The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-03 00:00:00

sou PH EASTERN.

A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge;
the Hon. J. By ng in the chair.
Mr. SMILES, the secretary, read the notice con•
veniog the meeting to consider nine bills, in cow
pliance with the standing orders of the House of
Lords.

The CHAIRMAN stated that three hills promoted
by them in the present session had been so far sanc-
tioned by the proprietors as to authorise the direc
tors to make applications to Parliament in respect
of them. By the first bill on the list it was pro-
posed to raise a capital of £lBO,OOO, by the second
bill £450,000, and by another bill,since withdrawn,
£230,000 for a line to Eastbourne—together
£860,000. The directors had subsequently been
enabled to enter into arrangements whereby the
capital applied for had been considerably reduced.
An agreement had been made with the Belgian
Company under which facilities would be afforded
for an efficient service of trains between London
and Eastbourne, via Tunbridge Wells, in connec-
tion with the South Eastern Railway, in considera-
tion of which the company's Eastbourne branch
had been withdrawn, as well as the proposed junc-
tion line between Croydon and Caterham. An
arrangement had also been made with the Weald
of Kent Company, under which the South Eastern
Company's branch would terminate at Crenbroak,
and the proposed extension to Tenderden and
Appledore had been withdrawn accordingly. Tne
capital required for the construction of the proposed
new lines of the company would therefore now
stand as follows :—For the branch to Westerham,
L 70,000, instead of £lBO,OOO, and for the branches
to Cran brook, and Hythe and Sandgate, £280,090,
instead of £4so,ooo—together, £350,000, Instead
of £630,000 as originally proposed. He thought
the proprietors would not object to that reduction.
Mr. Toogood (.he soiicitor) read the heads of a
Bill for authorising the Sou;h-Eastern Railway
Company to make and maintain an extension of
'heir railway to Wysterham, and to raise further
moneys. It authorised £70,000 in shares, and the
usual borrowing powers for £23,330.
The motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr.
Thompson, a formal resolution approving the bill,
was then carried.

The next was a Bill for authorising the South
Easter❑ Railway Company to make and maintain
extensions of their railway to Craubrook, Hy the,
and Sandgate, respectively, and to raise further
moneys, to the amount of £280,000 on shares and
£93,33 on loan.
After some observations by Mr. C. Child as to
the necessity of having a map of the projects in
the room on such occasions, a formal resolution ap
proving the Bill was carried unanimously.
rhe Solicitor read the heads of the next bill fo►
authorising the Charing-cross Railway Company
to acquire additional lands et or near Cannon
street station in the city of London, and to raise
further moneys to the amount of £90,000, of woich
£65,000 was for the purpose of subscribing towards
the construction of an hotel in the city.
Mr. ADAMS said the £90,000 would not be suffi-
cient for the purposes of the company, and that
the directors should have applied for powers to raise
£500,000.

The CHAIRMAN said the directors thought it
would be considerEd by the present bills that they
were asking for too much money, instead of too
little.

The bill was approved.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, formal resolu-
tions approving the following bills, which did not
require any subscription from the South-Eastern
Company, were agreed to :—A bill to authorize the
construction of a dock, piers, a railway, and other
works at or near Deal, and a navigable channel
therefrom to Sandwich, all in the county of Kent;
a bill for authorizing the extension and mainten-
ance of tramways in the parish of Erith, in Kent ;
a bill to authorize the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway Company to construct additional works
and acquire additional lands, to alter the works and
powers (connected with or affecting their under-
taking) of other companies, bodies, and persons, and
to amend the Acts of the company relating to Dover
and to Margate; and a bill to authorize the con-
struction of a railway from Hartley and Cranbrook
to Tenterden, in the county of Kent.
Mr. WILSON, having expressed the gratification
he felt iu consequence of the company having re-
cently establ'shed friendly relations with neigh-
bouring companies, moved a vo!e of thanks to the
chairman and directors, and the meeting was ad-
journed to the 22d lest., at the same place, for the
consideration of the other bills.