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in common with your other directors, believe that
the pressure upon the monetary concerns is only
a momentary tone, and that by the time the Bills shall
have received the sanction of the Legislature, and we
shall be prepared to carry them out, it will have passed
off,and I trust that we shall then be placed in a position
fully to perform the duty which we feel that we owe
both to ourselves and to the public without any serious
pressure —(Hear, hear.) I shall now proceed to read
the names of the several Bills, and put them to the
meeting, and should any hon. proprietor feel disposed to
ask any questions. or require any information upon the
subject of any of the Bills, I shall be happy to afford the

s Arne.
The following Bills were then read to the meeting,
and unanimously agreed to without discussion:—
" A Bill to empower the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make a railway from the London
and North •Western Railway, near Watford, to St.
Albans, Luton, and Dunstable."
" A Bill to empower the L aidon and North-Western
Railway Company to make a railway from the London
nod North-Western Ritilway, near Bletchley, to Newport
Pagnel, Olney, and Wellingborough."
" A Biel for making a railway from the Northampton
and Peterborough Branch of the London and North-

Western Railway to the town of Banbury, to be called
' The Northampton and Banbury Railway,' and for other
purposes."

".A Bill to authorise the consolidation cf the Oxford
and Bletchley and the Buckingham and Brackley Junc-
tion Companies, and to authorise an extension of their
lines to Banbury and Aylesbury, and an alteration at
Oxford."

" A Bill flr making a railway from Cheltenham to
join the London and North-Western Railway at Tring,
with branches therefrom, to be called The London, Ox-
ford, and Cht ltenhi'm "
" A Bill to empower the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make certain branch railways and
extensions from Kenilworth to Berkswell; and from
Leamington to Warwick; and to widen the line from
Leamington to Coventry, all in the county of Warwick,
and for other purposes."
" A Bill for enabling the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make certain branch railways from
the Coventry and Nuneaton line, to the Mount Pleasant
and Victoria Collieries, in the County of Warwick, with
power to the London and North-Western Railway
Company to admit certain parties as shareholders in their
undertaking, and for other purposes."
" A. Bill to enable the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming-
ham, and Leicester Railway Company to sell and transfer
their railway, works, and interests to the London and
North-Western and Midland Railway Companies, or
either of them, and for other purposes."
" A Bill to empower the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make a branch railway from the
London and North Western Railway, near Atherstone,
to the Midland Railway, at Whitacre, in the county of
Warwick."

" A Bill for enabling the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make a branch line of railway from
Portobello to Wolverhampton, and for other purposes."
" A Bill to authorise a certain alteration in the line of
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley
Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto, and fur
other purposes."
" A Bill to enable the Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
and Stour Valley Railway Company to construct branch
railways to Stourbridge, Dudley, and other places, and
for other purposes."
" A Bill to empower the London and North-Western
Railway Company to enlarge their stations at Liver-
pool and Crewe, and for other purposes."
" A Bill for enabling the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make a railway from Birmingham
to Lichfield, with branches, and for amending the former
Acts rela•ing to the said company."
"A Bill to empower the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make divers branch railways in
the county of Lancaster, and for other purposes." "
A Bill to authorise the Right Honourable Francis
Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, to sell, and the Lon-
d:ni and North-Western Railway Company to pur-
chase, the estate and interest of the said Earl in the
Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway."
" A proposed Bill ter constructing a railway from
Gloucester to Hereford, with branches therefrom, to be
called • The Gloucester and Hereford Railway,' and to
transf'er to such railway company The Herefordshire
and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation,' and for other
purposes connected therewith."
" A Bill to incorporate the Huddersfield and Man-
chester! Railway and Canal Company, and the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Company with the
London and North-Western Railway Company."
"A Bill for making branch railways from the Great
Western Railway, and from Hammersmith, to join the
West London Railway, fur widening a portion of the
West London Railway, and for extending the same so
as to join the London and South-Western Railway, in
the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the county of
Surrey."

" A Bill to authorise a lease of the undertaking of 1
the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company to
the London and North-Western Railway Company."
The CHAIRMAN said that the Bills in the list which
he had alluded to as being of the second class were the
London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway, and also the
project, which was merely a continuation of it, the
Gloucester and llereford Railway and Canal Purchase
Bill. These undertakings were brought befure them
so fully at the last general meeting, that it would not be
necessary for him then to occupy the time of the meeting
by any furthcr explanations of them. The committee
which had been appointed to further its interests
was proceeding satisfactorily, and though it was for
Parliament to decide between it and its rival projects,
yet they would go into committee with confidence and
every expectation of success. It would be in the re-
collection of the proprietors, that in August last they
had had before them the project for enabling the Co-
ventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway
Company to sell and transfer their works to the London
and North -Western and Midland Railway Companies,
or either of them. lie had at that time informed them
that he did not know whether the line purchased
would to carried on by the company, and
even than it could not be considered, as
a settled project of the company. With re-
gard to the Bill for enabling the Right Honourable
Francis Egerton, the Earl of Ellesmere, to dispose of his
interest in the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrin-
cham Railway to the London and North-WesterniCom-
, pany, that was unopposed by the parties interested, and
the only capital required would be 12,5001. The next
project; in the list to which he would refer was one
which was brought before them at some length at a
former meeting—it was the one connected with
the leasing of the undertaking of the Shropshire
Union Railways and Canal Company to the Lon-
don and North Western Company. It was a
very large undertaking, and one which had been
maturely considered by the board. The consideration
had enabled them to arrive at the conclusion, that there
would be no difficulty to frame proper terms. They had
undertaken to lease it at the rate of one-half of their
dividend. From all that they had been able to ascertain
upon the question, those terms were ♦ery fair to both
parties. The capital for which they would be an-
swerable under the lease was 3,300,0001. A specific
arrangement had been made for the division of
the profits after a certain time. There was one Bill in
the list, and only one, which was an entirely new pro-
ject, and which had never before been presented to the
notice of the proprietors. It was the Bill for the incor-
poration of the Huddersfield and Manchester R.iilway
, and Canal Company, and the Leeds, Dewsbury, and
Manchesert Railway Company, with the London and
North-Western Railway Company. The terms were to
he seven-tenths of the dividend by the London and
North-Western Corapana , and the amutint of capital re-
, quired was 1,280,0001. He held in his hand the traffic
returns, and, as represented in them, there woutd be a
considerable surplus over the probable rent. He always
thought that such figures as were there given were to
be received with a certain degree of deduction; but
the scheme had been carefully considered by their
colleagues in the north, who had gone through the ne-
cessary calculation with accuracy, and he might say with
pertinacity; and they had arrived at the conclusion, that
the terms which were offered were in ftemselves fair,
namely, 7-10th upon the dividend. He had gone through
all the subjects and all the business which was for their
consideration for that day, and in concluding his state-
ment, he could only express his regret that it was found
necessary to summon them so frequently.
A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman
and Directors, the meeting separated.

ilitE LONDON GAZ LTTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S
PALACE, APRIL 9.
Notice is hereby given that the carriages coming to
her Majesty's Drawing Room, on Thursday, the 15th
of April, are to fall into line and come down to the left
hand side of St. James's-street, enter at the iron gate
nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, turn round,
and go out by the iron gate nearest Marlborough-house,
to wait in St. James's•square. When called, they are
to pass from the square through Charles-street, into
Regent-street and Jermyn-street,come down St. James's-
street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-
mall.
No hackney carriages will be admitted within the
gates. For all persons having the privilege of the
entree, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green
Cloth, on Tuesday next, from eleven till three o'clock ;
their carriages are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill,
proceed down St. James's-rirk, through Stable-yard,
into the Ambassadors'-court, set down, and go out into
Cleveland-row. The carriages of Ambassador,
resan litiaters. Cabinet Ministers, and Great OfEcers
,e ,t,,tate may afterwards wait in the Ambassadors'-
ma art' 'hose of all other persons having the flit?*
watt in Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called;
secorid time with the "
they are then
will
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down to take up in the same order as they
}enstitution-hill-gate,
admitted with company a
No carriage away up St. Jerues't•street.
and-gate also, where a
must be
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at t•cket, to preuent hick, it
and Stable
the Msr,htelnien in uttenlan
iewr of it be torn oil by
allowed the privilege of the ent%eatud person can be
to the Palace than the gates last ra'Y‘ any
other approach
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ST. JAMES'S
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LACE, A
po rd Steward.
The Queen has been
pleased, on the nil" 1'
Lord Foley, to appoint Major Percy Nevillemittion of
Corps
Foot, to be one of her Majesty's Honourable P. 12th
of
Gentlemen at Arms, vice Ogilvie, retired.
WAR OFFICE, APRIL 9.
4th Dragoon Guards—Captain Juhn Ralston, from
Paymaster of 64th Foot, to he Paymaster, vice Augustus
Ch tries Drawwater, who has retired upon halt pay,
April 9.
10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Percy Smith,

from 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Shel-
ley, who exchanges ; Lieutenant William Knox Orme,
from half-pay 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
vice Lord James Browne, deceased, April 9.
14th Light Dragoons—Captain William Wilmer, from
16th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Tonge, who
exchanges, April 9.

16th-Lignt. Dragoons.... Captain John Henry Tonge,
from 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Widmer,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant Edward Shelly, from 10th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Smith, who ex-
changes, April 9, 1847 ; Alfred Henry Cherry, Gent.,
to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hurford, appointed to
9th Light Dragoons. September, 28, 1846.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Robert James Elton,
from half•pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Augustus
Howard Ormsby, who exchanges, receiving the differ-
ence; Lieutenant David Green to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Elton, who retires; Ensign William Henry
Sharpe Sharpe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Green; James Frederick Webster, Gent,, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Sharpe, April 9.
3d Foot—Augustus Edward Ellice, Gent. to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Lysaght, appointed to the 86th
Foot, April 9.
13th Foot—Captain Alexander St. Leger M`Mahon,
from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Frederick
Gordon Christie, who exchanges ; Lieutenant John
William Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice M'Mahon,
who retires ; Ensign Melville Browne to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Cox ; Ensign Alfred Somerset, from
52,1 Foot, to be Ensign, vice Browne, April 9.
25th Foot—Ensign Henry Veitch, from 91st Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Parrott, whose appointment has been
cancelled ; Assistant Surgeon Jonas King Carr, M.D.,
from 63d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Swift, who
exchanges, April 9.
26th Foot—Ensign the Hon. Alexander Eric George
Sinclair to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell,
promoted in 2d West India Regiment ; Chamberlain
I lenry Hinchcliff, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Sinclair, April 9.
37th Foot—Francis Hubble Douce, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purehase, vice Pollard, appointed to 57th Foot,
April 9.
_ _ _

41st Foot—Sergeant-Major Thomas Young to be
Quartermaster, vice James Gillan, who retires upon half-
pay, April 9.
44th Foot—Ensign John Colpoys to be Adjutant, vice
Howard, who resigns the Adjutancy only, April 9.
49th Foot—Lieut. Henry Seymour Michell to be Pay-
master, vice Robert Ware, who retires on half-pay,
April 9.

52d Foot—Arthur French Lloydd, Gent., to be En-
sirg, by purchase, vice Somerset, appointed to the 13th
Foot, April 9.
55h Foot—Lieutenant Daniel M'Coy to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Chaproniero, who retire ; Ensign
Alfred C. Cure to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Nl‘Coy ; Robert Hume, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chuse, vice Cure, April 9.
57th Foot—Lieutenant Warren Ahmuty to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Saunders, who
mires ; Ensign Edward John Balcomb Brown to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ahmuty ; Ensign William
Pollard, from 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brown,
April 9.
63d Foot—Assistant Surgeon Benjamin Swift, M.D.,
from 25th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Carr, who
rschanges, April 9.
66th Foot—Ensign Montagu Wigley Bell to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Gildea, who retires; George
Watson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bell,
April 9.
86th Foot—Ensign William Carpendale Baird, to be
Lieutenant, by put chase, vice Kelly, who retires; Ensign
the Honourable William Henry L) aught, from 3d Foot,
to Ensign, vice Baird, April 9
91st Foot—Edward George Mainwaring, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Veitch, appointed to the
25th Foot, April 9.
96th Foot—Lieutenant R. F. W. Cumberland to be
Adjutant, vice Roney, who resigns the Adjutantcy only,
April 9.

it West India Regiment—Captain Robert Willits%)
Dallas, from hult'• pay 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice
Deverell, promoted; Lieutenant Richard D'Oyley Flet-
cher to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dallas, who retires;
Ensig❑ John Theodore Ling to be Lieutenant, by pur-
case, vice Fletcher; Julius William Thompson, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ling, April 9.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Mark
Campbell, from 26th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Fitzgerald, who retires, April 9. _

HOSPITAL STAFF.—John Clay Purves, M.D., to be
Assistant-Surgeon to tLe Forces, vice Galland, who re-
tires upon half-pay, April 9.
BREVET.—Lieut.-Colonel James M`Douall, of the 2d
Regiment of Life Guards, to be Colonel in the Army,
April 10, 1847 ; Captain Robert William Dallas, of Ist
West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Jan.
10, 1837 ; Captain Alexander St. Leger 31'31abon, of
the 13th Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838 ;
Captain Robert James Elton, of the Ist Foot, to be Major
in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841 ; Captain John Jacob, of the
Bombay Artillery, to be Major in the Army in the East
Indies, Jan. 16, 1847

MEMONANDUM.—The Commission of Brevet Major
Robert Henderson, of the Madras Engineers, has been
ante-dated to 2d January, 1845.
The commission of Brevet Major Joshua Tail, of the
6th Regiment of Bombay Infantry, has been ante-dated
to the 25th January, 1845.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding

of Yorkshire.
Edward Stirlingfieet Cayley the younger. Esq , to be
Deputy Lieutenant, March 31.
ERRATUM IN THE "GAZETTE" OF JULY 14.

Cummission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of

Suffolk.

East Suffolk Regiment of Militia—For James Neil
Walker, Esq., to be Captain, read James Mill Walser,
Esq., to be Captain, vice Heath, resigned.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Major John Wil-
liam Fane to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bowles, pro-
moted, April 6.
Ist or Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeo-
manry Cavalry—Major the Right Hon. Francis George
Baron Churchill to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bowles,
resigned, April 3.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 6.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Tre►or, of
Bridgwater, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
Edward Markins, victualler, Upper Holloway, to
surrender April 16, at half-past twelve, and May 21, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall- street ; Brooks, Great James-street.
Thomas Blackford, horse-hair manufacturer, Little
Wild street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, April 16, at one, and
May 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee; Gooday, South-square, Gray's-inn.
Alexander Daniel Dangerfield, printer, Salisbury-
square, Fleet-street, April 16, at half-past one, and May
21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee ; Gray, Great Tower-street, City.
John Richard Dobson, hop merchant, St. Thomas's-
street, Southwark, April 20, at eleven, and May 18, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street;
Walker, Furnival's Inn.

Frederick Harding Caveston, plumber and glazier,
Earls Colne, Essex, April 17, at twelve, and May 18, at
eleven, at the Court of B4nkruptcy. Green, official
assignee, Aldermanbury, London; Gooday, Gray's Inn.
Thomas Chapps, dealer in toys, Lynn, April 14, at
eleven, and May 13, at one, at the Court of Bankrupcy.
Johnson, official-assignee, Baidnghall-street; Goddard,
solicitor, King street.
llenry Worthington, cotton manufacturer, Eccleshill,
April 20, and May 11, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester; Milne
and Co., Temple, London; Sale and Co., Manchester;
Neville and Co., Blackburn.
William Townley, cotton spinner, Blackburn, April
22, and May 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Milne
end Co., Temple, London ; Sale and Co., Manchester ;
.Neville and Cu., Blackburn.
Thomas Barraclough, woollen cloth manufacturer,
Halifax, Yorkshire, April 22 and May 11, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee;
Williamson and Co., Great James-street; Rudd and
Kenny, Halifax; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending April 6,
1847, is 335. 31,4 d. cwt.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of April 0.)
SIIGAR.—To-day prices suffered a further depression
for raw Sugar, as the quantity brought to market was
more than the trade stood in need of, and merchants
were willing to sell, on accoant of the increasing value
of money, and the heavy supplies of Sugar still
to come in. The private operations in all sorts of
Wept India Muscavodoe were upon a small scale only,
and did not exceed 80 hhds, &c., although there were
sellers at a further decline in the value. making the fall
for the week is per cwt. A public sale of 127 hhds
7 tres of Barbadoes went off with heaviness, and at a
reduction on the rates of Wednesday's sale of 6d to Is.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were operated in
with caution by the home trade, although lower rates
w ere accepted, The stock is on the increase of all sorts.
Bonded Crushed Sugar is little wanted, and first qua-
lity can be obtained for further delivery at 35s 6d
per cwt.

MAURITIUS.—This afternoon two parcels of Mauritius
Sager, amounting to 9,315 bags, were submitted to public
competition, but the trade evinced little desire to operate,
and nearly the whole was taken in at the former value.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
Sugar offered at auction amounted to 3,616 bags ; nearly
tie whole found buyers, but at a fall in prices of 6d to
H. Madras is heavy of disposal, and 808 bags at sale
were nearly all taken in. _

FoltElGN.—lmportkrs of Foreign Sugar have been de-
sirous to sell this week, and submitted to lower prices
for all descriptions ; still the home trade have operated
with caution by private treaty, and the market has been
plentifully supplied, espy cially with the better qualities.
Privately there are sellers of white, brown, and yellow
liavannah at a fall on former rates of 6d to Is per cwt ;
still few buyers are to be met with. For refining under
bond the purchases made have been trifling in all sorts
of Foreign Sugar, although there are sellers at a reduc-
tion on former rates. For exportation there are few
6el yellow }lava/mail, at 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. At
buyers, although merchants are willing to sell, and re-
duced their prices 6d to is per cwt ; still the private
sold.
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s
b were be allowed.
l o wed a
operations have not exceeded 1400 chests of good and
sold, ue
tutie2dlB9 bags of Pernambuco were, however, all
aua(EL—This afternoon at public sale d 5 hhds of
Bn:aLlI Molasses 24s per c,s Lt 229, and better quality at
Co , Pb..E.—This afternoon 27 casks of Jamaica Coffee