The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-06 00:00:00

TNLA ND LINE OF RAILWAY
FROM NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE TO EDIN-
BURGH.
At a Numerous and highly Respectable MEETING of
PARTIES desirous of PROMOTING the ABOVE LINE
of RAILWAY. held, pursuant to Advertisement, at the As-
sembly Rooms, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, on WED..
WESDAY, the Ist day of May instant.
The Right Worshipful thia..MAYOR of NEWCASTLE in the

Chair,

The following Resolutions were unanimously passed :
On the motion of WILLIAM WOODS, Esq., of Newcastle' se-
conded by ROBERT FRASER, Esq, (deputed to attend the

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meeting from the town of Hawick):—
That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that an Inland Line
Of Railway (twenty-one miles of which are already formed)
from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Edinburgh and Glasgow, in the
irection pointed out in the Report of John Blackmore, Esq.
to ,the Directors of the NewcaAle and Carlisle Railway, will
afford the most ready means of an unbroken line of Communi-
eition between London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, by means of
the Railwa)s made and now forming south of Newcastle ; and
that it will be more beneficial to this district, and to the
southern counties of Scotland and Edinburgh; end at the same
time will be a considerably better investment for capital than
any other Line that has been proposed, from the much larger
amount of traffic that it will command, and its greater conve-
nience to the public.
On the motion of Colonel CouLsom, of Blenkinsopp Castle, se-
conded by TuossAs FENWICK, Esq., of Southhill, Durham :
That a Provisional Committee be formed of such of the gen-
tlemen now present and others who may be inclined to aid in
directing the proceedings until the formation of the Company,
to be called " The Inland, or Great North Junction Railway
Company," and that the various parties in Scotland and else-
where, who are favourable to the undertaking, and have made
communicsions on the subject, be invited to join the Com.
mittee; but that the names of the Committee to be so formed
be not advertised until the answers have been received from the
parties to be applied to, when a meeting of the Committee will
be called to concert further measures ; and that subscriptions
be entered into for defraying the expenses of forming a Com-
pany, and for snaking the further surveys that will be necessary
for the information of the Committee, and for an application to
Parliament.
On the motion of JOHN SCOTT, Esq., of Teviot Bank (de-
puted to be present by the Commissioners of Supply, and prin-
cipal landowners of the county of Roxburgh, at a meeting at
Jedburgh, on the 30th April), seconded by ROST. GILL„ Esq.,
of Galashiels :

That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Directors of
the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, for the great pains they
have taken in investigating the matter and in bringing it be-
fore the public.
The following Resolutions were also put and carried una-
nimously—
That JOHN ADAMSO,T and STMIEN REED, Esquires, of
Newcastle, be the joint Honorary Secretaries to the Provisional
Committee. _ . .

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That the thanks of the meeting be given to those gentlemen
who formed the deputations from Roxburghshire, Hayrick, and
Galashiels.

That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Mayor of
Newcastle for his attending and opening the business of the
meeting, and to Matthew Plummer, Esq. for his taking the
chat!, when the Mayor was obliged to leave to attend the
Town Council,.
That these Resolinions be fully advertised.—By Order,
JOHN AD A M SON,
STEPHEN REED, S
S Hon. Secretaries.

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