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he 'ad been proposed and received—(Cheers)—not be-
call. is conceived that he deserved the recommendation
f his name, but because he felt deeply interested
in :I success of the undertaking. He had undoubtedly
feit his official capacity in the House of Commons, a
e, is he conceived it to be his duty, to assist in pass-
ing through the House, he would not say every railway Bill,
but thme which were based upon sound and legitimate
pro. Is, and entitled to the confidence of Parliament.
He 'are say that many present recollected, that upon one
occ..sion he ventured to run counter to very strong preju-
:l•.e= in the House of Commons, and assisted to set aside
for the time the standing orders of the important body to
they had been accustomed to defer with so much re-
spi-ir. He was glad that he had done so ; and he would
hat-, exerted himself as anxiously for any respectable com-
p.': the circumstances attendant upon whose claims were
,y strong and legitimate.—(Hear.) He was glad that
or ' 't least, of the two conflicting lines to convey railways
to tit. west had been put into operation ; and it was par-
t% gratifying to him, that he had that day witnessed
tie- interesting ceremony of commencing that railroad.
It is unnecessary for him to dilate upon the advantages
of railway communication in Ireland. He would only re-
peal what he was sure all present felt, that the work ui
which they were engaged was very important, and should
Li irried forward with enterprise ; and he was very glad to
that his Noble Friend near the chair had himself be-
corti.i a convert to the railway, and he hoped that he would
nor, with the zeal that marked his character, come forward
as energetically and strenuously in promoting it as he was
.1)-eviously indisposed to do so.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
They would allow him to say that, so far as he had influence,
he should continue the same coarse as that which he had
already pursued ; but he was not one of those who thought
that Government influence was useful upon all occasions. He
believed that all great public undertakings in England and
Ireland succeeded best when left to their own unassisted ex-
ertions. In many instances the interference of Government
on warped and interfered with their efforts; but when any
legitimate occasion should arise he should have great pleasure,
as a Member of the House of, Commons, and the Secretary to
the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in giving his assistance to
overcome any little difficulty which might arise in the pro-
gress of the necessary Bill.--(Loud cheers.)
The company then separated, highly delighted with the
entertainments of the day, and congratulating each other upon
the prospects thus opening upon the country.

paid by the Bristol and Exeter, and Cheltenham and
Great Western, whose lines are worked by, and their
expenses paid by, the Great Western, who from 1839 to
1844 paid a total sum to Government of 91,3421.
Gascoigne's Private, a colliery line, paid a regular tri-
bute of 21. each year from 1838 to 1843. In 1844 it paid
nothing at all.
The Great North of England, now leased by Hudson,
paid in 1842 1,4754, in 1843 2,2321., in 1844 2,4821.
Total paid by this line to Government from 1842 to 1844
6,0954
The Hartleyburn and Brampton paid in 1835 10s., in
1836 103., in 1837 51:, in 1838 51., in 1839 SL, in 1840
174, in 1841 151., in 1842 81., in 1843 81., in 1844 9/.
Total paid by this line to Government from 1835 to
1844 73/.
The Hereford and Monmouth Cap, paid in 1839 11.,
and for successive years to 1844 21. each year. Total ill.
The Hull and Selby, now amalgamated, with the Mid-
lands, paid in 1841 1,4751., in 1843 3,2391, in 1844
2,482/ Total paid to Government 6,660/.
The Hartlepool Dock Company's Railway paid in
1840 92/, in 1841 259/, in 1842 3021., in 1843 2481., in
1844 1604 Total 1,0611.
The Hayle Railway, a mineral line, in Cornwall, now
about to be merged in the proposed West Cornwall line,
paid in 1844 321.
The Liverpool and Manchester, the first line in the
north upon which tax was levied, paid in 1833, its year
of opening, 6211., in 1834 5,6461., in 1835 6,2594, in 1836
6,863/, in 1837 7,4851, in 1838 7,170/., in 1839 6,8404,
in 1840 7,9914, in 1843 6,7981., in 1844 5,6611. Total
paid by this line to Government from 1833 to 1844
76,2424
The Leeds and Selby, also merged into the Midlands, -
paid in 1835 2424, in 1836 1,0934, in 1837 9004, in 1838
7371., in 1839 7984, in 1840 1,2331, in 1841 1,358/, in
1842 4854, in 1843 388/, in 1844 2311 Total 7,4951
The Leicester and Swannington, a mineral line, lately
incorporated with the Midlands, paid in 1833 18/, in
1834 25/, in 1835 5/, in 1836 27L, in 1837 504, in 1838
651., in 1839 87/, in 1840 96/, inl 841 1001., in 1842 991.,
in 1843 76/, in 1844 44/. Total 762/.
The London and Greenwich, now amalgamated with
the South-Eastern, paid in 1837 553/, in 1838 8581., in
1839 1,1001, in 1840 2,7691., in 1841 2,696/, in 1842
2,679/, in 1843 2,6044, in 1844 2,050/. Total 15,2091.
The London and Birmingham commenced paying in
1838 1,3821, in 1839 9,7124, in 1840 20,3501, in 1841
24,8064 in 1842 26,2271., in 1843.25,9404, in 1844 25,412/.
Total paid by this line to Government from 1838 to 1844
133,730/.
The London and Croydon, lately united with the
Brighton, paid in 1840 9721., in 1841 1,6361., in 1842
1,7434, in 1843 1,5824, in 1844 797/. Total 6.7364
The London and Brighton paid in 1841 299/, in 1842
1,4854, in 1843 5,8271., in 1844 7,819. Total 15,543/.
The London and Blackwell paid in 1841 1,0311., in
1842 2,367/., in 1843 2,5294, in 1844 2,028/. Total 7,9551.
The Lancaster and Preston, now amalgamated with
the North Union, paid in 1841 5081., in 1842 1,1281., in
18431, 2294, in 1844 1,651/ Total 4.416/.
The Llanelly and Llandilo. a Welch mineral line, paid
in 1841 31, in 1842 124, 1843 101, and in 1844 91
Total 34Z

PASSEAGER-TAX STATISTICS.
(From the British and Foreign Railway Magazine.)
Ra !ways have done much for Government and the
country, and it is only fair to inquire what Government
in return has done for railways? Nothing—absolutely
nothing, beyond investing them with the permissible
power of circulating throughout the country golden
currents of capital, quickening the pulse of national
labour, suppressing, by timely supplies of employment in
maoy districts of the kingdom, the cries of the querulous
and discontented, and the outbreak of the rebellious.
All that a sage Legislature has effected, in return for
Ois enrichment of its national resources, is the impo-
sition of three odious taxes, the passenger, assessment,
and income taxes, which all weigh heavily on the purse
of enterpri•e, being again visited by the railways (from
whose profits they detract), in the shape of high and
inordinate exaction of fare, upon the people.
It will be seen from the accompanying analysis that
the payment of passenger duty to Government forms a
considerable item in the outgoings of annual profit on
some of the principal lines, amounting, ou the London
%11,1 Birmingham and Great Western to 25,0001. per
• mum, and upon the Grand Junction, South-Western,
o;e., to from 12,000/. to 14,0001 Fifty-seven lines from 1833,
v ~e't the tax was first imposed, to 1844, have paid to Go-
n cent amereements in the enormous sum of 708,9131.;
i many, we believe, of the minor lines have, in this
spe,t, paid far more than they ever divided. Gui Bono.
to benefits? Clearly Government does largely by
raiiways: and is it not a hard, an ungracious thing,
n. that railway, shou'd be taxed by the state? seeing
t the impost acts so injuriously, not only on the
rests of their enterprising projectors, but upon the
etas of the travelling community. A tax of this
i _lei prohibitory, not only on the peregrinations of
but upon the profits and pleasures of the
ile classes, and decides to a great extent the amount
;vidend railway companies declare, which fluctuates
1, affected in proportion to the extent of passenger

The Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, now amalgamated
with a group of lines known as the East Lancashire,
paid in 1839 6451., in 1840 1,2311., in 1841 1,288 L, in
1842 1,3911., in 1843 1,0601., in 1844 1,1491. Total
7,073/.
The Midland Counties, running from Rugby to Derby,
one of the first of Mr. Hudson's amalgamative mea-
sures, and united by him to the York and North Mid-
land, paid in 1840 5671, in 1841 2,8621., in 1842 5,2891.,
in 1843 4,834/, in 1844 4,411/. Total 16,9631.
The Manchester and Leeds in 1840 paid 1,1991., in
1841 3,032/., in 1842 8,023/., in 1843 7,8041, in 1844
6,0471 _ Total 26,105/.
_ _ _

The Maryport and Carlisle paid in 1841 41., in 1842
34.. in 1843 361., in 1844 96/. Total 170/.

The Manchester and Birmingham, lately delivered up
to the London and Birmingham by amalgamation, paid
in 1841 8391., in 1842 1,4861, in 1843 1,9761, in 1844
3,657/. Total 7,9581.

The Newcastle and Carlisle, in 1836 paid 471., in 1837
250/., in 1838 600 L, in 1839 1,2101., in 1840 2,1231, in
1841 2,410/., in 1842, 2,1881., in 1843 1,6731., in 1844
1,2811_ Total 11.7841.

passenger impost took effect in 1832, and was
at 5 per cent. on the receipts, but compositions
grant,4l by the Treasury in 1839 to the Scotch and
of England lines on terms exempting low fares
so that the measure only took effect upon
, ?:,„nsit of poorer passengers at that date. The flue-
,as observable in ihe amounts of some of the lines
' - ,:ccouiited for by rhis latter reason; added to the
their pr..gri s.ive periods of opening and the con-
, -tit accession of receipts. The officers of the Board
affirm that the average cost of conveying each
,nger upon the London and Birmingham is near
,z,u of a Id. per mile, thus calculating that a gross
T. ( of 100/., from fares of 3d. per mile, would give
~ett, receipt of 701., and at a Id. a mile 10/. It appears
the evidence of Mr. Laing, late secretary of the
e:lrd Of Trade, 5 per cent. operates as a general tax of
cent. on nett receipts from high fares, and 20 per
e on Id. per mile fares. It appears, moreover, from
rat' last report of the Select Committee on the subject,
that the profits from passenger receipts arise from the
bi:,her fares, as instanced in the case of the Grand
Junction, where the per centage of first-class passenger
51; on third, 12; the dividend 10 per cent. On the
S .•vh-Western the per centage of first-class passengers
32; third class, 8; dividend 7 per cent. On the East-
tern Counties the per centsge on first-class passengers
is 16; on third-class, 55; dividend 1/. 12s. On the Glas-
gow and Greenock the per tentage on first-class pas-
serwers is 9; on third-class, 64; dividend 2. It will
thus be perceived that the dividends are in proportional
r aio to the pAr cent ages. The tax for the last eleven
years, from 1833 to 1844, has given a total revenue to
Gov;:rnment, exclusive of lines in Ireland and Scotland,
of 703,913/ This is upon upwards of fifty-six lines.
The feturns for the past year not yet made out will,
doabtless, owing to the fuller development of the rail-
way accommodation of the kingdom, show a larger pre-
ponderating value, and there is no question that when
the numerous lines of last and the coming sessions are
in action, the railway tax, if continued to be extorted,
will exceed that of any other impost. It is by no means
impr”bable that Government, knowing this, will main-
tain the exaction as a kind of equipoise to the loss that
n:ay he sustained by the repeal of the coin and other
duties that now act so oppressively on the people. It is
contended that the remission of 5 per cent. passenger-
tax on all fares at and under a Id. per mile would only
reduce the revenue from this source, derivable yearly by
flovernmant by 8,0001., besides being a great boon to
the poor who travel by third-class trains. This amount,
instead of being paid to Government, might be well and
usefully laid out by the different railways in adding to
the convenience and comfort of their third class car-
riages. We contend, therefore, without qualification,
for the total abolition of this tax, as an incumbrance
alike on railway property and the public, and call upon
the companies to unite and memorialise for its remission.
The following is a complete analysis of the amount of
passenger duty paid by each railway company in England
arid Wales, for passenger duty (made up to the sth
January in each year), from 1833 to 1844:
The Bolton and Leigh, a line now amalgamated with
the Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junction, paid
in 1834, 13/ ; in 1835, 101.; in 1836, 101.; in 1837, 101.;
in 1838 this small amount of tribute rose to 100/. ; in
to 2611. ; in 1840 to 377/ ; in 1841 to 3451. ; in
L)., to 3041.; in 1843 it fluctuated and fell to 2.591; and
in ; 344 to 2721. The total tax paid by this line to G0..m.-nt
..m.-nt from 1834 to 1844 was 1,9181.
IYhe liodmin and Wadebridge, one of the primitive
lines of the Land's End, proposed to be amal-
ge tor; with the Cornwall and Devon, began to
" widow's mite" of 11 12s. to the Government
';equer in 1835 ; in 1836, its traffic enabled it to pay
- hute of 11/. 155.; in 1837, of 19/. 14s. Its quota of
S, ,;,irllitions never large, owing to its being chiefly a
tfi :
and not a passenger line, then varied as follow:
ill iB3B, 151. 65., in 1839, 8/. 195., in 1840, 131. 175., in
1:41, -16/. 5,1., in 1842, 15/. 25., in 1843, 12/. Bs., and in
154, dwindling down to 5/ 16s. Total paid by this line
to Government as capitation tax from 1835 to 1844,
1621. _ _

The North Union paid in 1834 10/., in 1835 10/., in
1836 1001., in 1637 2501., in 1838 3641., in 1839 4481., in
1840 1,5081., in 1841 1,9001., in 1842 1,894/., in 1843
1,5021., in 1844 1,039/. Total 9,0151.
The Newcastle and North Shields paid in 1836 47/.,
in 1837 2501., in 1838 600/., in 1839 1,2101., in 1840
2,1251., i❑ 1841 2.4101., in 1842 2,188/., in 1843 1,6731.,
in 1844 1,281/. Total 7,356/.
The North`Midland, now a limb of the amalgamated
Midlands, from Derby to Leeds, paid in 1841 3,6971.,
in 1842 7,8691., in 1843 6,1821., in 1844 4,883/. Total
22,631/.
The North-Eastern, now consolidated with the Eastern
Counties, paid in 1841 305/., in 1842 2,283/, in 1843
3,064/, in 1844 3,274/ Total 8,926/.
The Preston and Longridge paid in 1841 161., in
1842 511., in 1843 411., in 1844 20/. Total 128/.
The Preston and Wyre paid in 1841 4181- in 1842
9341., in 1843 4891., in 1844 4681. Total 2,305/
The Pontop and South Shields—originally Stanhope
and Tyne—paid in 1836 81., in 1837 51., in 1838 51., in
1839 251., in 1840 32/, in 1841 1771., in 1842 1961., in
1843 127/, in 1844 41. Total 585/.

St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap, now forming a portion
of the co-allied lines of the Liverpool and Manchester
and Grand Junction, paid in 1835 51., in 1836 51, in
1837 10/., in 1838 104. in 1839 801., in 1840 371., in 1841
361., in 1842 291., in 1843 47L, in 1844 811. Total 290/.

The Stockton- and Darliniton, in 1834 paid 100/.. in
1835 100/., in 1836 2301., in 1837 2001., in 1838 432!.,
in 1839 669/., in 1840 8061., in 1841 1,0071., is 1842
I,IOOL, in 1843 795/, in 1844 582/. Total 6,021!.
The Stratford and Moreton, paid in 1834 5/.. in 1835
5/., in 1836 5!., in 1837 5!., in 1838 30/., in 1839 251., in
1840 301, in 1841 32/., in 1842 29/., in 1843 29/., in 1844
121 Total 207/.

The South-Western in 1839 paid 1,5241., k 1840
5,4951.. in 1841 10,1311., in 1842 10,6221., in 1843 12,0431.
in 1844 12,0321. T0ta151,8114

The Sheffield and Rotherham, now a tributary to the
Midlands, paid in 1840 5931., in 1841 9851., in 1842
7961., in 1843 5961., in 1844 3611. Total 3,3311.

The Stockton and Hartlepool paid in 1842 2771., ill
1843 2601., in 1844 2311. Total 768/.

The Seghill and Percy Main paid in 1842 29L, in
if;43 50/., in 1844 221. Total 101/.

The Blieffield and Manchester, also united to the Mid-
land, paid in ig42 451., in 1843 7512, in 1844 987/. Total
1,7331.

The South-Eastern and Dover paid in 1843 1,2741., in
1844 5,710/ Total 6,984/.
The Taff Vale paid in 1841 671., in 1842 4101, in
1843 473!., in 1844 272/. Total 1,224/
The Whitby and Pickering, amalgamated with Mr.
Hudson's line, paid in 1837 1261., in 1838 151/., in 1839
251., in 1840 127/., in 1841 1134, in 1842 102/., in 1843
801., in 1844 60/. Total 648/.

The Warrington and Newton, now merged in the
Grand Junction, paid in 1834 511., in 1835 5/., in 1836
501., in 1837 50L, in 1838 721. Since 1839, when it be-
came part of the Grand Junction, its tax payments he-
comes included in that of its guardian, the Grand Junc-
tion. Total 1851.
The Yo .k and North Midland, Mr. Hudson's first line
the nucleus of the fusion of the Midland lines, paid in
1840 501/., in 1841 1,367 L, in 1842 2,7221., in 1843
3,760 L, in 1844 3,335 L Total paid by this line to Go-
vernment, from 1840 to 1844, 11,266 L

The following shows the total sums paid for passenger
tax to Government by each line, from their respective
dates, given above, to 1844: r
1 Bolton and Leigh
2 Bodmin and Wadebridge 1 15
3 Brandling Junction
4 Birmingham and Derby
5 Birmingham and Gloucester
6 Bolton and Preston
7 Clarence 1,075
8 Canterbury and Whitstable
9 Chester and Birkenhead
11 Durham and Sunderland 2,386
12 Durham Junction
12 Eastern Counties
13 Grand Junction 85,859
14 Great Western
15 Gaseoyne's "Private"
16 Great North of England
17 Hartleyburn and Brampton
18 Hereford and Monmouth Cap

The Brandling Junction, lately bought up by Mr.
a..1,0n, and incorporated with the Newcastle and Dar-
iin,fton, paid 5731 in 1840. In 1841 the amount of duty
. ro" from 5721. to 2.620/.; in 1842 to 2,675/, ; in 1843 it
511,1, to 1,737/., and in 1844 to 1.014/. Total paid by
I,lliA line to Government from 1841 to 1844, 8,619/.
Tree Birmingham and Derby, now amalgamated with
t'ne .)lidlands, paid in 1840, its opening year, a duty of
subsequent inc
1841, with the subseqrease of its
7081, intraffic,
2,337.., :131843, . in 1844, 2,226/.
/ " 2736/. •
,7-20/., it; 1842,
2T.tal paid by this line to Government from 1840 to 1844,
10.127/.
The Birmingham and Gloucester, first of all arnalga-
alte_d at the commencement of the present year with 24 -
its broe,d
gauge neighbour, the Bristol and Gloucester. 2_s_ I.onuu-
and subsequently with Mr. Hudson's lines, commenced -4.13., aoon ana -
payment in 1241 at the rate of 7201.. in 1842 it rose to ''
26 London London and
1C31.9yhty...
3,6451, in 1843, 3,2621., in 1844, 3,071/, Total paid by
29 London and Brlagck wall ••••'
. ..
',this line to Government from 1841 to 1844, 10,6981.
30 Lancaster and Preston
yhe Bolton and Preston, amalgamated with the
31 Llannelly and Llanidlo
N0rt,,,1; Union in August, 1544, giving rise to the conso- 32 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury...
lidated ,stock of the latter distinguished as A. and 8.,
Midland Counties
paid a duty in 1842 of 2611., in 1843, 374/„ in 1844, 368/.
34 Manchester and Leeds
Total paid by this line to Government from 1842 to 1844, 35 Maryport and Carlisle
1,0031.
35 Manchester and Birmingham
Toe Clarence, a coal line in the North, now leased by „ Newcastle and Carlisle
i'llft Stockton and Hartlepool, 'd in 1836 34/ • 1837 , yai ., in nion
North U ..
i. 99/,, in 1838 99/., in 1839 661., in 1840 1861., in 1841 1801., '" North Shields
39 Newcastle and
in a 842 2111., in 1843 133 L, in 1844 771. Total from
1834 to 1844 1,075.40 North Midland
The Canterbury and Whitstable now amalgamated I 1:,
41 Northern and Eastern
Stith the .40nth-Eastern paid • , in 1834 5/., in 1835 5/, in 42 ~reston and Longridge
1836 '4)l. id 1837 261., in 1838 26L, in 1830 56/, in 1840 43 Preston and Wyre . .
i 4.4., in 1841 2914 in 18.42 741, in 1843 67/., in 1844 40/ ~,.....,-,,,, end south Shields
~---
'fowl from 1834 to 184-1 3t4:71.
The Chester and Birkenhead paid in 1841 135,1, in
e 4
by 9 9,1694, in 1843 1,566/., and in 1844 1,073/ Total
paid
this line to Government from 1841 to 1844
-1,9431.
The Durham and Sunderland, united by Mr. Hudson
:ith the Midlands, contributed in duty to the Govern-
lezit Exchequer no very considerable sum. In 1838 it
ontributed 20/, in 1839 113/., in 1840 432/., in 1841
3 453 ,in 1844 290/. Total
771., in 1842 577/, in 184 / •
from Mg to
lAtributed by this line to Government
344 2,386/.
fly- Durham
Junction, a co Al bearing line, paid in,
3 il 105L,in1842 1371, in 1843 134/, in 1844 119/. Total
Ann paid ny this line to Government, 492/
jlie Eastern Counties, the trunk of the East Anglian The Duchess of ins
Cambridge returns to England
istr...cti, paid to Government from 1838 to 1844 9,2471 from etrmarv, on the 19th inst.
ThP Grand Junction paid in 1638 5,0051., in 1839 It is understood that this
year the Parliamentary
270261, in 1840 14,2571., in 1841 15,0301, in 1842 dinners on the eve of the assembling of both Houses
Par-
-4,4561, inAIM-i4,545!., in 1844 11,511/. Total sum hament will be confined to those mini t • . of s
en4lmeetings at the
l? p_ this -limOo Goverztnent from 1838 to 1844 Duke of Wellington's and Sir Robert Peel/s.
5.9/. The'-Flekss9ger-tax_ pain by tilg cheater and THE " GBNEVNIM Tit4VETAEa."-Matthew T...
ape and Warrington and Newton I;IW.g. now homed Davis, Esq., of New York, is the writer of the lett, TS
a the Grand Junction` are included in this ani^nnt• Whloji, ruder the above signature, appear in the Tfmcs. Ile
Tile Great Weatern paid in 1839 2,2991., ''
gto is •,,i,, the guthpr of " The Spy in Washington," of the
1401, in 1841 10,9651., in 1842 21,8141 in 1 ..,
A: ° ..,1,0- a Aapv parr," find is now the writer of
in 1843 "13 o -•••••/
1,F,041., in 1844 251049 L The sums received during the 1 series of Isinned 04 g 4.9 Dbserver," which
a series of articles,
! .3L I..ree mention". years include the passenger-tax '7
' to National Intelligewer,
es appear in the Was ling s

19 Hull and Selby
20 Hartlepool Dock
21 Hayle 32
22 Liverpool and Manchester
23 Leeds and Selby
24 L ieester and Swannington 762
25 London and Greenwich
26 London and Birmingham
27 London and Croydon
28 London and Brighton
29 London and Blackwall 7,995
30 Lancaster and Preston 4,416
31 Llannelly and Llanidlo
32 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury...
33 Midland Counties
34 Manchester and Leeds
35 Maryport and Carlisle
35 Manchester and Birmingham
37 Newcastle and Carlisle 11,785
38 North Union
39 Newcastle and North Shields
40 North Midland
41 Northern and Eastern
42 rreston and Longridge
43 Preston and Wyre . .
44 Pontop and south Shields
45 St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap 290
46 Stockton and Darlington
47 Stratford and Moreton
48 South-Western
49 Sheffield and Rotherham 3,331
50 Stockton and Hartlepool „ 768
51 Seghill and Percy Main
52 Sheffield, Ashton, and Manchester

South-Eastern .. 6,984
Taff Vale
Whitby and Pickering
Warrington and ifewton
11,286
YPTIc Ind North Midland
pm .

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