The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-14 00:00:00

AUGUST 11) 1848.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
GREAT NORTHERN.
The usual halt-yearly general meeting of the pro-
prietors of this railway was hell on Saturday, at the
London Tavern; Mr. Beckett Denison in the chair.
The report represented that the works were being
.teadily carried forward, and from April last advantage
;iad been taken of the tine season to press them on a,
ast as the means would permit. In accordance with the
iiitention announced at the last meeting, the line Irvin
Peterborough to Lincoln would be opened fur traffic in
September next; and at that period the East Lincoln-
shire Itailwayof which 14 miles from Grimsby to
Louth had been opened and worked, with satisfactory
-esults, since the Ist March last—would be completed
mud opened throughout to Boston, and would then
become the property of the Great Northern Railway
Company. An arrangement had been concluded With
he Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
Company for running the Great Northern trains by
Grimsby to and from the Humber Ferries (opposite to
Hull), which would open a new and much shorter route
south from Hull, and places north of that town ; and with
.he view to open with the least possible delay a con•
tinuous line between Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and to
avoid an unnecessary outlay of the company's capital,
an arrangement had also been made with the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company for running over that
company's lines between IGainsborough, Saxelby (near
Lincoln), and Retford; and with the sane object die di-
rectors had recently contracted with Messrs. Peto and
iletts for the works from Retford to Doncaster which are to
be opened early in the summer of 1849, thus establishing
railway communication fromPeterborough into Yorkshire.
Between London and Peterborough upwards of
1,000,0001. has been expended on lands and works. The
tatter are progressing rapidly, and those on the first mile
north from King's cross, which are heavy, have been
lately let at very low prices. Connected with this south-
ern portion of the line, the works of the Royston and
Ifitchin Railway, forming a part of the Great Northern
system, have been let, and will be commenced early next
year. An extension of that lino to join the Eastern
Counties, Bedford and Cambridge branch at Shopreth,
within six miles of Cambridge, has been sanctioned by
an Act passed this session. The Bill for the Isle of
Axholme Extension line and that for the Leeds Central
station have passed, the former only awaiting the Royal
assent. The Bill fur the Doncaster and other devia-
tions, &c., fur which application to Parliament was
sanctioned by the special meeting in February last, was
unexpectedly thrown out on the second reading in
the Commons. A clause therein was subsequently in-
serted in the Isle of Axholme Act, authorising the
division of the present 251. shares in two shares of
IV. 10s. each, in the mode and for the purpose ex-
plained in the February special meeting. This divi-
sion of the shares was suggested with the object of re-
lieving those shareholders to whom it may have become
inconvenient to pay up the remainder of their calls ;
and, in the opinion of the directors, it will have the
effect, and whilst it cannot injure, it may operate bene-
ticially to the interests of the company generally, by
tending to increase tho number of the shareholders, and
to obtain payment of the arrears of calls. The directors,
therefore, under the clause in the Act, have resolved to
ogpivtieoannoyf shareholderdivididividing
his who has
s paidand
aurpralng7 L e pmeerlisths a%re,i,llthbee
made for carrying out the division, which will be com-
municated to the shareholders by the Ist of October, to
come into operation on the Ist of November next. The
tphl a is
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by the holder of the A (paid up) six per cent. perannt,im;
and the A to take the chance of all further dividenn or
privilege. The B, or guaranteed 121. lOs share, shall be
entitled to six percent. per annum on the amount paid up,
out of the interest allowed during the construction of the
line, and a preference dividend afterwards, up to 6 per
dc
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end,
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tthhee A shares
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of
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the
calls in full, and receiving 6 per cent. from the first of
the month after payment. Another obvious and impor-
tant advantage that will result from this division of the
shares is, that the A, or paid-up portion, can be converted
Into stock, which course the directors recommend, and
the notice required for this purpose will be given prior
to the next general meeting in February, that it •
be then carried out. Adverting o the arfeaa of ca
the directors think..it rightto stet
otedhouttbsritnactikahieveslndeoo3nuOntlltoiatiorfl
575e4oseTahrerevaersry\azyealbieseunm,y;1
upon mortgage, requires notice, as at the date of the ac-
count, 30th of June, the company was hardly in a posi-
.ion to exercise its borrowing powers; since the 30th of
June the loans on mortgage have reached the sum of
43,750/. The report concludes by recommending the
forfeiture of 865 shares, in order that they may be dis-
posed of, and registered in the names of the original
holders."

The engineer's report was next read. It states:—

" That -the works now in course of execution extend
Over 17 miles. That on Mr. Brassey's contract, which ex-
tends from Islington to Peterborough, the works are pro-
ceeding with full vigour, with the exception of the district
wtween Hitchin and Huntingdon, the works on which
portion being of a light character, and in a favourable
material, aro reserved fur next winter's work, when tho
London district will be about three-fourths completed.
All the operations aro proceeding under arrangements
which warrant the expectation of their completion by
the spring of 1850. On Messrs. Peto and Betts's con-
tract, the works of the line from the south junction of
he loop, near Peterborough, up to Suxelby, six miles
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whole distance of sixty-five, and the whole of this por-
tion of the line may be ready for use and in good
working order in September next, with the sta-
tions in such a state of forwardness as to admit
of the traffic being carried on. The completion
of this portion of the line will be followed, in three
months' time, by that of the length between:Saxelby and
Gainsborough, a further distance of nine and a half
miles, on which the works are proceeding with great
vigour—by far the larger portion being already com-
pleted, and all the remainder in a very forward state.
The works between East Retford and Rossington, near
Doncaster, have not been actually commenced further
than by the preparation of plant and materials; but there
can be no doubt of their completion by next summer.
From Doncaster northward to Arksey, the works are in
such a state of forwardness that there is no doubt of
their being ready fur traffic previous to Doncaster Races,
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the following ab-
stract:— make
stract:—Company."counts to the
30th June last, from which

RECEIPTS.-Deposits on 111,482 shares (being 108.000
London and York, and 3,482 Great Northern), at bOs.,
278,7051.; ditto on 112,513 shares (being 168,777 Direct
Northern Reduced), at 75e„ 421,942/. 10s.; together
224,000 shares, producing 700,6471. 10s. First call of
255. per share paid upon 108,446 shares, 135,5571. 10s.;
second call of 455. per share, paid upon 204,510 shares,
460. ,1471. 10s.; third call, of 403. upon 196,555 shares,
373,110 L ; fourth call, first instalment of 255. upon
178,783 shares, 223,478/. 155.; fourth call, second in-
stalment of 253. upon 178,134 shares, 222,667!. 103.;
fifth call, of 50;. upon 168,510 shares, 421,2741.; sixth
call, of 40s. upon 159,779 shares, 319,5381. j making a
total of payments upon shares of 2,856.4201. 15s. Re-
ceived in advance of calls, 110,599/. 103.; Loudon and
York Extension Shares, 100,000/.; suspense account for
amount received under this account, 6,401/.35. 4d.;Direct
Northern Company balance, 2,981/. 10s. 10d.; overpaid
calls, 15/.; East Lincolnshire traffic from March 1 to
June 30,2,502/.195.; amount received on mortgage, 2,100!.
Total receipts, 3.081,006/. 13s. 2d.
EXPENDITURE.-Expenses preliminary to the passing
of the Act:-London and York Company, 309,9411.
12s. 5d.; Direct Northern Company, 124,972/. 17s. 7d.:
together, 434,9141, 10s. Expenses subsequent to the
passing of the Act, Juno 26, 1846:-Advertising,
printing, portages, and parcels, 4,4541.85. 4d.; office ex-
penses and miscellaneous charges, 2,9201. 14s. 5d.; tra-
velling expenses, 1,4591. 14s. 7d.; direction and auditors,
4,906/. Gs. Bd.; salaries to secretary, superintendent,
officers, and clerks, 10,4851. 2s. 3d.; law, Parlianientary,
and engineering expenses (session 1847), 96,1221. 18s.
Bd.; Admiralty charges, 501/. 195.; land and compensa-
tion (including valuation and conveyancing), 656,1721.
171. 3d.; works (including engineering and surveying),
1,226,481/. 13s. 9d.; engines and tenders, 44,913/. ls. 11d.;
carriages and waggons, 12,647/. Cs. Bd.; Forsdyke and
Withan Navigation (balance of rent account), 4,5241. 75.;
interest on capital and payments in advance of calls,
&c. (less interested received), 93,0491. 14s. 7..- police,
8751. 18s. ; stores (East Lincolnshire Railway),
1,539/. 9s. 7d. ; wages (ditto), 973/. ss. 43. ; making a
total expenditure of 2,596,935!. Bs. ; and leaving a
balance in cash and securities in the hands of the com-
pany of 484,071/. ss. 2d.
ARREARS or CALLS.-First call of 255. on 3,000
shares, 3,750/. ; second call of 455. on 19,290 shares,
43,4021. 10s. ; third call of 40s. on 37,245 shares,74,9oo/. ;
fourth call (first instalment) of 255. on 45,017 shares,
58,2714 ss. ; fourth call (second instalment) on 45;666
shares, 57,082/. 10s. ; fifth call of 50s. on 55,288 shares,
ten at 10s., andfoar at ss. 138,226/. ; sixth call of 403. on
64,031 shares, 128,0621. ; making a total of arrears
amounting to 501,284/. 56.
At the conclusion of the rending of the report,
The CHAIRMAN rose and said,-Gentlemen, your di-
rectors have great pleasure in meeting you for the pur-
pose of laying before you a report of all the proceedings
of the company which have taken place during the first
six months of the current year ; and of offering to your
consideration all the information in their possession on
every subject connected with this great undertaking.-
(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you are perfectly aware that we
have no secrets, for when it is considered that we have
above 4,000 shareholders, any one of whom is at liberty
to come to the office at any time to examine the books of
'
the directors, it is perfectly clear no circumstance canii if be
well kept secret from the shareholders or the public,
In
the former choose to exercise their right.---(Ches.)accordance with a wish expressed at the half-yearlyh
ft receipts and
meet-
ing held in February last, an abstract
expenditure was prepared and circulateod among the pro-
prietors two or three days prior to this meeting, and I
flops that it has „proved satisfactory. At all Grouts, it ,

shows you in what way your money has been spent, and it
I any proprietor wishes for any explanation upon the subject
' I will do my best to answer him. The engineer's report has
been read, to you, and I hope it will prove satisfactory
when I state that within the last ten days I have felt it
my duty, to go over the whole of the line, half-mile by
half-mile ; and though my experience in engineering is
not very great, I think 1 can with confidence setae that
the report of the engineer is extremely accurate unit
correct —(Cheers.) Assuming that to be the case, it is
clear that before the end of October we shall have open,
or be able to c pen, the line from Peterborough to six
miles beyond Lincoln, a distance of sixty-five miles.—
(Cheers.) In addition to that we have four or five nail.,
Leyond Doncaster, which is now being worked satisfac•
turily ; the East Lincolnshire line, which will be shortly
ready for opening, arid which then In comes a portion
of the Great Northern scheme, of forty-eight miles ;
and a line from Grimsby to New Holland, opposite
Hull, of seventeen miles, over which we have power to
work by arrangements with the company to which it
belongs, they having power to work on our line. W,
~hail, therefore, have, in fact, by arrangements with tie
Eastern Counties and Loudon and North-Western Com-
panies, who have shewn every disposition to act in per
feet amity with us, a new line from London through
Boston and Louth to New Holland, opposite Hull.
At New Holland there is an excellent ferry, with
a fine jetty extending four hundred or five
hundred feet into the sea, from which steamers cross to
Hull in ten minutes. By that route we shall open a
communication between London and Hull, and that part
of Yorkshire, infinitely shorter than any other; and as 1
now see before me many gentlemen from the neighbour-
ho al of Bridlington and Sunderland, I hope that in fu-
ture they will select that route to London; for, in addi.
tion to having the satisfaction of travelling over a part of
their own line, they will have a journey forty miles
shorter than the present.—(Cheers.) The opening of so
much of the line which I confidently rely on taking place
in the month of October, is owing mainly to the support
of the shareholders in paying up their calls, which I must
say is a matter of extreme gratification, and so far
answers a notion that is abroad of our calls being much
in arrear.—(Hear, hear.) In respect to the arrears of
calls, let me direct your attention to the fact, that, when
the line was first broached, both in this company and
the Direct Northern, there was a great rush for shares,
and the difficulty was not so much the getting of share-
holders as the keeping improper parties out of the
company.—(Hear, Lear.) I need not, I am sure, al-
lude to the circumstances which have since oc-
curred in the share market, or the change in the
character of shares within the last two or three
years; but what I wish to call your attention to is this,
that out of 4,000 or 5,000 shareholders it must be
naturally expected there will be a large per tentage
unable to pay up their calla, and who, if we had origi-
nally known their real position, would have been shut
out from the company. It is probable, however, that
many parties may have been prevented from fulfilling
their engagements with this company from losses sus-
tained in other speculations, and many of those who, in
1845, were good and competent shareholders, may, by
their speculations, be in a very different situation now.
If the proprietors look calmly at the circumstances to
which I have alluded, I think they will be of opinion
with me, that the arrears are not so formidable as fairly
to create any dismay. There is another question rela-
tive to this subject which is of great importance—viz.,
Will those arrears increase ? I think that they will
not—(hear, hear)—because I believe, and I trust those
I am addressing believe so also, that those who have
paid up 151 per share will not lose their shares; but it
they aro unable to meet their calls, they will hand them
over to other parties, who, buying them at a discount,
will be prepared to pay up the calls. So large as amount
having been called up, after making every deduction,
I consider that we shall be enabled to reduce their
rears, and I take the liberty of again expressing my• i
opinion that they are not so largp a* to ,be looke4l :I'
with dismay. Indeed, I have no Aloul4 thltatirrearslti
eventually be considerably reduced; ant I may remind
you that you have heard by the reporl• that they have
been reduced 55,0004 since June. The next puiut to
which I wish to call the attention of the meeting is the
communication between Yorkshire and L. olnihire,
which has been delayed, owing to the Yet-
shire Deviation Bill b'tqg birown'kut o a second
_firtiotor
lling of the House of Commons. I lament the fact—
still it is a faCt--Alid the raga is, the communication
'cannot take place so soon as if otherwise would. If the
'Bill had not been thrown out, the communication would
have taken place in the course of the present year, but
as it is, it cannot take place before the spring or summer
of next year. I am happy to say that wo have entered
into amicable arrangements with the Sheffield and Lin
colnshire Company, by which we shall be enabled to make
a considerable saving in the outlay of your capital—
they having given us power to run over nine miles of
their line, and we, in return, giving them power to run over
on ours. I think it due to the company over which Lord
Yarborough presides, to state that they have always
shown the utmost feelings of consideration and emit)
towards us, and I believe the arrangement by which wi
have power to run over their lines from Grimsby to
New Holland and from Retford to Saxelby, while
we give them power to run over our line, will be ad-
vantageous to the shareholders, and satisfactory to the
proprietors. , I will now again refer to the engineer's re •
port and call your attention to the works south of Peter-
borough. In that report it is fairly stated that great
progress has been made with the works, which, being
heavy throughout, it is the duty of the contractors to go
on with cautiously and steadily, but that there can be no
doubt they will be ready for opening in 1850. These
works being heavy, could not be well completed sooner,
as it would not do to hurry them; and I look with confi-
dence that we shall have ample capital to complete them.
We shall then give to the public a direct line from
London to the north, with the exception of what is called
the " towns line" from Peterborough by Grantham to
Newark, and which may be fairly left till there is such
an alteration in circumstances that we shall not be
obliged to give so much interest for money as we now
are. I confidently look, however, to that line being
ultimately made, when your railway will become, I will
not say one of, but the great highway from London
to the north of England.—(Cheers.) With respect to
the future prospects of the company, my opinion has
undergone no change, and I believe that when it is
fully opened it will be a most valuable undertaking,
though perhaps it may take some time before the traffic
is fully developed. On this subject my attention has
been recently called to a pamphlet, published by Mr.
Humphrey Brown, M.P., a gentleman who has had
great experience iu connexion with railways. He says 1
that the estimated traffic on the Midland, Manchester,
and Leeds. York and North Midland, London and
Brighton, London and South- Eastern, Great North of
England, Great Western and Bristol and Exeter, Lan-
caster and PrestOn, and Glasgow and Ayr, was, for
passengers 3,088,759/., and of goods 736,448 tons; and
the result in 1846 was, for passengers, 8,625,3601., and
of goods 2 045,255 tons—an increase over the estimates
of, for passengers, 5,536,6011., and of goods, 1,306,807
tons ; the increase being, on passengers 160 per cent.,
and on goods 170 per cent. Ido not know whether the
traffic of the Great Northern line has been so estimated
as to admit of such an increase, but it is hardly possible
to form an estimate of the amount of traffic which may
be developed by the line. The other day I happened to
meet a gentleman from Lincolnshire, and I asked him
his opinion of what would be the value of the railway to
that county ; when he replied, that it would be the
greatest possible blessing, and no estimate could be
formed of the traffic that would come over it, That is
a proof of the estimation in which the line is held, and I
think it better to wait the result than endeavour to enter
into any calculation upon it. Ido not know that I have '
any further observations to make on the subject, but if
any proprietor wishes to ask any questions, I shall be
happy to answer them. In conclusion, I beg to move,
that the report be received, adopted, and printed for cir-
culation among the proprietors.
Mr. PACKS (the deputy chairman) seconded the re-
solution.

Mr. Llucuxs had a resolution which he wished to pro-
pose by way of amendment on the motion just made, or
in any other manner which might be more acceptable to
the shareholders. The object of his resolution was to
enforce the carrying on the company with greater eco-
nomy than hitherto, though in doing so he did not wish
to impute to the directors or officers the want of ability,
tact, judgment, or honour; but by showing that the com-
pany was conducted economically, to give the public
greater confidence in it—as likely to be of advantage to
the country and profitable to the shareholders. He con-
sidered the amounts taken by the directors, superinten-
dent, secretary, and solicitors, as too much, and ought
to be reduced. The amount of remuneration to the di-
rectors was 2,5001. per annum, to the superintendent
2,0001., and to the secretary 1,2001., which he thought
every one would consider as too much in the state of the
money market, and with a falling share market. He
should, therefore, propose that the allowance to the di-
rectors should be reduced to 2,0001., to the superinten-
dent 1,0001.; and to the secretary 1,000/.; and that, in
future, no solicitors' bill should be paid until it had
undergone taxation.
Mr. GREAVES said, with regard to the proposed re-
duction of salaries, that it would be better to refer the
matter to the chairman and directors. As to the soli
citor's charges, he had no doubt they did not exceed the
regular charges, but ho thought the directors would
save 00,0004 a year by the appointment of a salaried
solicitor.
Mr. CHAPMAN would bo sorry to sea " a penny wise
and pound foolish" principle of economy carried out. He
thought the amount voted to the directors was not at all
too much to induce gentlemen of character and honour
to devote themselves to the service of the company. lie
would be very glad to see a judicious, rigid, and straight-
forward system of economy adoped in the management
of their affairs.
The CHAIRMAN said with regard to the allowance to
the directors, he was sure they were all indifferent to it,
and if required would resign it. That it had beene
must,
ai nur)sti.-t,
mated to Captain Laws and Mr. Mowatt, the c
that under present circumstances some reduction
take place, to which they had assented ; though he be-
lieved they were fully entitled to all thhey received. With
said
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HAIR:IAN stated that, ut thett
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as made up, the a. vo 100,000/. in the Union
Bank at 3 per cent. ntercst, nd large sums at other
banks; the remainder was inve- cd its the shares of rail-
way companies with which ey were connected, and
which they had bought a di,count, viz., 68,0001. in
FEast Lincolnshire shares; in the Stamford and Wisbeach,
27,0001.; Royston and Hitchin, 24,0001.; and in the
outh Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway shares,
29,000/. In reference to the queries of Mr. Bates, he
said it was not their intention to raise additional oapital;
that they could not say whether the original estimate
would be exceeded on the whole; but he could state that
the estimate for land and compensation had been ex-
ceeded owing to the defective state of the law; that the
York Extension shares would remain in abeyance. •
It was stated that the shares to be forfeited were
taken up by the original proprietors, the parties to
whom they were sold having declined to register them
or pay up the calls; the former had paid up the money
due upon them, and the forfeiture would enable the
directors to issue new certificates in lieu of those for-
feited.

A PROPRIETOR recommended the adoption of the
propo.!•ition for dividing the shares into shares of 12/. l(ts.
each, as stated in the report.
Captain LAWS remarked, they could do no hatter than
adopt the proposition just referred to. He tusk that op-
portunity of expressing his willingnessio submit to any
reduction in his salary that might be proposed, or to re-
Like altogether. lie said he had given up an equally
valuable appointment to join that company, and had
also refuied another and a better offer when he joined
the company. The ruone... he had received from the
company since his appointment had been paid back in the
shape of calls on his shares, nrid he believed the secretary
had done the same. lie stated, that beyond the 2,000/.
a year he did not receive anything as a director of that
company, nor of any others with which it was con-
nected.

Several other shareholders expressed themselves diS-
satisfied with the pecuniary management of the concern,
but, nevertheless, after u short statement from the
Chairman, thu amendment was put and negatived.
The adoption of the report was then agreed to.
Eight hundred and sixty-five shares, whose holders
were defaulters in calls, were then ordered to be for-
feited; after which thanks were ♦oted to the Chairman,
and the proceedings terminated.

THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
AND THEIR ENGINE-DRIVERS.
On Saturday night another numerous meeting of the
engine-drivers and firemen, late in the employ of the
London and North-Western Railway Company, took
place at the Railway Tavern, Hampstead road.
Mr. JONAS BROWN, engine-driver, again presided,
and opened the business by reading an address. lie
said—Fellow-workmen, we are now no longer the ser-
vants of the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany; and no one will, I am sure, refuse to pay attention
to the statement I am about to make, at the moment we
are leaving the greatest company in the world, to whom
we have been for many years—even by Mr. Glyn's ad-
mission••--diligent, able, and faithful servants. I say
we are now no longer in the employ of this great and
powerful establishment; and it will become us to infd?m
the public, without fear, favour, or affection, of the
reasons and motives that have led to a result which we
must, of course, naturally regret—and deeply 'egret—
and which, as sure as I am sitting here, the travelling
portion of the public, as well as our late employers, will
as deeply deplore. Why, fellow•workmen, have we left
our employment? Mr. Glyn admitted, at the meeting
of the proprietors held yesterday, that they were almost
under obligations to us for the manner in which we have
worked the immense and difficult traffic of the line; but
Mr. Glyn states that " the directors have not thought it
right to allow those who hold subordinate situations to
dictate to the executive, whether or not the superin-
tendent who has been•put over them, and whom the board
have found a faithful, zealous, and active offices., is the
proper person to be at the head of the establishment."
We never dictated, fellow workmen, as to whether Mr.
JPConnell should be locomotive superintendent or not;
what we complained of was, his irregular, uncertain,
harsh, and tyrannical conduct to us; and surely to com-
plain of this is not to dictate. We bore this, as I stied
to you last night, up to a point at which we saw it
was absolutely necessary to make stand, unless, in-
deed, we were disposed to submit to the cunningly-
devised classification scheme of Mr. 111'Conuell,
which we were quite satisfied, from what we bad
seen of him during the two years we were under his con-
iscittiea traduced for no other purpose than to carry
ou his th opt of 1843, of reducing the maximum wages
it
afittrivers o ss. per day; for that such was his intention
can be.proved by the testimony of a person who is now
in this ;3 Fellow-workmen, Mr. M'Connell was
brought its line for the sole purpose of reducing
the expenditure, The directors know this, and it was
the charactbr Railed by him on the Birmingham and
Gloothenter line which prompted certain gentlemen,
bachfd, as I believe, by the influenoe of Captain Moor-
sons and another, to introduce him upon this railway—
a circumstance to be deplored by the whole railway
proprietors of this kingdom. Take the career of Mr.
M'Connell on the Birmingham and Gloucester line.
Several of the victims of the " economy " which recom-
mended him to two or three gentlemen connected with
the London and North-Western Railway are now pre-
sent, and they can testify to the accuracy that he dis-
charged every enginemen and fireman, with the excep-
tion of two enginemen and two firemen who accepted
his reduction at that time of Bd. per day, the highest pay
on that line being 6s. 83. per day. Fellow-workmen,
this Sd. per day was a severe loss to the company; so
much so, indeed, that the direct Ors interfered, and revan-
mended that the wages of the " Grand Junction," which
were much higher, should-be given, to induce active and
experienced enginemen to come on the line ; and those
aages exist, up to the present moment, on the Birming-
ham and Gloucester Railway. I am convinced, fellow-
workmen, that the great body of the London and North-
Western directors are utterly ignorant of the scandalous
conduct to which we, their late servants have been sub-
jected ; and the time will shortly come when they will
be satisfied that it was not upon us' but upon our oppres-
sor that their condemnation should have fallen. We,
fellow-workmen, can lay this pleasant conviction to eur
hearts, that we offered to the directors and Mr. M'Con-
nell.to submit our cate to arbitration, and that we ex-
pressed ourselves ready to do anything that any one
disinterested and honourable man should say we ought
to do.

Mr. Mananau. stated that be had it upon the most
authentic information from the City that some of the
persons engaged to supply the places of the old engine-
drivers were such persons as those who had the ma-
nagement of the engines of steam-boats on the Thames.
The CnArasta.ll said there was another security which
the public had under the care of the old engine-drivers,
and which the new men knew nothing about. They had
a set of private signals among themselves, which enabled
them at all times to tell the state of the line, and to run
their trains at any speed with the greatest safety.
After some further statements of a similar description.
not necessary to make public, the proceedings terminated
at a late hour.
MEETING LAST NIGHT—(SUNDAY.))
Last evening, the largest meeting which has yet been
held of the engine-drivers and firemen who have seceded
from the employ of the London and North Western
Railway Company, assembled at the Railway Tavern,
Hampstead-road.
J. BROWN was called to the chair at nine o'clock, and
said the course he proposed to adopt was, to read a state-
ment which should go forth as the reply of the entire
body of those who had quitted the service of the North
Western Company to the allegations which had been
made against them. Ile then read the following state-
ment :
" Having seen a letter from Mr. Creed, the secretary
of the London and North-Western Railway Company,
reflecting upon the coarse which the enginemen and fire-
men of that company-, who have left the line in conse-
quence of a dispute with Mr. M'Connell, thought it a
duty towards themselves to pursue, most respectfully to
state, in the name and on the behalf of those persons,
that they took every possible means for preventing the
result which has unfortunately occurred—viz., their se-
cession from the company's service. Though no longer
in the employ of the company, wo are doing merely
simple justice to ourselves by declaring that we offered,
first, to submit the case to arbitration ; secondly, that
the whole of the old servants of the company who were
receiving Bs. per day offered voluntarily to bare their
salaries reduced to 7s. 6d. per day; and thirdly, that we
would all be satisfied with the regulation of Mr. Gooch,
on the Great Western Railway, being adopted upon the
souebern division of the London and North-Western
Railway. Mr. Creed states that many of the old
drivers and firemen have withdraWn their notice, and
that others may be expected to follow the example.'
Now, it is true that about twenty men did, through
misrepresentation, withdraw their notices, but fifteen
of them, upon learning the trick that had been prac-
toansiduidL I determined
great regret we observe that Mr. Creed atetes, a sta.
totheir original
orrigeciosollled notices'the m
cient number of new and practised engine-men, with
adhere ero upon
unexceptionable testimonials from their former em-
ployers, have been taken into the service, and employed
in working the trains during the week.' Mr. Creed has
in this case, as our late employers have been throughout
this unfortunate dispute, been most wickedly deceived,
emii.
as we were prepared to prove, if the locomotive com-
mittee would have allowed the representatives of the
press to be present at our interview with them on Fri-
);
resen assert
ta tti ho
of w
xte
bdyaymr. morning.cr eed tlhVaet mwoos t deny,hsttovleembneleyn i
tih
at
n
aisinsinuated
s
matter
hr.amieeecbonn.
gsauoirdiefidoemdenth,
raoluidghasthsoolmemis
solemnly
nell, and the private influence of that genl eman and two
e
or three. of hie supporters. It can be clearly
shown by
figures which. Try actuary would allow to be correct,
that where, d9ler Mr. Bury's system, a man by good
behaviour obtained his maxina-a
a half, he would, under Mr. maximum in eight years and
onnell's classification
system, be at least from 25 to
30 years before he could
arrive at the maximum
rate of payment. In fact, the
more steady and skilful the men engaged upon the line,
the less chance would there be of those in the lower
classes ever obtaining an advance to the higher classes
until they were too old to be intrustedwith the charge
of an engine, and having b
minimum !ate of wages, theyworkingmany years at_ a
, would be thrown upon the
world without h • Living been enabled to make any provi-
sion for their declining "
years.
This statement was unanimously adopted.
E. LETCISPORD, engine driver, upwards of ten years on
the North-Western Railway, said ho had an importaut
resolution to propose. It was as follows:—" That a
deputation, consisting of Messrs. Brown, Allen, Mel-
bourne, and Woodley, be appointed to wait upon Mr
Osborne, the Member for Middlesex, the Members forMarylebOne, 11Ir. Hume, Mr. Wakley, and other Mem-
bers of Parliament, requesting them to inquire in time
House of Commons of the Government, whether it is
true that a number of men have proceeded from the Go-
vernment dock-yards to take the charge of locomotive
engines on the London and North-Western Railway, aid
*bother members of the Metropolitan Police hare been

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allowed to enter the company's service to supply the
place of porters put upon the trains, in accordance with
Captain Huish's circular, and also to inquire of Mr. Glyn,
the chairman of the company, whether there is or is not
;iny truth in the statement made at the meetings of the
enginemen relative to accidents and delays on the line
during the past week."—(Hear, hear.)
ROBERT LIODGILINSON, engine driver, seconded the re-
solution, which was also put and carried nem. con,
The meeting separated at a late hour.

EASTERN COUNTIES HALF-YEARLY Acciaricr.—
The report of the directors, to be presented to the next
half-yearly meeting, has been completed, and the follow-
ing is a brief notice of its contents:—The Consolidated
204 Stock is entitled to a dividend for the six months
ending the 4th of July last of Bs. per share. The B
Quarters of the York Extension shares will receive their
first dividend. The report upon the state of the line,
the company's stock, &c., is satisfactory. The Maldon
and Braintree Railway will open for goods traffic on the
15th instant, and for passengers on the Ist of September.
The Enfield line will be opened also during the autumn.
The use of the Peterborough station will be allowed, in
pursuance of favourable arrangements made to the Great
Northern Company, who will have a portion of their line
ready for traffic by the end of September, and through
rates can be paid there for goods. In the statement
made up to the 4th of July, the receipts on construction
account are shown to be 7,944,8171., and the disburse-
ments 7.944,817/. The revenue account for the half-
year ending July 4 shows a total of 342,274/. from the
traffic receipts, rents, &c., and the balance, after defray.
ing all charges, and the interest on the Extension
Stock 1 and 2, and to the Northern and Eastern Rail-
way, is 118,892/. 1 ls. 9d. available for the half-year's
dividend, due July 4, 1848.
EASTERN COUNTIES (MALDON, WITHAM, AND
BRAINTREE BRANCH).—On Saturday the Government
Inspector went over this line, for the purpose of in-
specting it, prior to giving his certificate for the open-
ing, which is fixed to take place on Tuesday (to-mor-
tow), for goods, traffic, and for passengers, on the
following week.

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lIER 11A,JIESTY'SJENNYDTTIEATRE.
The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are
respectfully Informed that TWO GRAND EXTRA NIGHTS will take
place on THURSDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS, August 16
and 19, when Madlle. JENNY LIND will appear iu one of her fa-
vourite characters each evening.
With various novelties in tke Ballet Department, combining the
talents of AIM°. Carlotta tkisi, Mdlle.Caroline Rosati, 2,1111 e.
M.
Telglionl, Cerito, &c. &c.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the
Flax-office of the Theatre.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRZ.
Mdlle. JENNY LIND.
By Special Desire.
The Nobility, Patrons to the Opora, and the Publie are respectfully
Informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-
MORROW EVENING, Aug. 15, when Millie. JENNY LIND will
appear as ELVIRA. lu Be Opera of
I PURITAN'.
latvira, Wile. Jenny Lind ; Riccardo, Signor Collett' ; Arturo,
Signor Gardoni ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache.
To conclude with Selections from the admired Ballet of ospritia,
by Millie. Cerito, 3fdlle. Petit, and Mdlle. C. Rosati ; M. Dor, M,
Perrot, and M. St. Leon.
The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted.
Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the
Theatre, price 10s. lid. each, where applications fur Boxes, Pit Stalls,
and Tickets are to be made.
Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'cloek.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Manacement of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING,

Will be presented the celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN
BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ;
()ening, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge,
Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert,
Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool-
par
After which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford;
Adelgisa, Mr. Wright ; Pollio, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO
CAMBERWELL.

LOYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner.
Positively the Last Week of Mrs. FITZWILLIAM and Mr. BUCK-
STONE, as they have to appear in Manchester on Monday next.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed THE FLOWERS OF TAR FOREST, in with*
Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform.
Attar which, a Coo)ic Drama. called SNAPPING TURTLES, in
which Mrs. Fitzwilllam and Mr. Buckstone will perforra.
To conclude pith THE ROVER'S BRIDE.
Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrether.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Ratty.
Fitzball's new and completely successful Spectacle.
Unparalleled Equestrian Feats.
TIIIS EVENING,
Will be peribrmed, the new brilliant Spectacle, founded en Sir
Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR-
MION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field.
To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS-
TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA.
To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODITA.
AND PEEPING TONI OF COVENTRY; sr, Clearing the Toll.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Attraction unprecedented.
Positively the Last reek of M. JULLIEN'S Engagement.
Contiauation of MISS SARA FLOWER and MISS HUDDIRT.
New Waltz, by Prince 'METTERNICH.
The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damson.
Superb and Unique MENAGERIE.
Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby.
No Extra charge.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and
FRIDAY.
View of Rome —Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental,
conducted by Mous. JULLIEN, whose splendid Band of Sole Per-
formers includes Meisrs. Baker, Barrett, Bauman, George and Viotti
Collins, Cleft, Collinot, Koenig, Lazaru,, Richardson, Sonnenberg,
Ec.—Two Solos each Evening. —Several favourite Songs by Miss
Sara Flower and Miss Huddart during the Evening.—Also to be seen,
during the day, the beautiful Menagerie—Shakspere's House—The
Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole
concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display
of Fireworks. ay the Messrs. Southby, representing the Girandula
during the Holy Week at Rome.
Gates open at Ton ♦.x., Feeding Time Five—Jullien's Concert at
Six—Fireworks at Nine.
Admission. as usual, One Shilling.

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THE WEATHER.—Snx OFFICE, AUGUST 13.
TUERIIIOMHTEIL, Lowest, 56; Highest. 67 ; Noon, 63,

BII4OMETE9, 30.06.
WIND W.; cloudy. Evening, slight rain, which Gontinued

till past midnight.
AUGUST 14.

TLIERNOMETER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 62; Noon, 53.

BAROMETER, 29.95.
WIND E. ; thick hazy weather, with heavy squally!
showers, and continuous rain since the morning.

11I(0II WATER AT LONDON LLRIDGE► TILIS DAT.
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