The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-13 00:00:00

. RAILWAY WINDINGS UP.

The Norwich Mercury contains the following account
of two railway meetings, at Yarmouth, for the purpose
of winding up the affairs of the company:—
On Thursday evening last a meeting of shareholders
in the Great Grimsby, Lincoln, Louth, Horncastle, and
Midlands Junction Hallway Company, residing in Yar-
mouth, was held at the Star Hotel—Philip Pullyn, Esq.,
in the chair—to take into consideration the present posi-
tion and future prospects of the company. It was stated
that a portion of the line had been already abandoned,
and that the remainder thereof was likely to be warmly
and powerfully opposed. After a very brief discussion
it was unanimously resolved to request the provisional
committee to discontinue the prosecution of their Bill, to
defray the expenses already incurred, and to return the
balance of the deposits to the scripholders. A series of
resolutions were agreed to, and a copy thereof forwarded
to the Mayor (Samuel Palmer, Esq ), who was in London,
to be presented to the provisional committee of the com-
pany. At the time the resolutions of the Yarmouth
shareholders were presented, a communication of a
similar nature was received by the committee from some
shareholders in the manufacturing districts.
On Tuesday evening a meeting of shareholders in the
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Railway Company
was held at the Angel Inn ; William Johnson, Esq., in
the chair. Having stated the object of the meeting to
be to express their desire that the company should pro-
ceed no further in the prosecution of their Bill, the
chairman remarked that there was no feeling of dis-
satisfaction at the conduct of the professional promoters
of the Bill, they had no intention of reproaching any
parties; he believed they had been as honestly dealt by
as the generality of railway companies, but it was the
general opinion, that if the Bill passed, the line could
not possibly be made. A series of resolutions were
unanimously agreed to, requesting and urging ,the
directors to withdraw their Bill, to stay proceedings, to
make up the accounts of the company, to defray the
present liabilities, and divide the surplus. It was also
resolved, should the directors not respond to the appli-
cation, that another meeting be convened to consider the
propriety of petitioning Parliament to throw out the
Bill ; that a correspondence be opened with shareholders
in other places, and that a committee be formed to carry
out these objects. A committee was accordingly formed;
a copy of the resolutions was signed by the chairman,
and forwarded by the mail of that night to the chairman
of the board of directors.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT HUNGER-
FORD STEAM-BOAT PIER-FOUR LIVES
LOST. _ _

Yesterday afternoon, between five and six o'clock, a
melancholy accident occurred at Ilungerford-pier,
causing the sacrifice of four lives, and the narrow escape
of a filth. This accident arose through the fragile and
insecure structure of one of the platforms which com-
municate with the dumbies forming the gangway to the
lighters used for embarkation and debarkation. At the

time mentioned Mrs. Mansfield, aged 50, of 112, Jermyn-
street, St. James's ; her brother, Mr. Johnson, and Mr.
W. Mansfield, her brother-in-law, were amongst other
persons proceeding along the gangway. There were at
that time many people on the floating pier ; two Chel-
sea boats and one Woolwich boat came up simultane.
ously. which caused a considerable swell, and the
ebb tide at the same time flowing rapidly, produced
great oscillation on the whole structure of the pier
and caused the staple to give way which secured the
platform on which Mrs. Mansfield and friends, with two
other persons, then stood ; the lighters consequently
parted, swung round, and the bridge fell, precipitating
all five into the water. Police-constables who were near
the spot immediately rendered every assistance the
Humane Society's drags were procured from the Swan
Tavern, and Mrs. Mansfield was promptly rescued,
after being in the water about three minutes, and con-
veyed on shore at the Adelphi-pier, and thence to the
house of Mr. Nichols, the St. Martin public-house,
Duke-street, Adelphi. She was not dead, though in a
dreadfully exhausted state ; but by incessant exertions
during a period of an hour and a half, she was restored
to life and consciousness so as to give an account of her-
self, and she was then sent in a cab to her residence. A
few minutes after Mrs. Mansfield had been rescued her
brother was also got out, but quite dead, and his body
was taken to the Swan Tavern, where it awaits a coroner s
inquest. The bodies of the other three sufferers, though
the drags were kept in constant use, had not been IT-
covered at half-past eight o'clock. •