The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN IN G, OCTOBER 7, 1846.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

The accounts from the Great Britain up till one P.M.
yesterday were unsatisfactory. We append them as they
have reached us;—,

Mr. Foy's Farm-house, Dundrum Bay,
Sunday, Oct. 4. Pour, P.M.
Soon after four o'clock yesterday afternoon (the hour
of post from the nearest post-office here), the people on
board the Great Britain continued to get out the coals,
throwing them overboard on the land side of the ship
from the port windows abaft, and from two iron funnels,
one forward and another about midships, over the side.
The quantity thrown out was so great, notwithstanding
all that had been before discharged, that they formed a
complete bank close to her larboard side. The ship ap-
peared to be quite high on the sandy beach, and was but
slightly sanded, drawing (in the sand) only from four
to five feet.

Great hopes were entertained that the vessel would
be got off last night's, or at least this morning's tide,
but these expectations were disappointed. The carts
could net take on shore more than a compa-
ratively small quantity of the coals, and great
part of them were of course washed away by the suc-
ceeding tide. The wind was about S.S. W., blowing
rather strong. Towards dusk the appearance of theborizon
indicated a gale, or was so considered by the weather-
wise here, and this apprehension was verified before
morning. A great number of cars with visitors, and
small carts congregated at and near the ship in the
evening. The Cow and Calf Rocks appeared quite naked,
but the sea washing over them. Immediately at the bow
of the ship a bank had been thrown up of sand and
small stones commingled, probably from the action of
the tide upon her bottom.
At half-past four the tide came round her, and it be-
came necessary to recede. The wind was about N.W.,
but draughts were flying about in different directions.
The steam tugs vivre again employed at high water to
bring the ship off, but without effect, and they had to
put out into the offing—high water being about ten. The
moon was bright, but towards morning it began to blow
strongly from the S.W. The ship had during the night
Forged on a little further upon the beach, with her head
much more to the westward, being now nearly bow on
to the land, or bosom of the bay.
At ten this morning (high water being at 10h. 40m.)
the ship bad evidently forged on upon the land. It blew
fresh, with a heavy surf rolling all along the beach. The
wind at this time was about S. or S. by E., one of the
most unfavourable for throwing the sea into the bay.
The steam tugs (two from Liverpool) could not ap-
proach the ship during the tide, the surf being so high
and threatening, and the rocks around so numerous. The
vessel was nearly stern on to the sea, which occasionally
dashed over her quarters and taffrail. She appeared to
move, or float occasionally; but though the tide did not
retire until eleven o'clock, no perceptible difference in
her position was visible, the probability being that (from
appearances) she had got further into the bay by about her
own length. The wind is still blowing freshly into the
bay, and the huge hull of the leviathan steamer seems to
be so close in upon the land that it will require the most
extraordinary exertions to get her off. 'Tuesday is the
highest tide.

Another attempt to get the vessel off will be made to-
night, but how far this will be successful remains to be
found.

DIINDRUM BAY, MONDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCK, A.M.—As
I anticipated in my communication last evening, the
state of the weather prevented the two steam tugs from
coming near the Great Britain by last night's tide.
They have not, in fact, come within sight of the
shore since they left us, about noun yesterday. No
attempt to set her free was consequently made last
night, and she is this morning, as might be expected,
much further on the beach—l should say from twenty
to twenty-two feet—than when I saw her last evening. I
came to the shore opposite to her this morning shortly
after clear day, and although she bas approached the land
by what I have already stated, she has materially shifted
round. Her bow has turned considerably towards the
westward, and her bearing is, I should think, at the
present, as nearly as possible W.N.W. and E.S.E.
Whether this alteration of her bearing will have the
effect of leaving her in a more favourable position for
getting off or not, is a question about which there exists
difference of opinion; but the fact of her having come
further upon the beach can hardly be said to be in her
favour. She new lies in such a position, that it is im-
possible, from any point along the shore, to catch a
glimpse of her larboard side; but I can perceive, by the
motions of those on the deck that the work of throwing
over her coals has discontinued. The spout by which
the water is discharged by the pumps lies above the tide.
and I can observe a goodly column of water proceeding
from that outlet,. This circumstance leads me to believe
that she must be making more water than she did yes-
terday.

About an hour and a half ago the fore and aft jib,
and the square mainsail on her third mast, or that im-
mediately abaft her funnel, were set, but for what pur-
pose it exceeds the ingenuity of those on shore to divine.
The wind is now blowing as nearly as may be from the
east, and it is thought the setting of the sails I have men-
tioned will rather have the effect of forcing her farther on
the beach than of turning her bow to the south, the only
imaginable object her commander could have in having
them set. The weather during the night was more mo-
derate than appearances about dusk seemed to indicate.
The breeze about this time is pretty fresh, and the
surf is very strong in the bay. The tide is now nearly
at its height, and only the very tops of the rocks near
the shore are visible. The Great Britain is so fast,
however, that scarcely a sign of "budging" is percep-
tible. A large steamer with three masts and funnel
ha; made her appearance in the offing, but she keeps
out a goodly distance. She is supposed to be the Sea
Nymph, one of the steamers on the Warrenpoint and
Liverpool station, which was expected here to render
assistance by this tide. From the height of the seaway
in the bay, however, and some indications which have
been observed since she wore in sight, it is thought
improbable that she will venture in near enough for any
good. I shall not close my dispatches till I see the
result.
Some idea may be formed of the boisterous appear-
ance of the bay from the fact that it was found unad-
visable to launch a boat for the conveyance of the letter
bag of the Great Britain ashore this morning. One of
the crew, a smart fellow, named Covney, ventured out,
and swam ashore with it to his very imminent peril.
He states that he was repeatedly almost stunned by the
beating of the waves against his breast while coming
across. There are a great number of persons collected
on the beach, and a good array of vehicles public and
private. Their curiosity, however, is not at all likely to
be gratified in seeing her free again ; and, as the last
of the high tides will take place to-morrow, if the
weather do not, in the meantime, moderate, and that
very considerably, it is not at all likely she can ever be
extricated.

I have heard that a whole troop of scientific gentlemen
have arrived here from Liverpool or Bristol, but I have
not yet seen them.
ONE O'CLOCK, P.M.—The steamer Sea Nymph has just
moved off, finding it impracticable to come in. The
Great Britain is much nearer the shore now. The next
full tide will be at midnight.

MA.GAZINES.—(CONTINUED)
COLBURIVS UNITED SERVICE.
The most generally interesting article in the pre-
sent number is the " Narrative of Colonel Des.
pard's Expedition ihto the Interior of New Zealand,
during the months of June and July, 1845." The
narrative of the attack on the native fortress of 0
Haiowai is very graphically written. The " History
of the Seikhs and the Punjaub," is continued, and is
brought down to the period of the death of Old
Runjeet Singh. There are, moreover, several useful
articles on professional subjects in the present number,
and a most pathetic and beautifully-told tale, illus-
trative of the hardships which every military officer
must endure who depends upon his profession for his
living, entitled " Selling out."

THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
By Gilbert A. A'Becheit. Part IV.
Right merrily, but yet without any violation of the
(we were about to say truth—but where in history is
truth to be found ?)—of the records of history does
Mr. A'Beckett carry us through the reigns of John
and Henry 111. These sovereigns were, according to
Mr. A'Beckett, the " true old original Bill Swindlers."
For example—
" Henry bad been married about a year, when he had
the coolness to ask the nation for the expenses of his
wedding. The Barons declared that they had never been
consulted about the matter, and that the kingup to the last
hour of his remaining a single man had acted with great
duplicity. Finding it useless to command, he resorted to
the old plan of humbug, and fell back upon his old
frend Magna Charta, which he confirmed once more, for
about the fifth or sixth time, and of course got the money
he required. This great Bill of Rights was to him a sort
of stereotyped bill of exchange, upon which he could al-
ways raise a sum of money by going through the for-
mality of a fresh acceptance."
The illustrations, by Leech, are first-rate.

CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith.

Part 11.
In the third chapter, with which the present
number opens we are introduced to the hero, Chris-
topher Tadpole, working in a salt mine in Cheshire.
The description of the descent down the shaft, and of
the progress of the party in the mine is admirable‘
The poor boy Christopher, who has been transferred
to the care of one of the miners, a brutal fellow who
constantly ill-uses him, succeeds in making his
escape from the mine, and is taken under the pro-
tection of a party of strolling exhibitors, with whom
we leave him for the present. In the fourth chapter
we are introduced to Mr. Gudge's home, his cham-
bers, and his clerk. His home is a cottage at
Brompton :
"Mr. Gudge's cottage—Coke Villa it was called—
was a thing to look at, and would have repaid a walk
out of the way, even over a gravelly soil, with thin
boots on the wane. It was composed by a cunning
builder, of all sorts of bits of different orders of archi-
tecture, which had once belonged to large mansions ; as
people who have a few friends in the evening,' after a
dinner party, spoon up the different breken moulds of
cream and jelly into glasses, to form one festive dish.
There was a porch that might have done for a Grecian
tethple, with vases on the top of the New Road-street-
dooric style, flanked by Gothic windows of stained
glass around which shells were stuck, in cement, by
way of making a border. Along the roof was a carved
wooden gable, with a tall spike sticking up in the centre,
like a lightning conductor, suggesting only one idea,
similar to that prompted by the extinguisher steeple in
Langham-place—what an awkward point it would be
for a fat man to tumble upon out of a balloon. Right
and left were two niches containing figures : the one of
Shakspere, and the other of a little brigand, gaily
painted—one of those contrabandists who guard the
sun-dried cheroots and Jem Crow pipes in cheap to-
bacconists' windows.

" There was a lawn in front, with a grotto and a
fountain, bordered by white flints and clinkers, and
large shells. The fountain never worked well, from
something wrong in its inside. It would at times play
furiously for four hours in the middle of the night, and
then stop for a week ; and next, upon being started, go
off all round horizontally, instead of np in the air,
creating great confusion among the bystanders ; so
that it could not be altogether considered a hit. But, as
Mrs. Gudge observed, " the nobs always thought a deal
of fountains," and, therefore, the little leaden boy, who
who was constantly engaged in the hopeless task of en-
deavouring to blow a tune through a stone nightcap,
with the tassel end to his mouth, was held in some re-
verence, and permitted to remain ; chiefly, however, for
the edification of two feeble -minded gold-fish, who went
round and round after one another, in some dim water,
gaping and staring as though they had been holiday
visitors at the National Gallery, or British Museum."
His chambers were in Clement's Inn, and his clerk,
Sprouts. While at his chambers Gudge hears of the
evasion of Christopher from the salt mine, and em-
ploys a baked-potato-man, light Josh Skittler, whose
knowledge of all the blackguards of London is per-
fect, to watch and spy for the advent of Christopher
(for he takes it for granted he will make for London),
with orders to bring him (Gudge) immediately any
information he may obtain on the subject. The
Gudges then proceed to Sir F. Arden's fete at Rich-
mond, and the confusion created among the fashion-
able exclusives . by the appearance of the vulgar
Gudges, and the various contretemps to which that
appearance gives rise, are most amusingly described.
Sir Frederick, however, even during the fete, finds
that it is impossible to do without Gudge. Josh
Skittler, accompanied by Sprouts, has arrived, bear-
ing a note from the Cheshire agent of Gudge, con-
firming the report of the escape of Christopher from
the mine. This note he puts into the hands of Sir
Frederick, who from that moment is more attentive
to Gudge than ever.

LITERAT URE.

THE UNION bF CHRISTIANS. A he*. .13#

John Tod Brown.
Readily is the confession made that we commenced
the perusal of this production predisposed to be
pleased. The exquisite outline which forms the
frontispiece, and which would alone constitute Mr.
Paton a worthy disciple of that wonderful artist
Retzsch, seemed to indicate that the letter-press, of
which it formed the illustration, could scarcely be of
an inferior description. But, above all, the title of
the work —" The Union of Christians"—especially
coming from the pen of a clergyman, was sufficient
to have propitiated the most churlish or indifferent
reader. We have read these eighty-eight pages,
and we have been more than disappointed; we have
mourned the production of a book so ungenerous and
supercilious. The poem is dedicated to Sir Culling
Eardley Smith, and, although it particularly observes
that the name of that Honourable Baronet " is em-
perishably identified with the progress of spiritual re-
ligion, irrespectively of sect or party," the entire
production is nothing less than a torrent of abuse, and
ridicule, and vituperation upon all the various religions
coming under the generic title of Christianity.
We will give a few samples. Of the " Independents"
the author says :—.

" But what the porcupine that bristles there,
And dares you to invade his lonely lair ?

Too independent, let him not maintain
That brother bodies drag the clog and chain,
Would rather that his deadly darts were thrust
Through the foul heart of unbelief and lust ! "
He then calles the belief of the Quakers " a haze of
visionary lies," and afterwards compares their creed
to a child's watch :
"Its face seems right, but if inside you try,
Strait you detect the stationary lie."
Speaking of the Free Church, he exclaims—
" Hush ! from gruff Scotland breaks a furious bark I
What thus can make a Babel of the ark ?
Oh !—twins fast spliced as Siamese have split,
And at each other logically hit," &c.
Episcopacy is next assailed, as—
" A bird of state blessed with well feathered claws,
She crows o'er all conventicle jackdaws," &c.
With similar elegance he alludes to the Presbyterians,
and, speaking in their name, begins—
" We Presbyterians blue, replete with starch,
Naked as elephants, majestic march," &c.
Baptists are typified ornithologically, namely, as
something between ducklings and geese :

" A fowl domestic waddles o'er the ground,
Which ne'er is right, till half in water drowned," &c.
The unfortunate Romanists are likewise bespat-
tered with slang epithets ; the author meekly remarks
of their church, that
" That scarlet strumpet excommunicates
Each thoughtful son her dictum who debates," &c.

Methodists, according to his lively imagination, aro
little better than rooks :

" See ! on that new-built farm they perch and gloat
On straws," &c.

Infidels, Socinians, Worldlings, and divers other
classes, are treated precisely in a similar strain ;
ugly adjectives of all kinds crowd the couplets, and
the whole poem closes with an impassioned eulogium
on Messrs. Smith, Bickersteth, James, Noel, Bunt-
ing, Montgomery, and others. We give Mr. John
Tod Brown all possible credit for having intended to
promote brotherly love, and to ensure, if he possibly
could, " The union of Christians," but let him take
our plain, honest word for it, he has been altogether
mistaken. He has been mistaken in imagining such
lines as those we have quoted at random are poetry,
and he has been mistaken, most grievously mistaken,
in conceiving that sarcasms so coarse, and derision
so universally scattered about, could in any manner
tend to the fusion of religious parties into one har-
monious band. This little book is calculated, more
than any other production we have seen for many
years, to promote the Dis-union instead of the union
of Christians.

A HISTORY OF INVENTIONS, DISCOVE-
.RIES, AND ORIGINS. By John Beckmann,
Profesor of Economy in the University of Gottingen.
Vol. 11.

This, the second volume of Francis's Translation of
Beckmann's History of Inventions, completes the
work, and Mr. Bohn has done the cause of literature
good service by reprinting it in his standard library.
The editors, Drs. Francis and Griffiths, have done their
work well, and we know of no book which, in such a
small space, pleasantly conveys so large an amount of
curious inf rination as Mr. Bohn's edition of Beck-
mann. It is a perfect repertory of useful and enter-
taining knowledge.

OPENING of the HULL and SELBY

RAILWAY.
(rnom Otiß OWN REPORTER.)

HULL, ToEsnit.—This line, the filet for which was
obtained about two years ago, at the instants of the
Hull and Selby Railway Company, but which, with that
line, has been leased for five years to the York and North
Midland and the Manchester and Leeds Companies
conjointly, was formally opened yesterday, and to-day
trains run for the first time for the conveyance of pas-
sengers.

The line is thirty-three miles in length, has double

lines, and starts from the Hull and Selby line about a
mile from Hull, and proceeds in a slightly curved direc-
tion to Bridlington, the population of which is about
800, and which is situated on the coast, about midway
between Scarborough and Hull. Although the line
completes the undertaking so far as the Hull and Selby
is concerned, it will ultimately be constructed all
the way to Scarborough. In fact, only a few
days ago, a portion of the line from Scar-
borough to Tilvey was opened, thus completing a
portion of a line which, as we have said, will ultimately
reach to Bridlington, and so on to Hull, forming
coast line of an important character for more than sixty
miles. In an etwineering sense no line could hare
been more easy of construction—in fact, the country is
so level that the works were proceeded with with ex-
traordinary rapidity. Messrs. B. Stephenson and Bru-
tenshaw are the engineers; Messrs. Jackson and Co., of
Oriffield, the contractors, The entire cost was about
350,0001,

In honour of the occasion, several of the craft in the
spacious harbour displayed their colours; the station,
too, displayed a number of parti-coloured flags.
A train was appointed to start from the Hull station
at half-past ten o'clock in the morning, but long before
that hour an immense number of ladies and gentlemen,
whom the directors had honoured with invitations, had
congregated at the station, apparently not in the least
discouraged or dispirited by the torrents of rain which
commenced falling during the time the train was pre-
paring to start.
Mr.-Htidson, who appeared in excellent spirits, and
the other directors, were extremely well received.
The members of the band, who were located
in an open third•class carriage, played snatches
of lively airs during the pelting of the pittiless element.
To our mind the man appointed to the big drum, who
wore an enormous "choker," appeared in "marvellous
choler." All the arrangements having been completed,
the train, consisting of about sixty carriages, contain-
ing about 500 passengers, and drawn by three powerful
engines, started shortly after eleven o'clock, amidst the
cheers of the populace and the sounds of the music.
The engines and tenders were decorated with union
jaeks ; the one in the post of honour bore the appella-
tion of " Hudson " in honour of the " Railway King,"
and in order that his regal title might be duly sustained,
on this day at least, an imperial crown, or rather the
effigy of an imperial crown, 'painted on transparency,
surmounted the monarch's name on each side of the
engine. The " Antelope" led the way, and the " Hope"
followed. The train proceeded at an easy pace, stopping
for a few minutes at each of the principal stations, and
as the weather had in some degree changed its sour and
threatening aspect, and ultimately smiled upon the rail-
way pageant, the inhabitants of the various places came
forth and welcomed the new comer. This was particu-
larly the case at Beverley and Driffield, where elegant
and commodious stations have been erected. Large crowds
were stationed on either side of the line, who expressed
the utmost joy and good-will at the first appearance of a
locomotive and an herculean train amongst them. At
the first-mentioned place an amateur band received the
train, and at the second guns were fired. In fact,
brief expressions of approbation followed its progress
throughout the whole course traversed. At the less
populated parts of the line, the gentle rustics stared
aghast, at the train, and here and there horses, cattle,
and sheep, on beholding it, started off, not turning to
take a second glance, until it was far a-head. The
whole of the works reflect great credit on the company
and their contractors. The lino may, during the whole
of its course, be termed a " surface line," the rails, with
very trifling exceptions, being laid on the ordinary level
of the ground. The country, which is mainly agricul-
tural, is very fairly populated, and there is no reason to
believe that the line will not prove highly remunerative
to its lessees and projectors.
On reaching Bridlington, about twenty minutes after
one, the train was met by upwards of 2,000 persons of
all grades of society. A procession of the Odd
Fellows of the town and other inhabitants, bear-
ing banners, on which were inscribed " Welcome
to Bridlington," " Hudson and the Directors," " Pros-
perity to the Railway," " The Queen, and Prosperity to
the People," &c. We must not omit to mention that
the station, in an architectural point of view, possesses
considerable beauty, but possesses this still greater ad-
vantage, that it is extensive and well adapted for carry-
ing on a considerable amount of traffic. Those who
came from Hull and several of the inhabitants of the
town then partook of an excellent luncheon, which was
laid out with great taste in a large unfinished warehouse.
Due justice having been done to it,
Mr. HUDSON, M.P., who was received with great ap-
plause, rose to congratulate the visitors from Hull on
their safe arrival at Bridlington. lie trusted they had
enjoyed the delightful rik, and that the endeavours of
himself and the directors to entertain them had given
them satisfaction.—(Cheers.) But he wished to propose
a toast, which he was sure they would drink with all
their hearts. To those connected with the important
undertaking, the opening of which they had that day
met to celebrate, it was one of lasting interest—it ,was
" Prosperity to the Port and Town of Bridlington."—

(Cheers.) They hoped it would promote the commerce
of the town and surrounding district ; but above all they

trusted it would be the means at the same time of in-
ducing thousands to visit the town to enjoy its refreshing
breezes.

The toast was received with great demonstrations of
applause, as also was the toast of the ladies, to which
the Hon. Gentleman did most gallant justice.
Mr. PRESTON, the lord of the manor, then presented
Mr. Hudson with an address, congratulating him, in
the name of the inhabitants, on the auspicious occasion,
and detailing the advantages which the town could not
fail to derive from the construction of the line.
Mr. HUDSON replied at some length. He thanked the
inhabitants for the honour they had conferred upon him.
He was happy, with the assistance of the engineers, to
have been in some measure the means of carrying out
the line, and to have been instrumental in inducing
capitalists to embark their money in such undertakings,
who, whilst they derived great advantages from the ap-
plication of their capital, promoted the welfare of others
in an eminent degree. Be believed, therefore, that he
had done something for his fellow-man. lie considered
that railway proprietors ought to be remunerated for the
outlay of their capital, and was satisfied they would ob-
tain that remuneration so long as they studied the inte-
rests of the public.—(Cheers.) By reducing the price
of fuel, they placed it within the reach of the poor
man, and did much to make his fireside happy. After
pointing out the advantages which the line would confer
on Hull, he assured them that both himself and the
directors would exert themselves to the utmost to pro-
mote the interests of the town.—(Cheers.)
The company then separated, and the train immedi-
ately started to Hull, in order to enable them to attend
the banquet in the evening.

WARWICK AND WORCESTER
RAILWAY.

A meeting of shareholders of this company was held
yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, for the purpose of
considering the propriety of dissolving the company,
under the provisions of Lord Dalhousie's Act. Mr. Po-
cock was called to the chair.

After a short address from Mr. Spackman, scrutineers
were appointed; and there being present but 6,200 votes,
the meeting adjourned till Monday.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
A meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday at
the Hall of Commerce, Mr. Astell, M.P., in the chair, con-
vened for the purpose of authorising, under the Act of
Parliament, the purchase of the Stamford and Spald-
ing Railway.
The Solacrron read the deed of conveyance, and a
resolution, authorising the directors to affix the seal of
the company to the same, was put and carried unani-
mously.
The CHAIRMAN reminded the gentlemen present that
the extension shares that had been created would
be applied to meet this purchase. The directors
of the Great Northern determined, as they had done
in reference to the old shares, to give interest
on the money paid upon the new shares, at the rate of
four per cent. up to the 30th of June, and five per cent.
from the 30th of Juno to the 81st December. That
would not be paid immediately, but at next half-yearly
meeting the directors would render their account on this
subject to the gentlemen coming in under the present
purchase, considering that they also had lent out their
money on the undertaking equally with their own share-
holders.

In answer to Mr. B. DENNISON.
Captain LAWS said they confidently looked forward
to a hundred or a hundred and thirty miles being
opened and in productive operation by the Ist July, 1848.
He said he had recently visited from London to York
•ver the main line and the loop, and, looking at the
works with which they would or would not have to con-
tend, and the population on the line, he was confi-
dent that the London and York was the safest under-
taking that had yet come out. He bad no hesitation in
saying that the revenue would fully realise their most
sanguine expectations.
After a few words from the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

LARNE, BELFAST, AND BALLY

MENA RAILWAY.

An adjourned meeting of the shareholders in this line
was holdlesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose
of considering of the dissolution of the Company, Mr.
W. Morley in the chair.
Mr. M'Quig, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Freeman, acted as
scrutineers.
The questions of dissolution and bankruptcy, moved
at last meeting, were formally put, and the shareholders
present proceeded to the vote, which was then declared
to be, including the former day's voting, for dissolution,
1,390—against it, 25 ; for dissolution by bankruptcy,
260, and against it, 1,005.
This, not being a sufficient number to make the result
decisive, ended the formal business of the meeting.
Mr. Morley having been re-elected to the chair,
Mr. M'Qum, one of . the committee appointed to
examine the affairs of the company, read the report.
It stated that the capital of the company was
divided into 15,000 shares of 201. each, which
ware allotted in the month of September, 1845;
that of these shares 8,975 only had, been paid upon,

giving 20,0871 14s. Bd. Payments had been made up to
July last to the amount of 8,5981. 13s. 7d. by the direc-
tors, leaving a balance of 11,4891. ls. Id. Claims were
made upon the balance to the amount of 7,7001. If that sum
were paid, and no further expenses inclined, there being
at present 7,780 scrip shares, there would be a dividend
on each share of about 10s. From 5,000 to 6,000 shares
allotted had not been taken up, and that principally by
the provisional eommittee • that 1,180 shares by order
of the directors were purchased in for 3,395/. ss. on
behalf of the company, and out of the company's fund,
in October, 1845. The balance of money in hand was
found to be in the name of the solicitor to the company,
at Messrs. Drummond's Bank; it had been refused to be
paid over.
Mr. M`KEE, one of the directors, said, that purchase
of shares was made by the authority of two directors
alone; there never had been a board before that. The
broker came to the board and threatened to put a dis-
cringes on the funds of the company, unless the money
for these shares %%as paid. It was under such circum-
stances that Mr. Spottiswoode was induced to put 116
name to the cheque.
Mr. Btracnim, stated that the money being in his
name at the Messrs. Drummond's was altogether that
the shareholders might get the readier access to it. The
fund was in Chancery in Ireland, and by an order was
paid out to Messrs. Johnston, Barlow, and Spottiswoode.
He immediately invested it in Exchequer-bills to the
amount of 11,3004 and with the balance deposited them
where they were. He was ready under order of the
gentlemen named to pay out that money to any parties
whom they might please to name.
After a good deal of ccnver.at ion
Mr. MATTHY moved that, though the shareholders
might be strictly entitled to more than 15s. a share, they
would yet be satisfied to accept the same in full of all.
Mr. COHEN seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried.
Mr. HAYNES moved that the money in hand be paid
over to Messrs. Johnstone, Morley, M`liee, and Spot-
tiswoode, Mr. Morley always signing the cheques.
This was put and carried.
Mr. MATTHY moved that Messrs. M'Quig, Cohen, and
Freeman form a committee to concert with the directors
for carrying out these resolutions.
Mr. R. JONES seconded this, and it was passed unani
mously.
The meeting then adjourned.

STAMFORD AND 'SPALDING
RAILWAY. _ _

A meeting of the- shareholders in this company was
held yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, to transfer the
line to the Great Northern, Mr. Astell, M.P., in the

chair.

The CHAIRMAN said the line was but eight miles
long. It was considered as a branch line of the Great
Northern, and therefore in the Act a clause had been
introduced empowering the shareholders to sell the line
to that company.
The Solicitor then read the resolution authorising the
sale of the line to the Great Northern, on the terms
that the shares in the Stamford and Spalding should
become shares in that company, and credit given for
the money paid upon them, which passed nem. con., and
the meeting separated.

ELECTION OF LORD 3IAYOIt.
(YESTERDAY.)
As the poll approached to a termination the utmost
anxiety was exhibited by the dense crowd which had
been ever on the increase since one o'clock, and the ex-
citement became still more intense, as up to the last
minute it was known that the supporters of Sir George
Carroll were diminishing the odds that had existed at the
close of Monday's proceedings.
The hall, at four o'clock, was crowded to suffo-
cation by a motley assemblage, whose "most sweet voices"
seemed pretty equally divided between the candidates.
It Alderman Wood was upon the platform, and it re-
quired no very keen eye to observe that the "chances of
the day" were closely calculated by him, and that with
all his efforts to appear calm, he yet could not conceal his
agitation. Sir George Carroll entered at four o'clock,
accompanied by his friends, and stood imme-
diately behind his honourable opponent. Considerable
merriment was excited by the witty remarks which were
called forth from the gentlemen lacquers in the ball, at
the expense of one or other of the two rival sections ;
and thus the anxious twenty minutes which elapsed
from the closing of the poll-books to the announcement
of the numbers were by no means the dullest in the
day's proceedings. Bets, too, were freely offered ; nor
did the close proximity of the candidates prevent this
delicate species of speculation being very spiritedly
carried out on the hustings. The galleries were filled
with ladies.
The numbers were as follow:—
Sir George Carroll
• Mr. Alderman Wood .
Mr. Alderman Hooper
Mr. Alderman Moon
Mr. Alderman Farncomb
Immense cheering from the adherents of Sir George
Carroll.
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS then came forward, but for
some time was quite inaudible. He merely repeated the
statement of the numbers as above.
Sir GEORGE CARROLL then came to the front, and
having in vain attempted to address those in the body
of the hall, at last in despair confined his attention to
the reporters immediately around him. The worthy
Alderman said—Gentlemen, I thank you for your kind-
ness in placing me in my present honourable position.
I have no doubt that you will give me credit for speaking
the truth when I say that I have taken no part in
this contest beyond what I felt to be necessary and jus-
tifiable, in order to protect myself as the next Alderman
in rotation after Mr. Alderman Wood.(Cheers.) The
contest is now over—(Cheers and hisses)—as far as the
Livery are concerned.—(Cries of " Not yet.") The de-
cision now remains with the Court of Aldermen. If
that is in my favour I will endeavour to do all that the
Lord Mayor of this great city ought to do--(Cheers)—
if it should be otherwise, I will be perfectly contented.
And now, gentlemen, I thank you both sincerely and
kindly for all the trouble you have taken on this occasion.
Mr. Alderman WOOD then came forward, and said, I
regret that you did not hear my excellent colleague, for
he would no doubt have told you that which is the fact
—that there is no personal contest between him and
myself, for I am quite sure that no angry feeling or
angry wish has escaped from each in respect of the
other.—(Cheers.) Indeed, there was no occasion for
anything of the kind between him and me, the contest
being altogether between himself and the gentleman
whom Mr. Anderton proposed to the Livery.
All that concerns me- is the fact that I am 1,320 above
that gentleman. You are bound to return two Alder-
men to the Court of Aldermen, and therefore Sir Georgo
Carroll and myself are in precisely the same position
in which we stood at the beginning of the contest.—
(" Hear, hear," cheers, and groans.) When Mr. An-
derton proposed Mr. Alderman Hooper he should at the
same time have taken care to have found the friends to
support him. But the Livery have now proved to him
that they were determined to support the two Aldermen
who were declared in the first day's proceedings to have
the show of hands.—(Cheers.) I find that during
this contest unworthy and unwarrantable liber-
ties have been taken with my name by
anonymous writers. These letters have appeared
in some of the papers. I am in a condition to
prove the untruthfulness of their statements, by a gen-
tleman who is now standing behind me. I ate able to
show you that the person who uses the name "Truth"
as his signature is a disgrace to his kind, and altogether
unworthy of credence. In a letter addressed to
the Times, the writer affirms that the new
trial in the cause of Howard against Shaw did not take
place. Now this was untrue, for his friend was present,
having been subpoenaed. Again, in the case of Levisen
against Hodges,_ he said " that this trial assuredly did
not go on." No; but then he should have told also
' that the plaintiff had preferred a bill of excep-
tions, which would be argued in the coming term.
Now I will ask, whether this anonymous writer does
not deserve to be repudiated from all society for his un-
called-for malignity. I may attribute the fact that lam
nine votes deficit to the circumstance of these letters
appearing.—(Loud cheers.) Again, I find my friend
Mr. James Anderton has been at work. He
has issued a letter, dated this day, from the
Committee-room of Sir George Carroll, stating that
although a friend of mine yesterday said that the fees of
Counsel were paid at twelve o'clock that day, yet that
they were not so. I affirm that they were paid at twelve
yesterday, and my friends hold the receipts. I com-
pletely exonerate Sir G. Carroll from any knowledge of
this ruse, but I merely notice it for the purpose of showing
that this man must go into certain holes and corners to
write that which he will not do in his own house, or in
my committee-room, where he might have the oppor-
tunity of satisfying himself as to the facts of the case.
The worthy Alderman concluded by thanking the
Livery for the position in which they had placed him
on the poll.
Mr.BElotocK then came forward to address the Livery.
He must confesi that he felt sorry for the position in
which the Livery had placed Mr. Aldan Wood. He
was sure that it was a position that he not deserve,
Mr. HOLT thanked the Livery for the exertions they
had made on the behalf of Alderman Wood.
The hall was then adjourned till this day at two
o'clock.

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THE VICARAGE OF ST. BRIDE'S, FLEET-STREET.—
The Dean and Chapter of Westminster have presented
the Rev. C. Marshall, M.A., Lecturer of St. Antholin's,
with St. John the Baptist, Watline-street, and of Chris-
topher le Stocks, with St. Margaret, Lothbury, to the
Vicarage of St. Bride's, Fleet-street, vacant by the pro-
motion of the Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A., to the Vicarage
of St. Pancras. On the retirement of Mr. Dale from
St. Bride's, the living was offered in succession to the
Rev. J. J. Jennings, M.A., Rector of St. John the Evan-
gelist, Westminster ; the Rey. Edward Repton, M.A.,
Vicar of Shoreham, Kent, and Minister of tit. Philip's
Chapel, Regent-street ; the Rev. Temple Frere, M.A.,
Rector of Burston, Norfolk ; the Rev. Dr. Christopher
Wordsworth ; the Rev. E. G. Beckwith, M.A., Rector
of St. Michael, Bassishaw ; the Rev. W. 11. Cope, M.A.;
one of the Minor Canons of Westminster, and other
reverend gentlemen ; all having refused to accept the
preferment, it was eventually conferred upon the Rev.
Mr. Marshall, who will forthwith be instanted by the
Bishop of London. The liking,wihich has been vacant
about four months, is wortlPs62/. per annum.
FRANCE v. ENGLAND.—The comfort of travelling
on French railways is much before the. English. We
find the second-class carriages well lined and padded,
with cushioned seats, glass windows, and lampstur the
tnnnels, quite equal to many of the English first-class.
Private Letter.

NOVEL AND INTERESTING CHESS MATCH.—After a
struggle of nearly six weeks' duration this encounter
has terminated in favour of the English player, who has
gained the whole of the games in which he gave no odds,
and the majority of those wherein he gave the very large
ones of a pawn and two moves.