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Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., Governor-General of India, an ao atuty of Five Thousand Pounds (5,00010, upon the grounds therein stated ; and for the f u rt h er pu r pose of laying before the Proprietors, for their approba tion, another unanimous resolution of the Court of Directors of thil day's date, granting to General Lord Gough, G.C.8., Commander in-Chief of the Forces in the East Indies, an annuity of Two Thousand Pounds (2,0000 upon the grounds therein stated. The Reports required b . y the B . y -law, cap. IX., sec. 3, together with he documents upon which the said Resolutions have been formed, are open for the inspection of the Proprietors, at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL GAR-SQUARE. The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, One Shilling. HENRY HOWAECD, R.A., Sec. Novelties or extreme interest and infortn,.tion at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an en tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautiful variations. The most interesting of _the Novelties at work are MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY. an ENVE LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price. A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors. G RAVESEND STAR and BLAZXWALIA PACKETiI. FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL. The Trains starting One Quarter of an Hoar before each , of these times. WEEK DAYS.—At 934, 1034, 11, 12, 134, 334, 6,6, and t. SUNDAYS.—At 934, 10k, 11, 134, 5,6, and 7. FROM 'HE NE P,' TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS.--:. 7i, 834, 934, 11% 1,3, 4,5, and 6. SUNDAYS.—At 7j, 834, 1130, 3,4, 5,6, and 7. Fore cabin, 6d. ; Saloon, 9d. Tickets to or from Blackwall—For Twelve months, 4/. 4s. ; Six months, 2/. 15s. • Three months, 1/. 15. To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; and Mr. Saunders, at the Brunswick-wharf, Blackwall. Star-office, May 1, 1846. UNITED UNIVERS,ITY CLUB. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the UNITED UNIVERSITY CLUB will be held at the Club house on THURSDAY, the 21st of May. The Chair will be taken at Three o'clock precisely. By order of the Committee, WILLIAM BOYS, Secretary. (Signed) NATIONAL LOAN EU IND LLE.6 11. SS U 11,• ANCE SOCIETY, 26, COgNIuLL. LONDON. Capital £600,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted en the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITi. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the bat annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from" 30 to 75 iper cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Prolt scale. EI.AMPLES , r q. 7 g g r''' ~.1 , . g' i Premium. c . , Bo ar s Bongs In /1 tb: El : : Is tz nn P 4 ' added. Cash. s, E gs,h. 6 . • I 'mow .:4 v at. 1837 El9l 13 5 .2687 13 5 El 3 17 1 1395111 Z I s. d. 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 601°°0 1 74 3 4 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5 The di.vision of profits is annual, and then ext will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. Ito. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHEItE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., ALP. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq.. M.P. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mirchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. ehn Geliibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morri, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., ESQ. John Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun.. Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. A. W. Roberts, Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. AcTuaav—Griffitit Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies stall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in forde seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. GEOUGE KEYS, Secretary. Beautifhl ITALIAN MARBLE FIGURES, Busts, and Chimney pieces, exquisitely Sculptured in pure Cararra Marble. MR. EDMUND ROBINS is directed to SELL by AUCTION, at his Rooms, in Covent-garden, on THURSDAY next, at Twelve, EIGHT SPLENDID ITALIAN MARBLE CHIMNEY-PIECES, of various designs, and very elaborate in workmanship, thd carving being of the most chaste and elegant description, and presenting splendid ornaments for the drawing-room or gallery ; also a variety of BEAUTIFUL MARBLE FIGURES, BUSTS, AND VASES, Sculptured in the most delicate and superior style, including Diana a is, Biche, Cleopatra, Dancing Girl, Sleeping Girl, and St. John, by Canova g Psyche and Virgin Mary, by Tenerani ; Infant Samuel, by pampaloni ; Bacchante, by Bartaloni ; Cupid, by Thorwaldsen ; busts of Dante and Beatrice; Paris and Helen, by Canova, and of Homer, Napoleon, and Slr Walter Scott ; also a SPLENDID COPY OF THE WARWICK VASE, in Marble, and a very fine tazza of Eseulapix. May be viewed at the Auction Room., in Covent•garden. I %AVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES, 5 Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 6d. ; Yellow Soap, 425., 465., 525., and Its. per 1121b5.; Mottled, 5 a., 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans parent Wax, is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Store Candles, 5%d. ; Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6% d. ; Genuine Sperm Oil, is. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Yegetable, 4s. 6d.; Windsor Soap, Is.li per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. e, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf tug, 9 d._ For Gash—At DATIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house. ONE GUINEA. WELLINGTON BOOTS made to measure by G. GARRETT, it ootraaker, by special appointment, to the King of the Belgians. A stock of the most fashionable and highly-finished Boots kept ready made, to snit the convenience of Noblemen, Officers of the united Services, and Gen tlemen who prefer trying on Roots to giving an order. G. Garrett, Army Bootmaker, 130, Jermyn-street, St. James's. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To be had in London only of the Patentees, 114. Regent-street. UCCESSFUL RESULTS of the OPENING of L. HYAM'S New Show-room, 35, GRACECHRUCH- STREE' ,T. Successful results have our efforts obtained, And a host of new patrons already we've gained As such is the case, we acknowledge to all Our gratitude deep for their kind-hearted call. The Show-room of Ilyam combines great attraction Where talent, first rate, is developed in action ; The produce of England and France iesat d t isplayed, And adds to the lustr e of Hyam's grrade. His Fashions for Spring are the theme of delight, Whilst splendour and cheapness together unite ; And praises are lavished by thousands who flock To see Ilyam's wonders and gaze on his stock. So levers of fashion we humbly solicit The favour, the kindness, the aid of a visit. As with confidence great we are leto suppose In Altars you'll patronise Hyara for Clothes. LIST OF PRICES. s. d. Dress Coat, braided edges. •.. from 1 1 Surtouts, Trousers, in cloth and doeskins •• • • .... 0 8 6 Trousers, in Tweed •• . ....... .......... 0 6 6 Vests, either in cloth or fancy Materials.. 0 4 6 SUMMER GARMENTS. Summer Coats, in endless variety •••• 0 9 6 C a shmere Ditto •••••••••• • • • • • • • • .• 012 6 Fishing or Shooting Ditto •• • • Office Ditto ••••• • . • • • ........... ..... e 9 6 Blouses, in countless profusio n... Trousers, in all the newest washing ••••••.••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 6 6 materials Vest, ditto, Designs guaranteed to retain 0 2 9 MADE TO ORDER. Dress Coats, made to measure .. •• • • Surtouts 0 15 0 Trousers, made to measure • • ...• • Test, ditto ....... .•• . • 07 0 SUMMER GARMENTS. The Hyamonian Paletet, a fashionable Over -coat, made to order, extremely light and well-adapted for the present season.... • • l'rousers of Peculiarly light fabrics •• 0 8 0 V `,.;_n_ i n gs ri_ch Cashmere and printed An Immen se . French patterns • • .......... 0 7 6 Stock of Youths and Boy's Clothing at proportionate •ew prices. Money will be returned to any purchaser, should he not approve of his pnrchage after seeing the articles at his own house. No business transacted on Saturda ys until the evening. L. HYAM. Pantechnethea 3 6 Gracechurch-street. London. TOR STOPPING DECATAD TEETH. Price Ss. 6d. r i t r o l deed by her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Alberti N[R. THOMAS'S SUCCEDANEUM for stepping decayed Teeth, however large the cavity, is placed in the tooth without any pres sure or pain, and will * remain 11rm in the tooth for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, arresting the further progress of decay. All persons can use Mr. Thomas's Succedaneum themselves with ease, as full directions are inclosed. Price 2s. 6d. Sold by Worn 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; Butler, 4 , ch e apside ; Prout, 229, Str an d ; J o h nson, 68, Corn= ; B arman 0, Oxford-street ; and all medicine vendors. Mr. Thomas continues to supply the loss of teeth upon his new Zstem of self-adhesion, without springs er wires. This m e th o d oo not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful operation whatever. Mr. Thomas, Surgeon Dentist, 64, Bemers-street, Oxford-street. EASE AND COMFORT IN SHAVING.—B. and S. COWMAN'S invaluable CANTON STROP, or Quad rilateral Chinese Razor-Sharpener, patronised by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, renders the operation of shaving pleasant to the very tender skin. By a very simple process, the keenest edge may very speedily be given to the bluntest razor. B. and S. Cowvan's pecu liarly tempered Razors and Tooth and Shaving-powder. Specimens •f the strops are exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. From the many flattering testimonials received, the following, from that most eminent surgeon, Mr. C. Aston Key, is selected : " Sirs,—." I have made trial of your razor-strop, and find it to an swer better than any strop that I have hitherto used for giving a keen edge to cutting instruments for anatomical and surgical ptt, Posies." " C. ASTON KEY." Many others may be seen at the inventors', B. and S. Cowvan, 164, Fenchurch-street, where the strops, &c., may be obtained, and V_ali-respectable perftuners, &c., price be. 6d., 7s. 6d., and 9 s. 6d. rwTart', Canton Nazor-strop Paste at is. a packet. The Shaving l'ewaer, IL 6d. ; and Prussian Court Toothpowder at is. 6d. and L. 6d per box. Caution,— a. WM. None are genuine except marked cud pelt "B , luld LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING No. 16,737. SEE THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1. Daily News Office, Whitefrlars. _ - MESSRS. WICKIIAM and CO.'s PUBLIC SALES of RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held at the Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, EVERY MONDAY and THURSDAYS, at One o'clock. Orders received until Four o'clock of the day previous to each tale: London, 1846. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. YORK EXTENSION. Those Scripholders who purpose attending the Meeting on Tunas- DIY, the 14th inst., are requested to forward their Scrip to this office, when a receipt, specifying the number of shares held by each person, will be delivered in exchange for the same. It will be necessary to produce the receipt previous to obtaining admission to the Meeting. The adoption of this course will save the delay to which persons who only present their Scrip at the Lon don Tavern, on the 14th inst., will be subjected, as in every case the amount of Scrip must be verified and the numbers taken before the holder can be present or vote at the Meeting. Sueh persons as cannot attend can have their votes recorded upon forwarding their shares to this office, with a letter stating whether they approve or disapprove of the Bills. By order of the Board, Offices, Shoreditch, 6th May, 1846. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. LONDON and FORK RAILWAY. Shareholders who approve of the Amalgamation concluded between the Committee of Shareholders and the Eastern Counties Company, are reminded that, to secure the benefits of this arrange ment, they must personally attend with their Scrip at the Com mittee's Offices, in order that it may be stamped accordingly. By order orthe Committee, HENRY PHILIPPS. 4, Sise4ane, May 11, 1846. - - _ YORK RAILWAY. MATION. Vho are the Shareholders' friends ? LEEDS AND, YORK RAILWAY. Notice is herehY given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BARKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the LEEDS and YORK RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held at the Court-House, In Leeds, on Trivasnai, the 21st day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, as finally settled in Committee, to empower the Company to construct a railway from the borough of Leeds to the city of York, with a branch therefrom to Wetherby, will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting... Persons attending the Meeting will be required to produce the Scrip, or Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of their own, and also of any other person or persons on whose behalf they attend. Dated this 11th d,': of May, 1946, R. T. BRA NDLING, Secretary. SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POT TERIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the Sessional Orders of the two Houses of Parliament, a SPECIAL MEETING of Holders of Scrip, or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, in the SHEF FIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTERIES, and CREWE RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Albion Hotel, in Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, the 22d day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock, at noon, for the purpose of submitting a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, relating tO the said Railway, for their consideration. And Notice is hereby further given, that all holders of Scrip or Bankers' Receipts for scrip attending the said Meeting will be re quired to give their names and addresses, to produce their Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, and permit the denoting numbers thereof to be correctly taken before the votes can be received. The form of voting paper may be had on application to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices in Leek. THOMAS CARR, Chairman. Leek, 7th May, 1846. R. Y. CLARKE, Secretary. EASTERN COUNTIES AND THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY BRANCHES. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the Londqn Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on Trucasnity, the 14th of May, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parliament, in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman,l Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. L EEDS, YORK, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of the House of Commons of the 23,1 ultimo, a copy of " a Bill for making and maintaining a railway from Leeds to the York and North Mid land Railway, in the township of Colton, all in the county of York," will be submitted for the consideration of the holders of scrip and of banker's receipts for scrip in the above Company, at a MEETING to be held at the Court-house in Leeds, in the said county, on TIIESD AY, the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely. The scrip, or banker's receipts, must be produced, to entitle a party to vote in respect thereof, at the said Meeting. JOSEPH GILL, Chairman. H. J. MORTON, Secretary. Offices, 7, Albion-street, Leeds, May 6, 1846. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the resolutious or orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the EDINBURGH, LEITH, and GRANTON RAILWAY COMPANY, and of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, in the pro posed Extension and Pranches, to Trinity Chain-pier, South Leith, and Bennington, WILL be FIELD within the office of the Company, No 8, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, on MONDAY, the 18th day of May next, at Two o'clock, afternoon, when copies of the following Bills, now before Parliament will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bills, as required by the said resolutions or orders ; viz.:- 1. A Bill to amend and enlarge the powers of the Acts relating to the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway. 2. A Bill to enable the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Company to extend the said railway to Trinity Chain-pier, and to make branch railways to Tolbooth Wynd, and Bonnington. ALLEN GEORGE FIELD, Secretary. 8, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, April 30,1846. FASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on THURSDAY, the 14th of May next, at One o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, London, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise to the further proceedings with A Bill for making a Railway from Hertford to Huntingdon, with a Branch to Bedford ; and A Bill for making a Railway from Tottenham to Barnet. A Bill for enlarging the London and Stratford stations of the Eastern Counties Railway and for other purposes. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman 1 .5 Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch Station, April 29, 1846. lITHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNC TION TION RAILWAY. AILWAY. In pursuance of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament, Notice is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of the Share holders in this Company will be held at the Company's Offices, 1, Guild hall Chambers, Basinghall street, London, on TuUBSDAY, the 21st day of May instant, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, when there will he submitted to the consideration of the Shareholders, for their approval, or otherwise, a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, entituled, "A Bill to enable the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway Company to make a railway in deviation from their line of Railway, and to construct an extension thereof to a point of junction with the Whitehaven Junction Railway." By Order, LONSDALE, Chairman, JOHN MEYER, S cretarv. I, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, May 1, 1846. MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that, in compliance with the Rosa lotions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, in the MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held within the Gordon Arms Hotel, Elgin, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock noon, when a copy of a Bill now before Par. liament, for incorporating the said Company, intituled "A Bill for making a railway from Stattleld and Lossiemouth Harbour to Elgin, Rothes, and Charleston of Aberlour, to be called 'the Morayshire Railway,' " will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill in the manner required by the said Resolutions or Orders. Elgin, April 30, 1846. JAMES GRANT, Secretary. D UNDEE and ARBROATH RAILWAY COMPANY. In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament. and of a Requisition addressed to us by certain of the Share holders of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, a SPECIAL or EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on the 18th day of May next, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a Bill, now pending before Parliament, entitled " A Bill to enable the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company to make a Railway from their Line at Broughty to Broughty Ferry Castle, and another Railway from their Line at Geordie's Burn to the Arbroath and Forfar Railway at Almerieeloss," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meet ing, and a vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the said Resolutions or Orders. By order of the Directors, SHELL and !MALL, ster.tarki, AYRSHIRE and GALLOWAY RAILWAY. A SPECIAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of Scrip or of RANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP in the AYRSHIRE and GAL LOWAY RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at Gibb's Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, en SATITEDAY, the 16th of May, 1846, at Twe o'clock, P.M., whereat a copy of the Bill will be submitted for the approval of the Shareholders, in compliance with the resolutions of the House of Commons tnere anent. It is requested that such person producing scrip will present at the same time (in the form subjoined) a note of the number of each cer tificate produced and the numbers denoting the shares represented thereby, with the name and address of the person producing the same, or in the case of bankers' receipts the names of the persons from whom he deposit is therein stated to be received. In order to accommodate such of the Shareholders as may not find it convenient to attend the meeting, the secretary has been au thorised to acknowledge the receipt of each scrip or bankers' receipt for scrip as may be transmitted to him (at 127, Princes-street, Edinburgh), and to vote for the parties sending the same accord ing to their instructions communicated therewith, and to retransmit the said scrip to the same parties after the meeting. RICHARD HODOSON, Chairman. ROBERT MACKAY, Secretary. Union Hotel, Cockspur street, London, April 29, 1846. Form of note to be presented with the scrip at the meeting, or transmitted together with Fcrip to the Secretary : Name of person producing or transmitting scrip . • . • •A.B. Address Merchant, 14, Princes-street, Edinbun h. Total amount of scrip produced or transmitted ........ •—• • •100 No. of certificate. Denoting number of shared. 20 96 to 100 45 221 , t0 225 1,009 5,041 to 5,046 DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY COM PANY, In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of Par liament, a SPECIAL or EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of May, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a Lill now pending before Parliament entituled " A 13111 to enable the Dundee and Perth Railway Company to alter their Line at Inchyra and Lairwell, and to extend the same towards the Penitentiary at Perth," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the said Ite solutions or Orders. By order of the Directors, SMELL and SMALL, Secretaries. 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These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive consideration of those who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. . _ Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings 7 till 9. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, and STOUR VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. In compliance with the sessional orders of both Houses of Parlia ment, notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the Holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of this Company, will be held at the Waterloo-rooms, Waterloo-street, Bir mingham, on SATURDAY, the 23d day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when the following Bills now before Parliament will be submitted to the meeting for their approval or otherwise, viz.:— A Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and to the Grand Junction Railway, in the parish of Bushbury, with a lino diverging therefrom to 'Wolverhampton, and a branch to Dudley. A Bill for making a railway from Smethwich, in the parish of Harborne, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of Worcester, with branches therefrom. The votes will be taken, as required by the said sessional orders, according to the amount of Scrip, or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip, produced at the meeting; and every party producing such Scrip will be required, before attending the meeting, to exhibit the same to the Secretary, and to furnish him with a written memorandum of his or her name and address, and also the denoting numbers of the said Scrip or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip. ROBERT SCOTT, Chairman of the Committee of Management. (By order) HENRY MORGAN, Secretary. Birmingham, 28, Waterloo-street, May I, 1846. F AST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RA IL WAY BILL. Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING ofthe SCRIPHOLDI in the above Company will be held pursuant to the Resolutions of Paritament, at the Company's Offices, Mitchell's -court, Norwich, on Seal Taney, the 23d day of May instant, at Ten o'clock in the F. are noon precisely, for the purpose of expressing their approval or n on approval of the Bill. EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman of the Committeee of Management, Norwich, May 7,1846. CLITHEROE JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY. The Provisional Directors of this Company will, pursuant to the sessional order of Parliament, convene a MEETING of the Share holders previous to the third reading of this Bill, for the purpose of submitting a copy of such Bill for their consideration and approval In order that the Directors may give due notice of this Meeting, the Shareholders are requested to forward to the offices of Messrs:- T. A. and J. Grundy, N 0.12, Union-street, Bury, Lancashire, - a state— ment of the name, address, and number of shares held by each, in the , form given underneath. The Provisional Directors take this opportunity of stating their unabated confidence in the soundness of the undertaking, and their expectation of being able to carry the Bill successfully through Par— liament. Provisional Directors will, at the Meeting intended to bet In Id The , as before-inentioned, lay before th e Shareholders a statement of: the position and prospects of the Company, and anticipate their una— nimous sanctionto the progress of the Bill. Dated the 29th day of April, 1846. Dy odrer of the Provisional Directors, JEREMIAH GARNETT, Chairman. SAMUEL ASHTON, Deputy Chairman, FORM. To the Provi s i onal Directors of the Clitheroe Junction Railway Company. I beg to inform jou that I am a holder of shares in this undertaking. Name ..... Residence. ...... Business. ...• • ~,,,,,,,r FAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.. In compliance with the Standing Orders and Sessional* Orders of Parliament. Notice is hereby given, that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the East Lancashire Railway Company will be held at the Eagle and, Child Inn, Silver-street, Bury, in the county of Lancaster, on Wm,— NEsDAY, the 3rd day of June now next ensuing, at Twelve o'clock~ at Noon; when the Drafts of the undermentioned Bills, introducedt into Parliament in the present session, will be submitted to thee shareholders fer the r approval, namely A Bill to enable tae East Lancashire Railway Company to alter the line and levels of such railway , and to make branches there— from,alr and for other purposes relating thereto. A Bill for making a railway from the East Lancashire Railway, at Accrington, in the county Palatine of Lancaster, to Long Preston. and Settle, in Yorksaire, with branches therefrom. A Bill to unite and consolidate the Blackburn and Preston Rail.- way Company with the East Lancashire Railway Company. A Bill for making certain branches from the line of the Blackburn and Preston Railway, in the county of Lancaster ; and for amendint the Acts relating thereto. A Bill for making a railway from the Liverpool and Bury Railway' to Preston, and to the Blackburn and Preston and North 'Union Railways, with blanches therefrom, t• be called "The Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway." A (proposed) Bill to incorporate the Company of Proprietors of f be Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, wi tit the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. Dated the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1846. JAMES SMITHELLS. _ I‘7o V GBIBISBY JUNCTI ON RAILWAY. resolutions cr that, in pursuance of recent ANC lIESTER D , MILAND, aDd GREA'.I I Notice is hereby given both Houses of Parliament, a meeting banker's receipts, entitling the parties Railway Company, Grimsby Junction Man chester, Midland, and Great t o: c t l h a e i m h o s l c d r e i p r s o f o f th se e np,r da will be held at the company's offices, in Rotherham, in the West Riding of the county of York, on FRIDAY, the 15th y_ of May inst., at twelve o'clo c k a t noon prec i se ly, f o r the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwi se , t o th e Bill no w before Parliament, for making a Railway from the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and _e.lMan chester Railway at W or tl ey , t o j o i n t h e G ea t G r i ms by and Sherld 1 Railway near to Bole, with branches therefrom. The votes will be taken at the meeting abcording to the amount scrip held by each person present, who will be required to exhit ,it the same, and to furnish the Secretary with a written memorandu 111 of his or her name and address, and the denoting numbers of t he scrip produced, these particulars being required to be stated in I Be certificate, which must be lodged with Parliament before the th ird. reading of the Bill. Note.—All persons producing scrip at the above meeting will be ntitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st of March last ; but no vote can be accepted in respect of any scrap not, actually produced, except in cases where the deposit on share* allotted has been paid prior to the 31st of March last, but the scrip. for such shares has not been issued, in which case the production 05 . the banker's receipts for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of scrip.. To facilitate the arrangements of the meeting, the Secretary w ill attend at the offices of the company, in High-street, Rotherham, every day previous to the meeting, f rom ten to three o'clock, to re; ceive and arrange the scrip, and those shareholders who cannot cot i veniently attend the meeting, are particularly requested to transtr lit their scrip certificates, or banker's receipts, with their name a nd address to the Secretary, at the offices, without delay, and the Che man will vote for them in such manner as they may request. The receipt of scrip certificates or banker's receipts will be ac knowledged by return of post, and returned to the owners hum, di . ately atter the meeting. JNO. ALDRED, Chairman. FRGS, PARKER, Secretary Botherhstn, May 7,1846, EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- YORK EXTENSION. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four following Bills, that is to say— A Bill for making a railway from Cambridge to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Lincoln to South Milford, A Bill for making a railway from March to Lincoln, A Bill for making a railway from Tottenham to Farringdon-street, Will be submitted to the consideration of the holders of the scrip and bankers' receipts for Eastern Counties (York Extension) shares at a meeting to be held, and 'which is hereby called for that purpose, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on THURSDAY, the 14th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely. All holders of the scrip are earnestly requested to attend the meeting, and to exhibit their scrip shares or banker's receipts thereat, and to send to the secretary, previously, written memoranda, with their names and addresses, and the numbers and amount of their scrip. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairmari, Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 184 G. ILFORD AND EPPING RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on Tutrusosv, the 14th of My, at half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bill now before Parlianaent in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the Eastern DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman, Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. N ORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY. In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the 14th of May, at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the B`ll now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Eastern DAVID WA.DDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, Counties Railway Company. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION RAILW (Amended Advertisement). Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP of this company will be held in the Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, on FRIDAY, the 22d May proximo, at Ten o'clock a.m., in terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Commons on the 23d current, to express their approval or disapproval of the Bill now in dependance before Parliament. To entitle parties to vote they must produce their scrip or bankers' receipts at the meeting. By order of the Committee of Management, CHARLES STEWART, Joint Secretary. April 25, 1846. PERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY. (Amended Advertisement). Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS, of SCRIP of this COMPANY will be held in the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street,on MONDAY, the 18th Mayproximo, at Ten o'clock A.M.. in terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Com mons on the 23d current, to express their approval or disapproval of the Bill now In dependance before Parliament. To entitle parties to vote, they must produce their scrip or bankers' receipts at the meeting. By order of the Committee of Management, PETER ANDERSON, Secretary. London, April 25,1846. DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN EXTEN SION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting is proposed to be held at the Office of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, at West land-row, in the City of Dublin, on THURSDAY, the 14th day of May , 1846, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, of the holders of Scrip Cer tificates,* proposed (in the event of the Bill hereinafter-mentioned being passed into a law) to be converted into shares or stock of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, and which have been issued in respect of the above-mentioned undertaking, at which meeting a Bill now pending before Parliament for extending the line of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to the Bridge of Bray, in the county of Dublin, will be submitted to the consideration and ap proval of such Seriph°'der!. By order of the Court of Directors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, T. F. BERGIM, Clerk of the Company. Dublin, 28th April, 1846. * Nons.—All Persons producing Scrip at the abo'e Meeting, will ‘)e entitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to 31st March ast, but no vote can be accepted in respect of any Scrip not actually produced, except in cases where the Deposit on Shares allotted has oeen paid prior to 31st March last, but the Scrip for such Shares has not been issued, in which case the production of the Bankers' receipts. for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of the Scrip. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORD, AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.— CAUTION to the PUBLlC.—Whereas some Forged Certificates have been discovered among the scrip presented at this office, parties hold ing the scrip of this Company are requested to send it in immediately for verification. After verification, the scrip, stamped as having been compared with the counter foil, will immediately be returned to the parties sending it in. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman of the Committe of Management. WYNDIIAM HARDING, Secretary. 29, Great George-street, Westminster, May 6, 1846. NORFOLK RAILWAY. Noe is hereby ven, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the Olßce of the Company, Guildhall.bnildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, now next ensuing, at Two o'clock, when the Drafts of Ithe undor-mentioned Bills, introduced into Parliament in the present Session, will be submitted to the Pro prietors for their approval, under which Bills it is proposed to autho rise the Norfolk Railway Company, either to construct or to become the Proprietors of, or to contribute towards, the formation of the Railways therein mentioned, that is to say— A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail way communication between the Dereham Branch of the Norfolk Railway, and the towns of Wells and Blakeney, in the county of Norfolk. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail way from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stawmar ket to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a Rail. wty from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford to the Lowestoft Railway atßeedham. A Bill for extending the Norfolk Railway to the Jetty at Great Yarmouth, and to enable the Norfolk Railway Company to pur chase a Lease of the Lowestoft Railway, Harbour and Navigation. A Bill for making a Railway from Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Walsham. A Bill for making a Railway from East Dereham, in the county of Norfolk to the City of Norwich. A Bill for making a Branch Railway from the East Dereham and _Norwich Railway to the Norfolk Railway. The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. Dated this 30th day of April, 1846. ADAM DUFF, Chairman of the Board of Directors. By order, RICHARD TILL, Secretary. NORFOLK RAILWAY EXTENSIONS. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the holders of scrip or of bankers' receipts for scrip in respect of the undertakings proposed to be carried into effect under the Bills below mentioned, will be held at the Norfolk Railway Company's Office, at Guildhall buildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May, 1846, at half-past Two o'clock, for the purpose of submitting to their approval copies of the following Bills : A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way communication between the Dereham branch of the Norfolk Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney in the county of Norfolk. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail way from the Ipswich and Itury St. Edmund's Railway at Stow . market, to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham. A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail- I, ay from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford, to the Lowestoft Railway at Reedham. _ _ _ be taken at half-past Two o'clock precisely. IT. E. It will be necessary for each person who attends to produce the soelp or banker's receipt for scrip in respect of which he claims to atte eid and take part is the proceedings. ated this 30th day of April, 1848. ADAM DUFF, Chairman of the Board of Direotori. NIT vrdor, LRICLIARD TILL, Elocrotary. LONDON AND Att/ALG' Directors versus Committee. Judge. The Directors have amaiga- The Committee have amalga mated with the Direct Northern, bated with the Eastern Counties a line at a discount, the Share- Company, and obtained a 151. holders in which are less able to share in a Company whose stock pay their calls up than those in is at more than 50/. per cent. pre the London and York. mium.' Go with the Directors, help them to get the Bill, and you must lose all you have paid, aid 51. or 101. per share more. Go with the Committee, and you can lose nothing; and if they succeed, you will at vice realise 81. or 101. per shafe premium, with 4 per cent. interest during the construction of the line. Who can hesitate? Nobody. DUNBLANE, DOUNE, and CALLANDER RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the sessional orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of this COM PANY, will be held within Kinross's Inn, DuAblane, upon TUESDAY, the 26th day of May, 1846, at Twelve o'cldek at noon, when the pro posed Bill to empower the said Company to construct the said rail way will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, JOHN STIRLING, Chairman. THOS. BABTY, } Secretaries. JAMES J. STIRLING, Dunblane, May 6, 1846. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL MEETING is to be held on THURSDAY, the 28th day of MAY eArent, at One o'clock after noon, within Gibb's Royal Hotel, Priticosatroet, Edinburgh, of the HOLDERS of SCRIP PROPOSED tp be CONVEUTED into NEW SHARES of STOCK of the BCATAISii: CENTRAL RAILWAY, 4 COMPANY, an& which has been Issused in respect of'the Under takings contemplated by the Bills undermentioned, at which Meeting copies of the following Bills will be submitted for the consideration and approval of such Shareholders, viz.:- 1. A Bill to enable the Scottish Central Railway Company to make a branch railway to Crieff, in the county of Perth. 2. A Bill to enable the Scottish Central Railway Company to make a branch railway by Alloa Ferry to Tillicoultry. 3. A Bill to enable the Scottish Central Railway Company to make a branch railway to Denny, in the county of Stirling. And 4. A Bill to enable the Scottish Centralßailway Company to make certain terminal branches and other works at the city of Perth. By order of the Directors, BREADALBANE Chairman. ROBERT D. KER, Secretary. Perth, May 4, 1846, T HE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Resolutions and Standing Orders of Parliament, an extraordinary Special General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company, will be held at the Court House in Leeds, in the county of York, on Tutasne - r,the 28th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of taking into consideration, and of submitting to the Proprietors for approval, the drafts of the following Bills, for which the Directors are now applying to Parliament, that is to say :- Ist. A Bill for enabling the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to make certain deviations in the line of the Saint Helen's branch of the said Railway. 2nd. A Bill to enable the Leeds and Thirek Railway Company to extend their railway over the river Nidd at Knaresborough, and for other purposes. 3rd. A Bill for making a branch or extension railway from the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, near Wath in the county of York, to or to communicate with Hartlepool, in the county of Durham, with branches therefrom. By order, SAMUEL SMILES, Secretary. Leeds, April 20, 1846. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EDIN BURGH, and DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of SC RIP, or of the BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of this COMPANY will be held at the Company's Office, No. 11, Eldon-square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on MONDAY, the ISth day of May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, intituled " A Bill for making a Railway from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the llexham and Alemouth Turnpike Road, at or near a place called Merryshiels, in the parish of Kirk harle, in the county of Northumberland, to be called the Newcastle upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, and direct Glasgow Junction Railway," will be submitted for the consideration of the meeting, which is specially called for that purpose, and in order that such holders of scrip, or of bankers' receipts, may express approval or disapproval of such Bill, and determine the further proceedings thereon ; and at such meeting such measures will be proposed as may be necessary for the purpose of complying with the requirements of the Resolutions of the House of Commons passed on the 23 d o f A p ril. 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AND D d w to h I N VE R NESS. c o h p e et r i g a a c t as h e e who was opp l Os E ed E to ir t ig he line , d h 1 withde , forpromoters landholder, Mr. HILL appeared this m or ning fraud and willfully deluding t he public and the Committee, but his opening address was interrupted by The CHAIRMAN, who thought it w charges until the case f or the as better to postp one th ese brought to a close. promoters of the sch eme h a d b een After some discussion, this course was adopted, and the land holder's case postponed accordingly. The engineering evidence of the Perth sumed. and Inverness was then re- Mr. Alfred Jee, the engineer in chief of the Sheffield and Manches ter line, was the first witness called this morning. The summit Sheffield and Manchester line was 967 f ee t above ihe surface o th o e i the The gradients were consequently as s evere , if not more severe, than. those on the line under consideration. The cost of locomotive po wer on the She ffi eld and Manchester line was 6d. per m il e , an d for c ost of nalintenance of way, locomotives, carriages, &c., 2s. 6d. per mile more. Mr. Mitchell's estimate for working this line, namely, 3,0001. a year, was, In his opinion, more than sufficient for the traffic likely to come upon it. On cross-examination, the witness admitted that he had never been over the line, and formed his judgment from papers which had been put into his hands between eleven and twelve o'clock that morning. He assumed that the locomotive power in the case of this line would be Is. per mile. He estimated the cost of a locomotive line on his own line at about 1,0001. a year. This closed the engineering evidence. The roam was then cleared, and the Committee, after a short con sultation, determined that they would consider the case as between the Great North of Scotland and the Perth and Inverness reads in the first instance upon the engineering merits. Mr. AUSTIN said then it became his duty to comment upon the case of the Perth and Inverness promoters. He contended that the Committee could not, in the peculiar circumstances of these two cases, decidegupon the engineering evidence without Baying ,reference to the subject of local atcommodatien, or' without looking at the general system of the two schemes. The Learned Gentleman, after com menting upon the engineering evidence adduced on both sides, di rected the attention of the Committee to the fact that the Great North of Scotland line comprised only 138 miles of rails, while the rival scheme j for accomplishing the same object took up 221 miles and a half. Now the cost of the first, which was proposed to be wholly a double line of rails, was estimated at a million and a half, while the cost of the other, which was only partially double, was 20,444,0001. while to make the line double it would take 203,0001. more, or 20,787,0001, giving a saving of a million in favour of the Great North of Scotland line. The CHAIRMAN said the Learned Counsel was including the cost of the line from Nairn to Aberdeen, which was hardly fair, when he was comparing a line from Perth to Inverness with the Great North of:Scotland. Mr. AUSTIN said then he would not touch again on costs, but come at once to an immediate comparison with the engineering merits of the two lines. Well, then, the summit of the Highland line was 1,450 feet high, while the summit of the Great North of Scotland only reached an altitude of 500 feet. On the Great North line the severest gradient was lin 100, on the Highland line lin 70. On the Great North line out of 138 miles there were only 15 miles on a gradient of I in 105, while on the highland line there were 15 miles under lin 150. On the Highland line there were 8 miles of 1 in 75, 7 of 1 in 84, 21 of 1 in 100, a of 1 in 102, and lofl in 104. This summit and these gradients, he boldly asserted, were unprecedented. Mr. Mitchell, the gentleman who laid out the line, the Committee would see from this, was the greatest mountain climber that had ever been heard of. He beat Napolean outright, and quite eclipsed Hannibal, He recollected reading a work of several hundred pages, written by a gentleman at Cambridge, and detailing how Hannibal crossed the Alps, but after this line will have passed, he had no doubt there would be quarto's written about Mr. Mitchell.—(Laughter.) He thought then he had shown that this line reached the greatest altitude with the severest gradients through the wildest country, and with a single rail, of any line known in Bri tain. Besides the decision of the Committee in its favour, then there was only one thing that would surprise him, and that was the mak ing of the line. Now lie came to the question of cost of making, and after the evidence of Mr. Lee, it was important for the Com mittee to take this question into their serious consideration. Mr. Lee had told them that upon the Sheffield and Manchester, a line infinitely more superior to this in point of gradients, and nothing near its length, the cost of working swallowed up a clear half of the gross receipts. What, then, would be the cost in this case? That was an important point for the Committee to decide, and one which alone he thought ought to prove fatal to the passing of this Bill. lie said then there was sufficient to justify the Committee in refusing to hear any further evidence in favour of the Perth and Inverness line, and to say that their sanction to the Great North of Scotland Bill ought not further to be delayed. The Committee postponed their decision till to-morrow, and ad journed shortly after four o'clock. GROUP VII. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock; present, Mr. Palmer (chairman), and the other Members. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (STRATH.. ERN DEVIATION BRANCH). The Committee having heard some further evidence, decided that the preamble of this Bill was proved. GROUP VIII, THE EDINBURGH, LEITH AND GRANTON EXTENSION. The Committee on this group resumed their sittings at twelve o'clock to-day, in Room 31, Mr. Hawes, chairman. Mr. Grainger was cross-examined as to the line crossing several streets at Leith, to the great injury of the public, inasmuch as it would have the effect of closing those streets altogether. The public opposed this interference with the thoroughfare. The Committee said that they considered it unnecessary to hear more evidence, and without clearing the room they declared the preamble not proved. Mr. WHATELET was then heard as to the branches. He opposed the atmospheric line, on the grounds that the promoters had not got the sanction of the Admiralty to cross the harbour of Leith. Mr. HOPE would admit that consent had not been obtained, but he could inform his Learned Friend that the line could be constructed without crossing the pier, that part being a very subordinate one of their seheme. Mr. W HATELEY resumed. lie opposed the atmospheric line as un. called for, because unnecessary to the convenience of the public. GROUP IX. CALZDONLAN (Tzinvsnwr AND 33EA.NCHES). As arrangements respecting the junctions to be effected by this scheme with the existing lines south of the Clyde could not be come to this morning, it was agreed to postpone its further consideration tlll the 27th, in order to get the assent of the House to certain devia tions that would be required to meet the objections of the Committee, but which involved an infringement of the standing orders. GLASGOW AND GREENOCK (POLLOC AND GOVAN BRANCH). The case on behalf of this Bill having closed to-day, the Committee declared the preamble of the Bill not proved. The remainder of the sitting was occupied till four o'cloek with the Glasgow Southern Terminal, when the Committee adjourned. GROUP XIII. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Sir William Clay in the chair. Members present, Earl Jermyn, Lord Shelburne, Mr. James Ainsworth, and Mr. Curteis. GLASGOW, numpßiEs, AND CARLISLE. The case on behalf of this line having closed on Friday last, the case for the opposition commenced this morning on the assembling of the Committee. Mr. COCKBURN said he appeared on behalf of the Glasgow and Carlisle road trustees, and the grounds on which he did so were that the line crossed their road twice on the level, between Dumfries and Carlisle, whereas the Caledonian crossed the road by bridges. The petitioners likewise thought that the Caledonian served the wants of the district better than the Dumfries scheme. The case of Scotland, in regard to compensation, was also different to that of England, and the petitioners complained that due compensation was not given to the road trustees for the abstraction of traffic which the Dumfries line would occasion. The CHAIRMAN suggested that those points were more subjects for clauses than to be brought against the preamble of the Bill. Clauses ought to be drawn up to meet the objections submitted to the Committee, when, if the preamble was agreed to, they would be considered. _ _ . This course being assented to, the Committee proceeded to the consideration of the CALEDONIAN (EXTENSION AND BRANCHES). Counsel for the promoters, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Hope, Mr. Rickards, and Mr. Pickering. Mr. Graham, the agent of the Bill, was examined as to compliance with Mr. T. Duncombe's resolutions, and the necessary documents in relation thereto put in and received. Mr. Comm:mix opened the proceedings for the opposition of the Caledoniaa against the Dumfries scheme, and also on behalf of the Dumfries branch of the former Company. He said he would reserve his statement till the close of the evidence he intended to call, when he would make a review of the whole. He hoped also, before the close of the evidence for this Dumfries branch, that the Caledonian Extension Bill would be read a second time, and ready to proceed with in Committee, in which case it would not be expedient or just to give any decision till that was likewise gone into, as it formed a material point in the Caledonian case. Mr. Locke, civil engineer, said he was the engineer of the Cale donian Company. His attention had been called to railway commu nication with Scotland in 1836 or 1827. Some time after that a com mission was appointed, for which he made a survey, and laid a re port before the commissioners. The Caledonian trunk line was the result of his survey. This Line was substantially adopted by the com missioners. When the Caledonian Company was formed, witness was appointed its engineer, and the present Caledonian scheme was brought out. Nis scheme was brought under the considera , Lion of the Board of Trade, as was also the Dumfties line on the one side, and the Hawick branch, in connexion with the North British, on the other. He quite agreed with the passage in the Board of Trade report, that there was not traffic to support two through lines. With careful consideration that was his deliberate opinion. Last year, he believed, he estimated the Caledonian to yield but 5% per cent., after paying working expenses. That esti mate included all the Glasgow and Carlisle traffic, and a consi derable portion of the Edinburgh traffic also. He calculated the whole receipts of the Caledonian to be 224,0001. Deduct ing 197,000/. for working expenses, that left 117,0001., which was 834 per cent. on the whole capital. He was quite sure that the Dumfries line and this could not pay together. The Caledonian Company had already expended from 200,0001. to 300,0001., and the expenditure was now about 50,0001., and would soon be double. At the present moment 7,000 men were at work. All the works were contracted for and the land bargained and paid for as it was used. He calculated that the line would be completed by 18 months unless a great number of Bills were carried and workmen could not be obtained. Had he conceived last year that this Dumfries line on the one side and the Hawick Extension on the other, would be granted this year, he would not have advised those contracts to be entered into. It was his opinion that the Cale donian line was the best line to the north as well as to Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Edinburgh and Glasgow traffic would be much crippled by rival lines, but the north traffic could never be taken away. The north traffic, however, would not at all compensate the Company for the capital expended. Last year, after long and anxious inquiries in both Houses, and after the examination of about a hundred witnesses, both Committees decided in favour of the Cale donian scheme. The Dumfries branch was then struck out as not being sufficiently digested, and being strongly opposed by the Annan people, because it did not touch there. This year a branch was proposed which went from Dumfries, by Annan, to Gretna. Even, as between Dumfries and Glasgow, the distance by the Caledonian scheme was shorter than the Dumfries scheme, the Caledonian scheme also connected Dumfries in a better manner with Edinburgh. The inhabitants of Paisley would also, he believed, be at least as well accommodated as by the Nithsdale scheme. As it respects Dumfries, the inhabitants of Ayr, Maybole, and Girvan ' would be accommodated by the Ayrshire and Gallo wa y li ne from Ayr to Castle Douglas. He considered the inhabitants of Carlisle and Canonbie would also be better accommodated by the Caledonian scheme than by the Nithsdale. Should the Caledonian extension line be granted Ayrshire generally would be well supplied, and there would exist no reason whatever for the formation of the Nithsdale line, on the plea of accommodating local traffic. He had kept in view from the beginning that the Dumfries traffic would be an im portant hem in connexion with the Caledonian scheme. He had estimated last year to run through from end to end four passenger trains and two goods trains ; the passenger trains to carry twenty persons each. Ile applied the same data to the Dumfries branch. He had made allowance for all possible traffic, and this was the result. lie was quite certain that the two lines could not exist on the traffic, and had he thought that two such lines would be sanctioned he would not have advised any of his friends to take a share, or have taken one himself. The competition that mast ensue would only end in a combination, from which the public would greatly suffer. Looting at the table of the towns from which the Dumfries and Nithsdale scheme expected their traffic, he saw many places from which the Caledonian line took credit for traffic last year. Cross-examined by Mr. Foasrrn—lie would not say that the Ayrshire and Galloway line would be the best route from Dumfries into Ayrshire, but it would be a. convenient one. He did not know what sort of line that . was, as he had nothing to do with it. He bad no objection to a line from Kilmarnock and Dumfries if it could be shown that the local traffic would warrant it, and if the Caledonian scheme and extension were opened, and not likely to suffer from the competition of this Nithsdale line. Still he thought the two lines too near, and the country too thinly populated, to warran t the construction of both. He was decidedly of opinion that there wa y s in n g ot i trafficlo per twocent ., Isis views lines. If the Caledonian line was opened and pa would be very much modified ; the n his opinion might be, that there was room for another line. At present it would be hard on those who had embarked their capital in the Caledonian scheme to allow another line of railway without waiting to see what the traffic of the line already granted would be. The Caledonian promoters as ingsoci the whop of Punitive trade lest you. ue admitted tlae branch now proposed was substantially the same as the south portion of the Nithsdale scheme of last year. Until the issue of the Caledonian was tried he did not think any new scheme of the kind like the Nithsdale should be sanctioned by Parliament. In doing this, he did not think the inte rests of Ayrshire would be sacrificed, as they would be 'consulted by the Caledonian Extension. He thought that nothing at present made. ap te a e c st,utaTs when hbrleee oo a fi m : b t o nh r u o e. n e a t o g Hm l o' He should be done that would damagethe construction and carrying out of a great national scheme like the Caledonian. The whole capital of dis tancem trafficcapitalr.fL, from oa .r. ,s beenotupl nbiredoreoi promised uictsgeredetEwasttsd Edinburgh, sodnptfhbri ntsueehapt. goiteasircsscdi ufle:hhe satisfied yygthi r nto t thmfoa ne-ete to-morrow o es a3tip. rn t itrooomws case, coast the Caledonian Extension with which Ayrshire was to be accommo ee dated, was about 1,700,0001. in thewhole. The Ayrshire portion of this would be more expensive than that to Peebles. The expense would be from 12,0001. to 14,0001. per mile. Be did not recollect the terms of the prospectus of the Caledonian issued in 1844, which set forth that the returns would be 8 per cent. He understood the capital stated there was 1,800,0001., whereas the capital in the Bill, when it went ence in the calculation of returns. If Dumfries was not named in be lß fr e.s. e ..a a n r e l rl ia tit m eod e a_ n r t ue , was 2,100,0001. This made a considerable differ bpli kbtyeefDe before toro. prospectus,ein rgyParliament asitrh a wuthetlLia as evenl London alwaysa ydla d ostti hheaa3nt,alarcalculated ewere e fairly fora considerable as quite sure 5 per with .the was a fair calculation. w r h ll ou i el h e W , e ll Cale donian schemes ; also the distance 'a3fled*Poclose oni d notin vestigation Caledonian, compared BirminghamJunction zwiforeadDainruanfnidriels7L G eor r in a sddto n u d Annytirsioiehicctrl Company,D umfricashire, examined—Said he was Mr e . h H ai o rm pe a f i o u h f n t s h ton e c e u It had always been in t the main object was aGlasgow rgrandu route. t eb, yb tohthe co cu m d mr ut ica be ti ll on eve btehtwe Nith All u e e u north and the Had both lines been granted view to accommodate Dumfries, ee t s a outh d . irec H t e with the Caledonian, so as both to pay. tie could co-exist last year he could not have advised the shareholders to proceed with the works. With his knowledge of the e , ountry, he considerec if the Dumfries Branch was formed along with the Caledonian Extension that an abundant accommodation would be given —he would not say a complete, still it would be ample. The portion that would not be so well supplied wag the district between Dumfries and Cumnock, which was a thinly-populated agricultural district. He agreed in the esthaate that the pfbilts'Vpuld not exceed t% per cent. - The witness was cross-examined by Mr. LIDDELL, on behalf of the,, Duke of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Queensberry, and Lord Mansfield, who petition against the Dumfries Branch ; also on behalf of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle scheme, but no point of importance was elicited. Ayrshire 3fr. Smith, of e Leang a n t , deposed theA as y was very good, and abounded in minerals, but after leaving New Corn nock, the valley of the Nith became very narrow and sterile, and continued so till near to Dumfries, where it expanded and became the hith. rich. The population in the neighb our h oo d o f S anqu h ar an d Thorn hillTheend,characterofvalley of was very thin—both the agricultural and village population— the route only supported one two-horse coach, He was well ac quainted with tile draining, and he thought the item of traffic under this head, calculated by the Nithsdale Company, preposterous. He did not believe that 12,810 tons of tiles would be taken from Cumnock to Dumfries. He believed they could be made conveniently near Dumfries. Besides, the draining could be as well carried out with stones as by tiles. To allow for such a tile traffic, there would be required 33 tile works to be started at Cumnock, which was not at all necessary. To use the number of tiles estimated for, 2,391 acres would require to be drained yearly, at an expense of 24,0001. The cross-examination of the witness did not materially vary the points elicited by his examination in chief, beyond the admission that he did not know for a fact there was clay for tiles to be found in the valley of the Nith, though, judging from the geological character of the country, there must be. He had been told that clay was found at Sanquhar. To the CHAIRMAN—He thought that clay would be found also between Thornhill and Algirth-bridge. The price of tiles at Cum nock was about 30s. a ton. Re-examined—with the facilities of obtaining stones in the valley of the Nith, he did not think that tiles would be carried at any great length. He would, under such circumstances, prefer stone to tiles. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. GROUP X.B. This Committee did not meet to-day. Its sittings will be resumed to-morrow at the usual hour. GROUP XXVII, This Committee re-assembled to-day at the usual hour ; Sir Charles Lemon, chairman. SOUTH MIDLAND. The formal evidence as to estimates, &c., commenced the pro ceedings of this morning, Mr. Brown, Secretary to the Company, was examined to prove the amount of capital, and how allotted, &c. This witness was subjected to a long cross-examination by Mr. Ser geant Wrangham, with the view of showing that the present capital was not the capital proposed to be raised by the original scheme ; and also the extent of shares subsequently allotted to the Directors of the Midland Railway Company, the scrip being then at a premium of seven. _ .......... Mr. Jay was examined upon the subject of traffic, and confirmed the evidence already given on that point. The evidence on traffic was co>•tinued, and two 'witnesses, Mr. Alger, from Bedford, and an agent from a colliery in Leicestershire, occupied the remainder of the day. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow, when the engineering evidence will be proceeded with. PRICE SD. GROUP XXX' This Comrcittee re-assembled to-day, at the usual hour, present Lord Charles Wellesley (chairman), and the other Members. AYLESBURY AND TBAME JUNCTION. Mr, Coauv, on the part of the Duke of Buckingham, was heard to-day. The Learned Counsel contended that the statements with respect to the Cambridge and Oxford Railway, which were put for ward by the counsel for that 13111, were not sustained by the evi dence. The line was, to speak in general terms, defective in its geo graphical situation, and the advantages that would result to literature and science, even according to the showing of the learned gentlemen who had been examined in support of the Bill, were too trifling to call for a railway. The other advantages that would result from this railway were quite speculative. For instance, with re ference to coals, could aify one that had listened to the evidence be satisfied that there would be such a traffic in that commodity as was contended for by his Learned Friends ? It was necessary for him to say a word as to the description of evidence that had been adduced to prove the nega tive of what he advanced. His Learned Friend did not call coal merchants to give evidence on this subject, though one would have supposed they would have been the most eligible witnesses, but straw-plait [manufactures, though, when they had to make good any statement respecting farms, they were sure to call farmers. But, coming at another point, it was stated by the promoters of the Oxford and Cambridge Railway, that there would be a profit of 6% per cent. on the total capital. Now, he felt satisfied that he could prove to the Committee from the evi dence, that instead of realising this profit of 6% per cent. from this railway, there would be a deficiency of S per cent. on the capital to be laid out on the undertaking. The gross profit was stated by Mr. Pilch, upon whose evidence such stress had been laid, as 83,673 d., while the working of the line would be 33,4071. This calculation was made on a sum somewhere about 800,0001. Now the fact was, that the capital required for this (the Cambridge and Oxfbrd Rail way), was shown by the most unquestionable evidence to be 1,200,0001. It was also proved from the evidence before the Committee, that the income to be derived from this railway would not exceed 36,5001. It was also shown that the working of this line would be upwards of 30,0001. or 40,0001. The Learned Counsel here read copious extracts from the evidence of Mr. Stephenson and the other witnesses in support of the Aylesbury and Theme Junction Railway, and having offered a few observations with reference to the engineering features of the line, which he described as being ex tremely unfavourable, concluded by calling on the Committee, in mercy to the promoters themselves, of the Oxford and Cambridge Railway, to reject the Bill. At the request of Counsel Mr. Bryce was called, and denied what had been attributed to him by one of the witnesses (Mr. Chase) — namely, that the Oxford and Cambridge would never pay a farthing, and that he was opposed to the line. Mr. liewmics said he appeared, on the part of the landowners, to oppose the Aylesbury and Theme Junction line. He denied that though a railway might be required in the district through which this railway proposed to pass, the present line would meet adequately these requirements, or in any way offer advantages to be compared with the Oxford and Cambridge line. Only three persons at Aylesbury and Thame had become shareholders in this railway, so that it did not appear that the people there were very favourable to this undertaking, for there were no meetings held in support of it, but at a meeting held in favour of the other line several people from Aylesbury and Thame attended, and were unanimous in supporting it (the Oxford and Cambridge Railway). There could not be a traffic on this line that would justify an outlay of 100,0001., as proposed in this rail way, and the Committee would require considerably more evi dence before they could entertain such a Bill as the present. There was not an advantage held out by this contemptible little line that was not offered ten-fold by the Oxford and Cambridge line. (The Learned Gentleman, after a few further observations, con cluded). ➢ir. CALCRAFT, on the part of the Aylesbury and Theme line, having replied, The Coiamittee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XXXV. The Committee met to-day, at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 25; present, Mr. G. Bankes, chairman ; Sir A. L. Hay, Sir R. R. W. Bnlkeley, Sir T. Winnington, and Mr. W. Bruges. The case of the East Coast Union was to have been brought on at the sitting of the Committee, but it was deferred in consequence of the absence of some of the witnesses. The Committee then took the AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON. The preamble of the Bill was proved on Thursday last. The clauses were then gone through seriatim, and after various amendments in detail, several were ordered to stand part of the Bill, the further consideration of a few having been postponed, by consent of the promoters and the other parties to a proposed amalgamation with another Company. With these exceptions and a fbw amend ments, the clauses were all agreed to. i GROUP XXXVI. GOOLE area DONCAIMEN. This Committee, having bat this one Bill upon their Hat, met to day at half-past three o'clock• They sat only for a few minutes, and adjourned till Friday next, when they will meet at twelve o'clock. • GROUP XXXVII. The Committee met at twe:ve, Lord Seymour in the chair. MIDLAND, BARNSLEY, SHEFFIELD, g liA i i h ra e s m (w er i i t t h s w o h f o n t l h i w s e L t e said a M it r . was r d i s n w t e o n r d t h e d ) o t DEWSBURY, LEEDS, AND BRADFORD. o as p 3 ;o l j r e . connect Dewsbury with Wath-upon-Dearn Dewsbury, C. It started from ry, forming a junction with the line from Leeds, which received the sanction of Parliament last year, and was now in co urse o f formation, so that communicationr would be opened from Dewsbury by the Manchester and Leeds line through Huddersfield onward to Manchester. From Dewsbury it passed on through Cornhill, Netherton, and Dorton, to Barnsley. The importance was enhanced by the connexion which it established between the main trunk line of the country, the Midland, and the Manchester and Leeds lines, and the branch had been so laid out as to shorten the distance between Dewsbury and the localities of the district, and also London. The Dewsbury district, which it sapplied, was important for the woollen manufactures carried on in that part of the West Riding. The raw material for that manufacture was brought from the south and south-east ; from the coun ties of Lincoln, Derby, Leicester ; from London, and the south of England generally ; and the manufactured article went down to the south of England, the greater part for exportation, even the waste from the manufactories being sent by thousands of tons into Kent, for the cultivation of the hop. The opponents of this branch were chiefly what had been called the Sheffield and Wake field line and the South Yorkshire ; the last formed no junction with the Midland, offering a south conveyance, but depended for this on the passing of the London and York Railway Bill. In remarking on the former of these schemes, Mr. Baines said he would show that there were twenty gross inaccuracies in the depo sited plans of that scheme, differences in height of 5, 12, 13, and even 17 feet, the last occurring at the mouth of the tunnel with a change of gradient. The eurves on that line were quick and inconvenient, five of them being of a radius under a quarter of a mile, one under a furlong, one of 25 chains, on a gradient of 1 in 118, and that at the end of a tunnel. There was tunnelling to the amount of 4,597 yards long, being one-eighth of the whole line. Mr. Banias then called the attention of the Committee to an agreement which had been made privately between the Sheffield and Wakefield, and the South Yorkshire Companies, in which they sti pulated, among other things, to give up the Dodworth branch to the South Yorkshire in case their Bill passed, and to transfer to the same company all the powers of their Act of Parliament in respect to the portion of their line south of Barnsley station, including the Dod worth branch. Mr. Baines trusted the Committee would not hesi tate, on hearing the merits of his project in evidence, to pass the Bill. Mr. Bates, a factory inspector, on being examined, ' stated that in Dewsbury, and within two miles of it, there were 101 mills with 6,126 horse power, employing 6,278 persons; that 206, 616 ton s of coals were consumed annually, and that the population w as 50,061. Mr.Ratner and Mr. Burnley gave evidence of th e mineral traffic and the accommodation which would be afforde d to the wool fac tories. Mr. Waite, who surveyed the line, stated In the course of his evi dence that he had found twenty inaccu racies in the plans of the Sheffield and Wakefield line as depos ited at the Private Bill-office, in consequence of which it would be impossible to ascertain the heights and depths, and thereby the amount of the earthwork. He pointed out an instance where a difference of vertical height on the plan appeared which would render the construction of the line according to these sections impossible. The witnesses ware cross-examined on the part of the Sheffield and Wakefield Railway, and Lord Scarborough, Mr. Beaumont, and other opposing landowners on the route of the railway. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve. GROUP XL, LEEDS, TORE. AND MIDLAND ZUNCTION. The Committee resumed this day at twelve o'clock. Mr. Stafford O'Brien (chairman), and the other members all present. Mr, Sergeant stated that the object of this line was to connect the Important towns of Leeds and York by a shorter rotas than that at present existing, which is 3134 miles by railway, though the turnpike road is only 24 miles ; and the fact of there being two other competing lines was an evidence of a new line being wanted. Some of the peculiar advantages which this line pron Vied over those of its competitors were that it is the shortest—that it haS the best gradients—that it passes through and accommodates the towns of Aberford and Tadcaster, the latter of which is by far the most considerable town between the two termini—that the local po pulation is as great as on any route which can be adopted, and grey ter by far than on that of the Leeds and York—that it traverses valuable fields of coal and limestone —that it connects together, in the Lest and most convenient manner, the Leeds and Bradford, and Midland Railways, with the Leeds and Selby Railway at Leeds, and again with the Harewgato and Church Fenton and the York and North Midland Railways further along the line; thus also opening out the most direct communication with the Port of Hull—that it effects a greater amount of public accommodation at a proportionably less cost than either of the other lines, and that it has the sanction of the principal landowners with one or two exceptions, and also of a pre ponderating proportion of the occupiers along the line. Mr. John W. Leather,:C.E., and engineer to the line, was cancel by the Learned Sergeant, and gave testimony in favour of this scheme, t both as regard e d it s eng i neer i ng f ac ili t i es and the accommodation hat would be aff or d e d t o t h e population along the proposed route. Colonel Wyndham, he conceived, would bentilt by the line, that gentleman being owner of a large part of Tadcaster, and the amount of earthwork on Sir Edward Vavasour's property was less than on Mr. Hudson's line. Cross-examined by Mr. Hops—He thought Mr. Hudson was mis taken in his views r egar di ng the merits of the proposed line. Had had little or no expe r i ence i n working railway lines. Cross-examined by Mr. HARDY —The directors had abandoned the junction with the London and York, because they had not allotted a sufficient number of shares to raise the increared amount of capital that would have been required. Could give no account of the amount of toll that Mr. Hudson would exact for crossing his lines, and using his stations, consequently his estimate was net strictly a. full estimate of the necessary expenses to be incurred in forming this line. Mr. KnowLEs appeared on behalf of one or two individuals. Mr. Sergeant WILENs having asked witness how many line* would be crossed by Mr. Hudson's line, he/enumerated eight, of the majority of which, however, Mr. Hudson was chairman. Had con structed works involving much greater engineering difficulties than any on the proposed line. He thought Mr. Birkenshaw entered the field too late, Mr. Hudson having published no notice of his line till October, whilst he commenced operations in August. Mr. ROBINSON then called Mr. Wilson Ackroid, a worsted-spinner, of Otley, who stated that upwards of 2,010 tons of wool were carried annually from York to Leeds, to be used in Leeds, Bradford, Mr. Walker, carrier, called by Keightley, and other places. for a moment doubt but that a line was wanted between Yirk The Iron. CHAIRMAN here observed, that the Committee did not during the season 60 tones tons of general mercbaningrw and Leeds, but they really thought that the subject of mere tragic might now be dispensed with, as, in their opinion, it applied equally M by r. m. H ß ns n n i ii- 0 1' „ aid re ti fs i err e to all three of the competing lines. and York. In his opinion Mr. Sergeant Wri.xins said, after that intimation from the Com mittee, he should not press the point. C no r t °s Whether say Whether the carrier put any of that into his own pocket, for ther the-company only received 7s 6d . any line to be constructed should take Da Mj. 7s. 6d. Wrianis, stated, that, Mr. Clapham , seanlin ed call b ed y ed earri th e e r j 0 0 per week was the average, and 15 se the average for the year between Leeds Aberford and Tadcaster. for two reasons ; first, because it was the p il because it did the least damage to the farm occupied.Letpro projected, and nett, and Selby line might as well be closed for any unlOset.loCnoi: eds benefit ileriv:d L fr the transit of passengers. To Mr. Hthnvinn—One line would answer his purpose prey much as well as the other. Mr. George Cooper was in favour of the prOposed line. In reply to Lord NoRRETS, who asked which line would plaa through his farm, witness said Mr. Hudson's. Mr. John Beaver, farmer and cattle dealer, preferred the Janet" , ts, because he would like to get out of Mr. Hudson's bands. Mr. George Edward Scriven, farmer and tallow-chandler, com plained of the delay in delivering goods on the York and Selby, and also of the danger at the Great Meicklefield station. To Mr. ALEXANDER—Has five shares in the proposed line. Mr. Joshua Wilkinson, haberdasher, was next called by Mr. Lo- BINSON, who corroborated last witness. By Mr. ALEXANDER—I hold fifty shares, and am a provisic tal committeeman of the junction line. Mr. John Wilkes, Ben., resides at Aberford, and is surveyor of tu pike roads in that district. Presented a petition to ➢tiss Gascoigne, signed by her tenants, requesting her aid to the proposed juncton line. The road through Aberford and Tadcaster was the old turn pike road. The Leeds and York would not pass within a mile and s half of either Wetherby or Thorpe-Arch. He was also a shareholeer. Mr. Green stated that the other line, in his judgment, passed over the more valuable property. The Committee adjourned, at four o'clock, till twelve to-morrow. GROUP XLIII, The Committee to whom the Bills in this group are referred met this morning at twelve o'clock ; Mr. B. Denison, chairman. SOMERSETSEIRE MIDLAND. The cross-examination of Mr. Gregory, engineer, on the part of the opposition, was resumed this morning with reference to the Wl culty of working the line with such gradients as proposed. Mr. F. Fox was then examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAitis, and proved the accuracy of the levels referred to by Mr. Gregory. Cross-examined by Mr. GURNEY—In his cross-examination he d mitted that the line could not be made within the line of deviati , es, unless in thcform of a corkscrew. Mr. Sturge was the next witness examined, who stated that be went over the ground with Mr. Fox, and spoke to the accuracy of the levels taken by him. Mr. G. C. Ashniead proved the accuracy of the levels as taken by Mr. Fox. Mr. BIDDER considered that it would be much more expensive to work a line with these gradients than upon a line where the gradients were less severe, in consequence of the necessity there would be to keep engines always in readiness to assist trains in getting up the incline. The cross-examination of Mr. Bidder having been concluded, the Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XLIV. The Committee on this group commenced their week's labour at twelve o'clock this day, in Room 25 (New limes of Parliament), when Lord Palmerston took the Chair, the same Members being pie sent as on Friday. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NE .. CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION. LANCASHIRE AND NORTH TORHSHIRE. yonsszintz AND GLASGOW UNION. YORK AND CARLISLE. Mr. TALBOT applied to the Committee to postpone the above four Bills, or rather the above two Bills, for by the amalgamation of the first with the seeond, and of the third with the fourth, they are reduced to that number. The parties had to arrange some matters between themselves, and they could not go through the clauses with. out having them settled. The fact was that for some distance lx tween Ley burn and Hawes, the Yorkshire and Glasgow, and the Liverpool and Newcastle lines coincided, and it was necessary thr.t some arrangement as to that part of the line should be made. He appeared for both parties. The Committee agreed to allow the cases to stand over. Sir Joust BAILIE, who appeared as counsel for two petitionert against the Bill—Miss M. A. Pierce and Mr. Henry Paul Beresfor,i, applied to have the Yorkshire and Glasgow, and York and Carlisle lines postponed for a week. The COMMITTEE said, that having adjourned the Bills, they eou:3 hardly be said to be before them. The application must be made eit Friday. Another application was made by Mr. Wyvell, a petitioner again t the line, but this was also postponed. Mr. Cockburn not being present, the case of Mr. Pulling also stood over. The Committee then called on the case of the FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND urzsT RIDING JUNCTION. Mr. Henry Smith, the agent of the North Lancashire Steam Navi gation Company, and a merchant at Fleetwood, gave general evi dence as to the advantages to the commerce of Fleetwood which would be derived from the proposed line. He gave, as the result f his experience, both as agent to the above-named company and as a merchant, that Fleetwood was the best port for communication wii is Ireland, being by far more preferable to Liverpool for many reasons. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. BIENDT, who appeare•l for Mr. Shaw and several other petitioners against the Bill. The object of the Learned Counsel's cross-examination was to show that the East Lancashire Railway, the Bill for which had been passe during last session, and which was now in course of construction, was a superior line to that before the Committee. Mr. SMITH, who appeared (with Mr. Sergeant Bennis and Mr. Talbot) on the part of the Fleetwood and Preston line, objected to the setting up of such a case. There was no doubt that a petitioner could set up a caso that there existed, or was proposed, a line whica would afford better communication than that before the Committee, if he did so on his own account, but another company could not mako a tool of a petitioner and set up a case through him. He wished, therefore, to call a witness to prove that this was not a bona fide opposition on the part of the petitioner, but on the part of the Ease Lancashire Railway Company. He then called Mr. Candy, the solicitor to the East Lancashire Company, v% ho said that he had been instructed by Mr. Shaw to oppose this Bill. Art agreement had been made between Mr. Shaw and the company that he (Mr. Shaw) should pay all the expenses incurred in opposing thu line, on the particular question as to the injury to his property, but that all expenses incurred in opposing the Bill on the general ques tion of its superiority or inferiority to the East Lancashire line, should be paid by the company. Mr. SMITH (the counsel) submitted that a rival company having passed its Bill, could not oppose any Bill, unless the line interfered with their property, and that they could not do that indirectly, which they could not do directly. The Committee held that they had nothing to do with the manner in which the money with which a petitioner paid his expenses was raised. It was the same thing to them whether he paid himself or borrowed it from a frieud, or received it from a railway company. The opposition on the ground of the sufficiency of the East Lance shire line must be admitted. In the cross•examination of Mr. Smith (the witness, not the coun sel) and of Mr. Cundy, it appeared that the East Lancashire line,. like the Fleetwood and Preston, was a line proposing to afford com munication between Fleetwood and Elslack, which, in the case of the. East Lancashire, was to be effected by the assistance of two other lines. One of these, the Blackburn and Preston, was now completed, and would m co nimeneed at Black th burn oethE , eras w t h p e lLa re caens i; be i l e s open t gl ipnresatofenw, where it It commenced tr at nio a n po ß La an t w a a boy,nwhich Tbpr:cezeLletdLfroancrialthireatlipneein, w t thoießblawcaks bhad a , n s e ta a ti rly on in at a db. Pre w st t o l n ui ...lt construction, line, and proceeded by Accrington eko to rbac°nl C ns o an i t n rud . The Leeds and Bradford coi n t o n joinedand nowl n the course pßurnley.ia and various v ir ar o i m ous .2tailhiwreayitalla r a e y n a ow t C i o n in p , ro t gr o progress, proceeded ack, Mr. Smith said that he very much preferred the Fleetwood and Preston to the East Lancashire line, and if both were made he would make use of the Fleetwood and Preston. Mr. Clough, a flax merchant, at Preston, gave general evidence in favour of the proposed line. Ile thought it would cause a conside • rable improvement in the flax trade, because in the first place it would give an outlet to the flax trade itself; and secondly, it would give a communication with the coal district, and by lowering the price of coal it would enable the owners of flax mills to work them at a cheaper rate than they can at present. Mr. Longsdale, agent at Fleetwood of a firm of carriers, gave evidence in favour of the proposed line. He gave in support of his views statistical details as to the traffic of Fleetwood, which, how ever, are of no public interest. Mr. Pennington, superintendent of the goods department on the Preston and Wyre line, gave similar evidence, with statistical details as to the traffic on that line. He thought the proposed line would give great accommodation to the people of the neighbourhood through which it passed. BillA h d ad iscus a s lo t h st e a re ndi en w su h e e d n as the to br w an he ch the w r h a ich pe w ti o ti u o l n d " have againstinjuredthe his property was abandoned. The Committee ultimately declined to hear the petitioner. further w er a i s n th ti e le n catousendofththate Fleetwood parties werreranototnprßeauparwecalntoangod theany case, therefore, stood over. Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM then opened the case of the CLITECZEOZ JUNCTION. and The fifth Bill on the list. The Learned Counsel addressed th e Committee at great length on the part of the promoters of the Bill, and at the conclusion of his speech , it being now four o'clock, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this day at the usual hour. Present—The Earl of Shaftesbury (in the chair), Lords Hawarden liedesdale, and Uchester. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW AND DUBLIN RAILWAY. In this case, Mr. BIIRBE, on the part of the Parliamentary agents, appeared before the Committee, and prayed All adjournment until Monday next, for the purpose of taking the sense of the shareholders being expressed at a public m eetin g in Ireland.—Application granted. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (RYE TO RYE HARBOUR.) This case came before the Committee on merits and on proof that three level crossways were of no public inconvenience. Evidence as to these points having been given at great length, Earl SHAFTESBURY intimated that the Bill had paned. Their Lordships then adjourned at five O'clock. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Newly-invented Spectacles, Tele scopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. 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