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London, England, 1849-05-14 00:00:00

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Warded post free.

W. S. B. WOOI.IIOIISE, Actuary.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
At the adjourned meeting of the Shareholders of this Com-
Noy, held at the London Tavern on Saturday, the 12th May, 1849,
Wm. Cash, Esq. (Chairman of the Committee, in the absence of any
Director) in the Chair, the :,crutineers reported the ballot on the
question of the amalgamation of this Company with the Norfolk
Company, as follows :

Votes.
For tile Amalgamation •• .. • • 10,554
Against Amalgamation .• .• .• .... 2,583

Majority •• .• ••••••• . • • •• 7,06;
It was proposed by WILLIAM CASEI, Esq., and seconded by SAItuEL
ELLIs, Esq.:—
" That a Committee, consisting of Thirty Proprietors, be se-
lected by the Investigation Committee as follows, namely-
-6 Holders of Stock of 10,0001. and upwards.
fi „ front 5,0001. to 10,000/.
6 ,• lf 3,0001. to 5,0001.
6 7, 2,0001. to 3,000/.
If
6 „ 1,0001. to 2,0001.
together with the Committee of Investigation, making the whole
38-12 to be a quorum—for the purpose of nominating Eight New
Directors for the future management cf the Company. Such nomi-
nation to be presented to an Adjourned Meeting of the Shareholders,
to be held on Thursday, the 31st instant. No selection of Directors
to be made by this Committee, unless 25 of the Members be present."
Likewise, that the remuneration of the Directors shall also be sub-
mitted by this Committee to the said General Meeting.
Whereupon an amendment was proposed by Josephßox, Esq.,
and seconded by Thomas PEYTON, ESQ.,
" That a Committee consisting of twelve independent Proprietors
Ise now appointed, who shall have free access to the registered list of
Proprietors, to select twenty-five gentlemen out of the proprietary
at large, whom they shall conSidered duly qualified
EORGEM for the direction."
A second Amendment was then propos by G EEK, Esq.,
and seconded by 11. F. EAST, Esq.,
" That all that part of the motion referring to the future remu-
neration of the Directors be omitted."
This amendment was carried. The amendment proposed by Mr.
Box was lost, whereupon the original motion was put and ,
with the exception of that part embodied in the amendmentcarried of Mr.
Meek.
It was proposed by GEORGE MEEK, Esq., seconded by Wm. Cast!,
Esq., and carried unanimous'y,
" That the Committee of thirty-eight report to the Shareholders,
On the 24th Instant, the II'AMC3 of the gentlemen they purpose sub-
mitting to the adjourned meeting on the 31st instant for election as
Directors of the Company."
Mr. Cash having left the cl.air, it was proposed by D. M'LAIIEN,
Ecq., seconded by J. Ilowsc, Esq., and carried unanimously,
" That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to Wm. Cash,
Esq., for his excellent conduct in the chair.
By order,
C. P. HONEY, Secretary.
Itishopsgate Station, May 12, 1849.

LANCASHIRE &YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.
XEW SIX PER CENT. PREFERENCE STOCK.
At a Special General Meeting of the Proprietors held this day, ac-
cording to notice duly given, it was resolved,
" That the Guaranteed Six per Cent. Preference Shares of this Com-
pany be converted and consolidated into a General Capital Stock, to
be called ' The Lancashire and Yorkshire Consolidated Six per Cent.
Preference Stock,' as to such of the said Shares as shall be paid up on
the 30,h day of May instant, from that date ; and so much of the said
Shares as shall not be then paid up, from time to time when and so
soon as the same respect.vely shall be paid up."
In pursuance of the above resolution, the holders of Six per Cent.
Preference Stock are requested to forward their Scrip Certificates, ac-
companied with a claim in the form annexed, duly filled up and
Signed (as instructed thereon), to the Secretary of the Company, as
early as pos.ible, in order that the registration may bo completed
forthwith, and The necessary arrangements made fur the payment of
the next dividend.
Printed Forms of Claim may be had on application to the Secre-
tary of the Company, or from the Secretaries of the principal Stock
Exchanges in the kingdom, to whom a supply is forwarded.
Proprietors who have not applied for the Dividend due in Decem-
ber last, are requested to do so previously to forwarding their Scrip
for registration, and are referred to the printed instruction on the
back of the Scrip for their guidance.
JOHN S. HERON, Secretary.
Head Offices, Hunt's Bank, May 2, 1849.

To the Secretary of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company,
Hunt's Manchester.
Guaranteed Six per Cent. 101.
ire and Yorkshire Railway Com-
a', and which I request may be ex.
hire Railway Six per Cent. Pre.
he resolution passed at the Spe.
s, held on the 2d May, 1849.
Numbers of the Scrip. Shares
From • • .. to ....

Slr,—l enclose for
Preference Shares in the Lancashi
pany, of which I am the rreprietoi
hanged for Lancashire and York!
ference Stock, in accordance with I
cial Coneral Meeting of rroprietor.
Numbers of tho Scrip. Shares.l
From • • .. to • • • •

--1
Total Number
Usual Signature .• • • • •
Name at full length
Profession or Trade • •
Residence • • • • • • •
Date
N.B. The Shareholders are advised, for security, to writs across
The face of each Scrip —" Sent by post, for exchange, by
Owner."

IMPORTANT INVENTION connected with
A. the MANUFACTURE of BREAD, BISCUIT, and PASTRY.
The Inventor, Mr. JOIIN SMITII, of Hare Craig, near Dundee,
24.13-, to whom her Majesty's Letters Patent have been granted for
England, Scotland, and Ireland, has discovered a METHOD of use-
fully TREATING the OAT, so a+ to obtain therefrom a flour equal,
if not superior to the best wheaten flour. The flour of oats has been
analysed by well-known chemists, and is (found to contain a much
larger quantity of nutritious qualities than wheaten flour, and is cal-
culated to give a greater amount of nourishment and strength to the
muscle, bone, and blood of man. The inventor intends to extend the
advantages of this discovery by granting licenses in the different
countries for which her Maje4y's Letters latent havelbeen obtained.
In carrying out this discovery, there will be required but little altera-
tion in the present system of grinding—an advantage which will be
at once self-evident, as the manufacture may immediately be entered
upon by. those engaged in the manufacture of flour from wheat. In
point of price the benefit will be largely in favour of the consumer,
'while the invention will create a demand fir oats which will be very
acceptable to the growers of that grain in its present depressed state
in the market.

Further particulars of this discovery, and also of the talus upon
which licenses will be granted, may be obtained by application to Mr.
Smith, factor for Lord Douglas, of Douglas, Hare Craig, near Dun-
dee, N.B.