The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-01 00:00:00

ULVERSTONE AND LANCASTER.

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held at
Ulverstone on Saturday—Mr. Brogden in the chair.
The report stated that £9,581 bad been expended upon
capital account during the past six months, making a total
sum of £337,314; the revenue accounts for the half-year
showed a receipt of £8,794, and an expenditure, including
interest, of £7,793, leaving a balance which, together with
that from last half-year, amounted to £2,113; the bill for
authori%ing the creation of additional capital, and contain-
ing powers to arrange with the Furness Company, received
the royal assent on the 12th of July last, and at a special
meeting of shareholders held on the 29th ult., the directors
were authorised to raise the sum of £78,000 of ordinary
share capital, and the proportion of debentures authoriszd
by the act. The long-continued commercial depression,
especially in the iron trade, had materially affected the re-
ceipts of the company during the last half-year; but the
directors continued those facilities for travelling and com-
merce which they had found necessary at the opening
of the railway, and they have not withdrawn the or-
dinary trains because of the temporary depression in trade.
During the summer months more trains for passengers have
been running, and the receipts from this traffic promise to
be very consUerable. With returning confidence and re-
vived trade, it is expected the receipts will be large, and
yield a good divider,d.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted,
and the meeting separated.

OPENING OP TIIE CASTLE-CONNELL RAILWAY.—
Another line has been added to the chain of railway com-
munication spreading from Limerick. The Limerick and
Castle-Connell Railway was opened on Saturday. The first
trip was made on Saturday morning from Castle-Connell to
Limerick, and was availed of by about 70 passengers. The
train left Castle-Connell at half-past nine o'clock, and not-
withstanding three stoppages at Nenagh-road, Grange, and
Killonan, arrived in Limerick at 10 o'clock sharp. The
engine was called the Lady De Burgho. The company's
secretary, Mr. Maunsell, Mr. Pratt, the engineer, and Mr.
Payne, superintendent of traffic, were amongst the officers
of the company who travelled by the train. Capt. Ross,
Government inspector, who made a final inspection of the
line on Thursday, expressed himself fully satisfied with it.
The directors had a trip at one o'clock to-day to Castle-
Connell. Large numbers will leave by the train tomor-
row for Castle-Connell.—.Linierich Chronicle of Saturday.

ABSENCE OF CRIME IN THE NORTIT.—A correspon-
dent writes to us ( Inverness Alva tiser) from Dingwall,
of the date of Monday last, that the prison of that place, a
first-class one, was then without a prisoner, civil or criminal;
that the gates had been thrown open ; and that there was
reason to believe that the prisons of Tain, S'ornoway, and
Cromarty were also empty. These facts are creditable to
the counties of Ross and Cromarty, which contain a pepa-
lotion of about 83,000.
TUB PRESIDENT OF THE TTNTTED STATES.—
Familiar as our people are generally ‘v.th toe unostentatious
habits of the chief officers of our Government, one cannot
witness them, with the knowledge of the pomp end show of
royalty to invite the contrast, without involuntarily indulg-
ing it. On Saturday last President Buchanan arrived at
the Relay-house, or Washington Junction, as it is more
properly called, en route for Washington city. There was a
rumour abroad that he was to arrive, and the visitors had,
consequently, grouped about the house when the train came
along. We soon perceived the President coming from the
cars to the platform, looking hearty, but thoroughly travel-
soiled, smiling, and cheerful. By his side, and evidently
offering with gentlemanly deference the courtesy of atten-
tion, was a rather rough-looking individual, whom we took
for a conductor or breaksman. The gentleman will excuse
our blundering in such a matter; but, upon inquiry, we
were informed he was Sir William Gore Ousetey. On
' passing into the har-room the President threw off his
coat and his white neckcloth' carelessly pitching them
over a chair, opened his shirt collar, and tucked
up his sleeves for a wash, conveniences for this
purpose being in the apartment. At the time, however,
both basins were occupied by two young men, neither of
whom seemed to be aware that the President was about. He
waited pa'ieutly BORIC time when some one spoke and in-
vited him upstairs. Ile declined, however, quietly re-
marking tLat lie would wait for his tura. Ault as soon
as tic hi.sil-.; were vacated he "tool; his Ilan' in a jrilly
good wash in the public. bar-room. This done, he seemed
rather perplexed about the arrangement of his neckcloth,
and seemed likely to tie his nose snd mouth up in it. Some
body just then offered assistance, and the President was
briefly equipped. At about this time a person who had
come into the room sang out pretty near to him, " Look
here, I thought the old Pres. was to be here to-cay --,,
The sreech was cut short by a nudge, while a momentary
comical expression passed across the face of that same " old
Pres." A cigar was handed to him by a friend ; he took a
good satisfying drink of—not "old rye," which he is said to
affect, when prime—but ice-water, had barely fired up his
cigar, when the bell rang, and " all aboard" summoned the
chief magistrate of the United States to his sent in the cars,
arAl away they went to Washington. We took our admira-
lion of this scene of republican simplicity quietly with us
into the cars for Baltiasore, and mused with some compla-
cency over the sterling honour of being an American
zen,—Baltintore Nun.