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London, England, 1847-01-30 00:00:00

RAILWAY

COUNTIES

COMPAIV.
TWENTY-FIRST GENERAL MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Act of Incorr.ora-
eon the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETI • G of the SHARE-
HOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, London, 02 TUESDAY, the 9th day of February
Next, at One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving a Report
from the Directors of the progress of the undertaking, and for the
transaction of other business.

And this Meeting is also made Special, for the purpose of submit-
ting to the Shareholders the drafts of the sevi ral Bills hereinafter
mentioned, whi,3ll are about to be introduced into Parliament in the
present session.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to
the Hertford and Wai e Branch of the Northern and Eastern Railway
with Branches.

A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to
the Bedford and Bletchley Railway, at or near Bedford, with
Branches.

A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway. Company to make
a Railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway, at Hertford, to
the Great Northern Rit'lway, near Hitch in.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Forest-
gate station, to Southend, with Branches.
A• Bill for making a railway from the Maldon, Witham, and
Braintree Railway, near Braintree to Halstead.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway at Tottenhani,
to or near to Guildford-street, with branches to the East and West
India Dock, and Birmingham Junction Railway.
A Bill to authoyise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Rail-
way Company, of. the North Woolwich Railway, and the lease of
the Pepper WarheuSes and Wharves of the East and West India Dock
Company, and the. construction of docks in connexion with the
North Woolwich Railway. r,
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties -Railway Company to make
a railway froM tlia Syston and Peterborough Railway, in the parish
of Etton, in the ,Scinitty of NerthaMptOn;,to the Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston Junction Railway," near Tolkingliam.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a railway fronVthe Great l'orthern Railway, near Spalding,
to the Nottingluttn and: Lincoln Branch of the Midland Counties
Railway.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a railway from Wisbeach to Spalding, and to construct docks at
Wisbeach in connexion therewith.

A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to enlarge
their London and Stratford Stations, and to Amend some of the Pro-
visions of the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties Railway Com-
pany.

A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway at West Ham to or
near the Victoria Park, with Bran:lies to the East and West India
Docks, and Birmingham Junction Railway.
A BM to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make
a Railway from the Wisheach. St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction
Railway, in the parish of *omersham, to the town of Itoinsey.
A 11111 to auth..rise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Railway
Company, of the Mahlon, William, and Braintree Railway
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED on
SATURDAY, the 30th January, and will not be OPENED until WED-
NESDAY, the 10th Femuary.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman.
By order,

C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Bishopsgate Station, 22d January, 1847.
N.B. The DIVIDEND for the H iLF-YEAR, ending the 4th Ja-
nnary last, will be payable to those parties who, on the 30th January
next, shall be the Registered Proprietors in the Books of the
Company.

CORNWALL-. RAI LWAY.
HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY *MEE I'ING.
Notice is hereby given that the HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY
MEETING of the Shareholders in the Cornwall Railway Company-
will be held at the Assembly Roomott Truro, on 'limns!, the 23d
day of February next, at One o'clock precisely,
The Trawler Books will be'closed on the 9th day of February
next, and will not be opened until after the said Half-yearly Ordi-
nary Meeting.
Notice is hereby further given; that after the business of the said
half-yearly ordinary meeting on the 23d day of February next shall
have been transacted; the meeting will be made SPECIAL, at which
meeting there will be submitted to the Proprietors present, for their
approval, a draft of a certain Bill proposed to be introduced into
Parliament in this Session, with the title and for the purposes follow-
ing, that is to say :--1' A Bill to authorise an alteratton in the Line of
the Cornwall Railway, and, to amend the Act relating therato, and
for other purposes"

J. T. TREFFRY, Chairman.
W. 11. BOND, Secretary.
Cornwall Railway Office, Truro, Jan. 20, 1847

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and
NEWCASTLE-UPON"-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY.—ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING.
Notice is hereby given that the ORDINARY 11A.T.F-YEARLY
MEETING of the wi 4AREHOLD RS of this COMPANY will be
held at the Palatine Hotel, in Manchester, in the county of Lan
caster ,on the 2d day of Fmiausive next, at the hour of Eleven o'clock
in the forenoon of that day.
And notice is hereby further given, that, in accordance with a re-
quisition signed by more than twenty sharehold, rs in the said under
taking, holding, in the aggregate, not less than one-tenth of the
capital of the said Company, an EXT -AORDINkRY GENERAL
KETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the said COMPANY, will
be held at the Palatine Hotel aforei•aid, on the day and year afore-
said, at Twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, or immediately on
the termination of the business of tht• said ordinary Meeting, for the
following purposes, namely—" To receive, consider, and decide, on
he steps to be taken with respect to the report of Messrs. William
Gibb, George William Cram, and William Nichol, the Committee of
Investigation appointed on Saturday, the 25th day of July last, and
to determine on the propriety of reducingthe number of the Directors
from twelve to six, and if thought advisable, specifically to remove
six of the present Directors.

And notice is hereby further given, that at the said last-mentioned
meeting the Directors will apply for powers to proceed with, and en-
deavour to obtain, in the ensuing Session of Parliament, Acts for
alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch, with power to purchase,
rent, or use the Northern Counties Union Railway, and amendment
of Acts relating to the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-
Tyne Junction Railway, and to the Northern Counties Union Railway
Companies; Railway from the East Lancashire Railway near BlM-
ley, to join the Burnley Branch of the Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way, with power to sell or lease to the East Lancashire Railway
Company, or to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company; and
LiverpooL• Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction and
Northern Counties Union Railways Amalgamation.
And the Directors do hereby convene the said meetings accordingly.
THOS. ROBT. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman.
C. MOORE WILSON,I
es.i Secretar
W. H. INGRAM,
Company's Principal Office, 31, Princess-street.
Manchester, Dec. 24, 1846.
"The Register of Transfers" will be closed, and remain so from th'
12th day of January, 1847, until after the above-named meetings.
C. MOORE WILSON,/ secretaries.
W. H. INGRAM,