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STEAM RAILWAYS.

Bridgewater Arms, Manchester, Dec. I, 18:24.
HIGH PEAK STEAM RAILWAY, _

From the Cromford Canal to the Peak Forest Canal, in the
County of Derby.
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1' a General Meeting of the Committee and
Supporters of this Undertaking, held at the time and
place above-mentioned, in pursuance of a Requisition for thii
purpose,
TEIOMAS BATEMAN, ESQ., in the Chair,
—The various Resolutions previously entered into, and several
Communications and Letters to the Committee having been
stated and read, and the Plan and Survey of the projected Line
of ths Railway, and Mr. Jessep's second Report and Estimate'
having been also read and submitted to the Meeting ;

It was Resolved,—That the Meeting receives with the
greatest satisfaction the communication that his Grace the Duke
of Devonshire consents to the Railway being made through his
Grace's Estates, and most liberally without requiring any re-
muneration for his Land.

Resolved,—That from the very dear view taken by Mr.
Jcssop, of the advantages to he derived from the proposed mea-
sure, and the satisfactory explanations given in his Report as to
the facility and economy of conveyance by Railways, the Meet-
ing is fully convinced that the proposed Railway will be deci-
dedly the best mode of communication between the two Canals,
and productive of advantages not to be attained by any other
means, and therefore strongly recommend the scheme to the
support of the public.
It appealing from the estimate that the sum of 130,0001. is
necessary to complete the Railway, and a further sum of,
20,0001. for Steam Engines, and that about 70,000/. is already
subscribed in Shares of 1001. by the Noblemen, Gentlemen and
Landowners in the immediate neighbourhood of the proposed
Railway ;

Resolved,—That the Subscription be now open to the public
in general, and that Subscriptions be received at the Banking-
house of Sir Peter Pole, Bart. and Co., Messrs. Jones, Loyd,
and Co., and Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, in London;
and at the several Banks in Liverpool, Manchester, Birming-
ham, Macclesfield, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Stamford,
and Lincoln ; and that the respectable Bankers be requested to
receive Subscriptions on the account of Messrs. Arkwright,
Toplis, and Co., of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, the Treasurers to
the Undertaking; and that Subscribers do at the time of enter-
ing their names, in pursuance of a tbrmer Resolution, pay
the sum of one pound per cent. on the amount of their Sub-
scriptions.

Resolved,--That publicity be given to these Resolutions by
insertion in such of the public Journals as the Committee may
deem necessary; and that Mr. Jessop's second Report be
printed for circulation.

That this Meeting be adjourned to Thursday the 6th Janu-
ary next, at the Old Bath, Matlock, at eleven o'clock in the
forenoon.

(Signed) THOS. BATEMAN, Chairman.
The thanks of the Meeting were given to the Chairman, for
his efficient conduct in the Chair.
N.l3.—That since the Meeting the further sum of 22,0001.
bas been subscribed by additional Subscribers.
Brittlebank and Son, Solicitors, Oddo, Derbyshire.

PROPOSED RAIL-ROAD from BRISTOL to lIATII
TE elevated and distinguished position of
IL. this Country was probably. never more visible than at
tile present period. The commercial prosperity of almost every
Town and District in the Kingdom, and the plans now ia con-
templation to facilitate and increase trade and manufactures,
must be so apparent to every observer, that to particularise, is
uunecessay.

Among the most important is, that Grand Improvement,
the LocomonvE STEAM-ENG INE, far the convey.
ante of Passengers anti .MerehAttise on u Hail-road ;by means
of this power, a Company wIV• be enabled to ttansport the
heaviest goods with certainty and security, by day and night,
at all times of the year; in periods of frost or of drought, at
the rate of at least eight miles an hour, and passengers at the
rate of twelve.

The Capital required to complete the object in view, and the
current charges for the maintenance of a Rail-Road and Loco-
motive Power, being much less than that employed by any ex.
rating means for conveyance, 'will enable a Company to carry
goods and Passengers at a rate less by one third, probably by
One Half, than the sum paid at present. These are not specu-
lative or visionary assertions;—they are founded on facts, col-
lected by an examination of the system of carriage by Rail-
Roads, actually practised in the North of England.
From the surveys and estimates of the intended Manchester
and Liverpool, and Stroud and Severn Itail-lioads, it appears
that the cost for a main road Fifteen feet wide, including land,
&c. is about 2,0001. per mile; but as the travelling and traffic
from Bristol to Bath is calculated to be greater for the same dis-
tance that any like establishment in the Kingdom, it will be
advisable to make the. Main Road Sixty Feet Wide ; which,
including machines, trams, and every other charge, will come
under or about 8,0001. per mile.
It is the opinion of an eminent Surveyor, that the whole line
required for the Main Road from Bristol to Bath, will not ex.
cued Twelve Miles; the costs whereof, including Collateral
Branches to the Principal Colleries, may be taken in round
numbers, at about One Hundred Thousand Pounds.
The number of Coal Pits in the vicinity and near the line of
the intended (tail-Road, and the facility anti celerityof conveying
mercantile and agricultural produce to and from each City, (in
the space One Hour and Half) the reduced rates, and the unde-
viating punctuality and security of Rail-Roads upon the im.
proved system, will inevitably insure to itself sufficient traffic,
(independent of the carriages for conveying passengers) to afford
a liberal remunerating profit to those embarked in it; at the
same time that it will create a competition highly advantageous
to the public, and be to the shipping interest of Bristol of
the highest importance, by the eventual extension of the system
to the manufacturing and clothing districts contiguous to this
Port. •
A Committee will be immediately appointed to order Sur.
veys and Estimates, and lay the same before a General Meet-
ing of Subscribers. Books are now open at the Banks of Messrs.
Stuckeys, Lean, and Co., and Messrs. Ricketts, Thorne, and
Co., Bristol; and at Measrs. Cavenah, Browne, and Co., Bath ;
to receive Subscriptions for Four Thousand Shares at 'I went y -
five Pounds each. A deposit of One Pound per Share to be
paid into their bands at the time of subscribing, and to be held
by them in trust for the Subscribers until the Report of the Sur.
veyors be laid before a General Meeting; and should their re•
port be unfavourable to the undertaking, the survey and other
expences will be deducted from said deposit, and the remainder
returned to the Subscribers.
Bath, December 6, 1824.