The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-06 00:00:00

POLISH TRIALS.

BERLIN, AUG. 27.—The Court has now been
occupied since the 2d of August in the investigation
of twenty-one of the accused, so that each accused
has occupied about one day. The act includes about
254 persons, consequently 254 days—i n other words,
eight months and 14 days, till April, 1 848—will be
be occupied in these important trials. This calcula-
tion is perhaps beyond the mark. The first sentence
of the court of the 2d instant can theref ;.3re not be ex-
pected till in the course of the year 184, I, and till that
time this process will accordingly for m a standing
article in our papers.'
BRESLAW, AUG. 22.—At a meetin g of the com-
mittees of the six railway companies Itletween Ham-
burgh, Stettin, and Vienna, a mutua 1 arrangement
was agreed upon, by which traveller• a will shortly
be able to obtain at Stettin, Berlin, Hamburgb,
Frankfort, Breslaw, Kosel, Brim, an ,d Vienna, the
tickets for the whole route respectively from any one
of the above-named places to the o thers. By the
arrangement much loss of time and great incon-
venience in the transp3rt of luggap ,e, &c., will be
avoided.—Hamburgh Mail, August 3( .
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-VIENNA, UGCST 27.
5 per Cent. Metalliques •
4 per Cent. ditto.... •••• • • • • .......... 95N
3 per Cent. ditto ...... • • • • • • •
Loan, 1834 .• • • • • •• • • •• • • .............. 155
Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • ............
12 54
Bank Shares ...• .• •••• • • • . ........... 1594
Estarhazy's Loan ...• •• •• • • ..........

RAILWAYS
The Northern, or rserdinand •
Gloggintz • • -q• • •• • • • • • •
Vienna—Milan .• ••••• • • • • •
Grosetto •• • • ••• • • • ••• • • •
Oldenburg ••••••• • •• • • • • •
Perth Bridge .. • • • • • • •
Apennines •• •• • • ....... ..... ••• • • • .... 943
EIAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, AuGuat 31.
linney.
Austrian 5 per Cents • .. • • • • • • • •• 107
Bank Shares ••• • • • ••• • • ••••• • • • • • • • 1600

123%
108%

--..
Anglo-Russian Loan •••• • • • ........ 106%
Russian 5 per Cont., limb. Certificate. 10114
Ditto let series inscription. • • • • • ...... 102'
Ditto,flope and C0.,3d and 4th series.. 97
Ditto, in Certificate.. •••• • • • • ...... • • 97
New 4 per Cent., Rope and Co. .• • ... 89.:ig
Ditto Stieglitz •• • -••-• - • • --- 89
Spanish New 5 per Cent •••• • • • • ...... 13X 13%
Ditto 3 per Cent •••••• • • • • ........ 2234
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2},i per Cent .. 25
Dutch Actual Debt, 23 per Cent ••• .. 56
Ditto 3 per Cent. •.••••• . . . ••
Polish New 4 per Cent. / kan, 1844.• • • 80
Anglo-Danish Loam, 3 per Cent •• —• . 82/1i
National Bank Shares ...... • .........

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
SIX LIVES LOST.

On Wednesday last, the neighbourhood of Waun-
cae-gurwen, in the Swansea Vale, was thrown into
a state of the greatest consternation, in consequence
of the occurrence of another of those melancholy
colliery accidents which have so often taken place
during the last few years in the principality. It ap-
pears that on Tuesday evening last, about six o'clock,
David Matthews, aged 36, Evan Rees, 37, John
Lewis, 28, John Mainwaring, 30, Richard Williams,
18, and Thomas Rees, 17, all colliers, went down
Mr. Townsend Kirkhous Wood's coal pit, and re•
mained there until three o'clock the following morn-
ing, when Morgan Davis, who had had the care of the
engine for the last nine years, heard the blowing of
the horn at the bottom of the pit—the
signal usually given by colliers. The platform was
then at the bottom of the pit. After the signal had
been given, the engine was put to raise the carriage
or platform up. Soon after Morgan Davies saw the
flash of the men's candle from the top of the pit, and
heard the crash of the carriage, when a short distance
from the top, falling down. There was not one per-
son present at the time but himself. He then went
to the house of William Williams, and gave the
alarm, and Williams and several others were imme.
diately let down by a chain the other side of the pit.
They were shortly afterwards drawn up, and re.
As might
ported that all the men were killed. On viewing the
chain, it was found that one of the links, which had a
small flaw in it, had been broken. This caused the
accident,of
and
nearlythe
ni
nty precipitation
fathoms.
be to
depth ex-
pected from such a fall, the poor fellows
were literally
dashed to pieces, and when brought up their remains
presented a sad spectacle.
On Thursday an inquest, on view of two of the
bodies, was held at the L • eigh Arms, Waun-cae-
gurwen, before Charles Collins, Esq., when, after a
minute investigation, a verdict of Accidental death
was returned, to which was appended
that a prof er verson should be placed at all times at
the mouth of the pit. a suggestion
David Matthews has left a wife and three children,
Evan Rees a wife and three children, and John Lewis
a wife and two children, to lament their unhappy
fate. The other three were single men.—Cambrian.

Fthe.—NOo tTi' innggh am
police, a man of the nameto
of John Brazier, aged 31,
has been apprehended on a charge of forging Bank of
No
InspectorrE ENGLAND
Wilkinson,N °os
England notes. Brazier is very respectably connected,
thevOi gl { iGI aE npc e BoAf
and resides on Park-hill, adjoining the town of Notting.
ham. He was apprenticed to Mr. Nunn, now a magis-
trate of the borough, but formerly a chymist and druggist
in Bridlesmith-gate, and at the age of 21 became
possessed of property to the amount of 3,0001. ma
father being accidentally killed by falling from a horse
he took to his father's lace factory at Blooms.grove,
where he eontinued in business till 12 months ago, when,
having got through his property and involved himself
2,0001. in debt, he became a bankrupt. For some time
past he has been suspected of passing forged Bank of
Englani notes, and at length sufficient evidence has ,
been obtained to cause his apprehension. He was taken
before the magistrates at the police-office on Friday.
and remanded. On Wednesday he was brought laP
again, when several depositions were taken, in which he
was charged with uttering a 51. Bank of England note,
on Monday, the 26th of July last, at the shop:rfellibre.
Palethorpe, druggist, Carrington street, h
the lowest figure, for Messrs.
presented a written order for one gallon of
received 4/. lls. in change, with which
Evidence was given, showing
handwriting of the prisoner, and
Walsh or their agents, and that
There being depositions to
the prisoner was ag, . .
to be issued from the spermw oil, at
and Windley. He
Walsh
hich he left the shop.
order to be in the
not sent by Messrs.
the note was a forgery.
be taken on another charge,
rain remanded. The note purports
Birmingham Branch Bank, for 5/.,
Ten other forged 5L notes, all from the same plate, have
bears date April, 1846, nod is signed " J. Roberts."
been passed, and evidence is collecting which will impli•
cafe
We deeply regret to learn that the myrmidons 0,
other parties as well as the prisoner.
the law forcibly took possession of the princely seat of
a noble duke, in a county long noted for the political
influence he exercised, on Tuesday last, and it 1.
feared that the urgency of the demand made on hi,
Grace will eventually lead to the dispersion of th,
finest collections of art and vertu possessed by a privet
individual in this country. We should have refrainer.
from announcing this much to be regretted fact, bad w%
not felt convinced that it cannot fail to be made publit
very shortly by authority.
Viscountess Palmerston has gone on avisit to Lori
and Lady Ashley, at Ryde, Isle of Wight..

R.A.LLWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
on Wednehday, at Edinburgh, Mr. J. Balfour in the
chair. The formal business having been gone through,
the secretary read the report, which stated that the
directors during the past session had necessarily been
occupied in promoting the company's Bills, as well as
in opposing such as were inimical to the company's
interests. The branch from Dunfermline to Burnt-
island. was lost on the standing orders, and the com-
pany -were also defeated in obtaining an alteration in
the crossing of the Halbeath Railway; but with
these exceptions,-all measures were successfully car-
ried. The plans for improving the company's ferry
on the Tay at Broughty, having obtained the general
approval of the Admiralty, the directors recommend
that their execution should be proceeded with imme-
diately. The direcfors of the Dundee and Arbroath
Railway intended to execute the short junction be-
twixt that railway and the pier at Broughty ;
thus, facility would be given for forwarding
the traffic to Dundee on the one hand, and
Arbroath and the north of Scotland on the
other. The Burntisland Ferry Act invests the
company in the ferry rights and property, and with
it, and the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway—
by the Amalgamation Act, secured also—the company
have now in their hands the line of communication
from
near
to Perth, and to the north bank of
the Tay to Dundee. That the short extension
of the Dunfermline branch should be now executed.
The directors desire to postpone the execution of the
branches to St. Andrew's and to the harbour of New-
burgh, until several of the more pressing works now
on hand are nearer to completion. The projected
railway between Edinburgh and Perth, by the
Queensferry, has been, in one shape or other, placed
in-opposition to the progressive extension of the un-
dertaking, for three successive years, and has as. often
been defeated. in the last session of Parliament
snore than ordinary exertions were made by the pro-
moters to place the project on a more complete foot-
ing than in the previous session, and there is no pro-
bability, supposing it to be again brought for-
ward, that it will ever receive the sanction of
Parliament. "ai February last the directors entered
into an agreement with the directors of the Stirling
and Dunfermline Railway Company to adopt joint
measures for carrying a branch from the joust
station at Dunfermline to North Queensferry.
Its length -will be nearly six miles, and in the
meantime ites engineer states that its probable ccst
will he aboce' 132,000/. The directors would, there-
fore, recommend they he authorised to take the requi-
site steps sir it in the next session of Parliament.
Two other, short branches the directors are prepared
also to reef anmend—the one from near Cowdenbeath
to the cod-fields in the neighbourhood of Lechfitty,
and terminating at the extensive limeworks of Ros-
cobie, in Jength about six miles—and the other from
the last-mentioned branch to run northward through
the coal-fields of Beath and Blair Adam, in length
ab ,ut two miles. Those two branches, involving a
capital of only about 75,0001, will more thoroughly
open up the Fife coal-field, and will also command
an increased supply of lime for the company's traffic.
It would be peennature to issue stock at present for
these branches, and it is therefore requested that the
directors he envoy:to-ea to issue the necessary stock
at such times as may be deemed most suitable. The
balance of 37,7133/. 18s. 73. stands on the company's
debit, but the aighth call on the 251. stock, which be-
came due since. the date of the balance-sheet, and of
which fully one. half has been paid, has reduced that
balance. The calls generally have been well and
promply met, soil the directors have been careful to
moderate as mulch ss po,sible the pecuniary demands
on the shareho! dors, having, at the sans, time, regard
to the proeress of the works. The whole amount of
loans authorised, by the Act of 1845 has been obtained,
and instructions will be required to raise on debentures
the leans amozeting to 44,6661., authorised by the
company's sets of 1846. The first 30 miles of the line,
extending from, Burntisland to 4;npar, and to Lin-
der, is, howear,r, all hut completed, and within a
few days the 'Erectors hope to have that portion of the
line iii sperafison. Seven locomotive engines are now
on the ground, and the eighth will be delivered in
about ten days. Contracts have been made for 36
engines. '.Ctie (..Irriages are also being delivered,
and as upweerile of ;) are under_ contract the com-
pany wia haw a fair tech of carieieges. The partial
opening of the line will, it is believed, command a
considerable traffic. The works on the eastern por-
tion of the line to the Tay—the northern, through
Strathearn. to Perth, and the western to Dunfermline
—these the directors will press forward, that they may
be complete by the close of the present year. The
Act amalgamating this company with the Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton Company does not become ope-
rative until one-half of the existing capital has been
paid, which will shortly be the case. The directors
think, with reference to the Sabbath trains, that as
the former means of transit by mail coaches and by
hired conveyances will be wholly removed on the
opening of the railway, that these should be compen-
sated for by a limited number of trains on that day—
a morning and evening train each way.
The accounts to the 31st of July showed, that
915,4431. had been received, and 953,207/. expended;
leaving a balance against the company of 37,7641.
The CuatamaN said, that he and several of the di-
rectors had been along the line from Burntisland to a
point beyond Lindores on the one hand, and to Cupar
on the other ; that the state of the works throughout
the line gave great satisfaction. He thought that the
line might he opened for passenger traffic on the 13th
instant. They had entered into an agreement with
the Stirling and Dunfermline Company, that in case
the Edinburgh and Perth Bill was thrown out, they
should in conjunction with that company make a line
from Dunfermline to Queensferry, so that the Dun-
fermline people should not be deprived of that accom-
modation. With regard to the proprietors of those
• coal- fields in the neighbourhood of the line, he wished
to show that he was ready to give that district access
to railway accommodation. The branch to Blair
Adam coal-field was two miles in length ; the branch
to Roacobie, about six miles ; and if a line was made
of six miles in length, these coal-fields could be at-
tached with only an addition of two miles. With re-
gard to the ferry, boats were constructing similar to
those which cross the channel between Dover and
Calais, which he thought would perform the passage
from Burntisland to Granton with great facility and
regularity. That notwithstanding the state of the
money market, out of a call due on the 13th ult., of
60,0001., they had received no less than 46,773/.
That they dial not wish to make a profit by Sunday
traffic, for they hall no rea,on to suppose that it
would hear ie-a own expersee, but they thought it
right that there should be a morning and evening
train, so Ilea it should not interfere with Divine
service.

The report was then unanimously passed.
The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution, that there
be two trains each way on Sundays.
Mr. BLACKADDER, after some discussion and a long
speech, moved an amendment to the effect that there
should be no ...raffle on the railway during the Lord's-
day, which was seconded; when there appeared 83
votes fur the resolution and 31 votes for the amend-
ment—majority, 52. Proxies for the resolution, 967,
and for the amendment, 149. Majority in favour of
running the trains, 818.

LIE'

GENERAII L TERMINUS AND GLASGOW
ARBOUR RAILWAY.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
on 'Wednesday, at Glasgow, Mr. S. Dalgliesh in the
chair.
The report stated that a Bill promoted by this
company in behalf of the Caledonian Company, re-
ceived the royal assent; that the directors would
spare no exertions to secure the completion of the
work at the earliest possible period, and that their
confidence in the undertaking remained unabated.
The engineer's report stated that, previous to laying
the rails towards the harbour, it would be necessary
to obtain the sanction of Mr. 'Walker, engineer to the
Clyde trustees; that part of their works s3uth of the
canal, and that portion which had been purchased by
the Caledonian Company, would probably be com-
pleted in seven or eight months. The branch to form
the connexion with the Barrhead Railway, though
not yet commenced, would be finished about the same
time ; that the whole line might be opened for mi-
neral traffic by next May.
The CHAIRMAN said that he had nothing t dd to
the report ; he hoped they would be enabled to open
the line at the time specified; that they were as san-
guine as ever with regard to the success of the whole
scheme. They had sold land for upwards of 110,0001.;
and received 57,0001. in part payment. Ile did not
see the least necessity for making any further call.
The report was alopted, thanks were voted to the
chairman, and the meeting separated.

Y DOWN RAILWAY.
BELFAST AND—E
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
on Tuesday, at Belfast ; Mr. J. Harrison in the chair.
The report stated that "since the la
attention of the directors had been
chsiteflnyleeeteienugptihede
with the purchase of the land required 1 for the
con-
struction of the railway. That they have made
amicable settlements with the great majority
of the
landowners and occupiers, upon fair and reasonable
terms. A few cases, which remain unsAtled, may,.
be referred either to arbitration or to the decision of
a jury; the directors have the satisfaction of reflecting
that no amount of litigation which could have been
avoided by any reasonable efforts of theirs had been
saddled upon the company.
" The directors have felt it to be their duty to pro-
teed at once with the purchase of land required for
^-4 —T-7 nly wood, and that to Comber and New-
I to have possession cf the whole within
ited by their Acts. But the severe
has for some time existed in the
prevented them from pushing for-
as well is the constriction of the

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