The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-15 00:00:00

HULL, SErr. 13.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—"I he sales are—York and North Mid-
land Extension, 29%—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
10%—Eastern Union Extendon, 41A—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 53A—Derby and Gainaborough,
535. p.—East Lincolnsbire, GlA—East Coast, 3,A—Fleet,
wood, Preston, and West Riding, 31/,—Glasgow and Dum-
fries, I%—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c.. 4%—Grand
Union, 78s. 6d.—Leicester and Bedford, 31.19. 6d.—Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 6%—London and Birmingham Ex-
tension, 2%—North Western, 7—Rugby and Huntingdon,
31,,4—1ean and Dove Valley, :31—Trent Valley Continua-
tion, 3!4—Wakefield and Bradford, 514.—York and Carlisle,
WA—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 4%.

SHEFFIELD, SEr-r. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Sheffield and Man-
chester Quarter Shares, No. 1, 16:34—Derby and Crewe, 5%
—Erewash Valley, 33%—East Lincolnshire, 65,4—G001e and
Doncaster, s—Grimsby and Sheffield, 21—Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 6%—Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 1034
Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 4%—London and
York ( Bawtry Branch), 571i—LiverFool, Ormskirk, and
Preston, OA—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby,
p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matloc,<, and Midland, 9%—Shef-
field and Lincolnshire, 87sit—IVaketield and Harrogate, 5.
YORK, SEPT. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Midland, New, 24
Newcastle and Darlington Junction (New Brandling), 45
—York and North Midland, 113— Ditto, Selby Scrip, 8:.)
Ditto Extension, 28%—Clitheroe Junction, s%—Coventry,
Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, 314—Grand Union,
4'4—Leicester and Bedford, 4/. 3s tkl —London and York,
t3.7j—Manchester, Buxton, &c., ON—North Western, 7
Sheffield and Lincolnshire, WA—Welsh Midland, 4%.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
ABERDEEN UNION WITH THE GREAT NORTH OF
SCOTLAND.

ABERDEEN, THURSDAY --ii;efirst ordinary general meeting of
.he Aberdeen Railway Company, as appointed by statute, was held
this forenoon for the purpose of transacting the business appointed
by the Companies Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) and the Aber-
deen Company's Acts of last session.
The Lord Provost, the Chairman of the Directors, occupied the
chair.
The Directors' report, after detailing the steps taken in the
formation of the Company, to fix upon the most suitable route for
the line, and to procure an Act of Parliament, stated that
large contracts had been entered upon for the iron for the rails,
and wood for " sleepers," upon very favourable terms. Tenders
for the formation of the viaducts had not yet been opened, but
la% applications for specifications had been received already from most
respectable persons; after the removal of the crops from the
grounds the Company would be enabled to have the cost
of the land estimated through which the line was to pass.
The report next alluded to the union between the Aberdeen
and Great Northern Railways. It was stated that in the allot.
ment of the shares of the Great Northern, for which an Act is to
be applied for in the ensuing session of Parliament, it was agreed
that, should it appear desirabe to the Directors of both Companies,
a union should take place betwixt them. This union the Direc.
tors considered very desirable. The returns taken along the
whole course of the proposed line from Aberdeen to Inverness gave
ten per cent, on the estimated capital ; and from the mutual ad-
vantages that it was evident would arise from the union, the
Directors unanimously recommended to the proprietors of both
lines that a union should take place betwixt them. It was next

stated that another line along the Dee was projected, under the
patronage of the Aberdeen Railway Company, and that it was pur-
-3% posed that the above-mentioned Company should have it in their
power to let or sell the traffic upon the line, as might be seen
most advantageous. There were, likewise, other branch lines-
— through the vale of Alford, through Turriff and Banff, and through
the Buchan district—projected, in the event of the union.
These, it was anticipated, would greatly increase the pro.
perty of the main lines. With respect to the Aberdeen
line it was said, that this line must prove most succcssful,

at it my: necesssarily be the great means of communica-
tion betwyen the north and south, and was so placed that no
competing line could be formed to diminish its prosperity. The
report then entered into a statement of the various items of ex.
pet.se that had been incurred from the formation of the Company
up to the present date ; and it was stated that although those items
were appar.ntly heavy, yet they were by no means so when viewed
in comparison with the difficulties that the Directors had had to
surmount, and the expenses incurred in like manner by other coin-
— panics, and were within the amount of the original estimate.
*NM
The CHAIRMAN then, after remarking on several points alluded
to in the report, stated that it was with much satisfaction that he
informed the meeting that the registration of shares was nearly
completed; 14.000 out of 16,000, the number of the shares of the
Company, being registered. These shares were generally held in
small numbers by a large and very respectable proprietory.—
_
(Hear, hear.) His Lordship then urged on the attention of the
meeting the advantages that would arise from the union of the two
Companies, and stated that the Directors were unanimously of
opinien that the union should take place with as little delay as
possible. He would propose a motion to that effect, but in the
mean time he would wait till every member of the meeting who
chose should have an opportunity of making any comments on the
report.
The meeting having concurred in the proposals made in the re.
: port, it was unanimously adopted.
The CHAIRMAN raid, he regretted that the Earl of Erroll was
as his Lordship would have otherwise
received the following letter from his
he had the honour of being about to
submit
o:ltrp,
ndpcsrighteeisdpte
on:t
—ht t
the motion
et
mmt
oh. t
omini meeting, ti ni
acgdh,

" Stains Castle, Sept. 9, 1645.
"My Lord Provost,-1 regret much that it will not be possible
of the Aberdeen Railway Company
on
nr
tmhee tioitahttetnn:l the meetibg
t.

" Had I been present on that occasion I would have given my
junction of the Aberdeen
under a conviction that
mw
tot sht
the
r dGi ar le
as
tu pNpoo
rr
tth toot. tsl eo t pa roodp oRs ea dll
way,
such a measure cannot fail to prove alike beneficial to the proprie.
tory of both lines, and the public interests.
" I observe with much satisfaction the proposed extension
of the Dee, and I trust that in the next session
Act will be obtained for the undertaking, and
into the Buchan districts, the arrangements for
ot hf
forr opt uht
rger hit
ea
xtoiht
ce,
novst
olalnoeY
which, I rejoice to learn, are in a state of active progress.—Believe
me, my dear Provost, yours very sincerely, " ERROLL."
The CHAIRMAN then moved the following resolution :—" That
this meeting recommend to, and authorise the Directors to adopt,
in conjunction with the Directors of the Great North of Scotland
Railway, the proper measures for effecting an a:nalgamation of the
two lines, under the title of the latter, at the earliest period which
may be found advisable and practicable, and also to afford every
encouragement I. the projected lines in connexion with those rail-
ways referred to in the report."
s to the Chairman the meeting adjourned.
After Mr. N\a'
,Lot,
tt ,obfa
trihkaenrk, seconded the resolution.