The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-03 00:00:00

DIRECT NORTHERN.

The CHAIRMAN then directed that the case of the Direct
Northern line should be gone into.

Mr. COCKBURN said he would commence his case for the Direct
Northern by calling his witnesses at once, and reserve his observa.
tions for the close of his case.

Mr. Richard Dawson was then called—He deposed that he was
the owner of 2,800 acres of land in Lincolnshire, and has lived all
bis life in that county; has no doubt but that the Direct Northern
line was the best that could be devised for that county; the cattle
traffic carried on it was Immense.

Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM here contended that this case should
not be allowed to go on, inasmuch as the plan had been altered,
and was now a different one to that deposited originally.
The Committee retired, and on their return stated that they
would express no opinion upon the objection raised, but would al.
low the case to proceed, and would hope that, as the case now be-
fore them awaiting their decision was the London and York line,
the Counsel would confine himself as closely as possible to the line
now before the Committee.

Mr. Cockatrax said he would endeavour to do so, and then pro-
ceeded with the examination of the witness. He said the reason
he preferred the Direct Northern to the London aid York was,
because it was a direct trunk line.

When this witness's examination closed, the Committee ad.
journed.

MEETING OF MEXICAN BOND-

HOLDERS AT THE LONDON TAVERN.

A large meeting of the holders of Mezican bonds was held,
yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Mr.
C. R. Robinson in the chair, far the purpose of considering the
correspondence which has recently passed between the Com-
mittee nominated by the bondholders, Messrs. John Schneider
and Co,, and Messrs. F. de Lizardi and Co., the agents of the
Mexican Government, respecting the dividends.
The advertisetnent convening the meeting having been read,
The CHAIRMAN said they had been called together by
rather peculiar circumstances as respected the holders of Mexi-
can bonds, and the reason why the meeting had not been palled
earlier was because it had been delayed from time to time in
the hope that 'Messrs. I.ixardi and Co. would have paid the
sums of money lying in their hands to the Mexican bond-
holders, whose property it was, and not that pf the Mexican
Government, as they had stated in the correspondence which
had ensued on the subject. The meeting had at length
been called, and they had now to consider what
course they ought to pursue to obtain that justice which
they had hitherto failed to obtain either from the Mexican
Government or from Messrs. de f4ardi and Co. He would
make a few remarks with respect to the positi&n in which they
stood. The Mexican Government had appointed Messrs'.
John Schneider and Co. as their agents. Being so appointed,
they called upon Messrs. Lizardi and Co. to hand them over
the sums which they hid in their hands r
the purpose of paying the Mexican diriden4s, which
they had refused to do, at the same time stating they
would feel obliged if Messrs. Schneider and Co. would pay them
the halanee of the account with the Mexican Government.--
(A laugh.) !:;,r, this being communicated to the Commit-
tee, they called upon the to nay the money to Messrs.
Schneider and Co., or in 'ther evcrit of their declining
to do so, to divide it among the bondholder's, but the 7
had refused to do either 9up pr dip
so far as the moneys in question were eonperned, that they
had acted in the apaoity of agents of the Vg*ipp;n
vprnment, and not as the Wnts p 1 the bondholdfrsi
and that they had a right, if they Lt:',,".lglit krofer,