The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

By order of the Committee of Management,
PETER ANDERSON, Secretary.

London, April 25, 1846,

NEWCASTLE• •AND BERWICK
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of the Pro-
prietors of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company will be
held in the Directors' Room, at the Railway Station, in the city of
York, on MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 1846, at half-past 10 o'clock
in the forenoon; for the purpose of submitting for the approval of
the Proprietors of the said Company the draft of a Bill now before
Parliament, intitutied " A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Der-
wick Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways in the
County of Northumberland."
Dated this 20th day of March, 1846.

GEORGE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the said Company.

NEWCASTLE and DARLINGTON
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of the Pro-
prietors of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Com-
pany will be held In the Directors' Room, at the Railway Station;
in the City of York, on MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 1846, at a
quarter past 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of submitting
for the approval of the Proprietors of the said Company, the drafts of the following Bills now before Parliament, that is to say,—
"A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Min..:
way Company to make a railway from or near Thirsk to Maiton,
with a branch to Helmsley."
"A Bill for enabling the Great North of England Railway Company
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to lease, and also to sell, their Railway to the Newcastle and Darlin.-
ten Junction Railway Company, and to authorise the raising of addi-
tional money by the said last•mentioned Company, for those and!
other purposes."
" A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and DarlLngton Junction Rail-
way Company to make a railway from tke line of the Great North o
England Railway to Bedale."
" A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail-.
way Company to make a Railway from the line of the Great North
of England Railway to or near to Boroughbridge." •
"A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail-'
way Company, to pUrchase the Durham and Sunderland Railway,
and the Weymouth Dock, and to make certain Branch Railways in
the county of Durham, and for other purposes."
" A Bill for authorising the Sale of the Pontop and South Shields!
Railway to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Corn-
pany."

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And " A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction
Railway Company to construct a Dock at Jarrow Slake, in the River
uic4~ttitfr, and for otherpusipO'se:;."
And at such meeting, it is" proposed to confirm the deeds and
agreements already entered into between this Company and the
Great North of England Railway Company, the Durham and Sun-
derland Railway Company, and the Weymouth Dock Company,
either alone or together with any other companies, or between the
directors of the same companies, or any of them, relative to the pur-
chase and leasing of' the said Great North of England Railway, the
Durham and Sunderland Railway, and the Wearmouth Dock, or any
of them, and the works connected therewith respectively.
Dated this 20th day of March, 1846.
GEORGE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Newcastle
and Darlington Junction Railway Company.

YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of
the Proprietors' of the York and North Midland Railway
Company, will be held in the Directors' Room, at the Railway
Station, in the city of York, on MONDAY, the 4th day of
May, 1846, 'at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of sub-
mitting, for the approval of the Proprietor's of the said Company,
the drafts of the following Bills, at present before Parliament, that is
to say,—

" A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway
Company to make a more direct line of Railway between York
and Leeds."

" A Bill to authorise the widening and enlargement of part of the
line of the York and North Midland Railway, or the construction
and maintenance of a Railway adjoining th(reto."
" A Bill for enabling the Hull and Selby Railway Company to
lease, and also to sell, their Railway to the York and North Midland
and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies, or one of them, and
to authorise the raising of additional money by both or either of the
last-mentioned companies, for those and other purposes."
"A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Com-
pany to make certain Branch Railways in the East Riding of the
county of York, and for other purposes." (No. 1.)
" A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Com-"
pany to male certain Branch Railways in the East Riding of the
county of York, and for other purposes." (No. 2.)
And " A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway
Company to extend the line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway
to or near Castleton."

And at such meeting it is proposed to confirm the deeds and
agreements already entered into between this Colnpany and the Hull
and Selby, and the Manchester and Leeds .Railway Companies, or
either of them, or between Ihe Directors of the same several Com-
panies, or any of theta; relative to. the purchase and leasing of the
said Hull and Selby Railway, and the works connected therewith.
Dated this 20th day of March,lB46.
GEORGE HUDSON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the said York
and North Midland Railway Company.

PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN-
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9, CHATHAM-PLACE. BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Established in 1826.
DIRECTORS.
Wm. Goodenough Hayter, Esq., Robert Palk, Esq.
M.P. John Louis Prevost, Esq.
Charles Johnson, Esq. Samuel Smith, Esq,
John Towgood Kemble, Esq. Le Marchant Thomas, Esq.
John G. Shaw Lefevre, F.R.S.

• TEUSTEE9.
John Deacon, Esq. ; John G. Shaw Leferre, Esq., F.R.S. ;
Charles Johnston, Esq.
nil Society is supported by a subscrAped Capital of 240,0001., and
by a considerable accumulated premium fund.
Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits,
or at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of the
Office.

The following are the annwal Premiums required for the assurance
.'£loo on a healthy life in either ease:—
WITHOUT PROFITS.

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I97TH PROFITS.

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