The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-24 00:00:00

4-iiCira,.74TEit AND LEUDS
"RAILWAY.
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING.

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.-Yesterday a special general meet-
ing of the Shareholders of this railway was held in the Palatine
Hotel, in this town, " For the special purpose of having a draft or
copy of a proposed Bill now before Parliament, intituled ' A Bill
for amending the Acts relating to the Manchester and Leeds
Railway, and for making a branch therefrom to Burnley, and for
extending the Oldham and Heywood Brances,' submitted to such
meeting, for the approval of the Proprietors then present; by
which Bill it is proposed to authorise the said Company to make a
branch railway from the main line of the Manchester and Leeds
Railway to Burnley, and also to extend the Oldham branch from
the present terminus in the township of Oldham to Mumps, in the
same township, and also to extend the Heywood Branch Railway
from the present terminus in the township of Hopwood to Bury.
And also for the special purpose of having the draft or copy of a
proposed Bill, now before Parliament, intituled A Bill for
amending the Act relating to the Ashton, Staleybridge, and
Liverpool Junction Railway, and for making branches there-
from to Ardwick and Guide-bridge,' submitted to such
meeting, for the approval of the Proprietors then present ;
by which Bill it is proposed to enable the Manchester
and Leeds Railway Company to make a branch railway
from the intended Ashton, Staleybridge, and Liverpool
Junction Railway, in the township of Newton, and parish
of Manchester, to the Manchester and Birmingham Rail.
way, in the township of Ardwick, in the same parish ; and also
another branch railway from the said Ashton, Staleybridge, and
Liverpool Junction Railway, in the Audenshaw division of the
parish of Aslaton.under-Lyne, to the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne,
and Manchester Railway, at or near Guide-bridge, in the same
division and parish. And also for the special purpose of obtaining
the authority of the Proprietors present at such meeting for the
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to subscribe towards or
purchase, or take shares in, and to lease the proposed Leeds and
West Riding Junction Railways, and of having a draft or copy of
the Bill for making such last-mentioned railways, intituled A
Bill for making certain Railways in the West Riding of the County
of York, to communicate with the Manchester and Leeds Railway,'
submitted to such meeting for the approval of the proprietors then
present. And also for the special purpose of obtaining authority
of the proprietors present at such meeting, for the Manchester and
Leeds Railway Company to subscribe towards. or purchase, or
take shares in the proposed Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole
Railway, extending from the Manchester and Leeds Railway at
Wakefield, to Pontefract and Goole, with certain branches there-
from, and of having a draft or copy of the Bill for making such
last-mentioned railway and branches, intituled A Bill for making
a railway from the Manchester and Leeds Railway at Wakefield,
to the towns of Pontefract and Goole, with certain branches
therefrom,' submitted to such meeting for the approval of the pro-
prietors then present."

The meeting was numerously attended, having excited consider-
able interest, not only among the Proprietors of the line, but
also among the railway public in this district.

HENRY HOULDSWOIrIII, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors,
presided on the occasion. Having briefly opened the proceedings,
he called on the law clerk to read the advertisement calling them
together, which having been done,
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the Bills referred to in the
advertisement, and they were agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then stated that the amount of share capital re—
quired for their new undertakings amounted to 1,4911,000/. to corn.
plete 72 miles of railway.

AMALGAMATION WITH THE MANCHESTER, BOLTON,

AND BURY RAILWAY.

A special general meeting was called at the same place, for the
purpose of authorising the Directors to enter into certain arrange-
ments with the proprietors of the Manchester and Bolton Railway.
The CHAIRMAN entered at some length upon the advantages
arising from the union of lines which formed a link in the same
range of traffic ; after which, on the motion of the Chairman,
seconded by Mr. J. B. BINGLEY, the meeting unanimously autho-
rised the Directors to enter into any arrangement with the Bolton
Company which was of equal benefit to both.
The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to the
Chairman and Directors, amidst loud applause, after which, the
meeting separated, about half past one o'clock.