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THE YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM,
WESTMORELAND, and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COM
PANY. _

Notice is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING of the
HOLDERS of SCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP,
in the YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM, WESI MORELAND,
and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held on TUES-
DAY, the 19th May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the Town-
Hall, in Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland, when a copy of
the Bill now in Parliament for this railway will be laid before the
meeting,' for their approval or non-approval thereof. •
The votes will be recorded only in respect of Scrip or Bankers Re-
ceipts issued before the 31st March last, and produced at the meeting.
To facilitate the voting, each perton is requested to fill up a form,
which he can obtain at the Offices of the Company, in Kendal, or at
No. 1, Derby-street, Parliament-street, stating the name and address
of the person producing the Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, together with
the denoting number of the Scrip.
Dated the 6th day of May, 1846,
WILLIAM CRACKANTHORPE, Chairman.
JOHN WHITWF.LL, Honorary Secretary.

CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRE'
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
In terms of the Resolution of the House of Commons, of date the
23d ultimo, the Provisional Committee of the Caledonian and Dum-
bartonshire Junction Railway Company hereby call a GENERAL
MEETING of the Scram-holders, and holders of Bankers' Receipts,
in this undertaking, to ife held within the Court Hrli of the County
Buildings, in the Town of Dumbarton, on TUESDAY, the 26th day of
May current, at One o'clock P.M., when a Copy of the Bill will be
submitted to the meeting for their consideration.
_ .

At this meeting such further instructions as may appear necessary
will be given to the Acting Committee of Management.

By eider of the Committee,
R. D. MACKENZIE, Secretary.
Ist May, 1846.

PERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY.
All persons having claims against the Perth and Inverness
Railway Company are requested to send them, on or before the
31st current, to

PETER ANDERSON, Secretary,
Colonade Hotel, Haymarket, London, May 14, 1846.

PERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management regret to inform the Share-
holders of the Perth and Inverness Railway Company, that the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons has refused to sanction the mak-
ing of the railway proposed by this Company.
The Committe of Management propose winding up the concern,
should the Shareholders give their sanction, at a meeting which will
be summoned immediately after the passing of the Railway Com-
panies' Dissolution Act.
It is impossible at present to form a correct estimate of the ex-
penses incurred, but the Committee do not think they will exceed
15s. per share.
By order of the Committee,
PETER ANDERSON, Secretary.
Colonade Hotel, Haymarket, London, May 14, 1846.

DUNBLANE, DOUNE, and CALLANDER
RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the sessional orders of
the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of
SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of this COM-
PANY, will be held within Kinross's Inn, Dunblanc, upon TUESDAY,
the 26th day of May, 1846, at Twelve o'clock at noon, when the pro-
posed Bill to empower the said Company to construct the said rail-
way will be submitted to the consideration of the meeting, and a vote
taken in the said Bill in the same manner required by the said order.
JOHN STIRLING, Chairman.
THOS. BARTY,
JAMES J. STIRLING, Secretaries.
Dunblane, May 6, 1846.

WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAi S.
Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the Ses-
sional Orders of the two Houses of Parliament, a Special Meeting of
the Holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the West
Riding Union Railways Company, will be held at the Court House in
Leeds, in the county of York, on FRIDAY, the 29th day of May instant,
at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, to consider the Bill now in Par-
liament, for making certain lines of railway in the West Riding of the
county of York, to he called " The West Riding Union Railways," and
to approve or disapprove of the said Bill,
Dated this 13th day of May, 1846.
H. HOITLDSWORTH, Chairman.
R. OTLEY, Secretary.

-NVEST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the Ses-
sional Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the
SCRIPHOLDERS of this uadertaking, will be held at the Palatine
Hotel, in Manchester, on TUESDAY, the 26th day of May instant, at
One o'clock in the Afternoon ; and that at such meeting a Copy of the
Bill now depending in Parliament, entitled "A Bill for making a
Railway from Liverpool to Southport, to be called the West Lanca-
shire Railway," will be submitted for the consideration of such
meeting.
Dated this 13th day of May, 1846.
THOMAS WELD BLUNDELL, Chairman.
HENRY NEWBERY, Deputy Chairman.

THE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY
COMPANY- BRANCHES AND EXTENSIONS.
Notice is herby given that, in pursuance of the Resolutions and
St .nding Orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Holders of Scrip
or of Bankers' Receipts for scrip of the Company, for the Shares
issued for the Branches and Extensions, will be held at the
C2urt House in Leeds, in the county of York, on THuasnay, the 28th
day of May instant, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose
of giving or withholding their sanction to the further proceeding with
the following Bills, at present before Parliament, the preambles of
which have be declared proved, that is to say :
. .

Ist. A Bill to enable the Leeds and Thi;sk Railway Company
to make certain deviations in the line of the Saint Helen's branch of
the said Railway.

2nd. A Bill to enable the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to
extend their railway over the river Nidd at Knaresborough, and for
other purposes.

3rd. A Bill for making a branch or extension railway from the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway, near Wath, in the county of York, to or
to communicate with Hartlepool, in the county of Durham, with
branches therefrom.

By order,
Leeds, May P, 1846.

SAMUEL SMILES, Secretary.

N.B. The holders of Scrip or Bankers' Receipts for scrip must
produce those documents at the Meeting; and it is requested that
each Proprietor will, at the same time, hand in a statement of the
numbers and amount of his Scrip or Receipts, with his name and
address in full written on such statement, in order to facilitate the
taking of the votes, and to save the time of the Meeting. Forms
for this purpose may be had on application at the Offices of the Com-
pany, 5, South Parade, Leeds.

Fourth Edition now printing, to be published on the 19th instant,
price 6d.,
ARAILWAY TRAVELLER'S REASONS
for ADOPTING UNIFORMITY of GAUGE.
Stated in a Letter to I. K. BRUNEL, Esq.
Joseph Cundall, 12, Old Bond-street.

NEW WORK BY MR. W. C. TOWNSEND.
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rrWENTY-FOUR YEARS in the ARGEN-
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London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

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REMARKS UPON CERTAIN ANGLICAN
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SEE THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1.
Daily News Office, Whitefriars.

This day, price 6d.,
UNITY of the IRON NETWORK; showing
how the last Argument for the Break of Gauge Competition
is at variance with the true interests of the public.

By THORNTON HUNT.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Coruhill.

Just published,
r Ij_lHE PROVISIONAL RAILWAY CODE,
being a Summary of the Legislative Measures of this Session
to protect Scripholders and facilitate the DISSOLUTION of RAIL-
WAY COMPANIES. Compiled and arranged from Parliamentar3
Reports and Official Documents, with Instructions to Scripholders.

. ,
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MICIIELET'S JESUITS

On Tuesday next will be published, in 16m0., uniform with the Cheap
Authorised Editions of Micheles "Priests, Women and Families,"
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ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-
► HALL.

On FRIDAY, MAT 22d, 1846, will be again repeated Haydn's
Oratorio, THE CREATION.
Principal Vocal Performers, Mrs. Sunderland, Mr. Hobbs, and
Mr. Phillips.
The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Per-
formers.

Tickets 3s. each; Reserved Seats, in the Gallery, 55.; in the
Area, 10s. 6d.; may be obtained of the principal Musicsellers ; of
Mr. Bowley, 53, Charing-cross; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand; or of Mr.
Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross.

THOS. BREWER, Hon. Sec.

_ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.
The FIRST EXIIIBITION, this Season, will be held In the
Gardens of the Society in the Regent's Park, and partly in the New
Conservatory, OD WEDNESDAY Next, May 20.
Tickets may be obtained at the Gardens by presenting an order
from a Fellow or Member, price ss. each, except on the days of ex-
hibition, when they will be 7s. 6d.
Carriages to set down either at the Front Gate, or at the New
North Gate, which is connected with the Conservatory.

PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.
The Subscribers and the Public are respectfully informed that
the FIFTH CONCERT will take place on MONDAY EVENING
NEXT, when will be performed Mendelssohn's Symphony in C minor,
Beethoven's in B flat, Weber's Overture to Euryanthe, and Cheru-
bird's Abencerages. Solo performers—Pianoforte, Mr. H. Field;
Violin, M. Eeloffre ; Violoncello, M. Pilet. Vocalists—Madlle. Rum-
mel and Miss Bassano. Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Single Tickets, 11. Is., and doable Tickets, 11. 10s., to he had at the
music warehouse of Messrs. Addison arid Hodson, 210, Regent-street.

Novelties of extrema interest and information at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
Scenes in the OREGON. TERRITORY form a part of an en-
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the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and
ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ;
also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The
PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE, with new and beautiful
variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are
MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined
Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE-
LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM-
ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on
CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex-
periments.

Admission, Is. Schools, Half-price.
A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine
Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors.

SELLING OFF, at 379, Strand, the entire
STOCK of Sheffield plated DISH COVERS, corner dishes.
soup tureens, tea urns and kettles, branches, candlesticks, &c., at an
enormous reduction in price, in consequence of the proprietor leaving
the business. The following prices of some of the most useful
articles are stated to convince the public of the advantages they
may gain by purchasing at this establishment. Sheffield plated
dish covers, waranted best quality, 10/. 4s. 6d. the set ; corner
dishes and covers, 5/. 18s. 6d. the set of four, forming eight dishes
if :required ; silver-plated spoons, forks, &c., on solid white metal,
warranted :—Table forks, fiddle pattern, 265. to 365. per dozen; table
' spoons 265. to 365. • dessert forks, 20s. to 30s. • dessert spoons, 20s. to
; tea spoons, lOs. 6d. The British plate articles (the best in Lon-
don) are selling at equally low prices—table forks and spoons, 10s. per
dozen ; dessert, Bs. ; tea spoons, 4s. 6d. ; and other articles in British
_plate equally cheap, as the stock trust be sold. Ivory table knives in
great variety, warranted ; sets of 50 pieces, 3-31 inch, handsome ba-
lance handles, for 345.; table knives, 9s. 6d. per dozen ; dessert, Bs. ;
carvers, 3s. 6d. per pair—all balance handles. The stock of jewellery
will be sold at little more than half price, consisting of diamond and
other rings, pins, brooches, and a variety of handsome gold guard
chains, that are now selling for their weight in sovereigns—at W.
CRAMBROOK'S, 379, Strand, corner of Southampton. street.

RAILWAiCaMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
GROUP I.
Th echaiCoirmnmain.ttee met this day at eleven o'clock ; Earl of Love-
lace,

LONDON AND YORK.
The Noble CHAIRMAN commenced by saying,
Mr. Sergeant King-
lake, I wish to intimate to you that it is the decision of the Com-
mittee that you should now confine your evidence as much as possible
to the traffic between Grantham and Bawtry. Beyond that point we
do not wish much to go into the question of traffic. We got up to
Grantham yesterday; now confine your traffic evidence to between
Grantham and Bawtry because beyond Bawtry
country is almost identical,.
the aspect of the
Mr. EDWARD DENISON—No, my Lord, the lines do not go over the
same ground.
The Noble CIIAIRSIAN—Very much so, as it appears to me.
Mr. E. DENISON—I think not, my Lord.
Mr. Sergeant Km-GLARE—Not beyond Bawtry, my Lord, I think.
You see we take Doncaster, and then by means of Wakefield and
Leeds we run into the very heart of the manufacturing districts. In
the West Riding they have no such convenience. lam afraid our
case will be very complicated and intricate without that.
The Marquis of CAMDEN—I should think that would be an
engineering question.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—I am afraid it is not distinctly under-
stood how important the question of traffic is in this case.
The Noble CHAIRMAN—We shall be
condensed as much as possible consistent with the interests of your
case. glad to have your evidence
_ .

After a few words the evidence was then proceeded with.
Mr. R. Christopher, M.P. for the county of Lincoln, was the first
witness called. The Hon. Member was of opinion that the London
and York line of Railway would be of very great advantage to the
country through which it would run. He was satisfied of its neces-
sity, for the traffic was very great, and the present mode of transit
was most circuitous, and delays were very much complained of.
The witness was briefly cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant JONES.
The Mayor of Stamford, and several merchants on the other parts
of the line, were called. The evidence was all of the most favour-
able character for the London and York line, as being the better for
the accommodation of the country.
The evidence in favour of the preamble of this Bill was proceeded
with. After the examination of Mr. Evelyn Denison, who spoke
most favourably of the scheme, the Committee called upon the pro-
moters to put in the traffic tables.
Upon the traffic tables having been put in, -ddiscussiGn arose as to
the propriety of abridging the evidelte, after which several wit-
nesses were called in support of the general traffic of the line. The
witnesses were not subjected to anything like a tedious examination,
pot more than a very few minutes having been devoted to each, both
in examination and cross-examination.

At four o'clock the Committee were about to adjourn, when an
application was made to have the next sitting of the Committee on
Monday instead of on Saturday (to-morrow) as waS agreed on yes-
terday.
_ _

After some hesitation on the part of their Lordships, they inti-
mated that the adjournment would be till Monday next,

ROUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XIII.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY AND nuANcuEs.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had come to the
conclusion that they would not defer their decision until after the
cases for the Caledonian Extension and the North British (liawick
arid Carlisle) lines had been gone into and brought to a close.

The Com;rerrsz then called on Mr. Cockbzin,iereply to the
evidence adduced by the promoter of the Nithsdale scheme.
. Before this was done Mr. Miller, civil engineer, was called, and
briefly examined, to the effect that the engineering peculiarities of the
Caledonian branches were such, that they could not be worked with
safety to the trains passing along the main line.
Mr Comm:raw then proceeded to sum up the case. He said the case
was substantially the same as that brought before the Legislature
last year. The question then decided was the comparative
merit of the two lines, and the decision was given in favour of the
Caledonian scheme, as presenting the best features for a great na-
tional scheme. The Committees of both Houses, who had care-
fully examined the evidence in favour of these schemes, affirmed the
principle which had been previously declared by the Board of Trade.
The Learned Gentleman then read several* extracts from the report
of the Board of Trade on the question. The quotations were in
substance to the effect, that for connecting Edinburgh and Glasgow
and the North of Scotland with Carlisle and the south, the Caledo-
nian scheme was much preferable to the kith Valley line. It
was also stated that the traffic would not warrant any
other through line; that therefore the Dumfries and Glasgow
line, on the one side, or the Hawick and Carlisle line, on
the other, could not co-exist with such a through line as the
Caledonian. The Dumfries line, it was admitted, could accommodate
Ayrshire and part of Dumfriesshire in a better manner than the
Caledonian line, but as a through line to the more important and
populous districts, it was not to be compared to the latter. The
Caledonian would connect in the most direct manner a population of
1,200,000, whereas the Dumfries scheme would not specially accom-
modate more than about 300,000. The Board of Trade, while they
objected to the Hawick and Carlisle Extension on the grounds of its
being a competing line to the Caledonian, still admitted, that in order
to accommodate local traffic, the Edinburgh and Hawick Branch
was . advisable. Such were the views of the Board of Trade,
declaring that the two schemes were incompatible with
each other. It was quite evident that the Board of
Trade weighed the local advantages of the one scheme
against the great national advantages of the other, and the advan-
tages g
feas preponderatingvour.
The
v iew of
i tfavourho Boardof the latter, at ter,
Trade,t ha f
te decision itshi
eo n
carefulw a
exami-
nation of about one hundred witnesses, was confirmed by Committees
sgiveninof both Houses. In both Houses it was held that these were rival
and competing lines, and that two such lines, with the amount of
traffic in the country, could not co-exist ; therefore it was, that the
Caledonian,tbheestvliionwe,tatteenbythefel eTcrtadeder
and
dthtehoothc eormdmie denied. That
fTltas tt
session, was a correct one, had been shown by the evidence of Mr.
Locke and the other witnesses who had been examined in regard to
working expenses and the expected traffic. On the faith of
oward os
the decision of last session, the Caledonian Company had
entered into extensive contracts, and it would be most
prejudicial to its interests if a rival line was now let loose
upon them. If ever there was a time in which it behoved
Committees to be wary it was the present time. It was evident that
Sir Robert Peel's resolutions had not operated to check rash specula-
tions in the way expected, and it was necessary that the utmost
vigilance should be exercised by the Committee on such cases as that
now submitted to its consideration. Last year when speculation was
at its height the present scheme was denied as incompatible with the
ercistence of the Caledonian line ; how then could the Committee
decide now in its favour, when the public mind had become more
sober, and when there was such necessity that capital should not be
drained from trade or commerce, to be expended in rash and ruinous
speculation? The Learned Gentleman then went over the evidence,
commenting on it as he proceeded. It appeared that though the
present scheme was shorter than last year's scheme by 18 miles, yet
the receipts were actually represented to be, for local and Ayrshire
traffic, 30,0001. more than the year before. This he considered a
fraudulent attempt to bolster up a case. A great number of their
items of traffic had been shown to be much exaggerated, both as it
regarded minerals and cattle, as well as road-side and steam-boat
passengers. While the traffic of the Nithsdale scheme bad been
thus exaggerated, it had been further shown that if this line were
constructed, the competition for through traffic would be
such that the net receipts on the Caledonian line would be
so reduced, as to be little above 60,0001., or a trifle beyond 3 per cent.
on the capial embarked. While the Caledonian line would be thus
injuriously affected, he submitted, that with the traffic case of the
Nithsdale Company, either as given by themselves or as corrected by
his witnesses, there was not anything like satisfactory proof of re-
muneration to be obtained for the 1,200,0001. that would have to be
embarked in the latter. He submitted that the case of the Nithsdale
line had not been made out, and that at least the view of Mr. Locke
should be adopted—viz., before sanctioning such a line, to wait and
see whether the traffic of the Caledonian scheme would be such as
to fairly warraut the construction of a second line. The Learned
Gentleman, after briefly glancing at the Caledonian branches, sub-
mitted that the preamble of the Nithsdale Company's Bill be rejected
as not proved. In conclusion, he trusted that, whatever view the
Committee should take of the Dumfries and Gretna branch of the
Caledonian scheme, it would be conceded to them as a protection for
their through traffic, which the Nithsdale Company professed they
did not wish to interfere with.
Mr. AUSTIN then addressed the Committee against' the Caledonian,
Dumfries, and Springfield branches, on behalf of the petitioning
landlords, the Duke of Buccleuch and Lords Queensberry and Mans-
fleld. He would not go into the general, case, beyond referring to the
evidence of the Duke of Buccleuch, which his Learned Friend had
carefully omitted reference to. His Grace had declared that nothing
but a strong sense of the wants of the district between New Cum
Hock and Dumfries induced him to support the Niths-
dale line ; and in order that such a want should be Ailed
up, his Grace also maintained that, to make this
Dumfries and Cumnock portion of railway profitable, it was
absolutely necessary that the more profitable portion between Dum-
fries and Carlisle should be placed in the same hands for construction.
The evidence, backed by so many other respectable witnesses, was
better than all the legerdemain that Mr. Pare bad attempted on the
traffic tables ; the value of which was shown to be very little in the
cross-examination that ensued. He represented three great land-
lords, who substantially represented the whole agricultural and mi-
neral interests of the south of Scotland. The opinion of suck pro-
prietors was entitled to great consideration by a Committee of either
House. Now, what was the case of the Duke of Buccleuch? His
Grace had twenty-two miles in the valley of the Nith, a rich agri-
cultural and mineral district 'which the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle scheme traversed, but which no compensation whatever
was given for by the Caledonian Company. Now, while the
Caledonian scheme gave no accommodation to the Duke's property
injhe valley of the Nith, its Springfield branch cut through three
miles of his land in another direction; therefore his Grace said he
could not sanction a scheme that thus invaded his property in one
direction, while it left him entirely without accommodation through-
out the valley of the Nith on the other. The Learaed Gentleman
then reviewed the evidence bearing on these points, and on the
Sanquhar coal-fields, which he represented to have satisfactorily
proved the necessity for a valley line ; and having also g; anted at
the damage which would be done to the property of the otL'er pro-
prietors for whom he appeared, if the Caledonian branches' were
formed, and the Nitksdale refused, called on the Committee to affirm
the preamble of the Nithsdale Bill, and to reject the branches of the
other.
The Committee then ad.hiurned till Monday at twelve o'cloc.k,
when Mr. Andrews will be heard on behalf of the Nithsdale line.

GROUP XIV.
NORTH KENT AND SOTITU EASTERN

ItALI I. WAY.

The Committee on these lines met to-day at twelve o'clock.
The public were not admitted into the room, and the doors re-
mained closed until a quarter to four.
At that time the public were admitted into the room, and
The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Merrewether if the South-Eastern
Company had received any communication from the Commissioners
of Woods and Forests?
Mr. MERREWETHER replied that they had.
The CHAIRMAN said perhaps he would have the goodness to hand
it over to the North Kent Company, that they might have an
opportunity of examining it, and also the engineer of the
Commissioners of Woods
prepared
and Forests. He would take
that opportunity of saying that he trusted that the exami-
nhlevuocnulose of that part of the case. Their decision would be any
clde bveicsilriodretciasniodn that the Committee
owndoauld be
nna f
tt to
utepi
rrora
!tool so soon after the close of the examination, that the -
y, very shortl
Com-
mittee wished that the promoters of the Mid Kent line Would beready with their witnesses to proceed at once.
ceed with the clauses of the Bill in whose favour their clieik
Mr. Blocs asked if it was the intention of the Committee to pro.
should be given at once ? On
The CHAIRMAN said that he thought they would.
The Committee then adjourned until Monday.