The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-13 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAIL WA' BILLS.

Yesterday the Test two projects on the list for metropoli-
tan railway communication came on for consideration before
Lord Stanley's committee. They are the bills for the Me.
tropolitan District and Metropolitan Grand Union Rail-
ways. The committee have been empowered by the house
to consolidate the two bills into one, and to take evidence
bearing upon each. The Metropolitan District has aban-
doned its "main outer circle' system of railways, and con-
fines its application to the " main inner circle," which con-
sists of a railway from a junction with the Metropolitan
Extension at Brompton to Westminster-bridge of 2 miles,
passing, via Sloane and Cheater-squares, north of the Vic-
toria station and under Victoria-street to Bridge-court,
Westminster-bridge. The line will then pursue its way
from Wastminster-brgo, Embank-
ment, to Blackfriars-bridgo, thence under the London,
id north of the Thames
Chatham, and Dover, and the proposed new street between
Blackfriars and the Mansion-house, to the Cannon-street
station of the Charing-cross Railway, then under King Wit.
Ham- street and south of Easteheap to the Blackwell Railway
and Trinity-square, Tow er -hill, in junction with the Metro-
politan Extension Railway,
The proposed capital of the
Metropolitan Districts Railway was originally £0,000,000
in shares and X 2,000,000 loan, but only a, part of it will be
required. The Metropolitan Grand Union originally proposed
to be incorporated with a capital of £4,000,000 in shares and
£1,333,000 by loan fur an aggregate length of 15 miles, part
of the distanoe running from the West London Railway, via
Earre-court,Old Brompton, and T'elhara- crescent,und er the
Fulham-road, and Sloane-equare, north of Victoria-station
and Victoria-street, under the Broad Sanotuary and Bridge-
street, to the Thames Embankment, passing under the road-
way to the embankment to near Blackftiars, under a
portion of the intended new street, then north of Upper and
Lower Thames-streets, ander Cannon and King William-
streets, north of the Monument, and north-west side of
Trinity-square, passing under the London and Blackwell
Railway near America-equare, and terminating atChristian-
street, St. George's in the East. The projects are opposed
by the Corporation of Landon, Society of the Middle Temple,
Lord Kensington, Marquis of Salisbury, Benchers of the
Inner Temple, Metropolitan Board of Works, and Metro-
politan Road Commissioners, Commissioners of Sewers of
London, Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings,
Dukes of Norfolk and Euccleuch, on the ground of inter-
ference with property. The witnesses examined in favour
of the bill were Sir C, Fox, Mr Fowler, and Mr Haddon
and Mr Bouch, engineers, Captain Iluish, Mr C. Steward,
secretary of the Londox and North Western, and others.
The case for the promoters of the bill having closed the
Recorder and Common Sergeant opened the opposition for
the Corporation of the City of London, and the committee
adjourned to this day. The bills for the Irish North
Western, Belfast Centralilkenny Junction, and Rubber.}lubber
stop Docks passed in:Slr Massey's committee. A committee,
consisting of the Earl of Chichester,chairman, the Duke of
Wellington, and Lords Manvers, Abercrombie, and Ebury,
met to consider Certain bills for railway extension in Wales.
Those for the Rhymnoy Railway Company's extensions be-
tween Cardiff and Caerphilly and other places were passed,
and Mr Conyboare, the engineer of the Brecon and Merthyr
Tydvil Junction Railway Company's new lines,was examined
at considerable length by Mr Denison and Mr Burk©. The
case for the Oswestry and Newton and London and North
Western Company's hills closed in the Duke of It'climend's
committee, and the bills were passed. The case for the
promoters of the East G'ocestershire Railway closed in Lord
Eversley's committee. A. select committee consisting of the
Dukes of Devonshire atd Buckingham, Lord Devon, Rom-
ney, Grey, Stradbroke, Donoughmore, Camoys,Wodehouse,
Redesdale, Stanley of Alderley, Belper, Lyveden, and
Taunton, took evidence upon the Railways Construction
Facilities Bill, and on the Railway Companies' Borrowing
Pow.:rs Bill. •

LONDON AND GREENWICH.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yeater-

- • . Broad-street—Mr
day at the office, Gresham-house, 01,4 p.
Corney in the chair.
Mr H. ADRON, the seoretary, road the statement of ac-
counts, which showed that £237 was brought from the pre-
ceding half-year, £22,500 rent of railway received from the
South-Eastern Company, and £5 for transfer fees—total,
£22,743. From this was deducted £9,996 for interest on
bonds and preference shares, £306 balance of income-tax,
and £475 expenses, leaving a balance of £11,965.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, a dividend at the rate
of £1 7s Id per cent on the ordinary stock of the comma),
for the half-year ending June 30, being at the rate of 56 ed
per original share, free of income-tax, was declared payable
by warrant on the 16th inst.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the
chairman and directors.