The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-08 00:00:00

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT.

A numerous meeting of the promoters and proprietors of
this projected line took place yesterday afternoon, at the
Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge. Amongst the gentlemen
pfesent were, Lord Stephen Chichester, in the chair • Sir.W.
jpl,neon, Bart.; Sir John Key, Bart. ; C. H. Anderson,
Esq, w. Banks, Esq. ; J. B. Banks, Esq. ; J. Brown, Esq. ;
J. dore B. Clements, Esq. ; J. Cutts, Esq. ; W. J.
Cross, iscp; j..L. Davenport, Esq. ; H. W. Burgess, Esq., &c.
A resolution was Then moved appointing a managing Com-
mittee, with power to P (Id to their numbers; but before it
was carried—

Mr. GREEN, of Bedford, rob; and observed, that in the list
of the Committee there should be i: larger number of county.
,
representatives. He submitted that tree, if not five gentle-
men, should be elected from each ,glt the principal towns
situated on the line, as the representati,'44s in the managing
Committee of the several towns in which t:' 42Y resided.
The CHAIRMAN urged that if such a course were adopted,
the number of the Committee would be unprec:4deete,d, and
d
observed that the greatvr the number of Directo.'m tue less
-4ness would be done.
'Tni KEY contended that there was no necessitv for
-Ament as had been proposed by Mr. Green, or
itself comprehended all that was neces- '
-,tve the Committee power to add to i

bus.
Sir Jo,-
such an amen,

that the resolution

nary, inasmuch as it is,
their number.
they had beard nothing
A PROPRIETOR observed, tha.. ling, Wow it had
about the progress of the survey or . - • .
-• to-
been stated in the circular which called ..-`l4 ineetinb
r gether, that a full report from the engineer .‘nd surveyor
would be submitted to the meeting, and he thoui;ht it was
very essential that they should know how the work was pro-
gressing.
The Soucrron to the Company said that the subject would
have been brought before the meeting, but he had been dis-
appointed in not having received the engineer's report, which
he had fully expected that morning. lie had himself written
to the chief engineer upon the subject a few days ago, and,
in his reply, that gentleman stated that the survey was being
carried on as expeditiously as possible, and there were no
less than sixty surveyors employed on every mile, and the
whole would without doubt be completed long before the time
required.
The various officers of the Company were then elected,
and a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the Chair-
man, who in reply stated his fullest confidence in the merits
of the line, which he had no doubt would become one of the
most successful.

THE NORFOLK AND MIDLAND COUNTIES LINES,
LYNN, WISBEACH, AND PETERBOROUGH, AND
LYNN AND ELY, AND THE BOSTON, STAMFORD,
AND BIRMINGHAM LINES.
KING'S LYNN, TUESDAY.—A large meeting of the
iasinha-
bitants of King's Lynn was held at half-past six
_o'clock
evening, pursuant to adjournment, in the Townhallfor the
purpose of meeting deputations from the Lynn,i ,Wisbeach,
3s, to hear
and Peterborough, and th.e Lynn and Ely
an exposition of their objects, and for the purpose affording
-thseir opinion on
the inhabitants an opportunity of expressing
the respective Merits of the lines. A deputation from the
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Company also attended.
His worship the Mayor, Robert. Pitcher, Esq , presided.
Mr. HOPE said the line was intended to.
junction afford the inha-
bitants of that town a direct copmunicarton through Wis-
beach to Peterborough, and, by its with the London
and Birmingham Railway, the means of a cheap, direct,
and expiditious communication with Birmingham, Manches-
ter, Liverpool, and the other great manufacturing towns in
the north of England. The directors had received applica-
tions for seven times the number of shares they were em-
powered to allot, and they were at a premium of from 21. 10s.
to 31.—(Cheers) Another evidence of the desirability of
the line was to be found in the fact that it had been pirated
by others. The line was registered on the Bth of August ;
on the 30th of August another scheme, traversing the same
ground, was registered in exactly the same name ; and
on the Bth of September another company was registered,
also iu the same name. They were the original Lynn, Wis--
beach, and Peterborough Railway, which interested parties,
backed by local interest, were endeavouring to drive from
the field.

3lr. ANDREWS, the solicitor, next addressed the meeting.
Mr. IVmm4.us, who represented the Lynn and Ely, said
the difference between the two lines would not be more than
one mile and a half, and addressed the meeting in favour of
his line.

Mr. HOLT said they could post to Wisbeach in less time
than they could be conveyed by the angle line.
After some discussion,
Mr. BAGSTER proceeded to address the meeting on behalf
of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, which he con-
tended by its jungt.ipn with other lines would afford them
all the communicate which they desired with the Midland
Counties, as well as the towns in the north of England.

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