The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-26 00:00:00

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1 TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
them my Plednour tgeo
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that
it is my intention to proceed to the BALLOT, youo
on thea
VACANCY in the DIRECTION, occasioned by the death
of Mr. Josias Du Pre Alexander.
In the event of my success, I can only repeat to you the as-
surance that my services shall be unremittingly devoted to the
, promotion of your interests, and the %ellare of our native fel-
low subjects plaeed wider the protection of the East India.
Company.
On the day of Election being fixed I shall transmit to those
Proprietors who have kindly promised me their suffrages the
necessary Proxy-papers, and also to those who may do me the
favour to intimate their wishes to that effect.
I feel grateful for the important assurances of support I have
already received.
I have the honour to be, with respect,
' Ladies and Gentlemen, '
Your obedient and obliged servant,
W. H. SYKES,
Lieut.-Col. Bombay Army.
47, Albion-street, Hyde Park, Aug. 23, 1839.
Bis Col. Sykes's Committee sits Daily at the London Tavern
ho psgate-street.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK

LADIES AN.D GENTLEMEN,
r HAVE the honour to state, that it is not
-it- my intention to offer myself as a CANDIDATE for the
present VACANCY in the.EAST INDIA DIRECTION,
but from the advanced state of my canvass, affording me a well
grounded expectation of success, and for which I am deeply
indebted to your kind support, I look forward with confidence
to the results of an appeal to your suffrages on a future
occasion.

I have the honour to be respectfully,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and obliged servant,
JOHN FRASER.

35, York-terrace, Regent's Park,
2&1 August, 1839.

BIRMINGHAM and DERBY JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that
the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of PRO-
PRIETORS of the BIRMINGHAM and DERBY JUNC-
TION RAILWAY COMPANY will be held, in pursuance
of the provisions of the Act of Incorporation, at Dee's Royal
Hotel, in Birmingham, en THURSDAY, the 29th day of
August, 1839, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the
ELECTION of Three DIRECTORS, in the place of the
same number, who will retire, by ballot, and for other pun.
poses
The chair to be taken at twelve o'clock precisely__

HENRY SMITH,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Waterloo street, Birmingham,
July 31, 1839.
Extract from the Act of Incorporation.
Sect. 93.-4, And be it further enacted, that no Proprietor
of any Share on which any call made shall be unpaid, shall, at
Y meeting of the Proprietors of the said. Company, be al-
towed to vote, either personally or by proxy, until the money
called for in respect of such share shall have been fully paid."

MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.
CALL FOR A TENTH INSTALMENT OF

101. PER SHARE,

Making 80/. called up.
Railway Office High-street, Leicester, August 14, 1839.
h he Directors of the- Midland Counties Railway Company,
raViTg, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of Incorpora-
,p, passed a resolution calling for a TENTH INSTALMENT
thTEN POUNDS per SHARE, to be payable on or before
e 9th day of September next, the Proprietors are required, in
conformity with such resolution, to pay the sum due on their
Shares to one of the following Bankers :
London
„Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Liverpool The Bank of Liverpool.
Manchester The Bank of Manchester.
Birmingham... The Birmingham Banking Company.
Leicester ........ The Leicestershire Banking Company.
Nottingham
Derb ..... gm's'
L •••• Messrs. Crompton, Newton, and Co.
oug borough Messrs. Middletons and Olivers.
Should the Call remain unpaid after the appointed day, the
the Bankers hive been severally required to demand interest
thereon, after tho rate of 5 per cent. per annum, from the 9th
tuaYll;fraSaarslnber_to the day on which the payment shall be ac
By order,
J. F. BELL, Secretary.