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Company, are rem 'at, to secure the benefits of this arrange-
ment, they must pe y attend with their Scrip at the Com-
mittee's Offices, in orde tit may be stamped accordingly.
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By order of the Committee,
HENRY PHILIPPS.
4, Sise-lane, May I!, 1846.

LONDON AND YORK. RAILWAY.
AMALGAMATION.
Directors versus Committee. Who are the Shareholders' friends ?

Judge.

The Directors have amalga
mated with the Direct Northern,
a line at a di.,count, the Share-
holders in which are less able to
pay their calls up than those in
the London and York.
Go with the Directors, help thi
lose all you have paid, and 51. or 1
Committee, and you can lose notb
at snce realise 81. or 101. per share
during the construction of the line.

The Committee have amalge.-
mated with tho Eastern Counties
Company, and obtained a 15/.
share in a Company whose stock
is at more than 501. per cent. pre-

mium.

tem to get the Bill, and you must
101. per share more. Go with the
hing ; and if they succeed, you will
premium, with 4 per cent. interest
Who can hesitate? Nobody.

THE LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY,
AND THE DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
The Directors of the London and York Company and the Directors
of the Direct Northern Company have the satisfaction to aimounce
to their respective Shareholders that arrangements have been con•
eluded, subject to the approval of Parliament, for an amalgamation
of the two Companies, by which a Parliamentary contest may be
avoided, and the capitals of both Companies be applied to the con-
struction of the Line. The effect neon the stock cf the respective
Companies under these arrangements, when completed will be :
Ist. That the London and York 501. Shares, upon which 2/. 10s.
each, or 5/. per cent. deposit has been paid, will become 251. Shares
in the amalgamated Company, the 21. 10s. paid being credited as 101.
per cent. deposit on such 251. Shares.
2d. Th 4 the Direct Northern 25/. Shares, upon which 2/. lOs.
each, or 10/. per cent. deposit has been paid, will be exchanged in the
proportion of THREE existing Shares for TWO Shares in the Amal-
gamated Company, upon which the 2/. lOs. paid on each of the three
Shares will be credited as 3/. 15s. paid on each of the two Shares,
being equal to 151. per cent. deposit, such Shares not being subject
to any further call until 15/. per cent. has been paid on the reduced
London and York Shares.
3d. The London and Yolk 251. iltension Shares will not be
affected by this arrangement, but will continue of the same amount
as at present.
The Directors of both Companies are pledged to endeavour to ob-
tain Parliamentary sanction to these arrangements. In the mean-
while, the Directors request the shareholders in each Company forth-
with to send their scrip to the offices of the respective Companies,
that it may be endorsed in accordance with these arrangements, and
become negotiable upon that basis.
Dated this sth of May, 1846.

WILLIAN ASTELL,
Chairman of the London and York Railway.
Company's Offices, 7. Lothbury, London.
S. J. CAPPER,
Chairman of the Direct Northern Railway.
Company's Offices, 64, Moorgate-street, London.

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rating the benefits to be derived from this railway besides the actual
saving of money to the people of the district. Not only would agri-
cultural produce and manure be carried by this railway in immense
quantities, bat there are also large-quarries of excellent building
stone, minerals, coals, and lime. Of the latter afticle, immense
quantities would be used for agricultural produce, if coal could be
obtained to prepare it. There were in this district 2,000,000 acres of
tillage, and, each acre requiring two tons of lime, would require for
the whole district 500,000 tons of that article. We could effect an
average,
throughout the district of 10s.
per
Mr. Serge
ant WRANGLUI, after some further remarks on the
general merits of the line, said the question for their Lordships to
consider was, whether they would allow the scheme proposed by his
ton
or a saving
gtal in
Learned Friend, to give that by a branch, as from the Eastern
sa
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coals
Counties line, which required a direct communication. Their line,
then, the London and York, was the trunk line, and the direct com-
munication was the one most necessary to the accommodation of the
country. It would be shown, in evidence, that even twenty miles
would make a difference in the earriage of coals. inasmuch as it would
increase the expense, and consequently affect the public in the
markets. Again the Eastern Counties scheme proposed to join
that by a branch south of Huntingdon, which would cost actually
ctohuisntryy
more than the proposed construction by the London and York line,
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condition to prove by evidence, that the scheme of the Eastern
h
Countie‘ would cost as much within 100,0001. as the direct line.
It would be for their Lordships to say whether or not the London
amount,
consequence. He
nandasersiatoOda
it to be the opinion of his Learnedn;'
case had not been half heard last year, by
(Mr. Austen) that the
of Commons. He could not tell what, a Committee of the House
taken to have heard the case, if it had not
of time it would have
an inquiry which lasted eighty days.—(Great
been half heard in
maintain, that the merits of the whole laughter.) He would
heard fully, as was proved by the report tase
hat
been heard, and
House of Commons. He viewed this opposiltiiantnCommittee to the
as
effectual, would place in the hands of an llon.Ge% which
if
Gentleman, for
whom he (Mr. Sergeant Wraugham) had the very highest respect,
and who had already nearly one-half of the railways of England
at his command, the present great trunk line, which
gave a communication from the metropolis to York, and thence on to
Scotland. He saw the Hon. Member sitting by the table, and he
could assure him that the evidence which should be adduced would en-
tirely 0,0 away with such a result.—(Laughter.) The Learned Coun-
sel, afteY some further remarks upon the traffic and general merits
of the line, concluded by saying that he would call such evidence as
would fill up any omissions of his in his address to them.
Mr.l. Blake was then called, and examined as to the probable
amount of traffic from Heathileld, which consisted principally of
manure far agricultural purposes. He was satisfied that the line was
one which would confer a great advantage on the public; he was
sure it would increase the trade of that town, and there was no doubt
of the traffic becoming doubled when this line of railway was con-
structed. The general feeling, indeed he might say the whole, feeling
of tte public was in favour of the direct line of communication.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN, but the Com-
mittee indicating their wish for an abridgment, the evidence was,
accordingly, materially curtailed.
Mr. Strong and Mr. Joshua Ranson were then called, and gave
similar evidence. The latter witness stated that the frequent mis-
management of the Eastern Counties Railway had occasioned much
inconvenience to the public by the great delays in the transit of the
goods.
Mr. Whitbread, of South-hill, examined by Mr. PAGE-iv—ls a
largelandowner. Could state that Covent-garden Market, and other
large markets in London, were principally supplied with vegetables
from Bedford, and the greatest difficulty was experienced by the
present mode of conveyance. There was but one feeling in favour
of the London and York line, for it had been started before anything
like a railway mania had sprang up, and it was looked upon by the
country gentlemen, all through that part with which he was ac-
quainted, as got up by the most respectable persons, for accommo-
dating the country,

The witness was cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN, after which the
Committee adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow (Thursday).

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP IV.

The Committee met at 12 o'clock. Present, Mr. Hope (Chair-
man), Viscount Chelsea, Viscount Bernard, Sir H. Howard, and Mr.
Wilahere.

ABERDEEN, BANFF, AND ELGIN.

Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, en behalf of the promoters, addressed the
Committee briefly, and concluded by saying that he had had a
consultation with his clients that morning, and they had thought

it advisable to withdraw their Bill, at the same time they utterly &-
claimed all the imputations of fraud thrown out against them.
The CHAIRMAN said that in the course of the inquiry to which they
had given a patient investigation, they had not seen the slightest
ground for the charge of fraud. It became therefore the duty of the
Committee to declare that the preamble of the Bill of the Aberdeen,
Banff, and Elgin Railway bad not been proved. The preamble of
the Bill of the Great North of Scotland line had been proved. The
several clauses of the Bill of the Great North of Scotland Railway
were then agreed to.