The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-29 00:00:00

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Names of , Dividend Price. Names of Dividend
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Companies.- ia, , per Companies. a
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I£ , £
Ashtn & 014111 97 51.55. p c 72 Monmouthsh 100 91. 160
Ashby-d-la-Z ' 113 41. 70 3int,gomrysh 100 51. 98
Barnsley.... ;160 121. 180 :Macclesfield . 100 - 15
Basingstoke.. 100 - 5 Neath ...... 100 20/. 365
Brknk&Abrglso U. 85 Nottingham . 150 12/. . 260
Cromford.... 100 181. 150 Peak Forest. 78 3/. 40
Dudley. • ....Iloo' 41. 80 Regent's .• • . 33 11. 25
Derby .. .• • . 100 SI. 103 Rochdale .. • . 85 41. 54
Ellsinre&Chs 133 41. 58 Shropshire • . 125 81. 120
Erewash •• . ,100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123
Forth & Clyd 100 4/. 105 Do.Lk 141 St 12 61. p. c. 11
GrandJunctn 100 71. 120 Stfird &Wore 140 281. 440
Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. j 28 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230
Glamorgnsh . 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridgo.. 145 201. 360
Glstr &Brkly 00 - I 8 Strttrd on Ac 79 IL 10s. 27
arantham .. 150 12/. 100 Severn and} 26 1/. Bs. 29
llnciderifield.' 57 - 20 Wye Rail.
Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 7 Tnit & 311
50 30L 445
Lancaster... 47 IL 10. 40 sey, % sh.
Leeds& Livrp 100 34/. 560 Thams&3led 19 - 10
Leicester .. .. 140 10/. 105 Worcstr &1 78 4/. 49
Leicstr& Nth 83 41. 60 Binning.
Loughborogh 142 70/. lO5O Wilts & Bilis 67 11. 4s. II

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE•
The Committee met at Twelve o'clock, the Earl of Shaftesbury
in the chair.
After disposing of some private Bills,
The South-Eastern Railway (Deal Extension) Bill passed
hrcugh Committee.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP X.
SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLN LINE.

The only remaining Committee, Lords or Commons, resumed
in this group to-day, and continued in deliberation on the mode of
drawing up the report to be presented to Parliament this evening,
till half-past one. At that hour Viscount Courtenay (Chairman),
Mr. Wall, Mr. Screpe, and Mr. Darby entered the committee-room,
and the case of the above project was proceeded with.

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Thomas Dunne Jephcock examined by Mr. Balmt—ls a valuer
and colliery viewer at Sheffield, knowing the different coal-beds in
that locality. A coal called "converting" is used in great abun-
dance there for the purpose of changing iron into steel. This
mineral is chiefly procured from the Hansworth collieries close to
the line of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, and also from
the beds of Arquane and Ballifield, severally distant four and five
miles from Sheffield. The present price for this converting coal
at the pit's mouth is ss. 10d. per ton, and its total cost by the
time it reaches the manufactory, Qs. 3d., while that sum would be
reduced to 7s. 2d. by the construction of the line under conside-
ration. _ . _

nations. He had made a table for the information of the COlll
mittee, by which it appeared, that for a distance of seven miles
from Sheffield, on a space of one mile on each side of the line,
there were 11,000,000 acres of coal field, which, if worked to a
depth of 150 yards, would yield 41,000,000 ton of coal, while on the
same distance on the Bawtry branch of the London and York line
there were only 1,807 acres of coal fields, yielding, at the same
ratio, 6,000,000 tons.
Cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant Witationam—Believes the coal
extends to a greater dis mice under the Sheffield and Lincoln line
than under the Bawtrey branch of the London and York, and there-
fore, if accessible, a larger proportion would travel by the latter
railway.
Mr. Andrews, a coal-viewer, corroborated the evidence of the
preceding witness.
Mr. T. Dunn, examined by Mr. BAINES—Is managing partner
of the Sheffield Coal Company, lessees of the minerals under the
Duke of Norfolk. Is perfectly conversant with both the projects
before the Committee for accommodating these districts, and consi-
ders that the Lincoln line indisputably affords the greatest advan-
tages for the working and carriage of coal.
Cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant WR/iNGIIAM—Is Mayor of
Sheffield, and in March last presided at a meeting of
the inhabitants of that town, on which occasion a resolution
was passed in favour of the Bawtry branch. A proposition was
moved in favour of its competitor, but negatived by the adoption of
the amendment, which approved of the London and York project.
This course was pursued, however, under a conviction that the
Bawtry branch was a portion of the Chesterfield line. Since then
the inhabitants have become more favourable to the Sheffield and
Lincolnshire line.

Mr. Charles Atkinson, examined by Mr. BAINES—Is a manufac-
turer of steel in Sheffield, and the owner of two furnaces for con.
verting iron into steel. A ready supply of coal for these purposes
is indispensable, more especially as within the last few years the
demand for steel has been inordinately increasing.

The Earl of Lincoln, examined by Mr. Horn—ls Member for
Nottinghamshire, and fully acquainted with the country traversed
by the competing lines now under consideration. The towns
through which the Sheffield and Lincoln line passes are of far
greater importance than those in the route of the Bawtry branch ;
and the character of the country—for the most part agricu
ltural—
shows a similar superiority for the former. The Duke of New-
castle is a large landowner in the vicinity of the Sheffield
and Lincoln line, and assents to it.
Cross-examined by Sergeant WRANGIIAM-- Has an interest in
the construction of the Sheffield and Lincoln line ; but his prefer.
ence is accorded it from a consideration of its superior importance
to the country, and on public grounds. Thinks that a line from
Gainsborough to Retford and Sheffield would not be compatible
with one through Bawtry and Tickhill to Sheffield.
Mr. Wilmot, agent to the Duke of Newcastle, attested the
accuracy of the last witness as respected the importance of the
Sheffield and Lincoln line to the districts it proposed to traverse.
Mr. Charles Hickson, a malster and land valuer, at Worksop,
deposed to the importance of the Sheffield and Lincoln line to the
trades he represented.
The Committee at a quarter before five adjourned till to-morrow
at noon.

NATIONAL TRADES' CONFER-

EN CE.-(THIS DAY).

SECOND DAY.

The Delegates of this Conference, having for their ob-
ject the consideration of the plans proposed by the Cen-
tral Committee, who were appointed on Easter Monday last
to prepare measures having the twofold object of uniting the
trades in one vast confederation fur mutual support and assist-
ance in all matters involving trade regulations, disputes, and
strikes, and of concentrating and rightly directing their surplus
funds, so that they should be reproductively employed, and
reduce the amount of that superabundant labour which forms
a principal cause of the reduction of wages,
re-assembled at ten o'clock this morning, in the Literary and
Scientific Institution, John-street, Fitzroy-square. T. S.
Duncombe, Esq., in the chair.
The preamble of the plan for the general association of the
trades for the protection of industry having been agreed to
yesterday,
The Conference resolved itself into Committee, and pro-
ceeded to discuss the details of the " draft" recommended by
the Central Committee to carry their objects into effect.
After a very lengthened discussion, in which the greater
number of the Delegates took part, and which was not re-
markable, either for the order with which it was conducted, or
the moderation of the language used by some of the speakers in
advocating tkeir suggestions, the two first rules were, after a
few verbal amendments, agreed to.
" 1. That the Associatioii shall consist of those trades
unions and other organised bodies of the working classes, having
a stated time and place of meeting, that subscribe to its lunds
and conform to its laws.
" 2. That the legislative power shall be vested is an annual
Conference of delegates from the several trades in the Asso-
ciation, iu the following proportion :—Trades having not less
than 30, nor more than 150 paying members, may return one
delegate. Trades with 150, and net more than 300 members,
two delegates; and one additional delegate for every 300
members above that number.
"3. That in cases where the members of the organised body
are less than 150, they shall be at liberty to unite with another
organised body or bodies of the Association similarly situated,
fur the purpose of sending a delegate or delegates.
"4. That ail Delegates to Conference be paying members
of one of the societies they represent.
"5. That an annual session of Conference shall be held on
Whit-Monday, in such town and place as may be determined
upon by the Conference or Central Committee, and such Con-
ference shall continue its sittings so long as is requisite for the
transaction of the business brought before it.
"6. That the Central Committee shall have the power of
convening a special session of conference when it shall appear
to a majority of at least three-fourths of the Committee, that
such a session is necessary, or upon a requisition of at least
one-third of the members of Conference. In case the Cen-
tral Committee neglect to call such special meeting nn such
requisition, the requisitionists shall have power to call it them-
selves. Not less than fourteen days' notice of all such special
meetings shall be given to the delegates.
" 7. That one month previous to the assembly of the annual
Conference, the Central Committee shall cause to be prepared
and issued a business paper, or programme of the matters in-
tended to be brought under the consideration of the Conference.
Such programme shall be laid before the various trades, to
enable them to give instructions to their delegates thereupon.
But the Central Committee shall have the power of intro-
ducing subjects not included in the said paper, if agreed upon
by three-fourths of the Committee, and such as appear to them
tu require the immediate attention of the Conference. Notices
of special sessions shall include the business for which they are
called.
"8. That the Conference shall have power to make and re-
vise the laws of the Association, subject to the following regula-
tions :—Na fundamental or important law shall be repealed or
altered, without at least six months' notice having been given of
such intended repeal or alteration, and it shall be concurred in
by at least two-thirds of the Conference. Similar notices shall
be given of all intended additinns to the laws, and such addi-
tions be similarly approved of. To elect the Central Committee
to fix the salaries of the officers of the Association, and gene-
rally to transact all such business as may come before it.
9. That members of the Central Committee may sit and
speak in Conference, though not elected as delegates, but in
such case they shall not vote.
" 10. That the delegates shall be elected to servo in Con-
ference for twelve months, or until the next general election.
" 11. That within one month previous to Whit-Monday, in
' each year, the Central Committee shall issue their precept to
those trades entitled to send Delegates, requiring them to
proceed, within fourteen days after the receipt of the same, to
the election of a delegate or delegates to represent them in
Conference for the ensuing year. And such precept shall be
signed by the President and Secretary of the Association.
" 12. 'That each of the said trades shah, seven days previous
to Whit Monday, cause a return to be forwarded to the office
of the Central Committee, certifying the delegate or delegates
elected to represent such trades, and such return shall be signed
by the chairman of the meeting at which such election was
held, and by the secretary of the trade.
" 13. That, if any Delegate, by absence or other cause,
should become, in the opinion of the trade, unfit to continue its
' representative, the said trade may declare the office vacant.
"14. That, on the death, resignation, or removal by the
trade, of any Delegate, the president and secretary of the trade
by which suet) delegate was elected shall certify the same to the
Central Committee, which shall forthwith issue their precept
for the election of another to supply the vacancy.
" 15. That no salaried officer of the Association elected as
delegate to Conference by any trade shall vote on questions
personally affecting themselves.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The following rule for the appointment of the Central Com-
' mince were then agreed ;
, Ist. That the general executive power shall be vested in a
Central Committee, to be chosen annually by Conference.
Oa the rule referring to the persons who were to compose