The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-16 00:00:00

was formally to sanction the bill before parliament.—The chairman
mid that the main object of the tall was to facilitate the cionstruethan
of the ;mended line at • Mss cost, rod he thotorl t, therefore, that iso
objection would le offered to it. Ile had, therefore, to move Mast the
approval of this meeting be given to the introduction of this bill into
parliament —A propnytor wished to know, before the motion vex
put, whether this act %VOW WOK any of the relations entered into
with the South Eastern Company!—Mr. Mangles sand, that . urn,.
in the neighbourhood of the proposed •Iterationa, be might be
permitted to wry that the deviation of a few hundred yards scald
maw a distance of three-quarters of a mile, and would save con-
siderable expense, beside* forming a better junction. They wank
not have been obliged to alter to any way their act of puha.
mint, but the estate through which the proposes-II *heron*. were to
be made was In chancery, and there was no person, therefore, pro.
I prey authorised to giro a title to the land. The other alteration,
were of a somewhat similar character. The object would, therefore,
save expenses to the Reading, Guildford, and Peigate, and, mew
quently, would contribute to the welfare of the South Eastern Com.
pony. The Chairman mid that the interests of the Wroth Exnern
and of this enniciny were now the ALLOT, and, therefore, they could
• not be dieutliallisi with it. A proprietor asked if the agreement with
the South Eastern Company was sigord and sealed .'The Chairman
! ask It iTA, not, but it was drawn up and approved of by the solicitor
of their own oompany, and was also approved of by Mr. Fearon. the
I aolicitor of the south Eastern Company. It hail, however, been soh.
mined to the eouroslotthe company, Mr. Earle, who was out of toles.
and had it with him. Me was expected In town this week, bui
had not yet arrived, —A proprietor asked whether the 690,0004 mpk
tat tone furnished by We commie', would he the maximum amount;
or whether, in the event of the cost exceeding thst suet, they would
he also called acorn to subscribe it !--The chairman said that if
further soma were retpdred, the South-Eastern Company were tom,
to provide it —A discussion erne. as to the propriety of adjourning
the meeting until the agreement was forthcoming, and it was tild.
mottle aimed that the motion should In agreed to, m the under.
standing that 'he directors should call a nics•ting within a fortnight,
If the agreement should not have been delivered within that time.
The motion was agreed to.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ExTfiNtitott
Lactate Teurnasen TO BAUM, Vie. Arruagementa are now
In prowess foe the extension of the electric left--,pt,
the Great Wad. rn Bailwxy, it is expeeted the work will to
commenced early in the ensuing sumerwr, the wires win be
first laid doss i us far as Bristol, thin, when completed, will ho
of paramount importance to the. shipping interest, particularly to
those engaged in the Vest Dubs trade at that port, re at preterit,
letters from the West India Islands are not delivered for more than
24 hours after the arrival of the packet at Southampton when this
portion is in operation, it is intended to extend it to Exeter, from
whence the communication will lir carried to lit mouth on the South
Devon Railway, nod thence, by means of subterranean pipes to the
dockyard at I etonport, from this place the submarine rope will be
made use of in ern .mint the llamrsise, and the continuation carried
on the Cornwall Railway to Falmouth, the branch to Gloucester will
then be commenced, and from thence it will be earned by the South
Wales Ituilway to Milford i Pembroke-yen') when the whole xl that
ATTILOOTOATOA arc completed, the govenionent can, on an ernergeacy.
Mahe orders for the equipment or wiling of ships from all our peat
naval arsenals simultinenoily.