The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-31 00:00:00

AN AWKWARD ACCIDENT.

At Cork, the other day, a lady and gentleman, after ea I
]eying an aquatic excursion, were about landing, when the
lady slipped and fell into the river. Here she would infal-
libly have been drowned but for the copious folds of crinoline
with which she was eagirdled. These by their buoyancy
kept her from sinking, but unluckily as the lower parts cf
her person were those to which the crinoline was attached,
these floated uppermost, and the unfktunate lady was cow-
pelled to as3u me a very undignified position—legs up, head
down in the water. The boatman gallantly jumped in after
her. but he did it so awkwardly that be upset the boat with
a kick, and the result was that the entire three of the party
were in the water, where they were gazed at for some time
with no small astonishment by some persons who were on
the pier, until, assistance having arrived, they were all
brought to land. The lady, ltowet :r, wds in such a state,
bath' from the tlaorough drencly.ag she had received, as
well as from the thoughts of the ungraceful appearanee
which she presented in the water, that a car bad to be pro-
cured to convey her and her friend home.

THE CARER PEERAGE.
Mr. Francis O'Ryan, son to the late Mr. Francis O'Ryan
of Cashel, and grandson to Mr. Andrew O'Ryan of Batsha
Castle, has, it is said, arrived from Melbourne to establish
his claim to the barony of Caber, being the next of kin to
the late Right Hon. Richard Butler, Earl of Glengall.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EAST KENT.
The eleventh half-yearly general meeting of proprietors
was held yesterday, at the offices of the company—the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair.
The SECRETARY having read the report, a copy of which
has already appeared in these columns,
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said he regretted
the absence of Lord Sondes and the deputy chairman (Mr.
C. M. Lushington), because the duty of presiding had de-
volved upon him (the Lord Mayor) at a time when, in
consequence of his devotion to other matters, he was not in a
position to present to the shareholders a full exposition of
their afihits. But he was lappy to say that the gentleman
who would second the adoption of the report would in some
measure compensate for the absence of their deputy chairman
by affording such an explanation of the matters referred to
in the report as would no doubt be sari-factory to the pro-
prietors. The report they had heard read was probably mare
important in its matter than any which the directors had had
the pleasure of submitting at a general meeting and con-
tained an account of nearly all that had transpired up to the
present time. He congratulated the shareholders on the
termination of their Parliamentary contests,which had neces-
sarily been very costly affairs. Indeed, whoever derived ad-
vantage during the continuance of such contests, unfortunate
proprietors generally suffered materially. The conduct of
the South-Eastern towards the East Kent Company showed
how essentially important it was to the well-doing of the
latter company that they should secure an independent posi-
tion. He could not believe that that conduct had been or
could be approved of by the shareholders of the South-Eastern
Company. The East Kent bad been driven to very enormous
expense in fighting for what they believed to be a right; and
the South-Eastern had incurred a large outlay in defending
what they must, in common sense, have known was a wrong.
When Parliament granted the line from Strood to Dover it
was quite clear they would not be so unjust as to refuse the
small portion of a line which would extend the route and
give a through and one traffic from Buckingham Palace
to Dover. ThereforC, if the South-Eastern were sensible
people, they must have felt that, however hard they might
tight, in the end they must be unsuccessful. (Cheers.) The
public were not satisfied, either with the mode of traffic or
the rate of fares on the South-Eastern lase ; he was sure,
therefore, that the present position of the East Kent was a
matter for coni.,eratuWion on the part of the public as well
as that company, fur in a comparatively short time travellers
would have the satis!ectiou of availing themselves of the
direct and independent line from Pimlico to Dover. No
company had ever combatted such difficulties and overcome
them as had opposed the course of the East Kent, and be
felt assured that bat for the indomitable courage, untiring
application, and determination of the directors, those diffi-
culties never would have been surmounted. But, notwith-
standing the violent opposition of the South-Eastern, suc-
cess had attended the efforts of the East Kent, and he hoped
that in two years time they would witness the celebration at
Dover of a grand gala to commemorate the opening of the
through line to the We,t-end. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. HILTON seconded the motion for the adoption of
the report. He regretted the non-attendance of the deputy
chairman, in whose absence the duty of explaining the various
matters to which the attention of the shareholders bad to be
directed devolved upon him (Mr. Hilton). The report was
of a highly satisfactory character. After three severe and
very expensive contests they had succeeded in persuading
both Houses of Parliament to grant the extension bill, au-
thorising this company to construct a line from Stroud to
St. Mary Cray. Several daily newspapers, and a journal
devoted to railway matters, had remarked upon what they
called the "cruel injustice" towards the South-Eastern
Company of sanctioning that opposition measure. He denied
that the East Kent was a competing line. He did not know
what it might become, but it seemed to have been forgotten
that the East Kent line was a portion of the Kentish scheme
which must be fully carried out before that scheme could be
said to be complete. The South-Eastern would not carry out
the scheme themselves, and dog-in-the-manger-like, refused
to let any other body do so. The object was not to establish a
competing line, but that East Kent should he afforded pro-
per railway accommodation. In order to attain that object,
finding it impossible to do so by any other arrangements,
it became their duty to seek for Parliamentary powers
by which they might render themselves altogether inde-
pendent of the South-Eastern Company. Parliament saw
very clearly that, great as the interests of that company
might be, the interests of the public were more important,
and that when both were at stake the first must give way.
And surely the South-Eastern people were not reasonable in
expecting that the public would long remain content to go
frotn '2O to 30 miles out of their way when it was proposed
to open up a wore direct route. The South-Eastern Com-
pany must thank themselves for the present position of
affairs. Important as was the Western extension in itself,
the importance was increased by the success which had
attended the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Bill,
by means of which not only a West-end traffic would be se-
cured, but a considerable continental traffic. The honour-
able director went through the report, commenting upon the
various matters therein set forth, and congratulating the
shareholders upon the arrangements entered into with the
Cray and the West-end and Crystal Palace Companies, with
regard to the making of the two miles of line between
Hickley and St. Mary's Cray; the doubling of the at pre-
&ea single line between Bromley and Mickley; the tolls to
be paid for running over the lines of those companies; the
aereement entered into with the Victoria Station and Pim-
lico Company ; and the insertion in the act of that company
of a clause by which matters of dispute between the com-
panies are to be determined by the Board of Trade, or by
an arbitrator appointed by the board, and by which " the
agreement shall be subject also to revision, whether tem-
porary or permanent, with reference to the rate of payment
per passenger to be made by the East Kent Railway Com-
pany, in any event in which it shall appear to the Board
of Trade that circumstances have arisen with reference to
the traffic carried by the East Kent Railway Company
which make such rate of payment unreasonable as regards
such last-named company, and the terms and extent of such
revision, if not agreed between the respective companies,
shall be determined by an arbitrc o. to be appointed by the
said Board of Trade." The report stated that the Western
Extension line wou
Mrlt. be re for opening by the Ist of Octo-
was sanguine enough to hope
ber,lB6l. He ( Hilton)
that the line would be finished long before the time men-
tioned in the report. Referring to the passage with refe-
rence to the policy of the South-Eastern Company, Mr.
Hilton said he was not unreasonable enough to expect that
that company would promote the traffic of the East
Kent line, but he did ex,
that the opposition would be
so far a fair and honourable opposition that the South-
Eastern would not go out of their way to injure the
East sacrificing even their own personal interest
to
of revenge towards this company.
gra Ktieft, y
their feeling.
lie was surprised to find that they had condescended to
subject passengers by the East Kent to every possible in-
convenience, detaining thetn at the stations, in consequence
of some little misunderstanding about the
pokers, nor did
lie expect of a company like the South-a when a
notice was given by them to the East Kent of an alteration
in the existing traffic arrangements, and the East Kent
wrote to them requesting them to postpone the matter until
the Board of Trade had decided what was right, that the
South-Eastern Company would treat the East Kent with
so marked a want of courtesy as not even to answer the
---e as

TILE OPEN-AIR DEMONSTRATION.
The subsequent revelry of the " gods" was novel beyond
conception. In describing this part of the demonstration,
Saunders' says :—" The general audience, upon quitting
the house, were surprised to find Hawkins-street in posses-
sion of an enormous crowd, blocking up not merely the foot-
ways, but swarming on the lamp-posts and on every projec-
tion which aflbrded a point of advantage for the ardent and
enthusiastic votaries of Mdlle. Piccolomini. In the centre
of this assembly were two vehicles—one the carriage in-
tended for the conveyance of the fair cantatrice herself, and
the other a showy drag, filled, in the ordinary acceptation
of the term, with a corps of instrumentalists, but containing
besides an additional freight of the heavenly bodies,'
whose superhuman powers were fully exemplified by the
manner in which they contrived to cling to and sustain
themselves upon the conveyance when in motion. Accord-
ing to established precedent, the horses under Mdlle.
in Picco-
lieu
lomini's carriage had already disappeared, and
thereof willing Ariels and Tritons substituted themselves by
the dozen; so that when, after a considerable delay,
oor, this
charming vocalist made her appearance.at the stage-d
nothing remained but to pour forth a rejoicing shout, and
to move forward with a long pull, a strong pull, and a
pull all altogether.' The line of route was densely thronged,
and the cheering was proportionally loud; but upon pssing
over the bridge and reaching Lower Saekville-street,
irregular volleys of rockets commenced to shoot up
into the air, which notified to those at the Greshahm
Hotel, who were becoming uneasy at the d
The
elay, tat
the triumphal procession was steadily approaching. .
scene, as viewed from this point, was unusual and highly
effective. First, the bursting of rockets, and the glare of red
and blue lights compelled attention, and in a few seconds
afterwards other lights, which proved to be torches in the
hands of breathless avant-couriers, dashed through the crowd
at full speed. Next there was a confused rumble, a rush, and
a deep red glare like that of fire-engines, minglin t g
as i ap-
proached with strains of music, which at length developed
themselves into airsfrom " Traviata." Then followed more
red light and the waving of flags, and ultimately the vehicles
with their interesting freight drew up at the
private entrance
to the hotel. There was time enough to observe all this dis-
tinctly, as the steeds, however willing, were hardly as pow-
erful as those with which our ordinary ideas of locomotion
n
are associated, and the dense crowd likewise operated as
an effectual check to any very rapid advance. Arrived
at their destination, the great difficulty still remained to
be surmounted—how was La Piccolomini to be got out
of the carriage, surrounded as it was by a crowd of from
2,000 to 3,000 persons, all eagerly pressing forward to ob-
tain a view of her features ? To have remained where she
was would have been a position even less desirable, as at
least either eight or a dozen persona had mounted upon the
roof of the vehicle, at the imminent hazard of breaking it in,
and were endeavouring to give adequate expression to their
sentiments by waving gigantic flags and igniting squibs
and coloured fires. Thus, in the centre of her self-elected
body-guard, and surrounded by those who, in the words of
a bystander, would have brained any one that said a cress
word to her,' the position of the eminent artiste was for a
short time anything but agreeable, or even secure. The
gods,' however, again proved propitious, and after some little
struggling Mdlle. Piccolomini found herself fairly carried
through the throng and deposited within the hotel. In an
incredibly short time afterwards she made her appearance
with Signor Giuglini upon one of the balconies, and joyfully
waved her handkerchief for some minutes in response to the
cordial applause with which she was greeted. At first the
cheering and general uproar were too deafening to admit of
any other expression being heard than`Carl popoli (dear
people), which she repeated several times with great appa-
rent fervour and animation of gesture; but ultimately it was
perceived that she desired to speak, and the tumult became
comparatively hushed. Speaking clearly and distinctly, but
slowly, and with apparently much difficulty in finding vvords
to express her ideas, she was heard to say—' My dear Irish
friends, I cannot speak English much, but I will try to thank
you. (Applause.) You have been very good to me—more
than I deserve. (Cries of " No, no," and loud cheering.) I
am very sorry to leave you—(a perfect storm of vocal and
pyrotechnic effort here ensued)—hut I will hope to see you
soon again.' (Tremendous cheering.) Madlle. Piccolomini
remained f.or some time longer at the window, and
gave rise to renewed bursts of applause by adding to what
she had already said the words Erin-go-bragh,' and by
exhibiting the tokens of regard and admiration that had
been that night presented to her at the theatre, and signify-
ing by her gestures bow much she valued them. She like-
wise appeared to be extremely grateful for the kind inten-
tions towards her that had led to this distinguished and rare
mark of public favour, and entered fully into the spirit of
the display. Her speech was interrupted at one point
by a slight contretemps the result of which fortunately
proved to be merely of a laughable character. The deities
in the drag and upon the roof of the carriage bad from time
to time shone refulgently throughout the proceedings, and
were manifestly preparing some very gorgeous display
as an appropriate sequence to Piccolomini's observa-
tions, when by an untoward accident some hand unfitted
to wield the thunderbolt' inadvertently set fire to the
temporary magazine,
.the contents of which went bursting
and crackling in all diredirections.gods themselves some-
times become like men in yielding to circumstances which
they cannot conquer, and, leaping from their chariot, they
might for a few seconds have been seen hastening to and fro
seeking to avoid both the fires which they had kindled and
the hoofs of the horses that bad taken fright at the explosion.
The occurrence, however, was at an end almost momentarily
and afforded occasion for a hearty laugh to Mdlle. Piccolo-
mini herself, as well as to the bystanders. As soon as she had
retired into the interior of the hotel Signor Giuglini perceived
that tie was also expected to address the assembly, and ac-
cordingly exclaimed, Irishmen, I love you all very much.
(Roars of laughter and applause.) Good by ; God bless you!'
lie appeared to haveitucreased difficulty in expressing him-

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communication. He was as little prepared for the course gentlern___ ,
that had bre') taken, with reference to the inhabitants of of the property of the company. preference shares, shall at any time exceed the amount, the
Stro-til, Chatham, and Rochester, obliging them to PaY The resolution Proposing that thell3reeeptionrgt, be received
and carried interest and dividends on which are to be guaranteed by the
an extra shilling to get to London. The hon. director and adopted was then put to the London and South-Western Railway Company,—viz.,
mentioned other instances of what he described as the unanimously. £140,000. In conclusion, your directors beg to state that
" revengeful practices " of the South-Eastern Com- The meeting was then made special, and the following they adhere to the views they have always expressed as to
puny, and remarked that such conduct was unworn)), of resolutions were adopted : the soundness and future success of the undertaking. It
like the South-Eastern. That which " Ist. That in Pursuance of the powers and provisions of would be difficult since the commencement of railways to
a great company
astonished him more than a,tiYildhg else was, that, in order ' the East Kent Railway (WesteruEexiteusion,) Act, MS,' [lnd a series of years less conducive to the success of an
to punish the East Kent, toe South-Eastern Company, if the sum of 1300,000 shall he raised by the ere lion and issue enterprise of this nature than the five years which have
the receipts continued at the rate of the la=t five weeks, of 30,000 new shares of £lO each to be called ' East Kent elapsed since the incorporation of the company. The directors
would be actually sacrificing £lO,OOO per annum of the Railway Western Extension shares,' and that 15,000 of such trust that the turning point has now arrived„,,
shareholders' money. He did not thine it possible that the new shares shall be created and issued as ' preferred half The CHAIRMAN said he believed that a few words might
directors could have sanctioned such a policy, much less shares,' and the remaining 15,000 as ' deferred half shares,'
that the proprietors were aware of what was being done with within the meaning of that act, and of ' the East. Kent Rai- be expected from him, though the report was so full that
their preperty. With reference to a statement Put forth in way (Extension to Dover) Amendment Act, 18.58., ~ there was little left for him to say. The first paragraph
the report of the Seuth-Eastern directors as to the East Kent "2d. That the board of directors may from time to time in the report spoke of the completion of the narrow gauge
stated proposer) to give accommodation determine the times at which, and the persi.ns to whom
scheme, which they.t. junction to Reading. This company had always looked
already afforded by the South-Eastern line, he would like to such last mentioned shares shall respectively be issued, and
know whether the South-];astern and times of payment of astern directors called that ac- may determine and fix the amounts upon that junction as most important to the line, they
commodation to which the East Kent public were subjected the calls thereon," never having expected it to pay from the mere local traffic.
at Lonclan-hridge, and at every station down the line. The "ad. That the rate at which Interest or dividend shall be The line would bavebeen opened on Saturday, but for a defect.
South-Eastern report went on to state ,___.“ After a pro- appointed to and paid upon such ' preferred half shares' in a bridge of the Great Western Company, but it was vir-
(rioted investigation the bill of this company was rejected (Western half shares A) under the previsions of ' the East
by the committee of the House of Commons, and that of Kent Railway (Western Extension) Act, 1838,' shall be tually open, and there was a complete communication from the
the East Kent was passed. The directors felt it to be their £0 per cent. per annum upon the amount for the time hen south-west to the north-west—from Birkenhead to the
duty to continue their opposition to the East Kent bill in paid up on such ' preferred half shares' respectively, to be Waterloo station. Their bill far the junction had been op-
, the Lords, and also to endeavour to enter into an arrange- payable out of the divisible profits of the Western extension posed both by the Great Western and South-Eastern Com-