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London, England, 1846-08-31 00:00:00

PRICE EIGHTPENCE-H ALFPENN Y.
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
Part VIII., for SEPTEMBER, contains :

Haydon's Dentatus. ENGRAVINGS.
Sir Joshua Reynold's Infant Hercules.
Portrait of Father Matbaw, with Memoir, by William Howitt.
Scott Memorial, Edinburgh.
Faust and Margaret, by Schaffer.

ORIGINAL PAPERS.
Harriet Martineau's Survey from the Mountain, Lake and Moun-
tain Holydays, and Household Education.
The Kalirs of the Cape of Good Hope, by G. C. Munro.
Story of a Penny, by Mary Leman Gillies.
William Howitt on Flogging ; on Grey, the Author of the Railway
System ; and the Robber Band at Tusculum.
Mademoiselle Rachel, by Angus B. Reach.
The Birmingham Athenic Institute.
Life in New South Wales.
Ragged Schools of Liverpool.
Life of a Sailor, by Franklin Fox.
role.yl,.R. H. Horne, Richard
In preparation. Portraits of and Papers on Lloyd, Garrisdn, Charles
J.
, by
Knight, W. C. Macready, W. J. Fox, &c.
Howitt, P3Music—Part
Democracy
Hn'SoEEI nwsuglsritato;,gpleT: l'iboyyen 1.3 F3'TiaCz.zbFi°n.
Campion,rCle; hY°NC. Caroline A. White, &c. &c.
London : People's Journal Office, 69, Fleet-street. Sold by all
Booksellers and Newsmen.

THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
for SEPTEMBER, price ts. 6d., contains-
1. M. Arago.
2. German Mysticism—Strauss' Leben Jesu.
3. Algeria and Tunis in 1845.
4. Signor Formica.—Chapters V. to VIII. Conclusion.
5. Scotland.—lts Faith and its Features.
6. The Black Prophet, a Tale of Irish Famine. By William
Carleton. Chaps. XVII., XVIII., XIX., XX.
7. Native Art and National Advancement.
8. Church Reform.
Dublin : James M'Glashan, 21, D'oller-street ; W. S. Orr and Co.,
London. Sold by all Booksellers at home and abroad.
Of whom may also be had,
The FORTUNES of TORLOGII O'BRIEN. A Tale of the Wars
of King James. No. VI. With two Illustrations by Phis. Price Is.

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DUBLIN, BELFAST, AND COLE-
RAINE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was adver-
tised to be held this day, at the offices, 14, Ironmonger-
lane, but there being only one or two individuals in attend•
ance at the hour named, no business was entered upon.

THAMES HAVEN DOCK and RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.)
The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the
above railway was advertised to be held at one o'clock this
day ;in the offices of the Company, 84, Basinghall-street, but,
owing to the meagre attendance of members, the business
was not proceeded with until half-past one.
Mr. Esdaile was called to the chair.
The advertisement having been read,
The SECRETARY proceeded to read a report, from which it
appeared that the directors had succeeded in obtaining a re-
newal of their Act for five years longer.
The report was unanimously adopted.
Resolutions were then passed confirming the forfeiture of
shares previously declared, and voting 25 shares to each of
the directors, as a remuneration for the time and exertion re-
quired by the Company.
Thanks having been awarded to the Chairman, the meeting
broke up.

SOUTH MIDLANDS and JCNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.).

This day, a meeting, called by requisition, was held in the
Guildhall Coffee-house, atone o'clock, for the purpose of

determining whether the Company should or should not be
dissolved under the Act 9th and 10th Victoria.

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Major Morse Cooper, the Chairman of the Company,
presided.
The advertisement having been read,
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The CHAIRMAN said the-first business before them was to
elect three scrutineers. 'That done, they could then proceed
to what was really the de) 's business.
Captain TYNDALE proposed, and Mr. HADLOW seconded,
the election of Messrs. Yates, Spence, and Webb, respective
holders of 300, 350, and 400 shares.—Agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN said it might be in the recollectionof many
present, that at the meeting held on the 23d of May last, it
was decided (he might almost say unanimously) that that
Company should dissolve, and that decision the directors had
in the most prompt and energetic manner acted upon. They
proceeded at once to get the money which was deposited in
the Accountant-General's hands, and they were on the point
of obtaining it, when Mr. Kensington Lewis and Mr. Gilbert
applied for, and obtained an injunction from the
Lord Chancellor. The directors, under these circumstances,
could not help themselves; they however took measures,
and that decision was reversed. They subsequently obtained
possession of the money, and they were disposed, nay deter-
mined to give it up at the earliest moment and to the fullest
extent—(Cheers)—that events adruitted—in 24 hours at
least—(Continued cheering these gentlemen threw
every impediment in the way of the directors—(Cries of
" Shame ")—doubtless for their own purposes; in fact them
was a letter which could be produced to show that
private interests and not the- interests of the
shareholders had dictated this conduct.—(Hear.) But he
(the Chairman) did nat wish to dwell upon that subject.
The result of the proceedings alluded to had, he was sorry to
say, increased their legal expenses, but, as the matter now
stood, they could not remedy that, however they might de-
plore it.—(Hear, hear.) They were met that day for a dis-
tinct purpose; the shareholders could only ascertain from the
Act what their duties were; the directors knew what they
were called upon to do, and he (the Chairman) was aware
what was expected from himself. He would now, with the
leave of the meeting, give an abstract of their financial posi-
tion. The finances were much the same as at last meeting,
when he had the honour of addressing them. Their expenses,
however, were as he had already stated, somewhat increased
by the proceedings of Messrs. Lewis, Crane, and Gilbert.
First of all there were the receipts, 97,300/. ; expenses for
engineering, &e, 5,0001.; legal charges and local agents, &c.,
7,7001. ; advertisements, printing, &c , 2,300/. ; mapping,
engraving plans, &a., 5,9001. ; making, in round numbers,
20,9001. They proposed, therefore, that immediate distri-
bution of the sum of 63,7351., being 1/. 7s. 6d. to each share
on 46,365 shares, should be made. This would show still a
balance in favoar of the Company of 12,8701. Of this sum,
8,000/. had been handed over to the Manchester and
Southampton Company, but that money was now
in the hands of the bankers, under an order
from the Court of Chancery. There also remained
4,8761. fur liabilities due to them, but the directors had still
some claims upon them by different persons—Mr. Higgins,
their engineer, for instance; three surveyors who were em-
ployed by him ; Mr. Crane, for a return of deposits; and Mr.
Tassie, of Glasgow, for brokerage. Mr. Sykes, he was happy
to inform them, had failed in the action which he had brought
against him (Major Cooper) ,is Ch airman of the Company,
fur moneys due to him by air. Higgins. It now only re-
mained for him to remind them, that in consequence of the
requisition sent to him by Mr. Kensington Lewis and others
the meeting was called on to decide whether or no the Com-
pany should dissolve, and whether that should be by act of
bankruptcy or otherwise. He might be allowed to add, that
many gentleman had sent in &aims fur 1/. 7s. 6d. per share,
which would ere that time have been given but for the in-
terference of the gentlemen he had already mentioned. As
soon as the decision of that meeting should be published,
the directors were ready to pay, as the cheques were already
filled up.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Iticirann COYNE had come to that meeting determined
to support an honest and hunourable board of directors
against an uncalled-16r interference; but yet he could not
conceal his dissatisfaction at the very large amount set down
fur legal expenses. He thought that, afore this item was
settled, it should be taxed by the Master.
Mr. Dea-rox (a director) said the solicitor was the first to
suggest that it should be so; and he was quite prepared to
abide by the decision which plight be then come to.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Aolicitor's own charges were
3,700 L, the reaniiiips 4300 x. beiD4 lot loch agente?