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London, England, 1846-07-16 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE. Seven o'Clock.

DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

A meeting_of the shareholders in this scheme was held to
day at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry, at twelve, for the
purpose of determining whether the Company should be
dissolved.

Mr. LAWRENCE moved that Mr. Alderman Challis should
take the chair.

Mr. Alderman CHALLIS, having taken the chair, said he
did so most reluctantly-, but his reluctance was altogether on
his own account, and not in any way arising out of any cir-
cumstances connected with the company. He had entered
into railway matters at first with all the reluctance which
one could do who had foreseen all that had subse-
quently occurred. This railway afforded another ex-
ample of the unhappy issue of this kind of speculation.
It started with good prospects, no energy was wanting tc
urge it forward, and the line, which was at first believed to
be a good one, had been justified by everything which had
since taken place. The Great Western during the present
session had had ten or twelve of their Bills thrown out
without opposition on the part of this Company ;
and others had met with like ill success, because the lines
proposed deviated from that direct course which this Com-
pany had adopted. He assured the shareholders that
it was no bubble scheme, taken up with a view to
the aggrandisement of a few individuals. The
•immittee believed at the time that the scheme was a
good one, and would certainly succeed; they entered
into it in good faith, and by their conduct had shown them-
selves honest men. Although he had attended their meet-
ings less frequently than others, yet he had attended, and he
could assure them that the interests of the shareholders were
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Indeed, the last two or three months had been occupied
in cutting down the bills, well knowing that railway
committee men were considered fair game. He said
the line was proposed, a provisional committee was
registered, and a good and able engineer, in whom
the company could trust, namely, Sir John Macneil was
selected. The line was surveyed, the plans deposited, and
the number of shares issued were 1,400,000, but this
number the committee considered it proper for the security
of the company to reduce to 120,000. These shareswere allotted
many of them to landowners along the line, but only 17,630
had been returned paid upon. What could the committee do
in these circumstances ? They felt that they could not go on ;
they were brought to a standstill for the want of the support
of those who had the shares allotted to them. As he had already
said, the Committee from that moment considered only bow
they could reduce the expenses, and he asked the confidence
of the shareholders for the committee ; he courted inquiry,
and the closest scrutiny of all the affairs of the Company.
The SECRETARY having read the advertisement calling the
meeting,
Messrs. Bischoff, Coleman, and Gordon Thompson were
appointed scrutineers.
The accounts of the Company were then read, showing
receipts, deposits on shares, amounting to 44,8131., and on the
credit side payments for engineering and surveys, 11,3311.;
for law, 10,5751., and other miscellaneous accounts, to the
amount of about 8,1001., leaving a balance of 14,970/
The CHAIRMAN expected that the Company, if dissolved,
would pay, after meeting the outstanding accounts, 25a. or
30s. a share. lie hoped that the meeting, instead of declaring
a bankruptcy, would simply dissolve the Company.
Mr. Alderman SIHNIY moved that this Company be, and
the same is, hereby dissolved.
Captain LAMPET seconded the motion.
Some discussion ensued on the question of dissolution or
bankruptcy, and what the effect would be on the assets of the
Corn pang.
The motion was put to the vote, and the scrutineers hav-
ing made up the numbers,
The CHAIRMAN declared it to be for dissolution, with-
out bankruptcy, 2,845 ; ' neuters, 140 ; and said that as
not one-third of the shares had been represented, he
adjourned the meeting to this day week, at one
o'clock for two, and between this and that time that the
officers of the Company would take the opinion of a profes-
sional man as to what position they stood in. A dissolution
would put them in a worse condition for the recovering of
the outstanding deposits not paid up.
A vote of thanks having been moved to the Chairman, the
meeting then adjourned.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room D.

The members of this Committee reassembled to-day at
eleven o'clock.
IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUND'S
(NORWICH EXTENSION.)

Mr. George B. Bidder was re-called for the purpose of
answering some questions respecting the shares in the dif-
ferent lines of railway which he had projected in this district,
which terminated the case against the Bill.
Mr. Sergeant WRANSIIAM said that it then became his
duty to address their Lordships such observations as might
appear to him necessary to put the case before them with
regard to the evidence in that light in which it should be
viewed. Their Lordships laboured under a misfortune with
respect to this line, which the other tribunal before whom
this Bill was tried were free from, namely, that they had
not had all the rival schemes before them. Had this been
otherwise they would have had an opportunity of weighing
in the balance with the present line some of the
schemes for the same purpose which had been
referred to by Mr. Bidder and the company he
represented. Now it was in evidence before the Com-
mittee that the scheme then before them was calcu-
lated to give accommodation to the same district, and to
afford ample remuneration to the promoters. It had been
stated by Mr. Bidder yesterday that such was not the case,
but that it was true of the schemes with which he (Mr.
Bidder) was associated,

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Mr. AUSTLN said that he was just informed that his friend,
I Mr. Kidder, had received by telegraph an account that an
express had arrived at Yarmouth in three hours and a half
including stoppages.
Mr. Sergeant Wrtaxanax said he was about to state to
their Lordships what was the amount of expense that would
be incurred by these rival schemes. Why, the cost of the
first line was 440,000/. ; of the second line, from Thetford to
Redham, 480,0001. Then there was the coast line, the
Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth, the capital of which was
11,960,0001. There was another line from Thetford to New-
market,the cost of which would be 350,000/., making a total of
2,465,0001. of share for the accommodation of that district,
which, with the 40,0001. required for the establishment of a
station at Norwich, and the money they would be entitled to
borrow, gave altogether a sum of 3,333,0001. Such
was the sum this rival Company required to
gave the advantage of railway facility of transit to Norwich,
Ipswich, Yarmouth, and Stowmarket. The present project
would effect this object by a direct line, except with a slight
deviation to accommodate the important town of Stowmarket,
for a cost of little more than half a million. He should call
the attention of their Lordships to a mistake which had
committed by the only witness against the Bill, Mr. Bidder.
That gentleman, in dealing with the question, as regarded
Yarmouth, said that he was desirous in his schemes to
connect the centro of Suffolk with Norfolk, whereas
the point to which he alluded was not in the
centre, or even the county of Suffolk. Mr. Bidder
had also stated to their Lordships in his evidence that,
though he did not think Yarmouth entitled to a per-
fectly direct line, yet that he did think it might justly re-
quire the second best line at the point he had mentioned,
namely, Diss. Nuw, the present scheme did give that second
best line. After some further observations as to the evi-
dence in support of the Bill, the Learned Counsel concluded
by calling on the Committee to declare the preamble proved.
The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission,
The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble of the Bill
was proved.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at the usual hour; Lord Shaftesbury
in the chair.
Their Lordships immediately assumed the form of a Select
Committee on Merits, and proceeded to the consideration of a
list of thirty-two Bills which came before them in that ca-
pacity. Fourteen of these were railway Bills.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON.
The proof on the part of the promoters of this often ad-
journed Bill completed their proofs this morning, and the
preamble was declared proved.
SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY AND CHESTER JUNC-
TION (CRICKHEATH AND WENN LINES.)
SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY AND CHESTER JUNC-

TION (EXTENSION AND BRANCHES.)
These Bills were again called on, and after hearing some
further proofs their Lordships declared the preambles proved.
A number of other Bills were part heard and adjourned.
On resuming the form of a Committee on Standing Orders,
their Lordships proceeded with the case of the
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH.

The promoters of which Bill had complied with the stand-
ing orders.
After part hearing one or two Bills which they adjourned
till to-morrow, the Committee rose.

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met to-day at Four o'clock.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal assent was given by Commission to the
following public and private Bills.
The Lords Commissioners, who arrived shortly after
four o'clock, were the Earl of Minto, and Lords Cotten-
ham and Campbell.
The following is the list of the Bills, 92 in all :
Election Notices (Ireland).
Dublin, Dundrum, and Enniskillen Railway.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (North-Eastern Extension,
north to Hartlepool).
Scottish Central Railway (Alloy Branch).
London and Birmingham Railway (Camden and Euston
Stations Enlargement).
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Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough Extension)
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern June,

tion Railway.
Midland Railway (Erewash Branch).
Midland Railway (Clay to Newark).
Deeside Railway.
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway.
Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Cale
donian Branch).
Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Im-
provement and Branches).
Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway (Bath-
gate Branch).
Midland Railways (Nottingham and Mansfield Branch).
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway.
Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway.
Great Western and Uxbridge Railway.
Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway.
Great Leinster and Munster Railway (Carlow to Kil-
kenny).
Norfolk Railway (Dereham, Wilts, and Blakeney Ex-
tension).
Cambridge and Oxford Railway.
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway.
Newmarket and Chesterfield Railway.
London and South-Western Railway (Farnham and
Alton Branch).

London and South-Western Railway (Chertsey and
Egbam Branch).
London and South-Western Railway (Hampton-court
' Branch).
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Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway (Chapel Hall
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LBScoorinstdttoisholnaaCennddnEtßraixiertmeßianßiglhwaisalmwy Railway (Aylesbury Railway
Purchase).
St. Helen's Canal and Railway.
Morecombe Harbour and Railway.
Wakefield and Pontefract Railway (Extension 13ranches).
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Mullingar
to Galway).
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway
(Dukinfield and other Branches).
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Railway (Huy ton and War-
rington Branch).
Mallow and Fermoy Railway.
Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction Railway.
Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland (Cork
Extension).
Mountmellick Junction Railway.
Clonmel and Thurles Railway.
Glasgow and Northern Terminal Railway.
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Railway.
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Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.
Midland Railway (Burton to iNuneaton Branch and
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London Grand Junction and Manches-
ter and Birmingham Railways Amalgamation.
Eastern Counties Railway (Epping Extension).
Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Greenhill Extension).
Newcastle and Berwick Railway.
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway.
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Liffy
Branch and Longford Deviation).
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, and Port of Goole.
Dublin and Kingstown Railway.
South Leith Church Bill.
Chard Canal Bill.
Monkton Gas Bill.
Yeovil Markets and Fairs Bill.
Manchester Markets Bill.
Bath Waterworks Bill.
Newport and Pillguynly Waterworks Bill.
Bristol Waterworks Bill.
Witham Navigation Acts Amendment Bill.
Ardrossan Municipal Police Bill.
A ston Rates Bill.
Schoolmasters Widows' Fund Bill.
Banffshire Roads Bill.
Kidseame's (or Duddnosse's) Estate.
Videan's Estate.
Abbess of York's Estate.
Wauchope's Estate.
Dundas's Estate.
Tyson's (or Cullen's) Estate.
Deltenton's Estate.
Mackenzie s (or Thompson's) Estate.
Creagh's Divorce Bill.
Curtis's Divorce Bill.
Messengers from the Commons brought up several
Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table.
CORRECTION OF CLERKS BILL.
The Bishop of LONDON said that, with their Lord-
ships' permission, he would move that the order of the
day for going into Committee on this Bill be dis-
charged. He did so principally in consequence of the
advice of his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack,
to whom some of the provisions of the Bill were objec-
tionable, and who had promised that if the Bill were
postponed, he would devote his first leisure time before
the next session for the purpose of drawing up a Bill to
remedy the present state of things, which every one
must admit required great alteration. Unless the Church
were armed with greater power for the punishment of
such as were her ministers, and who had disgraced them-
selves, the Church, and the morality of the people, must
suffer great injury.
The order of the day for going into Committee on the
Bill was accordingly discharged.
The Bishop of NORWICH presented a petition in
favour of this Bill. He was decidedly of the same opinion
as his Right Rev. Friend as to the necessity of some such
measure as this. He knew many instances in which
clergymen of the Church, notwithstanding their awful
profligacy, retained their livings, and it was almost im-
possible, under the present law, to dispossess them.—
(Hear, hear.) Ile himself had convicted one of
this sort of disreputable clergymen, but it had
cost him 3501. To the honour of the clergy of his
diocese he has received addressed from them, thanking
him for his conduct in that case, and 1501. was raised
and paid by them into the Norwich bank to defray as
far as they could the expenses to which he had been
put. This showed their anxiety to maintain the disci-
pline of the church as well as the great diffi-
culty and expense of punishing the guilty.
Livings might be gambled for, and yet the
Bishops were disabled from putting a stop to such
nefarious proceedings. He did not begrudge the money
that was expended in the prosecution of clerical offenders,
for, in his opinion, money could not be better expended,
but surely it was high time that something should be
done by the Legislature to make it an easier matter than
it now was to visit such offenders with just punishment.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that some Bill of
the kind was necessary, but he thought it inexpedient
to discuss its provisions at present. As the Bill had
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The subject then dropped.
PROTEST AGAINST THE CORN IMPORTATION
BILL.

Lord RADNOR complained of the course adopted by
certain Noble Lords who had signed a protest against the
Corn Bill, but who had never been in the House during
the discussion of that measure. He thought the practice
quite unusual and objectionable.
Lord BROUGHAM thanked the Noble Lord for re-
ferring to the subject. The practice of voting by proxy,
and protesting by proxy, was sanctioned by the Irish
Parliament, but it had never been usual in the British
Parliament. He thought, however, that the Noble Lord
referred to had acted through inadvertence, and from
not being aware of the regulations which wets obtained
in their Lordships House regarding protests.
ADDITIONAL BISHOPS.
Lord COTTENHAM presented a petition from the
clergy of the diocese of Leicester against the Bill for the
union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, and praying
their Lordships to provide a bishop for Manchester.
ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR.
The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from
the Archdeacon and clergy of the archdeaconcy of
Oxford, against the Bill which proposes to unite
the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. The Right
Rev. Prelate would conclude by laying on the
table the petition of the University of Oxford against
the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph.
Lord STRADBROKE presented a number of peti-
tions relating to railway Bills before the House.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table the
annual returns furnished by the Registrar-General of
Births, Marriages, and Deaths.
LORD GOUUII AND LORD HARDING'S AN-
NUITY BILL.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the brimg-
ing up the report of this Bill, and in doing
so prayed that the Bill be restored to its
original form. He regretted that the first duty imposed
on him in his present situation should be the taking of
the preset course, which might be construed into some-
thing not like due acknowledgment of the great services
rendered of the illustrious individuals in question. He felt,
however, the highest sense of the great services rendered,
still his duty to the public and to the other House of
Parliament compelled him to ask them to
reconsider the decision they had given, and to
place the Bill in its original form. Before
asking them to take that step, it would be neces-
sary for him to go into the circumstances that had
led to the proposal of the grant in question.
He was bound to say, looking at precedents under si-
milar circumstances, and looking at the substance
of the Bill, it seemed to him that it did
confer on these distinguished individuals ade-
quate compensation. This was his decided view, after
taking a glance at similar circumstances in the history of
the country. He would only call the attention of the
House to the fact that a Noble Duke in that House
after the battle of Talavera and a brilliant cam-
paign in Spain, was made a Viscount, and received
a pension of 2,0001. a year. This was considered ade-
quate compensation for the great
services rendered them,
and therefore he thought the provisions of the pre-
sent Bill, as it originally stoood,was ample enough to
meet
the case of the distinguished individual in question.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

1 -
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
his seat as Member for the borough of
NEW MEMBERt)S t.
Mr. SLIME (Master of the Minook the oaths and
Dungarvan.
Lord A. PA.GET also took the oaths and his seat as
Member for the city of Lichfield.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.—ROYAL
Sir Augustus CliffordA, the Usher of the Black Rod,
appeared at the bar, to summon the
Speaker and the
House to hear the royal assent given to several publio
and private Bills, (for which see Lords' report).
The SPEAKER returned after the absence of half an
hour, and informed the House of the Bills to which the
royal assent had been given.
A messenger from the Court of Chancery brought up
several returns.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON
On the motion of RAILWAY.
Lord E. BRUCE the Manchester
and Southampton Railway Bill was read a third time
and passed ; as were also the following Bills :—Billings
gate Market, Cambridge Improvement, and Hill's
Estate Bill.
DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WOR
CESTERSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The report upon the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway Bill was considered
and agreed to.
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW UNION CANAL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
SLIGO SHIP CANAL BILL,
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
DUBLIN WIDE STREETS BILL.
Sir J. Y. BULLER brought up the report on the ,
Dublin Wide streets Bill.