The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

R. BYHAM, Secretor

GREAT G RIMS '3Y.AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION

RAILWAY.
EXTENSIONS No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and HUMBER
FERRIES.

ITOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
111 MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP for QUARTER
SHARES and EXTENSION SHARES of this COMPANY will
be held, at the TONTINE HOTEL, in SHEFFIELD, 011 TRUES-

copies of the several bills now depending in Parliament, one
entituled "A Bill for making certain new lines and deviations
in the Line of the Great Grim Shy and Sheffield Junction Rail-
way, and for constructing a branch therefrom to the town of
Caistor, all in the parts of Lindsey, in the county of Lincoln,"
another entituled " A Bill for enabling the Great Grimo,‘,

~nneLion muiway uompany to make an extension
from the Market Rasen Branch of the Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction Railway to communicate With the city of
Lincoln, and also a branch to the town of Barton-upon:Hum
ber, and other works connected therewith ;" another entitnled
" A Bill to authorise the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction
Railway Company to make an extension from their line of
•sh of Bole, to join the Nottingham, Newark.

railway in the .t

luturaty, in tue parisn of Averham, with a branch
railway therefrom to the town of Newark-upon-Trent, all in the
county of Nottingham," and another, entitled "A Bill for
improving the ferries across the River Humber, in connexion
with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,"
will be submitted for the consideration of such. meeting, in
pursuance of the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament.
The scrip, or bankers' receipt, must be produced at the
Meeting.

•,
To facilitate and expedite business at the time of meeting
is renuested that all Scrinbnitiors xylin

will Present their sc ip for examination ni“ihe.'&4lll;

utlices between Twelve and Two o'clock, during three- driys
previons.to the meeting, and.a ticket will be delivered to the
holder in respect of the same. •

Any Scripliolders who cannot personally attend the Meeting,

Out who wish the Chairman to vote in respect of their scrip,
may effect that by forwarding their scrip to the Secretary, at
Sheffield, to the Solicitors, at No. 2, Great College-street,
Westminster, two days previous to the meeting.
WORSLEY, Chairman.
J. H. HUMFREY, Secretary.
Great Grimsby and ,S'heffield Junction Railway Offices,
April 30, 1846.

SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION

RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
MEETING of the SCRIPHOLDERS of this COMPANY
will be held at t- --
DAY

he 14th day of May next, at Twi> o'clock in the Afternoon

-LI • as v•••• I,7IIGILIGIU lA/ u 4.111004.MJU511,
with Branches," will be submitted for the consideration of such
meeting, in pursuance of the resolutions of both Houses of
Parliament.

The Scrip or Bankers' Receipts must be produced at the
Meeting.

To fa-cilitate and expedite business at the time of Meeting, it
is requested that all Scripholders who can conveniently do so
will present their Scrip for examination at the Company's
Offices between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock, during

tnree days previous to the meeting, and a ticket will be deli:
vered to the holder in respect of the same. Any Seriph°lders
who cannot personally attend the meeting, but who wish the
Chairman to vote in respect of their Scrip, may effect that by
forwarding their Scrip to the Secretary, at Sheffield, or to the
Solicitors, at No. 2, Great College-street, Westminster, two
days previous to the meeting.

- J. J. SMITH, Chairman.
J. H. HUMFREY, Secretary
Sheffield and Lincolnshire .Tunction Railway Offices.

Sheffield, April 30, 1846.

SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EXTENSION
RAILWAY.

ITOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
MEETING of the SCRIPHOLDERS of this COMPANY
will be held at the TONTINE HOTEL, in Sheffield,
i on THURS-
DAY, the 14th day of May next, at Four o'clock n the After-
noon, when a copy of the Bill now depending in Parliament
entituled "A Bill for making a Railway from the proposed
Sheffield and Lincolnabirp

71.1011 natiway to tof
Lincoln," will be submittedulll
for the consideration ofCity such
Meeting, in pursuance of the resolutions of both Houses of
Parliament.

The Scrip or Bankers' Receipts must be produced at the
Meeting.

an. eApeune nosiness at the time of Meeting, it
is requisite that all Scripholders who can conveniently do so,
will present their Scrip for examination at the Company's
Offices between the hours of Twelve and Two o'clock, during
three days previous to the Meeting, and a ticket will be deli-
vered to the holder in respect of the sonic.
Any Scriplioldera who cannot possibly attend the Meeting,
but who wish the Chairman to vote in respect of their Scrip,
may effect that by forwarding their Scrip to the Secretary, at
Sheffield, or to the Solicitors, at No. 2, Great College-street,
Westminster, two days previous to the Meeting.

J. J. SMITH, Chairman.
J. H. HUMFREY, Secretary
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Offices,
Sheffield, 30th April, 1846.

SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION
RAILWAY,
SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EXTENSION

• RAILWAY,
GREAT GRIMSBY AND SH EFFIE LD JUNCTION
RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.
THE Scripholders hi these Lines will probably feel
interested in the following Correspondence:—

Sheffield, 27th April. 1946.

field:Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company
having appeared in the public papers, questioning the propriety
of the amalgamation already agreed upon of that company with
the Sheffield and Lincolnshire, and the Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction Railway Companies, and the Grimsby Docks,
we shall feel obliged by your enabling us to state authoritatively
that the Directors of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and
Manchester Railway Company still adhere to the determination
of carrying that amalgamation into effect.
We are, sir, your most obedient servants,
WORSLEY, Chairman of the Great Grimsby
and Sheffield Junction Railway and
Grimsby Dock Company.
JOHN J. SMITH, Chairman of the Sheffield.
and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Com-
pany.
To John Parker, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Sheffield,
Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway
Company.

Cory.
Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar-square, London, April 29, 1846.
Sir,—l am directed to forward you a copy of a resolution of
the board of directors of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and
Manchester Railway Company, passed at their meeting this
morning.
I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES MEADOWS, Secretary.
John Jobson Smith, Esq.

A letter from Lord Horsley, the chairman of the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, and Grimsby Dock
Companies, and from John Jobson Smith, Esq., the chairman
of the Sheffield and. Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company,
adverting tt, a disposition on the part of one or more of the
shareholders in the undertaking to disturb the proposed amal-
gamation of the companies and requesting an authoritative
declaration of the directors' views on the subject, having been
read,—

Resolved unanimously,—That the directors, adhering to the
opinion that the amalgamation, as agreed upon, is highly con-
ducive to the interest of this company, they declare their deter-
mination to use every effort to carry the same into effect, and
their conviction is, that in so doing they will receive the co-
operation a the Breut body of the shareholders.