The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-15 00:00:00

MINORITY-AYES, 159.

Acland, Sir T. D, Ellis, Wynn Napier, Sir Charles
Adderley, C. B. Esmonde. Sir T. Newdegate, C. N.
Aglionby H. A, Ewart, William O'Brien, A. Stafford
Ainsworth, Peter Farnham, E. B. O'Connell, Maurice
Archbold, It. Heiden, J. O'Connell, M. J.
Arundel, Lord Ferrand, W. B. Ossulston, Loid
Astell, William Fitzroy, Lord C. Paget, F.
Bankes, George Fox 'Charles Richard Paget, Lord Alfred
Bannerman, A. Fuller,' A. E. Palinerston, Viscount
Barnard, E. G. Gardner, J. D. Philipps, Sir R.
Beckett, William Gill, 'Thomas Plumptre, J. P.
Benett, John Gore, Robert Plutinidge, Captain
Bernal, Ralph Giangar, T. C. Pollington, Viscount
Bernal, Captain Grey, Sir G. Pryse, Pryse
Blackstone, W. Grimsditch, Thomas Pusey, P.
Blake, Mark Grosvenor.,Lord R. Rainsbottom, J
Blandford, Marquis Guest, J. Rashleigh, Win.
Borthwick, 'Peter lialford, H. Redington, 'l'. N.
Bradshaw, James Hanmer, Sir John Repton, George W.
Bramston, T. W. Harcourt, G.G.-, ,- Richards, Richard
Brisco, Musgrave Hardy, John Russell, Loid John
Broadley, Henry Hatton Captain Russell, J. D. W
Brocklehurst, J. Heathcoat, John Sandon, Lord
Brotherton, Joseph Heathcote, G. J. -Seholeeld, Joshua
Browne, R. D. Heneage, E. - Seale, Sir J. Henry
Browne, W. Henley, J. W. Shaw, F.
Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Hindley, Charles Sheil, R. L.
Busfeild, W. Hornby, John Si bthorp, Colonel
Butter, P. S. Howard, Lord Smith, nenjamin
Byng, G. S. Howard, E. G. Smith, J. Abel
Cayley, E. S. Howard, Sir R. Smith, Vernon
Chapman, Aaron ilowick, Viscount Somers, J. P.
Chapman, B. Humphery, J. Standish, Charles
Chelsea, Viscount Hurst, It. H. . Staunton, Sir G. T.
Christie, W. D. Inglis, Sir R. H. , • Strickland, Sir G.
Cochrane, A. Jelliffe, Sir W. .. Taylor, Edward
Colborne, N. R. W. Jervis, J. Tollemache John
Collett, John Johnson, General TMsiline, d.
Colquhoun, John C. Kemble, Henry Towneley, John
Corbally, M. E. Lambton, H. Troubridge, Sir T.
Cowper, Hon W. Langton, W. Gore Tufnell, Henry
Crawford, W. S. Lawson, Andrew Tumor, C.
Dawnay, W. H.. Layard, Captain Vane, Lord H.
Denison, W. J. Lel'roy, Anthony Wakley, 'l'homi.s
I)lanison, E. B. Macaulay, T. B. Walker, IL
D'Eyncourt, 'l'. C. M'Geachy, F. A. Watson, W. H
Dickinson, F. H. Maher, N. VVawn, J. T.
D'lsraeli, Benjamin Mangles, It. D. Williams, W.
Douglas, Sir H. Manners, Lord J. Wilshere, W.
Duff, James Miles, P. W. S. Wortley. Hon. John
Duncombe, T. S. Miles, William Yorke, FL H
Oundas, David MiMes, It. M. TELLERS.
Easthope, Sir John Morris, David Ashley, Lord
Ebrington, Viscount Murray, A. Hawes, B.

MAJORITY—NOES, 297.
1
VCourt, Capt. E. Ferguson, Sir It. A. Morrison, James '• *,l
Milani, William Fiimer, Sir E. Mundy, Ed. Millar
Alford, Viscount Fitzmaurice, W. Neck', Joseph
Allix, John Peter Fitzroy, Hon. H Newry, Viscount
Ansor, Hon. Colonel Fitzwiiliam, G. W. Nichol' Itight,Hon
Arbuthnott, Hugh Flower, hir James Norreys, Lord
Arkwright, George Ffolliott, John Norreys, Sir D. J.
Bagge, Wm. Forbes,William Northland, Lord
Bagot, Hon. W. Forester, Hon- G. O'Ferrall, R. M. '
Bailey, J. Furman, I'. Seaton Ord, W.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Forster, Matthew Oswald, Alexander
Baillie, Colonel H. Fox, S. Lane Oswald, James
Baillie, H. J. Gaskell, .1. M. Owen, Sir John
Baird, William Gibson, T. M. ' Paget, Lord W.
Baldwin, C. B. (iisborne, Thomas Palmer, George
Balfour, J. M. Gladstone, W. E. Parker, John
Barclay, David Godson, Richard Patten, J. W.
Baring. F. T. Gordon, Hon. W. Peel, Sir Rob rt
Baring, T. Gore, Montague Peel, Jonathan
Barneby, John Gore, W. 0. Pendarves, E. W
Barrington. Viscount Gotilburn, Henry Philips, G. It.
Barron, Sir IL Graham, Sir J. Philips, Mark
Bell, Matthew Greene'', Peter Pigot, Sir It.
Bentinck, Lord G Greene, 'l'. Ponsonby, C. F. A. C
Berkeley, Hun. C. Grimston . Lord Powell,Colonel '
Bernard, Viscount Hale, R. B. Pringle, Alexander
Blackburne, J. I. Hallyburton, Lord J Protheroe, Edward
Blakemore, R. Hamilton, J. Hans. Pulaford, R bert
Bodkin, W. H. Hamilton, W. J. Ram ay, W. It. •
Solder°, H. G. Hamiltoi, Lord C. Reid, Sir John R.
Botfield, Benah Harris, E. A. J. Ricardo, John Lewis
Bowes, J. Hay, Sir A. L. Roebuck, J. A.
Boyd, ' Hayter, W. G. Rolleston' Colour!'
Bright, John Heathcote, Sir W. Ross, D. 11.
tiroadwood, Henry Heneage, GW. Round, John
Brooke, Sir A. B. Hepburn, Sir 1. B. Roue, Captain
Brownrigg, J. S. Herbert, Hon. S. Rushbrooke, Colonel
Bruce, Lord Ernest Heron, Sir it, Russell, Charles
Bruen, Colonel Hillsborough, Earl of Sanderson, R.
Bruges W. H. L. Hinde, J. H. Scott, Robert
Buck, 'Lewis W. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Seymour, Lord
Buller, E. Hodgson, F. Seymour, Sir H. B.
Buller. Sir J. Y. Hodgson, Richard Shelburne, Lord
Bunbury,;Thomas Hogg. J. W. , Sheppard, Thomas
Burrell. Sir C. M. Holmes, W. A Court Shirley, Evelyn J.
Burroughes„ H. Hope, Charles Smith, T. B C.
Campbell, Sir H. Hope, Alexander Smyth, Sir H.
Ca.pbell, John H. Hope, G. W. Smythe, Hoa. G.
Cardwell, Edward Hotham, Lord Somerset; Lord G.
Carnegie, Captain Houldsworth, T. Sotheron, T. H.
Cartwright, W. R. Howard, P. H. Spry, Sir S. Thomas
Castlereagh, Visct. Hughes, W. B. Stanley, Lord
Charteris, Hon. FA Hussey, Ambrose Stansfield, W. It C.
Cnetwode, Sir John Hussey, Thomas Stewart, I'. M.
Childers, J. W. Ingestre, Lord Stuart, Lord James
Cholmondeley, H. Irton, Samuel . Stuart, W. Villiers
Chute, W. L Irving, John • Strutt, Edward
Clay, Sir W. Jerre yn , Earl Sutton, Henry M.
Clayton, Rice R. Johnstone, Hope Talbot, C. R. M.
Clerk, Sir Geolle Jolliffe, Sir W. Tailored, H. W
Clive, Viscount Jones, Captain Tennent, J. E.
Clive, R. H. Knatchbull, Sir E. -Thesiger, F.
Cockburn, Sir G. Knight, Henry Gaily Thompson, Ald.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Knlghtley, Sir C. Thornely, , Thomas
Collett, W. It, Labouchere, H. Thornhill, G.
Collins, W, Langston, J. H. Tollemache, F. J.
Compton. H. C. Lascelles, W. S. Traill, George
Connolly, Colonel Leader, J. T. Trelan ny J. S.
Coote, Sir C. Legh, G. C. Trench, Sir Frederick
Cerry, Hon. Henry Lemon, Sir C. Trevor, Hon. G. R.
Craig, W. Gibson Lennox, Lord A. Trollope, Sir John
Cripps, W. Leslie C. P. Trotter, John
Currie, Raikes Liddet, H. I'. Tyrrell, Sir J.
Dalmeny, Lord Lincoln, Earl of Verner, Colonel
Darner Colonel Loch, James Vesey, lion. Thomas
l :arby, George Lockhart, William Villiers' Charles s'
Dashwood, G. H. Long, Walter Vivian, John Ennis
Denison, John Evelyn Lopes, Sir Ralph Vivian,. Captain
Dennistoun, J. Lyall, George Waddington, H. S.
DLit, Q. Mackenzie, W. F. Wall, Charles B.
Divett, E. Maclean D. Walsh, Sir John
Dodd, George M'Neill, Duncan Warburton, Henry
Douglas, Sir C. E. Manners. Lord C. S. Ward, H. G.
Douro, Marquis of March, Earl of Welby, Glynne Earle
Dowdeswell, W. Marshall, William %Vellesley. Lord C.
Drummond, H. H. Marsham, Viscount Wz-n... s•,J. E.
Douglas, Sir C. Marsland. H. White, Henry
Duncan, Lord Martin, John Whitmore, T. C.
Duncan, George Martin, C. W. Wodehouse, FAlinone
Duneannon, Lord Master, 'l'. W. Wood, Charles
Duncombe, A. Westerman, John Wood, Colonel
Dundas, Frederick Matheson, James Wood, Colonel T.
Egerton, W. 'l. Mauld, Hon. Pox Wortley, Jas.
Eliot. Lord Mvinrell, T. P. Wrighston, W. B.
Elphinstone, Howard Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Wynn, Sir W.
Escott, Bickham Meynell, H. Yorke, Hon. E. T.
Estcourt, T. G. B. Mildmay, H. :t. John Young, John
r.vans, W. Mitcalfe,' Henry TELLERS.
F eilden, W. Mitchell, T. A. Fremantle, Sir T.
Ferguson, Colonel Morgan, Octavius Basing, Henry

Amendment proposed, page 25, line 30 (Printed Bill),
after " imprisonment," to insert "or where the penalty
awarded shall he more than three pounds :"—Question put,
" That those words be there inserted:" The House divided:
MAJORITY—AYES, 124.

MINORITY—NOES, 29.
Aldara, W. Forster, Matthew Philips, M.
Ag'lofty H. A Gill, Thomas Roebuck, J. A.
Bright,John Hindley, Charles Smith, John Abel
Brocklehurst, J. Johnson, General Stanstield, W. it.
Brotherton, J. Mangles, R. D. Strutt, Edward
Butler, P. S. Marshall, W. 'Purnell, IL
Collett, John Marsland, H Wawn, John T.
Cowper, Hon, W. F Martin, John ~
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Crawford, W. S. Morris, David TELLERS.
Duncan, George O'Connell, M. J. Granger,-,Thomas C.
Feilden, J.
Pendarves, E. W. Duncombs, T. S.

Motion made, and Question put, " That the Bill do pass :"
The House divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 136.

MINORITY—NOES, 7.
Bright, John Roebuck, J. A. TELLERS.
Duncan, George Stansfield, W R. Martin, John
Hindley, Charles Warburton, H. Collett, John
Philips, M.

DESTRUCTION OF LYNN COBB, BY FIRS.--The
Stag, revenue cruiser, just arrived from the westward, repo' ts
that when off Lynn Cobb, on Saturday, the 11th, at thiity
minutes past nine, A.M., in company with the Adelaide, saw
a fire, and manned their boats and landed to give assistance.
No fire-engines could be procured till eleven o'clock, and then
no supply of water. They-remained assisting, by attempting
to cut ofr the communication between the houses, until seven
o'clock, when they were obliged to leave for the Isle of Wight,
the fire still raging. The fire broke out at baker's, and was
carried by a strong north-east wind to ether houses and the
Custom-house. which, with about sixty other houses and
taverns, was destroyed. There appeared great apathy on the
part of the inhabitants. The boatswain of the Stag and
several others were severely scorched ; one man was much
injured by falling from a house, hut it is believed no lives
were lost. The damage done was reported to exceed 60,0001.
The surrounding hills were lined with ladies and gentlemen,
looking on this town on. fire. Accounts have since been re-
ceived that the fire was eventually got under.—From a Cor-
respondent.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS 'OF YES'T'ERDAY.
STANDARD.—The Factory Bill was last night read
a third time and passed in the House of Coninionli Lord
Ashley's amendment (limiting the hours of labour in
factories of yonn: persons to ten) having been
rejected, after srdebate, by a majority of 297 to
159. The grey 'AA the majority, by which the
House has, withihstss few days, rescinded its solemn de-
cision, three times repeated, will , come by surprise
upon the public. We confess that though we anti-
cipated a decision against Lord Ashley's proposition, we
were not prepared for such anadverse letnority.as 138-T
and now we can account for it only by two causes :
—First, the distinct and unequivocal 'declaration
of the Ministers that they would resign office if
defeated ; secondly, the occurrence in the debate
of menaces against the corn-laws,, introduced into
the debate by Lord John Russell and. some others of the
new converts to the principle of liniiting,the- hours -of
labour. These two considerations co-operating—the
fear of losing-a Ministry-that had. proved the faithful
protector of agriculture, on one side—the fear of that Mi-
nistry being succeeded by another, the leader of whiCh
at the very momentAits.e!,tened to repeat the desperate and
ruinous attempt made 1841, would naturally alarm
the agricultural Mdiaers of the House. As regards
the first of these two considerations, there can be no
doubt that if Ministers appreciate,' as we believe they
do, . the magnitude of the change that Lord Ashley's,
proposition would ultimately produce, and fear the
effect of that change, they were right to give, it.
a determined opposition, and, if unsuccessful in.
that opposition, -to - release themselves from the
responsibilities of office. For an Administration• to
prosecute the routine of Government, withont the power
to
.govern—to submit to defeat after defeat, as Wag
the practice of Lord Melbourne's Cabinet, or to merely
evade defeats by abandoning, to the majority its
own conscientious judgment, is of the worst pes-
sible example. And, indeed, the present Minis-.
tors had precluded themselves, and we hope all
future Governments, from pursuing this unworthy
course, by the memorable resolution which closed the first
session of 1841. They who think with us, that the
Cabinet is in error respecting the short time ques-
tion, must nevertheless approve, on constitutional
grounds, of the course which they have taken re-
specting its decision. But though the Ministers
themselves are perfectly clear in the matter, we are
not quite sure that the fears of many who supported
them last night were not unreasonable. Our own
belief is, that though Sir R. Peel should resign office
on the Ist of June, he would be no less Prime
Minister on the Ist of August. A Whig Admi-
nistration is what, while a remembrance of the
ten years from 1831 to 1841 shall remain, the
country will never bear ; and there is, even
among • the Conservative party, no man in whose
genius,-wisdom, prudence, temper—in a word, in whose
consummate statesmanship the country has so much con-
fidence al'it has, most justly, in the qualifications of Sir
Rubel% Peel The gentlemen who sacrificed their own
opinions, strien an important and deeply interesting ques-
tion rather thin: deprive the country of the services of
such a Minister, -acted no doubt conscientiously, and
paid to Sir RoVrt certainly the highest compliment
that could be paid to a public man .; but ought they
not to have given the people credit for the same feeling;
ought they not to have remembered, that though the
great majority of the nation differ from the Right Hon.
Baronet upon this one question, that same majority
gratefully appreciates his value as a Minister, and after
defeating him, even with the effect of render-
ing his resignation necessary, would restore him
to office as zealously, . and with even a more.
cordial affection, than they placed him there in 1841?
The second consideration—the apprehension excited by
the Anti-Corn-law menaces of the new conVerts—
ought to have been of even less weight than, the'fear of
disturbing the Ministry. 'Without wishing to 'detract
from the value of any recruit to what we believe to be
a good cause, we must still remember that the converts
in question are party men. They may not, and we trust
not, come over to us with party motives, but they' cannot--
help bringing with them their party incumbranceS. One
of these is hostility to the corn-laws; and as it is tot much
for even the most unscrupulous of politicians to get rid of
two distinct sets of political principles at one and the same
time, they.niust try to reconcile their old enmity to
the protectiN • of agricultural, with their new zeal
for the' protection , of. ananufadturing.labour. Between
the corn'-laws and the limitation of the hours o labour
there is, however, no natural connexion except this—the
competition of foreigners, of which we have heard
so much, as necessarily enforcing long 1 hours
of labour, would be infinitely: increased by a
repeal of the • corn-laws. All that the foreigner in-
habiting a less encumbered, a less taxed country, with
a population long fzmiliarised to starvation, and an
abundance of water power, cheaper than steam as 2i is
to 12, and working much nearer than we to the great
Continental markets—all that the foreigner wants in
competing with us is capital ; and a few years
of a free trade in corn would hand over to 14itu the
capital of this country. " Were it not (sidd the
late Mr. Rothschild) for occasional bad harvests,
all the money of the world must flow to and ssttle in
England ;" and we have little doubt that the recent active
competition which has excited so much apprehension
might, with little difficulty, be traced to the effect
of the successive bad harvests from 1838, The
inquiry, though an important one, scarcely falls in
with our immediate subject, and therefore *e dis-
miss it for the present. We can, on the whOle, find
no valid reason for the votes of the majority of those
who opposed Lord Ashley last night, though we are very
far from imputing improper motives to any considerable
number of them. And now to come to the most im-
portant question. The fate of the short time propo-
sition having been decided for a session, how are
the friends of that proposition to act ? to pre-
pare a strong force and a strong case against the
next session, when, or at least in the succeeding
session at farthest, they must carry their point, if they
only act with prudence. The principle of limitation has
been established, and it was strongly, though somewhat
inconsistently, urged by some of Lord Ashley's most
distinguished opponents, that every such principle must
in the nature of things be progressive. How, then,
is its progress to be aided and accelerated ?
by angry agitation and violent speeches, and, as was
not obscurely hinted, by " strikes ? Oh, __no; none of
these things ever forwarded any but a bad cause
and have never been employed in a good one
without retarding or injuring it. The way in
which the strength of the factory labourers is
to be augmented, is by the preservation of
that noble character which they have achieved
for themselves. It is in rooted repose that the
forest oak acquires its magnificent dimensions ; it
is in repose from violent agitation that large
bodies of men acquire a great and noble character. Next,
information adapted to the new phase of the question
must be diligently sought for and accurately prepared.
Enough is known of the suffering of the factory la-
bourers by direct testimony—more than enough for

those who are by experience acquainted with the cor-
ruption of human nature, and know that all responsible
power which men can profitably abuse, will be abused
by those who possess it.
GLOBE.—A motion stands on the order-book of the
House of Commons for this evening, the discussion of
which will open the eyes of the public to the enormities
perpetrated by Lord Lyndhurst's Chancery Reform Act,
for the passing of which the session of 1842 will be dis-
tinguished in the history of Parliamentary credulity, indif-
ference, and idleness. When Tory Lord Chancellors endea-
vour t o lull suspicion asleep by extraordinary professions of
regard for the public interests, then is the time for
legislators to be more than commonly on their guard
against deception. The motion we allude to, which will
be brought forward by Mr. Watson, Q.C., is for "A
Select Committee to inquire into the orders for
compensation made by the Lord Chancellor to the
persons filling the offices of Clerk of the Enrol-
ments, Comptrollers of the-Hanaper, Riding Clerk, Six
Clerks, Swoilerks, Waiting Clerks, Agent or Re-
cord Keeper ,w 4 e Court of Chancery, under the Act
5 and 6 Vic. c" 103, and to inquire into the nature,
duties, and ents of those offices before the. pass-
ing of n4llkie
that Actfrand their right to compensation (and
if any, to what amount), during their life, and for seven
years after the death of such person ; and to inquire
into the taxation of suitors in courts of law and equity,
and the application of moneys raised thereby, and the
propriety of continuing the same." The Chancery Offices
Abolition Act was framed by, or under the immediate in-
structions of, LordLyndhurst, and was introduced to the
House of Peers by the Noble and Learned Lord with a com-
placency of demeanour, and a blandness of tone, which
tended to allay suspicion that any mischief to the public
interests coulcflurk under so fair a form. The legal pro-
fession-.concurred in denouncing the Six Clerks'-office
as the principal cause of the reproach which the
public agreed,tojcast upon the Chancery Court ; the
very name *
of which, was synonymous in the public ear
. )
with interminable delay and ruinous expense in litiga-
tion. Until Liird Lyndhurst undertook the Herculean
task, that Augean stable reposed in security. The
dread of ipterfering with " vested interests," and the
horror of touching the time-honoured institutions of the
country, were akeinately pleaded as an excuse for
not abolishing the monster-grievances which oppressed,
harassed, and frequently destroyed the hapless suitors
in the Chancellor's Court. Lord Lyndurst undertook
and—it was boasted—coMpleted, the arduous labour !
It was not until the Lord Chancellor's celebrated
orders were issued in December last, that the price
at which the benefits of the Chancery Offices Abo-
lition Act had been purChased became known.
Whether the framers of the Act had any idea that
the compensation which it gave would amount to a
sum approximating to that which it is now ascertained
must be paid under its provisions, we do not undertake
to pronounce. Certain, loweve4 is it, that a -sum
considerably more than a million sterling is awarded
as compensation to the holders of the offices abolished
by the Act. If the Lord Chancellbr knew that such
vsQuld be the effect of his first exratikent in law reforms

If his Lord' was
ignorant . is now made manifest, it w'
far to convict him of negligence in the discharge of his
public duties. It will also cause suspicion of the Noble
and Learned Lord's other reforms in the administration
of justice, . which -he has -engaged -to effect.- II is
first grand ekperiment has 'entailed -gross amount
of charge on the suitors of the Court,lth the shape of
compensation to the holders of useless offices, to the
extent of 1,358,424 L 3s. 51a.! This is more than enough for
the present. That the Bill Was'pressed through Parlia-
Ment With inordinate rapidity, will be seen-by a reference
totheproceedings of Parliament. The Bill was introduced
the last month of the session of- 1842: It was brought
into the Lords -on the 11th of July, 1842 ' - and passed
the House of Commons in eight days, nearly sub mitotic.
It received the Royal-Assent on the 10th of August fol-
lowing—the Bar being on Circuit and the London attor-
neys generally, wholly uninformed of- the measure. In
the Commons it moved tiVia stages after midnight. Han-
sard's Debatei.record not one line, bf discussion in Par-
liament on the Bill. There is yet some hope for the
country from the inquiry which Mr. Watson seeks to
obtain by his motion.

GREAT LEINSTER and 1111INSTER

RAILWAY.

A meeting of Shareholders of the Great Leinster arid
Munster (or Dublin and Kilkenny) Railway Company took
place on Monday, at 61, Moorgate-street, for the purpose of
having submitted to them a report of the Shareholders' Com-
mittee, which was , appointed 'on the 7th of March last to
examine into the position and affairs of the Company. The
-Mir was taken by Mr. Shaw, a Director.
Mr. Slant (a Shareholder), in the absence of the Secre-
tary, presented the report, which stated that the Com-
mittee, having considered the past proceedings and • actual
position of the body to which they belonged, agreed to sug-
•gestiOns-from .which we extract the following
• " A new line of railway from Dublin to Cashel had been
laid .out at the instance of Government ; the estimated
capital had been raised ; the shires were at a premium ; and
notices of an immediate application to Parliament foi a Lilt
to incorporate the Company, and proceed with the under-
taking, had been inserted in the Irish newspapers. The
question accordingly wag, what was now the best course to
be pursued by the Shareholders of the Dublin and Kilkeause
Railway CoMpany, whose Act would ' not expire until
year- 1847. Confining themselves to fads immediately affect-
ing their rights as Shareholders, they had next to notice the
circumstances out of which the present Dublin and
Cashel Company took its rise.' When first the gentlemen to
whom the formation of body was due proposed to them-
selves the task of procuring a line of railway out of Dublin
to the south of-Ireland, they considered, after mature deli-
beration, that the readiest and most effective course-open tts
' them, and the one best adapted to the wants of the country.
was, to take up' and carry out the original plan of the Great
11:einster. and Munster Railwey. Company, by making the line
to .kilketiny. Proceeding to act upon that opinion, they
_opened negotiations with the Directors still in office, and
'with her Majesty's Government., It was unnecessary to
ciwell-lupen_the negotiations with 'the former, because they
were completely put an end to by the decision of the lat-
ter, 'a decision which announced that no countenance or
assistance whatever could be given, to any effort to carry
the Dublin and Kilkenny Act into execution ; but that
every countenance -and assistance that could be afforded
might be relied upon for a plan based upon, or approxi
mating to, the recommendations contained in the report
of the Irish Railway. Commissioners, respecting a line rid
Holycross and Cashel. The Dublin and Cashel line was,
in part, the identical line of this Company ; for 58 miles,
moreover, the two lines run parallel- and contiguous. SO
far. they were competing lines and would, necessarily be
so treated in Parliament, if this Company, or any of its
Shareholders, were to present petitions upon the subject
either to the House of COmmons or to the House of Lords.
This, however, was not the step which it- would seem to be
.advisable to take at present. They were to bear in mind
that no opposition, however effective, could avail to enable
this Company to proceed at once with their works. So that,
in the event of their succeeding to prove that 56 miles of the
line were Vested legally in them—that theirs was the better
line, moreover, and would give the required communication
to the greater number of towns, they would still have to
reconstruct the Company, to elect new Directors, and to seek
new Shareholders. A distinct portion of their line was pro-
posed to be taken in as a branch by the Cashel Company.
That branch ran directly into one of the original extensions,
projected, surveyed, and laid out at the expense of this Corn-
pany,-and it was also capable of being carried with the
greatest facility by Kilkenny, Clonmel, and Carrick-on-Suh-
toWaterford. This would form an admirable South-Eastern
Railway, about one hundred miles long, pursuing a 'era_
tract of country, the largest stream of traffic in the south ot-
Ireland; and not competing with the main trunk out of Dub-
lin, but contributing to its business. On the other hand, the
Carlow branch of the main trunk, if run- into our original
Wexford extension, would give a railway sixty-eight mike
long, easy in the extreme of construction, and abounding
with profitable resources. Commencing upon a point from,
.the main trunk of the Dublin and Cashel. Railway, near
Kildare,and thence proceeding by Athy, Carlow, Newtown-
Berry, andEnniscorthY, to Wexford, it would pass' through
rind take up the trade of the rivers Barrow anti Slanev, aest
would run into the capacious new harbour at Wexford, the
plans of which had been completed by Mr. Brunel,9
The Committee also submitted- a prospectus of a railway-
to be called the " Irish South-Eastern, or Waterford and
Dublin, Junction Railway, through Carlow, Kilkenny, Clon-
mel, and Carrick:-on-Suir, with a branch to Wexford," the
-proposed capital of which was to be 1,000,0001. The pee
pectts set forth that "The South-Eastern Railway would
start at a point to be selected upon the Great. Southern Trunk:
from Dublin between &aline and Monasterevan, whence it
' would pass through Athy' to Carlow; from Carlow to Kil-
' kenny it would pursue the• old Dublin and Kilkenny line;
' thence to Clonmel it was proposed to adopt the line recom-
mended to the Dublin and Kilkenny Company by Mr. Aher
and. from Clonmel to Waterford the line would fall into tlse
valley, of the.Suir, aS suggeSfed VY-111r. Bald, resident en.
gineer to the Clyde. As part of the line was now possessed
ty the shareholders of the Dublin and Kilkenny Railway
Company, by virtue of an unexpired Act of Parliament, it
was proposed to give therit a isreference, in Subscribing the
required takiltal, and to allow them, upon paying up.
9/. 10s. on the new shares, to have credit 'for the sums re-
spectively paid by them in the old CoMpany. The Act t(
the Dublin and Kilkenny 'Railway Company would thug tea
assigned to the South-Eastern Company ; and such artangss...
Incas will be effected with the proposed Dublin and Cashel
Company, either as to consolidation or otherwise, as Goe
vernment should decide to be most conducive to the public,
- interests.-- -The Government have been solicited to extend
to the South-Eastern Railway whatever degree of support,
Parliamentary or pecuniary, it may decide upon giving to
the proposed Dublin and Cashel line. The Wexford branch
would start from the South-Eastern line at 'the town of
Carlow."

Mr. Smrrx stated that the Committee had received letters
from several of the Shareholders in Ireland, in which they
expressed their approval of the report.
The Ch AundAN regretted that there. was only one Director
(Mr. Beamish) besides himself present at the meeting. lie
could not understand what advantages would arise from the
proposed new Company; the lines of railway suggested in
the prospectus had all been contemplated by the Dublin and
Kilkenny Company, and if they succeeded in obtaining a
starting-place at Kildare, or Monasterevan, they would, in
his opinion, have all that was required for the purposes of
the Company, and one.of the most profitable lines of railway
in the three kingdoms.
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Mr. Joni JkitsoN BLANDY moved that the report and
prospectus be received, printed, and circulated; and that the
Shareholders' Committee be requested to continue their ser •
vices, and to ascertain what further support the project.
would receive from the landed and mercantile interests locally
affected.

The CHAIRMAN said, if they passed this resolution they
would, in point of fact, adopt a new line of railway which
they could not carry out without applying to Parliament for
a new Act.

Mr. BEAMISH was of opinion that they ought not to adopt
the report and prospectus at present, and without commu..
nicating with the Dublin and Cashel Company in reference
to obtaining a branch from the main trunk. They ought to
meet the Cashel Company in an amicable spirit.
Mr. Storrs supported the resolution because he thought
that they ought to have some plan laid down upon which
they could negotiate with the Cashel Company.
After some further discussion,
Mr. BEAMISH said he thought they could not agree to the
report and prospectus without sanctioning the principle of
forming the new Company, which he, for one, was not pre•
pared to do. He moved that the report and prospectus be re-
ceived, and be taken into consideration on Monday next, at a
meeting to be called for that purpose.
Mr. BLANDY withdrew his resolution, and Mr. Beamish'
motion having been seconded by Mr. Worgman was carried
unanimously.
Mr. BEAMISH then proposed that a Committee be ap-
pointed to wait on the Provisional Directors of the Dublin
and Cashel Railway Company, to negotiate with them for
he branch to Athy and Carlow'from the main -trunk, near
Kildare, with a view to the continuance of the line as ori-
ginally projected by the Dublin and Kilkenny Company,
and to report the result to the meeting on Monday next.—
Agreed to. •
A resolution was subsequently adopted, to the effect that a
general meeting of the Shareholders should be called, in order
that the report might be legally decided upon, and that Di-
rectors should be elected in room of those who had become
disqualified, or who refused to serve.
Mr. BUTLER, M.P., stated his willingness to give every
support in his power in Parliament to any- feasible projects
for railways in Ireland, and especially to, the proposed rail-
way to Kilkenny.