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SOCIETY. —Founded 1845, for the protection of the British
subject from unjust confinement, on the grounds of mental derange-
ment, and for the redress of persons so confined ; also for the pro-
tection of all persons confined as lunatic patients, from cruel and im-
proper treatment.

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It is intended to hold public meetings early in the ensuing year on
the subject of the laws affecting the arrest, detention, and release of
persons of alleged unsoundness of mind, and as to the treatment of
lunatic patients, and to adopt petitions to Parliament, praying for a
reform in the laws.

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November, 1846.
The Anniversary Festival will be holden early in the spring
of 1847.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LINCOLNSHIRE LINES.

The projected extension lines for Lincolnshire, for
which application is announced to be made next session,
are numerous. This arises from the fact of Lincoln,
with the exception of the principality, being as yet the
poorest of counties as regards railway possession.
1. Eastern Counties propose a line from Spalding, by
Donington and Heckington, and near Leadenham to
Newark, with a branch from Heckington to Lincoln
(the same as the Old Cambridge and Lincoln lines of
1844 and 1845), also a connecting line from Ewerby to
Kirkby Laythorpe.
2. Lincoln and Grantham.—A line direct from Lin-
coln to Grantham, there to join the London and York
Grand Trunk, and the Ambergate lines. [We stated
last year that this would be the best line from Lincoln to
London, and in accordance with our suggestion the
London and York Company will support and eventually
purchase iq .
3. East Lincolnshire.—A branch from Louth to Lin-
coln, to join the Great Grimsby Market Rasen line at
Stainton, also a deviation at Boston, and an extension at
Grimsby, to the Sheffield and Great Grimsby Railway ;
this company also apply for powers to purchase the
Louth navigation.
4. Sheffield and Lincolnshire.—A branch from their
Market Rasen extension line, at Stainton to Louth, with
another branch (from the proposed branch at Panton) to
Horncastle ; also a branch from Great Grimsby to
Cleethorpes.
5. London and York (Great Northern).—Branch from
the loop line, at Tattershall, to Horncastle, and a tram-
way from the Lincoln station. round Brayford-mere, in
front of the wharfs and warehouses to the gas-works.:

6. London and York.—Branch from Grantham to
Sleaford.
7. London and York.—Prom Gosberton (near Boston),
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to
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(t 4 join the Long
Lyna and Dereham lines), with power to purchase
Sutton-wash bridge, and make a new one. This line is
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nearly the same as the East Coast Railway of last session.
8. East Coast.—A line from Wisbeach, by_ Long
Sutton, Holbeach, to Spalding, there to join the Amber-
gate line, with a branch from Long Sutton to Sutton-
wash. bridge.
9. Eastern Counties Company.—A line from Wis-
beach, through Long:Sutton and Holbeach, to Spalding,
there to join proposed line (not of this list).
10. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Stamford to
Wisbeach).—A railway from the station at Wisbeach to
the harbour, with power to make docks and basins; also,
a railway from Wisbeach-harbour to Sutton-bridge, with
a branch to Long Sutton.
11. Nottingham and .Lincoln proposed rail-
way from the angle of the present line (near the sta-
tion) across the Holmes-common,
to the gas-works, with
branch or connecting line to the station.
12. London and York.—Deviation betweenPeter-
borough and Spalding, the line proposed last session to
be abandoned, and route to be by Eye, Crowland, and
Conbit to Spalding, and to join the Boston, Stamford,
and Birmingham line near Borough Een,.• also
a devia-
tion in the Stamford and Spalding line,,between Craw-
land and St. James Deeping. •
13. London and York.—To abandon the loop between
Grantham and Bawtry, and make a. line direct from
Grainsborough to Doncaster; also an extension from
Gainsborough, through the Isle of Axholme, by Stock-
with and Epworth to Doncaffer.

The Lon-don and York also apply for powers to pur-
chase the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Railway,
the East Lincolnshire Railways, and the Boston, Stam-
ford, and Birmingham Railways.
Further extensions, &c., of the London and York—
A branch from St. Alban's to Ware.
An extension from the Methley branch of the-Wake-
field, Pontefract, and Goole line, from Glass Houghton
to Leeds; with branch from Carlton to Wakefield; also
a branch from Methley to the Victoria Colliery, near
Wakefield.

Several minor deviations between London and Grant-
ham, and an alteratione of the entire line between East
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2. A branch from the
at Scraith Wood, to the Sheffield, Sheffield and Manchester line
Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Rotherham, Barnsley,
Eccles-
field, in Chapeltown, with Goole Railway at Eccles.
a branch from near Thurgo-
land station to the top of No. 3 coal
3. A branch from the Sheffiefcr at Stainborough.
and Manchester
branch at Ashton to the Manchester and Leeds branch
at Oldham.
4. A branch from the Whaley-bridge branch of the
Sheffield and Manchester Railway at Bagsworth
l
Glossop), to Bradshaw-edge (in Chapel-en le-Firth) (in
join a tramway from the Peak Forest Canal at Crist
Quarry.
This company also apply for—
t. Power to purchase Ashton Canal.
2. Power to enlarge the station 'at Manchester by a
viaduct across Store-street to additional ground room.
3. Power to supply Manchester, Stockport, and Salford
with surplus water from the Peak Forest and Macclesfield
Canal, and to make waterworks, reservoirs, and aqueducts,
at various towns along the line to Manchester.
4. Power to enlarge station at Sheffield, and make a
branch to Sheffield Canal.
5. Power to purchase Sheffield Canal.
6. Power to amalgamate with the Manchester and
Lincoln Union Railway Company, and the Chesterfield
ld Gainsborough Canal Company.

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1. LeicellstlelrDa
Harborough, 'Wellingborough, and Bedford to llitchin,
at Great Wigatown, near Leicester, through
with a branch from Little Bowden to Northampton ; a
short branch from Wellingborough to the Peterborough
line, and a railway from the proposed main line at Isham
to Huntingdon.
2. A branch from the Bristol and 'Gloucester line at
Mangotsfield to Bath (to run in near to Villa-fields).
3. A railway from Goole to Doncaster, Swinton, and
Barnsley, to join the Sheffield and Manchester Railway
near Thurgoland, and from the Midland Railway near
Cudworth to Barnsley, with branches at Doncaster to
join the Great Northern.
4. Cheltenham, Warwick, and Leamington Line—
Extension from the Birmingham and Gloucester line of
the Midland Railway at Ashchurch to Warwick and
Leamington - and a junction with the Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton Railway at Bresforton, with
branch to Cheltenham.
5. Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction—A branch to
unite the Birmingham and Gloucester line at the latter
place with the Bristol and Gloucester line, near Stone-
house station.
6. Worcester, Hereford, Malvern, and Cheltenham
Line, with Branch to Ledburyn extension from
Worcester to Hereford, with branch to Ledbury,