The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

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P ROMPTON NEW HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, &C.
—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has signified
his intention of attending Kew Church, on Sunday morning
next, when the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Jamaica will
deliver a sermon on behalf of the institution, and so increas-
ing is the interest taken in the charity that for the same
benevolent purpose, and on the same morning the Rev.
Robert. Montgomery, A.M., will preach at Scarborough.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT READING.—On Sattirday night
about nine o'clock an accident occurred at the Reading station
on the Great Western Railway, by which one of the railway
porters, named Edrell, lost his life. From what has been
ascertained it appears that two switchmen, named Gregory
and Wilcox, alternately attend to the points at the curves
leading to the platform. On the night in question it was the
duty of the former to adjust the switches for the goods'
train previous to being relieved by Wilcox; this he ne-
glected to perform, and Wilcox, considering the points were
right, omitted to examine them, and when the up goods'
train came in sight, made the signal that all was clear, but,
or. its coming to the points, instead of running on the
straight up line, the train shot into the siding where
Edrell was employed shifting a horse-box to the carriage
platform. The engine struck the horse-box, driving it back
and inflicting a severe blow on the chest of deceased, who
was felled to the ground, and shortly afterwards removed
to Reading Hospital, where the unfortunate man expired
in a few hours. An inquest will be held to-day (Tuesday)
which Mr. Seymour Clarke, the superintendent of the line,
will attend, and an investigation, by order of the Board of
Directors, will take place to inquire into the conduct of
Wilcox and Gregory.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—BRISTOL.—About one
o'clock on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, a
chaise drove up to the White Lion in this city, just as some
gentlemen were coming out of the hotel, to whom the driver
applied, saying he had come from Southampton, that there
was a lady (as he believed out of her senses) inside with two
sailors, to whose charge she 'was confided, and who were
ordered by a gentleman at Southampton to take her to
Bristol, to a direction they had received ; but on going to
the house, which they had much difficulty in finding out, the
parties there refused to see the lady, and as neither the
sailors nor the lady had any money, he (the driver) had
brought them to the hotel, not knowing how to act. On
applying to the sailors, their statement, though not very con-
sistent, was somewhat the same; the lady's husband (the
captain of one of the mail steamers), they stated, had
ordered them to take her to Bristol, and they showed a letter
to a gentleman of this city, and which was opened, iu which
the husband requested him to have his wife sent on to her
sister's—a request which was not successful, and they now
did not know what to do, as they had received no money
when the lady was placed in their charge. The lady, who
certainly seemed out of her mind, was of polished manners,
and, us it was-afterwards proved, was one of a large and re-
spectable family once residing in this city. After some delay,
they were driven off to Bath ; but the circumstances of the
case, and the strange and unsuitable custody to which a lady
was confided by her husband, and the hour of their arrival
here, haveTduced some further inquiries into a matter some-
what eusplC/011.5.-...Briatol

" The directors appointed by the Act of incorporation,
at this the first general meeting, held as required by
law, within one month from the date of receiving the
royal assent, beg to lay before the proprietors a state-
ment of the funds of the amalgamated Companies,
made up as accurately as possible, considering that the
separate accounts of distinct companies had to be taken
into consideration, which separate accounts will be ren-
dered in detail to the shareholders of each company, as
originally registered, so soon as they can be accurately
prepared. Those of the York and Carlisle are already
published. The statement is as follows:
Dr.
To payments to be made by the York-
shire and Glasgow Union Company,
on 29,095 shares, at 11. ss. per share £36,368 15 0
To payments to be made by the York
and Carlisle Company, on 27,861
shares, at 11. ss. per share 34,826 5 0

£71,195 0 0

Cr.
By investment in 31 per cent. Stork £36,368 15 0
By funds in bankers' hands (Messrs
Wakefield, Crewdson, & Co., Kendal) 34,826 5 0

£71,195 0 0

" The directors after a careful consideration of the
undertaking, are fully convinced of the importance of
the communications the line will establish, and the re-
sources of the extensive districts through which it
passes, but have come to the resolution, that it would not
be expedient to commence at present, a heavy outlay on
the whole line simultaneously ; but that it would be
more prudent to re-survey the expensive portions of it,
end to apply to Parliament next session for an amended
Bill, by which the line may be constructed at a consi-
derably reduced estimate. The cost of construction also
will be reduced, by arrangements which have been
entered into between this Company and the Liver-
pool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Rail-
way Company, for making a portion of the line
in Wen.sleydale jointly with that company. If there-
fore these arrangements are carried out, the amount of
each share will consequently be reduced in the amended
Bill. The directors therefore request a gaieral autho-
rity from this meeting to go to Parliament next session,
for power to make all necessary modifications of the
line; and to treat with other companies if deemed expe-
dient, subject of course to the approval of a future
general meeting.
" The Act requires that the directors to whose future
management the affairs of the Company.shall be com-
mitted, be elected at this meeting. The board beg to
suggest to the proprietors that the number be continued
at eighteen, and those eighteen named in the Bill being
eligible, be recommended to the meeting for re-election ;
and it is proposed that the services of the directors be
continued without remuneration until the next general
meeting of the shareholders.
" Two auditors must be at the same time appointed by
this meeting, and the directors recommend Richard
Dutton, F,sq., of Denmark Hill, Surrey, and James
Gandy, Esq., of Heaves Lodge, Westmoreland, as fit
persons for that office, and the remuneration which they
suggest is 201. to each annually.
" The directors have secured the services of Charles
Locock Webb, Esq., as secretary, and they unanimously
recommend that a salary of 5001. per annum be autho-
rised by the meeting to be paid to that officer.
" The directors do not intend to make any call on the
proprietors previous to the next general meeting; and
they give notice that interest, at the rate of 4 per cent.
per annum, will be paid on all calls.
" Resolutions will now be submitted to the meeting,
embodying the various matters herein treated upon, in-
cluding one stating that the next general meeting will
he held in February, 1847, the day to be fixed hereafter
by the board."
The CHAIRMAN moved that the report now read be
received and adopted, and printed for circulation
amongst the shareholders. In doing so he commented
briefly upon the various points mooted in the report.
The Northern Counties Union was a junction of two
railways that went to Parliament last session for two
separate Bills, but had since amalgamated, upon the
suggestion of the Committees to whom the Bills had
been referred. The Bill for the amalgamated lines had
passed on the 27th July last, and that meeting was called
fer the purpose of carrying the Act into opera
tion for approving of it, electing officers,
and vesting them with powers of management.
The directors came from different companies, and pre-
viously had divided interests, but now they were united
and determined to prosecute the line under their care
with all the diligence and perseverance they could com-
mand, that was, of course, if that meeting elected them
that day. If they were elected, it would be one of their
tasks to work out the capabilities of the line at the
least possible cost. He thought the expenses
could he reduced, and the directors?, if elected, thinking
so, would, next Parliament, go for an amended Bill,
to enable them carry out their improved and
more economical views. As to the engineering
difficulties, he thought they had been exaggerated, but
that would he a subject for consideration when they ap-
plied for their amended Bill. With the contemplated
reductions the amount of shares would be considerably
reduced, and if it was the wish of the meeting that the
directors should receive a general authority to do what
was right and necessary, he for one, and on the behalf
of the board, could assure the proprietors that no exer-
tions should be wanting to promote their interest and
carry on the business of the Company in the wisest
manner and on the most economical principles.
By the opposition they had encountered, he could only
say that he thought he had good reason for thinking
that part of the large sum of money expended in op-
posing their measure must have come out of the funds of
some established company. He bad some persons in his
eye, but it would not be prudent for him to iadulge in
any personalities. He made a few other brief remarks
referring to the election of officers, and then moved that
the report be received and adopted.
Mr. DUTTON seconded the proposition, which was
carried unanimously.
Other resolutions, in accordance with the recommen-
dation contained in the report, were then put to the
meeting and adopted nem. con. The directors named in
the Act were then elected, and their remuneration fixed
at 1,0001. for the ensuing year, at the request of the
great body of the proprietors.
Thanks to the Chairman and directors were then
carried, and the meeting separated.

SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale of Railway Shares
yesterday the business proceeded with spirit. The fol-
lowitg tire a few of the principal sales:—
East Indian 0 17 6
Direct Northern 1 12 6
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ........... 217 0
Shropshire Union and Canal
South-Eastern and Dover,, No. 4 3 4 0
London and Blackwall, New ........ .
North British, Carlisle Extension 4 1 0
Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, &c 1 14 6
Welsh Midland .......... : .................. • 017 6
Reading, Guilford, and Reigate .
Great Western of Bengal
London and York
Cornwall and Devon Central
Cambridge and Oxford ................. 010 6
wolverh., and South Stafford. 2 7 0
Shrewshy.,
North Kent
Caledonian, New
Grand Union ................................ 0 14 0
Churnet and Blythe 1 16 0
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush
North British, Halves
London and Croydon ................ ..... 22 15 0
Paris and Lyons
Liverp.Manch.andNewcastle-upon-Tyne 2 0 0
Buckinghamshire
1 15 0
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—The
following is the decision of the Lords' Committee on this
line, which was omitted by mistake in our Third Edition of
Monday :—The Chairman said the Committee have come
to the decision that the preamble of the Bill is not proved ;
but they have determined to accompany that decision with a
resolution to this effect :—That the engagement entered into
on behalf of the Great Western to complete a narrow gauge
communication from Oxford to Basingstoke, and then from
Southampton to the manufacturing districts, is not to be
understood in any respect as impeding the prosecution of any
other line of communication from Southampton to the north,
should the public exigency render the execution of such a
work desirable.
SALE of A CHURCHYARD.—CHURCHILL'S REMAINS.
—At the Shakespear Hotel, Dover, on Thursday last,
among other lots, the old churchyard, St. Mary's parish,
wherein Churchill, the poet, lies buried, was sold by auction,
by Mr. Charles Lamb, for 1451.. We hear that the purchaser
of this precious piece of earth—precious, especially, as with it
are mingled the ashes of the celebrated poet--is a respectable
brick maker, so that there is no telling to what purpose it
may come at last. In this churchyard, over the grave of
Churchill, there is a rude head-stone, hearing the following
inscription ;—"l764.—Here lies the remains of the celebrated
C. Churchill. Life to the last enjoyed, here Churchill
liee."--Cantrrbury Arurnul.

" TO THE INHABITAN T i:ATINCESTON.
" have had: ate honour to receive the
address from the inhabitantrs of Launceston, in public
meeting assembled, transmitted to me by tLe Mayor of
the bi rough, R. K. Frost, E.q.
" It is a source of the greatest satisfaction to me,
that my services on the banks of the Stitlej should have
merited your approbation. I look back to the period
when I represented the borough of Launceston in Par-
liament with unfeigned pleasure. Your congratulations
afford me the satisfaction of again expressing my grate-
ful thanks ter the constancy of your friendship; and I
request as a favour pPrsonal to myself, that whenever
your local interests may require attention in the House
of Lords you will consider my services to be as much at
your command as in times gone by, when as your
Member 3 ou honoured me with your confidence.
" In our late operations on the Sutlej I have had the
great advantage of beim, associated with a general
officer, of whose services Cornwall may justly be proud.
I shall shortly have the satisfaction, by the command of
her Majesty, of placing on the breast of Major-General
Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert the star of a Knight Com-
mander of the Military Order of the Bath, one amongst
many of the most able and gallant officers of the East
India Company's army.
" A just cause followed by a successful war has only
rendered me the more anxious to resume with diligence
the peaceful avocations of the Government, and I trust,
as an humble instrument in the hands of the Supreme
Disposer of all events, that the blessings which peace
confers will not be disturbed for a long series of years.
" I heartily thank you, gentlemen, for the warmth of
your congratulations, and am proud to subscribe myself,
" Ever your very faithful friend and servant,
"Simla, June 24." " HAKDINGE.

• TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
FOREIGN OFFICE, At:G. 22, 1816.
The Queen has been p'eased to approve of Mr. Ernst C6=ar
Hartung, as Consul at Sierra Leone•for the Free Hanseatic
Republic of Bremen.
‘v.AR-OFFICE, AuG. 25.
Ist Regiment of Foot—J. C. Pugh, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Shadwell, appointed to the 21st Foot,
Aug_. 2:5.
21st Foot—Lieut. W. Domvile to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Adamson, who retires; Second Lieut. H. P. T. Wood-
ington to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Domvile;
Ensign J. Fitz Thomas Shadwell, from the Ist Foot, to he
Seconci Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodington, Aug. 25.
23d Foot—Sir H. O. R. Chamberlain. Bart., to be Second
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lord Greenock, ap-
pointed Adjutant; Second Lieutenant A. F. Lord Greenock
to be Adjutant; Colour Sergeant R. Fortune to be Quarter-
boaster, Aug. 25.
36th Foot—Lieut. R. B. Jennings, from half-pay 38th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice White, appointed to the 82d
Foot ; Ensign G. L. R. Berkeley. to he Lieut., by purchase.
rice Jennings, who retires; 'l'. Rice, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Berkeley, Aug. 25.
37th Foot—F. Stead, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Persse, whose appointment has been cancelled, Aug. 25.
49th Foot—Lientenaut C. S. Glazbrook to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Pearson, who retires; Ensign C. G. Richard-
son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glazbrook; R. G.
A. De Montmorency, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Richardson; Lieutenant J. W. Armstrong to be Adjutant,
vice Glazbrook, promoted, Aug. 25.
635 Foot—Lieutenant C. E. Fairtlough to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Oliver, deceased,
Aug. 25.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign M. Walms-
lev, vice Ford, deceased, Sept. 25, 1845; Ensign J. Spier,
vice Mahon, deceased, May 1, 1846.
To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign 11. White, vice
Walmsley, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled,
Aug. 25.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—lL E. Quin, Gent., vice
Spier, Aug. 24 ; S. Fairtlough, Gent., vice White, Aug. 25.
71st Foot—Sergeant-Major J. Taylor to be Quartermaster,
Aug. 25.
79th Foot--Capt. J. Ferguson to be Major, by purchase,
vice Lawrie, who retires; Lieut. A. Hunt to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Ferguson ; Ensign K. R. Maitland to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Hunt; E. G. Place, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Maitland, Aug. 25.
85th Foot—Ensign G. Thomson to be Adjutant, vice Knox,
promoted, Aug. 25.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant J. R. O'Reilly to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Sandes, killed in action;
Ensign W. Harvey, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Reilly, April 19;
Sergeant-Major J. Harvey to be Ensign, vice W. Harvey,
Aug. 25.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Major T. C. Smith, from the 97th
Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Ang. 25.
COMMISSARIAT.—Assistant Commissary General T. Stick-
ney, to be Deputy Commissary-General, Aug. 11.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign King, of
the 6th Foot, are Henry John, and his surname Newton King.
WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 25.
Further List of Private Soldiers of the Queen's Army, killed
in the recent Battles on the Sutlej, or who have subse-
quently died of wounds received in those Actions.
53d Foot.—John Badcock, Robert Beighton, Patrick Flynn,
William Gainer, William Hanson, John Kaithcart, John Lan-
fear, Thomas Lewis, Philip Nugent, Richard Stevens, John
Turner, John Tannicliffe, and G. 11. Wilson.
ADNIIRALTY, AUG. 18.
Corps of Royal Marines—To be Second Lieutenants—
Philip Ilarris, Gent., William James Dunn, Gent., John
Horndon Parry, Gent., Richard Kennett, Willson, Gent.,
Edmund Henry Cox, Gent., Edmund Brighouse Snow, Gent.,
Gentleman Cadet James Taylor.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
The Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—J.
Burgess, Gent., to:be Lieutenant ; G. F. Richardson, Gent,
to be Lieutenant, July 4.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
The Queen's Own Regiment of L'orsetshire I.vemeanry
Cavalry—ll. Farquharson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Cox, resigned ; Cornet IV. Ffooks to be Lieutenant, vice
Pretor, resigned, Aug. 22.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Yeomany Cavalry—E.
J. Ridgway, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wilkinson, deceased,
Aug. 22.

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`SHE LONDON LONDON ITALIAN SOCIETY
The first anniversary meeting of the London Italian
Society was held last evening at the Music Hall, Store.
street, Russell,quare. There was a very numerous and
fashionable audience, including several halies. Shortly
after seven o'clock the chair was taken by the Hon.
William Cowper, who was received with great enthu-
siasm on making his appearance. The Hon. Gentleman
briefly addressed the meeting, and observed that it
would not be necessary for him to make many remarks
on the subject which had brought them together in order
to excite their sympathy and concurrence. The society
had been founded chiefly by the exertions of the Hon.
and Rev. Baptist W. Noel, aided in his Christian work
by many generous minded individuals, who had na-
turally been attracted by the artless simplicity of
the numerous Italian boys who wandered through
the streets. Their gentleness, the distance from their
native land to which their fate had consigned
them, and the hardships to which they were sub-
jected, were circumstances in themselves calculated
to draw public attention towards their condition,
with a view to ameliorate it. But when they considered
the system of apprenticeship they were engaged under—
a system which the English law did not take cognisance
a, and the cruel usage often exercised towards
them by their masters, he was certain these seve-
ral circumstances needed only to be known to be re-
medied. At first the object of the society was only to
aid Signor Fenetti, who in a most noble spirit had
erected an asylum for the education and care of those
children. This asylum had been hitherto supported by
them, and the result was that they had saved eleven
children from an otherwise wretched life. Tbey should,
however, be encouraged by their success, and extend
their exertions to a wider sphere. He felt certain that
the respectable audience he addressed would be anxious
to improve the advantage they had already gained, and
promote the progress of their society by sincerely en-
deavouring to support its exertions in every direction.
The report of the society was then read by the secre-
tary. From this official document it appeared that the
amount of subscriptions received during the past year
was 359/. 15s. 2d ; of this sum there was expended 3741.,
leaving the small balance in hand of 151. 15s. 2d.
The Rev. Mr. Chaloner moved the adoption of the
report. There were 5,000 poor Italians in london
accessible only through the medium of their vernacu-
lar tongue. Some of them were political exiles; some
commercial men, having connexions in Italy ; but
most of them had come over to this country for the pur-
pose of picking up a precarious living in the streets.
The Rev. Mr. Carmichael seconded the motion, which
was carried with but one dissentient, apparently an
Italian, who was denied permission to address the
meeting at that stage of the proceedings. The Rev. Mr.
Muns moved the first resolution, which was to the
effect, " That the presence of many natives of Italy in this
metropolis and kingdom presents a claim by Providence
on the efforts of British Christians for their spiritual
welfare, especially from their connexion with that
country which is the seat of the Romish Church and the
centre of its power." The second resolution was in the
following terms:—" That the present state and future
prospects of Italy are such as to place all Protestant
Christians under special obligations to labour for the
spread of scriptural know ledge and vital religion among
the Italians within their reach, through whose instru-
mentality they may yet, by the blessing of God, act
powerfully on the seat of Papery itself, and affect, in-
fluentially, the progress of the kingdom of Christ in the
dominions of the man of sin." Several clergymen ad-
dressed the meeting in support of the object which
they had assembled to promote, and the resolutions were
passed.