The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-14 00:00:00

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ueen's principal Secretary of State fur

Mr. Baron Martin was, presented to the Queen at
an audience, by Sir George Grey, her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, and kissed hands on being appointed a Baron
of her Mljesty's Court of Exchequer, when the Queen
was most graciously pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon him.
Sir DAvid Dundas, Juflp Advocate General, had
en audience of the Queer, and submitted to her
Majesty the proceedings of some courts-martial.
Mr. J. R. Millrinke was presented to her Mnjcsty
at an audience, by Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Charles Lock Eastlake, President of the Royal
Academy, was presented to the Queen at an audience
by Sir George Grey, Secretary of Sate for the Horne
Department, and had the honour at knighthood con-
ferred upon him by her Majesty.
The Queen gave audi,nces to Earl Grey, Viscount
Palmerston, and Sir George Grey.
Her Majesty was attended by the Vice Chamber-
lain, the Lord in Waiting, and the Groom in Waiting.
' Luncheon was served to the noblemen and gentle-
men present at the Queen's Court.
The Ministers travelled from town to attend the
Council by a special trrsin on the Great Western
Railway. After the Privy Council Excellency
the Sardinian Minister, Viscount Palmerston,: Sie
G. Grey, Earl Gray, Earl of Carlisle, the M'atquitti
Clanricarde, Sir J. Hohbouse, the Right-Hon. Fox
Malik, the Vice-Chancelior Rolfe, Mr. Baron 313rtirt;
Sir David Dundas, and the Hon. W. Bathurst, lett
the Castle at a qttarter past two o'clock for the Great
Western Railway station, returning to London by a
special train.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
MID-KENT AND DoVER.—The landowners and others
in the county of Kent have given notive of their inten-
tion to apply. fur a. Bill in -the ensuing session to autho-
rise the construction of s railway comnieweing by a
junction with the London, Brighton, and South- oast
Railway, about halt a mile beyond the New Cross sta-
tion, and terminating at I.),#ver, with branches to Maid-
stone, Sevenoaks, the South-Eastern, at Chilham, and
other places; to. appoint c,mmissioners to carry the
undertaking into effect; to levy 011 s, and, under certain
contingencies, to levy rates in aid of the undertaking on
the parishes in the district through which the proposed -
line is intended to pass.
EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.—The directors
of this cotnpsny have given nuttco of their intention to
apply to Parliament in the ensuing session for power to
abandon the undertaking, and to make errangements
with the London and South-Western Company, and the
other shareholders in the company, to release them from
all engagements and liabilities amongst themselves in
respect of the undertaking; sad also to make arrange-
ments with reference to the distribution of the surplus
funds.

SOUTH WALES.—An extraordinary meeting of this
company is to be held on the 28th inat., for the purpose
of considering, and, it approved of, to sanction an
agreement for a lease to the Great Western Company of
the portion of the authorised line between Gloucester
and Swansea, together with the branch to the shipping
place. at Swansea, the junction line near Gloucester, and
the Btillo Pill R.ilway. The'agreement has seen con-
ditionally entered into between the directors of both
companies. The Great Western Company are to work
the line; and to secure to the South %Vales Company the
payment of 31,3401. per annum for the first three years,
which sum is to be increased at intervals by an addi-
tional 5,0001 at each time, until at the end of ten years
the amount will be increased tto 51,3401. per annum, at
which rate it is to be continued during the term of the
lease. There will also be submitted for the approval of
the meeting adeed of mutual release between the com-
panies, whereby all former
,agreements whatever be-
tween the two companies are to be determined and put
an end to.

DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER.--Yesterday the state-
meat by way of discharge to the five several states of
facts and charges brought in by the official manager,
Mr. Wryghte, against the directors of this company,
was lodged with his Honour Master Brougham on be-
' half of Mr. Walter Shairp, formerly one of the di-
rectors of the company, in which there are some
thousand shareholders' among whom upwards of 60,000
shares were allotted. The drift of the voluminous docu-
ment is to show that the official manager, at the di-
rection of the Court, seeks to charge Mr. Shairp, as one
of the directors, personally for the benefit of the share-
holders who Said the deposit of IL 7s. 6d. per share.
with the sum 0133,372 L, on the ground that the conductof
the directors in managing the affairs was such as to
disentitle them to eie,iit fur any of the expenses in-
curred in carrying :en the company beyond the sum of
2,936/., being 2i. 61. per share on the 23,495 shares on
which deposits were paid. 'ln case this general claim
should not be sustained, then the object is to charge Mr.
Sbuirpi.ersonally wit hspectfic portions of the funds, on the
ground that they wire aii:applitd by Lim or through
his agency. Mr. ShArp, in his defence, submits that
in is unu,u4l and contrary to justice to relict ire icdivi-
dual in respect ot transactions in chid he acted jointly
with ntberx. and prote. against the dctision as re-
gards himrelf until the cases ot all the other 14 direc-
tors shall have been invested and decided on. Lie eon-
tent's that the shareholders, and not the efficial manager
on their behalf, are the prover parties, both in law and
(pity. to originate any pre ceediegs against himself or
the directors; and submits that all tt e chareas on these
grounds ought to be dismissed with costs. On account-
ing fur cheques drawn h) him on the cum; au) '3
fonds
to the extent of 6,2141, Mr. Shairp contended that it
v.-B5 done on the authority and general responsibility of
the board, and not at all e n his own personal respon•
sibility; and in respect I f another sum of 7 8231. for
law and other charges, which the official manager puts
down as improper, he 'contends that neither he, nor
his co-directors but three, are liable, those charges hav-
ing been incurred after the 15'h of Dec,mber, 1845;
after which date the shareholders deprived them of the
actual control of the weds. Mr. Shairp concludes his
defence by stating that be has paid out of his own pocket
7891. in defending actions on behalf ot the company and
for other matters; and that he ought to have the sums
so Expended repaid him, excepting so far as relates to
his rateable proportion, to he paid in conjunction with
the other shareholders in respect of the expenses of
windoet up the company.
COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE RAILWAY
,rr,i Sa
thtaeynidßegdbeb?fosreettlhedie;
ay
found to be in hand, and
disposalwilThfr)ihDe:rudr Sir
ritnash%S.(:trehixiiela:ltjfictr'etric: oeidac.f,i):3a manager,
and rook
pu'gf:at ei
ki
r g instruction,
the pj c t cans s t the
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each, and the general liabilities, wilt be pretty nearly ab-
sorbed, which will not render a call on the contributories
necessary. The scheme was for working railways by a
new Nystem of locomotives furnished with reservoirs of
compressed airiustead of by steam, but it did not an-
swer.

SOUTH-EASTERN.-01ENING OF THE LINE T 3 !CIL-
ILENNY.—The interestine, occurrence of the op. ning of
the hne to the city of Kilkenny took pl-ice on Tuesday.
A special' train legit the terminus, Kingsbridge, at
holf-
past twelve P.M. It arrived at Carlow at twenty-two
minutes after one, where it s'etpped for some time. In
fifteen minutes it reached Bagnalstown, and Kilkenny
in forty-three minutes. At. Carlow the company were
welcomed by Mr. Bannim, the Mayor of Kilkenny, and
other members of the corporation. A large number of
the respectable inhabitant.; of Kilkenny awaited the
arrival of the train. The dinner, which was provided in
the Freemasons'-hall, by Mr. Walsh, of the Club House,
gave general satisfaction, and was upon a most sump-
tuous scale. The chair was ttken by Mr. Redmond,
chairman of the South-Eastern Company. Among the
company were the Marquis of Ormonde, M.P.; S.
Butler, Major-General M'amoell, Lord Walter Bugler,
Major Thoinpson, F. B,,lmish, Esq.. J. Green, Esq.,
J.P.; E. Grogan, Esq., M.P.; John Maher. E,q.; Sir
John Macnail, Mr. Hardy, director of the Cashel line;
Major Williams, 92d; jobn Sadlier, Esq, M.P.; Sir
Wheeler Cuff, George Roo, Eq.; P. Mationy, Esq.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. (160 miles opened.) —Return of
raffic tor the week ending Nov. 3:
Passengers, &c.
Goods, &c.

£2,515 4 Ci
3,721 15 4

Total .. ... £6,237 0 10i
Corresponding week last year ... :005 16 96

It is understood that the Bank of England have
taken another step in carrying the salutary plan adopted
during the past year or two of abolishing the re„ip. of fees
by the clerks. and that henceforth none are to be taken from
the bankers and merchants who are accustomed to send in
what are called dividend lists. These lists comprise the
dividends to be received by the various firms on behalf of
customers and clients, and two days are always appropriated
fur the signing of the warrants in connexion with them be-
fore the general payments are made. Much trouble is saved
by the arrangement, and in consequence it has been custo-,
mary for each firm availing themselves of it to give a fee
ranging from half a guinea to five
i guilt, as, but the advan-
tage to the public and to the Bank s quite as great as it;is:to
individuals, Mime by lessening the confusion and pressure that
would otherwise ensue on the first days of payment, it faci-
litates the convenience of all parties; and it has, therefore,
been rightly considered that it would be inconsistent with
the spirit in which a large public establishment shonld be
conducted ,0 permit it to continue in any way a ground of
exaction. Cimpensation as in the former cases, is to IA
awarded to the clerks, who would otherwise suffer from the
eh an ize.— Times.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—After Thirteen Years r.f 'Sof-
feri g a Bad Leg has been cured by Holloway's Ointment and
Pills —Mrs. A one Smith, of Hemel Hemps'ead, suffered With
wounds in her leg for thirteen years, during which period she
was under some of the cleverest surgeons .f the age, both in
town and country, and notwithstamtng all their experience
none of them could heal this dreadful bail leg. Mrs. smith,
finding all their remedies useleis, was persuaded to give Hollo•
in boasting of the wonderful efficacy of Holloway's Ointment
in way'san
incredibleintm e n
aabnd o,
tPsirliat
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fi alt imaend ,at s
seh me e
ndoiwc mein es
feels pleasure
ur ed h her
and Pills.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Protessor Holloway's
Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
A curidais circum.tonce occurred last tvening s
the Royal Polytechnic Institution, at the close of a leciura
on the "Ballad Music of Englano" by Mr. Barker; his
audience rose, as if by magic, and called on him to sing
" God save the Queen," in which every voice in the thealra
joined, and the chorus had a very striking effect, some hun-
dred voices mingling to give honour to her Majesty. This
ebullition evinces a real English unmistakable love of loyalty ,
and must be very gratifying to the true lovers of oar nations
institutions.

NEW NOVEL BY MISS KAVANAGII.
In 3 you', post Eiro.,
NOTICE!-NATHALIE,
A TALE,
By JULIA KAVANAGH,
Author of " Woman in France," " Madeline," Br,e.,
IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

AINSWORTH'i WORKS.
boards, or Is.. 6d cloth,
0
ready :
Crichton,
WindsorCaele,
Jack Sleppard,
Old Saint Pant's.
~ price Is. 6d. boards, or 2s. cloth
GUNPOWDER TREASON.
all, 186. Strand.
lers and Newsmen.

CHEAP EDITION OF MR.
Just pubiished, price is.
AAlso, nog
Tower of London,
Miser's Daughter,
Rookwood,
Saint James's,
Lately published, in a Double Vol.
GUY FAWKES ; Or, THE
Chapman and H
Sold by all Booksel

THE POLISH BALL and CONCERT at
GUILDHALL, in AID of the FUNDS of the LITERARY
ASSOCIATION of the FRIENDS of POLAND, will take place
THIS EVENING, the 14th instant.
Tickets (refreshments included) for a lady and gentleman, 21s.
each; for a Aentleman, 15s, each ; for a lady, 10s. 6d. each ; may be
had of Mr. 11111, at the Man-ion-house ; at Mr. Temple's Office,
Guildhall ; at the Polish Association, Duke-et-ee•, St. James's ; at
the London tavern ; at th•• Gnil hall Coff e-house ; of Mr. Deputy
Peacock, chairman, 161, Bishopsgate ; of Mr. Deputy Ilolt, deputy-
chairman, 133, St. Paul's-churchyard ; at the Bridge House Vote',
London-bridge; at the Sabl•:niere Ho, el, Leicester-square; of the
Genlemen of the Committee ; at the several mu-iicsellers ; and of
Mr. Carr, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, 11, Liverpool-street, City.

IMPORTANT SALE OF MOURNISG IN REGENT-STREET.
THE PRuPKIETORS Miring from the Ge-
neral Mourning Business, their magnificent Stock of
Family, C ,urt, and tcnsplimentary Mourning will cr ntinue
sellbtlf off daily, at el.:Ten o'clock, at their Parisian and General
Mourning Warehouses, 216 and 244, Regent-street. •

See following Advertisement.

THE SALE OF MOURNING AT I'IRE IN REGEN r-STICEET.
The eitOPRIETORS RETIRING from the GENERAL MOURN-
ING BUSINESS.

MESSRS. COOK and CO. avail themgelves of
this opportunity of returning thanks to their numerous and
distu uished patrons, for tLe very liberal and extensive support
they have enjoyed tar so many years, and to inform them that they
will now have an unusual opp. rtn,,ity of purchasing goods of the
very highest class at extrrerdinary low prices, it being taeir inten-
tion to sell off the whole of their valuable stock (including that re-
moved from their b:anch establishment at 62, East-street, Brighton),
at prices that must effect early clearance.
Messrs. COOK and CO. would direct particular attention to their
Parisian Mantles and Millinery, for nhich their establishment is so
eminently distinguished.
To facilitate the Srle, every article will be marked in plain figures,
and reduced to half the usual price.

The PARISIAN and GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE.
246 and 248, Regeat-street.

FLOOR CLOTHS.
Best Quality Warranted - 2e. 6d. per square yard.
Persian and Turkey pattern - 2s. 9d. do. do.
Common Floor Cloth - - 2s. Od. do. do.

Japanned Foring-screens from 30a.
Cocoa-fibre Mats and Matting.—lndia Matting, Plain and Figured,
JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New 0z:1)rd-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THE GRAND N kTIONAL CONCERTS.
The celebrated BERLIN CHOIR every Evening..
THIS EVENING.
Great National Quadrille rf all Nations.
Symphony, No. 6, Jupiter, Mozart - Overtures to the Isles of Fin-
gal. and the Ruler of the Spirits.
Angri. Lefort, Platti, Prospere, Henry Blagreve.
Band of the Ist Life Guards, Band of the Grenadier Guards, Band
of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and a Corps of British Military :Ade
Drums. The English Chorus, and Choir of the Berlin Chapel Royal.
Musical Director, comp() ,ez, and Conductor,- V— Reath.
Conductor of La Musiqus de Dense —Herr Labllzky,
Conductor of the Choristers of the Berlin Ckapel Royal —Herr
Neidhardt.
Gallery 1 6
Promenade (admitting to the
and Pit Stalls) ..
The Doors open at half-pant Seven, and the Concerts will com-
mence at Eight, and terminate ...bout Eleven.
Boxes and Stalls to te had at the Box-office, where Programmes
f thc performance may be obtained.
Mr. Ihumaa Masters of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum,
and Royal t-totanic and Zos.ogical Gardens, will supply the Refresh-
ments awl Wines, &c., &c.

T E ROYAL, HA V IILARRIET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
MR. MACREADY.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the Play of VIRGINIUS. Virginias, Mr. Ma•
cready.
To be tbllowed by THE IRISH DIAMOND.
After which MY FRIEND IN THE STRAPS.

nit:ALICE ROYAI., ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING.

Will be performed a Terpsichorian Burlesque sailed ESMERALDA.
Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, P. Bedford ; Madame
Celeste. Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. vitzwilliam.
After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ;
or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kitefiyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff,
Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss
Chaplin.

After which, MY PRECIOTTS BETSY. Principal Characters by
Ifesssr. W-_ht, ledford, Worrell: and Miss Harding,
To conclude with THE MARRIED B kCIIELOR.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA !'RE. OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Mauageme,d of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
_ _

Will be performed an entirely new Play called THE TEMPLAR,
Characters by Messrs. Ryder, Fisher, Belton, Addison, Vining, Cath-
cart, Everest, C. Kean ; and Mrs. C. Kean.

After which BE 1.6. Y BAKER; or, "Too Attentive by na'f."
Characters by Messrs. J. Yining, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, and Xis.)
Murray.
With other Entertainments.

Private Boxes, &e., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
Massingham ; of whom also places may a taken at the Box-office,
Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled MY WIFE''
DAUGHTER, In which Messrs. H. Farren, W. Farren, Compton,
Norton, Mesdames Stirling, L. Murray, Louisa Howard, and Ellen
Turner will appear.
To be followed by TIME TRIES ALL.
After which ALLOW ME 'I 'O APOLOGICE.
To conclude with a new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.

ROYAL LYCLUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Maoame Vestris.
Sule Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.

'1 HIS f.Vr.NING.

Will bs .performed a new Drama, called THE WHITE HOOD
Characters by .viessrs. C. Mathews, G. Vining, B Baker, Horncastle,
Bettingham ; M,ss Baker, and Ins Macnamira.
To be followed by MY HE 'RV:: I r OL ; or, A i!esperate Remedy
in which Messrs. C. Mathews, ai Vining, Bellingham ; Mad.rue Yes
tria, Miss iceriwortily, and Miss I 0 ckenson will appear.
To conclude with THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE.

ri.r.Y's ROYAL ANPtiiTIIEA,rIF.
Under the Patronage of her Niajesty and his Royal Highness
Prinse Albert.
Proprietor and Ntaitager. Mr. W. Batty.
THIN EVENING.

The Entertainments will co-rmence with a new and original
Spectacle, entitled I'HE ENCHANTED PALFREY; or, The War
riot' of the Crescent.

"l'u mice,,,,,ied by an inimitable Display of Ratty! Feats ol
Aultation in the Cirque Olympique, by the male and female Eques-
trians of the Establishment
To conclude with the Farce of TEE BENEVOLENT T.R.
Boa-office op,m from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thkompson.