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London, England, 1846-05-09 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL and PRESTON and MAN-
CHESTER and SOUTHPORT RAILWAYS.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the resolutions of the twe
Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or
of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the LIVERPOOL and
PRESTON, MANCHESTER and SOUTHPORT RAILWAYS
COMPANY will be hold at the Palatine Hotel, Hunt's Bank, in
Manchester, on SATURDAY, the sixteenth day of May instant,
at eleven o'clock In the• forenoon, specially for the purpose
of having submitted, and at which Meeting there will be
submitted to them a copy of the Bill for making the said
Railways, now pending in the Honourable the House of Com-
mons, intituled, " A 13111 for making a Railway from the Liverpool
and Bury Railway to the North Union Railway, and from Southport
to the North Union Railway, and from the North Union Railway to
the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway, with certain branches,
to be called ' The Liverpool and Preston and Manchester and South-
port Railways,' and also for constructing a Pier and other works at
North Meols," for their consideration and approval.
Dated this first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-six. By order,

H. BYNG HALL, Secretary.

THE YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM,
-WESTMORELAND, and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY CO3l-

PANY.

Notice is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING of the
HOLDERS of SCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP,
In the YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM, WESTMORELAND,
and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held on TUES-
DAY, the 19th May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the Town-

Hall, in Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland, when a copy of
the Kill now in Parliament for this railway will be laid before the
meeting, for their approval or non-approval thereof.

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The votes will be recorded only in respect of Scrip or Bankers' Re-
ceipts issued before the 31st March last, and produced at the meeting.
To facilitate the voting, each person is requested to fill up a form,
which he can obtain at the Offices of the Company, in Kendal, or at
No. 1, Derby-street, Parliament-street, stating the name and address
of the person producing the Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, together with
the denoting number of the Scrip.
Dated the 6th day-of May, 1846,
WILLIAM CRACKANTHORPE, Chairman.
JOHN WHITWELL, Honorary Secretary.

NORFOLK RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.
Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the holders
of scrip or of bankers' receipts for scrip in respect of the undertakings
proposed to be carried into effect undtr the Bills below mentioned,
will be held at the Norfolk Railway Company's Office, at Guildhall-
buildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of
May, 1846, at half-past Two o'clock, for the purpose of submitting to
their approval copies of the following Bills :
A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail-
way communication between the Dereham branch of the Norfolk

Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney in the county of
Norfolk.

A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail-
way from the Ipswich and itury St. Edmund's Railway at Stow-
market, to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham.
A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail-
way from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford,to the Lowestoft Railway
at Reedham.

The chair will be taken at half-past Two o'clock precisely.
N. B. It will be necessary for each person who attends to produce
the scrip or banker's receipt for scrip in respect of which he claims to
attend and take part in the proceedings.
Dated this 30th day of April, 1846.
ADAM DUFF, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
By order, RICHARD TILL, Secretary.

ANCIIESTER, MIDLAND, and GREAT
w GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of recent resolutions of
both Houses of Parliament, a meeting of the holders of scrip, or
banker's receipts, entitling the parties to claim scrip of the Man-
chester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway Company,
will be held at the company's offices, in Rotherham, in the West
Riding of the county of York, on FRIDAY, the 15th day of May inst.,
at twelve o'clock at Loon precisely, for the purpose of giving their
sanction, or otherwise, to the Bill now before Parliament, for
making a Railway from the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Man-
chester Railway at Wortley, to Join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Railway near to Bole, with branches therefrom.
The votes will be taken at the meeting according to the amount of
scrip held by each person present, who will be required to exhibit
the Caine, and to furnish the Secretary with a written memorandum
of his or her name and address, and the denoting numbers of the
scrip produced, these particulars being required to be stated in the
certificate, which must be lodged with Parliament before the third
reading of the Bill.
Note.—All persons producing scrip at the above meeting will be
ntitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st of
March last ; but no vote can be accepted in respect of any scrip not
actually produced, except in cases where the deposit on shares
allotted has been paid prior to the 31st of March last, but the scrip
for such shares has not been issued, in which case the production of
the banker's receipts for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of scrip.
To facilitate the arrangements of the meeting, the Secretary will
attend at the offices of the company, in High-street, Rotherham,
every day previous to the meeting, from ten to three o'clock, to re-
ceive and arrange the scrip, and those shareholders who cannot con-
veniently attend the meeting, are particularly requested to transmit
their scrip certificates, or banker's receipts, with their name and
address to the Secretary, at the offices, without delay, and the Chair-
man will vote for them in such manner as they may request.
The receipt of scrip certificates or banker's receipts will be ac-
knowledged by return of post, and returned to the owners immedi-
ately alter the meeting.
JNO. ALDRED, Chairman.
ERAS. PARKER, Secretary.
Rotherham. May 7, 1846.