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London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. In answer to a Shareholder, the CHAIRMAN stated
A special general meeting of this company was held
that the Dover Company would still hold amp]e neconi-
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ye,tel day, at the :4-liees of the Gll'at Western Railwa:,, tr,,,i3tioL. for the:n,els a:•,1 Bill Ras prop‘,:,cd to
ab'ebe to meet any requiretuen ts that might occur in
:dinQton station, for the purpose of taking ',nto c-u-
-sithration ha' drafts of the undermentioned 11h,', a •- •-,nt of no
Company.
rai ge::,t,nt being come to with the
for in the present session, viz.:— Souta-Eastern Company. He, quite as much as
A Bill for making certain new lines of railway in con- shareholder, was opposed to this large outlay of money
flexion with the South Wales Railway, and certain alter- until it was absolutely necessary, and he was happy to
ations in the line of the said railway, and for other pur- say that Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Stephenson, the engineer
poses ; and also certain propositions proposed to be in- of the Dover :line, were now in communication for the
serted in such Bill enabling the South Wales Railway improvement of the principal station at London-bridge,
Company to subscribe towards the undertakings of the with a view to the greater accommodation of both corn-
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin, and the panics, should the extensive amalgamation which has
Cork and Waterford Railway Companies ; been proposed not take place.
A Bill for making a railway from Abercrave Farm, in To Mr. FLOOD a director replied that it was quite Mr.
the parish of Ystradgunlais, in the county of Brecon, Cubitt's impression, that even should the two companies
to Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, with branches, be amalgamated, it would still be advisable to carry on
to be called the Swansea Valley Railway; the business in separate stations.
A Bill for enabling the Vale of Neath Railway to Mr. BROWN expressed his determination to oppose it,
construct certain new lines of railway in connexion with both as a South-Eastern and a Brighton proprietor.
the Vale of Neath Railway, and for other purposes ; To an inquiry as to the cause of the great amount of
A Bill to enable the Llynvi Valley Railway Company the estimate,
to make an extension of their railway to Newcastle, in The CHAIRMAN replied that it was the value of the
the county of Glamorgan, and to amend the Act re- property to be taken for the purpose. A friend of his
lacing to their said railway, to be called the Llynvi in Liverpool was absolutely selling his land by the inch.
Valley Railway Extension;" To further inquiry, Mr. WILKINSON explained that
A Bill to authorise the Gloucester and Dean Forest the station at London bridge was built conjointly by
Railway Company to construct a dock or basin at Glou- the South-Eastern, the Croydon, and the Brighton Corn-
cester, in connexion with the said railway; panies, each of whom had the right to go to any part of
A Bill to authorise certain alterations in the line of the station they pleased. The two latter of these corn-
the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Rail- panies were now incorporated, so that two-thirds of the
way, and to amend the Act relating thereto, and also ground was absolutely the property of the Brighton
certain provisions proposed to be inserted in the said Company, and this Bill was to obtain a right to divide
last-mentioned Bill, enabling the South Wales Railway the ground in the event of the South Eastern Company
Company to subscribe to the undertaking of the Water- not coming to any accommodation.
ford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Company. The Bill was then passed with Mr. Brown only dis-
CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., took the chair, and, after senting.
the usual preliminaries, said he supposed the small at- The third and fourth Bills were merely alternative
tendance must be accounted for by the Easter holidays. Bills, to obtain powers to make a station, not only for
The directors did not usually like to make their state- themselves, but for the South-Eastern also. The second
ment to a thin meeting ; but, indeed, that had been done of these two Bills calculated an outlay of 770,0001., but
so fully at the last half-yearly meeting both in their that comprised all the objects of the three previous Bills,
report, which was then presented, and the comments and it was not at all contemplated that there would be
which accompanied it, that nothing more remained for any necessity for spending the whole of the money. The
them to say than that various new projects which the Bill was then passed with Mr. Brown again only dissen-
company meant to apply for to Parliament this session tient.
would be presented to them for their approval. That On putting the Bill for the line to Maidstone, Canter-
was the object of their meeting, which had been bury, and Tunbridge, with branches, Mr. Brown again
specially called in obedience to Lord Wharn- opposed; and in reply to the observations of another
cliffe's resolutions, and the standing orders proprietor, stating that he conceived that as a matter of
of the House of Lords. The directors had hoped to self-defence this Bill ought to be adopted, the Chair-
have made some progress with these Bills; but, in con- man said that he must altogether protest against its
sequence of some financial returns having had to be being supposed that this was a measure of defence, for
made up, the Railway Committees had been postponed, he believed that the line was a very good one, and such
and they were yet before the House of Commons. The as the shareholders ought to make from a proper regard
object of the Bills which would be laid before them for to their own interest.
their formal approval that day was fully explained at The Bill was then passed, with three or four dis-
the last general meeting, when it received the sanction sentients.
of the assembled shareholders. The first Bill, which On the Bill for the amalgamation of the Portsmouth
was to effect certain alterations and deviations, in ,the Atmospheric Company being put,
South Wales line, proposed to take powers for a variation Mr. COHEN inquired what the terms were
to the east of Newport, in order to avoid the churchyard. on which this amalgamation was to take place;
there, which the railway ran close to, if it did not cross for he believed that out of the 7,000 proprietors
it ; and variations near the towns f Cardiff and Car- there were very few who really understood what the
marthen, the effect of the latter being to bring the line terms were. He wished also to know whether the
through the town of Bridge-end. These variations Reading, Dorking, and Reigate Company would use the
would increase the traffic and the accommodation of the Brighton line from Gomshall to Dorking, for he under-
line, while they would diminish the cost rather than stood that they intended not to do so ?
increase it. Another provision of the Bill was a branch Mr. WILKINSON stated that according to the Act o
which would bring the line down to the neighbourhood the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company they were
of the Breton ferry ; and a third proposed an eaten- compelled to use the line of the Brighton Company,
sion which would effect a better entrance to the though it was true that they had now a Bill in Parlia-
river Severn, and sanctioned for that purpose ment to repeal the clause which compelled them to do
the purchase of the Forest of Deanßailway. The Bill also so. With respect to the Portsmouth Company, he might
sanctioned the arrangement which must be very agree- say that it was agreed that the South-Western Company
able to the proprietors, and was announced at last half- should provide a portion of the funds for making the line
yearly meeting, to advance by agreement with the_Great and were to share in the proceeds.
Western Company, the interest from four to five per The Bill was then passed.
cent. The Bill further was framed to enable the South The CHAIRMAN said the last Bill was one authorising
Wales Company to give their assistance to certain Irish the sale of the Brighton and Chichester line to the'
lines. It was thought to be for the interest of the corn- London, Brighton, and South-Coast and London and
pany to keep the Bills obtained for these Irish lines alive, South-Western Companies.
and as the companies had determined to proceed with them Mr. WILKINSON seconded the motion for the ap-
but to proceed very slowly, the directors thought it their proval of the
duty to subscribe for a certain number of shares, with It was carried unanimously.
the intention, as soon as they had given effect to their The CHAIRMAN said he had now to move a resolution,
Bills, to divest themselves of them. which did not appear in the advertisement. It had
A SHAREHOLDER interposing—But how were they referrence to the establishment of a Steam-packet Com-
pany. The directors, upon their own responsibility,
purchased. At what price? There must be a loss.
The CHAIRMAN said they of course took the shares at had ordered a number of efficient steam-vessels for the
par; and that was at a time when the market was in a Brighton Station Company, and the resolution he had
different condition, now to move was, to authorise the company to take
A SHAREHOLDER—I object to this; it brings on the powers in their Act to advance 100,000/. for carrying
ccmpany only the risk of loss and no profit. Why does out the object he had mentioned.
not the Great Western Company take up these projects? The motion was unanimously agreed to.
What interest has the South Wales in them? A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and di-
'the CHAIRMAN said the interest was very evident. rectors, and the meeting terminated.
The South Wales were guaranteed by the Great West-
ern five per cent. and half the surplus profits. Now the
Irish schemes might just be those which would create
the surplus profit. Where, then, was the risk of loss?
A SHAREHOLDER—We are guaranteed only to a certain
amount, I believe 4,000,000/. ; is there not risk beyond
that ?
The CHAIRMAN said the Great Western were, no
doubt, confined to that amount in connexion with the
South Wales project itself, but in relation to others, they
guaranteed 5 per cent. on every extra advance so made.
There could not, therefore, be any risk.
A good deal of conversation followed, in which some
two gentlemen objected to the subscription to the Irish
schemes, on account of the difficulties existing at present
in the money market.
The CHAIRMAN informed them that the arrangement
had been already entered into with these railways,
under the sanction of the proprietors. He said he
had already spoken of the Bill which concerned
the South Wales line ; the next Bill was for the Swan-
sea Valley line. Some time since a company was con-
stituted called the Swansea Valley Company, who made
a short railway in the neighbourhood of Swansea; ano-
ther company was formed who extended that line up the
Vale, and connected it with all the works. Last year
when this company was threatened with the Welsh Mid-
land Bill, some doubt existed whether that project would
not pass through in connexion with the great works of
the neighbourhood. This company, therefore, had
thought proper to purchase the Swansea Valley line, for
which 70,0001. had been already advanced, and which,
when all the works were completed, would cost in all
about 220,000/.; but that had already been before the
proprietors and received their sanction, nor would it have
been again submitted to them except in obedience to the
standing orders of the House of Lords. Surely
it must appear to them a worthy object to connect all
the works and the mineral resources of the valley with
their main Rae. Why, they were only looking to their
own interests when they sought to augment the feeders
of their general traffic. The next Bill was for the Vale
of Neath Railway. The directors, considering the pro-
priety of associating that scheme with the main system,
had been in negotiation with the Vale of Neath Cora -
13any, and though they had not purchased, they had taken
an interest in it to the amount of 125,0001. The Bill
therefore which they were to apply for was to render
the Vale of Neath Railway more effective.
The next Bill which they had to present to them the
was the Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railway, and
the last was for the two Irish Bills, which they hoped
at some future time would be most beneficial to them.
It would not be prudent to regard a temporary difficulty
when there was so much prospective good.
The SECRETARY then read the Bills.
Mr. SAMPSON said he was quite satisfied with the
promise of the chairman, that the Great Western Rail-
way Company should guarantee them all the capital ne-
cessary.
Resolutions adopting the Bills were then read, and
unanimously carried.
The meeting then resolved itself into a special and
extraordinary meeting, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of purchasig the Gloucester
and Forest of Dean Railway.
The following resolution was accordingly put and
unanimously agreed to
That the directors of the South Wales Railway Com-
pany be, and they are hereby authorised to purchase and
take a transfer from the Gloucester and Dean Forest
Railway Company of such portion of the undertaking
authorised by the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway
Act, 1846, as consists of the railway extending from or
near from the Grenge, otherwise Grenge-court, in the
parish of Westbury-upon-Severn, in the county of Glou-
cester, to or near Hagloa Farm, in the parish of Aure, in
the same county, and all the rights, powers and privi-
leges, conferred by the said Act on the said last-men-
tioned company in respect thereto, on such terms and
conditions as to them may seem expedient, and also to
execute all necessary and proper deeds, and to do all ne-
cessary and proper acts for effecting such sale and
transfer."
The meeting then adjourned.

NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COM-.

PANv.—lt is said that the Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle Company are trying to negotiate with this
company for its purchase, so that they may be
enabled to connect themselves independently with the

east coast of England, which to the Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle Company would doubtless prove a
most valuable acquisition.

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 7.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's ship Achilles, Captain Wilson,
arrived at the Motherbank this morning. Her mails, in
charge of the Admiralty, were forwarded in sufficient
time for the eleven o'clock train. She had been dis-
charging her cargo the whole of the day at the Lazaretto,
and is expected to arrive in the docks this evening, or
early to-morrow.

PARISH OF KENSINGTON.—Last evening, at six
o'clock, the poll for the election of churchwardens finally
closed, and at seven o'clock the numbers were declared
as follows:—Chancellor, 677; Sape, 628; majority for
Chancellor, 56. The result was received by the Vestry
in silence. A protest against the proceedings was
handed in, on the ground that although the written de-
mand of a poll did not specify under what statute it
should be taken, the votes had been entered under

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Sturges Bourne's Act, which admits of plurality— oi
votes.

CORNWALL AND DEVON WRESTLlNG.—Yesterday
the wrestling at the Brecknock Arms was resumed and
concluded. At four o'clock the umpires proceeded to
couple the standards, and some admirably contested
bouts came off. That between Snell and Ellicombe
being the great feature in the day's play, they contested
for nearly an hour, victory seeming inclined to one no
more than the other. Ellicombe showed play first, and

threw his opponent frequently by the cross-buttock, but
never a fair back-fall. Snell at length got his favourite

hold, and threw Ellicombe a fall wliich,—atter much dis-
cussion, was pronounced by the referee to be a fair one.
The wrestling between Jenkins (Cornwall) and Hut-
chins (Devonshire) was much applauded, and, after a
long and scientific struggle, Jenkins threw the latter by
the back heave. Jenkins also faced Snell, and struggled

long and skilfully, though unsuccessfully, against-Very
superior weight. In the third time over, Kemp (D.)
threw Byrom; Clarke (D.) backtripped Gager (C.);
Snell (D.) buttucked Jenkins (C.); Ball (C.) odd man.
Fourth time, Clarke (D.) grassed Kemp (D.); Snell
(D.) threw Ball (C.) G. Snell thus obtained the first,
and Clarke the second prize. Ball and Kemp now con-
tended for the third prize, which Kemp (D.) won by
throwing Ball quickly and cleanly. The winners are all
from Devonshire.

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THE FINE ARTS.—Yesterday afternoon a prelimi-
nary meeting of gentlemen connected with literary and
scientific pursuits, and interested in the promotion of the
fine arts, was held at the saloon of the Adelaide Gallery,
Strand, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
propriety of establishing an annual exhibition of pic-
tures, sculpture, and drawing, intended for the Royal
Academy, but which the committee of that body are
compelled, from want of space, to refuse. William Car-
penter, Esq., was unanimously called on to preside.
After a discussion, in which the Rev. J. Richardson,
LL.D., Captain Brander, Robert Soutar, Esq., Bertie
Ambrose, Esq., W. Carpenter, Esq., H. Justms, Esq.,
and other gentlemen took part, the following resolution
was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Richardson, seconded by
Mr. Soutar, and carried unanimously :—" That a com-
mittee be now formed, with power to add to their num-
ber, for the purpose of carrying out the object of this
meeting."
SUDDEN DEATH IN TAVISTOCK-SQUARE.—Yester-
day afterroon, shortly after three o'clock, as a respect-
able man, named Benjamin Somers, residing
.at No. 9,
Sandwich-street, Burton-crescent, was passing along
Tavistock-square, he was observed by the passengers
suddenly to stagger and fall with great violence on the
pavement, whilst at the same moment an immense
stream of blood was observed to pour from his mouth.
He was conveyed with all possible speed to a surgeon's
in the neighbourhood, but death, it appeared, had been
almost instantaneous, caused, it was believed, by the
sudd( n breaking of a blood-vessel of the heart. The de-
ceased, being at the time unknown, was conveyed to St.
Pancras workhouse, where he has been since identified
by his friends.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND
SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.
A general meeting of the shareholders of this com-
pany was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the London-
bridge terminus, for the purpose of giving the sanction
required by the late Act to the several Bills now before
Parliament. C. P. Grenfell, Esq., in the chair.
The Bills were as follow:
A Bill to enable the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company, to enlarge their Terminal Sta-
tion at London-bridge, and to divide such station perma-
nently from that of the South-Eastern Railway Company.
A Bill for Enlarging the present Station ;of the ,Lon-
don, :Brighton, and South Coast, and of the South-
Eastern, and of the London and Greenwich Railway
Companies, at or near London-bridge; and for the di-
vision of such present and such enlarged station between
the London, Brighton, and South Coast and the South-
Eastern Railway Companies, for the separate accommo-
dation of the traffic of such two railway companies.
A Bill to enable the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company to make a railway between
London, Maidstone, Canterbury, and Tunbridge, with
branches.
A Bill to enable the Direct London and Portsmouth
Railway Company to make an approach to the town of
Dorking, and Deviation in the Line and certain Altera-
tions in the levels of their Railway, and in the Croydon
and Epsom Railway.
A Bill to Unite and Consolidate the Direct London
and Portsmouth Railway Company with the London,
Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company ; and
A Bill for authorising the Sale of part of the Brighton
and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Railway to the
London and South-Western and the London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway Companies, and the use by the
last-mentioned Company of part (Wandsworth to Lon-
don) of the London and South-Western Railway.
On the first Bill being put to the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN stated that its only object was to in-
crease the opportunity for traffic now passing upon the
line, the cost of which is calculatedat 180,0001.
The Bill was then passed unanimously.
The next Bill was for enlarging and permanently
separating the station from that of the South Eastern
company. The cost is estimated at. 475,0001., and the
Chairman explained, that in addition to the portion
which the company possesses, it was requisite to take
other accommodation.

ACCIDENT TO LORD BROWNLOW CECIL.—LOVI
Brownlow Cecil, the second son of the Marquis of Exeter,
who was thrown from his horse Jack, while riding for
the Five Sovereigns Sweepstakes, at the Windsor Steeple
Chases, on Tuesday, met with more severe injuries than
was at first anticipated. His horse, which had cleared
the last brook beautifully, and had got the lead by
several lengths, fell at the second fence after the brook,
throwing its rider, and partially rolling over him.
Before he could be dragged away by the bystanders, his
Lordship was struck by the next horse, which was over
the brook, and rendered for a time insensible. Upon
being taken to the infantry barracks, and placed- under
the care of Mr. Richardson, the regimental surgeon to
the Scots Fusilier Guards, in which regimenth
smoulder
Lord-
ship holds a commission, it was found that his
was dislocated, in addition to a severe
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SOUTH DEVON.—The apple-trees in the orchards
in this county present a fine appearance of bu d ; some
trees are already in full bloom. There is every prospect
at present of a large quantity of cider being made. The
weather is very mild, and fine showers of rain have
fallen ; vegetation is growing rapidly. The h edge-rows
are decked with numerous sorts of wild floc vers ; the
woods and groves resound with the joyous melodies
of the feathered songsters. All nature looks; beautiful
and gay in this part of Devon's fair county.
THE GENERAL ELECTION.__ ye believe. we may
confidently announce that every effort will be made by
the Government to bring the business of the session of
Parliament to a speedy termination, with a view to a
general election. We hear that it is considered not un-
likely that the prorogation will take place sot ne time in
June, and the dissolution will immediately fo) low. The
Legislature must, of course, assemble soon aft, ex the elec-
tion has terminated, but it is very doubtful whether any
other than the necessary business, such as the election of
a Speaker, &c., will be entered upon.—%Martehester
Guardian.