The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-02 00:00:00

DUNDEE AND PERTH AND ABERDEEN
JUNCTION.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
on Saturday at Dundee; Lord Kinnaird in the chair.
The report stated that the receipts for the half-year
ending July 31, 1851, amounted to 15,1221., and the
working expenses and other charges to 6,6761., and
the interest upon debentures and other debts to 6,0021.,
leaving a free available balance of 2,4431. Out of this
sum the directors propose to pay the dividend of 5 per
cent. upon the preferential quarter shares of the com-
pany. On a comparison of the receipts of the last
half-year with those of the corresponding period of
the preceding year, it will be found that there is an
increase of 1,3551. ou the last half-year. The revenue
from the traffic on tee Newtyle Railway has continued
steadily to increase, and there is a surplus of 2901. on
the half-year, while the corresponding period of last
year showed a deficiency of 521/. The directors have,
as authorised by the last general meeting, proceeded
with the relaying of the Newtyle line with heavier
rails. One half of the line has been relaid, and the
other portion is in the course of being contracted
for. This alteration was absolutely required from
the state of the permanent way, as the rails ori-
ginally were of very light weight. The directors
have every reason to expect a steadily increasing
traffic on this line. The Caledonian Railway
Company, against whom this company has heavy
claims, having introduced an arrangement Bill
into Parliament without making special provision
for these claims, the directors felt it their imperative
duty to oppose the Bill, not certainly with the view
of throwing it out, but for the purpose of having pro-
tective clauses introduced. The directors succeeded
so far in this object, although not to the extent of
their demands. The passing of the Caledonian
Arrangement Bill, and the lessening of the rates of
guaranteed dividends, will restore to a solvent position
the affairs of that company, and enable them the better
to meet the claims of this company. It nose seems
absolutely necessary to have the rights of the com-
pany established in a court of law, and the directors
intend to take the requisite steps for this purpose
without further delay. The directors have, however,
never been averse to an extra judicial adjustment of
their claims, as they considered it important to the
Caledonian Company, as well as this company, that
all such claims should be amicably and promptly
settled.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was
unanimously agreed to, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

SouTn•EASTBEN RAILWAY.—The number of pas-
sengers conveyed on this line, to and from the
London-bridge terminus, on Saturday, was 1Q555,
viz. :-8,350 to London, and 8,205 from London.
CHRISTIANA AND COPENHAGEN RAILWAY.—SLIT-
veys are now in progress for the construction of a
line between these points, which will have the effect
of bringing St. Petersburgb three days' journey
nearer London.

OPENING OF THE TONBRIDGE WELLS
AND HASTINGS LINE.

The larger portion of this railway from Tonbridge
Wells to Robertsbridge, a length of 152 miles, was
opened to the public yesterday, and the remainder of
the line is expected to be opened for public traffic
before the end of the present year.
The line forms an extension of the Tonbridge
Wells branch of the South-Eastern Railway, which
commences with a junction with the main line near
Tonbridge Town, and terminates in the centre of
Tonbridge Wells.
The country through which the line passes is suffi-
ciently known, from its picturesque character, pro-
duced by lofty and extensive ridges' of hills, which,
howeverinteresting to the tourist, were considered by
several eminent engineers to render it impracticable
to construct a railway to Hastings in the district
traversed by the existing main turnpike road, which
is the most direct course ; nevertheless the railway as
a double line will (we aro informed) be executed fur
considerably under 20,000/. per mile, the Parliamen-
tary estimate of the engineer, Mr. P. W. Barlow,
PALS., who originally projected and has executed the
work.

There is no doubt that bad such a result been con-
sidered practicable before the Brighton, Lewes, and
Hastings line was projected, Parliament would, in the
first instance, have sanctioned this line as the natural
route to Hastings ; and it hi probable that the
Brighton Company's line to Hastings would not have
been carried out, and the South-Eastern Company
would have possessed, as they always had done, the
Hastings traffic without competition.

The portion recently opened commences at the
Tonbridge Wells station, which lies in. the. centre of
the natural amphitheatre or basin in which the town
is situated ; and it is, consequently, necessarily ap-
proached in each direction by a tunnel which passes
under the town; the first work we have to notice in
the new portion is, therefore, a tunnel which passes
under "The Grove," and is 300 yards in length.
The line then takes a south-easterly direction, in
order to pass the Frant ridge of hills, by the pass at
Bell's Yew-green, where a station has been erected
for Frant and Bayham Abbey.
The line then diverges to the west, and follows the
side of a valley or ravine which leads to the Wad-
burst ridge, and is met by a similar ravine on the op-
posite side, so that by the selection of this course a
tunnel of 1,200 yards is rendered sufficient to pass
this extensive ridge.
The station for the town of Wadhurst is situate
about a quarter of a mile on the north side of Wad-
hurst tunnel.
The line after leaving Wadhurst tunnel, 54 miles
from Tonbridge Wells, again takes a south-easterly
direction, following the valley of a branch of the
river. Bother to the town of Rnbertsbridge ; and
passing, in the distance, near the towns of Ticehurst,
I3urwash, Etehingham, liawkhurst, Brightling,
for which stations have been provided at Witherinden
and Etchingham.
The station at Robertsbridge is situated conveni-
niently witbin a quarter of a mile of the town, and
101 miles from the terminus at Hastings.
It is deserving of notice that the permanent way
of this branch is laid with iron sleeper:, instead of
the ordinary wooden sleepers—a system which is
now adopted on several railways from its durability
and economy, and is likely to come into general use.
—Morning Paper.

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SUDDEN' DEATU OF A 741 OFFICER Cr THE BRITISH
MusEum.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the
Museum Tavern, on the body, f Mr. Charles Konig, many
years 'keeper of the tninerAlogil department of the British
Museum. It appeared t_hat the deceased gentleman who
hat attained the
.age of 8. years, was walking (town' iq
evening bat,
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scum-street on
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and in a few minutes expired.
the stroke to extravasation of blood cu the brain, and a ver-
dict of Natural Death was returned.
GOOD PRICE FOR A SALMON,—The splendid salmon
which was caught near the mouth of the Deveron on the
11th inst., weighing 5421b5.,
sd
d; rosed of in London at
.
2s. 6d. per lb., amounting to 61 13s. 6- —a sum greater than
would purchase at the present time a.good Highland ox.—
Barrffsliire Journal.

BAIL-ROOM OF IRON FOR BALMORAL.
Raving reeired on invitation to view an iren edifice
which has bevn erected for his Royal laig,hreis Prince
Albert by Messrs. Edward T. Bellisonso and Co., engi-
neers, of March ster, we proceeded on Friday to the
Eagle Foundry, where the structure was to be seen. Be-
fore giving our readers an account of the edifice itself,
we may nodes the gratifying nature of the fact that this
order has been given in consequence of a model which
was exhibited among the contributions of the firm at the
Exposition. We understand that this structure is in-
tended to be us .d as an addition to the accommodation
for entertainments at Balmoral. The principal particu-
lars of the iron ball-room are as follows:—Length, 60
feet; width, 24 feet; height to eaves, 10 feet; In peak of
roof, 17 feet. Cast-iron pilasters, about 10 inches broad,
with panelled shaft and foliated capitals, are firmly
bolted on a wood foundation, at intervals of about
8 feet apart. Between there, and secured to them,
are the side plates, the corrugations running
horizontally, and spaces being cut out for the
admission of window and door-frames. The bottom
plates are secured to cast-iron moulded base-plates
fixed to the wood foundations. Upon the top of the
side pilasters and:overhangiog them several inches, are
the gutters, also of cast iron; these form a neat finish to
the sides. The roof is formed of six wrought-iron prin-
cipals, firmly bolted to the tops of the corresponding
pilasters on each side of the house. The roof plates, the
corrugations of which run vertically, are bolted to
cross-bars of angle iron running between the principals;
the bottoms of the plates dip into the gutters and are
bolted to them. The ends of the structure are orna-
mented with barge castings and finials at the peaks. The
upper part of the ridge plates has a cast-iron ornament
running along which gives a pleasing finish to the roof.
A ventilating shaft rises from the centre of the roof,
furnished with a flap valve for the emission of heated air.
This valve is opened or shut from the interior of the
room by means of a rope, which passes over pulleys.
The room is lighted by four windows at the front and
four at the back, all of which open as French casements.
There sire two entrance doors, ore in the centre of the
front and one in the end of the edifice. These doors are
handsomely moulded and penciled, and are surmounted
by castings of the royal arms, which form an appro-
priate ornament. The general effect of the edifice ex- ,
ternally is most satisfactory in point of design, and the
constructive arrangements are praiseworthy.—Mans
cheater Examiner.

THREE PERSONS FOUND DROWNED.—Yesterday
morning the body of a female respectably attired in dark
muslin dress and satin shawl, was found in the Limehouse
Cut, Bromley. The body is that of a woman about 30, fair
complexion. It was taken to the Moore's Arms, Bow-com-
mon. The body of a man, about 35, dressed in blue pilot
coat, dark vest and trousers, was found in the Thames, off
Upper Ground-street, and taken to Christchurch work-
house, Blackfriars. The body of a genteel young man, about
25, attired in black Oxonian coat, vest, and trousers, was
found in the Regent's Canal, Regent's-park, and taken to
Marylebone workhouse.
Finn AT LEEDS.—A cloth-dressing mill belonging
to and occupied by Messrs. James Holroyd and Son, cloth
finishers, Carlton-hill, Leeds, was completely destroyed by
fire on Friday morning last, together with the machinery
it contained. The mill was four stories high and 30 yards
long. The fire, which was discovered at hall-past one o'clock
in the morning, is supposed to have commenced in a small
fire-proof building used for drying what are called gig-rods,
on which teazles are placed, but the cause which led to it is
unascertainecl. The building was insured in the Leeds and
Yorkshire-office for 1,6001., but the machinery was not in-
sured. A fireman named John Coupland was seriously hurt
on his head and one of his legs by the falling of part of an
outer wall of the mill.

SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—On Satur-
day afternoon Mr. Elmy and Mr. Cartwright, officers of
inland revenue, proceeded to a house, No. 2, Green Dragon-
Limehouse, and succeeded in obtaining an entrance
at the back by climbing over a high wall. In the back room
they found a private distillery, the still having all the ap.
pearance of recent working, with a quantity of utensils,
molasses, fermented wash, prepared spirits, &c. The whole
of the fittings were on a large scale, and, by keeping the
still at full work, it was calculated to defraud the revenue of
duty to the amount of 1401. per week. A portion of the
flooring had been loosened, which was removed as occasion
required, and a hole was dug, into which the waste wash
was thrown, to be absorbed by the earth. The still did not
appear as if it bad been many months erected. The officers
found a little girl in the house, who had evidently been most
artfully instructed, for she professed not to know her father's
name or her own, nor did she know, she said, that they ever
had a name. The still and apparatus were conveyed to the
warehouses in Broad-street.

PORTSMOUTH? SUNDAY.—Captain Lord Edward
Passel!, of the Vengeance, lost a large sum of money last
week, but whether accidently or by robbery is not very
clear. His Lordship started from London on Wednesday
evening, with bank bills to the amount of 5001., and Bank
of England notes to the amount of 1401. He came down
via Brighton,'where he stopped some time, and then came on
to Portsmouth, and it was not until mid-day on Thursday
that he discovered he was minus the bank-notes.
The advices from America indicate a rather more
satisfactory condition of the money market. A few failures
had taken place, but all them were insignificant. The wreck
of the steamer Union, four days after leaving San Francisco,
with 300,0:0/. in gold, of which only 45,000/. appears to
have been saved, will probably cause some loss to the Lon-
don offices. The Union, be believe, was a small vessel of
560 tons. The course of exchange at New York on London,
for bills at 60 days' sight, is 110 per cent., and the par of
' exchange between England and America being 109 23.40
per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.42 per
cent. in favour of England; and after making allowance for
difference of interest and charges of transport, the present
rate leaves scarcely any profit on the importation of gold
from the United States.

Sir John H. Maxwell, Bart., R.N., has announced
his intention of offering himself as a candidate to represent
the borough of liarwich, now vacant. Sir John is a Con-
servative. We understand that another candidate is forth-
coming in the Liberal interest, and that the Reformers of
Harwich are prepared to give Sir John a warm reception.—
Portsmouth Times.

THE BRITISH FRIGATE HUSSAR.—A contany who
have been long making arrangements to break up the wreck
of this vessel, sunk in 75 feet of water about one mile and a
half east of Hurl Gate, November 14, 1780, have at length
commenced operations. We learn from the Westchester
Gazette, that on Wednesday last, the sth inst., the divers
commenced work. About eleven o'clock operations were
commenced by encasing the person intending to dive in the
sub-marine armour, which is a complete suit of indiarubber,
with copper headpiece, and glass in front to see through,
This connects, by means of a pipe, with an air-pump,
through which the air is forced in, and the impure air
escapes by a valve at the bottom. Taking. in one hand the
signal line, and in the other the rope by which to make fast
any object with which he might come in contact,
the diver was hoisted over the side of the boat and
let down to the bottom. The object was immediately
hauled upon, but, making too strong a resistance for the
rope, the diver was obliged to descend with a larger one and
make it fast again. This time it was drawn to the surface,
and found to be a portion of the old ship. At three minutes
before twelve the diver again descended, and remained at
the bottom fourteen minutes. When he again ascended he
had in his hands bottle, a shoe-last of rather ancient style,
and a small block used in rigging vessel& Upon drawing up
what he had secured, it was found to be another portion of
the wreck, and was placed in a scow alongside. A few days
since a diver recovered from the wreck a plate made of pew-
ter, or some other metal, with the name of the owner, J.
Butler, 1778," legibly marked on the bottom of it; also the
English coat-of-arms in two places, with the name of
" Thomas," and " Townsend, Church-st." These are cer-
tainly curiosities, arid have lain imbedded in the bottom of
the river 71 years.—New York Express.

INLAND REVENUE OFFICE.—The unsightly side of
Wellington-street, in the Strand, that part of the street im-
mediately leading to Waterloo-bridge, is about to be built
over by Government, as a new office for the Inland Revenue,
as the Excise and Stamps and Taxes have been called since
their recent consolidation. It is the intention of the ar-
chitect employed (Mr. Pennethorne) to carry out the design
and architectural character of Somerset House—to work,
in short, as far as line, and rule, and spirit will allow him,
in the style of Sir William Chambers. When this addi-
tional wing to Somerset House is completed, the Excise-
office in Old Broad-street will be sold by auction, and the
money carried to the credit of the public. This change will,
it is said, simplify materially the system of stamping news-
papers, so that a great public improvement, as far as the eye
is concerned, will be united with important conveniences to
that fourth estate, the proprietors of newspapers.—ilthenceum.
'„a°' CHANGES IN THE INLAND REVENUE DEPAlltbTe
The•
atEasr,—A variety of changes have just taken place
Excise branch of the Inland Revenue Department.'in
whole of the solicitors' offices, with the clerks and others
.at-
tached thereto, have been removed to Somersetllol7 `",-,Tf
which means the entire management of the businesslegaine establish-
the Inland Revenue will be concentrated in o
the amal-
gamation and not divided, as has been the case n
gamation of the Stamps and Taxes departminesinptsse.e
the receivers of the minor taxes in the Sts
in Broad-street,
will occupy the place vacated in the officeand Taxes
eosf
and the whole of the legal business win_
d assistant-solicitor to
Timm and Mr. TiLsey, as solicitor as
assistant-secretary of
the joint department. Dr. Bateman.,
.beconducted by Mr.
reducing the charges of this
silents are in contemplation for
ta_has
also been reduced ;
the Excise branch, we hear, will retire ;than and other arrange-
establishment. The detectireidausw
movement, when it is
but this appears a very snon_n
i nearly all the exciseable
considered that adulteratiore,
has been proved to exist to as
the
great an extent at the present time as ever it did under
necessaries, or luxurifsoflf
and Vice-Chancellor Knight
molistocradrefucl
Lurvirl:rpstioh:ted judges of appeal, the latter with
of Lords. Sir W. Page Wood and
thijoe"-Tiugl"joe to become Vice-Chancellor A va-
cancy
aßruseceathianre
Mr. J. parker are t
is thus crea.ed in the post of Solicitor-General.,
roin.ap papa..
AffsTEitiovs ROnsERY OF 150/.—The large sum
of IoCI. was stolen from the house of a respectable artizan
in this town, on Sunday night, in a most mysterious manner.
The sufferer is Mr. Isaac Marriot, moulder, 74, Garden-
street. He also keeps a small provision shop. kl
himself a thrifty man, is the fortunate possessorofrllithaart jewel,
above all price, a careful and thrifty wife. Unknown to
him she had saved a considerable mum of money, which she
deposited in the savings bank; but the late defalcations
.tarhetry
oolfr then sal.f)eankke.e
pi
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con-
nected with those institutions had shaken her confidence in
thehttoaccordinglyell, took the money
ways, and she seems to have hit upon a novel way a keep-
ing money. The garret of the house, it appears, IS Col-
women have curious
vetted into a miscellaneous store-room. In this room was
a case of bacon, and between the sides of the bacon amongst
the chaff, she deposited her hard earnings—one hundredlass
sovereigns, and ten 1. notes. Not later than S.aturs.aey
she had added to the stock. Oa Monday mornsitngenn. y
dis-
covered that the hoarded treasure had
what means it is a perfect mystery- r The garret is
however, which may help ,to a surmise.d the window not
overlooked by a number of workshops,
wife may have been
being protected by a blind, the thriftyffie!}ee, been
nse some facts,
ages to the shrine of her
observed in her oft-repeated pilgrimages
h it is gone. Nothing was
devtions. Two thisgs
where the money was, and
so that it is after a matter
taken away but the moue) s
art!
that
: that the thief knew
Titus.
VEMENT COMPANY.--
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for thankfulness that theyhave saved their bacon,!Sheffield
SUTTON .:..4-V
ming
of this company was held on
he half-yearly
f•e.the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth, for the
th d' y business. Mr. mg cor Inas 'William
purpose
k r the chairman of directors, presided. A
Bean: Haw e ,
' d of Ist. per cent. for the current six weeks was
dividen
Wednesdoatytlrassurs,
act
declared.