The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-27 00:00:00

THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
GENERAL MEETING of the GRAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY will be held, at the CorroN SALES-
ROOM, in the Exchange Buildings in Liverpool, on FRIDAY,
the 13th day of February next, at Twelveo'cleck at Noon, for
the purpose of declaring a Dividend, or any separate Dividends
out of the clear profits of the-laid undertaking, and on other
special affairs. R?ERY BOOTH, Secretary.

J. SWIFI', Clerk of the Company
Dated this 15th day of January, 1846. ,

AMBER. GATE. NOTTINGHAM AND BOSTON,
AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT, with-
out condescending to notice any of the anonymous and
false statements which have from time to time appeared in se-
veral of the public prints, have the satisfaction to assure the
Shareholders that the Plans, Sections, •and-Books of Reference
have been most minutely examineTby the Engineer, and that
the whole are found to be ntost accurately prepared, and that
every measure has been adopted which the Committee feel con-
fident will insure the.'Passing of the Bill through Standing
Orders. By order of the Board,

_
JOHN GOLIGH, Secretary
Nottingham, 9M January, 1846.

AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON,
AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY.

THE DIRECTORS of the above COMPANY have
great pleasure in announcing to the Shareholders that they
have entered into an arrangement, subject to the approval of
Parliament, for an AMALGAMATION WITH THE GRAND
UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. The Shares in the Amber-
gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway,
and the Grand Union Railway CattPanies, are, by the terms of
the agreement, to rank equal in point of value. The united

Capital will be sufficie.ntlo carry- out the proposed Branches
without the necessity of issuing any new or extension Shares.

In conclusion, the Directors beg to state their confident belief
that no obstacle can now arise, to prevent the passing of a Bill,
for what must ultimately become one of the most valuable and
important lines in the kingdom.
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12, ParliaMent-street, London, January 19th, 184(1,

GRAND UNION RAILWAY COMPANY.
TIIE DIRECTORS of the above COMPANY have
great pleasure in announcing to the Shareholders, that
they have entered into an arrangement, subject to the approval
of Parliament, for an AMALGAMATION with the AM HER-
GATE, NOTTINGHAM, and BOSTON, and EASTERN
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The Shares in the
Grand Union, and Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and
Eastern Junction Railway Companies, are,
_by means of the

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will be sufficient to carry out the proposed branches without the
necessity of issuing any new or extension shares.
In conclusion, the Directors beg to state their confident belief
that no obstacle can now arise to prevent the passing of a bill
for what must ultimately become one of the most valuable and

By order, ALFRED Bl
78, Goodall, London, January 19, 1846

Secretary

EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL
GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the
EDINBURGH and NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY will
be held, within the Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, on TH URSDAY, the
19th day of February next, at Two o'clock, Afternoon, for the
purpose of having submitted to them for their consideration and
approval, the Draft or Drafts of a Bill or Bills to be brought

before Parliament in the ensuing Session, for an Act or Acts, to
alter and enlarge the powers of the said Company—to make
certain alterations and deviations on the Line of the said Rail-
way, and also for the following purposes :-
Ist, To empower the said Company to construct and maintain

an Extension Railway in conneXioiiwith-Ilie4-ZianiTgli;;i
Northern Railway, to Ferry-Port-on-Craig and Newport, with a
Branch to St. Andrews ; to construct and maintain Branch
Railways to Dunfermline, to Lochgelly, to Leslie, to Pettycur ;
through Strathearn to join the Scottish Central Railway, and to

Kinross, with certain Branches therefrom • to construct and
maintain piers and wharfs at Ferry-Port-on-Craig and Brough-

. .
struct, and maintain certain Branch Railways from the said
piers, and also certain other works connected therewith, and

with the said Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
2d, To consider and give instructions relative to a proposed
lease of the East of Fife Railway, and the Perth and Crieti
Railway, and to join with the Dundee and Perth Railway Com-
pany in the construction .of a Bridge across the River 'Fay, with
certain Branches therefrom.
And also to fix and determine the Capital to be authorised to
be raised under the said Bill or Bills.
By order of the Board,
JOHN LEAItMONTH, Chairman.
HENRY LEES, Secretary.
Railway Office, Edinburgh, 17th January, 1846.
NOTTINGHAM, EREWASH VALLEY, AMBER-
GATE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY ;
NOTTINGHAM, VALE OF BELVOIR, AND
GRANTHAM RAILWAY; and
NOTTINGHAM AND BOSTON RAILWAY.

TN consequence of the amalgamation of these Com-
panies, under the name of the AMBERGATE, NOTTING-
HAM, and BOSTON and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY,
the Directors deem it prudent to have a new Parliamentary
Contract signed by the Shareholders, and at the same time to
exchange the Scrip of the separate companies for the new Scrip
of the Amalgamated Conwany.
For the convenience of the Scripholders duplicate copies of
the Deed will lie for signature at the undermentioned places,
between the hours of Ten o'clock in the Forenoon and Four

o'clock in the Afternoon:—
London.—At the COMPANY'S OFFICES, 12, Parliament-street,
Westminster, on IIoNDAy, the 26th, TuEsnay, the 27th, and
WEDNESDAY, the 28th instant; and at the OFFICE of the
GRAND UNION RAILWAY COMPANY, 78 Cornhill, OR
THURSDAY, the 29th, FRIDAY, the 30th, and-SATURDAY, the
31st instant.
Nottingham—At the COMPANY'S OFFICES, on MONDAY, the
26th, and TUESDAY, the 27th instant.
Grantham—At the Office of THOS. WINTER, Esq., Solicitor,
_on WEDNESDAY, the 28thinstant.

Boston.—At the Offices of Messrs. HOPKI NS and RICE, Solici-
tors, on THURSDAY, the 29th, and FRIDAY, the 30th instant.
Spalding.—At the Offices of Messrs. BONNER and SON, Solici-
tors, on SATURDAY, the 31st instant.
Derby.—At the ROYAL HOTEL, on MONDAY, the 26th instant.
Wirksworth.—At the Office Of PHILIP HUBBERSTY, Esq., So-
licitor, on TUESDAY, the 27th instant.
Sheffield.—At the TONTINE INN, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th

stant
Leeds.-

At the VICTORIA HOTEL, on THURSDAY, the 29th in-

stant.
//u/t.—At the ROYAL HOTEL, On FRIDAY, the 30th instant.
York.—At the GEORGE HOTEL, on SATURDAY, the 31st instant.
Manehester.—At the Alosi.EY ARMS HOTEL, on MONDAY, the
26th instant.

Liverpool.

—At the ANGEL HOTEL, OD TUESDAY, the 27th in

stant.
Edinburgh.—At the ROYAL HOTEL, Prince's-street, on Tuu s-
DAY, the 29th instant.
Glasgow.—At the ROYAL HOTEL, 011 FRIDAY, the 31st instant.
The Scrip must be produced at the time of signing, and an
order will then be given for the delivery of the Amalgamated
Scrip in lieu thereof.
No person will be allowed to sign the Peed, or receive the
Amalgamated Scrip, unless the additional deposit has been
paid.
In the event of any person being unable to attend at one or
other of the above places, it is requested that notice may he
forthwith sent to the SECRETARY, at the Offices, 12, Parlia-
ment-street, Westminster. _ _

By order,
JOHN GOUGH, Secretary
Dated the 22d January, 1846.