The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

SPECIAL MEETING.

The meeting was then made special, to submit to the ap-
proval of the shareholders a Bill to enable the Northern
Counties Union Railway Company to make certain altera-
tions in their railway in the parishes of Aysgarth and
Wensley, in the North Riding of the county of ork.
An abstract of the clauses was then read by Mr. Baxter,
the solicitor; and a resolution, moved by Mr. Glyn and se-
conded by Mr. Denyer, approving of the Bill, was then una-
nimously agreed to.
A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and direc-
tors, and also to the deputation on the amalgamation.
The meeting then separated.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMIIONS.—FEB. 24.
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Salmi)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
In the following unopposed cases the customary formal
proofs were completed:—
Edinburgh and Northern (St. Andrew's and .Newburgh
Harbour, Branch and Road Crossings, Newport Railway
Extension).
Ayrshire Roads.
Shipowners' Towing Company.
Dunfermline and Cupar Court Houses.
Terrington Marsh, Division, Allotment, and Inclosure.
Runcorn Gas Amendment.
Wisbech Port and Harbour Act Amendment.
Midland Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick, and Leamington
Line)—proposed Extension from the Birmingham and Glou-
cester Line of the Midland Railway at Ashchurch, to War-
wick and Leamington. and Junction with the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, with Branches to
Cheltenham.
Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stonehouv. Junction)—
proposed branch to unite the Birmingham and Glouc,!ster
line of the Midland Railway at Gloucester with the Bristol
and Gloucester line of the Midland Railway, near the Stone-
house station, and alteration of existing gauge.
Sandwich Haven and River Improvement.
National Mercantile Life Assurance Society.
Tyne Docks.
Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension.
OPPOSED CASE.
Kilrnarnock and Ayr Direct Railway (Railway from Kil-
marnock to Ayr, with Branch to the Harbour of Ayr).
This adjourned opposed case occnpied the rest of the day.
It was further adjourned.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
In the following unopposed cases the customary formal
proofs were completed :
Charing-cross Bridge (heretofore the Hungerford and
Lambeth Suspension Foot-bridge).
York and North Midland Railway (Hull Station and
Branches).
York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch,
Extension, and Terminus).
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (East Coast Line, Blyth,
Seaton Sluice, and other Branches).
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Cramlington and Percy
Main, and Killingworth and other Branches).
Vale of Neath Railway Branches and Amendment.
Cambridge, St. Neot's, and Bedford Junction Railway.
Blackburn Improvement, Market, &c.
Tunstall Paving, Lighting, Cleansing, Watching, Improve-
ment, and Market.
Ayr Harbour Improvement.
Rutherglen and Strathbungo Turnpike-road.
Swansea Valley Line and Branches.
Waterford Turnpike.
Dublin Consumers' Gas.
Grand Canal Amendment of Acts Railway Amalgamation.
OPPOSED CASE.
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FUNERAL OF Ma. RORERT STEEL.—Yesterday
afternoon the remains of this much respected man (who, for
upwards of 20 years, ably fulfilled the office of Secretary to
the London Daily Newspaper Compositors Society) were in-
terred in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Lambeth, in the pre-
sence of a very numerous and nspectable assemblage of his
fellow-workmen, by whom he was universally respected.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince Frederick of Hesse
visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clareuoe House, St.
James's.