The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, arrived! in town ateleven o'clock yesterday morning from her residence in
Bushy Park, and paid a visit to tl,c Princess Augusta at
Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess of Gl"'
nester came to Clarence House while her Majesty was
staying there. The Duke of Cambridge and the
Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar called at the residence of
her Royal Highness.
The following account of the health of the Princess
was issued yesterday:—
" The Princess Augusta has passed the night with a
great deal of refreshing sleep, and her Royal Highness
is more comfortable to-dal.

" Clarence House, August 27."
Sir Henry Halford and Sir Matthew Tierney at-
tended the Princess in the forenoon, and Mr. Moore
was also in attendonce on her Royal Highness during
the: day.
Among the inquirers after the health of her Royal
Highness yesterday, were the American Minister, and
Mrs. Stevenson, the Netherlands Minister and Madame
Dedd, the Saxon" Minister, the Dowager Duchess of
Marlborough, the Marchioness of 'Westmeath, the Earl
of Westmoreland, Lady Catherine Buckley, Lord F.
Fitzclarence, Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, the Lord
Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Sir John and Lady Cowen,
and the Rev. Dr. Kuper.
The Queen Dowager remained at Clarence House
upwards of an hour. Her Majesty, accompanied by
the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, left Marlborough
House, at half-past tlaree,o'clock, on her return to Bashi'
Park.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Duko of
Somerset with his company at dinner last evening, at
Wimbledon Park.

Mr. George Lewis and Mr. Vizard had interviews
with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the
Home•ofice.

Lord Adolphus Fazelame° has left town on a tour,
and will afterwards visit the Duke of Beaufort, at his
seat at Cowes. _

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
office, from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

DEATH OF LORD GARVAGH.—This Noble
Lord, who obtained his Peerage through Mr. Owning, t° .
whom he was related, died last week at Chaloneesnfr
Marne, on his way home from Wisbaden. His Lordship
was in his 52d year, having been born in Nov. 1778. !
1803 he married Lady Georgiana Stewart, daughter of t?,
first Marquis of Londonderry, by whom (who died in.
_lo°l
months after) he had no children. His second wife, wee„...
he espoused in July, 1824, was Rosabella, eldest daughter
of the late Robert Bonham, Esq., and by, her he has left
a daughter and two sons, the eldest of whom, Charlie
Henry Spencer George—now Lord Garvagh—is ill "
15th year, having been born March 18, 1826. The late
Baron was as Irish Peer, F. R. S., and F. S. A. and Lord..
Lieutenant of the county of Fermanagh, which appoint'
ment is rendered vacant by his death.
MeETROPOLITAN FlRES.—Notwithstanding the
great and valuable efficiency of the London fire brigade,
there is one point in which they are sadly deficient---rt. .
immediate obtainment of water. In this respect. tr.
Liverpool fire brigade far outstrips London. In Liver'
pool about 100 men are picked from the police force,
..!:
although they do duty the same as their brother ir,l7:,
constables, at a somewhat higher rate of salary, theyrtMol
a very efficient fire brigade. The stranger in Livers
is instantly struck by their appearance. Pendent ft!ue_
polished brass chain slung round their necks is a steel_ tir_
strument, which at first sight looks like a weapon of de''
fence, but it is in fact a water-key. Hence there_ieu;
spread immediately, and an abundant supply o
running to and fro for the turncock, the alarmf of fire
is
ready long before the engines can possibly arrive. in the
great
euier
hgarneadtfulfioref irnneLn,ivuenrpdoerolthien
dilrBe3ctBi'onthoef
Mr. Whitby, called forth the thanks of the whole t
In London the water is locked up, the ladders arc locked'
the fire escapes are locked.
estes
.Y 0
occurrence took place at Blackfriars_bridge, y °
LUDICROUS AFFAIR.—A rather ludicrous
evening, between seven and eight o'clock. Just eavr,,
workmen employed on the bridge were about le Me.,
work, a middle-aged man, in the dress of a mechanic, 1:::
o f
able bdi isr, ebcrwtaolft;
seen to descend the steps cn the City side, and vegfia
liberately to walk into the water, which was very 107_.,
the time, and, after advancing a few paces, he threw b 1
self self into the stream, and began to flounder aboutatelrusel
manner not unlike an overgrown porpoise on a ativell
day. For some time these diversions were corona; _ate,
disregarded, but eventually a crowd began to cong edee bio
which being observed by the desperate fellow, he Ina the
way into deeper water, and really began to goe‘,.,essesi
watery element. Several persons, who had not tyt!O"'sfr„te
the commencement of the farce, really thought
_aoteeresea
might prove a tragedy, and called loudly to the 7,13,,, re-
to put off in their boats to save him, which, after 5' eared
to reject their proffered aid, and again plungedand th.inl: water ; but reaching the middle of the stream,
ing that matters had gene .. quite far enough," on rer'..a
ing the piles, he clung to them, and called lustily aloud
for assistance. The watermen, however, suffered the
mock desperado to remain for some time in this chosen
spot, till his " flights of fancy" had been satisfied, when he
very quietly got into the boat, and, on being brought
ashore, was consigned to the care and protection of thus
police, the jeers and taunts of the bystanders. ,
It was under this heading—" Prorogation. c''
Parliament"—that a cynical knave of an editor lately hP.
formed his readers that " the number of dogs shipped on,±i
certain Saturday night, in the port of Loudon alone, wa"
no less that 480." But he did not distinguish the sniff's!,
according to the packs they severally belong to, nor state
what proportion of them were in the Upper House, and,
how many, being puppies elective, come more properly;
under the lash of Mr. Billy Holmes.
sfllYo
i
THREE BOYS DROWNED.—Last Werl.ne _
~0
at Seaforth, near Liverpool, three lath, at school with 70
Rev. Mr. Rawson, were drowned while bathing. 1
ether boys also had a very narrow escape. a
s still
A LUCKY HIT.--At a later period he w
e; for
DR. SOUTHEY.Rumours have, for a consi- better paid for a more trifling exertion of his leu
the
derable time, been current respecting the health of Dr. having met at a dinner-party the late Mr. Strabane
Southey, the Poet Laureate. Delicacy no longer requires King's Printer, then suffering from gout and old Abe'
the withholding of the melancholy fact, which will give
though his intellectual faculties remained unimpaired,
i--
the greatest grief to every lover of literature, that, through sent him next morning the following jeu d'esprito your lower limbs seem'd far from stout
overmuch intellectual labour, Dr. Southey's fine mind has
been so much prostrated and shattered, that it is very un-
When last I saw you walk ;
likely that he will ever again appear before the world as a The cause I presently found out
writer. Our information on this subject is derived from When you began to talk.
a letter written by Mrs. Southey to a friend in this city.— "
Bath Chronicle. The
In power e r that
proportionp rop s
spread,the
REVIEW AT WOOLWICH ON SATURDAY.— In you mounts upwards, and the strength
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was so All sttles in th head."
pleased with his recent visit to Woolwich, that he purposed This compliment proved so highly acceptable to the old
1.
paying it another visit, and Thursday was originally in- gentleman that he made an immediate codicil to his., w.1....`
tended for fulfilling his desire, but it has ultimately been by which he bequeathed to the writer the sum of 3001
fixed for Saturday, and orders have been issued to all the James Smith's Memoirs, 4.c,
pit'
troops in the garrison to be prepared for the occasion. CLEVER HIEF.—.... wasless
His Royal Highness will arrive at Woolwich about eleven T T startledbyar-‘,.
her story (a standing dish in Italy), in which my e°IIIPA
o'clock, and will visit the various objects worthy of notice.
He Will then inspect the regimental school, and the field nion had himself played a part in the south of France.
batteries will commence precisely at two o'clock, and con- robber stopped a diligence, and stripped all the 11
_ere
of their ready money, while eight of his comrades 7,4
elude with a splendid scene on the common, and filing in seen behind some bushes with their muskets lecuto
thef marshes. It is to he hoped the weataer will prove
favourable on this occasion, that the public may not be dis- When the thief had secured his booty, it was found t'ier
appointed of witnessing the whole proceedings, the dreaded eight were merely scarecrows dressed uP 1
LORD JOHN RUSSELL IN INVERNESS-SHIRE,
the occasion.—Raumer's Italy and the Italians.
GREENWICH.—The enjoyment of the visitor ,0
;.. —This distinguished member of the Government arrived o
e 1 on'
this delightful spot is not a little heightened when
in Inverness-shire last week, and is now at the Duchess back, as it were, into the vale of years, and recalls to elloo°
of Bedford's beautiful residence of Donne, in the district the various royal and celebrated personages who, in c° go
of Rothiemurchus, at the:foot of the Cairngorum mountains, mon with him, took a pleasure in contemplating the scenes and by the finely-wooded shores of Loch.an-Eilan. A before him. Among these may be enumerated the Pi°o
lovelier spot the sun never shone upon, and we trust the and learned Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ,• the ciegse,
Noble Lerd will enjoy health and repose amidst its ro- and fascinating but cruel monarch, Edward IV.; the catie
mantic seclusion. Lord John intends remaining six weeks ning and avaricious-Henry VII.; his remorseless and desrie,
in Scotland. He has not, we believe, visited this country son and successor, Henry VIII. ; his unfortunate viestyli .
since his early days, when he was a pupil of Dugald Anne Boleyn ; the amiab:c young Prince, Edward Y.,;:i
Stewart at Edinburgh, and mixed in the literary and the sanguinary and vindictive Queen Mary, who inherliee
scientific society which distinguished our Scottish metro- all her father's brutality ; her illustrious and learned
_on
polls at that period. Some of it, most brilliant lights cruel sister, Queen Elizabeth ; the weak and imbeuthe
have been extinguished—Stewart, Playfair, and Leslie Imes I. ; the unfortunate and ill-fated Charles I. ; and
are no more. These eminent men respected the promising daring and successful Oliver Cromwell • the licentious eel
talents and virtues of Lord John Russell, and would gladly luxurious Charles 11. ;
and proudly have welcomed him back again, after twenty- his tat w pious consert Queen Mary, by whom the Hospl
_o(i
five years of distinguished public services and undeviating endowed. Here also delighted to wander the merry and
and the good 'King Willisol a 0
consistency in the path of honour. Our countrymen are I;ght-hearted Nell Gwynne, the learned John Eveir'Dr.
seldom slow to acknowledge merit, and in the Highlands celebrated Flamstead, and the accomplished scholar:3ord
the name of a stranger is still a holy name. We hope, Johnson. Greenwith may hence be considered belt! is es
so
oroiunntitaftreolmy
astshoecihatiestdo.rical recollections with ;Thiel. eye
therefore, that the noble visitor will not be allowed to de-
part without receiving some mark of public distinction
ea - 1. •
from the people of Scotland.—lnverness Courier. But though thefootstep .tb ally and the voice of revelry are no longer heard in
, ok
THE POLISH EXILES.—The two fetes given Palaoc, or Park, the rich foliage and hegverdant turf Ibis
this year in aid of the distressed Polish exiles turned out not less bright and beautiful than int days of
complete failures. The first, at the Beulah Spa, was monarch has passed awe ; all thatremains of him is -es
tolerably well attended, but, notwithstanding, unprodue- memory of his virtues, or away
his crimes handed down This
five ; the second, last week at Cremorne House, from the in the page of history • butthe 'scene—the theatre 01 -,,s
state of the weather, was a thorough failure. To meet career on earth __still ; — , Sutra
the the deficiencies thus created, as well as minister to the ve D
at erar —sti I continues unchanged. A
a, G fenwi , (just published).
'cilre°
pressing wants of the distressed Poles, a subscription hrays
teen entered into , and it a pleasing to find, part' l l There Is at, present residing at Tredegar og,
icu ar yat Works,
a man named William Davies, of of 1
the age cls
this moment, that amongst the foremost whu have c
and tray
forward in aid of this benevolent design, are Lord le3ealle- He is a pauper belonging to the Dore Union, a
er) quAfr
merston and M. Guizot, the French' Ambassador. Other on foot from Tredegar to Abergavenny oncee?.ve „lig. offli
old. stb9
names of high station and repute are of the number who have subscribed, but it is the many that make those things ter, to receive his pay from Mr. Price, thend risli "
working S
ter. He is in a perfect
.st.ate of health, a
productive, and we hoc the sympathies of allclasses the Iron Works.—Cumurian.
A MAO'
re-
quire no stimulant to excite them in a cause like the present. SINGULAR INTERRUPTION OF .
evenid
CORONER'S JURIES.—At an inquest held yes- RIAGE CRItEMONY.—We understand that,
.oe-_, a oaf'
terday before Mr, Baker, in the parish of St. Mary rive,
last week, the Rev. Mr. Nixon was officiating s'
tiding
atte
ad is
and inculcating on the parties the duty of
Whitechapel, Mr. Garrett, the summoning officer, corn- to the sanctification of.' the Sabbath, and being fleter•
plained of the difficulty he had in forming a jury, in con- their place itt the sanctuary, when the bridegroom !rat sequence of many of the parties whom he summoned no- rupted him, and both he and "the best man" (P" "arricu-
glecting to attend; and this he attributed to the leniency .
of the worthy Coroner in not enforcing the fines for non• the Re.,. Gentleman's right to be so pointed and Pto the
'l,-i urging faith in the doc:rines, and obedience is ire-
attendance. The Coroner observed that he oertainly cli-1
nulleirrieg.
not feel empowered to inflict the fine, though se':eral of ,laws of Christianity, and plainly avowed senti
consistent with revelation, and subversive 9f r" coati
his colleagues considered that the chaise ire I:ne Jury Act as a religious ordinance. Upon which the CleTerely
relative to fines on alsont Jurors gave them anthority to told them that if they regarded the marriage uni"abwout it'
do so. For instance, Mr. wakiey and Mr. Payne en- as a civil relation, as one having nothing sacred
other
forced obedience to their summonees by fining parties ne- i : , it performed ` - •
teey ingot get
to attend in the soot of five pounds ; but he (Mr. person as pleased them; but he would not dishun? he was
Baker), as a lawypr, teas decidedly of opinion that the self or his office, or desecrate the religion of 'chic"
_f wen
elapse referred to did not apply to Coroners' Juries.
hous-
minister, by prostituting its rites at the bidding .
However, there wag ono thing he could do, and that was, who avowed their infidelity. Ultimately he left the
we are
to send the names or one chi neglecting to obey the without further proceeding with the ceremonY. eelied
SUIIMIMIA reqii!slng their attendance as Jurors to the Sea- , told, however, that another cicrgyman,.on being °Yr
sions, which would cause an infliction of a penalty of forty i to, completed it.--Montrose Review.
infortrn•
shillings upon each defaulter; and this in future he should , air
irIYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.-- ha mys"
certainly do, as the duties of Jurymen fell very heavily
ton has been given and bills circulated relative teti... Jo.
upon those persons who were willing to attend when
disappearanceof Mr. James Baxter, ot toe
...
ireo'"'
serious
others refused to do so.
Bowing e j 4,
Adelaide-terrace Islington, under the fo
August
STRANGE LETTER ADDRESS. Lately, a stances :___/t
appears that the morning of Three
ppears that on
d to the a
letter came through the Post-office, Crieff, with tbe fol. the gentleman left home and proceeded to
__trained
.5_ lowing address :—.. To the care of Charles *List', Let- Brew, rs, Lower-road, Islington, where
onh r'
ILe follovong
Out
ter Carrier, Crieff, for the use of Peter Mactavish and the day and night, and left at six o'clock.was
made.. ~,,,
Brotherhood, to be delivered immediately with speed, or morning, from which time every inquiry 'l'
91
scone; iS po.asihle if you can, Crieff. 1 him, but no tidings could be traced of bits.

We have received the Journal of Antwerp, of yes
terday's date.

BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, AUG. 25.—At the open-
ing of the Bourse some sales were made for German
Account, which was followed by a reaction to .51 5-16,
but soon after they were done at 512 to 13-16, on the
news of their coming higher from Paris. The other
National Funds took the same turn. The Actions of
the Society of Commerce got up to 2 per cent., and
the tendency of the Bourse was very favourable, in con-
sequence of the belief gaining ground that the Eastern
question will be amicably settled.
Ardoin's Spanish was rery animated before 'Change
hours ; it was done at 23 1-16, and 23 afterwards fell
to 222, but later it improved to 23y, an improvement of
about per cent.

EVENING EDIT) ON

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY

The Eighth General Meeting of the Proprietors of
the Eastern Counties Railway was yesterday held at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at one o'clock.
H. BOSANQUKT, Esq., the Chairman of the Company,
in the Chair-
Thc.i Secretary having read the advertisement calling
the meeting, and the common seal of the Company
hariag been affixed to the book of registered shares,
The CIIAIRNIAN said, that on the two last occasions
on which they had met he had carefully abstained from
Making, any observations to them, as their agent, or as
the agents of the Directors, before the reading of the
Report, as he deemed any such observations would have
bcea unnecessary, and he had always desired as much
as possible to spare their valuable time ; but on the
present occasion it was impossible for him not to claim
their attention to a few observations which he felt it his
duty to make to them. He would, in the first place,
adtert to the late accident which had occurred on the
Railway, and he would say that if it could for one me-
Tee"t he imagined that the enterprise in which they were
engaged had been founded solely in the desire of the ac-
quisition of gain, his would have been a most cruel task to
have to appear before them this day. But that enterprise
was founded on more enlightened views. The question
was whether the large and important district of the
Eastern Counties of England should not have the same
Letter highway that the rest of England possessed.
That was the real question at issue, and many times
during the last four rears it had fallen to the lot of him-
self and his colleagues to have to bear up against the
animosity which it hail been endeavoured to excite against
Ibis undertaking, and which they had been enabled to
'ear up against solely because their enterprise was
based upon the solid considerations of public utility.
---, Wear.) lie hoped that he should never again
frequently
it said at the West-end of the town, as he had
lrequently heard it said, that the Eastern Counties
Railway would never pay. He had taken some trouble
to ascertain the statistics of the hoe, and had gone
'town for the purpose of watching the enormous stream
of
traffic through the eastern parts of England ; and to
l'ase who contended that theme was not sufficient traffic
`e 'Lake a railway pay, he world say, go down yourselves
and see. The number of ceaches was not only consi-
derable, but there were vans, carts, and waggons innu-
raerable ; but he would contend that the number of
,eciaehes had never been sufficient for the accommoda-
tion of the passengers and traffic. The fact was, the
eaPabilities of the Eastern Counties of England had
!lever been properly developed. When he had seen this
iltbrnense number of coaches,vans,waggons, and carriages ,1
e,',every description, he had inquired from whence they
came. The detractors of the railway had said there
Noe only a few paltry villages in the East of England.
;;,?v, he found that there were numerous towns and
IlaZes east of the River Lee, including Stratford,
Guildford, Romford, Hornchurch, Ilford, Southend,
Chipping-Ongar, Sudbury, Coggleshall, Harwich, and
various other places, with popul ttions of 2,000, 4,000,
,
,"'O,OO, 10,000, and 20,000, according to the last census,
taken in 1830. Now he would put himself upon the
Passenger-traffic of those towns. He would not say
ything of the aristocracy, for they in general were no
supporters of their undertakings. He could not under-
stand why the aristocracy should not be the first sup-
Porters of these, the noblest institutions of modern
tunes. The only reason he could imagine for this con-
duct
Wag, that wealth could now no longer exclusively
catnrnand rapidity, but that this superb invention
brought in this respect, like its own rail, the peer
and the peasant on a level.—(Much cheering.)
He Would therefore leave the aristocracy altogether out
of his calculations, and look to the support they would
had
from the suburban population of the towns. It
tlad been said that these were agricultural counties, and
that they could expect no railroad traffic from agricul-
ural counties. Now, he thought there was nothing
better than agriculture, and he could not forget, that
of the 2,800 enlightened supporters of agriculture who
Were assembled the other day at Cambridge, the greater
Part came from these very counties. It was from these
counties that London was principally supplied with all
the articles necessary for life. The articles which were
now brought to town by light carts and waggons would
undoubtedly all travel by this railway eventually.—
(Cheers.) The county of Essex had been much belied.
He had travelled all through it, and there did not exist
a more beautiful or a richer country than was to be
found in the neighbourhood of Southend. But
it was said it was not well inhabited. Why
was this ? The old merchants who had made
their fortunes in London, used formerly to go down
into Essex to reside. They now, however, went to
the West-end instead, and spurned those domiciles
which their fathers had erected. Why was this ? Be-
cause they had hitherto never had a proper road from
Essex into London—they had to thread their way
through Aldgate and Whitechapd. But now, by the
road through Bethnal green and Spitalfields, the Com-
pany had afforded them the means of coming from the
east end of the town to the west without difficulty, and
7io'thout any danger of blocking up, so that there was
obi eager any apology for calling Essex an unfashion-
-1,4 eatlaty. They had now joined the cast to the west,
Ole ni,r.% by this new road, opened a communication with
the ulrrningham and Great Western Railway, so that
0, stream of traffic from east to west could now flow
uniuterruptedly.—(Cheers.) He would only say
ttlhellher' on behalf of himself and his colleagues, that
r were still actuated by the same determination by
t(
why
they had ever been, to work out the undertaking
i:))r-i4e best of their ability, for their own and the Com-
Laj's advantage. He would not detain them longer,
Pt would at Once call upon the Secretary to read the
"Port.
'file SECRET Y then read the following Report and
Aance-sbeet
itice the last general meeting of the Proprietors,
Various matters of peculiar importance have claimed the
attention of the Directors.
-In the last two Reports they stated, at considerable
few
, the nature of certain proceedings, to which a
Shareholders had resorted for the purpose of corn
poi -
Ing the Company to alter the plans which, after ma-
re consideration, the Directors had laid down for the
into execution of the line of railway froth London
pi. ° the Eastern Counties, and for the unrestricted ap-
e of the capital under their control to this pur-
:;, and to which plans the cordial and unqualified
-..retl°n of the general body of Shareholders had been
ni'artnly given.
The Proprietors have already been informed that a
Lade Liar a mandamus, from the Court of Queen's Bench,
all firen obtained, to compel the Company to purchase
War e land , and proceed simultaneously to complete the
lont" of the entire Railway between London and Yar-
huth, and that a Bill had been introduced into Parlia-
et), without the concurrence of either tile Directors,
if roprietors or the public, contemplating plans which,
adopted, would have proved altogether fatal to the
five Progress of the undertaking, and utterly destruc-
The of the capital already advanced and expended.
rtie 'se unjustifiable proceedings having signally failed,
*j rectors would gladly have avoided further allu-
went. to them, but as they have tended to delay the com-
b, I" of the Railway, to an extent which can scarcely
tit estimated, and have caused considerable distress to
41:11,1 individuals, in consequence of the depreciated
ioi,'et value of the Company's stock ; a sense of what
euue to the public induces the Directors again to ad-
ofritto the subject, the questions involved being matters
of
tTF deepest importance, not only to the Proprietors
e 0,1" undertaking, but in their principle of the utmost
th-r-sequence to every other incorporated company
,enghout tile
pr The Directors deemed it their imperative duty to
.L`ieli3nt a petition to the House of Commons against this
and'i
nei-117 111 addition to the petitions presented by other parties,
ah, during its attempted progress, they used every prac-
u,e meaas of making its objectionable character and
the " Provisions generally known to the Members, On
Lellth of May, the second reading of the Bill having
040,r1 l'oored, it was rejected by a majority, almost with-
at,: Precedent in the case of any private Bill in this
g;e, the numbers being one hundred and ninety-five
flalast fifty-eight.
glig4(-3a the 16th June the Judges of the Court of
sh,deen's Bench, after a lengthened argument, gave
Wrig,tner"l favor of the Company, by quashing the
01 mandamus.
tips" These vexatious proceedings having thus terminated,
,uis‘,4-iirectors congratulate the Proprietors on the re-
bi:e and trust that all parties will henceforward corn-
t4lll(i to carry nut the legitimate objects of the under.
atvea_g, under the conviction that unanimity and per-
ptit,,r,3nen cannot fail to render it advantageous to the
""e, and profitable to the Shareholders.
ta -I,,"_rhe further opening of the railway from Romford
dit7 entwood, and from Devonshire-street to Shore-
tores.l3, has fully satisfied the anticipations of the Direc•
of., Already has the opening of this additional portion
i„:40 line nearly tripled the former traffic, and a steady
Orease in the amount having been exhibited, the
yi,sll:eetors are confirmed in the correctness of their
ula.e.s respecting the vast direct traffic which must ulti-
N° IY flow upon this railway. The opening, of the
Ile
'4 t"he rn an Eastern Railway, as far as Broxbourne,
15thval noble September, will also prove an exceedingly
auxiliary to the traffic receipts of this Company.
teL _
Sl:ne annexed report, from the engineer, respecting
tiun tate of the works, will explain the present situa-
taet. of the different parts of the line now under con-
.

the The Directors deeply regret that in consequence of
4PPlinjurious proceedings already alluded to having
ed the Company's resources, and affected the con-
ence of the public mind in their stock and debentures,
blimited funds only have been at the command of the
°l."nerd, and this has prevented the vigorous prosecution
to the works beyond Brentwood ; but they hope shortly
as Ch obtain the means of extending the line at least as far.
eirnsford.
the whole of the between, betwe Brentwood and Col.
bretallter, has, under the direction of the Board, guided
experience of what has been done on other lines,
beeul revised by the engineer, and the result has been
'4144 alterations in the gradients, which will consider-