The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-27 00:00:00

MEETING AT LYNIE REGIS.

On Monday the Mayor, Captain Bennett, R.N., con-
vened a public meeting, pursuant to a requisition from
the local Board, to take into consideration the present
state of the Lyme Regis and Taunton Railway, end
Lyme Regis Harbour Improvement Company, and to
receive from Messrs. Waring and Goddard, the deputa-
tion to the London Board, their report of the same. The
worthy Mayor having been called to the chair, introduced
the object of the meeting.
F. WARING, Esq , after detailing the whole of the
operations of the Managing Committee to the present
time. and their intentions for the future, stated that
little doubt e as entertained that the Company would re-
ceive the Government support, and that in a few weeks
such a plan would be prepared for the proposed harbour
of refuge as would form a complete barrier to any rival
scheme in the next session of Parliament, and that by
the following session the measure would be so carefully
prepared and matured, as to ensure its final adoption as
a great national work.
The following resolution was then moved by EDWARD
0. LEE, Esq., and seconded by JoaN DRAYTON, Esq.,
" That the thanks of this meeting be given to the London
Board of Directors for the courtesy displayed in their
attention to the wishes of the meeting of the 12th inst."
—Carried unanimously.
Sir HENRY BAYLEY requested that his thanks might
be given to the Board of Directors in London, as well as to
the public of Lyme Regis generally, fur the way in whist)
his name was alluded to, both at the public meeting and
in the minutes of the London Board of Directors. Sir
Henry referred to the delicate position in which he was
placed with regard to his previous connexiee with a
competing line, and intimated that the time might not
be far distant when the barrier to his taking a more
active part in the affairs of this Company might be
removed.
It was then moved "That the project of the Lyme Regis
and Taunton Railway, and Lyme Regis Harbour Im-
provement Company, continue to receive the support and
cordial co-operation of the inhabitants of Lyme Regis."
Mr. BuaFooT pointed out the, advantages of this m-a-
sure to the merchant, to the manufacturer, and, above all,
to the meriner who, having gone into distant regions fur
supplies of wealth for his native country, too often
perished within sight of his own dwelling from the want
of a harbour of refuge, after encountering the dangers of
a foreign climate and a tedious voyage. lie touchingly
dwelt upon the dreadful sacrifice of life and property
that had come within his knowledge during the last forty
years from the want of such accommodation at this
place, all other ports in the west bay being bar har-
bours, and utterly unsafe for vessels to enter in gales
of wind.

The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the
Mayor for his kind service on this and previous occa-
sions, and the meeting separated.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE
EAST LANCASHIRE.

BURY, TUESDAY.—An extraordinary general meeting
of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the
Eagle and Child, in this town, yesterday, for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety of confirming an agree-
ment entered into by the Directors, with the Directors
of the Blackburn and Preston Railway, and the Liver-
pool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway, and other matters
relating thereto. The chair was occupied by
Mr. JOHN GRUNDY, the chairman of the board of
Directors, who called upon the secretary to read the
advertisement convening the meeting, which being done,
Mr. RICHARD WALKER read the report of the Direc-
tors. The report stated that the Directors had entered
into an agreement with the Directors of the Blackburn
and Preston Railway to amalgamate that line with the
East Lancashire line. That the Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston Company had determined to renew their ap-
plication to Parliament for the necessary powers
to construct that line, and if successful, which
there was every reason to believe they would be,
there would be secured to the public a
direct communication with this important and densely
populated district. That the Directors felt that they
would be liable to the charge of neglecting the interests
of the Proprietors, unless they embraced the earliest
opportunity of securing an independent access to the
port of Liverpool for the traffic of the immense popula-
tion which they claimed to accommodate. With these
views they had entered into an arrangement with the
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Company, that in the
event of their line receiving the sanction of Parliament,
it should be amalgamated with the East Lancashire.
That the necessary notices had been given for an appli-
cation to Parliament for increased powers to improve the
gradients, and to construct branches to Crowshaw,
Booth, and Bacup, as these were likely to become
very lucrative adjuncts to their main line. That
to effect these purposes it would be necessary
to raise an increased capital, and the Directors pro-
posed to create new shares to an amount no exceeding
300,0001. That powers be given to the Directors to
oppose any projected line which might interfere with the
interests of the East Lancashire line. After a length-
ened discussion, in which the Chairman, Mr. John
Grundy, the solicitor to the Company ; Mr. John Har-
rison, Mr. Richard Walter, and several other gentlemen
took part, the report was unanimously adopted, and the
meeting separated.

OPENING OF THE MACCLESFIELD RAILWAY.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Yesterday was a great
day for this town and neighbourhood, and great were the
rejoicings on the occasion of opening the railway from
hence to the 'Manchester and Birmingham Railway at
Cheadle Huhne,.in this county. The struggles of the
inhabitants of this town have been long and strenuous, in
order to get a direct r
railway communication with Man-
chester, the commercial intercourse betwe.n the two
places being very great—indeed the latter is the on
outlet which the former has for its staple production';.
The first attempt to connect the two towns by means of
the "modern innovation" was' made, WO believe, in the
year 1836, and defecated. The South Union, as it was
called, entered into strong hostilities against the Man-