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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN-I:N(4, OCTOBER 13, 1845,

many coritdinpOraries to deal with, but there was this.advan-
tage on theirline, that it- did not cross the Thames once, while
some of the other lines propose' to cross it twice.—(Hear,
hear.) Calculations now were not bow . many miles from
London, but now many minutes, and he thought it
was time that some such calculations should
begin at Hounslow.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to
the present line,- it must be remembered that
though it had many competitors, it was the first that was
proposed, and that the intention of the projectors was not
-merely that of creating a company, but to carry out the
proposed object to the fullest extent.—( Hear, hear.) It was
intended to carry it into the focus of the City and the heart
of the west-end of London. He thought the project had the
best chance of wee. s, and he was sure it deserved it, as it
was more advantageous than the Others, and would be carried
out at a much less outlay of money.
HENRY -WEBB S3IITH, Esq., of Hounslow, seconded the
resolution, which was carried unanimously.
JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq., of Brentford, moved the next
resolution, which was to the effect that the meeting, having
carefully considered the statements that had been made with
respect to the proposed line, was of opinion that it was
highly Calculated to improve the town and neighbourhood,
and that it presented prospects of far greater advantage than
any other. _ _

JA3IES STANBOROUGII, Esq., of Isleworth, seconded the
resolution, which was carried unanimously.
The Rev. Dr. BENSON, the incumbent of Hounslow, moved

the third resolution. He could not withhold his approbation
from any measure that was calculated to imFrove the town
and neighbourhood of Hounslow, as he believed the jii-isent
was. Ic had been reported that the inhabitants of Hounslow
were indifferent with respect to railroads, but that,report, he
thought, had been denied by a meeting that had taken place
in that very room some time ago. He thought there could
be no doubt that Parliament would allow the inhabitants of
Hounslow to have a railroad, and it therefore became their
duty to consider which was the preferable line. The Rev.
Doctor concluded by proposing the following resolution
That the line projected by Mr. Page was peculiarly entitled
to the support and consideration of the town of Hounslow,
and the meeting pledged itself to supp 4 rt it."
. G. S. C. CAMDEN, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Page, the engineer of the
Company, was unavoidably absent, but that Mr. Wilkinson,
one of the solicitors of the'Company, wished to make a few
observations to the meeting in his absence.
Mr. WILKINSON then addressed the meeting. In the po-
sition in which he stood, as the substitute for Mr. Page, he
was anxious to state to the meeting that they were in a
better condition than any of the other proposed companies ;
because they had ascertained with accuracy the line the rail-
way would take, and they had adopted measures that would
give them greater advantages than any other railroad, wich
regard to their central terminus. It would not, however, be
wise for him at present to state the means by which they
would arrive at so desirable an object; at the proper
time and place they would be made public— (Hear,
hear.) He might, however, say that they were in a posi-
tion to refute the objections that had been made, that
they took the public to Milbank, and there left them in
the mud. They intended to do no such thing;
they would take them into the neighbourhood of Charing-
cross to a terminus which, when it was known, would be
admitted to surpass any other that had yet been thought of.
—(Hear, hear.) They had also a plan under consideration
which their line would be connected with the Blackwall by
Railway. The Great Western Railway had destroyed the
town of Hounslow and Brentford, and it was proposed by
the present line not only to reinstate.but improve it. One
of the principal features of the line was a good terminus near
Charing-cros', entirely independent of any general terminus
whatever, and as to the success of the line he thought it
could not be a matter of doubt.
- The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question from an inhabitant
of Isleworth, assured him that, in the projection of the rail-
road, the interests of that town had not been forgotten,
neither would those of the new towns that might spring up.
On the motion of Mr. BASIIFORD, seconded by Mr. Porn.-
TON, a vote of thanks to the Chairman was unanimously
agreed to, for his able and impartial conduct in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the meeting sepa-
rated, all present being convinced that the support of the
line was greatly to their own interests.

GREAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD,
AND CENTRAL TERMINUS J UNCTION RAIL-

WAY.

BRENTFORD, SATURDAY.—A similar meeting to the one
held on Saturday at Hounslow, at twelve o'clock took place
at the Castle Inn, Brentford, at three o'clock, for the purpose
of receiving the deputation from the Great Western, Brent-
ford,-and Central Terminus Junction Railway. Most of the
gent!einen who were at Hounslow were also present here, and
there was a goodly display of the wealthy inhabitants of the
town and neighbourhood among whom we noticed Captain
Strutt, Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County,
-and several others. Henry Pounall, Esq., who was chairman
at the meeting at Hounslow, presided, and precisely the same
resolutions were adopted as were agreed to at the
meeting in that town. Those resolutions were
moved and supported by Captain Strutt, Major Jelf
Sharp, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Montgomery, and others. In
the coursa of the meeting it was stated that the proposed
course of the railway in the neighbourhood of Westminster
had met with the approbation of Mr. Barry, the architect for
the new Houses of Parliament, and that the Company was
on the best terms, and acting With the utmost cordiality with
the Thames Embankment Company. The same feeling that
existed at Ilounslow in favour of the projected line appeared
also to animate the inhabitants of Brentford, every resolu-
tion being carried without a dissentient voice.

RAILWAY DEPOSITS AND THE

CURRENCY.

A R iseacr e, when railway matters are named, shakes
his head—though there may be little in tha—and says,
" Ah! wait until the railway deposits are paid into the
Bank of England, and see :what a crash must follow
from the contraction of the currency."
Such a Solon—and you meet with one in every room
where half-a-dozen people have assembled—such a
Solon has an idea that the floating capital of the country
is to be abstracted, and that.the deposits are to be paid
into the Bank of England, to the credit of the Ac-
countant-General, in sovereigns or bank-notes. Let us
see how the case stands.

The new railway projects will require a capital of
about 300,000,000/. One-fourth of these projects will
not and cannot receive Parliamentary sanction. This
does not matter, however. The standing orders of the
Lords make it imperative for ten per cent. upon the re-
quired capital of each project to be paid into the Bank
of England, to the credit of the Accountant-General of
the Court of Exchequer. This makes about 30,000,000/.
to be so paid.
The process will probably be this. The deposits have
been lodged, in each case, with private bankers, who
will only have to increase their credit with the Bank of
England, by depositing the additional securities, which
the use of these deposits will enable them to obtain, and
without the actual transfer of one roleau of sovereigns,
one ounce of silver, or one bundle of bank-notes, the re
quired thirty millions will be transferred from their ac-
counts to that of the Accountant-General. If the rail-
way companies please, they may take the deposits from
the prive.re banks, and invest them in Government secu-
rities, yielding them interest. The money which they so
invest—and this will be done in most cases, as security
to the shareholders—will become ready money in the
hands of those who dispose of such securities, and thus
will be restored to the national circulation, instead of
being " locked up," as the alarmists anticipate.
We have taken the case of British projects. As re-
gards foreign, there is a difference. From ten to fifteen
millions will be taken out of the country by these, and
ihe public will thus be deprived for a time—and at a
time, too, when the money is most required—of the use
of so much capital. The very fact, however, of our
being able and willing to spare so much money for
foreign projects—some of which are excellent invest
ments, we admit—fully shows how abundant are the
national resources, how extended is the individual enter-
prise which thus emphys them.—Railway Express.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTII.

CIIIPPENITA;!, WILTS, WEDNESDAY.—This afternoon, an
extraordinary general meeting of the Proprietors of the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, was held at the Town-hall
here, to receive a report of the Directors; and also to apply
for authority to construct a line from tb-.3 Wilts, Somerse,
and Weymouth, towards Bath and Bristol; and also to take
into consideration the agreement with the Great. Western
Railway Company, for the leaw, to them of the line. Mr.
Walter Long, ACP., Chairman of the Board of Directors,
presided.

.. ,
The CHAIRMAN,- on taking his place, congratulated the
PrOprietors on the success which had attended them in
Parliament. _ The contracts had already been entered 1
into for the construction of the line to Salisbury. The '
levels and gradients were good, and there could be little
' doubt that -the greater part of the line would be coin-
. plated in a very short time. Mr. Brunel, the engineer,
had given it as his opinion that it would not be long ere the
whole line would be in immediate and active operation.—
(Cheers.) It had all along been considered a reasonable
thing that the line should be extended from Bathampton to
Bradford, and Mr. Brunel had given it as his opinion that it
would be most advantageous for the company to carry that
intention into effect.—(Hear, hear.) By the .Gist clause
of this Act, it was incumbent upon the Company to make a
line in that direction, or from Frome to Radstock. Mr. Bru-
nel reported, that the line from Bathampton to Bradford
would, on the'whole, be most advantageous to this Company,
and the Directors_ intended to recommend to the meeting to
adopt that line.—(Cheers.) . This line would open a commu-
nication that was much wanted from the neighbourhood of
the Great Western to Devizes, including Bradford, Trow-
bridge, and Westbury, and at the Silne time place their own
undertaking upon a firmer foundation.—(Hear,hear.)yrd-ile.
hardly knew of any railway that passed through so 1 ai►.s
towns of consequence as did this proposed extension. He (lid
not think it was likely
they should have to call upon the
Shareholders for any money at present, for the deposits would
not only meet the expenses of the Act, but leave theism plenty
to go on with.—(Cheers.)
. Mr. C. R. SAUNDERS, the secretary, then read the report,
which stated that an agreement for the lease of the line to be
worked by the Great Western Company, upon a minimum
dividend of four per cent. per annum, with an increase of
half per cent. in proportion to any dividend exceeding eight
per cent. per annum on the amount of their own capital, had
been executed under the powers conferred by the subscribers
in the first instance, and since ratified by Parliament. The
terms of that agreement were in strict conformity with the
fundamental arrangements between the two companies, and
would be submitted for the approval of the meeting. The
report went on to state that the Directors are now engaged
in selecting a person well qualified to till the situation of
secretary; and they recommended that the Company should
fix the salary of that office at GOO/. per annum. The ex-
penses incurred up to the passing of the Act have not 3-et
been accurately ascertained, owing to an unexpected delay in
the delivery of some of the Parliamentary and profes-
sional accounts. The amount i.lready paid, together
with the accounts of the solicitors, as far as they
have been yet received,, or adjusted, is 26,0161. Is. 4d.
The Directors are preparing for the delivery of
every account or claim standing against the
Company. Interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum
during the construction of the line will be made payable
half-yearly, up to the 30th of July and 31st i f December in
each year: and warrants will be transmitted within a few
days after these periods to each Proprietor. Since the pass- ,
ing of the Act a careful re-survey has been made of the
whole line, and the result has been satisfactory, as indicating
some 'reduction in the extent of the works oa that part of
the railway which had been finally laid oat and contracted
for. The central line has been staked out from the Great
Western Railway, at Thingleyline nearly to Burton. The
z to Salisbury. and from the
junction with th-e'W
contracts for the woramouth
been agreed for with
in three separate divisions; the first
on the whole line to Salisbury have
1. experienced and responsible contmctots,
to Staverton, the second thence etxotillielyintgesbfruornly,Tanithdig ye

third from I ieytesbuiy to Salisbury. Arrangements are
commenced for the purchase of the land required by• the
contractors so as to afford every facility for the prompt per-
formance of their engagements. The preliminary steps are
being taken by the engineers to enable the Directors to let
the contract on the remainder of the line with as little delay
as possible. By a clause inserted in the special Act of this
company, it became the imperative duty of the Directors to
give their early and serious attention to the comparative
merits of the lines which would afford a more direct commu-
nication between places on this railway and the cities of
Bath and Bristol, than that by the junction at Thingley.
The necessity of such a line was recognised by the Legisla-
ture, and the stipulation that it should be carried out, in
addition to the main features of the original design,.was as-
sented to conjointly by the Great. Western Railway, and
by the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Companies.
The, Directors, most anxious to fulfil their engage-
ment in the bond fide spirit and meaning of the clause, have
carefully weighed the relative advantages of the two modes
of communication that presented themselves—the one by a
line from Bradford, to join the Great Western Railway at or
near Bathampton, and the other from Radstock, to join the
Great Western at or near Twerton, between Bath and Bristol.
The result of this investigation, has been, under the advice
of their engineer, Mr. Brunel, and in concurrence with the
Great-Western Company, that the former line is, under all
circumstances, preferable, as combining the greatest public
accommodation for the object in view. The application for
the junction line between Bradford and Bathampton will
enable the Directors to comprise in the same Bill some diver-
sions of the 1 ne rendered desirable, and also in concert with
the South Western Company to take measures for connect-
ing the two railways at Salisbury.
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to Mr. Smith, said, that if there
was yet sufficient time for depositing the plans and sections,
application would be made next session for powers to make
the proposed line to Radstock. He also, in reply to Mr.
Johnstone, said the Directors were alive to the value of the
line fr'om Frome to Radstock, and had not the remotest idea
of siving it up.
Ihe report was then adopted, and Messrs. Cooper and El-
liot, of Staverton and Weymouth, were appointed auditors,
with an allowance of 50/. per annum, and the secretary's
salary was fixed at 600/. per annum.
The CITAIRMAN then moved a resolution confirming the
agreement with the Great Western, which was put, and car-
tied unanimously.

Other resolutions in conformity with the recommendations.
of the report were also carried unanimously.
The Directors' allowance was then fixed at 1,200/. per an-
num, and the meeting terminated with a vo`e of thanks to
Mr. Saunders, secretary of the Great Western Company, the
Chairman, and Directors.

SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, DUDLEY,
AND BIRMINGHAM.
SHREWSUURY, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. - To-day a
meeting of the shareholders of this line was held at the
White Lion Hotel, in this town, with the object of placing
before them a report of the Directors respecting past proceed-
ings, and the course intended to be taken for the future.
Twelve o'clock was the hour fixed for the meeting, by which
time there was a goodly number of gentlemen present, the
large hall of the hotel being nearly filled. Amongst those
present we recognised, besides the Chairman, Mr. Ormsby
Gore, M.P. ; the Hon. R. H. Clive, MP. • I'. C. Whitmore,
Esq.; Sir J. R. Kynaston, Bart.; J. A. Lloyd, Esq.; George
Pritchard, Esq. ; John Pritchard, Esq. ; Richard Smith,
Esq. ; Edward Haycock, Esq. ; John Thorne, Ecq. ; James
Oliver, Esq. ; Charles Wilding, Esq. ; James Webb, Esq. ;
Edward Williams, Esq. ; James Watkins, Esq. ; IL Keate,
Esq. • Thomas Groves, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at some length, and
said their affairs were in a most flourishing condition. Out
of 28,000 subscribers to the scheme 27,000 had signed the
subscription deed.—(Loud cheers.) The Directors, at what
time they might consider best, had the power to call a meet-
ing of the Shareholders. A petition had been presented from
the town of Shitinal, signed by one hundred most influential
and respectable inhabitants of that place, desiring that a line
might be made to pass through that locality. That petition
had been taken into consideration by the Committee, and
they would, he had no doubt, be able to supply the wants
and wishes of not only that town, but every other on the line
of railway—(Hear)—so that the interests of all might be
served in the best possible manner.—(Hear.) In the whole
scheme it was the wish of the gentlemen connected with it,
that a station should be found as near the centre of Wolver-
hampton as possible. On this point he was most happy to
say that in the present Bill this very site had been selected
for a station, and land in accordance had been obtained in the
most eligible part of the town. The subject of railways was
at present the all-engrossing subject of public consideration,
and every thriving town was anxious to be supplied with
that accommodation in the best possible manner. This was
to be expected, and they (time Committee) bad been most
anxious to give all those residing along the line of commu-
nication the means of being well served.—(Hear.) He was
pleased to state that the parties to whom he referred had
acted towards them (the Committee) and the Shareholders
with the greatest good feeling.
Mr. J. Ksrox, the secretary, then read the following re-
port :
" The Committee of management, in preparing their pre-
sent report, do not deem it necessary to recur to rthgotia-
tions with other railway companies, which were the sub-
ject of discussion during the past year,' and were then
explained to the shareolders by advertisement in the
public newspapers, but would simply advert to the fact
that it was as early as the month of March, 184.1. that
this Company was established for the purpose a pro-
viding railway accommodation between Shrewsbury, •the
towns of Wellington, Shine], and Wolverhampton, and which
scheme was extended in the month of May following,
through the populous and important mining districts be-
tween Wolverhampton and Birmingham, and was the first
project then brought forward for the supply of railway ac-
commodation to the great interests there embarked. Sub-
sequently, further extensions were deemed requisite to con-
nect Shrewsbury with the traffic of North Wales, and to
communicate with Chester, by joining a line then projected
called The Cheshire Junction,' which rendered necessary
the addition which was made at that time to the capital of
the Company. Surveys of the whole of the projected works
were made, and the engineers and surveyors then employed
were from time to time urgently pressed by your Committee
as to their early and correct completion, and which direc-
tions the Committee were constantly assumed were carefully
attended to. Plans and sections for the main line from
Shrewsbury to Birmingham, and of the extensions and
branchee, were deposited in due time. These, with the
traffic tables and other data in favour of the entire scheme,
were then brought under the consideration of the Board of
Trade, who reported strongly in favour of the main line
from Shrewsbury to Birmingham as best calculated to supply
the wants of the district, and as an independent scheme most
entitled to the favourable consideration of Parliament, the
Board of Trade at the same time intimating that a postpone-
ment of the extension and branches was expedient. which
suggestion was acted upon by your Committee. The sub-
scribers are aware that owing to over pressure of business on
the engineers and surveyors in preparing the plans and surveys,
various errors and omissions were mad therein, which, upon
an active opposition on standing orders, proved fatal to the
Bill being proceeded with in the last session, an inconvenience
shared in common with this Company by many others from
the same cause, and only avoided by some companies by mutual
compromises with their opponents ; nor were the opponents of
this Company more successful, as their Bill was thrown out on
similar groundS of objection. While the Committee cannot
but greatly regret this postponement of railway accommoda-
tion, they at the same time -feel that the delay has enabled
the present very able engineers of the Company, Mr. Robert
Stephenson and Mr. William Baker, to make considerable
improvements in laying down the line, and particularly
between Wclverhampton and Birmingham, where your Corn-
mittee, by a union of interests with the London and Birming-
haM Railway Company, and the Birmingham Canal Cent
parry, have been enabled to obtain a railway more beneficial
to the distriet, cheaper, and more safe. This portion of the
main line will lie constructed as far as practicable along the
banks of the canal, with a line diverging from Oldbury to
Dudley, and rejoining the canal line near Tipton, and will
be the joint property of the three Companies, each
furnishing one-third of the capital, and the whole being
managed by a joint committee of three members from
each board. Very great additional public accommoda-
tion will ieso be obtained for the towns of Birmingham
and Wolverhampton, by providing excellent central
stations in immediate connexion with, and to be
used by other important lines of railway, at the
former town, by a proposed station near the Free-school, and
at Wolverhampton, by the purchase of several acres of most
desirable land, adjohiing Queen-street; and a communica-
tion with the town of Shrewsbury is proposed, in connexion
with various lines projected therefrom, in a manner beneficial
to its trade, and convenient to the inhabitants. Time requisite
copies of plans and sections are now nearly completed, and
will be ready for deposit in ample time. This Company has
been invited to form an alliance with ' The Shropshire Union
Railway and Canal Company.' In the event cf the schemes
of both Companies being sanctioned by Parliament, ar-
rangements have been made by which an identity of in-
terests will be secured. The Committee feel that the per-
manent interests of the Shareholders are by those arrange-
ments very much promoted; nor can they doubt that the
scheme, which has been thus more thoroughly matures, will
receive the same local support which was given wherrthe
Company first came forward to afford railway accommoda-
tion to the district, and in promoting which it will always
be free to consult the convenience and prosperrty of the dis-
tries unfettered by other and conflicting interests. The corn.
mittee would add, as a proof of their earnest desire to benefit
the trade of the mining district, that in conjunction with the
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, they have
pledged tnemselves that a clause shall be introduced into
their respective Bills, limiting the charge far conveying coal
and iron to one penny per ton per mile, including locomotive
power, carriages, and other charges : a concession not only
beneficial to the trade in respect of the district supplied by
their lines, but also from its having enabled them to obtain
similar reductions from other bodies. The attention of the
Committee, though mainly devoted to the successful carry-
, ing out of their trunk line from Shrewsbury to Birmingham,
and to a connexion with the Colebrook Dale and Madeley
l
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adeicset districts ttss tahgraoiungsht
district, has been also directed to certain extensions in a sub-
' siequent session, which it is believed will be advantageous to
pate, and which, at a subsequent period, will be more fully
which
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to the present ihriearanese inclusive of the above claim,
have been carefully Ct
memyopu‘arnni t
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of one claim enlv
to 29,943/. 4:. tOd.,' beenl discharged. The expenditure
pocirl?,t‘relreetaheforanenciotiienipianesfing abstract ;
eniltaresiesntent—the various negotiations that
that this includes the
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occasioning much expense),
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obviously
atohnfedwaiiitetitlioe'sp'especo:soinilloe.:ntta3totdhOitneCler competing schemes, and time sub-
sequent proceeding in the group committee of the House ef
Conunons, the amount will not appear greater than might
have been expected under the circumstances. There thus
remains a balance of 40,0001. applicable for the further prose•
cation of this important measure, and which sum has been
lying at inter, st since it was withdrawn front the hands of the
Aceo:mtaut-General of the Court of Chancery, where it was
deposited in compliance with time standing orders in Parlia-
ment. The usual deeds for proceedings in time next session
have been prepared, and the Committee gave public notice
to their Shareholders that those who were desirous of with-
drawing from the undertaking might receive the whole
of their deposits without any deduction for expenses ;
such deeds have, however, been already signed and new
scrip leaned to the holders of upwards of 27,000 shares
out of the 28,000, and it is probable that as to the
few shares not yet exchanged, it is owing the
parties not having seen the advertisment or ether accieental
causes. Mr. Slaney and Mr. Norman, two of the members
of the Committee of management, retire at the present time,
and your Committee will therefore endeavour to strengthen
their hands by the addition of suitable members from among
the Shareholders. In the meantime they hope to receive
important assistance in the labours of local Committees,
which have been appointed in Wolverhampton and Shrews-
bury. In conclusion your Committee will continue to dis-
charge their duty to the Shareholders by a firm and tem-
perate support of their undoubted claims before Parliament,
and by an anxious attention to the wants of the locality."

THE ABSTEACT OF EXPENDITURF. WAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Preliminary expenses- £l24
Commission to Sharebrokers 334
Engineering, surveying, and lithographers
paid £8,097
Balance of claim by Sir J. Rennie

General law charges paid to solicitors and local
agents
PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES.
Paid Parliamentary agents
Paid solicitors, local agents, and agents 'on
oppositions
Paid Parliamentary printing.......
Paid expenses of witnesses, legal and survey-
ing, before Parliament

9,506
747

2,885

9,402

1,916

14,273
Paid advertising and printing
Paid furniture 243
Paid office expenses, rents, salaries, &c. 1,336

£29,943

A long and irregular discussion ensued respecting the items
contained in the account for the Parliamentary- expenses
being so great, in which Mr. Abrahams was the principal
speaker. That gentleman complained that the details were
not explicit enough; that Mr. Collett, at a former meeting
held in London, had stated that the preliminary expenses
were only about one-seventh of the paid-up capital, or under
10,0001., whereas it seemed 30,000/. had been expended, yet
the Bill had never passed beyond the Standing Orders Com-
mittee. He considered the meeting should be adjourned to
London, to be held there on a future day; and that, in the
meantime, the accounts should be fully inquired into. He
concluded by moving a motion for adjournment.
The Chairman and Secretary, as well as several other
gentlemen present, repudiated anything done by the meet-
ing referred to, as it had been improperly called, and denied
that Mr. Collett had stated what Mr. Abrahams had attri-
buted to him. It was averred that what Mr. Collett (who
was not present at that meeting officially) had said was, that
the amount paid out to that time was equal to about one••
seventh of the paid-up capital. He did not say that that
was the whole responsibility incurred. In fact, at that time
it was impossible to say what was the total amount due, as
the accounts had not been collected in.
The motion (after some further irregular discussion) for
adjournment was put, and negatived by an overwhelming
majority, only four or five voting for it.
Thanks were voted to the Directlrs, who dined together at
the close of the proceedings.

Valley line, in the neighbourhood of Nuneaton, or to be ex
tended to the London and Birmingham Railway at Coventry.
In connexion with the Swannington Railway, it is intended
to commence a branch line a little to the north of Bag-worth,
to join the Midland Counties line at the Ullesthorpe station.
It is also intended to connect the Leicester and Swanning-
ton line, at Leicester, with the Midland Counties near
Knighton-bridge. It was expected that some discussion
would arise at the me-Aing above referred to relative to the
lines to be made in this neighbourhood by the Midland Com-
pany; but in consequence cf the absurd exclusion of re-
porters, on the ground that the affAirs of the Company had
not been reported for the last seventy years, and that it
would be useless to do so at the eleventh hour, we cannot

notice the proceedings further than to state that Mr. Harris,
of Leicester, surveyor, is engaged in surveying the pro-
posed extensions and branches, which altogether amount to
about forty-five miles. The Midland Company, by their
agreement with the Proprietors of the Ashby Canal, enter
upon it within half a year after obtaining their Act of Parlia-
ment for these lines.

CONVERSION OF THE BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON CANAL
INTO A RAILWAY.—BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—A
special meeting of the Proprietors of the Bridgwater and
Taunton Canal Navigation was held this afternoon at the
White Lion, Broad-stree,, in this city, when resolutions
were passed for applying to Parliament in the next session
for powers to convert the canal into a railway.
A deputation from London, in connexion with the Jersey
Railway, arrived in that island on Sunday last.
PETERBOROUGH AND STAMFORD.—A contract was entered
into with the Directors of the Midland Railway, at their
meeting at the Derby Station, on Tuesday last, by Mr.
William Worswick, railway contractor, of Sileby, Leicester,
for the formation of a new branch line from Peterborough to
Stamford, distance of twelve miles, • fvr the sum of 47,0001. ;
the work to be commenced in a few days, and completed in
eight months.
SYSTON AND MELTON.—On the same day, the Directors of
the Midland Railway accepted a second tender from Mr.
Worswick, to form a line from Syston to Melton, a distance
of nine miles and a half, for 48,060/., to be completed in the
same time as the Peterborough and Stamford.
HARWICH LINE.—We understand that the arrangement
between the Eastern Counties and the Eastern Union Com-
panies is, that the latter shall be allowed, unopposed, to con-
struct the Harwich Railway from Manningtree ; and that it
shall be leased to the Eastern Counties Company. The time
—two years—for which the Eastern Counties Company were
bound to take Braithwaite's Harwich line having expired,
and nothing having been done, they consider themselves re-
leased fr -.rri their contract with that concern.—Bury Post.
Pno.marED LINES.—The following is a summary t,f the
number of new schemes before the public, and the amount
required for deposits. It will be observed that already there
is more than one scheme, and nearly a million a day for the
entire year, exclusive of foreign projects :-- -New railway
schemes for session 1846, to the 7th of October, 1845
United Kingdom, 399 schemes; amount of deposits,
28,994,074/. ; amount of capital, 329,290,000/. Foreign
schemes, 70; amount of capital, 197,280,0001. ; amount of
deposits, 17,689,750/.
The solicitors of the Dover and Bristol have got together
a powerful connexion, as inched they have done with most
of their lines. They are the parties who brought out the
South Staffordshiraunction, now at 4 premium ; the Leices-
ter and Tam worth, 6 premium ; the Shrewsbury and Here-
ford, l premium ; and the Staffordshire and Shropshire, 2
premium —Railway Herald.
BEDFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, AND ESSEX JUNCTION.
—The above projected line of railway is somewhat novel in
its character, inasmuch as amongst its other purposes, is that
of the port of Maldon, in Essex, probably suggested by the
success which has attended a similar course, pursued by the
directors of the Sheffield and Great Grimsby Junction. It
is urged that the port of Maldon can be rendered available,
at a comparatively small outlay, for vessels of 500 tons, and
that their owners would thus save the time and expense of
discharge they are subject to in London, besides giving them
the opportunity of leaving their cargoes nearer by so many
miles to the eastern and adjacent counties. The line itself
is to commence by a junction with the London, Birming-
ham, and Dunstable Railway at Dunstable, to have a branch
from thence to Tring, likewise accommodating the towns of
Dunstable, Luton, Wheathampstead, Hertford, Ware, Har-
low, Chelmsford, &c., and terminating at the port for which
it is partly designed. The whole of the country through
which it passes is. very level, and has already been surveyed
and-favourably reported upon by Mr. Fulton, the engineer.
DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—It
would appear that the chain of railway communication will
be completed between the River Humber, the towns of Shef-
field and Macclesfield, the Potteries of Staffordshire, the Salt
Niches of Cheshire, the city of Chester, the Liverpool and
Birkenhead Docks, Bangor Ferry, and the harbour of Holy-
head, by the above line. This is to be done by junctions with
all the important railways, commencing at the Sheffield ter-
minus at Manchester, and proceeding in a direct course
through some thirty miles of manufacturing, country. Mr.
Sandiforth, Mr. F. Griffin, and Mr. J. H. Taunton arc the
engineers by whom the line has been already surveyed, and
the direction is composed of that class of wealthy, yet
" working men," by whom the first railways were conceived
and established.
NORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY.—Amongst the new
schemes for supplying railway accommodation to Gloucester,
Worcester, Tewkesbury, and towns adjacent, as well as for
finning the-shortut and most desirable communication be-
ween Liverpool, Manchester, and the northern parts of Eng-
land, and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel, is the North-
West Trunk Railway. It is to commence at the junction of
. the Manchester and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and
proceed from thence through or near the towns of Market
Drayton, Newport and Slane], in Shropshire, thence through
Kidderminster to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the
Bristol Railway at Gloucester. By this means it is intended
to prove the most direct route from Manchester, Leeds,
Liverpool, Hull, and Chester, to the ports of Gloucester and
Bristol ; indeed, the most direct one from the north of Eng-
land to. the Bristol Channel. It will also, in conjunction with
the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swansea, Merthyr
Tydvil, and Hereford Railways, form an advantageous route
from Swansea and the iron district of South Wales to Liver-
pool, Manchester, and Hull. The line will cross the Shrews-
bury and Birmingham Railway at Shifnall, and the Shrop-
shire Mineral Railway and the Trent Valley Union at New-
port. The proposed line is to be eighty-seven miles in
length. Application is intended to be made f.,r a direct line
from Southampton to Kidderminster.

IRISH RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—The operations on
this line have commenced, and are I.ltely to be carried
on with spirit, and we hope with complete success. Mr.
Henright, contractor for the second division of the
works, planted his flag on the lands of Castles hite, by
the side of the mail coach road, yesterday morning, and
set fifty men to work sinking a foundation for the centre
pier of the viaduct, which crosses the road at this spot.
Great numbers of labourers were offering, and those se-
l. seemed highly delighted at the prospect of em-
ployment thus opened to them. The liberality of Mr.
White, J.P., the owner of the land, in thus giving pos-
session of it at once, has enabled the contractors to pro-
ceed with the operations, and we are informed that ar-
rangement; are satisfact srily progressing for the com •
mencement of the works along the whole extent of the
line.—Cork Reporter.
IRISH WEST CoasT.—We have been given to under-
stand that the Irish \Vest Coast Railway Company have
determined on extending their line to Cork, by means
of a direct line from Limerick, thereby affording the
greatest facility for communication, and the least ex-
pensive mode of intercourse, between those two impor-
tant cities.—Eveeing Mail.
CLONMEL, KILKENNY, CARLOW, AND WICKLOW
RAILWAY COMPANY.—The above Company, which, we
believe, is generally known as " The Great Western,"
from London to Bristol, have already commenced the
survey of their various lines, particularly the foregoing,
of whose success there is no doubt whatever, as it has
met with the support of nearly all those interested in
the welfare of the counties through which it is to pass.
These enterprising capitalists have appointed William
Elliott, Esq , their solicitor for Carlow, and the entire
branch to Kilkenny.—Carlow Satinet
Ross AND KILKENNY, WITH EXTENSION TO CARLOW.
—Mr. Valentine, the engineer for this Company, accom-
panied by Mr. Aher, was in Carlow during the past
week, making surveys in thi; neighbourhood in con-
nexion with the above
NEW BRANCH RAILWAY TO THE TOWN OF DONEGAL.
—We understand that last week a meeting of the Direc-
tors of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway was
held, at which meeting directions were given to their so-
licitor and engineer to have the requisite Parliamentary
notices served, and the necessary surveys made, with a
view to the introduction of a Bill, during the next session
of Parliament, for the constt notion of a branch railway
from the main tannic, near Strabane, to the town of
Donegal, passing through Castlefin, Stranorlar, and
Ballybofey. This is not only a kgitimate, but likely to
be a highly advantageous, undertaking, which cannot
fail greatly to enhance the value of shares in the Derry
and Enniskillen line. Along no less than twelve miles
of the contemplated line there is not a foot of elevation,
while the rich and fertile valley of the Finn will thus be
opened up to all the busy activities of trading enter-
prise.—Balkshantton Herald.
KILRUSH, KILKEE, DUBLIN, AND BELFAST JUNCTION
RAILWAY.—We find that Mr. Cumin;, the Irish solici-
tor of this line, Mr. Lindsay, the engineer, and Mr.
Horneman, of London, hare arrived in Kilrush, as a de-
putation,' and that they have already waited upon seve-
ral of the gentry interested in the undertaking. and have
been most favourably received. elr. Horneman and Mr.
Lindsay have been over the line, and have examined the
capabilities of the harbour, and we understand the result
of their observations is most promising. We know of
no project, among the many which the enterprise of the
age has started, of a more truly national character than
the one now under consideration, connecting as it does
the important north-eastern towns of Belfast, Armagh,
Newry, and others with the western coasts of Ireland,
and thus establishing a new and hitherto neglected in-
tercourse with Scotland; while a reciprocal advantage is
offered to the inhabitants of the north-eastern an 1 mid-
land counties, by giving them an approach to the nearest
port t, America and the West Indian Islands. It is
scarcely necessary to dilate upon the natural advantages
which Kilrusjs pos,esses in every way, situate as it is
upon the noblest river in Ireland—the Shannon
—aud the benefits which must be conferred upon
the whole district along the line—a district, we
believe, unprovided at present with any means of com-
munication with the places named. We also learn that
the Committee have determined upon extending the line
to the beautiful watering-place of Kilkee—a step which,
we are sure, will be hailed with delight by the fashion-
ables who resort to the; highly. favoured spot. This
will add about s'x miles to the length of the original
I:ne. From our own knowledge of the locality, and its
peculiar aptitude for railway purposes, we consider this
extension a tnost ju !Mous proceeding, as very likely to
remunerate the shareholders.—Cla,c Journal.
HIBERNIAN GREAT CENTRAL.—Mr. Nicholson and
assistants are activly engaged in this neighbourhood
a. rveying the line of the proposed Great Hibernian
Central Junction Railway* for which Messrs It Axle
Hamilton and Co. are solicitors. This line is projected
for the purpose of connecting all the great lines of the
north with those of the south of Ireland, and opening
up the centre of the country. Surveying parties are
also engage f making out the railway from Dublin to
Galway, so that it seems Athlone will become the con-
' verging point for direct communication to all parts of
Ireland, still enabling it to maintain its position as an
important military station. The merits of the other
lines are already well known to the public, and there
cannot be a better guarantee of the merits of the Great
Hibernian Central Junction Railway, than the names of
the respectable solicitors who are forming the Company.
—Athlone Sehtinel.

SALE or :RAILWAY SCRIP.-The sale of this very in- 1
teresting description of property, by Mr. Marsh, at his
auction-rooms, this day (Saturday), was most numerously
attended. The auctioneer stated that he had several
hundred shares to dispose of in the various lint s at pre-
sent in high estimation with rnilway speculators. The
first let put up was two shares in the Cork and Bandon.
The shares in this line, Mr. Marsh observed, would be as
productive shortly as the Pipe Water Company in
London, where the holders were getting ten thousand
pounds for every hundred.-(Laughter) This lot
brought 71. 10s. a-share.. The next lot put up was ten
shares in the Killarney Junction, which commenced at
31., and was knocked down at 41. per share. A letter of
allotment for ten shares in the Cork, Passage, and
Kinsale, 2/. 2s. deposit, was then put up. One of the
company reminded the auctioneer to be cautious in what
he was doing. Mr. Marsh-I do not think we are im-
portant enough in Cork for the Solicitor-General to
take notice of us.-(Laughter.) However. I would
rather not sell the letters, and we had better proceed
whh the sale of the scrip. The above lot was then
withdrawn by the auctioneer, and ten shares in the
Great Munster were substituted. The deposit paid on
this line, of which the survey was almost completed, was
21.105. The shares were knocked down at 21. ss. The
shares in the Clonmel and Marl, s, deposit 2/. 12s. 63.,
brought 31. 7s. 61.. Bandon and Bantry extension (ten
shares) 2/. 7s. 6d.-second lot, ditto. T. n shun sin the
Cork, Blackrock, and Passage (river line), put up at 2/.,
sold at 21 17s. Gd. Twenty shares in Bandon and
Ban-
try 2/. ss. Ten shares in Armagh and Londonderry
Junction (deposit 2/. 103.) 2/. 17s. Gd. Ten shares in
the Kill trney Junction, which the auctioneer pledged
himself would be up to 71. a share in the course of a
fortnight, were knocked down at 31 17s. 6d. Bandon
and Bantry (third lot) ten shares, at 2/. 4s. Cork and
Waterford line, ten shares (de-posit 1/. 10s.), sold at
2/. 7s. ; second lot, ditto, 21. 6s. Several shares in the
Cork and YouAhall were put up, and withdrawn.
Thirty shares in Clonmel and Thurles brought 31. ss.
per share. Dublin, Dundram, and Enniskerry (ten
shares), at 2/. 15s. The auctioneer closed with the sale
of the above. -Cork Repot ter.

IRELAND.
REPEAL DEMONSTRATION IN KERRY.
KILLARNEY, OCT. o.—The demonstration in favour of a
repeal of the union, and the first which occurred in this
county since the commencement of the agitation, took place
to-day, at which at least 50,000 persons were present. • The
place selected for the meetin!, was a field on the borders of
the lower lake, from which the view of the magnificent
scenery of this romantic region was perfect and enchanting.
Mr. O'Connell, who stopped in Tralee yesterday, arrived, ac-
companied by Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. J. IL Dunne, jun., and
Mr. Primrose, about three o'clock-, and was accompanied to
the place of meeting by the trades of Tralee and Killarney,
who formed themselves into a procession, and with bands
and banners met him about a mile from the town, from
whence they proceeded in the same order to the meeting.
The procession arrived on the ground about four o'clock,
immediately after which the chair was taken by Kean Ma-
bony, Esq.
The CHArnmAN basing thanked the meeting for the honour
conferred upon him, the first resolution was proposed by Mr.
Morgan John O'Connell, and seconded by the Rev. Bartho-
lomew O'Connor. _ _ _ _

Mr. DANIEL Marroxv, of Dunloe, J.P., having expressed
a desire to oppose the resolution, and to declare his reasons
for disapproving of the repeal agitation, then addressed the
meeting. He said he came there to pay every respect in his
power to the liberator of his country, for differing as he did
from him on the subject of the repeal of the union, lie yet en-
tertained the highest regard for him, and believed he svas
thoroughly determined to promote the welfare of his coun-
try. As lie (Mr. Mahony) could not concur with him, he
felt bound( to come forward and oppose the resolution
then proposed for the adoption of the meeting. There
were two modes adopted of putting down the repeal agi-
tation, of which he did not approve, namely, prosecution
and persecution, for he believed the only means -to put
it down was argument—and argument alone. Their Os
ject, of course, was to get a repeal of the union, but if
that took place there should be a reform in the Irish
House of Commons according to the increased popu-
lation ; but more than that was necessary. The Libe-
rator had often said that the golden link of the Crown would
be preserved at all times; but he (Mr. Mahony) thought
that the complicated relation which existed between both
countries required more than that. That golden link would,
no doubt, be preserved by the existence of the King, or the
Queen, a Regent, a Consul, or an Emperor; but the most im-
portant duties of the State were to be discharged by an Irish
Parliament; and in doing so, he had no doubt but that it
would come to blows with English Legislature. Mr. Pitt
had foreseen that, and directed all his energies to bring about
the union. In all their political movements it was necessary
they should take such steps that it should not be deemed ne-
cessary to recede; but, in the present instance, he thought
such would be the case, and that considerable mischief would
be the consequence. He maintained that a repeal of the
union would bring about a collision between the countries,
unless the terms of the contract were previously arranged ;
and he looked in vain in any of the speeches in the Concilia-
tion-hall, or elsewhere,for any plan in which such termswere
proposed. He would not trespass further on their attention ;
but to thank them for the kindness they evinced towards him,
and the patience with which they listened to his observations.
Mr. O'CoNNELL then said that lie was always proud of the
men of Kerry, but he was that day doubly proud of them.
It had been said—and what lie_ would not be said ?—that
as those tumultuous meetings of the people which took place
in so many parts of Ireland, no one who differed in opinion
with them would have any chance of being heard. That
was scattered through the press : but oh, what a contradic-
tion to that falsehood was given that day I He would say
that haughty England, and all those who opposed the legis-
lative rights of Ireland—that they were liars and profli-
gates, when they asserted that the people would not listen to
the arguments of those opposed to them with patience and
courtesy, who spike sentiments directly at variance with
their own. They had contradicted that falseh..od most
nobly that day in the case of Mr. Mahony. There was not
certainly a more respectable gentleman in the county than
he was ; he belonged to a most respectable and ancient family
—he was independent in tbrtune, and, therefore, entitled to be
heard anywhere • and yet altheugh he promi,ed to resist the
question of repeal by arguments, what arguments did lie use?
The first thing he said was, that a collision would take place
between the English Parliament and the Irish Parliament—
that a collision did take place formerly on the question of the
regency; but then he admitted that the reeeders were right
in the opinion they entertained on the subject. What argu-
ment was that against repeal? He said they admitted the
right of whatever sovereign or regent, consul or emperor, who
reigned in England, to claim the sovereigaity in Ireland. He
(Mr. O'Connell) objected to consuls or emperors, for they
would have none but a king or a sovereign, like their beloved
Queen, God bless her.—(Cheers.) His excellent friend, 111 r.
Maliony, had no other argument against repeal, but the ques-
tion of the regency; but then he said that a great many other
questions remained to be settled. Why, that was an excellent
reason for repeal, for as matters then stood, England had all
the settlement to herself—lock, stock, and handle; and in
order to have their share of the bargain, it was necessary to
have the control of their affairs.' If a man went to the market
with a cow to sell, he would not entrust her for sale to the
butcher, who wished to buy her for his own use, yet that
was the argument of his excellent friend. Now lie (Mr.
O'Connell) contended that that was an argument for a repeal
of the union, and he most respectfully solicited him to join
with him in having Ireland for the Irish, as well as. Scotland
for the Scotch, and England for the English. He (Mr.
O'Connell) appealed.to those who heard him if the shadow
of an argument had been advanced against repeal by Mr.
Mahony. There was a gentleman who came to argue with
them, and, like Balaam, instead of cursing the union, he
blesses and prays for it.—(Cheers.) It was the geeatest
triumph they ever had, and he was doubly pleased with the
men of Kerry for listening to the argument of an opponent
as they did, without the slightest interruption.—(Cheers.)
The Honourable and Learned Gentleman, after impressing on
the minds of the people the necessity of preparing for the
registries, so as to return two Repeaters for the county, con-
cluded by impressing on those who heard him the necessity
of registring their votes, in order to give their suffrages for a
representative who would represent the repeal interest in the
Houses of Parliament, or, as they. are called here, the British
House of Commons.

A petition was then read and adopted, after which the
meeting Eepamted, and the vast assemblage returned to their
own homes without tho slightest disturbance.
THE DINNER.

A dinner took place in the eve ing, at which 500 persons
were present, and certainly, considering the insulated condi-
tion of this county, it was most numerously attended. The
chair was taken by Mr. Denis Shane Lalor, at whose right
sat Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Maurice O'Con-
nell, Mr. Kelly, M.P. for Linierick, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell,
M.P. for Kerry; and at the left, the Mayor of Cork, the
Mayor of Limerick, J. H. Dwyer, jun., of Dublin, F. T.
Meagher, Esq., John Primrose, Esq., Sc.:.
"'The healths of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal
Family" having been given,
The CHAIRMAN, in a speech of an hour's length at least,
gave "The health of O'Connell."—(Great cheering.)
Mr. O'CONNELL then said—How strange, and almost
fantastical it. is, that I slrould begin a reply to so bril-
liant a speech as that delivered by your Chairman, by telling
you a simple truth, that I shall be laughed at.—(Great
laughten)—l of course, be sneered at, yet I speak
the words of soberness and truth when I assure you,
that the great object of my political life is to prevent
a separation between Great Britain and Ireland.—(Cheers.)
He was convinced that the connexion with England may be,
ought to be, and shall be, prolonged, during his life, because
he was thoroughly persuaded it was for the benefit of both
countries; but after his death, if he knew anything of the
expression of the eye of his countrymen, or the determina-
tion of their looks, the connexion between Great Britain and
Ireland would be in exceeding great jeopardy.—(Hear,
hear.) Ile was labouring for the 'continuance of that con-
nexion, not as it then was, but for the mutual advantage of
both, or the day will arrive when Ireland will endure it no
longer.—(Great cheering.) He was glad of the great in-
fluence which he possessed—he was proud of the manner in
which he was obeyed—for without the least power to carry
his wishes into execution, his commands were obeyed with
an alacrity which even surprised himself.—(Cheers.) He
(Mr. O'Connell) was glad of that. One of the mcst power-
ful throes of his heart was for tile connexion between both
cAintries. He would submit to that—he would not rebel
against it where it was useful to both, and not destructive to
either. His object was, as a loyal subject, to make
the connexion beneficial to both countries, and yet
he could not help thinking that he had the
s!rongest wish to be beneficial to Ireland.—(Cheers.) He
who differed with him, and he should not have to go far to
find him, he had no hesitation in arraigning him as a sepa-
ratist and a traitor to England and Ireland. They may, no
doubt, treat. the multitude with craltempt—they may object
to their going " betwixt the wind and their nobility"—but
he for one could not, nor wt uld not, look on them as good
Irishmen, or goo 1 subject, if they did not assist him in
placing the connexion on such a basis-as to make the throne
of their beloved Sovereign secure, and,her authority extended
throughout the entire of her dominions —(Cheers ) Sup-
pose be (Mr. O'Connell) had the good fortune of meeting a
lord in the streets, and if he condescended to speak to so hum-
ble an individual as himself, he would ask him if he thought
that the Irishman did not nederstand and was not perfectly
aware of the injustice inflicted on him by the repeal of the
union ? The Hon. and Learned Gentleman thep proceflled
to treat of the evils of the union, and concluded, amid loud
cheering, by proposing "The Health of the Chairman."
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks.
Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL proposed " The Catholic
Hierarchy of Ireland," and, after other toasts, the a=sembly
broke up about eleven o'clock.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMATE. -

Another section of the Roman Catholic clergy of the arch-
diocese of Armagh, those resident in the Dundalk district,
have published the following declaration, similar in-spirit to
that adopted by the clergy of the Dunleer district :
"'At a meeting of the clergy of the Dundalk district of the
archdiocese of Armagh, held in St. Patrick's Church, in.Dun-
dalk, on the 7th of October, 1845, after the rising of the
Conference, the Very Rev. Dr. Coyne, P.P., and V.G., in the
chair, the following resolution was unanimously adopted