The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-08 00:00:00

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METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.
An extraordinary general meeting of this com-
pany took piece yesterday, at the cakes, Duke-street,
Westminster, to 'wove a bill now pending in parligment
to authoring the mid °renew to acquire =Min additional
lands, sod execute further works for the purposes ci the
undertaking, to roofer further pewees upon the company
with reform:co to the rearing ci repast and to sanction
further apernenta with other companies ; Yr. •Wittogeort
is the chair.
The Glummer proposed a resolution le aceerdeaos with
I thee**. of the meeting, mad observed that they were not
seer mese say new seMme, bed merely heilitating the
viral' °blabbed kw mereeeleg theirsapitaL The •
NM bra throng! the Ileum of 031112101110 writhes§
Illj alideldil altmation, and it wee only nememey Mt the
lialldiaidlaa to giaa ;MOM 4110 a. direstese . to etrengthea
*it arrengements with law contimaisa•
inearmeg to
31r. Pin= thrtkakdepa ty chalramaj stete‘ that legt year
lhe &eAore received the sanction' ri * gareWurs to
nine a sum of 900,000[ ford - of widening the
road between King's-wogs lied tit) Lae" m!
alee
the stations. Of sum they hal
ma to *ale a irt present. They
had new their premier Marplas land to the vs*
of 18=11.:1 it inig thszpoupeal make d. the
bead ft ban dr ' tto mediae upon that
herd ientil its reef Valli sbasM two* known, and this
ewli
net lie Wee§ the verbs were semeleted. 44 , .
ili. opts _ fee I**. la eal of II w
width **AA itt Miele" had l V
ie bight raistion
the feet that they hid leak eared I,llooi. a year der ewe
Wok Id. takYPerelsoratdeesil the PODI• of dish
would nowt represent .e property:mate ganounrig
were Mew spending capital editors having raised It,
the) merely *Mel err the rare§ .manse to sequins
=to obtain more spasaff, if raiposarry, either by the
odelitlenal shares or by disposing of the surplus land
'etito. Is ray cage the mimmeam rate of isterest with&
t of Pkillsidest allowed the directors to plarsates.
to the shareboldees wag 6 per cent The bill was la all re-
eipmta an important bilk NB it would amble the company to
miry theil line to tic West aide of Victeria-etreet, and to •
= Ire land is tosekbmik litaithfield. There were, more.
enemy other advantages to be derived from the new
1 111111111111, which wield greatly improve the prospect§ of the
1 company. Powers would be. Pm then to make armago-
enema with the Cheat Western and Great Northern Omn-
i peadie. whims director; had already called their shareholders
ispelher 1...• their *eat to the clauses in whisk they
were There wag a perfectly amicable under.
atisollagsa those companies and the present, sad it
was weed *II the Great Northern should conduct their
own belle Iron Niag's-crose to Victoria-street, and pay a
certain fixed tail for the privilege. The few dithculties
which existed between this company and the corpamtion,
with reseal ler the !reproaches to the substru•-
ture at had been removed, and their
=kal=soli progreming very satisfactorily.
e. Reny he meld sot give soy information in re-
feree:* to the *vital for making the 000tinuation to Fine-
bury, but he hoped that in a short time the directors would
be in a condition to make„a satisfactory statement os that
subject. There was so rams to believe that the miming
of the line would take pleas later than the Ist JulLasejtet,
but it was of course quite imporible to fix say
periodiat present.
The resolution was then agreed to, and the bashers
terminated.