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ilia-dime, by Ltirdillip4' directions, on the Holyhead, Carlisle, and Jedburgh roads. (Signed) Home. A. Atkinson, jun. Haddington. Walter Selby. J. Marjoribanks. John Smart. John Pringle. William Smart. H. H. Mackdougall. C. W. Bigge. George Douglas. Edmund Law. ... George Baillie. John Atkinson. Matthew Culley. John Ft aukland. William Burrell. John Tewart. J. A. Wilkie. J. C. Tachton. Thomas Forster. Thomas Clemell. James Manisty. I'. H. Liddell. John Clavering. June, 1920. • ArPENDIXt NO. 4. PETITION TO THE TREASURY FROM THE COUNTY OF HADDINGTON. Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury. The Petition of the Noblemen, Justices of the Peace, Freeholders, Commissioners of Supply, and Trus : tees of the Great Post Road of the County of Had • dington, in a general Meeting assembled,— Humbly slieweth,—That your petitioners having re ceived official notices, intimating that "it is intended in " the ensuing Session of Parliitnent to make application " for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and improve the road " front Catchhurn near 11Iorpeth by Wooler to the city of " Edinburgh," &c. and having considered a report of the Select Committee of the Honourable the House of Com mons upon this measure, dated the 2(1 July, 1822, with the minutes of evidence, estimates, and map and sections relative to the said new line of road, and it appearing evi dent to your petitioners that the great turnpike trust, as • well as the general interests of the county of Haddington, will be materially injured and affected were the proposed a measure to he carried into effect by authority of Rolla ., meat, they beg leave to state their case to your Lordships. In the first place, it will appear from a statetrent of the ' funds of the great post road trust, made upon an average of three years up to the 25th May, 1821, as returned to Parliament by the clerk and treasurer, in terms of the order of the Select Committee, that the debt upon the trust amounts to 14,4251., and that the actual annual in come upon the said average (exclusive of a sinking fund of 292/.) is 3,896/. 19s. Id., while the actual annual ex pense for the ordinary repairs upon the roads, including the interest of the borrowed money and other necessary expenses, amounts to 4,0901. Is. 10d. ; thus making an over expenditure for keeping the road in repair of 1931. 2s. 9d. annually - . Were the proposed new line of road from Morpeth to Edinburgh carried into effect, and the running of the mail coach by the Berwick line in consequence discontinued, a measure which appears probable from the evidence annexed to the printed report of the Committee of the House of Com mons, this alone would cause a diminution of the annual funds of the great post road trust to the amount of 222/., being the sum pledged as a sinking fund for the redemption of the existing debt. The only other coach travelling the road from Newcastle by Berwick to Edinburgh, is the Union, which, as well as the general posting upon this line,of road, would also be very materially affected by the new proposed line of road, so much so, that upon a mode rate calculation, your petitioners feel themselves warranted in stating that the funds of the great post road of the county of Iladdington will be diminished at least one fourth of the present annul income, which would be most ruinous to that trust, as, from the above statement, it will be obvious that any considerable diminution of the present income, after keeping the road in proper repair, would not produce a sum nearly adequate to pay the in terest of the existing debt, which was incurred in im proving and bringing the road into its present good state of repair, u p on the faith of the present tolls being con tinued, and the consequence would be, that the debt will be increased, and the trustees, who have granted their personal bonds for the same, called upon to pay that debt. In the above statement your petitioners have confined their observations solely to the ruinous consequences that would result to the great post road trust of the county of Haddington, and the extreme hardship that may ulti mately follow in the trustees being called upon personally to pay a considerable debt incurred and expended in making and improving the great post road in that county, for the accommodation of the public; but your petitioners trust it will not be considered irrelevant, briefly to point out some other objections of a general nature that occur against this proposed new line of road. First :—lt appears from the map and section of the new line of road, that after all the proposed improvements that road will still be subject to many ascents and descents, so that although the greatest height above the level of the sea, namely Soutra Hill, is 1,180 feet, yet the aggregate of the aseentiextends to about 4,700 feet front Catchburn to thel 1 th milestone from Edinburgh, at Path Head, where the plan and mensuration stops, still leaving upon a moderate cal culation an aggregate ascent of 6 or 700 feet between that place and the post-office in Edinburgh, making in all above 5,300 feet ; while your petitioners confidently ex pect that if your Lordships are p'eased to grant a survey of improvements, not only the aggregate inclinations and ascents upon the road from Morpeth by Berwick to Edin burgh, will he found in their present state much less than in the proposed new line by Wooler, but that they are capable of still further improvement, embracing also a con siderable diminution of distance, and that too at a much less expense. With regard to the altitudes of tke present line of road in this country, your petitioners can with con fidence state that they in no part exceed 350 feet above the sea, being less than one-third of the height of Soutra and they do not doubt that comparisons equally favourable, or nearly so, may be stated by the other coun ties through which the Berwick line passes. The natural and acknowledged consequence of the difference of alti tudes betwixt the two lines is that the Wooler line of road and particularly that part of it by Soutra Hill, within this county, is for many days at a time during severe winters blown up by snow, while the communication for travellers of every description by the Berwick line, from its compa rative adjacency to the sea, is open ; when this circum stance is adverted to, the bad effects to the public of bring ing the mail by the proposed new road will be obvious ; a most important point, to which the evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons does not appear to have been directed. Your petitioners have further to remark, that the dis tance proposed to be saved by the alterations upon the Woeler line from what it is at present, is only four miles 70 8 yards, while that and the other improvements in making the road will cost 72,416/. IS,. 6d. ; and it cannot escape your Lordships, that after the opposition made by the Magistrates and Town Council of Edinburgh and additional p ostage, o f C ommerce to t h e payment o f 1,500/. of72,soliot;onal Postage ' that the principal and interest of the may be l e ft to be paid by a supposed addition to the toll s upon the Wooler road, and the surplus tolls of the bridge at Coldstream, already pledged to another object, and a similar surplus from a bridge yet to be built at Morpeth. Further, the comparative expence of keeping up the two lines will be much in favour of the Berwick line, owing to its having the advantage of good whinstone ma terials along the greater part, if not the whole of the line, whereas upon a great part of the new proposed line by Wooler, only free stone and field stones can be procured. Having thus stated the injurious consequences that your petitioners have reason to fear would result to the turn pike trust of this county, and noticed some important general objections that occur were the proposed line carried into e ff ect, they beg leave to remark, that they would have felt much delicacy in starting any opposition to a measure which has for its declared object the shortening the com munication between London and Edinburgh, and removing the severe inconvenience which it is said the inhabitants of Edinburgh now feel, but from every information which . your petitioners have received on the subject, they cannot discover that any application ever has been made from the inhabitants of Edinburgh in favour of the proposed measure ; on the contrary, they have seen the resolutions of the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the city of Edinburgh, and the M em b ers of the Chamber of Commerce an d Manu factures, in a genera l meet i ng a sse mbl e d, stating in the trotigeq terms their objections to the proposed measure, and their determi na ti on t o o ppose the Bill, should it be brought into Parliament. Your petitioners thus finding that th e new line of road ie opposed by the public bodies and i u • l abitant s of the city of Edinburgh, be for whose t and Convenience the measure appears chiefly, if not fi- y, to he agitated -' they trust that a favourable ear will be Liven to the objections now stated on the part of the petitioners, whose interests would be so materially affected by the new line of road. farYbour petitioners beg to assure your Lordships, that so otn Wishing provern at en n t n to oppose the shortening of the corn obfettzegnreLar road, and Edinburgh, a or the ini • re most desirous to further eo time by Wooler, to preference tliTtrht , a a tit s b a measure, but they complain m of r survey of the latter linel that been given to the line from op l Berwick, without a comparative i Tel ford's evidence Alnwiek road is taken from that ;as it appears from Ai. distance upon the Berwick aou the accuracy or authority Carey's Road Book, a work ti y 01 which your petitioners can by no means admit, That although your petitioners do not admit the authority of that book, they have further to state, that since the publication of the edition referred to, great alterations and improvements have been made upon the present road from Morpeth by Berwick to Edinburgh, and they have reason to believe, as already stated, that very considerable improvements may still he made upon that line in saving of distance and altitudes, at a small ex pense, in comparison of what is stated to be nectssary upon the Wooler road ; and therefore, in justice to the county of Haddington and to the public, it is hoped your Lordships will see good grounds for ordering a sur vey to be made, under your authority, of the present line of road from Morpeth by Berwick to Edinburgh, before any measure is recommended by his Majesty's Govern ' went to Parliament that would be destructive to the trusts now existing upon that line, and before so large a 611111 as 72,5001. is granted on a loan, at low interest, out of the rublic money, to carry into effect the suggestions of the Select Committee of the House of Commons before mentioned. May it therefore please your Lordships to take into consideration the facts before stated ; and your petitioners humbly trust that before giving your sanction to the pro posed new line of road from Morpeth by Wooler to Edin burgh, you will order a proper survey to be made, under your directions, of the present road from Morpeth by Ber wick to Edinburgh, so as to ascertain the alterations and improvements that can he made on that line in saving of distance and altitudes, and the expense thereof, and there after proceed in the matter as to your Lordships shall seem just. Signed by the Preses, in name and by appointment of the general sleeting, Nov. 4, 1822. (Signed) Tweeddale. APPENDIX, NO. 5. MEMORIALS OF THE LORD MAYOR AND COM MONALTY OF THE CITY OF YORK, &a. To the Right lion. the Lords Commissioners of his Ma• jesty's Treasury. The Memorial of the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York, of the Governor and Guild of Mer chants in the same City, and of the undersigned Noble men, Gentlemen, Freeholders and others, interested in a more direct communication from the City of York, through the town of Selby, to London,— Sheweth,—That your Lordships have been pleased to direct surveys to be made of three several lines of road from Edinburgh towards London, in order to ascertain how a more direct communication might be made between these two latter places. That two of these surveys were from Edinburgh to Morpeth ; the one by the interior through Coldstream, the other by the coast through Berwick ; that the latter of ! these surveys has just been completed. That your Lordships were memorialized in the course of the year 1823, by the Earl of Carlisle, the Viscount Morpeth, the Lord Itavenswortb, the Mayor of Newcastle, the Bailiffs of Morpeth and others, in which memorial your Lordships were prayed to direct that this last survey might be continued to London for the reasons therein as signed. That your memorialists beg to represent to your Lord ships that they are informed that steps ate about being taken to expedite the mail to Edinburgh, but not in a manner at all satisfactory to that place, and that this is to be done by leaving some of the important intermediate towns of the line. _ _ -. That your memorialists are also given to understand that the matter is to be brought before Parliament during the ensuing Session, for the purpose of considering the best way of diminishintr the distance between London and Edin burgh ; they therefore beg to represent that'a saving of dis tance and time might be obtained, and the great towns kept in the line, if a new survey was to be made of the road from Morpeth by Newcastle, York, and Selby, to London and they trust that the importance of the com munication between these towns and London, and between each other, as well as the communication to Edinburgh, makes this as much a matter of public importance as the read to Holyhead. . _ Your memorialists ask for no public aid beyond this survey, which can be dune only under your authority; and they therefore trust your Lordships will be pleased to direct Mr. Telford to continue his survey from Morpeth to London, through Newcastle, Yoik, and Selby. (Signed) Dunslay, Mayor of York. Joins Hodgson, Governor of the Merchants' Company, city of York. E. Ebor. Robert Croft, Canon in residence. Downe. Robert P. Manes, Thorn-hall. Ralph Creyke, jun. Rawcliffe-house, Thorne. Geo. Broadrick, Firmingley Park. Beilby Thompson, Escrick. Eric Rudd, Parsonage, Thorne. William Ellis, Fulford-field. Dundas. W. Ilotham, Hightborn. Geo. Crathorne, Crathorne. Win. V. Vernon, Rectory, Whildrake. Macdonald. Christ. Paver, On behalf and at the desire Proctor, Massey, and Co. of the inhabitants at Middleton, Birdsall, Mahon. Wm. Picklington, on behalf and at the desire of the inhabitants at Thorne. Robert Denison, jun. Elvington. Philip Saltmarsbe, of Saltmarsbe. Edward Petre, Stapleton Park, Yorkshire. M. Wyvill. Richard Smithson, Borough On behalf and at the bailiff, desire of the inbabi- William Allen, tants of Mahon. Similar memorial from the Corporation, the Mayor and Burgesses of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, literatim et verbatim. (Signed) W. W. Bolton, Mayor. SECOND SERIES. APPENDIX, NO. 6. MEMORIAL OF THE MAYOR AND COIMO, NALTY OF THE CITY OF YORK. To the Right Ilonourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury. The Memorial of the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York,— Sheweth,—That your memorialists did, in the year 1829, present to your Lordships a memorial, requesting that a direct mail coach from London to Edinburgh by way of York might be continued, to which request your Lordships were pleased to accede in the most liberal manner. That your memorialists being informed that active and powerful exertions are again in operation for obtaining an accelera tion of the snail front London to Edinburgh, by changing its present route, most respectfully beg to submit to your Lordships attention the superior magnitude, population, and importance of the city of York, when compared with the towns through which the mail would pass by the pro , posed new route ; and that the inhabitants of York have, from the commencement of tke mail•coach establishment, invariably possessed the advantage of a direct mail from London to Edinburgh through their ancient city. Your memorialists therefore humbly pray that your Lordships will be pleased to continue to your memorialists and their fellow citizens this important advantage. And your memorialists, as in duty bound, h hall ever pray, &C. &c. Given under the common seal of the said Mayor and Commonalty, the 12th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1829. Received 18th February, 1829. APPENDIX, NO. '7. MEMORIAL OF THE CLERGY, GENTRY, AND IN HABITANTS OF THE CITY OF YORK AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. To the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury. The memorial of the undersigned clergy, gentry, and in habitants of the city of York and the neighbou.i hood,— Humbly sheweth,—That from the first establishment of the mail-coach system, the London and Edinburgh mail has always passed through the city of York. That the country through which the mail now runs is much more populous than the route proposed, and con sequently more deserving of and better able to support a mail-coach on its passage to the north : that any alteration which sbonld have the effect of changing the line of road from York would be an incalculable injury not only to its inhabitants but also to those of all the neighbouring towns : that to prevent any such alteration is therefore a point of great importance to your memorialists. - That your memorialists consequently view with great alarm the present attempt which is making to induce your Lordships t o sanc ti o n su c h alt e ration, and thereby to de• prlve the ancient city of York of a privilege which it has enjoyed for so long a period. Your memorialists therefore humbly beseech your y to Lave 11 neees ! business y officera kept up we nose diehment secretary year, and f the ex* hale be is red from been do- )ment as )n was to s time to lot think , I think, receiving assistant. HOLL rs of hie entienien nd Edits takeB ffo places t country educed to lye hours ietol and pet form ae execu of Mid expence le borders ,ereby the which 0 ge is not t is at tile sua otally un• 'hat your oundaries Oueers t° aduf:t the nberlanch ut that if On their i countied ying this at cones' it at the tersectint it remote' and. it of lbeg e ice of this to direct nature cod rou r Lora' d Carlisle r the sane r the pu re lication to thin object U. nond. kriackeozie. ORPET: )ners of 91 Names Inding tba l I direction' t of a pro' iu county e h a view and Ei that the of road ;e, throui, eweastlet Id, to Ne 4 re is nova r Lords nd will e or snaking Ige to Ne' ips. rker. tstead• otlmoly ham. ison, of ackburn , , mshay, 1 sham. iam . ough. ichardsolP nling. ter. alliburWP wnley , Brown. 0111 E, 'C I rHERS• lioners of a Gentl rral nobl Ist yea►', part of and AO ng a . PI ill mote / pt e, ) S turnpil‘, r f j .th anti r is alreof I by P 9 hue ' ) ,proacb but as / 0 . will be o l rent to o o rds by 0 e byJe, counts ) o uctecl by seedily. from M ° , 3 g had su! l i very 01; pence 1, and are,' e funds c' t rt of tbed where dioud ; e mea l ' s { the gev er ot O proper but this y d lorialisti order t° r ii 4 ration Dtl 4 111 be pl er ki ., . •ozl frov",' , e manoe' Lordships not to permit the proposed alteration to take place Signed by 3 d Inbabitanti. Received 18th February, 1529. APPENDIX, NO. 8. PETITION OF THE MAGISTRATES AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL BURGH OF DUN BAR. Unto his Grace the Duke of Blanchester, Postmaster- General, &c. &c. The Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Dunbar, — Humbly sheweth,—That the petitioners observe with re gret that the inhabitants of the city of Edinburgh are still unsatisfied with the late acceleration of the London mail. That change has been attended with considerable disadvan tage to the trade of this burgh, for between the arrival of the London and the Edinburgh mails there is just the space of two hours, and the sorting of letters for delivery and for snaking up the bag occupies at least three quarters of an hour, so that the inhabitants have not snore than an hour and a quarter to answer letters to Edinburgh in course. This space, it must be admitted, is too short ; but as it still left some time, the petitioners had no wish to trouble your Grace ; if, however, the arrival should be made sooner, the coaches would most likely meet here, and there would be no course until next day. Thus it would happen that between Dunbar and Edinburgh, a distance of 27 miles, an answer to a letter written in Edinburgh on Monday afternoon could not be received before Wednesday afternoon. It is true that the coaches must meet some where, but were they to meet about the stages of Hound wood or Renton, the evil would be felt by none, while by meeting about Dunbar, it must of necessity put an end to all intercourse through the post-office on matters of de spatch. For example, during the herring fishing, the Leith curers depend on advises from Dunbar for sending their vessels to the Frith fishing ; but if they could not rec,ive an answer to a Monday's letter before Wednesday, the fishing might be over before their vessel could arrive. Again, as by the late improvements in the Customs, the head office for this port is now at Leith, were the course of post waited for in correspondence, the greatest delays would take place in the despatch of the vessels. The petitioners have no desire to interfere with the wishes of their neighbours; but as the interests of none should be overlooked, they trust that if your Grace shall be induced to hasten the arrival to Edinburgh, you will devise some means by which the arrival here from Edin burgh may be made earlier, that this burgh may still have the benefit of answering on the same day. Indeed, they are not aware of the difficulties which at present prevent the mail leaving Edinburgh an hour sooner, which would make up fur the loss this burgh has sustained by the late change. The petitioners observe that the inhabitants of Edin burgh still wish the great London snail road changed by Wooler. From the opinion already given by your Grace, the petitioners are in no great feats of this change. The liability of the Wooler road to be blocked up with snow, must always render conveyances by it in the winter season very uncertain ; and it is generally understood that it would not maintain a mail. It is true that there is a stage-coach on that road ; and it has been maintained, if it can support a coach at all, it may support a mail. But it ought to be known that the stage-coach miles with an other coach on this road, and the Wooler one has always been considered as a drawback, and would not pay by itself. The petitioners therefore pray that the great London road may not be changed by Wooler ; and that if it should still be thought advisable to expedite the arrival of the London mail to Edinburgh, that the change will be such as to give time to the inhabitants of this burgh for answer ing letters to Edinburgh by the same day's snail, or at least allow their letters to be forwarded by some one of the stage coaches which daily pass through the town. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. Signed, in the name of the Magistrates and Council, by Bth July, 1529. ArPENDIX, NO. 9. MR. TELFORD'S REPORT ON THE PROPOSED NEW MAIL ROAD FROM CARLISLE TO EDIN- BURGH. SIR,—On receiving your instructions, dated 27th INlay, 828, I immediately took measures to carry, this extensive survey into effect. The whole of the district of the South of Scotland. consisting of successive ranges of mountains, over which mists and heavy rains very generally take place, render it tedious and difficult to carry on surveying operations ; the broken surface of the country also rendered it absolutely necessary that sundry different directions should be sur veyed in order to show the comparative merits of the several practicable lines; these circumstances, and a serious interruption in the health of the surveyer, and also my own, will account for the length of time occupied in masking the field surveys, laying down the maps and sec tions, and making out the estimates and report. The general instructions were for a new line of road from Carlisle, by Langholrn, to Edinburgh, passing through the county of Peebles, and refer rin g to the two following memorials. THE MEMORIAL FROM TIIE COUNTY OF PEEBLES, Dated 24th of October, 1825, states the probable saving of distance by the proposed new line to be from fourteen to fifteen miles ; that a large tract of country would be opened to coal and lime ; that it would be of importance to the manufacturing districts in the north-west of England, and the north-east of Scotland ; and that the north mail, being now detained one hour at Edinburgh for the arrival of that from Carlisle, would be accommodated by this new road. THE ABERDEEN MEMORIAL Repeats the allegations set forth in the Peebles memorial, and adds, that the proposed new road would be of import ance to the city of Aberdeen and the east-coast of Scotland. From the city of Carlisle along the present road, for a distance of upwards of seven miles, at the letter A in the map and section, excepting some small cuttings and em bankings at Grimour-hill, Blackford-bridge, and near the seventh milestone, it is only necessary to put the present road into a proper shape, lay on some additional road me tal, make eleven cross drains, build some retaining wall at Gritnour-hill, and fix railing along the proposed embank ment at Blackford. The expense of this is estimated at 1,742/. Os. 2d. From A to B at Longtown, being a distance of about one mile, it is proposed to avoid the circuity at Arthuret Church, by making an entirely new road in a straight di rection, which would shorten the distance about one-fourth of a mile. Thu whole way from Carlisle to Longtown, excepting a short ascent from the bridge over the river Eden, to Stan wise-bank, which is one in thirteen and a half and sixteen and a half, the road is all sufficiently level. The expense of the new line is 1,2151. 15s. 6d. After passing Longtown, and crossing the river Esk, it is proposed to avoid a conside rable circuity by a new and nearly straight line, of nearly one one-tenth of a mile, whereby about one-fourth of a mile in distance would be saved. This is estimated at 1,071/. 12a. From D to E, at the Scotch Dyke, a distance of about one and three-quarter miles, it is only proposed to improve the present road by a little cutting and embanking at Clinger Burn, bringing the road into a proper shape, pit ting on a coat of metal 16 feet in width, making four cross drains with some fencing. Expence about 1641. Is. Id. From E at the Scotch Dyke, to H at the Hollows, at the Guilknockie Border Tower, the present road is encum bered with some ineonvenizatly steep inclinations, some of them as much as one in twelve or thirteen ; it afterwards crosses the river Esk, by Canobie Bridge, passes along the steep slippery banks on the eastern side of the river, and re-crosses at the before-mentioned Hollows Tower. The first part of this division might be improved by a new line carried along the flat ground, by the side of the river, but this would cut the valuable meadow land imme diately in front of Woodhot'se Lee, and would be objected to by the proprietor, Mr. Scott; and even if this was ac ceded to, the road would cross the river twice, and still be subject to accident 11'0111 the slippery banks. The road which formerly passed up the western hank of the river by Braehead might he restored, but in this case it would all be required to be re-made, and would, as may be seen by the section, pass over a very considerable hill. Under these circumstances I was induced to survey a new line between the Scotch Dyke and the Hollows, which, as may be seen by the map, is nearly straight, and saves a mile in distance. I therefore recommend t hat this line be adopted ; it passes over some pretty high ground, but at sufficiently easy inclinations ; the ground is not valuable. The length to be made will be about three miles and a quarter, and the expense wou'd amount to about 3,9701. 4s. 6d. From II to I it is proposed to keep upon the present road, improving it similar to what has been already de scribed, at an expense of about 2061. Between I and K it is necessary to make two short variations, in order to correct two awkward bends ; these, including a new bridge over the Hag Burn, are estimated at -161!. 19s. 10d. From K, past Admiral Sir Pultenev Malcolm's residence at Irvine, to L, for a distance of about a mile and a half, the present road may be improved in the before-mentione d manner, at an expense of 443/. l2s. ltd. Front L to M, in order to ease the hill opposite the Cap- tak's Island, it is necessary to make a short variation, which will cost 186/. Os. 10d. From AL to and through the town of Langholm to N on Mick!ellen] Holm ; at Gollowside Cottage, a distance of nearly two miles, it is proposed to keep upon and improve the present road, at an expense of about 457/. 7s. 9d. From N, passing up the vale of the Esk, to opposite the bridge at Wester Kirk, a distance of nearly 5 1 miles, although from the shape of the ground the present line must not be far deviated from, yet, as may be seen by the map awl section, about one-half the distance must be wholly new made, and the other half, where the present road is kept, must be very materially improved, the whole ex pence is estimated at 3,5171. 12s. 6d. From 0, opposite the bridge of Wester Kirk, to P, at the boundaries of the counties of Dumfries and Selkirk, being a distance of fourteen miles and a half, there is now a country road, which continues up the valley of the river to the summit of the country, occasionally crossing and re crossing the river; and although the country constantly continues to ascend until at the before-mentioned summit 1,020 feet above the cross of Carlisle, yet excepting the ascent of the Shaw Rigg, opposite the junction of the Black and White Esks (and which may lie reduced to above one in twenty on an average), all other portions of the road may be made with very easy inclinations, so as to be sufficiently commodious. Of the total distance, above eight miles will require to be new made, and the remaining six miles and a half may be improved in the manner already described. The expense of performing all this in a proper manner is estimated at 10,613/. 15s. 2d From P, at tire summit of this part of the country, and which divides the counties of Dumfries and Selkirk, the present line is followed down the Tima Water, to near where it falls into the Ettrick ; here a new line crosses the Time, and passes down the eastern side of the Ettrick, and crosses it at the Hope House, where the present road is joined, and kept to Q, at Tushealaw Bridge, being a distance of about eight miles ; one half of this will be new road making, and the other half improved in the manner formerly described ; the estimated expense is 5,7301. 11. s. The inclinations in these eight miles are remarkably easy, being a gradual and regular descent. From Q, at Tushealaw Bridge, which is 695 feet above the level of the cross of Carlisle, the road leaves the Et trick, and turns up Cross Lee Burn, ascending about two miles to Berry Know, which is 1,166 feet above the afore said level, at rates varying from one in IS, 20, and 25 to 30. It thence turns at a right angle, and descends for nearly three miles and two-thirds to a new bridge over the Yarrow, at still easier rates, and equally gradual, to 672 feet above the afore-mentioned level. From the Yarrow the road ascends for about three miles, at rates varying at one in 19 to one in 26, to a summit at Paddock Slack, which is 1,084 feet above Carlisle. It thence descends nearly three miles and a half in a very regular manner, at rates of one in 20, 22, 2S, and 30, to the letter R, at the boundary of the county of Peebles : of this distance about three miles and a half of the present road is proposed to be improved, and seven miles and a half of road will require to be made entirely new. The estimated expence is 10,729/. 13s. sd. From R to S, at the town of Inverleithen, which, ex clusive of the bridge over the river Tweed, now building, and its immediate approaches, is a distance of about two miles, the expence of which is estimated at 2,135/. ; In verleithen is about 410 feet above Carlisle. From S at Inverleithen, to T, at the boundaries of the counties of Peebles and Edinburgh, a distance of about seven miles, a new road has been Lady made ; the ascent, though long continued, is at a very gentle rate, the sum mit is 1,134 feet above Carlisle ; the expellee of render ing this road as perfect as the portions already described, is estimated at 1,613!. 15s. 3d. From T, at the boundaries of the counties of Peebles and Edinburgh, to the south suburb of the city, with the exception of a few very short pieces, making together about two miles and a half, a totally new line has been se lected, which instead of running down the Ilerriot Water, and passing in a circuitous manner by Dalkeith, is carried nearly on a level until it reaches the ridge of the Moorfoot Hills, and there has only to ascend 170 feet, to a sort of pass known by the name of Carcant Nick, at an inclina tion of one in 22. Front this place, which is 1,269 feet above Carlisle, the line descends to the plain below, at the rates of one in 23, 18, 22, and 30, and thence in a pretty direct line by the village of Temple, and after crossing the water of that name, reaches a road from Dalkeith to Peebles ; this is a distance of fully nine miles and a quar ter, and the estimated cost, including several expensive bridges, is about 23,8501. 17s. 11d. From the before-mentioned Peebles road, the line passes in a direct line across the country, by the village of Las wade to the northern boundary of that parish, at Broken Bridge Burn. Although in this distance of about six miles and a half, there are do intervenieg hills of any 'Magnitude, yet the country is intersected by narrow vallies of rather unusual depth, as at South Esk, and the still more formidable bat beautiful dingle of the North Eak, at Laswade ; these will require large and expensive bridges, and there are also sundry cuttings and embankments, with several bridges of inferior dimensions ; this renders the division very expensive ; the estimate amounts to 29,965/. Is. 10d. From the north bank of Broken Bridge Burn to the Mayfield toll-gate, adjoining the south suburb of the city, a distance of about two miles and a quarter, there are sundry small cuttings and embankments, and only one of any mag nitude, the inclinations are very uniform and easy ; the estimated expellee of rendering this division perfect amounts to 4,4551. 9s. 6d. The whole line between Carlisle and Edinburgh, which has been here described, is proposed to be made in the same perfect and substantial manner as the Glasgow and Carlisle road. From the cross at Carlisle to the general post-office Edinburgh, by this line of read, the distance is S 9 miles 731 yards, and the estimated expense is 116,431/. Is. 9d. The distance between the same places by milestones upon the present mail road, is 98 miles 278 yards. As passing along portions of the Ettrick and Esk vallies causes a Considerable deviation to the westward of a straight line between Carlisle and Edinburgh, it occurred that a considerable saving of distance might be effected by avoiding the angle made by the direction of these vallies. In order to accomplish this, I caused a survey to be made from the bridge of Westerkirk on the Esk, up the valley of the Maggot Water, by Glendinning, and after passing the summit four miles north of that place, the line was carried rather by a circuitous course, but with suffi ciently easy inclinations, to the Tushealaw Bridge, upon the Ettrick Water, where the line formerly described would be joined. By adopting this route, about two miles in distance might be saved. .The whole length of twenty one miles must (with the exception of about two miles and a half at its northern extremity) be an entirely new road. But this plan would leave the uprise parts of the Ettrick and Esk vallies, which have a considerable population, quite unaccommodated, and tie new road would pass through a very thinly peopled district. The estimated expense is 27,179/. is. Instead of crossing the Moorfoot Hills in Edinburgh. shire, a very easy road may be made by passing down the Herriot Water to the Selkirk road, at tire fifteenth mile stone, and thence passing by Dalkeith to Edinburgh, but this route is more circuitous than either of the others, by upwards of three miles. In order to connect with the lime works at Middleton n the- shortest way, a line was surveyed from the upper part of Herriot Water, crossing the Moorfoot Hills at the Foul Slough, and joining the present Selkirk road at the twelfth milestone. This line is also laid down en the general map, and is accompanied by a separate section (No. 4). Upon the whole, although front a line drawn on the ground map of Scotland, it has appeared that much dis tance would be saved by carrying a line of road from Car lisle, by Langholm, through Ettrick Forest, and by In verleithen in the county of Peebles, and directly by Las wade to Edinburgh, yet after every effort that could be made to lessen the distance, from the mountainous con formation of the country, and the frequent circuities which must unavoidably be made to obtain a mail road, with proper declivities, and keep in the most populous vallies, scarcely four miles in distance has been saved ; and even if the Glendinning line was adopted, the saving in distance would not much exceed six miles. But as the acceleration of one hour in the arrival of the Carlisle mail at Edinburgh is stated of importance, with a new road made upon improved principles, I ant of opi nion the saving of double that time may be accomplished. To the upper parts of the Esk valley, and also of the Ettrick and Yarrow, and adjacent country, the establish ing a direct and commodious communication with the Middleton lime works would be of incalculable advantage to the agriculture of these extensive districts. THOMAS TELFORD. London, Aug. 14, 1829. The map connected with this report has been directed to be lithographed, but is not yet completed. March 20, 1830. APPENDIX, NO. 10. OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE COUNTY OF EDINBURGH ON A LET TER FROM THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL TO THE TREASURY. The Committce appointed by the County of Edinburg,ll to take into consideration the acceleration of the 1%1a4 from London, and the improvement of the Great North Road, have referred to a letter addressed by the Postmas ter-General to the Lords of His Majesty's Treasury, dated May 22, 1829, upon which the Committee beg to sub mit to their Lordships the following observations. The Postmaster-General begins by stating that the me morials communicated to the post-office,on which his letter is grounded, are chiefly a repetition of applications which the parties suppose have been rejected in consequence of the expense attending a compliance with them. This remark appears to the Committee to be no reply whatever to, nor any argument aga'nst the facts stated or the request made in the Edinburgh memorial and petition, on which they think the county and city of Edinburgh are entitled to a more specific report. The Postmaster-General then asserts that the principal demands made are, 1. For a mail from London to Edinburgh, and another to Glasgow, by the shortest roads, at an unprecedented speed, The Committee deny in the most explicit terms that unprecedented speed has been ever required, the change sought for in the memorial being calculated at the present rate at which the mail-coach travels a considerable part of the distance, and which, if continued during the whole of it, would accomplish the object at which the memo- rialists aim. 2. A double mail-coach from London to Edinburgh, and a similar double mail from Edinburgh to Aberdeen, with an additional mail between London, Manchester, and Glasgow. No double mail-coaches, such as are named, were either contemplated or desired by the Edinburgh petitioners, but only a double or branch mail-coach from Morpeth to Edin burgh, so as to secure one by Berwick and another by Wooler. The Postmaster-General proceeds to contend that with reference to the interests of the revenue, and with the necessary caution in sorting letters, and the delay occa sioned by passengers and parcels, any acceleration of the mails to Scotland can scarcely be thought practicable. If the improvement proposed to be effected were to be the result of undue or extraordinary speed in running the mail coach to Edinburgh, this observation of the Postmaster- General would undoubtedly have weight, but as the pre sent rate of travelling part of the way is that assumed by the petitioners for the whole, though less than the rate established for many mail-coaches in England, the reason ing of the paragraph does not apply, and the conclusion in consequence falls to the ground. The Committee are also of opinion that the doctrine relatiVe to the revenue laid down in it is quite untenable. If, heretofore, the produce of the tax arising from postages has been larger in consequence of the arrange ment by which passengers and parcels pay for the trans port of letters, it has unquestionably been the means of materially benefiting that branch of the public revenue. But it never can be argued with justice or propriety, that the Post-office, unlike every other source of the public in come, is not to be charged with the expenses of its own receipt, whenever public convenience or necessity shows that the other modes of defraying them are become inex pedient. The Post-office was established for regulating the conveyance of letters only ; it has nothing to do with that of passengers and parcels, except as a subordinate principle for facilitating the conveyance of the former, to be altogether abandoned when, instead of forwarding, it interferes with the primary object of the public accommo dation for which the Post-office, as a public Board, is re sponsible. It is questionable whether, upon any just principle, persons it a remote distance from the metropolis ought to pay a higher for on their letters than those residing in a more favourable situation : but if, in addition to such an impost, they are to have the arrival and return of their 'Weis retarded solely on the ground of having the cost of their transport paid by passengers and parcels, instead of this being charged on the post-office revenue, they then have an additional and still more powerful reason for com plaint, and a just cause for earnestly soliciting an alteration in the system. With regard to the observations of the Postmaster-Ge neral as to the timing of the•mails, the Committee beg to remark that if the Edinbure h mail were to travel at ten miles per hour, it would reach that city in 40 hours by the present road, which is all that is asked fur in the me morial : should the present contractors object to do this, the difficulty it is believed would be instantly removed by throwing open the contracts to general competition. The remarks and objections made by the Postmaster general to the supposition that the inhabitants of the county and city of Edinburgh are desirous that the mail should abandon York and be diverted front the Berwick to the Wooler road, without compensation, proceeds upon a total misapprehension of the facts of the case. It was no part of their request that York should be left out of the stages to Edinburgh, nor that a mail to Edinburgh should come by Wooler without a branch mail-coach from Newcastle or Merpeth by Alnwick and Berwick being kept on that road ; anti this being now clearly understood both by the citizens of York, and by the interest on the Alnwick, Berwick, and Had dington road, all opposition has ceased from those quarters, and there remains no longer any foundation for what the Postmaster-General urges against the projected change under that head. The Postmaster-General concludes by recapitulating some of his former objections to the pro posed change, and then asks, whether a partial accommo dation to Edinburgh (and to certain towns mentioned in several memorials) is to be afforded at the expense of a decided injury and inconvenience to other places. The Committee being quite unaware that either injury or in convenience will he sustained by any one place were the prayer of the Edinburgh petition acceded to, conceive they are warranted in denying the accuracy of a contrary as sertion, while not only will the city of Edinburgh and ad jacent country, the south of Scotland, and time north of England, receive material benefit by the acceleration of the mail, but a most important though collateral consequence will result from it, by which great advantage will accrue in the communication with all those parts of Scotland north of the Forth and Tay. The Committee feel themselves the more called upon to press for the proposed change, and to offer the above re marks in reply to the !slain objections urged against it, in consequence of the recent arrangement in the Boards of Excise and Customs at Edinburgh, by whirls the principal !art of the business in both these departments is conduct ed in London ; and as the mail now arrives at Edinburgh after these offices are shut, great public inconvenience must of necessity frequently arise from a lapse of 17 hours alter the arrival of the post and before the tneetit;9 of the Boards. Agreed to at a meeting of tie Committee, the Earl of Ilosebery, Chairman, and directed to be forwarded to the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury. APPENDIX, NO. 11. COPY OF A LETTER FROM WILLIAM OLIVER, JUN., ESQ., TO SIR FRANCIS FREELING. Knowsouth, by Jedburgh. Sit,—As I understand it is in contemplation to establish a direct mail between London and Edinburgh, I beg to state for the information of the Postmaster-General that I have to-day received a letter from Sir John Sdinburne, one of the Ponteland trustees, intimating that they on Monday last resolved to go to Parliament next SeLsion with a Bill, of which they have given notice, for altering and improv ing the road between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Otter- burn, and that arrangements are now in great progress for continuing the necessary itnprovements from Otterburn, by the Carter and Jedburgh, to join near Lauder the improved road from Wooler by Soutra-hill to Edinburgh, The new line from Newcastle to Otterbno is Shorter than the present by :our miles, is very level, the steepest ascents, which are very short and only one or two in num ber, one in 20, and all the others from one in 26 to one in 30, and from Otterbur❑ to the junction with the Wooler line there will be no ascent steeper than one in 23. The whole distance from Newcastle to Edinburgh will nut ex reed 96 miles, which may be stated thus:— Miles. ! 2.7% Newcastle to Otterburn, in the routeland trust Otterburn to confines of counties of Northumberland and Roxburgh, at the Carter summit in the Eldon trust..„ l5 Carter summit to Jedburgh, in Roxburgh diire Trust Jedburgh to Lauder, in ltoxburghshire trust Lauder to Edinbur by S:Aitra (Wooler line Total distance from Newcastle to Edinburgh 951 There have been several meetings of the Elsdon and Roxburghshire trustees upon this subject, and they have unanimously resolved to adopt the requiaiie measures for immediately executing all ti:e necessary alterations, and they have also given notice of a new Bill, which they will bring into Parliament next session, should they find that they will not be able to effect their object by the powers contained in their present Turnpike Acts. The Roxburglishire committee on the Carter road (of which I tun convener) intend to 2ubmit to the Postmaster general a memorial prayizig that this line (should it be found shorter than any other) may be alepted for the di rect mail, but have deferred doing so until they ascer tained that the Penteland trustees would p roceed with the Bill of which they have give n notice. This memorial will be forwardod as soon as p ossible. In n ent e :e meanrespecting have proceed e d, I have thou ht it proper to take may the lib er ty of connnuni eing time , t a s I am ignorant how far the arrange he di re ct mail e ating the above information, in the hope that his Grace w in be disposed to defer any final resolution until the me morial is submitted to his consideration. It may be proper to add, that the several distances which I have stated may not he quke correct; I am, h ow _ ever, satisfied that the total distance between Newcastle and Edinburgh will not exceed 96 mike, and that There fore the mail, travelling at the rate of nine miles and a half per hour, including stoppages, would exempt:eh the journey in 39 hours. The respective exact distances, and more particular in formation as to the inclinations, will be stated in the me morial, which I shall have the honour to transmit to Lis Grace with as little delay as possible. I am, &c. Sic. (S;gned) WILLIAM OLIVER, jun. Received 12th December, 1829. APPYNDIX, NO. 12. MEMORIAL FROM EDINBURGH, DATED 1629, FOR AN ACCELERATION OF THE LONDON MAIL TO EDINBURGH. To his Grace the Duke of Manchester, Postmaster- General, &a. The great importance of an expeditious communication between London and Edinburgh and the North of Scotland is so strongly felt, and so universally acknowledged, that the memorialists conceive it unnecessary for them to en large upon it. They may, however, observe that the changes which have recently taken place in some of the public departments in Scotland add great weight to the considerations which formerly existed fir improving the intercourse between the two countries. Many matters af fecting the commercial and shipping interests which could formerly have been disposed of in Scotland must now be made the subject of correspondence with London, and it is evident that if the mail could be expedited so as to ar rive before business hours are over, a day in the course of correspondence would, in many instances, be gained, which is now lost. The immediate measure which the memorialists, after fall consideration, recommend for that purpose is, the establishment of an additional mail from Newcastle by Wooler to Edinburgh. Great sums have been laid out in this country in improving that line of road, and further very extensive and important impro►e ments are now carrying on. It is very considerably shorter than the road by Berwick, and when the improve ments which are now commenced are completed it will be 19 miles shorter. A considerable expettet is at present incurred by the bye poets which carry 'letters to different places on that road. They would be saved if a mail-coach were established : and the memorialists have every miser?, to believe that it might be contracted for on such terms as would occasion little or no additional expence to Govern ment. But even if it were attended with expo/lee, the re-, venue of the Post-office would be improved by the were rapid communication between the metropolis of Saeatland and London, and there can be no duabt that all the other branches of the Scotch revenue, as well as the country at large, would be materially benefitted. The memorialists :ay before the Postmaster-Geueral a copy of the resolutions which were this day adopted by a meeting of the Noblemen, Freeholders, and Justices of Peace of the county ; and while they earnestly hope that his Grace will give his sanction to this measure, which will confer a great and immediate benefit on this country, they conceive that it will more than any other tend to for ward those improvements in other parts of the roads, which, when carried into effect will greatly diminish tha expence of the northern mail, by shortening the ennann nication and making it more safe. Tlie Postmaster-General, by granting this additional mail, will therefore aid the progress of measures which are well entitled to the patronage of Government, and will both increase the revenues and advance the general ple a . pe rity of the empire. (Signed) BUCCLEUGH and QUEENS.IWN and 84 other signatures. Edinburgh, 1829. Received 19th December, 1629. ArrENDIX, NO. 13. A LIST OF TREASURY PAPERS IN 'ADDITION TO THOSE OF WHICH COPIES ARE ANNEXED. 1522. _ . lie - c - .7 : 20 Memorial from:Heritora of Roxburgh. 18'23. J. Letter from Mr. Telford. 1824. March 30 Letter from Postmaster-General relating to papers furnished for the Corarnltt.?e on Glasgow and Putt. patrick Roads. 27.-- Copy of a Letter to Postmaster-Go:astral. 1 1 itto ditto. (I.__ Report from Postmaster-OsneraL 17 Copy of a Letter to l'ostroaster-General, Oct. Ditto ditto. Dec. 1:3 Letter from Postmaster-General. 21 Ditto 1835. Jan. 13 Copy of Letter to Postmaster-General. Feb. 11) Ditto ditto. 16 Report from Pastmaster-GeneraL Mar. 17 Copy of Letter to Postmaster-General,. 31 Report from Postmaster-General. April lb Copy of Letter from Postmaster-00,30ml Memorial from the Convention of Royal Burghs in Scotland May 7 Report from Postmaster-General. April 28 Memorial from the Company of Merchants in Ediu. burgh. May 7. Copy of Letter to the Postmaster-General 11 Report from Postmaster-General. June Memorial from Magistrates of Jedburgh. Report from Postmaster-General. Oct. 24 Memorial from Trustees of Roads, county of Feeble-F._ Nov 1826. May 10 Report from Postmaster. General. April 25 Ditto ditto. May 13 Copy of Letter to Postmaster-Ueneral. 8 Memorial from Landowners i:cxburgb. 0 Report from Postmaster.Getieral. July Memorial from Royal Rurghe of S.atland./ 31 Report from Postwaster-li eneral. Aug. 9 Copy of Letter to the Secretary to the Poat Office. Sept. 2 Letter from Secretary to the Postmaster-General. Nov. 25, , Copy of Letters to Marquis of Lothian and Mr. Irylug. Sept. 16 , Letter from the Marquis of Bute. 23 Copy of Letter to Postmaster-tieneraL 21...,. .Ditto ditto. 1827. Feb. 27...... Memorial from Noblemen and Gentlemen in Scotland. Mar. 3....... Report from Postinaster.General. 17...... Copy of Letter to Postmaster-GencraL May3o Report from Postmaster-General -10 , Letter from Mr. Dundas. June 11 Report from Postmaster-General. Memorial from the County of York. Ditto City of York. 27 Report from Postma.ter-General., Aug. 25 Nov. 15 Letter from Secretary to Postmaster-General. 18:N. Oct. 17...... Letter from Postnan.iter.Generel, (Report and Plans sent separately), 1829. May 'V Report n'om Postmaster-General on Nos. 13,207, 11,G71, 14,744, 26,002, 20,24.3, 21,1191, 21,826, 2-2,711, 22,843, of 1828 ; 16S, 611, 3,474, and 4,378, of 1820, (13 Memorials to the Treasury). June 15 Copy of Letter to Postmaster-General. Aug. 22 Report from Secretary to Poinnaster-General. 31 Ditto ditto:). Sept. 21 Copy of Letter to Postmaster-General. 7 Ditto ditto. Oct. 3 Ditto ditto. 1930. Mar. 19 Report from Postmaster-General on Nos. 14,896 of 1829; 662, 1,537, 1,844, 1,848, 1,879, 1,891, and 1,906, of 1830; (8 Memorials to the Treasury.) LAD AND ASSESSED TAXES. An Account of the Grois Amount of Land and'Assessed Taxes received in England and Wales, in the Year ended sth January, 1830 ; stating the amount paid by them for Militia and other purposes, and the Net Amount paid into the Exchequer. Gross Amount of Land and Assessed Taxes re. _ d. d. received 4,950,110 0 0 Amount paid for Militia ant purposes 491 v 11 Net Amount paid into the Exchequer 4,684,253 4 10 1 i ROB'!'. MITFOIta HENRY CAMPBELL WM. RIGBY /OBADSHAW. Office for Taxe.i. March 5, 1830. COURT CIRCULAR. His MAJEsrY held a Coon at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at his Palace, at Windsor s which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Depart ments, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Duke of Goonon, Viscount am, the Recorder of London, &e. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which Mr. 13uLLEa. attended as clerk. Viscount Cut's was intro duced, and was sworn in Lard Lieutenant tor Montgomery shire, in the room of Earl Pow's, resigned. The Recorder of London was introduced into the pre anjtidusmt hall,chis -teirrthe t of Old s co en n e v e ic af ts tchaepKitariNlyo conviCouncil,ctedat Bliley, during the February Sessionl. The case of Wil liam Mealiny, and William Adams, from the January Sessions, were also reported. The sentence of the law was ordered to be carried into effect on Thomvs Sales on Wednesday next, The rest of the convicts in both See sions, IS in number, were respited during his MAJESTY'S pleasure. The Earl of ABERDEEN officiated for Mr. Secretary PEEL, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, during the reading of the Report. The Duke of GORDON had an audience of hit MAJESTY, to which.he was introduced by the Duke of WELLixtrrosr. His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke of WEL.i.xNa- TON, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Earl BaTourtsr. The Marquis of CONYNGRAIL officiated as Lord in Waiting, and Sir ANDREW BARN:tab was the Groom in Waiting. The Court broke up about half-put four o'clock. A dejeuad was prepared for the Miuivters and others in the Paln.., on their arrival from town to attend the Counci'. Air. HERMES enter tlined the Cabinet Minist .rs to dinner yesterday evening, at his residence in Great George-street. Aug. Sept.