The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1853,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON.
A special meeting of this company was held on Satur-
day, at the London Tavern, to consider a bill now be-
fore Parliament to enable the company to construct an
extension line and station at Nottingham ; Mr. J.
Wyles in the chair.

The
CHAIR3fAN said, the meeting was convened in
compliance with the standing orders of the House of
Lords. The bill they had to consider had passed the
House of Commons, and was now in the House of Lords.
It had been strenuously opposed in the House of Com-
mons, and he did not know what it would have to en-
counter in the House of Lords.

Mr. J. GOUGH, the secretary, read the preamble and
heads of the bill authorising the formation of a station
at Nottingham, the abandonment of a portion of the
original line, the construction of an extension line, and
the reduction of the capital.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving a resolution approving of
the bill, said he would be glad to give any information
that might be required.
Mr. WILKINSON seconded the motion.
Mr. FROST wished to know whether they had any
agreement with any other company for working the line,
as he felt convinced that, unless they had an arrange-
ment with some other company, they could not go on
successfully. .

Mr. WitaciNsoN, a director, explained that the exten-
sion of the line to Nottingham, and the construction
of a station there, was a matter of absolute necessity,
in consequence of the way in which they had been
treated by the Midland Railway Company. They
had paid that company for station accommodation,
during the past eighteen months, a sum equal to 2i
per cent, per annum on the capital required for the new
station and branch, and they had not been allowed
anything like the necessary accommodation. The
mineral traffic was about 37,000 tons per annum, but
they could now have 1,000 tons per week, exclusive of
the local traffic, if they had the proposed station and
other accommodation provided for in the bill. With re-
gard to on arrangement with another company, alluded
to by Mr. Frost, he perfectly agreed with him that it
would be very desirable ;out, in the present state of
the law, they were not competent to make such an
agreement. There was no doubt that the Great North-
ern Company would carry out, at the earliest possible
opportunity that Parliament would allow, the proposed
arrangement
with them. The intended outlay at Not-
tingham would amply repay the proprietors. The
Midland Company, in opposing the bill in Parliament,
had stated that the Ambergate Company had full
powers to use their Nottingham station, but they did
not state to the committee that they had filed a bill in
Chancery to prevent the Ambergate Company using the
station.
Mr. FROST was of opinion that they could not exist
as an independent line.
The CHAIRMAN hoped the proprietors would be satis-
fied with the explanations given, that there was a com-
pany ready to enter into arrangements with them for
leasing the line when they could legally do so.
A resolution, approving of the bill, was then put and
carried unanimously.
The SECRETARY, at the request of the chairman,
stated that the number of shares held by persons pre-
sent at the meeting, approving of the bill, was 5,620,
and of shares represented by proxy, 31,938 ; making
together, 37,558 shares approving of the bill ; while the
number of shares recorded against the bill by the canal
proprietors was 1,422, leaving a majority of 36,136
shares in favour of it.
The meeting then separated.