The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-03 00:00:00

RAILIVIs.Y INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AD NoRT— ri
The adjoerned sspecialmeeting -pESTERN.
held ye,terday at the railway st;ltio this company was
consider a Bill to enable the chn. Euston-square, to
Railway Company to extend their e,st.",r and Holyhead
head, to amend the Acts relating tjahLwaY to Sicken-
, 7urthe company, and
for othe: purposes; Mr. G. C. Gly
re 301,11. 0 advertisement
?;,ousiness they had
Mi. STEWART, the secretary, ree'cr)., in the chair.
ation for adjourn-
emoenavtentointghatht edamye.eting, and the
The CHAIRMAN stated that the oal
to traisact was to approve or other
meted by the Chester and Holyhead -,-;s° of a Bill pro-
--eir ra• -ay Company
head, to , amend the Acts relating to thel(1:"Y to Birken-
other purposes. He explained that, ait°,ll'Pany, and for
to enable the latter to extend. th • '"aii. rs
to jairiuuugh the title
tehxotenclstliounses
trathr. Birkenhead,
;)iftitatilloyßcoilnitlnaspfloarteada,
tension had, after the example of uirein;,,, such ex-
North-Western Company, been struck the London and
for the present session. Ho then stateent of the Bill
portions of the 81
directly affectin that the only
as ori-
were clauses Nos. 14, 15, and 16. Thgl this company
effkmt that the London and NorthAlresteeY were to the
the vote of three-fifths of an extraordiurall Company by
that company may take any number of t,lrY meeting of
not exceeding one-half of the shares to he'ee shares
the provisions of this Act; by such vote to reatod under
the holders of all or any part of the nm7guarantee to
created interest or dividend not exceedie:ll,(lrea to be
per annum; the Loudon and North- Vd'est4n." Per cent.
to have power to nominate an additional dire elanaPatlY
Chester and Holyhead Railway in re-spec.ctor to the
100,000/. stock which the London and NotLh.o,,,f every
Company shall so contribute, and. also to take wnstern
the managament of that railway. Ile con
l*,share in
moving the following resolution:— c'tldod by
" Tnat the Bill now proposed and read boots
be, and the same is, hereby approved, su !fleeting
modifications and alterations as shall bra made"°th such
3
by Parliament and assented to by the director .'rein
company." 01e this
'rho Hon. P. S. PIERREPONT seconded the
which was put and unanimously adopted. Motion,
In reply to a question, it was stated i
that the 'natter
reference to the agreement with the Birkenhead n
an
Cheshire Junction Railway Company was at present id
abeyance. n
Thu meeting then separated.

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REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES o
RAILWAY BILLS.
BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE juNc.
TION,—Mr. Christopher reported from the committee
that the new works, power to construct which is sou ht
by the Bill, are to he executed by the company out of
funds they are at present authorised to raise. The length
of the line from Bridge-end to Poulton-cum-se,carc
is 3 miles 46 chains, and of the branch therefrom to Li:,
card, 2 miles 23 chains. The steepest gradient is 1 in
150, and the smallest radius of a curvf2lo chains. Is is
intended to cross on a level three roads. The quantity
of laud required is 501 acres, and the estimated cost of
the works 140,000/. Mr. li. iZohertson acid Mr. Douglas
were the engineers cxamitlcti in support of the Bill. The
Committee were satisfied of the fit,cess, is an engineer_
iii t point of view, of the proposed works. They had
reported from
cut so
much thereof' :14 related to the construction of a branch
to
_the Duke
further with the
of Ilridgewater's Canal at Norton.
amended the preamble of the Bill by striking
SFIROPSIIIRE Ijisiorr.-51r. Floyer
Committee that the
in the case of this company's Bill, to
c2nstrect a branch canal, the promoters had stated to the
(-3 raraitter, that it was not their intention to proceed
Measure.
CIUS"A 41i1) X1014711E4D•'•,441r, Christopher re-

ported. from the Committee that the Bill proposed to
create a debenture stock, for which the mortgagees and
bowl creditors of the company are at liberty to commute
their debts, and to grant to that stock a preference of
dividend or interest not exceeding five per cent. per an-
nurn, that priority taking precedence of the existing pre-
ference sh,,res arid-stock of the company; and as this
-arrangement will, according to the evidence, tend to
lower the iati: of interest, oo the tlehti of the company,
the Cortimittee-were of opinipn that; this its not a case
in which the protection of the 128th and 129th standing
orders for existieg preference sharss or stock ought to
be 'required. The Committee had amended the pre-
amble of the 'Bill by striking out those parts thereof
which related to the extension to Birkeuhead, 'and had
found the same, as amended, to be true,
BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC-
TION (POWER TO LEASE. &C.)—Mr. Christopher re-
pented: from the Committee that the enegailons eon-
tained in the preamble of this Bill had not been proved
to their-satisfaction.
MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND.—Sir J.
Duckworth reported from the Committee that the de-
viation and breach authorized by this Bill are to be exe-
cuted oat of capital which the cenipany are already
authorized to raise. The length of the deviation is 18f
miles, and the length of the branch is 24i miles, both of
which are to be cOuetructed on a gauge of 5 feet 3 inches.
It is intended to cross fifteen roads on the level. The
quantity of land required for the deviation is 184 k
acres, and for the brunch 244 acres. The estimate of
the cost and other expenses to be incurred up to the
time of completion of the deviation and branch for a
single line of railway is- 300,000 L, and the committee
have authorised the application of an additional sum of
loo,qooi„ with a
_view to the future completion of the
line Ili a cloit line of- eiitty: Mr.93:W.lleusana' was
the engineer examined in support of the Bill. The
Committee were satisfied of the. fitness in an engineering
point of view of• the proposed deviation and branch
railway.
SHROPSHIRE UNION (BRANCH RAILWAYS). Mr.
Floyer reported from the Committee that the promoters
of the Bill had stated to thorn that it was not their in-
tention to proceed further with the measure.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. Mr. Christopher
reported from the Committee that the parties promoting
the Bill had stated to them that it was not their inten-
tion to proceed further with it.
DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTER-
SHIRE.-111r. Corry reported from the Committee that
they had examined the allegations contained in the pre-
amble of the Bill, but that the same had not been proved
to their satisfaction.
KELLS AND CAVAN.—Sir J. Duckworth reported from
the Committee that the promoters of the Bill had stated
that it was not their intention to proceed further with
the measure.

FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
Tho following are the last returns of the gross re-
ceipts of the principal French Railways :•—•
NORTHERN.—From May 13 to Mayl9 : Passengers,
340,108 f.; goods, 266,354 E; total, 606,462 f.
ROUEN.—From May 16 to May 22 : Passengers,
98,898 E; goods, 98,192 E; total, 197,090 E
Ilavan.—From May 16 to May 22 : Passengers,
36,996 E; goods, 41,4291.; total 81,425 f.
ORLEANS AND ITlEnzoig.—From May 17 to May 23:
Passengers, 140,9501.; goods, 176,198 E; total, 317,148 f.
BORDEALTX.—From May 11 to May 17: Passengers,
68,270 E; goods, 66,379 f.; total, 134,6391.
NANTES.—From May 13 to May 19 : Passengers,
38,442 E; goods, 36,085 E; total, 74,527 f.
STRASBURG —From May 13 to May 19: Passengers,
155,811 f.; goods, 102,338 E; total, 258,1491.
BALE.—From May 10 to May 16 : Passengers,
23,768 f.; goods, 22,060 f.; t0ta1,45,828f.
MONTEREAU.—From May 13 to May 19: Passengers,
13,539 E; g00d5,12,381E; total, 25,920 f.
MARSEILLES.—From May 7 to May 13: Passengers,
46,397 f.; goods, 35,391 f.; total, 81,788 E
LYONS. From May 16 to May 22 : Passengers,
225.370 E; goods, 119,756 E; total, 345,126 f.
WESTERN.—From May 17 to May 23: Passengers,
47,9041.; goods, 25,711 f.; total, 73,615 f.