The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-23 00:00:00

LYNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY

COMPANY.

A special general meeting of the shareholders and pro-
prietors of this railway took place yesterday, at the Com-
pany's-offices, Millbank-street, Westminster, for the pur-
pose of authorising the borrowing by mortgage or bond
the sum of 90,000 L, for the purpose of carrying on the
undertaking.
W. EVERARD, Esq., took the chair shortly after two
o'clock, and, after stating the object of the meeting, he
proposed the following resolution, which was unani-
mously agreed to:—" That the directors be and they are
hereby authorised and empowered to borrow upon
mortgage or bond, at such rate of interest, not exceeding
5L per cent. per annum, and for such periods as they shall
think fit, the whole or any part of the sum of 90,0001.;
which the company is by their Act of Incorporation
authorised and empowered to borrow."
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to the question of a pro-
prietor, stated that the first part of the line, from Lynn
to Narborough, had been advertised to be opened on
Tuesday next, which he had no doubt would take place.
(Hear, hear.) The second part of the line, from Lynn
to Swaffham, was going on as well as could In wished,
and he thought that there was very little doubt that the
whole line would be opened at Midsummer. The direc-
tors were ready now to put out the whole contract from
Swaffham to Dereham.

Thanks were then voted to the chairman and directors
for the course they had pursued on behalf of the com-
pany, and the meeting then broke up.
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, stated that the
last call that had been made of the directors had been
most liberally responded to by the proprietors.

The Italians keep their time from one to twenty..
four. The Pope has ordered the clocks to be so regu-
lated as to like only twelve hours.
A NEW ERA IN METROPOLITAN LOCOMOTION.--
Wednesday, a number of omnibuses commenced running
between the Bank and Paddington and intermediate
stations, for the conveyance of passengers at the low rate
of one penny per mile. Several were also started from
the Strand to Paddington, the charge being twopence the
entire distance.

MR. STRWART, M.P. FOR RENFREWSHIRE --We
are glad to be able to state, that the sudden and very
alarming illness of the Honourable Member for Ren-
frewshire, which for the last few days has occasioned
such deep anxiety to his friends and the public, has now
assumed a more favourable aspect, encouraging them
to hope for his speedy and complete restoration to
health. Mr. Stewart's public services are very gene-
rally known and appreciated, but in the county of Ren-
frew where his many excellent qualities in private life
have also contributed justly to endear him to a numer-
ous constituency, the accounts of his illness caused a
general gloom. which we trust will now be dispelled by
this recent report of his improvement.—Caledonian
Mercua y.
THE FLEET DITCH.—The removal of the houses
in Mutton-hill, Clerkenwell, which fell down from their
foundations, being undermined by the heavy rains in
August, has disclosed to view a large portion of the
Fleet-ditch still uncovered. The district through which
it runs, between Ray-street and Clerkenwell, is one of
the most thickly-populated and unhealthy of any even
in this part of the metropolis. This, the last open por-
tion of this extensive metropolitan sewer will shortly
be covered in by the Commissioners of Sewers.
SAVINGS' BANKS.—On Saturday a Parliamentary
paper, which was moved for by Mr. Hume at the close
of the session, was printed, giving an account, " stating
in dotal the purchases and sales of Bank Annuities and
Exchequer-bills effected by the National Debt Comm;s-
sioners, on account of the Trustees of Savings-banks,
under the authority of the Acts 9 George IV, c. 92, and
3 William IV, c. 14, showing in separate columns the
date, description, and extent of each of such purchases
and sales as was effected from the 20th May, 1844, to
the sth of July, 1846." Whence it appears that the
gross amount of Stock and Exchequer-bills bought on
account of the Savings-banks in England, in the period
embraced in the return, was 255,4001. in the Three ptr
Cent. Consols, 45,000!. Reduced Three per Cents., 9,000/.
Annuities, 1,726/. Three per Cents., 2,685,000!. Three-
and a-Half per Cent. Annuities. The sum paid for the
several descriptions of stock mentioned in little more
than two years was 3,141,379/. 17s. 6d. ; the stock sold
in the tiino realiz-d 118,917!. 10.4. The Exchequer-bills
paid off in the periol amounted to 386,300/.

FOREIGN POTATOES. - A vessel arrived fret
Lirna, South America, has brought, in addition to 1,412
packages of copper ore, and other productions, 2:i
barrels of potatoes, the produce of that di,tant quarter cf
the globe. This esteemed description of vegetable h3s
before been imported from the Bermudas, and other of
the West India Islands, to which particular reference
has, on former occasions, been made ; but wo are not
aware of a similar importation having taken place from
the continent of South America. Some other arrivals
of potatoes have taken place during the past week from
the Eltropean continental ports, there having been none
for a considerable period. The steam ship Giraffe, from
Rotterdam, brought 7 baskets .of Datch produce ; the
James Watt steamer, from Havre, 100 sacks, the pro-
duce of France ; and the Batavia steamer from Hotter;
dam, 20 baskets; and the Ocean, also from Rotterdam,
3 hampers of the same description of vegetable, the
growth of Holland.