The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-16 00:00:00

T. B. CHANTER, Esq., the Mayor, took the chair shortly
after two o'clock, and commenced the proceedings by stating
that he, as mayor, had convened the meeting, in consequence
of a numerously signed requisition, which had been presented
to him to that effect, to take into consideration the vital and
important subject of the formation of railway communication
with that town and port. It was neither his place nor pur-
pose to offer any particular opinion on either of the schemes
of railways that might be submitted to the meeting; at the
same time, however, he might remark, he understood that one
proposed line of railway would be put before the meeting, on
the merits of which they bad already more than once expressed
a favourable opinion; viz., the project of the Bideford and
Tavistock Railway Company, which company had in view the
construction of a line from that town, by way of Torrington,
Hatherleigh, and Okehampton, to Tavistock.
Hur.r. TERRELL, Esq., solicitor to the Company, then rose,
and said that the Directors of the Bideford and Tavistock
Company had appointed a deputation to attend the meeting
he'd this day to state the advantages of their intended railway
to the port of Bideford. The Bideford and Launceston line
was a comparatively short line, and was inconvenient to the
inhabitants of Bideford, as it would carry them a round-
about course on their way to Plymouth. Secondly, a Bide-
ford and Tavistock line, but not the line he had the honour
to advocate. This also would be inconveniently circuitous ;
it would omit Okehampton and other towns, and would pass
through a barren, and, therefore, poorly populated district,
and would benefit none hut a few interested landowners, who
had devised a scheme which they had not yet ventured to put
upon paper.—( Cheers.) Thirdly, the North Devon line, from
Crediton to Barnstaple: this had been mesmerised by the
Board of Trade into a deep sleep, and was yet asleep, and
would probably never awake.—(Cheers.) Fourthly, the
Bideford and Bampton line. This did not interfere with the
Bideford and Tavistock Railway; it was projected by the
Bristol and Exeter Company; it would afford facilities in
passing to London, and he hoped it would pay. Fifthly,
there was the Great West of England. He had seen the
prospectus of this scheme for the first time that day; it was a
worthless paper project : the Board of Trade had already re-
ported against its Cornwall line as impracticable, and he had
it from authority that amongst the few Directors' names
two had been printed without permission.—( Hear, hear. )
And then, as to the South Devon—were they disposed to work
for you as friends ?—( Hear, hear.) On the contrary, their
conduct was at best suspicious; they had a Bill before Parlia-
ment for a branch from Tavistock to Launceston, and what
could be the fruits of such a branch? Even if it came on to
Bideford, it would be running in a circle ; but something more
was to be feared. Suppose it should run on to Camelford,
searching after the north of Cornwall traffic it would there
find, which would alone lead to the port of Padstow, and thus
half the traffic would be directed from Bideford and conferred
on Padstow.
R. HOPKINS, Esq., one of the engineers of the Bideford
and Tavistock Railway Company, then rose and observed, that
after the at Is and lucid address of his Learned Friend, in
which he had so fully explained the position and objects of the
Bideford and Tavistock Railway Company, little remained for
him to say, except briefly to describe the line of railway pro-
posed to be constricted, and to advert to some of its peculiar
advantages. He then described the railway. The Board of
Directors was composed of gentlemen of high standing in the
railway world ; nearly all of them being Directors in other
companies, and several of them bankers and merchants in the
city of London.—(Cheers.)
T. H. ToonE, Esq., one of the Directors, then rose. He
said that he attended at the immediate wish of the Board of
Direction, and he saw very plainly that the reason they had for
it was a good one ; it was because they felt that enough was
not known of this line. He had the pleasure of explaining
the character and some of the details of the line, in private, to
the Mayor, and he (the Mayor) was pleased to say that he did
not think that a plan or line could be devised more to the
benefit of that town—( The Mayor signified his assent).—
( Cheers.) He was happy to see, from the crowded state of
the meeting, that the town was fully alive to the importance of
railway intercourse. The same spirit had been shown wherever
the deputation had gone.
CHARLES CARTER, Esq., of Bideford, said, having heard
the statement of the deputation, he had very great pleasure in
moving the first resolution, which was That this meeting,
having heard the deputation from the Bideford and Tavistock
Railway Company, expresses its approval of the line promoted
by that Company, and its conviction that this line passing
through Okehampton, with one of the termini towards Exeter
at Crediton, and another towards Plymouth at Tavistock, will
in a h;gh degree promote the prosperity of this port and its
neighbourhood."

BIDEFORD AND TAVISTOCK
RAIL WA Y.--IMPO UT ANT MEETING AT
OK EH A M PTON, DEVON.
On Saturday, the 7th instant, an influential and inportant
meeting wa, held at the Guildhall, Okehampton. The meeting
was convened by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition signed
by the Rev. Bouchier Wrey ;Saville, the vicar of the parish, and
about fifty of the principal landowners and inhabitants, to the
following effect :—" We, the undersigned, request you will
convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood of Okehampton, as soon as possible, to take
inw consideration the proposed line of railway communication
between Bideford and 'favistock via Okehampton, in which
both public and local interest are most deeply involved."
Shortly after three o'clock the chair was taken by
HANNIBAL C. MILLET, Esq., the Mayor, who commenced
the proceedings by reading the notice calling the meeting.
He added that a deputation from London was in attendance to
lay before the meeting their views on the important scheme of
constructing a railway from Bideford to Tavistock, and which
it was intended should pass by way of Okehampton.
HULL TERRELL, solicitor to the company, then rose and
said that he had the honour of appearing before the meeting
as one of the deputation from the direction, which deputation
consisted of Mr. Tooke, one of the directorse, and Mr. Rice
Hopkins, one of the engineers to the company. Their object
was to lay, before the meeting the nature and advantages of the
intended line, and to obtain its approbation. The company did
not need their money, as applications had already been made
from parties whose references had been tested for shares ex-
ceeding three times the number to be allotted. The present
company, he was happy to say, had already received abundant
support, not only from local landowners, but from capitalists, in
other parts, so that no doubt could remain as to the ultimate
success of the present company.—(Hear, and cheers.) Mr.
Terrell then read the following :
" The objects of this undertaking are to unite the Bristol
with the English Channel, and to afford a direct, speedy, and
cheap communication between the three centres of population
in Devonshire, viz., of Bideford and Barnstaple, with their
neighbourhood, containing 40,000 inhabitants, on the north ;
of Plymouth and Devonport, including in their environs 100,000
people, on the south ; and of Exeter, with its suburbs number-
ing .50,000 residents, on the east ; and to supply to the inhabi-
tants of the districts through which the lines of railway will
pass the advantages of manure, coals, and general merchandise,
at an immense reduction of cost, and the means of conveying
their agricultural produce, timber, and other goods to the best
markets.
" The railway is intended to commence at the town and port
of Bideford, and to proceed by the town of Okehampton to the
borough of Tavistock, where it is to communicate with the
b:anch of the South Devon Railway, which is to be made from
Plymouth, and for which a Bill is now before Parliament. A
branch will connect the populous and flourishing borough of
Barnstaple with the main line, and another branch will pass
from the main line through Bow, and join the Exeter and Cre-
tliton line at Crediton. The length of the main line will be
about 42 miles, and of the branches about 23 miles, making
together 65 miles.
" Estimates of the traffic have been preparel by competent
parties, and the result is, that after allowing a deduction of 40
per cent. for the working expenses, the net returns are calcu-
lated to amount to more than six per cent. per annum on the
required capital, without taking into account several future
sources of income which the railway will create.
" The great importance of this railway to the landholders
and general population in the central parts of the county
through which the line will pass will appear from the fact that
the price of lime will be reduced to them 40 per cent., and
of coal 50 per cent.
" The local population which would be benefited by the con •
stru,?tion of this railway exceeds 3C 'l,OOO persona.
l';ze country through which this line of railway will pass is
peculiarly favourable in an engineering point of view for its
construction.
" Power is intended to be reserved in the Act of Parliament,
which is to be obtained for making this railway, to allow inte-
rest on the deposits and calls paid on the shares, at the rate of
four per cent. per annum, until the opening of the whole line.
No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of his shares.
" This being a county line, it has been resolved that not
less than 6,000 shares of the Company should be distributed
amongst applicants who are Shareholders of the following
lines—viz.,
The Bristol and Exeter
The South Devon 2,5(10
The Exeter and Crediton 750
And the Barnstaple and Taw Vale

141,4

He would now allude to a few points of special note requiring
the attention of the meeting. In the first place the line was
in a certain sense perfect, as a county line—uniting the nor-
thern, southern, and eastern parts, and it was so extensive as
to be entitled to an independent standing. In the second
place the direction consisted entirely of London shareh lders,
many of whom had been, and still were, directors of other
lines, and, having served their apprenticeship, were equal to
their present work.—( Cheers. ) Messrs. Rice and Th.,mas
Hopkins, having on two or three previous occasions surveyed
the districts through which the proposed line would run, their
ability was known, and had s, cured the confidence of the
county.—( Hear, and cheers.) They would be assisted by Sir
John M'Neill, as consulting engineer, whose previous know-
ledge of the county will make his co-operation peculiarly ad-
vantageous. In the fourth place, there was no fear that
the present company would be in the same sad predicament as
its predecessors. Funds had been abundantly supplied,
and no applications for shares had been attended to except
from parties of undoubted respectability. (Hear, hear.)
Before concluding, he would trouble the meeting by calling
its attention to one other subject—viz., the relation which this
line bore to other lines in the county. As it respected the
Crediton and Exeter, and South Devon and Tavistock, the
intended line would benefit both, as it would join them and
carry traffic on to both. The proposed line between Taunton
and Barnstaple would not, if carried out, interfere with this
company—it would afford a convenient line for the inhabitants
of Barnstaple and Bideford on their way to London, and
prevent any competing line with the present, either in a line
from Barnstaple to Tiverton, or Bat nstaple to Crediton, which
latter line, however (North Devon line), may be considered
as already defunct. (Hear, hear.) The Great Western
Company had no intention of proposing a line.
Rice HOPKINS, Esq., one of the engineers to the com-
pany—lt is with feelings of peculiar pleasure that I rise to
address this meeting, because I believe that the great object
which has been so long desired by the inhabitants of this
town and neighbourhood, and for which this meeting is now
assembled, is in a fair train towards its accomplishment.
Money is no longer wanting ; but it is most desirable, in
order to obtain the necessary powers for constructing the
railway, that the promoters should be able to show
to Parliament that the project is supported by
parties who have an interest in the district. I
happy to state that the lines proposed possess no pe-
culiar engineering difficulties. Only two short tunnels (each
about a. quarter of a mile in length) are necessary, anti the ex-
cavations and embankments required are much under the usual
average of railways in general. The gradients are also fa-
vourable, and there will be no plane which cannot be worked
by an ordinary locomotive engine. EstLnates of the probable
traffic have been made, and the result is highly satisfactory.
A line, connecting not only the whole of the north with the
south of Devon, but several towns of the north with Exeter,

JAMES ROOKER, Esq., seconded the resolution.
H. Hawc,s, Esq., felt interested in the formation of the
ra!wa-.,, connecting that town and Plymouth, by way of
Okehampton ; and he was happy to state to the meeting that
this line had been most cordially received by the inhabitants of
Okeha;npton, and by the landowners along the line.
W. 0. COOKE, Esq., surgeon, of Bideford, said he was so
entirely satisfied with the explanations which had been given
that he was not only prepared to vote for the resolution, but
also to avail himself, if possible, of a personal interest in the
undertaking.

PALARn, merchant of Bideford, among other facts in
favour of the proposed line, stated, that annually there was
consumed, in the immediate neighbourhood of Okehampton,
not less than 10,000 tons of culm, and large quantities of
coal, iron, and other goods, imported at Bideford ; and these
quantities would, he believed, be much increased by the faci-
lities which the railroad would afford. Another source of an
increase of traffic to that part, resulting from the formation
of the proposed railway would, he believed, arise from quan-
tities of copper and other ores from the neighbourhood of Lyd-
ford being shipped at Bideford for Wales, instead of being
taken into Cornwall for that purpose as heretofore. Alto-
gether he thought it one of the best lines ; indeed, for the coon.
try, the only line that could be constructed with a chance of
making a return for the outlay of capital.—( Cheers. )
The resolution was now put from the chair, and unanimously
adopted.
Thomas Evans, Esq., shipowner, Bideford, moved the fol-
lowing resolution :—" This meeting pledges itself to further,
by every means in its power, the object and undertaking of the
Bideford and Tavistock Company, and that the members for
the county of Devon be requested to give the same their ut-
most support in Parliament."
After some further observations from Mr. Evans, Mr.
Tooke, and others, the resolution was again put to the meet-
ing, and unanimously adopted.
A vote of thanks to the Mayor for calling the meeting, and
for his conduct in the chair, moved by Mr. Tooke, was
then adopted.

THE SHERIFFS' DINNER TO THE

JUDGES.

On Saturday the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex
gave a most splendid entertainment to the Judges, at Gird-
ler's-hall, Basinghall-street. Amongst the company were
Lord Denman, chiefjustice of the Queen's Bench ; Chief
Baron Pollock, the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. Masterman,
M.P. for the City of London, several of the Sergeants-
at-Law, and other members of the bar, of the Alder-
men and Common Councilmen, and of the clergy.
After the customary honours had been paid to the
Queen, the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert. and the rest
of the Royal Family, upon the proposition of the Sheriffs,
who alternately officiated,
Sheriff and Alderman SIDNEY said he felt great plea-
sure in giving the health of the Lord Bishop of Llandaff,
who was so distinguished a representation of the talents
and virtues of the Church. The Sheriffs were, he as-
sured the company, most proud of the honour done them
by the eminent prelate, whoseexample was so admirably
calculated to exalt the moral and religious character of
the people.—(Cheers.)
The Lord Bishop of LLANDAFF rose to return thanks,
as the principal representative present of the Church to
which the toast referred. Ile felt that the ministers of
the Church deserved the acknowledgments offered by
the Company to their zeal and exertions. It was with
sincere pleasure he bore testimony to the improved con-
duct of the clergy.—(Cheers.) They had greatly im-
proved, and were still improving, and it was to that ad-
vance in improvement he attributed the cordial respect
with which they had been treated of late years by the
people. He remembered when, about 10 or 12 years
ago, a very different feeling was exhibited towards them,
and it was no inconsiderable consolation to him to per-
ceive the change, because he was justified, not only in
drawing an inference from it in favour of the character
of the penple, but in considering it a manifestation of a
corresponding influence upon the conduct and character
of the clergy.—(Cheers.) He recollected the time when,
in passing Temple-bar, he witnessed evidences of an im-
pression towards his brethren of the Church greatly at
variance with that which he now felt so much gratifica-
tion in describing, and he trusted that by persevering in
the great cause of religious instruction, and strengthen-
ing it by their example, and confining themselves within
the proper sphere of their duties, they should, through
the blessing of God, still more effectually attract to
themselves the respect and veneration of the people.
Sheriff and Alderman HUNTER proposed the " Health
of Lord Denman, Chief Baron Pollock, and the other
members of the Bench." It gave him, he declared, high
gratification to introduce to the company names of such
distinguished character connected with the administra-
tion of the laws of the country. When he mentioned
the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, he was
sure he addressed himself to the unanimous sympathy
of those around him.—(Cheers.) He had enjoyed the
honour of knowing that excellent and eminent individual
before the Noble and Learned Lord's attainment of the
high situation which he filled, so much to his own credit
and so much to the service of the community; and he
spoke the language of the whole country when he said,
that never had that distinguished office been held by a
person more highly qualified.—(Cheers.) Of the Chief
Baron, whose connexion with the City of London was
also of long standing, they could all speak in terms of
similar admiration —(Cheers.)
Lord Chief Justice DENMAN begged to assure the
Company that his Learned Brother and himself enter-
tained the highest sense of the compliment which had been
in so flattering a manner passed upon them. They felt it
not so much in consequence of any personal claims they
might be supposed to have, as from the pride they enter-
tained in representing their Learned Brethren who were
unavoidably absent, and to whose merits so well deserved
a tribute had been paid. They felt proud to acknowledge
that in their endeavours to perform the duties which they
were called upon to fulfil, they received the warmest sup-
port from the magistrates of London.—(Cheers.) It
would be improper, on such occasions as the present, to
omit the opportunity which presented itself, of expressing
his feeling towards the City of London, to which he
had, as it were, served his apprenticeship, and to his con-
nexion with which he owed the elevated situation
in which he had the honour of being placed, and
his rank and station in society.—(Loud cheers.) He
never allowed any occasion, on which he could express
his deep obligations to the City of London to pass, with-
out in the most grateful manner making that acknow-
ledgment, and he should seize every future opportunity
of testifying his sincerity. He regretted that he did not
see at this splendid banquet more of his Learned Brethren,
but he knew that they were enjoying the holidays, to
which they were so well entitled, and which their one-
rous labours rendered so necessary. In their mime, and 1
in his own behalf, he returned thanks for the honour
just passed in the toast.—(Cheers.) He should leave it
to his Learned Brcthe, the Chief Baron, to address the
company for himself, and he hoped that as there were
only two judges present, and his Learned Brother was
the older acquaintance of the City, the next speech
would be long enough to justify the reasonable expec-
tations of his fellow-citizens, and to compensate for the
deficiency eccasioned by the absence of the rest of the
bench.—(Cheers and laughter.) He looked with the
more confidence to the ste,ech of his Learned Brother;
when he considered that the Chief Baron had received
the admirable education which, united to the extraor-
dinary genius and knowledge by which he was distin- I

Several other;toasts were drunk, and the evening was
spent with the greatest possible hilarity.
The dinner was supplied by Messrs. Staples of the
Albion Tavern, who fully sustained their high character
in producing every requisite luxury.
Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Chapman, and two boys of the names
of Sullivan and Williams, delighted the company by
their vocal abilities.

Girdler's-hall, in which the entertainment was given,
is so called from the ancient Company of Girdle-makers
or Girdlers, whose patron saint was Saint Laurence.
The Herald's office, in honour of th- Martyr Patron,
gave to the Company " two gridirons " as their arms.
Chamberlain, in his "History of London," speaks thus
of Girdlers'-hall. "A handsome and convenient build-
ing finished in 1681, well wainscoted within and adorned
with a screen of the composite order for transcribing the
affairs of the Company, which is a Livery Company and
the twenty-third on the list. It was incorporated in the
27th of Henry VI., on the 6th of August, 1449, and in-
corporated with the Pinners, and were drawn by Queen
Elizabeth on the 12th of October 1568, by the name of
" the Master and Wardens or Keepers of the Art or
Mystery of the Girdlers of Loudon." It is governed
by a master, three wardens, and a court of assistants.

CAUSEWAY BETWEEN MAHIM

AND BANDORA.

(From the British Indian Gentleman's Gazttte, April 10.)
The Causeway between Mahim and Bandora was
opened on last Tuesday evening, in a manner which did
honour not only to the founder of that most useful struc-
ture, but to the inhabitants of Bombay.
From an early hour the roads leading to Mahim were
thronoed with vehicles, in which the natives of every de-
scription hastened to the neighbourhood of the cause-
way, and soon after three o'clock the carriages of the
Europeans and wealthy inhabitants began to appear.
From that hour the way to •,• ahim presented a most
animated appearance. The villages through the Toddy
tree groves of Mahim were swarming with spectators at
the long line of carriages of every description which
passed on before them.

The arrangements made by the police were excellent;
constables were stationed at difThrent barriers to keep
the order required. At half-past four o'clock the car-
riages were drawn up in line from the end of the ap-
proach to the causeway, to the termination of the tows.
They were stationed on the side of the road so as to
allow those to pass on which were to take the lead in the
procession.
At half-past four o'clock the Hon. the Governor's
carriage came to the grand entrance of Parell Palace,
and the Governor and Sir Jamsctjee Jejeebhoy, Knight,
entered it, the latter having the seat of honour at the
Governor's right band. Escorted by the Lancers and
followed by the aide-de-eampq, and the staff' of the
garrison, &c. &e., they proceeded to Mallim, a distance
of nearly three miles.

At five o'clock they approached the Causeway, and the
procession began from the front of Mahim Church, in
the following order:—
The Engineer Officer who constructed the Causeway,
Captain Cruikshank, who was represented by Captain
Marriott.
The Establishment of the Engineer.
The first part of the Lancers.
The Governor's Band.
The Hon. the Governor's carriage.
Captain Arthur, the Governor's Private Secretary on
the one side, and Cursetjeo Jamsetjee, Esq., on the
left, with many other gentlemen on horseback.
The personal retinue of the Hon. the Governor.
The carriages followed in single line of the Commander-
in•Chief, of the Members of Council, of the Secre-
taries, of many Civil servants, of the Staff, and of the
leading personages in the society of this island.
A party of Lancers closed the procession.
A triumphal arch was erected at each entrance of the
Causeway, and as the procession moved along it the
coup d'ceil was magnificent. The bells of the church
rang a merry peal. The groups that thronged around
the sides of the way leading to the entrance in their
white dresses, gave an air of splendour to the whole view.
The great length of the procession, the moving spectacle
around, the calm and beautiful expanse of water on both
sides of the Causeway ; the triumphal arches of the
Mahim and Bandora entrances, the splendid pavilion
erected under the well-known large tree on the Ban-
dora shore, requlre not to be described.
When the head of the procession reached the centre
of the Causeway a royal salute was fired from four guns
stationed on the Salsette sands, under the command of
Captain Unwin.

the metropolis of the county, and passing through such an im-
portant agricultural district, requiring such large supplies of
manure as this railway only can afford, cannot fail to yield a
large return to the shareholders. The advantages of this rail-
way to the agriculturists and other inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood will be immense. In the centre of the district lime
will be reduced in price 49 per cent., and coals 50 per cent. ;
agricultural produce and merchandise in general will be con-
veyed at less than one-fourth the present expense of conveyance.
Thus not only will money be saved, but the resources of the
country will be more fully developed, and all classes, includir,
landlords, tenants, and labourers, will participate in the
benefits.—( Hear, hear.)
The Rev. BOUCHIER WREY SAVILLE, vicar of Okehamp-
ton, said he had been requested to move a resolution, which
by the permission of the meeting he would now read ; it was
as follows :—" That this meeting having duly considered
the prospectus of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Com-
pany, and having heard with pleasure the addresses of a depu-
tation from the company, is of opinion that the construction of
the proposed line of railway from Bideford to Tavistock, with
branches to Barnstaple and Crediton, is calculated to promote
in a high degree the interests of the county of Devon in
general, and of this town and the surrounding district in par-
ticular, and is therefore deserving of the warmest support, and
that therefore the meeting pledges itself to assist, by every
means in its power, the accomplishment of this undertaking,
and that the members for the county of Devon be earnestly re-
quested to support the same in Parliament."—( Cheers.) After
the very tuil and satisfactory statements made by the gentle-
men of the deputation, he thought he was warranted in asking
the meeting to adopt the resolution he had just read.—( Hear,
and cheers.) For his own part, he could not but feel that the
formation of the proposed railway would be attended with very
great advantage to all persons residing either in the town or
neighbourhood, and therefore he felt desirous that the com-
pany should have every encouragement. He had examined
the line as marked out by the engineer, and had it explained
to him, and for his own part he did not conceive that any line
could be marked out that would more conduce to the interests
of that town.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) One of the prin-
cipal landowners of the district (Albany Saville, Esq.) had
signified his approval of this line.—( Hear, and cheers.) The
Rev. Gentleman concluded his speech with advising all farmers,
landowners, tradesmen, and others interested in the neighbour-
hood, at once to make application for shares.
H. Conaiwo, Esq., of Okehampton, in seconding the reso-
lution, said the formation of the proposed railway would be an
immense advantage to the inhabitants of this town and neigh-
bourhood, whether engaged in agricultural or mercantile pur-
suits, whether landowners, farmers, or labourers, whether en-
gaged in business or not. He recommended all interested in
the prosperity of the town and neighbourhood to make at once
applications for shares, and thereby convince the Parliament
and the country that the line was one deserving of support.
HENRY HAWICES, Esq., Okehampton, raid, before putting
the resolution to the meeting, he should like to make an ob-
servation or two. He had the honour to represent the inte-
rest of the Rev. John Luxmoore, who, next to Mr. Saville,
was, he believed, the largest landowner in the neighbourhood;
and he had great pleasure in saying this undertaking had the
hearty and liberal concurrence of that gentleman. From in-
terviews which he had had with some other landowners on the

The Causeway was adorned u ith flags at regular dis-
tances, and about 150 seats were placed on the footways
for the benefit of the pedestrians. It was satisfactory to
behold the arrangements thus made for the convenience
of all classes.

In the dwelling-house of the chief native officer of
Bandora (Comavisador), and near the pavillion, Lady
Jamsetjee, with her family, had taken their station, and
on alighting from their carriages the Hon. the Governor
and all the leading members of the company and their
ladies there proceeded to offer to her Ladyship their
congratulations on the completion of the Causeway.
At six o'clock the last of the carriages arrived at the
pavilion, when refreshments were prepared in the most
sumptuous style. It was a beautiful sight to see the pa-
norama in the pavilion, where the ladies of Bombay, the
members of the Government, and the secretaries and
the civil servants, the number of officers, military, medical,
and naval ; of the gentlemen of the bar, of the mewitnessingtile houses, &c. &c., all seemed pleased on witnessing the
public ceremony of opening the Causeway from Mahim
to Bandora.
At half-past six o'clock Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy stood
at the head of the table, when the Hon. the Governor
Sir George Arthur, supported by Sir T. Nl`Mahon the
aveing great pleasure
passed over
Commander-in-Chief, the members of Council, &c., ad-
dressed him in the following manner :
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occasion,
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the noble Causeway which, through the munificence of
your family, has been erected for the benfit of the public.
I myself, as well as every one present, can bear testimony
to the value of this splendid and most useful work. It af-
fords me, therefore, high gratification to address you, for
I have to speak on a subject which is interesting to us
all—to every one now present—and its interest is best
proved by this numerous assembly. As the exact cir-
cumstances under which this Causeway has been con-
structed may not be known to all the company, I shall
give a short explanatory history of the undertaking.
Some years ago the Government of this Presidency, see-
ing the advantages of a regelar communication between
the islands of Bombay and
.Salsette, and being anxious
to connect the towns of Mahim and Bandora by a cause-
way, had the ground surveyed, plans taken, and the
estimates of the probable expense of the proposed work
calculated. The expense of such an undertaking, it was
reported, would be 67,000 rupees. The exigencies of the
Government at the time being very great, the matter was
allowed to remain in abeyance until a more favourable
opportunity should arise—it not being considered of so
great imp .rtance as other proposed improvements then
before the Government. This took place some years
ago, and the plans remained unexecuted until the mon-
soon of 1841, I believe, when a distressing accident oc-
curred at the ferry here. A boat was swamped, and a
number of poor natives, I think, about fifteen, lost their
lives. This distressing accident was of course a subject
of conversation amongst the. people, and came to the
ears of Lady Jamserjee, who was greatly pained at its
consequences to the families of the sufferers. She spoke
to you, and asked you why the Government did not en-
deavour to remedy en evil which was the cause of such
misery among the poor of Salsette ? The answer was
that the Government was fully occupied on other matters
of importance, and that, according to the estimates, it
would not only require the large sum already stated,
but, moreover, that a second estimate had been made
out, by which it was calculated that a further sum would
be required, amounting altogether to one lac of rupees.
' Let the consent of the Government be obtained,' was
the answer of this noble-minded woman, ' and I will de-
fray
all s expen
- -es' The consent of Government was
then obtained, and the work commenced; but it was soon I
discovered that further sums would be n.-cessary to bring
it to completion. Application was made to the Court of

line between this town and Torrington, he further had the
pleasure to assure the deputation that they were also not
merely favourable to, but most desirous that this undertaking
should succeed. . .

.1;
The resolution was now put by the Mayor, and unanimously
adopted by the meeting.
T. R. TOOKE, E4q., one of the Directors, then rose and
sait;—Having been deputed by the Board of Directors to re-
present them, he begged to confirm, as far as they needed
any eonfirn;ation, the statements made by the solicitor and
engineer of th,' Company. He could assure the meeting that
this was a solid am'. substantial undertaking, not set on foot in
the spirit of mad speculation, but for the purpose of giving the
benefit of railway commucation to this important district of
the
.country.--(Hear, hear.) As the meeting had already
heard, the number of shares that tI:.P Directors had to allot had
been applied for three times over, and the allotments would be
made, to the best of their belief, to bona fige applicants, to per-
sons seeking for investment, not to mere speculators. This
was not a paper line, but if duly supported, as by promises of
the landowners there was every reason to expect, they might
depend upon the railway being carried through, and the inesti-
mable benefits of railway communication conferred upon the
neighbourhood. They had been recommended by the vicar to
take their one, and two, and three shares, and he could assure
them, from his own personal knowledge, that the Board of
Directors would be glad to attend to any such application. The
strength of all railway proprietaries lay in holders of ten and
twenty shales.—( Hear, hear.) It was not in a spirit of specu-
lation that this railway was offered to them, but for purposes of
solid investment.

The vote of thanks was seconded, and carried by accla
matiun.

The MAYOR briefly acknowledged the vote, and the meet-
ing then separated shortly after five o'clock.
NORTH DEVON RAILWAYS.—THE BIDEFORD
AND TA VISTOCK RAIL WAY.-INPORTAN T PUB-
LIC AIEETING .AT' BIDEFORD.
BIDEFORD, Alortnair.
On Tuesday. the 10th instant, a.
_public meeting, convened
by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition, was held in the
Town Hall, Bideford, "to take into consideration the interest
of the district relative to the several projected lines of railway
to this port, and for adopting such measures as might be
deemed advisable." The meeting was numerous and influ-
ential.

THE SUN, LONDON. MONDA I MORNING, JITNIE 16, 1845

Directors for their aid and co-operation, when they, with
the liberality which has always characterised their pro-
ceedings when called upon to assist the benevolent na-
tives in their good undertakings, gave their assent.
Vafious other sums were, however, required and still
supplied by Lady Jamsetjee, till at length, after an ex-
penditure of 147,000 rupees, the structure was completed.
It was then suggested that so handsome a structure de-
manded an equally handsome approach to it, for which
it was calculated a sum of 20,000 rupees would be re-
quired, which further expenditure was entirely defrayed
by that noble-minded person, Lady Jamsetjee. Thus,
after an expenditure of 167,000 rupees, has this great
and most useful work been perfected, which reflects so
great an honour on the kind, the charitable, the bene-
volent lady, who has thus conferred a lasting benefit on
the inhabitants of these islands, whether rich or poor ;
but more especially by the poorer classes has this great
benefit been felt, as by this noble donation their means
of transit have been rendered permanently secure, and
their lives ensured to them from danger. As they have
not the opportunity of rendcriug their thanks to Lady
Jamsetjee in person, I am sure you will all unite with
me in thanking her in their name, and, to perpetuate
this noble deed, I this day propose that the Causeway
henceforth bear the name of Lady Jamsetjee's Cause-
way.' (Loud cheers.)—l have said that it gives me
pleasure to address you, Sir Jamsetjee, on this occasion,
and the cause of that pleasure is that I am acquainted
with your deeds of benevolence and your unbounded
munificence, at least in part, for you have kept many of
your good and generous actions concealed from me.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have been cognizant only
of some of the charities of this most liberal person, and
when, a short time after my arrival in this Government.
I took occasion to add up the amount of the then known
charities of Sir Jamsetjee, being ignorant of much more
that has since come to my knowledge, you will doubt-
less be surprised when I tell you that it amounted that
time to no less a sum than 100,000 pounds sterling, or
ten lacks of rupees. (Cheers.)—The character of Sir
J. Jejeehhoy is known all over the world. Her Most
Gracious Majesty the Queen has expressed her approval
of his conduct, and her high sense of his benevolence
and munificence, in proof of which she has been pleased
to bestow upon him that special mark of distinction
which is now hanging on his breast, and which I ac-
count as one of the fortunate occurrences in my life
that I had the honour of presenting to him. (Loud
cheers.)—We have all beard of the munificence of the
British merchants, but give me a Bombay merchant for
generosity, the extensive proofs of which we every day
behold. It gives me, therefore, unfeigned satisfaction,
in the presence of so many of the inhabitants of these
two islands, to express my sense of the good, the humane,
and the magnanimous conduct of Sir Jamsetjee Jejee-
bhoy, and his equally generous consort. My earnest wish
is that as their meritorious acts increase so may also in-
crease the length and happiness of their lives.(Great
applause.) I believe, Sir Jamsetjee, that acts of charity
form part of the religion of your communion; I will not
say much on that score, but I am sure that no one will
regard such deeds of charity performed by one of God's
creatures, whatever his creed may be, without feelings
of the deepest respect, and all acts arising from such
motives, deserve the very greatest regard. Ladies and
gentlemen, the noble structure over which we have this
day passed has been named after its noble-hearted foun-
der, Lady Jamsetjee's Causeway. Let us now drink with
enthusiasm to the ' Health of Lady Jamsetjee.' "
The toast was drank with every expression of enthu
siasm.

guished, had raised him to his present elevation, at one
of the great schools founded within the city wails.
The LORD CHIEF BARON of the Exchequer said
that he was placed in a sort of difficulty. He con-
curred with his Noble and Learned Friend that as there
were only two judges present, they were hound to say i
something more than might he expected f others
of their Learned Brethren were present ; but he was
quite disappointed at being called upon by his Noble
and Learned Friend to make a long speech, after the
subject had been so completely exhausted in that which
had just been delivered. (Cheers.) He felt, he assured
the company, greatly obliged to them for the honour
they had conferred upon him. The greatest reward
which a man in his situation could receive was the
cordial good opinion of his fellow-citizens, and if any
man ought more than another to feel grateful for favours
which led to distinction, he felt that he was indebted in
the first degree to the City of London, for it was there
in that city, at St. Paul's school, one of the munificent
endowments in which England abounded, scattered as
they were over the whole extent of the country, he
had received the first impulse which at length
placed him where he was. (Cheers.) In the public station
to which he bad been raised, he had in his noble and
learned friend a great of example of learning, indepen-
dence, and the sound construction of the law.—(Loud
cheering.) He had the example of one who had fought
the great battle of constittnional law.—(Cheers.) In
the spirit of truth he spoke, when he said, that in his
noble and learned brother he had the brightest of ex-
amples. He was sure he echoed the voice of the City
of London. He believed that he echoed the voice of the
great community of the empire. He knew that he ut-
t red his own sincere sentiments when he declared that
his noble and learned friend was a lawyer of paramount
ability—a man the most upright, and of the must honour-
able independence, and a thorough English gentleman.
—(Loud cheering.)
Lord DENMAN then proposed the health of the Sheriffs.
lie had great respect for the gentlemen who filled the
high office, which was one of very serious responsibility.
There were occasions, they all knew, upon which the
Sheriffs might be called upon to act with a spirit which
would show the degree of independence of which they
were possessed.—(Cheers.)
The toast having been drunk with acclamation,
Sheriff HUNTER said it was the anxious wish of the
Sheriff's to discharge their dut'es in such a manner as
would preserve the confidence of their fellow citizens,
and enable them to hand down the office to their suc-
cessors without the slightest blemish.—(Cheers.)
The Bishop of LLANDAFF proposed " the Magistracy
of the. City of London, to whom the citizens were in-
debt ?d for the preservation of the peace."
Sir C. S. HUNTER returned thanks.
Sheriff SIDNEY proposed the health of Mr. Master-
n. an. M.P., which was responded to by the Honourable
Gentleman.

Sir JAMSETJEE JEJEEBIIOY then addressed the com-
pany as follows:—" Ladies and gentlemen,—Allow me
to return you my warmest thanks for your kindness in
drinking the health of Lady Jamsetjee, and in doing so
I cannot avoid expressing how gratified and flattered I
am by this large assembly of my friends. To you, Sir
George Arthur, and to those ladies who have come so
far to grace this ceremony with their presence,l am under
infinite obligations. It is a compliment I deeply feel, as, I
am satisfied, will Lady Jamietjee, who has looked for-
ward to the opening of this Causeway as one of the hap-
piest moments of her life, and who could receive no more
grateful appreciation of her motives than the presence on
this occasion of so many of her sex. The Honourable
the Governor has spoken of this work as one emanating
in charity towards the poor, and I may truly say that it
did so, for though such an undertaking had long pre-
viously been recommended to Government by its officers,
as calculated to produce great public good, yet Lady
Jamsetjee's offer to contribute largely towards it on the
condition that no tolls should be levied on the public,
was, I believe, the result of a pure desire to benefit the
poor in many ways, and amongst others in preventing
those accidents to which Sir George Arthur has so feel-
ingly alluded. I may be permitted to say thus of the
origin of a work of great public utility which did not
emanate from me, but which, from domestic causes, I
cannot otherwise regard than with feelings of the greatest
pride and satisfaction. The Honourable the Governor
has alluded to former acts of charity on my part: lam
sure I shall stand excused in not further adverting to
them on this occasion, but it is grateful to me to know
that my motives and conduct are appreciated by the head
of the Government. I should now but ill consult my
own feelings were I to omit to say how much I regret
the absence of that able officer, Captain Cruickshank,
under whose superintendence this Causeway has been
commenced and completed. I should have been glad of
the opportunity of tendering him personally and in the
presence of this distinguished assembly my best thanks
for the zeal and ability with which he has devoted him-
self to this undertaking. To him are we indebted for so
early and successful a completion of the work which it
is only due to him to pronounce as perfect in its con-
struction. I once again beg to offer you my sincere
thanks for your kindness in meeting me on an occasion
:o full of interest to myself and for the generous warmth
with which you have responded to the toast proposed by
the Hon. the Governor."

Threw cheers were then unanimously given for Sir
Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, Knt., by all the company.
The Hon. the Governor soon after gave his arm to Sir
Jamsetjee, and both left the pavilion together.
Every attention was shown to the native gentlemen.
The Mharwarrees, Parsees, and other native merchants
of respectability, were invited for three o'clock, and the
whole of the arrangements respecting them were admi-
rably conducted under the special direction of Cursetjee
Jamsetjee, Esq. He was indefatigable in his endea-
vours ; he remained on horseback from two until six
o'clock.

The night came on, and as the carriages on their return
emerged from the groves of Mahim, their lights, as they
moved rapidly along, proved that there had beeß many
collected to do honour to a meritorious undertaking.
Thanks to the care and vigilance of the chief magis-
trate, Mr. Le Geyt, and of Captain Burrows, the super-
intendent of police, the utmost order and regularity
prevailed. The ladies and gentlemen who attended at
this interesting ceremony will long preserve pleasurable
recollections of the opening of " Lady Jamsetjee's
Causeway."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges
the receipt of a iO/. note from X, for the public eervice.—Downing_
street, June 10.

THE ATTORNEY• GENERAL.—The answer to in.
quiries at the residence of Sir William Follett, in Park-lane, yes
terday, was " Sir William is rather betterto.day."

An elopement, attended with circumstances of a
disgraceful character, has excited much feeling in Sudbury. The
parties are, Mr. Watts Wilkinson, a young man, about twenty-one,
son of the Rev. Watts Wilkinson, the curate of St. Peter's and
chaplain to the union workhouse, and Miss Hannah Keninga le
Wilkinson, his first cousin, and the daughter of the Rev. Henry
Watts Wilkinson, perpetual curate of St. Peter's and St. Gregory's,
in that town. The young lady is about twenty-six years of age,
and the circumstances of her case excited great interest a few
years si►►ce, in consequence of a commission of lunacy having been
issued against her by her father, which was successfully resisted on
her behalf, and in the resistance to which commission allegations
of great cruelty and improper conduct were made against her
father and his wife, the stepmother of the alleged lunatic. The
commission of lunacy was abandoned, and as the young lady was
not then considered competent to manage herself and her property,
a bill was filed, by the advice of the Lord Chancellor, to place her
under the protection of the Court of Chancery. Her property
amounts to between 5,000/, and 6,0001., and the interest has been
appropriated to her support. Miss Wilkinson was on a visit at the
residence of the Rev. Joseph Fenn, of Blackheath Park, one of
her guardians, and on Saturday, the 24th ult., she was called upon
there by her cousin, Mr. Watts W:lkinson, and permission was
asked and granted for her to accompany him on a visit for the day
to their aunt, at Hoxton. They were driven in Mr. Fenn's car-
riage to the Greenwich Railway, from which they walked to the
river side, took a steam-boat to Blackwall, and went from thence
to Limehouse Church, where the marriage ceremony was per.
formed, under the authority of a license granted to the bridegroom.
After the ceremony was over the lady objected to sign the register,
stating that it was not her intention to be married, and that her
father would not consent to it. Being assured, however, by Mr.
Watts Wilkinson that her father had given his consent, she signed
the register. They then went to Hoxton. The bridegroom took
the ring from her finger before they arrived, and left her with her
aunt, to whom she related all the circumstances, and the aunt re-
stored her the same afternoon to the careof her guardian, Mr. Fenn.
Proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court are being taken by the
guardians to annul the marriage.—Bury Pest.
THE POLISH BALL.—The grand full and fancy
dress ball, in aid of the funds for the distressed Poles, came off
on Friday, and, from the brilliancy of the attendance, proved itself
with the exception of her Majesty's Bat Costume, to be the most
attractive and splendid ball of the season. The crowd was very
great. Many of the costumes that were worn at her Diajesty's
ball made their second appearance there, and were very much ad-
mired. Monsieur Jull,en's band was in attendance, but the sul-
triness of the weAher and the vast crowd made dancing neither
very easy nor very agreeable; in fact only a very small portion of
the company could find room to dance.

SERIOUS BITE FROM A DOG.—About half-past
seven on Friday, a dog of the spaniel breed was observed near the
shop of Mr. Noble, the engraver, of 211, Strand, foaming from the
mouth. A boy named Myers, in attempting to remove it, was
bitten severely in the hand. It was then driven away by some boys
as far as Milford-lane, snapping at all it came near. A coal-
heaver then struck the dog upon the herd with a hammer, and
after a few struggles it expired. The boy Myers was taken to the
hospital in Carey-street, where the wound was cut and lunar caus.
tic applied to it. _ _

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE 14.—Our market
continues very firm, and prices have still rather an upward ten-
dency. 860 birds. West India and 1,200 mats Mauritius have
been disposed bf since our last, at from 445. to 545. for low browns
to good grocery.—Briaol Mercury.

--
TEE NEW COMET.-MARSEILLES, JUNE 7.-A
large comet has been seen here lately in the north-east, about
fifteen degrees ,from the horizon. It is visible at about three
o'clock in the morning. It was first perceived by the officer of
the middle watch of her Britannic Majesty's steamer Volcano, in
this port on Wednesday, the 4th instant The almanacs have not
announced its visit, nor has its presence been recorded by the press
here.

HORRIBLE STORY.—We learn from indubitable
authority that Mrs. Holloway, wife of Mr. Holloway, of Person
county (who was once a member of our Legislature), having prevailed
on her husband, one day last week, to tie the hands of one of their
negro women, beat and tortured her to death. It is said that she
heated a pan handle rcd hot and ran it down the negro's throat, besides
burning her lips to a crisp. This horrid tale about the burning,
seems too incredible to be believed, and we mention it, on the
authority of rumour, without vouching for its accuracy. The
negro was privately buried eight feet deep, in an obscure place,
and Mr. and Mrs. Holloway made their ebcape to parts unknown to
their neighbours, doubtless to Texas. Whether Mr. Holloway was
accessory to the murder further than to tie the negro, we are not
apprised.—Richmond Star, April 24.