The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-09 00:00:00

SHROPSHIRE MINERAL

HANLEY, TUE;;;ZAI,TEIINOON, Form o'CLocK.—This
afternoon a crowded meeting of the landed proprietors, ma-
nufacturers, and merchants of the Staffordshire Potteries was
held in the Town-hall, Hanley, to receive a deputation from
the London Committee of Management. The deputation,
which consisted of Major Newcombe, the chairman ; William
Law, Esq. ; F. I). Webster, Esq., of Brentbridge-house,
Hend,.n ; and Captain Ewbank, entered the hall, accom-
panied by Mr. R. C. Yarborough, of Lincoln's Inn-fields,
and several of the local Provisional Committee, among whom
we recognised . Mr. Alderman Johnston, of Derby, Edward
Edwards, Esq., George IL Fourdrinier, Esq., R. Thacker,
Esq., F. B. Byne, Esq., and other gentlemen from the sur-
rounding country.
Mr. CHARLES MASON, of Fenton, was called to the chair.
Major NEWCOMBE and others addressed the meeting, and
resolutions were passed in favour of the line.

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT.
A numerous meeting of the promoters and proprietors of
this projected line took place yesterday afternoon, at the
Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge. Amongst the gentlemen
present were, Lord Stephen Chichester, in the chair • Sir W.
B. Johnson, Bart.; Sir John Key, Bait. ; C. 11. Anderson,
Esq.; W. Banks, Esq. ; J. B. Banks, Esq.; J. Brown, Esq.;
J. Blore, Esq.; B. Clements, Esq.; J. Cutts, Esq. ; Nl. J.
Cross, Esq. ; J. L. Davenport, Esq. ; H. W. Burgess, Esq., &c.
A resolution was then moved appointing a managing Com-
mittee, with power to add to their numbers; but before it
was carried—
Mr. GitEEN, of Bedford, rose and observed, that in the list
of the Committee there should be a larger number of county
repreentatives. He submitted that three, if not live gentle-
men, should be elected from each of the principal towns
situated on the line, as the representatives in the managing
Committee of the several towns in which they resided.
The CIIAHIMAN urged that if such a course were adopted,
the number of the Committee would be unprecedented, and
observed that the greater the ntunber of Directors the less
business would be done. _ _

Sir JOHN hEY contended that there was no necessity for
such an amendment as had been proposed by Mr. Green, for
that the resolution itself comprehended all that was neces-
sary, inasmuch as it gave the Commit. ee power to add to
their number.

A PROPRIETOR observed, that they had heard nothing
ofthesurvey
which of the line. Now it had
abo
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triel scirculare
called the meeting to-
gether, that a full report from the engineer and surveyor
thought it was
Nw.eoruyl desls)eensttitablmoiltattedthteoy the meeting,
kiiow how the work was pro-
d he
f•_;.oticiTon to the Company said that the subject ct would
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have been brought before the meeting, but he hadbeen dis-
appinted in not having received the engineer's report, which
he had fully expected that morning. He had himself written
to the chief engineer upon the subject a few days ago, and,
in his reply, that gentleman stated that the survey was being
carried on as expeditiously ae possible, and there were no
less than sixty surveyors employed on every mile, and the
whole would without doubt be complet,d long before the time
required.
The various officers of the Company were then elected,
and a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the Chair-
man, who in reply stated his fullest confidence in the merits
of the line, which he had no doubt would become one of the
most successful.

THE NORFOLK AND MIDLAND COUNTIES LINES,
LYNN, WISBEACH, AND PETERBOROUGH, AND
LYNN AND ELY, AND THE BOSTON, STAMFORD,

AND BIRMINGHAM LINES.
KING'S LYNN, TuEsnAy.—A large meeting of the inha-
bitants of King's Lynn watilield at half-past q.N. o'clock last
evening, pursuant to adjournment, in the Town-hall, for the
purpose of meeting deputations from the Lynn, Wisbeach,
and Peterborough, and Via Lynn and Ely Railways, to hear
au exposition of their objects, and for the purpose of affording
the inhabitants an opportunity of expressing their opinion on
the respective merits of the lines. A deputation from the
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Company, also attended.
His worship the Mayor, Robert Pitcher, Eaq„ presided.
Mr. Mort: said the line was intended to afford the inha-
bitants of that town a direct communicarion through Wis-
beach to Peterborough, and, bv its junction,with the London
and Birmingham Railway, the means (1,.a , cheap, direct.,
and expiditious communication with Birmingham, Manches-
ter, Liverpool, and the other great manufacturing towns in
the north of England. The directors had received applica-
tions for seven times the number of shares they were em-
powered to allot, and they were at a premium of from '21.105.
to 31.—(Cheers ) Another evidence of the desirability of
the line was to be found in the fact that it had been pirated
by others. The line was registered on the Bth of August;
on the 30th of August another scheme, traversing the same
ground, was registered in exactly the same name ; and
on the Bth of September another company was registered,
als siu the same name. They were the original Lynn, Wis-
beach, and Peterborough Railway, which interested parties,
backed by local interest, were endeavouring to drive from
the field. _ _ _

Mr. ANDREWS, the solicitor, nest addressed the meeting.
Mr. WiLuAms, who represented the Lynn and Ely, said
the difference between the two lines would not be more than
one mile and a half, and addressed the meeting in favour of
his line.

Mr. Hour said they could post to Wisbeach in less time
than they could be conveyed by the angle line.
After some discussion,
BAGSTER proceeded to address the meeting on behalf
of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, which he con-
tended by its junctipn with other lines would afford them
all the conimunicatiOn which thtey desired with the Midi/aid
Counties, as well as the tweeW the north of Zugland.