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11/11AN C E STE R AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.
V II
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held, at the Com-
pany's Offices, in London-road, in Manchester, on THURSDAY, the
7th day of May, 1846, at three o'clock in the afternool, when
copies of the undermentioned Bills, now pending in Parliament, will
be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval; under which Bills
it is proposed to authorise the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Company either to construct or to become the proprietors of, or to
contribute towards the formation of, the railways therein mentioned,
that is to say—

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A Bill to empower the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Com-
par.y to make certain Branch Railways.
A Bill for consolidating the London and Birmingham, Grand Junc-
tion, and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies.
A Bill for making a Railway from Newtown, in the county of
Montgomery, to Crewe, in the county of Chester, with Branches,
and far other purposes connected therewith.
A Bill for making a Railway from the Chester and Crewe Branch
of the Grand Junction Railway, at Calveley, to Wolverhampton, and
for other purposes connected therewith.
A Bill for making a Railway from Shrewsbury to Stafford, with a
Branch to Stone, and for other purposes.
A Bill for making:a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham
Railway at Cheadle, In the county of Chester, to or near to the
Ambergate Station cf the Midlands Railway, in the county of Derby,
to be called the" Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands June
Lion Railway."

A Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birming-
ham Railway, in the township of Gorton, in the county of Laucaster,
to Hyde, in the county of Chester.
The Chair will be taken at three o'clock precisely.
Dated this 29th day of April, 1846.
J. P. wESTHEAD, Chairman "I of the
ROBERT BENSON, Jun., Deputy-Chairman I Directors.
By order,
JOHN LATHAM, Secretary.

GLASGOW,BiII now DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE
RAILWAY.
In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of "‘....e Houses of Par-
/lament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the holders of Scrip or of
Bankers' Receipts for scrip, of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railway Company, will be held within the Black Ball Hotel,
" A Bill for making a Railway from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar-
nock, an Ayr Railway, near Cumnock callede Caledonian Railway
near thee rossing of the river Sark, to be ` The Glasgow, llum-
tabeßlill
fries, and Carlisle Railway, with Branches,' " will be submitted to
afternoon,inGlasgow,
a 3 IcOoNp Dy
A oY i
consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill the
as re-
quired by the said resolutions or orders.
By order of the Ordinary Committee of Management,
JOHN LEADBETTER, Chairman.

EDINBURGH --------- RAILWAY-
In compliance with the resolutions er Orders of the Houses
of Parliament,
SPECIAL MEETING Shareholders or Stock-
a and GLASGOW
ofthe
holders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company , y will be held
within the Railway•office In Queen-street, Glasgow, upon TUESDAY,
the 12th day of May next, at one o'clock afternoon, when a copy
of a Bill before Parliament, intituled, " A Bill or Act to enable th Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to alter the line of the
Glasgow Junction Railway, and to form a Branch to South Queens-
votel submitted o the consiiderred bation of the meeting, and a
orders. By order
taken tithe said Biltl as requ y
of the Directors, the said resolutions or
JOHN LEARMOUTH, Chairman.
H. G. WRIGHT, Secretary.
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fdethr:olrl°Sustoepcsaknhofollidaerrs.
GLA.SGOW, PAISLEY,
KILMARNOCK,
AND AYR RAILWAY.
of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Rahway Com
1 i aln
in complianceent,
be held within the Company's Office, in Bridge-street, Glasgow,' 11
as pE C IwAi
Lt h
MEETINGt he
of t
hoer
sohradreertsmoi
WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at one o'clock in the ateorn
noon, when copies of the following Bills now before Parliament will
be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a note taken
on the said Bill as required by the said resolutions or orders, viz. I. A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
illailway Company to alter their line near Kilmarnock, and to make
branches to Linwood, Swinlees, daa the Kilmarnock and Troon
Railway.
to the
, 2. A Bill to amend the Acts relating Glasgow, Paisley, Ku_
marnock, marnock, and Ayr Railway, and to authorise the formation of
branches from Bushy to Irvine, and from Irvine to the harbour
thereof, with a subsidiary branch to Perceton Coal Works,
3, A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Ribba
mock. and Ayr
make a branch from their railway -
Railway Company to near Blair
to Strathaven, and to amend the Acts relating to such railway.
By order of the Directors,
JAMES WCALL. Chairman, J. F. SMITH, Secretary
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