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...--0" r Y. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, and CARIAfITAI RAILWAY. REPORT OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE TO nit SHAREHOLDERS OF THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Your Committee have delayed making any Report of their pro ceedings, until they could lay before you sufficient information to enable you, nut only to form a correct opinion of the merits of }'our own line, but to understand the various schemes more or less con nected with it, for which Parliamentary notices have been given. The number of these schemes, and their complex bearing on the interests of your undertaking, render it necessary to preface this Report by some general observations. The four existing railways of greatest importance in Scotland, in r esPfet of lentil, capital, and traffic, are—the Edinburgh and alasgew Railway, connecting the two largest cities in Scotland, as W eil as the two seas; the North British Railway, forming part of the great trunk line from Edinburgh to London, by way of Berwick, Newcastle, and York ; the Glasgow and Greenock Railway, an im. Portant link in the communication between the manufacturing and shipping towns of the west of Scotland; and the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, connecting the western metropolis of Scotland with one of the most thriving mineral and manufac turing districts in this country, including the seaports of Ayr, Troon, Irvine, and Ardrossan, from the latter of which there is a regular steam-boat communication with the North of Irelaiffi—a railway destined, by means of your projected line from its southern terminus at Kilmarnock to Dumfries and Carlisle, to become the Peat high-road between the north and west of England, and the almost equally important district known under the general name of "the West of Scotland." Theenly link awanting to complete the entire circle of railways leading down the east coast of England and Scotland to Edinburgh, acroos to Glasgow, and up the west coast of Scotland and England, back to London, is from the terminus of the Edits. hergh and Glasgow Railway in Glasgow I. the joint terminus of the Sreenock and Ayrshire Railways in the same city. Parliamentary notices have been given for this short line, which is not above half mile in length, and which will pass, partly In tunnelling, and Partly on arches, through a portion of the city. y Mom* existing and projected railways, which intersect the Satteit, and, as might be expected, the richest and most populous districts both of England and Scotland, almost the whole of the a gricultural, manufacturing, mining, mercantile, and shipping in. tercets of Great Britain will be connected, and a direct, rapid, and e conomical means •f transit secured. The accompanying map svi show mere distinctly the course of these great leading lines. There ►ill thus remain, se far as Scotland is concerned, only one line of traffic unaccommodatei, ♦iz., between Edinburgh and the north_ east of Scotland and Lancashire. It is true, the existing amount of intercourse between these districts is as yet limited, but still, in l qing oust the lines of communication between the two countries, it is essential to keep it in view ; and it fortunately happens, that I among the many schemes promoted for local objects, and for which P arliamentary notices have been given, there is one, viz., a line f ront Edinburgh to Ilawick, which, if extended to Carlisle, will "' , lfer, even on this cross traffic, the full benefit of railway corn. I bunication, at the expense of a very small additional outlay of apltal. T. explain this, your Conantittee again request your attention to the accompanying map. From it you will observe that a straight line, if drawn nearly duo north from Birmingham, Lancaster, or Carlisle, would pass through or close to Hawick, Edinburgh, and Dundee, from which last point, by a slight deviation eastward, it I, ould reach Aberdeen. Now, It so happens that this straight line I, ot only passes through the most practicable country for a rail. *AY between its north and south termini, but opens up by much the most fertile and thriving of these districts in the south and l '"t of Scotland, to which the great trunk lines would not them. Ives extend. The northern portion of the line of communication thus described hoB been already taken up by parties of influence and capital. Par. Ilarn eet ary notices have been given for railways extending the *hole way from Burntisland, •n the north side of the Frith of Forth opposite Edinburgh to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. The or, as it is called, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, forms t he first section of this line to the north of Edinburgh. It avails ' , self of the improved steam ferry across the Forth, eisteblished by 114 Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Mr. Gladstone, of Fasque, and intersects the rick mineral and agricultural county of Fife. ocitipared with any line by way of Stirling, it shortens the die. t aoee between Edinburgh and the most important towns in the Korth of Scotland, from thirty to fifty miles. The section to the a ceth of Edinburgh is that projected by the North British Railway "b 2 pany to Hawick, already mentioned. byt he geemeal system of international railway communication Ill * described, it will be seen that three principal lines are pro. d ed. The first of these gives the most direct line from London * 4 Edinburgh ; the second the best line from London through l'ancashire to the West of Scotland ; and the third the shortest 4e across the Island, from Carlisle to Edinburgh and the north. but t of , Scotland. from collateral advantages might be pointed out as resulting the above arrangement, but these will be more properly ex. " l ainei when discussing the merits of your line in detail. Ia a 'Wine point of view, your Committee regard it as one of too blest important characteristics of the scheme new explained, th at although in itself mere complete than any other, it can be tike ted by a comparatively mall expenditure of capital beyond at is re qu i re d for these new lines of railway, which are about . bo constructed solely for the accommodation of existing local 'll6 c. This statement requires a little explanation. 1.2 t has been mentioned that it is intended to form a railway from t 7inburgh to Hawick. The line has been planned, and is under. k at by tile North British Railway Company. The object is to ;te nd the Dalkeith Railway, now belonging to that Company (Wh ich is at any rate to be improved and adapted for locomotives), t the thriving manufacturing towns of Galashiels, Selkirk, and ~"lek 'Ma, situated in the midst of the best wool-growing and k i nufacturing district in Scotland. On the other side of the i i . a nd, the Ayrshire Railway Company have intimated their iuten. 4 (without meaning to interfere with your undertaking) to 1.46 1tte their long.projectei scheme of a Branch Railway to Cum hi,for the purpose of bringing into their line the passenger traffic 41 that district, and of opening up the large mineral fields of the 1 ' 404 of Bute, Sir James Bogy/ell, and Lord George Bentinck, 4t o , hich the celebrated blackband ironstone has been distinctl y al . "Wised to exist ; and where extensive additional iron -works are "t.it is believed, to be erected under leases recently entered into. 4 13 " 11 being the case, the whole length of new railway will require completing the two trunk lines from t, ( 1 4 . e Made for the purpose of 41 - i k u rith to Carlisle, via Hawick, and from Glasgow to Carlisle, 4 1,0Mtries, will be— CI::k to the Dumfries line, near Carlis.ei ay...... 25 wiles. 4 ' l, to Carlisle The „ -- - Making in al' 120Pital requires for which way be reugbly estimated at v - ' l ' Per stile , or 1,9.16,0001. t .our Committee are s• satisfied of the capabilities of the line "weeft Hawick and Carlisle, and •f its importance t• you, not t 01 ), an a part ef tie general plan Us be submitted to Parliament, lit as a branch and feeder to your line, that, with the unanimous ••, ocurresce of a meeting of your extraordinary Committee of el aeagernent, they have undertaken to the Board of Trade, to apply Parliament in &subsequent session for power to make it, in the eve nt of the general scheme of international communication • ro-naentioned being adopted. Another most important characteristic of the scheme now de -2,114d Is, that it interferes in no way with the interests of any sting line of railway, but furnishes new feeders both to the four Zeit lines of railway referred to at the outset, and to all the gtish railways with which the projected lines are to be connected. our Committee, however, would not be discharging their duty 4 4 0 they not, in the next place, shortly te call your attention to I°rigirt and history of another 'Aar:, which is about to be brought et - . 1 Parliament under the name ef the Caledonian Railway, and to 14h . tr alt the public and private advantages it holds cut with those ch Ittay be obtained by the scheme already described. ' t will probably be known to all of you that the Royal Centrals yith;,_"ri, Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow—who were ' i4 - nointorli n 1840 to report on the projected railways between Eng -1141311 Scotland — proceeding upon the assumption that only one 41. , O ld be made, expressed a preference for a line passing over the ground which oecnpiee the centre of Scotland. In doing so, *e'er, the Commissioners carefully reeerved the question which a, th e various routes ought to be preferred, in tile event of its I found practicable to make two or mere lines. The following 6 4 . " 1 . 11 2 , 4 words :—" Were this otherwise (via., were more than 4 t . no to be made), we should subdivide the question into two 41 440 , and consider, in the first instance , which of the several would be the most suitable for a cornesunioation by Lancaster ^ * G lasgow, as well as to the West of Scotland and to the North of l imn, and which would be the boat route by Newcastle to ik t , s„ Tk o line thus preferred by the Commissioners, " under the hi'liesitlen that at present one line of railway only can be formed 11::, 4 the South to Edinburgh and Glasgow," recommended itself to ehlefiy in consequence of its having two forks or branches at o th • ''rthern extremity, the one terminating in Edinburgh, and the oh," in Glasgow ; but the barren character of the Irountry through 'NI it would run, and probably some consideration of the extra ap e h et ose of working it, arising from the steep gradients rendered e gsary by it s summit of 1,000 feet, induced the Commissioners Ei 4 eard their opinion that " it was hardly to be expected that such Mor al would command much support as an investment from the ) ) ,,,,. 6t al *peculator ;" and to add, that," unless the principal land e d 1 4k - r ) rieters along the line would feel disposed to give the under )o44 their hearty support, rather with a view to the increased t; 4 . It would give to their property, than to a large remunerating le t ,t&ndi. there seems considerable doubt whether it will ever be 44 110 publication of that Report, and the facts it disclosed, in 4: 0 of lending to the early execution of the ateattock or Central °, had . the effect of deterring the public from embarking In it, 4 44 of directing their attention to the more profitable Investment Atejl._entei by the East Coast Line from Newcastle to Edinburgh. Notth British Railway, being the &eels portion of that line, 4 44 accordingly brought forward In 15 42— was sanctioned by an he: t h s r Parliament obtained last session — and i s ne w in course of " 11 Azad*. T ae Mot of tkis decision of Parliament in favour of an East nc,cast Line, which removes the only ground on which the Royal 4 0 445 tissioners had preferred the Central Line, Is net even yet ge. an t r i • ill known. Acoordingly, the scheme of a Bsattock Railway 14 ; e h was revived last spring, with some modifications that led to y ell • doption of the new name of the Caledonian Railway, has been ta i ,, el • ll Y received by the public under the erroneous impression ' I t has still the sanction of the Commissioners' authority. -10 0 line, as thus revived and modified, is meant to extend 4 * Carlisle, to a point at or near Lanark, and to diverge there al: . t wo branches, one running to Edinburgh and the other towards ni 4h ,g"r. A subordinate branch Is proposal, from a point about Mlles distant from Glasgow, to join a projected railway, 'On M. *Monists Central Railway, at Castleearry ; whereby a 44 h ' etion with Stirling and the North would be atabrded. The :gall towards Glasgow is net intended to be carried so far as N i l City, put, at some distance from it, will run-1, into certain 1 1 .!rai railway: belonging to separate Companies, and constructed ta.'" t iella for the pqrpose of conveying coals to the high levels on e ll - 1 1 ' 01 th l ade of Glasgow ; and 2, into another projected line, e ll the Clydesdale Junction, which is intended to convey (11: 9411 and passengers to the low levels on the south side of ktr e l .t ° w. This complicated plan will be best understood by l '"lee to the accompanying Map. b u n c ontrasting this scheme with that of which the G asgow, Z itr ies, and Carlisle Railway is intended to form a part, your a: l 4 - : • ittee feel bound to consider, preferably, their bearing ea the i rei interests of the country. n i t il ta-The length of the Caledonian Railway, excluding the s t . t " e cary Branch, which is said to be about eight miles long, is ac ted in n she Prospectus, as being 112 miles, and the cost is there nr,, 4ta ted at 1,1500,e00/. In a subsequent report, published by the i lt , t 4 oters, it is stated, that, " In consequence of savings en other a b Of the line, the Castlecarry extension of . the Caledonia n Line la, • constructed without exceeding the capital upon which the rat' proceeded." But, even after allowing this correction e original esitimate, ef the acuracy of which your Committee sx p e no means of judging, and w i thout attempting te calculate the "se of a proposed branch of about lb miles long to Dumfries, the C widening the guage, and otherwise altering the mineral h e f or. ' mentioned, or the expense of the Clydesdale Junction wh; ••ieally forms a part of the scheme, it would appear that th ' e a Pre.-- • i t erna ti ona l communication proposed by the 0 single line or- -auld , without accommodating any "tent oeal traffic, actually canes "leci ao . ompany, san expenditure of upwards Cr 4 00 C I i ' would be required for tomlei'"o/• more than the whole sum tha. ~i ch your Coni. 14 itt ee n 8 the two trunk lines of communication w-_ ninre already pointed out. Tal c , i "cond aala, - -Y —Your Committee beg to refer you to the ComparMilt of nil Distances on the accompanying Map, from which you wi th tehlsserve-1. That the North British Railway, in connexion to • Projected lines from London to York, and from Newcastle 1-e ed : • , , ick . ,. affords the shortest . communication from London, hot 0 , 1 . '"is and Newcastle, to Edinburgh and Stirling; and that, en iy the Fife Line, but even by the Scottish Central Rail. 114, 1 : h ich would be reached by the Eeinburgh and Glasgow t t ,,,,, ia •Y. , it forms the shortest route from London and the important 2, . a,ov e-mentioned to Perth, Dundee, and Aberd e en . on :_ . ` " lat the Edinburgh, flaWick, and Carlisle Railway mint-its the t line twin Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, gitinnurgh ; and, in connexion with the Fife and Northecu t. Porn', Dundee, and Aberdeen. 3. That the Glasgow, No. 16.8:J7. _ ,t! . ".• LONDON, TH URSDAY EVENI . „ THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time .ror the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; - e-{ / G Gr. -r-z-! 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And it was a conviction that the loose mode of intercourse hitherto carried on with the Ameers had led to mischief, and was derogatory to such a power ful government as the Anglo-Indian, which induced Sir Charles Napier at once to assume a frank though stern tone with these Sindian rulers. For well he knew, that however much modes and customs may differ with na tions, man is intrinsically the same all over the world, and to be governed by his passions. He held it shame ful and wicked to tempt the Ameers by any appearance of infirmity of purpose, to display their arrogance when the Governor-Gen era l h a d assure d hi m th sword of vengeance would be inexorably bared for the first fault. They had, however, already been tempted, by an un steady diplomacy acting on proud minds, into a course full of danger for them, and he was to make a true and faithful report of their misdeeds. This he effected twelve days after his arrival at Sukkur, showing a list of offences more or less grave, but the whole proving a settled design for war, when opportunity offered. Sup ported by evidence, as good as could be obtained where the secret machinations of Princes, who had the power and the will to destroy those who informed against them, were to be laid open, this list of offences certainly war ranted a resort to arms, or the imposition of a fresh treaty under pain of war. " Against the Ameer Roostum of Kyrpooi they proved secret intereourso with foreign States, contrary to treaty and with designs hostile to the British ; ,maltreatment krf British servants ; obstructions to the commerce and na vigation of the Indus ; illegal imprisonment of British subjects, and, through the agency of his Minister, Fut teh Mohamed Ghoree, aiding the escape of Mohamed Shurreef, a public enemy, which happened about this period. " Against the Arneer Nusseer of Hyderabad, was the assembling of troops to attack Shere Mohamed of Meer poor, upon a boundary dispute which had been referred to the British arbitration ; perfidiously inveigling the assistant political agent to meddle privately in a dispute between the Ameer and his subjects, and then charging this his own act against the British Government as a breach of treaty ; repeated wilful violations of the eleventh article of the treaty, with an avowed determi nation to set it aside ; delaying the transfer of Shikar poor, when he knew of the disasters in Affghanistan ; secretly coining base money to defraud the British Go vernment in the payment of tribute ; exacting illegal tolls, refusing to refund, and obstructing the navigation and commerce of the Indus ; opposing the free supply of the bazaar at Kurrachee, and preventing his subjects from settling and trading in the British cantonment ; employing troops to menace the possession of another Arneer, when the dispute had been referred to the Bri tish authorities, thus violating the third article of the treaty, which guaranteed to each Ameer his separate dominions ; neglect of tribute, and finally, exciting by letter Beebruck, the chief of the Booghtee tribe, to take up arms against the British troops, who were, he said, retreating worsted from Khorassan, the name by which the Sindians generally designated Affghanistan. " These offences, which were all violations of treaty, had been continued from early in 1841, up to September, 1842, showing a settled enmity; and at the very moment of Sir C. Napier's arrival at Sukkur, Nusseer and Roos tum, the chief Ameers of Upper and Lower Sinde, con tracted a secret alliance and confederacy, offensive and defensive, against the British power. They sought to draw Ali Moored into their views ; they prepared to send away their wives and children; they collected their troops, enlisted many of the Affghans who had followed General England's column from Quettah ; issued in structions to all their feudatory chiefs to be in readiness to take the field, and held councils with the chiefs of the Miirrees and other Brahooe tribes. The English troops, they said, were as their spies informed them, so weak, miserable, and sickly, they could not resist, and if they were healthy,' had they not been driven from Affghanistan! Let the priests proclaim a religious war against the Feringhee caffirs! When they went against Khorassan and Caubul, they made us promise three lees of rupees yearly for tribute. Now they have been driven from thence, and we have an answer ready when the money is demanded!' " Here were ample grounds for a resort to force. Did Lord Ellenborough eagerly seize the opportunity? Did his General advise him to do so? The answer to these questions will place their conduct in a true light, each on its own pedestal, for their distinct position must always be kept in view. L or d Ellenborough knew all the odious process by which the treaties, giving him the right now to resent these hostile measures of the Ameers, were obtained. The General knew nothing of them, the official correspondence explaining them was not then published; he could not suspect its nature; he could not ask for it, nor would it have been given to him if he had. He could only look at the treaties as contracts, volun tarily made, and which he was in Sinde to uphold, both as a political agent and as a military officer. As con tracts he saw friendship, alliance, protection, offered and accepted by the weaker power; the promotion of trade, commerce, and navigation; and in their effects the im provement of the people's condition. He saw those peo ple, of all classes, crowding into the British cantonments to avoid the grinding exactions and barbarous tyranny of their rulers. Ile saw those rulers debauched and ignorant, trampling:for their pleasures, with the hoofs of wild beasts, one-fourth of the fertile land which should have fed the starving multitudes; and this with so little remorse, that one had recently depopulated two villages to make a Shikargah for his child of eight years old! "It was with these things before his eyes, this suffer ing and wickedness on one side, this promise of remedy on the other, that Sir Charles Napier made that report to Lord Ellenborough which was to determine the latter's course of action. " And Lord Ellonborough's right to act, that also must be considered, or there can be no just judgment 1" " It was the right of necessity, the right of self-pre servation, a necessity he had not produced; ho found it, but he was bound by it. In that consists its justice, Take away this ground and it was a continuation of Lord Auckland's aggressive policy ; yet always with this palliation, that Lord Ellenborough sought no ag grandisement, put forth no mocking pretensions of friend ship to cover injustice. Standing on the right of treaties concluded, he pursued the general interes's of humanity, disregarding only the conventional rights of besotted tyrants, men who themselves trampled upon all rights, and were ever ready sword in hand to take from the possessions of their neighbours. This is the worst view that can be given of Lord Ellonborough's policy. But he had also the plea of self-preservation ; and be it re membered, Sobdar of Hyderabad, and Ali Moored of Kyrpoor, had with a good will accepted the treaties from the first, and Shere Mohamed of Meerpoor, voluntarily sought a treaty on the same footing as Sobdar, demur ring only to the payment of tribute. " The origin of the Sindian war being thus placed on a sound basis for fair discussion, the following view taken by Sir Charles Napier will be more readily appre ciated ; SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S REPORT TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH. " ' It is not for me to consider how we came to oc cupy Sinde, but to consider the subject as it now stands. We are hero by right of treaties entered into by the Ameers, and therefore stand on the same footing as themselves ; for rights held under treaty are as sacred as the right which sanctions that treaty. There does not appear any public protest registered against the trea ties by the Ameers, they are therefore to be considered as free expressions of the will of the contracting parties. " The English occupy Shirkapoor, Bukkur, and Kurrachee, by treaties which, if rigidly adhered to by the Ameers, would render those princes more rich and powerful, and their subject:more happy, than they now are. If sticklers for abstract right maintain—as no doubt they will—that to prevent a man from doing mis chief is to enslave him, then it may be called hard to en force a rigid observance of these treaties. But the evi dent object of the treaties is to favour our Indian in terests, by abolishing barbarism and ameliorating the condition of society, by obliging the Ameers to do, in compliance with those treaties, that which hon oura bl e and civilised rulers would d o of their own accord. It is necessary to keep this in view, because though the de sire to do good would not sanction a broach of treaty, it does sanction the exacting a rigid adherence to the trea ties by the Ameers ; and the more so that their infrac tions of them evinces the barbarism of those princes, their total want of feeling for their subjects, and their own un fitness to govern a country. These things must be kept in mind, or what I am about to say will appear unjust, which is not the case. " By treaty, the time for which we may occupy our present camps is unlimited ; but there is such hostility to us on the part of the Ameers---such a hatred of the treaties—such a resolution to break them in every way there is amongst their people such a growing attachment to British rule, that the question arises, whether we shall abandon the interests of humanity and those of the British Government, which in this case are one, and at once evacuate Sinde ; or take advantage of existing trea ties and maintain our camps permanently ? " ' If we evacuate the country, future events will hie , . vitably bring us back to the banks of the Indus, II we remain, our camps will soon be filled with the Ameers' subjects flying from oppression. These camps will quickly grow into towns, and the people within them will carry on a transit trade along the Indus, to the exclusion of the subjects of the Ameers without. Among the latter misery and poverty aojourn, for the exactions of the Ameers will in a great measure destroy both com merce and agricultgre amo ng t h e i r people. 'l' This Prodiices another question ; can such It state of things long continue ? A Government hated by its, subjects, despotic, hostile alilce to the interests of the English and of its own people ; t 4 Government of low intrigue, and 8 9 9 91 1 8 titnted OW it must in a few year Ind a THIRD EDITION al SEVEN O'CLOCK, jar POST, ei ntaiNing PARLIAMENTAR Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway is the shortest route front Landoll anal the whole of England to Dumfrict, Kirkcudbright, Port. . 1-IP ATHS and WASH-HOUSES f or th e LABOURING CLASSES. Patrick, for the north of Ireland, Kilmarnock, and Ayr; anal that, allowing for the superiority of its gradients over those of the Caledonian Line, on the principles of comparison established by the Royal Commissioners In their Report of 1841, it affords the shortest communication, in point of speed and economy, with Paisley and Greenock. The only disadvantage, in point of distance, is in the case of Glasgow; in regard to which, however, on the principles laid down in the Commissioners' Report, the difference between the two lines is reduced to 13i miles, •r less than half an hour in point of time. PRESIDENT. file BISHOP of LONDON. TRUSTEES. Sir WILLIAM MACNAY, Bart. SAMUEL JONES LOYD, Esq. ABEL SMITH Esq., M.P. ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, Esq. commtrrax FOR GENERAL PORPOSES. WILLIAM COTTON, Esq , Chairman. (The Trusteed ex ofneio.) ROBERT BOWIE, Dgq. Rev. W. W. CHAMPNEYS Lord HENRY CHOLMONDELEY ROBERT DICKSON, Esq., M.D. SAMUEL GURNEY, jun., Esq. WILLIAM HAWES, Esq. RICHARD JOHNSON, Esq. HENRY KINGSCOTE, Esq. Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart. JOSEPH S. LESCHER, Esq. WILLIAM LOBB, Esq., M.D. ROBERT OLDERSHAW, Esq. JOHN D. FOWLES, Esq. Viscount RANELAGH DAVID SALOMONS, Mr. Deputy STEVENS Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART JOSEPH TOYNBEE, Esq. DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE, Esq. GEORGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Esq. Thirdly.—The sections of the Caledonian, and Glasgow, Durnfrico, and Carlisle Lines, not having been deposited, it is impossible as yet to speak accurately on the subject of gradients. It is quite certain, however, that the gradients of the farmer will be inferior to those of the latter. The following are quotations from a report made on the comparative merits of the two lines by Mr. Locke, the engineer of the Caledonian Railway, in 1836. In speaking of what is now called the Caledonian Liim, he says, " I at first directed ray attention to this route, which, as far as Beattock_ bridge, near 3loffiit, I found tolerably favourable; in proceeding farther, however, the valley for several miles rises very rapidly, until reaching the summit near Elvanfoot, where it attains the height of nearly 1,000 feet above the level of the sea—Beattock-bridge, which is only 10 miles distant, being only about 800 feet above the level of the sea. In 10 miles, then, the rise is nearly 700 feet, which, supposing it to be uniform the whole way, would give an inclination of 1 in 75.* Net wishing to recommend a line having such a plane," &c. But in speaking of the line by Dumfries, Mr. Locke says—" Of the levels of this route, I may say, that from Carlisle to Dumfries, about thirty miles, the only inclinations will be these which it may he desirable to encounter for the purpose of saving money, those two towns being nearly on the same level. With the exception of the bridges across the Rivers Eden, Esk, Sark, and Annan, which will neither be high nor very long, ne very considerable outlay will be required. The ground in some parts is undulating, but not so as to render the formation of the road either difficult or expensive." And again, with reference to the portion of the line between Dumfries and Thornhill, lie says The levels in this part extending over a apace of almost forty unles,t will be nearly uniform, and gradually ascending for the whole distance ; and with the exception of a short length of about 1 1 4 smiles, about 1 in ISO, I do not believe there will be a greater inclination than what is generally admitted in forming railways in England." And, i■ regard to the rest of the line, he says, that " although undulating, tie road will not, I should think, be unfa. vourahle for locomotive engines." The Subscriptions before advertised amounted to £4,041 131. Her Majesty the Queen £2OO 0 0 His Royal Highness Prince Albert ......100 0 0 Her Majesty the Queen Dowager 100 0 0 His Grace the Archbishop of Canterburyloo 0 0 The Lord Bishop of London 100 0 • Earl of Eldon Messrs. Baring Brothers Messrs. N. M. de Rothschild and Son .. 2OO 0 0 George Byng, Esq., M.P 105 0 0 The Times Journal lO5 0 0 Marquis of Westminster lOO 0 0 Samuel Gurney, Esq ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS:— The Worshipful Company of Grocers £lOO 0 0 East and West India Dock Company lOO 0 0 St. Katharine's Dock Company lOO 0 0 London Dock Company lOO 0 0 Messrs. Allen and Anderson.. 5 5 0 Lord Ashley J. Adams, jun., Esq., Fourthly.—The population of the parishes intersected by the Caledonian Railway, from the point where it leaves the route of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway at Gretna, to the point where the branches diverge at Lanark, a distance of about sixty_ Eve miles, is, Caledonian Line . While the population on your line, between the same point and Kilmarnock, is J. Anthony, Esq J. Allnutt, Esq. W. H. Ashurst, Esq. An Aquatic, per G. B. Gregory, Esq 1 1 0 Robert Baley, Eeq. F. T. Birchim, Esq. Messrs. Blades and East Rev. C. Bowen ... .....1 5 0 R. Bright, Esq., M.D. • 5 5 0 C. R. Brown, Esq. Henry Browning, Esq Robert Brutton, Esq. Colonel B 1 0 0 David Baillie, Earl. •• David Barclay, Esq., M.P. Russell Gurney Barclay, F.sq. Messrs. Barker, Brothers 3 3 0 R. B. Bate, Esq. Henry Bateman, Req. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. T. H. Bahianly, Esq. ............ 2 2 0 R. and B. Brown lO 10 0 1. K. Brunel, Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. John Buckle, Esq. Col. Buckley William Bullock, Esq. Alfred Burgess, Esq. Mrs. Burrell Mrs. Col. C. Dr. T. K. Chambers The Very Rev, the Dean of Chichester 5 0 0 Messrs. C. Chubb and Son William Coles, Esq. Lieut.-Colonel J. R. Crauford Lewis Cubitt, Esq. ... lO 0 0 William Cubitt, Esq. J. C. Cameron, Esq. 2 2 0 The Misses Champion .. 50 0 0 Charles Clarke, Esq (a) 1 1 0 Coal-porters' Fine for Drunkenness 2 0 0 Charles Cochrane, }Ng ... 5 0 0 Messrs. Cockerel) and Co Rev. E. Cogan Messrs. Collman and Salterfoht... ..... Alexander Colvin, Esq. Messrs. Cook, Sons, and Co, Hen. W. F. Cooper John Crowley, Esq. Charles Craddock, Esq 2 2 0 S. N. Cowley, Esq. ... 5 0 0 Roger Cunliffe, Esq. John Curtis, Esq. Juland Danvers, Esq. Henry Davidson, Esq. Stephen C. Denison, Earl 1 1 0 Joseph Drinkald, Esq. Messrs. DuAnnt and Co. J. E. ilea ison, F.sl, Rev. H. Dupois E. B William Edwards, Esq. John Entwistle, Esq. Dr. M. T. Este Rev. T. Simpson Evans 80,686 Difference 52,491 The population of the parishes on the two branches leading to Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively, including those on the Clydes dale Junction Line, as contrasted with the population of the parishes which lie up the West of Scotland Railways, at present terminating at Kilmarnock, and their proposed branches (excluding, however, in both cases, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, which would be alike accommodated by the two schemes), would be, Caledonian Branches ... ... 125.968 West of Scotland Railways 209,544 Difference 76,57d The total population on the Caledonian Line, and on the Glas,. gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Edinburgh, Hawick, and Carlisle Lines (excluding, as before, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and that part of the line south of Gretna common to both), is, • ' On Caledonian Railway On Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Rai1way,1253,9.30 On Hawick Line 64,4114 $49,714 Difference The particulars of each of these calculations are annexed to this Report, so that there may be no possibility of doubt on the subject. Fifthly.—With regard to traffic, your Committee are now enabled to speak with more confidence, in consequence of having, since the date of their Prospectus, taken measures to ascertain its amount accurately, both on your own and on the Caledonian Line. The result is, that upon the line of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway, the thorough and local traffic, taken together, is suf. ficient its ensure an adequate return; but the thorough traffic be. tweet' Glasgow and England, including, of course, what passes along the road by Beattock, as well as what passes by the other great road from Kilmarnock to Carlisle, is quite insufficient to do so. It amounts to not more than 40 per cent. of the whole traffic which will pass along your line. Were the whole of this trans. ferred, without competition, to the Caledonian Line, on which the local traffic is trifling, it would not yield interest on its cost. Your Committee do not feel any hesitation In speaking of the small amount of local traffic on the Caledonian Line, because their statement is confirmed by the recorded opinion of the Royal Com missioners, already quoted ; and no one who has travelled along the Beattock.road between Carlisle and Glasgow, by daylight, will fail to remember that there are from twenty to thirty miles where the sight of a cottage or a human being is a rarity. Your Committee are aware that much reliance is placed by the Caledonian Company on their prospect of traffic from the north of Scotland to England, by means of their connexion with the projected Central Railway from Stirling to Perth. The Table of Comparative Distances, to which your attention has already been directed, will enable you to judge how far this traffic, whatever its amount may be, is likely to pass along the Caledonian Line, which is more cir cuitous than either the North British or Hayrick Lines. But, In point of fact, the number of persons who travel south from Stirling. shire or Perthshire, without having occasion to visit Edinburgh and Glasgow on their way, is extremely small. Indeed, most of you are probably already aware, that although there is a direct turnpike. road, laid out by the late Mr. Telford, between Carlisle and Stir. ling, there is not a single stage-coach or putdia cenveynnce upon it, and it is deeply in debt. On the other hand, with reference to the general prospect of traffic on your own line, the following passage In the Report of Mr. Locke, in 1836, may be interesting to you :—" Of the advae. tage to all the towns in Scotland, through or near to which this line will pass, no adequate idea can be formed. They exist is the most favourable part of Scotland, requiring only a cheap means of trans port to develope the many resources they possess. Several of these towns have already grown into some importance; aid It should be an object with the proprietors of the soil, and with the manufac turers of the district, to encourage the formation of a road like the one proposed, so as to extend to them the benefits which it is capable of affording." Sixthly.—There are various other points in regard to which the superior advantages offered by the Edinburgh, Hawick, and Car. lisle Railway, and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, require only to be briefly indicated. (1.) The former will open up a connexion between the counties of Berwick, Selkirk, Peebles, and Roxburgh, and the north-west of England, and south-west of Scotland. These Scotch utilities already combine the highest state of agricultural improvement, with a growing woollen menu. facture. (2.) In the neighbourhood of Langholm there are very rich sums of coal which are at present landlocked, but the produce of which the Hawick Line will be the reeling, not only of bringing to the coast, but 11180 of carrying farther into the interior, which i s at present suffering from the want of it. (3.) The Dumfries Line, by giving a communication both from the south and north, with the seaport of Annan, afford; to the whole of that district of country the weans of communication with the best harbour on the upper part of the Solway Frith. (4.) The Caledonian Line would, even if a branch were made to Dumfries, afford very inferior ac. consmodation to that town, and to the counties of Kircudbright and Wi g ton, from which a large number of Battle are at present sent, partly by sea and partly by land, to England. (5.) The Caledonian Line would, in like manner, afford a very inferior communication between the north of England and the north of Ireland, either by way of Port Patrick or the seaports on the coasts of Ayrshire. (Lastly.) The Caledo:dart Railway would place Is a less advan. tageous position the whole population of the counties of Ayr and Renfrew, which, together, contain 319 , 428 bahabitants, being more than twice as many as the whole of Lanarkshire, exclud- Dr. Forbes A Friend, by J. Cecil, Eaq. ...... A Friend, by Meagre. Glyn and Co. J. Fleet, Esq. J. Freshfield, Esti 2O 0 0 E. Gifford, Esq F. A. Goldsmid, Esq, Messrs. Gower, Nephews, aid Co. Henry Grace, Esq. J. Gunston, Esq. - ... C. Gamlen, Esq. . J. S. Gaskoin, Esq. I 1 0 2 2 0 Rev. C. 11. (aye 1 1 0 Mrs. Gaye 1 1 0 J. G. GifTord, Esq. Robert Gosling, Esq. _ _ _ James Giro, Esq. T. and E. Groenaway Benjamin Hardy, Esq. .. . George Hardy, Esq. Arthur Helps, Esq. ....... b 0 0 Thomas Hodgson, Esq 5 5 0 Egerton Hubbard, Esq lO 10 0 Edward Hurry, Esq 1 1 0 H 11 H. H. C b 0 0 S. Hawkins, E5q...... P. W. Phelps, Esq . John Henderson, Esq. Joseph Hoare, Esq. .. . Dr. Holland Lieutenant Frederick Holland 2 0 0 Mr. Alderman W. H. Hughes lO 10 0 Messrs. Hulbert and Layton 5 5 0 A. J. B. Hope, Esq., M.P. H. W. Hewlett,, Esq. Messrs. C. J. Hambro and Son Lord Kenyon Messrs. Johnson, 13ulmer, and Co. E. Johnson, Esq. . Rev. E. R. Jones J. K; i per W. Hawes, Esq. ... . ... J. P. r,... Rev. A. P. Kelly 2 2 0 L. L. A., by the Times T. 11. Law, Esq R. H. Lawrence, Egg . 5 5 Messrs. Liddi ar d an d C o ~ 5 5 0 George Laurence, Esq Messrs. Leaf, Coles, Smith, and C 0....... 10 10 0 H. F. S. Lefevre, Esq. Mrs. Legh . Rev. Thomas Leigh J. Eeecher and Son J. S. Leacher, Esq. Abraham Levy, Esq.... ............... „ „ 1 1 0 Edward Levy, Esq. T. A. Levy, Esq. L. Lewis, Esq B. E. Linda, Esq 5 5 0 A. Lincolne, Esq Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. . Rev. C. Mackenzie William Millar, Esq 1 1 0 Messrs. Mofflitt and Co. . T. M., Esq. Mr. Sergeant Manning lO 10 0 R. 51`Culloch, Eeq. Robert Martin, E sq . NV, J. Maxwell, Esq Mrs. Merceron 5 0 0 Henry Merceron 5 0 0 Mrs. Henry Merceron Merrick, Esq. 10 10 0 John Miles, Esq, 1 1 0 Messrs. T. and R. Moffat Messrs. J and R. Morley . 10 10 0 John Morley, Esq. Robert Mushett, Esq. John Nesbitt, Esq lO 0 0 Rev. Sir J. Newport, Bart. Messrs. Patrey and Pasteur lO 10 0 William Pennell, Req 1 1 0 William Pennell, jun. Louis Hayes Petit, Esq. William Putt, Esq. ..... .. 20 0 0 W. Pulsford, Esq. Edward Page, Esq. P. D. Palmer, Esq. J. M. Parsons, Esq. 2 2 0 Thomas Parsons. Esq. George Paton, &q. • 1 1 0 J. P. I'awson and ••• 0 0 R. Pearson, Esq, Rev. S. Penfold, D D Claude Perring, li:sq. 3 James Phillips, Esq 3 0 0 R. Pravell, Esq. R. Ramsden, asq J. Reid, Esq. R. F. Reynelds, Esq 1 1 0 Captain H. Rich. 5 0 0 The Record Newspaper 2l 0 0 Wm. Robertson, Esq. 5 0 0 Captain Roxburgh •• . 1 0 0 Rev. John Saunders 1 1 0 S. It. P .• .. 1 0 0 S. W. B. Philip Salomons, Esq. Dowager Lady Saltoun 3 0 0 Sampson, Esq.... • ..........• ... Messrs, Sanderson and Co Bargant, Gordon ,and C 0.... 5 5 , ing Glasgow. After the details which have now been given you, you will not be surprised to hear that the Caledonian Railway, B Scwhle it receive. a certain degree of support from the promoters of the ottish Cerr o . tral Railway, is opposed by alnio.t all the other railway interests in Scotland, including the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the North Brittltr"_ the Glasgow, Paisley, Kihaarnock, and Ayr, the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and the lines extending through Fifeshfre to the north of Scotland.' Indeed, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have the strongest interest, and, at the same time, the strongest Parlia mentary grounds for opposing the Caledonian scheme, in conse. quenoe of the two forks of Ilse latter undertaking being so laid out as to form a competing line for the traffic between Edinburgh and Glasgow, not more than eight or nine miles longer than the direct route, and thus falling under the clam of schemes which the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Railways last session de neunced as unjustifiable, being a railway (to use their own words) " which, if it is to remunerate the proprietors at all, eau only remunerate them by means of the abstraction of traffic, which is already, for all substantial purposes, equally well accommodated by some existing railway." Your Committee regret much the length to which their ob. servations on the merits of your line, and those with which it has been placed in competition, have extended. They will endeavour to condense, into as short a space as possible, the remaining points which it is essential they should bring before you. You will recollect that the original rough estimate of the cost of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, was at the rate of 13,000/. per mile. Mr. Miller, your tone, has not completed the detailed plans of the works, so as nable him to say whether any reduction Call be made upon the estimate, bet he assures your Committee that there is no chance of its being exceeded. The amount, therefore, which will be required to finish your line, will be under 1,:100,000/. Of this sum above four-tifths have been sub. scribed and paid on, being more than is required by the Standing Orders in Parliam ent to estitle your Bill to pass, even if you apply for your whole lin e from Kilmarnock to Carlisle; whilst, if your Committee shall, on mature consideration, consent to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company proceeding with their Bill, to the effect of taking power to execute the portion of the Line between Kilmarnock and Cumnock, under an obligation to convey it .r lease it is perpetuity to you, if you desire it, the amount which has been subscribed will be considerably more than is required. In these circumstances, your Committee have resolved net to issue at present any additional shares. Your Committee have had very satisfactory communications from most of the proprietors of land along the railway. They have also received assurances of support from many of the Corporations in the west of Scotland, and particularly from the towns of Dum. fries and Annan, in which both the magistrates and inhabitants have resisted various attempts to draw them off, and have unani. mously declared in your f...vour. The counties of Ayr, Renfrew, and Kircudbright, have also passed resolutions approving et your line. Your Committee have thus laid fully before you the details of the entire scheme of railway communication from England to Scotland, of which your lieu forms a part. They feel perfect con. fidenze in its superiority ever each other, as being best calculated to promate the interests of Scotland ; and they will proceed quietly ._..sly, with their preparations for the approaching examine but fess... • b e fore the Board of Trade and Parliament. non of its vnetr , '" , e Provisional Committee, By 51 , sl y D i . i 4o cylE Interim-Sec. , Glasgow, NOV. 15, 1844. In 1840 Mr. Locke prepared an amended pl ut to an, whereby lis gradient of 1 is 75 was to some extent improved, b accomph this he was obliged to have recourse ionally to severe to the ex cutting and banki t h ng, which would, of course, add proportof e line. + The summit is only 600 feet. t The total population on the line between Glasgow and Car. isle, by Dumfries, including the termipl, is 1•90,296. ADVERTLS'EMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon. and Night, thereby .'er set .£l5 13 9 The above have silver handles for dgraving the crest or coat of , A Price Current, illustrated 1) i information relative to the purcha be had on application, or will I post,ge, in answer to a paid letter C. Sayer, Esq 3 3 O . W. Stone, Esq lO 10 0 . John Straith, tsq. ... . 1 1 0 Lord J. Stuart . H. B. Smith, Esq. Joseph Tucker, Esq 5 5 0 Messrs. W. J. Thompson and Son Messrs. Trueman and Cook Mrs. Tubby H. Tritron, Esq. Henry Vaughan, Esq. R. E. Van Heythuysen Henry Vyner, Esq. ... 5 0 0 Mrs. Ware 71. S. Westmacott J. and C. White and Co. The Lord Bishop of 'Winchester .. 50 0 0 W. Walker, Esq 1 0 0 Miss Ware Rev. 11. G. Watkins...,... Joshua Watson, Esq. ... lO 10 0 Rev. W. Winthrop J. E Walker, Esq 1 0 0 T. B. Wrightson, Esq J. Wickens, Esq. G. Whitbread, Esq. B. B. Williams, Esq 1 1 0 Messrs. Willis and Percival Rev. I). Wilson 0 2 0 Jobn Wilson, Esq 5 0 0 J. D. Wood, Esq John Wright, Esq. . Sundry small sunis... I 0 0 If any gentleman has not received a formal acknowledgmen of the receipt of his contribution, he is hereby requested to corn. municate its amount, and when and to wheal it was paid. Contributions are received by the Members of the Committee; by the Bankers of the Metropolis; and at the Temporary Office 3, Crosby-square, where attendance is given from Ten till Four, JAMES FARISII, JOHN BULLAR, t Hon. Secretaries. GEORGE STONHOUSE GRIFFITH, Assist. Sec. Committee room, South Sea-house. LON DON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANT, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and IL Chancery-lane, London. DlzEcrons. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN WILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John M'Gume, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth. J. Marmaduke Roeseter, Esq. Auntroas. EL H. Cannan, Esq. Robert E. Alison, Esq. MEDICAL ADVlSER—Marshall Ilall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and E. Socmerkav—John Emerson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. To PREVENT ALL FUTURE QUESTIONS AB 10 THE VALIDITY Or POLY CIES, this Company are prohibited by their deed of constitution from disputing any claim, unless they take upon themselves to prove that the policy upon which th• claim arises was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation. 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In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonns 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 squal'amounts were made up to Christmas 1035 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 530,000!. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the sth of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in fore, seven years at Christmas 1843, and the same Is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted) between tho hours of ten and three o'clock. Notice is hereby given, That Assurances which expire at Christ mas most be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. I, St. James's -street, corner of Pall Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void• GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. SILVER-Pl. A.TED DISH COVERS. 13. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14 Cornhill. Landon, opposite the Bank of England, sub m it for choice in their Plate rooms many Patterns of I.VER.PL A TE D DISH COVERS, of Sheffield ?if anu fac t ure, trout Fifteen to Twenty Guineas the set, viz. Double Dome Pattern. The Melon Pattern. Size. X s d. Plated Dish Cover,iu. 5 IS 6 I Plated Dish Cover, 26 i n n. 5 17 0 Dish Cover, 18 in. 4 7 6 1 Dish Cover, 16 in. 4 14 0 Dish Covers,l6 in. 5 12 6 2 Dish Covers,l4 in. 6 6 6 P--- Per set . ...... £6 17 6 and mountings, and silver shield§ trims. Drawings, and containing every ;e of Silver or Sheffield Plate, may oe sent into the country, fre2 of FREE TRADE! FREE TRADE! IMPOR TANT ANNOUNCEMENT! The Public ar e spec i a ll y informed that during the re-erection of E. MOSES and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their . Establishment is only at 154, Minories. I et the Public observe that we never are found To take up a theme on political ground; And no such allusion, of coarse, will be made In the following hints with regard to" Free 'I rade." Our meaning need not be mistaken by one— For we mean a "Free Trade" with E. MOSES and SON. Long, long have we struggled to bring this about, And the thing is effected, beyond any doubt : To the east and the west our goods we send forth, • And we send to the south, and we send to the north; Throughout the whole world (wheresoever it be) The trade of K MOSES and St ,N has been" free." And still through the glorious efforts they've made Shall the war e h ouse of M oses w br crown'd •th "Free Trade." While the Public, united, shall league" as in one Ti establish "Free Trade" with E MOSES and SON. 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His Grace the Archbishop of York held a general or dination at Bishopsthorpe, on Sunday last, when the fol. lowing gentlemen were admitted into holy orders : Deacons—(Of Oxford).—Anthony Lol eband, 8.A., Worcester College. Deacons— (Of Cambridge).—Simeon Riley, 13. A„ Ca therine Hall ; Joseph Atkinson, 8.A., St. John's Col lege ; James Ball, 8.A., Catherine Hall ; Thomas Brown, 8.A., Christ's College, by letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Ripon ; John Green, 8.A., Emanuel College, by letters dimissory, from the Lord Bishop of Ripon. Priests (of Oxford).—The Rev. J. Aldred, 8.A., Lincoln College ; Rev. Algernon Brackenbury, 8.A., Queen's College, Priests (of Cambridge).—The Rev. Philip BP gge, M.A., Trinity College ; Rev. Williau. Calvert, 8.A., Pembroke College ; Rev. John Blackburn, 8.A., Pem broke College ; Rev. John Knott, 8.A., Christ's College ; Rev. Robert M'Neil, M.A., Trinity College. Priest (of Durham).—The Rev. Samuel: University College. Priest (of Dublin)—The Rev. William Marshall, 8.A., Trinity College. On Sunday last the Lord Bishop of Chichester held a general ordination in the Cathedral Church of his dio cese, when the following gentlemen were admitted to holy orders. Deacons (of Oxford).—Charles William Willock , 8.A., Baliol College ; John Turner, M.A., Baliol College. Deacons (of Cambridge).—Edward Venables, 8.A., Pembroke College; Richard Nathaniel Blaker, 8.A., St. John's College. . _ Deacon (Literate).—Henry Shum Shean. Priests (of Oxford).—The Rev. Edward Bradley, 8.A., Magdalen Hall ; Rev. James Henry Sheppard, 8.A., Queen's College ; Rev. John Lloyd, 8.A., Worcester College ; Rev. Henry John Rush, 8.A., Worcester Col lege; Rev. Philip Thomas Drayton, 8.A., St. Mary Hall. Priests (Literate).—The Rev. Henry Hamilton Ha milton. At an ordination holden on the same day by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, the following gentlemen were or dained : Deacons (of Oxford).—John Buckle, 8.A., St. Mary Hall ; William Tassie Vernon, 8.A., Magdalen Hall ; Edward Jones, 8.A., Jesus College, by letters dimissory, from the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Deacon (of Cambridge).—•Roger Taylor Burton, 8.A., St. John's College. Priests (of Oxford).—The Rev. Allan Cowburn, M.A., Exeter College ; Rev. Henry Bolton Power, 8.A., Oriel College ; Rev. Thomas Clotworthy Foster Skeffington, 8.A., Worcester College. Priests (of Cambridge).—The Rev. James Caddy James, 8.A., St. John's College ; Rev. John Meredith Lewes, 8.A., Trinity College. . . THE lIERoINE or MATAGORDA.—We have mach pleasure in stating, that the subscription for this deserv ing old woman now amounts to a sum sufficient toseptire her 301. a year for life, with a few pounds over to set up house with. The money will be invested in Glasgow, on her behalf, next week.— Glasgow Saturday Post. The lake of the gardens of the Royal Botanlo Society is covered with ice of an excellent quality, and many of the fellows of the Society avail themselves o the opportunity of skating thereon. _ - - ~~ ~~z~~ ," G' fall to pieces by the vice of its conaiatittion? Will not such a Government maintain an incessei petty hostility against us? Will it not incessantly commit, breaches of treaties, those treaties by which alone we have env right to remain in this country and must therefore. rigidly up hold? I conceive such a state of political relatiGns can not last, the more powerful Government will at no dis tant period swallow up the weaker. Would it no!: be better to come to the results at once? I think it would be better if it can be done with honesty. Let me then consider how we might go to work on a matter so criti cal, and whether the facts to which I have called your attention will bear me out in what I propoe. " Several Ameers have broken treaty in, the various instances stated in the accompanying "Return of Com plaints." I have maintained thatiwe want only a fair pre text to coerce the Ameers, and I think these various acts recorded give abundant reason to take Kurrachee, Sukkur, Bukkur, Shirkarpoor, and Subzulcote, for our own, and obliging the Ameers to leave a track way along both banks of the Indus, stipulating for a supply of wood; but at the same time remitting all tribute, and arrears of tribute, in favour of those Ameers whose con duct has been correct; and finally, enter into a fresh treaty with one of those princes alone as chief. I cam not think such a procedure would be dishonourable or harsh. lam sure it would be humane. The refractory Arneers break the treat to gratify their avarice, and we punish that breach. I perceive no injustice. " If it be determined to keep Sukkur and Bukkur, I think it would not be politic to give up Shikarroor. The town of Sukkur stands on an elbow of the Indus, which surrounds the town on two sides ; on the other two, at about four miles distance, it is closed in by a largo jungle, through which passes the road to Shikarpoor where the jungle finishes. If we evacuate Shikarpoor, the robber tribes will descend from the hills and e;kta blish themselves in the jungle, Sukkur will be blockaded, and no one be able to move beyond the chain of sentries without being murdered. To clear this jungle with in. fantry will be impossible ; the robbers will retreat, and when the troops retire again occupy the jungle. But if Shikarpoor is occupied, a body of cavalry stationed there could spread along the outskirts of the jungle, while in fantry would by concert push from Sukkur through the wood. The robbers thus cut off from the hills, would receive such a terrible punishment as to deter other tribes from trying the same experiment. " In a commercial point, Shikarpoor is of consider able importance. It offers a depot for goods from the north and west, with the countries of which it has long possessed channels of communication. Adverse circum stances may for a while interrupt these, but under a firm protecting government they would soon be re-opened ; Shikarpoor goods would be sent to Sukkur, there to be shipped on the Indus ; and they would also be passed by land to Larkaana, and thence to Kurrachee. These seem to have been formerly the lines of trade ; they are geographically and naturally so, and will, therefore, ,quickly revive. But if Shikarpoor be left to the mercy of the surrounding freebooters commerce cannot thrive ; nor, without Shikarpoor he strongly guarded, can it pass through the jungle to Sukkur. These two towns natu rally support each other in commerce. " ' In a political view Shirkapoor has the advantfo ga o f being chiefly i n h a bit e d b y a Ilindoo population, tr,;lerated for ages by th e M ussu l mans, and, consequent).-s, forming a pacific link of intercourse between us 4Tla the nations north and west; through Shirkarpoor these Ilindoos will gradually filter the stream of commerce, and be the means of social intercourse between the Mahomedans and ourselves, in time uniting those who will not abruptly amalgamate. Shirkarpoor contains many rich banking-houses, which is a sure evidence of its being a central point of communication between surrounding countries. and, consequently, one where the British Go vernment would learn what was going on in Asia, The money market is generally the best political baro meter. " The robber tribes in the neighbourhood have kept down this town in despite of its natural and acquired advantages; in fact, the robber is everywhere the master; therefore all around is barbarous, and barbarous must continue to be, till civilization gradually encroaches on these lawless people, and I think Shirkarpoor is precisely one of those grand positions which ought to be seized in that view. I have, therefore, directed Major-General England not to evacuate that town till further instruc tions are received from the Governor-General. ‘• I have drawn up this memorandum entirely on ray own consideration of the subject ; but since Major Outram's arrival, which took place when I had finished. the last paragraph, he has given me every possible 'as sistance. He concurs in all I have said, but, at the Jame time, he has added much to my local knowledge, and in justice to the Ameers, I must, with this increase of in formation, enlarge upon what I have stated. " The Ameers say, they did not understand article 11 of the treaty to prohibit the levying of tolls on their own subj ec t s , 'They urge, in proof of this misconcep tion, that they resisted the treaty because of other arti cles less important, yet never objected to article 11, because they relied on article 5. This may be ; and I would willingly, if possible, suppose that they really did conceive the treaty gave them tolls on their own sub jects ; but they have attempted to levy tolls on the boats of the Khan of Bhawulpore, which the treaty assuredly does not give them a right to do , and they have fired into the boats of merchants from Bhawulpore. The treaty could not have been misconstrued en these points, and therefore Ido not believe they misconstrued article 11, but broke it purposely. The treaty has also been, broken by treasonable correspondence, and other vexa tious acts, as set forth in the return of complaints. " Now, what punishment do I propose for their mis conduct ? Injury to their family ? No I Injury to their subjects ? No I What then ? The reduction of their territory by four places; two of which, Sukkur and Bukkur, are barren spots yielding no revenue ; the other two, Kurrachee and Shikarpoor, towns nearly ruined by their tyranny, and for one of which, Shirker ' poor, we have negotiations pe n di ng . To obtain these places in se i gnorage it is proposed to remit all tribute in arrear, and for the future withdraw our resident from Hyderabad, ensure the amelioration of the impoverished state in which their subjects languish, and, in time, add to the power and wealth of the .Ameers themselves by opening the commerce of the river. To their selfish feel ings, their avarice and love of hunting, ought such great general interests to be sacrificed? I think not. The real interests of the Ameers themselves demand that their puerile pursuits and blind avaricious proceedings should be subject to a wholesome control, which their breaches of treaties, and our power gives tis at this mo ment a lawful right to exercise, and the means of peace ably enforcing. If any civilised man were asked this question.—" Were you the ruler of Sinde, what would you do?" His answer would be. " I would abolish the tolls on the rivers, make Kurrachee a free port, protect Shirkarpoor from robbers, make Sukkur a mart for trade on the Indus. I would make a track-way along its banks; I would get steam-boats." Yet all this is what the Ameers dread. " ' They have broken treaties, they have given a pre text, an I have a full conviction, perhaps erroneously, that what I propose is just and humane. I will go farther, rand say, as Nusseer Khan, of Hyderabad, has openly broken the treaty, if the Governor-General chooses to punish him, he may justly seize the district of Subzulcote, and give it to the Khan of Bhawulpore, as I have understood there was some intention of doin g , " The second point to which Major Outran has drawn my attention is a very strong one. lle tells me, the tribes on the river, above that part possessed by the Ameers of Sinde, do levy tolls, and that there is no treaty or public document forthcoming in virtue 'of which we can call upon the Ameers even of Upper Sinde not to levy tolls upon their own subjects. It is therefore evident that to call upon the Ameers of Hy. derabad to desist from levying tolls, and to allow the tribes above them on the river to do so, would be unjust;, that is to say, it would be unjust to allow the others to levy tolls, but not unjust to prevent the Ameers from doing so. The answer to the argument :—" That tolls are levied on the Northern Indus" is just this. Say to those Northern tribes, " We have, with great trouble, secured to your boats a free passage on the river through Sindo ; we are resolved to open the commerce of that. great highway of nations ; and you, who receive benefit thereby, must join in this measure leading to the good of all, and to the loss of none." Wherefore to excuse the Ameers upon the ground that others are not equally coerced, is answered by coercing the others. "' Having thus given the best view I can take of this intricate subject, I shall accompany this report by va rious documents, among which there is one giving a kind of return, if I may so call it, of the accusations against the Ameers, upon which accusations (relative to which I have read every paper), I have founded my opinion of their conduct ; and by referring to this return, it will be seen whether I have justly estimated the complaints made against them by the political agents. I have also added the documents verifying each transaction. I have. caused Major Outram to give me a memorandum of the state in which the treaty with the Ameers for the pur chase of Shikarpoor remains, as it has been in abeyanre since last year. From this memorandum it would appe a r, that in addition to the great advantages for Suldtur„ which would attend the occupation of Shikarpoor, this district would be a very valuable acquisition, in point of revenue, in time ; and would, with the aid of Kurrachee, cover the expense of guarding our newly-acquired towns on the banks of the Indus. Should it hereafter be deemed proper to make the proposed arrangements with the Ameers, so as to punish those who hare broken the treaty, the details of suck arrangements can be ea.silx made. The transfer of tribute due, would adequately repay whatever portions of the districts in quesfAen belong to the Ameers whose conduct has been loyal," A SLAVER AT GLOUCESTER.Many of our readers may have observed a pretty little rakish cr A ft which has been for some time lying in the Glotr.iester and Berkeley Canal. She is the Emmeline, and is the property of Mr. E. N. Harvey, of Over Ross, and arrived in this port with a cargo of guano from Ichaboc. Her former pursuits were, however, of a lose peaceful and unobjectionable nature. She was, in fact, a slaver, employed in carrying captured negroee from the coast of Africa to the Brazils, for which pur pose she was well adapted, as far as regards sailing capabilities ; but her stowage is so confined, that to look at her and contemplate the hundreds of unhappy human beings who were packed together in such a smalk space makes one shudder at the villany of the atrociotas traffic is flesh and blood which was carried on in her. She was captured in 1843 off St. Helena, by the Spy, and condemned. She had on board at the time she was taken no less than 538 miserable blacks, chained together in gangs, and packed and stowed away between decks, like so many bales of inanimate goods, Some idea may be formed of the inadequate space ai?. portioned to these poor wretches, when we state that the vessel was capable of carrying only about 120 tons, and, in addition to her human freight and hor crew, she was of must prortderl with water and other bulky stores. Sh e will /te at our port durin g th e w i nter, where her present Owner is fitting her out as a pleasure yacht.. and she is intended to join the Royal Yacht Squadron in, the season,— Gloucester Journal. Sir (I,ward Walter, Bart., was married on Fri., day last to Miss R. Guinness, daughter of Mr. Arthr 4t Guinness, of Beaumont, county Dublin, ~C~ y ~ ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The arrangements for the Christmas Holidays commence on. Monday, the 234 instant. 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