
these high functions, they would promote the cause of
The deputation,t
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presented anaddress
conferring on him an honorary degree, to which he
pietypr.
Singer,a nd learning.
made a suitable acknowledgment.
The Lord-Lieutenant then signified to the deputa-
tion that her Majesty :requested that the members of
the deputation would consider themselves as presented
without going through the formal mode of presenta-
tion. Drs. Wall and Singer were then presented by
the Primate, and kissed her Majesty's hand. The
deputation consisted of the Primate, as visitor, all the
Fellows and Scholars, a considerable number of
Doctors of Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Science,
Lord Farnham, Mr. Hamilton, and Mr.
Napier, M.P. They walked in procession from the
college, and formed an interesting spectacle in their
several academic robes.

Her Majesty then received addresses from the
bishops of the Church of England, from certain
bishops of the Church of Rome, from the Presbyterian
Synod, and from the Quakers of Dublin.
....

Dublin Chamber of Commerce—Address presented
by Messrs. George Roe, A. Guinness, Hutton and
Codd.

Wexford County—Address presented by Lord
Carew, Lord Arran, Mr. Morgan, M.P., and Mr.
Power (High Sheriff).
Cork—An address from the Dean and Chapter of
Cork, presented by a deputation.
Rathmines Commissioners—Address pres ented by
Dr. Wall and a deputation.
Royal College of Surgeons—Address presented by
Sir Philip Crampton, Drs. Beatty and Reade.
Royal Irish Art Union—Address presented by
Lords Ormonde and Massereene, Sir George Hudson
and Mr. Blacker.

National Art Union—Address presented by the
Rev. Mr. M'Sorley.
Wesleyan Methodists—Address presented by the
Rev. Messrs. Massaroon, Scott, M'Afee, and Vance.
Monkstown (co. Dublin)—Address presented by
Messrs. Wallace, Drewe, Molloy, and Arnold.
General Assembly of Presbyterians—Address pre-
sented by the Rev. Messrs. Barnett (Moderator), H.
Cooke, M'Rory, Stewart, and Slator.
Dublin City Grand Jury—Address presented by
Messrs. Atkinson, Lynch, and Keogh.
Dublin Protestants—Address presented by the
Rev. Tresham Gregg, Rev. A. Johnston, and Messrs.
Thompson and Banks.
County Kilkenny—An address of congratulation
from the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of this county
was presented by William L. Flood, Esq.; the Hon.
C. Wandesford, the Right Hon. W. F. Teighe, and
William Villiers Stuart, Esq. This deputation also
presented an address from a large body of the nobility,
clergy, and gentry of the county Kilkenny.
City of Waterford—Congratulatory address, pre-
sented by Robert T. Carew, Esq. (High Sheriff),
Archdeacon Bell, Sir B. Morris, and Edw. Roberts,
Es.
Belfast—The town and corporation addresses,
presented by Lord John Chichester, M.P., Mr. R. J.
Tennent, M.P., and Aldermen Suffern and Sterling.
County Clare—Address presented by Sir Edward
Fitzgerald, Captain M'Mahon, and Mr. Butler.
Cloyne—Address from the Dean and Chapter of
St. Colmain's presented by the Very Rev. Lord
Mountmorres.

Kilmore—Address from the bishop and clergy,
presented by the Lord Bishop of this diocese, Lord
Fitzgerald and Vesey, Archdeacon Beresford, and the
Rev. C. Martin.

Waterford County—Address presented by the
Marquis of Waterford, Lord Steward de Decies, Lord
Huntingdon, and the Hon. R. Carew.
Kildare County—Address presented by the Duke
of Leinster, the Marquis of Kildare, Lord Naas, and
Mr. Beauman (High Sheriff).
County Londonderry—Address presented by Sirs
R. Ferguson and IL Bruce, and the High Sheriff of
Derry.

Coleraine—Address presented by Mr. Boyd, M.P.
Messrs. Knox and Belles.

County Cavan—Address presented by the High
Sheriff, Colonel Clements, the Marquis of Headfort,
Lord Farnham, and Mr. Burrows.

County Down—Address presented by Lord Edwin
Hill.

County Tipperary—Address presented by the Earl
of Donoughmore, Lord Suirdale, Sir J. Carden, Bart.
(High Sheriff), and Mr. J. Bayley, D.L.
County Meath—Address presented by Mr. Black-
burn, High Sheriff of the county.
Limerick County and City—Addresses presented
by the High Sheriff (Mr. Arthur), Aldermen Wat-
son and Geary.
_ _

Louth County—Address presented by Lord Joce-
lyn and Bellew, Mr. C. Fortescue, M.P., and Mr.
Thomas Fortescue.
Tyrone County Address presented by Lords
Charlemont, Caledon, and the Hon. Mr. Corry,M.P.
Portarlington—Address presented by Lord For-
tarlington, Colonel Dunne, M.P., and the Rev. John
Wolseley.
Drogheda—Address presented by the Mayor,
Messrs. Boylan, Magee, and Keappock.
County Armagh—Address, Colonel Caulfeili, M.P.,
Sir W. Verner, M.P.. and Colo- ,1 Clo

, _ . tiolonet ,lose.
After the presentation of these and many other
addresses, the reception of which might be considered
good work for one day, the regular business of the
levee commenced.

Among those presented were the Lord Primate,
the Chancellor, the Duke of Leinster, the Archbishop
of Dublin, the Roman Catholic Archbishop, Dr.
Murray; the Roman Catholic Primate (pro tern.),
Dr. .M`Gettigan ; the Judges in town, the Com-
mander of the Forces, Prince George of Cam-
bridge ; Lords Londonderry, Lansdowne, Clanri-
carde, \Vestmeath, Headfort, Downshire, Waterford,
Bellew (on his creation), Kintore, Clancarty, Ban-
gor, Gort, Caledon, Orkney, Charlemont, De Ros,
Massy, Stewart de Decies, Lanesborough, Muskerry,
Oranmore, Carew, Farnham, Blaney. J. and E.
Chichester, Hawarden, Mountmorres, Enniskillen,
Portarlington, Courtown, Stradbroke, Clonmel,
Russborougb, Arran, Wicklow, Erne, Belfast, Do-
noughmore, Suirdale, Fitzgerald, Dunsandle, Castle-
maine, Henry Loftus, Walter Butler, Brabazon, A.
Beauclerk, Kirkwall, Ashbrook, Monck, Dunlo, St.
Laurence, Clements, Crofton, William Fitzgerald,
Langford, Clanmorris, Clonbrock, Killeen, &c., &c.
Shortly after six o'clock her Majesty left the Castle.
There was a considerable crowd assembled outside,
who cheered lustily as the Royal carriages drove off
to the Phoenix Park.

CURIOSITIES OF THE PEAK, DRRRYSHIRE.—The
Peak, so famous for its natural wonders, has also some
novel specimens of art. Among these interesting mar-
vels may be instanced an old corn-mill, which, for an-
tiquity of building and machinery, has perhaps no
equal in England. A little to the left of the foot-way
from Eyam to Hathersage stands this old mill, deep in
a valley, where, bat for this relic of bygone times, the
traveller would deem it a place " where nature is and
man is not." This old mill was in feudal times an ap-
pendage to Highlow-hall, then occupied by the Eyres,
who came in with the Normans, of which family the
Earl of Newburgh is the representative. It was what
was denominated a soko mill, and centuries ago did
much work, while at the present time it is but little used.
A stranger, on treading this valley, would, on his ap-
proach to the mill, deem it a low shed for cattle, could
he suppose the heathy moors surrounding it capable of
keeping any. On entering he would be startled to find
himself amidst some very rude machinery, the whole of
which he could behold at one glance. The building is
very low, all in one compartment; no upstairs, no back
or side rooms, the whole from end to end being visible
to the eye at once. The water-wheel is outside, hid from
the eye by the sable verge of Highlow-wood. All round
the building are hundreds of old millstones, still bearing
traces of the rude simplicity of our forefathers. The
building has but one door, and that of such dimensions
that a loaded cart could come in actual contact with the
machinery. Altogether this is a most novel and in-
teresting relic of antiquity.—Derby Mercury.

ANGLO-ITALIAN RAILWAY.

The general meeting of the shareholders of this
company, which was postponed from the 17th of
July last, took place yesterday at the London Tavern.
Wm. JACKSON, Esq., the chairman of the company,
took the chair shortly after twelve o'clock, and in
doing so stated that he had been in hopes that at the
present meeting the directors would have been enabled
to state to the shareholders that they had received the
guarantee from the Tuscan Government. He was
sorry to say they were not in a condition to make
that gratifying announcement, but he would state
that he had that morning received a letter from their
resident director in Italy, stating that he hoped
speedily to obtain that guarantee. The Registrar of
Railways had called upon the company to execute a
deed of settlement. Now this he had a strong
objection to, and there was only one way to get
over that difficulty, which was to convert
the Anglo-Italian Railway into Maria Antonia rail-
way stock, by which means the Anglo-Italian Rail-
way Company would merge into the Maria Antonia
Railway Company, and thus put an end to the neces-
sity for any deed of settlement. The directors were
prepared to submit certain resolutions to the meeting
on that subject, and also for the purpose of protecting
their property from their creditors in Italy. He
was happy to say that during the conflicts that had
taken place in that country their property had been
respected ; and, from the accounts that had been re-
ceived up to the present month, the traffic on the
short portion of the line opened had considerably
increased.
The following is the report of the directors :
"In the last report of the directors they alluded to
the unexpected and almost overwhelmning difficulties
with which they had had to contend in the administra-
tion of the affairs of the company. These difficulties, so
far as they arose from the pressure on the money
markets throughout Europe, have been since materially
diminished; but in Italy they have unfortunately been
succeeded by others, caused by political disturbances.
The revolution in Tuscany has not only checked, to a
serious extent, the traffic of the company's railway, but
has compelled the directors to delay giving effect to the
resolution adopted at the last meeting as to the expedi-
ency of completing, as soon as possible, the line to Pistojs,
and obtainingfrom the Tusean Government a guarantee of
4 per cent. on the capital of the company. The Grand Duke,
previously to quitting his dominions, had consented to this
guarantae, and a law was prepared and presented, as a Go-
vernment measure, to the Legislative Assembly, which, it
was fully expected, would have passed it; but in conse-
quence of the revolution which then took place the fur-
therprosecution of the measure was inevitably suspended.
Since the restoration of the government of the Grand
Duke the Count de St. George has renewed his exer-
tions to obtain this guarantee, with expectations of
success.

" The shareholders are aware that the first division of
the Maria Antonia Railway, from Florence to Prato,
about eleven English miles, was opened on the 3d Feb.,
1848. Notwithstanding the stagnation in business in
every branch, and the interruption to the usual visits of
foreigners to Italy, occasioned by the state of public
affairs, the number of passengers during the first year,
ending 2d February, 1849, has been 415,016, averaging
37,728 per mile; a number, it is believed, far exceeding
that on any other railway of the same length,
and between two cities of similar population ;
and although, in consequence of the majority
of the passengers having been of the third
class, and the present low fares of this class, the returns
have not been commensurate with this extraordinary
movement, the directors cannot but consider it as afford-
ing a satisfactory indication of the capability of the line,
when more favourable circumstances shall allow of its
full development.

Tuscan livres. X. s. d.

The gross receipts
have been
The working expenses _ _

are estimated Qt 169,036 16 4 5,634 11 7
Leaving the nett re-

ceipts 74,973 10 4 2,499 2 0
" The above nett receipts are liable to a claim of the
directors in Italy for salaries, to be fixed at a general
meeting, in conformity with the statutes of the com-
pany. The claim is calculated at 4 per cent. on the nett
receipts, or about 1001. sterling. The working expenses
are stated as an estimate, for the railway not having been
completed when the line was opened, it was not easy, at
first, to keep an exact distinct account of some of the
items, particularly labour, as applicable respectively to
construction and working. It is also impossible, on the
opening of the line, to find persons sufficiently expe-
rienced to allow of a reduction to the lowest number
consistent with safety. Considerable alterations and
reductions have, however, been lately made, and the
estimate has been framed accordingly. On the eleven
miles now opened, the trains stopped during four months
at six stations. One has since been discontinued; and
as it is intended to have only one intermediate station
on the second division of eleven miles from Prato to
Pistoja, the expenditure on the whole line, when in ope-
ration, will be, in proportion to the mileage, much di-
minished. _ _

" A new tariff, with a reduction in the second-class,
and an increase in the third-class fares, has been re-
solved on, to commence on the Ist instant, which is ex-
pected to add considerably to the revenue.
•• The receipts from goods have been hitherto very
trifling, and having arisen more from extra weight of
passengers' luggage than from merchandise, they have
been included in the passengers' fares. The goods
expected to come on the line are chiefly from Bologna,
and the country round Pistoja, Pescia, and Lucca, where
there are paper, iron, and other manufactories; and the
benefits of this traffic cannot therefore be realisd till the
line is opened to Pistoja.
" The importance of making the remaining eleven
miles of the line from Prato to Pistoja, and the advan-
tages likely to result from its completion, were fully
pointed out in the last report, and are too obvious to re-
quire further comment; but the directors deem it better
to defer proposing any plan for raising funds for this
purpose until it is known whether the guarantee of four
per cent. will be granted by the Tuscan Government, a
point which must be very shortly ascertained.
" The issuing of debentures for the purpose of pro-
ceeding with the second division of the line has hitherto
been impracticable, in consequence of the want of con-
fidence arising from the political state of Italy; and de-
bentures have only been used to the extent of 5,3501.,
given in discharge of some of the former liabilities of
the company. No progress has yet been made with the
second division of the line beyond the requiste surveys
and levelling.
" Of the line from Pisa to Pistoja, which will when
completed prove a considerable feeder to the Maria An-
tonia Railway, four additional miles from Altopascio to
Pescia were opened on the 26th December last. With
the remaining fourteen miles from Pescia to Pistoja,
which it is expected that the Government will finish,
kale or no progress has been made for some time, in
consequence of the late revolution, but the Government
will now, it is fully expected, proceed with the works.
Interest on the capital at the rate of 4 per cent. has been
guaranteed by the Government, and it is clearly their
interest to complete the line. Negotiations are in pro-
gress for the working of the line by the Maria Antotia
Company, which will be an additional source of profit,
their rolling stock being ample for the purpose.
" Mr. B. g. Babbage, who has been resident engineer
of the railway since its commencement, has lately re-
turned to England, and has presented a report, of which
a copy is annexed, and by which it will be seen that his
estimate of the sum requisite to complete the second di-
vision of the company's line from Prato to Pistoja is
2,603,267 Tuscan livres, making at 30- livres per pound
sterling ... £86,776
which, added to the amount already expended,
and chargeable to the second division

-. 49,584

makes the total chargeable to the second
division ••• •-• ••• £136,360
and the expenditure on the first division hav-
ing been ... ... 177,129

the total cost of the 22 miles would be ... £313,489
which sum exceeds the amount formerly estimated; but
as the forfeitures for non-payment of calls also greatly
exceed what was expected, the actual cost to those
shareholders whose interest in the undertaking continues,
will be still within the original estimate of 8,000,000
Tuscan livres, or 266,000/. sterling, the sum on which
the interest of 4 per cent., if guaranteed by the Govern-
ment, will be payable on the completion of the line to
Pistuj a.
" Of the amount expended, as above stated,
here are still liabilities iu Italy, which have
ma Company, appended to the report, to
been some time due, amounting, as appears by
the. statement of the account of the Maria Au-
to 25,000
and debentures due in 1854 ... ..• ... 5,350

agauut Which there are houses and land to be £30,350
sold, of the estimated vedue of ... 4,650

making the balance of liabilities ... ... 25,700
and if future calls are paid on 200 Maria An-
tonia shares held in Faly, the amount to be
provided by the Anglo-Italian Company will
be further reduced by ••• ... 4,400

making the nett amount to be provided ... X 21,300
" The liabilities were stated in the last report at about
34,0001., and it was calculated that the call then made
of IL per share would have more than provided for them;
but in this expectation the directors have been disappointed;
the compensations for land having, in many instances,
exceeded the estimated value, and several additional but
unavoidable outlays and expenses having been incurred;
while, on the other hand, the call was paid on a far less
number of shares than was expected. The number of
shares on which 31. per share had been paid was then
3544,907, and the number on which 41. had been paid.
,671; and some of the holders of the former having
expressed a wish to be allowed to pay the call in
arrear, it was stated that they might do so on
or before the 7th August last, but the said call was paid
on only 4,292 shares
in addition to, as above 35,671 „

making the total number with 41. paid... 39,963
which, deducted from ... 44,907 „

left deficient ... 4,944
These 4,944 shares were declared forfeited by an adver-
tisement dated 10th August, 1848. The next call of 11.
per share (making a total of 5/. per share), instead of
having been paid on ••• "' 39,963 shares
has as yet been paid on only ... 30,066 ),

leaving deficient 9,897
"Before the revolution in Tuscany, the creditors of
the company there did not press their claims, in the ex•
pectation that the guarantee of 4 per cent. Would be eon-

ceded by the Tuscan Government, and the company be
then placed in a better position to discharge them ; but
the delay in the settlement of this measure has lately caused
the creditors to be very urgent in their demands, and,
unless immediately satisfied, they threaten to make the
Maria Antonia Company bankrupt ; the effort of which
would be ruinous. It would have been far more gratify-
ing to the directors to have abstained from making
any further calls on the shareholders till the guarantee
could be obtained ; but it is indispensible that the debts
should be provided for ; and looking at the uncertainty
of being able, at present, to dispose of the surplus land
arid houses, and further payments by the Tuscan share-
holders, if made, being only receivable at distant in-
tervals, the directors consider that a call of It. per share
on the shares in the Anglo-Italian Company will not be
more than adequate effectively to meet all demands, and
they have no alternative but to make the said call ac-
cordingly.
" This company has been hitherto only provisionally
registered, it having been the opinion of their solicitor,
that the operations being abroad, no further registration
or dead of settlement were necessary, and the shares of
the company are at present only scrip certificates; but
from a letter lately received by the directors from the
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, and an interview
which the solicitor has had with him, it appears, accord-
ing to an opinion recently given by the Attorney and
Solicitor General, that this company, and all others
similarly situated, must be fully registered, and have a
deed of settlement. A deed will be prepared accordingly,
and, when ready, due notice will be given to the share-
holders, who will be required to sign it on paying the
call now made, delivering, at the same time, the scrip
certificates which they hold, to be cancelled. The only
liability to which the shareholders will subject them-
selves by signing the deed will be for the remaining
13s. 4d. per share. Estimating that this remaining
i call will produce 20,0001., a further capital of about
58,000/. will be requisite, agreeably to Mr. Babbage's
statement, to complete the line to Pistoja; and if the
guarantee of 4 per cent, be obtained, the directors ex-
pect that it may be raised by loan or debentures, or a
sale of the forfeited shares.

" With regard to the statement of the accounts of this
company, which is also appended to the report, the
directors have to mention, that there not having been
any auditors appointed, they deemed it more satisfactory
that the accounts should be examined by a professional
accountant, and they have accordingly employed Messrs.
Quitter, Ball, Jay, and Crosbie, for this purpose, a copy
of whose statement is annexed.

"Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum has
been paid to the shareholders to the 2d February, 1848;
since that day it has been suspended, from the want of
funds. The nett revenue of the railway for the year
ending 2d February, 1849, would afford but a trifling
dividend, and having been expended on the works, any
further payment of interest, before the line becomes re-
munerative, could only be effected by additional calls,
which, it is presumed, the shareholders would hardly de-
sire, and, constituted as the company will be in future,
the directors are advised that payments of interest out
of capital would be illegal.
" The forfeited shares have been already alluded to,
and are particularised in the account. Some of the
holders who had paid from 4/. to 4/. 15s. per share, but
did not pay the further call, or instalments, when due,
have since requested to be allowed to do so. It will be
for this meeting to decide if these, and other forfeited
shares, the holders of which shall pay the arrears within
a short period, shall be reinstated."

After a long and rather stormy discussion, in
which several attempts were made by two or three
shareholders to adjourn the meeting for a month or
a fortnight, and which attempts were strongly op-
posed by the Chairman, on the ground that it would
have the effect of ruining their property, the follow-
ing resolutions were then agreed to :
" That the report of the directors now read be ap-
proved and adopted, and printed and circulated among
the proprietors.
" That the directors be authorised to mike the earliest
arrangem,nt in their power for converting the Anglo-
Italian Rail way share capital, when paid up, in an
equivalent amount of Maria Antonia Railway stock, and
to form and adopt such plans as they think proper for
applying the balances which may be in their hands of the
latter stock towards completing the line to Pistoja.
" That the directors be requested to pursue all proper
measures for obtaining a guaranteed minimum rate of
interest on the Maria Antonia Company's capital as the
condition of the company proceeding to complete the
extension from Prato to Fistoja, and that the directors
do take all such measures as they shall deem advisable,
and for the interest of the proprietary, to finish the
extension.

" That the directors be requested to urge the Maria
Antonia Company to make arrangements with the Tus-
can Government for the completion of the line between
Pistoja and Pescia, and for the Maria Antonia Com-
pany working the entire line from Florence to Lucca,
and to Pisa when finished.

" That the travelling expenses, of the directors
already incurred, and to be incurred for the purposes of
the company, be paid out of the funds thereof.
" That this meeting do approve of the directors mak-
ing a call of ss. per share, payable on the 15th of Sep-
tember next, and a further call of ss. per share, payable
on the 15th of October.
" That all shares on which from 41. to 41. 15s. per
share has been paid, but which have been forfeited in
consequence of the non-payment of the remaining calls or
instalments when due, be reinstated, provided the remain-
ing calls or instalments, making a total payment of 51.
per share, with interest, at the rate of five per cent., to-
gether with a call of 10s. now made, be paid on or before
the 16th inst., and that all shares on which the calls or
instalments are not paid on or before that day be declared
absolutely forfeited.'
After the passing of these resolutions, and a vote
of thanks to the Chairman and directors, the meeting
broke up.

there shall be a drawback upon goods which, previous
to the 27th of August, 1849, shall have already paid the
ladditional duty to the Custom-house at Odessa, as well
as for those goods which shall pass through the Custom-
house after the said p-riod, according to Article 1 of
this ukase. The directing Senate is charged with carrying
out these measures."—Dat,d, June 25.