The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-31 00:00:00

summation of our laKatrs, an opening for theresutort,
of their social influence based upon the only itire f""'ll)4.ti,
tion —the respect and confidence of the people ;
ixd •
the middle and industrious classes will be present",pir
constantly widening field for the entrl.;yrnent 0
peaceful energies, together with greater means
ill
leisure for that moral amelioration which, I trust,
accompany their improved physical condition. 1
the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient
COOservali g
~
RICHARD Pte

London, 30th Jan., 1846.
D'S
IPS WICH and BURY ST.
R MPA
AILWAY CONY.
BY EXPRESS.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) • •oe of
Pursuant to notice the stated half-yearly inelr,74.
this Company was held yesterday, at,the Ale". ,io-ass
street, Ipswich, " for the general purposes of a. sd
and for the special purpose of considering the foetus
conditions under which the Company should take s
ona
of the
,Stowmarket Navigation •, and for agreeing ittiog
confirining, such terms and condition' ; and for investing
the directors of the Company with the necessary r„poisl
to carry the same into effect ; and also for the -pia
purpose of authorising the directors, if the,' eosiou
think fit, to appeal to Parliament in the presevt cow,
for an Act or Acts of Parliament, enabling the Cow'
any to construct a railway from the line of Odle oe•
pany at, or near Stowmarket, to Lavenhani, an
ente such Parliamentary deeds, issue such scri• sad
month,
adopt such measures, enter into such egreemel".6 the
tale such further.proceedings in reference thereto
directors might consider necessary or expedient.
of the
JOHN CHEVALLIER COREOLD chair°3llll.be Fr°.
board of directors, took the chair,' and read
0,0
to read the ref"
ceedings by calling on the secretary
of the directors and the engineers. frolnl
The CHAIRMAN said, in reply to
Shareholder, that the estimate had been made
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double line, and not for one with singerae.
bs
The motion fur the adoption (d. the report
been proposed and seconded, was carried. old°
The general business of the meeting being en into
the proceedings of
- - a special nature were taken le
re v jeo
sideration.
The SECRETARY read an epitome of angtnstoesthet,
a question for,
entered into between the trustees of the frcoeiSsi';',
ISTavigation and the board of directors of th's toned ''
for the !"ase of the canal, upon the terms niell"
the report. The agreement was cenfirmed. ot,rierl
The CHAIRMAN observed that the Dext obJe,ooo,
obtain an authority from the shareholders of To prlf
of Directors, enabling this Company to aPPl3:roetalslo
ment in the present session for powers f•oe°°""gfell°ll,o
way at or near Stowmarket to Lavenhara, poet"
the
shortly state the motives which had induce" ,ser Isvos
to advise the construction of this line. Ann" tioe ;
and
si oat
pany was proposing to establish itself as
trunk line between Norwich and Londoo,ce'rutse
company was preparing to deposit OW forth
°fait.
line, it was thought expedient by the See re-,„ preci
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Conies"P -„rset';,,
and deposit plans for a line between Stoinl,'" 0014
Sudbury, that their Company might be i,rnhilDr sehl;11il
contest the opposing line if necessary. I,7,,roetber':ee
he had to propose was, that the directors usior les'' if
to apply to Parliament in the present sessiou 5010
construct such railway to be continued t°
thought necessary.
bk.
felt I/ ° biel
In answer to a gentleman, who said lies
interest in the prosperity of the undertsk' ;deal
promised to prove exceedingly advantageous s"
nerative to the shareholders,
from ,40
The CHAIRMAN observed that the distsue-,„,vebe ' ;
bury to Lavenbani was eleven miles, and t° "7,11c1
16 miles, and that the proposed ju.nati°l3
Stowmarket. 51°,90
The resolution was then agreed to, as,w9l3
formally investing the directors with ti'e
powers. hs3„ql
,The CHAIRMAN said, that as their busineieloillevtip
concluded, he felt much pleasure in eongh,ool9Pee-0
shareholders on the present position of t"" nfide
For himself he would say, not only- was hisAcc4c-olifijevOi
the undertaking undiminished, but it Whig e
increased. The investment was' an 1321111)1" -seevgi
the public were in proportion additionally ,epco
dated. ate..,ll'o3te
IA SHAREHOLDER inquired whether. the ."-.,-°sto-
w which would be felt by the proposed line (700
k* 1 0
ket crossing the turnpike road on the level A ,flsc
obviated by throwing a bridge over the roil"; beeer,fo
The CHAIRMAN replied that that point htau et tb
dismissed before the plans were deposite", bet, t,
thought that as there was a station near ihnerel'ierith4
crossing on the level would not be found ine%
h Mr. BRUFr, the engineer, explained that ; ono,
had been fully canvassed by' Lord- Shafteshnfile
the Noble Lord had considered that the enar° 'singe
the station would prevent any inconvenience 11500'e
r. GREYbTONE, of York, in proPsiHii•regoso/1 sot
thanks to the chairman, and in bearing tes%Jois
confidence which was felt in his "'dos btd
integrity, took occasion to remark, ft 1,11: " k
advantage which the county of -ukle,
out to the promoters of railway undertto-sie 1"eill
railway in that county appeared to hinl 111
the best investments of the day. —(Hear
,
would for one moment direct their 0,6404
the census of Suffolk, for upon the amount
ft
of different localities depended the mica° ,wiate
Communication. Suffolk contained 1,015 stait
and a population of 315,375 persons, an 11113-
pulation in the greater proportion to the sasr '
oeer
tent of the county than was to be found in ble'
folk, Cambridgeshire. YorkshireLincOlas-ri
county of Durham, or Northumberland d --(11,e„60'
The present line would be a cheap one ;
were good, and there was not a curve toebei°-Pa',.s
sidering, also the population of Norwich, Piss' fit'lltere)tsl.
Bmarket, it would be fed by Yarmouth, -I,obtiol
eccles, and Bungay.—(Hear.) .He mlgb
owed to touch upon a subject not irrelev" of,
under
consideration. The agriculturist-40,
country were about to undergo a 1,1142
change
in their circumstances, and if one the
than another could relieve them, it would be .40.,07
Sion P
of the means of cheap and ex editious seij,
their goods.—(Hear, hear.) The present line; solarl
advantages—the first, that it was a coast liene
second, that it filled up a gap which bad blrnthre'Serc,le
in the country. Plans had been lodged by "o',
Company, for a line from Stowmarket to o.`"thfic
Wyndham and Nettleborougli, which shnw—h
people had required, and the Governrnen' ,1:0)/
ttoi ed, plans for the very route which this 115r't sb° ,t
adopted. The increased importance of fon
Ipswich was also worthy of note. Those 101.
be cherished, as it was evident that the alicit'o7
so recently introduced into the tariff, ::etli;tiooo,l.°l9
imperatively necessary to pay greater
development of inland traffic.—(Hear, selaJP:l4o.
Bard to the present line, the plans had be' 11,(10'4:1‘51
the standing orders complied with. IR ct)-(1' tl,o'
he
algal.' begged most cordially to move is vote
their worthys Chairman.—(Cheer peti'leje
Mr. A. A. H. BECKWITH, of Nor wick%
resolution, renie.hing that there was a °' IIP A
part of the people pi- N navich, in favour
pletion of the Companv's line. 0004001'
The CHAIRMAN acknove:edged the colnPlcos'Piti
etrxpre:sed a hope that when the line Nvas -0-00'41.1f
aversing a, it did so rich a district, Sher: yf sfilOir
sufficient traffic both for the Nerfdi:s Co°l7' the
that of whose board he had the hooo,o to be

man.—(Hear, hear.)
The meeting then separated.
r, up
THE " EDINBURGH REVIEW."--vrQiV y-
from a well-informed correspondent in the th°,, ;iv
has been confidently stated there, in Softifilege; o°,ol
circles, that the article on Parliamentary ',„"" the pes;4o
last number of the Edinburgh Review, is fr°," .tics Grei ,1
less distinguished a writer than Lord Chief dpls Pic
and that the article on the characters of °,4°
Spencer, in the same number, claims the pa, to
more conspicuous character—so much so eis P-of
few days ago been offered the premiership ooefert,
an offer unhappily frustrated of its purposes •oies Vtl/
evil incidents which sometimes affect the delnecti° r
Ps 1
—namely, Lord John Russell. We give this to be
we have received it ; believing it, however? dd aogA ":101
true, but without being ourselves able to erite
veracity, except that the article itself beZieen
being the production of one who has himee,'
res, as he evidently speaks in an unhesitatillib
live tone, far removed from that of ordi 0 'l7lo
Manchester Guardian. At to Jo „v
Of Punch's Almanach, which appeared e 60l he
ing of 1846, upwards of 100,000 copies 11.er d fottlal
days. For the advertisements which aPPe'l,,te oioPg°'
lication, the charge was at the astounding l'"adve„bce ft
e
guineas per page. The money received for ~, less p." too
in that number of Punch could not have beeg-peo°o y
FIRST ARRIVAL OF COTTON AT Fklg;e ttle.tl'e,
first vessel, with a cargo of cotton, arrived 1" iet°
on,
of the Wyre" on Sunday last, and her es 1 ti,faet'rroes„„ti
of Fleetwood was hailed with the greatest sated, teixem
forerunner of many a one similarly frolei c!". oefl
was the Diogenes, 497 tons, from New Orlesu peril vg,
Courier.
a Oaf 10/1
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.--YeJe Gait mop rte
Mr. Baker entered into an inquiry at the gober,,erli
relative to the death of Mrs. Elizabeth ~ forlyody,
thirty-six, the widow of a licensed victueliel;eos°„ °foe(
prietor of' the Vine Tavern, Kentish-toWol deP%roOri,
found on Tuesday morning off Wapping, tbg 50 g
sixteen feet, in a bed of sand. A solicitor .Threfer,oo,o4
the deceased attended, as it was intended 04 co"
charge against a person now carrying fs'ee!".
licensed victualler, but who was not at Pr`eroenttot 000:
therefore the Coroner, having heard the stat,
the inquest. It appeared that the decease' 501Ther At
of her husband had above 1,000/. left her;sottee stoge,
after she was induced by a person, who Pena', berteel ittet
he was a cab proprietor, to allow him to tie thst rees:ter
tention, the effect of which is stated to h Aeteoloprio
married. They subsequently went to Franede, ,-beotwoo peg
there a short time they returned to Englancalled_e
ec
that he was previously married. sbee
the wetist,
joif
last Saturday, but was not admitted. Sh I(°°., r,ebbesl,"
called on a female living in Vine-cortutiss; sastebleittoe;lsls
and, showing her arms, which were
the black-hearted wretch has served °Tin efi„ tbOe •
having changed her clothes, and Aven`,„ seen f.", cePia s"
Hammersmith-bridge, near which slie It I,er Aia ov•
self into the river, and shortly after sa° steer° picks
ht hY f! -as P
that the body must have been caug
v,,ere it .0 ole.
have been brought down to the spot N sat° 00
The inquiry was adjourned to Monday- f On6ol nee
INCENDIARY FIRE AT OFFT
evening last, about half-past seven
given at Bildeston that a fire was to (4)l)l:l;ris°,cce„l:l:i!eleneths_°°eldiritiolt the
Superintendent Trickerand the tire bribsuari° th,Se er,oce;
alert ; but no order came for the engtsnr!thoughtrtt to+
ginning to disappear, it was generally g._celooglo
not of any great extent, or that it wss, "boo, O,iftein oto,
ebea of u te,he
It ultimately proved to be a dots farmer, nu it i
or in the occupation of, Mr. Barber, „here was, tbif,,
_.OOO
three miles distant from Bildeston. . but e ccoF
quantity of straw in the barn at the tiTseider, .
-to- 08
dressing-machine, corn-drill, and long,.
t r 9esfoe
in a very short time.— .8 eery Her Kent Quer
,e
The magistrates at the East -t"..nure,
week decided that chalk was a Pt'
liable to toll.