The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-10 00:00:00

LANd TRANSPORT CORPS.

Another meeting of the members of the late Land Trans-
p ire Corps wa hell led night at the King's Arms Tavern,
Surrey-row, Bleckfriat 1-road for the purpece of &chief;
menus to &et ,in a recognition of their chime from the
government fer the services rendered by them in the Crimea
doting the fete war. evjemot REILIDON was celled to the
Tile CHAIRMAN avid the &tint of the present meeting
was es to the ustore of the discharge they were to receive,
their clothing awl their gratoity. lit hell in his hand a
reel parchment discharge given to one of their cot-in-ides—
, reel disehalgo -and if it wa. legal to hi given to one,
w!ty was it not given to all ? Thu paper that was given
to them was not a it was only a protect i•ot paper,
and the government cool call upon them for their se. vice,•
whenever they deemed it necetseety to do so. There was
in the perchtnent discharge the man's character inset toil,
hat they had no such reeothineeilitien ; and they were
obliged to hang about anti big for their breed, withont
knowing whether they were really in the service of the
government or not. Unless they hail hail a proper end
,egeldiecherge they ought to receive government pay, but
insteed of that they were iibliged eg ebeitt for ivead,
while a large be iv of Gerinee troop were keot here
eating the bread that they ought to h Lve. Why were
they not Feet home, end the Land Transport Cops given
whet was due to them hoptet th t.t all would
tinAe together uutil they obtitnel those chime that
were so jeetly due to the, Us ctric'ii.tt.tl by IK.IViog,
" That this meeting earteetly hone the. G svertimeni
a iii ehertly give the inert a leg d discharge, and relieve
their mines from all snxie y am to whether they are die
charged or n t, and give them without delay such a die-
charge, with character, as w ill enable them to get an
hecest livelihood, as they are honestly inn teed and wise
get such a li wine, but at the present moment, through
the neglect of Government, are to great di•trese"
The resolution was nut, and un,inimously azreel
Mr. BERORY prepeeed the resolutioe following
•` Tha,ti the foreigner hat hal a gearnite. and a good ooe
the Army Works Corps the same, as well the
Contingent ; and- this meeting is of opinion that
the bard-working Land Trarepurt Corps should nut be
Icit in the field of eeepair."
Mr. TAYLOR seconded the resolution, which was put
and carried unanimously.
After a few words from Mr. lITDE en the necee',ity
a close union between the Lend Tramp ,rt Corps and
the Turkish Contingent,
Thanks were voted to the press for the advocacy of
their cause, and also t ► the chairman for his conduct in
the chair, and the meeting separated.

EAST ANGLIAN ReurAT.—Yesterday afternoon the
half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company
was held at the London Tasern ; Mr. H. A. Bruce, the
chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. From
the report which was presented it appeared that the
traffic for the half-year ending the 30‘h of June List
produced 25 0501. 184. 31.,Twhich showed an increase
unon 1853 of 6 5321. 4-4. SJ. ; upon 1854, of 3,835/. 6e. ld.,
aud upon 1855, 2,03d1. 2s. Si. It, was a source of much
diaappoit,tinent that the increased rate of working ex
pewees, as shown by the accounts of the Eastern Counties
Campany, had brought this important item to the higher t
p int at which this company could be charged uu ler the
agreement, viz ,50 per cent. Had these expens'ia c.4n-
tinned at the same rate at which they were stated in the
account,' furnished by the Eastern Counties C nmpany in
July, 1853, the directors should not only bays [mid ail
the preferences charges in full, but also nave bad a sue-
plus to provide for a dividend on the ordinary stock.
The net balance, after paying the interest on the A and
B shares and stock will enable them to pay a dividend
on the C stook at the rated of 21. 10a. per cent. per scrum.
The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report,
said the traffic had increased in a steady manner, and Le
had no doubt that in a year or two they would roe a
great improvement in the traffic of Lynn, provided tha
fair play could be secured in the way of taxes and tolls.
Everything had been done by the directors to check the
increased rates of working expenses alluded to in the
report, but they had not been able to carry out their
object. Mr. Simpson seconded the motion, which wise
agreed to. The dividend recommended wss declared,
and the proceedings terminated. _ _

WBSTMINSTER CLOCK BELL.—At the time of our
former notice of this bell it had not been weighed. The
weight is now stated to be 15 tons 13 cwt. 1 qr. 22 lb.,
or 16 tons within a small fraction ; which is nearly halt
as much again as the great hell of York Minster, more
than twice that. of Oxford ; mariy three timrs as herk7
as the largo bells of Exeter, Linco'n, and St. Paul's,
and exactly Six times the weight of ~the g iat
bell of Bow." The four quarter hells tc•gother will
not weigh quite half as much. The thickness is
found to ba rather more than was sated in oar
former notice—via., 91- innhes et the ~unilhow, e,Lere
toe lianainer strik,s, and 31 in the iipper liar', bong
very nearly 1-12th and 1-36tii respectively of thu Uis.an
at tLo blow h. 9 ft. 5 , in. The great hull bad to be sent
clown from Ns.ron to West flattlepool by railway of

Sunday, beinv too icier for any trail; meeting it to pas'
rao coiopoi-i,ion is 7 of tin to 22 of oliper, 'ward I,,sic-
over, Bo in spe,:..u:unt metal, to 'Secure a p-rfect,
Toe metal is to as low'. a. spring i.trel, and a uch
hat (1, r than is usnal it, rn;!tlerit betk in ve: ich the P"'
porion f 4 tin less tbso is the best old out.,=. This 'no-
portion was adopted hfttr tryit:g cxpetioicutal 1 etls ol
vat-inns propf.,rtiuna ; and the which iA hiller at.
the souudfinw than is usual ; eay dor rniiiitel le the ra-, e
way. When the. bell arrives at the n'tstruinsttr it
h" hung for trial at the 1.4, nl .lie ~vlt4.
uth.pper of half a tor., to tai puned i,y fir,' or six men.
It is finally to ho in the open part of the spire
of
Vie tower, which trade male for the purport', in order that
the sound may issue without obstructirn. Lis described
as souodio,4 as if is s. r,truck Ait,ll a wooden hammer,
from its reantrkaille stan the hammer which
has hitherto been
ultd is of cast-iron, and the bell still
harder.