The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-29 00:00:00

GROUP LVI.

The Select Committee appointed to conskler the merits of the
13llla comprised in this 'group re-assembled at the usual hour this
mornin; • Mr. Ewart in the chair.
LONDON AVM 33LACILWALL EXTMNSION.

Mr. Whiteman, the superintendent of the existing line, was called to
prove that last year 3,300,000 passengers were carried over the Black-
well Railway, while it was calculated that if the extension passed,
the number would be augmented to upwards of half a million more.
This closed the case for the promoters.

Mr. t;t:RNEY then addressed the Committee on behalf of the
Corporation of the City of London, who contended that
the public necessity for the extension was not sufficient
to justify the destruction of private property which it would
involve. The Leanicd Counsel pointed out to the Committee
that not a single witness had been called to speak to the necessity
for the extension, and complained that it would not be fair to grant
It upon the evidence of witnesses who were °dicers of the company
promoting the Bill.

The ease w!vs then adjourned till Monday week.
ENinzzD AND EDMONTON.

This case was then gone into. It was opened by Mr. JAM 79, who
stated that the o;Jject of the Bill was for making a railway of two
wades and seven furlongs in length from the Eastern Counties line
near Edmonton, to the town of Enfield. The cost was estimated at
36,6001.

Mr. Waddington, deputy-chairman of the Eastern Counties
Company, who resides at Enfield, Captain Owen, a merchant
and lhipowner, also residing at Enfield, Dr Miller, of
Edmonton, and Mr. Winstona, of Enfield, were called,
to prove the adva;:tag,es the proposed line would confer on the
neighbourhoods through which it passed.
Mr. Borthwick, the engineer of tha Northern and Eastern Com-
pany, proved that the engineering features of the line were highly
fkorourable, while its cost would not exceed 36,0001.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till Monday, the
Bth of June.

Sub-Committee, No. 4.
This Committee should have met to-day at twelve o'clock, but up
to thre, o'clock Mr. Shirley and Mr. Hope Drummond only were in
attendance ; and a sufficient number of members not arriving to make
a Committee, no business was transacted.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Committee met to-day at two o'clock,
Their Lordships resolved themselves into a Committee on the
mcnit4, 'and declared the preamble of the Colchester, Stour Valley,
Sndtmry, and Halstead Railway proved.—Adjourned until after the
holidays, for amendments.
The preamble of the Rugby and Stamford Railway was also de-
clary.l to be proved, but to hear further evidence as to the level
crossings.—Their Lordships then adjourned.

WHITEHAYEN AND FURNESS
JUNCTION RAILWAY.—SPECIAL MEETING.
A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and
scripholders took place yesterday, at Guildhall Chambers,
yasinghall-street, to consider the-propriety of their proceed-
ing with their Bill in Parliament. LordLonsdale took the
chair.

The SErTET.kRY read the advertisement convening the
meetirg and the heads of the Bill which they sought to
obtain.

The meeting had formerly been twice adjourned for the
want of a sufficient number of shares being represented, only
2,756 having appeared, but at the present meeting there
were 5,829 represented. The whole capital of the line was
17,5001.

RPselutions in favour of proceeding with the line were put
from the chair, and passel unanimously.
The CHAN:MAN observed that the company were pro-
ceeding with the line as fast as possible.
A vote of thanks having i.2een passed to the Chairman, the
fleeting adjourned.

,AICSE, BELFAST, AND BALLY-

MENA RAILW AY.-SPECIAL MEETING.

A special meeting of the proprietors, scripholders, and
shareholders of this Company took place yesterday at the
London Tavern, in pursuance of the sessional orders of both
Houses of Parliament; Mr. Spottiawoode in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the advertisement convening the
meeting.

A strong opposition to the further proceeding
with the Bill in Parliament took place, but on a
scrutiny- it was found that the total number of shares re-
presented were 2,830, and that 1,980 were in favour of pro-
ceeding With the Bill, whilst 1,690 were against it, leaving
a majority of over 300 in favour of the progress of the Bill.
The original length of the line was 45 miles, but in consequence
of the Shares net having been paid up, it was reduced to 14.
The Cornnany bad spent the 15,0001. paid up, and brought the
shareholders 1,30 W. in debt. The meeting then separated.

LANCASTER AND CARLISLE
RAI WAY.—SPECIAL MEETING.
A special meeting of this Company was held yesterday at
ne of Commerce to consider the propriety of proceeding
with their Bill. Henry Howard, of Graystock Castle, in tho
chair.
The meeting was mersly formal, and resolutions in favour
of proceding with the Bill were unanimously carried.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, MAY 27

STOCK ExclaANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 10!,;
--Bristol and South Wales Junction, ley—Great Western, Quar-
ter shares, 1634-21i,Iland, New, 32—Newcastle and Darlington
Junction, New, B%—North Staffordshire, 4',4 p.—York and North
Midland, 97—bitto, East and West Riding, I Is.

MANCHESTER, MAY 27.
STOCK Excrrasoz.—The sales are—Cambridge and Oxford, %
dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3% p.— Eastern Counties, Perpetual (No.
2), 7 1-IG—East Lincolnshire, par—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c.,
dis.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % dis.—Leicester and
Bedford, 3-16 p.—Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, 2 p.—Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and
Southport, 34 dis. —Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 21s. 3d. p.--
Manchester and Birmingham, 80% —Ditto, Quarters (B), 5 p.—
Ditto, ditto (C), S p.—North Eastern, 3)s. 6d. dts.—North Stafford-
shire, 37 p.—North Western, 5-16: p.— Shropshire Union, 15-16
dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, Os. p.—South Mid-
land, )4 dis.—Wakefleld, Pontefract, and Goole, Extension, 6% p.—
Welsh Midland, 245. dis.—West Riding Union, 2 9-16 p. —Whitchaven
and Furness, Extension, 34 die.

LEEDS, Mar 27.
SEOCE EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Eastern, cptqcsaWElZl
beWirtiry,l43.p. c.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 21. 16s.
p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares (B), 854 p.—North
British, Carlisle Branch, 1 p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos-
ton, 223. Ms —Birkenhead, Chester, Moll, &c., 235. dis.—Chelms-
ford and Bury, 17s. dis.—Clitheroe Junction, 1% dis.—Direct
Northern, % dia.—Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.—Great Eastern
and Western, 30s. 6d. dia.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North
Eastern, 295. dls. —Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 7s dis.—Leices-
ter and Bedford, 4s. 6d. p. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1%
p.—London and York, Is. 6d. dLs.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 245. p.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction,
20s. 6d. dis. —North Staffordshire, 41. Is. p.—North Western, }i p.
—Welsh Midlands, 243. dis.—West Riding Union, 4/. 13s. 6d.