The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-03 00:00:00

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KVENING EDITION,:
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The amendment, he thought, opened the question trsn
widely. He certainly was of opinion that Sunday tka-
yelling should be restricted as much as possilde, though he
was not inclined to think that the Railway ahmald laea
closed on Sundays entirely.
The CHAIRMAN said if the matter had been left to the
Directors they would have adopted the amendment__.
ialmost its very words.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Ile had,
°ace the honour of being examined before the House of
Commons oa this very question, and he did not hesitate
to say that his Hon. Friend tllr. Newton; whose (ma-
_ science it seemed would be satisfied by the eeervien 4 au
' Act of Parliament—would have thought that examination
1
ememniot tueeh that,°n thisto thepoint, very folre letter, s s
should ha
dbe 4.ir
carried‘ d
du:..ed into the London and Birmingham, a clause would
have been inserted, not only forcing the Directors to sub-
mit to carry passengers on Sundays, but interfering greatly
in the management of the railway.--( Hear, in ar. ) its
this, as iu all othersirnilar Companies, regard must he had
to the wants end the conveniences of the public, and pro.
itenhoteeorcCei'ofT. effect the Poit-office regulations then lately intro--
vi,,ion made for those cases of sudden urgency which must be.
always likely—or, at all events, probabt, to occur...._
(Hear.) However he might think and act with regard to
his own family, he never would consent to a course, with
respect to such a Company as this, which might draw
down upon it legislative interference and Parliamentary
compulsion.—( Hear, hear.) Let the meeting recollect,
that if this Company did not carry passengers on 6fundays,
the Post-office authorities might order trains on (or the
purpose, and receive the profits. Again—would it 'fiat be
monstrous, that passengers arriving at Dbiby on Sunday, ~.
should be co:welled there to rsarnain the whole da,r, lea
cause the North Midland had chosen to adopt...certain re. '
lutiona, having first obtained a monopoly of the carria,,,
between the towns on their Lkie?—(ifeat.,
,hear.) 1.6
would remind the meeting, too, that though 3,1)00 proliic,
for the motion might sound imposing, yrt out as! Akai•eas
shareholders it was not, after all, so grelt a..
number.—( Hear, hear, hear.) And the breeettcr4.,
let him add, had usod n• canvas—(fear, irear)-..htpittiz,
so leave the question to fair, open discussion, otbolvi,-...
who could doubt that they might have ga,iucd as icam. .Wgi
number of more proxies. lit owned he its sr .pained that
his Friend, Mr. Wilson, the Deputy Chairman of the.
Greenwich, should have said what he had, knovriig that
his own. trains ran every hour on Sundays.
Mr. J. WILSON explained. The Greenwich gains taw
up to a quarter of an hour before the time of d;,viiii ',or-
ship.—(Laughter.) They took passengers to ehurc'e• fps
Greenwich. If the people went elsewhere, if they en,iolt?a
themselves in the Park, could the Railttay Comp-day
help it ?—( Laughter.)
Mr. NEV, TON replied, .
A division then took plow upon the utotipn sect tha
amendment, when there appeared—
For the Amendment:—
.

`"ores.
Present.,.
.. 1,52(i ••
Proxies... •200= 3,972
For the Motion :
Preient.:. 3
105 ' •
Proxies... 193
---- 3,792

Majority in favour of of Mr. Collett's
Amendment
Oa the motion of :Mr. CHAMBERS, a %fire of thanka
was given to the Chairman and the Directors.
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks for hinavelf end Me
brother Directors, observed that they were extremely
obliged to the Proprietors for the great confidence thei
had reposed in them on the present as well as on former
occasions. He hoped when they met that time trrelve
months, the Directors would have a much pleasanter duty
to perform, namely, to declare a dividend.—(Heirr.)
Captain PORTER then moved, which was seconded and
cat red unanimously, that the thanks of the meeting bb
given to the engineers for the zeal and ability which they
had displayed in cxecuting.the work.
Mr. STEPHENSON, senior, returned thanks.
The meeting then separated.

THE LATE CONSERVATIVE

DINNER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-At the Conservative dinner ou Saturday, at Mer-
chant Tailors' Hall, the Chairman, before proposing the
toast of " the Queen," spoke in glowing language of the
" loyalty" of the Conservatives. The boast was honoured
with three times three cheers, according to the Tiees.
But mark the delicate manner in which these Tories qua-
lity this expression—immediately afterwards the toast of
the Queen Dowager" is proposed, and is received with
three times three, and one cheer more!
This circumstance requires no comment.
Your obedient servant.
London, March 2. A LOYAL REFORMER.