The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.

The entries for the last match of the season—on
Thursday.next—are as follow :

FIRST AND SECOND CLASS.
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Phantom
Musquito
Margaret
Tartar
Fleur-de-Lis
Volante

THIRD CLASS.
Kitten
Vesper
Vampire
The distance will be from Erith to the Nore Light
and back;and the Meteor steamer will leave London-
bridge at nine in the morning, to accompany the race.

MANCHESTER AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.

A special meeting of this company was held at Man-
chester yesterday afternoon, under the standing orders
of the House of Lords, to afford the proprietors an op-
portunity of affirming the bill for making the Barnsley
branch in the form it had come from the Commons.
Lord YARBOROUGH, in taking the chair, explained
that this bill was originally one for making a branch to
Barnsley and extension to Cudworth, but the com-
mittee had cut off the Cudworth extension, and find-
ing that without the Cudworth extension they could
make a branch to Barnsley cheaper than that pro-
jected, a new line was surveyed, by which three-
quarters of a mile would be saved in length, and a cost
of 40,0001. to 45,0001. avoided. For this the bill now
produced would provide, and it also took an extension
of time for making the new Sheffield station at the lower
part of the town. His lordship then read the marginal
references and submitted a resolution approving of the
bill.

Mr. WILD wished to know what necessity there was
for the new station at Sheffield, and expressed himself
dissatisfied at spending more money on a coal branch to
Barnsley at a time when their revenue would only pay
a dividend on 500,000/. of their capital. One of the
directors, Mr. Thomas Greig, in 1848, advised them not
to make this branch, saying coal branches never paid.
lie (Mr. Wild) should like to know whether he held
that opinion now, and if not, why he had changed his
opinion, . _ _

- The CHAIRMAN said he could not say why Mr. Greig
had changed his opinion, unless it was that he saw there
would be a profit in this branch. However, he had Mr.
Greig's proxy in his pocket, which showed what his
opinion now was. (Applause and laughter.) He (Lord
Yarborough) was satisfied that the coal required for this
city would render it worth while to make the branch,
besides which there would be a fair amount of passenger
and goods traffic.

M'TURK said Mr. Brassey at one time offered
to make this branch, and asked why he was not
allowed to make it. There was to have been a
great development of traffic at the Barton and
New Holland ferries, and at Grimsby ; but he feared
the shareholders had been greatly disappointed
in these, as they would be in the coal branch
to Barnsley. Mr. Carr had told him he could supply
three times the quantity of coal he did, but for the want
of waggons, and he (Mr. M'Turk) thought the company
should find waggons to develop the traffic ready to hand
before they made new branches.
Mr. WILD repeated his question about the Sheffield
station, and asked what was the contract let for ?

The CHAIRMAN said the new station was making by
the company itself at Sheffield, and not by contract.
The station was required for timber from Grimsby.
At present, for want of this station, timber had
to be sent up from Grimsby to Hull, and from
thence round by the Midland Railway to Shef-
field. With regard to Mr. M'Turk's observations, it
must be borne in mind that they had never purchased
the Barton ferry, which was crown property. It
might have been leased, but it was offered at too
great a price to justify them in taking it. As to not
letting Mr. Brassy make the Barnsley branch, the com-
pany had found that it could be made with more profit
to work themselves.

Mr. M'TunK asked what were the disputed accounts
on the Woodhead tunnel, but
The CHAIRMAN said that would be travelling out of
the business of the present meeting, which was for a
specific purpose.
The motion was then put and agreed to unanimously.
A vote of thanks,was given to Lord Yarborough, for
his services in the chair, and the meeting separated.

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elaborate Gazetteer of Great Britain. So that the volume
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