The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-12 00:00:00

BORSEIAM.

The Committee appointed to try the merits of the pe-
tition presented against the return of Mr. Fitzgerald for
the b.irotrzh of Horsham. met for the first time this
mornintt-; Mr. Bramston in the chair.
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, with whom was Mr. Power,
appeared for the petitioners, and Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr.
Calvert for the sitting Member.
At the election. in 1847, Mr. Fitzgerald was success-
fully opposed by Mr. Jervis,son.of the Attorney-General,
but, upon a petition, Mr. Jervis was unseated, and at the
recent election Mr. Fitzgerald again put up, and suc-
ceeded in obtaining his return. The present petition,
however, alleges that the return was obtained by
bribery and treating, and also alleges that Mr. Fitz•
gerald was not only guilty of bribery and treating at the
the last hut at the previous election.
Mr. M. D. find, took the same objection in this case
that was taken in the Cheltenham Committee, but it was
overruled by the Committee.—Adjourned.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—THE LATE CAPTAIN MAR.
RYAT, C.B.—This-celebrated nautical novelist's services
in the navy are thus recorded by Allen, in the New Navy
List :—" Midshipman of the Imperieuse, in co-operation
with the Patriots, on the coast of Catalonia, under Lord
Cochrane; served in the attack on the French fleet in
Aix Roads, and
.in the Walcheren expedition in 1809;
Lieutenant of the Newcastle, and in her barge cut out
Tour vessels from Boston Bay, 1814; commanded the
Larne in the Burmese war, being part of the time senior
officer. Gazetted 1808." By his death a good service
pension falls into the gift of the Admiralty.
The Lightning steam-vessel embarked the Cabinet
Ministers from Gosport this morning, at eleven o'clock,
and conveyed them to Cowes, being called, by her Ma-
jesty test Council at Osborne.
The Fairy, royal yacht, Commander Crispin, em-
barked ,the Duchess of Kent and the-Princess Hohen-
lobe from'the Clarence4ard at a quarter to three o'clock
this afternoon, under the usual ceremonies, and con-
veyed them to Cowes, where the Duchess of Kent has
'taken a residence for a short period. The Princess Ho-
hentohe, we believe, will be her Royal Highness's guest.
The Dauntless, screw steam-frigate, of 1,496 tons and
580 horse-power, arrived from 'Glasgow to-day. She
sailed from this port nn the 27th of February, 1847,
'and has, consequently. been absent nearly 18 months.
She is intended to carry either 22 or 24 heavy guns.
Her speed is said to be very unsatisfactory, ,never
exceeding 7i knots. On the measured mile in. Stokes-
bay, on which she wes tried this morning before
coming into harbour, it was respectively, 7 min. 40.
sec'. with the tide. and 10 min. 4 sec. against it.
This gives an average of .9 minutes to the mile, or 6 2.3
knots per hour. The weather on this'occasion was par-
ticularly favourable, bein nearly a dead calm. She has,
on board about 500 tons of iron ballast to bring her,
to her supposed sea bearings, with guns and stores
on board. Her draught of water, on coming.
into the harbour, was 1.7 feet 2' inches aft
and 15 foot 1 inch forward, but it is said to have been
nearly an even keel on leaving Glasgow, the difference,
'being Occasioned by the expenditure of coal and water.. It
is understood considerable alterations will be madein
her before she is finally commissioned; among other
things, that the step of her mainmast will be moved for!.
ward 6 feet. Her main fault appears to be her enor-
mons counters, which sqUat down, in the water and itn-
pede her movements, white they diminish the force of
her screw and her steer badly,
IN COMMISSION AND lITTD(G.
In Harbour—The Victory, flag-ship; the Illustrious,
ordinary guard-ship; the Blake hulk, temporary guard,-
ship 'of steamers; the Excellent, gunnery-ship; the
Lightning, Undfne, Echo, and Adelaide steamers; the
Fanny and Portsmouth yachts.
At Spithead—The Powerful. 84; the'Virago, steam-
sloop; and the Rolla, excise-brig. •
In the Steam-basin—The Retribution, Centaur, Sala-
mander, Jackal, Dwarf, and Gleaner steamers.
In the Ship-basin—The Malabar, Orestes, and Phoenix.
In Dock—The Pembroke, 72 ; Ajax, 56 ; Carysfort,
26; Encounter, Cormorant. and Sharpshooter steamers.
In Cowes-roads —The Victoria and Albert, and the
Fairy.
CHATHAM, Auc. 11.—The Southampton, 50 guns,
Cadtairi Nicholas Cory, received on Tuerday hst, from
the African steam-vessel, 90 seamen, whom she brought
from Portsmouty and Sheerness.
The Acorn, 16 guns, Commander John E. Bingham,
was paid off into ordinary on the Bth instant. Orders
have since been received to bring this vessel forward for
sea again as soon as possible.
The Iris, 26 guns, a new ship launched at Pembroke,
is ordered to be brought forward fur service immediately.
The Spy, 3 gun brigantine, was commissioned on the
2th instant., by Lteutenant and Commander George
Western. This vessel is to be got ready to take out the
September mail to the coast of Africa.
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR THE CAPE.—Rear-
Admiral Reynolds, C. 8., the newly7appointed flag-
of ber to the Cape Station, has visited the Admiralty
during the past week and had interviews with their
Lordships. Orders have gone out to Vice-Admiral
Dacres to return to Simon's Bay from the Mauritius. It
is expected that the Southampton will leave England
about the first week in September, and that she will
arrive at the Cape by about the middle of October, by
which time Vice-Admiral Dacres will be there to trans-
fer the command-in-chief to his successor, and will then
return to Spithead, and his flag-ship the President, 50,
Captain Stanley, will be paid off at Portsmouth. It is
lomasduecr:
Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth, next month. Captain Charles
expected that the Southampton will be manned in a
fortnight.' --United Service Gazette.
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Eden will be the flag captain, and Mr: Kent secretary.—
COMING TO THE " SCRATCH. —ln consequence of the
officers of the Southampton, 50, Captain N. Cory, fitting
0., will n
at .Chatham as the flag.ship for the Cape, not having
joined so promptly as the Admiralty desired, their Lord-
ships sent ,down orders on Monday that they were to be
informed that the appointment would be cancelled if
they were not on board the ship on the 10th instant.
Lieutenant Place and D'Arcy Preston, the Rev. Mr.
illiroo on tstooru,
stltteewCarhtaNpvliallinb,e taopopokinu
appointed dto the
their
commissions
Southampton.
Chatham on the loth. We understand that Commander
—lbid

GREAT NORTHERN RAIL'W'AY.
(TINS DAY.)
The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro-
prietors of this railway was held this morning, at the
London Tavern; Mr. Beckett Denison in the chair.
The report represented that the works vere being
steadily carried forward, and .from April lastadvantage
had been taken of the fine season to press hem on as
fast as the means would permit. In accordance with. the
intention announced at the last meeting, the line from
Peterborough to London would be opened fir traffic in
September next; and at that . period the Eet Lincoln-
shire Railway—of which 14 miles from 3rinisby to
Louth had' been opened and worked, with satisfactory
results, since the Ist March last—would Le completed
and opened throughout to Boston, and would then
become the property of the Great Northirn Railway
Company. An arrangement had been concluded with
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshre naiirreY
Company for running the Great Northers trains by
Grimsby to and from the Humber Ferries:opposite to
Hull). which would open a new and much snortr route
south-from Hull, and places north of that wen fled with
the view to open with the least possible celay con-
tinuous line between Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and to
avoid an unnecessary outlay of the company's capital,
en arrangement had also been made with the Manchester,
sheilield, and Lincolnshire Company for ruining over
that:company's lines between Gainsboro', Saxelby (near
Lincoln), and Retford ; and with the same object' th
and
e di-
Betts for the works f rom Retford to Doncasterwhic
be opened early in the summer of 1849, thus establishing
railway communication fromPeterborough istoYorkshire.
A clause had been inserted in the Isleeto h
are to
rectors had recently contracted with MessMesses.p
ef,
authorising the division of the present 25 ixboltne Act,
/. shares in t"
shares of 121. los. each, in the mode and for the Virr'se
explained at the February special meeting, The directors
therefore, under this clause, had
shareholder who had paid up 171. per. share the
.resolved tOgive arty
option
of dividing his shares, and arrangements would be made
for carrying out the division, which,would be commu-
nicated to the shareholders by the Ist October,. to come
into operation on the Ist November next. Adverting to
the arrears of calls, the directors thought it
state, that since the 30th June those arrears had been
reduced by the amount of 55,588/. The very. right to
Small sum,
2,1001., received on loan upon mortgage, requited notice,
as at the date 'of the account, 30th June, the company
was hardly in a position to exercise its borrowing powers;
since the 30th June the loans on mortgage had reached
the sum of 43,7501.
The balance-sheet stated that the total expenditure up
to the 30th of June amounted io 2,596,935/. Bs.; the re-
*Ceiptf amounted to 8,081,0061. 13s. 2d., so that the
balance in hand amounted to 484,0711. ss. 2d.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
stated that in October next it was anticipated that the
line would be opened from Peterborough to about six
miles beyond Lincoln, a distance of sixty-five miles.
Five miles of the lino beyond Doncaster are already
opened, and he was happy to inform the shareholders
that the East Lincolnshire line, about forty-eight miles
in length, would also be opened in October. These
openings, together with the arrangements they had
made with the Sheffield and Manchester for running
over their line from Retford to Saxelby, and
from Doncaster to Great Grimsby, and with the London
and North-Western and Eastern Counties companies,
and enable them to carry passengers from London to
Hull by a much shorter and pleasanter route than the
present. It was not proposed to bring on the line
south of Peterborough, but he had no doubt that even-
tually this point of the railway would be fully carried
out; and he had no hesitation in saying, that when the
whole line was completed it would be found to be one of
the most profitable undertakings in the country.
Mr. HCGUDS complained that the directors were not
sufficiently economical to meet the spirit of the times,
and moved as an amendment the remuneration of the
directors be reduced from 2,500/. to 2,0004 the salary of
the superintendent from 2,0001. to 1,0001., and the salary
of the secretary from 1,2001. to 1,000/.
Several other shareholders expressed themselves dis-
satisfied with the pecuniary management of the concern,
but, nevertheless, after a short statement from the
Chairman, the amendment was put and negatived.
The adoption of the report was then agreed to.
Eight hundred and sixty-five shares, whose holders
were defaulters iu calls, were then ordered to be for-
feited; after which thanks were `voted to the Chairman,
and the proceedings terminated.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN

RAILWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—To relieve the public mind from the anxiety
which has been expre•sed on the subject of the late
strike of the engine-drivers and firemen on this line,
I am instructed to state that the directors have taken
effectual measures to provide for the safe working of the
trains whatever may be the course of proceeding of
these misguided men.

Many of then) have withdrawn their notices, and
others may be expected to follow the example.
A sufficient humber of new and practised enginernen,
with unexceptionable testimonials from their former em-
ployers, have been taken into the service, and employed
in working the trains during the last week.
In addition to these resources, a number of men
scientifically as well as practically conversant with the
construction and management ,of the locomotive, have
been supplied by the Government departments.
Notwithstanding, therefore, all that may have been
said to the contrary, the.Directors,are enabled to repeat,
with perfect confidence, that the trains will continue to
be worked with perfect aafety to the public.
• las Sir, yourobedient Servant,
I. CREED, Secretary.
' Office, Euston•'station, August 12,,1848.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY AND THE ENGINE-DRIVERS. '
Last night, pursuant to adjournment from the pre-
vious evening, another meeting of the engine-drivers
and firemen, who have sent in their notices to quit the
service of the London and Nqrthe.Western Railway
(which notices expire on Monday next) was held at the
Railway Tavern, Hampstead-road, for the purpose of
receiving the report of a deputation appointed to wait on
some of the directors, and the chief of the locomotive
department, yesterday morning.
Mr. Jonas Brown, an engine-driver, took the chair at
ten o'clock, and not only was the room crowded by the
engine-drivers and firemen of the North-Western Line,
but there were deputations from the South-Eastern, the
Eastern Counties, the Brighton, the South-Western, the
Northern Division of the North-Western Line, and other
railways, anxious to hear the result.
The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting to the follow-
ing effsoc:—Fellow-workmenl you are aware that when
I dissolved the meeting last evening, it was with the
hope that the deputation which was appointed to wait
upon Mr. M'Connell and some of the directors this
morning, would be enabled to come to some amicable
arrangement with respect to our differences.—(Hear,
hear.) Your committee have not relaxed in their
exertions to effect that object; and at the interview we
had last evening we had been led to a belief that our
employers were desirous of. meeting us fairly. Judge of
our surprise, however, when at the interview which we
had this morning we were informed that the directors
were determined to stick by Mr. M'Connell's system of
classification. That being the case, I regret to say that
we are in the same position we were in before we had any
interview at all. We know, not only from excellent autho-
rity, but from a thousand circumstances, that the dispute
between Mr. M'Counell and us has not been faithfully
----_,-, -_
------ stated to the directors of the company. To prove that
we are entitled to consideration, and that we have
(THIS DAY.)
morn- not lightly stood out against ilia cleverly-contrived
its laboursdw Edwin
t h i s
CHELTENHAM.
ELECTION COMMITTEES:
scheme of Mr. M'Connell's, I will mention the periods
in their
'on of service during which those who have sent
notices '
to quit the company's on
service Monday next
This Committee entered up
lug, Sir W. Clay in the chair. Mr. EJames and hare been employed upon the railway; four of us have
Mr. Phinn appeared for Mr. Craven Berkeley, the sitting been employed upon the line for six years, six of us for
Member, and Mr. Russell Gurney, Q.C., and Mr. Me- twenty-five of
seven years, fifteen of us for eight years, .
rewether for the petitioner, Mr. J. A. Gardner, the us for nine years, eleven of us for ten years, and six of
unsuccessful candidate at the late election. round
us for twelve years and upwards, or to state it in
The petition alleges that the sitting Member numbers, sixty-seven out of 120 drivers who have sent in
, was, by his agents, guilty of bribery and treating, their notices, bare been in the service of the London and