The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.

A special meeting of this company was held at
Manchester yesterday afternoon, under the standing orders
of the Home of Lords, to afford the proprietors an oppor-
Mnity of affirming the bill for making the Barnsley branch
in the form it had come from the Commons.
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Lord YARBOROUGH, in taking the chair, explained that
this bill was originally one for making a branch to Barnale
and extension to Cudworth, but the committee bad cut off
the Cudworth extension, and finding that without the Cud-
worth extension they could make a branch to Barnsley
cheaper than that ;rejected, a new Hue was surveyed, by
which three-garters of a mile would be saved in length, and
a east of 40,M01. to 45,0041. avoided. For this the ill now
produced would provide, and it also took an extension of
time for making the new Sheffield station at the lower part
of the town. His lordship then read the marginal refe-
rences and submitted a resolution approving of the bill.
Mr. WILD wished to know what ne —emit,/ there was for
the new station at Sheffield, and expressed himself dins-
sisfisid at spending more money on a coal branch to Barns-
ley at a time when their revenue would only pay a dividend
on 600,0001. of their capital. One of the directors, Mr.
Themes Greig, in 1848, advised them not to make this
branch, saying coal branches
should like to know whether he held that opinion now, and
if not, why he had changed his opinion.
The CHAIRMAN said he could not say why Mr. Greig had
changed his opinion, unless it was that he saw there would
be a profit in this branch. However, be bad Mr. Greig's
proxy in his pocket, which showed what his opinion now
was. (Applause and laughter.) He (Lord Yarborough)
was satisfied that the coal required for this city would
render it worth while to make the branch, besides which
there would be a fair amount of passenger and goods
traffic. _ _

Mr. M'Tultst said Mr. Bracey at one time offered to
make this branch, and asked why he was not allowed to
make it. There was to have been a great development of
trafilc at the Barton and New Holland ferries, and at
Grimsby ; but he feared the shareholders bad been greatly
disappointed in these, as they would be in the coal branch
to Barnsley. Mr. Can had told him he could supply three
times the quantity of coal he did, but for want of waggons,
and he (Mr. M•Turk) thought the company should find
waggons to develop the traffic ready to hand before they
made new branches.

Mr. WILD repeated his question about the Sheffield sta-
tion, and asked what was the contract let for.
The CHAIRMAN said the new station was making by the
company itself at Sheffield, and not by contract. The sta-
tion was required for timber from Grimsby. At present,
for want of this station, timber had to b• sent up from
Grimsby to Hull, and from thence round by the Midland
Railway to Sheffield. With regard to Mr. M'Turk's °beer-
'redone, it must be borne in mind that they had never pur-
chased the Barton ferry, which was crown property. It
might have been leased, but it was offered at too great a
prise to justify them in taking it. As to not letting Mr.
Brassy make the Barnsley branch, the company bad found
that it could be made with more profit to work themselves.
Mr. M'Tvei asked what were the disputed accounts on
the Woodhead tunnel, but
The Climax/or said that would be travelling out of the
business of the present meeting, which was for a specific
inigleitotion was then put and agreed to unanimously.
A vote of thanks was given to Lord Yarborough, for his
services in the chair, and the meeting separated.

The PrifesuLts.—Yesterday the Oriental Com-
paay's steam-packet Madrid. arrived at Southampton with
dates—Gibraltar, June 14; Cadiz, 16; Lisbon, 19. H.M.S.
Antelope was at Gibraltar. Sans Pareil sailed for Malta
oa tle lith. H.M.S. Cruises was at Lisbon.