The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-30 00:00:00

THE

EASTR EN COUNTIES RAILWAY
CONIPANY.—(TIII6 DAY.)
MEETING OF PROPRIETORS.
A special general meeting of the Shaieholders of the
Eastern Counties Railway Company, WAA held this day at
ono o'clock, at the Lamlon Tavern, Bishopsgate-sueet, G.
Hudson, Esq , M.P., in the chair.
As this was the first meeting of the Company since Mr.
Hudson has joined the Directory, and as it was also Mr-
Hudson's first public appearance in London, great curiosity
was excited, and long before the hour appointed for
the commencement of the proceedings the large room in
the London Tavern was crowded in every part.

Precisely at one o'clock the Chair►nan, accompanied by
the officers of the Company, entered the room, and was, Ire-
ceived with the most vociferous cheering. On taking the
chair, he called upon the Secretary to read the advertise-
ment calling the meeting, which having been done,
The CHAIRMAN said, that on this the first occa-
sion of his presenting himself before them, he would
commence by offering them his grateful thanks
for the confidence which they had been pleased to repose in
him by presenting to him a requisition, signed by a large
number of shareholders, requesting him to join their Com-
pany.—(Cheers.) He begged leave also to thank his col-
leagues, by whom he was surrounded, for the kind and hand-
some manner in which they had received him—
(Cheers)—and be felt it • his duty to do them
this justice, to assure the Proprietors that he
was convinced that their only anxiety was to develop the
resources of the line so as to add to the dividends of th•
shareholders.—(Loud cheers.) He was now sufficiently
acquainted with the position of the Company to be able to
assure them that there was no line in the kingdom which
before long would yield a better dividend than the
Eastern Counties' Railway.—(Loud cheers.) They only
had to exercise proper energy and exertion, by giving to the
public those proper conveniences and facilities which every
railway company ought to give—(Loud cheers)—and traffic
would flock to the line in such a manner, as to prove that
it would be one of the best railway investments in the coun-
try.—(Cheers.) He would say for himself, and for those
gentlemen who acted with him, that no exertions should
be wanting on their part to give the public all those con-
veniences to which they were justly entitled, and all those
facilities which they had every right to expect from
railway companies in return for those great privileges which
had been granted to them by Parliament, and by doing this
they would be not only supplying the wants of the public,
but be benefiting the Shareholders likewise.—(Cheers.)
They had assembled there to-day thus early for the purpose
of having an opportunity of developing . their plans for
the extension of the line to York, and he hoped before he
left that his plans would be honoured with their approba-
tion, that he should lay before the public such a scheme as
they ought to adopt, and at the same time offer such terms
to the London and York Company as would induce them to
join in the plan.—(Cheers.) He was sure no
person would wish to see money expended in public works
without it yielding a return, and he was satisfied, after care-
ful reflection, that if the London and York were constructed
to-morrow, it would be a most severe infliction on the share-
holders; and if they would accept the terms which he would
that day offer to them (and he hoped the shareholders would
take it up if the directors did not)—if they would do that,
so as to enable them to go to Parliament as a united body,
they would obtain the means of submitting to Parliament
the best and easiest means of opening a communication be-
tween London and York. He would first have the resolutions
read which he was about to submit ; after this- he would
offer some observations on the subject, and after that en-
deavour to explain his scheme for uniting with the London
and York for the construction of the best line between Cam
bridge and York. He called upon Mr. Duncan to read the
resolution.

Mr. DUNCAN then read the resolution, which was to the
effect that application should be made to Parliament to au-
thorise the Eastern Counties' Company to make an extension
line from Lincoln to York, and also from Tottenham to Far-
ringdon-street, with such branches as might be necessary;'
that the capital should be 4,500,000/, to be called
Eastern .Counties York Extension shares, to be
raised in shares of 20b each, a deposit of 2/.
each to be paid on the 10th of January; such capital
to be apportioned in the proportion of 944,240 shares to the
Northern and Eastern Company, 1,500,000 to the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 200,000 to the York and North Mid-
land, 1,120,420 to the Eastern Counties' Company, and the
remainder to the landowners, and capitalists, andothers along
the line, reserving to the directors authority to make any
alterations, or to enter into such arrangements as they
may deem expedient. _