The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-25 00:00:00

to buy completed lines. We have not made any de-
duction for duplicate calls, that is for calls to be made
by old companies to pay up the shares they hold in
new lines :

Ambergate and Boston—shares to be re-
duced, and great part of lino abandoned f 1,100,000
Direct London and Portsmouth—defunct 1,342,500
Nor. and East.,New Shares, to pay off loans 166,212
Exeter,Yeovil, andDorchester—Act not got 1,163,500
Ditto Ditto New, Ditto ... 447,500
Gt. North of England, 401, to pay off loans 187,500
Ditto Ditto 151., Ditto ... 10,000
Lan. and York. sth Shares, to pay off loans 1,395,009
West Riding Union—shares to be reduced,
and part of line abandoned ... ... 400,000
Liver.Manches. andNewcle.Junc.—defunct 1,225,000
London and North-Western, New Quarters,

to pay off loan and call—deferrred ... 3,030,840
Lond., Salisbury, and Yeovil—Act not got 1,511_,648
Man. and Lin. Union —to buy a canal 172,840
Newry and Enniskillen—defunct ... 794,000
Norfolk Waveney Valley—defunct ... 360,000
Northern Counties Union—defunct ... 2,760,000
North British Extensions—Act not got ... 540,000
North Wales—defunct ... ... ... 257,140
North Wales—shares to be reduced to 151.,
and part of line abandoned ... ... 275,000
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole,:Northern
Division, reduced to 18il._ . . ... 91,000

Ditto Ditto South Ditto Ditto 117,000
Shrewsbury and Hereford—defunct ... 720,000
Shropshire Union—part of line abandoned 2,000,000
Waterford, Wex., Wick., Dublin—defunct 1,700,000
West Cornwall—defunct ... 294,910
York & Nwestl, to buy up Gt Nor of Eng sh. 2,703,000
York & Midlnd, to buy up Hull & Selby sh. 944,250
Newmarket Extension Scrip—abandoned 527,200
Leeds & Thirsk Pref.lB4B, red. to 201. sh. 403 000

Total ... £26,641,049
If the above deductions are made it appears that the
sum of 40,111,2.561. now remains to be called up. A
considerable part of this is arranged to be raised
during the next three years. It is probable that the
Irish lines will be deferred for several years, or
finished by the aid of Government loans. As the
particulars are here given, every one can make what
further deductions or additions he thinks proper, and
so form his own estimate of our railway liabilities.
Our contemporary says that in making railways
we have heaped our bread and provisions into
embankments. This is true only to a certain extent,
because thousands, during the last three years, have
denied themselves many luxuries and pleasures, and
reduced their expenditure, that they might be able to
pay their railway calls. Any sums thus saved and
appropriated must be in addition to our national
wealth. The construction of railways has been
attended with one undeniable advantage, that of
keeping our capital at home, and also inducing
English capital to be withdrawn from foreign coun-
tries, which recent political events ;will not make the
owners regret.—Leeds Intelligencer.

LIVERPOOL, NIANC IES I2ER, AND NEW-
CASTLE-UPON-TYNE J UNC HON.

A series of meetings of this company—general and
special—was held yesterday at the London Tavern,
Bishopagatc•street. The original Chairmen of the
board (Mr. France) presided.
The circumstances of this company have been re-
peatedly set forth in cur columns. Some years ago
they obtained an Act of incorporation, but the pres-
cure of the times lx!came such that it was impossible
to carry en the works. In the meanwhile a consi-
derable body of the shareholders became anxious that
the works and every other liability should be aban-
doned. To this course it would seem a section of tne
directors was opposed. Ultimately a committee of
investigation was appointed, and the general impres
sion appeared to be that the affairs of the company
should be wound up, and the funds in hand distri-
buted. These it seems would, according to the cal-
culations made, have secured a return of about 143.
per share.
On all hands it was admitted that the company
ought to be broken up, and tkt only question seamed
to be how far the claims of the landowners in respect
of provisional agreements fur property ought to
prevail.
On this occasion it was agreed that the board of
directors should b 2 reduced to six, and accordingly it
was resolved that six should be 53 app9intt-d—the six
holding professedly the opinions of the mkjirity as to
the dit4tribu:iun of the funds in hand.