The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-18 00:00:00

■ After a short conversation the atnencitnent was put and
I carried.
Mr. ‘VHALLEV begged to ask a question of the Chairman.
Ile wished to know whether the proceeds of the loan notes
were sufficient to carry out the object of the Company, and
whether the amount due from the South Eastern Railway
Cmnpary was forthcoming, and what was the supposed time
that amount would be paid?
Time CHAIRMAN stid he could answer the first part of the
question, and ho would sty that there was reason to believe
that the amount received was quite sufficient for the object for
which it was raised. lint he could not answer the other ques-
tion, for he could not tAll when it was probable they would re-
ceive the amount from the South Eastern Company.
Mr. WHA LLEY said he wished to know whether, when that
amount was received, it would be applied to the purposes of
the Railway.
The CHAIRMAN—Most undoubtedly.
Mr. WHALLEY said it would be very satisfactory to the public.
Sir I. L. GOLOSMID wished to know from what source the
interest on the 600,0001. raised in debentures was to be paid.
The week y receiles were not more than 1,900/. The interest
on the 600,0001 , together with the interest on 30,000/.,
amounted to nearly P.:0,000/. per annum. He wished to know
if this was to be incorporated with the Company.
The CHAIRMAN thought the lion. Baronet was completely
out of order. He (the Chairman) had no objection to an-
swer an,y, question that was in reason, but he could not answer
such unreasonable questions as those. just ptut to him. He sub-
mitted to the meeting whether he ought to answer the question;
he thought he was justified in refusing to do so.
Sir I. L. GOL!:SMID said he did not think he was asking any
improper question.
The CHA IRMA w said he should decline answering the ques-
tion. The general meeting was at no great distance, and then
the subject, could be properly gone into.—( Heal., hear.)
A DIRECTOR S lid he thought the Chairman had exercised a
just discretion in-not answering the question then. The Hen.
Barone: must recollect that the traffic of the Company was sot
developed.—( Hear, hear.)
A PROPRIETOR. said that the meeting was convened for a
specific purpose, and not to answer questions rela'ing to matters
w Inch it was not expedient to make known to the public,
until the exact state of their prospects was aseertained.—.
( Hear, 139ar. ) The season was approaching when they might
contdently look to a commencement of prosperity. —( Hear.)
And perhaps the proper time fir giving ample answers to ques..
tines of the kind proposed by the lion. Baronet would be in
' July next.—( Hear, hear.)
tsir 1. L. GOLDSMID then said that he would not press his
quest ions. Hear, hear.
The CHAIRMAN then said he was sure the meeting would
f. r-1 that they ought not to depart without returning thanks to
the Committee. —( Hear, hear.) lie was happy to observe
that although something ruffled file commencement of the
meeting, still thexneelusion had. iven general satisfaction.—
( Cheers.l lie befieved that ellwould agree with him that
they were deeply indebted to the Committee, and that Mr.
Parsons and the other gentlemen who composed it, deserved
the was mest thanks of the Proprietors for their exertions—
( Elear)-Land for the able manner in which they had drawn up
the Report.

A lirtoritrerroit said, with your permisslen, Sir, and that of
the meeting, I have the honour of moving that the most
cordial thanks of the Proprietors are due to the Committee
for their z.:aland exertions, and the able manner in which they
had car. led on their inquiries.
Mr. WIIALLSY had great pleasure in secondirg the motion.
lie was happy to see ilmt there was now good reason to hope
that the Company was getting over the difficulties which were
inseparable .rom enterprises of this nature ; and there was no
chance of similar difficulties being met with again.—( Hear.)
Sir I. L. GOLDSMID could not allow the motion to pass
without assuring the meeting that he most cordially concurred
is it—t Hear, hear)—and he congratulated the Proprietors
upon the very satisfactory character of the Repurt.—( Hear,
hear.) He felt the deepest interest in the Brighton Railway,
and he would be most happy to co-operate by all means in his
power to promote the prosperity of the Company.—( Hear.. )
The resolution was carried unaninsonsly, and amidst great
applause.

Mr. Pansoris, on the part of the Committee, returned
thanks. He felt obliged to Mr. Whalley for his approbation
of their conduct in keeping their proceedings pirate, until
their inquiries were completed;l4 Hear, hear) _.and ho was
was particularly gratified to find that the Propri. tors were
determined to cai ry the recommendations of the Committee
into effect.—( Hear, hear. )
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman amidst considerable
applause.

cession, for the sake of seizing upon real results to its
pwer. If anything at all is gained by it to the ration, it.
just the dawn it supposes of the recognition of a just princ
in commerce. Beyond this, howev.r, the Peel measure i!
newly arranging the national commercial interests does not c .
tend. But the fact only proves that what the GoverniFe°
s.
fails to do for the people, the people must (19 for thernselie
And now is the moment to enforce their claims. A Fe°
may be very well disposed to consent to new burdens
see that ell measures have been taken to avert them, °r,t„ras,
while theyconsent to them, they are not victims to °t,""„icl
independently•of any wanteof a Government, sli:;t,
never have existed. But let the people continue their (nem
dent for the abolition of the Corn-laws-, and there can be no
of their success. Then, indeed, all may contribute Wall); if
the public responsibilities ; but till these are swept able to
not the people, but the monopolists, which should be liable
an income tax. when they

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
• OXFORD CIRCUIT .--:Stafford, March 16.
CROWN-COURT.—.( Before Mr. Justice CaEsswo3.
e) cog
Joseph Wilkes, James Wilkes, Thomas Boswell, andfcpsi,
Giles, were indicted for the wilful murder of Matthew 4"
on the lit of December, 1841, at the parish of Wednesbuar.!•an
The deceased, wl7o was upwards of 70 years of age• awing
old man, who resided at Delves Bank, in a cottage cci)taA of
two ro.ms and a pantry, and was a person posFegereark
considerable property for his station in life. His g
after
daughter was to have keen married two or three 4,1 of
the event took place which formed the subject
the present inquiry, and he was reported to nay- or
pressed his intention of giving her NM as the list
rage rortion. The cottage of the deceased was nor
of a row of four, all built in the same style, and on tne,—daor,
ieg of theist of December a woman who lived ncl'evei,
hearing a groaning- noise in the house of the dec they
gave an alarm, and having awoke her husbands d the
went together to Adams's ()louse, where they 1.005, oril
old man covered with blood, which had flowed from is
severe wounds in the head. He died the same evelr,,le're•
great agony, without being able to give any informae!°""rbed
spceting his assailants, and as the parties were rii"a andbefore they expected, no property had been taken ataln,' 'gbe
it was feared that no clue would be discovered vaic",. esb
lead to their detection. A pistol, however, was found tueh tbs
clay by the son of the deceased in the pantry, throng, tide
roef of which the robbers had effected an entrance, aa,`apd
weapon, which was loaded to the muzzle with puul4'.ooo
ball, was satisfactorily shown to have been ie the ess;:terl•
of Boswell a fortnight before the burglary was a",bicli
Boswellwas soon apprehended, and he made statements their
ied to the capture of his fellow-prisoners, and from their ad
sions it appeered that they had broken into the hou-c ra e
the roof of the pantry, and that Joseph Wilkes struck 'he a the
man two or three times with the sharp end of a hammer-
head, he alleging, as a sort of excuse for the deed, that ' 00va
jobbed (thrust) at him with a pikel. The: hammer vas Rhea
in a field, Where Wilkes hid thrown it in his flight, and
picked up the iron end was covered with grey hair.
uitte d the
The Jury found Joseph Wilkes Guilty, and Acq
other. :irisoners.
to be re'
Mr. Justice CRESWELL ordered the other prisoners. ,e, the
n overt from the bar, and then passed upon Jeaeph Will' 'to!
last awful sentence of the law. The wretched you I‘
whose career of crime is thus suddenly terminated is "
years of age.

A raer.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRIcri•---`-`4oar
.ng of the principal subscribers of this charity met yestcairer;
'he Freemasons Tavern, in celebration of the 591 h a„'„orl"
sary. Lord Fortescue acted as chairman, and was 'tit' Sc''
on his- right by the Bishop of Derry, Lord Creineruei'le
and on his left by Lord Eliot, Lord Courtenay, and eti‘lr.l%
tluential gentlemen. At the cross-table we also observed oho
Moore, the poet, Sir J. Forrest, Mr Daniel O'Connelselbi
wore the gold chain of office, Sir B. Wray, Master &OP
Mr. Vesey Dawson, Mr. J. Young, Mr. R. Hutton; ots
Rawdon, &c. After the usual routine of dinner ar:ra
to
among which the healths of the "Bishop of Derry," ""-ssriti
tescue," and " Lord De Grey," were drank, 200 of thece sit
children were paraded round the room ; altogether thertioft
550 children on the establishment. Various subsuri„,P
amounting to 7851., were announced by the SecretarX. Iv." 50
which the more remarkable were 100/. from her Mele_„,e`„ili
each from Lords Fortescue and De Gres, ; 5/. from
O'Connell, &c.
A sOll
THE EARTHQUAKE.—Brighton has realw'rnbers'
advantages from the much-dreaded earthquake, as Puo-fitl °';
families, of the middle and upper classes, have reic';isescl
lived to avoid its consequences. In the course 0' the t
night nearly twenty carriages arrived—a circumstance_Ato
not occurred since the opening of the London and ul
Railway.
z talfill1,1"
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Lucia "-,he 11'1(,
moor was rehearsed on Wednesday evening, when
tenor, Guaf•co, surpassed the expectations of h.s 00515-'l[os'
admirers. The orchest: a and chorus testified their aa.
bation by continued applause, a most unusual occurrenclestO
LORD WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES.--We,o0his
upon undoubted authority, that no less a
personagew,rdeo7
Royal Highness Prince Albert will be the new Lord " st ,
the Stannaries. The Marquis of Hertford, who vos,,,cy.;
possession of the office, and by whose demise the vacty
created, had the dignity and emoluments conferred 111)"n"0- I
by his Majesty King George the Eourth. -64$
Not long since an eminent lawyer of Ohio c A 0
pathetic harangue to the jury in the following strain ;'"icsesto
now the. shades of night had shrouded the earth ie cialfend%
all nature lay wrapt in solemn thought, when these (Ifido'cA
ruffians .carne rushing like a mighty torrent from the I'D gate,
to the abode of peace, broke open the plaintiff's door, 51; sit),
the weeping mother kom her screeching infant, and toucorS
my client's rifles, geifflemen of the jury, for which ""e
only fifteen dollars."
Mr. Baron Alderson, in the course of one of roe
,nn
tria's at a late Assize, remarked, that by the Prisoner!, orhiy
Bill, a man's life or death was made a matter depe.P°lls,ll;o
the comparative ingenuity of two learned gentlemen. o'3
worse than ttie old sys'em, when the caprice of the Juu'ileey st'j
decided the jury? Persons tried by Mr. Justice Bat, vlace
by Lord Tenterden, all the world knows, were not
.1
exactly on the same footing.
DEATH OF THE ELECTRICAL EEL.—The
eel at the Royal Adelaide Gallery died on Monday lu,e's
It had been ill for a week, but it was not until Thursakose
that there was any striking difference observable. '1 heooirl
of its death was mortification. It was brought to this c°l the
from one of the many tributary streams of the river_ftskil
Amazons, about four years ago, and was the only one or,'o,l:',
in Europe. Its food was small fish, Which it could!: ais
stupify by an electric shock, at two feet distance.
stunned and stifled these fish before it ate them. It Wai to
when brought over here, and was blind some time be
death.D '
EAFNESS.—Sound Magnifiers, and InvlSdrli
Operative Voice Conductors, to enable persons at sa sellc
age, and of old standing extreme deafness, to Join len orcstrer
r 0
conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant la" ,fi rot
sir, ill •at a publie assembly; they are the size of a very
seven shilling piece, and when in the cavity' of the ebje t"0.4
are not in the least perceptible nor more unconsfortacota'
having a small piece of fine wool in its place ; they Bre,. 061
li ,0
of a metal to collect sound, peculiar to the Messrs.
Solomon, themselves; and although they are so extre,.°,lss, 1,"
yet they enable those afflicted with extreme g;01
those who are only slightly dull of hearing to hear I S. tel
respect equal to those of most acute hearing. Mew:. ite titel
B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, oplinve,o,
York Hotel, and 76, King William.strect, City. Ney'Z's
Spectacles, immediately they are placed before imperfect
either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullacara'o,
appears before the eyes is at once removed, every object.sishtorsi
clear and distinct, so that the most, aged defective *Ye, vgt tel
comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its yenthiu''oB6l oel
and original state. Those valuable inventions have 11:100°,0,1
patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualfied apP loo' J 1
above 400 of the principal members of the medical Pr''fha
numerous individuals of high distinction, who have •;rie.al:tel
benefited by their use. To be had only at 39, Alhero;2o.6'
Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King WI"-
City.—No connexion with persons o f the same name.
it ps
CHARTIST MEETING AT WOOTTON-ITNI°."; afar
Ma hurt 15.—A Correspondent writes to infornile D 154
immense meeting held at this place last Tuesday, wroosr
having refused to grant them the Hall, for the 14-Me0ro
appointing delegates to the Chartist Convention. foreieftbs
Philp and Roberts were elected the delegates; th,,,,.essec`tse
whom, in conjunction with Mr. Henry Vincent, aum-C130_,,f ere
meeting on the principles and purposes of theeople
Many manufacturers, and a large body of vrorking7..„P
present. The impression was favourable to Chart,'"c /fribC
SOUTH-EASTERN (LONDON AND DOV'E,I4I/,fOrnvil
WAY.— The appearance of the South-Eastern Bai'w. ":i4
whole distance
op between Red-hill and Tunbridge, Pore' the,
of an early ening. Bletchingly tunnel, which 15
allowed to be one of the finest specimens of brie I°P)r ,
ecifirfr
kingdom, and which, moreover, is perfectly dry, .05iidl, 17Y;
water percolating through any portion of it, IneY v-t d (1°:
completed." The whole of the stations are contrite col, atio
Messrs. Grisseli and Peto, and are to be finished nstrec4bl
April. The same firm have also undertaken the c°-Soe"(ill
of some miles of the way in the Folkestone Distriet.bridge,cer
whatever exists that the line, as fa*, at least, as 1.°13,4,ef 6Ucif
be opened to the public early in May, and through 0."-esectio's11
sive portions ( Staplehurst, Ashford, Folkestone) ssesiog,issl,
possible afterwards. The traffic on this partial 0,.Pi,,,g
be considerable, that to Tunbridge Wells alone
~uticee.'
independent of the Maidstone, Canterbury, and lis'isso'bt,
wh;ch will necessarily come upon the railway. gso;'osit,
congratulate the proprietors upon not only the ripe ish°
the very superior character of the whole 01,boritY,,,e11,_
from end to end of the line. A competent I!°*., Are_ tV,
has recently inspected them, assures us that
etldienfind Ifu.
both as to conception and execution, as will r 40-ebiefiegs;
credit of Mr. Cubitt, the Company's Engiseerdwav
.of
prove of lasting benefit to the proprietors.—Barroal
THE WHISKEY TRADE.—Since the flied tilutr
mail this morning, bringing the news of the pFc'Fthe Pr- 'lll
Irish whiskey, the distillers of Cork have raised „roof' r 0)
whiskey to 7s. 3d. per gallon, 25 per cent. overls. perfAiog
additional duty to be laid on by Sir Robert Peel 11,00
ollP 511;1,
gallon,
the distillersloiTst'hichiseq haveualto raised
Is.
it
3d.onnnl
thye streng, ostr
IL On thexerh
is 3d. less than the duty to be laid on by Peel's.4$
aminer. ng
er,
MEETING OF THE LIBERAL MEMBERSf the so,
lroosE or COMMONS.—A numerous meetinceid y Oeteg
oa
Members of the House of Commons ilasf sod Paled °P'
at the Reform Club House, for the purpose 0
_nd dect,suotri",
the course to be pursued in presenting a firla:of the cu.,0111:4;
position to the project for taxing the inert:tato, de'xr'ors.ft;
The best feeling prevailed • it was,
weand detail, the 1110 e•
to oppose the measure both in principle
onindustry' erotic
tax being rearded as no less cppressivel ,n its op
machir cry would be inquisitorial and obnoxious'
BIRTHS.
On the 14th inst., atl
Fr° t,
of William Martin, Esq , of a daughter.
Rev. Perei"
On the lf.sth inst., the lady of the Of
on. piss
St. John's College, Cambridge, of a g
/ninon,
On the 15th inst., at Sydenham-co
4 {Pi'
Capecure, Boulogne-Sur- the
o
eaught cr.
I 01
On the 16th oast., at Thedden-orange, ta
[lay, FN., of e Hants, the
„f Co
John Wood, Del , of a son.
On the 16th inst., in Nottingham-place, the ° of
n
r potto
T4Op tonthet
12th
Ainrsint.,y,af
arksioxnton-hill the lady
Moffat. Bengal Light Cavalry, to Jean_
of Earn,
Ge)ro
la
On the 15th inst., John Gurney, the Rev.
On the 9th inst., at Weymouth, Lineeuttteen
Jane Ajogasti.,, it
of
them'
tj
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Ntoo.rLwaicuhr.a Elizabeth, daughter or
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fCa anopt
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ti,nhaegG'9'dt.h3Esi
ation, after I:er confinement of a still- born drat, of Novett!
ewdbnnens
ed yE, s tqh.
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fltit tt
eh
Kinisntgan,st.,roa.lldl,arogruf.eureitrerierar
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GelO(e.nilled at Cabul, Affghanistan, on the 23u I,,Tatise IA
EtlVlar
\Vestmacott, of the 37th Berga4
011.
it., at Coblentz, in Germany,
gerald, second son of the Hon. James Butler. si
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