The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-29 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTRLLIGENCE.

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY, AND CITY
TERMINUS. '

A large and influential meeting was held yester-
day morning at the Mansion-house, consisting of
gentlemen who had attended recent meetings at
the London Tavern, for the
.purpose of promoting
Mr. C. Pearson's railway project. On this occasion
they were invited by, the Lord Mayor to meet
deputations frOm the Great Western and Metro-
politan Railway Companies, to learn the result of
the negotiations referred to at the meeting of the
18th of January. The LORD MAYOR presided.
11r. WHITE said he was not prepared to hear,
until he entered the room, that the railway com-
panies were not ready to enter into the promised
arrangements. The committee of requisition were
anxious. that every possible safeguard should be
afforded to the shareholders ; but they did not feel
it their duty to do more at present than recommend
the prospectus to the consideration of the public.
Mr. White then moved the adoption of certain
proposals for the allotment of the contractors' 1
shares, from which it appeared that the conditions
upon which shares were to be issued had been
approved of. by Mr. James Wilde and Mr. Lush.
The. committee had the satisfaction to state that the

Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Sir Fitzroy Kelly,
A.G. and M.P., Sir James Duke, Bart., and It. W.
Crawford, M.P., (two of the representatives of the
City of London), had accepted the office of trustees,
and that in their names the deposits would be placed
in the London and Westminster Bank. In a letter
received from the directors of the railway company,
they avowed that they looked at the undertaking
purely as a commercial speculation, with a view to
profit; others approved of the project from philan-
thropic motives, and others with a view to the
relief of our streets. It was a part of the arrange.
ment that vacancies at the board should be made
for six directors to be appointed by the new sub-
scribers out of their own body, and two from the
Great Northern shareholders, if they shall take up
the 17,500 shares offered to them. Mr. White also
proposed the adoption of a prospectus, a draft of
which was submitted to the meeting, but it con-
tained little beyond what has been already before
the public.
Mr. Deputy BARNARD seconded the motion, and
it was carried neon. dis.

Mr. DAMN moved that a committee be appointed
to give effect to the foregoing arrangements, and
to report to an adjourned meeting. He understood
that all existing contracts were to be withdrawn,
and as there had been a fall in the price of mate-
rials the public would have the advantage. If the
necessary amount of capital were not subscribed
each shareholder would receive his deposits back
intact, and with interest. (Hear.)
A letter from Sir F. Kelly was then read, pro-
mising his support to the undertaking, and Mr.
Pearson announced that Sir F. Kelly had offered
to-take 100 shares.

Mr. R. N. PIIILIPPS seconded the resolution, and
it was agreed to.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

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THE NAVY.

A court-martial was held on board herr Majesty's
ship Victory, in Portsmouth harbour, y-esterday, to
try Mr. Charles Ford, boatswain, third class, addi-
tional to her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, at Sheer-
ness, but doing duty in the Sandfly gunboat, on the
charge " of having on the 3d inst., in the naval
barracks at Sheerness DoCkyard, at the quarters
occupied by Lieut. H. Moore, Commander of the
Sandfly, behaved towards the said Lieut. H. Mobre
in a violent and mutinous manner, using foul and
insulting language, and refusing to leave the quar-
ters of that officer when requested by him to do so."
The Court was presided over by Rear-Admiral the
Hon. Georgo Grey, and, after hearing the evidence
for the prosecution and defence, found the charge
not, roved.

Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Sanspareil,
70, Capt. It. Maguire' arrived yesterday morning
at- Spithead from the East India and China station.
She left Hong Kong Sept. 26, Singapore Oct. 17,
Anjer Oct. 26, Cape of Good Hope Dec. 5, St.
Helena Dec. 18, and Ascension Dec. 26. The fol-
lowing invalids and passengers have arrived in her :
—From Hong Kong, Cat, Slight, R.N., Lieuts.
Foster and Grubbe, Rev. C. J. Armistead ; Chief
Engineers Green, Lamont, and Pitt ; Lieut. de Vir-
gine, Swedish Navy; Assistant-Paymaster Good-
man, several assistant engineers, warraxt officers,
together with prisoners, and 70invalids. From Sin-
gapore, Master Commander Richards, Messrs. Ins-
kip, Hilt, Noble, Christian, and Covery, and the
crew of her Majesty's surveying ship Saracen, paid
off at Singapore. From Simon's Bay, Commander
Bedingfield, lately attached to Dr. Livingstone's
expedition. From Ascension, four invalids and child.
Eleven deaths occurred during the homeward pas-
sage. The Sanspareil experienced light and baffling
winds from the Cape to the Azores, and thence to
Spithead strong westerly breezes. This latter part
of the passage was performed in little more- than
six days. The Sanspareil left England for China
in March, 1857, under the command of Captain A.
C. Key, C. 8., taking with her a battalion of Marines,
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Lemon. On the out-
break of the Indian mutiny being known at Hong
Kong, the Sanspareil was despatched to Calcutta,
where, at the request of the Governor-General, she
remained for the defence of the city during the
months of September and October, her Marines
during this time forming part of the garrison- of
Fort William. Having returned to China, her
officers and crew formed a portion of the Naval
Brigade, whose services, when commanded by Capt.
Key at the storming of Canton and capture of Yeh,
are now matters of history. Captain Key's health
having suffered severely from exposure to the
Indian and Chinese climates, he was compelled to
invalid in April, 1858, when Commander Slight re-
ceived an acting order as captain of the Sanspareil.
While under his command the ship's company were
employed in garrisoning the forts of the Canton
river, as well as proceeding in July again to form a
brigade at Canton, and being a large portion of the
force which attacked and destroyed the city of
Nantow in August. Commander Slight was pro-
moted in September by Admiral Seymour to the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Captain Sir W.
Peel, having been superseded at the end of the
preceding month by Captain Rochfort Maguire.
The ship is ordered to leave immediately for Ply-
mouth.

Her Majesty's steam-transport Urgent, Com-
mander J. W. D. M'Donald, arrived at Portsmouth
from Waterford yesterday. She has on board the
Tipperary. Militia Artillery, consisting of two field
batteries, four captains, 13 subalterns, five staff, 31
sergeants, 11 trumpeters, 592 rank and file. The
troops will land this morning at the jetty, Ports-
mouth Dockyard, and march into quarters at the
forts of Browndon, Monekton, Blockhouse, and
Haslar barracks.

Rear-Admiral James Hope, C. 8., hoisted his
flag, blue at the mizen, on board the receiving
ship Fisgard at Woolwich on Thursday last, on
his appointment to succeed Bear-Admiral Sir
Michael Seymour, K. C. 8., Commander-in-
Chief in the Past Indies and China, about to retire
on sick leave.

The screw steam sloop Racer, 11, Commander the
Hon. T. A. Pakenham, which arrived at Plymouth
on Thursday, is ordered to prepare for foreign ser-
vice immediately.
The screw steamship James Watt, 91, is to be
masted forthwith, at Devonport, and got ready for
the peniant ; it is expected that this will require
14 days. All the riggers and the men of the steam
reserve are to be put on her.
The screw steam sloop Gannet, 11, has been
masted in Devonport, and is placed alongside the
deckyard, to be fitted with all despatch.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Argus, 6, arrived
at Plymouth on Thursday.
On the arrival of the Nankin, 90, Commodore the
Hon. Keith Stewart, from the East Indies, she is

to proceed to Portsmouth.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. F. H. Hastings, to the
Exmouth ; Lieut. C. R. Gayer, to the Gannet ; S.
Winnicott, master, to the Gannet ; J. Waye, mas-
ter, additional, to the Exmouth ; J. A. Miller, sur-
geon, to the Diadem ; Thos. T. Wise, paymaster, to
the Termagant ; F. P. Lyne, clerk, to the Gannet ;
W. S. Whittaker, clerk, to the Termagant; and H.
T. Seale, assistant clerk, to the Termagant.