The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open
carriage and four yesterday. The Equerries in Waiting,
Colonel Buckley and the Hon. Captain Gordon, attended on
horseback.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took an
airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by the Hon. Captain Gordon.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Lady Augusta Bruce,
Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount and Vis-
countess Emlyn, and Celonel the Right Hon. George and
Mrs. Dawson Darner,

The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, under
the direction of Mr. J. R Tutton, was in attendance at the
Palace during dinner, and performed the following pieces :
Overture—" Fra Diavolo,"—Auber.
Selection—" Daughter of St. Mark,"—Balfe.
Musicalischer Steckbrief—Zuhlner.
Polonaise—Nemetz.

The Hon. Miss Paget and the lion. Miss Kerr have suc•
ceeded the Hon. Misses Murray and Napier as the Maids of
Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. _ _

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town yes-
terday morning for Frogmore House, Winolsor. Her Royal
Higness returned to her residence, Clarence House, St.
James's, at a quarter before six o'clock in the afternoon,
Mr. Clive had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie
yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia,
New Zealand, the Mauritius, and also of the Falkland
Islands.

Dispatches were received on Wednesday evening at the
Colonial-office, from the Governors of the West India

colonies.

LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX
RAILWAY COMPANY.-THE LONDON AND
BLACKWALL RAILWAY.-WINDING UP.

A very numerous meeting was held yesterday at the Lon-
don Tavern, of the scripholders in this Company, to con-
sider the draft of a Bill to be laid before Parliament, in pur-
suance of the resolutions of the Houses of Lords end Com-
mons. I. N. Daniels, Esq., in the chair.
The solicitor read the marginal notes of the Bill, from
which it appeared that the objects proposed to be accom-
plished by the Company was to form a railway from Step-
ney, in connexion with the London and Blackwell Railway,
to Burnham, on the river Crouch, in Essex, with branches to
Tilbury and Southend. The capital was fixed at 900,0001.,
to be raised by 18,000 abares of 501. each. The greatest
amount to be called for was fixed in the Bill at
101., and that there should be three months between each
call. It also provided :hat all the operations necesQary for
effecting the junction with the Blackwell Railway at Stepney
should be carried on under the superintendence of the
engineer of that Company, and also contained a clau.,e
authorising the sale of the proposed line to the Blackwell
Company, if it should be considered advisable.
The CHAIRMAN having proposed a resolution to the effect

that the meeting approved -of the Bill submitted to their con-
sideration, and that the directors be requested to take such
measures as they deemed most advisable to promote the for-
mation of the same, _ _

A SCRIPHOLDER inquired what security the directors
would afford that the residue of the call of 5 per cent. for
defraying the incidental Parliamentary expenses would be
paid, in case the Bill were to be thrown out?
The CHAIRMAN replied the directors entertained no doubt
but that they would be enabled to defray those expenses
without pressing upon the scripholders.
Mr. Stirrox then proposed, and Mr. T. Wilcox seconded
an amendment to the effect, that the meeting desires that the
chairman should state specifically from what source the di-
rectors propose to raise the money.
A long and rather stormy discussion ensued between the
supporters of the original motion and the amendment., when
Dr. BOWUNG rose to order. He thought if such doubts
as seemed to pervade the minds of some of the gentlemen
who had spoken prevailed generally among the scripholders,
the best course to follow would be to at once abandon the
undertaking. The directors were most anxious to promote
the interest of all connected with the Company, but he con-
sidered that their efficiency would be considerably impaired
if such doubts as those were to be allowed to pass without
comment.

Some gentleman here said, they meant to cast no imputa-
tions personally upon the directors.
A SHAREHOLDER wished to inquire how many applications
for shares had been made to the directors, and how many
had been allotted?
The CHAIRMAM said, the number of shares to be allotted
was 18,000, the applications were 64,756, and the number
allotted was 14,587, and of those latter some had never been
taken up.
The SHAREHOLDER inquired why nearly 4,000 shares had
been thus kept back ?

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The CHAIRMAN said one of the reasons, and the principal,
was, that out of this 64,756 applications the references of a
large number were found to be fictitious, and the Committee
thought it better for the respectability and interests of the
Company to refuse those as well as many others.
The SHAREHOLDER said he considered the keeping 4,000 ,
shares for the Provisional Committee and the Directors was
rather too much. If more had been allotted generally, the
expense upon the holder of each share would be only 155.,
instead of 20s. 6d.
In reply to Mr. Wilson, the CHAIRMAN said the manner in
which the directors proposed to raise the money for the par-
liamentary expenses, would be upon their own responsi-
bility.— (Cheers. )
After a lengthened discussion, in which Mr. Wilson pro-
poseda resolution, urging in forcible terms the winding up of
the undertaking, which he eventually withdrew, a poll was
taken, and the chairman and scrutineers retired, and after
an hour's absence returned, when they declared the numbers
to be—
In favour of continuing the scheme
Against it
At the first blush this would indicate a continuance of the
scheme, but the sessional orders require three fifths of the
scripholders to be in favour of" going a head." The majority
who voted at this meeting was less this proportion, however
by 180, so that consequently the scheme is to be" wound up.'

THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.—The following order
has been issued to this regiment, on its departure from India, by
Major-General Sir H. Smith. It is dated Camp, Lahore, March 3:—
" Comrades, officers, and soldiers of the gallant 31st Regiment—You
and I have been so associated with recent conflicts, where your ser-
vices have been distinguished, that I cannot lose you from under my
command without an expression of the deepest regret. That regret
is, however, mitigated whvn I know you are about to return to your
native country, from which the regiment has been absent twenty-
one years, much diminished in numbers, caused by your valiant con-
duct and recent glorious victories. But the former renown of your
distinguished corps has acquired additional fame by the valour of
Lieutenant• Colonel Spence, the officers and soldiers, and the long list
gaayllaevnetr3ylsstucce,
Regi-
ment, of triumphant victories much increased by your services in India.
Farewell, my gallant comrades, for the preseenn" the . 111
happiness, honour, and prosperity attend y
in peace as it has so gloriously done in war; and believe me
one of the meat happy and proud recollections of my life Rill be that
I have witnessed the indgruitablo valour of the corps."