The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

bat his features are good. his countenance is very fine,
Auld his eyes are beautiful, alike from colour, shape, and
*xPression ; while there is a striking benevolence in his
look, tone of voice, and manner." With these rerni•
• !tiseences of a marvellous gt neration the present work
15 crowded. It constitutes 911 agreeable embellishment
to the more sober history of the period ; and for the
securauletion and classification of these h.erary frig-
'tents we feel indebted to author, editor, and publisher
le their relative proportions.

THEMARYLEBONE VESTRY.
LIE STATE OF IRELAND AND LORD G. BEN-
TINCK'S RAILWAY MEASURE.
..,aoc Saturday a very fully attended meeting of the
-!K! rylebone Vestry took place at the Court-house,
Xaryleboo e.
The Rev. Dr. Spry, the rector, having taken the chair,
Mr. G. DANIELL ro,e, and said he hoped the vestry
lad the Rev. Chairman would not consider him out of
"der in taking the opinion of that vestry upon a resolu-
tion be intended to propose, affecting the interests of
Millions of human beings in the United Kingt:om. They
eOuld not shy'. their eye 4 to the dreadful state of starva-
tionwhith existed throughout the si,ter kingdoms of
I%rod and in Scotland ; nor were they less alive to
a; 'Was at that time proceeding within the walls of the
.gtslature upon that most important subject. He
tstaought the time had arrived when the constituencies of
England should speak out their sentiments against the
nefarious measure attempted to be carried in favour of
the Irish landlords, and for taking sixteen millions
of money out of the pockets of the people of this coun-
try to be invested in the construction of Irish rail-
Ways- There never was a graver subject either before
t-tirliatraent or the kingdom at large ; and he could only
designate the attempt of Lord G. Bentinck and his
Party as that of a band of interested and selfish men,
`who made the starvation of their fellow-creatures a
ItelVing-stone to their own aggrandisement.--(Hear,
agar.) So far from such a measure as this railway
!cheme being anything like justice to Ireland, it was a
further attempt on the part of the landlords to crush the
poor, and further to perpetuate their misery.—(Hear,
hear.) lie
(Mr. G. Daniell) had, within the last few
days, been furnished by the Hon. Member for the
blreland, (Sir B. Hall) with a blue book on the state of
areltnd, and it was enough to turn the heart sick to
real' of the cold-blooded and heartless tyranny of the
Irish landlords towards the poor.—(Shame.) There
*as no rule without an exception, and there were some
instances of kindness and humanity recorded ; but what
could they think of the heartless wretches whose only
aid towards the sufferings of the starving poor on their
*States was to furnish coffins for them when they
bad terminated their miserable existence ?—(Shame
shame.) There were such instances on record. The
people of England had a right to demand that the Irish
landlords should be called on to pay their rates, and that
there should be an efficient poor-law established for Ire-
land.—(Cheers.) What leas the fact? Why in some
unions the cost of the poor did not amount to more than
701. or SOL a week, whilst in Marylebone it was nearly
I,oool.—(Hear)—therefore, as Englishmen, they had a
right to call upon the Irish landlords to support their
own poor, and not come and take the money out of the
pockets of the English people for such a purpose.—(Ht ar,
hear.) Mr. Daniell concluded by moving, "That the
proposition of Lord George Bentiack to expend sixteen
millions of money on the construction of railways in
Ireland is unjust in principle, impolitic, and detrimental
to the empire at large, and that this vestry cordially
approve the course the Government have adopted in
giving their determined opposition to this most nefarious
measure."

Mr. Davin SALMONS rose with great pleasure to
second this resolution. He believed ke understood some
little about commercial matters, and he was prepared to
say, that the scheme for taking sixteen millions of money
for the manufacture of Irish railway s was a scheme
for the benefit of Irish landlords, and nothing else.—
(Rear, bear.) What would be the effect of such a
scheme on the money.market? Why, it would have
,
the fftseect of destroying and depreciating all other se-
curities and must discourage all the railway enterprises
°f this couutry.—(Hear, hear.) No one with his senses
*bout him, when he looked to the position of all Europe,
end saw that both in France and Germany there was a
dearth almost equal with our own and knew that we
tad to pay in bard cash for all the food imported, could
ut view this scheme with the grestes: dread and
alarm.—(Hear, hear.) The only remedy, in his opinion,
was to compel the landlords of Ireland to do their duty
-(Cheers)—and he considered it was the bounden duty
of every constituency in the kingdom to meet and sup-
port the Government in their measure of giving a poor
law to Ireland.—(Cheers.) He had no desire that they
should do the slightest thing to stop the flow of benevo
lence which was going on to aid our starving fellow-
subjects in 'reined, who were deserving of the warmest
aPtipstbY; but, they ought to meet and support the Go-
„ernment in i'ts exigency.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir JAMEi HAMILTON said he was desirous of offering
. few Words of vindication on the part of the landed
Proprietors of Ireland, with some of whom he was con-
r:
t4ld. A:ithough there might be instances of neglect,
thought, as a class, they had done the best they
%Um to alleviate the existing poverty.—(Loud cries of
4•
.'3, no.") Gentlemen might cry " No, no ;" but in
wt. case of a relative of his, he (Sir J. Hamilton)
fthought as a landlord, he did not reap much advan-
tage, when last year, instead of an income of 2,5001.
ri-year, he only received 501 He thought the " No, no"
Caine from gentlemen who had not travelled on the other
aide of the Channel.—(Laughter, and " Oh, oh.")
Mr. H. C. WILSON said he could well appreciate the
*fleet on the moriey-market by the issue of Exchequer-
bills by the Government to the amount of sixteen mil-
lions. There was, however, another way by which
the money might be attempted to be raised, and
that was by increasing the Income and Property-tax ;
and he thought the reckless party in the House of Com-
mons, headed by Lord George Bentinck, would not be
prepared to st•and the shock such a plan would give to
the nation.—'Hear.) He considered at this juncture
that the Government had nobly done its duty, and that
the Noble Lc,rd at the head of it had shown that talent
and courage in the emergency which was characteristic
of his family. They were in this instance deserving of
the warmest support of the people.
Sir BENJA MIN HALL, in reply to the call of the ves-
try, said he -understood from the best information in the
City, that sttcn a scheme as Lord George Bentinck's was
treated as moonshine—(Laughter)—and he thought he
would find it all moonshine in the House of Commons.
—(Heat., hear.) For his own part he would give it his
most determined opposition. He had taken the trouble
to make an estimate of how they would divide upon the
motion on Tuesday next, and Lord George Bentinck
would find a large majority for Ministers.—(Loud
cheers.) As to the Poor Relief Bill for Ireland, it was
a subject which required the earnest attention of every
constituency in the kingdom —(Hear)—and he (Sir B.
Hall) could assure the vestry that he believed the time
had arrived when there must be no more quibbling, and
when the landlords of Ireland must be compelled to do
their duty.—(Loud cheers.)
The resolution was then put from the chair, and car-
ried unanimously, amidst loud cheering.
Mr. JOSHPLI then moved that a petition founded on the
resolution be forthwith prepared. and be placed in the
hands of Sir Benjamin Hall, on Monday, for presentation
o the House of Commons on Monday evening.
The resolution was seconded. and also carried nem. con,
THE REGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY.
The CHAIRMAN reported that the deputation from the
vestry had accompanied the borough Members to the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in opposition to
the Regent's Canal Railway, and that the Commissioners
inform-el them that they had taken the opinion of the
law officers of the Crown as to their liability to the
Crown tenants, and that they would consider the whole
matter as soon as they obtained tl at Opilki
The report on the motion of Mr. Daniell having been
enter ed (2n the minutes, the vestry separated.

DIRECT BOMBAY AND MADRAS

RAILWAY.

A meeting of the shareholders in this company, called by
Captain Bouchette, formerly engineer to the railway, was
held on Friday at ie London Tavern, for the purpose of har-
ing submitted to them some "startling information respect-
ing the affairs of the company."
A counter-advertisement had been issued by the directors,
stating that they refused to entertain the exorbitant claim
made by Captain Bouchette against the funds of the
company.
Shortly after the time appointed for the meeting the
room was moderately filled ; and Mr. Giles Hull having been
called to the chair,
Mr. TOW.NSIIRND (Captain Bouchette's solicitor) was pro-
ce-ding to open his client's case, when several of the gentle-
nit in the body of the room hay ing risen to order,
The CHAIRMAN decided that Captain Bouchette could not
be heard by his solicitor.
That gentl .aoan then proceeded to address the meeting,
but as he was entering upon matters entirely personal, cer-
tain of the shareholders objected that the " startling com-
munications" were withheld, and that their time was
wasted on subjects which only evidenced pique
against absent
o
stronglymri andge,
many ineffectual attemptsparties' to obtain
but the impatience of his auditors h
io
expressed for him to persevere, and
questions
length
obliged
to sit down, after having put a serieeswbot
asked had adt been,
Chappel, the solicitor of the company, w
Mr. CRAI'PSL replied. The first question ass
Who were the board of directors?—The board of directors
were Mr. Hutting, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Smith, and
Mr. Gerard, all most respectable individuals. Captain
Bouchette also referred to the registered proprietory, and
stated that the name of Mr. Wormall only ap-
peared in that instrument. True it was so, and
he would mention how that had happened. Mr.
Fuller. Mr. Smith, and Mr. Wormall, were in the first
instance registered as promoters, but Mr. Wormall, who
was a needy man, having in vain endeavoured to
extract money from the other gentlemen, went :to
the registry-of Ace and gave in another document, can-
celling the other names, and leaving his own only
remaining. So much for the single register pro-
prietor. With respect to the capital of the company,
he could only say that it was so well husbanded
that the directors were enabled to pay four per cent. dividend,
and they hoped that even if the railway were not con-
structed they would be enabled to return to the share.
holders the amount of their deposits intact.

After some further observations.
Mr. HUGIES moved, and Mr. MUDIE seconded, a resolu-
tion, " That, in the opinion of the meeting, the directors of
the Direct Bombay and Madras Railway have acted in ac-
cordance with their duty to the shareholders and the public
in dismissing Or. Bouchette from the office of engineer, and
resolutely refusing his exorbitant claims."
Captain JONES moved. and Mr. LEER seconded, the re-
maining resolution—" That the shareholders of the Direct
Bombay and Madras Railway, present at this meeting, are
fully satisfied with the statement submitted to them, as to
the present state and future prospects of the company."
Thanks to the Chairman having been voted, the meeting
broke: up.

THE IRISH i AA i e INtiS $ ruttier numerous
Meeting of the Irish party on Friday, at the offi,!e, of t'ae
Munster Railway Company, in Parliament-street, Lord
Monteagle presiding, at which the various clauses of the new
Poor-lirff Bill wen considered at Dome look.