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London, England, 1851-08-13 00:00:00

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TIIE SUN,

BUCKL, GHAMSHIRE RAILWAY.

(THIS DAY.)
The half-yearly general meeting of the share-
holders in this company was held at the Euston Sta-
tion. Mr. Humphries, a local director, presided in
the absence of Sir Barry Verney, Bart., M.P.
The following is a copy of the report for the half-
Year :

"The directors have now to lay before the proprietors
the half-yearly statement of accounts to the 30th June,
1851. The total expenditure to that date has been
1,195,5811. 17s. ad. The line having been opened
throughout to Oxford on the 20th May last, and being
now completed, the formal lease of the undertaking to
the London and North-Western Company, under the
Powers and provisions of the company's Act:, has been
drawn up by eminent counsel, and the engrossment has
been duly sealed and executed by both companies. The
'Lae being thus formally leased to the London aed North.
Western Company, and the works being completed, the
functions of your directors will, after the settlement of
all outstanding claims and accounts, in connexion with
capital, be coAned to the business necessarily connected
with the receipt and payment of the guaranteed dividend
to the proprietors."
From the statement of the accounts if appeared that
the total amount of expenses was 1,195,581/. 17s. 5d.,
and the receipts 1,199,6261. 1 le. 9d.; leaving a
balance of 4044/. 14s. 4d.
The CHAIRAIAN said he was happy to inform the
meeting that the directors had brought their duties
to a close. The railway was now made, and he had
great pleasure in stating that all due diligence had
been used by the local directors and others in bring-
ing their affairs to a favourable issue. He trusted
and believed that the undertaking would not only
ue profitable to the shareholders, but also profitable
to the North-Western Company. As a local direc-
tor, he would take that—perhaps the only—opportu-
nity of thanking the gentlemen connected with that
"nnpany for the, valuable assistance they had ren-
dered to the board. They had through-
out shown every desire to promote the
'welfare of the line ; and he firmly be-
lieved that it was as much their interest as it was
their desire to promote its further welfare. There
now remained very little for them to do. Certainly,
if they had had the experience they now possessed
they would, perhaps, have used more diligence in
regard to economy in the managern,;nt. They had,
however, done the best they could under the circum-
stances, and endeavoured honestly to perform their
duties as directors of the company. He thought it
right to mention that though the report stated the
lease Was duly sealed and executed, such really was
not the fact ; but this omission arose entirely from
an accident, and in the course of the day the lease
toe
be formally executed, assigning over the line
toLO theNorth-Western Company. The local direc-
tors had taken every precaution to see that the lease
Was properly drawn up. The matter was not left
entirely to the North-Western Company, as great
etre was taken to so prepare the deed that the rights
cf both the parties interested might be preserved and
Protected. The deed as now settled entirely met
With his satisfaction and that of the other directors.
The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of
the report.
Mr. GLYN, M.P., seconded the motion, and ex-
Ilained, in regard to the deed, that everything bad
been agreed upon, and that all now wanted was the
actual manual labour required in engrossing the
tlesd• The solicitor's clerks had not yet finished en-
grossing the document, but he assured the meeting
that no further question or discussion could arise in
respect to the terms it contained, which were now de-
determined.—(Hear.)
„ SHAREHOLDER wished to know if the chairman
Ould give them any idea of their future prospects ?
The CHAIRMAN said they might be sure of receiv-
,,og 4 per cent., but he would leave the rest to the
i'Uture.—(A laugh.) He honestly assured them he
hicl not despair of getting what was termed half-
til'°6ts, as he considered the time would come when
e receipts would enable them to divide these addi-
Qcnal sums.
The report was then adopted.
Mr. Richard Carter and Major-General Mclnnes
were elected auditors for the ensuing year.
Sir HARRY VERNEY here entered the room, and
h ,aving apologised for his want of punctuality, took
chair which was vacated by Mr. Humphries.
e said the duties of the directors had terminated by
;co line being completed from Bletchley to the two
rrneini—Banbury in the one direction, and Oxford
ill the other; and the directors were extremely obliged
t
the proprietors for the confidence they had always
reposed in their management. He was anxious that
they
should be informed of the number of passengers
Who had availed themselves of the excursion trains,
its he thought that was a subject on which they
eaght to take considerable interest. From the sth of
etay to the 3d of August, 1851, no less than 7,072
Persons had travelled by these trains on the two
branches of the line. Great enjoyment was not only
afforded by excursion trains, but they were really a
very great advantage to the company. The people
Were led by them to take an interest in higher and
vbetter things than formerly. They derived not only
teJoYenent and amusement by joining in cheap ex-
-111,1,1:Pions, but were also instructed and informed, and
;`4, oPportunities which they never had before of
ing the beauties of nature, and all that was inte-
resting or beautiful in works of art. The coal traffic,
jell wasl also of great importance, had been de-
be:°Ped to a considerable extent. The num-
tor of tons conveyed since May, 1851,
the different towns, was as follows :
,Insloee 4,500; !Buckingham, 2,600; Brockley,
e°,oo; Banbury, .5,0 Oxfordydon, 1,000; Bicester,
t 00; Islip, 1,200 Road, 7,400. The last
tn..° numbers only comprised the total amount of coals
s,,TveYed since last December, and a much larger
I),,,e,'vvas, therefore, anticipated in the ensuing year. It
itt'aPs might not be known that the opening dinner,
Oxford, Mr. Alderman Sadler stated that since the
40 had been opened a i saving of 20,0001. bad been
fe eeted) in the purcase of coal, in the town of Ox-
thru alone. Indeed h
it was difficult to say what was
e actual amount of saving in the district in conse-
quence itlee of the facilities afforded for the conveyance of
141". All who lived in the rural parts of it must
feo
5w What all classes, but especially the poor, felt
k4l the want of an adequate supply of coal. Many
weer labourers who got wet in the cold season
tro often obliged to wear their damp clothes
he day, because they could not afford to get
41 thoroughly dry. Nothing, in his opi-
le:e) was more injurious to the health of the
Or Poulation than a circumstance of that nature.
l: believed that public attention had not been suffi-
tberitlY drawn to the fact that want of health among
the' Pk,ople entailed a very large amount of expense on
IC nation. Fuel was, therefore, a great requisite for
(„to,uomfort of the poor. But the advantage of a
supply cf coal in Buckinghamshire was exem-
a"ed in other ways. They could do nothing there
~"out good drainage, and tiles could not be mann-
thllred unless they had plenty of materials to burn
thek with. Another feature of great importance was
e cettle traffic. He considered that, as this was a
4i47, good grazing county, considerable quantities of
"a would be fattened for the London market, and
Ti°,llght along their line to the metropolitan markets.
teee,Prupany had powers, under the Act of Parlia-
thm to form a junction with the narrow guage of
dire, Great Western, at Banbury, and thus have a
tl,eet communication to Birmingham. Such a junc-
tit.?, as of the greatest importance to the company,
eil,:„‘te Great Western had not offered them the fa-
th'"es they ought to have done, to carry it out ; but
e 45directors possessed the power to make the junc-
n, and they would avail themselves of it.—(Hear.)
te After
ed. a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting
Parat

(FORD AND BANBURY RAIL-
WAY.—(THIS DAY.)
tr2ha half-yearly meeting of this company was held
111",,t1Y) at the Euston Hotel, Euston-square ; Mr.
in the chair.
Stki"e report stated that the directors had been most
iTs to return to the proprietors the unexpended
tal.t-j°,,a of the deposits arranged on satisfactory terms,
and committee, which was appointed to confer.
tSt'op,"vise with them, had made no communi-
to them, influenced, doubtless, by a move-
of Which had taken place on the part
i'svon the landowners in the district, in
fi,"4.of making the line, and consequently of calling
hilt" shares. Until the movement had, therefore,
rtiare a further shape, and the parties acting in it had
some tangible proposition, no further steps
lip H.," be initiated by the directors towards winding
app affairs of the concern. From the accounts it
the
u that the receipts amounted to 26,0581., and
litibxtlPenses for the half-year to 1521., leaving a
Lice of 25,9061.
portht CRLIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
toff Mr. Watkins had visited the district, and
Pogive the Act to the landowners if they felt
that"ed to make the line, the directors undertaking
lit .11° impediment should be thrown in their way.
bae informed them also, that before they could com-
linilee the works, they must fill up the subscription-
that which was not at present completed. and added
oth eras there was a tunnel on the line, and some
dear QfheavY works which would cost a great
commencedorley, they had better, before they
thou operations, get an amended Act and
ee,.B,e a cheaper and more economical line. At a
Iverrg, at which Earl Spencer and other landowners
offer Present, in favour of carrying on the line,. the
that :;'ilade by the secretary was mentioned, but since
rda .e directors had heard nothing from the land-
Thein the district.
report was then adopted.
;I,u,reeply to Some questions
,rho SECRETAIti Mr. 'Watkins, stated that the
third
or ~an North-Western had agreed to take one-
te td he shares, on condition of the public taking
mat, but as only a limited numba of the two-

tLi:ds had been taken up, Lilat arrangement of course
had fallen to the ground.
After some further discussion the meeting sepa-
rated, a vote of thanks having previously been given
to the chairman.

SECONDARIES'.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
COHEN V. WALLEY.
This was an action to recover the sum of 101. 10s. on
a bill of exchange.
Defendant, who appeared in person, pleaded that he
did not accept the bill, but now admitted that he had
done so, but that the real amount due was only 71. IGs.,
the bill having been made for the larger sum in order to
get it discounted.
The Learned SECONDARY said that did not avail the
defendant here.
The defendant then submitted that the action was bad
in law, as the whole transaction took place in Middlesex.
The Learned SECONDARY said the plaintiff had brought
his action at the peril of his costs.
Defendant asked the Learned Secondary to certify to
deprive plaintiff of costs, and submitted he had power
under the amended Small Debts Act.
The Learned SECONDARY declined, and left defendant
to go before one of the Judges.

GREENWICH.-(THIS DAY.)
LORD RANELAGH's CasE —lmmediately after the
disposal of the niaht charges the case of Lord Ranelagh
and his friend Mr. Rowand against the policeman and
porter in the service of the Greenwich Railway Com-
pany, and also against Sergeant Carpenter, of the Me-
tropolitan Police force, was called, Mr. Seeker being the
magistrate presiding.
Mr. Clarkson. the barrister, appeared for Sergeant
Carpenter, Mr. Ballantine for Lord Ranelagh, and Mr.
Bodkin fur the Greenwich Railway Company. The
court was densely crowded.
Thomas Heron Jones Viscount Ranelagh deposed,
that en Sunday evening, the 3d inst., he had been dining
with some friends at the Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich,
and left there at ten, or a little before, and arrived at the
station shortly after that hour. Was perfectly sober.
The railway station was densely crowded. The barrier
was about being closed, and the lady who was with him,
Mrs. Captain Jennings, had partly got through the gate,
and he (witness) put his hand forward to prevent the
gate closing upon the arm of the lady. Had a cane in
his right hand. The man Widows seized witness by
the collar, and Price also collared him and dragged
him within the barrier. They dragged him
about, and his Lordship repeatedly requested them to
take their hands off, or he would strike them, but he did
not strike. When Sergeant Carpenter arrived witness
was pinned against the wall by the two defendants,
Widows and Price. When his Lordship was being re-
moved, two or three persons in the crowd said, " You
have struck the constables," and witness replied, " I
have not, and shall not strike any one intentionally."
Was so dragged about that his gold pin was lost, and his
stock was all but torn off his neck. His Lordship was
not cross-examined.
Septinaus Edmund Carlisle, of 4, Park-place, St.
James's, and of the firm of Carlisle and Co., of Mincing-
lane, tea brokers, was at Greenwich on the evening of
the 3d inst., and, accompanied by a friend, he arrived
at the railway station shortly before 10 o'cleck. There
was a great crowd, so great that he was almost suffocated.
Saw a man get over the barrier and strike at the railway
officer, and the crowd cried out to the man " Give it
him." Witness was not of Lord Ranelagh's party and
did not see his Lordship on that day. Indeed the crowd
was so great, that witness was forced forward into a
carriage and he lost his friend. There were two men
keeping the gate, but witness did not see their faces and
could not identify the►. _ _

Evidence taken on a former day corroborative of the
statement of Lord Ranelagh was then read over, and
Lord Ranelagh was bound over to prosecute the com-
pany's servants, Price and Widows, at the Maidstone
sessions.

The case against Sergeant Carpenter was then gone
into and disposed of in the same way.

THE ARMY.
INFANTRY OF THE LINE.

The following statement exhibits the distribution of
the infantry of the line, showing the order in which the
regiments embarked for and returned from foreign ser-
vice. Corrected to the 25th July, 1851:—
REGIMENTS AT HOME. (Those in italics are in Ire-
land).-401h, 2d battalion Ist Royals, 43d Light Infantry,
85th Light Infantry, 57th and 31st Regiments (re-
turned iu 1846). Ist battalion, 71st, 48th Regiment,
89th, 39th, 14th, 9th, 62d, 17th, 52d Light Infantry, 63d,
81st (1847). Ist battalion, 12th, 35th, 27th, 90th Light
Infantry, Ist battalion, 91st, 33d, 82d, 46th, 21st Fusi-
liers, 28th Regiment, 50th Queen's Own, 77th, 93d
Highlanders, 4th King's Own, Ist battalion 23d (1848).
7th Fusiliers, 95th Regiment, Ist battalion Rifle Brigade
(1850). 88th, 19th Regiment, Ist battalion Ist Royals

.851). 79th Highlanders, 38 (on the voyage home).
REGIMENTS IN INDIA.-18th, Royal Irish, Bengal;
80th Bengal; head-quarters embarked in 1837. 51st
Light Infantry, Madras; 94th Regiment, Madras (1838).
25th Regiment, Madras (1839). 22d Bombay, 96th
and 98th, Bengal (1841). 29th, Bengal; 78th High-
landers, Bombay; 80th Bengal ( ). 84th Madras;
86th Bombay (1842). 53d, Bengal (1844). 61st, Bengal;
Ist Battalion, 60th, Bombay (1845). Bth King's, Bom-
bay; 24th Bengal; 32d, Bengal (1846). 64th Bombay;
83d, Bombay; 70th, Bengal ; 87th, Fusileers, Bengal ;
75th, Bengal (1849). Number of officers and men in
India, 27,124.
REGIMENTS IN OTHER EASTERN POSSESSIONS.-
New South Wales-99th Regiment (landed in 1842),
58th Regiment (1844), 11th Regiment (1845), 65th Re-
giment (1846) ; these four regiments comprise 3,945
officers and men. Hong Kong-59th Regiment, 609
officers and men (1849). Ceylon-15th Regiment (1845)
and 37th Regiment (1846); these two regiments com-
prise 1,760 officers and men. Mauritius-12th R. B.
(1842) and sth Fusiliers (1847); these two regiments
comprise 1,727 officers and men. Cape of Good Hope-
91st R. 13. (1842), 45th Regiment (1843), 73d Regiment
(1845). 6th Regiment (1846), 74th Highlanders, 2d
Queen's, and 2d Battalion 60th Rifles (1851).
PERFORMING THE MEDITERRANEAN AND AMERICAN
ROTATION SYSTEM.-British North America-42d
Highlanders, 97th, Rifle Brigade (2d battalion), 20th
Regiment (1841), 23d R. 8., 71st R.13.(1842), 72d High-
landers (1844), 66th and 54th (1845). The foregoing
comprise 7,517 officers and men. West Indies and Ber-
muda-34th (1845), 16th, 56th (1846), 36th, 69th
(1847), 67th (1848); these comprise 4,163 officers and
men. Mediterranean-76th, 44th (1848), 26th Regi-
ment (1850), 30th, 49th, 41st, 47th, 92d Highlanders,
55th, 68th Light Infantry, 3d Buffs, 13th Light In-
fantry (1851); comprehending a force of 8,328 officers
and men.

Hence it appears that there are now at home, or on
the voyage homeward, 40 regiments ; in India, 24 ; in
other eastern possessions, 14, and two reserve batalliotas;
in the Mediterranean, 12; in the West Indies and Ber-
muda, 6; and in British North America, 7, and two re-
serve battalions. The total strength of the British In-
fantry regiments abroad is 60,332 officers and men.
The period of reckoning the foreign service of a corps
has been reckoned from the date of the embarkation of
the head-quarters thereof. In the case of the 96th Re-
giment this makes a material difference, as that corps
embarked its first convict-guard one year and nine
months before the head-quarters sailed for England.
The numerical statement of the troops at the several
stations has been taken carefully from the army esti-
mates of the present year, and supposes each corps to
be up to its establishment—the depOt is of course de-
dacted.

TEMPERANCE RUSTIC TEA PARTT.-011 Monday
a grand teetotal gathering took place in the Vale of Health.
Hampstead Heath. At an early hour in the afternoon several
hundreds of the friends and admirers of the temperance cause
had assembled at the appointed locality, where tea was pro-
vided for between three and four hundred persons. The
occasion of this novel assembly was the celebration of the
opening of the Camden-town Temperance Society in con-
nexion with that of Kentish-town. At the conclusion of
the tea a temporary platform was erected on the heath, and
Mr. King having been elected to'the chair, the public meet-
ing was formally opened. The numerous assemblage was
successively addressed by Mr. Joseph Livesey, of Preston;
Messrs. S. Shirley, J. Adams, Davis, and other warm tem-
perance advocates. Many of the speakers entered into inte-
resting details of their experience as teetotallers. The meet-
ing did not break up until dusk.
DIVISIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—A curious
paper has been published with the votes of the House of
Commons, enumerating the several divisions that took place '
durisig the session of 1851, just closed. By this return it
appears that the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill was
not only the most important, but by far the most troublesome
measure of the session. The number of divisions altogether
amount to no less than 48 on the several readings and clauses.
The second greater number of divisions was in Committee of
Supply, which amount to 28 divisions altcgether, is far
from an unusual number, and which is not to be wondered at
when the great number of items included in the miscellaneous
estimates are considered, and when it is well known that in
no other part of the business of the House are the Commons
more naturally, and properly, jealous, than in the voting of
the public money. It is worthy of remark, however, that
notwithstanding these 28 divisions on the money votes, not
a single item was altered, or cut down from the very econo-
mical and careful propositions that were submitted to the
House from the several departments of the Government.
The third class of measures that gave rise to the greatest
number of divisions was the question of admitting the Jews
to Parliament. Besides the divisions on the Bill itself, there",
were no less than eight divisions on the personal case of Mr..
David Salomons, and one respecting Baron Rothschild..—. ,
Times.
EFFECTS OF THE LATE FLOOD.--EIGHT BRIDGES
DESTROYED. —The floods which occurred in the early part
of last week have proved destructive to property andlife. In
addition to the fatal accident to the two men which we
printed, we are informed that eight bridges were swept away 1
the stacks of turf being carried by the streams to the bridges
and choked up the arches, they were forced to yield to the '
pressure. In several places new beds have been formed by •
the streams, seriously damaging the growing crops.— AP.'
magh Guardian.
CRIME IN FRANCE. —A labourer at a wharf was,
on Wednesday, caught in the act of robbery in the Faubourg
St. Antoine. He was taken before the commissary of police,
who, in the evening, ordered him to be conveyed by threo
soldiers to the Prefecture of Police. He Balked on quietly
until he arrived near the Hospice des Enfans Trouvds, when,
all at once, he pushed violently against two of the soldiers,
and, being of great strength, knocked them down. He then
took to flight. The third soldier pursued. Finding that he
was in danger pf being caught the man placed his back to
the wall and attempted to disarm the soldier. A working
man, who came up, assisted the latter, whereupon the thief
turned on him, and by a sudden movement gave him a vio-
lent kick in the breast. The poor man fell to the ground
vomiting blood, and died in a few hours after being conveyed
to the hospital. It has not been ascertained who he was.
The assailant was secured and sent to the Prefecture of
Police.

A dividend of 4 per cent., including income-tax,
will be declared at the half-yearly meeting of the Liverpool
Crosby, and Southport Railway Company.