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Payment of all which Bills of Exchange and Dr!

•aft] have been

stopped.

Whoever shall give such information as may lead to the recovery
of the above described Notes and Bills, within twenty-one days from
this date, shall be entitled to receive the above reward, or a propor-
tionate part thereof, for any portion of the Notes so received, if lost ;
or upon recovery and conviction of the offender, if stolen,
Apply to Messrs. Bush and Mullens. Solicitors, St. Mildred's •
court, Poultry ; or to J. or D. Forester, Police-offices, Mansion-
house, London.
London April 15, 1846.

NATIONAL PROTLNCIAL BANK OF
ENGLAND.
112, Bishopsgate-street, Loudon, April 16, 1846.
The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England hereby
give notice, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the
Proprietors of the Society will be held on Tunasixar, the 14th day of
May next, at the Hour of Twelve precisely, at the Company's
House, 112, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London.
By order of the Court of Directors,
DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager.
N.B. The chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, not
Twelve for One o'clock.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.
The Directors of the Midland Railway Company are pro-
Pared to receive TENDERS for LOANS, in sums of not less than
1,0001. each, on SECURITY of their DEBENTURES, at interest
after the rate of 41. per sent. per annum, papable half yearly, and
for terms of Three, Five, or Seven Years,
APplications to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's
Rice, Derby.
April 14, 1846. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary.

CALLAO AND LIMA RAILWAY COM-

PARTY,

6, Jewry.
The Directors beg to inform Old the Shareholders that the negotiation
with the Peruvian Government for the Railway Concession is still
Pending, but, as they are advised by the agent, they sent to Lima,
'with every prospect of a favourable result. The Directors fuel called
upon to add, that should the concession be obtained, a call will be
necessary, and if net, the deposits will be returned.

Aprll 17, 1846.

By Order,

G. UPTON, Secretary

BIDEFORD AND TAVISTOCK RAIL
WAY COMPANY.
NOTICE.—In order to make the deposit of 101. per cent., in pur-
suance of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, the Share-
holders are hereby required to pay the additional suet o 11. ss. per
Share on or before TUESDAY, the 21st instant, into the Union Bank
of London. A receipt will be given for the same, which may after-
Wards be exchanged at the Company's Office for new Scrip on giving
up the old Scrip. By order,
FRANCIS CLOWES, Secretary.
44, Finsbury Circus, April 14, 1846.

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.
To the Scripholdere and Subscribers to the Deed of the above

Company.

A Committee of filhareholders'in the London and York Railway
has been formed, with the view of considering the prospects of this
line, and whether anything can be done to lessen the responsibility
of the Shareholders, or in any way improve their position.
The Committee view with alarm the daily depreciation which is
taking place in the market in the shares of all new lines, and that
this depreciation increases in the shares of thole Companies which
are most likely to obtain Bills.
The expensive contest in Parliament of the London and York Com-
pany must absorb all the deposits. If the Act be obtained, calls must
immediately follow; and the msJority of the scripholders will avoid
registration, knowing that they will have opportunities hereafter of
coming into the undertaking at a much lower price. The calls must,
therefore, be enforced against those who have signed the Parlia-
mentary Contract.
This fearful position of matters has induced the Committee to con-
sider that probably the Eastern Counties Company, who are the strong
opponents of the London and York Company, may, for the sake of
protection and certainty to their own shareholders, be still open to
some liberal compromise, and that the London and York directors
and shareholders ought, either by- diminishing the extent of their
love the pressure which will-Come "il fiWili'aiingdlVßllo.f.all3 to re-
absorption in the Eastern Counties Company, obtain a participation
in an undertaking yielding a present profit, instead of one whose re-
turn, if ever obtained, will not be arrived at without years of painful
sacrifices and. distress.

With these views, the Committee think stets ought to be immedi-
ately taken to open a negotiation with the Eastern Counties, if not
to dissolve the London and York Company.
In the opinion of the Committee, either the line south of Peter-
borough ought to be abandoned, and the shares reduced to 201. each,
•r the line shenid be given up to the Eastern Counties Company, on
their agreeing to pay the whole or a portion of the expenses, and
giving shares in their Line as originally proposed.
The statement below, showing the past and present position of
several well-supported Companies, who, before the Committee of the
House of Commons, clearly showed a return on their capital from 6
to 8 p.r cent., proves that success on the part of the London and
York Railway, In obtaining their Bill, will entail ruinous loss on the
subscribers and scripholders ; and if any other argument was needed
to maintain the views of the Committee, the following extract from
the " Times" of the Bth of April, might alone be deemed sufficient :
" The character of the crisis, and its effects on the new lines, are
graphically illustrated in the catastrophe of the London and Oxford
Railway, as reported in yesterday's paper. :
" 'Mr. I. K. Brunel, examined by the Chairman.—The prices have
so increased since the Acts were obtained, that the lines mentioned
above (the Oxford and Worcester, and the Oxford and Rugby) can-
not be constructed at the estimated prices. Considers that the con-
struction of railways is new 50 per cent. mere than at this time last
year.

" ' At this point of the proceedings the Chairman said that :the
Committee thought it unnecessary to hear any more evidence re-
specting the London arid Oxford Line; and, accordingly, after the
room had been cleared for a few minutes, the Chairman announced
that the Committee were unanimously of opinion tbat the preamble
of the London and Oxford had not been proved.'"
The Committee beg to direct the attention of the shareholders to
the official announcement of the Government's intention to immedi-
ately introduce an Act investing the scripholder with such power,
that a majority in number and value duly registered at any riblic
meeting will prevent the further progress of any Bill in Parliament ;
and tali the London and York Railway Bill will, in a very few days,
have to appear before a similar tribunal as thatof the defunct London
and Oxford, the Committee are, therefore, very anxious at once to
ascertain if the shareholders concur In any of their views, for which
purpose the following printed term may be obtainedat the Com-
and every shareholder and subscriber to the
snittee-rooms,
earnestly requested to return the same signed immediately, ineedordeirs
that the directors may be conferred with, or a public meeting
may be deemed most expedient for the protectionofett-
vened, as
interests of all parties.
To the Committee of the London and York Shareholders.
am a scripholder of Shares hr the London
Secondly,
of Gentlemen,—I
- of
snd York Railway, and
Given nad,eLirosiststO l7ssefnlytLecolfisatv;ionrg
South of Peterborough
of having terms made with the Eastern Counties Compa'ny fir an
1011
abandonment of the London and
OYr oi;khinußayll:voaryhaavindi
igAtuhlaelcgatnat*
,rnpany
with tire Eastern Counties Line, ,
at once dissolved.
of these alternatives, and I authorise
I would prefer the
the Committee of Shareholders to represent myeoipnitnoloenffteoett,hoerLthegries--
lature, and to pray Parliament to carry the Sam
ject the London and York Bill.
Name in full
• • •
Reimenee • .......... . •
Date . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Number& of Scrip •• ...... • •
• Were Insert the word " first," or " second," 0

"third."

Amount
Paid up.

Premium per
Railways which obtained Share in 1845,
Acts last Session, before Bill ob-
tained.
X. a. d.
Caledonian ..... • ••• 12 0 0
Aberdeen .. ••..••• • • • • • 6 0 0
Oxford& Wolverhampton 14 0 0
Chester and Holyhead •• 6 0 0
Dundalk and Enniskillen 3 0 0
Newry and Enniskillen . 30 0
South Wales •• .• •• •. S 0 0
Waterford and Limerick , 80 0

Discount per
Share in 1844,
while calls are
being made.

X 5. d.
10 0 0
10 0 0
12 10 0
20 0 0
7 10 0
4 10 0
3 0 0
12 0 0

X. s. d.
3 5 0
9 0 0
5 0 0
4 0 0
7 10 0
4 0 0
4 0 0
10 0 0

By Order of the Committee,
HENRY PHILIPPS, Solicitor,
London and York Committee, 4, Sise-lane, London,
April 14, 1846.

LONDON AND YORK COMMITTEE OF
SHAREHOLDERS.
The LONDON COMMITTEE for carrying out the aboveobjecrio.
s,
earnestly desire the co-operation of every scripholder in the p
vhices, and they therefore suggest that PUBLIC MEETINGS be
immediately convened in the following towns :—BIRMINGIIASI".
MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, LEEDS, HULL, HALIFAX'
Bit DFORD, BOSTON, LEICESTER, NEWCASTLE, NOTTING-
HAM, PRESTON, SHEFFIELD, S fAMFORD, LINCOLN, WAKE-
FIELD, "RE. EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, and ABERDEEN.
It would also be advisable that the Provincial Committees, or
Chairman presiding at such meetings, should admit no persons,
except those producing and registering their scrip, names, and ad-
dresses in a book, to be kept at the door for such purpose, so that
the bona tide intentions of such meeting of shareholders be properly
represented to the London Committee.
By order of the Committee,

4, Stse-lane, London,

OATE
HUNDRNED POUNDS REWARD.
L') Vl` or STOLEN, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th April Met.-
in tile neighbourhood of Lombard-street, London, a BLACK LEA-
THER BA.NKE it'd CASE, marked " Coutts and C 0.," in gilt let-
ters, containing the undermentioned Bank of England Notes, viz.:—
Bank Of England 5001. note - April 2, 1845, No. 23,051
ft 5001. „ „ ;, „ 28,437
/V 1001. „ July 5, „ „ 74,195
fr 119 'l_ ft I, 81,509

„ Oct. „ 31,743
201. „ - Jan. 5, 1846 „ 57,312
201. „ - „ „ 40,130
101. „ - Parch 4 „ „ 97,816
101. „ - „ „ 01,492
„ - Kara 3 „ „ 98,463
AI. „ - April 1 „ „ Q 4,467
51. „ - April 1 „ „ 90,5i2
PaYnlent” of all ;.hich has been stopped at the Bank of England
Also several Bills of Exchange of the following particulars :