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11, 1846.

PRICE SD.

ness of travelling on the line. Ile would venture to assert
the fares on the London and Brighton line were much lower
than those of any other railway in this part of the kingdom.
From personal experience he knew that the opinion of the
public was against the formation of any rival line to that of
this Company. The meeting would be aware that two years
ago the South-Western Railwa' Company proposed to take
a lease of this line. The proposition was almost unanimously
rejected. It was very curious that the annual dividend,
which that Company then offered, was precisely the sum
(355.) which this Company would reeeive,for the past half-
year. This fact showed the increasing prosperity of the line,
and must be highly satisfactory to the proprietors.—(Cheers.)
He concluded by moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. SLIGHT wished to know what regulations had been
made for the conveyance of the mails on this Company's line ?
The CHAIRMAN had no objection to answer the question.
The directors had every desire to make the line as useful as
possible to the people of Brighton. They therefore proposed
to take the mails without any additional charge.—(Hear.)
The proposal had as yet been neither accepted or rejected.
Mr. lieoop, seeing that so much had been expended in the
Company's attempt to get the Wandsworth branch, wished
to know whether the directors intended proceeding on the
basis of the agreement of last year?
The CHAIRMAN replied in tGe affirmative.
Mr. WISHAW, after congratulating the directors on the suc-
cess of their labours, recommended them to adopt the prac-
tice of issuing two-day tickets.
The CHAIRMAN said that the question of two-day tickets
had been often and fully canvassed by the directors, and
they believed that it was not advisable to adopt the practice
suggested by the Hon. Vroprieter. With respect to the re-
duction of the fares for chiliren, as
.recommended by an-
other Hon. Proprietor, the directors were of opinion that the
present policy of the Company in that respect should not be
altered.
The report was then unanimously adopted.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that a dividend of 355. per
share (deducting the income-tax) be payable on Tuesday,
the 24th instant.
—..4lte-niotion was wooded, amLunanioamly carried. „
Tile CHAIRMAN then moved that the directors be authorised
to receive the consolidated eighth shares, to convert them
into stock, on condition that such shareholders be permitted
to pay up the remaining 101. per share.
Mr. E. CROWLEY (the deputy-chairman) seconded the
motion, which was then unanimously passed.
The CHAIRMAN then said that the standing orders of the
House of Lords required a fuller notice to be given to the
proprietors previously to their deciding upon the proposed
branches; but, as those of the House of Commons did not,
the directors were anxious to hear the views of the
proprietors expressed without any further delay. The
directors did not intend to consider the erection of
the central terminus at Charing-cross until their next
half-yearly meeting.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman then
proceeded to describe, with the aid of a chalk outline, the
routes of the various branches proposed by the directors. As
regarded some of those lines it was not necessary to say
anything. Others of them he was enabled to state would
remunerate the Company, if they were economically made.
The remuneration would be very moderate indeed, but the
great advantage arising from their formation would be the
fact of their acting as feeders to other important lines.—
(Hear, hear.) He then moved the approval of the applica-
tion to Parliament of the different branches mentioned in
the advertisement. The total length of those lines would be
46 miles, and the expense 636.000/.—(llear, hear.)
Mr. FLoon, at some length, contended that it would be
inexpedient to form the proposed branch to Wandsworth,
because the South-Eastern Company had it in their power to
construct a branch at the same place, at a far less expense
amendmentoarvtiaoinl
than this Company possibly could, and the South-Eastern
Lion, that
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The CHAIRMAN—Does any gentleman second the motion ?
—(Cries of" No, no," and laughter.) The Chairman then
said that the question upon which Mr. Flood had spoken at
so much length had long occupied the careful consideration
of the directors and the proprietors at large, and their
unanimous opinion was that the Wandsworth branch
should be applied for.—(Hear, hear.)
The original motion was then put and unanimously car-
ried.
The CHAIRMAN then said that the expense of the applica-
tion for the branch in question would be 3,204/. 3s. Bd.
which would include surveyor's expenses, Esc.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that the meeting confirm the
report for making the extension from Fareham to Ports-
mouth.
It was seconded and carried unanimously.
It was moved by the CHAIRMAN, that the directors should
be authorised to convert the share capital into stock.
This motion was put and carried unanimously.
The business next before the meeting, the CHAIRMAN said,
would be the election of directors in the room of those re-
tiring. He was sorry that the company would lose the ser•
vices of Mr. Henderson altogether, as he had refused to be
re-elected.
Mr. FLOOD proposed that Henry Spencer Cooper, Esq.,
should be re-elected a member of the Board.
The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
Mr. MILLER proposed Mr. Gale in the room of Mr. Hen-
derson, who retires. He entered at considerable length into
the qualifications of the candidate.
Mr. C. CROWLEY seconded the motion.

Nr. SIMPSON proposed, as a candipate for the same va-
cancy, the Hon. Captain Hotham, and entered at length into
his me►its. .

Mr. Scorn had great pleasure in seconding that nomi-
nation.
Mr. SoLomoNs rose to a point of order. He suggested
that the names of those directors be given who left them-
selves open to re-election.
The CHAfitmax would have suggested the same course had
he not been interested.
Mr. SonomoNs moved that llowlat.d Hill, Esq, should be
re-elected a member of the Boat d.
The motion was warmly seconded, and carried unanimously.
Mr. TITE moved the re. election of E. Watson, Esq. This was
seconded.
Mr. MAciinia, of Leeds, moved that Leo Schuster should
be elected a member of the Board. Mr. Ogle, of Leeds, se-
conded the nomination. '
The CIIAIR3IAN still thought the course which had been
already noticed by the meeting should be pursued, of
putting the names of the retiring directors first to the votes
of the proprietors.
Mr. MACHAIR explained that he meant his motion as an
amendment to that in regard to Mr. Watson.
Mr. Sonomolis spoke to order, and proposed that the
amendment just made should not have the precedency.
An liox. PROPRIETOR spoke against the re-election of
directors, as it tended to induce apathy in the management
of the affairs of the Company.
Mr. MACHAIR pressed the amendment.
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was lost.
The original motion was put for the election of Mr. Wat
son, which was carried with only three dissentients.
Mr. MACHAIR demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Schuster.
The CHAIRMAN took a show of bands for Mr. Gale, Capt
Hotham, and Mr. Schuster, but it was more a matter of
form, as they proceeded immediately to the F 01l in reference
to all the candidates together, as the electron by show of
hands was revoked by the demand for a poll.
The vacancies, therefore, to be filled were four, and there
were six candidates to be polled for, viz.:—Rowland Hill,
Esq.; Henry Cooper, Esq. ; Edward Watson, Esq.; C. J.
Gale, Esq.; on. Capt. Hotham ; and Geo. Schuster, Esq.
The proprietors immediately proceeded to the poll.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
TO THE SHAREHOLRNDERAIRS OF THE SOUTH-
EASTELWAY.
Carlton Club, London, Feb. 1846.

Gentlemen,—l hope the subject contaited in this letter
will be considered by you a sufficient apology for my in-
truding myself upon your notice. As I have for
years past resided near your line of railway, and
been tolerably well acquainted with all the proceedings
of your directors from the time the Company was first
formed, I am going to make a few observations as to the
real position of your affairs at the present time.
And, first of all, I will remind you of the proceedings of
your directors last year towards the late solicitor of the
Board of Ordnance. They proved, by their conduct upon
that occasion, and by their petition to the House of Com-
mons, that they had negotiated with a servant of the Go-
vernment, apparently with the object—(l say apparently in
charity)—to obtain his influence at the Ordnance-office to
allow the (South-Eastern) North Kent line to pass through
Government property, to the prejudice of the rival Company.
And, because, the Master-General, at a later stage of the
proceedings, withdrew his dissent from the other Company,
your directors turned round and exposed the very man
whom they had induced, by (may 1 not say questionable)
means, to promote their ends, because he was not
able to do all for them that they wished. The names
of Mr. Bonham and Captain Boldero were also brought
conspicuously before the public, who, I believe, are
two as Honourable Members as ever lived, and were as per-
fectly innocent of the charges imputed to them as the child
unborn.
It is rumoured that Members of Parliament feel so indig-
nant, that there is more than a possibility, perhaps, that they
will exert themselves to throw out all the Bills belonging to
the South-Eastern Company that are brought in this session
—if they do not most plainly advantage the public interest—
unless you, shareholders, turn out all the present directors.
In the .next place, I will inform you of the manner in
which your money has been and is likely to be spent, unless
you elect other men to have the management of your
Company. Without saying anything as to the original
formation of the line, which, of course, the present Board
had nothing to do with, I will only refer to some of the pro-
ceedings of last session. A Bill was brought before Parlia-
ment for making a line from Hastings to Ashfoi d, through a
country where there is no traffic, and that never can remune-
rate the shareholders for the -outlay. Ask any one residing in
that country, and they will tell you that your money
might almost as well be thrown into the sea. This line
was proposed to be carried across a portion of Rye Harbour,
and the Commissioners of the harbour sent up a memorial
to the Admiralty, begging them not to allow them to proceed,
as they considered it would be a serious obstruction to the
navigation, and in consequence of this a stop was put upon
their proceengs; and it was only because your directors
entered inter an arrangement to lay out 10,0001. of your
money upon the harbour, that the Admiralty was induced
to withdraw their veto. It is no more necessary for this line
to go across any portion of Rye Harbour than it is necessary
to cross the Thames to go from London to Blackwell ; and if
you can get Mr. R. Stephenson, your present engineer, after
examining the spot, to say that it is either necessary or desir-
able that this line should cross the harbour, I will consent to
have my hand cut off. I may be told that this line is to be
made on purpose to please the Government, as it partakes of
the nature of a coast line. This being the case, it is a most
extraordinary thing that the Admiralty, who are not an un-
important section of the Government, should have made any
obstacle to its proceeding.
Your directors intend to bring a Bill into Parliament this
session, for making a line of railway from Tunbridge Wells
to Hastings, which will cost your Cum pany a million of money,
and will not bring you in a clear revenue of more than from
10,0001. to 15,0001. a-year ; and your consulting engineer,
Mr. R. Stephenson (of whom I always wish to speak iu the-highest terms) says, that it is perfect madness to attempt
such a scheme, and gave me his authority to tell every one
I thought proper, that he had nothing to do with it, nor was
it a line he at all approved of.
I am, and have been for some years past. a considerable
railway shareholder, but I never had anything to do either
with the North Kent line or your Company (except that I
once bought two Shares in the South-Eastern, which I held
for about a month), as I have always had a very indifferent

opinion of the ways in which your affairs have been managed;
but if there was any likelihood of a change for the better, I
should have no objection to becnnie one of your proprietors.
—I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient
humble servant,
(Signed) CHARLES IL FKEWEN.
P.S. If the directors of the South. Eastern think proper to
answer this letter, I should be much obliged to any share-
holder who will send me a copy, directed to Northiam, near
Staplehurst, Kent.

COURT CIRCULAR.
In celebration of the sixth anniversary of her Majest, 'a
marriage, the following party had the honour of being in-
vited to dine at Buckingham Palace yesterday :—Her Ituyal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of
Buccleuch, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady •
Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Liverpool, the Hon. and Rev. Leslie Courtenay, and
Captain Francis Seymour.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, led by Mr. Booe,
was in attendance during dinner, and performed selections
from Lachner, Weber, Streck, and Labitzky.
After dinner the following party were invited for an early
hour :—His Excellency the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Jersey, Earl and Lady Katherine Jerilyn, the Earl and
Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess of Delawarr
and Lady Mary Sackville West, Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, the Bishop of
Oxford, Lord and Lady Lyttelton, Dowager Lady and the
Honourable Miss Lyttelton, Lord and Lady George Lennox,
the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Right Hon.
Sir James and Lady Graham, the Right Hon. W. E. and
Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs.
Anson, Hon. General Upton, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley
and the Misses Wheatley, Sir George and Lady Couper, Sir
Robert and Lady Gardiner, Sir George Anson, Sir James
Clark, Mr. Hallam, and Mr. Rogers.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, Bart., arrived
at diarencellouse, St. James's, at ten minutes past twelve
esterday, from her residence, Frogniore-house, Windsor.
tier Royal Highness visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace,
and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and Prince
Albert. _ _ .

Messrs. Gamble and Gott had the honour of submitting to
Prince Albert yesterday Mr. Nott's newly. invented electric
telegraph. His Royal Highness was pleased to express his
approbation of its superior efficiency and simplicity.
The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Marchioness
of Douro as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen ; and the
Earl of Warwick has succeeded the Earl of Morton as the
Lord in Waiting to her Majesty.
The Royal Family were taken their accustomed daily
airings yesterday in the royal gardens.
Dispatches were received on-Monday evening at the Co- -
lonial-office from the Governors of the West India Colonies.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
.yester •
day, and heard an appeal from Bengal, " Cowie v. Renfrey."
The Loids present were the Lord President, Lord Brougham,
the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court.

Yesterday evening the lyric tragedy of Sophocles' Antigone
was read bt Mr. C. Ken►ble, in the Picture Gallery, at
Buckingham Palace, before her Majesty, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the
royal circle, &c.
For this purpose a stage was erected at the south end of
the gallery, on which Mr. Kemble sat, with the chorus
ranged on each side of him ; on the floor was the instru-
mental orchestra, composed of her Majesty's private band,
conducted by Mr. Anderson, and beside him sat the author
of the English version, Mr. Bartholomew, who read the
chorus speaker's part, by which means the dramatic interest.
of the piece was rendered more effective, and more nearly
resembling the antique mode of its performance. The music
of Dr. Mendelssohn Bartholdy was admirably executed by
the band and a select chorus.
It reflects no small credit upon the taste of the royal
selectors of this modernised relic of antiquity, for it is to
them that the noble party assembled on the occasion owe the
gratification which the last of all our noble Romans, Mr.
Kenible, afforded by his truly classical declamation.
The interest of this festivity was very much heightened
by the first. opening of the grand staircase, after the embel-
lishments with which it has b•. en adorned during the last
winter, under the direction of Mr. L. Gruner. The whole of
the decoration is after the best time of the great Italian
masters. On the ceiling four fresco paintings on gold ground,
representing Morning, Evening, Noon, and Night, executed
by Mr. Townsend, have a most lial:py effect, and reflect the
greatest credit on our rising school of British artists; wreaths
of flowers surrounding these frescoes are the work of Messrs.
Murdock and Denby.
The splendid imitations of inarble,executed by Mr. Moxon,
together with the handsome guilding, vivid colours of the
ornaments, and the bronze figures, carrying masses of light
on their heads, produce a most brilliant and striking effect.