The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-08 00:00:00

TO IRON MASTERS—CONTRACT von RAILS AND
CHAIRS.
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.-
The Directors will receive TENDERS for WROUGHT
IRON RAILS, to be delivered in equal monthly quantities, be-
tween the Ist May, 1838, and the Ist Feb. 1839, the whole not
to exceed 3,500 tons; also, for the CAST-IRON CHAIRS or
PEDESTALS, required for that quantity of Rails, to be de-
livered at the same periods.
Plans may be inspected, and Specifications had, on application
to the Office of C. Vignoles, Esq., 4, Trafalgar-square, London;
to Mr. Woodhouse, Engineer, I,oughborough or at the Com-
pany's Office, High-street, Leicester, wher'.', Tenders must be de-
hvered, postage free, on or before W
March next, ednesday, the 7th day of
By Order)
J. F. BELL, Secretary.

Leicester, 3d February, 1 i3B.
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY
Notice is her-:l COMPANY.
Made a CA jy given, that the DIRECTORS have this day
L.;.. of 2/. per Share on each Share in the capital stock
any
of the Corr,,eny, payable, on or before the Bth of March Next, to
of tl-..e undermentioned Bankers of the Company :-
I.ondon and Westminster Bank, or any of its branches.
Rank of Liverpool.
Liverpool Borough Bank.
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank.
National Provincial Bank, Bath.
West of England, Bank, Bristol.
East of England Bank, Yarmouth,
National Provincial Bank, Pirmingliani.
National Provincial Bank, Boston.
Cheltenham and Glo,..,'estor Bank, Cheltenham.
'Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury.
Western Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Ito
Western Bank of Scotland Glasgow.
yal Bank of Ireland, Dublin.
Messrs. Harvey and Co., Norwich.
Bacon, Cobbold, and Co., Ipswich.
Alexander and Co., ditto.
Mills, Bawtree, and Co., Colchester.,
Sparrovr and CO., Chelmsford.
Lemon and Co., Brentwood.
Brodie and Co., Salisbury.
Fryer and Co., Wimborne,
By order of the Board,
J. C. ROBERTSON, Sec.
Offices, 4, Adelaide place, London-bridge, Feb. 6.

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IffirgiNGA. GLOUCESTER
RAILWAY.
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At
y il, thy, lIALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the
—`"P'RIETORS, held on Tuesday, February 6th, 1838,
The
JOSEPH WALKER, Esq., in the Chair,
Chairman having read the advertisement calling the Meet-
ing, the Secretary read the Report and the general account of the
receipts and disbursements of the Company.
'gored by Captain LAWS, seconded by Mr.. PRICE, and resolved
unanimously,
That the Report now read be adopted. and that the same be
printed and circulated amongst the Proprietors.
Moved by Mr. S. BOWLY, seconded by Mr. ROT, and resolved
unanimously,
That this Meeting would pre's their special approbation of
the protection required for thiaelco4any by their Direct ,' I re-
ference to the Cheltenham and Great Western Uniorßaiiilway
Company, and do he,reby authorize them togive the ro osed Bill
their decided opmsitie,n, if the just claims this Comppanpy be not
conceded to the satisfaction.
Moved by M.r, P.t.mo ix, seconded by Mr. MONTAGUE, and re-
solved unanimously,
That the Register of Proprietors now produced be sealed with
the common seal of the Company.
Medveti by Mr. BARER, Seconded by Mr. NARSON THOMPSON,
and resolved unanimously,
That the thanks of this Meeting be g
his able and impartial conduct in
the Chair.iven to the Chairman, for
REPORT.
In again meeting the Proprietors of this undertaking the Direc-
tors feel themselves in a situation to congratulate them on the im-
Rreoved position of the Company. At the last Half-yearly Meeting,
th y had to account for delays which had taken place in the prose-
cution of the Works. They have now the more agreeable duty of
communicating the progress which has been made in the under-
taking.
In pursuance of the expressed wishes of the Shareholders that the
Works should be proceeded with as rapidly as possible, your Direc-
tors called upon their Engineer for a detail of the course he would
recommend to be pursued. His report was unanimously adopted,
and in pursuance of its suggestions, a plan was laid down, and is
now in steady operation, whereby without neglecting the heavier
Pour
of the Works in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, the
tasier and less expensive part of the line connecting Cheltenham,
Tewkesbury, 'Worcester, and Droitwich, has been placed in such
course of construction as to ensure its being opened to the Public
within eighteen months from the Ist of January last, while the
operthig of the entire
ame peri line may be safely calculated upon within three years from the s.
The Contracts have been taken on terms advantageous to the
Company, and leave no doubt whatever, in the opinion of the Engi- ,
550er, that the subscribed Capital aof 950,000/. will be fully suf..,
ficient to complete the undertaking.
The total quantity of land required for the Railway is nearly 500
Ucres, of which the whole has been agreed for, with the exception
of 72 acres. Negotiations are now in progress for this, and it will
be secured within the time allowed by Parliament. It may be
requisite in some of the cases to call out juries ; for, whilst your
Directors have invariably endeavoured to offer a fair and full value
for the land required, they should think themselves wanting in their
duty to the Proprietors if they submitted to some demands which
have been made upon them, without resorting to that tribunal.
With regard to the portion of the line between Cheltenham and
Gloucester, it rill be in the recollection of the Shareholders that
an agreero.ent was made in Parliament with the Cheltenham and
Great Western Union Railway Company, by which that Company
jwere to make that part of the line for the joint benefit, and at the
oint tost, of the two Companies. Your Directors had expected
ttat the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Company
d'could ere this have proceeded in the performance of the object ;
ote regret to say that up to the present time nothing has been
e
The time allowed that Company for purchasing land expires in
ihige next, and they are now applying to Parliament for an exten-
sion of the time. To prevent further disappointment, adder en-
sure the completion of this part of the Railway within ned
Period, and to carry out the spirit of the original understanding
between the two Companies, your Directors have applied for the
insertion, in the proposed Bill of the Cheltenham and Great
Western Union Railway Company, of such clauses as they think
necessary for the protection of your interests ; and although they
would deprecate, on general principles, any Parliamentary con-
tests, they consider this matter to be so important that they do
not shrink from the responsibility of advising a decided opposition
in Parliament, should the claims of this Company bo disregarded by
the Directors of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail-
Lony
Wa
on has very any. Yo
consuriderably increads Directors fining
and desirous of affording
ed,
facility to the Public, have decided upon establishing an Office thereg for the reception of Transfers; and their arrangements have so far
proceeded that they contemplate the opening of the Office in the
hoarse of the present mouth.
In conclusion, your Directors feel that they may congratulate the
Proprietors upon the very satisfactory state of the finances of the
Cohipany. By the balance-sheet appended to this Report, it will
onpear that on the first and second calls, amounting to 71,250/.,
t)rdy 6,947/.remained unpaid on the 31st December last since
which period that amount has been reduced to about 6,500/., ; and
On the call of 21. 10s. due on the Ist of this present month, and
it fa
tintingamou to 23,750/., the sum of 12,313/. has been already paid ;
cwhich your Directors have much pleasure in stating, as evi-
dencing the unabated and increasing confidence of the public in
this undertaking.

Dr. BALANCE SHEET.
Decem
TO Deposits on 9,500
Shares ber 31, 1837.
To Ist and od Call on ditto
£47,500 0 0 ....£71,250 0 0
Less due from Sundries .. 8,947 10 0

To A
, mount received on 3(1 Call
0 Interest on Calls and Banking Accounts
40 Ditto half-year on Tram Road Shares, 6 per
tent, per annum

62,3011 10 0
37 10 0
2,164 0 7

525 0 0
X 112,529 0 7

Cr.
8Y Am.'Ant of Disbursements, to Juno 30;1837..:
Y La.tv Charges £59,008 18 7
£486 0 4
j.,;,/' Engineerinm and Surveying... 1,181 16 4
" ,43Y Deputation Expenses
Isy Direction 7
125 7 4
.
By Printing and Advertising ... 15 12 2
liy Stationary .• ......... ... 810 11
13,Y Office Charges and Salaries... 693 16 0
by Rent ........... 95 6 3
AY Furniture and Fixtures ... 25 5 0
by Compensation to Tenants...... 70 0 0
Ityy W Land
..............—............. 17,568 16 9
torks --- 3,055. 6 1
~,1), Advances an Materials
Isy Stock ...... ... 150 11 11
tly Incidental Expenses .......
by Fash Balances this day, viz..:. 68 1 6
Birmingham Banking Company 12,462 15 6
Gloucestershire ditto .. 16,729 9 5
Advances for Engineering pur-
poses .. ..
505 3 9
Petty Cash ........

53,520 2 0
1112,529 0 7
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