The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-13 00:00:00

RICHMOND RAILWAY.

The first general meeting of this Company since
rcetiving the Act o!lrcorporatien was held yea rlay in
the London Tavern; Bishops ate-street.

Mr. Chadwick, Chairman of the Directors, presided.
The advertisement calling the meeting having been
read by Mr. MEADE, the Secretary,
The CHAIRMAN said that he begged to congratulate
the shareholders on their present position. He would
not then enter into details, but call upon the Secretary
at once to read the report, and afterwards he should be
happy to give any explanation that might be required
of him.

The SECRETARY then read the report, of which the
following is the substance :
The Directors have much pleasure in informing the Share-
holders that arrangements have been made with almost all the
large proprietors upon fair and equitable terms, which will pre-
vent that delay in the commencement of the works of this line,
which is so often experienced in similar undertakings.
A satisfactory arrangement having been made with the
South-Western Company by the Proprietors of the Rich-
mond Railway, whereby that Company have undertaken to
work the railway, and have secured to the Richmond Railway
Company the right of using the proposed Extension line from
Nine Elms to the neighbourhood of Hungerford-bridge, as
well as a portion of their present line from Battersea
to Nine Elms. W. J. Chaplin, Esq., and the Count Eyre,
Directors of the South-Western Company, have taken their
seats at this Board, and the vacancy caused by the decease of
Ambrose Humphrys, Esq., the other Director of the South-
Western Company, who was appointed a member of the Board
by the Act of Incorporation, has been filed by the appoint-
ment of J. B. Boothby, Esq., also a Director of that Company.
The Directors refer with pleasure to the success which has
attended the efforts of the South-Western Company in obtain-
ing the Act authorising the construction of their branch to the
neighbourhood of the Hungerford-bridge. The works, how-
ever, on that part of the South-Western Railway being of a
most extensive character, the Directors have made arrange-
ments withthat Company which will enable them to open the
line to Nine Elms without any unnecessary delay.
They are happy to be able to observe that in no instance
have the Provisional Directors been compelled to adopt the
ruinous practice of paying off opposition, or ever to make con-
ditional isrargements for the purchase of property at a price
more than was reasonable tort},,! laud Talcum'.
'I he whole of the preliminary cost, in establishing the Com-
pany and obtaining .the Act of Incorporation has not amounted
to 4.000/.

The works will be commenced without delay. The Di-
rec ors are happy to say, that the line is now staked uu+, end
the whole of the works will be undtr contract iu the course of a
month.

To facilitate the immediate commencement of the works,
the Directors have made a call of 41. per share on the Pro-
prietors, payable en t,r before the 30th day of August inst. ;
and as there is every reason to believe that the whole of the
line will he completed in a short space of time, they give notice
that they purpo-e making a further call of bt. per share early
iii the month of December next.
The Directors are desirous of co-operating with the promo..
tern of the Staines and Richmond Junction Railway in the con-
struction of that line, the traffic of which will of course be an
additional source of profit to the Shareholders of this Company.
The Directors beg to intimate, that they are turning their
attention to the best means of affording railway accommoda-
tion to the populous districts of Brenttord and Hounslow, in
connexion with this line.
A proposal for the formation of a central terminus, in the
♦icinity of Charing-cross, has been attentively considered by
your Directors. And alter mature deliberation the Directors
recommend that you empower them to sebscribe a portion of
the capital of the proposed General Central Railway Terminus
Company, and to make such arrangements as will secure to the
Richmond Railway the use of this Terminus in the most
thickly populated and central part of the Metropolis.
The CHAIRMAN said that he had but a few remarks to
make with reference.. to the report. Gentlemen would
observe that they pre posed encouraging branch lines to
run into their main Ene, and they did so from obvious
reasons, one of which was, that there were already, or
about to be projected, certain lines running towards
Windsor, while it was their opinion that these
lines would injure their traffic. The Rich-
wund it eli fe:aed cu coinpeting line, because au
line on the north side of the river could possibly take
any of their traffic, but still they thought it desirable to
encourage branches from the populous districts of Bar-

Let, Stthu?s, aLd Hounslow. He bad no:ling further t°l
ad:!, but sticubl be happy to give any explanation tbri

propri,tors might rcquir,.
A SITAIZEITOLDER to know whether a J ew lie
was not under (.!:,nsithration?

The CHAIRMAN answ,,red in the affirmative.

The report wfts then put and e•airied. A Of
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the Boars-
Directors were confirmed in their offices.
Mr. John Jackson, accountant, of Cloudesley-glilare;
and Mr. Benjamin Edgington, Duke-street, Southl.ss:
were appointed auditors.
A resolution was then proposed empowering the
rectors to tcke such steps as they might think neceSsio,
for carrying out or encouraging lines to Staines,

which was also carritd.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed that 30,000/. be 51t
F crib c? d on behalf of the Richmond Company t0w578
the Central Railway Terminus at Charing..cross• r
thought this would he an object of the highest 0
tancc, to their line as affording one of the best poitlo
town for a useful terminus. Seconded and agreed to. 10
Mr. HARE afterwards proposed that 7001. be laid 091 a
in the hands of the Directors for the purpose of is
to defray necessary expenses incurred on behalf of

railway.
'Thanks were then given to the Chairman and Villa'
tors, and Cie meeting adjourned.

A RECAPTURE WITHOUT

MURDER. 100
West bill
It was on the 4th July, 1837, when a
e.y had just dawned, or as Quamino has it, `O Re_ihoi
eti e,
.Mthea °," that on a tranquil Se 4 in the LlL'ilgel
Nlexece, z.n horizen bouhded lay std and sit)", Eloo
h
,as to ebserved but two vessels, one of wb teee
eer Majestj's eacket from Tampico, bound to llavt,,,n,,big
steering by the wind—the other, a clipper-like 1 oi'_'o%
schooner to windward and ahead of the packet, rul3o'cit
:holt two peiets tree towards her. Now, sa)4 ter,
to his watch-in:l,e on the forec,.s;le, what doeswbetl
-ea-sal-pant w :at ? At noon elle was within hail'h ell,
eie commando r f the packet, whose broad Britleer
rign had twee ballhailed the straaKs an'
know why, he old nut show his colours, and lord,
sacred that he was distress and had nocolours opt the
then rounded to and backed his topsail, waiting weselr
pack, isboat to coon. alongside. The officer, en rd one
ing the deck, found four men with three white anoeig
negro; the whiti,s were armed to the teeth, each /1, se",
buckled round him a brace of pistols and a cat'e,r,
heir tale wes brief : she was an American schoetierev
Nea OrlPans, that had been detained four days nef°fer
the port of eiantinoris by a French stoop-ofswarieppso
breach of tduckarle; a Lieutenant and 8 seatnen
on board, with orders to take her to Vera Cruz, wise deg
French Admiral th, n was; that at midnight of 01100ett
the three whites, who were the master of the scbe
his mate, and a Mexican passenger, had, as soon ofl
of the four -Frenchmen of the watch had gone belowsooo
o the officer in the cabin, and the other to the'e 100
under the furecas:la, to call their relief, rushed to the': see
there arms were concealed, seized them, Pll,hid
hatches e,er, secured the man at the helm, thru,e
below to acquaint his shipmates how much safer it
for them there than it would he on deck, and thee we];
rating the French negro sailor, on condition of °S9 Ole
to work the vessel, they found themselves oneo cola
uncontrolled inase rs of her. The American ~g 4 t. 116
stated that the share he held in the vessel Was 70}10f#
eroperty he had in the world, and to let so good 013,Zitii
(unity slip of regaining it, was more than his cfe"icist°
e-ew of thi7gs ever thought of; however, in the 1:13 der t
their success, they were without water, 'which 19i
olie°
flat sun is intolerabla—the packet therefore 04); 0
them with about thirty gallons; and whilst vir:Ocle
the supply, it was not a little amusing to see the dal
men summoned one by one on deck, pinioned, ilerti,eo.
secured below. The water being received on h°llorl to
the prisoners properly secured, sail was made, 6 whetj
vessel arrived at New Orleans three days afteri;oos
the French officer put in his claim for the prize, bo b
authorities thought the master and part owner, /gbe b
it
so gallantly and bloodlessly recaptured her, had t
Ole, and therefore gave her up to him. Office
ow
[The above has been forwarded by a navy .011"'
as a c,ntrast to the wretched affair which has
occupied so much attention.] —Devonport Telegrar
THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—This line °f otor
way is proceeding, notwithstanding the numerloet,o,
ments which have been from time to time set e r-
reference to it; and from all we bear, the works 1, tbS:
gross are going on steadily and satisfactorillopt%
the opening of the line between Exeter andel,'
,nay be looked fur within a very few months.---e`
Zi nes. dP°
A CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST THE 11-
PEARSON.—At Rochester, on Friday, the Ite;;itran'e
Pearson, vicar of Stoke, appeared before the Ilia'oloo7l
to answer an information charging him With,,: -00°,P
assaulting and ill-treating Thomas Rook, n"ft'e'rtly",,d,
The complainant it appears was on Fridal 110.0115
list clearing some rubbish out of his master's I,oo°.
aud his master was engaged pulling up some
seed at that time, when his master called coo;
p-or gardener, and said that he was le* fore bi
-try nfaatr'it'n''e4rid or" Igehtai t7t
" Yes, you
, ate lay, for you run to Mr. 'L'ebel,ll,
to thrash some :seed tor hitn when you ought to ilsif sof"'
,whae4t:e„r bleu told that nefiliew
here." Couipieiternt replied,(tea rev,
de,ie
tietitioning such a trifling thine."
-, With that the regjeffs
Y
°hue
are d fneoo dant
tleman ;:itn by les shoulders Lnd nearly t bre coo'
hankevaels, and else kicked him across his shining hitt
pleinant ceinplabied ler the defendant of his kiekeorlll,
.then his muster said it was a lie, and waiherettv,
Seeped
:tit° some of his •lields, and on his master
leg, which vets F, e,t an hour afterwards, he Ofd
his master Inc leg, which was bruised, and Il" i, Qy
er called hith a 1) ing scoundrel, for that b
vet do it. :dr. null addressed the be tti
ziehell of the 'defeielanr, and appealed -on",
bench whether they could believe that a clergy atiae'
the Church of England could have acted in theopcotioa'
ct scribed, withotn, receivi,es s..ana strong Prnvaticl
Ph, magistrates retired for a few naomenv, and
t'',s
heir return into Court. the Ch tirtuan ohs- rued' :00 $11"?
.nagistrates had unanimously come to a cone/Os:00 to
an assault had beet c amnitted, and, however 13001;tge,
tverels the Rev. denndant it might be, the,herere'e
bound to convict. sentence of the Court, r ford,t-0
ivas, that the defendant pay a fine of 2'e
aseault, and the expenses, amounting to 11 '51;01
Rev. individual paid the money and he was di'''
Fhe Court was ero.% ded. I. it'
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PIRAT!..S.—Mr. Saunders, of the St.'' in C.enoite-
rived at Ittiol from Jamaica, reports having been 74`n SS, $
a brig and schooner, under - panish colours, in lat.
led b
the 24th ult. ; and from every appearance, corrobnrt pitslo
man sent into the foretop for observation, they lyer,:ad 0„-ei
and would no doubt have attacked the St. Vincent "I, 0 ill',
large American ship hove in sight at the tirne,,ll.efigy
hauled their wind and were suon lost sight of.-6110$
zette. co'CIC4OS
PLATE 1101313ERY.—Between nine and eleve°,, so-0
on Friday morning, the last day of the Brighton l'aele'idte
thief entered t Ile area of Ni. 11, Cavendish-place, the reiebiyess
of Mrs. Cormoux, and carried off the plate basket, ?Ablelf.fs
been incautiously left by the butler in a window t
the sheet. It is supposed that some loitering thief n 149,
caught sight of the prize, and, descending
a 1
reed it off unperceived. The plate consisted Ofd P yott.oo/,
forks, silver goblets, toast racks, gravy spoons, an than
table furniture, and was valued at considerably more /
No trace of the thief has yet been discovered.
Hit Da:o
LEAP FROM HUNG ERFORD SUSPENSIOI"
At an early hour on Monday morning considerable e't cl'p
prevailed in the neighbourhood of Hungerford-Inatet. bp 0,
sequence of its being known that Mr. Kent-tgen
teacher of swimming, had undertaken for a wager of lags ltd
reigns to jump from the battlement of the above be taio.bi
swim to Blaekfriars-bridge in the short space of tee olertll
(with tide.) At six o'clock Mr. Kenworthy, acnn„„filda
the area o_o •
several friends, made his appearance at the bridge, accord
the
afterwards plunged from the centre of it into the 7,11,- f0r...01
mediately afterwards he was. seen striking out manta' ',bee"
goal, which he attained within the time, amidst the
1°
the spectators.
night 10
SPLENDID METEOR.—OiI Saturday °F
eleven o'clock, a meteor of resplendent brightuesroco li
served by some persons near the Queen's Bencil,ese§t• be
moved through about sixty degrees towards the sout.rd, pf tip
appeared like a disc of white light of about two-01,00g
apparent diameter of the moon, which it much Oro iei°Cof
colour and effulgence when clearest and brightest' A
ss, tbJe,,, of
was very great, about that of a shooting star, and jabs' rig
mination of its course it was broken into seeming giti, eos.4
various-coloured light, not much unlike a rocket. vote Y-
was inclined downwards at an angle of about 25 deg'
horizon, and was in a right line. r salt,
FIRE.—On Monday evening, shortly lu'eto Dlr. a,
flit broke out:upon the premises belooging j3edf°l:Ao
Holliday, known as the Three Cups Tavern, in eetiettn7
sereet, R. ti Lien-street, liolbora. The discoverY,"e 0014
by some of . the inhabitants, in the mews a Woor bseeel
the house, neLlcing limes raging in the second door pod
occupied a, 1 sLeeeing upat tnent. Mr. HowdaYst everJei
up to ender essi 'titmice, when he found allll°ng in the roam a general blaze. The coeihnsicleraat
promptly attend, d, and tile firemen, after be t 0
trouble, sucesetltei in extinguishing the
before every ::r.Ve of furniture in the al T dot be
destreyed. The cause of the fire could
counted for. 11
George a ft/
EXORBITANT C^,STS.—A man name- Leta°
residing near M,,ephetti. appeared on FridaY,,u
Piarged pile
at
beach of COUP IT. tigiStl ates at Rochester,
ha, ine, on tilt- '26 ;nat., ciatouged underwoodroth, krott
of ore penny, f‘crotigieg to William Mastee woo sod
of Catomer, arid one of the county magistratfas detevor,
the bench. It appeared that the defentlaut was
Of 'f dial
cutting and damaging the underwood by a see' niog ot
Smith's Fib ut halt-past eight o'clock in the ev charge' „of
eeaan'ett
emit dsistiiig otf? fseinxdrarltods
:or the damoge lie had committed, fely;,., defttaledef
penny, together with the costs, 165., and
was sent to the Louse cf. Correction for
itdranteo st ,dfied3 LIY
rating re,
treb/1:
month. day eVe wit
SEDUCTION AND REMORSE.—On S2tur ROO ejr
Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Ceeeer'l Arta:'sson, efierib'
Peeler, on the body of George Jamieson Fergt.strect
years, an engine cleaner, who resided in Rege...unie botneept 111
Poplar. On Wednesday evening last, he ", a_ be bore'
work, and whie.t his sister-in-law was making,,,e,...: a 000:
stairs, and locking the door, suspended bials.fay,,,„o.
of
I`i a letter big 110
kerchief from the bed-post. He was route'
non, and quite dead. In his pocket was foo,fining Of moot
female who lives at Stockton-on-Tees, eorein_
„bee to
with bet
having paid anything towards the support braided
on ,rt
old, or which he was the father, and upber,__"!.d to
unjust conduct, saying that her friends 11117
to eenXis lelY
any longer, unless she compelled him by
receipt of - tole
the maintenance of the child. Since the rec re
'J he je
riee
ci,eensed gad been very low spirited;
verdict of " Temporary derangement.' arid BOtotjgato.
FISHING.—The fishing in the lnecile:sfui
of the Clyde promises to be exeeedingli Bute •--
—Edinburgh Evening Port.