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argo majority, there being only five hands held up
against it.
The CHAIRIMAN moved the next resolution as follows:

—" That the directors be accordinglyttiithorized to in-
troduce and prosecute, in the ensuing session of Parlia-
ment, a Bill to carry into effect the foregoing resolution,
and to take such measures, in furtherance thereof, as they
may deem fit, and as counsel may advise, consistently
with the powers of the parties."
A SHAREHOLDER, before the resolution was put,
wished to know if it was true that the directors had re-
ceived a communication from the South-Western Board
on the Mid-Western scheme?
The CHAIRMAN said it was true. The directors had
received a letter from the South-Western Board, in
which it was stated that all support to the Mid-Western
project had been withdrawn. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution was then put and carried, after which
thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
terminated.

MIDLAND RAILWAL—A special meeting of the share-
holders in this railway was held at the company's station
at Derby yesterday; Mr. John Ellis in the chair—the
object being to "consider and approve, or otherwise, a
proposal for the union of the London and North Western
and Midland Railway Companies, and, if so determined
to authorize an application to Parliament for an amalga-

FRANCE.

It is stated as certain that the &status Consulte
will make the Imperial Crown hereditary in the per-
son cf Louis Napoleon and his male descendants ; and
in the event of his not leaving male issue, in the per-
son of his adopted son ; and, should the lattter die
without male issue, in the person of the ex-King
Jerome and his family.

nastion of the two undertakings, and the adoption of
such other steps in reference thereto as clay be thought
expedient." This was the most numerously attended
meeting of the company that has been held for many
years. The chairman concluded a lengthened explana-
tion by moving a resolution approving of the proposed
amalgamation. After much discussion, a show of hands
was taken on the proposition: it was carried with only
three dissentients, as was also a subsequent one autho-
rizing the board to introduce and prosecute a bill in
Parliament to carry out the resolution.
RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. --.YoRa AND NORTII-
MIDLAND COMPANY.—A special meeting of the share-
holders of this company was held on Tuesday at the
directors' board-room at the York railway station, to
consider the propriety of an amalgamation between this
company and the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and
Leeds Northern Companies, and also to consider the
propriety of raising additional capital under the powers
of their Canal Act of 1847 and the Victoria Dock Act
of 1852. 11. S. Thompson, Esq., the chairman of the
company, presided, and stated the terms upon which it
was proposed to effect the amalgamation, and moved the
following resolution—" That an amalgamation of this
company and its undertakings with the York, Newcastle,
and Berwick, and Leeds Northern Railway companies
and their undertakings, on the terms suggested in the
circular letter of the directors, and detailed in the draft

agreement for amalgamation submitted to this meeting,
be approved of; and that the directors do complete such
agreement, and also an agreement on the same basis for
the interim working and management of the traffic of the
said three undertakings, with such modifications or al-
terations therein respectively as they may deem expe-
dient, and do seal the same respectively with the seal
and on behalf of this company, and do apply, or concur
in an application, to Parliament for an Act to sanction
and carry out such amalgamation and interim traffic ar-
rangements." After some discussion, the resolution was
put and carried unanimously, save one shareholder, who
opposed the amalgamation on principle: he regarded it
as a species of monopoly.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—A
special meeting of the shareholders of the York, New-
.

citstle, and Berwick Railway, was held on Tuesday, at
❑oor., to consider the terms of amalgamation between
that company and the York and North Midland and
Leeds Northern Companies. Mr Pulleine, the chairman

of the directors, presided, and the meeting was a nu-
merous and influential one. The chairman addressed
the shareholders at some length on the advantages to be

derived from a union of this description, and concluded
by moving that the amalzamation of this company with
the York and North Midland and the Leeds Northern

Companies be approved of. The resolution was carried,
there being only one dissentient, via., Mr Glynn, of New-

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

EQUITY COURTS.—Nov. 3.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
RE IPSWICH CHARITY AND RE BATH CHARITY.
Both these cases, which wero in the paper, were by
consent postponed to the next petition day.

KEKEWICH V. MARKER.
This case, involving a right to certain timbsr, and
which has been so often before the Court, was fixed for
hearing to-day, but it was arranged by consent that it
should be postponed pending an arrangement for raising
a sum of 30,000/. on mortgage at 3i per cent.

The Currier de Marseille publishes the following
address of the Syndic of the body of the Commercial
Brokers of that city to the Prince President :
" The Syndic and Deputy Syndics of the commercial
Brokers of Marseilles to His Imperial Highness Prince
Louis Napoleon,
" Monseigneur,—Permit the Syndical Chamber of
Commercial Brokers of Marseilles, as the organ of that
body, to unite its wishes to the acclamation of France,
and to the appeal which she addresses to you. It has
been twice reserved to your family to put an end to our
civil dissensions, and to found a just and strong Govern-
ment on the basis of the entire suffrage of the nation. The
great man,whose great work you are called on to continue
had time, in spite of the agitations of war, to remodel
oar laws, to develop all the greatness of the country, and
to lay the foundations of its magnificent future. To you
Monseigneur, it belongs to complete this work of genius,
and Heave❑ invites you to it by securing that fruitful
puce, which the glorious founder of the Empire sought
vain. You said truly, Prince, L'Eutpiee c'est
pair!' for it sums up the intelligent force which pacifies,
and the active will which everywhere extends happiness.
We also, who live by comm-rce, tell you in our turn,
with our hearts full of hope, Commerce is peace, for it
unites nations, and makes the community of their wants
the bonds of their true fraternity. Tho Government
and the labourers have the same object before them ;
the conquests of civilisration are the most real and most
durable, and already the sympathetic effervescence
which leads towards you all the useful and
moral forces of the nation is for us a cer-
tain sign of the tranquility of the world. Hesitate
then no longer, Monseigneur, when France herself de-
clares the authority which she wishes to place in your
hands can no longer subsist under a denomination which
does not convoy her idea. The Empiro was already in
our votes ; it is in the wants of the country, it is in the
universal enthusiasm of France, it is in your providen-
tial mission; the Empire already exists. Do not refuse
it the only force which is wanting to it—the powerful
name which sums up the tutelary authority, and which
is to put an end to the uncertainties of the future.
Deign, Monseigneur, to accept the respectful homage of
our gratitude and of our entire devotedness.*

castle, who afterwards said he was favourable to the ar-
rangement, with the exception of the permanent way
fund. A rote of thanks to the chairman and directors

concluded the proceedings.
EAST INDIA RAILWAY COXPANY.—An extraordinary
general meeting of the proprietors of this company was
held yesterday, for the purpose of considering a commu-
nicatio❑ received by the board from the Court of Direc-
tors of the East India Company, on the subject of the
construction of a further section of this company's line
of railway. Mr. Aglionby, M.P., chairman of the Board
of Directors, presided. About 100 shareholders were
present. The Chairman said, the terms offered to the
railway company were the same as they had obtained in
relation to the first section, with the exception of a slight
alteration in the rate of interest. In every respect, as
opening up a new channel of communication with the
north-western provinces of India, this line must be viewed
as a very important undertaking. The direction it would
take would be to Rajinahal for about 100 miles, but the
exact number of miles could not yet be stated, inasmuch
as the point had not been fixed upon at which it would
diverge from the lino under construction. The amount of
money which would have to be subscribed for the new
section would be about 1,000,0001.; not that that sum
w( uld necessarily be all spent, but, as with the first sec-
tion, it was thought expedient to take such an amount at
once. The proposal of the board, assuming that the
shareholders would approve of the project itself, was
that the 1,000,000/. should be raised in 50,000 shares of
20/. a share, as in the first section; and that these shares
should be distributed among the shareholders in the first
section—(Hear, hear)—and parties would have to regi-
ster their original shares, it should be observed, by the
18th ins,. In conclusion, the Chairman moved a resolu-
tion to the effect, that the meeting approved of the terms
of the contract of the East India company, in their letter
,f the 15th Oct., 1852, and that the meeting authorized
the directors of the railway company to take all the ne-
cessary steps for carrying out the arrangement. Mr.
Lovelock seconded the resolution, and it was put and
carried nem. core. The meeting then terminated.
LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.—On
Tuesday, a special meeting of this company was held at
the offices, in Coleman-street-buildings, for the purpose
of sanctioning the raising of s further sum of money
(113,0000 for the purposes of the undertaking. The
chair was taken by Captain Warren, who stated that
this meeting was held merely in pursuance of the new
Act, which required a second meeting for the purpose.
The resolution having been passed, the meeting ad.
journed.

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
Sir H. Ward, Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands, arrived at Corfu on the lith ult. from
Constantinople and the Pincus, on board the lonian
steamer lonia. The British fleet, under the command
of Rear-Admiral Dundas, arrived on the 19th from
Salamis ; it was to leave on the 26th for Malta. The
small-pox continues to rage at Corfu with great viru-
lence, and is rather on the increase. From the 14th
to the 20th the number of new cases was 371, and of
deaths 41. The disease has also made its appearance
at Paxo and Cephalonia.

TOURNAY AND JtTRBISE, LANDEN AND HASSELT
RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of the above cum-
pany has just been held at the Central-office, at Brussels
—IL W. Kennard, Esq., in the chair. The report, which
was read by Mr. Thomas Westwood, the secretary, states
that the receipts of the two lines for the first six months
of the present year amounted to 194,795 f., being an in-
crease of 10 per cent. on the corresponding period of last
year. The increased traffic is almost exclusively con-
fined to the line between Tournay and Jurbise. The
expenses for the above period, including a sum of 11,230 E,
which the company have been compelled to pay as the
Government duty for 1850 and 1551, amounted to
194,795 f. The report having been unanimously adopted,
dividend of 7f. per share, payable in Brussels, or at the
company's office in Thames street, London, was declared.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN.
—On Tuesday the Liverpool deputation lately appointed
to confer with the directors of both companies in order
to ascertain the extent of the differences between them,
with a view to promote some amicable arrangement' had
a second interview with the authorities at Euston-square,
having last week waited on the directors of the Great
Western at Paddington. The result of these conferences
is to be reported at a meeting on an early day, to be held
' it is understood in London.
ST. ANDREW'S RAILWAY.—At the half-yearly meet-
ing of this company, just held, the report stated that the
receipts on capital account amounted to 22,0291., expen-
diture, 21,559/.; receipts on revenue account, 1,7091.;
expenditure, including dividend 4. per cent., 1,4791.;
balance, 229/. The line was in good working order, and
there was no reason why the capital account should not
be closed. All the works were nearly finished, and it
was intended, at a cost of 1000/., to carry a separate line,
independent of the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, from
the junction at Milton, to Leuchars.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON EX-
TENSION FROM OXFORD TO LONDON.—The South-
Western directors whose names were attached to the
prospectus of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Mid-Western Company, have withdrawn their
names from the project.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending Ozt. 30,
1852 ..£l4 684 11 0
Ditto, Oct. 25, 1851 13,767 5 1

Increase in 1852 ...
London Terminus, Nov. 1, 1852.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 285
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending Oct. 24, 1852 :
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £6,557 8 3
Merchandise and minerals ... 7,841 1 2
Cattle .., ...
...
... 374 11 1

... £837 511

:14,773 0 6

Total .. ... ,
Corresponding week, 1851 (2411 miles):—
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £5,582 17 9
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 5,441 1 8

Total ... —.£11,023 19 5
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD It.tuwar.—Traffic for the
weak ending 0ct..31:

RAILWAY.
Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goods ... ••• •••

... £2,173 10 9
... 878 19 5

Total

•• ••• ,
BTEAII-BOATS.

Passenger?, &c.

TOTAL.

Passengers, parcels, tic.
Goods ••• ••

... £3,062 10 2

... £2BO 4 5

▪ £2,453 15 2
• 878 19 5

Total £3.331 14 7
Corresponding week last year ... 2,690 17 5

LAWCASHII CH AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.
°P".)—Traflli.:. for week ending Oct. 31...X17,008 14 11
pondua
Corre9 •
g week in last year (260 (260 Eilei
miles op. fl)
....L1.5,853 5 0
CORK. AND BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)-lieturn
of Traffic for t he week ending Oct. 30, 1852 :
Passenf ;era, parcels, &c. £143 5 6
Merchandise, cattle ,&e.... 64 13 2

Total ...
...
Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles of e2no)7 18 8
Passeni ;ers, parcels, &c. ~ ... 38 16 4
Merchandise, cattle, &c.... ... 111 10

Total

... ... £4O 8 2

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, N'OVEIVII3EII 4,1 S 5 '2.

EXCHEqUER CHAMBER.—Nov. 3.
BUSINESS OF THE COURT.

The court, sit for a short time, and announced tlitt
it would sit on the 9th instant, to her errors from the
Court of Queen's Bench ; on the 2G!ht and 27th insta,nr,
to hear error, from the Court of Comnion Pleas ; and
oil the 29th and 30th instant, to hear errors from the
Court of Exchequer.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Nov. 3.
(Before Mr Commissioner Fonhlanque.)
IN RE FRASER AND LIGHTFOOT.
The bankrupts were merchants, in Lime street. This
was the ei-rtificate meeting. The items in the balance-
sheet, which extended over 3i years, showed the failure
to be a considerable one. The bankrupts owed to unse-
cured creditors, 54,9641. The assets were estimated at
1,9601. in debts, and 2,9371. in goods, besides 21,2071.
due on consignments. There were no profits; the losses
had been 19,545/ ; trade expenses, 3,7601.; drawn out
by Fraser, 3,7591.; by Lightfoot, 3,890/.
Mr Reed opposed, for the assignees, on the ground of
reckless trading and excessive private expenditure.
His Honour said the expenditure, especially of the lat-
ter bankrupt, is utterly unjustified. I can see nothing
of unavoidable loss or misfortune in this case, except the
loss and misfortune arising from reckless trade. This
may have been unavoidable in some instances; I will
give them the benefit of the probability of that; there•
tore I will not degrade them to the third class of certi-
ficate, but will give them each a certificate of the second
class; but it must be suspended for 12 months from the
time of their passing their last examination.
Mr Lawrance applied for protection, which was
granted.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT,—Nov. 3.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Law.)
IN THE MATTER. OF BENJAMIN IARMAN.-A LONG,
IMPRISONMENT.
This insolvent, an old man, applied to be discharged
from liorsemonger-lane Gaol. lie had been in prison
nearly five years, and said he had been supported by
the county allowance.
The Chief Commissioner asked him the reason of
staying in prison so long.
The insolvent replied that he was trying to settle.
Chief Commissioner—What! " trying to settle" all
that time t
The insolvent said he had expected to get out, but
could not, and he now petitioned.
The Chief Commissioner inquired how ho had pro-
cured the meant to tile his schedule?
It was explained that an application had been made
to the charitable fund of the court, and an allowance
had been granted.
His Honour ordered the old man to be forthwith dis-
charged.