The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-20 00:00:00

BELFAST AND COUNTY DOWN RAIL-
WAY COMPANY, AND NEWRY, BANBRIDGE, AND
BELFAST JUNCTION COMPANY.

At a meeting of the Provisional Committees of the above Compa-
nies, held in Belfast, on Monday, the 18th instant, a Protest against
the proceedings of these Committees, with reference to an amalgama-
tion of these Companies with the Great County Down Railway Com-
pany, signed by several influential- Shareholders, having been read,
Resolved, " That inasmuch as the members of these Committees
now present having been advised that they have not power in point
of law to bind the proprietary bodies which they severally represent,
they feel compelled to decline proceeding farther towards carrying
out the amalgamation proposed by the Great County Down Railway
Company in opposition to the Resolutions and Protest of several
members of the Registered Provisional Committees and of extensive
Shareholders in their respective Companies, until they have taken
the opinion of a General Meeting of the Shareholders upon the sub-
lect, and that a meeting be accordingly called for that purpose with
as little delay as possible."

Belfast, 18th August, 1845.

JOHN HARRISON, Chairman.

BELFAST ANDZ COUNTY DOWN RAIL-
WAY COMPANY, AND NEWRY, BANBRIDGE, AND
BELFAST JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of a Protest by several
of the Provisional Directors of, and other large Shareholders In, the
above Companies, against the proceedings of the Committees respect-
ing a proposition made to them by the Provisional Committee of the
Great County Down Railway Company for the amalgamation of
their several projects, a MEETING of the several parties who have
signed the Subscription Contract of the Belfast and County Down
Railway Company, and of those who have paid the Deposit upon the
Shares allotted to them in that Company, or in the Newry, Ban-
bridge, and Belfast Junction Railway Company, will be held at the
Office, 24, Fountain-street, Belfast, on SATURDAY, the 30th instant,
at Twelve o'Clock Noon precisely, to take into consideration the
above-mentioned Protest, and to adopt such measures in reference
thereto as may be deemed expedient.

The votes of the Proprietors will be taken according to the number
of shares held by each.
Proxies will be allowed.
THOMAS WARD, Secretary of the Belfast and County
Down Railway Company.
THOMAS M'CLELLAND, Secretary of the Newry,
Banbridge, and Belfast Junction Railway Company.
Belfast. 181 h Ammo, 1845.

BRADBURY, GREATOREX, and BEALL,
beg to inform their friends, that in con.sequenee of their pre•
miser being entirely consumed by Fire on the evening of the 18th
inst., their Business will be conducted for the present at the GRES-
HAM-ROOMS, No. 18 A, BASINGHALL-STREET, to which
place they respectfully request.all communications maybe addressed.
8., G., and Co., beg to avail themselves of this opportunity to re-
turn their grateful thanks to their friends and neighbours, for the
available assistance afforded them on this melancholy occasion.
London, August 19, 1845.

JANIES COSTER and Co. beg to return their
sincere thanks to their friends and neighbours for the valuable
asst: t nice afforded them during the Fire on Monday evening, which,
unfortunately, broke out in the premises of their neighbours, Messrs.
Brad ,ury, Oreatorex, and Beall, and inform them that their WARE-
MOUSE WILL. BE OPENED FOR BUSINESS In the usual way on
TB t'aSDAY, the 21st instant.
Aidermanbury, 20th August, 1845.

TO 110aIERS, OUTFITTERS, &c.—IN BANKRUPTCY—STOCK

AND LEASE.
HENRY MURRELL has received instructions
from the assignee of E. P. Harding, of No. 6, Town-pier,
Gravesend, to sell by Tender, In one lot, the entire STOCK, com-
prising HOSIERY, CLOTHES, and SLOP GOODS, amounting, at
cost price, to 5421. 13s. 2d., and which will be sold at a discount
therefro►n in one lot.

May be viewed on the premises till Friday, Aug. 22, on which day,
at eleven o'clock precisely, the tenders will be opened, and the pur-
chaser declared, at Henry 3lurrell's offices, 41, Threadneedle-street,
London. Distinct tenders are also invited for the Lease, but the
Mortgagee does not bind himself to accept any of them.

BALLOONS, BALLOONS, BALLOONS.-
cRE MORN E GARDENS.—Remember, my beloved public,
OD MONDAY NEXT, the great Nassau Balloon, with a large party of
ladies and gentlemen, will ascend from these exquisite grounds by
sun-light or rain-light, as the weather may he. On Wednesday Mr.
Green will again ascend by moon-light, star-light, or dark night, as
the weather may be. On the latter occasion the veteran will, on be-
coming a quarter of a mile high, shower on shorter men below, bou-
quets of Irascible light anti streams of exasperated fire. On both
oecasons, fete, fun, and flreworks.—Admission Is. ; children halt

ONtsinus ACCIDENT.—An alarming accident oc-
curred this morning about nine o'clock, to a gentleman named
Alordauot, of Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. It appears
he was going to his offices on the outside of one of Brewer's
omnibuses from Notting-hill, when as it was passing the end
of Catherine-street. Strand, one of the fore-wheels came off,
and he was thrown from the top of the omnibus on to his head.
He was immediately picked up and conveyed to Charing-crws
Hospital, when it was found that he had received a compound
fracture of the leg, but not of such a nature as to make ampu-
tation necessary. He is also much injured on other parts of
his body.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE THROUGH FEAR
or PROSECUTION FOR Bleastr.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held
an inquest at the City of Norwich, Wentworth-street, Spital-
fields, on view of the body of Thomas Richards, aged ,36 years,
a waiter. Elizabeth Richards deposed that deceased had
married her on the Bth November last, at that time
having another wife alive, of which she was unaware. About
two months after the marriage deceased's first wife disco-
vered his residence, and caused him to be apprehended and
taken before a magistrate ; but, in consequence of legal proof of
the first rnarraige being wanting and the absence of the wit-
ness, she having gone out of the way to avoid appearing
against him, deceased was discharged upon bail, to answer
any further charge which might be brought against him,
should his first wife obtain satisfactory testimony in sup-
port of her accusation. Subsequently deceased had several
interviews with his first wife, whom he wished to forgive
him and take him back to live with her, which she refused to
do. He became very desponding, and latferly feared, in conse-
quence of witness having returned to live with him, that his
former wife would renew her charge and procure him to be
committed to take his trial for bigamy. This had preyed
much upon his mind. On Saturday night he returned home
to his lodgings about twelve o'clock, but did not go to bed, a,
when witness awoke in the morning she found him suspended
to the bedrail by an old shawl. Mr. Protberoc, a surgeon,
was sent for, but life was quite extinct. Verdict—Temporary
derangement.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT DURING THE FIRE IN
ALDER.MANBURY.—During the raging of the fire in Alder-
manbury, i n Monday night last, a young man named
Stephen Cowlick, 27 years of age, was on his way home, and
had reached the church of St. Mary the Virgin, in Altlertnan-
bury, when, in order to avoid the crowd, he essayed to enter
the church-yard, by climbing over the iron spikes. Id at-
tempting this, however, he missed his footing, and fell heavily
upon the spikes, one of which entered the thick part of his
right thigh, and he became literally impaled. He was, with
some difficulty, removed and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, where he remains in great agony.
Cotl•it F. v. IVETIIERELI..—The defendant in this
revolting ca.c has been represented, and is supposed by many
to be the brother of Sir Charles Wetherell, the ex-Attorney-
General. This, however, is not the fact. The rev. delin-
quent is not at all related to the learned and eccentric knight,
but is the son of a builder of the same name, who some time
ago can led on that business in the vicinity of Kensington.
He is at present an inmate of the Queen's Bench Prison, at
the suit of his son •in-law, Mr. Cooke, for no less a sum than
14,0001., but was present at the trial on Friday last, on a "day
rule," being anxious, as it was stated, to afford his counsel his
personal assistance and instruetion in the cross-examination of
the witnesses called against him. At the adjournment of the
Court, however, he returned to his farmer quarters, and did
not make his appearance afterwards.
Er t-tic-r OF TOO SUDDEN REFORM.—Yesterday
Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Fountain, New-street,
Golden- square, on the body of John Stephens, aged 70, of No.
bin the above street, pianoforte maker. Deceased had been
40 years in the employment of the Messrs. Stoddart, and was
formerly a robust and healthy man, and a very free liver.
Latterly lie suddenly changed to a system of abstemiousness,
and became pale and sickly and subject to fits. lie was seen
alive on Friday evening. in the street, when be said jokingly
that he had just had " his half gallon," meaning half a pint of
fourrnny ale, to which he limited himself. About three
o'clock on the following morning he was seized with a fit which
speedily proved fatal. Verdict—" Natural death."
We are informed that Dr. Hooker, son of Sir
William Hooker, who lectured for Dr. Graham this summer,
is a candidate fur the chair of Botany, now vacant is our Uni-
versity.— Caledonian Mercury.

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