The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-13 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK-.(THIS DAY.)

Elizabeth. Nash, alias Challis, an old woman, was charged with
being found drunk, and in the possession of a 40/. note and ten sove-
reigns, supposed to be stolen.
A policeman of the 31 division stated that, on the preceding after-
noon, he found the prisoner lying drunk in the kennel, in St. George's-
circus. Iler pocket was outside her gown, and on searching it he
found a 40/. note and ten sovereigns, tied up in a pleee of dirty rag.
lie conveyed her to the station-house, and that morning, when she
became sober, on accounting for the possession of the money, she said
she found it on Monday, in Canonbury-square, Islington. When
examined before the Magistrate she gave the same account, and said
that she lived in Frying Pan-alley, Clerkenwell, and that being no
scholar, she was ignorant as to the amount of the bank note.
Mr. 'Mutt said that she ought, on finding the bank note, to have
taken it to the station-house, and delivered it up to the Inspector—
that she had acted a most dishonest part, and had now rendered her-
self liable to a charge of felony.
The old woman began to cry, and said that she thought what
people found in the streets they were entitled to, and that she only
acted as she thought other people would have done, under similar
circumstances. .

TRAILL adjudged her to enter into her own recognizance to
'appear on Thu:sd.,y, and that probably by that time the owner
would be found.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
'From the Votes and Proceedings of the Huuse of Commons.)

TH URSDAY,' FEB. 12.

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The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in the undernamed Hon. Members :

Mold Junetion—Sir S. Glynne and Sir J. Harmer.
York and North Midland (East Riding Branches—No. I ) —Mr.
Broadley, Sir J. Lowther, and Mr. Hudson.
York and North Midland (Leeds Extension)—Sir J. Lowther and

Mr. Iludson.
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction—Viscount
Duncannon, Mr. G. H. Cavendish, and Mr. M. Gibson.
North and South Junction—Mr. C. Wood and Mr. Protheroe.
Aylesbury and name Junction—Mr. B. Hamilton and Mr. Osborne.
Direct London and Poitsmouth—Mr. W. Denison and Sir W. Jolliffe.
South-Eastern (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ash-
ford, with Branches to Tunbridge and •Elverhead)=Sir E. Fihner,
Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Douglas.
South-Eastern (from the Waterloo•road, war Hungerford-bridge, to
the Greenwich Railway) Plumptre, Sir E. Filmer, and Mr.
Douglas.
South-Eastern (Greenwich Railway to Chilliam, near Canterbury,
with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham-creek)—Mr. Ilumptre,
Sir E. Filmer, and Mr. Douglas.
Stirling and Dunfermline—Fir J. Hope and Mr. F. Mackenzie.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle•upon-Tyne JunCtion—Mr.
Patten, Mr. Entwisle, and Mr. Greene.
London and Brighton (Dorking Branch)—Mr. Kemble and Mr.
Elphinstone.
Edinburgh and Northern (Newport Railway and St. Andrew's
Branch)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope.
Edinburgh and Northern (Lochgelly and Leslie Extensions)—Mr. E.
Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope.
General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway—Mr. Oswald and
Mr. Lockhart. _ _ _ _

Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric—Mr. Rutherfurd and Mr. Craig.
North British (Gretna Branch)—Mr. F. Scott and Mr. P. Howard.
Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Uranch)—Mr. Kemble and
captain PeelleU.
Edinburgh and Northern (Kinross, Woodmill, • and Nen burgh
Branches)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope.
Edinburgh and Northern (Pettycar and Perth Harbour Branches and
Deviations)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope.
Edinburgh and Northern (Strathearn Deviation)—Mr. E. Ellice and
Mr. G. W. Ilope.
Edinburgh and Northern (Branches from the Dandee doan Arbroa
Gth.
Railway and Thy Ferry I wprovement)—Mr. E. Ellice d Mr.
W. Hope.

The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and
ordered to be read a second time :
Lancaster and Carlisle (Extension to Caledonian Railway) and
Lancaster and Freston Junction Railways Amalgamation—" to
enable the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company to extend and
enlarge their Station, and extend their Railway at Carlisle, and to
amalgamate the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company
and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, and for other
purposes."
Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction—" for making Rail-
ways from Wished] to St. Ives, and to Fenny-Drayton, to be called
The Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Juaction Railway; "
York and North Midland (Widening and Enlargement)—" to
authorise the Widening and Enlargement of part of the line of the
York and North Midland Railway, or thelrcso:saturauclttioaintoanntdrianialcinhtees;
•
laic]eefeowiocefa
Newcastle
Railwaytih acariliNij thereto.".oheinagsjtuleli
eat Junction
(I)Tlia r
lington Junction
Company to make a Railway from or near Thirk, to Malton,';ltr
Branch to Helmsley."

Newcastle and -Darlington Junction (Durham and Sunderland
Railway: and Wearmouth Dock Purchase and Branches)—" for
alibiing the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company
•to purchase the Durham and Sunderland Railway and the Wear-
math Dock, and to make certain Branch Railways, in the county of
Durham, and for other purposes."
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Deviations, and Eastbourne, Rail-
sham, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches—, for making Railways
from the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway to Eastbourne, to
Hallsham, and to Seaford and Newhaven, and certain Deviations
from the Line of the said Railway, all in the county of Sussex."
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Deviations and Branches)—
" for altering, amending, and enlarging the powers of the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway 'Act, 1845, and for authorising
• certain Deviations from the Line and Levels of the said Railway, and
for making and maixtaining certain Branches and Extensions
therefrom."

North Union—" for *resting in the Grand Junction Railway Com-
pany and the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company the Nortlt
Unicn Railway, and all the works, property, and effects appertain-
ing thereto."
Grand Junction " lluyton and Aston," " linyton, Prescot, and
St. Helen's," " Warrington and Kenyon," " Warrington and Palk-
side," " Showhill and Portobello," and " Edgehill and linyton
Branches")—" for enabling the Grand Junction Railway Company to
make certain Branch Lines of Railway, to he called 'The lluyton and
Aston Branch," The lluyton, Prescot, and St. Helen's Branch„
The Warrington and Kenyon Branch," The Warrington and Park-
stde Branch," The Showhill and Portobello L'ranch,' and Tire Edge-
hill and lluyton Branch,' and for amending the former Acts relating
to the said Company."
Manchester, shomm, and Midland Junction." for making

Railway from Sheffield to Chesterfield, and Bakewell, with'a Braii,
in com.eNion therewith, to be called "fhe Manchester, Sheffield, ai
Midland Junction Railway.'"

itanding Orders Committee—Resolutions rQported:
in the case ci the London and Brie-Um Railway (Dorkfr
" Titat,g
Branch) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to he dispensed with:—
That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.
" That In the case of the I'ow of Inchaffray Drainage
Railway ; Scottish Southern Railway ; St. Alban'`, Hatfield, and
Hertford Junction Railway; Lesmabagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge
Mineral Junction Railway ; Edinburgh and Hamilton Dhect Rail-
way ; Hamilton and Strathaven Railway ; East of Fife Railway ;
Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction Railway ; Port Gordon
Harbour; Paisley, liarrlicad, and Mulct hallway; Gorbals Gravita-
tion Water-works; and, Wath-upon-Dearne Improvement—Petition
fir leave to present Petitions for Bills, ern Standing Order ought to Ve
dispensed with :—That the parties be pitted to present their P
tions accordingly."
"That, in the case of the Preston and Wyre RailwaY,
and Dock Cempany (new dack and railway) Petition for leave to
presenta Petition fora Dill, the Standing Order ought to De
'mad

with:—That the r•arties be pertnitiel to present their Petition ac-
cordingly."
" That, in the case of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway peti-
tion for extension of time to present a petitions for ii Bill, the Standing
Order ought not to be dispensed with." Vt;
" That, in the case of the Glasgow, Paisley, "Kilmarnock, and Ayr
Railway Amendments and Branches Petition, Hie Standing Orders
ought:to be dispei.sed with —That the rarties lie:permitted to pro-
ceed with their Bill on proving to the OommitteVLon the Bill, that
the documents required by the standing orders were deposited at the
office of the session clerk, in the absence of the scgoolmaster of the
parish of Leigh Kirk of Kilmarnock, on the 31st day of Decernber
last."
"That in the case of the .Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port
Glasgow Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ono flikhe
disliensed with :—That the parties be permitted to prob,ted 'Arc
arc ;tin cor-
rectingßill, on inserting a clause, reettieting their power of deviat gon e
property of Messrs. Brown and Alallock, so as to precinct tql,ni-
" That the Commit•ces on this and the last preceding sibii of
ec'ecToirosnoilift the uplantsoatillide sections;"
"That persons,
aniine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied
with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill."
"That, in the case of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-
upon-Tyne Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dis-
pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
their Bill.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
THURSDAY, FEB. 12.
Epsom and Dorking Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16.
East Lincolnshire Railway— Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16.
London and South-Western Railway (Epsom Branch)—Second
reading, Monday, Feb. 16.
Staines and Richmond Junction Railway—Second reading, Mon-
day, Feb. 16.
London and South-Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Brandt)
• —Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16.
London and South-Western Railway (London Bridge Extension)—
Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16.
London and South-Western Railway (Hampton Court Branch)—
Second reading. Monday. Feb, 16.
North Kent Railway (City Extension)—Second reading, Monday,
Feb. 16,
North Kent Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16.
Manchester and Birmingham Railway—Second reading, Monday,
Feb. 16. •
Grand Junction Railway (Huyton and Warrington Brancli)—Sc-
eond reading, Monday, Feb. 16.

LONDON AND GREENWICH
RAILWAY.—(T HIS DAY.)
The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held by the
shareholders at the London Tavern.
W. SHADBDI,T, Esq., took the chair at one o'clock, and
introduced the business by calling on the Secretary to read
the advertisement of the meeting, and afterwards the half-
year's report of the directors.
The report stated that the proposal made at the
last half-yearly meeting to pay off the mortgage
securities, unless the holders agreed to accept 4, in-
stead of 5 per cent. interest, had been abandoned on
account of the state of the money market ; that the
sale to the Soutli-Eastern (Dover) Railway Com-
pany of the land not includ?d in the lease had been com-
pleted, and the purchase-money (18,0001.) received, which
enabled the directors to liquidate the loan from the bankers
of 15,000/. ; and that a dividend of 31. per share should be
declared on the unprivileged shares, payable at the Com-
pany's offices after tLe Ist of March next, by which a balance
should be left in favour of the Company of 2,1021. 9s.
It was moved by the Chairman, and seconded by Mr.
Josiah Wilson, that the report read should be received and
adopted.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The retiring directors, Alderman Hughes, and W.
Kennedy, Esq., were individually proposed for re-election,
and elected accordingly.
A SIIA3EHOLDER asked whether the business of the Com-
pany wes such as to require five directors?
The CHAIRMAN said they had reduced the expenditure in
every respect to the lowest possible amount, but he was sure
if gentlemen knew the business that had to be transacted,
they would not doubt the necessity of at least five directors.
Alderman nucams said the Act required that number; if
it had been possible to reduce it further, he, for one, would
not hare been the last to withdraw.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to another question, said they
had retained a balance in hand on account of their Parlia-
mentary expenses; but for these, they would have divided
every shilling. The last half-year's dividend was 4s. 6d.;
the amount of their rental on 36,000/. was ss. 9d.; and
adding std. for an additional thousand every year till the
tenth year, the shareholders would see what they had to
expect.
Mr. PARRY moved a vote of thanks to the directors, who
he was sure had used every effort to reduce the expenditure.
The meeting then unanimously passed a vote of thanks to
the secretary and accountant, Mr.-Adron, and immediately
after broke up.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, FEB. 12.

STOCK ExcnANGE.—The sales a;:e—Bristol and Exeter, 89—
Ditto, New, 13—Birmingham and Gloucester, 1293,4—Caledonian,
I44—Great Western, Half Shares, 92—Midland New, 294—Taff
Vale, New, 1%.