The Sun. — 1844-10-10 (London, England)

ABDUCTION AND SUICIDE.  DERBY, WE DNESDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday after• noon a most i mportant meeting of the Middlesex Railway Comp any, which has lately been styled such owing to the amalgamation into one court of proprietors of the shareholders of the Birmingham and Derby, the. North Midland, and the Midland Counties Companies, was held at the railway station in this great centre of railway traffic. The late hour at which it conc;luded prevented a report being forwarded the saute night. The meeting was made special for the purpose of considering the. expediency of, and if thought fit of sanctioning, an application to Parliament in the ensuing session, for power to enable the Midland Railway Comps ny, or some of the company or companies in connexion with them, to make the following lines of railway or any of them, viz. :1. A railway from the Midland Railway at Nottingham to Newark and Lincoln, crossing over the river Trent. 2. A railway from the Midland Railway at Swinton by Doncaster, Bawtry, and Gainsborough to Lincoln, and thence passing near Boston, Spalding, and Wisbeach, to join the Eastern Counties Railway at March.  3. A railway from the Midland Railway at Syston, by way of Okehatn and Stamford to Peterborough. And also for the purpose of considering in what manner the necessary capital for the construction of all or any such lines of railway shall be raised or guaranteed, either wholly or in part, by the Midland Railway Company; and of adopting such measures in connexion with the matters-.aforesaid, and for effecting the purposes above -mentioned, or any of them, as to:such meeting ma 4 seem fit; and also for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, of sanctioning and confirming an agreement, which will be laid before the meeting, for the amalgamation of the Sheffield and Rotherham Canal Ccxmpany with the Midland Railway Company, on such terms and conditions as shall be then; proposed ; and on other special affairs. The meeting took place in a large room over the engine-house, the board-room being much too small for the great numbers who attended. Special trains from Nottingham, Leicester, Rugby, Leeds, Sheffield, York, Birmingham, and other places, were in readiness to convey the shareholders back to their homes at the conclusion, but the regular trains brought them to the place of meeting. At two o'clock Mr. Hudson, of York, the chairman of the Board of Directors, took the chair, supported by about 400 shareholders, the most wealthy of the masses of the " people north." Mr. J. F. BELL, of Leicester, the secretary to the Company, read the advertisement;calliag the meeting. The CIIAIRMAN in a long address, proposed the following resolutions : " That it is expedient that this Company should undertake the formation of a railway from Nottingham, through Newark, to Lincoln. "That it is also expedient that this. Company should undertake the formation of a railway, from Swinton, by Doncaster, Bawtry, and Gainsborough, to Lincoln, and thence to Boston, Spalding, Wisbeach, and March, there to join the Eastern Counties Railway. That it is expedient that this Company should undertake the formation of a railway from Syston to Stamford and Peterborough. " That the Directors of this Company be, and they are hereby authorised to order the accessary surveys, and to take all other proceedings that they may consider desirable, with a view to an application to Parliament in the next session for an Act, or Acts, to authorise the construction of the before-mentioned line of railway, and of any other lines which they may consider it desirable for the interests of this Company to promote, for giving perfect railway accommodation to the eastern districts of the kingdom, in connexion with this and the Eastern Counties Railway. " That in order to provide the necessary funds for the purposes aforesaid, an additional capital of 2,500,0003 be raised by the creation of 62,500 shares of 401. each. " That such shares be distributed as fbllows : " 51,339 among the holders of the stock in this Company, being at the rate of one share for every 100 L stock.  " 250 among the holders of the 21. shares, being at the rate of one share for every 50 shares. " 10,911 to be reserved.: fur landowners and parties locally interested, and others. " That provision be made in the Act for payment out of the additional capital of interest, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, to the holders of such new shares upon the amount of their subscriptions until the works shall be completed ; after which such new shares to form part of the capital stock of the Company. " That such shares be offered to the Proprietors of this Company who may be registered on the 11th day of November next, and that the Directors be authorised to dispose of any shares that shall not be accepted withi❑ one month from that day in such manner as they shall think fit.  " That a deposit of 21. be required to be paid upon each of such new shares on or before the Ist of December next."  The resolutions were then put to the meeting, and were carried unanimously amid loud applause. Not a single hand was held up against them. Mr. J. ELT" of Leicester, the Deputy Chairman, expressed his pleasure at the cordial vote just come to. He believed the granting of two Millions and a half of money to fifteen Directors without any other guarantee than their own;honour was unparalleled in railway matters. He hailed it as a bright augury of success and prosperity, and a death-blow to their enemies.  A