The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING.

The SECRETARY having read the notice of the Extra-
ordinary Meeting,
The CHAIRMAN rose and proposed a resolution autho-
rising a contribution in aid of the Cornwall Railway to
the extent referred to in the report.
The resolution was unanimously agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then read a resolution approving of the
proposed contribution in aid of the several lines included
in the scheme of the North Devon Railway Company,
which was seconded by Mr. PRANCE, and carried
unanimously.
The resolution approving of the assistance proposed
to be given to the Torbay Branch, was seconded by Mr.
E. NETTLETON, and carried lie/71 con.
ASHBURTON AND NEWTON RAILWAY.—Upon a re-
solution sanctioning .a contribution to this project, should
the Directors think fit, being read,
Mr. T. W. Fox seconded the motion.
he resolution wl ts then agreed to, with an alteration
suggested by Mr. Derry, which sanctioned assistance
beini given to any railway designed to connect the traf-
fic of Buckfastleigh e•nd Ashburton with the South Devon

In reply to Mr. PRAN,CE, the CHAIRMAN stated that no
additional powers 'woule: be required with reference to
the South Devon Extension lines.

Mr. Muncu having alluded to a report in general cir-
culation, that the Great Western Railway Company had
withdrawn its support from what was generally known
as the Cornwall Railway Company and had thrown its
influence into the scale of the proposed Central Railway
Company,
Mr. BARLOW, Director of the Great Western Rail-
way, denied in toto that such was the fact, stating that,
committed as they were to• the support of the West Corn-
wall and Cornwall Railways, they should oppose the
Central Company in every• a'ay possible.
The CHAIRMAN, with rel:erence to this subject, re-
marked that both the West Cornwall and South Corn-
wall lines were secured to the Cornwall line, and could
not consequently be added .to the Central line.
Dr. Miller was now requested to take the chair, and,
upon the motion of Mr. T . W. Fox, a vote of thanks
was unanimously given to Mr. Gill and the Board of
Directors, and the meeting separated.

GREAT EASTERN AND.; WESTERN RAILWAY.
WORCESTER, MONDAY EVENING.—An important
meeting, in connexion with the Above undertaking, has
been held at the Guildhall in this city to-day, the chair
being taken by Alderman G. Al lies. It should be ex-
plained that when this line of r ailway was first pro-
jected it was intended, by takin ; Birmingham as the
manufacturing capital, as well as ti to centre of England,
to make a direct communication bet ween it and Swansea
on the west, and Yarmouth on tine east, thereby con-
necting the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel with the
German Ocean, embracing a population of three millions.
This gigantic project has now been cons iderably modified,
and in place of proceeding northwards from Worcester,
via Stourbridge and Birmingham, to Leicester and
thence to Norwich and Great Yarmouth, the line is now
proposed to diverge from Worcester, through the Droit-
wich salt works, by Redditch, Henley-on-Arden, War-
wick, and Leamington, to Rugby, wlere it meets the
Huntingdon line, and occuppying a cot use parallel with
that originally proposed, passes by Ely and Thetford to
Norwich and Great Yarmouth. The line of new rail-
way to be constructed, therefore, stops t,t Rugby. From
Worcester the line passes through the important agri-
cultural district of Worcestershire and Ile refordshire, to
the immense ironworks of South Wales, embracing
Crickhowell, Abergavenny, Nantyglo, Tredegar, Rhym-
ney, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydvil, Cyfartba, Irwan, Neath,
and Swansea, branch lines extending to Pontypool and
Newport. It is to be constructed upon the broad gauge
—the gauge of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton line of railway just commenced, and -which it meets
at Worcester.
At the meeting this afternoon the above notifica-
tion was fully explained by Mr. Ward, M.P., the Chair-
man of the Great Eastern and Wester n Company, who
was accompanied by other members of the Provisional
Committee, their engineer, and other .)fficers. The Hon.
Member observed that the great difficulty which the
Company had had to fight against was the mountainous
character of the country surrounding Ole most important
portion of the proposed line, viz., the South Wales iron
fields, and upon this part of the subject the opinion of
the chief engineer, Mr. Gravatt, was perfectly satisfac-
tory. After stating that nothing but a too confident
reliance in the mere judgment of the eye, unsupported
by any actual admeasurement, and w ithout any regard
to the improved state of railway science', could have pre-
vented this railway being brought forward long ago, that
gentleman goes on to state that evert on this, the most
difficult part of the line, they had, at a fair cost, obtained
inclinations and curves as much as 50 per cent. easier
than those on some other lines in the kingdom now car-
rying on an immense traffic in both heavy goods and
passengers, with great advantage to the public and great
profit to themselves.
J. WHEELER LEA, Esq., the Chairman of the Com-
mission for the improvement of the navigation of the
Severn, also pointed out the advantages offered by this
important line of railway, and especially the peculiar
advantages to be derived to the trade and commerce of
the city of Worcester.
On the motion of Mr. BENNET, seconded by J. M.
GUTCH, Esq., banker, an unanimous vote of thanks was
passed to Mr. Ward, and the gentlemen who accom-
panied him, for their attenlarce here to-day, and the
satisfactory explanation made to the meeting.
Mr. WARD, having acknowledged the compliment in
a few brief remarks, moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

Alderman ALLIES, in his reply to this vote, observed
that he had entertained doubts about the feasibility of
this project, on account of the engineering difficulties
which it presented, but these were entirely removed.
The meeting then broke up.