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RAILWAY ATE
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY MEETING.
The shareholders re-assembled yesterday morning at
the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge, in pursuance of
the adjournment of Monday. Mr. J. M. Parsons, deputy
chairman presided. The following was the result of the
ballot on Mr. P. A. Taylor's amendment for the adop-
tion of the report of the committee, with the exception
of the clause relating to the steamboat company:—
Amount of Stock. No. of Votes.
For the amendment £265,608 10
Against it 180,694 10

[PaicE SD.

Majority... X 84,914 0
The CHAIRMAN said that the directors had no objec-
tion personally to throw overboard the steamboat ques-
tion—they had been influenced in their course through-
out solely by a sense of duty to the proprietary.
Mr. Alderman WILSON proposed an adjournment for
six weeks, with a view of their filling up the vacancies
in the direction.

The CHAIRMAN said he was advised that the meeting
were legally bound to fill up the vacancies at once.
A conversation ensued as to whether the four retiring
directors were not bound to have given notice of their
intentions to offer themselves for re-election, which they
had not in fact done ; but the solicitor stated that no
notice was necessary.
Mr. POWER proposed the election of Mr. Milts, a
shareholder, but not previously a director, in whose case
notice had been given.
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tiniately the retiring directors, viz,, Mr. E. Wigan,
E. Crowley, Mr. J. Whishim, and Mr. J. Lowrie
.re re-elected, Mr. Power declaring it to be his inten-
tion to appeal to another tribunal.
Messrs. Marriott and Green were elected auditors,
cl a vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the
•ectprs.

EAST INDIA RAILWAY.
An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders
is held yesterday, at the London Tavern, at one oclock;
r..Aglionby, M.P., in the ehair.
The CHAIRMAN stated that since the issuing of the
st report the most remarkable feature in the company's
fair 4 was the failure of the engagement entered into
ith the East India Company as to the raising of
)0,0001. The Bill was, however, about to go into
omilittee unopposed, and might almost be considered
I having already passed. Fifty thousand pounds was
,quired by the Ist of May, in order to complete the de-
The question to be decided was, whether the
notint should be raised by a call of 21. per share, or
..hetter the whole undertaking should-be abandoned.
Thinking that there ought to be no hesitation, he pro-
posed that the amount mentioned should be called
up, on the condition, that in the event of the company
stopping before the cold season arrived, it should be re-
turned to the proprietors without deduction ; that is, if
invested, as it probably would be, in Consols ; and if the
state of the Consol market admitted of that being done.
Phis call would realise about 76,0001., or 20,0002 more
than was actually required to fulfil the contract.

After some conversation,
On the motion of Mr. liiisort, seconded by Mr. HEN-
DERSON, the meeting agreed to a call of 21., with a proviso
that in the event of its not reaching 100,000/. early
enough to enable the deposit to be paid, the money
should be returned with interest, before the Ist of Oc-
tober; and, further, that no use should in any case be
made of the call, without consulting the shareholders.
It was further resolved, on the motion of Mr. BEAU.
MONT, that the directors should be requested to apply to
the East India Company for improved terms, as regarded
interest, or an extension of the period during which the
guarantee should continue in force.
An amendment for the dissolution of the company
was negatived by a large majority, and a vote of thanks
given to the chairman.

OPENING OF THE BOULOGNE AND AMIENS

RAIL WAY.
BouLoaNE, MONDAY.—Tbe last link—a short seven
miles between Boulogne and Neufchatel forming a
complete railway communication from Boulogne to Paris,
was traversed this day for the first time by the ordinary
passenger trains.
The difficulties and delays which have arisen in the
progress of this great work are sufficiently familiar to
your readers to render unnecessary anything more than
a passing allusion to them. The natural obstacles to the
construction of the line, great as they were at some
points, have been as nothing to the vacillating conduct
of those to whom the administration of the affairs of the
railway has unfortunately hitherto been entrusted; and
without here making any more personal allusion, it may
be remarked that the shares in a line of railway—which,
by the positive advantages it possesses over allrival lines,
ought to have commanded nearly the whole of the Paris
traffic—have been rendered almost valueless in the mar-
ket, with a present prospect of very little improvement.
The efforts made last year by the directors of the
South-Eastern Railway, led on by their active and
zealous Chairman (Mr. Macgregor) to obtain a modi-
cum of justice for the English shareholders in the line
—who hold nine tenths of the property, by the way—
will be recollected by all, and the manner in which they
were met by the French proprietors, headed by M.
Lafitte, is a matter of railway history; a fitting retri-
bution has now fallen on them, for, if present fears are
realised, they are about to be immolated, with their
English brethren, on the republican shrine of Messrs.
Lamartine and Co.

A short week since an intention existed on the part
of the French directors to give some eck; flip long
deftired completion of the line, and celebrate the open-
ing by a preparatory trip along the railway, with a
suitable dijeuner afterwards, to be presided at by the
ex-Mayor of Boulogre, M. Adam. The threatened
" appropriation" of their property by the Provisional
Government, and the arrival of certain officers appointed
on their behalf to superintend all the stations along the
line, appears, however, to have had a paralysing effect
on the directory, who, at the last moment, determined
to open the line privately, and without any demonstra
tion whatever.

The directors of the South-Eastern Railway, with
whose interests it is clear the Boulogne and Amiens line
is most intimately associated, deeming it an unwise
course to allow so interesting an occasion to pass
altogether unnoticed, advertised last week that parties
desirous of reaching Paris the same evening might do
so by leaving London at six o'clock this morning, at
which hour it was stated a special train would leave
for the express purpose of conveying passengers to
Folkestone, where a steamer would be in readiness to
convey them across the channel.

In obedience to your instructions I took a seat in this
train, which consisted of five carriages, all of them full
of passengers proceeding to Paris, or gentlemen con-
nected with the company.
Among the latter were Mr. Macgregor, the chairman.
Captain Warren, and the Hon. J. Byng, directors; Mr.
P. W. Barlow, resident engineer of the company; Mr.
Freeman, the solicitor; Mr. Fothergill, of the goods de-
partment, &c.
With the characteristic excellence of this railway, the
journey to Folkstone (82 miles) was performed in two
hours and a quarter, including two stoppages—at Rei-
gate and Tonbridge; and when I say the journey to
Folkstone, let it be understood that within the time men-
tioned the train had descended the incline, crossed the
harbour, and drawn up alongside the jetty—this being
the first occasion of a train having accomplished this
most desirable end.
The Princess Mary was lying alongside the jetty, and
having embarked her passengers, at twenty minutes past
eight o'clock she left the harbour, and breasted the waves
in beautiful style.
The recollections of the voyage, except to some for-
tunate half dozen fellows, are not of a nature to dwell
upon. Among the pallid crew I observed the clever
author of a series of " handbooks" which have lately been
poured forth for the edification of her Majesty's lieges.
This morning's experience will have afforded him matter
for an interesting brochure on the "Natural History of
Sea-sickness."
The Princess Mary entered Boulogne harbour at $
quarter to eleven o'clock, half an hour haying been lost
owing to the prevalence of a strong head wind. An
omnibus and a few flys were immediately chartered, and
off we drove for the railway-station, which is situated
in the suburbs of Capecure, on the opposite side of the
harbour.

Arriving there, we found a large crowd of gazers
round about the station, evidently attracted by the
novelty of the "locomotive" movements. The expected
train was drawn up alongside the platform, the engine
blowing off her steam and just ready to start. Congra-
tulating ourselves on the lucky accident of not being left
behind, we presented the bone tickets previously ob-
tained, permitting us to pass up the railway, but the
officials obstinately refused to receive them, and after
the lapse of a few minutes we had the mortification to
see the train move out of the station. We were then
admitted, and coolly informed that another train would
start for Paris at three o'clock.
The only explanation we heard offered of this singular
affair was that a party of the French directors were in
the train, and had a strong objection to meet Mr. Mac-
gregor and his colleagues.
Mr. Macgregor, accompanied by Captain Warren, has
this evening left Boulogne for Paris to have an interview
with the French directors, and endeavour to come to
some satisfactory understanding as to the futurem running
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CLOSING OF THE. COMMON LAM OFFICES YOB THS
HOLIDAYS.—Yesterday a notice was issued that the writ,
judgment,
rule, and taxing masters' offices of the several
Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exche-
quer will be closed for the transaction of business on the
days between Thursday before Good Friday and Wed-
nesday in Easter week, viz.—Friday, Saturday, Monday,
and Tuesday next. By a rule of court of Easter Term,
2d William IV., the days between Thursday before Good
Friday and Wednesday in Easter week are not to be
computed in any rule, notice, order, or other proceeding,
except notices of trial and writs of inquiry, nor can any
declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder, demurrer, or
other pleading be filed or delivered during the same
period; and in all cases where any rule or order for time
for pleading shall have been obtained on or previous to
Thursday before Good Friday, the days between Thurs-
day and Wednesday next shall not be computed in such
time for pleading; but in all cases for time to enter an
appearance to any writ of summons served on a de-
fendant where the last day for entering such appearance
shall expire on Good Friday, or any day previous to
Wednesday in Easter week, then that day is to be taken
and considered as the last day for entering such ap•
pearauce.