The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-26 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

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BRUSSELS, FEB ne Senate adoeted yester?ay
several projects of iaw, one of which was, that decreeing
the pensions of officers and officers' widows to be
inalienable. It likewise opened and closed the gereral
debate on the project of law for granting a vote of credit
to the war department, and a general discussion of the
budget of the department of justice.
'The Chamber of Representatives resumed to-4TO°
debate on the project of law relative to the clearing of
the waste lands. At the conclusion of the sitting, the
Minister of Public Works presented a project of law
relative to the bolts on the iron railways.
The communication of the project of law relative to
the Commercial Society for Exportation, may be consi-
dered as terminated. The reporter will be appointed at
the next meeting of the Central Section. The Minister
of Foreign Affairs has proposed as an amendment to pro-
tobit the Society from all manufacturing operations, and
as for Ire quenting the markets of Europe, he consents
that the statutes shall exclude for the present the mar-
kets of France ; the markets of Spain may be opened or
closed against them, according to circumstances, as soon
As Spain shall have p.otnulgated a tarif which shall per-
,ni- the regular importation of our linen into that
country.
A..k.m.lN. FEB. 20.—" Her Majesty the Queen has had
:in uninterrupted and refreshing sleep, and is to-day in
very satistactory state.
" Dr. SCHONBEIN.
" Dr. VON STOOL
"Dr. GRIMM.'
" Berlin, Feb. 19, half past nine A.m." .
her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia returned
to Weimar to-day.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
A Court was held immediately after the committee of the
whole Court wa, broke up. There was a large attendance of
aldermen as well as of commoners.
When the minutes of the last Court were read, an addition
was suggested by Mr. Wzsrs, which was agreed to b 1 the
Court, and accordingly made in the minute-book. It AP'
peared that the minutes had been correctly, as far as tiler
went, recorded, but that they had been inadequately de-
:ailed. The addition was considered as insignificant, except
ss regards the principle, and the existing disagreement be-
tween the Lord Mayor and the great body of the members..
Mr. WIRE, when it was proved that the pressure of by
siness which related to the election of officers (and no other
4usiness), be proceeded with, rose to state his reasons for
allowing the election of the officers to take precedence of all
other matters.

Alderman SIDNEY said, that if Mr. Wire's reasons were
listened to, the demand of every other member to be heard
,n the same subject could not be rejected.
Mr. WIRE said he had no notion of obstructing the public
ousiness, and would not give any person a pretence that such
was his intention. He consented to the precedence of the
election, relying upon the independent and honourable Or
port of the court in adopting such steps as would put theta
in a right position, by going to Parliament. (Cheers.)
The CHAMLIERLAIST gave in his list of affidavits, for She
freedom of the city; amongst them were three or four per'
sons in small retail businesses.
Mr. WIRE again called the attention of the court to what
he considered to be the disgraceful fact, that such applicant!
should be compelled to take up the freedom, while the riuu
wholesale dealer was exempted from any such obligation.
He hoped the day was near when nothing of the kind should
be heard of.—(Hear, hear.)
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The Court then proceeded to the election of the officeril._
Some conversation took place upon the motion for We,
election of Mr. Bullock to the office of Judge of the Sheriffs
Court, and it was argued that much inconvenience was Mg
.o arise from the annual election of a judicial officer. The
Court agreed in the opinion that the Learned Gentleman
should be chosen guamdm se bene gesserit, and he was Roo,
ingly appointed fur so long a time as he should act proPePi
in the office

As the Court proceeded to the election of the other 001 P"
some of the members took occasion to refer to a railway
action in which one of the officers was concerned, and
condemn any connexion with speculations of the kind;
tata
the same time that they cast nu imputation upon the hone
or integrity of the gentlemen to whom they alluded.
CHARGES AGAINST THE IRISH SOCIETY. the
The Mayor of Londonderry, and a deputation from
Corporation of that place, attended to present a petition, cnir.:
planting of the manner in which the Irish Society had.'"'-
cinegen its duties and trusts towards the county ef LonanD;
derry generally, and the city of Derry in particular, in_l4",
praying that the Court would secure to the petitioners tht..
independence and just rights, by restoring the lands and Ws
ings intended for the use of the citizens of Derry, and di.nrefa
such an alteration of the funds of the society, derived ;.,,
other sources, as might render their city worthy of its founr
tion, and its connexion with the city of London.
Alderman HUMP/IEIIY, in moving that the petition be relel'ald
'said that it contained grave charges, which the society col
completely disprove. He wished that the greatest faniu.o
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should be granted to the gentlemen who attended asli. r-by
tioners, and that every attention should be paid to them
the Court. He wished that their own time might be
appointed for the consideration of the case, and he exP.rc'„,.
his conviction, that the Irish Society would prove same.
torily to the Court, that they had acted towards Londondery.
in the true spirit of liberality, at the same time that he au
mitted the petitioners had some reason to complain. ost
Some conversation took place on the subject of the IP
advisable mode of proceeding, and it was at last deterunnili
that counsel should be heard at the bar of the court a Memo
hence, on any day which might be considered convenient o
the petitioners. •
The Court of Common Council will act judicially upon the

occasion.
We omit the details of the petition, which, as the ilecor....Ader
observed, was the first presented during the last two hulla';.7
years against the Irish Society, until the answer shall have
been given.
Mr. Jolts WOOD gave notice that he should, at the next
court, move that the third reading of the Qualification Bill
be put.—( Hear, hear.)
The LORD MAYOR said he did not know that he colds
accept that notice of motion.
Mr. W. JONES intimated that he should move, nil"' the
occasion, the recommittal of the Bill.
The Court then broke up.

CORPORATION OF LONDON
REFORM.
Yesterday the committee of the whole Court assembled in
the Council Chamber, fur the purpose of receiving the repo!t
of the sub-committee on the subject of the privileges of the
Court. Deputy Pp.:Acoca in the chair.
The minutes of the proceedings of the last committee Wel
then read Several members declared that they did no
perfectly understand the position in which they stood or the
exact nature of the question by which the Court of Comm!:
Council was agitated, and that it was therefore neceaseLJ
that they should be informed by legal authority.
"
Mr. ASIIIRST immediately brought up the repot
„t Of ter
sub-committee,which stated as follows:-1st. "That ha it
to prevent the delay of public business it is expedient text
the election of officers should be proceeded with at the
Court prior to the discussion of any other qu'—ed,
Lions. 2dly. That the corporation requires to be refortoor
which can only be done by the aid of Parliament, an b.
that reason we recommend that it be referred to us (the e,e..
committee) to prepare such a Bill for such reforms and albs
rations as we may see fit, the same, when prepared, t°,,be
submitted to this committee for consideration." The tor,
committee were, he said, influenced to recommend these tor,
resolutiuns by adequate reasons. It would be seen that to
Bullock, the Judge of the Sheriff's Court had, accordiok,
parag-aph which appeared in some of the newspapers,
fl'ict
chued to presioe in that Court, in consequence of tbeC
eat
het his eppointnient had not as yet taken place in the
of Common Council. Now at the present moment Nr• Butt
lock Utppettrct to be pertOrming his duty in the very 5.v.
which he had been reptesented having refused to oceoPit,
The report had evidently been manufactured to Preo.
dice the Court by an implication that the olebroe
hers were interfering with the course of Pa,hie
justice : and the object was to oppose the spirit in which
Common Council were acting, and to support the Lord MeLve
in his denial of their privileges. That the question
the members required to be put from the chair was a 1311;ii
question there could be no doubt, and there was no Well' to
that would not approve of the measures adopted by theme}'
accomplish this most reasonable object.--(Hear, hear.) to.
had endeavoured to assert their right to freedom of dig es
cl
sion They had the right, but It was evident that they b¢
not the power to carry it into effect. It would be, the
therew"
for the Court, after the election of the officers, to take ,e•
necessary steps, by applying to Parliament to retorlit2.4l
Corporation, and put an end to the obstinacy to loatiwtt
they had been subjected by enlarging the numbers at
the powers of the constituency. It would be desirable wif•
both branches of the Corporation should agree in these :vice;
upon so important a subject; but if the Court of Alderato,
persisted in the course they were pursuing, a separate OPP of
cation could be made to the Legislature. The citicenew
London had lung been of opinion that reform was indisPeere
sable. The constituency was limited to persons who o_,
compelled to take out their freedom by the terror held O_,,T;
them, that they should not carry on business except °rill
such condition. The Court of Common Council had dell ei
they could to prevent the pour man from being oppresse.o,o
he obligation to pay for that which the rich mart, 2%61
proved by the judicial opinion of the Recorder, was Pet'
in repudiating. In other respects the City Common Ce. elf.
had manifested an earnest disposition to reform 11 •
Of the Court of Aldermen, he could not say, thabsa
similar anxiety existed amongst that body. They fry.
lately testified their disposition to reform, by °ace
ing Alderman Humphery's motion for a conlo2l,ber
as a preparatory step, and then refusing to advance alle`for
step.—(Hear, hear.) They admitted that the neeessiVred,
reform existed, and one of them, Alderman Wilson, clec'ew"
with a great deal of propriety, that the court of which be t it
was a disgrace to the Corporation, and thatch
intr-t be reformed.—( Hear, hear.) It would be seen by 'two
iellow-citizens that the actions and intentions of the to
courts had been essentially different, and that in ornvell
effect the changes which time and circumstances imnerel;t.....
called for, recourse must be had to the aid of Partial:oe, the
(Hear, hear.) Again he hoped for the co-operation 0,4 be
Aldermen, but if the acquiescence of that body could not
be
obtained, the other members of the Corporation could nv
at a loss for the requisite facilities. abt
Mr. LAWRENCE said, that however undeniable the err
4. the Common Council was, they had not the poweL, tbejr
mrce that right, and they ought certainly to do of
rice --
could to prevent the public from suffering in consequalbere
any act ot theirs.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.) _ the
had appeared in the newspapers a misrepresentation
sitting of the Judge of the Sheriffs' Court. The Com "
wflost.
Council were charged with having been the Caine blame
poneinent of business. If any delay took place the
ear.)
ear.)
layle
(Mr. Lawrence)
ihel.or dINI awyaeor,foarn dgnuoi
going
g uponto
o them.—(Bear,
b iament to eeffectin
that which it was evident they could not accomplish lidere
selves. He was anxious to get the co-operation of tol_al..o the
men. He would be willing to make a sacrifice to DP" t.
Cbe
000lniseonfttohfe tcheeosrst- hoofl eAbkoi
Aldermen
e nßey
sayetconferencesystem
of
refwoLlth mig lt:
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calculatedtliattoaelfraregcte tnhuetumboerstofbethneeliAcli
It
with the Common Council in the opinion as to
to
%-as producedwe I! known
iv
for reform, so that it might be no difficult matter__ 06urt
it proper
Couonicliceiristhaen,diinnge onnotitohneof question.interfe
magistracy of the City.—(Hear, hear.) Believing,
right
;hat the Common Council, though possessed of tou
ed
Cao tpurio)(l,
th
which they had endeavoured to assert, were not ble to
the power to enforce it, he thought it would beadvise_cart
should be formed. ag
proceed to the election of officers the moment the
eport, and
it stood unconnected with the second in the r
d resolutton
' •11 that the consideration of the second rinv.l.s:wg?,:ihtehne,
Several members spoke in favour of the first reso
oresset. a wis
should be postponed.
did the two re.solutious, and contemned
Mr. ASHURST was decidedly for
embedying-as it Was to talk
proposition, It
the object of the dissentients to that
the
otßars.
the great question after the appointmentee of
reform, after $ll tag
was, he argued, ridiculous to thi kof _
u.
goipg tunts to
diniNiatmouto which bad marred, Tatto t
agreeing !reP°ll;ths

2steresy
treeing
s to be
ger eral
)f credit
a of the

.day th©
wring of
ing, the
of law

!save t 0
e const-
tinted at
Minister
t to pro-
ons, and
:tonsents
he mar-
nned or
as soon
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D-day is

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no other
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nce of all

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be heard

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that such
L.,E3 of the
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put them
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four per•

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the rich
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ON

mbled ill
he report
es of the

Parliament; and if he was not supported by the Court in
o,:t,fOdooect, he would join with those who were cohtending
rs to come TO SO desirable an issue.
"1-
a„r• R. L. JoNEs submitted that, at the last Court, it WAS
Zreed, as far as could be inferred from the speeches
Creed
majority of the Members, that they were to
„ to the election of the officers of the
Ltirt, The obst.nacv of the Lord Mayor had inter
prevented the effect of that determination,
Must not be put in the power of the public to say that
'ltnCourt acted adoptme opposition to the course they
resolved to after deliberation.—(llear, hear- )
BURN advised that the hitter portion of the report,
wlch referred to an application to Parliament be postponed .
-beer that the opinion of the law officers should be taken on
~.questio and he moved an amendment to that effect.
VRpm seconded the amendment.
lieftri TAYLoa supported the original motion, in the be-
tions at there was a strict coherence between the two reso-
- amendment was negative by a large majority.
*tat" 'r. HALL then moved that the first resolution be put
Lti'n that the second be postponed for future consideration, as
a.ipliject of too grave importance to be hurried over.
Ern r* "Aaafsox seconded the amendment. He wished the
stisresolution to be carried, in order that the public might
o%cetain no inconvenience from the non- appointnent oftlnie
aiderantionbut the second question required a great deal of eo
great deal of confusion took place at this stage of the
tiittle33 of the committee so that it became extremely diffi•
,t° ascertain the exact state of the question. The Lord
ma8,?)0()r was announced, and his Lordship entered with the
te 'bearer and Mace-bearer, and the business of the com-
to ,017 'Whi necessarily at an end. As our reporter was able
iect from those around him, the committee adopted the
oic9en!greendation to proceed in the Court to the election of
the
au
tot r,
tteeand Postponed the latter part of the report of the sub-

X6;4 PERFECT APPLICABILITY
IjpnIITHER TO SURGICAL OPERATIONS
`'N DELICATE FEMALES AND CHIL-
...e,EN.
1,4 e a emaciated young female, about thirteen years of
plio'fwho had been reduced to extreme danger from a
iti ol scrofulous disease was subjected to an amputa-
ell_of her leg on Wednesday, the 24th instant, at the
1484 Mister Hospital, in the presence of an unusual
of eMblame
leis, ut medical men and distinguished cultivators
itt,—lace. The patient was placed under the )ethereal
401;iace by means of the ingenious apparatus of r.
stlie'rni:°,,n, of Gower-street. The poor child became
lenio„ e" in about three minutes, when the eminent
yet,„ surgeon of the hospital, Mr. Hale Thomson,
theicaeXterously and speedily amputated her leg below
tta one°. Three arteries were taken up and tied, and
minable cushion was formed. The characteristic
ftetastances which mark the effect of the ether were
the p aPParent. The face became suffused with red,
sedinPils of the eyes dilated, and the breathing slow
ca ti to audible. This case exhibited some modifi-
in 01' of the usual symptoms. There was more of the
delmuntarY reflex muscular action than is commonly
°Pecl in etherized subjects ; but, upon the whole,
iitoo,cls perfect illustration of the value of the new
Meth ,has never been witnessed. The pulse varied
bheinri force, regularity, and frequency. Before the
ej,C,"°rt of the vapour it counted 120, during the
irnt3:" of the operation it was 160 irregular and inter-
to PR, and after the removal of the leg it subsided
wo IMO, and became soft and tranuil. After the
Leland had been dressed, and previous: o the removal to
Pres she
rapidly recovered her consciousness, and the ex-
Ske Blon of her face became beautifully serene and cilm,
she had not felt the slightest pain, and in a
alto "", affectionate, and joyous manner, threw her
what round the neck of the operator and kissed him.
lighta carried to her bed she showed surprise and de-
' and declared to the nurse she could not believe the
eons ad been amputated, for she had been so utterly un-
her,sri"Tos of what had taken place; she even passed her
te,„'.'4own in search of her foot, before she could be
hifvfoleed of the fact. In a few minutes afterwards she
heraahst, asleep, and has not experienced a single unfa-
seieoe sYmptom since the operation. The numerous
thild 1"o and professional visitors were delighted, that a
should
s° ha ve Much debilitated by long-continued disese,
proo borne the shock of so important a surgical
4, "a with such entire absence of the nervous distur-
perZ aod agitation which have always hitherto accom•
arid amputations, and capital operations in general,
to warmly congratulated Mr. Thomson upon the
tallifte
et°,3B. and signal success which had crowned his

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—TiIu M/.D Y.
tents we
as languid that on some of the principal
4,rktnts we are spared the trouble of making a quotation.
4ue chief betting, in fact, was on the Liverpool Steeple
Chfie, for which Brunette and Roarer were backed freely,
111,'' one offerin more than 5 to 1 on the field at the close.
la few bets laid on the other events noticed led to no
'qtu3ge in the prices.

LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CEASE.
sto 1 agst Mr. Preston's Brunette-6 to 1 taken freely
8 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's The Roarer—taken freely
10 to 1 agst Mr. Watts' St. Leger—taken
13 to 1 agst Mr. Omrteney's Matthew—taken
14 to 1 apt Mr. D'Arcy's Culverthorpe—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. 0. Higgins's Pioneer—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. R. J. Moore's St. Ruth—taken
NOSTHAM ?TON HA NDICAr.

9 to 1 agat Lord Orford's Footstool
15 to 1 agat Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus—taken
16 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanish—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Discontent—taken
to2o
1 was betted agst Vanish to upwards of 1001.
CHESTER. cur.
20 to 1 apt Mr. Gully's Mendicant—taken 22 to 1
30 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch—taken to 501.
to 10 agst Mr. Minor's Duke of Richmond—taken
to 10 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken
No others mentioned.
The DERBY.
Glt t• °thy bets to our knowledge were 1,000 to 50 agst
thsriet whose backer would have gone on ; 1,000 to 35 agst
WatiootT,°„„f Chase. 500 to 15 agst Allertonian, 330 to 10 agst
600 to to 10 apt Christopher, 500 to 10 agst Bedlam,
InsekDl.7o Montpensier, and 1,000 to 15, five times, agst
the 2,000—“" 200 t 10 was laid agst Kedt's lot winning
Guineas Stoakes, Derby and Oaks.
to 15 to e
5 t 1
og OAKS.
ast Slander, laid to 201., was the only bet. Offers
1 about Miami, and 16 to 1 about Nerissa.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE, &c.
L, Entry for Lord Sefton's Plate.
_r
bOore s Cascade, 3 yrs
gi,Bfirri.:ajrs.Coveesst,esrfillekldr:sinLea, d4yyrLsu.rewell, 3 yrs.
At- • Ijrilwei
iorserst:hds
Infringe,
gaStean:o3sb;yrssr.s.yrs.
Nlen's Nottingham, 3 yrs.
wir. Heap's Brown Fly, 4 yrs.
k.4,lalvorth's Robin Burns, 5 y-rs.
TH,„'Pe's Woodranger, :5 yrs.
take tVTILEPLE CHASE.—Gag having been left in by mis-
hav, I`,`,,a number of acceptances is reduced to 40. Boxes
SACK
engaged for an immense number of horses.
81:7,49( of the BRECHIN CASTLE.
sat MONDAY NIGHT.—Early on Sunday morning
on t: feeling of the deepest regret pervaded the whole town
°teurreornnuncement of a most distressing shipwreck haveisntgAar.
in the courseof the previous night on the coast west-
be
be th:'lilloinbles Head. The unfortunate vessel proved to
this "reehin Castle, 4. 00 tons burden, homeward bound to
boarZrt from Port Adelaide, with the Australian mail on
guard, The catastrophe was discovered by one of the. coast-
the b. who was returning from his duty at daybreak along
broke`4eb, when his attention was drawn to a quantity of
of tia bulwarks, and other fragments of wreck, just abreast
leNtrilbles Head light. He immedietely hastened
. to his
his ,„4 officer, who lost no time in dispatching a body of
ep —en to collect what ropertv might be washed s
hip's
p"et; parts of the
) coast p
')
Frorii the fact of both the shipp's
wlts, being subsequentl • icked up dashed to atoms, no doubt
itithl:ertained that every soul belonging to her had met
t, watery grave. Every exertion was made to collect all
for n.tnation on the subject by closely examining the rocks
to rers and documents, and several were found, which led
of e identification of the unfortunate ship and the names
Witr wand the passengers. It appeared she was laden
cePper ore, and commanded by Mr. J. R. Baxter, with
of 15 hands. The last place she was known to touch
of as the Cape of Good Hope, whence she sailed on the 23d
d "acember last, and had arrived within fifteen miles of her
be_Stination when the deplorable event occurred. There has
t"rl a light-ship recently placed on the Helwicks, a dan-
rOus shoal, to the westward of the Mumbles, and of Port
4)11°14 and the geaeral belief among the pilots and others
P 4 ble of judging is, that this was mistaken for the Mumbles
;ight at the entrance of the bay, and hence arose the distress-
itg accident.' So sudden was it that the momont she struck
rocks she went to pieces. During Sunday part of the
loff and towedashore, about half a mile
s_ Ps hul was got
dredging oyster
westward of the lighthouse, by several
boats. In the afternoon some Australian newspapers, dated
Adelaide, October 17, were picked up in Laingland Bay,
auPposd to come from the wreck. The names of the crew
and passengers drowned are described in the list handed to
as by the agents to be as follows :
fir. R. Baxter, commander; Mr. Nichols, first mate ;
ulr. John Adamson, second mate; Robert Robertson, ship's
Carpenter; Daniel Lettess, steward; John Payne, able sea-
rim ; William Mills, ditto; Andrew Nelson, ditto; Steward
17.41'N ditto; John Gow, ditto; Daniel Myles, ditto; Daniel
ditto • David Reed, ditto ; J. Pack, ditto; James
L'ott, ditto.
Passenger's names :
124 - Winterbottom, Mrs. Winterbottom, and her child ;
Fairburn, Mrs. Fairburu, and her child. Four others,
Liam
QS not exactly known.
okele only bodies yet washed ashore have been those of two
-.)73; one was found at Cliff, six miles distant, on Sunday
e,'",,fi'°g, and the other to-day. The latter had a life-buoy
lilCrecl to it. A large leather bag was found this morning,
Wei;" brass plateattached to it, addressed to the Postmaster.
Vlleral, London. aft roved to be the mail-bag, containing
the Port Adelaide peppers and letters. It was immediately
°lwarded, in the state it was found, to London.
41I° Ship and cargo are valued at upwards of 20,0001., and
tePOrted to be fully insured.

„ -
- -
ISLIMONGERS' AND POULTERERS' BENE-
society was
111011.Jelsx SOCIETY.—The anniversary dinnerof this _
14 nn 'Wednesday evening, at the Londcfl Tavern,, and Mr
t tt:riltan, M.P. presided on the occasion. NS e were glad
IL— 8° numerous' an attendance of the two trades. About
at Persons sat down to dinner, and, by their subscriptions,
.2:"yed that the interests of the institution were uppermost
le7 their hearts. The society has now been in existence for
psel.ert Years ; and, from the report for the last year, it ap-
.,.455 that its funds have been completely exhausted by the
Olen% of building an asylum It has been erected on
Southgate;th
angp road between llornsev, Tottenham, and
itit'' if there is faith to be put in plans, is a very handsome
o",” in the pointed Gothic style. The company responded
voi't warmly to the appeal which was made to their bene-
ateor: and in the course of the evening subscriptions to the
ex-
tended that
int "'" cf 500/. were announced by the secretary. We are
the society has already been the means of.ex.-
isupn,sr, usefulness to members of the trade by which it is
thee:_ `ecl• The arrangements for the dinner were excellent ;
tia.toumic was under the direction of Mr. Turner, and Mr.
ointiated as toastmaster.
hreklitE no% TUE RIVER.—On Tuesday night a fire
„„, e out on board a large vessel, moored off the Coal-
w"euppers' Register- office, King James's-stairs, Lower Shad-
Matterr
coat
shipsich the working tools used in the delivery of the
are deposited. There was some combusble
31, .11 the vessel. An alarm was raised, and a treat
er of coal-whippors and others went on board and ex-
iled aw gam
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The half yearly meeting of the proprietors of thii cGrn-
panv was yesterd.ty held at the off*-s 01 the company, No. 9,
V,lliers-street, Strand, tor the purpose of receiving the
directors' report of the proceedings of the company, for the
half-year ending 31st of January last.
The chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. William Hawes,
the deputy chairman of the company.
The notice convening the meeting having been read,
The CHAIRMAN said that the present meeting was one of a
special character, consisting of nearly all bridge proprietors,
and not, as formerly, a mixe 1 meeting consisting of bridge
and market proprietors. The absence of the latter, no doubt,
arose from the circumstance of legal proceedings having
been lately commenced against this company, in order to
compel them to fulfil in the manner they thought proper the
contract between the two companies. In the commence-
scent of these legal proceedings the Market Committee were
unsuccessful, but in the continuation of those proceedings
had been more successful, the Lord Chancellor having post-
poned his decision in the case for one week. The question
in dispute between the two parties had been considerably
narrowed by the directors of the Bridge Company under•
taking to admit, under certainly difficult and complicated
arrangements, the steam-boat passengers to land upon the float,
and so on to the bridge, without the removal of the line of
barges which connect that float to the wharf. It was clear
that in doing so the company were exposed to great evasion
of the tolls by persons passing along the barge , on to the float
up the steps, and so ou to the bridge. if any evasion, or
loss should arise to the company, it was the intention of the
directors to say to the market company, " a loss has arisen in
consequence of your practice, and we call upon you to pre-
vent it." The directors had always offered a friendly adjust-
ment, but they had said to them, that the proposed six feet
division of the bridge would be utterly destructive of their
property. It; however, the directors could not come to an
arrangement as proposed by the Lord Chancellor, it would be
tiieir duty to have the case argued before the Lord Chancellor
and show that the public had no right to be admitted, and
claiming as a right that, if the passengers were admitted free
to the steam-boats, some mode of identification should be in-
stituted, by which the toll collectors of the bridge should be
enabled to know who were really steam-boat passengers, and
entitled to pass free. In consequence of the difficulties which
had arisen in borrowing money for the completion and
finishing the bridge, asum of between three and four thousand
pounds being required for that purpose, it was considered neces-
sary to meet that additional expense by charges upon the
receipts of the company. For this reason the directors did
not feel justified in proposing a larger dividend than 2
per cent. upon the half-year ending the 31st of January,
which would leave a balance in the hands of the directors of
9661. A portion of this suns would be required for the pay-
ment of one half-year's interest due to the Exchequer Loan
Commissioners on account of money borrowed; the available
amount in the hands of the directors would then be reduced
to about 4001. With reference to future dividends, he should
be wrong if he did not say that when the Richmond, the
South-Western, and the 'Brighton Railway termini were
completed, the traffic on the bridge, and consequently
the dividend to the proprietors, would be materially
increased. The directors also proposed to pay a dividend
of 4 per cent, per annum upon the money advanced for
the purpose of making the road direct from the Belvidere-
road to the proposed station in the York- road. It would
be necessary to have the shareholders of the company com-
pletely registered, and every precaution would be taken to
ensure a prompt and equitable division of the money to be
paid by Mr. Jackson for the purchase of the bridge- He
was happy to inform the shareholders that the project for
building a new bridge at Charing-cross had been aban-
doned, and there was every prospect that when the new
bridge was built, it would be upon or near to the site of
the present Westminster-bridge.
The CHAIRMAN then called upon the clerk to read the
report of the directors, which was as follows:
" Your directors have to report the amount of tolls re-
ceived in the six months, from the 31st July, 1846, to the
31st January, 1847, to be 3,1501. lls. 3d., and the expenses
1,324/. 2s. 11d., leaving a balance of 2,6591., which they re-
commend to be applied to the payment of a dividend for the
past half-year, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the
capital stock of the company, and 4 per cent. on the sums
paid on the eighth shares, leaving a balance of 9961. Bs. Gd.
to be carried forward. The charge upon the company for
rates and taxes in the year 1846, amounting to 7601. Is.,
appears most exorbitant, and notice has been given of an
appeal against similar charges in future.
" Your directors are proceeding in Parliament with the
Bill to enable them to convey the bridge to Messrs. Jackson
and others.
" It is with considerable pleasure your directors refer to
the abandonment of the proposed scheme for the removal of
Westminster-bridge, and the substitution of another bridge
close to the Charing-cross-bridge. The report.of the com-
mittee specially appointed to watch the interestT of the com-
pany in reference thereto will be read by the secretary.
" The law proceedings commenced unsuccessfully by the
Market Company before the Vice-Chancellor have been re-
newed by appeal to the Lord Chancellor, who yesterday
deferred the action for a weelif to afford an opportunity for a
friendly adjustment.
" The prospect of the early completion of the South-
Western Railway station, close to the southern terminus of
the bridge, which cannot fail very much to augment the
tolls, must be a source of great satisfaction to the proprietors.
" Your directors have given the contractor notice, through
will proceed therewith
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The following abstract of the half-yearly revenue account,
from July 31, 1846, to Jan. 31, 1847, was also read by the
Clerk :
July 31, 1846.—To Balance brought forward....C2 817 11 S
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To Amount received for Tolls, &c., from—
Aug. 1 to Aug. 31 £62l 10 8
Sept. Ito Sept. 30
Oct. Ito Oct. 31 5OO 8 6
Nov. Ito Nov. 30
Dec. Ito Dec. 31
Jan. Ito Jan 31, 1847

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Rent of Office per Hungerford-market
Company

£5,983 2 11