The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was helJ
on Monday at Greenock, Mr. J. Tasker in the chair.
The secretary read the report, which stated that there
was a steady progressive increase in both the pas-
senger and goods traffic ; that the divisible balance
for the half-year was 16,015/. ; the directors, there-
fore, recommended that, after providing for the
interest on loans, and the dividend of 6 per cent. on
the preference shares, a dividend of 7s. 6d. per share
on the 25/. shares, and 33,9 d. per share on the
12/. 10s. shares, be declared payable on the 17th inst.
Owing to the state of the money market, the directors
considered it expedient, on advising with the Cale-
donian Company, to make a second call of 30s. per
share on the preference shares. The increased rate
of interest on these shares, as well as on the loans ob-
tained by the company, prevented a larger dividend
being then declared. Their Bill for amalgamation
with the Caledonian Company, after a severe
struggle, had obtained the sanction of the
Legislature ; but the full advantages to be derived
from it would not come into operation until the
Caledonian Railway is open throughout, which may
probably take place in the ensuing spring. The Bill
for the diversion of the Glasgow and Ardrossan Canal
near the goods station at Glasgow was allowed to pass
unopposed, by which a better junction could be made
with the Caledonian and Barrhead Railways, and also
giving an opportunity to enlarge the goods station,
when necessary, on their own land. The Bills for
branches to the harbour at Port Glasgow and for a
junction with the Ayr near Paisley had been sus-
pended until the next session. The directors regret
that the Bill promoted by this company for branches
to the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston and the
Glasgow and Lesmahagow Railways was thrown out
in favour of the Bill for the competing line promoted
by the Glasgow and Ayr Company, which had been
also suspended till next session. The Bill introduced
by the latter company for the extension of the
Bridge of Weir Railway to Port Glasgow and Largs
had been thrown out in consequence of the opposi-
tion given to it by the directors of this company.
It stated that on the recent occasion of her Majesty's
visit to the Clyde, upwards of 50,000 passengers
were safely conveyed along the line in the course of
two days.
The capital account showed that 793,890/. had been
received, and 838,9641. expended, leaving a balance
against the company of 45,074/. The revenue ac-
count for the half-year ending the 30th of June stated
that 31,296/. had been received, and 15,2811. ex-
pended, leaving a profit of 16,015/., of which 6,7811.
was disposed of for interest on loans, 7,500/. for divi-
dends on the whole and half shares, and 1,6181. for
interest on the preference shares, leaving a balance of
616/. for the next account.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on
the fact of their having had no accident, notwith-
standing the number of passengers who had passed
over the line. He stated that 36,350 passengers
passed along the line on the (lay the Queen was ex-
pected—namely, the 16th of August; that they had
been much indebted to the Glasgow and Ayr Com-
pany for the assistance they had given them on that
day. They were also indebted to their own servants
for the activity and zeal manifested by them on that
occasion. He concluded by moving the adoption
of the report, which was seconded, and carried
unanimously.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and
the meeting separated.

PRIZE AloxEY.—Tuesday's Gazette gives notice to
the officers and company of her Majesty's sloop Panta-
loon, E. Wilson, commander, that an account of the
tonnage bounties for a vessel, name unknown, supposed
to be the Frederico, run on shore and lost on the 10th
June, 1845, will be deposited in the registry of the Ad-
miralty on the 31st instant. A second notice is given
that an account of the proceeds of the hull and stores of
the brigantine Legeira, captured by the Penelope on
30th September, 1845, and of the tonnage bounty
granted for the said capture, will be delivered into the
registry of the Admiralty on the 17th instant. Notice
is also given that an account of the proceeds of the hull,
stores, and cargo of the steam-vessel Cacique, captured
by the Penelope on 26th September, 1845, also of the
tonnage bounty granted for the said capture, will be de-
livered into the registry of the Admiralty also on the
17th instant.

THE DISAPPOINTED DUKES.—Testimonials to va-
rious rejected candidates at the late election are in course
of being raised by subscription. Really those proceed.
ings remind us of the custom of assuaging infant sorrows
with comfits. There is one class, however, of electioneer-
ing little sufferers that has been left utterly disconsolate.
We allude to the noble dukes and lords, whose hopes of
returning their nominees have been blighted. Is there
nobody who will give the Duke of Beaufort something
nice to comfort him under his defeat in the return of
Lord Granville Somerset at Monmouth? Has no kind
constituency a sweatmeat for the Duke of Northumber-
land, to take away the taste of bitterness which he must
experience from the rejection of his nephew, Lord Lo-
vaine? Then there is Lord Fit shardinge too, who has
lost his puppet, and has been beaten by his brother
Grantley Berkeley. Are there tau good souls in West
Gloucestershire who will find a toy to make his Lordship
amends? Are all these poor noblemen to be left, unpitied,
to bite the thumb of discontent?—Punch.
A DUTIFUL SON.—The Minister of War has
directed to be inscribed in the orderly book of each re-
giment of the army the following instance of meritorious
conduct of M. Goecke, leader of the band of the 52d of
the line. Goecke, at the public sitting of the French
Academy, held on 22d July last, was presented with a
Monthyon medal of Looor. fur his virtuous conduct.
Goecke was an enfant de troupe of the sth of the line.
He studied music, and as soon as he could derive from
it any emolument, ho devoted the whole to the relief of
his father and mother and nine brothers and sisters.
Having at length become leader of the band of the 52d,
he sent to his father the whole of his first month's pay,
and has ever since remitted the greater portion of his
earnings. When his father, who was one of the band
of the sth, died, leaving the rest of his family destitute,
Goecke, being then only twenty-two years of age, took
the charge of all of them, and gave education to his
brothers.

RAILWAY TRAVELLING. —Thursday and Friday
last being Dundee latter fair, the Dundee and Perth
Railway brought up vast numbers of operatives on both
days; one train of thirty carriages containing about 800
individuals. Our streets on Friday were as much
thronged as upon a leading market, and we regret to
have to add that much inebriety characterised the
occasion. In contrast with the above, in some
respects, we may observe that on Tuesday forenoon
the pupils of the Charity and Industrial Schools of
Perth, and those of the Industrial and Ragged Schools of
Dundee, walked in procession through the principal
streets of the city, headed by their masters and matrons,
to the number of about 200. The pupils walked two
abreast, and although the files were pretty close on one
another, the line extended the whole length of St.
John's-street, in which we saw them. It was a very
interesting sight. Each carried a ti❑ bowl with a penny
loaf in it, cut up and intersliced with ham or salt beef.
Though meanly clad they were remarkably clean, and
most of them looking healthy. Their demeanour was
most decorous. We understand the Dundee and Perth
Railway Company gave them a cheap trip.—Perthshire
Courier.

CURIOUS CALCULATION.—TaIking of calculation, I
heard the following one at Rome, and I consider it
curious. To find the year in which a new Pope will
die, take the number of the Pope's ❑ame, add to this the
number of the name of his predecessor ; to the sum of
these two numbers add ten; and the result will give the
year sought. Thus : Pius VII. succeeded Pius VI. ;
well-6 t 7 t 10=23 : Pius VII. died in 1823. him
succeeded Leo XII. ; 7 12 t 10=29 : Leo XII. died
in 1829. The next Pope was Pius VIII. ; 12 t 8 t
10=30: Pius VIII. died in 1830. The calculation
failed in the case of Gregory XVI., who should have
died in 1834, but lived till 1846. But there it is re-
markable, that one step farther back, by taking in the
number of Leo XII. makes all right :-16 t 8 t 12 t
10.---46. The rule will not apply to the present Pope,
whether ‘se take one or two immediate predecessors, as
the year given in either case is past (1824 and 1842).
But if we give him three (Leo XII., Pius VIII., and
Gregory XVI.), we are then brought to the year 1855,
and Pius IX has eight years yet before him, to fulfil
the high mission with which he appears to be entrusted,
of setting the Vatican clock to the time of the nineteenth
century —Dublin University Magazine.
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eoxwcneption of three or four, none of themcbceuout,
veiled upon to quit. Even when the windows
moved, the inmates still remained, and defied the were
autho-
rities to turn them out. Three houses, from which the
occupants had departed were about to be pulled down,
and workmen were engaged yesterday in the work of
demolition. A few hours after they had left off, two
houses, numbered 19 and 20, suddenly fell with a tre-
mendous crash. The parties in the court at the time
narrowly escaped with their lives, and a little girl was
literally buried in the ruins, but fortunately received no
injury. Some of the other residents, when they wit-
nessed the accident, became alarmed for their safety,
and forthwith commenced preparing for removal.
PROPOSED REDUCTION OF WACSES. The mill-
owners of Moseley and the neighbourhood have re-
solved upon reducingldw jury.teh The
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the wages of the operative spinners
in their employ ten per cent. This determination of the
manufacturers was made known to the work-people on
Friday evening, by the following note, which was posted
up in each mill :—" Notice—On and after the 17th of
September, instant, a reduction of ten per cent. will take
place in the wages of the spinners in our employ." This
step has given much dissatisfaction to the operatives.
who wished to work shorter time rather than be reduced.
—Manchester Guardian.
During the last month there were brought into
the markets of Sceaux and Paris 13,152 oxen, 2,390
corns, 6,701 calves, and 04,611 sheep. During the month
of August, 1846, the numbers were-11,723 oxen, 2,680
cows, 5,106 calves, and 112,276 sheep. The average price
of beef up to the present period of 1847 had been lt. 3c.
the kilogramme, and during the same period in 1546 Was
30. the kilogram Ise.