The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-18 00:00:00

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selves all the debts and liabWbes of the Pontop aril souibst,„,-.1
Compsay and the balance wit to be paid tu the proprietor. c•tste
year*,, by four equal halfiyearly payments with interest. it, tm"..,_tik
time,at the rate of four per cent. Ile (the Chairman), therdarra,,
to move the resolution, that Me meeting approve of the se
made by the directors, under the act of butt session, for the
railway, te, to the York and Newcastle Coleman., and do'" wi
them to do all acts necernary to carry the same into lull eltrct
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motion having been seconded, the secretary, Me, k7l aMs
answer to questions put to him by several proprietors that the'rbalt
ties of the company stood thus : the oh de capital w a
advances, 16,6671. • the amount of the mortgage deed, tat,ANtti
the Mau bt to the Alliance Insurance Company, OW • wot,lll.
total of 478,4671 Against this there would be the 4'.' pool
money, 10,0001. the value of some collieries, and about 18,ae077„„
standing debts to the company, so that art the chairman had .71
there would, it woo expected, be assets enough to mom ta-wei
proprietor, probably 734., but certainly not lota than 7a. per 1.2
lir: W. Pollard, proprietor, concerned his opinion, th„t tba•
of interest to hmid by the purchasers, until the ompledoo 41:
purchase, should not be leas than five per cent. Mr. Pet°, ern do.
directors, defended the agreement, and observed that the ago
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mid." M.P., had been made in a fair, just, and busainhia*
Atter a brief conversation, in which Mi. Burro axle,
worm, and other gentlemen took part, the rewAution was agreed
Mr. W. Pollard being the solitary Watteau, t. Thanks were tb.
voted to the chairman, and the meeting lroke up.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. —urtranProte
ANDOVII Jtmcnox. A new scheme Is projected to
from Andover to join the London and lioutri-Weatero pprir
also to join the Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch Ragwort
Micheelmarsh, and from the same branch at Ramsey tstot, 41
Southampton and Dorchester Railway at Redbridge, all m the ...
of Southampton. Circulars from that compiny, awned the Z.
" Bircham, Dalrymple, and Drake," solo:note, Loodug, prll
undertaking, hate alxi recently been lamed, ioking the mood::
occupiers of land, through which such a branch hoe is ustrido:
Dora, to sign assenting, dissenting, or bi log neutral to the pp;
This, it iippesirm, is intended as an opposition to the Manchester tad
Southampton ; as the opposing solicitor to one is engaged to foam,
the other.

BEIsTOL AND POOLE HARBOUR.—At a meeting; ef
Poole Town Cmuncil on Monday, the following resolution was Man
muuAly pamed. "That the corporation assent geneLdl, to uti.
and panU. mnbour hill, but oppose the inking by the (,002psay
quays."
Socerff am rrote.—Mr. Lacy, one of the direoets of th
South-Western Ithilwar, accompanied by Mr. Emir sad ssja.
engineer, have been surveying and making a very maths ien,„„"_
of the Southampton and Dorchester, prior to the ania.mennaTai;
two roads.
ROUEN TO HAVEL—This company Las addrmsed th
lowing note to the Syndic oldie agess4celmnpe at the Boma:
Council of the Ponts-et.ChausiSes has dezided that the *Mew
Malaunsy should be subjected to a trial, &med exceselth b*,
moat comp, tent engineers. The board of directon often,.
after having protested against this decision, has thougkre-Q.
sary to submit to it. In this state of thing., the iminnnine
Interests engaged in the liners railway, imps, ontkoz,
of directors of the company the duty of preeentati„ r,74
lies in its power, the manaovz cs to which mad&
erroneous statements relative to the result of chi, md mot in,*
In consequence, it has determined to communicate to you day kya.
a bulletin rendering an amount of the poems of the trithregennn
you to glee t<o MUM information, the publicity that pm
proper." "It may be as well to add, " oars (infirm. t,"
misuse weight required by the Pontmet-Chaussees has hem os thithe
duct now tor some days, without any settling or Merinos in gin
works having taken place. The inference to be ‘421.111 frets this
is, that the weight in question will remain on forthe period (aim*
without any injury being experienced by this great work dime
HAMEL KO AND BERLIN.-1t is stated in a late bat
Hamburg of the bth, that the railway from that eity to Ilia sin
just been entirely completed, and that two days peerlessly m Non
arrived there direct from Bertha. The following day As ink na
Danish and liumburgian commissioners would examine as Was d
the railway wnich is upon the territory of the Duchy of Wrath.%
and upon that of the city of Hamburg—the pertain which womb a
the frontiers of the Grand Duchy of 3lecklentiurg-Se barrio. If the
residt of this examination be favourable, of which there an
doubt, the entire line would be opened on the 15th init. Ike
ransport of merchandise would not conunecee until the Is of on
month.