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The Orion, screw, 90, is still lying in the basin at
Sheerness. Her boilers are now in the Lid, and getting
bedded and stowed away, together with her machinery.
Orders have been received from the Admiralty to mast
her in this yard. Her spars are, expected down from
Chatham for that purpose to-day. When put in she
will proceed to Chatham to fit out:
Theilloiatio, 22, Commander Joiner, is still in Sheer-
riess-harbour. We hear she has received enters to get
ready for sea immediately. Sire is 1110 A suited for a
guard-ship, as she carries 22 guns of heavy calibre.
liarwich is the plebe named for her port of destination,
where she will, no' doubt, get many volunteers for her
Majesty's service.
The leak in the Cossack, 21, screw, Captain E. G.
Fanshawe, cannot be discovered. Consequently she is
again to be taken into dock at Davenport. It appears
that it must be the same leak she had before she went
on shore, as she now makes the same quantity of water.
The Pylades, 21, screw-corvette,ls in No. 1 dry dock,
Sheerness, and a number of mechanics of all grades are
at work at her. She is to be brought forward with all
possible despatch, and when completed will form one of
the most useful class of vessels in the service, as when
ready for sea she is expected not to draw more than 18
or 19 feet of water. .
The Leopard, 18, paddle, Captain George Giffard,
Portsmouth, will be ready for sea on the 10th proximo.
The Hecla, 6, paddle,' Commander Hawker, lit fires
at Portsmouth yesterday morning, and up steam to
prove boilers and machinery. She will be ready for
active service on the sth.
The Drake, mortar-vessel, under the superintendence
of Captain Julihs Roberts, of the Royal Marine Artil-
leryeft Portsmouth for Sheerness .yesterday morning.
The mortar will be fired in het, passage'round. andot
Sheerness will be tested against' the old-fashioned bed-
mortar.
The French corvette that brought up at St. Helen's
on Wednesday evening, is at anchor, weather-bound.

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It appears by the reports 'train Aiihi-de-camp General '
Prince Menchikoft, dated November 12, that the siege
works of the enemy before Sebastopol have not aidvanced
in the least, amid that our fortifications continued, as be-
fore, to support with success the fire .of the besiegers.
Each night not only has all the damage been repaired
and the dismounted gnus replaced by others, but in
many respects the means of defence have also been in-
creased. During this time the enemy has continued to
strengthen his right flank, even to the town of Balaktava.

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Educatiol of the Royal Artillery.
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the sanguinary affair of the sth of November, Prince
Menschikoff now sends, respecting this combat, more
circumstantial details, which will be found in the follow-

ing reports :
"REPORT OF TIER GENERAL OF INFANTRY DANNENDERG,
COgIiANDER OF THE 4T4 CORPS OF INFANTRY, DATED
NOYEIIBER. 8.
" According to the plan arraczed for the army of the
Crimea for the 24th ult. (,rith of November), I made the
following dispositions :
"Lieut.-General Soimonuff, who commanded the right
column, had directions tp range his troops in order of
battle before daybreak, and to execute an offensive move-

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meat by placing his left flank upon the-left bank of the
ravine named Kilene•Balka, so that, profiting by the
facilities ivltiola the ground offered for his movements,
and for action, he might tarn. the -forces of the enemy
stationed near the source of that ravine.

" The left column, under tLe command of Lieut.-
General Pauloff, had orders to occupy, with 12 Regi-
ments of Chasseurs of Borodino, Okhotsk, and Taren•
tiro, and two companies of the 4th battalion of Rifle,
men, and te dear theolefilea verveleel with thick brushwood
situated beyond the Telternaya-Retchka, while the rest
of the troops advanced by the oew road called that of
the Sappers. Then, forming in order of battle between
the ravine Kilene-Balka and the defiles in question, that
column was to act at the same position as that of Lieut.-
General Soimonoff.
" Very unfortunately, the column of Lieut.-General
Soimonoff, instead of taking the position indicated above,
passed by the right bank of the ravine Kileueßalka,
and itninediately upon the break of day, without wait-
ing for the arrival of the left column, made a rapid
-:movement in advance--.-4 movement, however, which it
was forced to make by the sharp fire from the carbines of
the enemy, who, not heing threatened upon his left flank,
was able to concentrate all his forces between the
source of" the ailene-Balks and the valley 'of In-
kerman, upon ground very easy of defence The
first line were the regiments of Tomsk and Kolyvan, fol-
lowed by the Catherinenburg Regiment of Infantry.
Behind the right flank of these troops were, under the
command of Major-General Jabokritsky, the infantry
Reeiment of Boutyisk, and the Chasseurs of Ouglitch,
and the Ist brigade of the 16th Division of Infantry, as
a reserve to cover the right flank, according to the plan
of attack by the left bank of the Kilene-Balka,
" In order to escape from the murderous fire from the
carbines of the enemy, the regiments of Tomsk and
Kolyvan, preceded by a chain of Riflemen, also armed
with carbines, formed themselves into columns of com-
panies, and rushed upon the enemy, supported by the
battery of position No. 2, of the 10th Brigade of Ar-
tillery ; the battery of position No. 1, of the 16th Brl7
gads ; and the light battery No. 4, of the 17th Brigade.
The Chtisseurs 'pursued the enemy without stopping.
The 2d battalion of the Regiment of Tomsk and the
first two battalions of Kolyvan rushed upon *battery
of the enemy and spiked two of its guns; the
Ist and the 3d battalions of the Catherinenburg Regi-
ment of Infantry rushed in advance and upon the right
across the Ki!ene-Balka, and carried by assault a part
of the enemy's camp, where they spiked fodr guns.
This successful movement was' stopped by tliq loss,
almost simultaneously, of Lieutenant General Soimonoff,
mortally wounded ; Major-General De Villebois, com-
mander of the 2d brigade of the 113th Division.of In-
fantry ; Colonel Zagoskine, commander of the 10th Bri-
gade of Artillery, and the commanders of the Regiments
of Catherinenburg, Tomsk, and Kolyvan, which lost
at the same time their commanders of battalions and a
great number of ,officers killed or wounded.
"The regiments of the brigade of Chasseurs of the
10th Division of Infantry and the 2d and 4th battalions
of the Infantry Regiment of Catherinenburg were
obliged to descend to the upper part of the ravine,
where there is a stone quarry ; a vtky brisk fire took place
upon this point. By order of Major-Genbral Jabo-
kritsky the battery of position No. 2 of the 10th
Brigade of Artillery, and the battery of position No. 1
of the 16th Brigade, with the light batteries Nos. 4 and
5 of the 17th Brigade. occupied a height situated behind
the ravine of Kilene-Balka, find to the right, parallel
with its direction. The infantry Regiment of Boutyrak
was posted on the left bank Of the battery, that of the
Chasseurs of Oeglitch at the right flank, and the first
brigade of the 16th Division &Infantry remained in re-
serve Lehind the right flank.
" Almost simultaneously with the attack of the 10th
Division of Infantry, the Regiments of Chasseurs of
Tarentino and Borodino, formed in parties of Columns
by companies and preceded by two companiei of the
4th battalion of Riflemen, and all their men armed with
carbines, took part in the action. The movement of
these troops assisted iu forcing the enemy to give
way before the rapid attack of the right
column. Afterwards, when the regiments of the
10th Division of-Infantry descended into dui ravine,
those above.nained also took part in the fire against
the enemy, and the combat was warmly continued,
with alternate success. More than once the enemy was
closely surrJunded and driven back upon his right flank,
but having all his fdrces concentrated there heiresisted
our attack. Towards 8 o'clock iu the morning, after a
march which presented very' great obstacles, the rest of
the troops of the left column reached the steep heights
—viz., the Regiment of Chasseurs of Okhotsk, those of
the Infantry of Yakoutsk and Selinghinsk, with the
batteries of position No, 3 of the 11th Brigade of Artil-
lery, and No. 1 of the 10th Brigade, and eight guns of
the battery of position No, 3of the 17th Brigade. I
placed those batteries upon our left flank, at the extre-
mity of which afterwards arrived two batteries of light
horse artillery of the Don, which could not take part in
the battle in consequence of the position occupied by the
enemy being too distant.
"During the battle the battery of position No. 2 of
the 10th Brigade of Artillery, eight guns of the bat-
tery of position No. "3, and the light battery No. 4 of
the 17th Brigade, which bad lost many men and horses,
were replaced by the light batteries Nes. 1 and 2 of the
10th Brigade and No, 3 of the 11th Brigade, which re-
mained in position until the end of the affair.
" In order to support the battle which was going on
in the ravine, in advance of our left flank, Idirected
upon that point the Regiment of Chasseurs of Okhotsk,
which, forming its 3d and 4th battalions in columns by
companies, made a resolute movement in advance, and
took possession of a redoubt of the enemy with nine
guns, three of which were carried off and thrown into
the ravine, and the others spiked. Colonel Bibikoff,
commander of the regiment, and the greater portion of
his superior and subaltern officers were wounded in this
attack. The enemy, on his part, continued to bring up
fresh troops to the spot where a portion of the French
troops arrived, which forced the Regiment of Okhotsk
to fall back. Profiting by a deep ravine which covered
the left flank of our position, I again, successively or-
dered to advance the Regiments of Yakoutsk and
Selinghinsk to support our left flank in the ravine. The
Regiment of Yakoutsk charged with impetuosity the
English who had repulsed the Regiment of Chasseurs
of Okhotsk, and, after having at first overthrown the
enemy with great success, was in its turn forced to
abandon the battery of which it had taken possestion,
and compelled to retreat by a violent fire of carbines,
and by the French troops, which came up to the assist-
anc'a of the English.
" Not having any more troops in reserve at the left
flank, I ordered the Ist Brigade of the 16th Division of
Infantry to come up, At the same time the enemy
continued to defend himself with peculiar obstinacy,
and, as reinforcements of fresh French troops 'arrived,
we were obliged to yield to the superiority of his forces.
The troops who had fought in the ravine marched, a
portion by the valley of Inkertnan, by the passage .of
the Tchernaya Retchka, aud the rest fell back upon the
principal position. In order to cover the movement of
the loft flank m the valley of Inkerman, I also sent the
Infantry Regiment of Vladimir, which perfectly fulfilled
its mission, and its commander, Colonel Delwig, was
wounded. Soon afterwards the murderous fire of the
enemy's artillery forced us to retreat upon the town.
This movement was effected without obstacle and with-
out an attack from the enemy.
"In this affair all the troops, from the chiefs to the
lowest soldier, fought with a spirit worthy of the armies
of his Majesty the Emperor.P
on

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" EXTRACT FROII THE REPORT OF ArAJOR-GENEEAL
TIMOFEIEFF, DATED Nov. 7.

"At 10 o'clock in the morning, at the moment when
the battle on the heights of Inkerman was already in full
activity, Major-General Timoteieff, with the Infantry
Regiment of Minsk, and four guns of the light battery
No. 4 of the 14th Brigade of Artillery, axecuted a sortie
from Sebastopol against the left flank of the enemy's
works. Emerging -by the gate situated to the right of
the bastion No. 6, this column crossed the ravine of the
Quarantine Bay, passed the cemetery more to the left,
and began to close in upon the enemy. In advance
marched two battalions in cllumns by companies,
covered by a chain of riflemen, and having the artillery
guns between the battalions. They were followed by
two other battalions, in,columns of attack.
"After having routed the enemy even to his entrench-
ments, the battalions charged with the bayonet and
rushed upon the batteries. Sonic pursued the enemy
from one point to the other, and the rest made to his
guns, 15 of which were spiked.
" While this was going forward the enemy, recovered
from his surprise, began to send troops. Major-General
Timoffieff demanded reinforcements. Two battalions of
the 13th brigade of reserve (the sth of the Regiment of
Brziesc and the 6th of that of Wilna) and the six last
guns joined him.
" Having formed these battalions into columns by
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the right of the Quarantine ravine, Major-General Time-
feieff, seeing that the enemy was endeavouring to sur-
round him with considerable foroes, ordered the batta-
lions of Minsk to retire'. - •
"This retreat was effected so slowly, and in sitch per-
fect order, that not only all our wounded; but also some
of the wounded. of the enemy:. including two officers,
were carried off. The enemy in his pursuit having ap-
proached within range of the ifrapeshot of the gnus of
the place and the musketry of the wall of defence, suf-
fered an enormous loss and took flight. Major-Gene-
ral Timofeieff bears testimony to the valour displayed
by the whole Minsk Regiment, and particularly by
Major Yevsparloff, who commanded it ; Captain Lie-
pounoff, commander 'ef the fourth battalion ; and Cap-
tains Commanders of companies Joukovsky, Matshe-
vitch • Lieutenant Vorobieff, Ensign Zagorovsky, and
Seoand-Captain Postolsky, Adjutant of the regiment,
who with his own hands spiked two guns, and who, hav-
ing been wounded in the arm, passed the spikes toLieut.
Vorobieff."

"In addition to these details of the battle of the sth
Of November, his Majesty the Emperor has also received
from Aide.de-Camp General Prince Measchikoff the two
following reports, dated the 12th of November :---
if 4 1.

" 'lndependently of the flattering words of your Impe-
rial Majesty to the army and the garrison •f Sebastopol
—words which I transmitted by a special order of the
da►y, in execution of your orders—Prince Galitzin, aide-
de-camp of your Imperial Majesty, has fulfilled with ex-
actitude the mission confided to him. Ho went through
all the bastions and all the batteries where the sailors are
stationed and fight: The thanks and encouragements of
the Sovereign of which Prince Galitzie had the honour
to be the bearer, addressed to these brave sailors in .the
name of your Imperial Majesty, not only redoubled the
ardour, but also touched every oue of there to the bottom
'of his soul. They listened.- with tears of emotion to the
words of their Monarch and Father, full of solicitude for.

his well-beloved children, as your Majesty deigned to ex-
press yourself in the receipt with which you honoured
'nie,on the 31st of this month. _ _ .

It was with an equal sentiment of pious and grate-
ful veneration that the troops received the gift and the
blessing of her Majesty the Empress. After a religious
ceremony, the image of the Saviour, brought by Prince
Gahtzin, *as taken, acccinpa,nied by all the inhabitants
of the town, from the church of St. Michael. to the
Niche,lasliattery, and thence that holy image was taken,
with the appropriate religious ceremony, to all the
bastions and all the batteries, to bless the defenders of
them. AU the men present, having listened with pious
attention to the address of the priest, prayed with fer-
vour, and went and kissed the holy image of the Saviour.
" ' This image is now deposited in the locality pre-
pared for it near the entrance gate of the Nicholas
Battery.

" In my report, addressed to your Imperial Majesty
immediately after the great sortie from Sebastopol on
the sth of November, t have already had the honour to
bear testimony that their Imperial Highnesses the Grand
Dukes Nicholas Nicholaievitch and Michael proved
themselves upon the field of battle, not only in every
respect worthy of their high position by facing danger
with coolness, but they also set the example of the true
courage of the warrior. Their presence in the midst of
the fire excited all and each to fulfil their sacral duties
towards the Sovereign and the country.
" The troops intrusted to mycommand were witnesses
of this, and the intrepidity which they exhibited in the
battle, so obstinate on both sides, was cau.,ed by the
knowledge that the sons, so dear to the Monarch
and to Russia, were in our ranks, and that every one
ought to take example by their sell-denial. In my
order of the day of the 10th of November I thought
it my sacred duty to recall to the recollection of the
troops these warlike virtues of the Grand Dukes, and I
took the liberty of saying that under the fire of the
enemy they had shown themselves to be brave Russian
soldiers.
" ' After having exhibited upon the field of battle the
full extent of their courage and coolness, the Grand
Dukes wished on that very day to visit the bastions
and the batteries, in order to bear in person to the brave
sailors the thanits of the monarch, in execution of your
orders. At tins moment almost all the batteries were
in action, and particularly at the kourgan Malakhoff the
firing was so incessant that the whistling of the balls,
and even of the bullets from the carbines, was heard by
the Grand Dukes along all the road leading to the
bastion. At the kourgan Malakhoff the enemy afforded
to the defenders et Sebastopol a precious opportunity to
join their proved courage with the first manifestation of
that of the well-beloved sons of Russia. In presence of
their Highnesses, and almost at their feet, two of the
enemy's balls fell its the parapet ; a third, which reached
the-wall separating two embrasures, covered the men at
the guns with earth ; and, lastly, as if to complete the
proof, a shell destroyed a building before their eyes,
while at a few paces from it their Highnesses were ani-
mating. the combatants by the flattering words of your
Majesty.
" 'lt would be useless to say that during all these in-
stants, which might have proved mortal to them, the
Grand Dukes showed themselves, I venture to repeat
it here, to be true determined Russian soldiers.
" ' Your Imperial Majesty would fill with joy the
whole army under my command by conferring upon their
Highnesses the order of military merit which in thought
has been unanimously bestowed upon them by us. The
Order of St. George of the Fourth Class, for bravery, if
granted by your Majesty to their Highnesses, who have
justly merited it, would be hailed as a high and inesti-
mable mark of favour by all the troops under my com-
mand, who were witnesses of the courage and intrepidity
of-the Grand Dukes, in whose persons your Majesty, and
the whole of Russia, have the happiness and the right to
pride themselves and rejoice.'
" Such flattering testimony rendered by the Com.

minder-in• Chief to the warlike qualities displayed by his
youngest sons before the eyes of the whole army caused
sincere joy in the paternal heart. of the Emperor. His
Imperial Majesty, in conformity with the proposal of
Aide-de•Camp-General Prince Menschikofi, has deigned
to confer upon their Imperial Highnesses the Grand
Dukes Nicholas Nicolaievitch and Michael Nicolaievitch
the Order of St. George of the Fourth Class."

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AND NEW SOUTH

The Australian papers received by the overland ma
show that the recent proposition of the Governor o
South Australia for a railway of 1,000 miles, to connec
that colony with Victoria and New South Wales, at a
cost of 10,000,0001., the interest on which should be
guaranteed by the Home Government, has awakened
much attention, and furnished a topic for prominent
discussion in the principal journals. Its practical un-
soundness, however, notwithstanding its dazzling
features, seems to have been recognised to a consider-
als!e, extent, and the Melbourne Argus and Adelaide
Times both express their views of the hopelessness of
the scheme. In the latter paper it is observed :
" The message of Sir Henry Young to the local Legisla-
ture, forwarding co'pies of a despatch from his Excellency
to the Duke of Newcastle, containing suggestions for tie
formation of a grand trunk line of railway connecting the
capitals of South Australia, New South Wales, and Vic-
toria, is before us. We fully recognise the paramount ad-
vantages certain to accrue to the Australian colquies from
the establishment of a cheap and speedy system of in-
tercommunication with their capitals, when such a system
can be accomplished with a due regard to the prospect of
an ultimate return ; but we trust we shall ever be found
in the ranks of those opposing, by all means, the prosecu-
tion of chimerical designs, which, like that now under
consideration, can alone result in the retardment of that
prosperity which it is their object to promote. The axiom
about its being necessary to creep before commencing to
walk is applicable to all young colonies, and, as being
especially so to one whose career, up to the present period,
has been distinguished by the most rapid strides to-
wards permanent commercial prosperity, should be
borne in mind accordingly. Of the fatal results of au
opposite course of policy, it is greatly to be feared
that era long examples will not be wanting ; and it be-
hoves ' South Australia, as a means of retaining the posi-
tion she has reached, to act with circumspection, and to
regard with the utmost jealousy propositions of a public
character which, however apparently brilliant, may, too
late, be discovered to have been producitive of incalculable
mischief.
" At the very outset the great difficulty of raising se
largo a sum by loan from the Eglish Government, on the
terms set forth in the suggestions, appears to be insuper-
able, and can only be looked upon as a proposition which
' will be dismissed without a moment's favourable conside-
ration. We should be asking the British Government to
guarantee a loan for the construction of the proposed works
' immediately after having received from them the inesti-
mable boon of an unfettered control over the enormous
and valuable territory of Crown lands which the Austra-
-1 ban colonies contain within their limits. Apart, however,
from this consideration, we entertain strong doubts of the
disposition of the Governments of the sister colonies in
the matter, and perhaps any very elaborate speculation in
reference to it is as well delayed until their inolination to
co-operate has been ascertained."

MURDER AT MARTHILL, IN SCOTLAND.—A brutal and
unaccountable murder has been perpetrated at Maryhill,
in the neighbourhood of Glasgow. A Plan about fifty,
pained John Welsh, who had been employed in watching
the surface works at Kelvinside ironstone pit, was found
lying in a state of insensibility from various recent and
where consciousness gradually returned,
severe wounds about the head. He was immediately
ah9nmieed'but upon ical examination his wounds were found
conveyed
and, as he appeared to be fast
to be of a fatal character ;
sinking, his dying deposition was takes, which is said to
amount in substance to the following :—He was watch-
ing at the works at eight o'clock on Sunday evening,
when a young man, a coal drawer, named Alexander
Stewart, came to him and asked for a light of his pipe.
He gave bite a light, and they talked together for some
time, when Stewart lifted one of the workmen's picks
from among a number, and in a half-jestin,g mood said,
" John, would that kill a man ?" Welsh answered,
"Yes, and it would kill a horse." Scarcely had the
words been uttered when Stewart struck Welsh four
severe blows on the head, face, and neck with the pick,
levelling him to the ground in a state of insensibility,
and thus was he found as already described. The poor
man died from is wounds about four o'clock on Monday
• morning.—or h
tli, Billies Mail.

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PRICE

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BOARD OF TRADE LIST OF NEW RAIL-

WAY BILLS.

The following is an authentic list of the Railway
Bills of which plans were deposited at the Board of
Trade up to last night, Nov. 30, 1851 :
ENGLAND.

Britlport.'
Spalding, Burn, and Stamford.
Bt istol and Exetcr—Station Improvements, &c.
\Vest Somerset Mineral.
Portsmouth—Deviation.
London and North Western—Preston Station En-
largement, &c.
Middlesborough and Guisborough—Braneb.
Manchester, Sheffield, and, Lincolnshire—Branch, &c,
North Yorkshire and Cleveland—Branches.
Carlisle and Lilloth Bay.
Westminster Terminus—Extension.
Aberdare Valley.
Disley and Hayfield.
Salisbury and Yeovil.
Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge.
Dearness Valley. ,
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and .Woreestershire—Ex-
tension.
Stockton and Stokesley.
Direct Manchester and Milford Haven Junction.
West Kent:
Rhymney—Extension.
Cromford and High Peak—lnsprovernents.
Bristol and South Wales and Southampton Union.
South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun Navigation
-Branch to Bole.
Caterham—Extension to Croydon, &c.
Liverpool and Garston.
Hartlepool Great Float and Railway.
Llynvi Valley—Amendment.
.Weston-super-Mare and Uphill.
Exeter and Exmouth. . .
Ipstones Mineral Branch Railway.
Severn Valley—Deviations.
Alton Extension.
South London.
Somerset Central—Extension to Wells.
Torquay.
Abingdon Junction.
Westminster Terminus Railway—Extension.
Loscoe.
Hammersmith, Fulham, and Westminster.
Cumberland Market Terminus.

Dorchester and Btidport.
London and South Western—Basingstoke and Salls•
bury line.
Chester and Holyhead—Deviation, Extension, and
Branch.
North London—Branches.
Swansea Vale.
Maryport and Carlisle—lmprovement, Newßranches,
&c.

Newtown and Oswestry.
Hatfield and St. Albans.
Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction.
South Wales (New Railways).
Merton awl Kingston.
Furness— kdditional Land.
Swansea Docks and Mineral Valleys Railway.
Staines, Wokingham, and Woking—Extension to
Reading.
South Yorkshire Railway and River Dun—Extension
to Crowle.
Dudley and Old ILII.
Sheffield, Chapelton, and Elseear.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton—Cradley
Loop.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton—lmprove-
ments and Branches.
Staines, Wokingham, and Woking—Diversion of
Roads, itc.
East Kent—Deviation.
South Staffordshire—Branches.
Stockton and Darlington—Branches.
Taff Bargoed.
Carmarthen and Cardigan—Deviations.
Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight Railway and Pier.
South Wales and Southampton.
Great Western and Brantford (Thames Junction)
Rail way.
Mid Kent and North Kent Junction.
London aid Mid Kent.
Warrington and Stockport—Branch to Manchester.
Mtkopolitan—Alteration of the Line and Levels.
Dursley and Midland Junction.
Barnet and Willesden.
London and Blackwall—Widening.
Direct South Eastern.
Thames Embankment and Railway.
iCOTLA_ND.
Great North of Scotland—Huntly to Nairn.
Inverness and Elgin Junction.
Banff, Macduff, and Turriff Junction.
Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Helensburgh.
Glasgow and South Western—Branches, &a.
Inverary and Old Meldrum Junction.
Aberdeen and Peterhead.
Kinross.
Leslie Railway and Branches.
East of Fife.
Edinburgh and Glasgow—Terminal Branch at Glas.
gow.
Jedburgh.

IREL AND.
Ulster—Extension to Monaghan.
Dundalk and Euniskillen—Extension to Monaghan
and Cavan.
Trim Railway.
Belfast aid County Down—Extensions to Down-
patrick, Donaghadee, &o.
Dundalk and Blackrock.
Wicklow Mineral.
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland—Exten-
sions to Tuam and Strokestown.
Cork and Youglaal—Branch to Queenstown, &c.
Limerick and Castleconnel.