The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-29 00:00:00

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

Yesterday a special meeting of the proprietors
was held at the Waterloo Station—Captain Mangles
in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said there were altogether 15 bills
—four only of which, however, were promoted by
the company. The other 11 were introduced by
other companies, and in which. provisions were con-
tained conferring powers on or having clauses
affecting the London and South-Western Company.
Only four of the bills could be dealt with by the
meeting, as the remainder were not ready.
Mr. Burcham, the company's solicitor, then read
the heads of a bill to authorise the company to make
a railway from Kensington to Richmond, and junc-
tion lines communicating with the Hammersmith
and City Railway and the North and South-Western
Junction Railways, and to raise further moneys
and to authorise arrangements.
Mr. HEREPATII wished to know whether the
proposed new lines were calculated to bring them
into collision with other companies.
The CHAIRMAN said no, but that on the contrary
they were calculated to avert any such eventgality.
He then proposed the approval of the bill, and
Mr. DUTTON having seconded it, it was carried
unanimously.

Mr. Burcham then recited the preamble and
clauses of the second bill, which was a bill for
authorising the company to make a railway from
Chertsey to the Staines and Wokingham Railway
at Egham, and for other purposes.
Mr. RITCIIINS seconded the approval of the bill,
and it was carried unanimously.

The next bill was promoted by another company,
to authorise certain deviations from the Oakhamp-
ton lines, and to raise further moneys.
Capt. JOHNSON seconded the approval of the bill,
and it was carried unanimously.
The last bill was to authorise the West London
Docks and Warehouses Company to execute further
works and to make arrangements with other corn-.
panies to raise further money.
Mr. MORTIMER seconded the approval of the bill,
and it was carried unanimously.

The meeting then adjourned to the 12th of May.

EAST INDIAN.

The 17th annual meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. R. W.
Crawford, ALP., in the chair.
The report was taken as read.

Tne CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said it
was the 20th occaeion on which it had been his pri-
vilege and duty to preside at their general meetings.
It was a great gratification to him to be able to state
that the line from Calcutta to Delhi was open for
traffic with the exception of the bridge over the
Jumna at Allahabad. They could now take pas-
sengers over their line from Calcutta to Delhi and
vice versa, a distance of 1,020 miles. The progress
they had made in the works during the past five
years had been very considerable ; they had no
means of comparing the vast NNorks on their line
w►th those in any other country. He thought every
one mast admit that notwithstanding the various
difficulties and obstructions throw n in their way
from time to time, the progress they had made
was very satisfactory. They eau Id not compare the
works of any line in England dither for magnitude
or length of continuous line with their Eist Indian
line. There was not a line on any part of the con-