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So,t7TH WALES RAID,WA.Y. Ivey h : rl , et nisequence of the applications few Shares in this Bail erhe.l2l4l greatly exceeded the number required , those patties lice applications remain unanswered, are he rr aby respectfully sa_ ' t eed that the List was closed on the 2d Now ember, , wed that ..ee allotment has been made. Ey order of the Committee, tre w ee FREDERICK G. SAUKDERS, eitehall, Nov. 11. 1844. Assistant Sl , ecrete-ry. er lt E AT NORTH of ENGLAYD RAILWAY. TENDER FOR IRON RA MS. hi t RECTORS are prepared to RECEVVE NDERS for 1 en ,„, ?1 , )1 Y of 6,000 tons of IRON RAILS, ea eh to be 16 feet . 11, e`os and weighing 651bs. per yard ; the qtealite of the iron in 0 ; 111 to be equal to No. 3. The tender to state in detail the th e c44tla,°,f Manufacture which it is proposed to folk se• to produce tod tbo ll q• No tender will be attended to without la is statement, be * , any will stipulate with the party whoseten der . may to the e Pted that the Company may, at any time, send an inspector tr etur works to satisfy themselves that the specified process of til'r a f ti tra is fully adopted. To be delivered on the quay of ri ' s or Hull, or Stockton, or Middlesbrough -on‘Teee, free of :1117411::11,arcdgeer,sor at Darlington and the deliveries to be Luster ded over t"nt hs No imperfect rails will be received. to be delivered on or before the 23d day ot - December, "'Pally's office, in Darlington. e telcie t ie sec t icm of the rails to be in a ccordance with es drawing or heg t ,.Th which may be seen at the Company's ofs ce at Dar. wtPire—,tl' ."ere also a model of the rail may be seen,, and further on obtained. barli, tt By order, V Nov. 12, 1844. 11 1 ,„' H EXTENSION of t! teßßlGll "taite 17 14 and CHICHESTER RAILWAY, with a Branch ca r o l , Jo the South-Western Railway at Farehs en. 4°, ° 0 0/., in 1,600 Shares of 50/. each ; I)eposit 21. 10e. The b p , per Share. can "teTORS of the BRIGHTON and CHICHESTER hare e „,: AY COMPANY with the sanction of their proprietors, ser e , - C" l ed surveys to be made, and are taking the requisite mea. ett, 'a PPlY to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to w ith lb men li ne to Portsmouth (with a branch then .from to unite Dltte t h Dover Railway at Fareham),, in order to corn , . with „ *co ast line o f ra il way f rom B r i g ht on to Portemouth,whic?, Nati - railw ay now m a ki ng f rom B r i g ht o n to Heisting', and a conti. tiuttoti there, e Proiected from thence to un rte with the South reit,,,,,-;`e'le at r near Ashford, will complete a line of coast R,ijTb; Pin Dover to Portsmouth. " I "ance from Chichester to Portsmoistb is about sixteen 'her tend the branch to Fareham about seven m ilea, making tege etieleeere;°tY'three miles ; the country is well ads pted, and offers no Otop e , e , -n g difficulties to the formation ett a railway ; and the e„ t," extension sine always looked to by the promotes of the thee: as an d Chichester R a ilway as an object to be rarried out by tras e , t as t heY for esaw that they must, i n go i ng t o Chichester, sur. t ' Y ort tht chi ef dif fi culties in forming a coast line buy crossing the Th e tidal tidal rivers the Adur and the Arun. . key h o ulre ctors of the Brighton and Chichester Cora.. e well con s id ered the var i ous pro j ects f or !the e formation of . kri gh j o a to P ortsmouth, by routes between. ti ie London and to and t h e South-Western Railways ; and they feel con ettenio hat, whichever l i ne may be sanct i oned he Pa rliament, . the bet ° ( if the Chi chester li ne t o P or t smou th wed kareham can_ and .` o Protect the interest of the Proprietoyie of the Brighton Nnichseter line. titut in eletution of the works, with a double line of rails, in itecrjbl'arbamentary and all other expenses, wi .11 cost 260,0001, w olais. l-4 t°4ll estimate made by Mr. Rest ricks, t he engineer of the S AY trio EL - e l hd ed to take powers in the Act to It tt on lease or sell n Lit either to the Lon don and Brighton are y Co rn Line, whe n ma de , th e , ',., l° P . atlY, to the South-Western Railwase Company, or b to , "etti:e Co mpany or party, should any such, arrangement t The i;s4.lvantageous to the Shareholders. rtirei, e4 'rectors have great satisfaction in static g, that they have their „,, fr ° ll o the inhabitants of Portsmouth sty rig assurances of }3right-,7Probation of the proposed extension he tog made by the th ere b r nd Chichester Company, which was communicated is iktq th e " l e resolutions of a public meeting, het, i at Portsmouth, ltneh,o re quisition of nearly 3,000 persons. te Pin ing of an extended coast line, taking over it, as this r orts ei ti o 't d, o s the great proportion of the traffic from London to keit b e tn ., will ensure such an extensive revenue that a return t he e„pitPitri°,lUced sufficient to pay a very satisfactory interest upon T.he subscribed. N od u,rectors have submitted their views, as regards the pro. Sor , r, elten sion, to th e L or d s o f t h e C omm i t t e e o f P r ivy Council e atew a ` i n e, end fully expect that the strengt h sai d j ust i ce o f t h eir k ° , ll l- s enau re a favourable report from their Lordships, the ap t', eeets °. th e Government an d t h e p u bli c , and the sanction of Par. • r u eb, r trier Parti cu l ars may be obtained from, lurid applications for ro, 4 , b ean * 7 be Made to the Secretary, at the Ofti ce of the Company, teryl 4tre et. Tooley-st ree t, L on d on -b r id ge . ,-" °f Application for Shares (which maybe had of the Sem. To the • Pan Directors of the Brighton and Chichester Railway Cisme I lee . th, Cues: that you will allot to me -- Shares of 501 . each in atr ee r t i ghtoo and Chichester Extension Lino to Portsmouth ; and I the ° a ccept such Shares as may be allotted to me, and to pay Seee__P° thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and :ertbers' agreement when required. u 'ted the day 1844, H. PARKER.. fSecretary. Name Residence. .. . B Trade or Profession Y order of the Directors of the Brighton and Chichester Railway Company, Brighton FRED. OT and Chich es t er Railway-Mil"' 4' LEY", Secretary, Dean- street, To ley_ street, Nov, 10. 1644. GLASGOW,-- DUMFRIES, RAILWAY. and: C. ARLISLE Ittl'OßT OF THE PROVISIONAL CO)111Iv7 D " EE um TO FR T I F E I s E i SHAREHOL DERS OF THE GLASG OI N AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Your Committee have delayed making Report of their pro. any information t o t et eed at i i n eg s, untti th ey could lay before you fiU you, not o n l y to form a correct opinion of the 'merits of your own line, but to understand the various schemes more or less con nected with it, for which Parliamentary been given. notices halve The number of these schemes, and their complex bearing on the interests of your Undertaking, render it necessary to preface this It cOort by some general observations. The four existing railways of greatest importance In Scotland, in Se'Orct of length, capital, and traffic, ate—the Edinburgh and lv;aagoar Railway, connecting the two largest citi es in Scotland, as Th el l Si the two seas; the North British Railw - ay, forming part of k iletwitreat trunk line from Edinburgh to London, be , w ß a . y . o , f ., B , mc m , p otta ea st!•, and York ; the Glasgow and tireenock it .h i r 't link in the communication between the• m G an h u f fa n e w tur_in a g .s a .e n y d , iiteilaing and of the west of Scotland; and tile western iti s e r tro l p i olis o f 4'400, and Ayr Railway, connecting th i. r ne w ra e l and manufac t„...s.land with one of the most thriving „:"ing distri• • ar o , . . eta in this country, including m ehe seaports of . Ayr, re one, irrine, and Ardrossan, from the . latter of which there is a ta tvva t steam -boat communication wi j t ee h tect th_e h N ne or fr th nin of it l s re s l o a n n t d h — ern a tearn. estined, by means of your pro.. ore at h . tis at Kilmarnock to Dumfries and p. C t arlisle,tobe alt 4 hi between the north anti w- of . England, e o and me the th e of th t' e s . w t eqest:allY important district known under tnegen i er t al th n e a e m n e ti ti teie ... ofScotland." The only link awanting ta comp e e to tlientbrailways leading down the east coast ef :England and Scotland and En urgh, across to Glasgow, and up the west coast of Scotland he r gland, back to Undon, is from th t minus of the Edin- Or.e gh _ 4nd Glasgow Railway in Glasgow to e the joint terminus of the a ot ° °eit and Ayrshire Railways in the same city.. Parliamentary not above half a• :I " , hav e been given for this short line, which . l'a fl "' in length, and which will pass, partly in is tunnelling, and ; :t . : ° J .) arches, through a portion of the city. sgorti ta both sah ebs h a e n s d e , existing ' and projected railways , which intersect the h whole of the might be expected, the richest and most populous of England and Sootland, almost t e . ter,:illitural, Ma nufacturing, mining, mercantile, and shipping in ce b . ' °f Great Britain will be connected, and a direct, ra m pi n d p , n an .l d l shno:nlical means of transit secured. The accomp . ony l ing es Thor i e Rill tinii°re distinctly the course of these great leading i tr a m us remain, north. so far as Scotland is concerned, onlyo n ne . line of east eetionacconunodated, viz., between Edinburgh and the . or int er .cotland and Lancashire. It is true, the existing amount layo..e'coorse between these districts is as yet limited, but still, in it ;. - g ° tit the tines of communication between the two countries,that alt"o'neststehritial to keep it in view ; and it fortunately happens, . Partiain.ernanY sehemes promoted for local obje . cts, anti v f l o z r , which fro% --ao`gtarY notices have been given, there is one, eonfer.'"inurgh to Hawick, which, if extended to Car i lis a le, eo w nt ill . ku o ill en on this cm - - traffic the full benefit of railway r'-a lon " ' small additional outlay of %m il. .at the expense of a very To 4 , , . the ace ,fle.ain this, your Committee again request your attention to ain e, if 'n—Pan Y i ng Map. From it you will observeth Ln at ne a ns s t t e r r a , ig n h r t ,Carocedrawn nearly due north from ll irmingbant , . _ - aiend Won ties; through or close to Hawick , Edinburgh, and Woui e r '. front Which last point , by a slight deviation . eastward, it Wo uld 4;es°, Aberdeen. Now, it so happens that this straighta rail. , ay 14-,,' through the most practicable country th e rzwee"its north and south termini, but opens up by much and *sat a rt fertile and thriving of those districts in thee southnot theta. baa lve b s 4 - ` o , r n t tl h :el, to which the great trunk lines would ‘elscl Th e ii • portion of the line of communication thus described lie,__een already taken up by parties of influence and capitdailn.gPar teZ'ntarY notie torn: waY frOnl B urntisland, on the north side of the n r es have been given for railways eaten F ith th n e f kife:°P/"ite Edinburgh to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. forms The t he a i ° , l i . ' as it IS called, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, itself oft: sec tion of this line to the north of Edinburgh. It avails l ' i a Graee!_irnProved steam ferry across the Forth, established by at:hl;:e,rioittiii,:e,ine WDituhkaenoyf Buccleuch and Mr. Gladstone, of Fas F q i u fe e,. As oaaOraeots the rich mineral and agricultural county of n orth of " ' c ell important towns the tdinbut li h ne by d w t a h r e oftfi most important it shortens th i e n die. s outh t, _ o eott,, , _ g an C.,, r F.4.,, t ," s from thirty to fifty mites. PI N' t u rgh is that projected by they Nor T th he ß bY th e o ° ll ' , . s r eC iti t s l ti on ß t a o ilway how. , eeri er : l i ck, already mentioned. vi cissi o . ese ,rt ria ed, it a Z i s i tem of international 'railway co r m:u n n t i e ca p tl r o n n . I be seen that thr t ee d - p i r r e i c n t .i t i. ° 4 _ E di..":u r 4 g e b fl ; i lt of these gives the most iine neashi re to theth_e secon Scotland best l and the third the shortest e. eros e to _ is , West of ; from Pli L sni o e n fri d n o o n ni t l' h ° ro n u d g " h *a m t or stotZland, from Carlisle to Edinburgh and the north. ..ar o , Tro t: , tii` collateral advantages might be painted out as resulting Plaiae, above arrangemert, but these will' be more properly ex. in : Whea d,. --eu t i aing the merits of your line in *letail. 01, bl Public poin t of view, your Committee regard it as one of t hat . 4 , t iniPortant c haracteristics of the scheme now explained, eit. __.th o ayarn itself more complete than any other, it can be d vyted b a • •e of capital beyond What i,Co small expenditure to b e 'e quired for those new lines of railway, which . a . re a l bou n t trakconstructed solely for the accommodation of existinglocal Edinburg T his statement requires a little ea.planation. een Mentioned that it is intended no form a railway . from 'keno hto lieleiek. The line has been planned, and is un.der extenn by the North British Railway Compat iy. The object is to ( vlic el h the la , a,alkeith Railway, now belong ing to that Company to th 15 at any rate to be improved and adapted for locomotives), Ha: thriving Manufacturing towns of Galashiels, Selkirk, and woo, lok, situated in the midst of the beret wool.growing and icisLManufacturing district in Scotland. (in the other side of the tio and, the Ayrshire Railway Company have, intimated their inten. ex ecute (without meaning to interfere with - your undertaking) to ~,oecitite their long.projected scheme of a Branch Railway to Cuan traio ' for the purpose of bringing into their lime the passenger traffic 4 +. that dist-ict, and of opening up the large mineral fields of the to I'N:oils of /lute, Sir James Boswell, and 'Lord George Bcntinck, 4,,,n 11101-1 the celebrated blackband ironstoi se has been distinctly :s. about,ueititblesitaneglietiN ertni4ed toe xist ; and where extensive additional iron-works are believed, e,,,tBoe,be erected under leases recently entered into. the whole length of new railway will require Z i t * . Made for the purpose of completing the two trunk lines Iron+ v , "'burgh to Carlisle, via Hawick, and from Glasgow to Carlisle, 'a DUmtries, will be-- Hawick to the Dumfries line, near Carlisle 5ay....• • 35 miles. Cu iriltock to Carlisle ...... ~ capital required for which may be wughly estimated at 120001, per mile, or 1,006,000/. beta Committee Committee are so satisfied of the ea pabilities of the line 'een Ilawick and Carlisle, and of its importance to you, not ', tit Y as a p ar t of the g eneral plan to be submitted to Parliament, :tn u nB a branch and feeder to your line, that, with the unanimous et,altrre»ce of a meeting of your extraordinary Committee of '4'.'h_na.aorn.ei.t, they lane undertakeo to the I)oerd c.flrade, apply `.l4iliatnent in a subeayient se,slor.' for plower to make it, in the ..,.6. of the general scheme of international corniouo,ati: li .. ~e .nle,,Licailed ticibi, adopted. :et'" 4 .,!“'tber most i mportant characteristic of the scheme now de. „,%edSIN l s. that it interferes in no way with the interests of any lilat of railway, but furbish,' nape fteclors both to the tbur the Se' received , w of the port, and grted to August. le 6th of lestroyed -Sloth), prepara' of Bam nothing Ind their cracarto3 ashes a riding to -houses; 23d, has Second Throne. 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No. 16,313, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SU Ni NOVEMBER '.ti, 1844. PRIOR sd. THE SUN i P ll bliged EVERY MORNING ea FIVE O' CLO cl 4 i n Ti ne f or the RAN, Y TRALANS anti TOWN DELI VERY; g SECOND EDITION ( Evening Sun) is IN4iiiketi in Time jor the AFTERN 0 ON TIM I N .44 era a TRIRD 1201T10111 a t B_EFEN U'CAOCE, Pr POST. centoining rAfILIAAIENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that iiattr. ADVERTISEIVENTS INSERTED in ALL THE MBE E PAPER., cotch lines of railway referred to at the outset, and to all the English railways with which the projected lines are to be connected. Your Committee, however, would not be discharging their duty were they net, 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 under the name of the Caledonian Railway, and to contrast tl - ,e public and pirate advantages it holds out with those which may be obtained by the scheme already described. It will probably he known to all of you that the Royal Commis sioners, Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow—who were appointed in 1840 to report on the projected railways between Eng land and Scotland—proceeding noon 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 w'.l,rds :—" Were this otherwise (viz., were mote than one line ter be made), we should subdivide the question into two branches, and consider, in the first instance, which of the several li:ves 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, end which would be the beet 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 chieey 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, and probably some consideration of the extra expense of working it, arising from the steep gradients rendered necessary by its summit of 1,000 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 Beattock or Central Line, had the effect of deterring the public from embarking in it, and of directing their attention to the more profitable investment presente.l by tile East Coast Line from Newcastle to Edinburgh. The North British Railway, being the Scotch portion of that line, was accordingly brought forward in l642—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 ef 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 nvw 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 afforded. The branch towards Glasgow is not intended to be carried so far as that City, but, at some distance from it, will run—l, 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 •f 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 beat 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 c0 , ..1, is there estimated at 1,800,000/. In a subsequent report. 7.Oblished by the promoters, it is stated, that, " In consequen , :e of savings on other parts of the line, the Castlecarry extensir,n of the Caledonian Line ran be constructed without exceeding the capital upon which the Prospectus proceeded." But, eveU after allowing this correction heoxfptehnezoromifgeiaannairoompf t oj iL d a g t i e bri , :;a o ,n f ac t l h d e of accuracy of which your Committee without about a l t s te m m i p le t s in l g on t g o t c o al D cu u l m ate fri t e h s e , and of widening the guage, and otherwise altering the mineral lines before mentioned, or the expense of the Clydesdale Junction Line, which practically forms a part of the scheme, it would appear that the ;angle line of international communication proposed by the Caledonian Company, would, without accommodating any important local traffic, actually cause an expenditure of upwards of 500,0001. more than the whole sum that would be required for completing the two trunk lines of communication which your Com 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 Londcn, Leeds, Hull, and Newcastle, to Edinburgh and Stirling ; and that, not only by the Fife Line, but even by the Sc ottish Central Rail. I 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, Hawick, and Carlisle Railway aftbrds the shortest line from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, &c., to Edinburgh ; and, in connexion with the Fife and Northern Lines, to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. 8. 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 ef 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 1311 miles, or less than half an 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 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 new called the Caledonian Line, he says, " lat first directed my attention to this route, which, as far as Beattock_ bridge, near Moffat, I found tolerably favourable ; In prcceeding 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 300 feet above the level of the sea. I❑ 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.* 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 in this part extending over a space of almost forty miles,t will be nearly uniform, and gradually ascending for the whole distance ; and with the exception of a short length of about 14 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 th• 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 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 ... West of Scotions Railway. ... 202,544 Difference 76,576 The total population on the Caledonian Line, and on the Glass gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Edinburgh, Hawick, and Carlisle Lines (excluding, as before, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, anti that part of the line south of Gretna. common to both), is, On Caledonian Railway On Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway,: t '283,9.30 On Hawick Liae C 66,484 ................ The particulars of sash of theso calculations are annexed 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 ,t.uf flcient to ensure an adequate return; but the t horou g h tra ffi c 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 lino. 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 Corn. missioners, already quoted ; and no one who has travelled along the Mattock-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 aro 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 slang the Caledonian Line, which is more cir cuitous than either the North British or Hawick Lines. But, In print of fart, the number of persons who travel south from Stirlieg. shire or Pertbshia, without having oceasion to visit Edinburgh slid Glasgow on their way, is extremely small. Indeed, most of you are probably already aware, that although there is a direct turnpike. roil, laid out by the late Mr. Telford, between Carlisle and Stir. ling, there is not a single stage.coach or public conveyance upon it, and it is deeply in debt, Ow 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 most favourable part of Scotland, requiring only a cheap means of trans. fort to develope the many resources they possess. fieve - ral of thest towns have already grown into some importance; and 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 if is capable of affording." _ Sixthly.—Thereare 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. (L) 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 arc 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 front the want of it. (3.) The Dumfries Line, by giving a communication both from the south and north, with the seaport of Annan, affords to the whole ef that district of country the means of communication with the beet harbour on the upper Inn 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 been 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, Kilmarnock, 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 come. quence of the two forks of the latter undertaking being to 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 remunerate 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 mach 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 whethet 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 bees 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 comniunications from most of the proprietors of land along the railway. They have also received assurances of support from many of the Corpda'ations in the west of Scotland, and particularly from the towns of Dum fries arid 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 eon fidenoe in its superiority over each other, as being best calculated to promote the interests of Scotland ; and they will proceed 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 Corainittee, WM. LOGIE, Interim•Scc. Glasgow, Nov. 15, 1844 In 1840 Mr. Locke prepared an amended plan, whereby his gradient of 1 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 suramit is only 600 feet. The total population on the line between Glasgow and Car lisle, by Dumfries, including the termini, is 590,296. S HEFFIELD and LINCOLNSHIRE JUNC TION RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF '• THE SUN." Office, Sheffield, Nov. 26, 1844: Sin,—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 report., and especially the one alluded to in " Herapath'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 tc 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 stoek.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 for it. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, J. H. HUMPREY, 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. PATRONISED BY HER MAJESTY, HIS ROYAL HIGH NESS PRINCE ALBERT, THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND NOBILITY, AND THE SEVERAL SOVEREIGNS AND COURTS OF EUROPE. ROWLAND'S MACASSOR OlL' ' for the Growth and Preserving and Beautifying the Human Hair. Price 38. 6d., 74., Family Bottles (equal to four s m all), 10s. 6d., and double that rise, 21s. C A UTION.—The words " Rewland's Macassar Oil" aro engraved on the Wrapper of each genuine bottle; and on the back of the Wrapper 1,560 times, containing 29,028 letters. Without thin, None are genuine." ROWLAND'S KALYDOR or Improving and Beautifying the Skin and Complexion. Price .6d. and Bs. td. per bottle, duty included. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, PEARL DENTRIFICE ren ders the Teeth boantifiely White, preserves the Gums. P c ri A ce u 2s r . l 9d os . per 7 box, duty included. Unprincipled Shopkeepers, for the sake of gaining a trifle more profit, vend the most deleterious compounds as the 1, genuine" MACASSAR OIL, RALYDOR, and ODONTO. It is therefore necessary on purchasing either article, to see the word " ROW LAND'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 INLAND & SON 'Z/_, HATTON-GARDEN which is a ffi xed on the IiALYDOR and ODONTO. Sold by then and by Chemists and Perfumer. s• All others are FRADULENT COUNTERFE 18. FOR BILE, INDIGESTION, AND DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH ANL) LIVER. DR. A. A. lIABNEY, of Bath, formerly Sur geon in the East India Company's Service, recommence to the Public his Family Pills. The great benefits resulting from an efficacious household medicine must be manifest to all. This medicine is not put forward as a cure tor eve. y cornrlaint, hilt i n those cases of sudden and temporary ill ness so frequently occ u r r i ng in families, it win be roe..a service, as its operation is extremely mild, as well as effectua'. The large and steadily increasing sale of these Pills, principally from the recommendations of those who have experienced their sa'u tary qualities, is the best proof of their excellence. A few Oases will convince those suffering from Indigestion, from whatever cause arising, that their effects are permanent. They remove obstructions of the Bowels; act upon the Kidneys, stimulating the absorbents to carry oil' those fluids which r4nt otherwise terminate in Dropsy. They have been rzninel of infinite service both in England and during Dr. Harvey's practice in the East Indies, in preventing and curing the Jaundice; in passing off Gall Stones, and restoring a healthy ac tion to the Liver. ladies will find them particularly beneficial both before and after their confinement. These truly excellent Pills are to be procured genuine of Edwlrcls, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard, whose name is engraved on the Govern ment Stamp. Price Is. 14r1- per box. Sold also by Sanger, 15.9, Ox ford-street; White, 24, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and by met respectable Chemists. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick ness, occurring in families snore or less every day, arc so obvious to all, that no question can be raised of its importance to every house holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following is respectfully submitted : "'lO MIL THOMAS PROUT, 22.9, STRAD!), LONDON. " 5, Cooper-street. Manchester, March 12, 1842.7 Sir,—l have. much satisfaction in communicating to you the result of my exTerience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S t'ILL OF HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of many years' trial of various Aperient Me dimes, I have neva' found results at once salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from redundant bile, &c., & c ., 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 families, school, and especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable re , ource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myse I if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of mak. ing f RA PI PTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. am) " I am, Sir, respectfully yours, - "- WILLIAM SMITH." The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re ennamendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary, they are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known attend ants, Bilious and &ck Headache, Pain and Oppression after mess, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary erects. The stomach will si eedily regain i• s strength ; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place; and inste d f listnesnest, heat, pains, an d j aun di c ed a ppe a rance, strength, activity, and ren , wed health, extending to good old age, wi!l he the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions eemni.anving each box. Sold h. 1 1'. Front, 229, Strand, London, Price Is. 14d. and 2s. 9d. er box , and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH and observe the Name and Address of'. ThomasProut, 220, Strand, London," on t oe Gevernmes, t Stamp HORIZONTAL WATCHES, VERY FLAT. A B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the tank. Price, in Silver Cases, Three and n-Half Guineas each; or, in Gol.l Cues, Six Guineas each. These Watches are accurate and durable, the Hort. zontal Eicapement being peculiarly suited to combine those im. portant requisites. They are jewelled in four holes, and continnc going whi e being wuuu.l. , .. , <Jvemonth's warranty is given with each. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious Metals, Galled Nickel and German Silver, sup planted by the introduction of a now and perfectly matchless ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON, 41 and 42, Barbican, and le, Norton Yolgate,aided by a person of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in bringing to Public Notice the most heautltlil Article ever yet offered ; possessing alt the richness of Silver in appearance, with all its dura bility and hardness—with its perfect sweetness intim, undergoing, as it does, a Chemical Process, by which, all that is nauseous in mixed Metals is entirelS , extracted—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every Article for the Table and Sideboard : Fiddle. Threaded.. King's. Table Spoons and Forks, I6s. 6d. dos. 3aB. I 355. Desert Ditto Tea Speons.. ••• • • • • • ss. 6d. I Its. 6d. 13s. 64. Sugar Tongs ls. ad. I 3s. I 35. 6d. C. WATSON begs the Fublio ti-111 understand that this Metal is peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold than his metal is from all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiums he re• MINT'S, he is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of universal wear. C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue an Price Currant is just published, and Families who regard economy and elegance should possess themselves of this useful Book, which may bo had Gratis, and Post Free, from the above Address. Mornii , g Noon, and Night, (herd/ insuring a TOWN end COUNTRY CIRCULATION, el ONE CHARGE. EN it LY CLOSING o f WAREHOUSES. A PUBLIC MEETING, to receive the Report of the Com mittee elected en the lath inst., will be held at the George HaH, Aldermanbury, THIS (Thursday) EVENING. F. BENNOCR, Esq., will take the Chair at Half-past Seven o'clock precisely. Ine.attendance of all persons interested is urgently requested. By order of the Committee, CHARLES \\TEA THERLEit, Secretary. E, the Undersigned, hereby convene a PUBLIC MEETING of GENERAL PRACTITIONERS in MEDICINE, SURGERY, and MIDWIFERY, practising In the CITY of NYESTMINSTER and the BOROUGH of MARYLE BONE, to he held at the Hanover square Rooms, on SATURDAY, the 7th of December, at ?even 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 cooperating 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. PENNINGTO/k:. Anoell, Henry Hutchinson, John Baker, Emanuel Jackson, Faul Beaman, George Bennett, James M. Bird, James Blexam, William Brown, Isaac B. Bryant, Walter .1. Cathrow, William Chisholm, A. B. Chowne, C. E. Clarke, C. E. Clayton, James Crooks, H Dodd, John Drew, Walter Du Pasquier, C. F. Edwards, D. Fincham, George Freeman, Joseph Fuller, 11. P. Gilder, W. T. Goodger, William Goodfellow, J. S. Grant, Nathaniel Guiseppl, Mathew Hawkins, J. V. Hobson, Nicholas George Nodding, William H. Hood, P. Jervis, Thomas Jones, H. D. Keal, J. Kell, L. P. Lambert, John Lavin, John Lueas, William Oran Macdonald, William M`Lure, William Marton, W, Michell, J. 0. Norton, Robert Nuasey, John O'Connor, William Pertgrlne, Thomas Perry, John Prossert, John Savage, Henry Squibb, George James Stocker, Richard Tanner, Robert Tegart, Ed ward Tupper, Martin Vickers, W. R. Webster, Georgo Witt, Charles York and Humby WEST MIDDLESEX WATER WORKS. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PROPRIETORS of the WEST MIDDLESEX WATER WORKS will be holden at the Company's Office, New.road, St. Marylebone, corner of Notting. ham-place, on FAIDAI, the 17th day of January next, to nominate and appoint a Director in the room or stead of Thomas Abbott Green, Esquire, deceased. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, when the Ballot will commence, and, according to the 14th byclaw, it will finally dote at Two. M. K. KNIGHT, Chief Clerk. NoTenaber 27, 1844. VATIONAT, TESTIMONIAL to MIL ROW -LI LAND MILL, AUTHOR of the PENNY POSTAGE,. Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., Chairman and Treasurer. The amount collected exceeds 10,000 i. - - This subscription will be closed 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 'essrs. Bouverie and Co., I I, Haymarket. Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co. 24, Lornbard.street. Roger Cunlitfe, Esq., '24, Bucklersbury. Messrs. Curries and Ce., 29, Cornhill. Messrs. Drew itt and Fowler, Princes.street, Bank. Messrs. Hanbury, Taylor, and Co., 69, Lombard.str pet. Messrs. .Tones, Loyd, and Co., 40, Lothbury. Messrs. Masterman and Co., 35, Nicholas-lane. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., 62, Threadneedle.streot. Messrs. Robarts and Co., IS, Lombard-street. Messrs. Rogers and Co., 2§, Clement's-lane. Messrs. Stone, Martin, and Co., 69, Lombard-street. Messrs. Twinlngs and Co., 216, Strand. Messrs. Ntraban and Co., '219, Strand. London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury ; 4, Stratford-place, Oxford-street ; 9, Waterloo-place, Pall.mall ; 013, High Hol born ; 3 , Wellington-street, Borough ; and 97, Whitechapel H igh- street. London and County Banking Company, 71, Lombard_street. The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta.street. London .Toint Stock Bank, Princes-street. Postage Stamps, Post-office Orders, Ire., sent to the Secretary, Mr. George Wansey, solicitor, 3, Moorgate-street, will be duly ac. knowledged. ATERLOO, SOUTHWARK, and VAUX HALL BRIDGES. Application will be renewed to Parliament next session for a Bill for COMMUTING the TOLLS of these bridges, either by means of a coal duty, a county or house rate, the Westminster. bridge Estate, the Bridge.honse Estates of the City of London, a horse duty, public lotteries, the unelaimed dividends, or some ether sources of fund ;—Waterloo-bridge being situate within the pa. rishcs of Saint Clement Danes, 'Middlesex, and Saint Mary, Lem. beth, Surrey; Southwark-bridge within those of Saint Martin Wintry, London, Middlesex, and Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey; and Vauxhall-bridge, within Saint John the Evangelist, West minster, Middlesex, and Saint Mary, Lambeth, aforesaid. Esti. mates, names of owners, and other Parliamentary documents, with duplicates, will be left with the clerks of the peace of such cities, boroughs, and counties, en the 3etth instant, and with said parish clerks, the clerk of Parliaments, and at Private Bill.office, on the 31st December next; and I declare that no private pecuniary profit or advantage is sought from such object, duties, rates, or sources of flid. Dated Otb November, 1E44. HENRY COPE, jun., Solicitor. metropolitan Anti-Bridge Toll Association, 14, Agnes.place, Southwark. GOOD FURNITURE AT MODERATE PRICES. THOMAS FOX, 93, Bishopsgate-street; Within, respectfully invites the Public to inspect the stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE and BEDDING, at his establishment, consisting of every requisite for the Mansion or Cottage, of a qtiality, fashion, material, and workmanship , net be surpassed, and offbred at prices scarcely exceeding these commonly charged for showy but unsubstantial furniture. Also, a most complete and b t autifl l l collection of chimney , P lot, and Console Glasses, Decorative Painting, raper.hanginp , and o ther Ornamental Eraballiasments, at the most moder ate and rea sonable prices. Parties requiring really good articles, will find at T homas Fox's &stock so extensive and various as to afford every facility for advan. tageoua colectlon, at pliitt; as low as ate possibly compatible with first.rate quality, 03, Bishopagate.strect Within. SHEFFIELD PLATE. TVIESSHS• HORTON and Co., Silversmiths .1 and Jewellers, 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs. Everington's, effer to their Friends and the Public, at im. mensly reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUIVE PLATED GOODS, which they warrant to be the manufacture of the fret Sheffield Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern desigas, comps ising Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article useful and ornamental. No common Birmingham ware kept. A large stock of JEWELLERY and WATCHES, Fancy Silver and other articles, at such prices as must be well worthy the notice of the public. BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur roses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON he; most respectfully to offer thus their beet acknowledgments to the Public r their liberal patronage of the same ; itn utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended i, to the raost distinguished °reign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to families, all possible care has been reverted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to he prepared by them after the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, Loudon. .. - 111.1E GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION ..111 COMPANY'S splendid and powerful lima-class STEAM -41-111'S are appointed to leave LONDON for— AMBURGII, carrying her Majesty's Mails—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— Ferry Wednesday an Satnrday, at a Quarter to Ten Morning. HAVRE—From St. Katharine's Wharf—Every Sunday, at ,Eight. Morning. ANTWERP—Fran Brunswick Pier, Blackwall—Every Thars tay, at Tan, Morning. From Loudon Bridge Wharf, for — OSTEND—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. BOULOGNE—Every Tharsday and Satarday Morning. CA LA hi—Every Thursday, and Snnday Morning. HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YARMOUTH—Every Saturday, at Six, Evening. 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Hannay. 63, Oxford-etreet; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand.—A• home daily till Tvro Erenino, Seven till Nine. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the Proprietors of the above Railway 'lves held yesterday, at the Euston-square ;Lotion, for the purpose of considering the further gua -antee of the line to extend the IVorcester and Tring ine to Wolverhampton; and on other special business. Mr. J. C. Glyu was in the chair. There was a very full attendance of Proprietors. 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 '4iven in the advertisement, as to the Worcester, Rugby, and Wolverhampton line ' • and subsequently to enter upon any other matter any Hon. Proprietor might desire co take up. It was his (the Chairman's) duty to submit ' to them a resolution on the subject of the proposed line risiin 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 ueral meeting had authorised, to a very considerable 4xtent, the preliminary measures connected with the line then under the consideration of their executive body— viz., the line from Oxford to Worcester, from Tying 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 ll!rminghain Company were in corninunica don with the Severn Cominiszionere.dued...the cait4Lize! l .erests of the district, and it was thou la, from the re- I presentations made by those parties, that a sufficient Parliamentary ease existed to prevent, with any proba bility 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 CM they set before them, ally 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 meetin & r , further inquiries bad been made, and it had appeared to the Worcester Committee, after representations made to . them by probably the highest authority in the country on such a subject, that the case would not be complete Unless the district between Worcester and Wolverhamp ton were also comprehended in the scheme. Upon further inquiry by the London and Birmingham Directors, it cer tainly appeared that the Parliamentary case which they had in the first instance been led to believe would prevent auy 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 I they should extend their guarantee to the line,' between Worcester and Wolverhampton, in addition to that 1 which the Directors had already laid before them—that betleen 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 L The aggregate capital would therefore be .2,500,000 L 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 traf f ic I eases in these matters, he had before him i n d e t a il, an d the particulars co u ld e given if Honourable Proprietors wanted them.—(Cries of " No, no.") The estimated revenue was, in the aggregate, 226,539/, from which they took the working expenses of 35 per cent., leaving a net revenue of 147,250 L, thereby putting, he thought, any 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 — and 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 fall naturally into the hands of the Gloucester and Bir mingham Company. That, indeed, was the feeling of the London and Birmingham Directors, wh o had acted on that feeling. The -Worcester Committee I. proposed to the Grand Junction Company that that por tion 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 cynical two public bodies. It was certainly not for thy 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 intanit 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 or the Worcester Committee was this :—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.) Thee 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 iutu the dis trict with claims superior to any other body. There was one other point connected with this matter to %blob 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 far RS rested with the London and Birmin,,. ,, ham 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 London and Birmingham Company were concerned, he would go further than that. The Directora 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 filo, assent of the other parties interested, they were ready to admit them into the guarantee.—(Hear, and cheers.) Ile stated this because he shoald be sorry to find an imputation go out of that room that the London and Birmingham Cone pang 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. caorrim, of Liverpool, seconded the motion. Mr. MOULT had, at their last meeting, silently as sented to the guarantee for the line to Worcester, con sidering that no existing interests wars 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 andßirmingbam and Grand June tton Companies, in reference to the understanding between them of the 3d July, before they at once annulled anti 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 ou the part of the London and Birmingham Directors, any wish to destroy. Ile, 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 ont 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 Junc tion Company warranted the Proprietors of the London and Birmingham Company in carrying into effect the confirmation of the principle of the abandonment of the spirit of the treaty made in July ? The CHAIRMAN said the question of his Hon. Friend was of very great importance. It was a question in which the London and Birmingham Directors must na turally feel a great and deep interest ; but they were in this difficulty with the question—they were uncertain whether the Grand Junction Directors did, at this mo ment, consider the agreement of the 3d of July as an nulled or not. Several Proprietors, apparently also Grand Junctini shareholders, said " Decidedly net." A PROPRIETOR begged to refer the Chairman to the correspondence between the two Boards. It was neces sary to read only a single line of that correspondence to show that it was not annulled. . teseesol7 eased be was some at surp ris e{ at the interruption that had been offered to him. The Hon. Proprietor had referred him to the printed con. respondence.—(Hear, hear.) Now, it was on that core respondence Veit he (the Chairman) had expeestel hie . . doubt. He would read to the lion. Proprietor the line referred to, and the Proprietors would then seseif thel.sie ' rectors were not left in doubt as to the disposition of the Grand Junction Directors in reference to th e easte a t i te ee of July: The line referred to was to the follow' ug effect:— . " This (the Grand Junction) Board desire to exproes te ' the London and Birmingham Board their opinion that it can tend to no possible good to treat the agreemene as a subsisting agreement any longer."—(Loud cries if . , " Hear, hear.") Therefore he had a right to say:thif 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 queetiora - .. of his Hon. Friend in the way he wished ; but Waite Grand Junction Company were anxious to give a guarantee for the upper part of the line—if they were desirous of negotiating with them for that, an 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 remember that in - that room they were London and Bisininghana Proprie tors. The proprietory had a right to see that the Di rectors did not involve the Company in difficulties. lii this spirit the Directors had made the communication to the Grand Junction Company with respect to: th e i r , cumin.- in and guaranteeing for 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 nf the country referred to ; therefore the answer that his mare to his Hon. Friend was thi s—that the y had, .' through the medium of one of his colleagues, noes . present, opened a negotiation with the Grand Junction . Company, and he (the Chairman) wonld be glad • if- he ..•• 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 mail the negotiation with the Grand Junc tion Company was closed. A PROPRIETOR inquired whether there had not bean time fur an answer from the Grand Junction Company to t h e em e teen f ea tion spoken of by the Chairman? The CHAIRMAN thought there had scarcely been time. With respect to the suggestion or Mr. Pease, that Hoe. Gentletnan 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, Ind that great energy and activity on their part were requisite.- He did not hesitate to as that if the meeting had not; - after the explanations the Directors had given, sufficieet'. temtidence in them to give them the power of the gua rantee, .the Worcester Committee 7gutild. in his opinion, be placed in such difficulty end doubt as to afford a de cided advantage to their rivals, and powerful rivals they were, in that district.---(dear.) After some further ()him-rations filen severof tit the Preprietors, Mr. tioss:er begged again to ask whether the Dirac':` tors were verbally er by writing in possegsiou of a n y reply to the proposal outdo to the Grand juncticat.."Coms*., patty, or if they knew anything of the views of that COI: - patty am to the proposed Wolverhtunpton line ? The CitAinNA X dial net exasaly know whether his lion. Friend alluded to a commtinication Made to him (the Chairman) by the Chairman of the Greed Junction Company three or feur days ago. If he did, that cote- muhication expressed a strong (*plaice] against the Wore - cester and Wolverhampton line. Subsequent to that tr . communication had been made to the London and Bit- .‘ minghtun Board, which he believed be 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 partite: with whom they were connected agreed, to meet the Grand Junction Company's views. • - - Mr. BASiEI7 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 hoard of Direc ters.—(Cheers.) Ho was sure they had great reason ti do se.-e-((`,lieers.) seeing the disposition in certain quar ters to introduce the broad gauge, 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-.. den and Birmingham Company had paid their own de posit. He wished to know the number of shares this Company had in the line ? The CHAinmAN 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 Prtorenron would elike 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 Treat Valley line. . After a few desultory observations from several a the Proprietors, The CHAIRMAN introduced tai the notice of the meet.• ing a requisition that the Directors had received fruit certain Proprietors resident at Liverpool, relative to the differences between the London end Bitiniughate. awl ' the Grand Junction Companies, with respect to the Churnet Valley line. After glancing at the tertninatio% of negotiations between the Grand Junction and ite Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, which he taLid he believed no one could regret so much as the Lontima and Birmingham Company themselves, he went at some length into the question between himself and lie. Mossy ae to the latter gentleman's forgetfulness of his receipt of a letter front him, and his answer to it, relative to the dilt-rences between the two companies (the London and' Birmingham and Ihe Grand ,1 unction). Ile (the Chair • man) had sent to Mr. Moss a copy or the letter in question. as well as of that gentleman's reply to it, and bad asked him to do that which he (the Chairman) had thought be would take ail early opportunity of riving----viz., stating that there' was such a letter in existence. But what situation was he (the Chairmen) 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 WRP now required that the whole of their private vorrespon dence shoula be published. lie (the Chairman) would never consent to this. If the publication of prirateofti -1 dal 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 Chain - matt detailed the prompt. steps he bad taken in communicating with Mr. Moss upon the suhject of the letter particularly referred to, and concluded by ob.- serving that, notwithstanding this, he had been tad that he was time cause of the differeucas between the two.. Companies. All that he was anxious to prove was that he wrote to Mr. Moss the letter which that gentle man i had foreoasn the receipt of, and that that gentlemee , bad also written an answer, which he ( Mr. Nloss) did oot remember having sent. The Chairman then read the requisition from certain of the .Liverpool share holders. The requisitionists stated that they had so recently r 7 A ugust last heard, with the greatest satisfaction, the an nounet,ment made by the respertive Chairmen of the Lo ndon and 13irn.iiegham and G rend Junction Companies, that en amicable agreemeet had been entered into on the 3d of the previous month, for the protection of the property .. and interests of truth bodies, and that the perinanenc:: of the good orking• of this vitally important ag reement was guaranteed to ilte Shareholders by a sound and use ful clause, leaving all the differences that might arise between the parties to be adjusted by the arbitration . eligible, proper, and disinterested persons to be by the Companies nominated, and that they - t.he requisitionists) had now to express their regret and surprise on learning from Mr. Moss's statement at the Grand Junction Rail way 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. MOSELT spoke at some length upon the reasons which had induced the Liverpool Proprietors to send in the requisition for a special meeting, to take iato coaai 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 Churuet 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 thet 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 there with the agreement. of the 3d July, and bound them for Over ti% 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 " hlear,hear")—that they should Ie called upon to de. tend, not their own property, but the property of the Grand Junction Railway, by the terms of mu t ua l 4 c , fence," which 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 iu the oase be had put.—(Hear, and cheers.) Mr. E. Mosei,v, in an able speech, expressed a Wish that a termination to the differences between the tyro Companies might he arrived at. After some remarks from several of the Proprietors, The CITAITUJAN thought they might collect from ‘9 had !wen said what the feeling of the Proprietors wits.-- (Hear.) He took it to be that they desired peace, lru he did not understand that they desired peace at ail coat. —(Cheers.) With respect to the position of affairs tweet, the two Companies, he held in his hand a resolu tion . passed at the London and Birmingham Board'oritho previous day. He would read it, but it had not been communicated to the Grand Junction Company. H• 1 hoped that Company would receive it in the spirit of conciliation which had dictated it.—(Loud cheers.) Ho thought that with this declaration on his part the iiis• cussion should close.—(Cheers.) Mr. MOSLLY said that as he had originated the dis.• cussion he thought it right to say that he wa,s perfe t ctly satisfied with the Chairmen's explantition.-;4Cheert.‘ _.e A ;Di re ' 310 1..7.