The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-05 00:00:00

LEEDS and CARLISLE and YORKSHIRE
and GLASGOW UNION AMALGAMATED RAILWAY
CGMPANY.

The SHAREHOLDERS in the LEEDS and CARLISLE RAIL-
WAY COMPANY are hereby informed, that the new Deeds will lie
for signature at the following places and hours hereafter mentioned ;
viz :

Hall—At the Vittoria Motel, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, between the
hours of Eleven and Four. .

Leeds—At the offices of Messrs. Atkinson, Dibb. and Rolland, on
Thursday and Friday, Jan.:B and 9, between the hours of Eleven and
Four. _ _

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Otley—At the offices of Edward Barret, Esq., on Monday, Jan 12,
between the hours of Eleven and Four.
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Darlington—At the offices of George Allison, Esq., on Wednesday,
Jan 14, between the hours of Eleven and Four.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—At the Queen's Head Hotel, on Wednesday,
Jan. 7, between the hours of Eleven and Four.
York—At the Black Swan Hotel, on Thursday, Jan. 8, between the
hours of Eleven and Four.

Carlisle--At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, between the
hours of Ten and Four. _ _ _

Glasgow—At Carrick's Royal Hotel, on Friday, Jan. 9, between the
boors of Ten and Four. _

Edinburgh—At the Royal Hotel, on Saturday, Jan. 10, betwen the
,:teu. of and Four.
ma'ochester—At the Moseley Arms Hotel, on Tuesday, Jan. 13,
between the hews of Eleven and Four.
Nottinghati?
f Eleven and Four. o
—At the White Lion Hotel, on Wednesday, Jan. 14,
between the how's' - ~,,,,, Horse Hotel,
on Friday, Jan. 16, between
Ipswich—At the Nl' 2111 v.:
the hours of Eleven and
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Bristol—At the White Lien otel, Broad-street, on Monday, Jan.
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19, between the hours of Eleven ant Four.
Exeter—At the New London Hotel, 4373
the hours of Eleven and Three.
will be' necessary foro the office
of the Company are further informed that it wi
Tuesday, Jan 20, between
Those shareholders who ha-,e not forwarded titer scrip t
tem to bring their scrip for the Purpose of being stamped when they
sihgn the deeds.

By order of the Committee of Management,
C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary.

SOUTH UNION AND BIRMINGHAM
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
A Meeting of the Committee of Management of the above
Rail-
way Company was held on Friday, the 19th ultimo, at the offices of
the Company, No. 17, Fludyer-street, Westminster, W. COLLINS,
Esq., M.P., in the Chair, to take into consideration the state of their
affairs, and the course it would become them to take, in consequence
of the Plans and Sections not having been duly lodged, as well as in
consequence of their extremely defective state.
These two facts having been clearly demonstrated, the Committee
felt that, in justice to the shareholders, there was no course open
but that of immediately checking all further outlay, and proceeding
to wind up the affairs of the Company for this year.

The following resolutions were una-nimously adopted :
" That as the gross negligence of the engineer and lithographer,
relative to the Plans and Sections, has rendered it impossible to
proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session with any chance of
success, this Committee deem it advisable to wind up this concern
as promptly as possible for this session, rather than involve the
Company in further expenses at the present time."
"That, accordingly, the sum of twenty eight shillings per share be
forthwith returned to the shareholders by an order on the Com-
pany's Bankers, to be granted at the offices, No. 17, Fludyer-street,
Westminster, on producing the scrip, and that a memorandum be in-
dorsed thereon, which will entitle each holder to the same number of
shares in the new Company, with an allowance per share on the
deposit then required, equal to the present deduction of 12s. per
share."

" That all outstanding accounts be called in immediately, in order,
if found correct, that they may be discharged."
" That after liquidation of all claims on the Company. the balance
of deposits then remaining in hand (if any) to be retained towards
the new Company, to be immediately formed for the same objects as
this Company had in view."
" That those parties who have not yet paid the deposits on the
shares allotted to them, be requested to pay their proportionate
amount towards liquidation of the expenses within ten days after
notice shall be given to that effect."
" That this decision of the Committee, with a report of the pro-
ceedings, showing the unjustifiable conduct, by means of which the
Company has been brought to this unexpected termination, be pub-
lished twice in the London papers—viz., Morning Herald and Sun—
for the information and satisfaction of the shareholders, and that an
account of the receipt and expenses be also published and circulated
amongst the proprietors as soon as the same can be ascertained."

REPORT.
The Committee have to report that nothing has been wanting on
their part, or on that of their solicitors and secretary, to insure the
success of the undertaking.
The solicitors' department having been conducted with great care
and ability, and the Book of Reference having been ready for deposit
in ample time, the failure in the deposit of Plans and Sections is en-
tirely to be attributed to the neglect of the engineer and his assist-
ants—a neglect the more extraordinary, inasmuch as at a very early
date the Committee were repeatedly assured by the engineer that
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everything in his department was in the most advanced state.
The assurance that the plans and sections would be complete long
before the 30th, was repeated at tvwedsfrevomerahlomureetotinhgosurof
Committee, at Birmingham in the middle of November, and reite-
rated in London from day to day,
close of the month, until, tired out by the frequent excuses for not
producing the same, several members of the Committee resolved to
convince themselves as to the real state of things by au investigation
at the lithographer's office, when, to their extreme astonishment,
they found that, even so late as Saturday afternoon, the sections had
not been engraved.
By dint of the greatest exertions, however, this part of the duty
was at length got through, though, as it afterwards proved, in a most
defective manner.
On the scorning of the 30th the lithographer ceased his labours,
really, or pretending to be, broken down by exertion.
At this critical moment of the proceedings three of the Committee
and the solicitor found themselves reduced to the necessity of assist-
ing personally in the lithograer's work, and in arranging and
hireling up the sheets, and by these means. at length, in the afternoon
of the soth, the Plans and Sections were dispatched to their several
destinations ; but notwithstanding every exertion, fa specially on the
part of Mr. Woody, one of the Committee, and of the loaal agents
intrusted with this duty, the Deposits were too late to comply with
the standing orders of Parliament,
The Committee have only further to add, that they have endea-
voured to do their duty faithfully to the shareholders, but after all
their labours (the Sections being, on examination, found so utterly
worthless) they consider the only honest course left them to pursue
is that which is embodied in the resolutions before-mentioned.

WM. COLLINS, chairman
WM. WILSON, Secretary.