The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-11 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING,.APRIL 11,: 1825.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND CARLISLE FAIL-
ROAD. • -

A•
T a MEETING of the NOBLEMEN,
disposed to embark 'ln the Undertaking of a RAIL-
ROAD between NEWCASTLE and CARLISLE, held at
Newcastle on the 26th March, in congequenceof the Resolu-
tions of a County Meeting in favour of that...measure,
ADDISON JOHN. crtEsswELL BASER, Esq.
in the Chat,

The follotying resolutious were unanimously adopted
That a Company be formed fir the, purpose of carrying into
effect the measure of establishing a communication betweetl
.Newcasle and CarliSle by a rail-road, which has this day re-
ceived the sanction of a general Meetinp• of the nobility, gentle.:
men, clergy, and freeholder& of the cointy of Northumberland,
and 'that such company be called 44 thijsreweastle-iyo.n;lYl
And Carlisle Railroad Cotttrany.7!' -
That the capital 9f the company be 340,000/., and be diyidell
into 3000 shares of 100/. each, and that '4OO shares be reserved
for the landowners on,nr in the neighboitrhood.of, the line of
the proposed 'Rail-road. •
That the prospectus now read, be adopted as theprospec-
tus of the company, 'and be advertised in the Newcastle, Ctr-
lisle, and Durham' Newspapers, and in some of the London
Newspapers.
Thatbooks of Subscription be opened at the banks of Sir M.
W. Ridley, Bart. and Co-., Messrs. Ralph John Lambtop and
Co., and-Messrs. Chapman. and Co., and 'at the offices of
Messrs. Clayton and of 'Mk. Adamson, in Newcastle; at the
bank of Messrs. Forster and CO., at Carlisle ; nd in London,
at the bank of Sir Wm. Curtis, Robarts and Co., and at the
chambers of Messrs.• Clayton, Scott, and layton, 9 New
square, Lincoln's Inn.
That a Subscriber for 10 shares and upwards,:shall be eligible
as a director of the company, and that as sop as a board of
directors shall be formed, a ppylbeni of 21. per (int. on the sub-
scriptions shall be called for, on payment Of which the 'shares
Shall be properly secured to the' subscribers, and that all fu-
ture subscriptions do make that advance at the time of stibscib-
ing, and that no further advances be required until the plans
and surveys shall have been completed, and an Act of Parlia-
ment obtained.

That the sums already paid by the subscribers to the previous
inquiry, shall he deemed a part payment for their Iltalw, in case
they shall also become subscribers to this undertaking, and that
the sums subscribed to the previotts inquiry, and paid by indi-
viduals who do not subscribe to this undertaking, be repaid to
them out of the funds of this Company.
That a Meetingnf the Subscribers be held at the Assembly
Rooms, in Newcastle, on Saturday the 9th April next, .for the
purpOse of electing a Board of 12:Directors, whose numbers
may be afterwards increased at the discretion of the'subscribers,
and that such Board shall condita the affairs of the Company,
aided by such Sub-boards'as shalt hereafter be appointed by the
subscribers ; and at such meeting the officers of the Company
shall also be appointed. •
That. for the purpose of this election and appointment,. and
in all other occasions', a proprietor- of 5 shares shall have one
vote, a proprietor of ten shares • two votes, a proprietor of 15
shares three votes, and a proprietor of 20 shares and upwards
four votes ; and such votes shall be given personally, ' except
by Peers, Corporate Bodies, Members of , Parliament, Ladies,
and Subscribers to the amount of 3ilshares, wfuiseknown agents
shall be at liberty to vote in their names...