The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-28 00:00:00

of the railway, and dirsolution of the coropsny„sasa
and Ninth Weetern Railway (branches and exteneio'
Leamington, Re.); Muskiest and liirkititilloch, Ballothneyased',6.-
manntin Railway. (arnalgamatko, or sale, or knee and amendment' ...-
repeal of acts); Newry and Enniskillen Railway (amendment el sal
and to authorise arrangements with other companies, ; sc,,thegeiee
Railway (Mew:litho of compel') ; North Ststforeblinxt Rohe y
viation at Willington); North Staffordshire Railway (Aellaares
branch and approach to Coogleton Station); Plymouth Great Wrote..
Dock Act Amendment ; Seottieh Midland Junction Realway
meat sad branches to Rime., ke.); Stirling and Dunfermline Rail.
wag (amendment and deviations); curling and Dunfermline Railway
(repeal of leasing powers to Edinburgh and Glugow Rsi;" oteh.
panp); Waterford and Kilkenny Railway liet Amendment ; leak.
awl Coltnew Railway (deviation, connecting branch, and lin
meat); Whitehaven Junction Railway; Whitehaven Junction
way (extension, ulteraUon, and branches, &c.);
BILL WlTltn,,AWN.—Edinhurgh and Northern Railway,
and Stirling and Dunfermline Railway (Queensterry and Inverkgth.
bag branches) Bill.
MEETING. Newx•Rirr.— Adjourned 211 et
London, March 27.—tord George Manners in the chair.—The
ing was held to discuss the expediency of amalgamating the sea.
market with the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Rader:ties The
stated, re.pectiag the agreement with the Norfolk Company, tk,., the
greet ad outdate it offered,and which Indexed the director, cordite-ally
to sign it, In, a. doyen by their half-year:3, report, the ample nose.
which its trsffle =mum guarantee upon the 375,000. outline lee
completing the trunk line to Thetford, as well as upon the null. sy
the original proprietors of the Newmarket Convene, and the visa
meat ter° "eminently advantageous" to the Norfoik (nmpane, ,ti
the directors are of opinion 'hat motives of self-interuit afford every
security for its fulfilment. The report further stated that the Wrung.
rend by the Eastern Counties Railway Company amount to this, rte,
—the payment of a like interest upon 20/. paid up in cash by the
Newmarket proprietors, as is paid upon 20(. of La-tent Counties
Coneolidated Stock, upon which the sum of 16f. only has been actually
paid' and :hie depreciation extending notonly over the capeal a:wady
paid by the shareholders of the Newmarket Company for the °centric.
lion of the line, but on 72,4001., the oast of the plant, each the
Eastern Counties thus obtain at a discount of 20 per cent, and
voicing the like depreciation upon thepayment of further call., smut.
ing to Gl. 10.. per share. The director., atter conaielering the propasse
of the two companies, thus tapers their opinion on the Mitre made ey
them. "In conclusion, your directors are decidedly of onnion, ond
impress upon the proprietors that, anima they think fit to confirm the
agreement with the Noriolk Railway Company, which noted is or.
wise interfere with the development of the resources of the preen
line, it will be more to the interest of the company to moue for the
present independent than accept of such toms of ama:g•emanmu
those proposed by the directors of the Eastern Counties Italie.,
Company.—When the report bed been read, Lord Grog. hue",
rose and Feld, that knee the report had been ptiotrd by the
dirohars, cireumetances had very y,eidderably cheneol. A toter
from Mr. Till, secretsrseof the Norfolk Company, had been IMITed.
wherein it WA stated that an amalgamation of the NOT 114 with the
Eastern Counties Railway was negotiating, hot the terms were not yet
'salad. Coder these eircuraetances, what he had to do was, not to
move that the repent be adopted, but that it be received and entered ca
the minutes of proceeding.. - • Mr. Yeah (a director) eecooled the
motion, which was carried unanitooudy.—Lord George Munro then
Wiled that it had been the intention of the oirecwrs to have inked the
rbAreholdere to ranction the amalgamation of their mummy with
the Norfolk Hallway Company but such a project towm
one under existing circumstancer. Ile therefore had to draw they
attention to the other poet of the adrertstolent which called the
meeting, referring to the amalgamation of the company nett to.
Eastern Counties ltailway Company, and to eubmit to the ahareholdel
the following resolution " That this meetmg approve. at the wee
of amalgamation proposed by the Eastern Counties Railway Con.
pony, and that a committee consisting of three proprietors Or Doan.
noted to co.operste with thw directors in carrying out the name."—lfs,
Shelley seconded the motion.—A very long diecuoion clunked, the
result of which was to effect a slight rarliitiLdlioll of this teoluti
confining the number of directors appointed to co-operate oak the
committee of proprietors to three. It was attempted to modify tie
terms of the amalgamation by introducing the words " a rib.
stance," hut a poll being demanded after the show of herds
was declared In (amour of the retention of these worde, they
were abandoned all but unsoimouely by the directors, and the wet-
log ended in a harmonioue manner, after more than three ban'
duration, by a vote of thank. to Lord George Manners, a vote of con.
&knee to tke directors, and three cheers for Mr. Mortimer, We pro.
prietor, who had taken the most active port in effecting the jounce
with the Eastern Counties Company. The directors and proprietor,
nominated to cooperate towards the amalgamation oh the two con.
ponies were —Lard G. Manner., Mr. Shelley, Mr. &etre;
Stem Mortimer. Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Hyde, shareholder..
FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC for the weeks ending TS
spec:Way Mardi .5 to Horeb 22: Hiles Corresponding
Worked. week, le;;,
Parte to Rotten
Rogan to Havre
Paris to Orleans
Centre (Vienna)
Orleans to Bordeatue (ma. 1) 7l 2,092 %us
Northern 22% 13,855 ... 10,010
Amiens tO Boulogne (gee. II ... 1,439