The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-24 00:00:00

OSTON, STAMFORD, and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.--(STAMFORD and WISBEACII LINE).
At the ORDINARY HALF-YEABLY and S.:7•EkIIAL MEETINGS
of Proprietors, in the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham hallway
Company (Stamford and Wisbeach Line), held at Ne. ig: Ibingdffir
street, Westminster, on WEL:Nen:AY, tile 17th day of February, MI:
THOMAS MACAULAY, Esq , in the Chair,
The advertisement showing the Meeting to be legally convened
having been produced, it was resolved :
That the Common Seal of the Company be now 'aftlredlo the
Register of Shareholders.
The Directors' Report was then read by the Secretary, when it
was inoVeil as an amendment, by' Mr. Lechmere, seconded by m.•
Cradock, and lost by a very large majority,
That any alilliwance to a Managing Director of this Company
made out of the fund already placed at the disposarof the Directerii.-'
It was_then resolved,-1 hat the Report now read be received add
and adopted by this Meeting.
Also resolved,—That the number of Directors
,us at present autho-
rised by the Act (viz., 13) be reduced to 12, and that those going mit
of office by rotation be now re-elected.
The business of the Ordinary Half-yearly Meeting betel
concluded,
the Meeting was declared Special, and the advertisement convening
it being produced— -
It was resolved,—That the agreenl tit between this Company and
the Great Northern Railway Compare( is approved and confirmed by
this Meeting, and that the Chairmtui be now requested to affix his
signature to the same.
Resolved,—That the Bills new reel be approved by the Meeting,
and that the Directors be authorivie carry the same through Pkr-
Tam e.itt; viz.— - . •
* A. Bill to empower the Boston. Staitobrd, and Birmingham Rail-
way Company to make a Railway front Wisbeach to Sutton-to:1(1ga,
with a Branch to Sutton St. Mary, and to improve the Harbour at
Sutton-bridge.
A Bill to empower the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Rail-
way Company to make a Branch trem the Stamford and Wisbeich
Line of the Boston, Stamford. and Birmingham Railway at Wisbeach
to Wisbeach Harbour, and to construct certain works at Wisbeach
Harbour.
A Bill to empower the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Rail-
the Svston and Peterborouo

way Company to make a Rai(rya}, from the Syston and Peterborough
Railway, at or near Peterborough, to the Stamford and Wisheaelt
line of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway, in the
parish of Thorney and Isle of Ely.
Resolved,—That the approbation of this meeting be also given tO
the following Bill, viz.:—
A Bill to enable the Great Northern Railway Company to take a
lease of, or to purchase, the East Lincolnshire Railway, the Bostim,
Stamford, and Birmingham Railway, and the Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway.
THOMAS MACAULAY, Chairman.

_
Also resolved,—
That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to the Chairman ind
Directors for their zeal and attention to the interests of the Sh re-
holders.
GEORGE SAWARD. Secretary.

1 IAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine
Spent., 15. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60e. per 112168..
Mottled, 60s. and 648.; Wax Candles, M. per lb. ; German Wax,
Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transoarent Wax, Is. lid. ; krlentline
Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%d.; Sperm Oil, fis. per gallon ;
solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand. or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind-
sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor. Is. 1d ;
Ecostaffebe,hoeduse. Warehouse. 63, St.
Rose. 2s. ; Almond, Is. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 45. 6d.; Male's Paragon
Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. er
16.
Martin's-lane,
For Cash—AtpposiDA.Vtel E'S
Slaughter's Old

NAVAL INTELLMENCE. i
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 22.—The Undine, a very pretty Oort
steamer, which has earned the reputation of being a remark-
ably
fast goer among the Channel steamers, arrived last night
(having been purchased by the Admiralty) to set, as we :are
informed, as a tender pro tem. to the royal _ yacht for the toe-
casional use of her Majesty and the Prince Consort in their
visits to Oiborne House, as both the Victoria a:tni Albert and
the Fairy are hors de combat at present. This gives an air of
truth to the rumour that her Majesty, the Prinoe Coniort,
and-the Royal Family, intend paying a visit to the Isle of
Wight this week—it is said on Saturday. The Undine .has
the appearance of a fast vessel, and it is not much unlikethe
Fairy, excepting that she is propelled by paddles instead of
a screw, and that her masts and funnel have no rake.
The Echo embarked the depot companies of the 56th Rbgi-
ment from Clarence yard this morning for Parkhurst bar-
racks, Isle of Wight.
As there are not any men-of-war of small tonnage at this
port which can be made available to carry meal to Ind d,
the Admiralty have ordered the hire of vessels for the ur-
pose, and Mr. Davis, the Master Attendant of the R yal '
Clarence Victualling Establishment, has been endeavouidng,
both here and at Southampton, to take up tonnage of *all
creft, capable of stowing some thousands of bags of Meal
for conveyance to Ireland. One vessel is to proceed to
Clifden, county of Galway, as soon as loaded, and another to
Kingstown, Dublin, in charge of. Government officers. The
Dauntless screw steam-frigate is shipping stores for her
crew,
_. and loading with meal, of which fits will take up-
wards of 300 tons, for Tobermory, in Scotland. She sail%
immediately she is laden. A. small vessel is to be-liked to
accompany her, loaded also with meal, which she Will dis-
tribute on the small islands in the Llebrides and Orkneys,
under the directions of the commissioner. ' The greatest
activity continues to prevail in. the Aftrence-yard in grind-
ing corn fur Ireland. The men work night and i4ay.,. bey
are also constaUitig a demand for a supply ofibisouit for'
25,000 men.
A contract was taken on Thursday last at the above es-
tablishment for 500 quarters of barley, at 535. 10d. • per
quarter ; and a contract for 500 sacks of biscuit meal, at
525. 10d. per sack ; also 500 sacks of whiile wheat meal w
iaate
s
takensat a private tender at 495. per sack—all for immed
delivPry. - "y
The Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Miller, remains at
Spithead for orders.
The gallant and bet Vent Command in-Chief at this
port, Admiral Sir Char Ogle, Bart., ' supplying a
great number of poor and aged people rollout soup,
fromwllsth
pthi.
.s y
mhot hfo euelddu December.c
likenk ,y aFradt
on,
.tsh2e roe e
followed"h days p
by
ywoe
tell e noblecogs
similarlyxa p 1e
circumstanced. - An incalculable amount of Pal good Iruilt
result.
Captain Kingcombe, came in Last The Wanderer was at the Pougas, not "DIVA" on the
with the 56th Regiment, bound to Gibraltar.
ty-
phus fever having occurred-among the troops, Captain Klng
combe put the ship under quarantine on arrival. This
morning she was visited by the medical °lacers' under
whose orders the patient, a private, was removed to the
liStasAjt eantrghattroofromp-spb
Royal Militar Hospital at Stoke. The case is pronounced
a mild one. Fhe Belleisle has been relieved from quarant,iineci
and she will proceed to sea the first opportullotY• W n
A caseßeolfleisle.
oiPrtsinoutb,

South, with occasional showers.
The French fishing-lugger Jaques, Captain Roger, belong-
The
to Dieppe, was this morning seized by Mr. Potbury.
ing
surveyor, who discovered 801 b. of manufactured tobacco
N‘oel awliecelehrorinblbeoard.
Dockyard, The master and three h ends are it n
piriiesoned at the police-station. The vessel cam here under
t ‘pretence of purchasing mackerel.
Williams,lpoLwicit. FEB. 22.—The Odin steam-frigate, Captain
connected with ship-building
_INN,
_a having had her compasses adjusted at Greenhithe,
b. Cl 1 tain Johnson, left that place yesterday morning- with
meal and other provisions for Ireland.
steam-frigate
a number bbeai
onv
fge
navalaapresenttvai
ieoddithem
eir n
opportunity of visiting her. There are now in this dockyard
two of the finest specimens of naval architecture in the
world—the Terrible, the most efficient war"
120 in her
building, and combines a beautiful form with
Majesty's service, and the Royal Albert, rated 120 guns, but
pierced for and can mount 130. She is advancing in her
staelut the
basineor theal
it
strength, her timbers being put together in a peculiar mohe,
never previously adopted by_ any other naval arc t-
teet than her designer. The strength and capa-
bilities of the Terrible steam-frigate have been well
tried in all kinds of weather and in gales of wind, both steami;
very superiord
ing and sailing, and under canvass without steamah.e
has
steaming, using only two boilers, or half her power. 1
.s
beaten the fastest of her Majesty's war steamers with flea
full power. She is so steady and extraordinarily easy in a
heavy sea, that she has never had occasion to have anything
secured on board in the most violent gales, and her constunp-
tion of coal is less in proportion than arty smaller steamer
that has attempted to compete with her. When in company
with the Retribution, which vessel has only one deck of guns,
but is of sheere number of horse-power as the Terrible,
while the latte had two gun decks and double the quantity
of powder, shot, and shells, with 150 tons of coals Mn board
these circumstances with a consumption of 10 tons of coals
more than her competitor, she beat the Retribution under
less each day of the trial. The
she wed
of the
Terrible were fully tested whoa she towed the Hibernia,
first-rate of 104 guns, faster than that vessel had ever
sailed, and under various changes andkl different ways, tow.
ing her six, eight, and sometimes ten ots per hour. The
Terrible is now, after twelve months work, perfect in appear-
ance,eh •
and continues as firm as the day she was , launched from
f
the stocks.

LLOYDS SHIPPING.
- . 02.--Wind southerly.—Arrd. Samuel En-
23.—Wind E. by N., moderate breeze
LONDON, Fen.
1) ', %I. r xi,.
South Sens; Royal Albert, Scanlan, Hong
-1 d Statira, Jamie* ; Joseph Crosier, Singapore ;
Kong. SI • Bornholm, Charleston •
y le, Berbice ; . , Frode, Ruch,
FEn 22.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Sld. Tomatin,
v
New York. Off port, Young Q
, Mar, Callao ; Reserve, Demerara; Catherine
adCCNleeir:biu,ele.ll3l,'l'an-zoL3'.r.i.kste' 2trrd from the River, W. and M. Brown,
Rolla New
sla•ovrakn.
Rio Janeiro ;
St. 'incept ; Lavinia, Havannah.
ueen,
FEJI. 21.—The Brechin Castle, Baxter,
SWANSEA,
ked below the Mumbles. The , from
Adelaide, is wrec decks came
.ainandd fißva.oh crew brought in here h), the
TOBBAY.—SId.e,
Ben New Orleans ; ;
gal, w lork ; Kate, • •
Newcastle Packet, N . _ Bahia •; Barbara,
Chriotiana, Sierra Leone; Nunez, Rio
Gordon, Tobago;
Janeiro; and the whole of the windbound.
rrn• 2.3 —The Barbados, Pick •
Elizabeth,
bl'ole'irtel(l)i r.
LIN-Eat-ow, --- •
HavannaliTilit;liart.bn:
; Pigeon. St. Do-
y, Charleston ; Granada,
itlalia,,,,toontelliosfiLi,eoaerirnt,', was lost at sea previous to 7th inst.; cap-
tain,
and the Radius. Sid. Flora, Rio Janeiro ; Laner-
mcoisntg,
oTmg Maria, St. Domingo
Havannah ; Dalmatia, New Orleans;
Helen, New Orleans; Effingham, New Orleans ; St. Peters-
burg,Charleston; Cornelia, New York; Royal Sovereign, New
York ; Compton, New York.
OFF THE Liza.up.—Warlock, Cell. Shanghae.
CLYDE, FEB IL—Sid. Azof, Boston.
New Orleans ;George A. Hople
GALWAY, FEB. 14.—Arrd. Susan. Beam, Boston.
Freeland, K ong ;
BELFAST, FEB. 20.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Warri asford,
Llewellyn, Demerara. "...
DUNDEE, FEB. 19.—Arrd. Wumeganei, New Orleans.
CARDIFF, FEB. 20.—The Rienzi, Plymouth to this port,
on Shore on Sally I,land, has become a total wreck.

A CORN STACK FIRED.—On Sunday evening a
large corn stack, containing forty quarters of wheat, near the
high road, about a mile from Strood, on the road from
Gravesend to Rochester, was set on fire by some malicious
peWn' and was entirely consumed. It was the property of
Alr.klace, of Gravesend.