The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-13 00:00:00

AYRSHIRE and GALLOWAY RAILWAY.
A SPECIAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of Scrip or of
BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP in the AYRSHIRE and GAL-
LOWAY RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at Gibb's Royal Hotel,
Edinburgh, en SATURDAY, the 16th of May, 1846, at Twe o'clock,
P.M., whereat a copy of the Bill will be submitted for the approval
of the Shareholders, in compliance with the resolutions of the House
of Commons there anent.

It is requested that such person producing scrip win present at the
same time (in the form subjoined) a note of the number of each cer-
tificate produced and the numbers denoting the shares represented
thereby, with the name and address of the person producing the same,
or in the case of bankers' receipts the names of the persons from
whom the deposit is therein stated to be received.

In order to accommodate such of the Shareholders as may not
find it convenient to attend the meeting, the secretary has been au-
thorised to acknowledge the receipt of each scrip or bankers' receipt
for scrip as may be transmitted to him (at 127, Princes-street,
Edinburgh), and to vote for the parties sending the same accord-
ing to their instructions communicated therewith, and to retransmit
the said scrip to the same parties after the meeting. •

RICHARD HODOSON, Chairman.
ROBERT MACKAY, Secretary.
Union Hotel, Cockspur-street, London, April 29, 1846.
Form of note to be presented with the scrip at the meeting, or
zansmitted together with 'trip to the Secretary :
Name of person producing or transmitting scrip .......... A.B.
Address . • • • ...... • ... Merchant, 14, Princes-street, Edinburgh.
Total amount of scrip produced or transmitted
No. of certificate. Denoting number of shares.
96 to 100
221 to 225
6,041 to 5,045

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ORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY.
L In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of
the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station
of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on TutrasDAY, the
14th of May, at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose
of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with
the B;ll now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking.

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GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Eastern
DAVID WA DDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, eountle,s Railway
Company.
By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given that, in compliance with the Reso-
lutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the
HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP,
In the MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held within
the Gordon Arms Hotel, Elgin, on WnnsEsnav, the 20th day of May
next, at Twelve o'clock noon, when a copy of a Bill now before Par.
liament, for incorporating the said Company, intituled " A Bill for
making a railway from Statfield and Lossiemouth Harbour to Elgin,
Rothes, and Charleston of Aberlour, to be called 'the Morayshire
Railway,' " will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting,
and a vote taken on the said Bill in the manner required by the said
Resolutions or Orders.
Elgin, April 30, 1846. JAMES GRANT, Secretary.

Dt/NDEE and ARBROATH RAILWAY
COMPANY.
In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of
Parliament. and of a Requisition addressed to ns by certain of the Share-
holders of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, a SPECIAL
or EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held
within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on the 18th day of May
next, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a Bill, now
pending before Parliament, entitled " A Bill to enable the Dundee
and Arbroath Railway Company to make a Railway from their Line
at Broughty to Broughty Ferry Castle, and another Railway from
their Line at Geordie's Burn to the Arbroath and Forfar Railway at
Almerieeloss," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meet-
ing, and a vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the
said Resolutions or Orders.
_ _ .

By order of the Directors,
SMELL and SMALL, Secretaries,

DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY COM-
PANY.
In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of Par-
liament, a SPECIAL or EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will
be held within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on TUESDAY, the
19th day of May, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a
Rill now pending betore rallament entituled " A Bill to enable the
Dundee and Perth Railway Company to alter their Line at Inchyra
and Lairwell, and to extend the same towards the Penitentiary at
Perth," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting, and a
vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the said Re-
solutions or Orders.

By order of the Directors,
SHIELL and SMALL, secretaries.

HROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND
CANAL COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given; that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or BANKERS' RECEIPTS for
SCRIP, in respect of the undertakings proposed to be carried into
effect under the Bills below-mentioned, will be held at the Lion
Hotel, Shrewsbury, on Fathey, the 22d day of May, 1846, at
Eleven o'clock, for the purpose of submitting to their approval
copies of the following Bills, viz.:—
A Bill for making a railway from Shrewsbury to Stafford, with a
branch to Stone, and for other purposes.
= A Bill for making a railway from the Chester and Crewe branch of
the Grand Junction Railway at Calvaley, to Wolverhampton, and for
other purposes connected therewith.
A Bill for making a railway from Newtown, in the county of
Montgomery, to Crewe, in the county of Chester, with branches, and
for other purposes connected therewith.
The Chair will be taken by the Earl of POWIS, K.G., at Eleven
o'clock.

N.B. Each Shareholder attending at the meeting will be required
to produce his or her Scrip or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip ; and for the
purpose of duly recording the cotes, forms will be prepared, in which
each party will be required to enter his or her name and address, the
number of Scrip, and the detignathig numbers thereof, to which
forms the Scrip must be appended.
The requisite rform of voting-paper may be had on application at
the Company's Offices, 9, Great George-street, Westminster.
WILLIAM COWAN, Secretary.
London, May 1, 1846.

Next week will be published, in octavo,
THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE,
A COMMENTARY,
BY LIEUTENANT•COLONEL OUTRAN, 11.E.1.C.5.
PART I.
General Sir Charles Napier's Negotiations with the Ameers,
(To be completed in Two Parts.)
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.