The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-22 00:00:00

SIXTH Ikll4o3tT d the itazaToas Otto
*14,4 ,F9mAtaitutme 11.4141 C at LORDssl4_', Lattiburtc *aid !t!n.p.
tlonnttar,lari,—A.t as ANNUAL CAStift.th
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LOthb •reholders, held at the Rankine. haute at the CompanY.
07) on TrrEsDAY, dnly 21, 1846. Present—

DIRECTORS.
_Thras JOHN TAYLOR, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq.
Sprott Boyd, Esq. Edward Oxenford, Esq.
R. Collett, Esq., M,P. George Rennie, jun., Esq.
JHenry Corafoot, Esq. John Savage, Esq.
A~ward Cotton, Esq. I John Shewell, Esq.
Cleo A. Douglass, Esq.
The iv, And thirty-two Proprietors.
htir Chairman, Richard Walker, Esq., M.P., being absent, the
was taken by the Deputy Chairman. J. Taylor, Esq.
10,:e advertisement calling the Meeting having been read, the fol-
ng report from the Directors was read by the Manager.
REPOT.
the Directors have the pleasure of placing before the proprietors
Wixth annual statement of the affairs of the Company.
te ',tiring the past year the business of the Bank has continued
~,nProve steadily and satisfactorily.
halace the last annual meeting, the balance of. the preliminary ex-
tilt es
e te
seoateluconlnto,saemd.ounting to 9,0851, 19s. 11d., has been paid off, and
accompanying balance sheet it will be seen that, after
eurrdig off all bad and doubtful debts, and paying the charges and
130871. 'l4
2. sexpenses of the past year, the net profits amount to
The Directors have determined to declare a dividend at the rate
c • Per cent, per annum, free of income tax. After paying this
viiii(lend, and allowing for rebate of interest upon current bills, there
Fwd realalrt the sum of 4,410/. 7s. 2d. to be added to the Reserve
to increasing that fund, with the additions made during the j ear,
10,066/. 19s. Bd.
telitnil coMpliance with the provisions of the deed of settlement, the
eite-iWilig Directors, viz.—William Sprott Boyd, Esq., Thomas Grims-
fre„'?' 'Esti., M.P., John Harvey, Esq., John Taylor, Esq., retire
office, and William Sprott Boyd, Esq., and John Taylor, Esq.,
Flog eligible, offer themselves for re-election. William Beresfbrd,
and Joseph Thompson, Esq., being duly qualified, otter
IT'elves as candidates at this meeting.
eh2c report and balance sheet having been read, the Chairman,
" Taylor Esq on the part of the Directors declared a dividend
r •,
5, ate of 61. per cent. per annum, free of income tax, payable on
after the Ist August next.

Commercial Bank of London.
!,6114ta,31zbseribed Balance, Sheet, the 30th of June, 1846.
Cash In hand, Go-
vernment securi•
qu,, Paid up 122,868 0 0 tics, bills dis-
i,`"antee Fund counted, &c.. •.. 577,8'15 16 3
invested in 3 per Value of Banking
'lit. Reduced premises, fittings,
and furniture .. 4,000 0 0
alailees due to the
Customers of the
114421 k• •• • 440,271 18 1
d'l""e carried
01%11 after de-
4.,'etiag bad and
menbtful debts,
la Paying all
ref and cur-
t exPenscis

5,656 12 61

13,087 5 8

£581,875 16 31

X 581,875 16 3

at the
of 6/.. per
for Per annum
t the half-year
it4lllB 31st of
,'eolnber, 1845,
Ditto ,zis 418 3 6,
for the
jihneghuanlfe-
"
Ittt, 1846 g
....
"'te of interest
b., current bills 1,634 10 0
t"?Oce carried to
Guarantee
nod. making
that fund now
10,066 f. 19s. Bd. 4,410 7 2

Balance brought
down •• • • • £13,087 b 8

3,624 5 0,

£13,087 5 81 £13,087 5 8
ml' Rolved unanimousl, That e reprt just read be approvod,
'nod eS
and circulated amongst the propri oetors.
Resolved unanimously, That John Taylor, Esq., be re-elected a
hi rector of this Company.
~, a. Resolved unanimously, That William Sprott Boyd, Esq., be re-
'Ated a Director of this Company.
4. Resolved unanimously, That William Beresford, Esq., M.P., be
elected a Director of this Company.
6. Resolved unanimously, That Joseph Thompson, Esq., be elected
`blrector of this Company.
Resolved unanimously, That the best thanks of the Proprietors
, due, and are hereby given, to the Directors, for their constant at-
"tion to the interests of the Bank.
bk! Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of this Meeting be
ITZ,6n to the Manager, A. It. Cutbill, Esq., for the able, efficient, and
-"°43 Manner in which he has discharged his duties.
a JOHN TAYLOR.
oft, ~.—veolved unanimously, That the thanks of this Meeting
b e
Ved to John Taylor, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct in
~,z&__alr this day. A. It. CUTBILL, Manager..

C6UMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.
Clint The Directors hereby give notice, that a DIVIDEND of 6 per
r annum, for the half-year ending June 30, 1846, on the paid
IIIL;Mal, will be PAYABLE at the banking house of the Company
-"ay, on and after the let of August next.
By order of the Board,
July, 1846. A. R. CUTBILL, Manager.

PLIITH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY.-
4 ilw At a meeting of the Shareholders of the rerth and Inverness
4Y Company, convened under the Act 9 and 10 Victoria, chap.
afltuled " An kct to facilitate the dissolution of certain Railway
n,Aan•
4trNt tes, and held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-
eight t London, on TunsDAY, the 21st day of July, one thousand
ltkl,,lllldred and forty-six, William Sprott Boyd, Esq., one of the
tht ire of the Committee of Management. was, by the members of
it 1,0074, rue Committee there present, and within one hour of the time
ilirated for holding the meeting, elected chairman of the meeting,
to e following three gentlemen, shareholders in the Company,
1111nediately after elected scrutineers by the meeting, viz. :
GEORGE MACKINTOSH, Esq.
ALEXANDER COWAN. Esq. _ _ _

Mr, JAMES PRIOR DE PARAVICINI, Esq.
6424.'ung Anderson, the Secretary, then produced copies of the following
and newspapers, eac
:—h containing a copy of the advertisement
the meeting, viz. •
The London Gazette of July 10, 1846.
The Edinburgh Gazette of July 10, 1846.
The Times newspaper of July 8, 1846.
The Morning Chronicle of July 8, 1846.
The Evening Sun of July 10, 1846.
The Edinburgh Advertiser of July 10, 1846, and
/t The Scotsman newspaper of July' 11, 1846.
41,, Qras then moved and duly seconded, " That this Company be
theve(l t" and the question having been put by the chairman, and
ilet,argL,es taken by the scrutineers, the meeting came to the unanimous
Snination that the Company should be dissolved ; and the scru-
rat.,,,:r, having cast up the votes, declared that the number of votes in
Lein.
°,t the dissolution were twenty-four thousand four hundred and
' ."',..eing a majority of the shares in the undertaking actually
them
entire number of shares being only 46,089.

signed)
pproved. WM. SPROTT BOYD, Chairman.
(Si,lgn d A
, 1
,
J. P. DE PARAVICINI,
ALEX. COWAN, Scruthieor,
GEO. MAcKniTnsu,
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NOTICE.
INYERNE S S and ELGIN JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management of the InvemEss and Elgin June-
n FORailway hereby call a MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS, to be
geld within the Company's Office, in Inverness, on MONDAY, the 3d
yO. August next, at Ten o'clock, A.M., in terms of the Act 9th
4ld 10th Victoria, chap. 28, entitled "An Act to facilitate tke disso-
lkition of certain Railway Companies," for the purpose of deter-
'Dining whether the said Company shall be dissolved.
treeraeratti,eB holding and producing Scrip or Receipts are entitled to be
trthe
saakindActot. vote personally or by proxy, duly constituted in terms

JAMES SUTHERLAND, I Chairman
on behalf of the Committee.

►
\....412L055, July 17, 1846.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW-
(IA, CASTLE-UPON•TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Junction,
kailicalleashire, and North Yorkshire Railway Companies).
Act for Amalgamating the Lancashire and North Yorkshire
Company with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-
Junction Railway Company, and frit incorporating the
thitsteoli'lxmles under the style and title of " Ihe Liverpool, Man;
havi„ ri and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, '
.1,,0'i tts received the royal assent,
t'ee Is hereby given, that the FIRST GENERAL MEETING
+obll,,*e SHAREHOLDERS in the LANCASHIRE and NORTH
%k S' II IRE, and the LIVERPOOL, 31ANC I EATER, and NEW-
LP—UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANIES,
th,4M'e been registered in the incorporated Company, will be held
4111 Valatine Hotel, Manchester, on SATURDAY, the 25th day of
4 itlll,'Btant, at Twelve o'clock precisely, pursuant to the provisions
-°lllPanies' Clauses Consolidation Act. 1845.
kitQ„ Notice is hereby further given, that the saidIiEETING will
o hetwards
be made SPECIAL for the purpose of confirming, or
giti,—"3e, certain agreements which have been entered into between
East
rectors of this. Company and the Manchester and Leeds, the
lale,,Laiicashire, the Great North of England, and the Newcastle
uarlington Railway Companies.
By Order,
W. H. INGRAM
C. MOORE WILSON Secretaries.