The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-05 00:00:00

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY
is prepared to receive LOANS on SECURITY of their Deben-
tures for periods of Three, Five, or Seven Years, in sums of not less
than 1,0001. each, at interest after the rate of 41. per ce•.+t. per
annum.
Applications to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office,

Derby.
Dee. 16, 1845.

P.y order,
J. F. BELL, Secretary.

MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.

The shareholders in this Compai y who have determined to accept
shares in the Macclesfield and Lichfield, or Churnet and Blythe
Junction Railway Company, are requested to attend at the following
days and times, to execute the deeds of that Company, and receive
th 3 scrip of the latter Company in exchange for that of the former.
The Committee are in a position to state that the greater portion
of the shareholders in this Company will join the Macclesfield and
Churnet and Blythe Junction Railway Company.
By order, JOHN DUNLOP, Secretary.
Between the ho,irs of Eleven and Three :
At their Offices, 19, Birehin-lane, on the sth, 6th, 7th, 15th, 16th,
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and 17th instant.
At 22, Cross-street, Manchester, on the Bth, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th,

and 14th instant.
At the White Lion Inn, Bath, on the 15th irstant.
At the Offices of Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds, on the 19th

and 20th instant,

Previous to exchanging the scrip for any person not being an
original holder a well-known and respectable reference will be re-
quired, and one from a banker preferred.

NTACCLESFIELD AND LICHFIELD, or
IL CIIHRNET AND BLYTHE JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The Deeds of this Company will Lie for Signature at the following
places, in addition to the places and times specified in the above
notice of the said Manchester and Rugby Direct, between the hours
of Eleven and Three :

Messrs. Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, 1, Bedford-row,
on the 3d instant.
The Office of the Manchester and Rugby Company, 19, Birchin-lane.
The Office of Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, brokers, Leef,s, on the
sth an 4 6th instant.
The Office of the Manchester and Rugby Railway, 22, Cross. street,
Manchester, on the 7th and Bth instant.
The Office of Mr. Wills, broker, Liverpool, on the 7th and Bth inst.
At the office of Messrs. Dryatts, solicitors, Lichfield, on the 10th inst.
And, on the production of the banker's receipts, and on execution
of the deeds, the scrip will be delivered.
Previous to exchanging the scrip for any person not being an original
holder, a well-known and respectable reference will be required, and
one from a hanker preferred.

A. WILT, Secretary,

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.
CONTRACTFOR WORKS.

Notice is hereby given that the Directors of the South Wales
Railway Company will receive, rn WEDNESDAY, the 11th February,
1846, at Twelve o'Clock, at their Office, No. 449, West Strand, London,
!enders for the execution of the three several contracts, extending
from the river Lougher, through Swansea to Neath, being a distance
of about fourteen miles, and comprising tunnels and a large amount
of earth work ; 111,ewise of several contracts in the neigh-
bourhood of Newport, comprehending also a tunnel and other im-
portant works. Drawings and specifications will be exhibited at the
respective offices of the resident Engineers at Swansea, and at New-
port, on and after Monday, the sth January, 1846, and printed forms
of tender may be had at the same places, or at the Company's office
In London.

The Directors will not consider themselves bound to accept tLc
lowest or any tender. They request the parties to attend at the office
of the Company in London at two o'clock on Wednesday, February
1 1 th, 1546.

By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary.
South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand,
22d December, 1845.

SOITTH WALES RAILWAY.
First Call of 21. 10s. per share, making, with the deposit of
21. 10s., 51. paid.
Notice is hereby given, that, pursuant to a Resolution of the Board
of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are required
to pay the sceond Instalment of 21 10s. per share, on or before the
22d day of January next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers:—
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co.
Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool.
Manchester—Messrs. Jones. Loyd, and Co.
Bristol and Exeter—The West of England and South Wales Bank.
Cardiff—The National Provincial Bank of England.
Carmarthen—\l essrs. David Morris and Sons.
Swansea and Neath—The Glamorganshire Banking Company.
All Calls net paid on or before the 22d January next, will be
charged with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
By order,
N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary.
South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, London,
December 22, 1845.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
EXTENSION STOCK, No. 2.
The drectors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company do, in
pursnance of the power vested in them by the General Meeting of
the Proprietors held on the 28th August last, and for the purposes
mentioned in the report of the Directors to the Proprietors, call the
further sum of Two Pounds per share on the shares 41 the Extension
Stock, No 2, of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to be paid
on THURSDAY the 22d day of January next to any of the undermen-
tioned Bankers of the Company, who are instructed to receive the
same on presentation of the Scrip. Interest will he charged upon
the instalmetrs at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, if not duly
paid at the above-mentioned date.
By order of the Board,
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman.
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its Branches.
Liverpool Borough Bank Liverpool.
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank—Manchester.
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company—Salisbury.
Messrs. Lemon and Co.—Brentwood.
3lessrs Mills, Bewtree, 'and Co.—Colchester.
Messrs.-Sparrow and Co.--Chelmsford.
National Provincial Bank. —Bath.
National Provincial Bank—Birmingham.
National r rovincial Bank —Boston.
Western Bank of Scotland—Edinburgh.
Western Bank of Scotland—Glasgow.
Royal Bank of Ireland Dublin.
East of England Bank—Great Yarmouth.
West of England and South Wales District Bank—Bristol.
Messrs. Harveys and Hudson—Norwich.
Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co.
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—lpswich.
Messrs. Alexanders and Co. —lpswich.
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank—Chelteham.
Union Bank—York.
Offices, Shoreditch Station, Dec. 27, 1845.

LEEDS and CARLISLE and YORKSHIRE
and GLASGOW UNION AMALGAMATED RAILWAY
CGMPANY.

The SHAREHOLDERS in the LEEDS and CARLISLE RAIL-
WAY COMPANY are hereby informed, that the new Deeds will lie
for signature at the following places and hours hereafter mentioned ;
viz :

Hull—At the Vittoria Hotel, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, between the
hours of Eleven and Four.

Leeds—At the offices of Messrs. Atkinson, Dibb, and Bolland, on
Thursday and Friday, Jan. 8 and 9, between the hours of Eleven and
Four.

Otley—At the offices of Edward Barret, Esq., on Monday, Jan 12,
between the hours of Eleven and Four.

Darlington—At the offices of George Allison, Esq., on Wednesday,
Jan 14, between the hours of Eleven and Four.

Newcastle• upon-Tyne—At the Queen's Head Hotel, on Wednesday,
Jan. 7, between the hours of Eleven and Four.

York—At the Black Swan Hotel, on Thursday, Jan. 8, between the
hours of Eleven and Four.

Carlisle—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, between the
hours of Ten and Four.

Glasgow—At Carriek's Royal Hotel, on Friday, Jan. 9, between the
hours of Ten and Four.

Edinburgh—At the Royal Hotel, on Saturday, Jan. 10, betwen the
Hours of Ten and Four.

Manchester—At the Moseley Arms Hotel, on Tuesday, Jan. 13,
between the hours of Eleven and Four.

Nottingham—At the White Lion Hotel, on Wednesday, Jan. 14,
between the hours of Eleven and Four.

Ipswich—At the White Horse Hotel, on Friday, Jan. 16, between
the hours of Eleven and Four.

Bristol—At the White Lion Hotel, Broad-street, on Monday, Jan.
19, between the hours of Eleven and Four.
Exeter—At the New London Hotel, on Tuesday, Jan 20, between
the hours of Eleven and Three.

Those shareholders who hare not forwarded their scrip to the office
of the Company are further informed that it will be necessary for
them to bring their scrip for the purpose of being stamped when they
sign the deeds.

BY order of the Committee of Management,
C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary,

SOUTH UNIONTtte
lOeNofRAAILLW
AND BIRMINGHAM
AZ. t of the above Rail-
wayiFriday, the 19the ultimo,n at the offices of
Companyll lee t Meeting of the
heldCj oui
the Company, No. 17, Fludyer-street, Westminster,
Esq., M.P., in the Chair, to take into consideration the state of
affairs, and the course it would become them to take, in consequence
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of the Plans and Set tions not having been duly lodged, as well as in
consequence of their extremely defective state.
These two facts having been clearly demonstrated, the Committee
felt that, in justice to the shareholders, there was no course open
but that of immediately checking all further outlay, and proceeding
to wind up the affairs of the Company for this year.

The following resolutions were unanimously adopted :
" That as the gross negligence of the engineer and lithographer,
relative to the Plans and Sections, has rendered it impossible to
proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session with any chance of
success, this Committee deem it advisable to wind up this concern
as promptly as possible for this session, rather than involve the
Company in further expenses at the present time."
"That, accordingly, the sum of twenty eight shillings per share be
forthwith returned to the shareholders by an order on the Com-
pany's Bankers, to be granted at the offices, No. 17, Fludyer-street,
NYunt usinctor, on procinon, kho 0.,a le, owl a memoranuum be in-
dorsed thereon, which will entitle each holder to the same number of
shares in the new Company, with an allowance per share on the
deposit then required, equal to the present deduction of 12s. per
share."

" That all outstanding accounts be called in immediately, in order,
if found correct, that they may be discharged."
" That after liquidation of all claims on the Company, the balance
of deposits then remaining in hand (if any) to be retained towards
the new Company, to be immediately formed for the same objects as
this Company had in view."

" That those parties who have not yet paid the deposits on the
shares allottrd to them, be requested to pay their proportionate
amount towards liquidation of the expenses within ten days after
notice shall he given to that effect."

" That this decision of the Committee, with a report of the pro-
ceedings, showing the unjustifiable conduct, by weans of which the
;ompany has been brought to this unexpected termination, be pub-
lished twice in the London papers—viz., Morning Herald and Sun—
for the information and satisfaction of the shareholders, and that an
account of the receipt and expenses be also published and circulated
amongst the proprietors as soon as the same can be ascertained."

REPORT.
The Committee have to report that nothing has been wanting on
their part, or on that of their solicitors and secretary, to insure the
success of the undertaking.
The solicitors' department having been conducted with great care
and ability, and the Book of Reference having been ready for deposit
in ample time, the failure in the deposit of Plans and Sections is en-
tirely to be attributed to the neglect of the engineer and his assist-
ants—ft neglect the more extraordinary, inasmuch as at a very early
date the Committee were repeatedly assured by the engineer that
everything in his department was in the most advanced state.
The assurance that the plans and sections would be complete long
before the 30th, was repeated at two several meetings of some of the
Committee:, at Birmingham in the middle of November, and retie-
ra
cloveted oi f n
them
Londonon
th, fromuntil,
day to day, and from hour to hour, towards the
tired out by the frequent excuses for not
producing the same, several members of the Committee resolved to
convince themselves as to the real state of things by an investigation
at the lithographer's office, when, to their extreme astonishment,
they found that, even so late as Saturday afternoon, the sections had
not been engraved.
By dint of the greatest exertions, however, this part of the duty
was at lengtk got through, though, as it afterwards proved, in a most
defective manner.

V •.••••••••....
On the morning of the 30th the lithographer ceased his labours,
really, or pretending to be, broken down by exertion.
At this sritical moment of the proceedings three of the Committee
and the solicitor found themselves reduced to the necessity of assist-
ing personally in the lithographer's work, and in arranging and
binding up the sheets, and by these means, at length, in the afternoon
of the 30th, the Plans and Sections were dispatched to their several
destinations ; but notwithstanding every exertion, especially on the
part of Mr. Woody, one of the Committee, and of the local agents
intrusted with this duty, the Deposits were too late to comply with
the standing orders of Parliament.

The Committee have only further to add, that they have endea-
voured to do their duty faithfully to the shareholders, but after all
their labours (the Sections being, on examination, found so utterly
worthless) they consider the only honest course left them to pursue
is that which is embodied in the resolutions before-mentioned.
WM. COLLINS, Chairman.
WM. WILSON, Secretary.