The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-23 00:00:00

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.

The adjourned meeting of this company was held
on Saturday at Euston Station ; Mr. R. Moon in
the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said he was sorry to say that the
business for which the meeting had been convened
was not yet ready, and it would be necessary to ad-
journ the meeting for a few weeks, by which time
he hoped the lawyers would have the documents
ready to submit to the proprietors. He then moved
that the meeting be adjourned to Nov. 18 next.
Mr. BROWN-WESTHEAD seconded the motion,
which was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned.

DRAYTON JUNCTION.
The adjourned half-yearly meeting was held at
Stafford on Saturday ; the Earl of Lichfield in the
chair.

The report stated that the working plans and
sections had been completed, and the works could
be commenced immediately after the possession of
the necessary lands being obtained. The arrange-
ments with the land-owners were in a forward state,
a considerable number having already been agreed
with. The Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's-quay
Railway Company, with whom this company were
in close alliance, had nearly completed their line to
Wrexham, and were proceeding with the extension
to Whitchurch. An arrangement had been entered
into between this company and the Mold and Den-
bigh, the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction, the
Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's-quay, and other
companies, for a mutual exchange of running
powers, which were expected to increase the traffic
on those railways and render them of greater service
to the public. Parlioment had conferred upon this
company powers for the construction of a line from
Frees to Betisfield, with the addition of running
powers to Oswestry, in exchange for the Cambrian
Company acquiring running powers to Market
Drayton ; thus the Drayton Junction Company,
would have access to the mineral district of Wrex-
bun and the Dee, and to Oswestry, Shrewsbury,
Market Drayton, Whitchurch, and Stafford.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, stated that it was the intention of the direc-
tors to commence the works between Drayton and
Stafford immediately, and there was every prospect
of their being finished simultaneously with the com-
pletion of the line from Wrexham to Whitchurch.
The report was unanimously
adopted.

MID-ITANTS.
The directors in their report congratulate the pro-
prietors on the opening
of the railway from Alton to
Winchester on the 2d inst. The trathc on this por-
tion of the company's undertaking, so far as it could
at present be ascertained, fully answered the expec-
tations which bad been formed of it, and the direc-
tors had no reason to doubt that it would be remune-
rative. The requirements of the London and South-
Western Railway Company, with reference to station
accommodation, had been reasonable, new tank en-
gines had been provided so as to work conveniently
the gradients on the railway, and the carriages on
the line and the train service were for the present
satisfactory. So soon as the Medstead passing place
las completed an acceleration of the trains and a
better communication with the Portsmouth, Salis-
bury, eyninouth lines at Bishopstoke,.wais pro-
mised.n.a ncial difficulties of the period dur-