The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-01 00:00:00

5 Ny JANUARY 1, 1847.

ders. These lines were the right and left arms of the
Eastern:Counties Company, and it was, therefore, their
utmost desire to promote a good understanding between
each other.

The toast was received with acclamation.
Mr. TILL returned thanks en behalf of the Norfolk
Company, and thanked the officers of the Company for
honouring him with an invitation to the entertainment.
On behalf of the officers of the company which he repre-
sented, he cJuld assure them that they would do all in
their power to promote the interests of the Eastern
Counties Company.—(Cheers.)
Mr. SAUNDERS briefly responded to the toast.
Mr. SMALL responded to the toast of the directors of
the Eastern Counties, and Northern and Eastern boards.

The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of Mr.
Roney, and the officers of the company," including suc-
cess to the engineering, the locomotive, the coaching and
goods departments. It was impossible to have a secre-
tary who could carry out the directions of the board
better than Mr. Roney.—(Cheers.) Mr. Davis, the ac-
countant, Mr. Moseley, the goods superintendent, Mr.
Scott, of the locomotive department, Mr. Hunter,
the locomotive superintendent, " Mr. Samuels," the
resident engineer, and other gentlemen in connexion
with the company, deserved frvourable mention, and he
begged to propose their healths. Each toast was well
received, and they respectively returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The men employed in the
several departments of the company." He said the
affairs of the company must be carried on by them,
whether for weal or for woe; and that the company were
most anxious to encourage those who attended steadily
to their duties ; and,in appointing men, they looked not
to patronage, but to the ability of the men they em-
Ployed, and to the patronage of the public.-- (Loud
cheers.) The men and the company. had been
blamed, ,ayld not only blamed but blackguarded
on account of the want of the necessary plant, but their
means had been increased, and they intended to apply
to Parliament for powers to enlarge their station at
Shoreditch.

Mr. RONEY briefly returned thanks. He said he
had spent many proud and happy clays, but he had never
experienced more pleasure than he did on that occasion,
because he never saw a prouder or happier sight than
be did on that occasion, namely, to behold such a large
number enjoying themselves through the liberality of
the directors of the company.—(Loud cheers.) It was
gratifying to know they had as intelligent a body of men
as any other railway in the kingdom; and with their united
'endeavours, and with the blessing of God, they would
make the Eastern Counties line as successful as any
other.—(Loud cheers.) For the personal manifestation
of respect they had evinced he begged to tender them
his most heartfelt thanks. He resumed his seat amidst
loud cheers.

Mr. PETO and Mr. Drrxcelt addressed the assembly
on behalf of the ladies in very gallant terms, and the
company separated.

The fables were then cleared away, and dancing was
commenced and kept up until an early hour this

morning.

Some idea of the extent and nature of the festival may
be inferred from the fact that upwards of 1,600 were
present, and partopk of the good cheer provided by the
liberality of the company.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 31, 1846.
STOCK
ana
ern Junction, % ancashire, and Cheshire
Junction, 14p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 6% p.—Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—Boston, Stamford,
and Birmingham, 1% p.—Chester and Birkenhead, 20/
Shares, I/2 p.—East Lancashire, New, 1% p.—Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 78—Glasgow and Ayr, New Halves, 7 p.
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2% dis.—Ditto, Quarters,
dis.—Ditto, Docks, 11%z dis.—Great Western, 171. Shares, 5%
1).---,LancaVer and Carlisle, Thirds, 5% p.—Leeds and Thirsk,
X 3 6 dis:- t par—Ditto, Preference, 11. Bs. 9d. p.
—Liverpool, Cro
North-Western, 196—London and York, 4 p.—Man-
chesterlsl:l4-aud Southport, 11. 16s. 3d.—London
n t 1
and Leeds Extension, 1% p.—Manchester, Bolton,
and Bury
Extension, 1/. Bs. 9d. p.—Manchester, Matlock,
andd Midland, I% p.—Manchester and Southampton, par-
-Midland
Stock, 401. Shares, 8% p.—Ditto, Preferential, 129
a
—North Staffordshire, 41% p.—North Union (B), 155—St.
Helen's and Runcorn Gap, Halves, 40 dis., 15—Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Doncaster, 1% p. —Shrewsbury, Oswesty, and
Chester, 1 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 11. is. 3d.
p.—West Riding Union, 2/. Is. 3d. p.—York and New-
castle (late N. and D.), Preference, 53/4 p.—York and North
Midland, Preference, 1134 p.—Newry and Warrenpoint, 2%p.
MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 31.
Sracx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham' and Boston, 3-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, 1 5-16 p.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, &c.,2%
p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., % dis.—Caledonian, Halves,
p.—East Lancashire, 3% p.—East Lincolnshire, 1%
p..—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, par—Glasgow
and Dumfries, 1% p.—Great Northern (late London and
To-k, p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, Thirds, 1 7-16 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials,
1 5-16 p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport (West Lanca-
shire), 1% p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junc-c
floe, 1-16 p.—London.and South-Western (scrip), %
.16.4thestey,Rwetm, M'
cheater and Southampton, % dia.—North Staffords rel46'
p.—Oldham Alliance, 3/4 p.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quar-
ters. No. 1,3% p.—Ditto, No. 2, 2434—South-Eastern and
Dover, No. 4, % p.—West Riding Union, 2 3-16 p.

IRELAND.
RECLAMATION OF WASTE LANDS.

DUBLIN, DEC. 30, 1846. The precedent for an appli-
cation of the Government loan to be applied to the re-
clamation of bog and waste land has been set by Lord
De Freyne, who has applied for a sum of 24,1641., to be
laid out in the improvement of 10,944 acres upon his
extensive estates in the county of Roscommon. As his
Lord&hip is a strict tenant for life, it is only by availing
himself cf the extraordinary powers proffered by the
Treasury minute of the Ist of December that he could
be enabled to make thig spirited exertion.
THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.

The Eveningilail states that Mr. John Young, the
Member for Cavan, " in his capacity of ex-Secretary of
the Treasury, had addresnd to the followers of Sir
Robert Vecl (be the same- more or less) the ordinary
circular, requesting their attendance on the first night
of the session, as it is probable that business of import-
ance,' and so forth, in the usual terms of such docu-
ments."