The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-29 00:00:00

Ctir lnitton

SUN OFFICE, Seven 0' Clock.

BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COM-
PANY.-(THIS DAY.)

A special general Court of the proprietors of this Com-
pany was held this day at the London Tavern, to receive
and consider an important eommunication from the Hon.
Judge Preble affecting the interests of the Company.
The CHAIRMAN (sl. C. Cummins, Esq.) said, that he had
to state first, that their Governor was called to Scotland by
the illness of a female relation. He had next to explain
tlie object for which the meeting had been convened, which
had not arisen in their ordinary meeting. Judge Preble had
come from the state of Maine in order to promote the ob-
ject for which the Company had devoted a large sum of
money, the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad. But it was
rot only from the circumstance of their having subscribed
their money but also of its improving the land. It was the
opinion 'f the Directors that the information of Judge Preble
was such importance as to induce them to call that meeting.
Mr. Galt had returned to America with a list of those who had
Subscribed to tho Company. It might possibly arise that
the communications which they would receive from Mr. Galt
would place them in a position to determine whether jthey
were to proceed with the railroad or not. Mr. Galt would
take care that the expense should not exceed 5,000/. He
had received a letter from Mr. Galt, dated Sherbrook, 20th
December, 1845, which was to the effect that he had
inspected the route of the proposed railroad to Boston.
that portion of the line to Boston was under inspection for
completion in 1847. That 100,000 dollars had been sub-
scribed, and that the inhabitants on the line had proposed to
subscribe 500,000 dollars more. He also stated that Portland
possessed a magnificent harbour, and that the greatest de-
sire for the amicable adjustment of the Oregon question pre-
vailed among the inhabitants.
The Hon. Judge PREBLE said there was exceeding diffi-
culty in dealing with a subject like the present, and to con-
dense all those views which are necessarily connected with
the subject under consideration. (The Learned Judge here
read a lengthened statement, the purport of which was that
the proposed line of railroad would effect a communication
'between lakes Ontario, Huron, and Erie and the Atlantic, [tad
totally supersede the mode of transit now in operation. It then
dwelt on the advantages that would be conferred on Quebec.
and Montreal if this line were established by restoring these
towns that trade, of which a large portion had been diverted
into other channels, and of creating a trade. A pro-
ect analogous to that now was in contemplation of one of
jhe wisest governors the colony ever possessed—he meant
Lord Sydenham—who had caused canals to be con-
structed. The Learned Judge, after mentioning a variety
of projects that had been got up by his countrymen to effect
thir object, none of which could have any prospect of success-
ful corn4tition with their project, if they excepted the Ver-
mont Grand Central Railway, which was circuitous, and
would require 20,000,0001., while theirs would only require
5,p00,0001.; and stating that the State of Main would afford
him every assistance in prosecuting the undertaking, coil-
chided by recommending the shareholders to lose no time in
proceeding with the undertaking.
Mr. Robinson said that the eligibility of the undertaleing
had been admitted twelve months ago, when they had sub-
-20.00e1. towards it. He regretted that there was no
distinct proposition before them, and that a statement had
not been made to show that the undertaking was
progressing. He conceived it not to be indicative
that it was held in very high estimation across the Atlantic,
where the shares were nearly all in the possession of English-
men ; and he thought there was a great security for the
speculators that no hostile proceedings would take place, or
that, in the event not only of a war, but of any difference
between the shareholders, that their interests would be se-
cured.
Mr. GOULD, while agreeing fully in what bad fallen from
the last speaker, considered the undertaking of such impor-
tance in a national point of view, that he would, if it were
required, to propose a further grant towards carrying it out.
—(Hear, hear.) He would propose a resolution to the effect
that the thanks of the meeting were due to the Hon. and
Learned Judge, for his lucid and comprehensive etatement.
Mr. PonusEn briefly seconded the resolution which was
carried unanimously.
Time Hon. Judge PREBLE briefly returned thanks. Thanks
were then voted to, and acknowledged by, the Chairman,
and the meeting separated.

THE SUN" EXPRESS.
(PROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

N i-lwcA ST LE-ON-TYN E, WEDN ESDAY.—An Expre.=:s:Edit ion
of The Sun, containing the important speech of Sir Robert
Peel, in the House of Commons on 'Tuesday evening, was re-
ceived by Mr. Horn, of this town, about ten o'clock this
morning, by the u; nal mail train, and was immediately cir-
culated in the News-rooms and principal places of public
resort, where it excited the most extraordinary interest.
About the same time a special engine brought copies of the
Daily Xews, which had published a special edition, which
was dispatched from London shortly after twelve
o'clock on Tuesday night; but this new competitor
for public favour had been in all its mechanical arrange-
ments anticipated by The Sun, the Daily News, with the ad-
vantage of three full hours in London, bringing no more than
the speech of Sir Robert Peel, which The Sun had accom-
plished apparently without an effort. 'The proprietors of
one of the local papers, who had been waiting without their
breakfast from eight o'clock in the morning, with a
coach and four, to take on the News to Edinburgh
d Glasgow, had the mortification of witnessing The
Sun dispatched from Newcastle northward nearly
thre2-quarters of an hour before their extraordinary (!) ex-
pross ! ! The Sun has thus accomplished one of the most
surprising feats in newspaper history, and thrown completely
into the shade the laborious effort of a morning Contemporary
to outstrip its rival,.

DEVONPORT INDEPENDENT OFFICE, JAN. 28.

We received the copies of The San, by mail, at ten o'clock
to-clay, and, just as we had sold them, a coach and four
pr-sed our door with an express from the Daily New,, with
two persons from the office. They left London by
a specill train at one o'clock, and reached here
at half-past ten—about two hundred miles to Exeter
by special rain, and forty-five miles from thence to us, with
a coach and km and post-horses—in all nine hours and a
half from London. They presented papers to most of the
leadmg persons. We could have sold double the number of
The San if we had had them. They sent out the Daily News
from the hotel ; twelve were sent to us. I never saw such
anxiety to get papers.

1M PERIA L PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships ri,.serubled at Five o'clock.
TOLL BARS (SCOTLAND) BILL.

On the :notion of the Duke of RICIINIOND, this
Bill was read a second time.
HIGH CONSTABLES BILL.

This Bill, on the motion of the Duke of RICII-
MOND, was read a second time and ordered to be
committed.

CORN-LAWS.

Lord ASTIBURTON presented several petitions from
Place- in Surrey against any alteration in the prQsP',":.;,
cern-laws, tt itheut appealing to the conetituenciee or the
country. The Noble Lord- also moved fir certain re •
turns respecting corn and cotton
wool, as we understood, •
fur the Noble Lord was ehelost inaudible in the gallery.
The Duke of RIC ll.;;;OND rose to prceent a number
of petitions from di& rent parts of the country, very an.
merously signed `ey large numbers (;) tenant-terrnere
and labourers. the petitioners prayed their Lordships
not to make miy alteration in the corn laws, and many
of them also, complained of the unconstitutional acre
the Leag',o, lie (the Duke of Richmond) had had
many o,oportunities eh seeing a large number of tenants
and i'..nded gentlemen since the opening of the compre-
hensive scheme (as it was called) in another place—“e
I.tuah)—and he could only say that that scheme was re-
pudiated by every individual that he had spoken
to, and they represented the opinions of tilt
different parts of England. They viewed the Measure
with the st-:ongest indignation, and ou Were all pre-
pared not only to maintain protection to themselves but
also to the domestic industry Of the country. They ex-
yrrssed their disapprobation of the conduct of certain gen-
tlemen iu the [louse of Commons, who were returned to
Parliament pledged to, protection principles, but who now
seemed wavering a':4l doubting. The petitioters though t
that these men `';ere bound to resign. their seats, and see
whether the:f woeld be re-detted. Ile (the Duke of
ltichmonfl) entirely agreed with the petitioners. lie
though.;; that the abandonment of protection would be
fatal to every interest, and he thought, if nothing
&s'', existed, t ;et the manner this question
i"..ad been ttgitated by the League should
be sufficient to throw free trade overboard.
That agitation had the effect of inducing the people to
place no cen'idence in their public men, and he trusted
that their Lordships would rot by any act of theirs
encortraged this feeling-. The arguments that were
brought forward would not bear the light of day, and
ee was quite satisfied many of the statements were
fillaeious. lie would not go into details at present, but
he hoped when the question was brought forward it would
be advocated upon the principle of protection or no
protection, and then he should he prepared to go
into details, lie, however, denied the truth of many of
the Right lion. Baronet's assertions, but he did not in-
tend to deny that some dozen soldiers of the Guards had
asked fur and obtained furloughs of late years ; but he
would submit that the railroads might have had some
little eff.et in inducing men to go down to see
their
ridicufriends. The compromise proposed was perfectly
lou. They were to be allewed half the epothe-
caries' bid—(Laughter.) Could they tell him what
would be the price of corn mider the m w law? If they
could whether or uyo
could not, how on earth could they
they e ere giving too much or too little compensation?
They must matte up their minds about this matter of
or . bow could they tell whether it would be
price,
reMnnerattve to the farmer or not? and he fur one ob.
.frete,l to being dependent on a foreign nation. Ile was
for protection to native industry, and he was prepared
change with a large body of the people of
t resst the Who were not easily roused, but who
,tl,leirseci.°oll,lllsterdY—na'll wereno-w,t-
be because they felt that they had been
deceived and ill-treated hy those who ought to have
stood by thetn—ntee
who were most respectable,
quiet,
of the Cnrn-law
and unobtrusive, and men who had not been se-
duced by means of the bribo3• -
League. He hoped and trusted their
tor.o.iruddsrheipswhne'ottull
give to the country an opportunity
this system was right or wrong, and toer
Ministry to dissolve the Parliament, and have the ques-
tien dismiss d at the htuitings.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord KINNARD said the Noble Duke had made a
serious charge against the Anti-Corn-law League, of
which he was a member, and he could not refrain from
rising, to deny that they had done anything illegal or
utetonstitutional. Does the Noble Duke hold himself
responsible for the language used at the meetings of the
protection societies ?
'the Duke of RICIIIIOND stated that he was per-
fectly willing to become responsible for all tho language
te.ted at these societies.
The lip:1 of then, I
own. I
wad