The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY LEGISLATION.

The following are Sir Robert Peel's resolutions, as
amended on Thursday night :

I. That this House will not read a third time any Bill to
empower any company (whether intended to be incorporated
by such Bill, or already iucorporated by Act of Parliament), to
construct a railway, utiles three clear dare before the liiitd
reading, there shall have been deposited at the Private Bill-
t'iltil C.:11'; e t here
signedt() ijaem°ll) eanuttloi e:riiiteici•antsepdec ti
lir nolfaatilii: e:• h parties,ere n'ilacfet err-
mentioned, and comprising the particulars hereinafter ex-
osrfici
till%
company,
0 b
consecutive
being;
pressed, and stating the following facts, viz. :-
1. That a copy of the Zia was submitted to the con- '
sideration of a meeting of the holders of scrip, or of
bankers' receipts for scrip, of the company, or (in case of
pa:cpzointstrep::ny already incorporated) the shareholders or
stockholders of the company, specially called for that
2. That such meeting was called by advertisements,
inserted once in each of two consecutive weeks in the
I-"adore Gazette (if the railway be an English rail way)
or in the L d ll' f il urgh Gazettes (if the railway
• on ,i, am ~ ii i.
be a Scotch railway), in the London and _Dalian
in each of
ail i-itlic3toeu. an I rich rail way ), and
in at least three London daily news.
Papers, and not less than three titnes in each such
less than lasettilia the railway be a Scotch railway, not less
such two consectrive weeks ; and
three times in each of two Edinburgh news-
PaPers in each of two such consecutive weeks;
and in case the railway be an Irish railway, not
less than three times in each of two Dublin daily news-
papersweienktesnded to be
ebt4yll.l'ehthe NH :—That such meeting was con-
stituted incorporated
aettla.ei ',ja (ife
porated one-third
ee.rstoz ppraordtu coifn gt
hthereat, e scrip,ea p it aul or
proposedbankers'
r4ce'lit' for scrip, of the company representing not
to b
by the company under the Bill (such
seriP having been actually issued, or the deposits in
respect thereof having been paid before the 31st of March
ill the present year).
4. In the case of the company being already incor-
is herein otherwise provided' according to the constitu-
.lo_,MS
ton of the company, and was constituted of share! I I
That such meeting was held, except so far as
or stockholders th'ireof competent to vote at the of i !Mary
5. That at such meeting
meetings of the company, and representing; either per-
sopany or as proxies not less than one-thir'd part of the
whole capital or stock of the company.
persons producing thereat scrip, or bankers' receipts for
the Bill was eppioved of by
`rip, equal to at least thre-iitiha of the total amount
m •
the purposes
meeting; or, in the case of a company alreadyincorporated,
et' ser'o, or lii.nkers' receipts for scrip. produced at the
by three-hulls at least of the nh.teiiii, the votes being
given and computed according to the constitution of
the company. -
rapeer'rianiseedach of
G. 'That tuose cases iu which the Bill is promoted by
an incorporated • inpany, but the parties interested are
holders of scrip which" it is proposed shall be converted
into shares or stock, or otherwise become portion of the
the Bill, and ri only on that event, shall for
interest of thecohnictlintrenratye,d company on the passing of
companies not incorporated.
at such meeting, yet
IL That for the of this resolution it shall be compe-
tent ;or the chairman of any meeting called in pursuance
of this 'resolution, be deemed to be cases of
thereof, in the event of the above prescribed quorum of scrip
shares or stock t
\ae the case may be) not being represented
consti-
tuting the said 'nesting, approving or not approving of the
to cause the votes of the persons
Bill, to be taken and recorded, and then to adjourn the 4

same to some day, hour, and place to be declared by the
chairman, such day not being less than three days, and not
more than one week, from the original day of meeting; and
such day, hour, and place. being in the meantime advertised ]
twice in each of three London daily newspapers, or in the
Edinburgh or Dublin newspapers, as above directed in
the case of Scotch or Irish railways ; and at such ad-
journed meeting it shall also be competent to the chair-
man thereof to cause to be taken and recorded the
votes of such of the parsons constituting the same as have
not voted at the original meeting; and the total amount of
votes given at the original and adjourned meeting shall be
received as if given at one and the same meeting.
111. That such certificate shall also comprise, in a tabular
form, the following particulars :-
1. The day, time, and place of the meeting, and of the
adjourned meeting (if any).
2. The dates of insertion of the advertisements for
the meeting and the names of the newspapers in
vthich they were inserted.
3. The names and addresses of the persons producing
scrip, or bankers' receipts for scrip, at the meeting, ac-
cording to the statements of such persons;
Or, in the case of a company already incorporated, or
The names and addresses of the shareholders or stock-
holders present at the meeting, according to the register
book of names and addresses.
4. The denoting numbers, if any, of the scrip, and in
the case of bankers' receipts, the names of the persons
from whom the deposit is therein stated to be received,
and the am out of the scrip and receipts respectively pro-
duced by the persons so producing the same at the
meeting :
Or, in the case of a company already incorporated,
The respective amounts of shares or stock held or
represents) by the shareholders or stockholders attend-
ing the meeting.
5. The fact of the approval or non-approval of the
Bill (as the case may be) by the several persons pro-
ducing scrip, or bankers' receipts, at the meeting, or
by the several shareholders or stockholders attending
the meeting.
6. The total amount of strip and bankers' receipts
produced at such meeting, and the amount thereof proe
duced by the persons approving of the Bill, or in the
case of a company already incorporated, the total
amount of shares or stock represented, either in person
or by proxy at the meeting, and the amount thereof
so represented by persons approving of the Bill.
7.. The total amount of the capital proposed to he
raised by the company under the Bill ; or in the case of
a company already incorporated, the total amount of the
capital or stock of such company.
IV. That such certificate shall be signed by the chair-
, man of the meeting, and by one of the solicitors of the copa-
-1 pang, and the authenticity of such certificate shall be verifhal
by the signature of the Parliamentary agent depositing the
same.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GkZEI"TE.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 23, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honour-
able George Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., to be Lieutenant and
Sheriff Principal of the s'aire of Aberdeen, in the room of
William George Earl of Erroll, deceased.
WHITEHALL. APRIL 24.
The Queen has. been pleased to direct '_otters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, granting unto Matthew Charles Howard
Gibbon, 11,q , the office of Richmond Herald, void by the
promotion of James Pulman, Esq., to the office of Norroy
King of Arms.
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 24.
The Queen has been pleased appoint Alexander
Stewart, Esq., to be Master of the Rolla for the province of
Nova Scotia.

FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 21.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas
Roberts, as Consul at Milford Ilaveti for his Majesty the
King of the b'elgittne.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Thomas Haire, as Consul at Gibraltar fur the Grand Duke of
Mecklenburgh- Schwerin,
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 22.
The Queen has been pleesed to approve of Mr. James
Henry, as Consul at Launceston, Van Diemen's Laud, for
his Majesty the King of Prussia.
Commission by the Queen.
2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Captain W. P.
K. Browne, from the 49th Regiment, to be Adjutant, vice
Guthrie, who retires, April 2.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Norfolk.
The Hon. E. T. Wodehouse to be Deputy Lieutenant,
April 9; the Hon. B. Wodehouse to be Deputy Lieutenant,
April 10 ; W. Norris, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April
14; T. Kerslake, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 15.
Commission.; signed by the Lord- Lieutenant of Surrey.
To be Deputy-Lieutenants—John Courage, Eso., George
Scoyell, Eeq., Samuel Palmer, Esq., Algernon Perkins, Esq.,
and James Forbes Young, Esq., _starch 21.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—G. M. Innes,
Gent., to be Ensign, March 26.
Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia—S.
Rails, Gent., to he Lieutenant, April 2.
Royal West Middlesex Militia—W. C. Clayton, Esq., to
be Captain ; A. ~11. Ridgway, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; W.
B. Parker, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; H. Austen, Gent., to
be Ensign, April 23.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Q Vivian, Esq.,
to be Major, vice Lord Burghley, promoted, March 26; J.
S. Capron, Esq., to be Captain, vice Davison, resigned, April
3 ; R. 'F. Clarke, Esq., to be Captain, vice Christie, resigned,
April 4; W. Christie, Esq., to be Captain, vice Young, re-
signed, April 18 • E. Griffin, Gent., to be Ensign, April 4.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of
Yorkshire.
North York Regiment of Militia—R. W. Jackson, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant; W. W. Harland, Gent., to he Ensign; R.
B. Booth, Gent., to be Ensign, April 15.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire.
Eat Devon Regiment of Militiaa—J. C. Harris, Esq.. to
be Captain, vice the lion. N. Fellowes, resigned, Feb. 28 ;
H. Churchill, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 31 ; G. L.
Dacie, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 11; C. C. Wills, Gent., to
be Ensign, March 19.
North Devon Regiment of Militia—E. Moore, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; T. H. Harrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 6.
Royal First Devon Regt. of Yeomanry Cavalry—J. M.
Wolcott, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cockburn, deceased ;
E. Ethelston, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wolcott promoted:
A. K. E. Hamilton, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Barnes, pro-
moted, April 2.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
Royal Lanarkshire Militia—W. J. C. Anstruther, Esq.,
(not W. J. C. Anstruther, Esq., as stated in Tuesday's
Gazette), to be Captain, vice Everard, resigned, March 23.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 17.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Marsh Lee,
of New Serum, in the county of Wilts, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery,
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
Thomas Reynolds, cheesertionger, Cow-cross-street.
William Beyuon, button manufacturer, Birmingham.
BANK RUP l'S.
Edward Clifford, wheelwright, Minster, Kent, to surrender
May 2, at eleven, and May 30, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basingliall-street ; Butterfield and Venour, Gray's Inn-
square.
Philip Kleft, cheesemonger, South-street, Manchester-
square, April 30, at two, and May 30, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Bassinghall street; Spiller, Camomile-etreet, Bishops-
gate-street.
William Chamberlain, grocer, Eest Dereham, Norfolk,
May 5, and June 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee; Storey, Gray's Inn-place, London ;
Gillman, Norwich.
Thomas Williams, merchant, Fenchurch-street, May 1, at
eleven and June 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee; Peile, Great Winchester-street.
Thomas Elisha Deacon and Frederick Day, brewers, He-
mel Hemstead, Hertfordshire, May 7, and June 11, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptce. Turquand, official assignee,
Old Jewry Chambers; Greshatn, Castle- street, Holborn.
Robert Bone, grocer, Durham, May 4,. at eleven, and June
12, at one, at the Newcustle-upon-Tyme District Court.
Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and
Compton, Churchecourt, Old Jewry ; Thompson, Durham ;
Moyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
'l'ltomas Jackson, worsted spinner, Salterhebhle, Yorkshire
May 5 and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hopee
official assignee, Leeds; Jagnea and Co., lily-place, London;
Thoina.s Buckworth, mercer :red draper, Nottingham, May
8 and Juue 13, at eleven, at the I3irniingi;anl District Court.
%alpy,officiai assignee, Birmingham; Sale and Worthing-
hleriry
ml: on and Richard Vause, merchants,
H
t eleven, at the Town-hall. Milli. li} -
Tajuicl‘tiel::niiiliikail'
Benjamin
reflis•
Beasley,
aNit
n ;
ignee,
Holden and Son, Hull.
June 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acreman,
Monmouth;stol; \icho:as
Bristol.

J.
Buttrey, commission-agent, Manchester, May 6, and
June 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt,
official assignee, Manchester ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregor
and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ; Hampson and So
Manchester.
William Miller, commission-agent,
.Manchester, May 7 and
28, at twelve, at the Manche ter District Court. Hobson,
Britishmae 111)ot Possessions sws ieoetki s
andoit lc Ist
rassignee,row,Be d-row,
-crlo, Manchester;
London; G r eg;o Gregory,
Cooper,
PRICE OF SUGAR. Manchester.
hGer,Ve°r.rY'
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the
fPrro(linteleie orfetuti:nes
345. ld. per cwt, ending i America,
April 2 computedl,46

[Dividends, &c., in Our Next.l

THE IVEATIIIITZ_EILI
‘ARvNEDsT.
PROSPECTS.
DUBLIN, APRIL 22 "
Ihe continued unfavourable state of
the weather for spring
sow.ng gives rise to the most painful
apprehensions for the next harvest. We called attention to
this subject some weeks since; but there was a brief interval
of dry weather, which for the time dispelled alarm, How-
ever, it has again become cold and wet, and the ground is so
saturated that spring sowing cannot safely be proceeded
with. Generally, about the 17th of March this most impor-
tant agricultural business is nearly completed. Now, on the
22d of April, half the spring sowing is not gone through.
If the weather should not speedily change for the better,
people will become more alarmed for the next harvest than
for the difficulties of our present position.
The winter-sown wheats we are happy to say, are looking
well and healthy.
DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE.

The accounts received this morning present a most de-
plorable picture of utter destitution. There are further re-
ports of the spread of typhus fever. Several landlords are
most actively co-operating in providing against famine, and
amongst this class we are happy to observe the name of Lord
li ; but there are many extensive proprietors who have
not contributed a single shilling.
Lord Cloncarry has subscribed 50/. to the Murroe and
Abingd,m Reliet Fund. The Earl of Clare has subscribed
51)1. to the Poor Relief Fund in Limerick.—Limerick Re-
porter.
SPREA D OF FEVER.—BALLYSP SE—This town has been
visited with typhus fever within the last few weeks; not
less than twenty families having suffered under the malady
which comprised about a fifth part of the inhabitants of the
place. The visitation appears to fall on all classes alike.
Four deaths have occurred since the disease commenced here,
and the symptoms are still sufficiently alarming, —Banner of
Ulster.

NEWRY.—On Saturday last a meeting was held in the
Court House, for the purpose of appointing a relief committee
fur the town and neighbourhood of Newry.

SUSPECTED MURDER AT MANCIIESTER.-INQUEST.-
The inquest on view of the body of Daniel trinkwater, which was
adjourned on Tuoiday se'ennight, was resumed On Tuesday last,
when the jury, after a short deliberation, f,Jund that tile deceased
was taken out of the Rochdale Canal dead, wil h several marks of
violence upon him, but how tho-e marks were produced, or what was
the cause of death, there was no evidence to show.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

(HOUSE OF LORDS, April 24.

The Hotio sat to-day for the first time since tha Easter recess to
-mar appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cot-
:enham and Lord Campbell.