The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-10 00:00:00

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MORN 1N SUN.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL-

WAY COMPANY.

The general
half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors,i in
- above undertaking, was held in the London 'Tavern
a.esterday.
The Chair was taken at one o'clock by J. Harman,
the Chairman of the Company. The formal business
ng been disposed of,
The
CHAIRMAN said it was most gratifying to himself
brother Directors to meet so large a meeting of
)he Proprietors, for he was convinced that before they
kakat, the room they would be perfectly satisfied with the
is 'en:lents that were to be laid before them. The most
tarP?rtant occurrence since the last meeting was the
Iva"' oFening of the line—the result of that opening
important, because it had convinced every one who
11,27 seen the working of the line on that part which had _
n opened that their traffic when the line was opened
cirsotaighout would be immense.-(Cheers.) He had
lins the pleasure of informing the Proprietors that the
ss the
very soon be thrown open; indeed, he might
,_Y that it was the intention of the Directors to open it
wi the 14th of next month.—(Cheers.) They had, how-
tt'‘x,er,
been unable to bring the works so forward without
Is-riding more money than he had led them to andel-
hat tohnethe last occasion of meeting. lie had then stated
it at line would be completed for 2,070,000/., since
Meeting it was well-known to them all, that they
iiniet with some exceedingly, heavy slips, which had
ssus-,
1„ va them much anxiety. However, in so great. and
12Pendous a work as theirs, considering that good judges
L° said their plan was almost impracticable, yet it was
st'w nearly finished, and Sir F. Smith, who had inspected
jskaici it was nearly the best line, if not the best, it had
t" 'leen his duty to inspect.—(Cheers.) He had also
4t 11°1 pleasure in informing them that even with the ad-
sittal outlay caused by the slips, the line would be made
sect throughout--it would be completed without the
1,4 et!ors calling for any further
.assistance from the
kPrietors.—(Cheers.) Even during the last half year
1,13' persons said that they would be compelled to
:`:!i'v another half million before they could complete
' "le, and he could scarcely disabuse their minds of the
I,,sest' ; he was, therefore, much and highly gratified in
4,-114'..?, able to state most confidently that they would re-
Isos,,elin more aid. He did not wish to detain them ; he
shietutt therefore simply say that they had raised all
ts,,lncmey they were entitled to, and he was happy to
that even in such an undertaking as theirs, only the
N., sum of 12,000/. was outstanding. Considering the
e and extent of their difficul+;es, he thought they had
kof ?ell overcome. The clerk would read the Reports
° the Directors and the Engineer, after which he
be
17happy to answer any question which might
, _
SECRETARY then read very voluminous Reports,
title'', at length embodied all which had taken place
the last meeting.
ifThe CHAIRMAN said they had now heard the Reports
the
Directors and the Engineer read, and he would be
'l3r, to answer any questions that might be put to him.td
• 4)ROPRIETOR inquired whether it could be stated
The
at what period the line would be opened?
o CHAIRMAN said the line would be certainly
ket;e\u. throughout on the 14th of September.—(Hsar,
had very lately gone over the whole of the
use+
and the gentlemen ,who accompanied him, andr himas:
ttiek,could bear testimony to the accuracy of
_M •
kis Report. Nothing but exceedingly, bad weather
neell- Prevent the opening at the time fixed. There had
1144 had
delay from the delivery of the rails, but
4e had all arrived since the date of the Report.—(Hear.)
• PARSONS, a Proprietor, begged to know under
Pfh.' s'eads the excess of expenditure would occur?
t1;411,,' CRAIRMAN said the great excess would be f(?1-
40,11‘i'etion of the contracts and for extra works, and it
11,'„arnount to something like 130,0001.
t• i•
s-c-insosts said there was no detailed statements
ric expenditure, which was yet to be incurred.
e tjnAinitrAN said their Report was only
.made up
theluso 30th June, and. they had, in addition, given the
settiettlint estimated for the completion of the works,
Attu,. Would be something about 2,289,0001. When the
;thei;e of the works was taken into consideration, and
▪ vast extent, it would be seen that while they were
„.eross„ it was extremely difficult to come to any
ins ,liken a close calculation. A good deal of extra ex-
s' had been incurred in making four lines of railway
Isp-aell station, and that had been done•
to prevent, as
asisisP;e'ssible, the liability of accidents.—(Hear, hear.)
oi:sr line, when a train arrived at a station,
.it stood
'Ratio 'Lie ordinary line, and another train passing then
`othera either way could not, as had been the case on
Ilatueel'aielways, come into collision. Looking at
upon s°' :the trafic, which they might reasonably expect
'tand ts-e'r line, they considered that they ought not to
p reasonable expense to make it as complete
Itlili-ule—(Haar, hear.) Ile had no doubt that when
cat line was finally opened, it would be found that the
aitrolises of keeping it in thorough repair would be very
tat,',. All would agree that the first expense was always
sja -least, and they were not likely to have any heavy
f.ll4't;,f e
gits N
swsoarikdi working or raerpeadirthfoart s9o4moeotoir time
hadto come.heen
„Nether that
the 30thl-eune, and lie wished to know
Nether that included all the arrangements of the Com-
easy ?
The CHaiitmast—Certainly not. They had given as
)s„,‘ ,et of courtesy to the Proprietors a statement of the
extended up to the present time, but the detailed
could not be given till the next half-yearly meeting.
b
.t ritteTon said the Hon. Proprietor must see that
Ise .as impossible to make up the accounts in a satisfac-
Manner until, the completion of the contracts.
trh;tr* PARSONS wished Id know if there was any 'con-
zetuall-
) finished ?
Xs, • llasTracrs, the Engineer of the Company, said
%-!eocunlY Contract actually completed, and on which the
There were were balanced, was the Shoreham branch.
%titres Were titsill some little matters to be done on the
Ive44l,ets for he part of the line actually opened, and it
Ssis"irequire two or three months before all the work
hes,' ne actually finished off and the accounts sent in. The
app N,vorks were all completed, and they were able to
liii,r4i.ate very nearly to the sum that would be re-
the the line. At the last meeting of
asd t PrietOrS they had the Earlswood embankment,
rose vi°o or three other very heavy works in hand, and
/key?'" them was of such a nature that for two months.
ealtsemade scarcely any progress. Now all these diffi-
!ttatiss had been overcome, but it required both perse-
-I,ejand increased expense to overcome them, and
ch,r°rKs which remained to be completed were of such
11%4 aeter that they could estimate almost to a fraction
krwould be required to be expended on them.
• I'ARSONS' object in putting these questions was
to sassaas
in what was the actual sum they would have
traV, because on many other lines considerable ex-
4,,Pc,,nses had been incurred after their opening.
the i,o."AsTuIcK coulk assure the Hon. Proprietor that
fliett,tlitilon and Brighton line would be an exception.--
ss"4.lll4i„ear.) They had expended a great deal of money
s.4lssav"g the stations complete, by having four lines of
dire. ay' 40 that one train could pass another in the same
theinars'„ On other lines, the train at a station was on
rem "Ile, and there was no possibility of passing ex-
p Parficular places. They had also provided load-
Nisetiiees for carriages and horses, sidings, and other
Iv,shere, ellees• and they were enclosing their stations ;
that
h-s, 't‘ they looked at other lines, they would find
seperiedese matters were left till after the line had been
Sri
th.--(lienr, hear.) Indeed, it would be found
arighteore would be a very trifling expenditure on the
s sa line after its opening, and they had as much
',lhaltel`t chairs in stock as would nearly enable them to
`ize a --eir arrangements for the conveyance of merchan-
nd
ea's.—(Hear, hear.)
silts p
th -'•SONS said the' explanations of the Engineer
fade Directors were very satisfactory, and he had
ken so s inquiries, because, in many instances, he had
is„the per cent. added for extra expenses.
Isrsals.'44tlisiaN said they were anxious to give every
asikio. 'son to the Proprietors, but it was not always
Ntts.us to go into items where there were unsettled ac-
-4,113' tit; -Hear, hear.) They did not wish to hide
'''Olves-ng, only he trusted that a little discretionary,
°or% "Tas regarded details, would be allowed the Direc-
tli(;ey„,le was glad the questions had been put, because
s
• eCight have been an impression that a large sum would
• ItTed for extra expenses after the opening of the
extras o'w, they had made it a rule to pay for all the
Inuo every month, and he was fully persuaded that the
tentall il they had put down in their Report would cover
,e,expenses of the line.—(Cheers.)
inias 110PRIETOR begged to ask the worthy Chairman
What head would be charged the expenses of the
14441' sentertainment given by them a fortnight ago.
The
tens
illts I.! CHAIRMAN was very glad the -question had been
J'kt: because he had received many letters upon the sub-
Ihss,seme of which were signed and some were aennonthye-
hce'. complaining of the entertainment given_
stating
tlist-l'on of the opening of the railway, and_
after The Shareholders who went down the day
IsQ got only bread and cheese, while the Di-
lasara and their friends got champagne, &c.—(Loud
sther t?_t) Now, after three years anxious erap.tc..
y
s-
;rs"',',te did not think it was too much that the D
'euld have the power to treat themselves' and
4ssr:tks upo-n such an occasion.—(Cheers.) He must
-i
l'eet that Shareholders had been excluded. Each 131-
%4r had the power of inviting two friends, and none
sf than those were invited except those who hadbeen
t„,eat use to the undertaking.
bed ° Ilronrietors expressed themselves much dissatis-
am With the conduct of the Direction upon the occasion,
Ettp,4 Mr. Mayhew moved a resolution approving of the
alit -11 s, and ordering them to be printed and circulated,
the :°ndemning the conduct of the Directors in giving
'44,22tertainment in question, and preventing its being
1,:1 into a precedent.
taist Crtarttinex said the Proprietors could not enter-
kll3, ch poposition for one moment, if they placed
• ic°llfidenee pa the Directors.
TALEY moved as an amendment, simply that the
17hieh °Lueyrinted and oirculated amongst the Proprietors ;
glasdsielng seconded, was at once adopted, only four
14,. °being held up in favour of the original motion.
"net M.P , begged to ask the Chairman whe-
tkid -ey had come t.c, any- untlerstanding with Mr. Gold-
, .41.esPectfng his property.
is e Cal./Irma/4 said No. Mr. Goldsmid had given up
tf seatel in the Direction. He had filled a bill in the Court
t,osw rance,rY, to which the Directors had given in their
"Nid-. "hell Mr. Goldsmid saw that, he thought he
lir not proceed any furter.
kiddie
RENNIE was very unfond of law. Was there no
thatte , course Viat could be pursued ?—could not the
be settled by arbitration ?.
hr o
eltatitsr.AN said, that course could not be taken,
deed se Mr. G. wanted to introduce a clause in the
tibt conveying his land, which the Court could not pos-
1' 3'
Ittltt cede to 'without a violation of their Act of Par-
t ent
ac
Hekate wanted to have power to re-enter on his
rent' orli any cotils were carried upon the 1..10. The Di-
Stn„o 8 acceded to that, in fact ; but they never could
itta__ that it should form part of the deed. It would be
tilt tho express provisions • and such being the fact,
qAtmee-ri.power cote.cl decide between them than the Load

Mr. MAYHEW begged to ask what was the cost of the
entertainment given by the Directors ?
The CHAIRMAN--2661.
Mr. MAYHEW—A most extravagant sum.—(Laughter.)
In answer to the complaint of a Proprietor,
The CHAIRMAN said it was not intended that the
trains should go at more speed than at present until
the railway was opened throughout, when the time con-
sumed between the extreme stations would be under two
hours.
Mr. WALE! had the utmost confidence in the zeal and
abilities of the Directors, but he must say that it was
within his knowledge that many speculators had been
prevented from joining them on account of the Chancery
suit. He was an advocate for an arbitration in Mr. Golds-
mid's case.
Mr. PARSONS said the time of the meeting ought
not to be occupied in .discussing a legal question—it
should be submitted to arbitration if that were possible.
The CHAIRMAN said the Proprietors would have
every reason to find fault with the Directors if they al-
lowed them to be deprived of their railway merely be-
cause a few coals passed down the line. They had been
driven to the course they had now adopted, for he could
assure the meeting that they had not gone into the
Court of Chancery until they were compelled to do so.
—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CASH begged to ask what charge was made against
them by the London and Greenwich Railway Company?
The CHAIRMAN said they had nothing to do with the
Greenwich Company. The London and Croydon Com-
pany made an arrangement with the Greenwich, and
they (the London and Brighton Railway Company) paid
the Croydon Company lid. per mile for each passenger.
A PROPRIETOR said the Directors had acted very pro-
perly in the charges they had made for travelling upon
their line ; but he wished to know whether, when the
line was opened throughout, any alteration would be
made in the fares ?
The CHAIRMAN was happy to say that it was their in-
tention to reduce the pares when the line was opened
throughout.--(Hear, hear.) They must recollect, that
at present they had a very expensive machinery between
Hayward-heath and Brighton, and they must also bear
in mind that only three coaches had been yet taken off
the line, and within the last week they had carried nearly
6,000 passengers.—(Hear.)
Another PROPRIETOR hoped the fares would not be
lowered very much as the line was a very expensive one.
The CHAIRMAN would endeavour to consult the in-
terests of the Proprietors and the accommodation of the
public, and they had thought it better to start with high
fares and then lower them, than to start with low fares
and be obliged to raise them.
A PROPRIETOR suggested that it would be advisable
to have an amalgamation of the Croydon and Brighton
Companies. At present it appeared to him that there
was a great waste of power in that part of the line.
The CHAIRMAN hoped the good sense of both Com-
panies would devise something which would do justice
to both. They had no wish to do anything detrimental
to the Croydon Company, but it was undeniable that
their traffic must interfere with that of the Croydon.
Mr. MAUBERT then moved the thanks of the meeting
to the Chairman and Directors for their able and effi-
cient management of the affairs of the Company.
The motion was seconded by Mr. MAYHEW, and car-
ried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. He was satisfied
that after the line had been a short time opened they
would all admit that they had no reason to regret having
embarked their property in the undertaking.
Thanks were then voted to the engineer (Mr. Ras-
trick) and the meeting separated.

THE ORDER OF MECHANICS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,--I address you because you have always proved
yourself to be the steady friend, the able advocate, and
the faithful adviser of us working men.
I wish to ask you what it is that we are waiting for.
Is it to see what Lord A., Lord 8., Lord Y., Lord Z.
will do for us ? Were any people ever saved from op-
pression by waiting for their Lords ? I would say, let
us wait no longer, but at once do our own work with our
own hands.
We have waited too long. The shouts of our trium-
phant tyrants are everywhere driving the poor to mad-
ness. They tell us—" By crippling trade we will lessen
the demand for your labour and lower your wages—we
will by high duties exclude you from sugar, and all
things now indispensable for your comfort ; you
may bid farewell to beef and mutton, hence-
forth these are to be allowed only to clergy-
men and gentlemen; take a little loaf of bad
bread and be thankful that we sell it to you." For
all the misery we suffer, Lord Sandon tells us in Liver-
pool, " to thank the clergymen of the Church of Eng-
land." The Dublin University Magazine, insulting over
our Queen, as if that lady were already their victim and
prisoner, hesitates not to call her a " deluded" woman,
and to bid us " thank the Church of England alone" for
all our miseries. The London Standard reiterates their
cry of triumph over us, " The Church of England it is,
and the Church of England alone." It is so. I never see
the little loaf, I never look at my hungry children, I
never listen to the useless advice to give more butcher's
meat to a son and save his life, but I do feel towards the
clergymen such feelings as do not find utterance from a
man in words.
When Charles the Fifth had the Pope a prisoner in
Rome he set all the priests in Spain to pray him out,
So when our Lords have closed the ports against all
wheat they set our clergy to work to pray it in. Having
by their laws made bread dear and placed it as much as
they tan out of our reach, the clergymen would have us
day by day and a dezen times on a Sunday cry to God,
" Give us bread."
For what, Sir, are we waiting ? Let us exert our-
selves, "the hour" has come, and if we do our part
doubtless there will soon appear " the man." Write for
us. Act with us. The torch and the dagger are the
means used by ignorant and misguided suferers. Save
us from a wrung course by enabling us to take the right
road.
To me it appears that in each of our large towns the
working men should form themselves into a society
for mutual improvement, for recreation, and for
social elevation. We have Freemasons, Knights
of the Garter, Odd Fellows, Baths, and Thistles ; we
have ribbons and stars, and badges of many
sorts. Let us have another " Order." Coventry
will supply us with ribbons. Birmingham will make us
medals. Let no one be admitted who is not industrious,
sober, and well conducted, no one who is not either a
working man or who has proved himself to be a friend of
the industrious classes. A friendly intercourse could
easily be kept up between our large towns. The object
aimed at should be to fit us for, and raise ourselves to,
our proper station in society. No easy task.
Everything is tending to our degradation. When in
Sheffield I never went to my work so early that I did
not see at his shop window a file-cutter hard at work. At
six o'clock on a winter morning there he was hard at
work by candle light; at nine o'clock there he was still
at wo.ek, his candle burning, the file before him, hammer
in one band, punch in the other, and the ceaseless and un-
varied t hump, thump, thump. This lasted six days in the
week. 0 u the Sunday what could he do. All places for
social enjoyment, for healthy recreation, or mental im-
provement, are closed against him. He has his choice of
the dusty road,
the public-house, or the great building
where he is. told to toil hard, suffer cheerfully, and to
thank the good clergy. He may stay at home, but he
cannot there have such comforts as his hard work has
earned, nor be grladdened by the presence of his wife and
children fed, clothed, and cheered as he would wish.
Relentless toil, a bad atmosphere, deficient food—these
things are making its physically inferior to our fathers.
Division of labour g: ves to each of us such unvaried
and machine-like empl.9yment, that our minds are not
called into action. Leisure we have not. Low wages
and dear food bring us into circumstances of distress,
dependence, and degradation. We are losing the manli-
ness for which the English were once famd. It will
soon be said " the English were once a fine race of men."
If we do not at once rouse ourselves and take mea-
sures for our own improvement, we shall soon be defi-
cien t in bodily strength, in intellectual power, in social
hahits, and in personal courage. We shall be miserable
and helpless victims, safely despised by those who have
degraded us.
To the party coming into power we are no strangers.
When apprenticed in Sheffield, I was often at the shop
of the Miss Gales, and I heard how their father and
brother had to fly their country to save their lives.
Their lives were in danger, because in the Sheffield In-
telligencer they had opposed bad Government. In Shef-
field I saw that kind and amiable man James Montgo-
mery, who was twice imprisoned for long periods, twice
fined large sums ; one time for sympathising with dis-
tress ; rmother, for lamenting over men murdered in the
streets of Sheffield. I saw, for years, in Sheffield
the gloo In diffused by the rule of Sidmouth and Castle-
reagh. You might have thought that demons had
spread t heir wings over the land. There was the horror
of the sl sulking spy, the dread of the dungeon deep be-
yond wha t the law could reach. We had no Habeas
Corpus Act, but the Church in all its glory, with its
Test arid Corporation Acts and its Penal Code. An ac-
cident 'when in London obliged me to turn into the first
glover's shop I met with. I purchased what I wanted
from a go•od-natured, honest-looking man. He gave me
a tract. .1 read it. I thought the tract was evidently
the result o f strong good feeling and deficient informa-
tion.newspapers soon after informed us that
us son were both thrust into prison. But
Evans Theand 1
who needs to be reminded of those black days ? Who
does not hear coming up from the dungeon the moans of
the aged Ogdelti Who does not hear the fiendish
laugh from the Tory. Treasury benchesrevered
and ruptured" sufferer ? Who does not hear the cries
of the wounded. and dying that come from Peterloo ?
Who listens nc 4 during the more horrid silence of the
widow ? Wh et feels not burning in his breast that fire
that burned in. liar eye-balls and prevented tears, as she
bent over her son Richard in his blood among the mas-
sacred at Ra thcormack. Lord Sandon need not tell us
to thank the. Church. We know our debts to it. Gladly
would we 1. anish from our minds such persons as the
s as Jocelyn, did we not shud-
derßyders, a. ad such Bishop
bSeafnordeonuss aansd
btlhaeckßasodethnes
wer
were
at
teri knowledgen g
the ptrhoastp theeet
es
amreonaetyeasaned;
dark yer.rs of suffering through which we have passed.
leiTsulriee_lathn deiorwtnveeards
isansdavet,hane
dctlheregirymhianvd
they have both Houses of parliament—they have the
array—they- are omnipotent for on We are nu-
erous—we are congrgated—we must at once unite
in peaceable,. strenuoeus, and well-directed exertions, or
be for evert kols and slaves. Under all our disadvan-
tages I can vet use the words of Cromvve, and say—" I
trust the na one of Englishman will one
day be more
"
respected ti ion that of Roman ever was.
AN ENGLISH MECHANIC.
Liverpo, );', Aug. 7 th,' 1841.

The 'Apparatus for shiftina Sunderland light-
house 13'3ing completed, the operations of removal com-
menced, •on 36ronday. It is already shifted several yards
to the north, and in a few days will be removed to the
east,. near to the pier-end.—Tyne Pilot,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.

The only St. Leger horses backed yesterday were
Middleham and Tearaway, the former in tens, and the
other for 2001., the prices being severally 8 and 10 tb 1.
Nothing done on the Derby. The room was very thinly
attended, owing to the Wolverhampton races, which com-
menced yesterday. The St. Leger " Price Current"
closed as follows

ST. LEGER.
5 to 4 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation
4 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh
7 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Middlehtun
10 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Tearaway—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Lampoon—taken
THE DERBY.

The following bets were laid a day or two back :-500
even laid on Scott's, J. Day's, and M. Dilly's lots against
the field.
Offers to Let 30 cr take 5 to 1 about Nessus.
Maroon was sold yesterday for 1,0401., and Marshal
Soult for 3101.