The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-25 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING., JANUARY 25, 1849."

James Redden, office-keeper to the House of Com-
mons, sail the book now produced was the property of
Mr. Charles Gunnell, cud had 'o(,cri stolen from one of the
committee-roorn. The book was not missed until pro-
duced by the polio'.
The prisoner said he bought the book for fourpence.
He was also fully committed on this charge.
MARYLEBONE.

John Clententson, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, for re-examination on the charge of having
stolen a considerable quantity of plate, the property of
Mr. Waller, of 63, Arlington-street, Camden-town.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was committed
for trial.

and CarlislP Railway Company to borrow the requisit2
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lisle line. But they make this recommerolatit,n of in-
terpoiag the guarantee o` the Glasgow and Ayr Com-
pany on the distinct understanding that previously to
next general meeting the directors will neither incur any
new liabilities, nor proceed further with the works on
the branches to Sarithston and Dalmellington, excepting
those under contract. The committee recommend the
appointment of a committee with full powers of investi-
gation, and that the directors be requested to prepare,
with the assistance of the committee, a full and complete
statement of the whole affairs of the company, and to
print and circulate the same among the shareholders six
days previous to the next general meeting."
A discussion followed, in which many of the share-
holders took part, and during which some satisfactory
statements were made as to the improvement of the
traffic on the main line.

Eventually, on the motion the CHAIR➢IAN, seconded
by Mr. 11. CRAWFURD, of Crawfurdlund, it was resolved
to guarantee the debentures of the Dumfries and Carlisle
Company to the extent of 433,0001.
The meeting then separated.

SUTTON HARBOUR. IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.—PLY-
MoUTH, JAN. 23.—A special meeting of the shareholders
in this company was held at the Exchange, yesterday,
for the purpose of receiving a minute from the directors
of the South Devon Railway Company, in reference to
the completion of a branch of the line to Sutton Har-
bour, and to adopt such steps in the matter as might be
deemed necessary. The chairman of the directors, W.
H. Hawker, Esq., occupied the chair, and the meeting
was very fully attended. The chairman after referring
to the objects for which the meeting had been convened,
read a certified extract from the minute book of the
S )uth Devon board, to the effect that they had com-
pleted arrangements with the Messrs. Johnson, to pur-
chase and enter upon the Dartmoor line, extending from
the station at Laira, to the harbour, and that the only
thing in the way of a completion of the work was the
want of funds. This the company regretted, but
stated, that as soon as possible they would proceed
with the line. John Bayley, Esq., one of the
shareholders, entered into a long statement of the
grievances the Sutton Harbour Company had to com-
plain of at the hands of the South Devon directors. He
quoted the opinion of counsel, that the directors, having
obtained an Act of Parliament to make the branch, were
bound to do so ; that they were bound to apply their
capital to the purposes for which it was raised ; that if
they failed to do this the directors would become per-
sonally responsible, and that they could be compelled by
mandamus from the Court of Queen's Bench, imme-
diately to complete this part of their line. T. Stevens,
Esq., proposed that a mandamus should be applied for,
but ultimately withdrew this proposition ; and, on the
motion of T. W. Fox, Esq., the directors of the
Sutton Harbour Company were directed to enter into
negotiations with the South Devon Railway Company,
and that the meeting be adjourned for a fortnight,
when the subject should again be brought forward and
discussed.

MOLD.—The cuttings of the Chester and Mold line
have at length reached the town, and it is fully expected
that this railway will be opened for traffic in May next.
—Chester Courant.
LIVERPOOL AND BURY.—The works have been se-
riously injured by the floods. In many places the em-
bankments have broken down. An arch over the river
Douglas has been partially destroyed, awl breakwaters
have had to be erected to resist the current.

Irswicu, BURY, AND NORWICH.—The permanent
road is completed as far as Diss, and the goods traffic
will bo forthwith commenced.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.—The construction of
the Park gate Extension has boon Eminlinced by 400
men.

PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DOCKS.—PLYMOUTH,
JAN. 23.—1 n consequence of a want of funds for carrying
on the works connected with those ducks, all the men
employed by the four sub-contractors, under the Messrs.
Greigson, gave up working on Friday last. There are
nearly 150 men who have thus given up, and these had
for the previous seven weeks been working with only a
small portion of their wages for "subsist." The men
employed by the contractors themselves are still pro-
ceeding with their work. There are about 30 men who
are so engaged.
SHERIFF'S COURT, CHESTER.—BARKER AND OTHERS
V. THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
—An inquiry was held at Sandbach, before the Under-
Sheriff, John Hostage, Esq., and a special jury, on Fri-
day last, and by adjournment at Chester Castle on
Saturday last, to assess the compensation to be awarded,
by the North Staffordshire Railway Company to a gen-
tleman named Barker, and three other parties, the lessees
of a salt works, brine pit, &c., situate at Bechton, near
Sandbach, in this county, and now worked by the Messrs.
Mills, of Liverpool, to whom the works are underlet.
It appeared from the statement of the case on the part
of the plaintiff, that the Messrs. Barker are the lessees of
the works for a term of years, of which twenty-one are
unexpired. The works are at present underleased by
the plaintiffs to the Messrs. Mills for a term, of which
seven years are unexpired, at a rental of 2201. per
annum. The Railway Company, by their plans and
notice to treat served upon the plaintiff, proposed to take
for their line of railway the engine-house, brine pit, and
a considerable portion of the brine reservoirs, together
with the piece of land on which is the iron pipe or tube
through which the brine is forced from the pit to the
reservoirs. This interference, it was contended, on
behalf of the plaintiffs, would amount to a total destruc-
tion of the works ; and, accordingly, the surveyors
who had inspected the premises for the purposes of this
inquiry, had framed their computed damage on the pre-
sumption that the works would be rendered useless for
their present purposes. Their estimated damage was
variously computed between 4,9451. and 5,3171., which
included the seven years' interest under Messrs. Mills'
lease, ten years' subsequent interest under their own,
the worth of the plant belonging to the plaintiffs, and
50 per cent. on the total value on account of a compul-
sory sale. The case on behalf of the plaintiffs closed at
three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, when an arrange-
ment was made without the defendants' case being gone
into, and a verdict taken for 9001., viz., 501. for value of
the interest of the claimants in the property, and 8501.
for the damage by severance; subject to certain other
conditions and terms not specified in court.—Chester
Courant.

VERSAILLES RIGHT AND LEFT LINES. The nego-
tiations that have been going on between these two com-
panies relative to a project of fusion are now intermixed.
A recent communication from the Left Company an-
nounces it refuses all terms to that effect.
CHESTER AND PARXGATE.—We are informed that the
works on this branch line from Parkgate to join the
Chester and Birkenhead Railway at Spital station, have
commenced. The contracts have been taken by three
spirited parties, who, as we understand, intend to put on
from 300 to 400 men to expedite the construction of this
u n der taking.—Chester Courant.
SOUTH DEVON.—OPENING TO PLYMOUTH.—The ra-
pid and satisfactory progression towards the completion
of the line to Millbay, which is now being made, will
very shortly place the directors in a position to open the
line to that place.— Western Luminary.
IPSWICH, NORWICH, ♦ND RITRY.—The permanent rails
are now completed, and the engine has arrived at Diss,
so that hopes are entertained of the line being soon
opened for goods traffic.—Bury and Suffolk Herald.

RAJLWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JAW. 24.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market still continues in about
the same state as yesterday. Great Western, Quarters, were
done at 1% dis.—Eastern Counties, 11N.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 2214—
Caledonian, Preference, 1% p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), 13% dis.—London and
North• Western, 132—Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Ditto,
Quarters (C), p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
(late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 251 dis.—Ditto, 201.
Shares, 10 dis.—Midland Stock, 93—Ditto, New Halves, 51,4
dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), 33/4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 8
per cent. guaranteed for ten years, 91. Bs. 9d.—Shrews-
bury and Chester (late N. W. M.), 101. Preference, guaran•
teed 8 per cent., 1436—Shropshire Union, 2% dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, 25%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick
(G. N. E. Purchase), p.—Dublin and Belfast Junction,
29% dis