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London, England, 1841-04-06 00:00:00

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trac:iin, and of p,n,umai:e tr.cnc:o, one ~t
cof ,nisnieration, and b.. t: us ei that thy would e(4,51'1.
what was most for the genera! benefit, of the ComParY. 0
Sir JOHN ScoTr LILLIE hr,pcd they v., uld riCC'de UP°
„ ova
' some inasiene pri,p,s:tion on that day. He dirt not 3,1); b,.
of stopping either at Ifxbridge -or Hammersmith, au f
did not consider they were in a position to adoPt Jan.' v fee
the resolutions that Mr. •White bad rroposi.'; .of
the delay would be suin.:ll3; and he knew 4.
no b, tier plw ilia'( t..e one proposed lad 'rd
Ha should, thcr,2fore, mote that the live be orDP'etlitt
‘sith one line of rails from Kensington Canal-basin to
ald
Gran,: Juratiou Canal, fir which purpose 40,0001. Sh° to
be raised hi 20,000 shares of 21. each, such shares t!iidca
all the aAvai.trgcs of 201. snares to be dilf
say
rate:.biy among the Proprietors, and in the evellt,'„i to
Proprietor refusing 1 is shares such shares to be Gtleell'ipv.
the ether Proprietors, and in the event cf their re'll'ilor
to the•publie at large, such shares to be paid kr bY
instalments( f Hid. each, one at the time of alletradfi"or
alother on the .sth of August, 1841, another on the bi
November, 1841, and another on the 7Lti cf Ftbrcairgt
1842. A scrip to i e issued on the I apricot of the
tie
allotment, and on tie iion-payment of tie instalment
ser]p to le f
Mr. LUAltotD seconded the motion, on the distinct osciterei
standing that the 31,000/, sheull be exclusively dels,y,
to the c inip!eiion of the line, and the 8,0001. to the d)1
melt f del is far the land for its completion, And 14101
far the payment of small debts, as arranged at t"
rnte,ing,
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Sir JoirN SCOTT LILLIE agreed that a provi,o to .1'
feet should he added to resolution.
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Mr. SHEPPARD, M. P., di.f not approve of either pr .4,
sition. He thought they ought to go on to the Kens' to
ten-road, and stop there until they were eithLtlake
hitter feather, cr until some other Company would :ht
them up. That might be done for 20,000/., which ITT.,
be raised if necessary, on the issue of shares at the
( Hear, hear)—and when the works were leg"' bel
she, es, no doubt, would be in better condition that, ,td
are et present. He threw that plan out, and wool it,
glad to hear any objections that could he urged agBi's
The Hon. Gentleman then moved to that effect. r e
Mr. WIIITE seconds the amendment merely or
purpose of getting it discussed.
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Mr. GARDEN proposed a plan for raising
the issue of 3,7b0 new shares, at 15/., so as to eolnP
the line as originally proposed.
Tire proposition, however, fell to the ground. the
Mr. DUNCAN said the itccriiii proposition befcr. die
meeting was the same in ptineiple, being both fir. or
raising of a sue, of money and the issuing of sbaresatto
duccd price. They had the guarantee of the engiaccrok
40,000/. would be sufficient to curry them from di; nog
daigton Canal to th, Kensington Canal, thus leearo
those two g-i.-at sources of tr, asalso the G,-eat-itbe
Railroad. Tire proposition of Mr. Sheppa-d could flt'gpar
carried into effect for a much less sum than 40, jo
because they would have to purchase land to estaselle
a station, so that they would accomplish less with the to -
money. With regard to the price of shares, it was LlSecore.
issue them, except they put them so low that the 'op
holders could not help taking them*. It was a hard gt
lion for the poorer Shareholders, but it could °LW
helped. Will regard to Mr. White's propositic"4ol4
had trio' before to raise 20,000/. on rinntgage, a°61.0 to
not get it ; and their only resource was to issue o'oo
them:elves. They had endeavoured to make the pfl,o
as easy as possible, and that was all they could 410
comodate the poorer Shareholders.
WHITE asked how the line was to be worked. the
Mr. DUNCAN said they had not determined Irbea •
point, nor could they, well they had a finished line. de fif
they should have that, many or the suggestions 02 bat
Mr. White that day would be exceedingly valuah'e'ved
till then they were useless. They had endeal: but
to get the Great Western Company to work the fill e'
the Company would not speak to them until it Wilsisbed•
pleted. They would be glad to see them Wing° the/
and unless something was done to continue the line .
would have their wish. Wet
In answer to a question from Mr. White, the eng stAl
stated that the estimate was only for finishing the lii,npe; hI
not for working it, and that could be worked Cit
locomotive or horse power ; that the guage was to "-lies'
of the Grew.. Western, but that it might he made oPP•
ble to the Birmingham also when extended. cro
Mr. WHITE asked if the guage of the Great We°
Railway was not the more expensive of the two• wig-
The engineer said the difference of cost was vol
nificant. -t"

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Mr. MACFARLAND consented to the proposition
elt bist-
Directors, not because he liked it, but because be f
self compelled to do so, and on the understanding that 00
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money should be devoted to no other purples be
portod the motion. wisbei
Mr. SHEPPARD withdrew his amendment, but corer
that some means could le devised to give the Pio;
Shareholders who might be unable to take the new -
some sort of advantage. , utti-
A long discussion ensued on this point, but it //Bladed ,
mately found that, by law, the Company was pre
from making any such arrangement.: red ill.
Mr. WHITE then put in the papers he had j top
WHrefer
the Secretary promising that he should have aOK
of them. desirous

Mr, GUNTER, as a Director, was exceedingly' Stio
1.1 • that the meeting should come to some stringent re Hating
to tie up the hands of the Directors from eliK°ref Ibts
the money to any other purpose than the completion -
line. d
At the suggestion of Mr. LUARD, it was arralgte nor
fourteen days should be suffered to elapse after rue fa"
~Id
be
payment of an instalment before the shares suo—
f,ited.
The resolution was then agreed to. t
Mr. MACFARLAND said the highest offer they a b bad
the land Lad been 160/. an acre. Now as inu"ffht to
been said on the value of the land, he thought it °"`"
be set up by public auction. OO ii;
Mr. WHITE thought money might easily be rave_ oote'
11,0001. was all they wanted, and its value would be
rially enhanced by the Railway. 000
Mr. DUNCAN sail they were forced to sell, 2,5.nie pit
of ejectment were brought against them. The vrioJisi
to the Company of the land was about 17,0004 in
ale
interest, of which 6,000/. had been obt xined from the
a portion of it. Id t'lle
It was ultimately arranged that the sale sboo
place by open tender or public auction. td
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Thanks were then votes to the Chairman, en
meeting separated.
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CHARGE OF FORGERY.-Great surp:ls. 0 -
excited in Stafford on Thursday last by the eitaonna troe
Mr. Thomas Stevenson, late Mayor of the borough, on aleatherti
of forgery with intent to defraud Messrs. Silvester,
dealers, of the same town. Tie examination, wine"h
:04er;
nearly eight hours, took place before E. Lloyd, ET dist!,
and Messrs. Shaw and Jones. The substance of toe d
was briefly this, that he had feloniously uttered a for,lepheo;
ceptance to a bill of exchange, in the name of his :as foto
Mr. William Wynn. It appeared from the evidence had beer
length of time Mr. Wynn, nephew of the accused,
shape of
in the habit of lending his name to his uncle in tbetigue th •
objected b 11s, but at length he objeed to ceobu, best;
practice, and a bill purporting to be accepted by him, Afterto
ing a forged signature, was uttered by the prisoner.
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careful examination of the evidence, the Magistrate apse'
the conclusion that it was a proper case to go before bier
tribunal, but accepted bail for the prisoner's appeatenn coast'
serfin 5001. and two sureties in 2501. each.—Morniu.7
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Justice of New Zealand, to Mary Anne Parker,
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