The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-08 00:00:00

EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAIL W.

(THIS DAT.)
An extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors
of this company was held to-day, at No. 14, Moorgate-
street, for the purpose of considering the propriety of
allowing the directors to borrow money under the terms
of the Act.
Hr. PACK, the Chairman of the Company, explained
the object of the meeting, and proposed a resolution,
authorising the directors to raise 200,000/. by
on debentures. . ,
Captain JOHN HALL seconded the resolution,
which
was agreed to.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chain:n*lh
after which the meeting separated. loans, or

THE RAILIVAY ALMAIVACK, DIRECTORY
and DIARY for 1848.
This useful digest of railway information fully
sustains the high character which its predecessors
have obtained. The Digest of Railway Law, Rail'
way Acts, and Railway Decisions, will be found par-
ticularly useful to all shareholders in existing or
defunct :railway schemes, u it furnishes them with
exact information both as to their rights and their
liabilities.

DEATH OF SIR' GEORGE R. IRVINE, BART.--We
have to record the demise of this venerable' Baronet,
who expired on the 28th ult., at his residence in Ber-
nard•street, Russell-square, aged 82. Ile was twi.ce,
married, and leaves, amongst other issue, his son NY',..v
ham, who succeeds to the title and estates, which lie Ll':
tho county of Fermanagh. This baronetcy was origl"
nally conferred by King Charles IL, for services ren-
dered during the civil wars. It remained dormant for
several years.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTEIN RAlLWiter.--111
order still further to improve the character of their ex"
press trains, the London and North-Western ComPeet
have, on the opening throughout of the Trent Va"ei
Railway, commenced running an entire sot of new car'
tmhaonstancyomprfoervtiaobulsely•
andon
etvheenlilnuex,uarinodusarroo
riages. These new carriages are on six wheels, Cre
iinargthereafintnteder.---11P
Railway Record.

11114711%.1.
On the 7th inst., at Beckenham, Kent, the wife of Halal
Desborough, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., at Cheveley-park, the wife of J. Fairlie'
Esq., of a son.
On the sth inst., at Berry-hill, Carisbrook, Isle of ‘,..g
the wife of Captain G. B. Cumberland, of a son. e
On the sth inst., at Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-par", th
wife of Mr. J. W. Cazaly, of a daughter.
On the sth inst., at hinfield-road, Stockwell, Mrs.
Pellatt, jun., of a daughter.
,21,• bort
On the sth inst., at Willesden, the wife of C. J.
Esq., of a daughter,

MARRIED.
On the 4th inst., at St. Saviour's, Southwark, by the
W. Curling, Mr. F. Fletcher, of Shottisham Mills, Sufrol,','
to Mary, witlow of the late J. Muck, Esq., of Stockweu•
Surrey.
On the 4th inst., at Marylebone Church, C. Blackniore,
Esq., to Josepha Sophia, youngest daughter of the late (1.
Northam, Esq., of Fenstanton, Hunts.
On the 4th inst., at Frenchay, Glocestershire, by the Eel;
J. B. Poulden, J. Powell, eldest son of J. Hill, I:sq.. ROOT"Mint, to Louisa, eldest daughter of E. Day, Esq., Hambrook,
Gloucestershire.

rr_ .rold
On the 6th inst., in Kew Milman-street, Mr.
'—
Crease, aged 61.
On the 29th ult., at her house in Carlisle-street, Soh°'
,quare, Mrs. M. Wright, aged 81.
On the 30th ult., at the house of his son, at Islington, in
the 87th year of his age, Mr. T. Cobbett, only surviving
brother of the late W. Cobbett.
On the Ist inst., R. B. Roberts, Esq., of the Middle Ten'
pie, barrister-at-law.
On the 3d inst., at Paris, S. Duckworth, Esq., one of the
Masters in Chancery.
On the 4th inst., at Hampton-court, J. Campbell, Esq., tD
his 81st year.
On the 4th inst., at Albert-terrace, Knightsbridge, Miss
M. Wilson, aged 66.
On the 4th inst., at the Priory, Ware, llerts, Miss Maria
liadsley, aged 70.
On the sth inst., in Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Eleanor,
relict of the late James Warre, Esq., aged 89.
•

London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG.,at
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun office, No. 1190
Strand, in the Precinct f the Savoy, in the countY
Middlesex, Wednesday, December 8, 1847.