The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

COURSE OF EXCHfi
inilteratuu .......... " it
Dir.°, three months 11 17''
Rotterdam 1l 1734
Antwerp ..... • •••• 25 30
HAM burgh .. • • M.II .13 7
Altonrt.
Paris, 3 days'sigh t.. • • 25 5
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 25
Marseilles .• •• • ..... 25 30
Boerd‘,3enx.... ..... • •
Prankforton 118 k
Vienna, effee. So•• •. •• 12 59
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 59
Petersburgh. Sil. Rble •• 3746
Madrid •. .. • 49%
Cadiz .. •• 50
Barcelona ..

LIN GE.-(THIS DAY.)
Lezhora ........••..•• 30 65
Gena ......••.. 25 623.
Milan ....„...........
Venice
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!iaiie7s- ..... • • .... • • 41%
aletTao, per(); .• .. 125
Messina . ..... 125
17,15b0n.. • • .. . • 53%
Oporto— . •••• . • • . 53%
Ris Janeiro ..........

Buenos Ayres ...-.

New Yorli, 60 daya'slght
Philadelphia ........ „ --
PRICES OP BULLION, PER Of,
Foreign Gold in bars.. £8 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars • ..... 0 4 11%
Silver in bars ........ 0 0 0

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QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord CAMP

BELL and a Common Jury.)
WOODS (PAMPER) v. THOMAS.
The plaintiff in this case sued in forma pauperis to re•
cover compensation in damages for false imprisonment.
Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Metcalf appeared
for the plaintiff; and Mr. Knowles, with Mr. Field, re-
presented the defendant.
The facts were simply these:—The plaintiff was a
carman, who was employed on the 25th of May last to
bring away some paper from Irongate-wharf, near the
Tower. He took away two loads; 'and returned for a
third, but when he was in the act of driving off it was
found he had no delivery-order, and a canvass bag was
discovered upon the shaft containing a quantity of paper,
corresponding exactly with some reams which had at the
?Ina time been missed from another part of the wharf.
au c°flasquence of these suspicious circumstances the de-
pfetklaolice
nmt,anwh:nad vas superintendent of the wharf, called a
before Mr. and him into custody. He was taken
mitted for tr' ey, at the Thames Police-court, and com-
, ial, but ultimately acquitted.
Mr. 'IEID, on the
ciipart of the defendant, contended
that there were sufficient grounds for believing that the
plaintiff had acted
him
md
inthat e
uthateo
ddye.fendant
wasp erfectly justifies dishonestly,
The Learned Jutssm.hagvilingsummed up,
The jury almost itnmediantfly returned a verdict for
the defendant.
that cases of
Lord CAMPBELL said he retch
this kind, in which the plaintiff lamentedsuedin formai pauperis,
wuste, as it was
were so often brought into courts of
who e'
they were
an extreme hardship on those against
brought. It did not follow that because
acquitted of a charge he was justified in instituting
legal proceedings against the party who accused bcoanse such a practice would render no person safe iii
the country.
Mr. CHAMBERS hoped his Lordship's observations
would not he without their prod effect.

I' i, jr. fil and a Special Jury.)
TERN RAILWAY.
COIVEMON PLEAS.—(iIIIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Guildhall, Wore the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
-77.--.,(;\ It LOND3N RAILWAY U. LONDON AND NORTH-WES-
-%til case which occupied the Court the whole of yes-
',
t_teirtra., was brought to n elo.e this day. A verdict
TARNLief en by con,ent for • Y.
'7l watt,4454 16s. 2ci. -11 er the laintiffs on all the counts,
pinionampes for the breach of contract, '' inille,et to the o
.the Court on two points, as to
whether the defendant:
...,_ b,,Gad to work t__,l?Ya the terms of the agreement
Ary.a., sad seconalsr_Lon the West London line at
11l 'io, sad co °fl the Weat Loudon line at
'lh tzas in 0 11:1!_hier they were bound to
49u With ad, own r
aallf.

BLACKW ALL RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The twenty-ninth half-yearly meeting of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company was held this after-
noon at the London Tavern; James N. Daniell, Esq., the
chairman presided.
The advertisement convening the meeting, and the
report of the directors, which has already been pub-
lished in The Sun, having been read by the secretary,
The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, this report con-
tains very much of grave importance to the present and
fature welfare of our railway. With regard to the pre-
sent it shows that as the line is now conducted, it is in
a state of progressive improvement, and that almost
every item, which in the report is usually placed before
you at our meetings, prove that to be a degree of im-
provement most satisfactory to us.—(Hear, hear.) It
likewise shows ns what our prospects are for the future
—not those prospects which I am sorry to say
we have been too apt to indulge in, but
hopes which I may observe are nearer a process of
realization than they have ever been at any previous
period in the history of the Blackway Railway.—(Hear,
hear.) I would allude in the first instance to our janc•
tion with the London and Birmingham and East and
West'lndia Dock Junction Railway. That has proved
very advantaeeous to us, and as much so as we expected
it would be. It has beea open only a few months, and
of course, has not yet developed its strength. The three
months it has been opened are the worst months in the
s
year, and we 6houlanot forget the fact that it has not yet
arrived at its own terminus, viz., at Camden-town. The
passengers who had liaised over that line have been
much greater in number than we first expected they
would be. This brings me to another important
point which I desire to, place before you. I
allude to the agreement with the London. and
North Western Railway, which, on the completion
of the terminus to Camden-town, will be able to bring
its goods to our terminus at Fenehurch-street; and there-
cannot be any doubt in the minds of those who are con-
versant with the facilities which such a terminus as ours
will afford to the goods traffic of that line, that a very
large amount of such traffic will be brought over our line,
which in addition to the passenger traffic will be
greatly beneficial to us. You must bear in mind that
the sane put down in the accounts with reference to the -
. Dock Junction line traffic over our lines is the minimum
which they guarantee to us, and that if they had no
trains running to our terminus at all, that amount would
be guaranteed to us. The next point to which I have
to allude is the Tilbury Junction. I would observe that
our railway is one of a very peculiar character;
it differs almost, if net entirely, from any
other railway in the country. It was originally
intended to carry on a short but a very active traffic.
Now, we found that the competition by boats and by
the railway to Gravesend, rendered it necessary for us
to reduce the price of the fares. The end and aim of the
directors doing this was to bring additional traffic on
the line. For that purpose the Bow Junction was made,
and thelanction with the North-Western, and out of
those has grown the present proposition for the, formation
of a line, to Tilbury. Nov the terminus of the Blackwell
Railway without much traffic on it is a very expensive
establishment, and it- only becomes less expensive the
greater the quantity of traffic is that comes to it. That
is a self-evident proposition, on which I need, therefore,
say little more. Fur some time we had the great por-
tion, almost the entirety, of the traffic to Gravesend, but
the boats on the river have greatly diminished it. The
proprietors must also be aware that the falling-off in the
number of passengers is to be attributed to the railway
accommodation offered by another line, which is of great
consequence to persons to whom speed and time is literally
money, and therefore it is almost imperative upon us, even
if we were not in such good circumstances as we are at
present, to endeavour to restore to the line the traffic we
have lost; and' I hope not only to restore it, bat to
greatly increase it. Now, if we are successful in our
application to Parliament with regard to the Bilis, which
I trust will receive your confirmation, wo shall not only
not be losers; but possibly be very great gainers.—
(Hear. hear.) With regard to the traffic on the line, I
may obeerve that' it has increased very considerably, and
' it may be satisfactory to know that ever since last
December the increase has continued, so that in point
of fact, during the dead months of the year, the receipts
have been larger than on any previous occasion. As
regards the expenses, we have endeavoured to econo-
mise as much as possible, consistent with the proper
management of the line and the safety of the public. With
our present management and stools, we are capable of car-
rying considerable nuoiber more passengers, withou t any
increase of expense, and we not only are capable of doing
this, but we confidently look forward to the time when
our whole resources will be called into action.—(Hear.)
The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the
report.
A SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether the main-
tenance 'of the public way was kept up by the company
or by contract?
The CHAIRMAN said the permanent way was main-
tained by the company, who found they could do it at
much less cost.
In reply to another Shareholder,
The CHAIRMAN said they were in very much the
same position with regard to the Eastern Counties as et
the lase meeting. That company could not object to
the Act of Parliament, but they said the station of
the Bow junction, of which they had to pay half the
expenses, was not consistent with their ideas of safety
to the public. The directors showed them the Act of Par..
liament, and referred them to the referees mentioned in it,
but they (the Blukwall Company) did not consider it
consistent with their interest or advantage to interfere
very much at pr,-sent. The Eastern Counties Company
proposed another junction, which would result in con-
siderable advantago to them, but loss to this company,
and it had, there:ore, Rot been accepted. The directors
had endeavoured to show they were in the right, but
they bad not thought it advisable to take any deter-
mined steps in the matter, though they believed they
could enforce their rights at any moment they choosed
to do so.
Mr. LEVY said he was quite ready to give up the
shadow and accept the substance. For his pert, he was
quite sick of the name of the Eastern Counties, and he
hoped they ,would throw that company overboard entirely,
and turn their attention to the North-Western Com-
pany. with which their success mainly depended.
After come further conversation the report was re-
ceived and adopted, the retiring directors re-elected, and
a dividend declared at the rate of 2a. per share for the
half-year.
Mr. J. WILSON, in returning thanks, expressed the
great satisfaction which he felt at hearing there was a
prospect of having passengers booked fur the Northern
lines at Hackney,lingsland, 3se., as it would necessa-
rily give them a great increase of traffic. He believed
that ere long a great portion Of the goods traffic of the
London and North-Western Railway would come down
their line to Fecchurch-street, and make it the first
goods terminus in the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.)
Thanks having been voted to the auditors, the mretieg
was made special, and after a short conversation, the
Bills mentioned in the report as now before Parliament,
were agreed to.
The meeting then separated, after a vote of thanks to
the Chairman.