The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-26 00:00:00

LONDONDERRY and COLERAINE

lf RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The ha
-yearly'meeting of this Company was held to-day
at one o'ehr,
eIE, at the offices of the Company, Church-pas-
PIT;
1:5-tRiaudAhat,Alt which G. G. Frith, Esq., presided.
progress d that he had great gratification in in-
forming the
meetingeatiethetorythethat the Company had made a very
iace their last meeting, and such was
i i
lila confidence ofsh4reholders in the undertaking that
only ten Shares remained unregistered, and several of that
body had paid their calls in advance. Much had been done to-
%verde the reclamation of the l
already inclosed by the eritbparnolts great part of which was
pit on the borders of Lough
Foyle, and there was every that great returns would
accrue to the Company from that The contract for
the embankment had been taken Tyurce.
-144/318' H and
I.3romhead, on very good terms for the company,Homing
With these
Tyretiminary observations, and after inform ig h meeting
thatfr. Ferrer had retired from the board of direction, and
that Sir J. N. R. Campbell had been elected in
his
sailed upon the secretary to read the report. place, he
The 2u bstauce of the report was that ,the works, notwith-
etlindingpftite I,
unfavourable season of the year,
_Ave progressed
meet satisfactorily', and are being actively pressed forward.
That the directors had contracted for 2,500 tons of permanent
rails, some of which In-ive been &littered upon the works, and
for three locomotive engiW, one of which was also delivered.
Or the first call, 9,425 shares have been paid upon, and the
second call, now in course of collection, is being
is now well paid up.
The draining engine has been provided, and about
being so erected adjoining the land alreadynted inclosed, as
land
that
by its working previously to its being wa for t he
new reclaiming, this land already reclaimed may at OPP be
brought into a fit state for cultivation.
A report from he local directors was also resd,Which stated
that at Down he works connected with the tunnel
i(the
li
heaviest on thee) are progressing very rapidly; the dif-
ferent driftways and headings have already reached to the
extent of between 600 and 700 feet, being equal to one-fifth
of the whole length. The clearing away the faces of the
tunnel, a height of nearly 200 feet, is also far advanced, and
the embankm e s along the foot of the headlands west
of
Downhill, I ra eii honied fora distance of about hi&
a mile. At the tunnel the works go on night and
day, '
the men relieving each other at Intervals ; the
-whole 'umber Cl persons employed at this part now is about
Vo. 04 the Foyle embankment at Longfield and the
Ftiug River, the ban is completed to a height of about
threet above extra° spring tides,
eermntao_f
n *di& r 00 yards in length
at the former plthacethteheept
tet-Ittralls are being one and
isd a half miles or there-
-0,01117" At the Faughan, thecompleted from
the coOmeneement of the embankment to face of the
the Faughan. Gen-
4atting, Wilt a temporary pridge over
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siderable progress has also been made between the River
Faughan and Derry; a large quantity of material (Mr.
M'Leod, one of the resident engineers, states above
20,000 cubic yards) has been formed into embankment
opposite Culmore, from the stone cutting at Lisahawlly,
from whence Mr. Hemming expresses his intention of
quarrying a considerable portion of the stone, for making the
slopes of the embankment. At the west or upper end of the
lough, a pier has been constructed at this place for landing
materials, iron rails, coals for the steam-boats, and locomo-
tive engines, &c. There is also here an extensive wharf and
yard for manufacturing waggons, &c. ; 700 tons of coals have
already been landed at this pier, and a large cargo is now
being discharged. At Derry much has been done in building
flats, tugs, &c. ; twenty-six of the former are completely
ready, each capable of carrying seventy tons ; five steam
tugs are in a state of forwardness, two of them are ready for
launching, and only await the arrival of the engines, which
are daily expected.
From the financial statement it appears that the expenses
of obtaining the Act of Incorporation was only 6,427/. Is. Id. ;
that 30,556/. 6s. ld. had been expended in land and mate-
rial ; and the money paid on account of calls being 54,9051.
Is. 5d., there was a balance of 17,921/.145. 3d. in hand.
The report having been moved and adopted, the sum of
900/. was voted for the services of the directors, and it was
moved that 60/. be given to the auditors. On this last reso-
lution two amendments were moved, one that the vote be
deferred till the next meeting, and the other that the sum be
501. Both, however, were lost, and the original motion was
carried.
To the inquiries of a shareholder, Mr. LEATHAM (one of
he bi
questioncyhh and thee
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the local directors) stated that by the end of the present year
the land
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had not the slightest tendency to rottenness or a speck aboutl
them, a circumstance which he attributed to the saline
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but the contractors had informed him, that if they were pro-
vided with sufficient funds it might be finished within half
the time.- •

The CHAIRMAN stated that an obstacle existed to the ad-
vance of money in the provisions of an Act or Parliament,
which restrained them from calling for more than one-
third of the capital of the Company in one year, but
the shareholders might pay their calls in advante, and the
Directors expected to derive a fund from the sale of the re-
claimed lands for expediting the works.
Thanks were then unanimously voted to the Chairman
and directors, and the meeting separated.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The first half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders
in this railway was held at one o'clock this:day, at the Lon-
don Tavern, for the transastion of the ordinary business of
the Company; W. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P.,Chairman.
The usual fonnal business having been transacted,
The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting, after which
The Secretary, Mr. J. MARRINER, read the report, which
stated that it had been found necessary, since the passing of
the Act, to make a deviation from the cOurse of the proposed
railway at Carnarvon for the better accommodation of the
inhabitants of that town, and also an alteration in the level of
this line at the point of junction with the Chester and Holy-
head Railway, at Bangor. The requisite measures had been
consequently adopted, to obtain in the present session the
authority of Parliament for this purpose. The whole of the
line, as finally determined upon, had been surveyed, and a
contract had been arranged with Messrs. Jackson and Co.
for the execution of the works between Bangor and Car-
narvon, which would ensure that portion of the railway being
opened in the month of July next year.
The balance sheet, made up to the 31st of January, showed
an available balance of 32,824/. 12s. ld.
The report and accounts were then received and adopted.
The following gentlemen, who retired from office by rota-
tion, were then re- elected :—W. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P., Sir
W. Wynn, F. J. Walker Jones, Esq., William Chadwick,
'Xs+, James Ramsay, Esq., T. B. Simpson, Esq., J. J. Kin-
lea, Esq., Stephen Phillips, Esq., Alexander Ress, Esq.
J. Lowdon, Esq., of Doughty-street, was re-elected in the
place of Mr. Carver; and B. Edgington, Esq., in the room of
Wm. Bland, Esq., who had retired from the direction.
Mr. James Pyke and Mr. Charles Hill were elected to fill
the office of auditors for the ensuing year.
Sir JOHN RF.NNIE said that the proposed deviations would
not exceed a mile and a quarter, and that the cost, which
could not have been forseen at the time they obtained the
Act, would be about 12,000/.

A resolution, forfeiting 160 shares which had not been taken
up, was then passed.
A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and
directors, and suitably acknowledged, the meeting separated.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.
Six O'CLOCK.

CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Sweetmeat
22 to 1 agst Mermaid
50 to 1 agst Roderick
50 to 1 agst Columbus
Not half a dozen bets laid.

DERBY.
13 to 2 agst Scott's lot
16 to 1 agst Brocardo
80 to 1 agst Tibthorpe—offers to take
Only one bet laid.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES
(THIS DAY.)

Sub-Committee No. 4.
WEXFORD, CARLOW, AND DUBLIN
JUNCTION.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

The CHAIR:wax said that if the Committee decided
that the allegation was proved, they must consider that Mr.
Curtis's statement was utterly false, while it was perfectly
consistent to suppose that the statement of Mr. Curtis was
true, and that Mr. Brennan was mistaken.

The Committee decided that the allegation was not proved.
The next allegation was that another petitioner, Mrs. Per-
ceval, had received no notice except on Sunday, the ;Bth 01
December.

Mrs. Perceval was called to prove that she was served per-
sonally with the notice on the day in question.
Mr. Curtis was again called to prove that be left the
notice on Saturday, but that on Sunday he called and left
the form of assent with Mrs: Perceval.
Mrs. Perceval was recalled, and said that she received
both the notice and the form of assent from Mr. Curtis on
Sunday.
The CHAIRMAN said that it was impossible that Mrs. Per-
ceval eould be mistaken, but that Mr. Curtis might possibly
be mistaken, having so many notices to serve. The Com-
mittee, therefore, decided that the allegation was proved.
The third allegation was that Mary Ann Moran, another
petitioner, had received no notice except on Sunday.
A sister of the petitioner was called upon to prove that she
received the notice from a strange gentleman, on the 28th
December.

Mr. Curtis said that he served the notice on a week day
but could not say when. He thought it was on Monday, the
29th December, but was not sure, as he kept no dated memo-
randa of the servive of notices.

Mr. T. W. O'Brien, a person engaged in the office of the
solicitor to an opposing line, said, that on Sunday, the 28th of
December, he saw a person going to the house of Miss
Moran, and hand to her sister, who came to the door, a
paper, which he supposed to be a notice. He went to the
house as soon as the gentleman was gone to request Miss
Moran to allow him to see the paper, and he found that it
was a notice from the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junc-
tion Railway Company. In cross examination, he said that
he went out for the purpose of seeing whether any person was
serving notices from this company. He beileved that the
person whom he saw serving the notice on Miss Moran was
Mr. Curtis.

The committee decided that this allegation was proved.
The petition of Sarah Ann Ganbiere and Michael Kernan
was then taken. This petition stated that the name of the
petitioner Sarah Ann Gambiere was not inserted in the books
of reference, or plans, as lessee of the land marked 18 to 29,
including 18a and 24a, although she was the lessee of that
land.

A witness eves called in support of this petition, but could
not point out the property on the plan, and when some of
the numbers in question were pointed out to him, he could
not say that they referred to the same property as that in
which Miss Gaubiere is lessee. He could notsay what was
the nature of Miss Gaubiere interest in the property.
The committee considered the allegation not proved.
It was alleged that Michael Kernan was the lessee of cer-
tain property, namely, the fields No. 94, 95, and 97.
A witness, who was acquainted with the locality, was
called to prove that the fields in question were held on lease
by Michael Kernan.
Mr. Curtis proved that in a conversation between himself
and Michael Kernan, the latter pointed out the fields in
question as belonging to another person.
Mr. Hu r, the agent for the petitioners, withdrew the al-
legation, saying that it was clearly a mistake.
The petition of Joseph Carley was next taken. It was
alleged that there was a public road between the fields No.
3 and No. 4, in the parish of Killcorin, which was not named
in the books of reference, or represented in the plans.
A person who formerly held the office of surveyor
in the parish of Killcorin, was called in support of the alle-
gation, but as he could not say positively that the road was
in the position described in the petition the allegation fell to
the ground.
It was alleged that a certain road was described in the
book of reference as the property of the Earl of Arran,
whereas it was a public road, but on refering to the book of
reference it was found that it was not so marked, but that
the preceding and following numbers were marked as the
property of the Earl, and that there was no name of any
owner given.
Mr. Smith, the agent for the Bill, stated that there were
several roads in the parish of Killcorin, which were said, in
the book of reference, to be the property of the Earl of
Arran, and which, it was alleged by the petitioner,
were highway roads, unde the jurisdiction of the
grand jury. Now he (Mr. Smith) thought lie could prove
that they were at that time the property of the Earl Arran ;
and he could also prove that although they were not de-
scribed as public highways in the book of reference, yet,
nevertheless, the clerk of the grand jury had been served
with notices.
After a long and desultory conversation,
A witness was called to prove that notices were served on
the clerk of the grand jury in reference to these roads. But
on cross-examination, he admitted that they did not con-
tain exact copies of the entries in the book of reference, as
in the book of reference either Lord Arran was described as
owner, or there was no owner named, while in the extracts
given in the notice the grand jury were named as the owners.
reportl' ienurlelfuemANrence otbosertvheodse d
that the
in whichheClnoni there
Committee intendedwereh
too
names of owners or occupiers, that the standing orders were
tnheatrtheoeim,eprtpeltalieitndionWp
riotofhpeHerbertrty w a Hoares
desc was next taken. It alleged
?bleed
,as having no lessee,
whereas he# the petitioner,
rwomasotelrsloeitre of. that property.
the
eat at the time the property was
It
ou,s'ea s
from represented
the
fabcyt
Bill that the error
Hoarepr
entered in the book of reference, the lease o
had just expire 4, and it was not the intention of theertp
tors of the land to give new lease to the petitioner:Whit
h4cl Iven done since.
Several of the allegations were admitted to be made under
a mistake, and were withdrawn.
The last allegation was that Mary Preston was represented
in the book, pf reference to be the occupier of certain pro-
pertwae, edmitte
trustee, d to be the oa,-;e, but it appeared that Mr.
of which .4 1 0.-c 4nactual
der Proston was the owner.
Phis
A. Preston WAS widow of the latter.
e
unhder the will pf 14i1 brother, de-
ceased, for Mary Preston, t
it clear
ht he a
itv
etuhl
de error
rhaawd
oriMgirn.aHteuciNTin stahied,
ptarhatitesashlglvansi
the allegation,
The committee
meeting,tteethen adjourned, but did apt fix a day
for
their

Sub-Committee, No. 6.
The Committee met at 12 o'clock, present Mr, ilome

Drummond (Chairman), Mr. Forbes Mael,nizie, Mr. Tatton
Egerton, and Mr. E. Compton.

GLASGOW, STIZATHAVIVC,, AND LESMA-

11.&GOW iti&ILVJAy.

The object of the promoters of this line is to construct a
railway from the Glasgow, Rarrhead, and Neilston Direct
Railway, near Pollockshaws, to the town of Strathaven.
The proposed capital to be faised is 350,0001., and the esti-
mated cost the same amount. Engineer, Neil Robson; Par-
liamentary agent, G. H. Long, Esq. ; and the local solicitors
are Campbell and Tennents, of Glasgow. The length of linr
is 16 miles.

Mr. DEANS appeared against the Bill on behalf of several
petitioners, and the first objection raised was that the miles
and furlongs were not correctly marked on the plan, and did
not agree with thq sections thereof.
This allegation was not sustained.
In the next allegation, that the fifteenth mile was one
chain shorter than the fourteenth, the Committee decided on
reserving their judgment.
The next objection, that a portion of the said intended
railway was described as passing through thepar ish o f
Straven, whil6 there was no such parish, and that the plan
and book of reference in this case did not agree, as in the
former ; the said parish was described as the parish of An-
nandale

At the suggestion of the Committee, Mr. Deans withdrew
this objection, as Straven was a contraction of Strathaven,
which was a parish, and through which the railway was
proposed to be carried.
Another objection, that a certain cutting, described to be
forty feet, was, in point of fact, only thirteen feet.
Mr. LONG took took an objection to this point, inasmuch
As Mr. Fergusson, the petitioner, was not intereste6, as he
was not owner of that part of the land, where the said cutting
was to take place,
The Committee considered the objection invalid, but stated
that the standing orders were complied with, in reference to
the said cutting.
Mr. DEANS then proceeded to the next allegation, that a
field, marked No. 37, on the plan, was not truly described in
the book of reference, being stated to be the property James
Allen, whereas the said field was the property of another
person, to whom no notice had been given.
Mr. LONG called Mr. Gebby, a writer, who proved that he
proceeded to the ground, and was informed that the field
was the property of a Mr. Hamilton, and he drew up the
legal document accordingly.
Mr. DEANS contended that the standing orders were not
complied with, as the best means were not taken to ascer-
tain the real owner of the field in question.
Standing orders complied with.
The important objection to this Bill, that one-tenth was
not subscribed of the estimated cost, although it was paid up
on the subscription contract, the Committee held to be good,
and reported that the standing orders were not complied
with in consequence.