The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

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ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL-
GAR-SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R. 1., Sec.

ROYAL BOTA.NIC SOCIETY,
REGENT'S PARK.
The SECOND EXHIBITION, this Season, of PLANTS and
FLOWERS in the Gardens of this ,:ociety, will be held To-Monaow,
WEDNESDAY, the 3rd insiant.
In the course of the day the three Military Bands will join and
perform the following Overtures :—" Yelva," by Reisiger ; " Der
Freyschutz," by Weber ; and " Don Giovanni," by Mosart.
Subscribers to the Society are admitted free.
Visitors are admitted by Tickets, to be obtained at the Gardens,
only by orders fr.,m Subscribers, price 7s. 6d. each.
Promenades will continue to be held every Wednesday In June
aid July, except June 3 and July 1, the days appointed for the
Exhibitions.
Gates to open at Two o'clock. Carriages to fall into the line in
the road front lark-square over the Bridge in the road facing York
Gate ; to set down either at the Front Gate, or at the New North
Entrance communicating with the Convrvatory.

J. DE C. SONiiERBY, Secretary,

WHETSUN HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
l)r. Ryan's New and Interesting LECTURE on the CHE-
MISTRY and PHILOSOPHY of 'DIVING, at Half-past Three
daily, awl on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Professor Bachhnffner's LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,
with brilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'S ROTARY EN-
GINE. COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for
ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHt-
MEDIAN RAILWAY, the ATMOSPIIERIC RAILWAY, an EN-
VELOPE -CUTTING MACHINE, and WOOD'S NEW PATENT
STEAM-ENGINE GOVERNOR, all in action. Scenes in the
OREGON TERRITORY are among the NEW DISSOLVING
VIEWS. PORTRAITS of Distinguished Men in the GOVERN-
MENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MI-
,CROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE exhibiting a
line Collection of Livin4 Objectst&c., &c.
Admission, Is. Schools, Hall-price.

ItrESSRS. WICKHAM and CO.'s PUBLIC
SALES of RAILWAY SIIARES, &c., are held at the Hall
of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, EVERY MONDAY and
TiIURSDAYS, at One o'clock.
Orders received until Four o'clock of the day previous to each sale.
London, 1846.

N IERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, and
WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for
such, in this Company, will be held in the house of Mr. Thomas
Masters, commonly called the Talbot Arms Inn, Rugeley, in the
county of Stafford, on SATURDAY, the Gth day of June next, at
Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of having submitted
to them a copy of the Bill now pending in Parliament to authorise
the construction of a railway, to be called the " Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway," and for approving the
same, or otherwise.
Dated this 25:1 day of' May, 1846.

R. S. MACKENZIE, Secretary.
1, Moorgate, London.

LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management have great pleasure in re-
ferring the Shareholders to the Report of the Committee of the House
of Commons, unanimously deciding that the preamble of the Leices •
ter and Bedford Railway Bill has been satisfactorily established
before them.

The Committee of the House of Commons arrived at this unani-
mous decision after an investigation of nearly three weeks, during
which period every effort was !nada by the Midland Company to
procure the rejection of the Leicester and Bedford in favour of their
own scheme—the South Midland.

The very strenuous and protracted endeavours of the Midland
Company to obtain a line of railway over the same ground as that
occupied by the Leicester and Bedlord Company, afford most satis-
factory proof of the commercial importance of the line, and its value
as a permanent investment to the Shareholders. .

The
Committee of Management have also the pleasure to inform
the Shareholders, that they are in a position to comply with the
Standing Orders of the House of Lords requiring a deposit of 101. per
cent., without making any further call upon the Shareholders.
The Committee of Management be; to call the attention of the
Scripholders to the subjoined notice of the meeting to be held on the
10th of June next, ln compliance with the Sessional Orders.

WYNN ELLIS, Chairman.
ROBERT LINDSELL, Deputy-Chairman.
BAXTER, ROSE, and NrIRTON, 3, Park-street,
Westminster, one of the Solicitors to the Bill.
Offices of the Company, 14, Park-street, Westminster.

LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the Sessional
Orders of the House of Commons, a Special Meeting of the Holders
of Scrip, and of Bankers' Receipts in this Company, will be held at
the London Tavern, in the City of London, on IVEDNESDAY, the 10th
day ofJune, 1846, at One o'clock precisely, when a Copy of the Bill now
depending in Parliament, intituled a Bill for making a Railway from
or near the town of Hitchin, through Bedford to the Leicester and
Swannington Railway, to be called the " Leicester ant Bedford Rail-
way," wil. be submitted for the consideration of the meeting. . _

The V...,tes will be taken at the meeting according to the amount of
Scrip held by each person present, who will be required to produce
his Scrip, and to furnish a written memorandum of his name and
address, and the denoting numbers of the Scrip produced, before
being allowed to vote.

BAXTER, ROSE, and NORTON,
One of the Solicitors to the Bill.

3, Park-street, Westminster, May 25, 1846,

Forms of proxy for Scriphelders, who may not be able to
attend the meeting, may be had on application to the Secretary, or to
J. W. Scott, E, q., 75, Old Broad-street.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.'
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
will be held at the offices of the Company, at Paddington, in the
county of Middlesex, on TUESDAY, the 16th day of June, at One o'clock
precisely in the afternoon, when copies of the following Bills will be
submitted to the consideration of the meeting in compliance with the
Wtanding Orders of the House of Lords :
" A Bill for making a Railway and other Works from Plymouth to.
Falmouth and other places in the county of Cornwall, to be called
' The Cornwall Railway.' "
" A Bill to authorise certain alterations andextensions of the line
of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Hallway."
" A Bill for making a Railway from Gloucester to the Monmouth
and Hereford Hallway, and to the South Wales Railway at Awre, to
be called The Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway.' "
" A Bill for completing the Line of the South Wales Railway, and
to authorise the construction of an extension, and certain altera-
tions of the said Railway, and certain Branch Railways in connexion
therewith."

" A Bill for making a Railway from Worcester to'Porth Dynllaen,
in continuation of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton
Railway."
" A Bill to authorise certain alterations in the line of the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and to amend the Act re-
lating thereto."
" A Bill for making a Railway from Birmingham to Join the Lines
of the proposed Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railways, and to be called The Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction Railway."
" A Bill for making a Railway into Birmingham in extension of
the proposed Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway."
" A Bill for making a Railway to be called The Exeter Great
Western Railway. "'
" A Bill for authorising certain alterations in, and extensions, of the
line of the South Devon Railway, and the formation of Branches
therefrom to Tavistock, Brixham, Kingswear,"ancl other places."
" A Bill to authorise an improvement of the line of the West
London Railway and the extension thereof to the River Thames."
" A Bill for making a Railway to connect the cities of Worcester
and Hereford, the town of Ross and city of Gloucester, to be called
' The Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway.'"
" A Bill for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway, at
Maidenhead, in Berkshire, to the town of High Wycombe, in the
county of Buckingham."
" A Bill for constructing a Pier at Porthury, in the county of
Somerset, and for making a Railway from the same to the city of
Bristol, with a Branch Railway connected therewith."
"A Bill for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway at
West Drayton, to 'Uxbridge, in Middlesex."
" A Bill for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway at
Cheltenham, to join the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton
Railway, near Shipton-under-Wychwood, in the county of Oxford."
The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
Dated this 7th day of May, 1846.

C. RUSSELL, Mal man.

lAANCA.SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE NORTH
EASTERN RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that pursuant to the Sessional Orders o
the House of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP
or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of this COMPANY will be
held at the Devonshire Hotel, in Skipton, in the county of York, en
THURSDAY, the 4th day of June next, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon
precisely, at wh.elt Meeting a Copy of the Bill now before Parlia-
ment, and which has received the sanction of the Committee of the
House of Commons, intituled, " A Bill for making a Railway from
Skipton to the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, to be called The Wharf-
dale Railway,' " will be submitted to the consideration and approval
of the Holders of such Scrip and Bankers' Receipts. As it is essen-
tial that one-third of the capital proposed to be raised by the Bill
should be represented at the Meeting, all Holders of Scrip or of
Bankers' Receipts, as aforesaid, are particularly requested to attend
the same and produce their Scrip or Bankers' Receipts ; and in order
to facilitate the business of the Meeting, and for the purpose of haying
their votes correctly recorded, they are particularly requested 10
forward to the Secretary, with as little delay as possible, their names
and addresses, with the denoting numbers and amount of their scrip
or Bankers' Receipts, according to the accompanying forms. The
',yielders of Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, who cannot attend the Meet-
ing, but may wish to record their votes in tavour of the undertaking,
may effect that object by forwarding their Scrip or Bankers' Receipts
to some one of the under-mentioned gentlemen on or before Monday,
the Ist day of June next, who will return the same to them after the
meeting, in such manner as they may direct :
Matthew Wilson, jun., Esq., Eshton Hall, near Skipton, Chairman.
Joseph St. John Yates, Esq., Manchester, Deputy Chairman.
Francis Billiam, Newell Hall, Otley.
James Foulds, Esq., Trawden House, near Colne.
Henry Alcock, Esq., Banker and Solicitor, Shipton.
The Craven Bank and its Branches at Settle, Heighley, Clitheroe,
Colne, Burnley, and Skipton.
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdalc, and Co., Bankers, 50, Cernhill, London,
or to
Mr. Andrew Paton, Secretary, 31, Princess-street, Manchester.
A Receipt for the Scrip or Bankers' Receipts thus transmitted will
be duly forwarded, by the Secretary to the parties sending the same,
by an early post.
After the Ist ,anbde until
receivedt h e
by3d
the
ey
Secretary,
eutnaeryn!
at 31,
Scrip3l,
P roinroeßsa.
Receipts can only sat kr
Princes-street,
,
mMeanntcihonesedte.r, and then at the Meeting at the time and place above

MATTHEW WILSON, jun., Chairman.
Dated this 21st day of May, 1846.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE
PANY. NORTH EASTERN RAIL-
WAY CO
of am the holder
of Scrip (or Bankers' Receipts) for shares in this
of
numbered as follows :
of Shares.

Scrip for 1 share to
Scrip for 5 shares to
Scrip for 10 shares to
Scrip for 20 shares to

Inclusive.

Total— . • ..
Name *********in* • .full • . • • _
.........
Address
Profession
Date • • • ... ...... • • . •

Y MEDICINE
VALUABLE PILLS
VALUABLE FAMILY
FAMIL
ITUNT'S APE AIENT
a most excellent Medicine for Bilious Complaints, Disorders
Costiveness, Indigestion,
Heartburn, Pains and Giddiness of the Head, Influenza, Worms,
Spasms, Nervous and Dropsical Complaints.
For upwards of forty-five years have these Pills obtained the un-
whom may be
rp ialified approbation of the public in general, among
included families of distinction and medical men. Their 3omposition
is so truly excellent, and their beneficial effects have been SO widely
of the Stomach and Bowels, Habitual
experienced, that the proprietors feel the greatest confidence in re-
commended them as one of the MILDEST and MOST EFFICIENT
APERIENT FAMILY MEDICINES ever offered to the public.
These Pills require no confinement nor alteration of diet, and are
adapted to every variety of age and constitution. They seldom
operate until eight or ten hours after taken, and th n gently. They
restore the tone of the stomach, strengthen the digestive organs,
cleanse the bowels of all impurities, and promote the due secretion
of the liver and of the kidneys, and by invigorating the system ge-
ireraily, become an invaluable restorative of health to both sexes.
OFFICERS of the ARMY and NAVY will find these Pills an in-
valuable appendage to their medicine chests, as they retain their
medicinal virtues in all climates.

confinement;find these
generai tis
Ladies, even of the most delicate constitutions, will
Pills particularly beneficial, both before and after their'
nor can they be too highly recommended for the
schools. They are also an excellent preparatory in the use of of
me-
dicinal waters, sea-bathing, &c.
Prepared and sold by Messrs. Hunt (the original Proprietors), 65,
Great Pulteney-street, Bath ; and sold, wholesale and retail, by
Messrs. Barclay and Son, 95, Farringdon-street ; Butler, 4, Cheap-
side; Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's ;
Newbury, 45, St. Paul's ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London ; and
Ply all respectable medicine vendors in the metropolis and provincial
tOwns•
lle careful to see that the names and address of the Proprietors are
engraved on the medicine stamp around each box, se such alone are
geaptine, Frlc.4 le, 13/4d, per box,

THE ANNUALIGRAND POLISH FANCY
or FULL DRESS CALL, in AID of the FUNDS of the
LITERARY ASSOCIATION of the FRIENDS of POLAND, will
take place at Willis's Rooms, on litfoxraY, June 8. The vouchers to
be obtained from the Lathes Patronesses only, a list of whom may be
had at the Chambers of the Association, Sussex Chambers, 10 ,Duke-
stxtet, St. James's-square ; and also at Willis's Rooms.

"QURLY HALL NIGHT: -GREA.T
L.., WESTERN R L W NY. —There will be an EXTRA
TRAIN from Slough to Paddington, at Half-past Ten o'clock, ?.M.,
THUUSDAT, the 4th June.

By order of the Director'_
CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

OLD GEORGE INN, YORK.
TO BE LET, with immediate Possession, that
Old Established and well•frequented Commercial Hotel, the
Old George Inn, Pavement, the present occupier, Mr. William Hill,
being about to leave York.
The In-corning Tenant will have the advantage of the valuable
stock of old wines, and tivia be required to take the furniture, fix-
tures, &c., at a valuation.
For particulars, apply to Mr. Hill, on the premises.

MEDICAL EDUCATION.—There is now a
Vacancy for an Articled Pupil in the family of a Married
Gentleman residing in a healthx part of the country, 50 miles
north of Landon, who is attached to a large provincial Hospital.
The situation offers numerous and peculiar advantages. The young
Gentleman will be well grounded in dispt nsing and pharmacy ; he
will attend daily, the surgical and medical practice of the Hospital,
and the private lectures and instructions of the advertiser in the
medical classics in Anatomy, Materia Medica, the Elements of
Chemistry, Surgery. &c. Ile will be treated as one of the family,
and the strictest attention will be paid to his morals and domestic
comforts. Premium moderate.
The fullest information and references of the first respectability
will be given. Address by letter (prepaid) to A. B. M., 10, Seymour-
place, Euston-square.

EARLY HAY HARVEST.-RICK CLOTHS,
with Poles, Dallies, and Lines, complete.
"No farmer3hould be without a good rick cloth, for it is
certainly one of the most useful things he can have oa Isis pre-
mises."—Gardener's Gazette:
Rick Cloths, both New end Second-hand, at a reasonable cost,
at BENJAMIN EDGINGTON'S, 2, Duke-street, Southwark.
Early application will ensure prompt attention. A WarehouseAt
20*, Picead 'Marquees,-Tents, Flags, Netting and Bunting for
Fruit Trees. Railway Truck Covers, &c.

1--
ELLING OFF, at 379, Strand, the entire
STOCK of Sheffield plated DISH COVERS, corner dishes.
soup tureens, tea urns and kettles, branches, candlesticks, &c., at an
enormous reduction in price, in consequence of the proprietor leaving
the business. The following prices of some of the most useful
articles are stated to convince the public of the advantages they
may gain by purchasing at this establishment. Sheffield plated
dish covers, waranted best quality, 101. 4s. 6d. the set ; corner
dishes and covers, 51. 18s. 6d. the set of four, forming eight dishes
if required; silver-plated spoons, forks, &c., on solid white metal,
warranted : —Table ferks, fiddle pattern, 265. to 365. per dozen ; table
spoons 265. to 3Gs. ; dessert forks, 20s. to 30s. ; dessert spoons, 20s. to
30s. ; tea spoons, 10s. 6d. The British plate articles (the best in Lon-
don) are selling at equally low prices—table forks and spoons, 10s. per
dozen ; dessert, es. ; tea spoons, 4s. 6d. ; and other articles in British
plate equally cheap, as the stock must be sold. Ivory table knives in
great variety, warranted ; sets of 50 pieces, 3-1,/, inch, handsome ba-
lance handles, for 345.; table knives, 9s. 6d. per dozen ; dessert, Bs.;
carvers, 3s. 6d. per pair —all balance handles. The stock of jewellery
will be sold at little more than half price, consisting of diamond and
other rings, pins, brooches, and a variety of handsome gold guard
chains, that are now selling for their weight in sovereigns—at W.
CRAMBROOK'S, 379, Strand, corner of Southampton. street.

BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, NEW-.
ROAD, LONDON.

The public on the contineettAiLs7rplaOrtNic.
tparticularly cautioned not to pur-
chase MORISON'S PILLS except of Merchants well known as to
their respectaldlity. This warning is deemed highly necessary on
account of the numerous counterfeits of Morison's Pills which are
sold in various parts of the world, but more especially in the different
States of Germany, and the United States of Merles.
Signed MORISON, MOAT, and CO.
The Guide to Patients following the llygeisit System of Medicine,
may be had of ril the Agents for Morison's Pills, price 2d.

CALEDONIAN EXTENSION RAIL-

WAY COMPANY.
A meeting of the scripholders in this Company was
(in accordance with the provisions of the sessional
orders) called yesterday, at the Thatched House Tavern,
sanc-
tion of the meeting to the prosecution of the scheme St. James's-street, for the purpose of receiving
be-
fore Parliament.
The large room was well fi• d, and among the
A. r ,
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gentle-
men present, we observed 11,, _Hope Johnstone, I
Mr. Hodgson, M.P., Mr. H on 'Elide, M.P.,C01.
Graham, Col. Macdonald, &c. the
On the motion of Mr. DIXON, seconded by Mr. H.
Urine, Mr. Hope Johnstone was called to tha chair.
The CHAIRMAN said, that before they proceeded to
U
the real business for which the meeting had been con-
vened, he thought it his duty to tell them that an omis-
sion had occurred in the inserOon of the notice in one of
the newspapers. It appeared perfectly correct in all
the others, wita the exception of the Edinburgh Gazette
of last week. It therefore rested with the meet-
ing now to proceed under those circumstances,
or to adjourn to a later day. He would
recommend the meeting not to adjourn, but to proceed at
once to business, because he could cite a case in point
where this course was pursued under precisely similar
circumstances. The matter came under the considera-
tion of the House of Commons, who referred it to the
Standing Orders' Committee, who found that the proper
instructions had been given as to the insertion of the
notices by the parties promoting the Bill, and they,
therefore decided that in this case the standing order
should be dispensed with. If the meeting were to adopt
this suggestion then they would issue a repetition of the
notices, so that in the event cf any opposition being given in
Parliament they might, at the earliest period, hold their
meeting in a perfectly legal manner. lie held in his hand
a letter addressed to the newspaper agent in Edinburgh
to show that the proper instructions had been given, and
be would call upon She seeretswatonee to read it.
The SECRETARY,' Mr:Marri re'a'd`' if lettottiddressed
to Messrs. Robertson and Scott, agents, Edinburgh, or-
dering the insertion of the notices in the various news-
papers as demanded by the sessional orders.
The CHAIRMAN—It was only on Saturday that they
could be aware that these instructions had not been pro-
perly attended to.
Mr. H. HINDE, M.P., said that this meeting had been
originally called for the purpose of ascertaining whether
they should proceed with the line or not, and whether it
should he deemed strictly legal or not, they would still
be enabled to ascertain the feelings and wishes of the
scripholders. If these feelings were adverse to the fur-
ther prosecution of the scheme, then it would be only a
waste of money to adjourn for a longer period, in order
to come to precisely the same result ; if, on the con-
trary, they were in favour of bringing the scheme before
Parliament, they could so deeidesthat day, and the
meeting on that day week, if necessary at all, would
only be confirmatory of these proceedings. He should
move, therefore, that they take a vote of the scripholders
present, aye or no, whether the directors be authorised
to proceed before Parliament.
A SHAREHOLDER thought that as some doebt might
be entertained of the legality of their proceeding-, they
should at once, without further loss of time, adjeuro to
that day fortnight.
After a very animated discussion on this single point,
in which Mr. Hodgson, M.P., Mr. H. Hinde, M.P., the
Chairman, and other gentlemen took part,
Colonel GRAHAME said that as he doubted much
whether or no they would at the next meeting be in a
better position than on that day, he would beg leave to
second Mr. Hinde's proposition, that they should go on
with the regular business.
Colonel 111‘DosTaLek said that many gentlemen had at-
tended that day, at considerable inconvenience to them-
selves, and if the meeting were adjourned, without hav-
ing really done anything, be much doubted whether the
same number would be assembled on a future day.
The CHAIRMAN said that as the feeling of those as-
sembled seemed to be that they should go on, he should
do so; at the same time they would take steps of
advertising another meeting for a very early day. The
Chairman then proceeded to address the scripholders. He
said—Gentlemen, it now becomes my duty very shortly to
state the circumstances under which we are placed with
reference to new projects before Parliament. Few will
remember that this scheme when introduced to the
world was of a much more comprehensive nature than
at present, inasmuch as it embraced the complete
means of communication between the east coast at
Berwick, down to the west coast of Scotland, at Ayr,
passing through the intermediate country by way of
Kelso, Galashiels, and Peebles. In the course of our
proceedings we were met with the most decided opposi-
tion on the part of the North British Company. They
alleged that we were invading a country which belonged
to them, and I confess they did this with some degree of
justice, because we found that we could not proceed by
the narrow valley at Galashiels without making use of
their line to some extent. We endeavoured, therefore, to
enter into treaties with them, and the result was that we
agreed to abandon to them that portion of the line to
the eastward of Peebles, receiving their assurance that
they would complete the line from Edinburgh to Pee-
bles. The North British failed on the merits, in establish-
ing a case for the construction of a railway between
Galashiels and Peebles, and they were therefore com-
pelled to stop in their project of -Communicating with the
east of Scotland. With regard to the whole of the
western portion between the Caledonian Railway and
the town of Ayr—that is the portion which is now in-
cluded in the Bill before Parliament, and for which this
meeting has assembled—looking at the nature of the
country which the line is to intersect, I find that
it is rich in mineral wealth, which unfortunately
however, is now locked up, because it has had :no oppor-
tunity of being conveyed to distant parts of the country.
At present there are in the course of being established
an immense number of iron furnaces, and I believe that
the result will be a fair
,return for the capital invested.
In consequence of the changes which have taken place,
I cannot tell what exact traffic may be expected, but of
this be sure, that we have already found sufficient evi-
dence to show that a very satisfactory return may be
anticipated. Superadded to tEe plan I have just stated,
it is intended that a line shall be carried from Leshma-
agow to Glasgow, which will open up a field of the
finest parrot or gas coal in the kingdom. These coals
are now carried twenty-three miles into Glasgow at a
great cost, and the traffic alone to Glasgow will remu-
nerate the railway without taking into account the other
great towns on the line. I have therefore no hesitation
in recommending that we should go on with the scheme.
Mr. BEEVAN wished to know what amount of ex-
penses had already been incurred.
The CHAIRMAN said that they had not been able to
get in all the accounts, but he thought that 10s. to 12s.
would cover the present expenses.
In answer to several questions,
The CHAIRMAN said that the total length of line was
78 miles. He was not able to state what the passenger
traffic might be, but as the district was populous, and
the people active and industrious, he expected that this
branch of traffic would be very remunerative.
Mr. BEEVAN was desirous of having some information
regarding the passenger traffic.
Mr. H. HINDE said, besidei the through traffic which
might be expected from Ayr and Kilmarnock to Edin-
burgh, there was every reason to suppose that the ex-
tension of the Ayr and Glasgow Railway by the Glas-
gow and Belfast union to Govan and Portpartrick, so as
to form a through communication with Belfast, would
bring a great amount of the Irish traffic. As to the
Caledonian Extension, Belfast was the focus for the
whole population of the north of Ireland who sought to
pass into Scotland, and when there was a through rail-
way communication to Ayr there was no doubt that
much of this traffic would pass along this line of rail-
way to Edinburgh and the east of Scotland. He might
remark that there were no two towns in Ireland and
Scotland that carried on a larger traffic with each other
than Belfast and Dundee, and the Caledonian Exten-
sion would form the most direct railway connexion with
these two places. He was persuaded that what with the
traffic from Ayr, Kilmarnock, and the west of Scotland,
with the Irish traffic coast of Scotland, and vice versa,
there would be ample remuneration for the capital in•
vested. But while the traffic from Ayrshire to Edin-
burgh would be necessarily great, he would beg leave
to observe that the Lesmabagow branch was the only
portion of the scheme that was regarded as a mineral
line, and those who were best acquainted with the loca-
lity through which it will pass say it will be one of the
best paying lines in Scotland, independent of any calcu-
lation for passenger traffic.
Mr. BEEVAN said he looked more to passenger traffic
probability
there was of it paying the
than to goods or minerals. He admitted that on the
portion named the mineral traffic would be very great.
But what he wanted to know was the expense of the
shareholdersformation,
for th
itse
construction.
The CHAIRMAN said it was estimated to cost 16,000/.
or 17,0001. per mile.
Mr. BEEVAN remarked that the estimate was not
large for a doudle line of railway.
The CHAIRMAN believed the mineral traffic on the
Lesmahagow line would be very great. He considered
the dividend on that portion of the scheme would not
be less than that paid on the Wishaw and Coltness Rail-
way, which was 104 per cent.
Mr. BEEVAN—But the mineral lines, like the Wishaw
and Coltness Railway, are not constructed in the man
tier
.it is proposed to lay down the Caledonian Exton
e
sion.

Mr. 11. lIINDE said that regarding mineral lines, it
was now found to be the best course to obtain good
gradients and well constructed railways instead of the
old tram roads. In the district of country whore he
resided they had tram-roads in every direction, for the
accommodation of the mineral traffic, many of them
very rudely constructed ; but they were now taking
them up to a great extent and laying down good lines.
Mr. ALLAN was of opinion that if the eastern branch
of the Caledonian Extension scheme was cut off, and
the portion from Ayr to Lanark only left, they could
not get a return on the investment of a million of money.
He could not see any possible prospect of a satisfactory
return to the capitalists. He believed that at present
in
only one coach ran the direction which the line pro-
posed to take. The feeling of the large proportion of
the Scotch shareholders, as far as he could collect it,
was against proceeding with the line.
The GRA-111JUN called the attention of the Hon. Gen-
tleman to the fact, that the great proportion of the Edin-
burgh passengers, on account of the present railway
accommodation, went round by Glasgow.

Mr. H. lIINDE said the reason which had been urged
e with
tl which h
against the present line by Mr. Allan might be urged
with as great propriety against the London and York,
because no coach at present ran direct along the route
wse and Carlisle wase Railway acq u
int
of the line to York, the great proportion of the passen-
lia
.e d
Before that
passen-
gers preferring the circuitous route by railway. There
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caseN Newcastle
the objection of the Hon. Proprietor—it was that
line was constructed for several years there was not a
single coach between the places, yet now the line was
paying six per cent.—([fear, hear.)
Mr. BEEVAN thought if they proceeded they would.
be making a railway to get traffic, not Proceeding upon
the data of the traffic that at present existed.
Mr. 11. lIINDE replied that it was not so, as it was
as Trtained that a large proportion of the Ayrshire
traffic that would no doubt use this railway went at
present by the circuitous route of Glasgow, merely
because there was railway accommodation. At present
there were two ways to Edinburgh from Ayr and Kil-
marknock, by Muirkirk direct, and by the circuitous
route of Glasgow.
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the difference in fa-
vour of the Muirkirk route was 26 miles.
Colonel MACDONALD, in answer to what had been said
about the people of icotland being against the line,
remarked that the scrip representing them at the meet-
ing would show what they really thought of the matter.
A SHAREHOLDER said, that from a letter he had re-
ceived from a stockbroker in Edinburgh, the general
feeling there was in favour of going on.
Mr. ALLAN intimated that he at least represented
scrip to the amount of 2,300 shares against going for-
ward ; this was as much as could be collected together
of the dissentients before he left.
A SHAREHOLDER inquired, as the eastern portion of
the scheme was struck off, whether there would be an
alteration in the amount of shares?

The Chwastax—Most probably there will be.
Mr. BEEVAN called. on them to.kakuse before taking
further proceedings. They shiruYolncaiiidifthe state of
the money market before they sanctioned the expendi-
ture of a million of money. Moreover, he thought, at
all events, they should have some certainty of the Cale-
donian Company leasing the line ere they went further.
Mr. H. HINDE wished to say a few words. He was
one of the original parties in getting up the Caledonian
Eitension who was not connected with the Caledonian
Company. He did so on account of the eastern portion
of it going through a district of country with which he
was connected. That portion had since been lopped off.
Still, from his connexion with the scheme, he was now
thoroughly convinced that that which remained—the
western portion—would afford a fair remuneration on
the capital invested. He agreed that they should do
nothing rash, and therefore in obtaining the Bill he
would certainly not advise the shareholders to proceed
with the whole undertaking at once, but to employ the
money in hand to the completion of the Lesmahagow
portion, which would open valuable and extensive coal-
fields to the Glasgow market. He knew of no one
that did not say that this branch would prove a most
valuable concern. Even granting that no other portion
of the scheme was proceeded with than this, he con-
silered it would be well worth all the expense they
Would go to in obtaining the Bill ; and that instead of
a 4 per cent., they would have a 10, 15, or 20 per cent line,
Further, he would advise that the directors should not
proceed with the other portions of the scheme till such
dine as there was a good dividend on this portion. It
had been suggested that the shares should be reduced.
lie should think they might be reduced from 251. to 151.
each, and he believed that not more than 101. would
have to be paid up, as, under the borrowing powers of the
Bill, they could raise all the remainder that was
necessary.
Mr. MASTERMAN said, that though negotiation with
the Caledonian Company had, on account of the altera-
tion of the scheme, gone off at present, he had no doubt
the Caledonian Company would be but too happy to re-
new its offer. It should be well understood that the
western portion of the Caledonian Extension is the most
valuable portion of it, and it was but reasonable to sup-
pose that the Caledonian Company would be more glad
to lease it now than they would have been had the
scheme been left entire.
After some further conversation of no material im-
portance, and the heads of the Bill havity, been read by
the Secretary, the vote was taken, when there appeared—
Scrip represented at the meeting, 26,167 shares.
Assents for proceeding with the Bill 23,087
Dissents

Majority for proceeding 20,207

200 share; did-not vote.

The CHAIRMAN declared the number more than suffi-
cient to constitute the meeting, under the sessional order
—15,000 shares being enough for that purpose.
A resolution, empowering the directors to insert a
clause in the Bill authorising the payment of interest
on paid-up calls, was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. CRANE then moved a vote of thanks to the Chair-
man for his able and impartial conduct in the chair, which
was carried by acclamations.
C The ILAIRMAN returned thanks, and said no exertion
on his part should be spared to forward the interests of
the shareholders.
The meeting then broke up.