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No. 16,880. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING S N, OCTOBER 26, 1846.

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BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, AND CETTE
RAILWAY (EZPELETA'S) COMPANY.
The Shareholders in the Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Railway
(Ezpeleta's) Company are requested to send in their scrip to this
office forthwith, to be exchanged against Definitive Shares in the Con-
stituted Company, which will be ready for delivery as soon as the
arrangements for that purpose can be completed.
DAVID SALOMONS, Chairman.
Bordeaux and Cette Railway-office, 31, Lombard-street,
London, Oct. 19, 1846.
Forms to accompany the deposit of the scrip may be had on appli-
cation at the Company's office.

NORTH OF NORFOLK RAILWAY.
The lrectors of this Company have the satisfaction to state,
that they hive concluded an arrangement with the Norfolk Railway
Company,,y which the Scripholders of this Company, will be enti-
tled to Si SHARES of 201. in the extension guaranteed Five per
Cent. Stook of the Norfolk Company, 21. paid, in respect of each
FIVES fARES of the North of Norfolk, upon payment of 30s. in
respect q each new share ; with a prospective further advantage,
when thb Act shall be obtained.

Scripholders wishing to avail themselves of this offer, are required
to signify their intention ON OR BEFORE THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER NEXT,
by dqbsit of their Scrip, where the first instalment of 11. has not
been.peturned to them ; or by letter in the form annexed, such de-
posit' to be made at, and such letter to be addressed to, No. 3,
CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S.
$43 Scripholder will be entitled to claim any benefit from this ar-
rahgement AFTER THE 10th NOVEMBER.

.A receipt will be given for the Scrip at the time the same is left.

Due notice will be given of the time and places appointed for the
,payment of the deposit, and for receiving the Shares in the Norfolk
:Company's Stock.

JAB. COPPOCK, 3, Cleveland-row,} solicitors.
J. H. TILLETT, Norwich,

24th Oct 1846.
To the Directors of the North of Norfolk Railway.
Gentlemen,—Being a holder of Shares in the North of Norfolk
Railway Company, I hereby inform you that I wish to subscribe for
Shares in the Norfolk Railway Company's Five per Cent. Stock
of 201. each, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 11. 10s. per share
upon the number allotted to me at any time when req'iired so to do.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

SPECIAL NOTICE.

LOUVAIN A LA SAMBhE RAILWAY,
DIRECT to NAMUR and CHARLEROI

NOTICE of CALL and LAW of FORFEITUILE.

The Directors of this Company beg to state to such Shareholders
as have not yet paid up the call of 21., made by advertisement in the
" London Gazette" of 2d June last, that the latest day for payment
of the same will be the 2d day of November now next. All Shares
which shall not then be paid upon will, by the fact of such omission,
become absolutely forfeited, in accordance with the statutes of the
Company. That there may not be any misapprehension in this re-
spect, the Directors beg to subjoin the Articles of the Statute regu-
lating the due payments of the capital of the Company.
" Article B.—The holder of a Title wh• shall not pay his call at
the time fixed, shall, by way of penalty, be charged with interest on
the sum due at the rate of 5; per cent. per annum for every day in
quest.

" If the call be not paid within one month from the day appointed,
the share shall become forfeited, and the holder shall lose his interest
in all anteriar payments, and the right of hereafter participating in
the profits of the Company's capital.
" The whole of the previous payments shall belong in fUll right to
the Company, without• the necessity of having recourse to any cita-
ticln or serving of notice.
" Moreover, the titles to shares on which the calls shall not have
been paid within one month of the time fixed, shall become abso-
lutely void, and will cease to be admissible for negotiation or
transfer."

It remains, therefore, for the Directors only to state that the
above call of 2/. having become due on the 2d of October last, cannot,
BY LAW, be received by them after the 2d November next, on which
day the Month allowed beyond the said 2d October, will expire, and
all shares then unpaid upon, become absolutely and irrecoverably for-
feited.

JOHN BARNES, President;
GEO. DANCE, Secretary.
23. Threadneedle-street, 23d Oct., 1846.

NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE
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POULTRY, MANSION-lIOUSE.
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September $O, 1846.

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The division of profits is animal, and tie next will be made in
December of tke present year.
F. FIIIIIWITSON CADIROUX, Secretary.

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

COVENTRY, LEICESTER, NUNEATON, AND

BIRMINGHAM.

BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—The first general meeting
of the shareholders was held at the Queen's Hotel this
day, when, in consequence of the proposed transfer of
the line to the London and North-Western Company on
their taking the shares at par, some warm debate took
place. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Edmund
Peel, chairman of the company. The principal feature
in the report submitted t, the meeting was the proposed
transfer of the line to the London and North-Western
Company. The directors stated that they had ceded the
line from Coventry to Nuneaton to the London and
North-Western Company, which company had also in-
troduced a Bill before Parliament for a line between
those towns. The directors gave it as their opinion that
the line from Nuneaton to Wigston, near Leicester, and
for which the Act had been obtained, was too short to
be worked with the fullest efficiency by a small inde-
pendent company. They, therefore, recommended that
an application be made to Parliament next session for a
Bill enabling the company to complete the transfer of
the line to the London and North-Western Company.
Consequent upon the decreased length of the line the
capital is to be reduced to 270,0001. in 13,500 shares of
201. each, every subscriber of four shares in the original
company to be entitled to one in the new company.
Mr. OLIVER, of London, demanded some explanations
as to why the shareholders were not called together
prior to the public announcement of the transfer of the
line to' the London and North-Western Company, and
another shareholder insisted upon knowing by whom the
tsii7guineas per share which had been received by thou-
sands in return for their deposits bad been paid. He
also demanded to know fully the particulars of the ne-
g6tiations that had been going on.
After consulting Mr. Carter, solicitor, and some of
the directors, the CHAIRMAN replied that these questions
had better not be pressed.
An angry discussion here ensued, which resulted in
the questions being withdrawn, but not before Mr.
Oliver had declared that, so far as the shareholders at
present knew, the directors might have seriously com-
mitted themselves. The report was ultimately adopted
and on the question for the appointment of new direc-
tors another very warm discussion ensued.
Mr. COPE, of the London Stock Exchange, rose to
enter his protest against the use of the scrip in the eke-
don of directors when the original holders had received
the two guineas return. He asserted that these shares
had been obtained from the parties upon false represen-
tations ; that it had been assured them that their scrip
weuld be cancelled the moment the two guineas were
paid, instead of which they foujid it had been quietly
transferred to Mr. Glyn and the London and North-
Western Company.
Mr. THOMPSON, of Leicester, was convinced there was
something not straightforward about the conduct of the
directors.

Mr. RIDG WAY, of Caldon-place, one of the directors,
defended his colleagues from these strictures ; but for
the steps they had taken, he averred, their shares would
have been at 1/. discount.

Mr. COPE denied this, and asserted that he himself
had bought scrip as high as 4/. prem., and was it likely
the parties for whom he had purchased, or the great
body of the shareholders, would be satisfied with the
mere return of the deposit after their success before Par-
meat.

Mr. Tuomrsox again inquired what had become of
the scrip that had been sent in to be cancelled ? He
was more convinced than ever that there was something
not honest about these proceedings.
Mr. BURGESS defended the directors.
After which, the gentlemen nominated as new direc-
tors were appointed, but no explanation given of the
whereabouts of the scrip that had been returned. The
sum of 5004 was voted for the past expenses to the
directors. Auditors were then appointed, and the salary
of the secretary axed at 3001. per annum.
Some further discussion ensued, for the most part of
an angry character, and ended with a declaration by
Mr. OLIVER, that whatever opposition could be offered
before the House of Commons Committee it should be
offered.

A counter declaration was then made by Mr. Bios,
of Leicester, one of the directors, that they would not be
diverted from their duty by persons who attended there
for stock-jobbing purposes.

the two lines: is at present under examination on both
sides. The evident interest of the two companies is to
come to an understanding on so important a question;
and the good feeling that has been manifested on both
sides leads to a well-founded hope of an arrangement
mutually favourable. The report of our head engineer,
which we are about to communicate to you, will show what
course our works have followed in their different parts,
including the purchase of land. The excellent execution
of these works, and the satisfactory manner in which the
purchases of land have been effected are proofs of the
care and sound local administration which have presided
over this part of our undertaking. From Amiens (itself
included) to Etaples the works have been adjudicated in
parcels to various contractors; and from Etaples to Bou-
logne, by far the most important part of the line, an
agreement on forfeit has been entered into.with Messrs.
Mackenzie and Brassey, who are displaying their usual
activity, and employing the powerful means at their dis-
posal. Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey are also charged
with the task of ballasting the line and laying down the
rails on the sections from Abbeville to litaples, and from
Etaples to Boulogne. The works of art on the portion
of the line from Abbeville to Boulogne have been en-
trusted by treaty to Messrs. Ganneron and Co. With a
few exceptions we have found, all along the line, the
very best dispositions in our favour. The manifestations
by which the town of Amiens had appealed to the public
and to the Government in favour of the establishment of
a railway from Amiens to Boulogne—a line which, in
fact, is certain to ensure to that town so many advan-
tages—bad authorised us to believe that we should find
in the municipal authorities of the place only the most
conciliatory sentiments when the time should arrive for
purchasing the communal lands required for the line in
its passage through Amienss. We had, however,
rated far too highly the kind intentions of the
town of Amiens with respect to us. We were
obliged to appeal to a jury of expropriation against
the exorbitant demands of this town, when the question
arose of making over to us some of the communal land,
and particularly the old ditches of the fortifications,
which numerous precedents led us to imagine would be
ceded to us gratuitously. The town of Abbeville, with
which we had arranged in an amicable manner for the
acquisition of the communal land required for the rail-
way, deenied it necessary to proceed against us by law
for the payment of the octroi-duty on chalky matter
serving to form the emuankments of the line. Con-
demned before the Court of Premiere Instance at Abbe-
ville, we gained our cause before the Cour Royale of
Amiens. The town of Abbeville has appealed to the
Court of Cessation, but we are in hopes that the judg-
ment in our favour will be confirmed."
The following is the report of our head engineer :
" The definitive plans of all the portions of the Amiens
to Boulogne Railway having received the approbation of
the Government authorities, it was possible to proceed
to the accomplishment of the formalities of expropriation
of land, and to the execution of the works on every part
of the line. The acquisition of land is now nearly brought
to a termination. Amicable arrangements have been
entered into with upwards of 1,400 landed proprietors
for about 2,300 pieces of land, amounting in all to 250
hectares (the hectare is about two and a half acres). It
was found necessary to apply to a jury to decide relative
to 66 pieces of land in the arrondissement of Amiens.
It will probably be unnecessary to have recourse to
the same means in the arrondissement of Abbeville, as
there remain there but three landowners who have not
entered into an arrangement. There are still 106 in the
department of the Pas de Calais, respecting whom the
formalities of expropriation are being proceeded with.
The operations are too far advanced not to allow an
estimate to be made with precision of the whole expense
of the land necessary for the Boulogne Railway. This
amount will be somewhat about 33,000 f. the kilometre
(-I of an English mile), including the ground for sta-
tions and all kinds of accessory indemnities. The most
important indemnity which the company has had to pay
is that obtained by the town of Amiens, for ceding
certain communal lands, and in particular the ditches
of the fortifications, relative to which the Boulogne
Company certainly did not expect to see the town
of Amiens proceed to such demands as had never
before been heard of. A jury was called on to decide
on these demands. The town of Amiens, in
coming before that tribunal, reduced its claim to
323,3951. ; the railway company offered 60,0001., and
the jury fixed the amount to be paid at 140,000 f. In
opposition to the exaggerated demands of the town of
Amiens, matte adduced the gratuitous concession which
the War Department has given to the company, of the
military ground, to be occupied by the railway in passing
through the fortified part of Abbeville. We have also
to mention the gift, which the town of Buologne has
made to the company, of two and a half hectares of land,
at the point where the station is to be erected. The
great number of amicable arrangements obtained by the
company in so short a time, and the moderate amount
of the sums paid, are additional testimonies of the ac-
commodating feeling which the undertaking has met
with, almost in every "PS. ^,P;-.1/..knr".^-tmlltf
use"
P"be" e works on the line, we shall
divide the railway into three sections :—From Amiens
to Abbeville—from Abbeville to Etaples—and from Eta-
ples to Boulogne. The execution of the works is being
actively prosecuted in these three stations, except in the
interval of about two kilometres, comprised in the pas-
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part are to be executed with the concurrence of the
military engineering department, and with that of the
state. This condition, which the company could not
get rid of, and the accomplishment of the formalities
attendant on it, might retard in a manner prejudicial to
the interests of the company the period of working the
line in its entire length, were it not that the company
has assured to itself, in case of need, the power of esta-
blishing, for the purpose of getting over these two kilo-
metres and the river Somme, temporary arrangements
which will permit it to await with patience the comple-
tion of the definitive works ordered by the Departments
of War and Public Works. This question is at present
under examination, at the same time that the projects
of detail which are to be afresh submitted to the general
council of the Ponts-et-Chaussess and to the fortification
committee are being taken into consideration. In the
section comprised between Amiens and Abbeville, the
length of which is about forty-five kilometres (a little
more than twenty-eight miles English), the embank-
ments and works of art are finished; the line is enclosed
throughout its whole length. A single way is laid
down and ballasted, the second one is also laid down
throughout a great part of its length, and will soon be
completed. Within a few days, locomotives are to be
received at Amiens, which may traverse the whole length
of the line. The works of art of this section consisted,
erectingn e lz abna
without reckoning a number of aqueducts, of three tun-
nels of about 600 yards in length together, four viaducts
above the railway for the passage of public roads, nine
bridges, of from four to sixteen yards in span, and six
lighter bridges. The most considerable works were in
passing through Amiens. They are now completely
in iM
finished, and this result does honour to the activity dis-
played them. At the present moment workmen are
employed
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trrrerrsefOrwthheo
watchmen's boxes, posts for measuring the distance,
had undertaken to
railway. Eighteen watchmen's houses
passages on a level,
and other accessories necessary for the working of a
have been al-
ready erected. Independently of the stations of Amiens
and Abbeville, four secondary ones have been established
at Picquiny, Ilangest, Longpri, and Pont-Remy.
These six stations are distant from each other about
from seven to fourteen kilometres, but in addition the re-
quisite arrangements have been made to establish inter-
mediate ones, should it be found useful to do so. Work-
men are actively employed on the buildings at the sta-
tions; in order, however, to allow all the time necessary
for arranging them in a manner most suitable to the ne-
cessities of the service, and in order to be fully prepared
to make use of these stations at once, the buildings des-
tined for the service of goods have been first commenced,
and only temporary arrangements have been as yet
effected for the service of passengers. A provisional
station could alone be erected at Abbeville, as the defi-
nitive one is to be constructed on the military ground
within the circuit of the fortificatioas, which the Minis-
ter of War has not yet permitted to be passed. This
station has been erected as near the town as possible,
within 800 yards of the Rouen gate, and close to the
high road to that place. The expense of this station
will be inconsiderable, because the buildings there,
formed of timber, have been so arranged that the wood-
work may be all taken down and again put up on the site
of the definitive station, to serve as lock-up houses and
sheds for holding goods. Art. 7 of the:Cahier des Charges
reserved to the state the faculty of establishing the two
services of the Northern and Boulogne Companies in a
station common to both at Amiens. The Government
authorities had not come to any decision in this re-
spect when the last general assembly was held. Since
been transmitted to
Company. It is the state which is
the Boulogne
to get this station constructed,d. theand which has t that
de-
finitively so arrange Boulogne Company
establish
can without any inconvience.. there its service
the buildings, quays, ways, and sheds
then their determination has
for passengers ;
e independent o. those re-
servedlt itl
to the Northern line. s also the state which
to bepaid
is to fix the sum of money . by the Boulogne
for the use of the Amiens station. It cannot
Company
until after the completion of
do so, however, the works,
destined for its use are
.quite
wsired. The Boulogne Company, therefore, has had to
which are urged on with all the activity that can be de.
provide at Amiens only for the establishment of a sta-
tion exactly opposite nisi-0 • d
These erections, situate raise by
for goods, and for workshops to repair its stock.
ed One part of the sheds for goods
ex-
ceedingly advanc •
disposed for
the Northern Company for the same purpose, are
has been temporarily
.the accommodation of
the state shall have
dt the definit•
ivebuildings that are
r d to the company
• ted for that service. The houses for lo-
comotives,to be appropriated
e in general • •
the principal de-
pendencies the offices, and
for the working of the section
necessary
ready. For to Abbeville, are For the open-
ingfrom Amiens
section to the public we were in hopes
passengers, whilst waiting until
of this
be able to advance the • d
perm
but
had fixed ;unforeseen delays in
which we
of certain works and in the delivery
the execution
and rolling stock have deprived us
of our stationary
that we
As these delays, however,are not
of this expectation.
r they cannot have
the effect
to continue much longer
•
' the term whichwe specified last year at a
of postponing
We then announced that the section
similar period.
might

from Amiens to Abbeville might be opened to the public
at the end of 1846—that anticipation will be realised.
We announced at the same time that the principal
works between Abbeville to Etaples, with the exception
of the passage through Abbeville, should be terminated
—that result has been obtained. In this section, on a
length of forty-eight kilometres (thirty English miles).
the embankments are nearly terminated; the works of
art are partly constructed; the fences for enclosing the
line are being placed; large provisions of ballast are
ready; the laying down of the rails has been commenced
in the direction of Rue; and the contractors, Messrs.
Mackenzie and Brassey, have already organised there a
service for transporting ballast by means of locomotive
power. The works of this section will be terminated by
next spring. A station is to be placed at Noyelles-sur-
itearly opposite St. Valery. The Government
authorities have not yet decided as to the position of the
other stations, as far as Etaplee, but one of them is to
be placed at Rue. By far the most important works of
the section from Etaples to Boulogne could not receive
all the impulse that was desirable until after the plans of
the company had received the approval of the Govern-
ment authorities; at present their execution is in full
activity. Out of about 1,100,000 cubic metres of em-
bankments that were to be made, nearly 400,000 have
been already completed; all the cuttings are far ad-
vanced; and upwards of 200 waggons and 1,000 work-
men are daily employed at them. Messrs. Mackenzie
and Brassey have entered into an engagement to have all
finished by next summer, and the arrangements which
they have made in consequence leave no doubt that their
works will be executed with great celerity. Several
works of art are terminated, and a great number are in
the course of execution. The most important of all is
the bridge which is to be thrown over the river
Canone, at Etaples. This bridge is to have 15 arches
of 14 yards span, and is to be built altogether of mason-
work. Materials for its construction are now being
actively collected, and already nearly 1,000 steres of
wood for the foundations, a million of bricks, and 220
cubic metres of stone, have been provided. At present
workmen are engaged in driving the foundation piles.
The Government authorities have approved of the
points chosen for the stations of Etaples and Boulogne;
they have also decided that a station is to he erected at
Neufchatel, nearly half-way between those two places.
The construction of these stations will be ere long com-
menced. About 85,000 rails have been received, and
others are on their way. All that is now to arrive
is 4,000 rails still remaining to be sent in from Pont-
Audemar, and 17,652 others from the iron-works of
Creusot, to which establishment next January has been
assigned as a final day. Two-thirds of the supply of
chairs have been delivered, and the deliveries of bolts
are exceedingly advanced. After having undergone
some delays, the supply of sleepers has been effected
with activity ; there still, however, are about 70,000
wanting to render the supply complete, as it will be at
the end of the year. These sleepers, which are of oak,
are immersed in a solution of sulphate of copper, pre-
viously to being used. The object of this operation is
to prolong, in a very marked manner, the duration of
the wood, and this circumstance is a matter of too great
importance to the company to allow them to hesitate to
employ it; the expense, besides, is comparatively incon-
siderable, not being more than 50c. per sleeper. Four-
chambault has commenced delivering the matters re-
quired for changing the way, but the turning platforms
are still expected ; several are on the road. Five loco-
motive machines, with their tenders, are ready, being
the number which MM. Allcard, Buddicom, and Co.,
had undertaken to have delivered at this period.
There have been ordered from Messrs. Schneider and
Co. 30 carriages of the first class, 50 of the
second, 50 of the third, 50 baggage waggons, and 90
waggons for goods and cattle, making in all 270. Great
attention has been paid to have this stock constructed in
the best possible manner. The construction is now far
advanced, and Messrs. Schneider and Co. have an-
nounced that they will commence delivering some of the
carriages within a fortnight. To sum up briefly what
has been already stated, the execution of the works on
the Boulogne was commenced scarcely a year since ; 45
kilometres between Amiens and Abbeville may be opened
for regular working at the end of the year 1846 ; 48
kilometres between Abbeville and Etaples are in an ex-
ceedingly forward state, and will be terminated in the
course of the spring of 1847. Out of 129 kilometres
between Etaples and Boulogne the works are a quarter
executed, and will be so urged on as to be finished in the
summer of 1847. The entire line may consequently be
opened to the public about that period, for we have every
reason to believe that the execution of the works for the
passage through the fortifications of Abbeville will not
retard the definitive opening of the line. The works
that are already executed, and the agreements that have
been made, also confirm us in our expectation that the
expense will not reach the sum that was originally cal-
culated."

We cannot, gentleman, terminate this statement, with-
•ut declaring to you that the information which we every
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circulation produced by it affording most satisfactory
returns to the shareholders. Nothing shall be left un-
done on our parts to give to the local traffic all the deve-
lopment of which it appears susceptible ; and with
respect to the transport of passengers and goods through-
out the whole line, we perceive in the future only cir-
cumstances more and more favourable to such develop.
ment. The nature of our relations with the London to
Dover Company, which tend to become constantly more
intimate, because our interests are identical—the amelio-
rations in course of execution at the port of Folkestone,
to render it accessible at all hours of the tide—the in-
crease in the number of packets of a superior description
plying between that port and Boulogne—the constantly
increasing reputation of this last-named port—and the
friendly disposition evinced again a few days back by the
Minister of Public Works for the prompt execution of
plans of improvement, the result of which will be to
ensure to it its position as first port of passage between
France and England—all these causes, gentlemen,
would be sufficient to justify our hopes as to
the favourable results of our enterprise. But
if to this we add the consideration that the
increase of the commercial movement produced by the
reduction of duty in England on a great number of ar-
ticles imported from France, cannot but prove very con-
siderable, and will become still more so should France
also lower her tariff, it is difficult to assign a limit to
the development of the traffic which the future reserves
for a railway that must be the principal line of commu-
nication between Paris and London, from leaving be-
tween these two capitals of the civilised world only
twelve hours' distance. The general account, which we
lay before you, in a detailed state, closed up to the 30th
of last September, shows receipts to the amount of
27,195,959 f. Bc., composed of payments of capital, in.
terest, transfers at London, sales of shares, difference on
the exchange on English payments, caution-money of
the contractors of works, and sundries. And an expen-
diture amounting to 14,363,443 f. 51c., composed of pur-
chase of land, establishment of the way and stock—
general expenses of the administration—and interest to
the shareholders to October 23, 1845, leaving a
balance of 12,832,515 f. 57c. in caution-money, cash in
hand, and balance at our bankers' ; the payment of
a great part of our stock, and of a considerable part of
the cost of the construction of the line, is down in the
money expended, for 13,390,521 f. 10c. ; the interest of
four per cent. on the amount paid in by each shareholder
will be paid on and after November 5, in Paris, at Messrs
C. Laffitte, Blount, and Co. ; at Boulogne, at Messrs. A.
Adams and Co. ; and in London, at Messrs. Masterman
and Co. Each share will have a right to receive the sum
of 11f. 70e.

When the Secretary had concluded, several share-
holders demanded explanation on various points.
M. BUREAUD RIOFFREY inquired if it would not be
possible for the board of directors, since the company had
12,000,000 f. in hand, to postpone the calls until money
was absolutely required ?
The CHAIRMAN replied that the board of directors
were not authorised to alter what was fixed on the point
in question by article six of the statutes, which declared
that each of the seven other tenths should be payable
from three months to three months after the date of

the third tenth being required." The board would,
however, give as much indulgence for the payment of
the calls as possible ; and in place of having the shares
of parties not paying up sold, as it had a right to do, it
would only require interest from the period that the call
was made.

M. ADAM, Mayor of Boulogne, entered into some
explanations tending to show the superiority which the
Boulogne line must eventually possess over that of
Calais.

The accounts were then passed, and an authorization
was granted to the board of directors to sell such por-
tions of land as were not required for the services of the
company.
The meeting then broke up.
It may be as well to state that the allusion made in
the report of the kiwi intentions of the Minister of Public
Works refers to that Honourable Gentleman's having,
during his late ♦isit to Boulogne, expressed the willing-
ness of the French Government to bear a portion of the
expenses of throwing a second bridge across the har-
bour, in order to connect the railway station with the
town, in addition to that at present in the course of con-
struction, the whole cost of which falls on the Govern-
ment. He also declared that he was willing to support
the project of further improvements in the port of Bou-
logne— a matter of great importance to the company,
as every amelioration in the port ought certainly to
prove beneficial for traffic and general movement of the
line.

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and to tike their vote upon what had been achieved on
their behalf. With regawil to the pros and cons that had
been urged by another 6116ipany he (the president) had
only to take his standing upon the authority of the state,
with regard to the position of their line ; their standing
was authorised and guarded by all that could substan-
tiate and protect society. It was for the meeting to
decide by their free will whether they would accept of
the additional advantage offered to them by the directors,
namely, of possessing themselves of Brussels as a starting
point to their undertaking.
The proposition was received with acclamation, and
universally assented to.
The CHAIRMAN then announced to the meeting that
the interest on all deposits would be raised from 4 to 5
per cent., dated after the Ist instant. Every share-
holder would be at liberty to fulfil any outstanding lia-
bilities and avail himself of this arrangement.
It was also assured to the meeting that the works
should be immediately commenced and continued with
the greatest activity.
The direction have also announced that a report,
setting forth every minutiae of the company's operations
is in the course of preparation and will be distributed
immediately.