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

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presiding, when, after a recapitulation of the varie mach.
eurnstancei of the company, which have so oftela been
brought before the public, it was resolved that a r
tion should be presented to the directors, calling upon
them to convene a meeting of the proprietors o f the
company within 21 days, to take into considerati, n 1 the
following propositions:-1. That it is the opinion .31' this
meeting, that the working contract entered into by the
directors of the Caledonian Railway Company wi ;it the
Scottish Central Railway Company is highly iujnri ryas to
the interests of the Caledonian shareholders.-2, 'Tht't
the sum of 381,2271. 19,. 9d., admitted by the din ?,c tora
in their report of the 17th of February, 1849, to • base
been expended by them in the purchase of shares, or
acquiring an interest in certain ''subsidiary lines," is 0
misappropriation of the funds of the Caledonian Railway
Company, and that the same and all other sums which
have been, or may hereafter be, expended in relation Le
those or any other shares or interest in any railwa vs, be
disallowed in the accounts of the company; and • iv e
quest that the said extraordinary meeting may b e eon'
veried in London. A vote of thanks having been ;give°
to the chairman, the meeting separated.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—The pri itciFal
ev, nt of the past weak in connexion with the r 004
interest in Birmingham has been the completion of the
main line of the above undertakieg. Gi eat import: It ill
very reasonably attached to the opening of this li Ili', 'IS
it will establish a direct communication between the; lon'
don and North-Western lines at Macclesfield, and to the
Treat Valley.
RAILWAY COLLISION.—A serious accident ocotarrea
a few days ago on the South St ields branch of the 'York:
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway. The last pa„, ,Agee
train from Shields was on its way from that toie‘to
Broekley Whine, on the night of Saturday I est, a ban fie
pilot engine was following on the same line, but at aloe'
greater velocity, and, with an apparent disregard 0, :coo'
sequences, the pilot engine was run forcibly in to the
passenger train, breaking many of the carriage Ise 45
riuusly injuring several of the passengers, who, were.
thrown against each other and the sides if the cat title:
with great violence. Fortunately no one was kill( ele but
the injuries sustained will, in many instances, caus e en°•
finemeot for several weeks. The engineman and s ;otter
of ihe pilot engine were taken into custody, and tne
up before the magistrates at Gateshead, era Wedree sdayt
when it appeared the enginenuan had allowed a l tit°
to ride upon the engine, and the parties were 39 el"
gaged in conversation that they did not observe a:A Pad"
- snger train afteao of them tilt it was too late to .:avoid
the collision. The engmeman and stoker were- COul.
mitred for trial at the sessions.
SCHOOLS AT SoMEIts TowN.--Yesterday eve
a very numerously attended meeting was held at the
Music Hull, Store-street, Bedford square, for th
pose of considering the propriety of erecting schot els for
secular instruction in this neighbourhood. The
Arthur Kinnard was moved to the chair, and G F coed
the preceedings by adverting briefly to the object of the
meeting, and expressing his full concurrence in tt jo9 be-
nevolent views of those who were anxious to affoi Y 1 the
district in question those adventate es of which they' were
at present so deficient. Robert etevvart, theta read
a report of the committee appointed to investigate 015
matter, from which it appeared, that out of 209 ft.:vanes
in the neighbourhood of Somers Town, and which. On-
siste d of 685 individuals, there were but 173 cf Odra
who attended any school, and that 156 were withou t eel
instruction in religion or secular education. Er vol
adverse d to the advantages which Sunday schools and
ragged schools had conferred on the community, t b e te7
port then ent red into a lengthened detail of the cril
and profligacy of the neighbourhood of the pro tyose,„.
school. It then stated that these schools were Dot
partake of a sectarian character. The meeting leievaing
been addressed by Mr. Coaan, M.P , and several ion_Ll.;
etitisl gentlemen, a resolution, apfroving of the ot,jeG.,
of t-e meeting, and promising to support them, watt. ITashe
tiimously adopted. Thanks were then voted to "
chairman, and the meeting separated.
THE WESTERN GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—The a ri.oo!c
i
distribution of prizes to the pupils of this establis ho?e..c
went
(which is in connexion with King's College), took PIA,
yesterday in the Hail of the school, in Alexmitrof
square, Brornpton. The chair was taken by the eye ro.
Cadogan, by whom some of the rewards were dis
touted, after he had congratulated all who were lore •
I.( red in the welfare of the institution upon its incre:
ing prosperity and efficiency. The remaining Pries
bead
were presented by the Rev, Dr. Mortimer, the Lr
master of the City of London School ; by whom aPj_ 'd
i
the examiners, the pupils were highly eulogised., :cr.
the management of the head master, the
Earle, and of the other masters, the Rev. Mr. Pi '3l r
sw
&e., was warmly praised, as tending to augment 'add
utility of an establ:shment in which so many youtitit,..oo
been educated who had -since achieved academic
.1,11,be
and conspicuous positions amongst the good atsc"
great.

REBUILDING OF THE OLYMPIC THEATRE.---ICe5;
;,rday the reconstruction of this theatre commence tl°
the site of the old buildiug in Wych-street, recently a'''.
stroyed by fire. It will be built as ant questrian theatre.
ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL.—Yesterday the 103;
nual examination of the children attached to this eePree!A
lent institution, established in 1758, for educatiu g and
afterwards apprenticing orphan children, took plteee
at
the New School-house, Haverstock hill, HamPste"/'' Mr.
J. M. Coombe, the treasurer, pre,iding on the occ
the boys and girls, numbering together about 200, WI
looked excet diugly clean, and happy, extterint
by Mr. Smith, of the Bd ieh and Foreign School Su Cierl'
in Scripture history, geography, grammar, arithtoetiCt
and general knowledge, and certainly the prOMpllilUde
and accuracy of their answers r, Ii no less credit 011
themselves than their teachers, who were warmly poor'
plirnented by the committee upon the Efficiency of iheii.
pupils. A number of young men and women who, had
been apprenticed from the institution were rewarded, se-
e trdieg to annual custom, for their good conduct eine°
leaving the school, with presents of money varying frl
ss. to 11. each. The children were afterwards re Ile
with a substantial repast, at which they were joined hi
the former recipients of the charity.
DESTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC•HOUSE BY FlRE.—.This
morning, about two o'clock, the neighbourhood f
Whitechapel was a scene of great excitement 14 the
outbreak of a fire at the King's Arms, Fieldgate-
et.reßut a very few minutes had elapsed before hundre
were on the spot, and promptly engines and firemen
the Brigade and West of England Company. The 4i't
culty of a good supply of water being removed, SUCH
enabled the firemen to follow up their hazardous !war'
in entering the premises, whilst others were direfititif,
el;
tn
their eff,,,rts towards the houses adjoinieg.
Iven,
The fire
raged with unabated fury for upwards of au hour, h
notwithstanding every effOr!, and the hopes at first water'
tained, by three o'clock the King's Arras, with ald the
,
contents therein, were consumed was ascerteeinea
that all the inmates bad escaped, and that the prayerty
destroyed was insured, but as to names and instmane
from the confusion prevailing, nothing certain was :ascer-
tained. There was a strong police force present,: who
rendered great assistance to the firemen.
A HINT TO BATHERS.—A melancholy
occurred at Cowes on Saturday, and has thrown aachtiel;
respectable family into deep grief. It appears that
eldest son of Mr. White, of the Medina Iron Foundry,
accompanied by two 3 oung friends, took a boat and • pro-
ceeded to the east bank of the river to bathe. Short%
after being in the water his companions were alar
by a faint cry, and immediately afterwards they obserrea
White sinking at st me distance from the boat. Ac the
survivors were bad swimmers, they gained the boot as
soon as possible, and hastened with it to his assistawee;
but they could not find the body until it had been
it.7"here
water forty minutes; and though every means
adopted to procure reanimation, all proved unavaiing.
The deceased was in his twentieth ) ear.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.---
Traffic for
the week ending June 16, 180 t—Coaelling
d trafficlBoi.
103. 9d.; parcels, 321. 78. 11d.; Roods and cattle.
198. 4d.; steam boats, 194/. 12s. 0d.—T0ta1,1,7491. 0
s.,
exclusive of toll from Shrewsbury and Cheater C um-
puny. and payment tor cofiveyance of mails.
RUSSIAN BUTTER.—The steam-ship Camilla, ar.
rived from St. Peter:burgh anti Copenhagen. has brot igni
102 casks of butter from the tirst-mentioned capital, the
produce of Russia. The same vessel had on board 4'
barrels of butter from Copenhagen, of Danish produce.
GROUSE PROSPECTS IN THE NORTH..--The dry
weather which has now so long prevailed has beenfavourable to the grouse, and we heard encourag in‘,
reports trom 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 re-
ceived two separate reports from Stratherrick,.
thearid
believe both may be relied upon. The one says,
grouse are doing well, and I have not seen such up-
pperances of abundance or game sin to the season of
1846. The t ther says, " There were a third irtore
birds this spring than I,st, a d, what is still better, they
were ht al thy ." Inverness C, urier,
Whit-week,
th..ew e
ellik
,aonnveh ehsutenrd
red Guardian
sadtit
fifty
that,
lersodnusr leftivg
statesthous
thousand
nd t

that town by railway ;lid during the correspond ing
eek I .isr yertr one hundre I and bixteen