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S 6 tYl i tt WALP,P RATLWAY. Way hayingl consequence of the applications fee Shares in this Ra . ll. greatly exceeded the number required, those parti l e i s , terr'e applications remain unanswered, are hereby respectfu t,,_urtned that the List was closed cn the 2d Noverhber, and that he allotment has been made. By order of the Committee, 1 0, FREDERICK G. SAUNDERS, -- a, Nov 21, 1844. Assistant Secretary. If KEA T NORTH of ENGLANI) RAILWAY. T e TENDER FOR IRON RAILS. th e s a l `I4ECTORS are prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for in i m PI Y °f 6 ,000 tons of IRON RAILS, each rail to be 16 feet the r a il i tt : and we 6-11hs. per yard ; the quality of the iron in Pross ,, `13 be equal to No. 3. The tender to state in detail the th Prose °, manufacture which it is proposed to follow to produce orl e a l : e ti , t 3'. No tender will be attended to without this statement, Le accepted '"Vany will stipulate with the party whose tender may to — that the Company may, at any time, send an inspector the ba knu . w°ll is to satisfy themselves that the her of th e racture is fully adopted. To be delivered pe on quay of Por t' of Hull, or Stockton, or Middlesbrough-on-Tees, free of fitlL t g , , or at Darlington, and the deliveries to be extended over Tinentlis. No impe r f ec t ra il s w ill b e rec ei v ed. at th ' :,, d "' to be delivered on or before the 123,1 day of December, ,ph-44nPany's offi ce, i n DArlington. teml47,taeetion of the rails to be in accordance with a . drawing or l iagi, t !. Which may b e seen at t h e Company's office at Dar exime , wh ere also a m o d e l o f th e ra il ma y b e seen , a nd further 4Thon obtained. Darli ngton' By order, H. PARKER, Secretary. . 12 1844. 14°ItTSAIOUTH EXTENSION of theßßlGH totlite l '°N and CHICHESTER RAILWAY, with a Branch % It With the South-Western Railway at Fa.reham. 412€0 , 0 00/., in 5,600 Shares of 501. each ; Deposit 21. 10s. Theper Share. , DIRECTORS of the BRIGHTON and CHICHESTER Lav e 'AY COMPANY, with the sanction of their proprietors, l o use dalti. ei survey s t o b e ma d e, an d are t a ki ng t h e requ i s it e me t a . .. ,Pl to Parliament in the ensuing ses sion for powers . *ith r their line to Portsmouth (with a branch therefrom to unite Pie, S°u th-Western Railway at Fareham), in order to coin. win, the coast line of railway from Brighton to Portsmouth, which, nUati a h rail WaY now making from Brighton to Hastings, and a conti °;., t r , l ' er ecl, Projected from thence to unite with the South. raile r; er Z ai lwaY at or near Ashford, will complete a line of coast . 4 01 ° Dover to Portsmouth. eeile,7 distance from Chichester to Portsmouth is about sixteen th an d the branch to Fareham about seven miles, making toge. er t we , engirt 4,Y-three miles ; the country is well adapted, and offers no eerie • Dr d ifficulties, to the formation of a railway ; and the 4r"seci extension was always looked to by the promoters of the th„goton and Chichester Railway as an object to be carried out by ou nt ts „ t heY foresaw that they must, in going to Chichester, sue. e chief difficulties in forming a coast line by crossing the ..i.,„aleable tidal rivers the Adur and the Arun. Pan; "irettors of the Brighton and Chichester Rr . ilway Com radwaave Well considered the various projects for the formation of Itti ot ' to Port smouth, by routes between the London and vii leed ° ,, a nd the S ou th - W es t ern R a il wa y s ; an d th e y f ee l e o n. eat en ,luat, Wh ichever line may be sanctioned by Parliament, the fail t not 61 " o of the Chi c h ester li ne to P ortsmout h an d F are h am can ard 'och ester Protect the interest of the Proprietors of the Brighton line. Tt,e e ett4,l:,xecution of the works, with a double line of rails, in. keeedtParliamentary and all other expenses, will cost 280,0001., e ftnpap7 t° an estimate made by Mr. Rastricks, the engineer of the It th, Ez ie utended to take powers in the Act to let on leaseorsell Ilail wa te y r 'j io n Line, wh en ma d e , e ith e r to the London and Brighton I nY oth er ° wiPony, to th e S ou th - W es t ern Railway Company, or to ta ernea C ompany or party, should any such arrangement be The ill'antageous to the Shareholders. l r etel l , 'rectors have great satisfaction in stating, that they have t d • e l fro „, thy inhabitants of Portsmouth strong assurances of trightrobation of the proposed extension being made by the t hein b a nd Chichest er C om p an y, which was communicated to the the r esolutions of a public meeting, held at Portsmouth, Tte requisition o f nearly 3,000 persons. l ine NuPerung of an ext en d e d coast line, taking over it, as this l'ert mt ,: t do. the great proportion of the tra ffi c from L on d on to must be ut h, will ensure such an extensive revenue that a return the ca,s. 31 Pr°duced sufficient to pay a very satisfactory interest upon subscribed. 1,0,44 e Directo rs have submitted their views, as regards the pro- fo t I,,,aadt e nsion, to th e L ords of the Committee of Privy Counci l e ase wi ll e ' a nd fully expect that the strength and justice of their Are a , ' _ en sure a fa voura bl e report from the i r L or d - hi ps, t h e ap liattlent.f the Government and the public, and the sanction of Par. ,urth a -r Particulars may be obtained from, and applications for 4, ortn T made to the Secretary, at the Office of the Company, ooley-street, London-bridge. tar ' ) :fl Application for Shares (which may be had of the Secre panc: the Directors of the Brighton and Chichester Railway Com- Ih: re r q . n est that you will allot to me --- Shareseach in agre e t . } g h ton and Chichester Extension Line to Portsmouth ; and I th e a accept such Shares as may be allotted to me, and to pay 814:air:rit thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and tateibdatris:e agreement when required. day of -, 1844, Name Residence Trade or Profession order of the Directors of the Brighton ansl Chichester Railway Company, FRED. OTLEY, Secretary. Ilrighton and Chichester Railway-office, 4, Dean.street, Tooley street, Nov, 19. 1844. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, and CARLISLE RAILWAY. ItE.POlitT OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Your Committee have delayed making Report of their pro. sufficient information to c eedings, until they could tf lay before you any . ion of the merits of your Zaublle.t7ou, ntottoounnycleorstoanind ' tli c e °r v r a ec riouri schemes more or less con. bytt ed l w e itl b l u it, for which Parliamentary notices have been given. The number of these schemes, and their complex bearing on the in terest s of your undertaking, render it necessary to preface this ItePort by some general observations. v The four existing railways of greatest importance in Scotland, in (. 1 1 :f 4 et of length, capital, and traffic, are—the Edinburgh and aeliligow Railway, connecting the two largest cities in . Scotland, as the es the No seas; the North British Railway, forming part of 11--ieißteat trunk line from Edinburgh to London, by Fo r 7 ea ti e, and York ; the Glasgow and Greenocur and aht link in the communication between k w ll a a y ilw or ay ß , e a r n wi i e m k : Band the Glasgow, Paisley, k o l P i oft toe ns uf the west of Scotland ; of 'Trick, and Ayr Railway, connecting an ni th i e ne w ra e l ste a r n n d m m et a r n o o p f o a l c i - s tunic and with one of the most thriving seaports of Ayr, l,tr.oen,tig,dlirs,,,irnieet,s in this country, including the and Ardrossan, from the latter of e'"'ar steam boat communication with the North . ra d Way a . - Com I t t h e e l a r e n d i_s a a te,nbaestined, by means of your f wh oi which p i r e t i: j a ec nd Carlisle, to become thethe itte4‘ h° seat Kilmarnock to Durn h r and ted line from its southern west of England, and f ali'°.igh-roaci between the Werth to complete the entir d e "ti.7',t_vtleally important district known under the general name . o eire7eratioitrfScotiland." Theontly I °F 'dinbu rgh, y a s er r oa o dz G do la w sg n ow h , e li e n a k st a coast of England and Scotland and up the west . coast of of th SecoEdin b-4`l4rit lagland, back to London, is from t t h o e u t i e e r j n oint terminus of the Parliamentary G ,13,:teieet„,loe, k_, a , ndlasAg y orws h it ir ' e " R a lila il • l ay G s l i a i s i g t o he same city. partly in tunnelling, and a Nii. ' . a e been riven fur this short line, which is not above half p arti ' in length, and which will pass, 4°mo:itches, through a portion of the city. 0i..i.. slid, as might flatt,,t most populous se existing and projected railways, which intersect the whole of the be expected, the richest and ,;:iele,ts both of England and Scotland, almost the _. tete:4llra% manufacturing, mining, mercantile, and shipping rapid In etor4,"("l Great Britain will be connected, and a direct,. map, willand sh ow Cal Means of transit secured. The accompany.l,nges There e el nlote distinetl the course of these great leading lin • 'I th us re main, so tratte main, so far as Scotland is concerned, Edinburgh and the north east of ~aecominotiated, viz., between only one line of br ... a,otland and Lancashire. It is true, the . existing amount s_ essential to keel,two countries, lati;: reeursi, between these districts is as yet limited, but still, in it i t g ° tit the lints of communication between the happens, that - eaot ta u and for which it in view ; and it fortunately Parii,,. ° le ThanY schemes promoted for local objects,. .. frott"rnes,tety notices have been given, there is on c e, ar v l i i l l , e a , line tonfl:4lllhurgh to Hawick, which, if extended nal outlay of ' eve n 01l this cross traffic, the full benefit t o o f railway Ila shiner', 01 ti . small additional Ilitai 'la expense of a very coin. 4J:explain this, your Committee again request your attention to or lia r, r l r 4" ne arlY due north from Birmingham, Lancaster, burgh and line ' Fee cl tnPanYin g Mao. From it you will observe that astraight Do lts would pass through or close to Hav,ac . k,. w,,iiide, from which last point by a ai ht line L ot 'each Aberdeen. Now, ' it so happens that this st f r or g a slight deviati E o . n din eastward, it svaynt.?_lY Passes through the most practicable country o by rail. t opensthepsouth and much the wlrtswien its north and south termini, bu Gait of .%_t fertile and thriving of those districts in , ould not them. Ivia a:f r ' il tl and, to which the great trunk lines v. a 114Z.,c.i. thus described 55 tin afresh portion of the line of communlcaetiaonnd capital. Par. daientar Y taken cob) Forties ofinflueiic railways extending the Whol e w: niptieeis have been given for . the Frith of Perth o Y 4°,11 Burntisland, on the north side of The if e.. l'Pesite Edinburgh to Perth, ' Dundee, and Aberdeen... }hoofth, r : t , as it in called, the Edinburgh and Northern formsltailssa l y t , a,,a... of.‘tet.in of this line to the north of Edinburgh. wished b " y Gr, '''enprovw steani ferry across the Forth, est" f Fasque, 4 nd inte ce the buke of B •1 1 and Mr. Gladstone, o rife A r tit , . ucc euc i agricultural county of . t ' l.er ett ~.."e rich mineral and hortens the dis. ance ,twee ' i tti any line by way of Stirling, it s s in the f n 1:44 %e r a nost important town t , 0 .,., ° Sc otlaea . fro R. and the i . les The section to the _buitn of Edinbur h'M to fifty mi • North British Railway C " PanY to ft • g is thirtypoj by the ty the eena-w'cki already menti • 'oned nr''', de,,,71,-;ral syst em of international railway communicationro rided, .... --e ', it will be seen that three principal lines a i rejs don to tdinbthe f i r st of these gives the most direct line from London ough Lancaah, hsecond the best line from. London shortest 11n, ttero 're to the West of Scotland ; and the third the s east ' the Island fr Carlisle to Edinburgh and the north. ,„"I coti cid , oro Carlisle to *gaol' coll . resulting ,a th ateral advantages might be pointed out as i ex- Pl aine,' ewzab°ee arrangernent but these will be more proper e i i _ "en discussing the merits of your line in detail. one of the 0 4 „. 1 , 11 . Laic point of view, your Committee regard it as lain, , that at char acteristic's of the scheme now e i x t p d can be ua ete , i l b ° ugh in itself more complete than any other, beyond W iest i y a cinmaratively small expenditure of capital t k , ,_ ' rcquired for those new lines of railway, which are about l fr,,p7c.constructed solely for the accommodation of existing local lii i . This statement requires a little explanation. tdi o , ' . 4 . ; been mentioned that it is intended to form a railway u from under. t uk _u? Igh to Ilawick. The line has been planned, and is 1. ~,`" by the North British Railway Company. The object is to "Lend the I) lk ' h ' ' to that Company is aea Railwar, now belonging o th e thriven at any rate to be improved and adapted for locomotives), li • g manufactaring towns of Galashiels, Selkirk, and av'lek, situated ' Wooe,a._ .in the midst of the best wool. growing and gr" le ofthe 14and.“anufacturing district in Scotland. On the other sit ti el , , the Ayrshire Railway Company have intimated their inter. ex ecute ' (without rocaning to interfere with your undertaking) to iic their long.projected schema of a Branch Railw a y to Cum. fruitur the rurpo, e of bringing into their line the passenger traffic iltat that district, and of opening up the large mineral fields of the t o r l' i ls of Bute, Sir James Boswell, and Lord George Bentinck, 4 : . hich the celebrated blackband ironstone has been distinctly abouttained to exist ; and where extensive additional iron-works are it is believed, to be erected under leases recently entered into. t,, Such being the case, the whole length of new railway will require itir Made for the purpose of completing the two trunk lines from a • "bu rgh to isle via Hawick, and from Glasgow to Carlisle, '55 Dumfries, Will be-:- 11 • C awick to the Dumfries line, near Carlisle 5ay....,. 35 miles, ',airlock to Carlisle ......... . 73 „ Th e Makin g i n a 11........• --- 12,, c lOB „ ca r equired for which ma be °OW. Per mile, or 1;44,000/, y roughly estimated at L Your Connnittee are so satisfied of the eapabilities of the line bri t' Ilawick and Carlisle, and of its importance to you, not butllY as 8, part of the general plan to be submitted to Parliament, ~ as a branch and feeder to your line, that, with the unanimous ""neurr isi enee of a meeting of your extraordinary Committee of t 4,''alilenaent, they have undertaken to the Board of Trade, to apply 4::t('‘, i-ta'liarnent in asubsequent session for power to make it, in the of the general scheme of international communication mettioned being adopted. ep lk i ,_ . rl otli r most Important characteristic of the scheme now de. a i " e 'l Is e , that it itrf in no way with the interests of any it -till g lille ef rallw n a e y, but furnishes new feaders both to the four y n fr e ctcd , Pr'a tertaiue d , prtiail°, 4 NV it l l receive d „ of dead' . was Pr f) , :iv...!, In Dio r bad dee? iARD illitsoi )efore Mr' clifirge of beard 013 &fere ,the 61 ' a shors 1, bet'" ed. w .. 1 tho 0 0 ; then w e few d 5 ": I Th e cer, , course ii - tb sci „is he eg l- 1; to to ea t enea if nd hlmee en 3 01 g le t for 111- 01 1 ,ur .1 .0 WMPani is similar bee ha houg h t io ;a box toc , wai mate uth of „, M , perS ”" r I'o9 " ' Thal AV V te d i:upf" Rre he! that "' r l fa Peas," ors 4,0 Bee-yi 33 do reoo-' cs o utb:s!' jeep ,r y der, oil • 4 1 4- _ . • t, 4 ?) / 19-•=. 1" • I * s l• • • 4 . • Ft' s ' , I w 7(?:' - ' 41s V II *CP' , • I .r ' ..... ) - . . _ No. 16,313 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING I EM E 01 BR 28 3 1844. S '';A" PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti me f or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for AFTERNOON TRAEVN and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, cyntaini ng pAR,LLAmENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up 69 th a t Rolm ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Ni g kt, thereby inraring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, ezt ONE CHARGE. cotch lines of railway referred to at the outset, and to all the English railways with which the projected linos are to be connected. Your Committee, however, would not be discharging their duty were they not, in the next place, shortly to call your attention to the origin and history of another plan, which is about to be brought Into Parliament unuer the name of the Caledonian Railway, and to contrast the public and private advantages it holds out with those which may be obtained by the scheme already described. It wilt probably he known to all of you that the Royal CWITIMIS.• sioners, Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow—who were appointed in 1840 to report on the projected railways between Eng land and Scotland—proceeding upon the assumption that only one would be made, expressed a preference for a line passing over the high ground which occupies the centre of Scotland. In doing so, however, the Commissioners carefully reserved the question which of the various routes ought to be preferred, in the event of its being found practicable to make two or more lines. The following are their words :—" Were this otherwise (viz., were more than one line to be made), we should subdivide the question into two branches, and consider, in the first instance, which of the several lines would be the most suitable for a communication by Lancaster to Glasgow, as well as to the West of Scotland and to the North of Ireland, and which would be the best route by Newcastle to Edinburgh." The line thus preferred by the Commissioners, " under the supposition that at present one line of railway only can be formed from the South to Edinburgh and Glasgow," recommended itself to them chiefly in consequence of its having two forks or branches at its northern extremity, the one terminating in Edinburgh, and the other in Glasgow; but the barren character of the country through which it would run, aad probably some consideration of the extra expense of working it, arising from the steep gradients rendered necessary by its summit of 1,0(10 feet, induced the Commissioners to record their opinion that " it was hardly to be expected that such a line would command much support as an investment from the general speculator ;" and to add, that, " unless the principal landed proprietors along the line should feel disposed to give the under taking their hearty support, rather with a view to the increased value it would give to their property, than to a large remunerating dividend, there seems considerable doubt whether it will ever be constructed." The publication of that Report, and the facts it disclosed, in place of lending to the early execution of the 13eattock or Central Line, had the effect of deterring the public from embarking in it, and of directing their attention to the more profitable investment presented by the East Coast Line from Newcastle to Edinburgh. The North British Railway, being the Scotch portion of that line, was accordingly brought forward in 1842—was sanctioned by an Act of Parliament obtained last session—and is now in course of being made. The effect of this decision of Parliament in favour of an East Coast Line, which removes the only ground on which the Royal Commissioners had preferred the Central Line, is not even yet ge nerally known. Accordingly, the scheme of a Beattock Railway which was revived last spring, with some modifications that led to the adoption of the new name of the Caledonian Railway, has been generally received by the public under the erroneous impression that it has still the sanction of the Commissioners' authority. The line, as thus revived and modified, is meant to extend from Carlisle, to a point at or near Lanark, and to diverge there into two branches, one running to Edinburgh and the other towards Glasgcw. A subordinate branch is proposed, from a point about eight miles distant from Glasgow, to join a projected railway, called the Scottish Central Railway, at Castlecarry ; whereby a connexion with Stirling and the North would be affurdrxl. The branch towards Glasgow is not intended to be carried so far as that City, but, at some distance from it, will run-1, into certain mineral railways belonging to separate Companies, and constructed originally for the purpose of conveying coals to the high levels on the north side of Glasgow ; and 2, into another projected line, called the Clydesdale Junction, which is intended to convey minerals and passengers to the low levels on the south side of Glasgow. This complicated plan will be best understood by reference to the accompanying Map. In contrasting this scheme with that of which the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway is intended to form a part, your Committee feel bound to consider, preferably, their bearing on the general interests of the country. First —The length of the Caledonian Railway, excluding the Castlecarry Branch, which is said to be about eight miles long, is stated in the Prospectus, as being 112 mile,. and the cost is there estimated at 1,800,000/. In a subsequent report, published by the promoters, it is stated, that, " In consequence of savings on other oeh c p. a .fa_r n pvot cez b ne e ne 0:t 7.:fiiconstructednrapoproposed oeoedfsptoji e without . parts of the line, the Castlecarry extension of the Caledonian Line p s e c tal en i n a g f t t e h r e a c l a l t i a n l g u p t h o i n s c w o h r i r c ec h t t i n e 11 u t e , x sumedadgt judging, ,:actnhhdeowfa without tt c accuracy of which e n : go yourntg tcalculate iDcuul iatet Committee riteh:, les and of widening the guage, and otherwise altering the mineral lines before mentioned, or tte expense of the Clydesdale Junction Line, which practically forms a part of the scheme, it would appear that the single line of international communication proposed by the Caledonian Company, would, without accommodating any important local traffic, actually cause an expenditure of upwards of 500,000/. more than the whole sum that would be required for completing the two trunk lines of communication which your Corn. mittee have already pointed out. Secondly —Your Committee beg to refer you to the Comparative Table of Distances on the accompanying Map, from which you will observe-1. That the North British Railway, in connexion with the projected lines from London to York, and from Newcastle to Berwick, affords the shortest communication from London, Leeds, Hull, and Newcastle, to Edinburgh and Stirling ; and that, not only by the Fife Line, but even by the Sc ottish Central Rail way, which would be reached by the Eeinburgh and Glasgow Railway, it forms the shortest route from London and the important towns above mentioned to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. 2. That the Edinburgh, Ilawick, and Carlisle Railway afibrds the shortest line from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, kc., to Edinburgh ; and, in connexion with the Fife and Northern Lines, to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. 3. That the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway is the shortest route from London and the whole of England to Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Port- Patrick, for the north of Ireland, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ; and 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, or less than half au hour in point of time. Thirdly.—The sections of the Caledonian, and Glasgow, Dumfries, 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 former will be inferior to those of the latter. The blowing 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 new called the Caledonian Line, he says, " I at first directed my attention to this route, which, as far as Beattock. bridge, near Moffat, 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 neatly 1,000 feet above the level of the sea—Beattock-bridge, which is only 10 miles distant, being only about 300 feet above the level of the sea. In 10 miles, then, the rise is nearly 700 meet, which, supposing it to be uniform the whole way, would give an inclination of 1 in 75.* Not 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 be 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, no 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, he says —" The levels its this part extending over a space of almost forty miles,t will be nearly uniform, and gradually ascending for the hole distance ; and with the exception of a short length of about 1% miles, about 1 in 180, I do not believe there will be a greater inclination than what is generally admitted in forming railways in England," And, in regard to the rest of the line, he says, that " although undulating, the road will not, I should think, be unfa vourable for locomotive engines." Fourthly.—The population of the parishes intersected by the Caledonian Railway, from the point where it leaves the route of the Glasgow, Dumfries, mid Carlisle Railway at Gretna, to the point where the branches diverge at Lanark, a distance of about sixty five miles, is, Caledonian Line While the population on your line, between the same point and Kilmarnock, is ... 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 arid Glasgow, which would be alike accommodated by the two schemes), would be, Caledonian Branches ... 125,968 202,544 West of Scotland Railways Difference ............................. 76,576 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 ................................... 154,163 On Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway,t t 283,230 On Hawick Line 66,484 -----3-0,714 Diflerence .............................. l 95,551 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, Dutnfries, and Car lisle Railway, the thorough and local traffic, taken together, is suf ficient to ensure an adequate return; but the thorough traffic be tween 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. ferret], 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 Corn. 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 arc 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 Hawick 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 public convey andit i s deeply in debt. convey a nce upon it, 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 advan tage to all the towns in Scotland, through or near to which this line will pass, no adequate idea can be formed. They exist in the moat favourable part of Scotland, requirinu only a chesp means of trans port to develope the many resources they possess. Several of these towns have already grown into some importance; and it shoul-1 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. (I.) 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 counties already combine the highest state of agricultural improvement, with a growing woollen manu facture. (2.) In the neighbourhood of Langholm there are very rich seams of coal which are at present landlocked, but the produce of which the Hawick Line will be the means, not only of bringing to the coast, but also of carrying farther into the interior, which is at present suffering from the want of it. (3.) The Dumfries Line, by giving a communication both from the south and north, with tho seaport of Annan, affords to the whole of that district of country the means 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 commodation to that town, and to the counties of Kircudbright and Wigton, from which a large number of cattle 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 er the seaports on the coasts of Ayrshire. (Lastly.) The Caledonian Railway would place in a less advan. tageous position the whole population of the counties of Ayr and Renfrew, which, together, contain 319,428 inhabitants, being more than twice as many as the whole of Lanarkshire, exclud ing Glasgow. After the details which have now ban given you, you will not be surprised to hear that the Caledonian Railway, while It receives a certain degree of support from the promoters of the Scottish Cen. tral Railway, is opposed by almo. t all the other railway interests in Scotland, including the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the North British, the Glasgow, Paisley, Kihnarnock, and Ayr, the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and the lines extending through Fifeshire to the north of Scotland. Indeed, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have the strongest interest, arid, at the same time, the strongest Parlia mentary grounds for opposing the Caledonian scheme, in conse. quence of the two forks of the 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 class of schemes which the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Railways last session de nounced as unjustifiable, being a railway (to use their own words) " which, if it is to reitnunerate the proprietors at all, can 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 13,0001. per mile. Mr. Miller, your engineer, has not completed the detailed plans of the works, so as to enable him to say whether any reduction can be made upon the estimate, but 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 1,200,000/. Of this sum above four-fifths have beets sub scribed and paid on, being more than is required by the Standing Orders in Parliament to entitle your Bill to pass, even if you apply for your whole line 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 or lease it in 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 not 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 favour. The counties of Ayr, Renfrew, and Kircudbright, have also passed resolutions approving of 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 line forms a part. They feel perfect con. fiden,:e in its superiority over each other, as being best calculated to promote the interests of Scotland ; and they will procc ed quietly but zealously, with their preparations for the approaching examina. tion of its merits before the Board of Trade and Parliament. By order of the Provisional Committee, WM. LOGIE, Interim-See. Glasgow, Nov. 15, 1844. * In IS JO Mr. Locke prepared an amended plan, whereby his gradient of l in 75 was to some extent improved, but to accomplish this he was obliged to have recourse to severe cutting and banking, which would, of course, add proportionally to the expense of the line. + The summit is only 600 feet. f The total population on the line between Glasgow and Car. isle, by Dumfries, including the termini, is 590,296. HEFFIELD and LINCOLNSHIRE JUNC ►:J TION RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF `• THE SUN." Office, Sheffield, Nov. 26, 1844, Sia,—Various reports having been circulated on the subject of this line, tending to induce a belief that the Directors were not intending bona fide to carry out the scheme, or that they had neglected to comply with the standing orders as to the requisite notices, with other similar unfounded and injurious statements, I beg leave to assure you that all such reports, and especially the one alluded to in " Ilerapath's Railway and Commercial Journal," of last Saturday, as being current in Liverpool, are utterly devoid of truth or foundation. The Directors are not only prepared to go to Parliament for this independent and neutral line, but they are determined to carry out the objects of the undertaking by every means in their power. They have no apprehension of any opposition, nor any reason to believe that such is intended ; and as they will not, on their own parts, neglect anything to insure success, neither will they allow the scheme "to be shelved ".by any one, if such were possible. Share holders may, therefore, set down all such idle reports as the remit of stock-jobbing speculations, to induce a fall in the shares, and be on their guard against them for the future. The Directors are sorry to find that any such idle stories should have been sanc tioned or circulated by the Editor of a Railway Newspaper, without the smallest inquiry at the Company's office, where he would have been furnished with every requisite information, had he asked fur it. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, J. 11. lIUMFREY, Secretary. N.B. The above remarks apply equally, in their fullest extent, to the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, of which I have the honour to be the Secretary. 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It is therefore on purchasing either article, to see the word " ROW. LA N D's" is on the Wrapper. For the protection of the Public from fraud and imposition, the Honourable Commissioners of her Ma .esty's Stamps have authorised the Proprietor's Signature to be en graved on the Government Stamp thus : A RO WLAND & SON, ‘2O, HATTON-GARDEN; which is affixed on the KALYDOR and ODONTO. Sold by them and by Chemists and Perfumers. •• • All others are FRADULENT COUNTEItFE TS. FOR BILE, INDIGESTION, AND DISORDERS OF THE ST. MACH AN t) LIVER. - . _ DR. A. A. HARVEY, of Bath, formerly Sur geon in the East India Company's Service, recommends to the Public his Family Pills. The great benefits resulting from an eflicacis . us household medi c i ne must be manifest to all. 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Ladies will find them particularly beneficial both before and after their confinement. ltdh also s Il l' o b y y a 1 8 a E I These truly excellent Pills are to be procured genu i ne of Edwards, x , g e e h r, a 150, ; and 67, St. Paul's Churchyard , whose name is en grave d on the Govern. w p. I h 'r tt i e c 2 .1 4 5 ; c l ( Id n . b pe i O b p o p x o . , t S : by met respectable Chemists Or ford-street;raCntStan FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEAL'T'H,I The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the possession of a Medicine of known dlicacy, that may be resorted to With confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick. nets, cccui ring in families more or less every das, are so obvious to a ll, that no question can be raised of its importance to every house holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following is respec t fu ll y subm itted : 70 MR. THOMAS PROUT, 229, STRAND, LOND O N . MR ` 3, Cooper-street M anc h ester, March 12, 194 t.— ~ have much satisfaction i n communicating to you the result of my experience, after reyeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and I feel it but ju , tice to state, that in the course cf many years' trial of various Aperient M) dimes, I have nevsr found results at once salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from reduadant bile, &c., &e., with so little inconvenience; I am, therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means , ong wanting, of being able to recommend to ramifies, school:, and especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable re ource io an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myse f if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of mak ing FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. s , I am, Sir, respectfully yours, WILLIAM SMITH." The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re imendations •of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary, they are not put forth as a curetor all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Noise in H ea d and Ears, Drowsiness, Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their m any well-known attend ants, Bilious and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after mess, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasm s, &e. Two or three doses will convince the affli cted of their salutary strength ; a 1 ealthy Giddiness, neartbur., Dizziness, Singing a c c i t c o t n s. of .i t ' h il e e ti°v'en4eßhowweillls,slacncddilKYidrent;isn, will rapidly take place i and inste d of lirtnesness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, will be the result of taking this medicine, accordin g t o t h e di rect i ons accompanying each box. generally throughout the riort. So fg l o d dx. b m, y a T n . d l b 'r y ot t l i t :e 21rZedn,of lilttli:inel Price Is. I% c l. an d 2 s. 9d. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the Name and Address of" TiioMlssProut, 2W, Strand, London," o n use Govecnniea t tßainp. EAR LY CLOSENG of WAREHOUSES. A PUBLIC MEETING, to receive the Report of the Corn. mittee elected on the lath inst., will be held at the George Hall, Aldermatibury, THIS (Tharslay) EVENING. F. BENNOCK, I:91., will take the Chair at Half-past Seven o'clock precisely. The attendance of all persons interested is urgently requested. By order of the Committee, CHARLES WEATIIERLEY, Secretary. WE, the Undersigned, he-reby convene a PUBLIC MEETING of GENERAL PRACTITIONERS in MEDICINE, SURGERY, and MIDWIFERY, practising in the CITY of WESTMINSTER and the BOROUGH of MARYLE BONE, to be held at the Hanover square Rooms, on SATURDAY, the 7th of December, at Seven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of ESTABLISHING an ASSOCIATION to PROTECT the INTERESTS of the GENE RAL PRACTITIONERS ; and also to consider the expediency of co-operating with the Society of Apothecaries, In the adoption of such measures as may be deemed necessary, under the existing circumstances of the Medical Profession : ROBERT R. PENNINGTON. Aneell, Henry Hutchinson, John Baker, Emanuel Jackson, Paul Beaman, George Jervis, Thomas Bennett, James M. Jones, H. D. Bird, James Keal, J. Bloxam, William Kell, L. P. Brown, Isaac B. Lambert, John W. Bryant, Walter J. Lavin, John Cathrow, William Lueas, William Owen Chisholm, A. B. Macdonald, William Chowne, C. E. 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The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, when the Ballot will commence, and, according to the 14th bye-law, It will finally close at Two. November 27, 1844, M. K. KNIGHT, Chief Clerk. TATIONAL TESTIMONIAL to Mit. ROW LAND HILL, AUTHOR. of the PENNY POSTAGE. Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., Chairman and Treasurer. The amount collected exceeds 10,0001. This subscription will be dosed on SATURDAY NEXT, the 30th November. The name of every Subscriber will be forwarded to Mr. Hill, and lists will be published and given to Subscribers on application to the Secretary. The following Bankers receive subscriptions : Messrs. Barnett, Hoares and Co., 62, Lombard -street Messrs. Bouverie and Co., 11, Haymarket. Messrs. Conlift'es, Brooks, and Co. 24, Lorral:ard-street. Roger Cunliffe, Esq., 24, Bucklersbury. Messrs. Curries and Co., 29, Cornhill. Messrs. Drewitt and Fowler, Princes.street, Bank. Messrs. Hanbury, Taylor, and Co., 60, Lombard-street. Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., 43, Lothbury. 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The notice by which the meeting had been convened having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he thought, perhaps, the most regular order of proceeding would be to take, in the first instance, the motion of which public notice had been given in the advertisement, as to the Worcester, Rugby, and Wolverhampton line ; and subsequently to enter upon any other matter any Hon. Proprietor might desire to take up. It was his (the Chairman's) duty to submit to them a resolution on the subject of the proposed line from Oxford to Worcester, joining the London and Bir mingham line at Tring, and continuing on from Worces ter to Wolverhampton. The proceedings of the late ge neral meeting had authorised, to a very considerable extent, the preliminary measures connected with the line then under the consideration of their executive body— viz., the line from Oxford to Worcester, from rring to Worcester, and Oxford to Rugby. At the commencement of the operations of the Committee at Worcester, to whom the matter was entrusted, they as well as the Birmingham Company were in communica tion with the Severn Commissioners and the canal in terests of the district, and it was thought, from the re presentations made by those parties, that a sufficient Parliamentary case existed to prevent, with any proba aility of success, the undertaking of a line from Wor cester to Wolverhampton. On that ground they (the Directors of the London and Birmingham Company), when they last introduced the subject to the Proprietors, limited their remarks, on the case they set before them, only to the line between Tring and Worcester, on the me hand, and Oxford and Rugby on the other. During the time that had elapsed since the last meeting, further inquiries had been made, and it had appeared to the Worcester Committee, after representations made to them by probably the highest authority in the country in such a subject, that the case would not be complete unless the district between Worcester and Wolverhamp. :on were also comprehended in the scheme. Upon further inquiry by the London and Birmingham Directors, it cer airily appeared that-the Parliamentary case which they nad in the first instance been led to believe would prevent any railway being constructed in that part of the country, was not likely to be laid before Parliament in such a way as to bring about the ends that it had been represented to them as likely to ensue. Under these circumstances the Directors now came before the Proprietors to propose that they should extend their guarantee to the line, between Worcester and Wolverhampton, in addition to that which the Directors had already laid before them—that between Tring and Worcester and Rugby to Oxford. The addition which this alteration made in the estimate was calculated at 750,000 L The capital required for the original undertaking—that which the Directors had brought before the Proprietors on the last occasion, was 1,700,000/. The aggregate capital would therefore be 2,500,0001. for the construction of this whole line of railway. The total amount of revenue to be derived from the various sources, as shown by the usual traffic eases in these matters, he had before him in detail, and the particulars could be given if Honourable Proprietors wanted them.—(Cries of " No, no.") The estimated revenue was, in the aggregate, 226,539 i, from which they took the working expenses of 35 per cent., leaving a net memo of 147,2501, thereby putting, he thought, my opinion of the Proprietors at rest, as to the question proposed for their consideration—he meant as to the guarantee of 4 per cent. on the whole. It might very naturally be asked by Honourable Proprietors present— ind the question had been put to him in private—how the London and Birmingham Company found themselves in connexion with a project in that part of the country (Worcester and Wolverhampton). It would appear to all naturally , into the hands of the Gloucester and Bir miughatu Company. That, indeed, was the feeling of the London and Birmingham Directors, who had acted on that feeling. The Worcester Committee proposed to the Grand Junction Company that that por ,ion of the line should be made jointly. They went so far as to direct their solicitor and engineer to attend the Grand Junction Board to treat on the question. They (the London and Birmingham Board) thought the matter was proceeding as such a matter ought to proceed be -.ween two public bodies. It was certainly not for the meeting to ask what induced the Grand Junction Com pany to alter their opinion ; but it was for the meeting to recollect that suddenly, and without previous intima tion, the solicitor was informed that the Grand Junction board had altered their views, and that they would make the line themselves. The proceeding on the part of the Worcester Committee was this t—They said they would not tolerate the entire working of the line by the Grand Junction Company ; that they would have had that Company as partners in the undertaking, but that if the question was to be, which of the two parties should make the line, they would certainly put them selves forward for it. -And the result of their putting themselves forward to make the line had been to engage with them in that part of the country the strongest connexion which, probably, was ever collected together. —(Hear, and cheers.) They had now the co• operation of Lord Ward and his friends, and any Hon. Proprietor who was acquainted with that part of the country must know very well the value of that connexion, and the re • spectability it must confer on any undertaking, and that, in fact, whoever was supported by it, went into the dis trict with claims superior to any other body. There was one other point connected with this matter to which he desired to call the attention of the Proprietors before he read the resolution with which he should conclude. The Directors were most anxious, as fur as rested with the London and Birmingham Company, to take no step that should be considered in the slightest degree aggres sive. —(Hear, and cheers.) With this view an intima tion had been conveyed to the Grand Junction Railway Company that shares were reserved for them to take if they were so disposed. But, as far as the Lordon and Birmingham Company were concerned, he would go further than that. The Directors had always, as stated to the Proprietors at the last meeting, represented this measure as a measure of protection.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He repeated it, as a measure of pro tection ; and if the Grand Junction Railway Company were so disposed, as far as the London and Birmingham Company were concerned, and with the assent of the other parties interested, they were ready to admit them into the guarantee.—(Hear, and cheers.) He stated this because he should be sorry to find an imputation go out of that room that the London and Birmingham Com pany had meditated an aggressive act against the Grand Junction Company.—(Hear.) He now begged to move the resolution to which he had already referred : " That this Company do agree to accept a lease in perpetuity of the projected railway from Mesworth, in the county of Buckingham, to Worcester, with lines to Rugby and Oxford, and also from Worcester to Dudley and Oxford, at a rent which shall be equivalent to four per cent. upon the cost of construction, with an equal division of surplus profits between this Company and the Proprietors of the new lines. " That the Directors be authorised to concur in an application to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an Act or Acts to authorise the construction of the before mentioned lines of railway, and to take all such other steps as they may consider expedient for giving effect to the preceding resolution." Mr. CROPPER, of Liverpool, seconded the motion. Mr. MOSELY had, at their last meeting, silently as sented to the guarantee for the line to Worcester, con sidering that no existing interests wers interfered with, and that the Loudon and Birmingham Company had a right to give such guarantee ; but he took it that the Pro prietors ought to have some distinct explanation as to the position of the London andßirmingham and Grand Junc tion Companies, in reference to the understanding between them of the 3d July, before they at once annulled and destroyed every feature of that contract or treaty which was made for the material protection of both Companies. He thought it right that the Proprietors should be made aware that the guarantee for a line so far north of Bir mingham as Wolverhampton was a direct violation of the spirit of the agreement, which he was willing to believe there had never been on the part of the London and Birmingham Directors, any wish to destroy. He, therefore, thought he was right, at this stage of the pro ceedings, to ask the Chairman, who had spoken of the willingness on the part of the London and Birmingham Board to unite with the Grand Junction Board in carry ing out the line to Wolverhampton, whether any corre spondence or communication had taken place in order to get rid of the difficulties which existed on the subject, and whether the reply on the part of the Grand J unc tion Company warranted the Proprietors of the London and Birmingham Company in carrying into effect die confirmation of the principle of the abandonment of the spirit of the treaty made in July ? The CHAIRMAN said the question of his lion. 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Proprietor the lire referred to, and the Proprietors would then see if toe rectors were not left in doubt as to the disposition of the Grand Junction Directors in reference to the agreement of July. The line referred to was to the following effect:— " This (the Grand Junction) Board desire to express to the London and Birmingham Board their opinion that it can tend to no possible good to treat the agreement as a subsisting agreement any longer."—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Therefore he had a right to say that the London and Birmingham Directors were in a case of doubt as to how they stood—(Cheers) —and therefore it was that he had said they would not answer the question of his Hon. Friend in the way he wished ; but if the Grand Junction Company were anxious to give a guarantee for the upper part of the line—if they were deesiriius of negotiating with them for that, ae intimation had been given that they (the London and Birmingham Board) were willing to accede to that. They had no answer to that intimation. Let them remetuher that in that room they were London and Birmingham Proprie tors. The proprietory had a right to see that the Di rectors did not involve the Company in difficulties. In this spirit the Directors had made the communication to the Grand Junction Company with respect to their coming in and guaranteeing fir the upper part of the line. _ It was for the London and Birmingham Company to take care the broad guage did not occupy the part of the country referred to ; therefore the answer that he gave to his Hon. Friend was this—that they had, through the medium of one of his colleagues, now present, opened a negotiation with the Grand Junction Company, and he (the Chairman) would be glad if ho were shortly able to say that they had come to a proper conclusion on the subject. Mr. PEASE suggested that the resolution should be al lowed to rest until the negotiation with the Grand Junc tion Company was closed. A PROPRIETOR inquired whether there had not been time for an answer from the Grand Junction Compeny to the communication spoken of by the Chairman? The CHAIRMAN thought there had scarcely been time. With respect to the suggestion of Mr. Pease, that Hon. Gentleman not living in the part of the country to which this discussion had reference, was perhaps not aware of the fact that the Worcester Committee had been obliged to occupy this ground at a very late period, and that great energy and activity on their part were requisite. He did not hesitate to say that if the meeting had not, after the explanations the Directors had given, sufficient confidence in them to give them the power of the gua rantee, the Worcester Committee would, in his opinion, be placed in such difficulty and doubt as to afford a de cided advantage to their rivals, and powerful rivals they were, in that district.—(Hear.) After some further observations from several of the Proprietors, . Mr. MOSELY begged again to ask whether the Direc tors were verbally or by writing in possession of any reply to the proposal made to the Grand Junction Com pany,' or if they knew anything of the views of that Com pany as to the proposed Wolverhampton line ? The CHAIRMAN did not exactly know v. liether his lion. Friend alluded to a communication made to him (the Chairman) by the Chairman of the Grand Junction Company three or four days ago. If he did, that com munication expressed a strong opinion against the Wor cester and Wolverhampton line. Subsequent to that a communication had been made to the Lond,ai and Bir mingham Board, which he believed he might say had led to a proposal from the Grand Junction, one portion of which proposal consisted of an arrangement as to the extension of the line from Worcester to Wolverhampton. On that point the London and Birmingham Board were quite willing, provided the other parties with whom they were connected agreed, to 'met the Grand Junction Company's views. Mr. BassETT thought that, after what they had heard from the chair, they might place, or at least they ought to place, the fullest confidence in their board of Dime tors.—(Cheers.) Ile was sure they had great reason to do so.—(Cheers.) Seeing the disposition in certain quar ters to introduce the broad guage, the adoption of which would be most disastrous to the interests of the London and Birmingham Proprietors, there could not, he thought, be a doubt respecting the soundness of the course they were now called upon to pursue.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. A PROPRIETOR said he understood the Grand Junc tion, the London and Birmingham, and the Manchester and Birmingham Companies were the parties who were to carry out the Trent Valley line. The Birmingham and Manchester Company had taken 10,000 shares, and in a circular he had received it was stated that the Lon don and Birmingham Company had paid their own de posit. Ile wished to know the number of shares this Company had in the line ? The CHAIRMAN said the Manchester and Birming ham, the Grand Junction, and the London and Birming ham Companies had all an equal interest, 10,000 shares being allotted to each. The PROPRIETOR would like to know whether it was intended to oppose the Churnet Valley line ? The CHAIRMAN was not prepared to answer the ques tion. The London and Birmingham Board were only one of the bodies representing the interests of the Trent Valley line. After a few de/ultory observations from several of the Proprietors, The CHAIRMAN introduced to the notice of the meet ing a requisition that the Directors had received from certain Proprietors resident at Liverpool, relative to the differences between the London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction Companies, with respect to the Churnet Valley line. After glancing at the termination of negotiations between the Grand Junction and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, which he said he believed no one could regret so much as the London and Birmingham Company themselves, he went at some length into the question between himself and Mr. Moss, as to the latter gentleman's forgetfulness of his receipt of a letter from him, and his answer to it, relative to the differences between the two companies (the London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction). He (the Chair • man) had sent to Mr. Moss a copy of the letter in question, as well as of that gentleman's reply to it, and had asked him to do that which he (the Chairman) had thought he would take an early opportunity of doing—viz., stating that there was such a letter in existence. But what situation was he (the Chairman) now placed in ? The answer to that request for a simple act of justice to be done had led to a voluminous correspondence, and it was now required that the whole of their private correspon dence shouH be published. lle (the Chairman) would never consent to this. If the publication of private offi cial correspondence between two such bodies as the Lon don and Birmingham and the Grand Junction Companies were tolerated, there would be an end of all free and frank communication between them.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman detailed the prompt steps he had taken in communicating with Mr. Moss upon the subject of the letter particularly referred to, and concluded by ob serving that, notwithstanding this, he had been told that he was the cause of the differences between the two Companies. All that he was anxious to prove was that he wrote to Mr. Moss the letter which . that gentleman had forgottt n the receipt of, and that that gi ntletnan had also written an answer, which he (Mr. Moss) did not remember having sent. The Chairman then read the requisition from certain of the Liverpool share holders.. The requisitionists stated that they had so recently as August last heard, with the greatest satisfaction, the an nouncement made by the respective Chairmen of the Lon don and Birmingham and Grand Junction Companies, that an amicable agreement had been entered into on the 3d of the previous month, for the protection of the property and interests of both bodies, and that the permanency of the good working of this vitally important agreement was guaranteed to the Shareholders by a sound and use ful clause, leaving all the differences that might arite between the parties to be adjusted by the arbitration of eligible, proper, and disinterested persons to be by the Companies nominated, and that they (the requisitionists) had now to express their regret and surprise on learning from Mr. Moss's statement at the Grand Junction Rail- IA ay Company's meeting, that this agreement had be come a nullity, in consequence of the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway declining to adhere to the arbitration clauses upon the very first occasion for its requirement, thus rendering this great safeguard inope rative. The requisitionists then required that an early meeting, to take the matter into consideration, should be convened. Mr. MOSELY spoke at some length upon the reasons which had induced the Liverpool Proprietors to send in the requisition for a special meeting, to take into consi deration the differences between the two Companies re specting the Churnet Valley line. The CHIARMAN thought that, under present circum stances, it would not be well to enter into any lengthened discussion on the subject. It was quite clear that if the Directors of the London and Birmingham Company had thought that the question raised on the Churnet Valley line had come under the agreement of the 3d July, they would have submitted to a reference, but they denied that cases such as of the Churnet Valley line were embraced in that agreement. It was not necessary for them to' say anything as to the merits of that line ; but he would suppose a most eligible offer made to the Lon don and Birmingham Company, by which it was clear their interests would be essentially promoted, but tha unfortunately the project interfered with Grand Junc tion interests. Did the Proprietors of the London and Birmingham Company consider that their Directors would in such case have come before them with the agreement of the 3d July, and bound them for ever to do that which would sacrifice their interests, and that not only at the expense of their revenue, but of their re ceipts, in Parliamentary opposition—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—that they should be called upon to de fend, not their own property, but the property of the Grand Junction Railway, by the terms of " mutual de fence," hich would not admit of a moment's discussion ? To concur in a " mutual defence" they must have mu tual interests, and this was not the fact in the ease he had put.—(llear, and cheers.) Mr. E. MosELY, in an able speech, expressed a wish that a termination to the differences between the two Companies might be arrived at. After some remarks from several of the Proprietors, The CHAIRMAN thought they might collect from what bad been said what the feeling of the Proprietors was.— (B ea r.) He took it to be that they desired peace, but be did not understand that they desired peace at all cost. —(Cheers.) With respect to the position of affairs be tween the two Companies, he held in his hand a resolu tion passed at the London and Birmingham Board on the previous day. He would read it, but it had not been communicated to the Grand Junction Company. He hoped that Company would receive it in the spirit of conciliation which had dictated it.—(Loud cheers.) 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