The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

WINDSOR, STAINES, and SOUTIP

WRSTERN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The second half-yearly general meeting of /he pro"
prietors of this company (No. 1 and 2), was held to-del'
at twelve o'clock, at the Nine Elms Station, Vuuxhei*
H. C. Lacy, Esq., M.P., in the chair.
The usual preliminaries having been gone througho
the Secretary (Mr. G. M. Horn) read the followieg
report:—
" Since the meeting of the proprietors in August lash
every C Eon has been made to press forward the workis
.
on the line to Windsor, in the construction of Tillie'
great progress has been made; and the directors enter-
Lain a confident hope of being able to open the mainline
from Richmond to the Windsor terminus in the Olaf
part of July next. The contract for the execution 01
the lines from Staines by Egham to Pirbright, by MS
No. 2, has not yet been let ; in consequence of the re*
strictive provisions of an Act passed in the preseel
session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act to give further
time for making certain railways,' under the provisioste
of which a special general meeting of the shareholder!.
of the company was, as the proprietors are aware, belt
on the 31st of January, 1848, and power was then given
to the directors to enter into the necessary contracts'
which power they now propose to exercise forthwith,
and have accordingly taken steps to provide for the
execution of the works. A petition for the Bill to ea"
thorise an extension of the line from the Windsor ter
minus to Slough, and giving powers to carry out tiro
slight deviations in the authorised line, has been pre'
sented to the House of Commons, and a draft of the
Bill will, in accordance with the standing orders dill
House of Lords, be submitted to the special geneT, '
meeting of shareholders convened this day.
.13Y ~
provisions of tile Companies Clauses Consolidation Act:
the shareholders are at this meeting called upon to 0101
directors. Those nominated by the Acts of Ineorpere"
tion are eligible for reelection, and offer themselvee ag"
cordingly, viz.: Frederick Ashby, James Thomas Dee"
borough, William Chadwick, Mark John Carrie, Cherici
Finch, Caleb Norris, Apsley Pellatt, and George Alm"
ander Reid, M.P., Esqrs. In accordance with the 101
visions of the Acts of Incorporation, the London an
South-Western Railway Company have nominated law
following nine gentlemen to be directors of these corn"
panics, viz : W. J. Chaplin, M.P., John Lewis Couto
Eyre, George Henderson, Henry Charles Lacy, MY"
and William Reed, &qrs.' the Hon. Francis SOS,"
M.P., Thomas Smith, Richard Edward Austen Towns"
end, and Matthew Uzielli, Esqrs. Martin Maddisont
Esq., one of the auditors, who retires in accordance
with the provisions of the Acts regulating these coer
panics, offershimself for re-election.

The [receipts to the 31st of January, 142:
145,1971. 13e. 7d., leaving after the expendintr•
balance of 16,642 L 16s. Ild.
The report having been received and adopted. the
shareholders resolved themselves into a special meeting'
when the drafts of the Bill mentioned in the report wal
approved of, the retiring directors and auditors were re:
elected, and a vote of thanks having been awarded to
the chairman, the meeting separated.

FISHERIES.—Lord Stuart de Decies has recently
established a fishery station on his property at Ring, 01
the county of Waterford, where he has caused the popa'
lation to be better instructed in the mode of taking til°
6sh, and erected places for curing the produce. ,_Banff
of Ulster.

13111THB. 1
On the 15th ult., at Bolney Lodge, Sussex, the WV of
H. Slater, jun., Esq., of a sat,.
On the 16th inst., at Henrietta-street, Cavendish-Oclusrot
the lady of Captain Manners, R.N., of a son. of
On the 17th inst., the wife of David Watson, Est
Alfred-place West, Brompton, of a daughter. tbs
On tke 17th inst., at Moncreiffe Hone, Perthahire,
Lady Louisa Moncreiffe, of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., at Holly-bank, Burton-on-Trent,'
Bass, of a daughter.
atill
On the 18th inst., at Wilton-crescent, Lady Geor'
Romilly, of a son.
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MARRIED.
On the 81st of July, 1847, at Wellington Church, thilsrec:
Henry Govett, 8.A., Worcester College, Oxford, to ;II
garet, second daughter of the late G. Hunter, Esq._______..--."

DID.
On the Mai inst., Mr. Edward Sturges, organist of the
Foundling Chapel. sbe r
On the 18th inst., at Hoddesdon, Hods, Hugh llog
lieq., aged 78. nnbert
On the 18th inet., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, John —'
Brodrick, agcd `;2. are,
On the I'dth inst., in Charles street, Berkeley-EV
Anne, the wife of Fletcher Wilson, Es
q. ------------.11..

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