The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-08 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

GROUP No. I.—NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.-.
Evidence taken in favour of the promoters.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON..
TYNE.—Case closed, but decision deferred till to-mol-
row.
GROUP No. 3.--MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MAT-
LACK, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTlON.—Opposition of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company fur-
ther considered.
GROUP No. S.—NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL.—The
Committee passed this company's Bill for purchasing
the Monmouthshire canals, and partly agreed to the
clauses.

GROUP No. 7.—ROYSTON AND HITCDIN EXTEN
nox.—Opposition of t'oe Eastern Counties further con,

sidered.

GROUP No. B.—SOUTH-WESTERN (T 1w VA re
PURCHASE).—Opposition of the Bristol and Exeter Corn -
pauy further considered.

GROUP No. 10. CALEDONIAN, LANCASTER AND
CARLISLE, AND LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN.-
s,urther evidence in favour of promoters.
GROUP No. 11.—MONKLAND AND KIaKINTILLOCH,
3ALLOCHNEY, AND SLAMANNAN. Preamble proved,
causes agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported.
EDINBURCH AND BATHGATE. Preamble proved,
clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported.
GROUP No. 12.—CALEDONIAN BRANCH ACROSS THE
CLYDE AND GLASGOW STATlON.—Clauses further con-
sidered.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)
DUBLIN.

The scrutiny into thelvalidity of Mr. Reynolds' votes
was resumed. Three votes were attacked by the peti-
tioners to-day, but they were only successful in one
caste. In the other two the Committee decided that the
votes were good.
In the course of the inquiry Mr. Sergeant MURPHY
applied for the committal of Mr. Crump, a late col-
lector of Dublin, on the ground that he had prevari-
cated in his evidence.

The Committee, after considering the point at some
length, deferred their decision till to-morrow.

WAVENEY VALLEY RAILWAY.

(THIS DAY.)
An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the
above company was held this day, at the London Tavern,
for the purpose of hearing the result of the negotiations
with the Norfolk Company; Mr. Emanuel Cooper in the
chair.

The CHAIRMAN said he regretted to intimate that the
directors had not been able to get any satisfactory offr
from the Norfolk Company, and then called upon Mr.
Wilkinson, the solicitor, to state the position in which
they stood.
Mr. WILKINSON said an agreement was made by the
original Waveney Valley proprietors, on the 21st. Octo-
ber, 1846, making over their line to the Norfolk Com-
pany, and providing that the proprietors should sub-
scribe to the application to be made to Parliament by
the Norfolk Company, the Norfolk Company agreeing
to give them scrip representing 405., as paid up on
shares on which only 30s. bad been paid up, and also
agreeing to give, on the Act being obtained, a guaranteed
interest of 31. per cent. in perpetuity. A clause
was inserted in the Bill for the purpose of secur-
ing that five per cent.; but as the Bill progressed through
Parliament. the Norfolk Company finding it difficult to
pass it with that clause, in consequence of the re-
solutions passed by the Lords and Commons, found
it necessary to withdraw the clause, and the
Bill was passed without it. It had also been
agreed that the Norfolk Company should give
the Waveney Valley proprietors a bonus of ss. per share
as soon us the Act was passed, but up to the present time
they bad re)t received it. In consequence of those cir-
cumstances the directors were not in a position to
carry out, the agrE *went, and they tow claimed to
have paid to the proprietors 2/. per share, and also
th bonus of ss. by the Northern Company. Since
the las: meting, negotiations had taken place with the
view of coaling to some settlement, but instead of the
Norfolk Company offering to pay 2/. per share, or even
the 30s. which they had paid up, they only offered to
give ss. per share, and said they would not object
to pay 10s. in addition to the ss. The directors how-
ever, considered that perfectly inadequate to what the
shareholders were entitled to receive. In consequence
of the unsatisfactory result of this negotiation two of
the largest proprietors bad commenced actions against
the Norfolk; Company for the 2/. per share, which were
now pending, and would be tried at the next Surrey
assizes, which took place early in July. If those actions
succeeded, to they were advised they would by an emi-
nent barrister, who had gone through, the whole case,
the proprietors would be all in a position to demand the
payment of the 21., or at least the 30s. paid up.
Mr. La icu wished to know whether the proprietors
would be placed in a different position than they were
before in consequence of the Norfolk Company haying
amalgamated with the Eastern Counties Company.
The CHAIRMAN said the only difference would be that
they would have to deal with two parties who no doubt
would use their combined strength to defeat them if
possible.
A SHAREHOLDER thought it would be best to pass a
resolution strongly condemnatory of the conduct of the
Norfolk Company, for he believed no man in his indivi-
dual capacity would have dared to act in so unprincipled
a manner. They said the shares were only worth what
they proposed to give to the holders, but the fact was
they had been depreciated in the market in consequence
of the'Nortolk Company not fulfilling their agreement.
Mr. BACK said the non-compliance with the agreement
amounted to nothing less than an act of bankruptcy.
After a short discussion, it was resolved to adjourn
the meeting until the result of the actions was known,
and the directors were authorised to oppose the further
progress of the Bill introduced by the Norfolk Company
into Parliament for an extension of the time allowed for
the completion of the line.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and
the meeting separated.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships assembled at the usual hour.
EDUCATION.

A NOBLE LORD presented a petition against the na-
tional system of education in Ireland.
NAVIGATION-LAWS.

The Earl of hARDWICKE presented petitions from
South Shields and Leeds, against Any alteration of these
lAw.9.
ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS (IRELAND).

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Earl FORTESCCE laid a all on the table for alLer-
ing the ecclesiastical districts in Ireland. He said the
Bill wa.i introduced for the purpose of obviating the in-
convenience to which many districts were put in conse-
laence of, the parish church being many miles distant.
The Bill was read a first time. ' _ .

Lord DENINN' presented a petition from the
Mauritius respecting the late measures of the Govern-
ment with regard to sugar.

SALE OF BEER BILL.

The Earl of 71IAIi:RoWEY---;oved—the second read-
ing of the Sale of Beer Bill.
Lord MONTEAGLE supported the Bill. He thought
it would be most unjust to prohibit altogether the sale
of beer or spirits on a Sunday, but he thought that
it advisable to extend the law prohibiting the sale of
beer and spirits on Sunday before one o'clock in the
day, in London and Liverpool, to the kingdom generally.
He would suggest that the Bill should repeal the penalties
imposed on persons selling liquors during the time of
Divine service, and fixing one o'clock as the hour
throughout the Kingdom, before which it should not be
lawful to sell beer and spirits.
Lord BROUGHAM supported the Bill. He consi.
dered the Sabbath was now much better observed than
it had been thirty years ago ; but he besought their
Lordships not to over do legislation with regard to the
observance of the Sabbath.
Lord CAMPBELL supported the Bill.
Lord KINNAIRD hoped that the provisions of the
Bill would be extended to Scotland.
After a few words from Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the
Bill was read a scond time.
SOCIALISM.—ENGLISH CAPITAL INVESTED
IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Lord BROUGHAM, on presenting a petition fromo
Robert 010, on whom he passed a high enlogium, n
the subject of socialism, asked if the Noble Marquis
opposite could inform him of the amount of English
capital invested in foreign securities?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he could give
no information on the subject. The Government had
no right to interfere with private investments of capital,
nor had they any means of knowing the manner is
which private capital was invested.
LUNACY LAWS.

Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the
members of the alleged Lunatics Friends Society,
complaining that under the existing law any per-
son might be incarcerated as a lunatic on the
certificate of two apothecaries merely, and that the inspec-
tion of the magistrates and the Commissioners of Lunacy
were not sufEcient—that the duties of chaplains in lunatic
asylums were very inefficiently performed, and praying
fora Committee to inquire into the law of lunacy. Also
a similar -petition from a public meeting, held in London.
GREAT YARMOUTH DISFRANCHISEMENT

BILE.
The E A.l of DEVON rose to move the order of the
day or t House going into Committee on the Great
Yarmouth Disfranchisement Bill, and was
(LEFT SPEARING:)

HOUSE OF CO3I3TONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW-
CASTLE-ÜBON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. MACKINNON moved, pursuant to notice, that
_it be an instruction to the Committee on the Liverpool,
PP-r:fManchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Rail-
1-/;,;\ ...way (Abandonment of the: Railway and: Dissolution of
the Company) Bill, to entertain the petition of Richard
Mosse, which was: presented on :Tuesday last, against
the Bill, although the same was not presented within the
time allowed by the standing order.
After some discussion, in which Mr. Greene, Mr. Br-
o.
therton, Mr. Wilson Patten, and other Members, took
part, the motion was withdrawn.

LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' Amendments to the Liverpool Docka
(Erection of Warehouses and Construction of New
Works) Bill were considered and agreed to.