The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-16 00:00:00

`$ .EDITOR 'OP rHE BUN.-
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Silty—Captain Brialmont has called rApqn.nat,
and in the handsomest. and frankest .:manner ac-
knowledged .that.:he was in = error relatiye,to le
cavalry charge at Fuentes d'•Onot•o. Tlji fieha-
viour, so becoming a geut;eman and ,A4l.qldl4i, idea
mantis my public acknowle4gmaAt, with
your aid, .I thus, give to the world.,
• . W. NA.VIER, Li,eutehajlfo4l°4'
_INLAND STEAM NA VI-IQ:41102r 2.*

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TO THE EDITOR. OF ,THE - •4,
Sir,—ln your paper of Vxid.fty larst:a ap-
peared.froin Dr- Beattie in-referenes
_ tote tips
at' the-disposal of the Beng4l Governtpentjoi, Aran_
sporting troops and stores .expedifiously,foph,Cal3
out' a to Allahabl.d—a, dii-tapico 0U9',8 • Thr
is'a point of such rital importgicp at,`tkieipreent
crisis that' any authentic knifi4mation oti„,,the sub-
ject must be deeply interesting ta, the pudic. To
the information conveyed: by ,Dr.. Bpattie .1 b-eg
therefore ti adi tedides_theMilzap9re, 13. -
Ire 9, and several _Government,. boats refeired ;to
by him the whole cf the line fleet of.
General Steam Navigati )n Company has beet*, en-
gaged in the above important, kervio9,_ si:nost May

last.: • .
This company's vessels were, built iiil.Joucipn, (by
Mes•rs., Blyth) expressly to. work
.111
.rentd Jana
shallow water, and when deeply: laden do net draw
nn,-ire than three feat. „.E.sch steamer (there, arc
eight in number—the JA1.1109 lame, Lady,glaack-
well, Calcut'.a, Bombay, General M.`.l‘4od, Air F.
Conic, Madras, and °narks Allen) towing a large
esrgo-fiat conveys , comfortably 400 -troops, ,with
officers and bag,gag and they are fast vessels,
'making the passage from Calcutta to Allahabad ire
from 14 to 16 days.
The Government has thus, it will beseen, ample
moans at its disposal to csrry up expeditiously to
Allahabad the forces from this country as :they ar-
rive at Calcuttr, and I ain informed that the com-
pany are about increasing their capital, so as to ob-
tain more boats, to matt the increasing traffic on
the Bengal rivers.
Besides carrying up troops those boats have
within six weeks rescued from the bloodthirsty
rebels and brought safely to Calcutta upwards of
400 souls, remnants of families_ in the deepest dis-
tress.
Another good service performed by one of this
company's steamers. was bringing down to Calcutta
14 laca of rupees (14,0001.) safely, withouta guard,
but not without danger, as during the passage the
boat was attacked by 1,500 rebels, whornAhe little
band of Europeans on board ~beat off, killing. 17 of
their number, for which they reoeivcd: the thanks
of the Governor-General. •
am, Sir, your obedientoervant,_. ^J,
DAVID,, WILSON.
5, Laurence Pountney-lane, Sept. 15.

ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.

Last evening a meeting of the creditors of the Royal
Surrey Gardens Company, convened by the, committee
of shareholders, was held at 23, Cannon-street, ,to con•
sider the steps necessary to be taken to protect the mu-
tual interests of the creditors and shareholders. Mr.
Coombes, chairman of the committee of shareholders,
occupied the eh:VI.. Mr. Coppock, one of the directors
of the company, was present. A statement -of- the lia-
bilities of the company, prepared by the committee,
showed that the debts of the company amounted to
27,8731. 13e. 60., and were made up as follows i—Mort.
gage bonds, including 2001. interest, o.7ool.,Messrs.
Cox, Biddulph, and Co., bankers, 1,0001., rent 1811. 9e.,
tuxes, &c., 2051. 155., salaries, including 1,2501. owing
to M. Jullien, and also the 5001. dishonoured check,
1,8701. 12s. 3d. ; money advanced by Messrs. Coppock
and Co; since the bankruptcy, 1,0011. lls. 3d., inctud•
ing 2281., the Seacole fund ; general creditors on bill.' of
exchange, 8,2781. 3s. 10d. ; on Tacconntil; ti63tl. 2s. 2d.
The chairman said that there were three classes to deal
with—first, the mortgage creditors, to- the -extent of
about 14,5001. ; secondly, the general 'creditors, about
12,0001. ; and, lastly, the shareholders; "about 33,0001.
making together about 60,0001. The creditors comprised
two descriptions—those holding bills to the •eartent of
10,0001., and those who had none, but were owed money
for goods they had supplied. On investigating the deed
of settlement it was found that, the directors had no
power to give bills in the name of the company, and,
consequently, it was believed that they were indivi.
dually responsible for the 10,0001., so given. If that
were so the company would be relieved of a great debt •
and then the consideration was what was to be done
with the remaining creditors? The plan suggested by
the committee was, in the event of their being successful
with the bills of exchange, to pay off the other creditors
with a composition of 2e. 6d. in the pound, and give
them an interest in the gardens to the extent of another
2s. 63. in the pound, which would give thene.sp: in the
pound before the shareholders received a farthing. He
therefore proposed that the creditors should authorise
Mr. Fleming to take counsel's opinion on the liabilities
of the directors on the bills of exchange. IC long dia.
cussion ensued, in the course of which it was elicited
that the committee of shareholders, which included the
chairman, Mr. Staff, Mr. Nicholls, Mr. Spetchley, Mr.
Clout, Mr. Swan, and Mr. Fleming, held St shares be.
tween them. Mr. Coppock, who addressed the meeting,
stated that if the creditors and shareholders co-operated
with the directors they would all receive 20s. in the
and he called upon them net to accept the props
pound,sition offered. He was the largest shareholder, and his
claim against the company as a creditor was for 7001.
money lent. He assured the meeting that he would
not take a farthing until the creditors were paid In full.
A great many statement.' and counter-statements were
made, but we refrain from giving them, because a meeting
of the shareholders will shortly be called by the directors
when their answer to the charges that have been made
will be laid before the meeting and the public.
lotion for taking counsel's opinion on the liability of th
way
meeting till after
amendment
for
re
abills
adjournmentof
ofw Aandres:
the general meeting to be called by the directors; but
the meeting broke up without coming to a decision on
either.

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THE CAPE MAILS.—SOLITHAMPTO/f,
Tuesday.—Tbe
first mail for the Cape cf Good Hope under the new
contract with the Union Screw Company, oomprising in
all 50 bags for Port Natal, Capetown,' St. Helena, &c.,
were conveyed hence today in ,the stesatiship DAae,
Captain Strutt. She also takes out six passengers,
, 0001. in specie, and a moderate cargo.
thfeorchoeuarr;
io
LonD CECIL GonnOX.-,-At the last Taunton County
C
camege of on
Mr. Sargood appeared for the detaining creditors, and
ogurbteftokrie ep:itri.ticonba o
Chas
Lordsatia Saunders,
raGordon
tiej ad
Mr. Edlia for the insolvent. Lord C. J. Gordon having
been sworn, Mr. Sargood said he appeared on behalf of 20
o the amount of upwards of 8001. These creditors nom-
tradesmen of Bath, to whom the insolvent was indebted
tprised a great variety of tradesmen, including butchers,
williners,drapers, wine merchants, and many others. Mr.
Sargood then proceeded to examine the insolvent, who in
in the course of his replies estimated the amount of his
debts, as enumerated in the schedule, at 2,3901. Mr.
Sargood pointed out several discrepancies in the evidence
of Lord Gordon, and submitted that therefore the peti-
tion must be dismissed as untrue. His Honour stated
his conviction that the objection raised by Mr. Sargood
struck at the root of the proceedings. There was no
intentional falsehood,, but still he felt.that the petition
i was so manifestly, untrue that. be Was bop td to distnisi
it.—Dismissed accordingly • .