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

WATER-I;VORICS

Name of Company.

Dividend I Amount
per of Paid.
Annum. Share.

East London., ••• £ s, d.
.• 81. 100 I 0
Crand Junction
Kent ••. • . • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0
Vauxhall •••••••• •• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0
West Middlesex .... • 4/. I6s. pr ct. 63 12 9

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
CLYDESDALE COIiRSING DEC. 26 AND 27.
The Douglas Stakes, for 33 dog puppies of 1844, were
won by Mr. A. Pollock's Caliban ; Lord Eglinton's Rufus
ran up.
The Eglinton Stakes, for 23 bitch puppies, were won by
Mr. A. Pollock's Skip ; Dr. Brown's Obscurity ran up.

LYNN and ELY, ELY and HUNTING-
DON, AND LYNN AND DERERAM. RAILWAY
COMPANIES.
A meeting was held yesterday at the London Tavern,
Bisbopsgate-street, for the purpose of hearing the terms
upon which it was proposed to amalgamate the lines.
Sir W. B. Folkes was called to the chair, and the
secretary read the advertisement calling the meeting
and the purposes for which it was called.
The CHAIRMAN then stated briefly what these objects
were, and the terms upon which it was proposed the
amalgamation should take place, and which were as
follows :

Terms of the Amalgamation of the Lynn and Ely, Ely and
Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Com-
panies, agreed upon by the Directors of those Compa-
nies, subject to the approval of the respective Proprie-
tors.
" The three Companies shall be amalgamated as from the
Ist day of January, 1846.
" The extension capital about to be raised by the Lynn
and Ely and Ely and Huntingdon Companies shall be ap-
portioned among the Shareholders in the three Companies,
at the rate (or as near thereto as possible) of one new share
for every original share.
" The capital of the three Companies, and also the exten-
sion capital above referred to, shall be taken at par.
"Inasmuch as by the terms of the Act of Parliament, in-
corporating the Ely and Huntingdon Company, interest at
the rate of 31. 10s. per cent, per annum is payable on all
sums called up on the shares in the capital of that Company,
bat no such provision is made in the Acts incorporating the
Lynn and Ely and Lynn and Dereham Companies, interest
at the rate of 31. 10s, per cent. per annum shall be paid on
all sums called n
the the shares in all the three Companies,
from the date of Payment of such respective calls until
the three lines shall be opened fororkino,
" Provision shall be made la the Arta lines above-mentioned, for Acta
---alithorising the ex-
anPaYment of interest at
called up on the
10s. per cent. per annum on
shares in the capital raised for such eitenst
" An Act for carrying the amalgamatio Ito affect shall
be applied for as soon as the regulationa of Palliinent will
permit, at the joint expense of the three Corn
such Act it shall, inter alia, be provided that treintl:Letmin
panics shall constitute one Company, by the name of
East Anglian Railways Company.'
" That such Act shall contain all such other clauses and
stipulations as the Directors of the three Companies shall in
their discretion, think proper." ,
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the
above, alluded to the desire expressed at a meeting
held in August last for the amalgamation of the com-
panies whenever the time should arrive when such a
measure could be deemed practicable. That time had
uow arrived, and the proprietors had already heard read
the terms upon which that amalgamation was proposed,
and he would be glad to hear any observations that any
Tlon. Proprietor should deem it necessary to offer. In
answer to a question from a Shareholder, he said the
works of the lines were in a very forward state.
The terms having been agreed to, the meeting then
~hanged its name, and became, pro forma, a meeting
of the

ELY AND HUNTINGDON COMPANY.
Mr. LACY took the chair, and after- having made a
few prefatory observations, read a series cf resolutions,
which were to the effect that the shareholders approved
of the amalgamation. At this stage of the proceedings,
and before the resolutions were put to the vote,
Captain PORTER rose and made an observation rela-
tive Lo " Mr. Henry Bruce, of Mincing-lane."
Tilt? CUAIRMAN reminded Captain Porter that the in-
troductidtl of the subject at that meeting was quite irre-
gular, and begged he would not persevere.
Captain PORTER said he was aware it was irregular,
but he wished to intimate that it was his intention to
bring the subject forward upon a future occasion.
A good deal of irregular discussion followed upon the
topic, which had no reference whatever to the matter for
the discussion of which the meeting had been convened,
and during which a debate ensued as to the policy of the
reporters' publishing that portion of the proceedings,
Mr. Bruce at the
Porter's observations were same time declaring that if Captain_ce
would insist on his right published, he (Mr. Bru
declared that they could 14.E.11"eeply. The rer;rters having
tared into an explanationillite6s gena-
Pvletgonel for; Bs
irguecien
centain petition; and the
brought to a close, r having at length been
The CAAIRMAX requested that
m'Atittieet dropped,
not make any further oabyservawastiornesseu; rill Porter would
the business of the Z.l
were put and adopted, is void of thanks 6 res°l`itic."
Chairman, and the meeting separai passed to the
eu.