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completely blowing off' the centre fit iger of A.‘3oa. "4:
hand, and lacerating the skin of the, nee! a, 41'5
the right ear of the volunteer in front of
hi_Jackson, assistant-surgeon of the corps, promptlyt'sl. S
attended, and having bandaged Mr. Lilley's shat-
tered hand, and administered a little brandy to him
and his companion, Lilley walked away from the
park in the most manful manner. Col. Erskine at
the conclusion of the evolutions addressed tht) re-
giment, and said he was not going to flatter them,
that was no part of his duty; but ho should not
faithfully discharge his duty if he did not award
them that praise he considered they deserved. He
was much pleased with two things especially—
their steadiness under arms and the silence which
had been observed in their ranks ; and the ready
manner with which thcyLad fermed square on being
called upon by him through their commanding offi-
cer suddenly to do so proved that they were well
drilled—a fact creditable not only to those who
drilled them, but to themselves for having so e fli •
ciently acquired it. Ho should not fail to make a
moat favour:hie eport to the Secretary of State
for War, not only as to the efficiency of the bat-
talion, but as to the able manner in which it had
been handled. The regiment then marched back to
headquarters.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTHEASTERN•

A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-
bridge ; the Hon. J. Byng in the chair.
Mr. S. Smiles, the secretary, haling read the
notice convening the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was called for
the purpose of considering two bills now before Par-

liament. The first was a bill of the Charing-cross
Railway Company, and it was submitted because it
contained clauses conferring a permissive power to
lease or amalgamate that undertaking with the
South Eastern Company. *He thought there could
not be two opinions.as to the desirableness of their
being placed in such a position as to be enabled to
make that railway an integral part of their own
system, should they consider it desirable to do so.
The present bill committed them to nothing, as it
was merely permissive. When the bill became law
it would be for them to go into the question of terms,
and they would be called together when a definite
scheme had been prepared, such es the directors
could recommend for their adoption. The other bill
to be submitted for their consideration was the
Hastings Pier and Harbour Bill. It was promoted
by another company, and gave them a permissive
power to enter into working arrangements with that
company, and the directors considered it desirable
they should possess such a power.
The Solicitor read the heads of a bill for regu-

lacing the capital and debenture debt of the Charing-
cross Railway Company, and for authorising the
amalgamation of that company with the South-
Eastern Railway Company.
In reply to Mr. Adams, it was stated that the
present powers of the company authorised the rais-
ing of £1,926,600 and the bill gave power to raise
an additional sum of £700,000 on shares, and
£233,330 on debentures.
A long diAcussion ensued, in which Mr. Adams,
Mr. C. Bell, Mr. Michell, Mr. C. Child, and Mr.
Beavis took part. Considerable dissatisfao-
tion was expressed at the great increase of the
capital of the Charing-cross Railway from time to
time, and the large amount of it the South-Eastern
Company were called upon to subscribe; but under
all the circumstances it was thought desirable to
approve the bill.
A formal resolution approving the bill was then
adopted.
On the motion of the chairman,, seconded by Mr .
Thomson, a formal resolution approving a bill to
authorise the construction of a tramroad from the
South-Eastern Railway at Hastings to Hastings
harbour was passed, and the proceedings terminated
with a vote of thanks to the chairman.