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

No. 16,7‘3,?. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING

LONDON -.1 AN s, yogic RAILWAY.
By an advertisenient in - .rovers ThUradaylestf emanating
from the London and York .'
•• n•s' it appears that the Eastern
Counties Company have eds:V.l London and York shareholder,
in addition to a bonus of ies. per share, an Eastern Counties York
Extension share,
Counties shares, now selling at 241, each i and that the Directors
tanking. when la. is _paid, with the Eastern
have rejected this offer without calling the shareholders together.
This Committee, after mature consideration, are at a loss to discover
the soundness of the policy, which centime induced the London and
York Directors to reftise this offer. 'the London and York Direc-
tors charge this Committee with embarrassing their negotiation for
amalgamation, and using language so specious, as to lead the share-
holders to think they were acting with the Directors. The Com-
mittee cannot understand how ascertaining thii Wishes of the share-
holders, and opening a door to negotiation ylth tt, Eastern
Counties Company, can embarrass the Direaliks I,rtrat they deny
that their language Is specious, or ealculatrkieedtv4 any one.
The London and York directors charge t %.9ll77Satnett, who acts
on this committee, is an Eaitern Counties s irehoider. He was, for
some years. a holder et 1,000 registered:l64l'es in the Eastern
Counties Company. which he sold in Noventbet last, and became the
holder of 2,000 London and York shares: and to relieve himself
from the loss which these will entail if thejlill passes, or to convert
them Into Eastern Counties stock, which ho thinks must attain a high
premium, he became one of the Committee, and participated in its
movement.

This Committee cannot congratulate the Directors on their calm-
lathns, which state that a 151. Eastern Counties York Extension
share, with 105. paid on it, f t at 30s. premium only of the same value
as a 501. London and York share, with 21. lOs paid on it, and nearly
spent. If the shareholders will ask any respeetable share-broker, he
will tell them that a premium of 30s. per share on a 151. share is equal
to a premium of exactly 51. on a 501. share.
Besides, if an Eastern Counties York Extension share is now at
30s. premium, what will the premium be ff the London and York op-
position is withdrawn, and the best portion of the projected lin- s alone
presented to and passed by the Legislature. Eastern Counties shares,
which now stand al 241., would, in that event, prokably rise to 301.;
but, taking them at 241., an Eastern Counties York Extension share
is, if the Bill passes, worth 91. premium. But this is not all, for the
London and York Directors state they have considerably more than
100,0001., or 11. per share in hand.

So that a party making the proposed exchange might reasonably
expect that which is now worth 21. 10s. to yield him in cash, pre-
mium, and bonus, 101. Os. ; besides divesting himself of the fearful
liability to calls, which now hangs over him. Or, more plainly,
thus :

A holder of five London and York shares of 501. each, must pay
up 2371. 10s., and have fire shares, at a heavy discount, in an un-
productive line.

A holder of five Eastern Counties York Extension shares, must
pay up 721. 10s., and have five shares, value 1201., in a dividend
paying line.

London and York shares have, in truth, already doubled their
price, in anticipation of this amalgation, and if it fail must fall back
to a lower discount than ever.

It only remains for this Committee to direct your attention to the
disclosure new made by the London and York Directors of the policy
which actuates them—a poll, y which, however specious in appear-
ance, is, la the Judgment of this Committee, most distinctly opposed
to your true interest. The Directors say, with the powers of an Act
of Parliament, they would be able to conclude arrangements. But it is
idle to suppose that better terms can be made after the Act is ob-
tained, The line must then be made, and nearly ten millions ex-
pended. It is to prevent this disastrous consequence that the
exertions of the Committee have been directed, and they call upon
you with renewed confidence and greater earnestness to aid them
and protect yourselves.
By order of the Committee,
EN
London and York Shareholders' CommitteeH-rooms,RY PHILLIPPS.
4, Sise-lane, London, May I, 1846.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CARLISLE
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a Special General MEETING or the
Proprietors of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company
will be held, at the Office of the Company, near the Forth, in the town
of Newcastle-upon -Tyne, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of May, 1846, at
Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of submitting for the approval
of the Proprietors of the said Company the Draft of a Bill now before
Parliament, entituled, "A Bill to authorise the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
and Carlisle Railway Company to extend their Railway in New-
castle-upon-Tyne, to make several Branch Railways, and for other
purposes connected with their undertaking."
MATTHEW PLUMMER, Chairman of the Directors.

LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the lIOLDERS of
SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the LEEDS,
WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COM-
PANY, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at the
Sessions-house in Wakefield, in the county of York, at One o'clock in
the afternoon, when a copy of the Bill for making the said railway
will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting pursuant to
the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament.
And notice is hereby further given that no person can vote at the
said meeting unless he produces his scrip or bankers' receipts.
Dated this 25th day of April, 1846.
EDWARD TEW, Chairman of the Provisional Directors.
HENRY BERNERS, Secretary.

AMB ER GAT E, NOTTINGHAM and
BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a Special Meeting of the Scripholders
of this Company will be held at the Exchange Hall, in the town of
Nottingham, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May next, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, when a copy of the Bill now depending in Parliament,
intituled "A Bill for making a Railway from or near the Amber-
gate Station of the Midland Railway, through Nottingham, to Spald-
ing and Boston, with branches therefrom, and for enabling the Com-
pany to purchase the Nottingham and Grantham Canals," will be
submitted to the consideration of such meeting.
Dated April 29, 1846.

THOMAS BISHOP, Vice Chairman.
JOHN GOUGH, Secretary.
Nottingham, April 29, 1846.

AMBERGAT E, NOTTINGHAM, and
BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Directors beg to inform the Scripholders that it is necessary
that they should either attend in person and br,ng their scrip, or
send it to the meeting by some other person, who, on producing the
scrip, will be entitled to vote in respect thereof; and as the resolu-
tions of the two Houses of Parliament require the votes to be re-
corded with great minuteness, for the purpose of showing the amount
of scrip held by each person present, whether in his own right or as
another's representative, every bearer of scrip attending is requested
to furnish the Secretary before the commencement of the meeting
with his scrip, his name, and address an exchange for which a re-
ceipt will he given). The scrip will be returned to the bearer of the
receipt, an application at the office of the Company, any day after
the 11th May, between the hours of ten and three.
To facilitate the arrangements at the meeting, the Secretary will
attend at the offices of the Company every day previous to the meet-
ing, from ten till three o'clock, to receive and register the scrip.

JOHN GZ)LT(111, Secretary.

GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK,
AND AYR RAILWAY.
In compliance with the resolutions or orders of the Houses of Par-
liament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders or Stockholders
of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, will
be held within the Company's Office, in Bridge-street, Glasgow, on
WEDNESDAY, tke 13th day of May next, at one o'clock in the after-
noon, when copies of the following Bills now before Parliament will
be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a note taken
on the said Bill as required by the said resolutions or orders, viz. :-
1. A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
Railway Company to alter their line near Kilmarnock, and to make
branches to Linwood, Swinlees, and the Kilmarnock and Troon
Railway.

2. A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr Railway, and to authorise the formation of
branches from Bushy to Irvine, and from Irvine to the harbour
thereof, with a subsidiary branch to Perceton Coal Works.
3, A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock. and Ayr
Railway Company to make a branch from their railway near Blair
to Strathaven, and to amend the Acts relating to such railway.
By order of the Directors,
JAMES M'CALL, Chairman,
J. F. SMITH. Secretary.

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE
RAILWAY.
In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses ef Par-
Ilament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the holders of Scrip or of
Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railway Company, will be held within the Black Ball Motel,
in Glasgow, upon MONDAY, the Ilth day of May next, at two o'clock
afternoon, when a copy of a Bill now before Parliament, entitled
" A Bill for making a Railway from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar-
nock, and Ayr Railway, near Cumnock, to the Caledonian Railway
near the crossing of the river Sark, to be called The Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle Railway, with Branches,' " will be submitted to the
consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill as re-
quired by the said resolutions or orders.

order of the Ordinary Coamittee of Management,
JOHN LEADRETTER, Chairman.

INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
,
(Amended Advertisement).
Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of
SCRIP of this Company will be held in the Caledonian Hotel,
Inverness, on FAIDAT the 22d May proximo,
at Ten
o'clock A.U.,
in terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Commons on the
23d currant, to express their approval or disapproval of the Bill now
in dependance before Parliament.
To entitle parties to vote they roust produce their scrip or
bankers' receipts at the meeting.
By order of the Committee of Management,
CHARLES STEWART, Joint Secretary.

April 25, 1846.

PERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY.
(Amended Advertisement).
Notice is hereby given that a 3.II3IETING of the HOLDERS,
of SCRIP of this COMPANY will be held in the Thatched House
Tavern, St. James's-street,on MONDAY, the 18th May proximo, at Ten
o'clock A.M., In terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Com-
mons on the 23d current, to express their approval or disapproval of
the Bill now in dependance before Parliament. . .

To entitle parties to vote, they must produce their scrip or
bankers' receipts at the meeting.
By order of the Committee of Management,
PETER ANDERSON, Secretary.

London, April 25, 1846.

n 1,4 DHAM DISTRICT RAILWAYS.
‘yfotice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of
both uses of Parliament, a special General Meeting of the
Holders of Seri?, and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Oldham
District Railways Company, will be held in the Town-hall in Oldham,
in the county of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May next, at
eleven o'elock in the forenoon precisely, for the purpose of submitting,
and at wlAqh meeting will be submitted, a Copy of the Bill depend-
ing in the House of Commons, to authorise the making of the said
Railways and the incorporation of the Company, for the considera-
tion and approval of the said Molders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts
for Scrip.

JOHN DUNCIIFT, Chairman.
EDWARD COCKRELL, Secretary.

Oldham, April 29th, 1846.

DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN EXTEN-
SION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby aiven, that a Meetlu is proposed to be held at
the Office of the Dublin and Kingstown ziallway Company, at West-
land-row, in the City of Dublin, on „tnrite)Av, the 14th day of MO
1846, at eleven o'clock in the for Moen, • L the holders of Scrip Cer-
tificates,* proposed (in the event of the Bill hereinafter-mentioned
being passed into a law) to be converted into shares or stock of
the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, and which have been
issued in respect of the above-mentioned undertaking, at which
meeting a Bill now pending before Parliament for extending the line
of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to the Bridge of Bray, in the
county of Dublin, will be submitted to the consideration and ap-
proval of such Scripholders.
By order of the Court of Directors of the Dublin and
Kingstown Railway,
T. F. BERGIM, Clerk of the Company.
Dublin, 28th April, 1846.
* Nora. —All Persons producing Scrip at the above Meeting, will
he entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to 31st March
'ant, but no vote can be accepted in respect of any Scrip not actually
produced, except in cases where the Deposit on Shares allotted has
peen paid prior to 31st March last, but the Scrip for such Shares has
not been issued, in which case the production of the Bankers' receipts,
for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of the Scrip.

NORFOLK RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the
Office of the Company, Guildhall buildings, in the City of London,
on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, now next ensuing, at Two
o'clock, when the Drafts of ,the under-mentioned Bills, introduced
into Parliament in the present Session, will be submitted to the Pro-
prietors for their approval, under which Bills it is proposed to autho-
rise the Norfolk Railway Company, either to construct or to become
the Proprietors of, or to contribute towards, the formation of the
Railways therein mentioned, that is to say—

A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail-
way communication between the Dereham Branch of the Norfolk
Railway, and the towns of Wells and Blakeney, in the county of
Norfolk.

A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail-
way from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stovrmar-
ket to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wyrnondham.
A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail-
way from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford to the Lowestoft Railway
at Reedham.

A Bill for extending the Norfolk Railway to the Jetty at Great
Yarmouth, and to enable the Norfolk Railway Company to pur-
chase a Lease of the Lowestoft Railway, Harbour and Navigation.
A Bill for making a Railway from Norwich to Aylsham, with a
Branch to North Waisham. _ _ _

A Bill for naing;il;iiWay from East Dereham, in the county of
Norfolk to the City of Norwich.
A 11111 for making a Branch Railway from the East Dereham and
Norwich Railway to the Norfolk Railway.
The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely.
Dated this 30th day of April, 1846.
ADAM DUFF, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
By order,

RICHARD TILL, Secretary.