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London, England, 1845-11-14 00:00:00

arer t° the Central Railway. the capital was 3,000,000/.;
twd he might state that the deposits were all
and the capital subscribed fur, The_pecessary
which were 10 per cent., gdve thenia very large
t2.ltridee.d, but it would be satisfactory to know that it was
iltifYing at interest in the hands of their bankers.
a r re4°lutien confirming the amalgamation was then
trwghaettelvte(;,a::stthheeyDirectors having been authorised to take
might deem necessary for carrying the
ta_rlngement out, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chair-
4a, and do, meeting terminated.

CORNWALL AND DEVON CEN-
TRAL RAILWAY. COMPANY.

to 81).e.seial General Meeting of the Shareholders in this
teitiiT7 was held yesterday in the London Tavern, to
Saiieb„' the Propriety of amalgamating with the London,
kaii,:lrY, -and Yeovil, and Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester.
cheir"aY Companies. Humphrey Williams, Esq., in the
The usual
formalities having been gone through,
Was e.
CUSHMAN explained the object of the meeting. It
beet, sill'PlY the consideration of the resolution which had
the i; agreed to that morning by the eastern portion of
portre. lie thought it as much the interest of the western
companies.e the line to amalgamate as any other of the
railroad One great reason was, that'a large extent of
ma ttead could be much more effieiently and economically
that than a small one. The Chairman, after stating
readi "e was in the hands of the meeting, concluded by
Rub t?l3 the resolution for amalgamation, which was to be
muted.
L answer to a Proprietor respecting the whole route of the
Thproposed to be ama'gamated;
wit, !CHAIRMAN said the complete scheme formed a junction
pas' the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke, from which it
Cr 4,, hY Whitchurch, Andover; Salisbury, Wilton, Yeovil,
the ,‘"arn, Romerton, and Exeter; from thence the line took
as gac,k bone of the county into Cornwall, following
mouth wssible the mailcoach road to Fal-
betw e and Penzance. A line was also proposed
of n Falmouth and Plymouth, which would be
1,4 e grQatest importance this line was in a great mea-
thightstopleted ; in fact with regard to the whole scheme he
Xothi saY that the surveys were in the most forward. state
reo,i eg would be wanting to complete all that Parliament`
time
and
The sections and plans would be lodged in good
would and he was sure no error would be found that
have little inimical to their application. He was happy to
communicated
a little more information to give, which had just been
de'f!rsanicated to him. Negotiaions were at presentgoing on
;aan" !t airs, with the Directors of the South Western Com-
, which he bad no doubt would be concluded
of ire minutes, and would result in a total amalgamation
teLue four lines from London to the Land's End.—(Cheers.)
ter
l‘ls,ilis also gratified to say, the whole capital of the lines
kribedeh they were about to apply to Parliament was sub-
the and allotted, with certain necessary reservations, and
iy.Posits all paid up.
the'r CHAPMAN spoke at some length in favour of
the tilalgamated scheme, and condemned the proceedings of
gross reat Western Company, which he characterised as a
attratern"c'Poly, that had never acted in a manner commen-
str
,N‘ith the public interests.
int'east GAZELEE and Mr. ARCHER followed in the same
Etla ' eaPressing the opinion that the whole of the West of
theg,arnedwere anxious to free themselves from the thrall of
A'fte..s, Western Company.
roltwt seine further discussion the Chairman retired a few
to and on his return intimated that he was happy
beew"le that the basis of an arrangement had
t 44 tJust concluded with the South Western Company and
the e other companies interested for an amalgamation of
though tho 11°It The details would have yet to be settled,
h •
.gs settle might sa the announcement of this in?st importaonut
and
geaer ed. 'The was received with I
eheerinK.) He hoped in a short time to have the
that re of calling them together, to submit a resolution on
for lm
question, and now he would put the motion
leh the present meeting had been called.
Th: resolution was then put and unanimously carried.
41)4„tetild!etisg, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman,