The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-10 00:00:00

SLIGO AND SHANNON RAILWAY

COMPANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of the Sligo and
Shannon Railway Company was heldyesterday af tent soon,
,:t the offices of the company, Winchester-buildings, Old
Broad-street, for the purpose of assenting to the terms
of amalgamation, by way of purchase, with the Sligo
Ship Canal Company. Mr. Hughes in the chair,
The SECRETARY read the report, which stated the t the
shareholders of the Sligo Ship Canal Company had unani-
mously agreed to transfer their undertaking to this I 30M-
pany, under the powers granted in their Act for that
purpse, and the directors of this company
felt persuaded that it would be most ad van-
tageous that they should possess the entire con•
trol of the Sligo Ship Canal. Both undertakings
would be under one management, and the direct ors
earnestly recommended the shareholders to confirm the
arrangement for the purpose of completing the trs tns-
action. The shareholders had to authorise the direc tors
to issue 800 shares in addition to the company's pre ient
number, which, when done, would make the compel ty's
capital 120,0001., in 4,800 shares of 25/. each, with power
to borrow the sum of 33,200/. to complete both the
railway and canal. The directors would possess, wl sen
the companies were amalgamated, the power of adjusting
tolls, remitting them on vessels conveying goods to or
from the railway, and charging by their Act on yeas eels
conveying goods to any other destination. The ca seal
would thus become a most important branch of 'the
company's scheme, connecting Sligo with the o'er
Shannon, and making it the port of the who's of
the towns bordering on that river, from Athlone to the
company's station on the shore of Lough Allen.
The company was the only one that obtained their . Act
out of the many schemes projected for the %est of ):re.
land, and a glance at the map would show how advan-
tageously this line was situated for extension in vari
directions connecting all the railroads to the north of -re-
land with the lines reaching to the capital on the se 'rah
of Ireland. The railroad and canal completed the
communication between the Shannon and the :sea
The directors were assured by their engineers that the
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a twelvemonth, an
directors' endeave urs
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out the undertaking would
aid
be supported by the
to carry
works could be
The proprietors of the lands were be ing
of the proprietors.
negotiated
limited in amount, they hoped the
hoped that their views on. the
The board, in conclusion,
the canal would be confiv; tred,
subject of the purchase of take the cowrniptha:tyand would, in the majority of ca sea,
's sharesi in payment for their 1 and.
I to the deed of conveys trice
attech the company's sea
thereof,
read, was unanimcr usly
The report having been
and that they should be authorised to purchase it, and
adopted.
Mr. BRIGHT moved a resolution, empowering t
se of
for the purc
di-
rectors to conclude the agreement
the canal. tilt:
ously
adopted. the meeting, was unan itu
Mr. VICICARS cordially seconded the propol ition,
which, upon being put to
A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, am I the
meeting separated.

SLIGO SHIP CANAL COIVIPIA NY.
Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, an extraordinary g eneral
meeting of the proprietors in the Sligo Ship
Canal Company was held at the company's Aces,
Winchester (louse, for the purpose of consii lering
the expediency of transferring the Sligo Ship
Canal undertaking, under the powers con tained
in the company's Act of incorporation, ti ) the
Sligo and Shannon Railway Company. The prt Teed-
ings were purely of a formal character, the sale i )f the
undertaking to the Sligo and Shannon Railway Com-
pany being unanimously determined upon.

.DREADFUL DEATH ET SUFFOCATION IN Ag) ;WEE.
—On Tuesday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the t ievon-
shire Arms, Devonshire-street, Globe Town, Milt f-end-
road, on the body of Samuel Hodder, aged forty, fore-
man in the service of Mr. John Thomas, builder. The
deceased on Monday afternoon was employed in exca-
vating a sewer in Devonshire-street, from the mai. ri
The ground was of a sandy nature, and in consotl uence
of its having occasionally given way he was cr.ut doned
by his employers to put up tressels, which he re fused to
do, observing that there was no danger. Decea si 2d was
at a depth of about nine feet when the ground g: i ve way
and buried him, in which position he romaine e t for a
quarter of an hour, his son, who saw the fall o I earth,
with several others, assisting in his exhumati Fn. On
being extricated he was taken to the Devonshit le Arms,
and was attended by Mr. Leake, who found life • textinct.
Verdict, " Accidental death."