The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-11 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN.

The half-yearly meeting of this companp was
held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. W. -Wil-
kinson in the chair.

Mr. HENCHMAN, the secretary, read the report,
which stated that after a careful investigation into
the merits and position of the company, the corpora-
tion of London consented to become shareholders
to the extent of £200,000, upon the condition that
within a limited period the entire share capital of
the c .mpany should be b ma fide taken up and paid
upon. The directors were of opinion that as six-
sevenths of the capital of the company had thus
been secured they were justified in proceeding with
the Deviation Bill, which had recently received the
sanction of Parliament. By its provisions, the
capital of the company was now £850,000 ; the
Great Northern' Company no longer possessed the
option to subscribe any portion of the capital ; the
new line from King's-cross to Farringa.on-street
had been sanctioned, and the portion of the line
I from Victoria-street to the Post-office had been
abandoned. The directors had still to obtain sub-
scriptions for the remaining one-seventh of the shares.
They believed that the course recommended by the
engineer would enable them not only to effect that
object, but would insure the execution of the works
by responsible parties for a lump sum, and the com-
pletion of the undertaking within the reduced capi-
tal of the company. The report of Mr. Fowler,
the engineer, stated that the sections of the arch-
way and other works of the railway, including the
chsef stations near Paddington, were ready to be
submitted to the inspection of contractors. He
proposed that the directors should obtain tenders
from certain contractors of high position for the
completion of the Works of the raiiway on a gua-
rantee contract, inclusive of all contingencies. In
his opinion the lowest tender should be accepted,
but he thought they should wait the termination
of the present strike before receiving tenders for
the works. The capital account showed that
£129,189 had been received, and £54,412 expended,
leaving £71,250 in the hands of the Accountant-
General, £1,425 in the Royal British Bank, and
£2,102 at the banker's.
The CHAIRMAN read a letter from the Earl of
Shelburne expressing regret that he was unable to
attend the meeting, and assuring him that the
Great Western Board were most anxiois for the
success of the undertaking, and that they might
rely on their assistance. He (the Chairman) thought
their undertaking would not be propejly appre-
ciated until it was in operation. Various complica-
ted accounts had to be settled and arranged, but ho
saw nothing to prevent the construction and 'com-
pletion of the works. He hoped the working men
would fairly consider their position, and endeavour
to bring the present unfortunate dispute with
their employers to an end. It was evident
that no work of importance could be com-
menced until that dispute was settled. He
believed that their undertaking was not under-
stood; it consisted of five miles of railway passing
through the heart of London, the capital would be
£850,000 in shares, and £280,000 in loans, together
£1,130,000. For four miles out of the five miles
through which the line passed they would have to
pay nothing for_ land, but for the remaining one
mile of land and property they would have to pay
something like £400,000. The advantage of pass-
ing under the New-road from King's-cross to Pad-
dington would save them over £1,000,000, which
they would otherwise have had to pay for property
in that direction. The city autho:ities had cleared
the ground at considerable cost upon which their
station near Farring:don-street would be erected.
Ile concluded by moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. C. PEARSON, as a shareholder, trusted that
the Board would come to no decision as to letting
the contracts without first consulting the represen-
tatives of the corporation, or until the full Board
was constituted.

The CHAIRMAN would only be too glad to hare
the advice and assistance of the four gentlemen who
were to represent the corporation at the Board, and
the sooner they were appointed to that office the
better.

Mr. J. PARSON, in reply to a question, stated that
every shareholder had the option, when half the
money was paid up on his shares, to divide each share
into two half-shares (A and B), on the principle
adopted in the Great Northern Company. The devia-
tion from the original line would save the company
£2.30,000. Their city terminus, near Farringdon-
street, would consist of about 13 acres of land now
lying waste, it being exactly the shape required
for a railway terminus. It was found from obser-
vation that five-eighths of the passenger traffic and
seven-eighths of the goods traffic that came to the
metropolis went into the city ; and when it was
considered that they had 13 acres of land for the
station, and eight acres near it in Smithfield, mak-
ing together 21 Leres available for business, he
thought such, facilities must result in great advan-
tage to the company. He had no doubt the capital
would be sufficient for what they contemplated at
present. He concluded by seconling the adoption
of the report, which Was carried unanimously.
Mr. FOWLER, the engineer, in reply to ques-
tions, stated that on the portion of the line from
Farringdon-street to King's-cross there would be
no tunnel. The portion of the line under
the New-road would form a tunnel ; !but the car-
riages would be well lighted, and during that part
of the journey neither coke nor coal would be used,
to cause annoyance to any passenger. He believed
the line could be worked throughout successfully
and satisfactorily. A junction line would be
formed with the Great Northern Railway for the
purpose of obtaining access to the Cattle-market.
The London and North-Western were now desirous
of' having a junction with their line, but formerly
they cared nothing about it.
On the motion of Mr. PARKES, £1,600 a-year was
voted to the directors for their services, to com-
mence from the Ist of January last, but not to be
acted upon until the arrangement with the corpo-
ration of London was completed.
A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors
concluded the proceedings.

COST OF PRINTING PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—
It appears from a return recently issued that the cost of
printing reports and papers presented to Parliament by
command of her Majesty during the session of 18.58
amounted to L 29,731 Bs. 5d., thus distributed :—War de-
partment, £2,983 ss. 7d. ; India Board, £2,169 ss. 3d. ; Ad-
miralty, £2O 13s. 4d. ; Home-office, £2,174 lls. 10d. ;
Colonial-office. £767 Os. 6d. ; Treasury, £3,283 2s. Ild. ;
Board of Trade, £6,016 19s. 10d. ; and the Irish Govern-
ment, £9,541 Is. 3d. This sum of £29,731 Bs. sd. is exclu-
sive of the printing ordered by the two houses.
DIVORCE CAUSES.—From 1833 to 1859 there were
about 239 petitions for dissolution of marriage arising out
of alleged acts of cruelty and adultery committed previous
to the passing of Lord Palmerston's Divorce and Matri-
monial Causes Act; and since the passing of the Act—i.e.,
from the 28th of August, 1857, some 118 have been pre-
sented. The number of petitions for judicial separation
merely from 1827 prior to the passing of, the act amounted
to 95, and those presented since 1856 to 41 (including' the
whole of 1857). From 1834. to. 1857 there were 10 petitions
for nullity of marriage, including one in 1857. The petitions
for restitution of, conjugal rights from 1839 to 1859 were 22,
and of these six were presented in 1857, and nine in 1858,
against one in 1856 and two in 1855. The number of appli-
cations for protection of wives' property from 1819 to 1856,
was 66, including four in 1856, and five last year.

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