The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

YOU*. AND CAIIiISLE.

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it will be remembered, was agreed to, be taken next to the
Liverpool and Manchester, the Bill having been read on the 25th of
February, Leinir, earlier than any of the other Bills except the Liver.
pool and Manchester.
The Bill was opposed by the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, a com-
peting line. There was no opposition on the part of the landowners.
Mr. Murphy and Mr. woolridge appeared for the promoters of the
Bill; Mr. Talbot, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, and 3Mr.• Pullen for the
Glasgow Union.
Sir. Pease, a large coal-owner in the district to which the York
and Carlisle will give: accomModation, gave evidence at great
length on the advantages to the collieries that would ensue from the
making of this line.
The examination, cross-examination, and re-examination of this
witness occupied the Committee the whole day, and at four o'mock
they adjourned till to-morrow.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF .LORDS.

Their Lordships met this day at the usual hour; present, the Earl
of Suaftestatry (in the chair), the Duke of Richmond, Lords Devon
and Redes(lale. The business upon the paper was exceedingly heavy,
but before; their Lordships reached the Railway Bilis, the Earl of
Shaftesbury had to adjourn the Committee, in order to attend the
Appeal Committee.

LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX
RAILWAY COYLPANY.-THE LONDON AND
BLACKWALL RAILWAY.-WINDING UP.

A very numerous meeting was held yesterday at the Lon-
don Tavern, of the scripholders in, this Company, to con-
sider the draft of a Bill to be laid before. Parliament, in pur-
suance of the resolutions of the Houses of Lords: end Com-
mons. I. N. Daniels, Esq., in the chair.
The solicitor read the marginal notes of the Bill, from
which it appeared that the objects proposed to be accom-
plished by the Company was to form a railway from Step-
ney, in 'connexion with the,London and Blackwell Railway,
to. Burnham, on the river Crouch, in,EsSix, with branches to
Tilbury and Southend. The capital was fixed at 900,0001.,
to be raised-by- 18,000 shares of 50/. each. The greatest
amount! to be called for was . fixed in the Bill at
101., and that there should be three months, between each
call. It alio provided that' all the operetions.neeessary for
effecting the junction with the Blackwell Railway at Stepney
should be carried on
.under this superintendence of the
engineer of that Company, and also contained a clause
authorising the sale of the .proposed line to the
,Blackwell
Company, if it should be considered advisable.
The 01.kauta.,-.4 hey ie6 proposed- a resolution to the_effect_
that the meeting approved 'of the Bill, submitted to their con-
sideration, and that, the directors be requested totake such
measutes as they deemed most advisable to promote the for-
mation Qf the 4tne, -
A SCRIPHOLDELt, 'Thanked what security the directors
would afford that the residue of the "calf of 5 per Cent: for
defraying the incidental Parliamentary expenses would be
paid, in case the Bill were to be thrown out 1-.
The!CHAnbiAle' replied the directomentertained no doubt
but that they would be enabled to defray those expenses
without pressing upon the scripholders..
Mr. Surrom _thee proposed, and, Arr. T. seconded
au amendment to. the effect, that the meeting delsireethat the
chairman should state specifically from what source the di-
reeters propose to raise the money.
A long and rather stormy discussion ensued between the
supporters of the original motion' and the amendment; when
Dr. BOWRING rose to order. He thought if such doubts
as seemed to pervade the minds of some of the gentlemen
who had spoken prevailed generally among the scripholders,
the best course to follow would be to at once abandon the
undertaking., The directors were most anxious to promote
the interest of all connected with the Company, but he con-
sidered that their efficiency would be considerably impaired
if such doubts as those were to be allowed to pass without
comment.
Some gentleman here said, they meant to cast no imputa-
tions personally upon the directors.
A SHAREHOLDER wished to inquire how many applications
for shares had been made to the directors, and how many
had been allqtted?
The CHAIR-MAM said, the number of shares to be allotted
vas 18,000, the applications were 64,756, and the number
allotted was 14,587, and of those latter some had never been
taken up.
The SHAREHOLDER inquired why nearly 4,000 shares had
been thus kept back ?
CHAIIWAN said one of the reasons, and the principal,
was, t, hat out of this 64,756 applications the references of a
large nomber were found to be fictitious, and the Committee
thought it better for the respectability and interests of the
Company to refuse those as well as many others.
The Seta ar.noLDEri said he considered the keeping 4,000
shares for the Provisional. Committee and the Directors was
rather too much. If more had been allotted generally, the
expense upon. the holder of each share would be only 155.,
instead of 205.. 6d.
In reply to iirr. Wilson, the CHAIRMAN said the manner in
which the directors proposed to raise-the money for the par-
liamentary expevses, would be upon their own responsi-
bility.— (Cheers. )
After a lengthened discussion, in- which Mr. Wilson pro-
posed a resolution, uroing in forcible terms the winding up of
the undertaking, whic,'l he eventually withdrew, a poll was
taken, and the chairman and scrutineers retired, and after
an hour's absence returned, when they declared the numbers
to be—

In favour of continuing the scheme
Against it

At the first blush this would indicate a continuance of the
scheme, but the sessional orders require three fifths c•f the
scripholders to be in favour of" going a head." The majority
who voted at this meeting was less this proportion, however
by 180, so that cons quently the scheme is to be" wound up.'

PRODUCTION O F COAL IN THE
DIFFERENT STATES OF EUROPE.

After iron, there is certainly no produce of the mineral
kingdom which exercises a greater influence bn our com-
mercial relations than coal.
The following is a statistical sketch of the produce of
that article in the different countries of Europe:—
England possesses the richest veins of coal, both as
regards quality and quantity; they form a line from
south-west to north-east. In Northumberland and
Durham, from the Tweed to the Tees, coal abounds; at
Whitehaven, in the hills of Cumberland, in Yorkshire,
and in Lancaihire. The most abundant mines are in

Wales.
The consumption of coal in England and in exporta-
tion is so great, that it has often been asked if the mines
would not be exhausted ; but, according to calculations
made in proportion to the present consumption, they
could not be exhasted under 1,500 years—the yearly
consumption in Great Britain is 20 to 21 millions of

tons.
The exportation increased in the following •propor
tions :—ln 1830, 505,421 tons ; in 1832, 588,450 tons
in 1834, 621,256 tons ; in 1836, 1,101,000 tons ; in
1838, 1,413,800 tons ; in 1840, 1,621,300 tons ; in 1842.
2,120,000 tons ; and in 1844, 2,410,000 tons.
The number of miners exceeds half a million.
English coal is to be had in every part of the civilised
world; there are deposits at Rio Janeiro, at Odessa, at
Archangel, and at Constantinople.
France does not produce enough coal for her own
consumption, and is obliged to- import. She possesses
250 mines, of which 182 are worked, and which ren•
dered in 1844 72,000,000 cwt. of coal, to the value of
21,000,000 f. (840,0001.) The produce is decreasing, as
in 1815 they only rendered 17,000,000 cwt. ; 40,000
men are employed in the mines, and traffic belonging to
them. In 1842, the importation of coal, into France,
amounted to 16,711,328 cwt.
France imports her coal from Belgium, England, and
the Prussian provinces on the Rhine.
Spain draws hut slight profit, from her abundant
mines; the principal mine is in the Sierra Morena ; the
produce is not known. They import but little. In
some of the principal Spanish ports, there are depots of
English coal for the steamers.
In Portugal there are depots at Figuierla, at Coimbra,
and near Oporto.
The principal mines of Italy, which produce annually
from 140,000 to 150,000 cwt., are in the Savoy, and near
Genoa. The others, scattered over the Peninsular, are
' of very little value, and there are depots of coal in the
principal ports.
Belgium possesses immense mineral riches; in this
ionrenti to
country production increases„:. In 1831 the produce
8140,25302 ,40200
has
tons,
n.
oa
value
llluAme4i4noeftsh the
beToxuipiteorrsetiaxiii
millionsansingleamounted
mf I
amounted to 42,800,000 cwt., and in 1544 it realised
n
(600,0001.)
and the
Rolland'o
Switzerland, though rich in
the county of Limberg. They. '
metals, has veryTiie littlel coal,
England, Belgium,
in
nu
43 mine
oa and dani my pvoarltlsie ai
nqtuhaisn tciutyunftrroymi
sEantgulOonet
provinces.
efell;
produced 514,969 cwt. 8 -it
Norway has no coal mines: In Russia the production
of coal does not ()weed 800,000 prods. It seems that
between the Don and the Dnieper, and in Siberia, there
are rich coal mines, and the Government are now taking
measures to tura them to account.
alunark has one insignificant mine at Bornholm, and
imports nearly all her coal from England.
her of her mines. The annul
produce rich in coal mines, but the produce is not iu
pr,nortion Kith the.
Austria at least I'7.ooo,ooo'c' a
produce or: coal in
up,
d 9,000,000. Of this amount
in, 18.43 not "exceed
Styria, 1,000, 00, Carinthia and
Boberni,k produces zo.att one-hall;
031.0!.avia,2,000,00u0n0t;
Austria, 1,500,000;
the distriCtS
he oast Ir:rids (Kiisten-land),
Irung44,- - 090,,P° 000• the'
• rd every Small quantity.
of.ogrago, a little more than 500,000;
60,000; Galicia, ;3,00u; iorn a y,
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the mineral
ia their are veins of
monarchy. In Bohemia
h rth districts of Klattan,
along the river Beraun, in the neighbourhood
no
of Prague.
Coal mines exist in nearly every prevince or 3t
Pisen, and Rakovitz, to the