The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-31 00:00:00

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Mr. VILLEBOISNET said that the chairman had immediate requirements of business. Yet the mer
stated nothing to induce them to raise money for fact that three millions of souls have business in it
rolling stock. He wanted details as to the amount is sufficient to make London unlike any other place
in the world. No other town is so thoroughly self
of traffic at various stations on the line which they
Subsistent. The bees make up the hive, and eau
were now unable to carry without additional rolling
well dispense with the presence of the drones. The,
stock. They should be first convinced as to the " upper ten thousand," who come to make bar"
amount of additional traffic before they sanctioned work of their pleasures for three or four months in
any increase in the rolling stock. He thought the year, enliven, indeed, but do not support, the
shareholders were now too old to believe everything town. They create a pleasant stir in their own
quarters, but are hardly recognised elsewhere ;
they were told. (Laughter.) Islington and Southwark know little of and care
Mr. SMITH had a great objection to increase the less for them. The tide that goes down Holborn
amount of the equipment mortgage bonds, or to and the Strand ebbs and flows no fuller and faster
unsettle anything while the present nervous excite- on their account. We may grieve for the causes that
went prevailed among shareholders in railway com- estrange the Court from the Capital, but its absence
panics. He rimed an amendment to the effect that is accounted no material loss beyond the inuncdiatc.
incts of the I alace And if London is indepell
prec • •
the ot 1,200,000 of postal and military bonds be not dent of Royal patronage, shelf is even more above
converted into the £720,000 equipment mortgage any advantage derivable from the influx of foreign
bonds as proposed. visitors. To such cities as Turin or Florence, or
The amendment having been seconded, even Naples or Paris, the concourse of strangers is
Mr. MOXON said he agreed with Mr. Smith that the very breath of their nostrils. Without it theY
die. The beauty in which they are perpetually
the proposal of the directors would unsettle the
arraying themselves tip charms of their sites, their
provisions of.the Arrangements Act, and therefore museun7s, their gall'eries, and their monuments, arc
thought the further consideration of the matter hardly their own. Their most eligible quarters,
should be postponed until the next half-rally their Rue Rivolis, their Lung' Amos, their Chiaiast
meeting. are abandoned to the thrice welcome invaders. Their.,
A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Hankey theatres, their promenades, their social circles, ePe.l.
and close with the arrival and departure of the but
Mr. Conybeare, Mr. Isherwood, Mr. Fildes, M.P., terfly guests. Nay, the very Courts, on which so
Mr. Newmarsh, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Adams, andc r
much stress is laid, are chiefly valuable as decoys -n
Captain Tyler, took part. Objections were made birds of passage. In Florence or Dresden such good-
to the proposed measure, but no one appeared to natured Sovereigns as King John of Saxony or the
Grand Duke Leopold of Tuscany used to give balls
offer a better scheme. It was admitted that it
might be requisite to provide additional rolling In gale
and hold levees and reviews on speculation. ~, -
Christmas itself and the Holy Week would fall flat
stock and other facilities for developing the traffic, with the crowds of strangers, and chiefly of here-
but it was not considered the right time to increase tics. But in London who ever reckons on foreigners:
the capital. The proposal for changing the name or who is even aware of their presence ? In what
s
of the company was objected to by several pro- State measure, or in what act of Parliament, are
the interests of our hotel and lodging-house keepers
prietors. rit
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ever considered? It was as a stimulus to the svn ,
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to observations, said
of the nation, not as mere custom to the trade 0'
that 30 of the largest stock and bondholders had the capital, that the first Crystal Palace was thrown
agreed to the proposal in conference with the di- open in Hyde-park. Even in 1851, or in 1862'
rectors. In the past five years the traffic had in- the English aspect of our streets was not so Pe c'
creased 471 per cent.—viz., from £17,000 a week tibly altered, nor the economy of our life so great;
to £26,000 a week, and, after the most careful disturbed, by the thousands who flocked to 1.15 se
i anticipated. Away from Leicester-sq uaes:
consideration by competent persons acquainted Peopleour ears are seldom jarred by a Babel of tong
with Canadian traffic, it was thought probable The ,c illustrious guests" admitted to our clubs 1133,7
that in the course of the next five years the gross be counted on a man's fingers ; all this, not because
traffic receipts would increase to an average of England is inhospitable, or foreign visitors unfree
£32,000 a week ; but this could not be attained quent, but simply because thousands of thens arc
without a considerable addition to the rolling stock lost in the millions of our dense multitude
•; bee.3,lis
of
more idlers are absorbed in the incessant whir'
and other facilities. He had asked Captain Tyler oily
our uniform activity ; because England is not wh s
to accompany- him to Canada next autumn, and in London as France is in Paris, nor Londe
would be glad to have his opinion on the state of wholly in Pall-mall as Paris is in the Bsulaardos ;
the line and other matters to which the gallant because, scattered in our various centres, and ass:t
captain had referred at the last ordinary meeting of mated with our different classes, foreigners have 131
here those rendezvous, those special quarters will°
the company. make their presence conspicuous elsewhere. (Oct
The amendment of Mr. Smith was negatived, ins centrifugaland centripetal iv 111
forces perpetua 0
ing
and the original motion was carried, it being un- conflict, with business constantly converging °,
derstood that the proposed change in the name of Lombard-street, and life no less incessantly diverge
the company would not be carried out, and that ing upon every line of road and railroad, it nial_re,
opportunities would be given to the postal and
said of London that it is everywhere and nowlw
We have every one of us a London of our own,
military bondholders, and to the first preference house , perhaps, or a shop or an office with our
bondholders, to see the proposed bill before send- friends, our own acquaintance ; th'e rest is coin
ing it to Canada. paratively a blank—a wilderness of street a
Captain TYLER was unanimously requested by squares, and crescents, without nothing
buts
blit $
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the meeting to accompany the Chairman to Canada, number to every door we pass, nothing
_co,
physiognoraical index to every face we 11
as proposed, to inspect the line, and the proceedings It 13 less, perhaps, owing to its vastness thanr
nthe
terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman, to this strangeness' •
of its people to one an- 0
that London owes the effect it has the pow than
create on the minds of its own citizens no less t,"r3,
on those of its foreign visitors, whenever any elt it
ordinary occurrence calls its masses together. ,i 0
takes nothing less than the entrance of a Turpf s
Padishah or of a Czar of All the Russias or °cur
Garibaldi to reveal London to itself ; but, u, not
any such cause of excitement, the awe inspire°,,,,s,
by a crowd, but by a whole nation of spectatli,
scarcely allows room for wonder at any object Cider
bited before them. To the brighter skies and nu the
climates, to the lofty edifices which constitute this
boast of other cities our own London has oulY For
advantage of overwhelming numbers to oppose: -0,
a first impression this is all-sufficient ; but if 3,,,•'0
of our guests will allow himself leisure to 1.0_13
little closer into the causes which assemble so ca' r,
family of mankind in so small a place, he maY,,Pteha
haps form such an opinion of the character, °kla
institutions, of the tastes and habits of the
,COP
who have made London what it is, as ma Loll.
him take it for what it is, and like it ai it is• the
don is not the city of Cmsars ; it does not bear r°
mark of the Napoleons; but no other place I-1 le.
forcibly embodies the whole genius of a Pl'°(l3or
There is no other such representative place. cet
love of work, our instincts of freedom, our resPottr
for the law, our regard for our fellow-beings, r
our
exclusiveness—all of wealth and rank, our independence,
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exclusiveness—all the lights and shades of
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national character are apparent in the very 0:1 of
ness of our rectilinear streets, in the broad 11-94,00,
our footpaths, in the very railings of our a_lery
However tame and unpretending, our town is
c'cog
unlike all other towns. It may be worth ,
oto,
even when all else has been seen. And, at all ev`"thst
we must set it off to the best of our abilities, ,lici
our exalted guests—the Czars and the Sultans,
that
the the other great ones of the earth---may find, that
the world does not end at the Channel, anu,sses
there may be something essentially different no
anything in the power of Caesars or Napoleons
sroduce.

CALCL TTA AND SOUTH-EASTERN (LIMITED).
The ordinary general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the office, Gresham-house,
Old Broad-street ; Mr. J. Borradaile in the chair.
The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said he was sorry to say it contained a great
deal of the old story of not being able to meet
their working expenses out of the traffic. The
receipts had gradually declined as he told them at
the last meeting he feared they would, so that for
the last half-year there had been a deficiency in the
receipts of £2,430. They had during that time to
depend chiefly on their local traffic. The loss of
part of the jetty by the landslip had been greatly
magnified, so that ships were diverted from going to
the Mutlah under the belief that the company had
no landing place at Canning Town. They had,
however, a landing-place there, by which they could
land any piece of goods or machinery weighing not
more than three tons at a time. But the accident
had so far xffeeted their through traffic that he con-
sidered he had told them the worst. They had made
arrangements with local parties to lay down a short
line of rails, by which they expected to get ad-
ditional traffic. in addition to the loss of shipping,
the building operations that were being carried on
last year had ceased. The question as to who were
to keep the foreshore in order had been decided, and
he hoped in future that the Canning Company and
the railway company would work for the promotion
of their mutual interests. The Canning Company
had to pay a dividend upon their expenditure out
of rents. The tramways and jetties would be con-
nected with the railway. A large rice-cleaning
mill had been erected in the midst of the rice
district, and he trusted there would soon be an im-
provement in their receipts.
Mr. MARSII3IAN seconded the motion for the
adoption of the report.
A SHAREHOLDER thought the working expenses
might be considerably reduced, and although they
had run a less number of train miles the mainten-
ance of the permanent way had risen from £45 in
1865 to £5O per mile in 1866 ; the cost of locomo-
tive power had risen from £72 to £BO per mile, so
that with less work they had paid more money for
working. He hoped the directors would look into
that matter.
The CHAIRMAN said the cost of fuel had in-
creased, the repairs to carriages and engines were
more extensive, and with the extra renewal of
sleepers the expenses amounted to more than for
the corresponding half of 1865. The deficiency of
£2,430 in the traffic receipts to cover expenses in
the past half-year would have to be paid out of
future profits. lie could assure them that the ex-
penditure was closely watched by the Government
officials.
Resolutions were passed adopting the report and
re-electing the retiring directors and auditors.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

BIRMINGHAM—TILITnSDAY. I
of
At to-day's market there was again a short suPlOl
English wheat, but the trade was firm and quito nstail ar
in price. Foreign neglected. Barley only taken re oali
late prices. Oats also rather slow. Beaus saleable
in limited quantities. Peas more inquired for.

MANCHESTER—TuuRsDAY..
At our market this morning there was a thin atli
e9cis;
ance, and Is heat mot a limited inquiry, but pricsll
be quoted at about the full currency of this day 011:1
Flour also in limited demand, but prices as before.

BURY ST. EDMUNDS—WEDNESDAY. pit
There was a small show of wheat at this market toc•ioto
but the trade was firm at an advance of is upon Pl:„°liivg
rates. Oats, beans, and peas met with a fair sale, re'
full values. nab'
Average prices : Wheat, 63s Gd ; barley, 378 8d °
226 Od.

EDINBURGII—WEDNESDAY.
Wheat on the top, 2s Od down average, •is ,2,,1i tclif;ol.
Barley on the top, is Gd down werage Os l'''' p•
, gd -0
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Oats on the top, 2s Od up lverage, Os ad dor
Beans on tho top, 2s Od up average, 1s v
Total supply and sales.
old 73i
Wheat BO6 qrs
sold
24'
Barley 671 qrs
Oats 616 qrs
Beans l2l qrs sold
d 36,,,

Average prices.
Wheat, 62s 4d I Oats, 3ls 81
Barley, 36s 2d Beans 45s bu 0:0
Town-made flour sells as follows :—White, 555 0a;
superfine, 53s Od ; superfine, Ms Od ; fine, 49s Od.

GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. a
To-day's market was well attended. Wheat ttx' ci0.,.;
again sold at last week's rates, but business col:Ail:1°o f,i
Barley, beans, and peas in favour of buyers. 03ts 55 Pfr
retail demand, and quotations were about the same
week.

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Births. pder"''.4t ,roel'
KENT.—On the 31st of Ma
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Kensington, the wife of Charles Kent, Esq' '
ac-Law, of a sou. ,f 1),
BUSHELL— On the 29th inst., at Trinity, Edinbtly.,
wife of Commander J. M. Bushell, R. 1,1., of a 6°il °ll.
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DUFFERIN-011 tho 29th inst., the Lady Dufferill, °
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Marriages. ciefirly
ALLEN--;WHITE - On the 29th inst., at the Par--
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East Barnet. Mr. J. 11. Allen, o Woodgreen,
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IVaterfall, Son t hgate.
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28th Deaths.inst,
Dowager Lady Colebrooke, the wife of Jas. 13'19.4rt.
Esq., and relict of the late Sir J. E. Colebroolce, 3',
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OLNnooirt.dsivieDoo2idi,ff,teh3,rlirin.n.Jstohn Coombs, aged' 74. . all-
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SEAnionT—On the 28th inst., at the Abbey Cottsg ,
Staffordshire, John B. Searight, Esq., aged 45. Ott',
WHIT—On the 29th nst , Brighton, Win' 1).
EsqE., formerly of thei ofdeeat of H.M.'s Woos, ,`e.
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