The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-08 00:00:00

Thanks, on the motion of Mr. WALLACE, seconded by
Mr. GRF.IG, were awarded to the Previsidnal Committee, to
Mr. Kerr, the secretary, and to Sir James Ramsay, for pre-
siding.

HALIFAX, HUDDERSFIELD, AND BRADFORD
UNION.

A general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was
held in Huddersfield on Thursday, to take into consideration
the lately much agitated question relative to the non-issue of
scrip by the Executive Committee in the terms of the Com-
pany's prospectus. Mr. B. N. R. Batty took the chair.
Several resolutions were proposed, and spoken to by Messrs.
W. Eddison, Bradley, Floyd, Beaumont, Crossland, Brook,
Dougell, and More; and ultimately a memorial, to be pre-
sented to the provisional Committee, was unanimously
adopted, in which the memorialists protest against any such
course, because they consider that the deposits had been paid
on the faith of receiving Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford
scrip. They further consider that the arrangements made
with the Manchester and Leeds Company have altogether a
prospective operation, and that their becoming Shareholders in
the Manchester and Leeds Company was altogether dependent
upon obtaining the Act about to be applied for. They suggest
that no arrangement or agreement has been made with the
United West Riding Company, so as to bind that Company, and
that the United West Riding Company have no in-
terest whatever in the matter. They believe that
the agreement entered into between the Manchester
and Leeds Company and the West Yorkshire and
West Riding Companies, and that entered into with the
Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Company, are not alto•.
gether similar, but that the last-mentioned agreement is con-
siderably more favourable than the former; so that any change
in the name would be absolutely detrimental to their interests.
hey recommend that Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford
Union scrip should be issued in the usual form of scrip, and
believe that such a course would render abortive the intrusive
interference of parties interested only in the change of name
in the Company, from pecuniary and personal considerations,
arising out of indiscriminate and vicious speculation in buying
and selling of shares. They feel assured that such a course of
proceeding only will answer the expectation of the public, and
carry out in principle the true, legal, and equitable meaning of
the agreement made with the Manchester and Leeds Company,
and maintain unimpaired the confidence which the Shareholders
repose in the Committee.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.
On Friday a meeting of the inhabitants was held at the
Town-hall, Stockbridge, in favour of this line, which proposes
to pass through the town. A deputation of the promoters was
present, consisting of Sir R. Jarvis, Knt. ; R. Etwall, Esq.,
M.P. ; Thomas Griffith, Esq., mayor of Southampton; C.
Long, Esq., solicitor, Southampton ; H. Footner, Esq., soli-
citor, Andover ; E. Coxwell, Esq. ; W. J. Le Feuvre, Esq. ;
and J. Lankester, Esq., Southampton. Mr. George Powell,
steward of the manor, presided, and said Stockbridge at pre-
sent was not in a prosperous state, but there was an immense
water power in its vicinity, and when Manchester was brought
so near to them as it would be by this railway, no doubt the
enterprise and capital of that great town would be attracted to
the banks of their river, and they would see manufactories esta-
blished, that would restore the town to a flourishing state. Mr.
Lankester then explained the route of the line, and its various
proposed advantages. There were parties at Manchester who
contemplated, if the line were carried, making use of the water
power of the Test. Resolutions were proposed and spoken to
by Mr. Etwall, M.P., Sir S. R. Jarvis, Messrs. Reeves,
Spencer, Attwood, Le Feuvre, Griffith, Revs. Taunton and
Reeves, and carried unanimously.

RUGBY, DERBY, AND MANCHESTER.
On Saturday a public meeting took place at the Green Man
Hotel, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, in favour of the above line.
The chair was taken by Sir William Boothby, Bart., the lord of
the manor, who declared his conviction that the lineproposed
would be advantageous not only to the town in its local in-
fluence, but to the nation generally.
Mr. Brewer, solicitor to the promoters of the line, addressed
the meeting, and at his request Sir William Boothby introduced
Mr. Blunt, the engineer, of the line, who made an ample state-
ment of its circumstances and advantages. He was replied to
by 11r. Meteyard, who announced himself to be a Director of
Remington's line, and a barrister-at-late. Much excitement,
but not augry feeling, followed, which resulted in the unani-
mous adoption of resolutions to support the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester line.

IRISH LINES.
BELFAST ♦ND ENNIMILLEN.—A meeting of the inhabitants
of Dungannon and its vicinity, with Lord Northland in the
chair, was held in the Court-house, on Wednesday, to take into
consideration a project for connecting Belfast with Enniskillen,
by a railway passing in the immediate neighbourhood of that
important and thriving borough. The unanimous opinion of
the meeting was, that the proposed line would be one of un-
questionable advantage to the public generally, and more
especially to the town of Dungannon, and several resolu-
tions to that effect were carried without a single dissentient
voice.

TEMPLEMORE TO NENAGH AND THE SHANNON.—The
Directors of this Company have determined upon an amal-
gamation of the two lines, namely, that from Templemore
to Nenagh, with the original line from Nenagh to the
Shannon.

PROGRESS AT MARYBOROUGH.—The Messrs. Killen and
Moore are working their contract vigorously in the vicinity of
Maryborough. During the last week they increased their
workmen to upwards of 250.
THE GREAT COUNTY Dowx.—The Newry Telegraph
says—" At a recent meeting of the acting committee of this
line, the sum of 5,0001. was subscribed to defray preliminary
expenses, out of a generous anxiety, on the part of the com-
mittee, that the deposits should remain intact, the Marquis
of Downshire himself contributing the munificent sum of
1,0001."

HOUSELESS POOR.

MEETING OF THE VESTRY OF ST. MARYLEBONE

On Saturday, pursuant to a requisition from the Board of
Directors and Guardians of St. Marylebone, a special meeting
of the vestry of that parish took place at the Court-house, for
the purpose of conferring with the board of directors and guar-
dians as to the best course to be adopted for resisting an order
of the Poor-law Commissioners, calling upon them to unite
Marylebone with other parishes for the erection and managing
of an asylum for the destitute and houseless, under the title of
the " North-Western Metropolitan District Asylum."
The vestry was unusually crowded. The entire board of
directors and guardians, attended by their secretary, were pre-
sent, and the gallery was thronged by rate-payers.
Mr. G. Daniell, the parish churchwarden, was called to
the chair, and Mr. Flood, the vestry-clerk, having read the
requisition,

Mr. THORNE, the secretary to the board of directors and
guardians, prcceeded to read the orders of the Poor-law Com-
missioners and the resolut ions to which the guardians had come
to, determining to resist them.
Mr. SODEN addressed the vestry at considerable length, and
moved a resolution to the effect—" That the board of vestry
having obsarved the course pursued by the board of directors
and guardians, with reference to the monstrous proposition of
joining that parish with seven other large parishes, for the pur-
pose of providing a district asylum, and believiug this union
totally uncalled for, in fact, unconstitutional in principle, and
detrimental to the best interests of rate-payers—as contrary
to, and subversive of, the local Acts which guarantee the unity
and self-government of the parish—that the vestry approve the
conduct of the directors and guardians, and determine to sup-
port them by all legitimate means in resisting the present
attempt to destroy the rights and privileges of the inhabitants
of St. Marylebone.
Mr. Gomai seconded the resolution, which, on being put
from the chair, was carried unanimously, amidst loud expres-
sions of approbation,
Mr. PARRY moved the appointment of a deputation, consist-
ing of the clergy, churchwardens, vestrymen, and directors of
the poor, to wait upon the Poor-law Commissioners, and urge
the various grounds of objection the authorities of that parish
had for refusing to obey the order, and to request its removal.
Lord AIONTFORD seconded the resolution, and expressed his
hearty concurrence in all that the directors and guardians had
deo.e.

Mr. POTTER could not but express his regret that the people
of Pancras (he meant the board of directors) had torn off their
mask, and had determined to become the supporters of the
Poor-law Commissioners in carrying out this monstrous order.
Mr. MICHIE and several other gentlemen having spoken to
the resolution, it was carried.

It having been further resolved to communicate with the
other parishes formed into union, and to request their co-ope-
ration in the proposed resistance, a vote of thanks was then
passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated.

On Saturday, in the Bankruptcy Court, Messrs.
Smith and Hayes, who had opened a club in Henrietta-street,
for clergymen, entitled " The Clerical Club," appeared in this
Court to pass their final examination. Mr. Smith, who was
also the editor of the " British Magazine," an ecclesiastical
monthly of good literary estimation, said that they had been
made bankrupts as " hotel-keepers," but they merely kept a
club. Mr. Parish was the only petitioning creditor. It was
shown that the debts were about 600/. ' • as a set off there were
500!. in the official assignee's hands. Mr. Hayes had to make
further inquiries respecting his property. The accounts were
considered quite satisfactory by the solicitor for the assignees,
and Mr. Commissioner Fane passed the applicants.
PUSEYISM AT YORK.— A public meeting of the
parishioners of St. Michael-le-Belfrey, York, took place on
Wednesday afternoon last, for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the conduct of the Rev. W. Reed, who, on the pre-
ceding Sunday, preached in his surplice, and also introduced
several changes into the usual forms of performing divine
service in that church. The meeting was called in conse-
quence of a requisition to the churchwarden, signed by a num-
ber of the parishioners, who disapproved of the novel practices
introduced into the church by Mr. Reed. Mr. Whitelock,
the senior churchwarden, occupied tho chair. The Chairman
stated that some time ago Mr. Reed asked for the use of the
church for the morning service for the Soughs educated in the
training school, of which he is the master, and that they had
granted him permission, appropriating the gallery for the use
of the scholars, hut reserving the body of the church for the
parishioners. For a considerable time no alteration took place
in the service ; recently, however, a great number of changes
had been introduced, until he thought they had come to a
grand climax. A discussion then ensued, in which Mr. Sum.
mor, Mr. Noak, Professor Gregory, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Marsh,
Mr. Bingley, and others, took part, and ultimately the fol-
lowing resolution was carried :—" That the Churchwardens be
requested to give notice to the Rev. W. Reed, that, in cruise-

Mr. C. KERR, the Secretary, read the Directors' report.
It referred to the proceedings in Parliament, and congratu-
lated the Shareholders on the successful manner in which the
Bill had been carried, in the face of the most determined and
unusual opposition. The works on the line had all been con-
tracted for, and operations were already begun. It was origi-
nally proposed that a single line of rail only should be laid for
the present, but as land and bridges were to be provided for a
double line, the Directors strongly recommended that double
rails should at once be laid down. An arrangement has been
concluded with the Directors of the Scottish Central, by which
the two railways were to be wrought together as one
line—the same gentleman being secretary and manager of both
establishments. With the view of carrying the original objects
of the Company into effect, the Directors had ordered surveys
and plans of the branches to Blairgowrie, Dunkeld, and Kirrie-
muir, and all of these were in a state of orwardness. A survey
of the line to Dundee, with a view to the improvement of
the existing line from Dundee to Newtyle, or the formation of
a new and independent line, had also been ordered and would
soon be completed. For the extension of the line from Forfar
direct to Brechin, Montrose, and Laurencekirk, a Company has
already been formed, the deeds signed, and the deposits paid ;
and the necessary preparations were in progress for introducing
a Bill early next session. It would be the duty of the Com-
pany to give every aid in their power towards the formation of
this and other projected lines ; and the Directors recommended
that full power should be given to their successors to co-operate
with the parties interested in carrying these projects into effect.
The report was unanimonsly adopted, and on the motion of
Mr. MuititaY, of Simprin, it was resolved that the Directors
be confirmed in their office, and empowered to carry out the
recommendation contained in the report.
Mr. James Mori,on, accountant, and Mr. Robert Macfarlane,
writer, Perth, were appointed auditors to the Company. The
remuneration to the Directors was fixed at 300/. per annum ;
the salary of the Secretary (it being understood that he is to
receive 4001. from the Scottish Central) was fixed at 200/. ;
and the allowance to the auditors was fixed at 251. each
per annum.