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THE PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF THE 1.1
BRIGHTON AND BOUT WHSTERN RAILWAYS. gt-
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The following document has been issued by the authori•
ties of the Brighton line: le
"To the proprietors of the London, Brighton and South to
Coast Railway.—ln calling the attention of the proprietors rt:
to the notice of application to parliament for a bill to author- ge
rise an amalgamation of the London, Brighton and South W
Coast and the London and South Western Railway Com-
panies, the directors think it right to add the following 50
elplanation, in order to obviate any misunderstanding :
No agreement for an amalgamation has been entered -t.
into by the directors, and no final determination will st
be come to without the assent of the proprietors, its.
under the standing orders of parliament, but the 1L.4
notice has been inverted, in order that if such an ar-
rangement, upon mature consideration, should appear to
desirable. it might be possible to carry it into effect without 71*
the delay of a whole year in applying for the necessary par- et.
liamentar) powers. The numerous proposals for antalga. I:
motions in other quarters render it probable that a select s

committee may be appointed at an clamp period of the see-
chin to consider the general principles on which this impor- 1,
taut question should be dealt with by parliament, and it et.,
appears not unreasonable to expect that such a committee K.
might arrive at conclusions similar to those of Lord Si.
Dalhousie's reports. Should this be the ease, we may 11447
nape to no a rational system of railway legislation
established, by which railway companies, within car- oi
rain defined districts, where unity of management and ye
harmonious working appear on public grounds to be de- 10
bitable, will be allowed to amalgamate, on submitting
to such equitable restraints and conditions as may be deemed 40
necessary for securing public interests. In the event of Ll'
such a policy being established, no union would appear as
more natural or more beneficial than that of the London 88.
and South Western, and the London, Brighton and South
Coast Railway Companies, as both companies may be comb- 10
doted in the same position of having each completed its general
system, end being henceforth occupied exclusively with the SO
cultivation of the resources of its own districts. Their future ill
prosperity must depend on the same "purees of prudent eco- 10
nomy in management, combined with the development of *t•
traffic by increasing public accommodation. In the latter
view it is highly important that the terminal accommoda- 1•11
tion in London, which has been acquired at such a vast
expense by each company, should be rude freely available tel
for the traffic of eitter. The rapid increase of the sub- NI
urban traffic, as well as that of Brighton, Southampton, and
other places on the two lines, combined with the crowded ul
state of the principal bridges mid thoroughfares, renders it
highly desirable that reciprocal access should be afforded 84-
both to a City and a West-end terminus; and it is obvious se
that a union of interests, by which the London•bridge, the
Waterloo, and the Vauxhall stations were made equally IL
available fur passenger traffic, and the Nine Elms, the SS
Bricklayers' Arms, and the Deptford stations for goods u
treffie, would not only give great additional security to the
property of both companies, but would also afford great at
public accommodation, and lead to a large development of
traffic, otherwise unattakuble. Some economy might also 80!,
be expected to result from a consolidation of manage-
ment, but the principal advantage to which the directors 14
look forward is that of developing traffic, by affording er
the public superior facilities, and, so far from considering
amalgamation u a means of enabling them to raise 100
fare., reduce trains, or other wise seek a short-sighted profit s-
et the epics' of the public, they are fully satisfied that a.
their interests, if right y understood, are identical with
those of the community, and that no measure can be per- I,e
eminently beneficial to Vie property of railway companies
which is not also beneficial to th se who have occasion to .1;4.
use their lines. These could. rations have been forcibly '
impressed on the directors by the necessity which has so
arisen of dealing with the various suburban lines pro-
jt cted to connect the Brighton and South Western Rail is
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ways. The prospect of an enormous traffic to the New ".
Crystal Palace, and the d• mend of the local districts for
accommodation, make it probable that some of these lines
would before long receive the sanction of parliament ; and
it is difli ult to see, in that event, how the traffic could be St.
worked over portions of different mamas without provok-
ing *Albion' of interest and occasioning confusion. Is
On the other hand, a complete union of iuterests would
wears the attainment of these objects in the most efficient •
mod oosesosiosi manner, and wood relieve the proprietors if
soli dos public for the future from all risk of those evils 6
bays been occasioned in other districts by reckless
nuleepetition, end by the useless outlay of capital. The u
.be,. is a short outline of the principal reasons which have
led the directors of both companies to the unanimous con-
' elusion that an amalgamation might, under conceivable air-
trismetaaces, become desirable. They wish it to be under-
Used that they are as yet by no means committed to the
Adak, or even to the principle of such a measure, until the
poliey of parliament has been more distinctly ascertained ;
but they think it sufficiently probable that the idea of
amalgamation may be seriously entertained, to make it
advisable to insert the necessary notices for a bill to 11-
empower the proprietors to tot in the matter it they see
fit, without the long delay that must ensue if the applies- e
tion were deterred until the session of 15.54.—8 y order of 04
the Board of Directors, FREDSIIICL BLIOIrr, Secretary.— Lq
London Terminus, Nov. 16,1852.
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SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMEND- lse
MEET OF THE LAW. 11

Yesterday, pursuant to adjournment from the
previous day, the Society re-essembled, preparatory to 3121 I
attending the Premier on the subject for which the Con- 2
femme hid been convened. The meeting was fully fit.
attended, and is the absence of the President, the Earl of to
li•RetoWBT took the oheir. sa
Mr. ROLLAND (Liverpool), after a lengthy epTsh, moved if
as a resolution the adoption of the following : That it is
the opinion of this meeting that the first and moat impel.- to
tent objects to be sought for in the course of mercantile law
reform, should be the institution of local tribunals, with le
full legal and equitable jurisdiction for the adjudieatien et
ell mercantile disputes, and in general accordance with the a.
conclusions contained in the Report on Mercantile Law
itt form, and the establishment of tribunals of commerce Madopted and published by the Liverpool Chamber at Cos.
Wet.
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Me. MEATH seconded the motion, which was supported
by Mr. Mitchell, of Edinburgh, by Mr. Lyne, and Mr. C.
Wehater.
Mr. Lawn Lave also supported the proposition, and
read a letter which he bad received from Mr. James Ken-
nedy, of Belfast, expressive of his sympathy with the objects
of the institution, and of his regret that ho was unable to
he present.
Mr. Asnwsut opposed the proposition, relying on bis ex-
perience that so far as cotton purchases were concerned,
they rested upon oira roes transactions, and bad seldom
been the cause of litigation.
• After a discussion in which Mr. Lowndcs, of Liverpool,
Mr. Rand, of Bradford, and several other gentlemen took
Part,
The noble CH•IIIMAK suggested that a resolution should
be framed and adopted which would meet with the appro-
' hatien of the conference. Ile thought it most desirable to
adhere to the specific objects fur which they were assess-
' bled, and with that view he would suggest the fullowine se
the resolution now to be adopt. d. The resolution woe lathes'
terms That it is expedient to make provision for the
speedy despatch of suits arising out of commercial trainee-
' tiona, and that the important subject of local courts with
compulsory powers, and a lull legal and equitable juriadie-
ti,,n, is worthy of the consideration of the Law Amendment
Society,"
Mr. lIOLLAND acquiesced in the proposition made from
the choir, and on its proposal to the meeting it received an
u•tsnituous adoption.
A veto of thanks to the Earl of liarroveby preceded the
visit of the deputation to the Earl of Derby. Though our '
ingress was forbidden by the janitor who holds the keys
opening to official presence, we learn that the objects of the
e•oof. nun and the resolutions which hod been adopted
were pr. st•nted to the l'retnier, and th,it the noble lord pro•
mi•e.l to give the subject Isis m lions and deliberate
ciesider ition. At the 'lmo time he would not undertake
to pleilee his colleagues as to the course which they might
deem it advisatils to take.
The deputation than withdrew.