The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-06 00:00:00

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MHE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND.
Election of Annuitants at Eleven o'clock, DINNER at SIX o'clock
precisely, at the London Tavern, THIS DAY.
May 6, 1846.

31ALTON AND
RDRIFFIELD JUNCTION
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the HOLDERS of SCRIP,
and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the Melton and Drif-
field Junction Railway Company, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th
day of May next, at the Corn Exchange in New Melton, in the
county of York, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when a copy of the
Bill for making the said Railway al.cl Branch to Frodingham-bridge,
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 Banker's Receipts.
Dated this 29th day of April, 1841;.
MORPETH, Chairman of the Provisional Directors.
BENJAMIN DUNN, Secretary.

LDHAM DISTRICT RAILWAYS.
Notice is hereby givethat 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 next, 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 in 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 Holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts
for Scrip.

JOHN D'ITNCETFT, Chairman.
EDWARD COCKRELL, Secretary.

Oldham, April 29th, 1846.

EWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EDIN-
LN BURGH, and DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of the BANKERS' RECEIPTS for
SCRIP, of this COMPANY will be held at the Company's Office,
No. 11, Eldon-square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on MoNDAY, the 18th
day of May Instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when a copy of the
Bill now before Parliament, intituled " A Bill for making a Railway
from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the Hexham and Alemouth Turnpike
Road, at or near a place called Merryshieis, in the parish of Kirk-
harle, in the county of Northumberland, to be called the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, and direct Glasgow Junction Railway," will
be submitted for the consideration of the meeting, which is specially
called for that purpose, and in order that such holders of scrip, or of
bankers' receipts, may express approval or disapproval of such Bill,
and determine the flirther proceedings thereon ; and at such meeting
such measures will be proposed as, may be necessary for the purpose
of complying with the requirements of the Resolutions of the House
of Commons passed on the 23d of April.
The votes will be taken according to the amount of scrip produced
by each person present or represented at the meeting, pursuant to
the Resolutions of the House of Commons above mentioned.
Dated this let day of May, 1846._ . _ _—_____ .

CHAS. A. MONCK, Chairman.
JAMES POTTS, Secretary.

AYRSHIRE and GALLOWAY RAILWAY.
A SPECIAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of Scrip or of
BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP in the AYRSHIRE and GAL-
LOWAY RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at Gibb's Royal Hotel,
Edinburgh, on SATURDAY, the 16th of May, 1846, at Twe o'clock,
P.M., whereat a copy of the Bill will be submitted for• the approval
of the Shareholders, in compliance with the resolutions of the House
of Commons there anent. .

It is requested that each person producing scrip will present at the
same time (in the form subjoined) a note of the number of each cer-
tificate produced and the numbers denoting the shares represented
thereby, with the name and address of the person producing the same,
or in the case of bankers' receipts the names of the persons from
whom the deposit is therein stated to be received.
In order to accommodate such of the Shareholders as may not
find it convenient to attend the meeting, the secretary has been au-
thorised to acknowledge the receipt of each scrip or bankers' receipt
for scrip as may be transmitted to him (at 127, Princes-street,
Edinburgh), and to vote for the parties sending the same accord-
ing to their instructions communicated therewith, and to retransmit
the said scrip to the same parties after the meeting.
RICHARD HODGSON, Chairman.
ROBERT MACKAY, Secretary.
Union Hotel, Cockspur- street, London, April 29, 1846.
Form of note to be presented with the scrip at the meeting, or
,ransmitted together with Fcrip to the Secretary :
Name of person producing or transmitting scrip . • • • A.B.
Address Merchant, 14, Princes-street, Edinburi h.
Total amount of scrip produced er transmitted ..............100
No. of certificate. Denoting numb
olooer of shares.
96 t
221 to 225
5,041 to 5,045

1.009

ONDON, NEWBURY, AND BATH DI-
LA RECT RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the
Scripholders and holders ofßankers' Receipts for Scrip in this under-
taking, will be held at the White Hart Inn, in the city of Bath, on
SATURDAY, the 9th day of May next, at half-past twelve o'clock,
at which meeting a copy of the Bill now before Parliament for the
formation of a Railway between Bath and Newbury under the above
title, will be submitted, in order that the sanction of the meeting may
be obtained to the farther prosecution of such Bill.
The Committee of Management desire to notify, for the guidance
of Scripholders, that it is necessary that they should either attend in
person and bring their scrip, or send it to the meeting by some other
person, who, on producing such scrip, will be entitled to vote in re-
spect thereof; and as the resolutions of the two Houses of Parlia-
ment require the votes given at the meeting to be recorded with
great minuteness, for the purpose of showing the interest held by
each person present, whether in his own right, or as another's re-
presentative, every scripholder attending will be required to furnish
the Secretary before the commencement of the meeting with his
scrip (in exchange for which a receipt will be given), and with his
name and address, which scrip will be returned to the proprietor im-
mediately after the meeting.

- By order,
T. B. and W. MERRIMAN, } Solicitors for the Bill.
BURCHELL KILGOUR, and PARSON,
Dated April, 1846, 41, Charing-cross.
The chair will be taken precisely at one o'clock.

AM BER GATE, NOTTINGHAM . and
BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby giwm, 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 Raillray, 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.

THOMAS BISHOP, Vice Chairman,
JOHN GOUGII, Secretary.

Nottingham, April 29, 1846,

A BER GAT E, NOTTINGHAM, and
.nL BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The Directors beg to inform the Scripholders that it is necessary
that they should either attend in person and bring their scrip, or
send it to the meeting by some other person, who, on producing the
scrip, will be ehtitled 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 tlp 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 I I th 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.

JOHN GoUGII, 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, tke 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, aed 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 Strathaven, and to amend the Acts relating to such railway.

By order 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 of Par-
/lament, a SPECIAL MEETING of the holders of Scrip or of
Banker3' 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 1 Ith day of May next, 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 saidresolutlons or orders.
By order of the Ordinary Committee of Management,
JOHN LEADBETTER, Chairman.

AFDINBURGII 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.
H. G. WRIGHT, Secretary.

F. AST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.
F.
In compliance with the Standing Orders and Sessional
Orders of Parliament.

Notice is hereby given, 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 Bill 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 (propbsed) Bill to incorporate the Company of Proprietors of the
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, with
the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.
Dated the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1846.

JAMES SMITHELLS

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-
YORK EXTENSIO/1.
In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four
following Bills, that is to say—
A Bill for making a railway from Cambridge to Lincoln,
A Bill for making a railway from Lincoln to South Milford,
A Bill for making a railway from March to Lincoln,
A 11111 for making a railway from Tottenham to Farringdon-street,
Will be submitted to the consideration of the holders of the scrip and
bankers' receipts for Eastern Counties (York Extension) shares at a
meeting to be held, and which is hereby called for that purpose, at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on-TntritsDAY, the
14th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely.
All holders of the scrip are earnestly requested to attend the
meeting, and to exhibit their scrip shares or banker's receipts thereat,
and to send to the secretary, previously, written memoranda, with
their names and addresses, and the numbers and amount of their
scrip.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, j Company.
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Shoreditch Station, 29th April, MG.

FASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern
Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on THURSDAY, the 14th
of May next, at One o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, London, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise
to the further proceedings with
A Bill for making a Railway from Hertford to Huntingdon, with
a Branch to Bedford ; and _ .

A Bill for making a Railway from Tottenham to Barnet.
A Bill for enlarging the London and Stratford stations of the
Eastern Counties Railway and for other purposes.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, I of the
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman 1 Company.
By or
C der,
. P. RONEY, Secretary.

Shoreditch Station, April 29, 1846,

TLFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY.
_I. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the
Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of
the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of
May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving
their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill
HOW before Parliament in relation to thlixadertaking

GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, Of the Eastern
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Company.
-Chairman,lCounties Railway

By order,

C. P. RONEY, Secretary.