The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-30 00:00:00

VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY.

The first ordinary meeting of the proprietors of this.
company was held yesterday at the company's offices, 449,.
West Strand, Viscount Villiers, M.P. (chairman), in.
the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said that this railway would extend
from Neath to Merthyr Tydril, and passed through
country remarkable for its richness, which.
it would connect with Merthyr. They would require to.
be vested with authority to made additional purchases.
in the Collieries, as well as in other places.—(Hear.)
The sum which would be kequired, including everything;
was somewhere under 17,000/. He took the maximum;
—(Hear, hear.) They would submit to the meeting,
accordine. to Act of Parliament, the resolutions that
would be necessary for the appointment of the se-
cretary and of the other officials. It was the
intention of the directors to proceed immediately.
with the works. They would have a meeting to-,
morrow, when they would determine on what part of
the line they would commence their operations, and
they would be enabled to open the line before next year:
The SECRETARY then read the report, which recom-
mended that Mr. Frederick Saunders be re-elected us
secretary. It further stated that, owing to the shortness
of time that had elapsed since the Act of Incorperatiou
was obtained, they had not been able to ascertaim
with accuracy the expenses incurred up to that time. In.
conclusion, it stated that an agreement had been entered
into with the South Wales Company for the purpose oe
securing the construction of a branch to the port uV
Neath.
The report was adopted, and ordered to be printed.
and circulated among the shareholders.
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to some questions, stated
that 21,110 shares had been registered, and that some'
had been reserved for the Great Western Railway Com-
pany. The number of unregistered shares was 5,980.
The Chaiman and the other directors were re-elected.

A sum of 1,0002 was then voted to the directors ; and
the re-appointment of the various officials, together with
their salaries, having been determined, thanks were
voted to the Chairman, and the meeting then separated.

LARNE, BELFAST, AND BALLY-
MENA RAILWAY.
A meeting of the scripholders of this company was
held yesterday, at twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern,
to consider on the dissolution of the company under Lord
Dalhousie's Act. Mr. Spottiswood occupied the chair.
Messrs. Thos. M'Quig, James Watt, and James
Brydon were then appointed scrutineers.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that this company be
forthwith dissolved, and put the question. He then
moved that this dissolution be not an act of bankruptcy,
and put this question to the meeting.
A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether the directors
present. represented scrip.
The CHAIRMAN—Of course they do.
Mr. COHEN asked whether the 3,5001. applied by the
directors in the purchase of shares bad been paid into
the assets of the company ?
The CHAIRMAN—Of course not. It was a purchase
for the company.
The scrutineers then reported that 505 had voted for
dissolution and 25 against it ; that 320 voted against its
being an act of bankruptcy, and 60 for it, 125 being neuter.
Mr. M`Qum said it was necessary for the Chairman
to produce his scrip, though he could not vote ; but
having understood, as a scrutineer, that the Chairman
had, by inadvertency, left his scrip at home, he believed
no one would doubt the Chairman having scrip, and
moved, therefore, that he be continued in the chair.
This was put and carried.
The CHAIRMAN then said he was happy to tell the
shareholders, that since he last met them the surplus
funds were in a better condition ; that instead of 7s. 6d.
a share he expected there would be 10s. unless some
expenses were created to the; company of which they
bad no anticipation.
A PROPRIETOR could not understand how the direc-
tors could have spent 325. a share.
The CHAIRMAN—In obtaining their Act of Parlia-
ment.
Mr. Buneum, said, in the case of this company the
Act may be said to have been obtained, for they had
gone through all the trouble and expenses necessary ;
they had gone through the Lords, and they were ad-
vanced in the Commons as far as the third reading.
Mr. COHEN—The North Staffordshire, which sus-
tained a contest for nearly two years, had only con-
tracted 16s. expenses per share.
Mr. BURCHILL said that Mr. Cohen would recollect
that in the case of the North Staffordshire there was a
large capital, whereas in this company the capital was
but small, and the expenses and fees of the house were
the same, or nearly so, in both instances.
Mr. COHEN.—'There is 8001. put down by the directors
for travelling expenses, and yet in the North Stafford-
shire they were no more than 400/. ; a line as long again
as this one.
Mr. BURCHILL—The travelling is to Ireland in the
one case and not in the other.
Mr. MORLEY said that when first this company was
brought before the public he had become one of the
board. After sitting there for a time he felt
it necessary to retire. He found, however, that he
could not withdraw his interest so easily as his per -
son from the company, and therefore to protect
that, he begged his friends again to have him elected.
If there had been any improper conduct in this
company, he was ready to go into a court of bank-
ruptcy with the shareholders, or he would gd' with
them into the Court of Chancery; or, which he thought
the better advice, he would be happy to co-operate with one
or two gentlemen from among the shareholders assembled,
on a committee to investigate the accounts of the com-
pany before next meeting. He believed he was still
legally liable for,all that had been done by the directors
in his absence, and he was ready to meet his liabilities
and to investigate the charges. There were thirteen or
fourteen directors at first, and here were only three to
answer for their conduct.
Mr. COHEN was most happy to hear the suggestion
last made, and gave it his decided support.
After an altercation of a somewhat personal character
between Mr. Cohen and the Chairman, Messrs. M'Quig
and Cohen were deputed on the part of the shareholders
to confer with the directors on the affairs of the com-
pany, and to report at next meeting.
The CHAIRMAN adjourned. the meeting to the 6th
October next, at two o'clock.

" GET OFF THE GRASS."—A MISTAKE.-011 Sun-
day afternoon, during the time the private gardens wad
the eastern terrace, at Windsor, were open to the public,
Lord John Russell, one of her Majesty's guests, walked
from the terrace, and was proceeding across the grass,
in the Home-park, towards the iron gates opposite to
the Long-walk, a portion of the royal domains from
which the public are excluded. His Lordship had pro-
ceeded some distance before he was noticed by one of the
Castle policemen, who no sooner saw a stranger (as he
supposed) on forbidden ground, and not knowing who it
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returned Lack towards the York and Lancaster towers.
By the time his Lordship had got to within some thirty
or forty paces of the policeman, the official found out his
mistake, having been informed the offi.nding party was
a person in the suite of some of her Majesty's visitors.
He then called out to Lord John (who had evidently
been taken by surprise), "You may go on ; you are all
right enough." His Lordship, smiling at the by-
standers, then retraced his steps, and pursued his walk
across the park, towards the avenue of trees leading to
the Waterloo gate.
Madame Caradori Allan, who has been on a visit
at Belvoir Castle during the past week, is unfortunately
prevented by indisposition from taking part in the
concert at Marlborough House, for which she had been
honoured with the commands Of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager.
ACCIDENTS BY PRINTING MACHINERY.—On Mon-
day evening, at about eight o'clock, a youth, named
James Cook, seventeen years of age, an apprentice of
Messrs. Cox and Sons, printers to her Majesty, Great
Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, was in the machine-
room, when his right hand got drawn into some portion
of the machinery, and before the latter could be effec-
tually stopped the hand and arm to the shoulder were so
frightfully mangled that, on his being conveyed to
King's College Hospital, it was stated that amputation
of the limb would be unavoidable.—Yesterday afternoon
another accident of the same kind happened to a youth
named George Martin, sixteen years of age, in the em-
ployment of Mr. Lloyd, printer, Salisbury-square. The
sufferer, in this instance, was endeavouring to catch a
sheet of paper which was being drawn in by the cylinder,
when his right hand and arm were also caught by the
machinery, and both were shockingly injured.
THE WOOLWICH RAILWAY.—The works of this
branch line of the South-Eastern are to be commenced
forthwith, the valuation of the property required by the
company baying been completed. It branches off the
present Greenwich rail about three-quarters of a mile
from the junction of the Dover and Brighton lines, and
passing through the upper end of Deptford, reaches
Woolwich by Lewisham and Lee. Upwards of 300
houses, besides other buildings, are to be demolished in
the centre of Woolwich, to admit of its progress. The
course it takes on reaching the town is parallel with the
boundary wall of the western portion of the dockyard,
curving off to the right, south of Woolwich Church, where
it is carried in a straight line to within 200 yards of the
Arsenal. It is the intention of the South-Eastern Company
to place two stations for the accommodation of the naval
and military authorities in the town ; one, it is under-
stood, will be erected at that portion of the line adjacent
to the Royal Arsenal, and the other near the western
extremity of the dockyard. It is expected to be com-
pleted in the course of the ensuing nine months.
ALARMING EXPLOSION OF FlREWORKS.—Yesterday
morning considerable alarm was created in Sidney-
street, Poplar, in consequence of a fearful explosion oc-
curring upon the premises in the occupation of Mr. Ed-
ward Deal. lie was preparing ',a quantity of combus-
tible matter used in the manufacture of fireworks, and
whilst so engaged the whole of the composition exploded
with fearful violence, setting the .shop on fire, and de-
molishing between forty and fifty squares of glass. The
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VEYOR.—Yesterday, at a full attendance of the members
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the surveyor, was accepted, and a committee appointed
to inquire into the duties and emoluments of the office.
The salary of Mr. Kelsey was 5001. a year, and a per '
tentage of 1 per cent. on all works, besides fees for
boards, &c.

So soon as the preliminary arrangements were male
for the security of the city, I dispatched Cap!a'n Mundy
with the gun boats to destroy the five forts we had
passe,l, and which he effected the same evening, having
disabled seventeen. iron, and brought away three brass
guns.

The Sultan„l am informed, has fled into the interior
with a large body of men, and many guns. lam now
preparing a I -ce to send in pursuit of him, so soon as I
have accurate information of his place of retreat.
The gratifying duty now d,volves on me, of assuring
their Lozah,hips of the zeal and devotion to the service
of every individual I had the honour to have under my
command. I have already mentioned the name of Lieu-
tenant Patey, the First Lieutenant of the Agincourt, as
second in command under Captain Monday in the gun
boats, and of a horn Captain Mutely speaks in the highest
terms ; and I must bring to their Lordships' notice
Lieutenant Payn ter, the gunnery Lieutenant of the same
ship. Ile was Adjutant of the landing party, and also
commanded the rocket brigade at Malloodoo Bay last
year, and the field piece and rocket brigades on the pre-
sent expedition. On every occasion that his services
have been required, I have remarked his zeal and intel•
ligence, and to his assiduity and attention is mainly to
be attributed the present state of gunnery discipline of
the Agincourt; and the precision with which the field
pieces, and particularly the rockets, were fired, affords a
practical proof of the value of his instructions.
Upon two former services, Captain Hawkins has com-
manded the marines, amounting on this occasion to
nearly 200 men, and the same zeal and attention has
marked his conduct in the present, as in every former
instance ; and I have invested him with the charge of
the protection of the town.
I must not omit to mention the care and assiduity dis-
played by Mr. J. E. Elliott, the Master of the Agin-
court, in sounding the various intricacies of our ap•
proach, and preparing himself for the responsibilities of
a pilot in a part hitherto unknown to him.
Although I have thus extremely limited the list of
officers brought prominently before their Lordships, I
trust their Lordships will not for an instant believe that
such restriction arises from insensibility to the merits of
all engaged ; but where zeal has been general and
equal, I feel a delicacy in drawing attention to one to
th• a (elusion of another. Their Lordships will have
before them the programme already referred to, con-
taining the name of every officer employed, and the
duties assigned him; and I have the authority of the cap-
tains and officers under whom they served, for assuring
their Lordships, that one principle of zeal and devotion
influenced the whole.
The Phlegethon, Honourable East India Company's
steamer, commanded by Mr. It. S. Ross, was placed
under my command, as their Lordships are already
aware, by the Governor of the Streights ; and it is a
pleasing duty to perform, in assuring their Lordships
that the good opinion I had already formed of this officer,
when formerly under my orders in China, has,
through his great zeal and activity, been fully main-
tained on the present 'occasion ; and that it is my in-
tention to make a similar communication to the Gover-
nor-General of India..
I may not close this dispatch without conveying to
Mr. Brooke, through its medium, my best thanks for
the solicitude he has manifested for the success of the
expedition, and the kind and important assistance I
have received from him towards securing its favourable
result ; and I feel persuaded I shall not be disappointed
in my expectation, that he will cheerfully permit me
to draw still further upon his services.
I have the honour, &c.
THOMAS COCHRANE,
Rear• Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.

REAR-ADMIRAL AND COMMANDER IN-CHIEF, COMPLI-
MENTS, R.C.
This letter is from Sultan Omar Ali Saffudee, who is
sitting upon the throne of the kingdom of Borneo and
its dependencies, together with the under-mentioned
nobilities belonging to the said kingdom, viz., Pangeran
Muda Mahomed, Pangeran Moumein, Pangeran,
Tuzzoodim, Pangeran Hassim, Pangeran Mat Sallay,
Pangeran Rhahar, Pangeran Bahar and all his sons,
Pangeran. Sora, Pangeran Sariam, Pangeran Beduru-
deen Pangeran Hassim, and all the Rajahs under them.
We are happy to learn that our friend has arrived,
and in consequence we send a small boat to meet our
friend James Broke, E.g.; ringemii MIA Maenad

THE ISLE OF CHERJMON.
(From the Gazette of last night.)
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 28, 1846.—Dispatches have been
Teceiverl, at this office, from Rear,Admiral Sir Thomas
Cochrane, C. 8., addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, of which the following are copies :
Spiteful, off the city of Brune, Borneo Proper,
July 9, 1846.
Sir,—l request you will inform my Lords Commis-
isioners of the Admiralty, that, for the reason assigned
in a separate dispatch, I determined with a competent
force to ascend to the city of Brune, and call upon the
Sultan for an explanation of his conduct with regard to
the atrocities attributed to him.
Neither the Deedalas nor Pluto having joined me from
Hong-Kong, I made the necessary dispositions of the
force at my command, as more fully detailed in the ac-
companying programme.
I had received information that the approach to the
island of Cherimon was defended by two batteries, and
that five others were planted at the narrows formed by
the island of Bungore and the right bank of the river,
and that three heavy batteries protected the city.
While the arragements for the expedition were in pro-
gress, I, accompanied by Mr. Brooke, reconnoitred the
isle of Cherimon, and found that, although there was one
battery of five guns established on it, and four guns on
Pulo Coin Arrang, admirably placed for enfilading the
:approach over the bar, which lies immediately in front
of and close to them ; they were, however, not perfected,
land both islands were abandoned ; and as I had no dis-
tinct authority for considering that those batteries were
intended to act hostilely towards us, I in no manner in-
terfered with them, either by spiking or otherwise in-
juring the guns.
On my return on board, I received a letter from the
sultan, of which the accompanying is a translation,
having attached to it the seals of Pangeran Made. Maho-
/lied, legitimate son of the late Sultan, and that of Pange-
ran Moumien, in addition to his own. These seals Mr.
Mrooke believed to be forgeries ; the letter, however,
neither prohibited an approach by an armed force, nor
threatened resistance if it did so.
On the 7th instant, I hoisted my flag on board this
ship, commanded by Commander William Maitland, and
taking in tow the Hazard and Royalist, and preceded by
the Phlegethon, ascended the river to Cherimon ; but it
was not till yesterday morning I was enabled to over-
come the difficulties of the bar, and was then obliged to
leave the Hazard aground upon it.
Having my whole available force collected, I proceeded
towards the city, which lies about nine miles up a very
picturesque river. The Phlegethon led, for the purpose
of sounding its intricate approaches, having in tow the
gun-boats ; the Spiteful followed, towing the Royalist ;
and astern of her the boats intended for landing the
seamen and marines.
On approaching Pulo Bungore, five forts opened to
-view, admirably placed for denying a passage beyond
them, two were erected on our right hand, one on the
left shore over the narrow forrow formed by Pulo Bun-
gore and the main, and the largest of the whole on the
side of a hill, elevated about one hundred feet (imme-
diately in front of the narrows), and which sandbanks
compel you to stand directly for, and to pass within from
seventy to eighty yards ; the fifth battery was further
up the river on the same side.
Shortly after we were discovered, the fifth battery
fired a gun, and within a few minutes the largest hoisted
a flag, which Mr. Brooke informed me was the flag of
our friend, Muda Hassin, who had been murdered ; and
we were in doubt whether this was not intended as an
intimation that we should be received as friends ; we
were not however left long in suspense upon this subject,
as the moment the Phlegethon had passed the narrows,
the battery commenced a spirited fire, which was
promptly returned ; the gun-boats, commanded by
Captain Mundy, of the Iris, and assisted by Lieutenant
Patey, First Lieutenant of the Agincourt, with
rapidity cast off from the steamer, formed in a line, and
opened their fire, and so soon as the enemy's fire had
slackened, pushed for the shore, and gallantly mounted
the steep ascent to the fort, but from whence.the garrison
retreated precipitately, leaving the Sultan's flag to be
hauled down by the assailants.
Being anxious to proceed to the city and finish my
operations against it before dark, I only gave Captain
Mundy time te spike the guns and throw them over the
walla and blow up the magazine, when I proceeded to
my main object.
Aware that the Sultan had a heavy battery, a fleur
d'eau, pointing directly down to a bend of the river,
from which it was distant about eight hundred yards,
and round which we roust turn, and understanding that
lie 1: al heavy works on the hills net far in the rear, I
anchored immediately behind the point that protected
us from them, to make my final arrangements for
landing, &e. &es. Thee arrangements were, however,
overturned by the violsne.e of the ebb tide, which set
down the river with a rapidity against which a row
boat could with difficulty contend. I was therefore
under the necessity of towing both gun boats and divi-
sion fbr landing; the former by the Phlegethon, and the
latter by the Spiteful.
Having given the people their dinners, I again
weighed, and no sooner did the ships open the point,
than the batteries commenced a sharp and extremely
well directed fire, and at the same time a play of
mudsetry from the woods on our right, and to which the
Spiteful aas obliged to submit without retaliation ; the
critical situation in which she was placed (with the
beach tout a few yards beyond her piddle bexes, the
Royalist in tow, and the boats filled with the whole of
the landing force), requiring the utmost silence and
attention to prevent the whole being thrown on shore.
But the Phlegethon very promptly returned the fire from
her own guns, which, with the battery of field pieces
placed round her bows, and the admirable tire from the
brigade of rockets planted upon her lesidge (both field
pierces and roalsets under the itTlM.dilte cons maeil
of Lieutenant Payntsr), together with the now rapid
progress of the whole force dire etly up the river, so
astonished and dismayed the enemy, that they fled
before the steamer could reach their works, or the
storming party carry out the Korvice intended for it.
As quielily_as possible the landing was effected, and the
marines, under Captain Hawkins, immediately took pos-
session of the heights which command the town
The battery, flour d'easi, was fund to consist of eight
brass and two iron guns, from six-y- eight to nine poun•
ders, as more particularly detailed in the accompanying
schedule. The one upon the heights immediately above
it, of four guns, nine and six pounders, and four more
upon another height commanding the latter, and a hun-
dred yards in the rear of it ; the whole are now in course
of embarkation.
I much r gret to add, that this service was net ac-
complished without less, two men being killed and seven
wounded ; and the Phlegethon received several shots
through her hull, and other damages in her paddle box,
cooking boilers, &e., and which are now in the course of
repair.