The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-04 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY E rING

No. 16,7;30.

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.
By an advertisement In the papers of Thursday last, emanating
from the London and York Directors, it appears that the Eastern
Counties Company have offered each Lonlon and York shareholder,
in addition to a bonus of 10s. per share, l6i Eastern Counties York
Extension share, ranking, when 151. is paid, with the Eastern
Counties shares, now selling at 24/. each ; and that the Directors
have rejected this offer without calling the shareholders together.
This Committee, after mature consideration, are at a loss to discover
the soundness of the policy, which can have induced the London and
York Directors to refuse this offer. The London and York Direc-
tors charge this Committee with embarrassing their negotiation for
amalgamation, and using language so specious, as to lead the share-
holders to think they were acting with the Directors. The Com-
mittee cannot understand how ascertaining the wishes of the share-
holders, and opening a door to negotiation with the Eastern
Counties 'Company, can embarrass the Directors; and they deny
that their language Is specious, or calculated to deceive any one.
The London and York directors charge that Mr. Lamert, who acts
on this committee, is an Eastern Counties shareholder. He was, for
some years, a holder of 1,000 registered shares in the Eastern
Counties Company, which he sold in November last, and became the
holder of 2,000 London and York shares: and to relieve himself
from the loss which these will entail if the Bill passes, or to convert
them into Eastern Counties stock, which he thinks must attain a high
premium, he became one of the Committee, and participated in its
movement.
This Committee cannot congratulate the Directors on their caleu-

lations, which state that a 15/. Eastern Counties York Extension
share, with 10s. paid on it, is at 30s. premium only of the same value
as a 50/. London and York share, with 21. lOs paid on it, and nearly
spent. If the shareholders will ask any respectable share-broker, he
w!ll tell them that a premium of 30s. per share on a 151. share is equal
to a premium of ex actlykl. on a 50/. share.
Besides, if an Eastern"Tountles York Extension share is now at
30s. premium, what will the premium be if the London and York op-
position is withdrawn, and the best portion of the projected lines alone
presented to and passed by the Legislature. Eastern Counties shares,
which now stand at 24/., would, in that event, probably rise to 30/. ;
hut, taking therm at 24/., an Eastern Counties York Extension share
is, if the Bill passes, worth 9/. premium. But this is not all, for the
London and York Directors state they have considerably more than
100,000/., or 11. per share in hand.
So that a party making the proposed exchange might reasonably
expect that which is now worth 2/. 10s. to yield him in cash, pre-
mium, and bonus, 10/. 10s. ; besides divesting himself of the fearful
liability to calls, which now hangs over him. Or, more plainly,
thus :

A holder of five London and York shares of 501. each, must pay
up 2371. 10s., and have five shares, at a heavy discount, in an un-
productive line.

A holder of five Eastern Counties York Extension shares, must
pay up 72!. 10s., and have five shares, value 120/., in a dividend
paying lino

London and York shares have, in truth, already doubled their
price, in anticipation of this amalgation, and if it fail must fall back
to a lower discount than ever.
It only remains for thin commntee• to directryour attention to the
disclosure now made by the London and York Directors of the policy
which actuates them—a poli,.y which, however specious in appear-
ance, is, in the Judgment of this Committee, most distinctly opposed
to your true interest. The Directors say, with the powers of an Act
of Parliament, they would be able to conclude arrangements. Rut it is
idle to suppose that better terms can be made after the Act is ob-
tained, The line must then be made, and nearly ten millions ex-
pended. It is to prevent this disastrous consequence that the
exertions of the Committee have been directed, and they call upon
you with renewed confidence and greater earnestness to aid them
and protect yourselves.

By order of the Committee,

London and York Shareholders' CommitteeHENßY-rooms, PHILLIPPS,
4, Sise-lane, London, May 1, 1846.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE and CARLISLE
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a Special General MEETING of the
Proprietors ofthe Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Rail way Company
will be held, at the Office of the Company, near the Forth, in the town
of Newcastle-upon -Tyne, on TErEsDAY, the 19th day of May, 1846, at
Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of submitting for the approval
of the Proprietors of the said Company the Draft of a Bill now before
Parliament, entituled, "A Bill to authorise the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
and Carlisle Railway Company to extend their Railway in New-
castle-upon-Tyne, to make several Branch Railways, and for other
purposes connected with their undertaking."
MATTHEW PLUMMER, Chairman of the Directors.

LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTIN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of
-SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the LEEDS,
WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COM-
PANY, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at the
Sessions-house in Wakefield, in the county of York, at One o'clock in
the afternoon, when a copy of the Bill for making the said railway
will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting pursuant to
the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament.
And notice is hereby further given that no person can vote at the
said meeting unless he produces his scrip or bankers' receipts.
Dated this 25th day of April, 1846. _

EDWARIcTEW, Chairman of the Provisional Directors,
HENRY BERNERS, Secretary.

THOMAS BISHOP, Vice Chairman,
Nottingham, April 29, 1846aOHN COUGH, Secretary.
.

JOHN doUG?I, Secretary.

GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK,
AND AYR RAILWAY.
In compliance with the resolutions or orders of the Houses of Par-
liament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders or Stockholders
of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, will
be held within the Company's Office, in Bridge-street, Glasgow, on
WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at one o'clock in the after-
noon, when copies of the following Bills now before Parliament will
be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a note taken
on the said Bill as required by the said resolutions or orders, viz.:-
1. A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
Railway Company to alter their line near Kilmarnock, and to make
branches to Linwood, Swinlees, and the Kilmarnock and Troon
Railway.
2. A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow; Paisley, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr Railway, and to authorise the formation of
branches from Bushy to Irvine, and from Irvine to the harbour
thereof, with a subsidiary branch to Perceton Coal Works.
3, A Bill to enable the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
Railway Company to make a branch from their railway near Blair
to Str,alllaven, alit to amend the Acts relating la such railway.
By older of the Directors,
JAMES M'CALL, Chairman,
J. F. SMITH, Secretary.

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE
RAILWAY.
In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses ef Par-
liament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the holders of Scrip or of
Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railway Company, will be held within the Black Ball Hotel,
in Glasgow, upon MONDAY, the 11th day of May neat, at two o'clock
afternoon' when a copy of a Bill now before Parliament, entitled
" A Bill for making a Railway from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar-
nock, and Ayr Railway, near Cumnock, to the Caledonian Railway
near the crossing of the river Sark, to be called The Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle Railway, with Branches,' " will be submitted to the
consideration of the meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill as re-
quired by the said resolutions or orders.

BY order of the Ordinary Committee of Management,
JOHN LEADBETTER, Chairman.

F.DINBURGH and GLASGOW RAILWAY.
In compliance with the resolutions or Orders of the Houses
of Parliament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders or Stock-
holders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company will be held
within the Railway-office in Queen-street, Glasgow, upon TUESDAY,
the 12th day of May next, at one o'clock afternoon, when a copy
of a Bill before Parliament, intituled, "A Bill or Act to enable the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to alter the line of the
Glasgow Junction Railway, and to form a Branch to South Queens-
ferry," will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a
vote taken on the said Bill, as required by the said resolutions or
orders. By order of the Directors,

JOHN LEARMOUTH, Chairman,
11. G. WRIGHT, Secretary.

FAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY,
J In compliance with the Standing Orders and Sessional
Orders of Parliament.

Notice is herebygiven, that an Extraordinary General Meeting of
the East Lancashire Railway Company will be held at the Eagle and
Child Inn, Silver-street, Bury, in the county of Lancaster, on WED-
NESDAY, the 3rd day of June now next ensuing, at Twelve o'clock
at Noon ; when the Drafts of the undermentioned Bills, introduced
into Parliament in the present session, will be submitted to the
shareholders for their approval, namely :
A Bill to enable the East Lancashire Railway Company to alter
the line and:levels of such railway, and to make branches there-
from, and for other purposes relating thereto.
A Bill for making a railway from the East Lancashire Railway, at
Accrington, in the county Palatine of Lancaster, to Long Preston
and Settle, in Yorkshire, with branches therefrom.
A Bill to unite and consolidate the Blackburn and Preston Rail-
way Company with the East Lancashire Railway Company.
A Bill for making certain branches from the line of the Blackburn
and Preston Railway, in the county of Lancaster ; and for amending
the Acts relating thereto.
A 13111 for making a railway from the Liverpool and Bury Railway
to Preston, and to the Blackburn and Preston and North Union
Railways, with branches therefrom, to be called "The Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston Railway."
A (proposed) Bill to incorporate the Company of Proprietors of the
Manchester, Bolton, and Bary Canal Navigation and Railway, with
the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.
Dated the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1846.
JAMES SMITIIELLS.

COLCHESTER, STOUR VALLEY, SUD.
BURY, and HALSTEAD RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of
SCRIP aud of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the COLCHES-
TER, STOUR VALLEY, SUDBURY, and HALSTEAD RAILWAY
COMPANY, will be held at the Offices of the said Company, No. 1,
nigh-street, Colchester, Essex, on TauzsDAY, the 7th day of May,
1846, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of submitting
a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, to incorporate the said Com-
pany and construct and maintain the said Railway for the considera-
tion of the said Scripholders and Holders of Bankers' Receipts for
Scrip. Dated this 27th day of April, 1846.
GEORGE BAWTREE, Secretary.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE and OXFORD and
BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
In pursuance of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament,
notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of
the SCRIPIIOLDERS of this Company, that is to say of the Holders
of Scrip, or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Company, will be
held on SATURDAY, the 9th of May neat, at twelve o'clock at noon,
at the London and Birmingham Railway Station, in Euston-square,
London, for the purpose of approving (or otherwise) the following
Bills now before Parliament, viz. :
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the
county of Oxford (Tring to Banbury).
A Bill for making a railway from Oxford to the London and Bir-
mingham Railway, at Bletchley, in the county of Buckingham (Ox-
ford to Bletchley).

,
The Sessional Orders, before referred to, require that one-third
of the capital proposed to be raised by the Bill shall be represented at
the meeting by persons producing thereat scrip or bankers' receipts
for the same, and the holders of such scrip or receipts are therefore
requested to attend accordingly.
The Directors take this opportunity of announcing that both the
above Bills have been read a second time ; the latter is now in Com-
mittee, and wholly unopposed; the Committee on the former Bill is
not at present named.

The Secretary will afford such information and assistance to the
shareholders as they may desire with reference to their scrip or re-
ceipts, and the production thereof, and the voting thereon at the
meeting. Communications may be addressed to him at the Com-
pany's office, No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster.
As no parties will be entitled to vote at the meeting until his or
her name and address, and the denoting numbers of all the scrip or
receipts are first recorded, shareholders are particularly requested,
with a view to the convenience of the meeting, either to send their
scrip or receipts to the Secretary, or to any of the Committee of
Management,* at the offices of the Company, or to furnish a state-
ment of the denoting numbers of the scrip or receipts to the Secre-
tary forthwith, as otherwise the proceedings of the meeting will be
greatly delayed by the necessary preliminary investigations.
HARRY VERNET, Bart.,
Chairman of the Committee of Management.
WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary.

Dated 29th April, 1846.
Offices of the Company, 29, Great George-street, Westminster.
* The following gentlemen are the Committee of Management :
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon House, Bucks.
The Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepont, Evenley Hall, Brackley, Nor
thamptonshire.
Captain Edw. Dewes, Buckingham.
Ilumphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham.
Jonathan Samuel Browning, Esq., Oxford.
Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxon.
Zacharias Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks.
George Carr Glyn, Esq., London
Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham
Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool
Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey
Thomas Young, Esq., Albany, London
Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P., Londdn and
Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom. R.N., Bir-
Birmingham
mingham Railway.
Robert Benson, Jan., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester

Directors
of the
London

LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the
Euston Station, London, on Tiwasnav, the 7th day of May now
next ensuing, at 12 o'clock, when copies of the undermentioned Bills
now pending in Parliament, will be submitted to the proprietors for
their approval, by which Bills it is proposed to authorise the London
and Birmingham Railway Company, either to construct, or to become
the lessees or proprietors of, or to contribute towards the formation
of the railways therein mentioned, that is to say—
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway at Aidhury. in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the
county of Oxford.
A Bill for making a railway from Oxford, to the London and Bir-
mingham Railway at Bietchley, in the county of Buckingham.
A Bill fer making a railway ftom the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of War-
wick, to the town of Banbury, in the county of Oxford.
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of
Warwick, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the parish
of Aslichurch, in the county of Gloucester.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch railway from the London and Birmingham Rail-
way, near Coventry, to the Trent Valley Railway, in the parish of
Nuneaton.
A Bill for making a railway from or near the city of Worcester, to
the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Wcedon, in
the county of Northampton, with a branch to Alcester, in the county
of Warwick.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch from the said railway, to the Blisworth and Peter-
borough branch thereof.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to extend their line at Leamington, and to enlarge their stations at
Coventry and Rugby, and for other parposes.
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, to or near to Navigation-street, in the borough of Bir-
mingham. . .

A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, to Leam-
ington and Warwick, in the county of Warwick.
A Bill for carrying into effect certain arrangements between the
London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of
Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, and for granting
certain powers to the said respective Companies.
A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton
and to the Grand Junction Railway in the parish of Bushbury, with
a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to
Dudley.
A Bill for making a railway from Sinethwick, in the parish of Har-
borne, in the county of Stafford, te Stourport, in the county of Wor-
cester, with branches therefrom.
A Bill to consolidate the London and Birmingham Grand Junction
and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies.
A Bill for making a railway from Blisworth, in the county of
Northampton, to Ashchurch, in the county of Gloucester, te be called
" The Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway."
A Bill for making a railway from Blisworth, in the county of
Northampton, to Banbury, in the county of Oxford, to be called
" The Northampton and Banbury Railway."
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch railway from Rugby to the Syston and Peter-
borough Railway at Stamford.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a railway from Wolverton to Newport Pagnell and Bedford.
A Bill for vesting the Aylesbury Railway in the London and Bir-
mingham Railway Company.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany to make a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway,
near Watford, to St. Albans and Dunstable, with a branch to Luton.
A Bill to authorise an improvement of the line of the West London
Railway and the Extension thereof to the river Thames.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany to enlarge their stations in London, and for other purposes.
The chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
Dated this 22d day of April, 1846.
JOSH. FREDERICK LEDSAM, Deputy Chairman,l
GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman, Of
of
By 60:141, RICHARD GREED, Vitcri3tary.

AMBER GA.T E, NOTTINGHAM and
BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
. . . .

.Notice is hereby given, that a Special Meeting of the Scripholders
of this Company will be held at the Exchange Hall, in the town of
Nottingham, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May next, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, when a copy of the Bill now depending in Parliament,
intituled "A Bill for making a Railway from or near the Amber-
gate Station of the Midland Railway, through Nottingham, to Spald-
ing and Boston, with branches therefrom, and for enabling the Com-
pany to purchase the Nottingham and Grantham Canals," will be
submitted to the consideration of such meeting.
Dated April 29, 1846.

AMBERGAT E, NOTTINGHAM, and
BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Directors beg to inform the Scripholders that its necessary
that they should either attend in person and br'ng their scrip, or
send it to the meeting by some other person, who, en producing the
scrip, will be entitled to vote In respect thereof ; and as the resolu-
tions of the two Houses of Parliament require the votes to be re-
corded with great minuteness, for the purpose of showing the amount
of scrip held by each person present, whether in his own right or as
another's representative, every bearer of scrip attending is requested
to furnish the Secretary before the commencement of the meeting
with his scrip, his name, and address (in exchange for which a re-
ceipt will be given). The scrip will be returned to the bearer of the
receipt, en application at the office of the Company, any day after
the 11th May, between the hours of ten and three.
To facilitate the arrangements at the meeting, the Secretary will
attend at the offices of the Company every day previous to the meet-
ing, from ten till three o'clock, to receive and register the scrip.

April 25, 1846

London, April 25, 1846.

OLDHAM DISTRICT RAILWAYS.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of
both Houses of Parliament, a !Special General Meeting of the
Holders of Scrip, and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the Oldham
District Railways Company, will be held in the Town-hall in Oldham,
in the county of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, the Bth day of May neat, at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, for the purpose of submitting,
and at which meeting will be submitted, a Copy of the Bill depend-
ing the House of Commons, to authorise the making of the said
Railways and the incorporation of the Company, for the considera-
tion and approval of the said Molders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts
for Scrip.

JOHN DUNCLIFT, Chairman.
EDWARD COCKRELL, Secretary.

Oldham, April 29th, 1846.

DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN EXTEN-
SION
Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting is
RAILWAY.
proposed to be held at
the Office of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, at West:-
land-row, in the City of Dublin, on Tutnrnav, the 14th day of Mayli
1846, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, of the holders of Scrip Cer-
tificates,* proposed (in the event of the Bill hereinafter-mentioned
being passed into a law) to be converted into shares or stock of
the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, and which have been
issued in respect of the abovp-mentioned. andertaking, at which
:Meeting a Bill now•pendfng betore' Parliamejit, for exlketing, the fine
of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to the Bridge of Bray.4iu the
county of Dublin, will be submitted to the consideration and ap-
proval of such Scripholders.
By order of the Court of Directors of the Dublin and
Kingstown Railway,
T. F. BERGIM, Clerk of the Company.
Dublin, 28th April, 1846.
* Nors.—An Persons producing Scrip at the above Meeting, will
he entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to 31st March
'est, but no vote can be accepted in respect of any Scrip not actually
produced, except in cases where the Deposit on Shares allotted has
oeen paid prior to 31st March last, but the Scrip for such Shares has
not been issued, in which case the production of the Bankers' receipts,
for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of the Scrip.

NORFOLK RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the
Office of the Company, Guildhall•buildings, in the City of London,
on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, now next ensuing, at Two
o'clock, when the Drafts of :the under-mentioned Bills, introduced
into Parliament in the present Session, will be submitted to the Pro-
prietors for their approval, under which Bills it is proposed to autho-
rise the Norfolk Railway Company, either to construct or to become
the Proprietors of, or to contribute towards, the formation of the
Railways therein mentioned, that is to say—
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 Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stewinar-
ket to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham.
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A Bill for extending the Norfolk Railway to the Jetty at Great
Yarmouth, and to enable the Norfolk Railway Company to pur-
chase a Lease of the Lowestoft Railway, Harbour and Navigation.
A Bill for making a Railway from Norwich to Aylsham, with a
Branch to North Walaham. _ _

A Bill for making a Railway from East Dereham, in the county of
Norfolk to the City of Norwich.

A Bill for making a Branch Railway from the East Deroham and
Norwich Railway to the Norfolk Railway.
The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely.
Dated this 30th day of April, 1846. _ .

ADAM'DUFk, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
By order, . _

RICHARD TILL, 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 under 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 Dills
A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail-
way communication between the Deerham 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 Bury 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 communication betweea' the Deerham branch of the Norfolk
Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney, in the county of Nor-
folk.

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.
RICHARD TILL, Secretary.

BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and
STOUR VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY.
In compliance with the sessional orders or both Houses of Parlia-
ment, notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the Holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of this
Company, will be held at the Waterloo-rooms, Waterloo-street, Bir-
mingham, on SATURDAY, the 23d day of May instant, at, Twelve
o'clock at noon, when the following Bills now before Parliament will
be submitted to the meeting for their approval or otherwise, viz. :
A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton
and to the Grand Junction Railway, in the parish of Bashbury, with
a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to
Dudley.
A Bill for making a railway from Smethwich, in the parish of
Ilarborne, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of
Worcester, with branches therefrom.
The votes will be taken,
as required by the said sessional orders,
according to the amount of Scrip, or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip,
produced at the meeting; and every party producing such Scrip
will be required, before attending the meeting, to exhibit the same
to the Secretary, and to furnish him with a written memorandum of
his or her name and address, and also the denoting numbers of the
said Scrip or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip.
ROBERT SCOTT, Chairman of the Committee of Management.
(By order) HENRY MORGAN, Secretary.
Birmingham, 28, Waterloo-street, May 1, 1846.

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Tea ditto and ditto, ditto .. .. is. Od. 11s. Od. 12s. Od.
Gravy ditto •.•••• •• • • • • ..... 3s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. Od.
NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED.—The REAL NICKEL SILVER,
ntroduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON
and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. El-
aington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next
sterling silver, that can be employed as each either usefully or orna-
mentally. In the lengthened and increasing popularity of the ma.
erial itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the
public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and
by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what
can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can
hey be distinguished from real silver.

Fiddle. Thread. King's.
Tea Spoons, per dozen ..... 182. . • 325. • • 38s.
Dessert Forks •• . •••• • • • • 305. • • 465. • ass.
Dessert Spoons „ • • ••• • • . 30s. • • 525. • • 625.
Table Forks ~ •••. • • . . 4os. . • 68s. . • 755.
Table Spoons „ .... • . ..... • 403 • • 725. • • 80s.
Tea and coffee sets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate
prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process. Detailed
catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article
sent (per post) free.

WaLI-Alll' S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock
of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the
world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of
its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it.-
39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman. street.) Established in Wells-
street, 1820.

WELCOME TO MAY,
A Here's a welcome to May in a right merry lay 1
Let ev'ry one join in the song !
Such a season as this should elate us with bliss.
While the bells sound a merry ding dong."
Bright Phcebus on high 121 Warning the sky,
And marching triumphantly o'er us
Aad the hedges look gay while tho birds on the spray
Are happily joining in chorus.
This, this is tho season when all have good reason
To put on a change of attire;
And this may be done, for MOSES and 6011
Are provided with all you require.

Their "flowers of style" in elegance smile.
Like the flowers which open in May ;
And all are agreed that nought can exceed
E. MOSES and SON'S cholco display.

Then as all have good reason at such a glad season
To put on a change of attire ;
Come, as thousands have done, to MOSES and SON,
Whose warehouse has all you require.
"Past, Present, and Future"
A New Work, entitled, with full
directions for self-measurement, may be had on
forwarded, " Post Free." application, or

LIST OF PRICES.
BEADY BADE.

csleesemt Tweed
reTceal
Coats
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description
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nand rn;;;,;:i 11111111111111 l 04 1 118. d. 6
the registered Coat ••
Blouses in every material ...;:. :.:....:::::::::::" " 1 2 0
. ..f.r.o.m.
00
22
Splendid pattern Summer Vests ...........
Cashmere and Persian ditto, inendless yariet,
...... 0 4 6
Black and Fancy Satin, ditto ......!........
Fancy Trousers .. • .
•• ••
Black, ditto ..........
Dress Coats.. •• •• •• •• ••

...................... 00 184 606
0 13 6
Frock ditto • • • • ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • .....- ;::::: :: :: ::
11
30 :
MADE TO MEASURE.
Coats, of every material adapted for the season, in any
variety of style and fashion, to order ..........from o 16
Quilting Vests, 6s. Gd. each, or three f0r..............
0 19 o
Cashmere ditto, in every variety of pattern ."•••.. • • 0 a o
Satin ditto, plain and fancy • ~................
Ditto, Black
BClloatlai osrinCgasle-immenireeddidtittoto
....................
Single-milled and Albert Victoria ditto ..............
0 19 0
Best Black Dress ditto • • • • • • • • • ..... .... ~, ..........
1 6 0
Spring Trousers, in every patter.n .................. 9 10 6
Dress Coats •• • • ..... ••••"•"• • • • • • • • ..... ••• • • • • 1 12 o
Ditto, best manufactured ••• • • • • • •• .
..
.............
2 15 0
Frock Coats ••••••••• • • • " • • " • • ...... ••• • • 'rem 1 15 0
exchanged, or the money returned.
Ditto, best manufactured
MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, nat.
,httybe have no connexion with
Mourning, to any extent, at five minutes notice.
Era.,ontfitters,
Any article purchased or made to measure, if Rot approved of,
t ow
ni
01 I
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sbcee
ro immediatelytehTe
and general Warehousemen, regret to be
obliged to guard the public falsehood impoosition, but, having learned
that the untradeamanlike f '' being connected with
been resorted to in many In-
ca at or send to the Minories, and Aldgate, City,
any other house in or out of London.
And those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should, to
sthumemc,es",
prevent
oarndit'sfotPeobsvaimouse concern,
London.
disappointment,
NOTICE.—The entrance to the Bespoke Department is at 84,
Aldgate,
No b business transacted at this Este lishment femn Sunset on
Friday evening till sunset 031 Saturday evening, when it is resumed
till twelve o'clook.

INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
(Amended Advertisement).
Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of
SCRIP of this Company
will be held in the Caledonian Hotel,
Inverness, on Farnev, the 22d May proximo, at Ten o'clock Aar.,
in terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Commons on the
23d current, to express their approval or disapproval of the Bill now
in dependance before Parliament.
To entitle parties to vote they must produce their scrip or
bankers' receipts at the meeting.
By order of the Committee of Management,
CHARLES STEIYART, Joint Secretary.

pERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY.
(Amended ertisement).
Notice is hereby given that Adv a MEETING of the lIOLDERS,
of SCRIP of this COMPANY will be held in the Thatched House
Tavern, St. James's-street,on MONDAY, the 18th May proximo, at Ten
o'clock A.M., in terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Com-
mons on the 23d current, to express their approval or disapproval of
the Bill now in dependance before Parliament.
To entitle parties to vote, they must produce their scrip or
bankers' receipts at the meeting.
By order of the Committee of Management,
PETER ANDERSON, Secretary.