The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-12 00:00:00

DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER.

On Friday, at six o'clock, a numerous meeting of the pa-
rishioners of St. Bride, Fleet-street, was held in the vestry-
room of the church, to consider the n,,tices received from the
Direct London and Manchester, so the effect that several
houses would be required, belonging to the Parish, for the
formation of the terminus in Farringdon-street ; Mr. N. T.
Isherwood in the chair, senior churchwarden.

Mr. SMITH, vestry-Clerk, read the letter which he had re-
ceived, which was dated the Ist of December, and which
required an answer by the 6th of .January. He stated that
there were six houses in Farringtlon-street, one in Shoe-lane,
and the burial-ground, which would be required. He ob-
served that the decision of the vestry would at once tend to
show whether they approved or disapproved of a terminus
coming into the heart of the metropolis, and which he con-
sidered would be a decision of some importance, while there
were differences of opinion on that subject.
Mr. OBBARD and Mr. BIRD concurred with the vestry-
clerk as to the view he had taken of the question: but
which was objected to by Mr. Jolly.
Mr. LOWE said that the parish ought not to hesitate ionf
etxhe
pres,ing an assent to the proposition of the Directors
Company. There was no doubt but that wherearo terminus
was established it was the cause of the grgreatlmprovement
of a neighbourhood.—(Hear, hear.) At the Paddington ter-

minus of the Great Western Railw ty a new town had sprung
up, and the inhabitants occupying houses adjoining the Lon-
don and Birmingham and the South-Western termini were
deriving the utmost benefit -( Hear, hear.) Such would be
the effect if a terminus were established in Farringdon street.
The value of property would be increased in the immediate
locality, while trade:men would find that they would have
more customers.—(Hear, hear.) They would be doing
wrong if they opposed-the offer, and he felt convinced that
the Company would 'give them a proper compensation for the
possession of what premises they were in need of. By giving
their assent they would show to the Corporation of the City
of London, that they supported their views of the advantages
of a terminus in the centre of the metropolis. He moved
that the churchwarden be instructed to communicate to the
Directors of the Direct London and Manchester Railway,
that the vestry gave their assent. to the Company.
Mr TURNER seconded the resolution.

EDKIN, a Common Councilman, said that, as the pre-
mises in question were charitable property, he trusted that
the churchwarden would take care that the palish should
obtain an equivalent, by receiving a compensation, which
would be freehold.

Mr. OBBARD, a Common Councilman, said that they should
have a clause inserted in the Act, pledging them to remunerate
them.

Mr. BACON remarked that they could require an amount of
consols equal to the loss sustained by the parish. He stated
that the application had been made to the board of guardians
of the West London Union; and that they had determined to
remain neuter

Mr. CARGILL stated that the several houses Yielded to the
poor-rate alone 210! If it should require three years to
build the terminus, there would be a lbss of 6301., unless !!.e
pariah could compel the company to remunerate them during
that period till the building was completed, when they could
then rate the Company.
Mr. Jor.LY proposed an amendment, that they should be
neuter. In the parish of St. Sepulchre they had opposed the
Company.
Mr. ORBARD—That is the London and Birmingham
Extension.

Mr. JOLLY, in continuation, said that there was a large
space about Holborn-hill, and that they would find the Com-
pany next year applying for an Act to extend their terminus
to Fleet-street.

The resolution was carried by a large majority.

DONCASTER -LINES.
The following is a list of the proposed schemes of railways
which come to this town, and whiCh have deposited their
plans and sections with the parish clerk of Doncaster:—
l. Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction
2. London and York (Great Northern)—Extension to
Wakefield and Leeds
3. South Yorkshire Coal
4. Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield and Manchester Junction
5. Direct Northern—London to York
6. Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct
7. Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Junction
8. Cambridge and Lincoln Extension, and Lincoln, York,
and Leeds
9. Eastern Counties Extension—Lincoln to York
10. Midland Extension—Swinton to Lincoln. •
The above schemes have also deposited their plans, B:c., at
the Private Bill-office. The two following, which were de-
posited with the Board of Trade and the clerk of the peace at
Wakefield, have neglected to comply with the above orders,
and are consequently lost for the next session :-
1. Hull and Holyhead Direct
2. Hull. Sheffield, and Midland Direct
Of the ten projects which have up to the present time com-
plied with the standing orders, there is every ptobability that
an amalgamation with some of the competing schemes and
established companies will take place, and thus prevent a
vast amount of opposition.

IRISH RAILWAYS.
MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY—RAISING
THE FIRST SOD BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.
On Thursday the interesting ceremony of raising the first
sod of the Midland Great Western Railway was performed
by his Excellency. the Lord-Lieutenant, in the presence of
a numerous, fashionable, and influential assemblage of spec-
tators.

The grounds immediately behind the Canal House
were enclosed with ropes, and numerous flags marked the
boundary of the noble terminus which is to be constructed
at that point. The day was beautifully fine, and the crowds;
collected on the banks of the canal, overlooking the ground,
showed by their acclamations the deep interest which they
felt in the undertaking.
At half-past one o'clock the Lord-Lieutenant, accompanied
by Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chief Secretary; the Hon. Colonel
Talbot, Mr. Robert Peel, A.D.C. • Major Atherly, A.D.C.;
and several other gentleman, made his appearance, and was
loudly cheered.
At this time we observed amongst the company the Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, the Marquis of Westmeath, the Earls
of Roden and Erne, Lord Dunsandle, Chief Justice Doherty,
the Chief Baron, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Sir E. Blakeney
(commander of the forces), the Solicitor-General, Abraham
Brewster, Esq., Q.C., Colonel Jones, C.E., Hon. Col. Talbot,
General Wyndham, Colonel Browne, Hon. Mr. Preston,
Thomas Fetherstone, Esq., of Bracklyn Castle; John
Ennis, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Company; James
Perry, and nearly all the other Directors.

The band of the 41st regiment was in attendance, and en-
livened the gratifying scene with the newest airs.
Arrived at the place marked out, Mr. Hemans, the acting
engineer, presented his Excellency with the spade, with
which he was to operate ; and having cut the first sod, and.
rolled it to the end of the platform in a workmanlike man-
ner, a gun was fired, and thousands of voices were raised in
hearty acclamations.

Lad Dunsandle, as chairman of the Company, next cut a
sod, and rolled it in the furrow to its destination. Then fol-
lowed the deputy chairman, Mr. Ennis, Mr. Hemans, the
engineer, and Mr. Jeffs, the contractor for the first twenty-
six miles out of Dublin. A salute of guns followed, accom-
panied by renewed applause from the vast concourse on and
surrounding the grounds.

His Excellency and the company were then conducted to
the board-room in the Canal House, where an elegant de-
jeune was laid out in Mitchell's best style. After ample jus-
tice had been done to the viands,

The CHAIRMAN ( Lord Dunsandle) proposed " The Health.
of her Majesty the Queen," which was drunk with all d,
honours. The next toast v.as " The Qunen Dowager, illus-
trious by her rank, but much more illustrious by her
virtues."—(Drunk with applause.) " The Health of Prince
Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family," was warmly
sponded to.
The CHAIRMAN rose again, and said, that when he loan,'
around and found himself surrounded by many of the nobi-
lity of the land, by the learned professions, by the represen-
tatives of banking-houses, and all the other great commer-
cial interests—when he saw all those before him, he had
reason to hope for the most perfect success of the under-
taking begun that day.—(Hear.) At any time that a pro-
ject for connecting the east and 'west of Ireland by a rail-
road would be commenced. would be deemed a work of
great national importance, but at the present time when
serious loss had bccurred to the potato crop—when the
usual supply of food for the poor was reduced in a greater
or less 'l,,egr-ee, a work of this kind should prove of Weal-
P,'..table service to the poor. He hoped that the distress
which, under ordinary circumstances, was to be appre-
hended, would be staved off by giving to the poor the
means of procuring corn, which, he was happy to say, was
most abundant at this season.—(Hear, hear.) On former
occasions of distress, the Irish poor were relieved by Go-,
vernment money, and the benevolence of individuals in Eng-
land sending their thousands and tens of thousands here;
but he confessed he did not like this source of relief at all
times, because extensive charity not unfrequently engen-
dered idleness.—(Hear, hear.) The idle man had his wants
relieved, and no difference was madel between him and the
industrious man, who was compelled to seek relief, and felt
himself degraded. The best way that relief could be
distributed in times of scarcity was by such works as
that commenced by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to-day.
—(Cheers.) This Company had already contracted for the
first twenty-seven miles of the line out of Dublin for the sum
of 70,0001. This large sum, spread over such a length of
way, would give employment to hundreds,of persons, who
would feel they were receiving, not charity, but fair remune-
ration for their labour. According to the provisions of the
Act of Incorporation they could only call for 51. a share every
three months. If they could get in their money more
speedily, the Directors would be in a position to place the
entire line at once under contract, and so extend the employ-
ment of the people. The shareholders, however, did not
like to be called upon too fast; they knew little yet of the
Directors to whom they entrusted their money, and they
could have had no experience of tl:e remuneration they were
likely to receive ; but when they saw the lit b
I e country,
pointed by his Sovereign to the government of this
hope.
taking such a deep interest in the undertaking, did.
soundness, and
the shareholders would feel confidence
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proposed " The Health of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland."
The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm, and
nine times nine.
After silence was restored.

His Excellency the LORD-LtErrEs ANT then rose and said
he felt very much obliged to the --Company for the honour
which they had lone him in drinking his health, and to the
chairman for the very flattering manner in which he had been
pleased to propose it. He could assure them that he had the
greatest gratification in executing the duties which had been
entrusied to him that morning, for he was convinced that
nothing would tend more to the welfare and prosperity of Ire-
land than the establishment of railways all over the country.
—(Cheers.) They woult give empl,yment to the destitute.
They would open the markets to the artisan as well as the
farmer, and by increasing locomotion amongst the inhabi-
tants, tend materially to the improvement and civilisation of
the more remote provinces—(hear and cheers.) These were
well-known truths upon which it was unnecessary to dwell,
and, indeed, he was not in such a state of health as to be able
to do so. He would perhaps be permit ted to offer his congra-
tulations at the auspicious commencement which they had
that day made, and also to express his best wishes for the
prosperity of the undertaking.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, his
Excellency proposed " The healths of the Directors and Pro-
prietors of that railway, and success to their undertaking."—
The Noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and dwelt upon
the economy and vast public advantage of the line. In con-
clusion he proposed " The Health of the Lord Mayor of Dnb-
lin."—(Cheers.)
The Lotto MAYOR expressed 'his acknowledgments in
suitable terms.
Mr. ENNIs, the Vice-Chairman, proposed " The Health of
Mr. Hemans, the engineer," which was drunk with applause
and responded to by Mr. Hemant.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Healths of the Noblemen
and Gentlemen who had honoured them with their com-
pany."—(Cheers.)
The Marquis of WESTMEATH returned thanks. He said
that, as a resident landlord, he should express the great
happiness which he felt in common with others at the
prosi:ect of such a work being carried in the interior of Ire-
land. With resci,nfpgetchtetsotattheemcounty of Westmeath and the
terminus of the line, there were many pr sent— T
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Sir THOMAS. FREMANTLE said that he had not at all ex-
pected that his name would have been mentioned upon that
occasion, as there were many present who felt as strongly
as he did. upon the advantages to be derived from railway
communication in Ireland, and were more deeply interested
in it than even he was. He returned them his most cordial
thanks, with the most unfeigned feelings of satisfaction and
gratitude, for the very flattering manner in which his