The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-10 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR.
GLASGOW, THURSDAY AFTERsooN.--To-day a special
meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the
station, Bridge-street, to consider and determine on certain
extensions, leases, and agreements the Directors had agreed
on, and which now waited for the determination of the

Shareholders.
The meeting, which was a numerous and highly influential
one, was presided over by Mr. James M'Call, the Chairman
of the Board of Directors.
The report, of which the following presents the material
features, was read :
The document set out with stating that the meeting had
been summoned for the purpose of submitting to the conside-
ration of the Shareholders the various schemes promoted by
the Directors, and for the construction of which Parliamen-
tary sanction was intended to be sought-.
The report then went on to notice that the various branches
and extension-lines, for which notice had been given, were
based on the expectation that the county of Ayr, from its
mineral resources, was destined ere long to become one of the
most important districts in the kingdom.
This position being explained at some length, the report
next addressed itself to an explanation of the branches and
extensions in question, commencing with the line which the
Directors considered of primary importance in the list—that
from Paisley to a point in the present Kilmarnock Railway,
principally to shorten the route from Glasgow and Paisley
to Kilmarnock. It was stated to be excellently laid out,
would give the Proprietors the command of the district, and
was without tunnelling; and would give the greatest ac-
commodation to the important points to be connected. The
report then proceeded to explain the route of the. line, and
this, and what follows in relation to the other projects, con-
stitute the main and important features submitted by the
Directors. It says :—" This line leaves the joint line of rail'
way east and west of Paisley by two forks, and has branches
to Barrhead, Ilousehill, Fenwick, &c. .A separate Company
was some time ago organised for the purpose of making that
portion of this very line which lies between Paisley, Ilurlet,
and Barrhead ; and your Directors have considered it expe-
dient, in order to save Parliamentary expense, to enter into
an at rangement for working and leasing this lime, in the
event of an Act being obtained by the promoters; a portion
of the stock of this latter Company will be also held on your
account."
" In connexion with the Paisley and Busbie line, your Di-
rectors contemplate a cross line, leaving the present Kilmar-
nock branch at the same point of junction, and running into
the Duke of Portland's Kilmarnock and Troon Railway (now
leased by this Company, and in course of being relaid with
edge rails), at Drybridge, a distance of four miles. This line
will, together with the one previously noticed, afford the
most direct route from Glasgow and Paisley to Troon, Avr,
&c. ; and also to Ireland (along the Belfast Union line).
From nearly the same point on the Kilmarnock branch there
is proposed another short line, formerly sanctioned by you,
to Irvine, where it joins your main line and harbour branch,
With a short offset into the Perceton coalfields. The length
of this latter line will be about six miles; it will be cheaply
made, traverses a district abounding in minerals, and will
give an improved means of communication between Kilmar-
nock and Irvine, and also to Ardrossan.

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" The branch to Irvine harbour has been in course of con-
struction during some months, and will soon be completed.
" Your Directors will next bring under your notice their
projected line from Kilmarnock to Strathaven, in length
about 18 miles. This line is an extension of the branch to
Galston and Newmills, submitted to you in April last; it
leaves your Cumnock branch a short way out of Kilmar-
nock, following the upper valley of the Irvine to the summit
of the country, from which it passes down into Strathaven.
The country eastward, as far as Darvel, is thickly studded
with population, and contains an inexhaustible supply of
coal of the first quality, and of other minerals ; while the dis-
trict round the town of Strathaven also possesses many
sources of traffic. A separate Company has been formed for
the continuation of the line from Strathaven to the town of
Hamilton ; with this Company your Directors have made
an agreement, which will also be this day submitted to you
for approval. Another line has been promoted, under the
auspices of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company,
from Hamilton to Edinburgh, thus completing and making
perfect the chain of communication from Ayrshire to Edin-
burgh and the whole east of Scotland.
" Your Directors have been induced to recommend that this
line shall be carried forward to Strathaven, from the evident
advantages of thereby securing the traffic of a thorough line,
in addition to the local trade.
"From the last-mentioned extension-line, your Directors
also have projected branches to Lesmahagow, and up the
Glespin valley to the Crawick branch of the Glasgow, Dull).-
fries, and Carlisle Railway, with the view of completing the
chain of railway communication.
"Among the branches remaining to be noticed, your Di-
rectors beg to submit to you a short line to Linwood, of about
one mile in length, leaving your main line to the westward
of Johnstone ; and another branch from the vicinity of Dairy
to Swinlees, about two miles long, which they believe to be
necessary for the more complete accommodation of your pre
sent traffic. There are also applications to Parliament for a
slight deviation in the Cumnock line at Kilmarnock, which
will prove advantageous • and also for alterations in the line
of the Kilmarnock and advantageous;
Railway, requisite to improve
its curves, and to make it suitable for locomotive power.
"The Parliamentary notices, also announce applications
for power to purchase, or to lease and work the following
railways, separately promoted, viz. :—The Paisley, Hurlet,
and Barrhead Railway; the Ayrshire, Bridge-of-Weir,
and Port-Glasgow Junction Railway ; the Hamilton
and Strathaven Railway; the Glasgow and Belfast Union
Railway ; and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Rail-
way." . . .

The Directors further asked the proprietors to confirm an
agreement entered into for the purchase of the Glasgow,
Paisley, and Ardrossan Canal, and instantly to renew their
application to Parliament for the West of Scotland Junc-
tion line, to connect their railway with the Edinburgh and
Glasgow, a step that they considered of the greatest im-
portance.
The CHAIRMAN then addressed the proprietors in a speech
of some length, dwelling principally on the necessity which
there existecifor the Company carrying out a large and de -
cided scheme of extension, in order to protect the interests
of the proprietors from the competition with which they were
threatened. He detailed an interview held some time
back with the chairman of the Caledonian line, in
which that gentleman expresSed the best feelings towards
the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr; but that Company had
since taken the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Ayr scheme under
its patronage, from which they could augur little favourable
at present from that quarter. After going over several of the
most prominent recommendations of the report, explaining
the advantages which their carrying out would realise, the
honourable gentleman sat down with reading the resolutions,
which were but an echo of the document in question.
A SHAREHOLDER suggested the submitting of the resolu-
tions separately, and not all at once, as proposed, which was
agreed to.
A motion was then made that the report just read be re-
ceived and adopted by the proprietors, and after a brief dis-
cussion, in which it was complained of that the report had
not been previously printed and circulated among the pro-
prietors, the resolution was agreed to.
Resolutions were then seriatim submitted, sanctioning the
various extensions named in the report, and also the powers
sought to purchase or to lease and work the Paisley,
and Barrhead Railway, the Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and
Port Glasgow Junction Railway, the Ilamilton and Strath-
aven Railway, the Glasgow and Belfast Union, and the
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway.
Mr. LEADBETTER, while these resolutions were under dis-
cussion, entered into a statement of the prospect of the
two last-mentioned lines, which he represented to be very
flattering. As the chairman of the one, and the vice-
chairman of the other, lie could assure the meeting that all
had been done that was required to make their application
to Parliament perfect, and in complete accordance with the
standing orders. They would, if successful, operate as most
important feeders to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
and place the proprietors in a most commanding position.
Ile moved in addition to the powers sought by the Directors
in their report, that in the event of the Glasgow and Belfast
Union having to construct an extension of their line from
Stranraer, in consequence of the British and Irish Union
failing to obtain their Bill, then that the guaranteed per
tentage be enlarged to 100,0001. extra capital to that already
agreed to.
All these resolutions, in addition to others, to confirm the
agreement for the purchase of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Ar-
drossan Canal, and to renew the application to Parliament for
the line to cross the Clyde, so as to connect the line with. the
Glasgow and Edinburgh, were agreed to ; the only dissen-
tient to the latter being Mr. Robertson, who strongly protested
against the purchase of the canal.

NORTH KENT.
WALMEA, FRIDAY.—A meeting of the inhabitants of
Walmer was held yesterday in the Vestry-room, at one
o'clock, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
various projected lines which will affect the town and neigh-
bourhood. Most of the inflential inhabitants were present—
nearly the whole of the acreage of the parish-900 acres—
being represented. During the last few days the Dover and
Deal and the Deal and Dover Companies have served no-
tices on the trustees of four of the most important roads in
the vicinity of Walmer, stating that, in the event of their
lines receiving the approbation of Parliament, it will be ne-
cessary for them to carry their lines across them. These,
as well as several other projected lines, pass through the
parish of Walmer, but the North Kent, which is looked
upon very favourably here, does not pass through the parish,
but through those immediately contiguous to it.
The Rev. Mr. HOLLAND, the vicar, was called to the chair.
He said, however desirous they might be to protect their
private interests, they must not lose sight of the advantages
which the great body of the public would derive from a line
of railway which would promote their interests.
Mr. JAMES LEITH, a large landed proprietor, in the parish
of Walmer, as well as in those adjacent to it, which will be
affected by some of the proposed railways, called upon the
meeting to consider the great injury which the parish would
sustain by the Dover and Deal and the Deal and Dover Rail-
ways passing over four or five important roads, a circum-
stance which could not fail to prove detrimental to the
commerce of the town. Besides, they would pass over all the
most valuable property in the parish, particularly the Deal
and Dover, one of the projects of the South-Eastern Com-
pany,. which would interfere with the most valuable property,
both in land and houses, in Widmer. Thus its value would
be diminished, and the interests of the town could not, con-
sequently, fail to suffer.
The meeting was then addressed by Mr. Kendrick, and
several of the most influential inhabitants, who supported the
North Kent Railway, and disapproved particularly of the
Deal and Dover and the Dover and Deal.
Mr. HULK appeared on behalf of the North Kent Company,
but took no part in the proceedings.
Resolutions, approving of the North Kent, and pledging
the inhabitants to support it in Parliament, and disap-
proving of the Dover and Deal lines, were then passed
unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. T. MAY, solicitor, of London, copies
of the resolutions were ordered to be transmitted to the pro-
moters of the North Kent Company.

DIRECT LONDON AND MANCEIESTER.
Last night, at six o'clock, a numerous meeting of the pa-
rishioners of St. Bride, Fleet-street, was held in the vestry-
room of the church, to consider the notices received from the
Direct London and Manchester, so the effect that several
houses would be required, belonging to the parish, for the
formation of the terminus in Farringdon-street ; Mr. N. T.
Isherwood in the chair, senior churchwarden.
Mr. SMITH, vestry-Clerk, read the letter which he had re-
ceived, which was dated the Ist of December, and which
required an answer by the 6th of January. He stated that
there were six houses in Farringdon-street, one in Shoe-lane,
and the burial-ground, which would be required. He ob-
served that the decision of the vestry would at once tend to
show whether they approved or disapproved of a terminus
comicg into the heart of the metropolis, and which he con-
sidered would be a decision of some importance, while there
were differences of opinion on that subject.
Mr. ORBARD and Mr. BIRD concurred with the vestry-
clerk as to the view he had taken of the question : -but
which was objected to by Mr. Jolly.
Mrs LO*E said that the parish ought not to hesitate in ex-
pressing an assent to the proposition of the Directors of the
Company. There was no doubt but that where a terminus
was established it was the cause of the great improvement
of a neighbourhoode—(llear, hear.) At the Faxidinta ter*