The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-03 00:00:00

WEDNESDAT EVENING,

WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK-
LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of certain shareholders in this company
was held to-day, at twelve o'clock, at Fendall's Hotel,
to consider the petition to Parliament against the pend-
ing Bill of the Waterford Company, and for the appoint-
ment of a committee of investigation, and to receive the
; Mr. Nash in the chair.
report of the complaints which
the shareholders
he represented had to make
ra eg pa
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toctfhgteAhied R
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directors.
.reado a
Resolutions were proposed expressive of dissatisfac•
Lion with the conduct of the directors generally; that
as the first project of a line to Waterford had failed, it
was but just to the original shareholders that either
ther deposits should be returned, or the company
should be wound up ; that the expenses of the
company had been excessive, especially the votes
to the directors and the secretary; that an arrange-
ment which had been entered into with the
South Wales Company, by which the latter, on the sub-
scription of an eighth of a million, should have the
power to nominate one-halt of the directors of the
Waterford line, was injudicious and injurious to the
company, and that a petition be presented against the
Bill now pending in Parliamet for the attainment of that
object.
The resolutions having been unanimously passed, the
meeting was dissolved.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of the proprietors of this
company was held this afternoon at the station, Pad-
dington, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the drafts of certain Bills applied fur in the present
session of Parliament.

CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., Chairman, presided, and
stated that the meeting had been called, in order to
comply with the standing orders of the House of Lnrds.
In bringing forward the Bills which would be submitted
to tae meeting, the directors had strictly adhered to
their resolution, not to be induced, on any consideration
whatever, to embark in any new undertaking under the
existing state of affairs....

The 'following drat t Bills were then read to the meet-
ing„ and, after much discussion and opposition, ulti-
mately agreed to, and the directors requested to proceed
with them i❑ Parliament:—

" A Bill for enabling the South Wales Railway Com-
pany to hold shares in the undertaking of the Vale of
Neath Railway Company, and for other purposes."
" A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Waterford,
Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway, and for other
purposes."
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman and
directors, and the meeting separated.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
(THIS DAY.)
AFTERNOON SITTING.
The discussion upon the means of carrying on the
Chartist movement, and the policy of issuing an address,
to the people, wag resumed in the afternoon.
Mr. E. JONES moved that the Assembly should issue
an address to the country to convince the people that
they were determined to go an with their movement.
Mr. WEST. proposed an amendment, to the effect that
before they issued an address, the Assembly should
determine upon their future policy with regard to the
Charter.
Mr. CHURCHILL supported Mr. Jones's motion. The
newspapers, which were the organs of the middle
classes, spoke in triumphant terms that Chartism was
defunct, and as many people in the country might be
misled by such false statements, the address was to
show that Chartism was still alive and kicking, and did
not depend upon the will of Mr. O'Connor. The address
was also to counteract the injurious effect which Mr.
O'Connor's letters had produced upon the movement.
When poison was once instilled into the body the sooner
an antidote was administered the better.
Ultimately the amendment was withdrawn, and the
motion of Mr. Junes carried unanimously-. A com-
mittee was then appointed to draw up the address.
FUTURE CHARTIST POLICY.
Mr. CLARKE then proposed a motion to the effect that
they should resort to moral force agitation in forwarding
th
by the establishment of reading-
rooemCshis,athrtetmovement,employment
of lecturers, the issuing of tracts,
by fraternizing with all bodies of reformers, and with
the electoral bodies of the country.
A DELEGATE said physical:force was'all nonsense, and
the only way to accomplish their object was by energetic
moral agitation.
Mr. HENRY deprecated discussing the question of
moral and physical force,
Mr. CuuecHlLL proposed an amendment, that phy-
sical and moral force should not be discussed, and that
the matter should be left to the committee appointed to
draw up the address.
Mr. KIDD iriposed another amendment, that the
principles of the Charter should be disseminated by
means of lectures, tracts, public meetings, discussion
societies, the registration of the working classes, and by
other legitimate means in their power.
jOsEsehseeeidrs)t—hebut the time might come when
Y were all moral force men—
(Laughter lu rg. h
E t
er and
people
would only be satisfied with physical force.
Dr. M-DoueLL said the people were not now prepared
for any outbreak, for, if they had, the awful distress
which exited in the country would not have been allowed
CO exist.
Mr. JOHN SHAW, Tower Hamlets, said Mr. O'Connor
had done a great deal of injury to tee cause There
were a body of staunch reformers who were determined
to take advantage of the position of Mr. O'Connor, and
start a newspaper in opposition to the Northern Star.
They had now got Ms. O'Connor by the hip, and they
would hurl him to death, se that he should never be
able to show his face among the people again.
Mr. HURLY said the Northern Star was the only
paper
which had declared the Assembly illegal, and it
supported it in the first instance. He, therefore, wished,
for one, to be relieved from the support of such a man.
The Assembly then adjourned the consideration of
the subject until to-morrow,a
, and separated.

C THIS DAY.)
TheLlTordACNUCanEceßllorY.sari(n his Court to-day, at half-
past ten o'clock.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF
LUDLOW.-THR LUDLOW CHARITIES.

This case came before Lord Chancellor yesterday
upon four petitiims presented by different parties com-
plaining of the report of the Muster approving of a scheme
for the application of a sum of 1,5001. agreed to be paid
by the corporation, The first petition was on the port
of the Earl of Yowls and the other relators to the
original information, and it complained of the decision
of the Master in favour of the appointment of the gover-
nors of the school to be selected partly out of the trustees
of the charity, an innovation not warranted by the ne-
cessities of the case, and not sanctioned by any of the
provisions of the original charter. The second petition
was from the trustees, who also complained of the ap-
pointment of governors, and of the course adopted by
the Rev. Mr. Willis, the master of the school, in casting
aspersions on their personal character, which were not
countenanced on the inquiry, and for which he ought to
be compelled to pay the costs.
The third petition came on behalf of the corpora;
tion, and it also asked that the Rev. Mr. Willis might
be ordered to pay the costs on a very improper inquiry
set on foot with respect to the trustees, which had been
productive of considerable expense, and which had ut-
terly failed. The costs of the proceedings, from first to
last, were above 16,0001., and the corporation of Lud-
low were bound by the terms of their compromise to pay
the whole amount. They, therefore, were justified
in complaining
Willis, as a
to have 30011.
en-
enormous sacrifice. They also asked that some of any wanton addition to such an
altera-
tion might be made in the scheme so as to give to the
taossihsatavnet pornel)a.chletrv,zw,ho, in point of fact did all the duty,
some more adequate remuneration. The Rev. Mr.
posed
ou sg ehd t t 1 t
fl ooi e
four
reauc)h.eore,r,anwdithmatshteer,
porifyitlhegeoscolifootle,k‘ivnags
a competent usher, they
boarders. The assistant preacher, who, in this
as in all other cases, performed all the work, was
ra theyve exl
11,
iwshOilet.ihoi
enudss t,
but the petitioners thought he
sdu ett rhoetf
there
the
h would
accom-
plishprothought that gentleman
ought to have 2001. a year; and, in the same manner,
in order to raise the character of the school, by pro-
viding,ts!ill be a margin of 140/. a year for repairs and con-
et
oaaduedoefthlyaoeotih/d.aet
mtlinveouonor
‘VElejacies. The fourth petition was from the Rev. Mr.
Mastes' and
he asked for a reference back to the
.r to review the scheme us far as it related to
the persons denyinfrom whom the governors were to be taken,
on the denying
the same time that he had inflicted any cost
the arity that was not perfectly justifiable, under
of circumstances, and fully warranted under the order
reference,, A fifth petition was from the Attorney.
General,
and it pointed out the impropriety of nomi-

institutions of their native land, which, since
the reeelit events on the Continent, had acquired
a stronger claim upon their loyalty and attachment.
—(Loud cheers.) It was his pleasing duty to intro-
duce to his Lordship Mr. Horace B. Dobell, of Chel-
tenham, who had successfully competed for the Bentley
Prize, given by the Treasurer, for the best report of
surgical cases which had come under the attention of
the hospital during the past year. Not only had he
furnished excellent reports of a certain number of these
cases, but had illustrated them by diagrams.—(Cheers.)
He was young in years, but he was old in know-
(Repeated cheering,) In fact, he had dis-
charged the task in a way which would do credit to
those double his years.—(Applause.) He then intro-
duced Mr. Dobell to the Lord;.lLyor, from whose hands
he received the prize amidst loud cheers. He then
bowed to his Lordship and the company and retired.
The next prize (clinical surgery) was awarded to Mr.
James Hinton, London, and an honorary certificate to
Mr. Felix Pelligrin, of the Mauritius.
The LORD MAYOR said, in addressing Mr. Pelligrin,
that though they felt as Englishmen, they felt the utmost
satisfaction in recognising and rewarding merit from far
distant climes.—(Loud cheers.)
The Hospitaller (the Rev. Mr. Wax) then came for-
ward, and congratulated the Lord Mayor, on the part of
the hospital, in having taken the chair.
Sir R. H. Isieus presented the prize which was
awarded to:Mr. Griffith 11. Griffiths, of Cheltenham,
who, owing to illness, appeared by proxy. In doing so,
he said he occupied the place which, until he entered the
room, he believed would have been occupied by Sir
Robert Peel.
The Rev. Mr. Nix stated that the prize essay for next
year would be " The connexion between Religion and
Medical Science ; that of the present year was "On the
connexion between the study of Ancient and Modern
Literature and the studies of Medical Science."
The following prizes and honorary distinctions were
then presented.
These interesting proceedings did not terminate until
past four o'clock.