The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-22 00:00:00

GROUP XX.

The'Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, in Room No.
3 l tertenatOrridor) ; present, Mr. Sotheron (chairman), Lord
Wiliis Bentinck, Air. Pigott, Mr. Tancred, and Mr. Ross.
The Committee had adjourned from Wednesday to this
day, for the purpose of hearing Mr. Cockburn's summing up
and reply la the cases of the London, Hounslow and
Western, and the Richmond Railway (Kew Branch), the
evidence for and against those lines having been concluded.
In eonsNuence, however, of Mr. Cockburn's engagement at
the Old 16ailey, these cases were deferred, and the Com-
m proceeded with the only remaining Bill in the group,
ely,

striutzty =ON MarvivAir DISSOLVING.
Mr. PAGET, for the promoters, stated the object of the Bill
, to be to enable this Company (which was incorporated by the
Act the 41st Geo. III.) to sell the lands, houses, and other
property of the company together with the navigable com-
munication from the dock of the company, to the River
Thames at Wandsworth, in the county of Surrey, and to dis-
solve the company. The inadequacy of the returns was of
course the ground of application fer this Bill.
Mr. COOK, for Messrs. Child, Lyon, Denison and other
persons interested in the maintenance of the line, opposed the
Bill, on the ground that capital had been expended in mills,
wharfs, and other establishments, on the faith that the rail-
way should be maintained. The opposing parties claimed,
on the alternative a reasonable compensation from the pro-
ceeds of any sale which Parliament might authorise.
Evidence was given of the fact that the Company were
almost wholly without funds, that there was little or no
traffic, and that, in short, it was almost impossible for the
company to keep the line open. There were but four or
five persons who ever used the line; and Mr. Lyons and
Mr. Child, who had branches to their mills, were among
the number. This was originally a double line; but as it
had got very much out of repair, one line of rails was taken
up to repair the other.
Mr. Burcham, solicitor to the South-Western Railway'
Company, and also to Mr. Chaplin (the Sheriff of London),
who is chairman of that company, gave evidence of an
agreement between his clients on the one hand, and the Sur-
rey Iron Railway on the other, for the purchase of the line
by the former (in case this Bill should pass) for the sum of
14,000 i. The South-Western Company were quite willing
to keep their contract, although they had found they had
made a bad bargain. They did not undertake to continue
the railway, having carefully worded the contract in such a
manner that it should only bind them to purchase the land.
He had, however, no doubt it would be continued as a rail-
way. When the compact was made, the South-Western
Railway Company intended to apply to Parliament for a
Bill to make a line from Wandsworth to Brighton, in con-
nexion with which this line would become profitable; but
that the Bill, on being submitted to Parliament, was lost
on the standing orders; and a Bill for a line between the
same termini had been obtained by the London and Bir-
mingham Company. The line would therefore be of less
value than was originally anticipated.
Upon-the conclusion of Mr. Burcham's evidence,
Mr. Pamet handed in a copy of the Bill, with some of the
clauses amended, and others inserted, the object of which
amendments and insertions he explained thus : —By the
Lauds Clauses Consolidation Act, the landowners upon aline
of railway had a right of pre-emption, in case of a. dissolu-
tion. If this provision was enforced in this case, the con-
tract of the South-Western Company would be void. Lord
Shaftesbury had declared that he would not allow any Bill to
. pass the House of Lords without these clauses ; but on an
application being made to his Lordship by the promoters, he
said that if the Bill came before the House of Lords, he
would have no objection to giving the South-Western Com-
pany an opportunity of buying the line if they chose, but
it must be continued as a railway, and there must be a clause
introduced, which would suspend the action of the Lands
Consolidation Act, but would provide that if the line ceased
to be used as a railway, the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act
should come into operation. In the clauses which he pro-
posed to be inserted it would be provided that in ten years
time, if the railway were to fall into disuse, the Lands
ClauseeConsolidation Act should then come into operation ;
interi
4.t th
meY -would withhold the right of pre-emption in the
Mr. Ceeraa h
hilde, /11 6 appeared for Messrs. Lyons and Messrs.
C Dr.
son,
"the Committee
a petitioner who appeared in per-
right of ,(30:0*.eina_Fommittee in reply, and urged that the
Clauses ought to be maintained, and the Lands
ion A.ct ou 'h
The room being deami. t not to be interfered with.
suited for a few minutes, -"4' Ole Committee having con-
The CHAIRMAN said, on O'qr re. •
mittee were of opinion that the Lim •0
ns that the Com-
Act ought not to be interfered with.
,Clansss Consolidation
Doctor Reynolds suggested and moved that the r• tatian
of the contract in the preamble be struck out.
The Committee declined to decide on this point übilcthe
case was. concluded.
The cases of the several petitioners were then proceedad•
with.
Dr. Reynolds, and the Counsel on the part of each of
the other petitioners, addressed the Committee; and the
CUSS being completed,
The Committee declared the preamble of the Bill proved,
but struck the recitation of the contract out. The question
as to whether clauses should be inserted, allowing the peti-
tioners to recover compensation for the loss of the railway,
and also the arrangement of some other clauses, was reserved.
It was announced in the course of the day that Mr, Cock-
burn was detained so long at the Central Criminal Court,
that
it would be impossible for him to attend here to-day;
and it was then arranged that his case should come on
peremptorily at two o'clock on Monday. Some doubt was
entertaimed as to whether there would be time before that
hour to dispose of the clauses of this Bill, and it was there-
fore agreed that the Committee should meet on Monday,. at
eleven o'clock.

It being past four o'clock when the Committee came to the
decision as to the preamble of the Bill, they then Adjourned.

ISLE (F NAN RAILWAY.
A meet:ng of the shareholders in this Company was help
no S ittirday, at one o'clock, in the Hal! of Commerce, for
the porpofie of taking steps to obtain a statement of the ac-
counts, and to resist the attempt of the directors to retain a
larger proportion of the deposits than was authorised by the
Act of parliament. J. H. Murchison, Esq., in the chair.
Mr. SMITH read the report of the Committee of share-
holders, stating the proceedings which had been taken
to obtain explanations from the directors with regard to
their accounts, and requesting the shareholders not
to accept the return of 155., which they offered to them,
until such explanation had been given. The report, also,
suggested that, the shareholders sould enter into a sub-
scalption, in order that the opinion of some competent counsel
should be taken as to the rights and remedies of the share-
holders against the directors. This gentleman stated that
57000 shares were allotted among 200 individuals, and the
deposit upon that number, at. 24 per share, amounted to
10,000/.. and out of this sum the directors only intended to
return 6,000/.
A STIAREHOLDIR said, he did not think that the return of
198. was adequate, when there had been no survey nor en-
gineering expenses.
Mr. Bitt
cv, ca moved that the shareolders should enter into a
stii2reiption of la. per share.
!ae motion
was seconded, and carried unanimously,
The meeting then separated. •

CANALS.
Names of I$ ! Dividend's Names of 1 Dividend Price.
Companies. A 1 per I- " Companies. 4 1"-- .
dun
Aahtn&Oldh :60\9715Anni.5sum. pel 70 Monsnouthsh ;00 81. 160
Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4i. VO • 3intgomrysh 100 51. 98
'Barnsley 1 121. - aso . too - 38
BaSing4tok4 100 - - emit ...... 100 171. 340
Brknk&Ahrg 150 6/. 85 ottingham. 150 121. -
Cromford 100 141. 150 eak Forest. 78 31. 68
Dudley ,1001 41. - Regent's •••• 33 11. 55. 22%
Derby .• •• • • ;100, 61. 73 Rochdale.... 85 41. 77
Ellsmre&Chs I 1 33; 41. 55 Shropshire.. 125 81. -
Erewash .. . 11001 321. 300 Somrset Coal 130 71. 105. 130
Forth & Clyd i 1001 4/. - Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. 11
GrandJunctnlloo! 71. 9534 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. 290
Grand Union 1001 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230
Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 315
Glstr&Brklyiloo - - Strtfrdon Av 78 11. 109. -
Grantham • .150 121. 100 Severn andi
Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail. .5 26 11.88. 32
liennt & Am; 391 Is. 6d. 10 Tmt &3fr-1 50 Sot. -
Lancaster ... '47 11. 10s. - sey, % sh.j
Leeds& Livrpllool 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - -
Leicester ....1140! 101. 105 Worcstr &-1 78 2/. 44
Leicstr&Nthl 83' 41. 60 Blrmlng•J
Loughboroghi 142 701. 850 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11
= &

ND.

BANK OF ENGL.
(From Friday's Gazette.)
Ln Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, far
the Week ending on Saturday, the 13th day of June, 1846.
tuns DarairrismiT.

X. X.
Notes leaned •.•. • • • • 28,603,395 Government debt . • 11,015,100
Other securities . • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 12,371,105
Silver bullion .. .. • . 2,232,290

28,603,395
Dated the 18th day ofJune, 1846.
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

X 28,603,395

BANXING D 7

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and D -

vidend acc'onnts)• • 6,537,132
Other deposits ...... 15,518,397
Seven day and other

bi 115•.............

862,665

4 40,858,004

Igpliarboxi..

Dated the lath day of June, 184'1

Government secnri-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) . • 12,988,065
Other securities •• .. 18,122,098
Notes .. .. 9,011,510
Gold and silver coin.. 738,331

40,858.004
M. MARSHALL. Chief Cubic*.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, juma 17.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

THE QUEEN V. CHARLES CAVAN DUFFY, PROPRIETOR OF
THE "NATION" NEWSPAPER.

At the sitting of the Court this morning this case
was called on. The jury panel having been called over,
Mr. Holmes, on the part of the traverser, handed in a
challenge to the array, on the ground that the jurors had
not been summoned in sufficient time. Sir Colman
O'Loghlin cited various authorities, showing the ad-
missibility of the challenge. The Chief Justice having
expressed his intention to receive the challenge, the At-
torney-General demurred, but on Sir Colman O'Loghlin
intimating that he was then ready to proceed to argu-
ment, his Lordship said that there was no necessity, as
he would allow the demurrer.

Arr. LANCLY opened the case for the Crown, charging
Charles Gavan Duffy with having published in a certain
newspaper, called the Nation, a malicious and seditious
libel of and concerning her Majesty's Government, and
calculated to excite towards them a hostility in the minds
of the Irish people.
The ATTORNEY- GENERAL then addre43€ d the Court for
the prosecution. He commented on the article contain-
ing the alleged libel at great length, and concluded by
calling upon the jury, as honest men, for their own sakes,
for the sake of the liberty of the press, and the tran-
quillity of the country, to find a verdict of guilty against
the traverser.
enehe us.ual.proofs of proprietary, publication, and in-
closed° t'Aving been given, the case for the Crown
tbehirdellfe°lll::'4,rtt nzroceedleursdediatco:xadrabdyerneEtsssngitnhlane Courtd for
principally on jturesatitteentroria Genraratleedtmivapn. rests his case
waistae
afterstirtownga ls an
gulge on the
The Learned JUDGE then
The jury having retired, ins
an-
nounced to the Court that there
likelihood of their agreeing. not the slightest
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it Was unnecessary for
wasrt if
aboutthe y
to had aadd
adjourn,
rang, reed. -
a t half-past
them
`'hen
comethe
inquiry
five, the CHIEF JUSTICE directed the sub-sheriff to ask
s
the jury it' theyCi:ohtuaordtCaogureed.
thely'hheas not,-sh sub-sheriff sateterd
would.—(
le.fe(sLulatu
Bailiffs were then 3worn to prevent personsfrom
drink,
fli ei
ananudnfiieraotifnrgomwitthhemth.e jury, and to keep meat, and

JUNE IS.
At the sitting of the Court this morning, by order of
the Chief Justice, the jury in this case were conducted
into Court.

The Registrar asked them if they had agreed to a
verdict.

Foreman—l can inform your Lordship that we have
not igreed to a verdict, and my opinion is that we shall
not agree.
Several jurors—We never shall—we never can agree.
The CHIEF JUSTICE— Gentlemen, you may retire
for the present.
The jury were then re-conducted by the sheriff to
their room, to abide the decision of the Court.
RUMOURED LEGAL CHANGES.
The following appears in a provincial paper, and has
just that amount of truth in it which attaches to all the
rumours of the anxiety of a declining Ministry to pro-
vide for the public services of its officers :—" In conse-
quence of the present uncertain position of Ministers,
it is said that Mr. Justice Perrin will not resign at pre-
sent, if his health at all permits his remaining on the
bench. A proposition was made to Judge Burton, sug-
gesting his retirement, in consequence of his great age ;
but the fine old fellow, who, I am happy to say, is in