The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

AUSTRALIAN MINING COMPANY

(THIS DAY.)
An extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors
in this undertaking was held to-day,-at the Company's
offices, No. 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge; Mr. S. G.
Capper in the chair.
After the usual preliminaries,

The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the
directors felt much pleasure ip being able to state that
the expectations held out at the last annual general meet-
ing had been realised. Adviccs had been received froth
the committee of management in Australia, announcing
that they had last March selected, and on behalf of the
company claimed, a special survey of 20,000 acres, situated
at a place called Reedy Creek, about forty miles from
Adelaide and ten miles from the river Murray. These
advices, which were dated March 28, represented that
good copper existed in several places on the surface of
the land in question, at points about three miles apart
from each other ; that the roads from thence to the
town and Port Adelaide were very good ; that excellent
springs of water and grass were very abundant ; and
that the selection made was altogether of the most pro-
mising chsracter. It appeared that in other points the
undertaking was in a very prosperous condition.
The report was agreed to, and the meeting separated.

EAST COAST RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of the shareholders of this
company was held to .day, at eleven- o'clock, at their
offices, 2, Moorgate-street, to decide, under the Dissolu-
tions' Act, whetherithey:should go on' with the'compan
or dissolve. William Morley, R 30., in the chair. Y'
After the usual preliminaries, the Secretary read the
report. It set out with a detail of the company's pro-
ceedings before Parliament, opposed, as it had been, by
the Eastern Counties and the Lynn and Ely companies.
The scheme was defeated, mainly, it was alleged, by the
East Coast line not being grouped in the same Committee
with the Eastern Counties (Manchester to Lincoln) and
Lynn and Ely lines, the expenses, on account of the pro-
tracted struggle had been very great. The receipts were
20,1991. 13s. 9d., and the expenditure 16,6711. 4s. 10d.,
leaving a balance in hand of 3,528/. Bs. I ld. There
were outstanding claims that would reduce the -.balance
to 2,4451. 4s. 4d.
The CHAIRMAN said such was the position of the
company', and the plain question before them was, would
they agree to dissolve and receive back 7s. a share, or
wait a little longer and see if some beneficial arrange-
ment could not be made with an existing company. He
might say that some negotiation was in progress,
though he could not state anything definitely on the
question at present. The directors, therefore, asked the
shareholders to wait ten days or a fortnight longer, to
see what might be done.
Mr. lIoFF wished a time to be fixed for another meet-
ing. The notices for a fresh application to Parliament
must be made within fourteen days, and he submitted
that they should meet again before the expiration of that
period.
Mr. GURNEY said that from the days the Lincolnshire
papers were published on it would not be possible to
give the necessary advertisements, so as to hold a legal
meeting, und,,r 14 days.
The CHAIRMAN pledged himself that a meeting would
be called on as early a day as the law would allow, at
which they would submit any arrangement
,that might
be come to in the interim.

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The vote was then formally taken whether the com-
pany should be dissolved or go forward.
Votes present

For dissolution c l9O
Against a dissolution
The CIIAIRXAN then intimated that it would require
2,674 shares to constitute a full meeting under the Act.
There being a deficiency of 554 votes, the meeting
would have to be adjourned for a week.

The vote was next taken as to whethQr, in the event
of the company being dissolved, it should be considered
an act of bankruptcy.
The question being put, was decided in the negative.
The meeting was then adjourned till Tuesday next.

EASTERN COUNTIES..—Another shameful attempt
to throw a train off the line was made on Sunday even-
ing week. On the train which left Chelmsford at eight
o'clock in the evening nearing Ingatestone station, a
slight obstruction upon the line was felt, and upon exa-
mination it was found that an iron chain had been
wilfully placed across it, but was fortunately crushed
by the weight of the engine. A porter there happily
took the precaution to examine the rails some little
distance upwards, where he found several other chains
similarly placed with the like villainous intention.
October 22—The up-train, which should have reached
Shoreditch station at ten minutes past ten o'clock, did
not arrive until twenty-five minutes to twelve. The
cause of the delay was, that a luggage train ran off the
line between Chelmsford and Brentwood. No accident
happened, nor any further inconvenience than the de-
tention of men of business coming up to town on their
different avocations. The electric t-legraph was used,
and the pilot engine was dispatched from town. On the
same day a labouring man was killed at Ely,
_while
attempting to pass between two trucks.—Cambridge
A dee? Nen

ROYAL ARTILLERY.---A Sergeant Hawkes, of the
:Id battalion; who was tried two or three months since,
charged with hafirig forged the signatures of tradesmen
to some bills, and reduced at ono time to the ranks, has
festored to his rank, in consequence of some ille-
gality- in the proceedings of the court-martial, in their
not having the tradesmen before the court to prove that
they were not their signatures to the bills. The ser-
geant bore a most high character whilst at Corfu, in
Captain Nevett's company, and was particularly noticed
whilst there by his Royal Highness Prince George, as
well as by his own commanding officer.
THE STREET-PAVEMENT PROBLEM SoLvED.—The
excessive traffic through the streets of London, caused
by the great increase of vehicles of every description, has
caused great difficulty in keeping the carriage-ways in
repair. Paving upon many plans, and of every variety
of material, has been tried, but none wholly answer. A
" Pavier,' who writes to the Times, appears, however, to
have at last solved the problem: The plan he suggests
is to lay alternate paving of wood and stone, both narrow
as the stone at present laid in Cheapside, the advantage
of which will be a firm foot-hold, wet or dry, for as
wood is slippery when we;, so is is granite when dry.
It is said, says the Constitutionnel, that all the per-
sons employed in the Government offices 'ho
;authorised to wear a distinct uniform with gold or :silver
lace on the collar, a sword, and a cocked bat.