The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-07 00:00:00

GREAT NORTHERIV RAII F.

Yesterday a Wharucliffe meeting of this com-
pany was held at the King's•cross Station for the
consideration of the hills affecting their interests at
present before Parliament, but only three of them
were ripe for discussion ; Mr. E. Denison occupied
the chair. The usual preliminaries having been
disposed of,
The CHAIRMAN said that the first bill was one to
enable the company to abandon a portion of the
Garston mid Liverpool Railway already sanctioned
by Parliament. He would now move that the bill
be approved of.
Mr. PACKE, M.P., seconded the motion, which
was unanimously agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN tben moved that the meeting
should approve of the Edgware, Highgate, and Lon-
don Railway Bill. The object of the bill was to
enable the Great Northern Company to subscribe
to the undertaking to the extent of one-third the
proposed capital, or £73,300.
Mr. PACKE having seconded the motion, it was
agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed that the meeting
should approve of the Metropolitan Railway Bill,
the object of which was to empower the directors
to enter into agreements with the Metropolitan
Company for the use of their line, and the inter-
change of traffic.
Mr. PACKE seconded the motion, which was
adopted, and the meeting was then adjourned for a
fortnight.

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES
IN PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday, the committee on the Amalgamation
Bill of the Eastern Counties and other companies
re-assembled, pursuant to appointment, Mr. Hassard
in the chair. The proceedings, it may be remem-
bered, were adjourned until after the Easter recess,
to allow of a reference being made to the Railway
Department of the Board of Trade of the various
financial and working arrangements in dispute be-
tween the Eastern Counties, Eastern Union, East
Anglian, and other companies, but as their report
had only just been presented for the consideration
of the committee and the parties on the subject, the
proceedings were adjourned until to-day. The case
of the Bristol and South Western Junction was
closed in Mr. Adair's committee, after a fortnight's
inquiry, and that of the Radstock and Keynsham
line, the sixth and last competing line to be heard
in this collective group of rival lines, was opened by
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, who pointed out that it
would consist of a main line of 13 miles from the
Radstock branch of the Great Western tb their sta-
tion at Keynsham, with branches to local collieries,
to be met by a capital of £160,000 in shares and
£53,000 loan, the Great Western subscribing the
latter amount: Evidence was taken in support of
the bill, which is opposed by the London and South
Western. The case of the West Riding, Hull, and
Grimsby Railway, which has occupied Mr. Puller's
committee three weeks, closed with corroborative
engineering evidence, and the remainder of the
day was occupied by Mr. Merewether, Q.C., on be-
half of the Lancashire and Yorkshire in opposition
to the bill. The clauses of the Vale of Clwydßail-
way were brought up and settled in Lord Stanley's
committee, and further evidence continued in favour
of the Wellington and Cheshire Junction. The bill
of the West Midland Railway, for additional
branches and works, was opened in Mr. Woodd's
committee, after the clauses of the Tewkesbury and
Malvern, and Shrewsbury and Hereford bills were
settled.