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oe ri:/// 'o, i " EVENI-rA r EDimION. 1140NUMENT TO LORD HOLLAND. t b late As no man ev er li ve d more h onoure d an d beloved than e cerely l a a HOLLAND, and no man ever died more sin ,ented ; a natural and anxious desire has been ex tenssrtt'Out his memory should be marked by some T ESTI of respe c t, esteem, an d a ff ect i on. T he f o ll ow i ng per the t ha',/e Sent th e i r names for the purpose of g i v i ng e ff ect and g r e ,Aeral Wish o f pay i ng a d ue tr ib ute to memory so loved ,ft'pect e d :— r Amount already a d ver ti se d fAp Messrs. Prescott and Co. lrl Grey ............ ESO 0 ord Howick 2O 0 harles Austin ... lO 0 'Rod Bousfield 1 0' 1714essrs Child ;rid Co. Lord 25 0 E. sgusus Clifford 5 0 touverie Esq . Tbs solrtche, Esq ..... Earl Lord Chancellor 100 0 A re I, nerst I , of Shelburne 2O 01 ii 4 r l of Suffolk . Josses Howard 5 0 Lytton Bulwer, easi .................. 25 0 Ponsonby, no• Lascelles, Lov 10 0 n• Vane W Br ougham 25 0 Dun fermline 21 0 n k r '. 13 ' u viea, Bart 5 0 are% Rolf e mill Smith, Esq 5 5 liY . tra Smith, Esq 2 2 J.DI ' Macready, Esq 5 5 X,osuble, Esq 5 5 . 9 Qanon, Esq 2 2 1,,,.. Strafford .411thers 10 10 20 0 "; 4 - obscri pt i ons are received by I.bar ; Messrs. Coutt s an d , ' r ote, and Co., Threadneedle-si *ld Co., Clement's-lane ; and t fet...2pang, Edinburgh. ..£4,154 7 0 Hon. Mount Stuart Elphinstone £lo 0 Rev. John Forster 2 0 Henry Luttrell, Esq 20 0 'Marquis of Normanby 100 0 Geo. Byng, Esq, Eeq., 51. P. John Bellamy, Esq., M. P Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, P I Stewart Marjoribanks, 1 Esq. ....... ....... 21 0 Thomas Moore, Esq. 5 0 I Dr. Henry Holland lO 0 Charles Bury, Esq. Hon. W. T. Fiennes 15 0 'Earl of Leitrim Sir B. C. Brodie 'Frederick Pigou, Esq 2O 0 I D. Maude, Esq. 'Lord Foley ...... 0 Earl of Zetland AnthonyUnthank,Esq 2 2 L. Horner, Esq. Harvey Combe, Esq 25 0 'Lord Barham 'Lord Seaford I Mr. S. Swaffield 3 3 John Richardson, Esq 5 5 The Right Hon. Sir Augustus John Fos ter, Bart 1 1 Messrs. Child and Co., Tem- Co. 5 0' ~, Strand; Messrs. Prescott, ;reet ; Messrs. Rogers, Olding, ke Banl TO DRAPERS AND OTHERS. To BE DISPOSED OF by PRIVATE i n T v , „C„ONTRACT by the EXECUTORS, STOCK LiN i .," l "E and the GOODWILL of the BUSINESS of a 4L .01)RAPER, which was carried on for many years by :beo‘ but in a City in the West of England—the returns and t is, C lOOl . per annum. The Stock will be about 2,0001., a Lease of the Premises will be granted for fourteen years Stock rent. S ecur i ty w ill b e t a k en f or par t o f t h e m • o f t : further p ar ti cu l ars app li ca ti on may b e ma d e a t th e HoflbjOhrtZ Shepherd, Esq., Solicitor, 11, Bartlett's-build- 4 0 NDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY Notic e ' • COMPANY. hereby given that the next HALF-YEARLY MEETINGRciII be of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY held, pursuant to the Act of Incorporation, on WED -1)4.1', 27th January 1541, a 1 the London Tavern, Bishops- PieZsttri.seet, at One o'clock ' precisely, when Five Members of the • n Direction will go out of office, who, being duly qualified, tat sk er themselves for Re-election, and at which Meeting cer ha e Shares upon which the Seventh Call has not been paid, and rnilth"",n in consequence thereof declared forfeited under the hoard of Directors of 19th June last, will be Meet , for confirmation of such forfeiture ; and at which ti there will be laid before the Proprietors certain art -I..obak -1 a greement entered into between this Company, and the Par t i - e " and Croydon, and the South Eastern Railway Cam.. 40, relative to the joint purchase, enlargement,. alteration, ,aiudproprietorship, use, and management of a station for the 'Olo t p liree Companies near London-bridge, in the partsh of St. Meeting Southwark, in pursuance of the Resolution of the General T he held on the 30th of January, 1840. 16th f ' Transfer Books of this Company will be closed on the lust., and re ma i n s h u t un til a ft er th e M ee ti ng . vote er provision of the Act of Parliament no person can at this Meeting who sh a ll no t h ave paid all Calls due. JOHN HARMAN, Chairman. 1.0 THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. Worland Brighton Railway Office, 10, Angel- T hrogrnorton-street, Jan. 6, 1841. PNDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. Th e TENDERS FOR LOANS. tl iu DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are prepared, under p ih rwers of their Act, to receive TENDERS for the LOAN and °N EY on security of their undertaking, and of the Rates esrsate of il• for Tolls arising therefrom, in rums of not less than 3001., and 1 , e the terms of Three, Five, or Seven years, on interest at 41, .,.". Smith, Payne, per rent. per annum, to be paid half-yearly at and Smiths. %:17 Tenders roto express tit , / Sums and Term of Years for to th the same are proposed to be lent, and to be addressed ll _ e Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 10 , Angel-court. "aVaorthtt,street. By Order •f the Board of Directors, THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. PURE PALE BRANDY, Vintage 1808, 1)0Ze71 Ca same Quality as heretofore, 725. per Dozen ; Three ses, £lO 10s. HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and Co. tr ay's Inn Wine Establishment, 23 , High Holborn, London. THE VESTA PATENT STOVE, 70s. plain. That a Madeira climate in England may te be produced by the STOVE, plants of the mosttender kind requiring Zi r anli have proved ; in sick rooms it has been found invalu 4„,,,e'Producing one even degree of temperature throughout the is 'night. The Vesta Stove has no doors, and as there taii; d anl , tire in contact with the outer case, warmth is ob- Ilit I ,,„ l ' i t,linut any of the unpleasant effects complained of in ;s o d °` °tilers. The fire can be kept alight the whole season, i s re the part Containing the fire is not open during the time it he e " .l sned with fuel. The fuel passes from the Hod into th love without being seen, preventing entirely any escape i n t t noxious vapours, and that annoyance from dust which, trotileeding other stoves, arises from Vie fuel being removed Convey t he 1 - lod into the Stove, or what is worse, into a funnel u ?Ivey it into the stove. The ashes are removed without or 4 1 t a g anY dirt or dust ; no raking out with portable rakers, interior being necessary ; Lnd during their removal from ,int!irior of the Stove they are not visible. The cost for (cinders, coke or Welch coal) will be about twopence for enty-four hours; during which time the stove will not require Attetion. L h e,VESTA STOVES are perfectly free from all liability — P!osions and such unpleasant consequences as have been 4tr e e t with in the use of Arnott's. A variety of sizes and patterns •ea rt i r l a ade with ascending and descending flues, in iron and "ware, su may be seen in use at RIPPON and BURTON'S ll l testimonial Wels-street, Oxforstreet. Li o Pric” t zls a number of references and testimonials A st will be f sent in wer to a post-paid application. INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC , R tv ,TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR trri;r4A, GLEETS, ancrall DISEASES of the GENERA :, and URINARY ORGANS. _ 49twithstanding the above Institotic is closed, Patients hal ;oenutinue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur -.4 (Mr. Ceurtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap- Ygg at his own he.:le in stead of tho. Charity. k r o P r l of Attendance from Eight to Ten in the Mornings IPq n ;. c nn Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the fl ing, but not in the Evening. I N cases of secrecy consult the TREATISE tks," every stage and symptom of the VENEREAL DlS ke in its mild and most alarming forms, just published by lgi "vs• Perry and Co., Surgeons, 4, Great Charles-street, r,;, 1 ,11:gh a m , and 44, Albion-street, Leeds. hoe above invaluable little work is given gratis with each , ' ; 3 l PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price m o u., 4s. 6d., an d lls., conta i n i ng a f u ll description of the fere v e complaint, ill ustrate d b y E ngr avings, showing the dif stages of this deplorable and often fatal disease, as well 4,9 dreadful consequences arising from the use of Mercury. q'nn causes, symptoms, and baneful effects of Lues Venerea, ~_°:narrhcea, gtrictures, Seminal Weakness, &c , are explained familiar manner ; to which are added very extensive shitprac ibservations on sexual debility, brought on by a delusive all its attendant sympathies considered, and the whole T r ust rated by st r iki ng cases , accom p an i e d with full and explicit :I nf lictions f or an effectual and speedy cure, with ease, secrecy, tai n „ safe ty, without the aid of medicial assistance; it also con- V„„Many hints and advice well worth knowing. 4 , -catRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price2s. 9d., eve lfs. per box, is the most certain and effectual cure Dr discovered, for every stage and symptom of the Venereal isease, in both sexes, including Gonorrhcea, Gleets, Se :4'4l'Y Symptoms, Strictures, Seminal Weakness, Deficiency, all Diseases of the Urinary Passages, without loss of time, t te l ll finernent, or hindrance from business ; they have effected b il , Most surpi icing cures, not only in recent and severe cases, It" 'When salivation sad all other means have failed. is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to this °vrid disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men, f- 0 , by the u se of that deadly poison, mercury, ruin the con itution, cause ulceration, blotches on the head, face, and body, tiilnness of sight, noise in the ears, deafness, obstinate gleets, nodes en the shin bones, ulcerated sore throats, diseased nose, • With nocturnal pains in the head and limbs, till, at length, a g e neral d e bi l i ty an d d ecay o f th e cons titution ensues, and a rne "enoly death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings. Messrs. Perry and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted at No. tGreat Ch ar l es -street, Bi rm i ng h am , an d 44, Albion-street Leeds. , ds. Only one personal visit is required from a country Patient, to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a P er manent and effectal cure, after all ether means have proved Ineffectual. p. Letter s f or a d vice must be post. pa id , an d con t a i n th e usua l tee of one ound PERRyiS CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is intended ia their those p ersons w h o , by an immoderate indulgence of passions, have ruined their constitution, er in their way to the co nsummation of that deplorable state are affected with , - ny of tho se prev i ous symptoms t h a t b e t ra y its approach, as the a rious affecti ons of the nervous s ystem, obstinate gleets, invo luntary emissio ns , excesses, i rreg ularity, obstructions of certain evacuations, weakness, total incompetency, barrenness, &c. A per s everance r in its u se h as b e en the happy means of relieving _ a °9 thousand s , an d o f restor i ng a grea t number to the per -7!lnent enjoyment of life. It is remarkable for its efficacy in alldisorders of the digestive organs, and is especially recom -1 et!dect to those wh o , f rom th e ir regularities of youthful age, habits of studious application, or a life of pleasure, have fallen Into a desondent state of mind, and that distressing train of symptoms commonly denominated the nervous. , Ins uch per sons the mental are not less enfeebled than the corporeal Powers, and to them a remedy that acts with efficacy, without I nterfering w ith domestic habits, is peculiarly desirable. Sold in bottles price Ils, each, or the quantity of four in : 3 1 11e family bottle for 335, by which one lls. bottle is saved, , e tY included, and may be had of all medicine venders in Lon- Va; also in every town and village throughout the United 'isttigdom, America, and the Continent of Europe. der 13. quantity Country druggists, booksellers, pate it medicine Yen s, and every other shopkeeper, can be supplied with any of Perry's Purifying Specific Pills and Cordial Balm e ti f i Syriaeuna, with the usual allowance to the trade, by most of Principal wholesale patent medicine houses in London' FOGS AND DAMP AIR, It Alt CLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, fre for many years, s a n d roved an effeeteal Preservative seas the ill effects of the Fog Damp Air, which, in the Winter 'tad are so prevalent in this Climate. erects are to expel Nu, to preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and !relieve those who suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London ; tot Sold Retail, by their appointment, by Sang er, 150, Oxford - stree t; .Burfleld, 180, Strand ; March, 326, Holborn ; Johnston, 08, Corn )tri, ; Giffbrd, If 4, Strand ; Hallows, Druggist, 2, High-street, Ie- Tg t °n • Heudebourck, Druggist, Church-street, Hackney ; and by allre sP( ! ctable Medicine Venders in Town and Country. --ve—goneean be genuine, unless the names of “Barclay and as . are ea the stamp affixed to each Box. 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A general meeting of the Shareholders in this Company, who had signed the original deed, was held in the Com pany's Offices, Bond -street, on Monday last, convened by advertisements in Manchester and Lordon papers, of which the following is a copy :-- " Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway Com pany.—A General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Man chester and Birmingham Extension Railway Company is hereby convened by the Provisional Directors, and will be hold at the Company's Offices, Bond-street, Manchester, on Mon day the 1 Rh day of January, 1841, to consider the expediency of adopting certain resolutions to be submitted to such meeting, in relation to a proposed variation of the original line of rwl way of the said Company, and for the dis,olution of the said Company, and the re-constitution thereof; or the format' on of a new or substituted Company, for constructing the said varied line. And such resolutions are i n t en ded to comprise certa i n other objects relating to the affairs of the Company.—The chair will be taken at twelve o'clock at noon precisely. THOMAS WHEELER. " Manchester, Dec. 17th, 1840." About a quarter-past twelve o'clock there were not thirty Proprietors present; but subsequently the room became filled, and there could not be fewer than sixty Shareholders at the meeting.—Twenty-two minutes after twelve, Mr. JAMES BURT proposed that Mr. Thomas Ashton, of Hyde, should take the chair. The motion was seconded by Mr. Alderman Baooxs, and passed unanimously. Mr. ASHTON took the chair, and called on Mr. T. WHEELER, the law. clerk of the Company, to read the ad vertisement (above given) convening the meeting; having done which Mr. Wheeler said—This meeting is convened by the Directors under the clause in the Subscribers' agree ment, which is the deed constituting the Company, which I will read : " That if at any time it shall appear, that the Board of Di rectors have expended the full sup-of three pounds ten shil lings per share of the subscribed capital of the said Company in the necessary application or applications to Parliament for the proposed Act or Acts incorporating the said Company, but without obtaining the same, then, and in that case, it shall not be lawful for the said Board of Directors to proceed to make any further application to Parliament for any such Act or Acts, if the Subscribers to the said Company or undertaking sha'l consider it advisable to abandon the said projected undertak ing, and to dissolve the said Company ; and that, in the case aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the said Board of Directors, or for any twenty of the Subscribers toithe said Company or un dertaking, to call by public advertisement, to be inserted in three Manchester and three London newspapers, a general meeting of the Subscribers to the said Company or under taking (of which said general meeting, and also of the object thereof, twenty-one clear days' notice shall be given by the said advertisement), and the majority of the persons present at such general meeting (such general meeting, nevertheless, to con sist of not less than forty persons, holding in the aggregate one thousand six hundred shares in the said Company or under taking) shall have full power to determine whether and in what manner the said projected undertaking shall be further proceeded with, or whether and upon what terms and condi tions the said undertaking shall be abandoned, and the said Company dissolved, and the affairs thereof finally wound up." The advertisement has been inserted, 21 days before this meeting, in three Manchester and three London papers,—The CHAIRMAN then called on Mr. WHEELER to road the report, and Mr. Wheeler said that printed copies of it for the Proprietors would shortly arrive from the printers.—Mr. THOMAS OLLIVANT said, that, before the Report was read, he thought it would be desirable to take the sense of the meeting as to the propriety of whether the holders of scrip should not be present.—Mr. T. WHEELER: That is a question which the deed determines, Mr. 011i vant. The object of the meeting being to dissolve the Company, the meeting must be held in strict conformity with the provision of the deed which has just been read to the meeting.—Mr. OLLIVANT : I did not understand there was anything in that to exclude the Scripholders.—Mr. WHEELER: Oh, certainly ; their names are not to the decd. Any gentleman whose name is to the deed is ad missible here, and the gentlemen who have put their names to the deed are now in the room ; but, of course, those who have not done so, and thereby have not converted themselves into Shareholders, are not present; and for this reason, that if any resolution were passed by a majo rity, consisting partly of Scripholders and partly of Shareholders, it would be illegal, and the Company could not act upon it.—Mr. OLLIVANT : Then a per son whose name is to the deed, but who has sold his shares, has a right to attend this meeting ?--Mr. Ni HEELER : Certainly ; because, though he may have sold his shares, he does not get rid of his liability to the Company, and therefore he has a right to attend. But the Scripholders have no such right ; otherwise it would be possible for a gentleman signing the deed for a hundred shares, and who by virtue of them would have only one vote, to subdivide these hundred shares amongst a hundred people, who might come here, and swamp this meeting by voting in a particular mode.—Mr. OLLIVANT : My object is only to be satisfied as to whether the Scripholders are or are not entitled to be present.—Mr. G. R. CHAPELL : I do not attribute to Mr. 011ivant the slightest participation in the document which I am going to read to the meeting ; but I think, when it has been read, you will be perfectly satisfied of the justice of the reason given, as well as ti e legality of the thing—the deed not authorizing scrip holders to be present. I have had a great number of papers and documents sent to me gratuitously, but all un fortunately of one sort. I say so, because, so far from operating on my mind to give me any dislike to the un dertaking, the reverse has been the case. I believe that those who have taken so much pains, and been at so much expense, to convince me that the undertaking is a bad or.e, and of no value, arc sure that is valuable, or they would not have taken the pains and trouble to labour to convince others to the contrary. But I will give you the document. [Mr. Chappell then read a lithographed form, in the following terms " Sir,—ln consideration of your paying me £ for five shares in the Manchester Extension Railway, I hereby engage not to sign any new Parliamentary deed in respect of the said shares ; and, if required, I further engage to sign a petition against any application to Parliament to carry out the under taking under the powers of the old deed, and to do nothing, which shall deprive you of the full benefit of the proportion of any balance that may now remain in the hands of the Com pany, attached to such five shares.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant." Gentlemen, I'll name the party from whom this came. It was Mr. Edward Ashworth, who is the agent for the Lon don and Birmingh am C ompany , an d the Midland Counties Company.—( Hear.) Now, gentlemen, are undertakings like ours to be swamped in so disgraceful, mean, and con temptible a manner, as for the agents of other railway companies to go in the dark, and buy our shares, and then get people to come here, and overturn all you have done to advantage a line which was started for, and I believe will be for, the benefit of Manchester ? I call these means despicable. A fair, manly, honourable opposition we had reason to expect ; but we had no reason to expect, from Companies like these, such an opposition as this document makes known to the public. The intention is evident— and they even went so far as to toll a broker, " A man with a wooden leg will do"—it was done in the expecta tion of parties buying the shares being admitted here to vote and swamp you.-..Mr, T. OLLIVANT : I presume it is almost unnecessary for me to deny all participation in that document.—Mr. CHAPPELL repeated he distinctly disclaimed any intention to impute such a thing to Mr. 011ivant.—The CHAIRMAN said, that Mr. Ashworth, the very person who had signed that document, bad applied to him, to be pre sent at this meeting ; and Mr. Baxter, who was engaged for the opposition, had also applied.—Mr. Was. RAwSON : Might not a middle course be taken ? I have never seen anything in the public press of this kingdom, like the steps they have had recourse to against this undertaking ; but I must say that I should like to hear if our opponents, or enemies, I will call them, have anything to communicate, to put us in possession of facts that we ought to bear. He might be admitted and allowed to state anything he had to say, but not to vote.—The CHAIRMAN: You have heard our law-clerk say it would be illegal to admit parties not Shareholders.—Mr. WHEELER: To vote. Mr. Rawson is not aware, I think, that the purpose of this meeting is merely to dissolve this Company. It is not intended to bind the Shareholders or any Shareholder, to any future course, by the proceedings of this meeting. Any Share holder will be at liberty either to prosecute the new under taking, or to take back his balance ; whichever he may please.—Mr. RAWSON said, if the Company were to be dissolved, he should not like to be hurried into the dis scOutian at once. If after inquiry he was not in clined to go on, he had not the least doubt that be and every Shareholder wishing to retire might get out without losing a farthing. Therefore, ho thought it absolutely necessary, that the Shareholders should have a little time to consider whether such a mode might not be adopted of dissolving the Company as would \ get them out without a n y loss whatever.—Mr. WHEELER said, the Shareholders would have time to consider as to their future course, whether they thought fie to pursue the a l undertaking or no t ; and when they had made up their minds, they would then be in the position of either be coming members o f the new C ompany, or of withdrawing altogether, and rec eivin g bac k their balances.—Mr. AL BRECHT asked some q uestion relative to the alteration in the o n ite_mtr. which o he did not clearly un d erstan d .— Th e thought more regular to read the CHAIRMANRp s said, that Mr. Ashworth, the agent for the London an d Birmingham, and also for the Midland Cou nties Lines, had a different interest to the Shareholders in this Com p an y; an interest in cutting it down, and destroy in g it ; an d that was the reason they had elrgidlit Alderman t would Budßoo beK taken such trou ble in g oin g r ound to purchase shares, in order to destroy this line. It might be that our Directors had managed badly ; but it was of clearly the interest those lines to do all they could to damage this, and there fore it was a fortunate circumstance that the law existed to prevent Scripholders from coming and voting at this meeting —Mr. NEwnERT sa id t h at M r. Hoialdsworth, M P., he presumed, had also app li e d f or adm i ss i on; b u t the Directors had dealt out equal justice to him and to others ; te lli n g him that no Scripholder could attend this meeting for the reasons assigned.—Mr. WHEELER then read the following : " Report intended to be submitted to a Meeting of Shareholders this 11th day of January, " The advertisement which convenes this meeting explains such object That su its object.may be better understood, it will be useful to review briefly the proceedings of the Company. It wastornaed in the year 1838, with the design of shorten ing the communication with London, by the construction of a railway-through the valley of the Trent—a district which is known to possess almost unequalled facilities for the purpose ; and your D irecters, under the subscribers' agreement constitut in, the Company, are empowered, in their discretion, to select, and' from time to time vary, t h e point of commencement or of termination of the course of the railway. The line, as originally laid down, joined the Manchester and Birmingham Railway near Stone, in Staffordshire, and, passing through or near the towns of Rugeley, Lichfield, Tamworth, Athcrstene, and Nuneaton, terminated at Rugby, upon the L' London and Birmingham Railway. There was no provision, under the then arrangements, for the transfer of traffic from the Grand Junction to the proposed line, nor was any junction be tween the lines in immediate contemplation; and hence the town of Liverpool, and the large population whose route to and from London is by way of Liverpool, may be said to have been practically excluded from the benefits of the new communication. " An application was made to Parliament in the Session of 1839 for the necessary powers to construct the railway : but the application did not result in the passing of an Act. The Parliamentary Committee, however, to whom the Bill was re ferred, encouraged the Company to renew their application, by appending to their report the very unusual, if not altogether unpreced en t e d, recommendation that every facility of which the rules of th e House would admit, should be afforded to the promoters in a future Session.' Assured by this recommenda tion, and by the unanimous sanction of the Shareholders, con veyed by resoluthns of a meeting held in September, 1839, your Directors prepared for the Session of 1840, and perfected their arrangements for a second application. " Pending the Parliamentary preparations for that applica tion, the line of the Chester and Crewe Railway was purchased by the Grand Junction Company, who then sought, as the Shareholders are already aware, and accomplished, an arrange ment with this Company, under which it is provided, that the whole traffic between Liverpool and London, which comprises much of that from Ireland and Scotland, should traverse the Trent Line. " The railway which the Company had then in view, con templating only the traffic between Manchester and London, and between Manchester and the Eastern Counties of England, was (as has been explained) unadapted to the extended pros pects thus opened to it; and the Directors, therefore, deemed it advisable to postpone for a year their application to the Le gislature, in order that, in the interval, the railway might be so varied as to meet the Company's altered circumstances. But, before such postponement was determined upon, the Share holders were called together, and their opinion was requested on the subject. The Directors:further took occasion to submit for adoption or rejection, a proposition which had been made to them by the London and Birmingham Company, to the effect that the latter Company would pay to this Company 20,000/. if the project were abandoned aan4 aistoajprity of your Directors would pledge themselves net to be-parties t 6 its-re newal. This proposition you unanimously rejected ; the pro ceedings of your Directors you as unanimously approved ; and, acting under the sanction then obtained, plans were deposited, in pursuance of the standing orders of Parliament, as the basis of an application in the new ensuing session, for one of too lines—namely, a line from Stone to Rugby, with two branches — or a line from Stafford to Rugby, with one branch —both of which lines are calculated to form a junction with the Grand Junction Railway, and are therefore adapted to the Company's new arrangements. " The choice of line was left open for future inquiry and agreement; and the Directors have decided, after mature deli beration, to adopt, and apply to Parliament for its sanction to, the latter line. " The preparations connected with the deposits and notices are all completed; and although, under the Subscribers' agree ment already executed, the Directors deem themselves em powered to pursue the projected measure, yet, as it comprises deviations from the original line of some extent, they are un willing to proceed further in the exercise of the powers so con ferred upon them, without giving any Proprietor, whose judg ment may differ from their own, an opportunity of recording such opinion by withdrawing from the Company. " The Directors, therefore, have now to suggest that for this purpose the Company originally constituted uncler the title of 'lle Manchester and Birmingham Extension Company,' be formally dissolved, with a view to the organization of a sub stituted Company, to carry out the objects specified in this Report. " It will, of course, follow, as part of this arrangement, that the accounts of your Directors (who are the sole creditors of the Company, no portion of the deposits already paid having been • expended ;or appropriated) should be audited, and the sum ascertained, to which, after contributing their quota to the expenses incurred, the several retiring Shareholders, if such there be, will be entitled." Mr. Lee BRADSHAW, before be moved the adoption of the Report, would make one or two observations. He had given the undertaking a great deal of attention, and was satisfied of the soundness of it ; and if he had wanted any thing to confirm that opinion, it would only be necessary for him to look to the great activity and the consideration its opponents had given to it, to satisfy him that this un dertaking was sound. He begged to move, that the Re port be received and printed for distribution, under the direction of the Provisional Directors.—Mr GASKELL, of Warrington, asked, if passing the Report pledged the Shareholders present to the dissolution:of the Company. Mr. WHEELER : It does not. There is a subsequent re solution. The Company can only be dissolved by a for mal resolution.—Mr. CHADWICK seconded the motion.— Mr. RAWSON said it did not follow,because tho Proprietors of other railways did not wish the Extension Line to go on, that it was a profitable undertaking. It might be in jurious to other lines, and yet not a beneficial one to the Shareholders. He wished it to bo understood, that no man had a higher opinion of the integrity and honour of the Directors of this Company than he had; but he liked to know something about a concern in which he had a heavy stake. He did not know what this Rail way was to cost, and he would like to know about it be fore the Company either went on or dissolved ; and those gentlemen who pledged themselves to a dissolu tion without consideration, would of courso lose part of their mouey.---,Mr. G. R. Cuarreae said he had from the first held 200 shares in the undertaking, and had given it as much attention as any other gentleman in the Direc tory ; and if the Shareholders looked at the attendances of the Directors, though gratuitous, they would find them regular and uniform. He had neither added to nor dimi 'slw,' the number of shares he originally held ; and if this Cosrpany were dissolved to-morrow, and any other gentleman would take it up, he would take 200 shares in the new Company. He did not want Mr. Rawson to pin his faith on him ; but that was his own individual opinion, and the unhandsome conduct of their opponents would induce him to go on to the uttermost extent.—Mr. H. NEWBERY thought Mr. Rawson's proposition a good one, with this difference, that a Committee might be appointed to consider ; and those who chose to go on might do so, after the opportunity of full inquiry, and then no gentle mut would commit himself without knowing the facts of the case. But he thought Mr. Tootal was able to explain to the meeting the position in which the Company now stood, and give some insight into its affairs. It had been done before, but it could be done again now.—Mr. Rawsote wished to say to the Share holders who, if the Company were dissolved this day, did not wish to join the new Company, they might get out by losing half their money. If they would not agree to dissolve without full inquiry, then they might expect, he would not say they might be fully certain, to get out without a farthing loss.—Mr. JAMES BURT thought before entering into discussions of this kind, they ought to, attend to the business of the day. They had, in the first place, to determine whether the Company should be dis solved or not; and then to express the sense of the meet ing about going on with the undertaking by a new Com pany. He did not think that procrastination was benefi cial ; but rather that the Shareholders ought to show their opponents, that they were unanimous in carrying on the new concern.—Mr. BRIGHT, of Rochdale, said, it would be well if the shareholders knew what the state of the funds was.—Mr. WRATISLAW, of Rugby, asked what the expense would be of the variation. Mr. EDWARD TOOTAL said—On the occasion of our last meeting, I went at some length into the estimated cost of the concern. I can only reiterate the statements which I then made, having carefully looked at them, not only before I made them, but afterwards, and frequently since ; and I have the satisfaction of knowing that I need neither retract nor qualify one single remark which I then offered to the Shareholders. I have given myself considerable trouble to converse to some extent with the engineers of various railways ' • and I have put to them, in the course of the last year, hundreds of questions with a view to elicit the truth with respect to the probable cost of this line. From all the inquiries I have made, I see no reason to vary the opinion I then gave with respect to the cost of the line for which you have already applied to Parliament. Perhaps it would be just as well to allude to that cost again, and then to the probable additional cost of the varied line. The application you made to Parliament in 1839 was most severely contested, as most gentlemen here are pretty well aware. Mr. Bidder was examined on behalf of this Company, and cross-examined, for about three days ; and his estimate impugned, as far as possible, by the evidence of Mr. Vignoles, Mr. Rastrick, and Mr. Locke. The estimate of our own engineer for the construction of, the line was 1e,538/. per mile. Mr. Vignoles went over the same details as to land, earthwork, masonry, permanent way, and contingencies, as Mr. Bidder; he (Mr. Tigaoles) being then the engineer of the Midland Counties Railway, and of course having an interest, from his position, to go as far as he could. I will just read you the different items, showing the variance between the estimate of Mr. Bidder and that of Mr. Vignoles. Land, estimated by each at 170,0001. Earthwork, Mr. Bidder made, 282,368/. ; Mr. Vignoles, 310,624/. Masonry, Mr. Bidder, 241,210/ ; Mr. Vignoles the same. Permanent way, Mr. Bidder, 375,225/, ; Mr. Vignettes tha same. Con tingencies, the same by both. Mr. Vignoles made the cost of the line per mile, I 8,9901,; being 440/. per mile more than Mr. Bidder's estimate. Next as to Mr. Locke, whose character as an engineer stands very high, and whO was particularly celebrated for making the lines entrusted to his charge at a low rate of cost, — whose ability I don't call in question ; for be is a very able and I believe conscientious man. I have had consi derable conversation with Mr. Locke on this very estimate. I will give his estimate, and then I will repeat a remark which he made to me at an interview I had with hint. Mr. Locke is the engineer of the Grand Junction Railway Company ; they were at that time opposed to this Com pany, and Mr. Locke's evidence was looked upon as the most powerful against us, inasmuch as his experience was great, and his reputation high. His estimate for land was 200,0001. being 30,0001. more than the other estimates ; for earthwork 20,000/. more than Mr. Bidder ; masonry the same as Mr. Bidder ; permanent way the same ; and contingencies 4,0001. more. The result amounts to this —that the estimated cost of the line would then be 19,700/. por mile. It is fair to suppose that Mr. Locke did his utmost for his then employers ; no doubt of it ; and he was perfectly right in so doing ; and I think it is perhaps the highest compliment to our engineer, and to his estimate for the Extension Line, that the greatest difference in the paper estimates is only about 1,200/. per mile. Mr. Locke added a considerable sum per mile on account of forty bridges which will not be required. The private conversation I had with Mr. Locke, of course, I cannot repeat here ; but I may state this. I remarked to Mr. Locke, that I might probably be called upon to state to the Shareholders of the Company what the probable cost of this line would be ; and at length I said, " Mr. Locke, if I state to the Shareholders that the Extension Railway, including carriages, engines, wag gons, stations, sheets, cordage, &c., and contingencies , will be completed for a sum total f 25,000/. per mile, shall Ibe right? Because I have made up my mind never to state a less sum than I conscientiously believe will really Publishing Office, 50, Briggate, Leeds. POPULAR EDITION, Price Half-a-crown, by post 3s. 6d. MARRIAGE —Its Intent, Obligations, and Physical and Constitutional Disqualifications Medically considered; with interesting and remarkable Illustrations, gra chic, narrative, and remedial : an original, comprehensive, and important Work, addressed chiefly to Young Men, and called PROFESSIONAL RECORDS. Also, Companion to the same, 'ailed MEDICAL CON SULTATIONS. Price 21. 6d. 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Notice is hereby given, that, at a MEETING of the Sub scribers to the Company, held, pursuant to advertisement, on the 11th instant, it was resolved, that the COMPANY SHOULD BE, and the same n DISSOLVED; and the affairs thereof were directed to be immediately wound up, witis a view to a SUBSTITUTED COMPANY being ORGA NIZED for the purpose of applying to Parliament in the now ensuing Session fur power to Construct a Railway from Staf ford to Rugby, according to the Notices given and the Plans deposited in that behalf. All parties intending to claim, as Scripholders, the benefit of any share or interest in the funds of the Cower:ly are requested to deposit such Scrip with the Company, at their offices, within fourteen days from the date hereof; and no Scrip will be re ceived for deposit after the time hereby limited. This notice does not apply to the Company's Subscribers, hu to the Purchasers of Scrip Certificates.—By order of the Pro visional Directors. RICHARD FOSS, Secretary. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in the Cause of STERRY against JOHNSON, the Creditors of WILLIAM PRIOR JOHNSON, late of Aldhorough, in the County of Suffolk, and also of Helions Bumpstead, in the County of Essex, Esquire, who died in the month of April, 1839, a-e forthwith to come in and prove their debts before Sir GRIF FIN WILSON, one 'of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton•buildings;Chancery-lane, London, or in default thereof they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. GADSDEN and FLOWER, Plaintiff's Solicitors' 14, Fur nival's-inn, London. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER-TUESDAY EVENING. Although the attendance was highly respectable this af ternoon, the Chester Tradesmen's Cup was not even com plimented with a passing word; but, as the weights must be made public at the latest on Thursday, we shall not have again to notice silence on the point. THE DERBY.—A variety of offers, but very few engage ments were absolutely set down ; 100 to 7, by a Cheshire gentleman, was offered on the field ; he accepted 1,000 to 20 on Morning Star ; 500 to 12 was also laid against this colt ; and 200 to 7, twice over, against the Knight of the Whistle; 15 to 1, in scores, appeared the top offer on Pa lemon ; 18 to 1 was accepted in tens, and repeated (just as the room broke up), on Marshal Soult—this may be con sidered the extreme of the market ; 30 to 1, to a sum. was offered against Prince Caradoc—five points more would have been taken. The Duke of Wellington would have been backed at 40 to I—ten points less was offered in hundreds; 400 to 10 was the highest proposal we heard against the Darioletta colt, several influential parties were open to invest 1,000 to 20 ; 1,000 to 15 was offered against Simeon, and 1,000 to 10 against Ben Brace; 500 to 10 was offered against Van Amburgh ; 30 to 1 was of fered against Wahab, Proposals against several out siders were repeatedly made, but to no effect, Eringo and Coronation were just named; the latter would have been backed at 25 to 1 ; 500 to 10 was offered against Hawk's eye ; and takers were present of 500 to 5 on Belgrade and Ermengardis, or 29 to 1 on " all the fillies." Oaks, &c., not named. During the past year, notwithstanding a decrease in the aggregate customs of the kingdom, the receipts at Liverpool have exceeded those of the year preceding by 373,0001. The total return for 1840 is 4,600,0001., nearly the whole of which is remitted to the Exchequer, the expenditure, including drawbacks and repayments, as well as the expenses of management, being only 130,0001 We believe there is no port in the kingdom that is so sys tematically an , d cheaply worked, or that gives the Govern ment so little trouble, as Liverpool. The progressive in crease in the Customs duties is a gratifying proof of the rising importance of the port, and of the sound and im proving state of its commerce. Connected as Liverpool is with so large a portion of the empire, her interest is not that of her own population merely, but that of millions besides; and the advancement of her trade, and the aug mentation of her revenue, are causes of propor:ionate con gratulation. These improvements, we have no doubt, are destined still to go on, in an increasing ratio. Rapid as the growth of Liverpool has been in commercial greatness, there is yet, to all appearances, a career of prosperity be fore her compared with which her present achievements will seem but as a beginning. The opening of new branches of trade, and additional facilities fur business, are already producing their beneficial effects, and as they come more afid more into operation, will be still more sen sibly felt. At the same time, whatever may be said in favour of further alterations of management, with regard especially to the proposal for dock warehouses, the fasts above stated certainly afford no remarkabl?, evidence that such alterations are called for to sustain the falling trade or revenues of the port.—Liverpool Courier. Jose , _ . , - .. 6.4. : )..... " 2 it.,t.,(....._„. 9_. e 7 / 2 -I2- - 0 ' 6 j A.4f ..., , . ..,., .-e......,:,.. . . 1 1-!,, wt il .-. ;.: , --;,. w„._.,, • , :_ yofr, ~-,-„ 4 c v 4-.,- , -.-f,t ~ ...,... Nie kt ........ . .2.1 ir kw. " ' ----% 1 -;• 1 ‘ os ..,,,%; Sr, ,*4. • -,. .•"-• ~, ,_ kf f i, fa c :" • .h.: , - * P _ " PRICE sd, /12 EVENING 'll.l'l'loN against the Company, they must be AIVITC that it had 111. most active and determined opponents that an - . 'Company ever had, and t h a t th e r efoie it. behoved them to be cautious; but if any goitl,m3o, a b ona het shareholder, wanted information, which the 11TrccorF. could disclose without detriment to the interests of tl(: Company generally, they would be mot ready and to do so.—(Applause.) He was sure iiiere was not a, thing that they wished to withhold from the Sharchoh3el but this was a very different thirg . , from giving infera:aC--: generally to the Shareholders and the publle, and so tr;- ing too much of your cmo, in order to let }our oppou_ get the upper hand of you.-•-Mr. sain, tho Manchester and Birmingham Company imd an vgrecin ,- . ,, to travel over the Grand Junction Line. Some sai,J be required." I told him I might probably state it to the Shareholders at 24,0001. or 25,300/. His reply was, "If you do that, Mr. Tootal, you will have the pleasing sa tisfaction, year after year, to state to your Sharehol ders, that you are glad to find that the cost will be less."—A SHAREHOLDER—Does that refer to the Stafford and Rugby Line ?--Mr. E. Toomee : the Stafford and Rugby Line—that varied line of the Company which is under discussion this day. Since then. I have had other ()pinions. I had a letter only the oth er d ay , datel the 15th January , from an engineer whose eminence no one would call in question. I had asked him to be good enough to revise our estimate, as a personal friend ; and he writes as follows :—" When the lino was in Patliament last time, and during the struggle on the question of the ' t emirnates, I looked carefully into the items, and then satisfied myself that the estimate was abuielant. Indeed, it differs from ordinary estimetea, le being termed, not upon opinion or speculation, but upon the actual cost of works cf an exactly similar character. This class of estimation clearly renders the chance of error the least possible ; and on the character of the works on the Midland Counties Railway, the estimate is as nearly certain as it is susceptible of being made. I make these few remarks for the purpose of redeeming a promise." This has reference to the Stone and Rugby Line ; and this differs from that only in the distance north of Rugeley. From Rugby to Rugeley, a distance of 40 miles, the lines are the same ; the difference is, that the former line passed to Rugeley by way of Stone, whilst the present passes thither by way of Stafford. There is a difference in the cost of the works on those two portions of the line; but from Stafford to Rugeley the varied dis tance is ti 4 miles, and that 8§ miles out of 361 is the only variation. The only portion of the line which has not been inquired into already before Parliament, and sifted to the very bottom, is tiiis portion of 8A- miles; and there fore that is the only portion of the line upon which any doubt can be thrown.—[A SHAREHOLDER asked: if the varied line would be longer or shorter? and Mr. Tooree was understood to say " shorter." He then continued. 1 With respect to the new line, the Govern ment Commissioners have required from our engineers a detailed estimate of the cost, which is now before the Commissioners ; and therefore I am sure you will think it right that it ehould not at present bo made a public docu ment, being in their possession for them to analyse. In the report on the Stafford and Rugby line, which will in a few weeks be made, the whole of these details will be fur. nished ; and the Government Commissioners will, no doubt, direct attention to the advantages in length, as well as other qualities in the proposed line. But I think it quite light to give the particulars of the estimates of this varied line, from one end to the other, as submitted to the Commissioners. They are :—Earthwork, 281,000/. ; ma sonry and tunnelling (there being a short tunnel required) 272,0001. ; permanent way, 340,0001 ; contingencies, 8,700/. ; making a total of 980,0001., or l 7,500/. per mile, to which is to be added cost of land and stations. On the former occasion, Mr. Bidder and Mr. \'ignoles agreed precisely as to the land, and Mr. Locke added 30,0001. to their estimates; therefore, we may say, that the value of the land has been pretty well sifted already. The amount of costs for stations on the line was put down at 46,0001. on the last occasion ; but I apprehend that it will be under 30,000/., because the stations on the Stafford and Rugby line will be just like the ordinary stations on the Grand Junction and the London and Birmingham lines, the ordi nary roadside stations, the traffic not being collected at theta, but at Manchester, Birmingham, or London; there fore the stations would bo wholly of an economical nature. I den't' i think that I need say more with respect to the probable cost of this line. I think that no Shareholders ever before had the same opportunity of judging of the probable cost of their line before the Act of Parliament for it was ob tained.—( Applause.)—Dr. LYON Allow me to ask whe ther the land between Stafford and Rugeley will not cost more than that from Stone to Rugeley.—Mr. Enewerm TOOTAL: Some portion will, but some portion will not cost more than other portions of the line, on the esti mote given in for the land on a former occasion ; and that includes all the "ornamental property," which You have heard mentioned, that was upon the old line. If any gen tleman wishes to have further information with respect to the cost of the line, or anything else, I shall be happy to give it. Then, as to the cost of the permanent way,—but if we look to the South-Western Railway, their permanent way is taken at 5,500/. per mile—yours is put down at 6,000/. [A SHAREHOLDER: What is the cost of perma nent way on the Manchester and Birmingham Line?) The Manchester and Birmingham, I believe, is 6,500/. ; but they had adopted longitudinal timbers on account of their viaducts. Dues it occur to any gentleman to ask any other question ?—A SII AREHOLDER, who had misunderstood a former statement, asked as to it, and Mr. TOOTAL said that the last estimate given embraced the whole line 7 —Mr. Bruerie said that a printed paper had been distributed at the doer of the Company's offices pretty freely [signed " Thomas Landor, agent to the Marquis of An. glesey"), which stated the names of seine landowners on the varied line. Had they any g reater interest in opposing it than the old line? Did the old line cut through any of this ornamented property, which was so sacred ?—Mr. E. Towne I trust you will bear with me. I am sure Shareholders will not intentionally put such questions as would be likely to damage the undertaking. With respect to the Marquis of Anglesey, I have before me a document, when an application was made for this Bill last year, in which the name of the Noble Marquis appears as the fist assenting nobleman. The fact was, that the varied line would pass through a farm of his, about four miles from Beandesert, and be was now to be found amongst the dis sentients; but any gentleman who has been connected with railways for some years will be aware, that the less that is said about this the better. I don't wish to say anything unpleasant to the Noble Marquis, or to any one; but gentle men know that there have been opponents to railways be. fore ; but they don't always continue opponents. I may just say that the Marquis is not unfriendly to the rail way ; he has at all times been friendly to the under taking; but he does not like its present route, as re gards its passing through this farm. It is possible, that an alteration might be made, whether without great difficulty I don't know, but it is possible ; and I repent, that the Marquis is not unfriendly to the line, but only to this particular portion. H is son is Member fur Lichfield ; this line is vitally important to Lichfield ; and I have no doubt that Lord Alfred Paget might be induced to use his influence with his father to withdraw his opposition, and thus let Lichfield have the benefit of the position in which he is placed—Mr. WRATISLAW said he had looked at the list of the other names advertised as dissentient landowners and occupiers ; and he would say, that it was a very -dif ferent list of opponents from the former one —(ar.) _A Simenettomme—What advantages do you propose by substituting the new for the old line ? Mr. E. TOOTAL They arc fully expleinnil in the Report which has been read ; but the principal feature is, that, so far as has been shown, the new line will embrace the entire traffic from Liverpool, Chester, Neal' Wales, Ireland, and Scotland ; while, on the last occasion, we did not take credit for a single shilling of this traffic.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Bremer : May the Shareholders be informed what agreements have been made with the various Railway Companies ? There is some agreement with the Grand Junction Company. Are they to have any extra profit from this line ? There is a branch to the Birmingham and Derby Line, and there will, doubt less be some arrangement made there ; and I think there is one if not two more Companies with which this Company are to make some arrangements. Now, if three or four slices arc gm out to obtain the consent of these Companies, it appears to me, that the money which the Shareholders arc sinking will be given to the public with out any return to themselves.—Mr. E. TOOTAL ; We know nothing with respect to any contemplated arrangement with any other Company ; and, as to this Company being connected with other railways by short lines, I think we must reverse the position of Mr. Bright, and say, that in stead of their being suckers from the line, they are feeders. We present the shortest line to the cast, and the line be comes a feeder, and draws the whole traffic into it.—Mr. BRIGHT : But don't you purchase some part from the other Company?—Mr. TOOTAL: Certainly not.— Mr. Wnemene: And the opposition of the Midland Counties Company is based on the very principle, that we give to the Birming ham and Derby Line an advantage which it does not now possess, and that we thus enable the Berming. ham and Derby Company to compete with the Mid land Counties Company, by giving the former the ad vantage of bringing their traffic upon our line, and so make the route much shorter than it is at presont.—Mr. RAWSON : If I understand Mr. Bright's question, it is in substance—Have you not enabled the Grand Junction Company to go over the Extension Line at a less rate than otherwise they could do according to the Parliamentary rate?—Mr. TooTAL : No Company in the kingdom dots, I believe, charge the Parliamentary rate. The Grand Junction Company run over the Liver pool and Manchester Line ; many railway Companies run to a great extent over other lines ; but none of them charge tile Parliamentary rates.—Mr. JAMES BURT : And we run over the Grand Junction Line, too.—Mr. JOSHUA P. WESTHEAD : There seems to be a great deal of mis conception about this line, and the rates to other Com panies. I can only say that, if our line, or that applied for in 1839, had been secured, and we were now ready for operation ; and if the Grand Junction Company were at this time to make an offer exactly similar to that which is contained in the arrangement to which reference has been made, I, as a Proprietor of this Company, should jump at it. [The CHAIRMAN and !Ur. CHAPPELL ex pressed their concurrence with this statement.) —A SII A REHOLDER : But we don't read in the Report what that arrangement is, and we are not told about Mr. CHAPPELL : Why put a sword into youCle"inhya'sd hand to cut your own throat?—Mr. BRIGIIT sal he attended a meeting here twelve months ago h , at which was then he did not speak or take any part; excessively annoyed at what appeared to b t b u C the d d e i s a ire n o ot f the Directors to keep everyth,eg thei e . Company ; but want them to tell anything everything else he houreous theyto ought to make was qu ita_surc HNkwii known to the Shareholders.. Mr. ERI begged nyotanbdewliilkleinlyg to to say, that the Direetors.vierequriNtveoure'ldad tell anything and everything that injure the interests of the Shareholders generally ; b ut no e y n h ts ad ag ob ai t n a would expect . them to tell many obtained e them their n Act, man in his sense;things which they could do, providoepdptohne an opposition, and ready to take advantage of every when they had so many deadly thing and anything that occurred. Th e Sh are h o ld ers a ll knew, that with the Committees and the St an ding Orders they co u ld no t ma k e known of the Hou se of Commons, m any things which they should o th erw i se d o , mere ly be cause of technical objections; not, certainly, because of aeything of vital importance, bat simply because of tiles( legal difficulties ; and he was sure, when the Share !udders read the publications constantly appearing was a good thing, and some that it was a very 'bed Be that as it might, this Extension Camp ny had grantL , ;k the use of its line to the said Grand Junction C.,%llr.ity at. a higher rate by thirty per cent.—( Hear. )--Mr. RAWSON was very glad of it. That was one of the thii:gs wanted to hear. He stood there a little in awe of the Directors; but not a man present w.is in better temper with the Directors than himself. lie would Irtrt the:, with untold gold, but lie never liked to trus: to the judg ment of othere when he could form one fir himself. He I . :liev - ed that he should assent to the new line, if t!;0 pany were dissolved ; but yet he thought it hut fair to let all the Shareholders have fair play ; knd if this Cowpony were dissolred to-day, those parties who did not wish to go on, would not be so well dealt by,—Mt. T(:OTAL 9itid, Oen- tiernen were aware thet Parliament met on toe 2U. b ol this month, and that the petition for this Act must be ptesonted within a fortnight :deer the meeting of Parliement ; and, if this were not done, ail the previous cutlay, time, and labour, would be worth nothing, and would go foe nothing. The Company wee now in a fit state to apply to Parliament in all respects. The preliminary preeeed logs bad been taken with the wihotith a due tmostpo r s e si g b a l r e d careto 'thatmen could give to them, ~.1 econo my ; arid he felt satisfied that shonid Parliament inquire into the preparations for this application for Lill Act, the Lets would be very satisfeetory to those oat of e hose pockets the expenses came.—The CHAIRMAN asked if there was any other question which any gentic,„in present wished to ask of Mr. Toutal.—Mr. WRATISLAW thought he understood the position of the Shareholders by this alteration to be this—that according to the line that Went by Stone, we had the Manchester traffic brought upon our line. In the varied line, in addition to that, we have th e prospect of all the Liverpool, North Wales, and Leek traffic.—Mr. Tooeee : Distinctly so,—Mr. BRIGHT : And yet you lose a great maw arguments that you kad relive you went to Parliament last time.—Me. NEWuaY : I beg your pardon ; but is it desirable that we ibould put argu ments in our enemies' mouths ?—Mr. BreenT: But elsese arc so palpable that even a child might perceive them.—Mr. NEWBERY : Then it is surely not worth while to eceupy the time of this meeting with them. If it only ested nith the Shareholders, it would he different, but we shati eerier pies Parliament, if we thus give every advantage to our °Ho nores as to any week peint we may have. I think this ie the common-sense view of the case.—Mr. RAWSON : Well, whether we are wrong or not, they certainly are in the wrong.—A SHAREHOLDER said he did not see why the meeting could not hare some statement of the accounte and the funds of the Company.—Mr. Wriereen : The recounts are to be audited before they can be laid before. the Shareholders; and at present the Directors ere the sole creditors of the Company, having found all the money hitherto required. There is a resolution for the appoirt ment of auditors to be passed by this meeting. [Mr. Wheeler read it.] So that in fact the state of the tic counts is required to be ascertained by auditors to be ap pointed by this meeting.—Mr. BRIGHT : Is it not of sorra consequence, that anyperson who votes for the de,solution this Company, without intending to become a Shareholder in the new concern, should know lien much the balance would be that will come to his char ?—Mr. TOOTAL The probable balance will be somewhere about 31. I don't apprehend there will be less then 31, ; but of course, in an affair of this sort, it could not be brought into view all at once ; for I ploy mention that the last preparation for Parliament was only made on the sth cf this month.,--- Mr. WRATISLAW : Then I understand that the deposit N`-'%o. made to go to Parliament for the former line, and the v. e - sent line, being six miles shorter, would not require much capital capital by 110,0001. ; and, therefore, there is in enough to complete the line.—Mr. TOOTAL : The veried line n six miles shorter ; but some portion of the works from Stafford to Rugeley would be more expensivo.—"• - : , WRATISLAW : I only want to understand in—whether last estimate is sufficient to complete the line.—'l CHAIRMAN and Mr. Tooeet. :—Oh, certainly : quite en ficient.—The resolution for the reception of the Repo:, was then put from the chair, and passed nem. dis. Mr. G. R. CHAFFELL then moved the stecond reeolutine declaring the Company dissolved (which, with the Lei. resolutions, will be found in our advertising columns). He said, I do not move this from choice, or from my own dis position to dissolve the Company, but from the necessity which exists at the present moment; that every Share holder may have his choice, either of retiring, from the un dertaking, or continuing to be s Shareholder in it. I have given you my opinion as an individual before ; and, if a Company be established from this or arty other meeting, to carry on the concern, I shall feel happy to become a Shareholder in any new Company. It would grieve me exceedingly, that an undertaking like this, designed to benefit Manchester, and belongtn, to Manchester espe cially, Should be given up, because of the opposition nti other Companies, who arc not taking the right or the best inlay to oppose it. The peeeniary proposition made twelve montini ago only provoked our contempt. if th a t (3„ me pany (the London and Birmingham) lied wisely considered their interest, they would have offered a sum that might have been an inducement to the poetporesnient of this undertaking for three or four vents to come. But they base now sent a letter which betray e itself to bq Qf se. thoughtless, imbecile, and childish a el4ratster, that we must be pretty idiots to regard it. They say they don't mean to make us the pecuniary offs they made twelve months ago. Why, we never asked them.—The CHAIR MAN : Piet letter should be read. --Mr. CHAPPELL: Yee, certainly ; I beg that it may be read. —The CHATRMAN This in a letter I received on Seturdey last, addressed t me, by favour of Mr. T. Csoke, and accompanied with a request that it might be read to the meeting London and Birmingham Railway. Euston Station, 7th Jan. 1841. My Dear Sir,—ln consequence of observations which have reached me, leading to the inference, that, in the event of the re-constitution of the Extensiou Company, the Subscribiwe to that projec'ed undertaking might expept, a renewal of the pecuniary offer made last year to that body by the London and Birmingham and Midland Counties Companies, will you allow me to take the opportunity, through the medium of oar inn tual friend ; Mr. Cooke, of removing any - such irapressiim, by stating most explicitly, that no such intention exists on the part of those Companies ? I will not take up your time and attention by recapitulatinr the reasons which, under the instructions of the Proprietor , : have determined the Directors of the London anti Birmiegke Company in continuing to give their most. strenuous oppositioi , to the Extension Line. At the same time, het me mare you, and the Directors of the Manchester and Cr'we Line, of the earnest desire of the Board to place at your disposal every fa cility at the stations, both in London and Birmingham, ne earrying on the traffic of Manchester upon a footing entire;]; independent of any other business. and to renew the offer el entering iato any arrangements for the working of the tin-- which may be deemed conducive to the convenience and vantaeeous to the trade of that tewn.—Believe me to retie my dear Sir, yours very favourably, GEO. CARR GLYN. Thomas Ashton, Esq. &e., Mr. Cuarrsoo, said, that gentlemen might charge tio memory with the statements macle by the London and Bir iringham Company twelve months back, and the reasone they e.ssigned why it would be ruinous to this Company to pursue the undertaking. They then argued, that a ''.ol - in the undertaking would be ruinous to us •all ; and then they said:—" NVe will give you 20,0001. to drop it." What could be more ridiculous than to ofre.. us 20,000/. to drop a concern that they believed would be ruinous to a rival Company ? Then here comes a letoer— there not having been the slightest insinuation, as La be lieved, that any renewal of the offer was expected—jost as if some overtures had been made by us to them, to settle this business before going toe arliament ! Why, really, it is children's play. We rnot intending to take any such offer, if it were made. If it plesed the Shareholdt.;e to re-elect the Directors, he for cne (though he had nc disposition to increase his busi eto would serve the Company faithfully and gratuitously ; or, if they thougi.t fit to reject him, he would willingly retire, but cnu tinue to be a Shareholder.--Nie. Alderman 800 seconded the resolution, and said, that, from the oppovo tion manifested, cud the quarter it:cameAem, ho was satis-- fied that this was a very good line, particularly l‘oking to the papers and publications circulated against it, and to the fact that Mr. Ashworth, the agent for two other line., was active against it. As to the letter from the London and Birmingham Company', it looked as if the, vranteti s ' , • make a bargain with us ; and as we did not move, their did.—( Hear.) They thought it was their turn to move, and so down came this letter ; but from the proceedings of this meeting they would find that we were not to be tickled in that way.—Mr. H. NEw itlinv sa i d that an,otteK letter had been lately sent from M r. 13urke, the I 711e- 1 mentary agent to the London and Birmingham Railway e; te b p u n t n y h e w d e d h o s p e t w i o e u tt i e d r ap w p l e li a e r t: Company, which he should have liked to , read to . . the meeting, but could not without Mr. Burke.; permission, and that not having been obtained, the Shart . holdets I s s a h id th i a t t w h e a r t e th n e ot Lineefdeellnpaoesdsesusioirimi oinfgthheanclas.ce Mr. Burke had addressed , to the Manchester and 13,, 0 it just to themselveia:idr. uFs,sKton.ip„ua m if intghli'samCoCm°pmaPnaynY.were now dissolved . , that merely the balance now in hand, after pay l in , g ali exparea, w b u i d be divided amongst the sharelhters pro rata per share', But the new Company would derive ail the benefit of the expenditure hitherto made. ,. which was already large r and they would go to I ornament Upon a niueli better footing of advantage than those who dissented ' rLi the co ncern, and lost their mon e y. W as i t proposed .. t h a t the new Company should giv e t o th e old Cumpa o N v u e \ r vil an E d ßy a .. bo c ve ert w ai h n a ly t n a e p t i . ) — e a r e\ e l d r j t o lm b E e s * B t e a d t e a ? p—p- ears an y part of the money expend e d, say / or 2/ per shar to pa emye abouta mo s t t e e h x e t r f a e o r r m d e i n d a t r e y c t a h r in ry g o t n o a s n u p e p n o d s e t, t a t k h j a m undertaking a shouldo give a bonus to those who refuse to join it.—Mr. Ear - RIGGE said, that all the money that the retiring Share holders would lose had been expended in surveying, making plans and estimates, and in contesting the line ; for a great deal of opposition hind been bought off by the money of the old Shareholders.—( Several DIRECTOW " No, no.")—Well, the opposition 'had been overcome at any rate, and the money had been spent in overcoming it. —The CHAIRMAN : But the Company being dissolved does not deprive the bolder of any shares of . his option: He has a choice in it, either to g o o ut or to .join the new Company. If he can make anything of his shares, he can either hold them or sell them. —Mr. ESKRIGGE : But will not the new O o mpany derive great advantage frem the money already expended?—Mr. TOOT/kJ, : Let me sta t e distinctly and explicitly, that no money has been paid for any such , purpose as buying off' opposition.— Mr. ESKRIGOE : ery probably, money has not been paid ; but some of our opponents have bad' money's wort o.—Nlr. TooTAL : Certainly not.—Mr. Alderman B e a t o h o i n a g s has Perhaps we have agreed to give something, but TOOTA : NO ; nor pro. eheen Iget . ,„ fel' .- 0, PO; ;p t - t f X / f 5 s