The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-25 00:00:00

RAILIV.4YS IN SCOTLAND.

At a recent meeting in Durehries, General Dirom in the chair, to
take into cor.sideratisn the measures proposed by Ministers for
withdrawing from circulation one and to 3 pound notes. after the
business for which the meeting had been enlivened was disposed of,
General Dirom communicated the result of the csirespondence he
had had with the Directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle Rail.road.
Company, in which it appeared that, with enlarged and iibef3l
views, the Directors sre disposed to promote the proposed extension
of their plan, by a branch from Brampton by Langton to Port An.
nan. That important improvement is also approved of, and it iw
expected will be encouraged In the most libend manner, br the
Magistrates and Town Council of Annan, by Mr. Irving of New.
hie. the Earl of Mansfield, Sir James Graham of Netherby, anti
the Earl of Carlisle, who are some of the principal proprietors who
have lands in the line of this branch.

The Directors are likewise disposed to promote a branch, if en..
co:waged by the landed proprietors, which the General, in the
course of their correspondence, suggested for their consideratioa.
from Brampton by Penrith tb flimsier, chiefly with a view to
give facility to the supply of excellent slate and of metallic mine-
rals, which might be obtained in much greater abundance than at
present, from the interior of the counties of Cumberland and West-
morland, and might he conveyed at a very moderate expense upoa
the railways to Carlisle, to Newcastle, and to Port Annan.
The intercourse upon these projected rail•roads is intended to his
arried on by the long-established use of horsepower, instead of
cocomotive steam-engines; and an idea may be formed of the uti-
lity of that mode of conveyance. by st►ting that a ton of reerchan-
Miss or of any other artichs, such as grain, lead, coal, lime, aia'e,
military stores, or baggage, would be carried between Newcastle
and Carlisle for seven shillings and aisnenee, and between Nem.
castle and Port Annan for about ten shillings the ton, at the ave-
rage rate of two and a half miles an hour; and it is probable that
the railroad or railway would also be rendered useful for carriages
for the accommodation and cheap conveyance of travellers.
This meeting haring been called for a special porpoise, it wee
deemed most expedient to recommend General Dirotn'a Report to
the consideration of the general annual meeting of the county oat
the 30th of April next. The projected lines of railway, alluded to
in this Report, may be deserving of attention also from the inha-
bitants of Lancashire and Cheshire, who have already water eat-
riage into Westmorland, as far as Kendal. A railway from thence
to the head of Ullawater, which is a distance of only about sixteen
miles, might be found to be very practicable if assisted by station-
ery steam-engines to surmount abrupt elevations; and would, along
with the other intended lines, 'Jibed inland communication, from
those counties with Carlisle, Neweaatlempoe-Tyne, and into Dam-
friessbire se far as Afloat.

YORKSHIRE MUSICAL risnrAL, 1825.
The following has been handed to us a cosrected state-
ment of the receipts and disbursements of the Second
Yorkshire Musical Festival, held in September last ; ex,
elusive of the expense of erecting the new Concert-room,
which amounts to upwards of 9,3001.:
RECEIPTS. _

MINSTER.
TiCketS - .
Showing Preparations
nonatiohs .
Books - -
Sale of Materials

t. s. 4. .£ a. i
14,204 0 0
74 12 0
328 111 0

1104 11 0
23 7 0

15,&44 6. g

CONCERT ROOM.
Concert and Ball Tickets
Slowing Preparations

- 6273 18 0
4860 •
.d 3124 4
k 20,876 10-1

Total Receipts . .
DISBURSEMENTS.
MORNING PERTOR3IANCEq.
Band, 14 Prmc. Vocal Perf. - 2140 12 Ot
631 other Performers, hstr.
and Vocal - - - 4724 2 0
Conductor and four Asst. Conductors .
Five cellows' Blowers . .
Adapting and tuning the Organ
Copies of Music borrowed and prepared, and car.
rage of Instruments .

68114 12 0
606 0 #
9 0 •
111 14 0
339 3 8

PREPARATIONS IN THE MINITEL
Use of Timber
- Carpenter, Slater, • Bricklayer, Carver. Painter,
Whitesmith, and Upholsterer
Crimson Cloth, &c. - - .
Matting - . .
Hop-bagging . . -
-
Paper-hangings . .
Architects . . -
Clerk of the Works . -
-

912 19 0
TWO 6 0
XII 10 1(1
110
SI 17 9
130 10 6
141 0 0
32 13 •

EVENING PERFORMANCES.
Preparations at the Assembly Rooms . - 178 10 7
Lighting both Rooms . - 112 14 IV
Quadrille Bands - 246 11 0
-
Refreshments, &c. at the Balls - - 101 18 a
MORNING AND EVENING PERFORMANCES.
Preparation, at the Guildhall for the Sale of Tickets 33 Pa 10
Fitting.up and use of Rooms for the Stewards,
Committee, and principal Performers - 36 9 9
Refreshments for Performers and Attendants . tit 16 le
Printing Books of the Performances - 437 7 11
Miscellaneous Printing - - 114 13 V
Engraving Tickets, &c. . . 319 6 7
Advertising - - - 4311 il 1
Stationery and Copying Clerks - - n• n 2
Ticket-seller, and Takers, and other Attendants 226 16 0
Constables and Police Officers - 164 6 0
Sundries - . . - . 29 Ift 9
--,....„,
£13,442 18 It'
From the above statement it appears that theta is
surplus of 2,111!. from the Minster fund, from which a
deduction of about 200/. is to be made for claims not yet
satisfied, leaving about 19001. to be divided amongst the
four Infirmaries of York, Leeds, Sheffield, and Hull,
conformably to the resolution of the Committee, passed on
the 24th May, 1824; and that there is a deficiency of
39941. on account of the new Concert Room, which awn
will probably be subscribed by the patrons and support
of the Festival, or paid out of the guarantee funk by
which arrangement a building of the value of upwards of
90(01. will be vested in trustees for the future benefit of •
the four Charities. This, surely, is not a result with
which the friends of the hospitals can feel dissatisfied; on
titcceodntrary, they, and the whole county of York, are
under lasting obligations to the Managing COID.•
mittee of the York Musical Festival, for the zeal, talent;
and public spirit which they have displayed, so tuuch•to
their own honour, and to the public benefit and gratifica-
tion.—York Courant.

An experiment has lately been tried on Lord Althom's
farm, at Chapel Brampton, with a view of ascertaining
the relative rtlerits of Swedish turnip; and mangel wurzel.
The food consumed by two oxen, which were tied op on
the 26th December last, was weighed, and the increase is
thc weights of the oxen ascertained. In the Snit month.
No. 1. consumed 1,2241 b. of Swedish turnips, and his
weight increased 341 b.: No. 2. consumed 1,6481 b. of
mingel wurzel, arid his weight increased 321 b. In rho
second month No. 1, was fed upon mango] wursal, and
No. 2. upon Swedish turnips: No. 1. consumed 1,8441 b. of
mange' wurzel, and his weight increased Seib. : 440.
consumed I,BBolb. of Swedish turnips, anti his weight in.
creased 141 b.