The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2e, lea

ALT the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of the NORFOLK RAILWAY
COMPANY held at their Offices, Guildhall-buildings, London, on the
22d day of August, 1845,
ADAM DUFF, Esq., in the Chair.

The Report of the Directors having been read, and also a statement
of the accounts of the late Yarmouth and Norwich and Norwich and
Brandon Companies,

The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to :-
Ist. That the common seal of the Company be affixed to the Regis-
ter of Proprietors. _ _

2d. That the Report now read be received and adopted, andprinted,
and circulated among the Proprietors.

3d. That interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per antithn be paid to'
the proprietors of the late Yarmouth and Norwich Company, upon
their paid up capital to the 30th of June last.
4th. That pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the last session
for altering the line of this Railway, and making a branch to East
Dereham, an additional capital of 220,0001. be raised by the creation
of 22,000 new shares of the value of 101. each, to be appropriated
among the Shareholders of the Company In manner provided by the
same Act.

sth. That the Directors be empowered to make arrangements
with the Shareholders in the Diss and Colchester and Wells and
Dereham Railways, for admitting them to subscribe (upon terms and
conditions to be agreed upon) for part of any new capital which it
may be necessary to raise for making extensions or branches from
the line of this railway.

6th. That the number of Directors of the Company be increased to
Twelve, and that the present Directors be authorised to elect the ad-
ditional members that will be necessary to make up the number.
7th. That the agreement entered into by the Directors of this
Company with Mr. Charles Cory, on the 16th May last, for securing
to him an annuity of 8001. per annum in lieu of all tolls and
charges upon the passenger and goods traffic of this railway passing
across the river Bure at Yarmouth, redeemable on payment of the
sum of 24,0001., and giving this Company the power of building a
bridge for the purposes of their traffic across the said river at a
point mentioned in the said agreement be, and the same is hereby
confirmed.

Bth. That the Directors be authorised to make arrangements with
the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Company for leasing of their
line to apply to Parliament in the next session for the power to carry
the same into effect.

The Chairman having quitted the Chair, it was unanimously re-
solved, That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Chair-
man and Board of Directors for the zeal and ability shown by them
in the conduct of the affairs of this Company.

RICHARD TILL, Secretary,
Guildhall-buildings, London, Aug. 22, 1845.

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY,
With a DIVERGING LINE through STRATFORD-ON-AVON, to
UNITE with the MORETON-IN-MARSH RAILWAY.

Capital 600,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
Provisionally Registered, pnruant to Act 7th and 13th Vict., c. 110,

Offices, 449, West Strand.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Mayor of Birmingham
John Adams, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law, London
J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham
John Aston, Esq., Birmingham
Robert James Atty, Esq., Ingon Grange, Stratford-on-Avon
F. P. Barlow, Esq., London
Matthew P. W. Boulten, Esq., Great Tew Park, Oxon
Colonel Charles Oldfield Bowles, North Aston Park
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, near Banbury
James Butlin, Esq., Westfield House, near Rugby
C. H. Corbitt, Esq., Adminton
Walter Cowan, Esq., Offchurch Bray, near Leamington
John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool
Sir George Dashwood, Bart., Zhilington Park, Oxon
William Dickens, Esq., Cherrington, near Shipston
Rev. John Ellis, Wooton, Henley-in-Arden
Edmund Darby Ford, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
John Branston Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
J. Gardiner, Esq., Southern
Darwin Galton, Esq., Edstone Hall, near Stratford-on-Avon
Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool
J. Haddon, Esq., Leamington
W. Judd 'larding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford-on-Avon
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool
Captain Hitchins, Idlicote House, near Shipston
Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool
John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leicestershire
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristol
John Moss, Esq., Liverpool
P. H. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham
Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne
J. G. Reeves, Esq Birmingham
John Rich, Esq., Bearley
John Roskell, Esq., Bath
Francis Rufford, Esq., Bellbroughton. near Stourbridge
Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., London
Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham
Major-General Smith, Rugby
Gustavus T. Smith, Esq., G Adicote, near Stratford-pn-Avon
Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon
T. H. Thorne, Esq., Leamington
Rev. Henry Townsend, Hennington, near Shipston
George Richard Walker, Esq., ileathtleld-house, Bletchington, Oxon
Charles Woodmass, Esq., Avonhurst, near Stratford-on-Avon.
(With power to add to their number.)
BOARD Or MANAGEMENT.
J. W. Miles, Esq.
Joh Moss, Esq.
P. H. Muntz, Esq.
F. Rufford, Fsq.
C. Russell, Esq., M.P.
Chas. Shaw, Esq.

J T. Alston, Esq.
F. P. Barlow, Esq.
J. B. Freer, Esq.
Robertson Gladstone, Esq.
J. Haddon, Esq.
Charles Lawrence, Esq.
W. Mathews, Esq.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., London
Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham
The Birmingham Banking Company, Birmingham
Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co. Bristol
The Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, and
ill: Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington
and Warwick
Messrs. Moss and iverpool.
The Stourbridge and Co.,fUdderminiter Banking Company, Stratford-on-
Avon.

011TIIW ARK ELECTION.
At a PUBLIC MEETING of the ELECTORS Of the Borough
of SOUTHWARK, held at the Bridze House Hotel, pursuant to
public advertisement, on Friday, the 22d day of August, 1845,
CHARLES SHAW, Esq., of Horselydown, in the Chair,
It was movel by EDWARD PALMER, Esq., of Saint George's, and
seconded by WILLIAM GRISENTRWAITE, Esq., of Saint John's, and
Resolved, That upon hearing an exposition of the sentiments of
Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq., the resident candidate for the representation
of the borough, vacant by the decease of our late lamented fellow-
townsman, Benjamin Wood, Esq., this meeting entertains the fullest
conviction that his return to the Commons House of Parliament as
their representative is of the greatest importance to the constituency
at large.
The thanks of the meeting to the Chairman was proposed by
Thomas Camplin, Esq., and seconded by Thomas Dare, Esq , of
St. Olave's.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A MAGNIFICENT, EXTENSIVE, and UNIQUE COLLEC-
TION of TROPIt'AL FRUITS, modelled by Mons. Grimaud during
his long residence in the Isle of France, is just deposited.
The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY is Lectured upon by Professor
liachhoffner, and exhibited Daily and in the evenings. A NEW
AMERICAN INVENTION, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMO-
TIVE ENGINE, for ascending and descending inclined planes on
Railways without the aid of stationary power. SWIMM I• G and
DIVING ILLUSTRATED by the son of Captain Stevens, the ce-
lebrated teacher of swimming, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, at Two o'clock, and on the Evenings of Tuesdays and
Thursdays at half-past Eight o'clock. The other exhibitions, &e.
as usual.

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, 1845-46.
The WINTER SESSION will COMMENCE on WEDNESDAY,
theist day of October next, at Two o'clock, p.m., with an INTRO-
DUCTORY LECTURE, by Professor MILLER.
DESCRIPTIVE and SURGICAL ANATOMY—Richard Partridge,
F.R.S.
PHYSIOLOGY, GENERAL, and MORBID ANATOMY—R. B.
Todd, M.D., F.R.S.
PRACTICAL ANATOMY—J. Simon, F.R.S., and W. Bowman,
I.R.S.
CHEMISTRY—W. Allen Miller, M.D., F.R.S.
ANALYTICAL and EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY (Labora-
tory Class)—W. A. Miller, M.D., and John E. Bowman.
MATERIA MEDICA and THERAPEUTICS—J. F. Royle, M.D.,
F.R.S.
MEDICINE—George Badd. M,D., F.R.S.
SURGERY—WiIIiam Fergusson, F.R.S.E.
MIDWIFERY and DISEASES of WOMEN and CHILDREN.—
Arthur Farre, M.D., F.R.S.
SUMMER COURSES.
BOTANY—Edward Forbes, F.R.S., F.L.S.
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY—T Rymer Jones, F.R.S.
FORENSIC MEDICINE—W. A. Guy, M.B.
CHEMICAL MANIPULATION—John E. Bowman.
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.
The Hospital is visited daily at Half-past One o'clock, and Clinical
Lectures are given every week by Dr. Budd and Dr. Todd, and by
Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Partridge.
The Physicians' assistant and clinical clerks, the house-surgeon,
and dressers, are selected by examination from the students of the
hospital.

A FRESH ARRIVAL OF NEW PROVIDENCE PINE APPLES.
MESSRS. J. and J. ADAM will SELL, by
AUCTION, at their Sale-room, 11, Pudding-lane, Lower
Thames-street, on MONDAY, August 25, at Three o'clock precisely,
5,, 00 NEW PROVIDENCE PINE APPLES, in flue condition, now
landing ,y the William Forster, from Eleuthera.
To be viewed on the morning of sale, and Catalogues had of
J. and J. ADAM, Brokers, 11, Puddl..g-lane.

FIRST-RATE COIIMERCIAL HOTEL.

-
PrO.BE LET, that commodious and well eats.-
IL Wished HOTEL, situate near the NORTH UNION RAIL-
WAY STATION in WIGAN. The House is replete with modern
conveniences, and contains 26 bed-rooms, travellers' room, dining-
rooms, sitting-rooms, bar-parlour, tap-room, &c. &c. In the yard
thert is stabling for 20 horses, with loose boxes, large assembly-
room, Z.:c. _ _

Possession may be had on the 12th of November next. The rent
is moderate, and this is such an opportunity as seldom occurs for
any active person, wishing to embark in business, with every pros-
pect of success. .

For further particulars, or treaty, apply to Mr. Thompson, Wigan.
August, 1845.

PUBLICATIONS.

Now ready, In Pro., with Portrait, ss. bound,
THE FOUIifII VOLUME of M. TRIERS
HISTORY of the CONSULATE and EMPIRE,
A Sequel to his " History of the French Revolution."
Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq.
With the sanction and approval of the Author.

The present volume comprises, among other important and inte-
resting topics, the Rupture of the Peace of Amiens—The Camp and
Flotilla of Boulogne and Threatened Invasion of England—The Con-
spiracy of Georges—The Death of the Due D'Enghien, &c.
" The publication of M. Thiers' History of the Consulate and Em-
pire is an event of an interest not confined to the world of literature.
The charms of so facile a style, the method of so lucid a narrative,
and the abundance of its authentic and hitherto unexplored mate-
rials, place this work amongst the most important productions of
our times."•—Times.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSEE, Att.ll. 11. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated the Comedy of CAPTAIN TARItADIDDLE; or,
What will the World Say? Captain Tarradiddle, Mr. W. Farren;
Pye Hilary, Mr. Hudson; Mrs. Tarradiddle, Miss P. Horton.
The celebrated Pianist. Leopold de Meyer, will perform this
Evening, after the Comedy, Introduction and Marche Marocaine."
To r:e followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER
WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren; Dray-
ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E.
Yarnold; Susan, Mrs. Stanley.
or, Matrimonial Chap-
MAnsfte. rc‘.vvtulici3hLEw,isll bceurße,preAalteNdLaECNTeuwßEDsrratia Sketch, entitled
ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford.
Private Boxe4, Two Guineas and une Guinea and a-Hall each.
Tickets and rlaces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office,
from Ten till Five o'clock.

before the Cortes as,soon as they meet, and in the mean-
time make every effort with the Minister.
General O'DONNELL refuses to give to the English
Commissioners at the Havannah a house for the use of
the freed negroes. He 'maintains, that it is to the
Mixed Commission, and not to the English portion of

it, that the house is to be given, instead of the old three
decker.

According to the Tiempo, Don N, PILLIII, the uncle
of General PRIM, had been arrested.

Great dissatisfaction is expressed in all the papers at
the arbitrary conduct of NARVAEZ. With one excep-
tion, the whole press is against the NARITA= Ministry,
and it is thought probable by the well-intormed that
some modification of its composition is at hand.
The 15th, being the feast of Assumption, was kept as a
holiday at the Bourse.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
They contain intelligence from Leipsic to the 16th,
up to which day everything had continued quiet there.
There is, in fact, owing to the precautions adopted by
the municipal authorities, but little probability that the
tranquillity of the city will again be interrupted. The
Municipal Council has published a proclamation, recom-
mending the communal guard and students to cntinue
acting together in maintaining tranquillity, inasmuch as
it is highly important that the news of the restoration of
order should reach foreign countries quickly, in order
that the interests of the fair of St. Michel should not be

compromised.
A statement appears in the Courrier du Havre to
the effect that Queen VICTORIA would visit King Louis
PHILIPPE at Eu, on her way back to England from
Germany.

A trwtnendous hurricane raged on Tuesday, which
did great damage at Paris and at Rouen. It is stated
that at Rouen 200 persons had been killed or wounded
by the blowing down of a large factory.

The Three per Cents, closed at 84f. 40c. ; the New Loan
at 841. 65c.; the Five per Cents. at 121 E 90c. ; Orleans
Railroad shares, 1,320 f. ; Rouen, 1,110 E; Vierzon, 812 f. 50c. ;
Havre, 915 f. ; Avignon, 1,085 E ; Basle, 2861. 25c. ; Spanish
Three per Cents., 38i. ; Ditto, Passive, 7.
The following are the quotations of the new lines:-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 225 f. premium ; Boulogne, 140 f.
premium ; Troyes and Montereau, 55f.; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte), 36f. 25c.; ditto (Pepin), 14f ; ditto (Decan),
14f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), 6f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 13f. 75c.;
Northern Line (Laffitte), 58E 75c.; ditto (Rosamel), 29f. ;
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 16f. 25c.; ditto (Drouil-
lard), if. 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill) 71. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques
Lefevre), If. ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 20f. ; ditto
(Talabot), 41f. 25c. ' - ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), Bf.
50c. • Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), par; ditto (Espe-
leta), 15f. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Carette), 6f. 50c. ;
Parrs and Strasburg (Ganneron), 131. 75c.; ditto (Bechet).
10f. ; ditto (Hottinguer), 15f.; Dijon and Mulhouse, par ;
Dieppe, 35f.
Moss, AUG. 16.-Avignon and Marseilles, 1,062 E, end
of August; Paris and Orleans, 1,2801., ditto; Paris and
Rouen, 1,063 E, ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 778 f., ditto;
Orleans and Bordeaux, 7151., ditto; Nismes and Montpelier,
5651. ditto.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 21.

Boulogne and Amiens.. 10% Orleans and Bordeaux 12
Bordeaux &Mediterran Over Yssel •••
Bordeaux and Toulouse Paris & Lyons ( Lafitte) 3%
Do. and Cette 2' Ditto (Ganneron's). 2%
Dutch Rhenish ...
Dendre Valley ...... - 5034
Dieppe & Paris Junct — Paris and Rouen 42/
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Strasburg
East Indian — (Ganneron's)... 2%
Grt Northern of France __ . Ipo.(Cortpte de L'Est) 2%
.

(Laffitte9s)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Great Paris and Lyons. 21/s Royal North of Spain 3
Jamaica Junction — Sambre and Meuse .... 814
Do. North Midland — Strasbourg and Basle .
Louvain and Jemeppe 434 Tours and • Nantes
Lyons and Avignon..... 2% I (*Kenzie's) 2
Limembourgh.. 2% . Do. (Lefebvre's)
Namur and Liege 4)4 Verona and Ancona....
Orleans and Vierzon