The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-03 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-
day, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeals.
from the Prerogative Court. The Lords present were—
Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Master of the Rolls,
the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Cornwall.

HANDLEY V. EDWARDS.

The arguments in this appeal from the Prerogative
Court occupied their Lordships the whole day.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND )
BURLEY V. EVELYN.
The further arguments on this part-heard case occu-
pied his Honour the whole morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
STAMPS V. THE BERMINGHAM. WOLVERHAMPTON, &C.,
RAILWAY COMPANY.
His HONOUR gave judgment at some length this morn-
ing in this case, stating his present impression to be
that the injunction wich had been granted ought
to be dissolved, but in consequence of the absence
of Mr. bit, who was engaged in the Privy
Council, his Honour declined finally to dispose of
the case until that Learned Gentleman had an opportu-
nity of considering the suggestions he had thrown out.
The COURT, after disposing of the, cases of Hunter v.
Nockold and Pinner v. Insole, proceeded to hear the
further arguments in the part-heard case of Cole v.
Coles, which occupied the Court the remainder of the
morning.
The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce did not sit to-day.

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OLD COUR7.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(TIIIS DAY.)

The July session was opened this morning at the
usual hour before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Sir
George Carroll and Wilson, and the Sheriffs, Messrs.
Cubitt and Hill.

The grand jury having been. sworn,
The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. Ho
said in consequence of the short interval that
had elapsed since the last session, the calendar
did not contain a large number of prisoners. Nevertheless
120 persons were confined in Nevvgate, awaiting their
trials. Amongst them there were two persons charged
with very serious offences. The first he had reason to
believe would resolve itself into a charge of manslaughter,
and the second was a charge of arson. There were three
cases of cutting and wounding, with the intention of
doing some grievous bodily harm, seventeen cases of lar-
ceny from the person, eight cases of misdemeanour, some
of which presented very aggravating circumstances,
two cases of having possession of moulds for the purpose
of coining ; and nine cases of robbery. Six persons
were indicted for the crime of sedition, but as he had
addressed the grand jury during the last session with
respect to the offence with which these persons
were charged, and as they had returned true bills, it was
unnecessary for him to offer any remarks with respect
to them. As the facts, in the case of murder to which he
referred, were extremely simple, and as the evidence
would probably tend to show that the person charged
was not guilty of the higher, but of the secondary
offence—manslaughter—he should not touch upon it.
After some further remarks, with respect to the duties
of grand juries, the Learned Gentleman remitted them
to their duties.

The judges will not come down until Wednesday.
The impression that had gone abroad that they would
come down to-day and proceed at once with the trial of
the Chartist leaders, was therefore without foundation.

IVIARLBRO'-STREET7.(THIS.DAY).

There was not a single charge of any public interest
at this court this morning. The whole time of the ma-
gistrate was occupied in disposing of charges of
drunkenness and begging. The latter charges have
been very numerous during the past week, no less than
thirty and forty in a day having been brought before the
magistrate, nearly all of them poor and destitute Irish,
many of them with families of five and eight children.
The average punishment inflicted was from ten to twenty-
one days.

RAILWAY IN TEL LIGENCE.
EXTENSION TO WATERLOO-BRIDGE OF THE
SOUTH-WESTERN.
(From the Observer.)
Wednesday last was fixed as the day for the Govern-
ment Inspector of Railways to survey the line. Captain
Lafan proceeded to inspect the sub-structure of the line
up to the Wandsworth-road, where an embankment
connects the new branch with the main line. Two of the
heaviest engines of the company, the Castor and Alaric,
received the Government Inspector and the functionaries
of the company, including Mr. Locke, the engineer, and
soon after twelve o'clock they were set in motion. The
passage was exceedingly smooth. The iron girder
bridges were of course the principal objects of observa-
tion and experiment. The engines were first run singly,
then coupled, were "shunted" suddenly on the crown
of the arches; but the deflection was trifling in every
case. The arch that traverses the Wandsworth-road only
yielded the 32d part of an inch; in those of the Vaux-
hall and Lambeth-roads there was no visible deflec-
tion; and the bridge over the Westminster-road, which
is 90 feet in span, only yielded an eighth of an inch.
On the following day Captain Lafan again inspected the
line, and, on concluding his inspection, refused to give
the necessary certificate for the opening of the line,
alleging, as we understand, the general incompleteness
of the works. The primary cause of the line not open-
ing is, we are given to understand, the doubts that Cap-
tain Lafan entertains of the solidity of the iron girder
bridge over the Westminster- road,and the necessity that
exists for its being tested by weights and other experi-
ments before passenger trains are permitted to cross it.
That the arches are of the most substantial construe-

tion, and that no imperfection has occurred in any one
of them, may be inferred from the fact that since Wed-
nesday last ballast-trains, frequently approaching 100
tons in weight, have continued to pass up the line to the
York-road.

It is generally understood that the new line will be
opened on or about the 10th inst., but this will depend
solely on the result of the test to which the Westmin-
ster-road bridge is to be subjected.
The entire extension is ou a lofty viaduct from Nine
Elms to Waterloo-road, and consists of 300 arches, like
those upon the Greenwich line. Proceeding from the
Nino Elms station the first object of attraction is the
bridge over the Wandsworth-road, which is formed of
large iron girders of 70 feet span—a really handsome
and solid structure. Nothing of importance intervenes
to view until you reach the bridges over Lambeth-road
and Kennington-lane, which are of a description similar
to the Wandsworth one, excepting that the one at Lam-
beth is constructed on three arches, one over the main
road, with two side arches for footh paths. Between
these two bridges is situated the Vauxhall station, abut-
ting close upon the -Vauxhall Gardens. The extent of
platform room at this station is altogether about 300
feet. Only certain trains will stop at it. Over Church-
street, in the vicinity of Lambeth Palace, the bridge
consists of two iron arches. with piers in the centre of
the road. The principal bridge is that over Westminster-
bridge-road, and its singularity consists in the greatness
of its skew span, which, at a stretch of 90 feet, compasses
the whole road. The extent of room at the Waterloo•-
station is at present five acres, but the company have
purchased ground to the extent of twelve acres, so as to
provide for their own future accommodation, and that of
the South-Eastern, the Brighton and South Coast, or
any other line that may ultimately join them. The
whole of the land from Nine Elms to Waterloo-bridge
has cost 500,000/., and the total sum for the construc-
tion of the entire extension is estimated at about
2,000,000/. The present booking-offices and waiting-
rooms are only temporary, but the sheds, engine-houses,
and other appurtenances are permanent. In a short
time a substantial terminus, under the superintendence
of Mr. Tice, the` company's architect, will be commenced
on a large scale, and from suitable designs. The total
length of the present iron-roofed platform is 300 feet,
but when completed it will be upwards of 600 feet. Its
full width is about 154 feet. There are six lines of rail,
and at 250 yards beyond there are four lines of rail, two
for the Richmond and Windsor, and two for the main
line traffic, the whole way to Nine Elms station, which
will be converted into a locomotive depot and into wharfs
and workshops.
One great advantage to be derived from the present
extension will be the 'voidance of the notoriously ob-
noxious tolls to Nine Elms station over the bridges, and
it is calculated that to passengers travelling by the
South-Western this alone will be a saving of some thou-
sands per annum.
The property disturbed in carrying out the present
extension has, we understand, been very considerable;
, between 600 and 700 houses having been purchased, but
the effect of it has been to raise the rents in the neigh-
bourhood between 30 and 40 per cent.

As a general principle, the trains will leave the Wa-
terloo station at the same time as they have been accus-
omed to leave the Nine Elms, while the relative dis-

tances and time occupied will ba• materially reduced.
The distance to the new terminus from the Bank will be
something less than two miles, instead of four, as for-
merly, and correspondingly so to other quarters of
town. The company, amongst other arrangements.
have determined on conducting their cab and omnibus
service on the same principle as that pursued by the North
Western and the Great Western; and with :this view
100 cabs, in addition to omnibuses and hackneys, will,
on its opening, commence running from the station.

The Marchioness of Londonderry had an after-
noon pnrty at Holderness House, Park-lane, on Satur-
day. It was what was.designated a the dansant, and was
from three to eight o'clock. A brilliant but limited
circle of the members of the nobility attended.
Mr. Charles Salaman, the pianist, has just
arrived in town, after two years' residence in
Rome, where he was elected a Member of the Academy
of St. Cecilia and an Honorary Member of the Phil-
harmonic Academy of the City of the Csesars. We
understand it is Mr. Charles Salaman's intention to
resume forthwith his professional duties.
DREADFUL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—(THIS DAY.)—
About half past nine o'clock this morning, as one of
Adams's Waterloo omnibuses was proceeding down
Waterloo-road, and opposite St. John's Church, the
driver was observed to fall from his seat on to the foot-
board. The poor fellow was in a fit, and thus the reins
fell over between the horses' legs, when they became
restive, and darted off at a feartul rate. Fortunately
the horses were stopped near the Hero of Waterloo
Tavern, and the driver and an outside male passenger,
who had unwisely thrown himself from the roof, were
removed to Dr. Brookes's shop. There it was ascertained
that the driver was injured severely by the kicking of
the horses, and the passenger so dreadfully injured also,
that they were instantly conveyed to Guy's Hospital,
with little hope of recovery for either. It appeared that
the driver had been subject to fits, which accounted for
his being strapped to the seat; otherwise he must have
fallen between the horses, and consequently been killed.