The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-25 00:00:00

SCOTCH LINES.

EDINBURGH AND HAwIcK.—A special general meet-
ing of the Proprietors was held on Monday, at Gibbs's
Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, Mr. J. Learmouth, of Dean,
in the chair, when, on the motion of the chairman, se-
conded by Sir James Forrest, a requisition concurring
in the sale of the line to the North British Railway
Company, was carried unanimously. The chairman
said the holders of shares of the Hawick line would now
become holders in the North British, the former being
hereafter an integral part of the latter. He mieht
mention that it was intended to form the line all the-
way to Carlisle, and that there was the prospect of ar-
rangements being made with two of the principal pro-
prietors in the district of the country through which the
line to that town would pass, by which arrangement the
formation of the line all the way to Carlisle would be
proceeded with previous to obtaining an Act of Par-
liament. He trusted they would arrive at Carlisle as
soon as the Caledonian line, and by that means
keep the traffic in this district of the country
on their own line. People would take ad-
vantage of the Hawick line in preference to the
Caledonian Railway, as the country was much more popu-
low, more beautiful, and in every respect much more
attractive. Mr. Millar, the engineer, was desirous that
the Company should get possession Of the land as soon
as pos*ib!e in order that the more expensiVe and tedious
rrtloo of the line might immediately he proceeded
w:th, so that within a year of obtaining an Act of Par-
liament. the line might be open for traffic for the whole
&static:, from I;;,linbargli to Carlisle.--(Hear, hear.)
The line from Dalhousie Mains, southward, had already
been staked off, and as contracts had been entered into,
the woks would forthwith be commenced.
Nolen' BRITISH.—Sub-evently a meeting of Pro-
prietors in this line was held, when a resolution of
transference of the hlawiek line WAS agreed to, together
with resolutions authori4n4 the Directors to raise
403,0001, by the issue of :12,000 new shares, to be divided
amongst North British holders—one share for every 251.
share. . _

ABERDEEN.—On Mlnday a meeting was hal at Mont-
rose, when msolutions were passed requesting the
Aberdeen Company to delay for a short time the execu
tion of their plin of enteric7; the town by the east,
being satisfied that, by a mutual arrangennt, a line far
more natural, shorter, and less expensive, may be de-
termined on, without detriment or prtjudice to the
interest of the company, avoiding numerous level cross-
ings, the links to the dock, the house of refuge, and the
race-course.

GLASGOW AND AIM BARRHEAD AND GLASGOW, AND
ARDROSSAN LINES.—The proposal for an amalgamation
of the above lines, xhich was broken tff some time ago,
has been again revived, and is likely to be brought to a
favourable termination. The amalgamation of these
railways would be mutually beneficial, as it would lead
to a large saying in the management. The united lines
would be the most profitable in the kingdom.—Glisgow
Chronic I?.

IRISH LINES.
DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN.
Dumnr, AUG. 20.—Yesterday the first meeting of
.his Company was held at their offices in Talbot:street,

in pursuance of the Companies Clauses Consolidation
Act.

G. HOYTE, Esq.,
who presided as chairman, stated that
the meeting 51i0.,11 be attended by proprietors holding
at least one-twentieth part of the Company's shares. He
regretted that representatives of the necessary amount
of capital were nut present, so that in point of fact the
meeting was not legally constituted to do that which the
Act of Parliament directed them to perform. The Di-
r-ctors, however, were most anxious to afford the
Proprietors every information in their power ;
and they
had prepared a report on tha state of the concern,
which, together, with Sir John Macneill's report,
relative to the engineering department of the line,
should be read. Constituted as the meeting was, they
could wit transact the business contemplated by the
Act of Parliament, which was of an unimportant nature,
so tar as regarded the stability of the Company, namely,
the salaries to be paid to the Directors and secretary,
and the appointment of auditors to audit the Company's
accounts.

RtTevE ler earsekpeerdecs thte
sharesM r .
heG . V. 1300
u4h
Mr. KANE replied that there were representatives of
represented
solicitor
at
the
meeting? h many
478 shares in attendance, and the Act of Parliament
required that there should be 750.
Atter some conversation relative to the shortness of
time allowed by the Companies Clauses Act for the in-
dispensable preliminary arrangements,
Mr. KANE, solicitor of the Convene-. read the report
from the Board of DirectorS, in which they "con-
fidently anticipate that the total outlay for legal,
eegineering, and parliamentary expenses to the
time of the passing of the Act, will be co-
vered by the sum of 13,0001., an amount which,
considering the circumstances under which the Act
was obtained, end the late period of commencing the
preparations for Parliament, is more moderate than
might have been anticipated." The rep art proceeds,
In the progress of the Bill through Partiatnent, an ar-
rang-ment was made, at the suggestion of the Parlia-
mentary Committee, with the Newry and Enniskillen
Company, regarling the competing portion of the
two lines which run from Clones to Enniskillen,
by which the construction of that part is to be executed
by the Newry and Enniskillen Company, who are bound
by the terms of their Act to complete it within three
years, and on its completion this Company is to pay one-
half its cost, and to become joint proprietors, paying half
the expense of maintenanv, &c , thus having the free use
of the line for the whole of their traffic fur an outlay equal
t 3 only one half its cost. Your Directors consider that, in
every point of vie eethis arrangement is a very advantageous
oae for this Company. Sir John Macneill, the Company's
engineer, is proceeding with great expedition in the
detailed survey of the line in order to the purchase of
the land ; and by his report it appears that the expense
of construction will in many instances be considerably
less than the estimate made from the former surveys for
Parliament." '1 report_ concludes by stating that the
works will be urged with great expedition, and it is ex-
pected that the whole may be completed for public traffic
in 18 months from the time that the contracts are made.
On account of the legal impediment referred to, the
report could not be formally adopted at this meeting,
but several .shareholders expressed themselves highly
satisfied with its contents.
Mr. KANE also read the report of the engineer, Sir
John Macneill, who says—" I have no hesitation whatever
in stating that the line may be cornpletedand opened under
my original
estimate. The experience I have had in
such undertakings, and the fact of more than eighty miles
of the Great Southern and western Railway having been
lately contracted for considerably under my Parlia-
mentary estimate, justifies me in giving this opinion,
the accuracy of which the shareholders and the public
will soon be able to test, for I am in expectation
of having all the plans and specifications of the two
first contracts rea 'y by the end of this month, so
as to advertise for tenders ; anti as the Earl of Roden
has been most liberal in the arrangement made
with him for the purchase of the land required for
the railway and the terminus and station at Dundalk."
In conclibion, Sir John M aeneill says :—" The large
steamers plying bitwern Liverpool, Glasgew, and Dun-
dalk now come up close to the qaays, and will be
0144414 as Tam as the rai!aray is fionipletg lqad
unloa.d :Ct and froal the railway e carriages without a
second trenshipmect ; and when it is considered that
the west coast of Ireland will be thus brought within
three hours or three hours and a half of the
,stern part, an a within fifteen or si4teea hours
pf "Liiverp.ii, it is, I thinlie ts- fair presemptioa thet a
railway Which will effect such an object must prove re.
numerative to the shareholders, more especially if con-