The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-02 00:00:00

STIRLING -ANI) DUNFERAILrNE.

The'half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of
this railway was held on Thursday at Glasgow • Mr. J.
Anstruther, Chairman of the Board of Directors,
presided.- -

The :11AIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that
before the next meeting the line .would be opened for
traffic on the Dunfermline contract.; the operations had
been confined to the portion lying' to the west of Lord
Elgin's Railway, and on which the progress had been
very great ; the whole of the cuttings, amounting to
145,000 cubic yards, had been excavated, all the bridges
had been completed, and the greater portion of the.per•
maaent way laid. The contractors were proceeding
rapidly with the formation of 'tho junction with Lord
Elgin's Railway. These works were so far advanced as
to insure there completion in the month of October.
The other portions of the lino were also rapidly pro.
greasing.
The report stated, that the only portion that remained
uncontracted for was from Stirling to Alloa, five miles.
The directors regret there_ is a considerable arrear on
the last.two calls, and that they have been compelled to
take legal proceedings against defaulters. •
The balance sheet showbd the receipts to have been
180,1691., and the expenditure within 39,1761. of that
sum.

After some slight discussion the report WAS adopted,
and a vote of thanks to—the. Chairman closed the pro-
ceedings.

SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION.

The half-yearly meeting was held at Perth on Monday,
Mr. Hugh Watson in the chair.

The .report stated, that the main lino was now open
from end to end, uniting at Perth with the Scottish
Central, and the Edinburgh and Northern Railways in
the general station, now in progress of completion, and
at Forfar, with the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, which
again unites with the ,Aberdeen Company's line, now
open to Brechin and Montrose. There is thus an
unbroken line of railway, on the same guage,
from London to
.Porth, and .thence by this line,
to Forfar, Brechin, Arbroath; and Mortrose, by which
the same carriages and waggons may pass with-
out a ferry, and without a break, from the Euston-square
station to all these northern.towna.. The line has not
yet been opened for goods 9r•mineral traffic, nKtlier has
the connexion b-etween the Dundee and Newtyle line
been completed; and the line since opened has been
udder other disadvaplages beyond those usual on the
opening Of new lines; but that by the lst of SepteMber
all will be in order: The directors have 'Made satisfac •
tory arrangements with the-Scottish Central and Edin-
burgh and Northern Companies for the conducting of;
the traffic to and-from Perth, each' company booking
L through by the others kryt they have ttlaO effkted
ar-
rangements with the Alier*en Railway Company for
the traffic .betwe en Penh • and. places north. of Forfar.
.But the -ceininunication bet Ween 'Aberdes9 -and the,
'south-. can-' never be. completed until the:-.straight'
line origitially -projeeted - for • the through- vommu-
nicatlon 'between Aberdeen and the south-be completed.
The directors regret that the Bill to complete.this com-
municittion, by extending the line from Potful' to Lau;
reneekirk,'iri the straight. line.bY Brecbin; has been
lliose
for the present. The Bill for the iinprove'ci forward l -branchn
to Dunkeld-has been passed, -and they lock
the execution of this and other branches, as soon 5?- they
find that the finances of the oevaparky
(at the date of the balance-bbeet) 1.)0, t p
arranged for their creditable coniEtploeorio'oapy.nfbTceahseuiyittathabrlel-)e:
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be ample capital for the branches 3 et to be executed.' Then
agreement with the Caledonian Company has not been
adjusted,finally but the directors trust to bring
balalntoktla.s
satislectory result. The-balsnee. s beet of the company
'on the 31st of July, 1843, shows that the receipts were
40f651,:;8944.11,eswshtite
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for
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account of arrears of calls 2,8501.

After some conversation the report was adopted, and
the proceedings concluded with a unanimous vote -or
thanks to the directors.

Sir Sohn Pelity had an interyiew with Earl Grey ye -
terday, at the Colonial-office.