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No. 16,729. LONDON, SATURDAY NING IUX,

EAST'ERN COUNTIES and LONDON and
YORK RAILWAYS.
Eastern Counties Railway, Shorerlitch Station,
London, April 23, 1846.
Sir,—The Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company de-
sire
Londonhe in e toGoifestleide Directorspropositiono.f
ford
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Company,andd
send,al
It has emanated from the consideration by the Eastern Counties
Directors of the present state of the money market and of public
ecthiseil
feeling, and from the sincere desire that before the expensive
contest in Parliament between the Eastern Counties and London and
York Companies be again resumed, one furthqr and final effort
should be made to give the shareholders of both Companies au
united interest under the management of a joint Board of Directors,
in constructing such lines into the counties of Hertford, Bedford,
Huntingdon, Lincoln, and York, as Parliament shall select and
sanction. 'I he proposed Joint Board would necessarily aim at pro-
moting the interests of the shareholders, in giving preference to par-
ticular lines over others, and would, of course; him the 'power and
the desire to pursue, in reference to the Bills before Parliament of
the Eastern Counties and London and York Companies, and in re-
ference to all competing schemes, such proceedings, as while they
defeated or led to the withdrawal of opposition to the lines promoted
by the Joint Board should be satisfactory to the Legislature, and
advantageous to the public.
I am desired to request the favour of an early answer, whether
the Directors of the London and York Company accept or reject the
proposition.—l am, Sintrour obedient servant,
(Signed)
Jas. RyderLfrokwantatil,
7S,eLeroetthytyu7Lo. Mon and
York 'MET;
Sec.

Aril 23,
Proposition of the Eastern Counties Company to the Lond n 1846. and
York Company :
That a Board of Directors shall be composed of twelve Eastern
Counties Directors and six London and York Directors, who shall
have the poo er of determining and fixing upon the line or lines, or
portions of lines, far which Bills shall be obtained, and such Board
shall continue and be the Board of the Eastern Counties Railway
Company, with power to increase the number to twenty-four.
hat the works authorised by such Bills shall be constructed with
a capital divided into M. shares, and that 108,000 of such shares,
with 103. per share credited as paid thereon (being a bonus 0f54,0001.
to the London' and York Company), shall be issued to the London and
York shareholders,
That the t ondon and York shareholders shall retain and divide
amongst them their own deposits less their own expenses.
Thlit the said capital shall be Eastern Counties capital, and shall
divide all profits from the new lines and the existing Eastern Counties
lim,s along with the capital of the Eastern Counties and Northern
and Eastern'Compardes.
That the Eastern Counties shares of 141. 16s. shall be credited with
a bonus of 4s. eaeh, so as to become 151. shares, and that the
Northern and Eastern shareholders shall have a corresponding
bonus.
That the Eastern Counties Company shall, if decided upon by
such new Board of Directors, be called the Great Northern and
Eastern Company.

London and York Railway, Offices, 7, Lothbury,
29th April, 1846.
TO C. P. RONEY, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY.

Sir,—The Directors of the London and York Railway havd had
before them the offer of the Eastern Counties Company, dated the
23d, transmitted in your letter of the same date, received on the
24th instant, containing in substance the following terms :
Ist. The formation of a combined Board, consisting of twelve
Eastern Counties' Directors, and six London and York Directors, who
shall determine which of the lines shall be promoted, and which
abandoned.
21 That the London and York Stock of 501. shall, share for share,
be converted into 151. shares in the Eastern Counties Extensions, on
which 10s. shall be credited-4s. being credited on the existing
Eastern Counties Shares, thus reducing the preference to 65., instead
of leo.

In reply to which, I am desired to inform you that the Directors
observe —that the Stock offered by the second proposition is precisely
the Balm as the Eastern Counties Extension Stock, now selling in
the market at about the same price as London and York Shares ;
there is, therefore, no temptation in a pecuniary point of view con-
tained in this offer. Ii the Eastern Counties Company had proposed
to give an interest in their existing stock, upon which they are re-
ceiving dividends, the Loudon and York Directors could understand
its pecuniary advantages. But what do they propose to give ? Shares
wholly dependant upon the passing of a Bill which Parliament is not
likely to sanction in 1846, having rejected it in 1845. What security is
there in this proposition to the London and York Shareholders? Not
half so much as they now possess in their own Shares; for if Parlia-
ment does not sanction the Cambridge Extension Lines, the Stock
offered becomes mere waste paper.
The first proposition necessarily involves the abandonment of the
London and York Line. The Eastern Counties Board having so
constantly denounced that line, and having steadily contended for the
sufficiency of the Cambridge lines, would, without doubt, I;)r the ma-
jority of twelve to six thus given them, determine to abandon the
first, and prosecute only the latter.
With every desire to mamalgamation,eettt,ghnemEaastieMnrn,
thCeouLnotniesideCnoumndpaynnyr,k and
concert equitable terms of
Di-
rectors, cannot regard the proposals now made, as containing even
any pecuniary inducements to commit the suicidal act of accepting
them.
The offer is, indeed,. only al
tw
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accompaniedt l mad b ybyMar.
threatH udso
f,
on the 3d December last.
appeal to the Shareholders, against the Directors, should they yen-
ture to refuse it. The Directors did unanimously refuse It—as an-
nounced to Mr. Hudson, by the letter of Mr. Astell, the Chairman,
on the 16th December—and the Shareholders as unanimously ratified
that refusal, by subsequently signing the Parliamentary deeds au-
thorising the present renewed application to Parliament.
The threatened appeal to the Shareholders was not then made;
but it seems that the present state. of the money market, and the
failure of every other means of opposition, have induced the Eastern
Counties Company now to make the attempt.
The London and York Directors allude to the published correspon-
dence b •tween Mr. Joseph La Alert, as Chairman of a Committee
advertised to meet in Size-lane, and the Eastern Counti Company:
besides the fact, that Mr. La Mart is not a subscriber toot he London and York deed, but was lately, if not at present, a great holder of
Eastern Counties stock, the Directors would refer to that correspon-
dence, and ask whether it is probable that any parties honestly de-
siring to serve the London and York Shareholders would, instead of
stating their opinions and feelings confidently to their own Directors,
advertise for an organised disunion in the Company itself, before
proposing to make terms with its antagonist.
The Directors of the London and York Company would suggest to
the Eastern Counties Board, to consider whether such a course of
proceeding is what ought to be adopted by Directors towards each
other, or is likely to conduce to the good understanding which the
Eastern Counties Company profess to desire.
For the present, they consider the offer made, accompanied by
anvil an agency, to be an unworthy mode of attempting to dissolve
the London and York Company, and to deprive the Shareholders of
those advantages which their present position secures to them; and
the Directors have, therefore, no hesitation in rejecting it.
In conclusion, the Directors instruct me to state, that under a
sincere anxiety to promote au amicable understanding between the
two Companies, and to save the expense of a costly contest in Par-
liament, they are quite ready, by a deputation, to discuss the terms
iipon which a general amalgamation can hereafter be safely accom-
plished, under the condition that the London and York scheme, in all
its integrity, ue carried into effect.
I am, Sir, your obedient, humble servant,
J. R. MOWATT, Secretary,
Eastern Counties Railway, Shoreditch, May 1, 1846.
Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
29th ult.
The Bills for the extension lines of the Eastern Counties Company
were not rejected last sessions, as most incorrectly stated in that
letter. The case of the Eastern Counties Company was never even
heard. The Committee of the House of Lords will in this session
have ample time to hear that case, and the evidence in opposition to
the London and York Railway, and the Directors of the Eastern Counties Company are perfectly confident as to the result.
The Directors of the London and York Company have attempted to
ridicule and contemn the Reports on Railways of the Board of Trade
made last year. It has still to be decided, however, whether the
report of the Board of Trade which rejected the London and York Rail-
way was not essentially correct. The decision on that question will
probably leave the London and York Directors cause to regret that
they have again refused the large sacrifices which the Eastern
Counties Company were willing to make in order to bring the expen-
sive Parliamentary contest to an amicable termination, beneficial to
the public.
The Eastern Counties Company will never be parties to consent to
the passing of the London and York Railway Bill in all its integrity ;
and, therefore, your proposition for deputations of the two Companies
to meet upon that basis is rejected. The Directors of the Eastern
Counties Railway Company have always stated what they sincerely
believe, that, if that Bill "in its integrity" be passed, the under-
taking will be ruinous to all concerned, and their opinion is not
altered but confirmed by the circumstance that the London and York
Directors have now arranged, as' publicly repqrted, with other par-
ties, that they shall contribute to the risks and losses of fhe London
and York Company. If the London and York Railway be, in the
view of its Directors, so excellent and remunerative a concern, it is
strange indeed that they should (to use the language of Mr. Astelrs
advertisement) be making arrangements to "diminish individual
responsibility," and that they should announce that they will have to
resort to management and financing to keep off calls until the spring
of next year, when money matters may be worse instead of being
better 'ban they are at present.
Companynow to rtenfer theirt o
letter th e liberal offerb
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Counties he
offer has not been accepted by the London arid York Directors I
ani desired to state that it is entirely withdrawn. If the shar,e-
holders of the London and York Company, consulting their own in-
terests, appreciate it better than the Directors, who, evidently, from
the, erroneous reasoning, are determined not to see its large
pecuniary advantages to the London and York proprietors, this
Board will certainly not be deterred b 3 any language such as is re-
sorte to in your letter, or Mr. Astell's advertisement, from holding
shallel proveuni eat
themselveson s with atnoy
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representatives
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of London and York shareholders. It is no new thi for
thethuend
MerantakaignegTeitnit
engaged, and contrary to the wishes of di
rectors, who may become
inunaveable in wrong opinions ;
l and they are as well entitled to
attei tion as directors tem Important, and their proceedings
when their number Is large and
of the Bastem Counties Coinuanysturetshpeettlei.r As regards the letter
of the London and York shareholders, vehici:nalTPuottetnlitt Committeen
your Directors so much uneasiness, it is before the pt.blic., has
given
judge best whether it be poper communication and respectful to the
London and York Board. There is not the slightest regret on the
part of the Eastern Counties' Board 'hat such a letter was written.
In conclusion, I have only to unfairness hat, for ond time,
your Board has been guilty of the of Publishingg your an-
swers without the communications of the Eastern Counties Company,
to which they were replies. This letter, together with mine to you
of the 23d ultimo, will of course receive the same publicity as you
have givdn to your answer of the 29th ultimo.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
(signed) C. P. RONEY, Secretar
J. 11. Mow att, Esq., Secretary, Loudon and York Railway, y.
7, Lothbury.

LONDON AND YORK SHAREHOLDERS
AA In the menths of November and December last I warned yo
t be cautious in signing new deeds, and incurring heavy liabilities.
You declined to take my advice. The deeds have been signed, and
the learned Crown lawyers have determined that they are binding
upon the subscribers, and that the old subscription contract is also
valid. Which subscribers will have the pleasure of being sued for
calls if the Bi.l should pass is, therefore, yet to be known 1 lam
thankful to say that I parted with my shares, but I cannot help
thinking of those whom I have left in misery, and opening their eyes
to that which will cause an extraordinary consternation amongst
them, and which has been discovered from a very recent comparison
of the two deeds to which a public, print directed my attention.
The London and York Company has always had 0.,e Chairman.
William Astell, Esq., M.P., and two Vice-Chairmen, Edward Beckett
Denison, Esq., M P., and Francis Mowatt, Esq. All shareholders
will, doubtless, to this day be under the impression that these im-
portant personages—the three heeds of the company—these leaders
and guides to the investments of others in the London and York
Railway will be at present very large holders of the company's stock.
It will necessarily be the opinion of all, that the stake originally
taken by each in the company is still held ; and that their scheme
having obtained the sanction of the House of Commons last session, the
investments of each, would, from confidence in its merits and remu-
nerative character, be largely incrersed.

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the original deed
India Company, and a London merchant,
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Eastead
signed
for 125 shares, or 6,5001., but he has signed the new deedhe
under-
taking :Least?
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to the extent of three-fifths of his original stake. his same
Mr. Astell, by the first deed, appears to have paid 3121. 10s. as a
deposit, but having no doubt sold 75 shares, he would receive from
the purchaser 1871. 10s. of this deposit, leaving 1251. only as his con-
tribution to the enormous expenses in Parliament. But even in this
respect he has been cautious and wise, for who can doubt that the
75 shares were sold at a premium of probably 31. per share, being
half the highest premium London and York shares reached, In which
ease Ins account as the chief !ender in the expenditure of your money
will stand as follows --Paid, 1251. ; received, 225/. • balance in his
favour, 100'. of clear gain. He can look on and laugh at the strife.
Edward Beckett Denison, Esq., M.P., on the other hand, cuts a
somewhat better figure. His subscription to the fl
rst deed was for
50 shares, and he has made the huge effort of increasing his stake
by 25 shares more, making a total subscription of 3,75aL, and the
Thymepayent of 1871. 10s. in deposits towards the 250,000/. of expenses.
rather weak support to a pet child by the Member of inners'
ment for the largest county in England.
But the confidence of Francis Mowatt, Esq., in the excellence of
the concern tar exceeds that of the two other leaders. His subscrip-
tion to the first deed was 1,668 shares, or 83,400/., and to the last
deed he subscribes nothing! Having, of course, sold all his shares,
and taking his premium at 31. per share as an average, he is thus a
gainer by fighting with your money of 5,0041. When I look at these stag-
gering facts which ought to be madl public In these days of railway
exposures in reference to an•undertaking which asserts such preten.
tionS to purity and manificence—l want nothing more to make me
pity you all, and to thank my stars that I am no longer
ONE OF YOURSELVES.
London, 22d April, Ls 46,

ATIDLA.ND RAILWAY.
IN_IL The Directors of the Midland Railway Company are pre-
pared to receive TENDERS for LOANS, in sums of not less than
1,0001. each, on SECURITY of their DEBENTURES, at interest
after the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, papable half yearly, and
for terms of Three, Five, or Seven Years,
Applications to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's
Office, Derby.

By order,

April 14, 1846.

J. F. BELL, Secretary.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE and OXFORD and
BLETCIILEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
In pursuanee of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament,
notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of
the SC RIPHOLDERS 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 next, at twelve o'clock at noon,
at the London and Birmingham Railway Station, in Eu'ton-square,
London, for the purpose of approving (or otherwise) the following
Bills now betbre Parliament, viz. :
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, at Aidbury, in the county of Ileitford, to Banbury, in the
county of Oxford (Tring to Banbury).
A Bill for making a railway from Oxford to the London and ‘Bir-
mingitarn-Ralwae, at Bletchley, in the county of Buckin;ham (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 oppos.unity of announcing that both the
above Bills have been read a seeond 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 fgrniah a state-
ment of the denoting- oembers orYhd scrip:-or-reeelfits to the Secre-
tary forthwith, as otherwise the proceedings of the meeting will be
greatly delayed by the necessary preliminary investigations.
HARRY VERNEY, Bart.,
ehairman 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 Fierrepont, Evenley Hall, Brackley, Nor.
thamptonshire.
Captain Edw. Dewes, Buckingham. - •
Humphrey 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., London
Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N., Bir-
mingham
Robert Bensori, jun., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester

Directors
of the
London
and
Birmingham
Railway.

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
Dlstrict•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 Molders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts
for Scrip.

JOHN DTTNCUFT, Chairman.
EDWARD COCKRELL, Secretary,

Oldham, April 29th, 1846.

LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION 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 neat, 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.
EDWARD TEW, Chairman of the Provisional Directors.
HENRY BERNERS, Secretary.

ALTON AND DRIFFIELD JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the HOLDERS of SCRIP
and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the Mal on and Drif-
, field Junction Railway Company, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th
day of May next, at the Corn Exchange in New Malton, in the
county of York, at One o'clock in the afternoon, when a copy of the
Bill for making the said Railway a:.d Branch to Frodingharn-bridge,
will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, pursuant to
the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament.
And notice is hereby furtker 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.

V ASTER7N COUNTIES
.1 :41 YORK EXTENSION.
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 Bill 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 Tuoitsoar, the
14th thy 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 WADDLNoTON, Deputy-Chairman, 5 Company.
By order,
Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 1846. C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

RAILWAY..

EASTtAN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern
Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on TuussDAT, 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, 7 of the
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman 5 Company.
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

Shoreditch Station, April 29, 1846.

ILFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY.
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
now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking.

GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman,
Company.
By order, Pounties Railway

C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

F 4 ASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES
JUNCTION RAILWAY BRANCHES.
In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of tho
Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of
the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THMISDAY, the 14th of
May, at half-past Rleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of plying their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill
now before Parliament, in relation to this undertaking.
GEORGE HUDSO-isr, 'Chairman, of the Eastern
DAVID WADDINOTON, Deputy Chairman, Counties Railway
Company.
By order, 1

C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

NORTH ' ' GRAVESEND RAIL WAY.
.
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
.Connties 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 13111 now befbre.Pgrilament in relation to this undertaking.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Eastern?
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, Countka Railway
Company.
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

By order,

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice la hereby given, that a meeting is proposed to be held on
WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, at half-past two of the
clock in the afternoon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, of the
Holders of Scrip (see Note) in the above-mentioned Company, at
which meeting the Bills hereinafter-mentioned will be submitted for
the consideration and approval of such Scripholdcrs, that is to say,
" A Bill for making a Railway from Birmingham to join the lines of
the proposed Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Worcester, al d Wol-
verhampton Railways, and to be called ' The Birmingham and
Oxford Junction Railway ;' and a Bill f-r making a Railway into
Birmingham, in extension of the proposed Birmingham and Oxford
Junction Railway.
Dated, 29th April, 1846.

H Chairman.
Note.—All persons producing scrip at O
the above na,eeting will be
entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 3lst March
last, but no vote can be accepted in respect of any scrip not actually
Produced. In cases where the deposits on shares allotted has been
paid prior to the 31st March last, but the scrip for such shares has
not been issued, the production of the banker's receipt for the deposit
will be accepted in lieu of the scrip.

13 I R VV(IIXEMr ON, and
DUDLEY RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING is proposed to be held
on Wm:mut:wt., the 13th day of May next, at eleven of the o'clock,Lu
the forenoon, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, of the holders of
Scrip (see note) in the above-mentioned Company, at which meeting
the Bill hereinafter mentioned win be submitted for the consideration
and approval of such Scripholders, that is to say, " A Bill for making
railways from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and Dudley, to be
called ' The Birmingham and Dudley Railway."
Dated 29th April, 1846.

aIIAt
the aboveTilERTOIsT meeting will
n be
Note.—All persons producing Scrip at
entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st of March
last, but nu vote can be accepted in respect of, any Scrip net actually
produced. In cases where the deposits on shares allotted have been
paid prior to the 31st March last, but the Scrip for such Shares has
notbeen issued, the production of the Banker's receipt for the de-
posit will he accepted in lieu of the Scrip.

AN CHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM

RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the PROPRIETORS of this Company will be held, at the Com-
pany's Offices, in London-road, in Manchester, on THURSDAY, the
7th day of May, 1846, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when
copies of the undermentioned Bills, now pending in Parliament, will
be submitted to the Proprietors for their approval; ander which Bills

it is proposed to authorise the Manchestei and Birmingham Railway
Company either to construct or to beeome the proprietors of, or to
contribute towards the formation of, the railways therein mentioned,
that is to say—

A Bill to empower the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany to make certain Branch Railways.
A Bill for consolidating the London and Birmingham, Grand Junc-
tion, and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies.
A Bill for making a Railway from Newtown, in the county of
Montgomery, to Crewe, in the county of Chester, with Branches,
and for other purposes connected therewith.
A Bill for making a Railway from the Chester and Crewe Branch
of the Grand Junction Railway, at Calveley, to Wolverhampton, and
for other purposes connected therewith.

...
A Bill for making a Railway from Shrewsbury to Stafford, with a
Branch to Stone, and for other purposes.
A Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham
Railway at Cheadle, in the county of Chester, to or near to the
Ambergate Station cf the Midlands Railway, in the county of Derby,
to be called the" Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junc
tion Railway.A "
Bill for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birming-
ham Railway, in the township of Gorton, in the county of Lancaster,
to Hyde, in the county of Chester.
The Chair will be taken at three o'clock precisely.
Dated this 29th day of April, 1846.
J. P. WESTHEAD, Chairman of the
itOBERT BZ)TSON, Jun., Deputy-Chairmani Directors.
/47 JQj LATEAII6 Meisvisar.

LONDON,
NEWBURY, AND BATH DI-
Notice is hereb RECT RAILWAY.
y given that a GENERAL MEETING of the
Solphelders and holders ofllankers• Receipts for Scrip in this under-
taking, will be held at the White Hart Inn, in the city of Bath, on
&mania, 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 further 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 thebrneettng.
Dated ATphreil,chlaBl4,6w,
14111,bCehtaarikenng-pererocsiss.ely
By order,
BURT. B. and W. MERRIMAN I Solicitors for the Bill.
C.HELL • KILGQIJR, and PARSON,
at one o'clock.

AMBER GAT E .NOTTINGHAM and
Notice is hereby given, that a Special Meeting
BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
of the Scripholders
of this Company will be held at the Exchange Hall, in the town of
Nottingham, on FAIDAT, 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.

' THOMAS BISHOP, Vice Chairman.
JOHN GOUGH, Secretary.
Nottingham, Aprii 29, ts 44.

Kax
Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting is proposed to be held at
ÜBLIN
the Office of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, at West-
«) KINGSTOWN . EXTEN-
Iand-row in the City of Dublin, on SATURDAY, the 9th day of May,
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 above-mentioned undertaking, at which
meeting a Bill now pending before Parliament for extending the line
of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to the Bridge of Bray, in 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. BEROIM, Clerk of the Company.
Dublin, 28th April, 1846.
• NoTE.—All Persons producing Scrip at the above Meeting, will
he entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to 31st March
'ast, 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 Serip 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.

THE - BIRKENHEAD, CHESTER, MOLD,
RIJABON, /ND VALE OF LLANGOLLEN, OR, THE
BIRKENHEAD AND LLANGOLLEN, RAILWAY COMPANY.
COMMITTER OF DIRECTION.
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman, Chairman.
William Morley, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Samuel Haines, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
Frederick Hewitt, Esq. John Wheelton, Esq.
_ John Pickersgill, Esq. . _ .

The Directors have the satisfaction to announce to the Sharehold-
ers of the Company, that, on Tuesday last, the 28th instant, the
Committee on Standing Orders reported to the House of Commons
that they had been complied with, and the Bill was on the same day
read a first time and they hereby give notice that a meeting of the
Shareholders will be held in the Large Room, at the Commercial-
buildings, in Leeds, on Saturday, the 9th day of May next, at twelve
o'clock at noon, precisely, to receive a copy of the Bill, and a report
on the present state and prospects of the Company.
No person will be admitted without delivering in, in writing, his
name and address, together with the numbers of the Scrip Certifi-
cates which he holds. _ _ _

By order of the Board,
THOMAS BUTLER, Secretary,
Offices, 5, Gresham-street, London,
April 30, 1846.

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
WEDiszsre.V, the 13th day of May next, at one o'clock in the after-
noon, when copies of the following Bills now before Parliament win
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
branched 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 Blalr
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
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, daythellthwh
oeffotaypnaerrita,maet,tzoeon'tciltolceka
afternoon, when a copy or a Bai now
" A Bill for mating 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,

EDINBURGH and GLASGOW RAILWAY.
In compliance with the resolutions er 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 I2th 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 RaLlway 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 Rill, as required by the said resolations or
orders.
By order of the Directors,
JOHN LEARMOUTH, Chairman.
• H. G. WRIGHT, Secretary.

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