The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-04 00:00:00

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or parts thereof.' They may
although the management of the'concern in
stages is, as is usual in such cases, vested entirely in eite
provisional committee, they have taken every opportunity.'
of communicating with the proprietors and ascertaining their
sentiments. A public meeting of the proprietors was held
at the London Tavern on the 13th of November last, at
which resolutions were passed unanimously approving of the
arrangements made by the committee with the Exeter,
Yeovil, and Dorchester, and London, Salisbury, and 'Yeovil
Companies. At the same meeting the purchase of the Bod-
min and Wadebridge_Railway was announced, and favourably
received as a measure for the advantage of the Company.
Previously to the breaking up of the meeting it was further
announced, that the negotiations which had been is progress
for amalgamation with the South-Western Company had
been concluded.
" The subsequent proceedings of the Company are well
known to the shareholders. In common with many other
schemes of undoubted merit, the Bill has failed for the pre-
sent session, on account of non-compliance with the standing
orders. This failure, which the provisional committee
deeply regret, is not, however, attributable to any want of
exertion on their part or on the part of those employed under
them, but to the extreme difficulty, amounting almost to
impossibility, of complying with all the technical requisites
of the standing orders in regard to engineering details in a
scheme of such magnitude, brought forward at such a late
period. The fate of the rival projects in the west of Eng-
land, most of which have been rejeeted on account of non-
compliance with standing orders, may also serve to show
that
the part ofte abohe committee. ve result was not attributable to any neglect on
" Neither under ordinary circumstances would it afford
any ground for discouragement in regard to the ultimate
prospects of the concern, since it is evidently desirable rather
than otherwise that the commencement of the works should
be postponed for a year.
" Raving thus briefly explained the proceedings which
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