The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-04 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
I LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW-
CASTLE-UPON TYNE.
An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the above
company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern.
Mr. T. R. W. Ffrance was in the chair.
The advertisement by which the meeting had been
convened having been read,
The CHAIRMAN said it would be recollected that when
he addressed the shareholders on the 20th of July last
he reported that the Bill fur the dissolution of the com-
pany had been read a second time in the Lords, notwith-
standing the opposition of the Marquis of Undonderry;
that they expected to go immediately into Committee,
and that as they were opposed by only seven or eight
landowners he trusted the Bill would be allowed to pass.
His recommendation on that occasion was that the
meeting should be adjourned to a future day, in case
there should arise any question which it might be
necessary to submit to the consideration of the
proprietors. That recommendation was adopted.
The Committee of the lords sat in evidence on the
Bill on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of July, and after a pa-
tient investigation they came to a resolution that it was
not expedient to proceed Waller with the Bill, and it
was, therefore, lost, much to the surprise of those who
promoted it. It now became the duty of the directors to
consider what was best to be done. He had not had, till
the previous day, an opportunity of holding a board
meeting. Of that opportunity he availed himself. The
board met, and they resolved that, under the circum-
stances in which the company was placed, it was incum-
bent on them to husband the resources of the undertaking
by the strictest economy, and with that view they ap-
pointed a committee to consider and report how such is
measure could be best effected. The gentlemen consti-
tuting that committee were himself, Mr. Burchell, and
Mr. Gibbs; and they were to send in their report as early
.hre aw
circumstances, the proprietors
as possible, in order that it might" placed in the hands
pp the half-yearly report. He
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would indulge the directors with time to consider the po-
sition of the company.
Mr. PARSON suggested that, as the large mass of the
shareholders resided in London, the half-yearly meeting
should be held there, and not, as had hitherto been the
case, in Manchester.
The CHAIRMAN said the suggestion should be taken.
into consideration by the committee who had to draw up
the report.
Mr. COURTENA.Y moved that the report to be submitted
to the half-yearly meeting should, together with the evi-
dence taken before the Committee of the Lords, be
printed and circulated amongst the shareholders ten days
prior to the holding of such meeting.
Mr. J. T. ATKINsoN supported the motion, on the
ground that the printing and circulation of the evidence
on which the dissolution Bill was thrown out was abso-
lutely necessary to enable the shareholders to come to a
sound conclusion on the question to be submitted to
them at the halt yearly meeting, viz, whether the pro-
ject should or should not be abandoned.
Mr. PARSON had not the slightest objection to the
printing and circulation of the evidence, but he thought
it would not give the information required.ovemllis °w
as
an
own
opinion was, that the matter should be left is the hands
att.
etuhde directors.ment tha t
the H
question
u es
shtoiounl do,
f therefore,printing
an abstract or
the whole of the evidence be left to the discretion of the
board.
Mr. BURTON seconded the amendment.
Mr. BURCHELL (of the firm of Burchell, Kilgour, and
Parson) referred to some insinuations that had been
thrown against him both in Committee and in one of
the railway journals, from which an inference might be
drawn that he had, in his connexion with the company,
been mixed up in share-jobbing. He begged to say that,
with a trifling exception, he now held all the shares he
had ever purchased in the company. He held 1,100
shares, all of which had been purchased by him at par,
or at a premium, and for those shares he had paid
3,000 L, while the probability was he should never get
3,000 pence for them.
Mr. Parson's amendment was then put and carried by
14 to 5.
Mr. ATKINSON wished to know from the chairman
who would have to pay the expenses of the Dissolution
Bill. At the meeting held on the 9th of February, 1848,
the question was asked by Mr. Marriott, and the solicitor
for the Bill answered that the shareholders would not be
held responsible for such expenses.
Mr. PARSON objected to the chairman answering the
question put by Mr. Atkinson, who, he thought, ap-
peared rather as an "advocate" than as a shareholder.
(Mr. Atkinson, we believe, was counsel against the Dis-
solution Bill.)
The CHAIRMAN reminded Mr. Atkinson, that at an
adjourned extraordinary general meeting of the share-
holders, held on the 7th of June, the Dissolution Bill was
unanimously approved of.
Mr. ATKINSON thought the chairman would find that
an adjourned extraordinary general meeting could not
entertain any such motion.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN reminded Mr. Atkinson, that the
holders of 42,000 out of the 50,000 shares of the com-
pany, voted for the Dissolution Bill.
Mr. PARSON moved that the meeting adjourn sine die.
The motion was carried, and a vote of thanks having
been given to the chairman, the meeting broke up.

OLDHA.SI ALLIANCE.
OLDHAM, THURSDAY.—This morning, at twelve.
o'clock, the half•yearly meeting of the shareholders of
this company was held at the Town Hall. Mr. L. A.
Wrzght presided. The report was adopted; three of the
directors and the auditor were re-appointed; and after
a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting terminated.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Atm. 3.
STOCK EXCHANOR.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire and Cheshire (late C. and 13. ), 145 —Caledonian, Pre-
ference, V 2 p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10/. Preference,
16s. 3d. p.—London and North-Western, 126—Ditto, New
Quarters, 1% p.—Ditto. Quarters (A and B), 2 p.—Man-
cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. Quarters, No, 2,141 h
—Ditto, Preference, 10 'A— Midland Stock, 103—Ditto, New
Halves, 614 dis. North Staffordshire, 3 dis.—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham, 15/. 7s. 9d. Shares (A),
51A
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 3 dis.—York,
.New-
castle, and Berwick (Extension, No. 2), 1% p.—Ditto (Gr.
N. E. Purchase), p.
MANCHESTER, _MSG. 3.
STOCK EXCIIANOK.—The sales are—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 15—Ditto (Grimsby),
50/. Shares, 213/4 dis.—Ditto, ditto, 20/. Shares, 83/4 dis.—
Ditto, ditto, 12'. 10s. Shares, 5'4 dis.—Ditto (Grimsby
Dock), 11 dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 1.0" h dis.
North Staffordshire, 2 15.16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover,
243/4—Ditto, No. 4,2% dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AuG. 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Car-
lisle, 108—Ditto, Scrip (red), 4 p.

ABOLITION OF NIGIITWORK.-- TUE BAlLErts'
-Lawnight. t`meeting of the in,ptk. analjout;)‘leYinan
takeii was hold at the Mechanics' Institution, South,
ampton-buildings, to support the Bill introduced into
Parliament by Sir Benjamin Hall and Lord Robert
Grosvenor, the latter of whom presided. The Noble
Chairman congratulated the assembly on the manifest
progress their cause had made during the past year, and
observed, that though the Bill " for reducing the un-
limited hours of labour," Scc., was lost, still he was of
opinion that before that day twelvemonth it would be the
law of the land. The secretary read a report of the
sincesocietyebteehemstea onbett
neapirt
nsergrieritlseoseiecdfsnetsit7.pea7d:receipts
.petitions,
formation,timidrtTujoaoheurni whichlnensio:arefmbed2pee
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was adopted amid applause, and the meeting, wthiechbwacaks
, East
a very crowded one, after passing resolutions in accord-
ance with its object, and a vote of thanks to the Noble
Lord, dispersed.
ANOTHER MODEL LODGING-11011SE.—The Society
for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes
have
Lehetakteonnadnonexatnendsisvet. premisesrKanagteheorfine,s.doek H
at the
Smithfield, which they intend to open as One of their
model lodging-houses on Saturday next. The building
is sufficiently capacious to afford accommodation for 100
persons.
HOLBORN AND FINSBURY COMMISSION OF S
—Yesterday a meeting of the Metropolitan Commis_
sioners of Sewers was held at the office of the late Com-
missioner of Sewers for the Holborn and Finsbury divi-
sion, Hatton-garden, to make and sign a general sewer.
rate for the district. The total rental of the division,
which included the Southampton estate, Holborn, Chan-
cery-lane, Gray's Inn lane, Leather-lane, Field-lane,
i Lawrence,
to w and the
seixpn
e northerncoin h
se sewers,
pound, which s, was 766,7751. d
/. p
rTo
dhuecreat e agreed
19,1691.
is. 6d.
TUE SIIRIEVALTY.—Yesterday the numbers on the
poll at three
jun.,
i3cwiey, o'clock.
204 ;It
is necessary to put the Livery upon their guard
the tricks of the mercenary electioneering agents who
are at work in the City. Alderman Finnis and Mr.s; Gowoedrhe—art, n
sennis.: 3
2 1 ;
1 ; Goodhart,Flagainst
Goodhart, the younger, have assured the Livery that if
elected they will serve the office of sheriffs. The Livery
lose no time in expressing their • • -
should, therefore,
of the conduct of certain election agents, w.. h
0, to serve
their own purposes, would prevent the citizens from ex-
ercising the right which they possess of choosing their
own sheriffs, by polling for Alderman Finnis and Mr.
Goodhart, jun. If the Livery abstain from voting, the
agents will at the last moment pour in sufficient votes to
turn the scale, and thus elect gentlemen who are unwil-
ling candidates. It will, therefore, be necessary to vote
for Finnis and Goodhart, the younger, in such numbers
as to overpower the numbers who may be induced by the
promise of a small recompense each to bring in some
gentlemen who would pay the fine rather than serve.
THE Cllor.caA.—Major-General Woronzow, and
Major-General Schtschitowski died of the cholera on
the 231. Senator and Privy Counsellor Mordwinoff is
also dead. The cholera still assumes a very serious
aspect in Moscow. It has also made its appearance in
Gallicia.

_
DEPARTURE OF TROOPS.—Another division of the
46th Foot passed through London yesterday en route for
Liverpool, there to be encamped with the other divisions
of the regiment. Prince George of Cambridge is not
going to command the 17th Lancers at Fillhenny, as
stated in some of the Iriab papers, -

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The flagrant breach of this injunction has been
witnessed in Christendom ever since the invention of
printing, whereby the right hand is informed of the deal
ings of the left in the daily papers, when to avoid uncer-
tainty the sum is set opposite to the names; but it has
been reserved to the magistrates of the City to invent a
mode of sounding the alms-givers' trumpet free of ex
pense, and it is done thus:—By the bye-laws of Bethle
hem Hospital it appears that a donation of 50/. to the
charity forms a qualification for a governor; but by
practice which the supporters allege has been permitted
by way of remunerating an unpaid officer, he is per-
mitted to nominate governors without the payment of
the SOL, so that we are informed there are at present
ninety merchants and gentlemen out of the number,
who figure in the printed list of governors whose left
hands would be very much puzzled if asked how much
their right hands had given. Report says, nothing
within the memory of man—and the privilege of ap-
pointing them is designated a boon to reward two un-
paid officer. We believe that the Horticultural Society
a few years ago decided that they could not afford the
expense of an unpaid secretary. We would recommend
those interested in the welfare of Bethlehem Hospital
to follow their example : 90 multiplied by 50 gives
4,500/. lost to the institution. What other means the
unpaid governors have of remunerating themselves we
are at a loss to conjecture, but trust Mr. Morley will
unravel it at the next quarterly meeting, as promised on
the last occasion unless defeated on some technical objee-
tion.—l have the honour to be, Sir, you most obedient
servant, SCRUTATOR.

SIR J. ANDERSON'S STEAM
CARRIAGE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
_

Respected Friend,—ln answer to some remarks con

tainedin a letter, signed " W. Radley," which appeared
in the Mining Journal of last week, relative to Sir
James Anderson's steam carriage, permit me to observe
that although I stated that the effects of noise, steam,
and fire were objections which more or less attended all
former attempts at locomotives on the common roads, I
did not mean thereby to infer that there were not other
matters which were also objectionable ; and I agree
with W. Radley's conclusions, that if the same cum-
brous machinery and carriages, and the same arrange-
ment of the machinery and modes of construction be
adopted, that then the success would be, as he very rea-
sonably infers, very doubtful.
Since I wrote my last letter I have personally in-
spected Sir James Andersoa's steam horse (if I may be
allowed to make the compsrison), and I have no hesita-
tion in stating that; in my.opinion; it is vastly
.superior
in almost every respect to the former attempts, either
by himself or others, both for simplicity of ar-
rangement and principle of construction, and that all
the assumptions mentioned in the concluding part of
W. Radley's letter as needful to ensure success, has.been
in a great degree accomplished by Sir James in his pre-
sent attempt. The weight of the entire engine, water,
fuel, !Ice., will, it is stated, not exceed three tons. I have,
therefore, no doubt of its success. Not that I mean to
affirm that he has arrived at ne plus ultra, but that he
has, in my opinion, surpassed all former attempts, which.
I think cannot be disproved; but whether he is success-
ful or otherwise will not alter the opinion I have held,
and still do hold, that steam under the circumstances
mentioned in my former letter—viz., by adopting two
timber trackways on a track of eight or nine feet wide,
made on the crown of the road with finely broken gra-
nite, and cemented by an anti-absorbent concrete, about
three or four inches thick, laid on a firm, solid base
thereand cannot
tesbse toth
esoalihdttgdraaw-
is sufficient, that by such
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fie
tat: yweiqt
doubt,hu as lwu fehohern
as mt
provisioncs
means the public might be conveyed very profitably at an
average charge of one halfpenny per mile, at the safe, ra-
tional, and accommodating speed of ten to twelve miles
per hour.
Among the experiments made by Mr. Walker some
years ago (which was quoted by the late Thomas Tel-
ford, Esq.), on the granite track in the Commercial-
road, a strong pony, weighing 4/1 cwt., drew, on an in-
cline of 1 in 116, six tons, exerting a power equal to
191 lbs. A powerful horse, weighing 14 cwt., drew
twelve tons at four miles per hour, on the same incline,
exerting a power equal to 3821b5. After this most ex-
traordinary exhibition and demonstration who can doubt,
or who will dare deny, even with or without the track, the
possibility of final success of steam carriages on good
turnpike roads.—l remain respectfully yours.
THOMAS MOTLEY, C.E.
London, Aug. 3, 1848.

P.S.—lt should be observed that Sir J. Anderson does
not propose to go up an inclines of 1 in 20, at the rate
of ten or twelve miles per hour; if need be, at one-fourth,
one-third, or one-half, by which means there will be a
great difference in the eff,ctive power of the engine.
And as Sir James proposes the engine to be safely equal
to upwards of 3,000 lbs., I leave it to your intelligent
readers to calculate what it will be able to effect at given
velocities. Assuming that 50 lbs. ought to move a ton
on a level, at four miles per hour, the engine ought to
move about sixty tons at that speed, provided the wheels
could get sufficient tractive adhesion, and double that
amount on a good level plain timber track.

WINTER GREENS.—The calamity which has of late
' attended the potato crop has given more than usual
stimulus to the growth of other vezetables. One amongst
them deserves especial attention—the Brussels sprouts.
' Mr. Errington, in Maund's "Botanic Garden," just pub-
lished, has expressed the same opinion. Ile says, "We
would now impress on the readers of this work the ne-
cessity of making ample provision for the ensuing win-
ter, by a liberal planting of the various greens; indeed,
we would say of the wole brassiea family, which, of
course, includes a great variety—from the cauliflower
down to the turnip —Time lost in this month, as to the
above purposes, cannot be recalled; and we would point
especially to such useful kinds as the Savoy, Brussels
sprouts, and the green kale. The second deserves far
more extended cultivation, both on the score of its qua-
lity as a winter vegetable, its productiveness, and its
hardihood; whilst its capability of long succession ren-
ders it still further valuable. Strong plants of all these,
raised from a March sowing, should be planted forth-
with; and it need scarcely be mentioned that the ground
on which they are planted can hardly be too rich. A
rather strong soil, deeply dug and well manured, will
always be profitable under a crop of this description."
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--A correspondent from Brid-
lington, Yorkshire, writing on Tuesday, says :—" Yes-
terday there was art excursion train from this place to
Hull, for the purpose of visiting the Zoological Gardens,
and other objects of interest and curiosity at ;he' latter
place; which left'l3ridlinp,tOn shortlytirter nine o'clock,
A2si., conveying, as vouched by report; noleialhati 1;00O'
passengers. About 2i miles previously to reaching its
destination, the train changed the line ; at which station
the man who had charge of the points had fallen asleep.
In consequence of his criminal neglect, several of the car-
riages were thrown off the line, and a scene of dreadful
confusion ensued. Some of the carriages were, lam in-
formed, completely smashed ; and although, providen-
tially, there was no loss of life, yet the catalogue is large
of broken bones, severe contusions, and dangerous
wounds. Under ordinary circumstances, the train was
expected to have returned to this place at 11 stmt ; but
it did not reach Bridlington till two this morning—many
of the passengers preferring to postpone their return
until daylight. The man whose neglect caused the mis-
chief was immediately given into the custody of the po-
lice to await the result of a searching investigation
.as to
the real cause of the acciient."

SPITALFIELDS Sumo!, OF DESIGN.—On Wednes-
day and the previous day the annual exhibition of the
models, designs, &c. of the students attached to the
School of Dsign, Spitalfields, took place at the school-
rooms, No. 37, Crispin-street, Spitalfields, when there
was a numerous attendance of the patrons and influential
promoters of this important branch of British munufac-
tures. Several of the silk manufacturers were present.
They were conducted over the different departments by
Mr. John Casey, chairman of the committee, and Mr. A.
Dear, the secretary, and expressed themselves highly
gratified at the progress made by the students in the ar-
tistic knowledge connected with the trade. It may not
be out of place to observe that everything connected with
the silk trade is taught at the institution—the designs,
the transfer of the designs to the rule paper, card cut
ting, weaving, &c. In the upper room is a Jacquard
loom, on a new and improved principle, the action of
which was explained by Mr. J. Dean, a weaver, and one
of the committee. There were exhibited in the rooms
designs for figured garments, ditto for figured waistcoats,
parasols and figured damasks, drawings in crayons from
the statue, chalk drawings from ditto, drawings from
li+hograph, paintings from nature, ecc., all of which dis-
played a great advance in the art, and were much ad-
mired. Several of the designs, for which prizes were
awarded by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, at the
annual meeting, Crosby Hall, were in the rooms.
THE ALLEGED MURDER OF A CHILD BY POl-
sox.—A: the Judges' Chambers, yesterday, before Mr.
Baron Alderson, an application was made to admit Mary
Spry and Mary Ann Dore to bail. It will be recol-
lected that a coroner's jury had returned against them
a verdict of wilful murder, and they were committed to
Newgate to wait their trial. The Learned Judge, hav-
ing carefully perused the depositions, said he was of opi-
nion that this was a case in which he ought not to refuse
bail. It did not appear to him that there was sufficient
evidence to warrant the verdict which the jury had re-
turned. The hail of the respective husbands or the pri-
soners in the several sums of 2001. and four oth vr sureties
of 501. each, having been accepted, the prisoners obtained
their discharge, and with apparently great delight re-
tired with their husbands and friends until the next
sessions.
CRICKET.—HARROW V. WINCHESTEIL—The first
of these interesting matches was commenced on Wed-
nesday afternoon, so soon as that between the gentlemen
and players had been brought to a conclusion, at Lords.
When ‘4 time" was called, the score for Harrow stood 79
in the first hands, and 76 in the second ; while the
Wintonians exhibited but 36 for the first eleven, a small
score well redeemed by 52 for the first two wickets,
second turn. The play was resumed at eleven this day.