The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-31 00:00:00

MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY,

Gentlemen.—We, the undersigned, being respectively Share-
holders in the above undertaking, hereby give you notice and require
you to convene a meeting pursuant to the provisions of the Act of
Parliament made and passed in the present semien, cap. 28, intltuled
' An Act to facilitate the dissolution of certain Railway Companies,'
of the shareholders, for the purpose of determining whether the
partnership or company formed, or intended to be formed, shall be
dissolved."

The advertisement convening the meeting was then read.
The Chairman stated that the Directors had been advised by
counsel that this Company did not fall within the operation of the Act
of 9 and 10 Vic. cap. 28, and read the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly,
Mr. Hoggins, and Mr. Mellor, to that effect, but that it was thought
proper to call the meeting that they might be officially apprised of
the fact.

It was moved by Mr. THOMAS Pococz, and seconded by Mr.
RICHARDSON, that scrutineers be appointed :
Whereupon the CHAIRMAN stated that he must protest against the
legality of taking any proceeding under the Act, but that, being
elected to the chair, he would, under protest, put the resolution to
the meeting.

But it was moved as an amendment by Mr. Ileatowicx, and
seconded by Mr. WAKEFIELD, and resolved, that this question be not
now put.

It was moved by Mr. Tnomss Pococa, and seconded by Mr.
PENSON, that Mr. William Corbauld Jacob be• elected one of the
scrutineers.

But the CHAIRMAN stated that In consequence of the previous re-
solution having been passed, he must decline to put the proposed
resolution.

Mr. POCOCK delivered in a protest against this refusal.

It was moved by Mr. lli.anwick, seconded by Mr. STAFFORD, and
resolved, that the meeting do now adjourn.
JOHN DILLON, Chairman.
It was moved by Mr. Tumult Pocock, and seconded by Mr.
Rain% and being put by Mr. Pocock to the meeting, it was re-
solved unanimously, that the thanks of this meeting be presented to
the Chairman for his conduct in the chair.

Signed by the said John Dillon in the presence of
W. 11. ASIRIRST, Solicitor,
Cheapside, London.

At the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the
City of London, July 28, 1846.
AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS of the LONDON AND MANCHESTER DI-
RECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY COMPANY, duly convened
by advertisements in the " London Gazette," and in three London
daily newspapers, that is to say, the " Morning Herald," the
" Limes," and " The Sun," and respectively published on Tuesday,
the 14th day of July, instant, held here pursuant to the provisions of
an Act of Parliament made and passed in the 9th and 10th years of
the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "Au Act to facilitate the
dissolution of certain Railway Companies," for the purpose of deter-
mining and deciding whether the said partnership or company shall
be dissolved, or otherwise, and whether such resolution shall or shall
not be taken to be an act of bankruptcy—
It was unanimously resolved, by the Shareholders present within
one hour of the time fixed for the meeting.
That Mr. Michael Thomas Bass, as one of the Shareholders of the
said Company, be appointed Chairman of this meeting as such
Shareholder.

It was also unanimously resolved—
That Messrs. Daniel Whittle Harvey, Thomas Pocock, and Archi-
bald Boyd, three of the Shareholders of this Company, be, and they
are hereby appointed Scrutineers of this meeting, to verity and take
votes of the several Shareholders present and entitled to vote.
It was unanimously resolved—
That the Company be dissolved.
It was resolved—.
That the resolution to dissolve this Company shall not be an act of
bankruptcy.
The Scrutineers reported as follows :
That the number of votes recorded is seven thousand three hun-
dred and twenty-one, voted for this Company being dissolved ;
That six thousand eight hundred and sixty-ono voted that the
resolution to dissolve this Company shall not be an act of bank-
ruptcy; and

That four hundred and sixty voted that such resolution to dissolve
this Company shall be an act of bankruptcy.
That in consequence of the quorum of Shareholders prescribed by
the Act of Parliament not being present voting at the meeting con-
vened for this day, such meeting was adjourned by the Chairman to
TUESDAY NEXT, the fourth day of August, at eleven o'clock for twelve
precisely, in the forenoon, to be held at the place above-mentioned.
M. T. BASS, Chairman.

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everything was being conducted with the greatest
order. The POPE bad been drswn on the preceding
Sunday from the Church of the Missions to the
Quirinal by several young men of the first families in
Rome. These young men had taken out the horses
and attached themselves to the carriage of his HOLINESS.
All the amnestied prisoners had been released from the
Castle of St. Angelo ; among them was Signor RENZI,
the chief of the late insurrection at Rimini.

Madrid papers of the 24th, have arrived.
An officer attached to the department of the Minister
of War, was dispatched on the 22d to Lisbon, as the
bearer of the ultimatum of the Spanish Government on
the subject of the extradition of the Spanish refugee
officers. GONZALES Baal o had demanded their extra-
dition, alleging that they were conspiring against
Spain. This demand the Cabinet of Lisbon had
refused, and it certainly is en pee fort on the part
of GortzaLEs BRAVO, who has been openly interfering
in the affairs of Portugal, by enabling the brothers CA-
BRAL to escape from ju3tice, and on the part of the
Spanish Government, which has afforded countenance
and protection to these very CABRALS, aiding, assisting,
and abetting them in their plots against the established
Government of Portugal, to demand the extradition of
the Spanish refugees. Spain, however, seems inclined
to back up her demand by force. The Captain-Gene-
ral of Andalusia has left Seville, and is to establish
his head-quarters at Cerro, where he is to
be joined by a battallion from the garrison of Cadiz.
General VILLA LONGA. has been ordered to cover the
line from Guarda to Verin, and an army of 30,000 men
is to be stationed along the Portuguese frontier.
The Clamor Publico states that the Portuguese Go-
vernment has, in conformity with the demands of Spain,
ordered General IRIARTE to leave the Portuguese ter-

ritory.
Don FRANCISCO D'Assis has written to the QUEEN•
MOTHER, excusing himself from attending the approach.
ing fetes.

MADRID BOLSA, JULY 24.—The Three per Cents,
were done at 34 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 21i
and the Debt without Interest, at 6 11-16.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.

A detailed account will be found elsewhere of the
diabolical, but fortunately abortive attempt male on the
evening of that day to assassinate his Majesty Kiug
Louis PHILIPPE.

We find in the Moniteur a report of the Minister of
Marine, recommending 126 slaves, the property of the
French Government in the West India colonies, for
emancipation. The total number of slaves belonging to
the State is 496.

The French squadron on the western coast of Africa
have captured, in addition to the Sardinian slaver sent
to Brest for adjudication, two Brazilian slavers, the
schooner Adelaide, on the coast of Congo, and the
schooner Sans Pareille, in the Gulf of Benin. The prizes
hare been
,sent to France.

M. GUIZOT left Paris on Wednesday morning.
M. T BIERS and his family are at Havre.

Wednesday was observed as a holiday at the Bourse
and the public offices, being the anniversary of one of
the glorious days of July.

The following are the quotations for the new lines :
LxoNs, Jinx 27.—Paris and Rouen, 9801. ; Avignon and
Marseilles, 878 f. 75c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,276 f. 25 c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 30.

Boulozne and Amiens, 12%—Dlreet Bombay and Madras, %
Dutch Rhenish, 6 4.—East Indian, N—Luxembourg, IN—Northern
of France Constituted, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7% —Over Mel,
2% dis.—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5 —Paris and Rouen, 38%
—Sambre and Meuse, 3% —West Flanders, 334.

Summonses have been issuEd from the Foreign-office
to the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council to morrow
(Saturday) afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-
street.

A Privy Council will also he held by her Majesty to-
morrow, and the Cabinet Ministers will assemble at the
Foreign-office immediately after the breaking up of the
Privy Council.

ANOTHER ATTEMPT
. TO

ASSASSINATE
LOUIS PHILIPPE

(From the Her.:ld.)
" PARIS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
"I am sorry again to be compelled to communi-
cate to you the information that another of those
diabolical attempts which have but too frequently
disgraced the history of France, has just been made
upon the life of our good King Louis PHILIPPE. A
large crowd was this evening assembled in the Tuile-
ries enjoying the concert of military music which was
being performed in the gardens, in commemoration of
the sixteenth anniversary of the glorious 29th day of
July, at which time his MAJESTY was tranquilly
walking in the balcony, showing himself to the
assembled multitude. This was the moment eagerly
seized upon by the diabolical regicide, to attempt
the murder of our beloved monarch. The villain,
mixing in the crowd, suddenly drew from his
breast a long pistol, and immediately fired at the
King, but providentially without effect. The man
had no time to effect his escape, for no
sooner was the report heard than he was
immediately seized by the by-standers, and
conveyed away in safe custody. From the
lateness of the hour at which the occurrence
took place, I have no time left to ascertain the
name or whereabouts of the regicide, or any other
than the brief particulars which I have above com-
municated. Of course the most intense interest
was excited among all the inhabitants of Paris,
in order to ascertain whether his Majesty's
life had been preserved, or whether he had sus-
tained any personal injury; and when they had
been assured that the KING was unharmed, the most
lively satisfaction was expressed that Providence had
once more interposed on behalf of our beloved Mo-
narch, and that the KING still lives to promote the
true interests, and secure the welfare and happiness,
of his country."
(From the Chronicle.)
PARIS, JOLT 29, ELEVEN O'CLOCK, P.M.—The
King of the French has been again fired at. This
evening, at nine o'clock, a little after his Majesty,
accompanied by the Queen. Madame Adelaide, and
the other members of the royal family, appeared on
the balcony of the Tour del Horologe, at the Palace
of the Tuileries, to receive the salutations of the
people assembled in the •gardens
.of the Tuileries on
h
ofjulyiC a man stepped
frombehind
casin o
theof platform
tfoftes
upon which the musiciansrem
were placed, and fired a pistol at the King. His
Majesty pointed out the direction where the man
stood, and the assassin was im:nediately arrested
by a surveillant of the garden and a police agent.
He was immediately taken into the palace, where he
was kept in custody. The King then signified his
wish that the concert, fireworks, and other amuse-
ments should go on as if nothing had happened.
After the fireworks, a short examination of the pri-
soner took place. He declared himself to have been
urged on by a reverse of circumstances, and he
denied having any accomplices. The prisoner is
about forty years of age. He is stout and rather
corpulent. He was very well dressed, but it has not
yet transpired in what rank of life he is. The pistol
was a small one, and could not carry one-half the
distance to the balcony where the King was standing.
The King left the Tuileries at ten o'clock for the
Chateau d'Eu. He was, as usual, perfectly cool and
collected throughout the whole affair.
(From the Times.)

We received by extraordinary express last evening,
but too late for publication, a letter from our corre
spondent in Paris, dated 10 o'clock, r.st., Wednesday,
July 29. It is as follows :
" At 7 o'clock this evening, when the King and the
Royal Family had entered the balcony of the Palace
of the Tuileries overlooking the garden, to hear the
concert given in the open air below, a pistol shot was
fired at his Majesty by a man in the crowd below,
who is said to have been in the uniform of the
National Guard. 'The charmed life' of the King
was again proof against the bullet of the assassin. His
Majesty was not touched. The miscreant was im-
mediately arrested.
" M. Guizot had left Paris at 5 o'clock, on his re-
turn to Lisieux. At that moment all was quiet, and
the people in the full enjoyment of the fete. As it
was too late to work the telegraph (and I believe the
truth is that all the employes were enjoying the enter-
tainments) an express has been sent to recal him to
Paris, but as he travels fast, he will hardly be over-
taken before his arrival at Rouen-
" A Cabinet Council is in the meanwhile sum-
moned.

" Not only was there no demonstration in support
of the assassin, but not one person out of 10,000 of
those in the gardens when the attempt was made was
aware that nib an iicideut had_occurred.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1846.