The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-18 00:00:00

6314? WESTERII RAILWAY.

Yesterday an adjourned Witarr.oliffe meeting of
this company was held at the Paddington Station, the Fad
of Sammoiroic in the chair, to consider a variety of mon
mares now before parliament, either promoted by the coma-
prey itself or affecting its interest&
The CHAIRMAN having propeeed, and Lord Itaaancrow
eseended, the motion that- " A hell to authorise the Wy-
combs Railway Company to extend their railway to Ayles-
of, bury and to Oxford, and ter other purposes," be ap-
proved
Yr. Savanna, is reply to a eliszebolder, stated that the
line was to be onstrscted apes the bread pegs, sad that
the Omer Western would not be maid apse to subscribe.
The bill was then approved of.
The 01/3111rain sett proposed that the =satin shoffld
approve of "A bill for making a railway from Uxbridge,
he the musty of Middlesex, to Rickmansworth, the
county of Berthed, with a bee.ae-h to Boost's Bridge Mill,
to be called 'the Uxbridge end Rickmsneworth Railway:
and for other pesposta" He said the eirceumetanom of this
bill had been sheady before the proprietors, and at the
Crimeeting he explained them the resolution of the
to
with respect to the dropped hues. Their policy had
been so far soecensful that the Crest Werra interests be-
tween London and Oxford were completely protected trees
attack. That eirounistres, eorabred with the agreemeat
which, subject to the approval of the shareholders, they
bad entered into with the West Midland Company, would
orasiderably increase the value of their property between
those two cities.
The bill was then:approved of, aims also "A billfor vent-
lag the Birkenhead Hadvay in the London and North
Women Railway Company and the Great Western Railway
Company, and for other purposes."
The ensnares then proposed that the seestisit =
al "A bill to repeal sod coorlidate the several are
to the Cornwall Railway
bosh
; to empower them
to make • deviation and railway ; to extend the
time far completion of parts of their seaway ; sad far other
ir" The object of the bill was, he explamed, to M ex-
o :certain point the guarantee id the Great Wirers
Company to the Cornwall, so as to enable them tot:ampler
their line from Truro to Falmouth. The Great Western
Company was perfarly merged with their existing
mein, which this bill would edema It had nerved the
sanction of the reociated companies, namely, the Bristol
and Exeter and South Devoe. In fact, the extension to
Falmouth was • sir qsd wow to the rarer of the line.
The guarantee would be 250,0001., of which the Great
Western was to contribute 2-9ths, and each of the other
two associated companies half of the remaleing 7-9ths. The
line, when made, would be Lamed to them es a security.
The bill was then approved off as were also this following
—"A bill for making and maintaining
_el the Henley-in-
Arden Railway ,• and for other ;" " A bill to em-
power the Loodon and North 'stern Railway Company
to make Railways at Burton-open-Trent ; to coder ad&
rienal powers upon them with reference to par!' of their
undertaking ; and for other purposes ;" and • A bill to
made the Winchester and Milford Railway Company to
oonstract • Branch Railway from the Devil's Bridge to
Aborystvrith ; and for caber purposes."
As there were several other bills on the list, but not suf-
ficiently advanced in the proms of legislation to permit of
their oossideration, the meeting was further adjourned to
the 30th bor.