The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-31 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE:

UXBRIDGE AND RICKMANSWORTH.
The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this com-
pany was held yesterday at the'offices, Westminster-
chambers, Victoria-street, Mr. J. Cary in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said he believed that the adjourn-
ment of the meeting from the 27th of September to
that day was for the purpose of bringing about the
exchange of an agreement with the Great Western
Company. It seemed that Captain Bulkeley thought
the agreement should bp exchanged between the two
companies ; but the Uxbridge Company thought
that certain modifications were absolutely requisite.
He concluded by moving that the report of the
directors be received and adopted.
The Hon. R. CAPEL seconded the motion.
Captain BULKELEY said he was sorry Lord Ebury,
the chairman, was not present, as he had received
a letter from Mr. Potter, the chairman of the
Great Western Railway Company, on the subject,
dated the 25th of October last. He then read a
copy of the letter, which explained the relative posi-
tion of the two companies, and stated that there
was nothing to justify the delay in exchanging the
agreement already entered into between the two
companies. The Great Western had subscribed
£20,000 towards the undertaking as part of a gene-
ral agreement with the Uxbridge Company, which
had been sanctioned by Parliament, the terms of
which had been settled and approved by the share-
holders of both companies and the Uxbridge Com-
pany were called upon to perform their part, as the
Great Western Company had paid them a call of
14,000 on the faith of the existing agreement being
carried out. As to any modification in that agree-
ment, they could not be entertained until after the
exchange had to ken place, which it was trusted
would be done without delay. He then moved, in
reference to the third and succeeding paragraphs
of the directors' report, that the meeting was of
opinion that it was the' duty of the directors, and
they were accordingly required, to duly interchange
with the Great Western Railway Company the
working agreement which had been long since sub-
mitted to and approved by the respective share-
holders of this and the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, and which had been executed under the com-
mon seals of the two companies ; that when such
working agreement had been duly interchanged the
directors be requestel to renew with the Great
Western Company the negotiations for a modifica-
tion of its terms referred to in the report; that in
the opinion of this meeting it would be highly in-
convenient and improper for this company to enter
into any negotiations with, or to entertain any pro-
posals from, the promoters of the Landon, Bucks,
and East Gloucestershire scheme referred to in the
sixth paragraph of the report, or any other scheme
for a similar object ; and that the meeting be ad-
journed until Wednesday, the Bth of November, so
that the directors might in the meantime exchange
the agreement with the Great Western Company.
Mr. OGILVY seconded the motion.
The CHAIRMAN said he thought he could not put
the resolution just proposed. It was desirable the
railway should be made, but he did not think it
could be made under that agreement, as it was
neither a working nor a workable agreement.
Mr. FORBES, the secretary, then read a corres-
pondence that took place on the subject between
him and Mr. Saunders, the secretary of the Great
Western Company, in which it was stated by Mr.
Forbes that it was impossible to carry on the works
with such an agreement ; that the Great Western
Company had paid the call on £20,000 instead of
on £30,000, which they were authorised to sub-
scribe ; and that the narrow gauge instead of the
broad gauge should be laid on the new line.
The CHAIRMAN said, in acting under the advice
of the company's legal adviser, he could not put the
resolution proposed by Captain Bulkeley to the
meeting.

After a long discussion and amendments for a
simple adjournment being pioposed, Captain
BULKELEY and Mr. OGILVY protested against the
chairman nat having put a resolution submitted by
them. The protest was agreed to be entered on the
minutes.

On the motion of Captain BULKELEY, seconded
by Mr. OGILVY, the meeting was adjourned to the
Bth of November next, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

HULL, LANCASHIRE, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES.
This proposed line is to cross the Humber by a
bridge from Hull, on the. Yorkshire coast, to a point
about two miles to the westward of Barton, in Lin-
colnshire, thence to proceed southward for about 12
mileswhere it is to form a junction with the Althorpe
and Lincoln Railway, which has already been autho-
rised. A branch is proposed to be constructed to
Appleby, and thence to Keadby, placing Hull in
direct communication with the coal and manufac-
turing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and
giving the inhabitants a much shorter route than at
present exists in London. By the North-Eastern
Company's new line, via Staddlethorpe, the distance
from Hull to Doncaster will be about 42 miles, and
the proposed railway will provide for all Hull
traffic _through Doncaster the same advantages
as regards nearness to the manufacturing dis-
tricts as -to the North-Eastern Company's new
line.- The distance from Hull to Newark-on-Trent
by the line via Staddlethorpe and Doncaster will be
.178 miles, while the distance by the proposed Humber
line would be only 59 miles. The distance by the
two routes named would be—by the Staddlethorpe
line, 95 miles ; by the Hull, Lancashire, and Mid-
land Counties line, 76. The diStance from Hull to
London, via Milford Junction, is 214 miles ; by the
Staddlethorpe line, via Doncaster, 198 ; by the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire and Great
Northern Railways, 183 ; and by the proposed line
across the Humber, 173. The construction of this
line would benefit the trade and commerce of Hull.
It is said that this project has met with the appro-
bation of the directors of the Great Northern, Great
Eastern, and Midland Companies. The amount of
capital proposed to be raised is £900,000: The pro-
posed bridge across the Humber is- toilie built so
that the largest ships may pass beneath the super-
structure at high spring tides, and is to be a mile in
length; on the Lincolnshire side there is to be a
mile of viaduct, and on the Yorkshire a quarter of
a mile.