The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-11 00:00:00

penses.
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Mr. RICHARDSON asked whether they could not pert .„.
the Direct Manchester line to join them in prosecu
their object? Lie also asked, being himself a sh.
holder in the London and York, whether tY. taro
was any ground for the rumour which he had heard, of its
being improbable that the Company would obtain their MU ?
Mr. LINDSELL said, in the presence of the Chairman of t h e
London and York, he would say nothing of lt. As to a e
other question, he had to answer, that they had tried to effec t
a union with several of the direct lines to Manchester, but a s
yet without success.
Mr. RASTALL, chairman of the London and YoA and 'a
director in the Leicester and Bedford Company, said tt at tb
Hon. Proprietor knew as much about the probabiliLY. C'f
the London and York Bill ultimately passing as he al;
After eighteen days' examination before a Committe e °
the House of Commons, which produced a favourable a,cfeo't.
and after nineteen days examination on oath before th 7
House of Lords, which also produced a favourable impressi.ol`
there, it would be bold to say that the Bill would not re
granted.
Mr. J. J. M. litcnannsow made some remarks on lift"
Hudson's conduct in the House of Commons towards dog.:

Bill, and on the Lion.Gent;mancconductin- the manage"
ment of the railway companies with which he was connect4d'..
anti cautioned the directors to watch his movements, lest at
an unguarded moment be might throw out their Bill.
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, when the Vote;
were unanimous in favour of proceeding.
The CHAIRMAN then intimated that additional capital, 10
the amount of some hundreds, must still be represented, SP
make the meeting legal, and therefore he Adjourned it till or*
o'clock on Tuesday next.

THE BRITISH AND AMSRICAN•
SQUADRON IN THE PACIFIC. _
The following statement has been received at .Lloyd'?
from Lima, of the 13th of April, 1846 :
BRITISIL
Collingwood, line of battle, 80 guns, Capt. R. Smart, Kar.
with the flag of Rear Admiral Sir George Seymour, c
wander-in-Chief of this station.
America, frigate, 50 guns, Capt. Hon. George Gordon—fast
sailer, and well manned.
Fisgnard, frigate, 42 guns, Captain John A. DuntrAs--tom
crowded to work her guns well.
Juno, corvette, 26 guns, Captain Patrick Blake—just 21'
rived from England.
Talbot, corvette, 26 guns, Captain Sir Thomas Thompaoil"'
slow, but well equipped.
Htehraelcdo,ast, corvette,north.
26 guns, Captain Henry Kellett—survey.-
Pandora, brig, 6 guns, Lieutenant James Wood—stu'veYing.
the coast, nortb. ie—a firer-
rate
ing
Modesto,
crew
Frolic, brig, 16 guns, C?Enmander C. B. Hamilton—fast
sailer and well manned.
Commander George T. Gordon—
,
a n sloop,c e
rl 88. guns, Commander T. Bad]
Cormorant, sloop, 6 gunsom
steani sloop. 6 guns, Commander A. S. Hammond—
Salamander, sloop,
steam sloop. 3 guns, Lieut. 0. Woolridge—remarkably
Spy, briganun
Congressu2,nfvdrelegsrsasetlase2n,
UNlTEDcaSTtAaaiTrinn
fast sailer.
ds36osigsxugn6usBl:p. 63-pounders.
ptuoltion, frigate, 60 EDaSmu.Penntt—confisaisgtsofof%ll;
Com-
modore Stockton. This frigate's
pSoarvtasnmnoailht,hf,reigoarytee,t
corvette, 22
manned, and and sails fast.
g2u2nggus:nncssoimCcamapptoatdaioinnreJmoshloonnat:caievrrriayleis
esaslwoveep
32-pounders, and carroundes 42-pounders.
well, and well manned.
Warren, corvette, 22 guns, Captain Hull—sails well, and
well manned.
Levant, corvette, 20 guns, Captain Page—sails well, and
well manned.
Cyane, corvette, 24 guns, Captain Mervine—sails well, and
well manned.
Shark, schooner, 12 guns, Captain Howeson—salls well,
and well manned.
Erie, transport, 5 guns, Captain Twiner—bad sailer, but
well manned.

• -
REVOLTING CIRCUMSTANCE.— We find the f'ollowivg
revolting narrative in the Semaphore of Marseilles: —" During a
quarrel among the men employed on the railroad at Rebuty, one of
them, named Sifredi, stabbed two of the others with a knife, and
wounded both severely. They were carried home while one of their
companions ran to Gignac, the nearest place, for a medical man
named Monge; but he refused to stir unless he was paid 60f. in ad-
vance. The poor man who came to him had no more than 5f., wilLer!
Monge received as earnest and went to Rebuty. On coming to the
house where the sufferers lay, he again refused to enter without being
paid his 60f. in hand. M. Scrigna, for whom the men had been work-
ing, not having so much immediately at command, promised that it
should be paid. Monge persisted In his exaction, and, in spite of the
entreaties and promises of all around him, and even the cries and-
moans of the wounded men, gave rude and peremptory denials, 010
mately walking off with the sf. in his pocket. This conduct was re'
presented to M. Crouzet, the special commissary of police for the
railroad, who immediately sent to Monge a written demand for rest!',
tution of the sf. ; but the doctor not only refhsed to comply, but shut
his door in the face of the officer who presented the summons. to
the morning M. Martin, Mayor of Parmes, who is a medical Man,
arrived at Rebuty ; but, the state of the wounded was so much aggro".
vated by the delay that he founded them both in danger, and one
them so bad as to leave no hope of his outliving the day. Justice.
says the Semaphore," will no doubt be done, not Only On the rtepteetii
Out PA.; es the 'nuttily Drag 249 PP!!

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LEIC,ESTER AND BEDFORD
WAY.
A meeting. of the Scripliolders, duly summoned, ant. ler the
aYr
etesional orders, waif, j„,f,ld at the London Tavern, yest e a
at oda o'clock, to consider whether the Company would Pro-
ceed further with the Bill, 1114
WYNN ELLIS, Esq., M.P., took the chair, and said he
done so as Chairman of the Board of Management, feeling it
his duty to attend and render them eve.ev aid in his powee
hat having *en for some time unable to iit;end the meetings
of the board from bodily indisposition, the .nenessarY state-
ment would be made by Mr. Lindsell, the deputy-chairmans
who would also answer any questions whicii
might think proper to put.
that rerlr•
Mr. LINDSELL, after having expressed his regret lee,
Ellis had been prevented from participating more aca're'i
ea
the business of the day, said that, in addressing gent
'lem
who were well acquainted with railway matters, it was I lardil
proprietors
evened
necessary to tell them that the meeting had been co
in pursuance of the sessional orders of Parlifflnent, "wpnt
made it binding on every company applying to Fatal-ai• r
to hold a meeting prior to the third reading of th.e Bill,
°
the purpose of sanctioning further procedure in 001 case-
He called on
The SECRETARY, who read the advertisement calling' the
meeting.
Mr. LINDSELL then proceeded to say, that he saw the.
was a numerous meeting present, and ho took it for ge ant
that there was then in the room, or would be ses•A
sufficient to constitute the meeting legal—(Blear')
The directors, then, took this opportunity to brines'
fore the meeting everything connected vce!th the inttaests
of the Company, their original object aied the weany
which had been used to carry that object out, The district.
of country through which the line passed was Bedford. -r!
the south of Leicester, and Hitchin on ,the north;
it. opened up the goal fields of Derby and Leioest
whereby the inhabitants on the route
supplied with that necessary article; and they duce'
besides, find a ready market for their
But, beyond all these considerations, the great object'
Company was a communication between London and let",
chester. To effect this it was an object with the ConfPae%
to form a junction with the companies at both ends of It t;
line—with the London and York in the soeith, and with ""
Midland Counties in the north. The dh-ectors' therefore!
put themselves in communication with ta."'e London and
e
York at an early period, and he was glad to bay that that
had met with the most friendly ,aid and assisten,,e'•4l,„,,a
:k
while this friendly aid and assistance was rent:se"'
both companies had maintained their indepe.,eeacet;
(Hear, hear.) He said that the direct communicatiese vn,t
the metropolis had already been achieved in that great
of the Loudon and York, on which he hack the
greatest pleasure in congratulating those gentlemen.. N't,
withstanding the success they had achieved,' it peas sti
the intention of this Company to preserve their intogritye
and only make use of ehe London and York line in,
their approach to the metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) It bac'
been also the intention of the CoDwany to effect a conne.i,ioll
with the Midland Counties, and by their line to =spiels' a
direct communication with Manchester and the ether Larg,ll
towns of the north. At an early period after the forma tioa
of the Company the Chairman opened A correspondence with
that Company, and the result was an invita till)311
to meet with their board at- IX.7bY ; but ,
was sorry to say that, notwithstanding ther frietKof
disposition, they had not met with that attention and ft:
couragement from that Company which they :tad been 1::
i
to expect. When they arrived at Derby they Tore told
the part of the other company, that they must fo."(11a"mi. A.
ante with the South -Midland, and that after that .tua 7are.
land would be ready to treat with them on the subjeael,_ eQeeth
alliance. But, after a connexion was to have been forme,rl 7,e0
the South Midland in addition to that of the Midland, to se • r
by the way 15,000 shares were to have been offered, de4s.
were told that there they must form a union with the Lotted'
and Birmingham—a line which they had alwayshtr......
upon, as directly opposed to the Leicester and Dow°
(Hear, hear.) He asked whether gentlemen :97`.4-
thiuk it right to accept these terms?—(Hear, hear. ) w„'";ar.
Stephenson was the gentleman deputed from the Fl:thi;
hands to communicate with them ; to him, then,.,e" •
first thing that they had said was, that
object was not to stop short with a commanicit
between Leicester and liitchin ; it was their object to pronno
on to London, and with this :Lew they had put thensselY4i.e
correspondence with the London and York. What convel".;
ence would the Midlands offer? It was not their intention
to use the London and York line excel!. between Hitchin
London. Mr. Stephenson said, " Name not the London, t
111,1,,
York, for between the London and York and ti',„ •
London and Birmingham there was war--War to 'the"
knife." He said they asked Mr. Stephenson
~ "tts
the Midlands would agree to their employissg
the engineer on the London and York, but he answer wee
they could not consent to any engineer from a hostile
being employed in connexion with theirs. Such ive.q the
.rjd.
terview that had taken place between them and the .19..'":.,6
Company. They still hoped, however, to effect an aliv—to
with that Company, and with this view asked tant,his
consider the terms before they gave an answer ;oos
having been agreed upon, they drew up a
worded with every care to avoid offence, to the effect, 11.`:,„
that no terms could be accepted compromising the indee'te7.
dance of this company; or second, inconsistent with its pet
tion with the London and York ; and third, that they offortr:::
to the Midlands an interest equal to that offered to the Lobe
don and York.—(Hear, hear.) He thougb had that he au by
'
this time shown that the directors, after comple&g aentielcso,
with the London and York, but failing with thsf' duct pc.r-
their failure was in consequence of the course of coeeTotwiwie
sued by the Midland Counties.—(Hear, hear-)
standing these difficulties, he saw nothing top
.revent th 2.12.,
prosecuting their original object. But there was one
ae
portant feature which lie wished to explain. At the tm
that this line commenced, the sessional orders had not beseu
isnied requiring 10 per cent. deposit, and they lead °WI
required of the shareholders a deposit of 5 per certt:
but the directors, having the fullest confidence in this
line that it would be profitable to the shareholders, and p rev
a great advantage to the public, had taken it upon their cent
responsibility to pay 10 per cent. into the hands of the . Ac-
countant-Generas—( Hear, hear.) He was sure that t
would meet with their entire approval. The directors also
would take care, in respect of all the deposits made by the
shareholders and other sums yet to be paid, that thej should
receive five per cent. on all such money.—(Hear, hear.) 13e
had no other expectation than that the meeting 7ou:ld
unanimously apprave of proceeding with the Bill.
The solicitor then read the Bill.
The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution, approving of the '...511
and giving the directors power to proceed.
Mr. LINDSELL seconded it.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY, after stating that he approved of
the
Bill, and of proceeding with the line, made some remelts 111,.
the caution necessary at the presetzt day in railway Prqco
He said he wished that some of those Noble persons, 31;,
Fitzwilliam or some other Peer, would take steps t• li3ve d
an order prohibiting all companies wino had obto u
their Bills flora making their lines unless they deposi
were
ablted_se ;
.D
instalments as would be a guarantee that they
complete it, and giving power to the shareholders to retir a
on receiving back their deposits, minus the reasonaL'As ex...