The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY BILLS.

In Lord Redcsdale's Committee, House of Lords,
on Friday, the Great Northern (Additional Powers)
Bill, to raise £830,000 by shares and £283,000 by
loan, was passed. The llarborne Bill was also
passed.
In the Painted-chamber the Bridgnorth, Wolver-
hampton, and Staffordshire Bill, to raise £300,000
by shares and £lOO,OOO by loan was passed. The
opposition in the case of the Worcester, Bromyard,
and Leominster Bill was withdrawn. The follow-
ing were heard and adjourned :—The Metropolitan
District, the Metropolitan (additional powers) ; the
Llynvi Valley and Ogmore Valley, and the Man-
chester and Stockport.
In the Standing Order Committee the following
bills were passed :—The Wrexham, Mold, and Con-
nah's Quay (Extensions), to raise £lOO,OOO by
shares and £33,300 by loan; the Wrexham, Mold,
and Connah's Quay (additional powers), to raise
£200,000 by shares and £66,600 by loan ; and the
Whitby, Itedear, and Middlesborough Union, to
raise £250,000 by shares and £83,300 by loan.
In the Ways and Means Committee of the House
of Commons the following bills were passed :—The
Whitchaven and Furness Junction, and White-
haven, Cleator, and Egremont, to raise £33,000 by
shares and £ll,OOO by loan ; the Cambrian (New
Works), the Lancashire Union, the Wycombe, and
the Laugharne. _ _ _

In group 3, the South-Eastern and London
Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton,'
Bill was heard and adjourned.

In group 14, the Midland (Ashby and Nuneaton,
&c.) the London and North-Western and Midland
Counties Coalfields Bills were beard and adjourned.
In group 16, the Swansea Vale Bill was heard
and adjourned.

In group 17, the Vale of Neath (transfer) Bill
was heard and adjourned.
In group 18, the Caledonian and Scottish North-
Eastern Bill was adjourned.
In group 18; the preamble of the North British
(Camps, &c. branches) and the Glasgow and South-
Western (Additional Powers) Bills were proved.
In group 19, the North British (Wishaw, &c.
Branches) Bill was heard and adjourned.
In group 20, the preamble of the Great Northern
and Western (of Ireland) Bill was proved. The
Eastern Bengal Bill was heard and adjourned.

MADRAS IRRIGATION AND CANAL.
The ordinary general meeting of this company
was held on Thursday at the offices, Queen-stieqt-
place ; Mr. J. Thomson in the chair.
The Secretary read the report, which stated that
the first capital of the company (£1,000,000) being
nearly exhausted, and there being no probability of
raising additional capital without an extension of
the Government guarantee, the works were sus-
pended. The chief engineer reported that £500,000
of additional be capital would required to complete
the works for irrigation and navigation between
Soonkasala and Cuddapah.
The CH_
VIRMAN moved the adoption of the re-
port, which was carried.
An extraordinary meeting
of the company was
then held.

The CHAIRMAN said they h at all times enter-
tained a conviction that awlaasrgaoedrri amount of capital
would be required than
by the East India Government Jiena
ally
out the
guaranteed
proposal
ginal scheme. They would observerthat a
a sale of
bad been submitted to them for an adva,nceofi6o,\ ~,,,
with a guarantee of 5 per cent., or v,ouu
the
works upon specified terms.
Major-Gen. CLARKE then moved that it was not
desirable to accept the offer of purchase of the works
as proposed by the Secretary of State for India, and
that the negotiations for the loan which had been
offered by Lord De Grey be left in the hands of the
board with an expre-sion of confidence in their past
views and proceedings.
This was seconded by Major-Gen. BALFOUR, C.B.
Mr. WILSON then moved that it was desirable that
the works of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Com-
pany should be surrendered to the Indian Govern-
ment in exchange for an amount of Indian 5 per
Cent. Stock, transferable at the Bank of England
at par, equal to the paid-up guaranteed capital of
the company, in accordance with Lord De Grey's
proposal, under date the 11th Nay, 1666, and that

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the directors be empowered to negotiate with the
Indian Government for the immediate conclusion
of an arrangement on this basis, which was seconded
by Mr. WHALLEY,
After a long discussion, the latter proposition was
rejected, and the original proposition was carried by
a large majority ; and a vote of thanks to the chair-
man terminated the proceedings.

HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE.
The annual general meeting of this company was
held on Thursday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great
Queen-street ; Mr. Bird in the chair.
The Secretary read the report, which stated that
the tolls and rents for the year ending the 30th April
last amounted to £5,532, being an increase of £290.
The sum of £5OO had been taken from the reserve
fund for the repairs of the bridge footpaths. The
ordinary expenses amounted to £1,495, and the ex-
traordinary expenditure for renewals, &c., to £1,156,
making together £2,651. The available assets
amounted in cash on deposit account and at bankers'
to £3,662. The directors recommended that a divi-
dend of 425. per share, clear of income-tax, be de-
clared payable on the 25th inst.
On the motion of the Chairman, the report, in-
cluding the dividend, was adopted. _ _

Mr. A. J. Roberts and Mr. G. Vacher were elected

to fill vacancies at the board, and the retiring
directors and auditor were re-elected. The proceed-.
ings then terminated.