The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-25 00:00:00

SuN, LONDON, TI ESDAY EVENING, MARCH QS, 1845.

FRENCH RAILWAY COMPANIES.
The following is the Bill drawn up by the Com-
mittee appointed by the Chamber of Peers to examine
Count Daruss proposition relative to the proceedings
of railroad Companies :
Art. 1. Companies formed for the partial or in-
tegral execution of railroads cannot, under the pe-
nalties fixed by Art. 419 of the penal code, create or
issue shares or prsmises of shares, before the period
that they shall have been constituted en societie
anonyme, in the forms ordered by Art. 37 of the
commercial cole.
Art. 2. There can only be delivered to subscribers
a receipt of the sums or assets by them paid in. This
receipt shall be addressed to each person by name.
It shall be cut off from a register kept for the pur-
pose, and shall have a fixed number. It shall men-
tion the number of shares demanded by the subscriber;
and, in addition, shall state. first, the purport of
Arts. 4 arid 5 of the present Bill ; and, second, the
obligation under which each subscriber lies, to ex-
change the receipt for shares, when the society shall
have been legally constituted.
Art. 3. These receipts cannot be quoted at the
Bourse. All publications whatever of their value, be-
fore the issue of the royal ordonnance authorising the
formation of the company, shall be punished by a fine
of from 500 f. to 3,0001.
Art. 4. These receipts cannot in any way be
transferred or ceded, in totality or in part, under pain
of nullity of all negotiation of the kind. The sums
pail for any such negotiations may be remanded and
sued for.
Art. 5. Furthermore, all persons engaged in such
negotiation of receipts, whether principals or agents,
may be punished by fines not exceeding the capital of
the values negotia-ed.
Art. 6. All notaries, agens de change, or other per-
sons who may assist in such negotiations, are to be
liable to lose their places, and in addition to be fined
from 500 f. to 5,000 f. for each negotiation.
Art. 7. No adjudication of any railroad line can be
definitively approved of by royal ordonnance, unless
the socigte anonyme shall have been at the same time
authorised in the form prescribed by Article 37 of the
Communal Code.
Art. 8. Within the month after the issue of the
royal ordonnance, the receipts shall be changed for
shares. Should the subscriber not. appear in person
to claim his shares, the authority which he gives to
his agent or representative must be in authentic
form, and must bear date posterior to the royal or-
donnance.
Art. 9. After the delivery of the shares, the ori-
ginal subscribers shall not remain responsible to the
company for more than five-tenths of the nominal ca-
pital of the shares, for which they have subscribed.
Art. 10. The first payment of each subscription
cannot be inferior to the tenth of the nominal value of
the shares subscribed for.
Art. 11. The projectors, directors, or provisional
managers of the company are personally and con-
jointly responsible to the subscribers and to the com-
pany, for the safe-keeping and employment of the
sums paid in.
. Art. 12. The funds arising from the -subscriptions
are to be paid into the Casse des Depots et Consigna-
tions within ten days after they have been received,
under penalty of the application of Art 40 of the
Penal Code.
Art. 13. The Caisse des Depots et Consignations
shall draw the interests that may fall due, and shall
credit the company therewith, the company account-
ing for the same to the subscribers.
Art. 14. The company to which the concession is
granted may draw out its funds, with the interest
thereon, as soon as it shall have been regularly con-
stituted by royal ordonnance. In case of non-con•
cession, the funds deposited as ordered above, and the
interests thereon, shall be paid back to the subscribers,
the lawful expenses being always deducted.
Art. 15. It is forbidden, under pain of nullity of all
the proceedings, to stipulate in the provisional
statutes any indemnity, retribution, or salary what-
ever, to the projectors, directors, or temporary
managers.
Art. 16. The designation of the directors or ma-
nagers in the statutes, before the approbation by
Royal ordonnance, is essentially provisional.
Art. 17. Within three months after the Royal ordon-
nance, the shareholders shall be convoked in a general
meeting,S o definitively appoint directors or managers
—to fix their emoluments—and to determine and re-
pay all that may be due to the projectors, for ad-
vances, cost of surveys, or other expenses.

DINNER at the MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a grand entertain-
ment in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion-house, when
about three hundred sat down to a sumptuous banquet.
Amongst the distinguished guests present were Lord
Stanley, the Earl of Lincoln, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of Peter-
borough, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Sir H. Pottinger, the Cheva-
ll,r Bunsen, the Prussian Ambas-ador, the Buenos Ayres
Minister, Sir Felix Booth, Alderman Moon, &c.
After the banquet, the cloth having been removed, and
" Nun nobis" sung by the professional singers engaged,
The LORD MAYOR gave " The Hi,alth of the Queen,"
and in doing so reminded the assembly of the high
honour which her Majesty had dune to the City of Lou-
don within the Ja,t twelvemonth, by presiding at the
opening of the Royal Exchange, and also by visiting
Christ's Hospital at supper time.
The toast was drunk amidst enthusiastic cheering.

" God save the Queen,"
The Lorin MAYOR then gave " The Queen Dowager,'
which was drunk with all the honours.—Glee.
The LORD MAYOR then gave " Prince Albert and the
rest of the Royal Family," observing that his Royal
Highness had become a governor of all the royal hos-
pitals in the City.—(Hear.) Drunk amidst loud cheer-
ing T.—he xGnieeet. toast was " The Army and Navy."
" Rule Britarmia."
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of the
Foreign Ministers in this country."
The Chevalier BUNSEN, the Prussian Minister, re-
turned thanks, arel expatiated on the importance of
maintaining peace, for the benefit of the communities of
all the states in Europe. Whilst England maintained
her present firm position, in opposition to hostile move-
ments, it was impossible for any nation in Europe to
disturb the present amicable state of affairs.—(Hear.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of her
Majesty's Ministers," and complimented them upon the
manner in which they had restored the balance between
the revenue and expenditure of the country.—(Hear.)
Lord STANLEY begged to return thanks for the honour
which had been done to himself and the colleagues with
whom he had the pleasure to co-operate. In under-
taking this pleasing task he could not help regretting the
absence of other members of the Administration, who,
he was sure, would have felt proud to have been present
on this occasion. The Premier had gone to his family
seat in Warwickshire, and the Duke Of Wellington had
been obliged also, by the infirmities which age brought
upon him, to go into the country during the vacation.
But he was happy to say, and he thanked God fur being
able to say it, that the infirmities of the body were not
accompanied by any diminution of the mental faculties.—
(Ilear, hear.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to say
that he cordially concurred with his Excellency the
Prussian Minister as to the importance of the main-
tenance of peace. War presented no advantages com-
mensurate with the horrors which it incurred. Apart
from all religious grounds of opposition, he believed it
was now generally agreed that the horrors of
war should not he wantonly incurred by the
nations of the world.—(Hear, hear.) The inci-
dents of war were of a terrible and revolting cha-
racter, which would not be incurred unless under the
most stringent eccasioe.—(Hear, hear.) Considering
the matter in this light, her Majesty's Government had
felt it their duty, whenever a difference of opinion arose
with a foreign power, not weakly to yield to the demands
of that power, but to ask for those explanations which
by the nature of the case could be given; and it had not
occurred in any of these cases that they had had occasion
to desire to seek other means of obtaining what was their
due.—(Hear, hear.) Whilst seeking to promote a general
peace, however, the Government had not neglected to
place the resources of the country on such a footing as
to enable them to meet at any time any hostile movement
which might be made against them. With this view,
their first object had been to place the resources of the
country upon such a footing that they should be well
prepared to meet any fair demand that might come be-
fore them. The equalisation of the expenditure and the
revenue of the country was one of the first points of
anxiety with her Majesty's Ministers, and the country,
by generously seconding and promoting those views, had
ably dune its duty, and ensured a permanent advantage
to their commercial relations and fiscal position.—(Hear.)
Her Majesty's Ministers, after the success which had
attended them in this matter, felt with pleasure that, if
at any period, however near, they should be superseded
in their official position, they had laid the foundation for
a permanent peace, which no country in Europe would
heedlessly dare to interrupt.—(Cheers.) The Noble
Lord, in conclusion, proposed the health of the Lord
Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and then proposed
" The Church of England." If true to itself, it must
stand.—(Cheers.)
The Bishop of LLANDAFF returned thanks.
The next toast was " The Bishop of Peterborough,
and thanks for his sermon to-day at Spital church."
The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH returned thanks.
The next toast was "'rho House of Peers."
Lord CANTILUPE returned thanks.

The Chevalier BUNSEN then proposed " The Health of
the Lady Mayoress."—Drunk amidst loud eheere.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks.

The ladies then left the room.
" The Members of the House of Commons" was the
next toast,

The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER returned
thanks.

The next toast was " Sir Henry Pottinger."

Sir HENRY POTTINGER returned thanks.

After some other toasts the assembly adjourned to the
drawing-room, where dancing commenced, and was kept
up with great spirit for some hours.

DARING STREET ROBBERY.—Yesterday inforra•
tion was r,ceived at the head station of the Ddivision,n
Maryleh'ne-lane, of the following daring street robbery
having been committed on Saturday last:—At about
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a lady of the name of
Bryant gat into one of the omnibuses running between
the Elept.ant and. Castle and St. John's-wood, which set
her down at the junction of Crawford and Baker-streets.
Before quitting the omnibus Mrs. Bryant pulled out her
purse, fur the purpose of taking out the fare, and imme-
diately returned it to her pocket. On reaching the house
of a friend, only a few doors up Crawford-street, she
found that her purse, with its centents, a Bank of Eng-
land note for 401., six sovereigns, and some loose silver,
with a " Punch's Pocket-book," had been stolen. It has
since been ascertained that two young men, accompanied
by a lad, who are supposed to belong to the swell mob,
sat opposite Mrs. Brant in the omnibus, and on her
getting out immediately followed her, and were observed
to walk close behind her along Crawford-street, when,
there is no doubt, they picked her pocket. One of them
is described as about five feet six inches high, twenty-
one or twenty-two years old, thin and dark, dressed in
a dark great coat, a light fashionable cravat, with a
large common pin displayed iu it, and two scars on his
face. The other about the same height, and dressed in
a similar style. The lad was about fifteen or sixteen
years of age, pale, and his face very much freckled,
dressed in a dark great coat, with two neckerchiefs on
(blue and brown), and wore a common pin in them. All
three cau be identified.

A SINGULAR Couri.n.—At Rochdale petty ses-
sions, on Monday last,
a tall, good-looking female, aged
27 years, named Eliza Wilson, from the township of
Bamford, near Heywood, was
brought up under a war-
rant, charged by Andrew Wilson, her husband, aged 85
years, with having assaulted him on the Tuesday pre-
viJus. Mr. Jackson, solicitor, appeared on behalf of
complainant, and said the couple had been married about
five years. During that time defendant had bad one
child, which is a fine boy, about four
years of age, and
which stood by its mother. The old man was possessed
of considerable property. The old husband and the
young wife had separated several times, and he had
taken out warrants against his wife, but the affairs, ex-
cept the last, had always been compromised. The old
man complained of having been struck with a fire poker
by his wife. The magistrates requested the
parties,
together with their solicitors, to arrange matters. In a
short time they returned into court, when it was stated
that the wife had agreed to accept of 9s. per week. The
old man was requested to pay her that sum during his
life, to which he consented. The parties reside in sepa
rate lodgings at Bamlurd.—Preston Guardian.
REMOVAL OF THE NEW WATERMEN'S FLOATING
PIER AT LONDON.DRIDGE.-011 Saturday afternoon
considerable excitement was created at London-bridge,
in consequence of a party of the Thames police, acting
under the direction of the harbour-master, proceeding
to remove the two new floating piers, moored by the
free watermen at London-bridge ; one at the plying
stairs on the north shore, adjoining Fishmongers' Hall ;
and the other on the south shore, alongside Fenning's
Wharf. It appears the watermen who claim the privilege
of landing and embarking passengers at the plying
stairs had, during the night of Thursday, without any
notice to or authority from the river authorities, brought
the piers from above bridge, and moored them at the
places mentioned, and on Good Friday the watermen's
boats plying between Chelsea, London-bridge, and
Greenwich, for the first time commenced landing and
embarking passengers. On Saturday, in consequence of
representations being made of the circumstances under
which they had been moored, and the obstruction in the
river created by them, an order was issued directing
their immediate removal, which was served upon the
parties in charge of the piers, who at once refused to
obey the order, and set the police at defiance. After a
parley of upwards of an hour, the police, acting under
their directions, let go the moorings, and succeeded in
effecting their removal. On Sunday morning the dis-
comfited watermen removed the mooring-chains which
they had sunk in the river, and thus the matter rests
fur the present.
DEVON AND CORNWALL WuEsruNG.--Yesterday
afternoon the wrestling, without shoes, between the
natives of the above counties, commenc:dstaantdtahreds7ecthk
flock Tavern, Camden-town, and azgerseactomnummebremrinogf per-
sonsthis attended to witness this ancient sport. The after-
noon's
doubleo o n 's
apiliadytre wasbl
playe confined
for toth
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day. The play of Bond (Cornish), a deformed man, was
good, as was also that of Gainer, who lifted his com-
petitor over his shoulder, and threw him a geat'e fair
back. The principal play of the afternoon was between
Chapple, of Devon, and Gill, of Cornwall, two good
wrestlers. They played together for some time, and
both went down, but Gill, after a very severe struggle,
caught his opponent in the Cornish " lock," and threw
great cheering. The playing off is expected
t biro,
b go o d amidst
" FREE" DESERTER.--We understand.
ANOTHER
the Rev. Mr. M' Phie, late an ordained minister of the
Establislred Church in the Island of Harris, but who
joined the " Free" at tho disruption, has since seen the
error of his ways, and been restored to the Establish-
ment, which he regrets he ever left. Others will soon
follow this example. We expect to record rather a re-
markable one in the Gazette of next Saturday.—Sects
Reformers' Gozate.

THE THEATRES.

DIZLIRY-LAA'E.

In conseqsence of the illness of Miss Romer,
Babe's opera of the Bohemian Girl was substituted
for Robert the Devil, which had been announced as
the first piece to be performed last evening. After
the opera, we had a new comic ballet, entitled Robert
et Bertrand. This ballet is another version of Robert
illacaire, and we had no idea that the story of our
old friend Robert could have been made into such an
excellent plot for a ballet. It is true that various
episodes were introduced in order to give an oppor-
tunity for the production of various pas de caractere,
in which Mademoiselle Polin and M. Gasparini, from
the Royal Opera, Berlin, made their first appearance
before an Eeglish audience. Mademoiselle Polin is
decidedly the most accomplished dansense who has
appeared at Drury-lane during the present season.
She is very young, very pretty, and very ani-
mated; there is a jlyousness about her style of
dancing which reminds one strongly of Cerito,
while for neatness of execution she rivals even-
.
Fanny Ellsler herself. She appears first of
all in a grand pas de deux with Gasparini. In
this pas she was exceedingly graceful, and her tours
d'adresse were neat and beautiful in the extreme.
She was rapturously applauded, and from that mo-
ment took her station as one of the first danseuses of
the day—as La 'Nesse of the theatre. She next ap-
peared in a new Polka with Gasparini. This Polka,
infinitely superior to the original Polka—superior
even to the Redowa—is certainly the most charac-
teristic and spirited that we have yet seen in England.
Polin entered thoroughly into its spirit, and not only
danced it exquisitely, but acted it with the most be-
witching coquetry. It is needless to say that she
was rapturously applauded, and that the dance was
enthusiastically encored. Her last pas was a pas seul,
a tambourine dance, La Esmerakla. it was a per-
fect triumph, and MademoiSelle Polin may consider
herself as firmly fixed in the favour of the British
public. She was excellently supported by Gasparini,
who is a clever and accomplished dancer. Mesde-
moiselles Adele and Louise also made their first ap-
pearance before a Drury-lane audience in this ballet,
and danced a pus de deux and a bolero very
gracefully and cleverly—they are accomplished
artistes, anti will be an acquisition to the corps of
the theatre. Payne, the prince of buffo dancers,
was Robert Macaire, and T. Mathews was Bertrand.
Their pantomime was first-rate, and their burlesque
of the " Cachouca" was one of the most humorous
things we have seen for many a long day. . The au-
dience were in a roar the whole time of its perform-
ance, and at the conclusion, it was rapturously
encored. The ballet ends with a fete a la Vaux-
hall, in which a balancer exhibits some very won-
derful feats, and Robert and Bertrand ascend in a
balloon, and thus escape from their pursuers. The
house was very well attended.