The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-01 00:00:00

No. 20,:342.)

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-IVOR the SEA. SIDE.—TRAVELLING SUITS,
_IV with Cap, complete, 2/. 18s. to Three Guineas; the Beaufort
Coat, 2/. 103. ; the new F.utnmer Trousers, One GuineaAßaden
Waistcoats, Two for One Guinea.
EXCELLENCE WITH ECONOMY.
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the confirmation of the agree'
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• . purchase of the interest of t"
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•., . It . . . . ceived the royal assent On.
clams limiting the nutnter
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717.77M9410 . land theretofore subject, to
+ . . tereit accruing to the sh.
Brunswick and Canada Cora
and other amendments to th,
"0. shareholders. The several
the schedule at the foot of the said a,greernenthave, ,
been fully discharged out of the funds,supplaed by,;,
the New Bruns' iek•and Canadg.RailwayandLaild.':
Company; which theywere bound t , 'CIO ii Wie r their!::
contract. .The s'atenierit Ofreaipts and expenditure:.
from the 31st of 1iec.,"1855,.:t0. the transfer Of. t110`,;
property in October, 18.50, shuWed..that 11,4.0 t...)
had been received, and 10,384/. expended 'nig' .
ing a balance,of .892/ , of which . sum 857/. VC a
claimed by the Rr-T:eli;er-General,lifateing.44lAlatiee
of 35/. at the bankers'.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN', the report was ,-,
adopted, and the retiring directors, Mesita. F. Ea, : • '
wards, H. C. Chilton, and R. Fry, were re-elected,: '. . -i. -.
and also Mr. Groves, the retiring auditor. r •
The meeting then separated.

[ P13,1C11 4D, STAMPED 5g

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH-WESTERN.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
at Morecambe on Friday.
The Secretary read the report, from which it ap-
peared that the gross receipts of traffic, &c., for the '
half year had been 23,1491., being 9601. in excess
of the amo ant received for the corresponding period.
of the year 185 G. The expenses amounted to
12,7701., leaving a balance of 10,3791. The charges'
for interest on debenture debt, preference shares,
uncompleted laud purchases, bank balance, and a
halfyear's income-tax, amounted to 9,7131 , being
an increase of 5661. upon similar charges for the
corresponding period of the previous year. After
paytnent of all preference charges there remained a
balance of 7061., which -t43 directors recommended
should be carried to the next half-year's account.
The sum of 1,0291. had beerqtaid on account of the
expenses of the recent applicat.on to Parliament,
when they were defea'ed by the Lancaster and Car-
lisle Company ; and the directors congratulate the
shareholders that the object they sought would be
secured to the public without the necessity of their
pledging their present undertaking for the large
additional capital which would have had• to be
raised, inasmuch as their line would now form a-
cormecting link of the shortest route between Lon-
doti and Scotland. The directors concluded by ex-
pressing a hope that the Castle Douglas and Port
patrick and the Lancaster and ITlverstone Railways
would prove of con&d,rable advantage to the coat-
pally by improving the tr,iffic upon their railway.
The CHAIRMAN,- after explaining the proceedings
in Parliament during the past session with reference
,to t4e Tebay and Ingleton branch, moved the adop-_
•
tiOn of the report, which was seconded by Mr.
Hare, and carried.
There was no dividend declared, and after some
discussion the proceedings terminated.

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HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOCESTER.
The general half-yearly meeting of this company
was held on Monday ; Cul. Vaughan, the chairman; ,
presiding.
The report was alopted, and, after some discus-. -
sion on the subject of the present. inconvenient
postal arrangements, the meeting separated.
NEWRY, WARRENPOINT; AND ROS- ,
TREVOR.

The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday, at
Liverpool ; Mr. F. Shand presiding.
The report stated lint the parliamentary powers , •
have been fully obtained, enabling the Newry and,
Enniskillen Company to extend their line 4,0
Armagh, and this company to join it, and also to•
lay rails along the Warreppoint Dock. The whole -
of the 5,000 preference slares issued under the re- •_
solution of Feb. 28, 1855, having been taken up,
the directors propose to take powers to convert an
additional sum of 10,0QO/. of the outstanding de-
benture debt into similar preference shares.
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_ The report was adopted- , and after passingother
formatresolutioßß the tneeting separated.

WATERFORD AND LIMERICK.

The 24th half-yearly meeting of this company was
held on Friday at Waterford ; Major H. Massey
~.eesided. In their report the directors regret ex-
tremely that their hopes of increased traffic have
keen disappointed in the last half-year. The re-
ceipt 4, however, are better than those of the cor-
responding half-year by 4021., while the working
expenst s are considerably less than the outlay for
the period named. The state of the accounts is
such as to preclude the directors from recommend-

ing a dividend to the original shareholders. The
resolution adopting the report was unanimously
adopted, as was one declaring a dividend of five
per cent. to preferential shareholders, iind six per
eeni.. to the 10/. preferential shares subsequently
issued.

FUND FOR THE RELIEF' OF THE SI/FFERERS
B Y THE 111UTIN11 IN ENGLAND.

Yesterday the committee recently appointed:at
the meeting at the Mansion-home for the purpose
of devising means for collecting a fund for the relief
of the suffers by the mutiny in India assembled in
the Egyptian-hall, under the prosidencyof the Lord
Mayor. The following gentlemen, whose nam2s
have just been aidel 0 the commit!e3, also at-
tended :—Sir Moses Muntetiore, Rear-Admiral Sir
S. Lushington, General John Tulloch, C. 8., COL
Henderson, 'apt. Lynch, Mr. Alderman Wire,
and Mr. Jame 3 Candy. -

The LORD MAYOR read the following communi-
cation, which had been addressed by himself to the
Governor-General of India :
" Mansion-house, Aug. 2G.

"My Lord—l have the pleasure to announce to you r
Excellency that an influential public meeting was held
yesterday at the Mansion-house for the purpose of express-
ing our sincere and heartfelt sympathy with our fellow-
countrymen now suffering so severely from the calamitous
events in India. A committee has been forme i for the
purpose of raising funds, is be placed at your Excellency's
disposal, for the immediate relief of the most urgent cases
of distress ; and I have now the great satisfaction of stat-
ing that a sum of 20,000 rupees, as a first instalment, is
payable to your Excellency's order at the Agra Bank in
Calcutta. The committee will feel greatly obliged by your
Excellency's giving such directions as you may deem ai-
visable for the distribution of the funds now sent ; and
theylook with confidence to being able to remit continuous
instalments by the ensuing mails.
" I have the honour to be, &c.,
V T. Q. FINNIS."
The LORD MAYOR also read the following trans-
lation of a note which had been addressed to him-
self by the French Ambassador :
" Albert-gate, Aug. 28.
" My Lord Mayor,—Learning that you have opened a
subscript ion for the families of the victims of the dreadful
massacres in India, I hasten to forward you, in my own
private character, the sum of 1001. for that purpose.
‘• Accept, I bag, my compliments and the assurance of
my high consideration.
" The Ambassador of France, F. DE PERSIGIY.'
Upon the motion of Aldermax WIRE, seconded
by Col. HENDERSON; this letter was entered upon
the minutes.

Mr. FORREST, the secretary, stated that the sub- •
scriptions already received amounted to 5,0001., and
that communications were about to ba sent to the
various bankers throughout the kingdom request-
ing them to take charge of donations.
Some routine business was transacted, and a vote
of thanks to the Lord Mayor terminated the pro-
ceedings.
Under the presidency of the Lady Mayoress,. se-
veral ladies have formed themselves into district
committees for the purpose of collecting funds for
the sufferers, viz., Mrs. H. Chapman, Mrs. Pri-
dea,ux, and Miss Leifchild, for Wa,nstead ; Mrs. E.
Pelly, for Whip's-cross ; Mrs. H. F. Barclay, for
Walthamstow; Mrs. Buxton, for Loytonstone ; and
Mrs. Wire, for Lewisham. The Lady Mayoress will
be at the Mansion-house on Tuesday mornings from
10 till 1 o'clock to receive subscriptions and to an-
swer inquiries.

The Mon;tcur de la Flotte announces that a new c)rp's
of tirailleurs is to be formed for Senegal. It, will consist

of four companies ; the men are to be enrolled for two
years only, without any conscription, and on entry,they
will have a bounty of 50f.
ARCHDEAC3N3DENISON'S CASE.—The appeal in 'the
celebrated Ecclesiastical case of Ditcher v. the Arch-
deacon of Taunton, will come on for hearing before the
Judicial Committee of Privy Council, early in Novem-
ber. When the case was before the Arches Court,
where it was taken by appeal from the Archbishop of
Canterbury's Court, at Bath, Sir John Dodson, the Dean
of Arches, decided that the proceedings were not legally
commenced, according to the provisions of the Clergy
Discipline Act, within two years of the commission of
the alleged offence, and that therefore the whole of the
proceedings were null and void. Against this decision
Mr. Ditcher appeals to the Privy Council. Dr. Bayford
will open the c se for the appellant, and the Archdeacon
will be represented by Dr. Robert Phillimore. As the
case rails eltirely upon technical grounds, the argu•
ments will last several days, and it may be some time
before a final judgment is delivered. In the event of
that judgm at being in favour of Mr. Ditcher, the case
will lave to be re-argued again upon the important
points of doctrine which are involved.
THE TRANSPORT SERVICE TO INDIA.—We are in-
formed that the European and American Steam Ship•
ping Company, who are now the owners of the fleet
of ships built for the India postal service via the Cape,
by the General_ Screw Steam Shipping Company, have
made a proposal to the chairman and East India
Board to establish a monthly line of steam trans-
ports from Southampton, overland, to Bengs,l, or
such of the Presidencies as may most require imme-
diate reinforcements. The fleet possessed by the con-
tractors consists of eight powerful screw stearnships,
already most favourably known durmg then a.te war,
and
fully capable, as we are informed, of
"sersinfeavetbehen
proposed service. Four of thief:o ves
Fle3ce, 2,700 tons ; the Lady Jocelyn,
and the Hydaspee, 2,250
already chartered by the Bast Ind' Company,
250 ?eon? rdtheen
Queen of the South, 2,250 tons;
tons. The other four now employed upon the Bremen
and New York trade, of equal size and similar
it is suggested, shall be withdrawn
ietanofi tprrhseetercofeemfi cyttoehnelttihhan
ships
fposi
afreocinT:td:rtaire' and placed at the disposal of the East
India Board in the course of the months of October
can'
Ind
nNu
ce
from
sufficient withsoSouthampton
a Is
n dt a g.
timeivTe
hsteam
despatched to India could discharge her troops and
be they draughts or reserves, while she could also
froerawcherSdeudezfrien
regiments
October,
deliver at Suez such of the British troops invalided
as had reached Calcutta or the other presidencies
by the end of September or October. The ad—
vantage of this arrangement shortly stated would
be a direct and regular communication with India
monthly, or more frequently, if necessary, by ships
witbih the absolute control of the board, with the
power to forward to Bombay, within 45 or 50 days
from England, such reserves or reinforcements
taints
may be required, and with a speed andly
of despatch which has not as yet been attempted.
isat
tl .
One of the peculiar features of the
Is
sthmus being
the four ships on the Indian side of
the
oint of size and
.
n
of precisely the same character p
fittings with those on the European an side, the troops em-
barked in England, on reaching Suez from Alexandria,
would find the same accommodation prepared them
here as that from which they had but a few boars be-
tfore disembarked,—an advantage which those who
are familiar with the transport of large bodies of
men can alone entirely appreciate. We announce
this proposal simply as it is communicated to us, but
we must say not unaccompanied with some in-
terest in its success, and perhaps we should add anxiety,
in a public point of view, as to the manner in which it
will be received by the authorities in Leadenhall-street.
In any case we think it but just to all parties that the
public should be informed as to what is in progress is
connexion with a question so full of painful interest to
many, and of such deep moment to us all. —Observer.

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