The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-01 00:00:00

CHAIUNG-C ItOSS-B RID GE.

A meeting of the proprietors of the Charing-cross-bridge
took place yesterday at the offices of the Company, Villiers-
street, for the purpose of considering the offer made to the
Directors, by Mr. Fuller, of Parliament-street, for the pur-
chase of the rights and properties of the Company, and for
authorising such further proceedings as might be deemed ex-
pedient.
Mr. WM. ILtavita, on taking the chair at one o'clock,
called upon the secretary to read the advertisement calling
the meeting, upon which
Mr. WM. CoPE, of 85, St. Martin's-lane, put in a protest
against the sal", leasing, or disposing of the bridge, or
the Directors doing any act that tended to cause the dissolu-
tion of the Company, or deteriorate the value of its property.
He was determined to keep the thirty-one shares of which he
was possessed for a permanent investment.
The protest having been read,
The CHAIRMAN shortly addressed the meeting, and after
recounting the different proceedings that had occurred, and the
interview that had taken place between himself, Mr. Fuller,
Mr. Jackson, and his solicitor, stated that the drafts of agree-
ment had been so altered by the solicitor of Mr. Jackson that
it was considered necessary that a further adjournment
should take place for a week, in order that com-
munication should be made upon the subject. The clauses
to which the greatest objection was entertained were,
obliging the Bridge Company to make the bridge a passage
for railway carriages, and also to pay interest upon the pur-
chase-money till the contract was completed.
Mr. FEW and Mr. DUKE, the solicitors of Mr. Jackson,
addressed the meeting with respect to the first clause that
was objected ta. All that was intended by it was that
the Bridge Company should afford them all the necessary
facilities to enable them to go to Parliament next session for
power to enable them to convert the bridge into one fur rail-
way traffic.

the CHAIRMAN said the ?ridge Company were, willing to
do that, but they must object to the payment of interest for
the purcha,;e-money.
Atter some further discussion, the meeting was adjourned
to Thursday next, the 6th November, at half-past one
o'clock.

OPENING OF THE NEW HALL,
LINCOLN'S INN.

The following is the address of the Treasurer and Masters of the
Bench, the Banisters, and Fellows of the Society of Lincoln's

Inn :

" TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

•` Most Gracious Sovereign,

" We, your Majesty's faithiul subjects, the Treasurer and Mos.
ters of the Bench, the Barristers and Fellows of the Society of
Lincoln's Inn, entreat your Majesty's permission humbly to testify
the joy and gratitude inspired by your august presence.
" The edifice in which, under such happy auspices, we are for
the first time assembled, is adorned with memorials of many ser-
vants of the Crown, eminet.t for their talents, their learning, and
their integrity. To the services, as recorded in history, of these
our distinguished predecessors we appeal, in all humility, for our
justification is aspiring to receive your Majesty beneath this roof.
" Two centuries have nearly passed away since the Inns of Court
were so honoured by the presence of the reigning Prince. We
cannot, therefore, but feel deeply grateful for a mark so censpi.
cuous.of your Majesty's condescension, and of your gracious re-
gard for the profession of the law.
" It is our earnest desire to deserve thi, proof of your Majesty's
favour by a zealous execution of the trust reposed in us, to guard
and maintain the dignity of the bar of England.
." In our endeavours to this end we shall but follow in the course
which it has been your Majesty's royal pleasure to pursue. Sig.
nally has your Majesty fostered the independence of the bar, and
the purity of the bench, by distributing the honours which you
have graciously bestowed on the profession among the members of
all parties in the State.
" Permit us, also, most Gracious Sovereign, to offer to your
Majesty nor sincere congratulations on the great amendments of
the law which have been effected since your Majesty's accession to
the throne, throughout many portions of your vast empire.

" The pure glory of these labours will be dear to your Majesty's
royal heart, for it arises from the welfare of your subjects.
" That your Majesty may long reign over a loyal, prosper-
ous, and contented people, is our devout and fervent prayer to
Almighty God."