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3 That.in: Order to complete the geuull chain of narrow gauge
conummiention from the north of England to the tit:inbuilt (.0..4,
any suitable measure should he promoted to form a nari4,w
link from Oxford. to Reading, and thenve,to Basingstoke, or by any
shorter route connecting prOpoied Rugby and Oxford line with
the South-Western Railway-Company.
4. That as any junction to be ibrmed with n broad gauge line would
involve a break of gauge, provided our first recommendation be
adopted, great commercial coneenience would be obtained by re-
during the gauge of the present, broad gauge lines t,.) the narrow •
gauga, of tour feet eight inches and a half; and we therefore thin 4 It
desirable that some equitable 1110211 i s 1 onid he found at proarchl.;;_
such entire uniformity of gause, ar of such otiler-eont4B aer.
would admit of the narrowgaiimtarriage
firm lberrilektliatattrCirTtip
or danger, ti, M 11.3 if.tlgl". ite4- - •
(Aigne4i 3 N. FREDERIC SMITII. (E.S
Lieut.-Colonel Royal Engineers.
tt. li. AIRY, Astronomer Royal. (T,,5.)
-PETER BARLOW.

THE GAUGES.
The following are the conehtMonm and recommendations w 1,10,,
from their importance, We recapitulate h, a separate form, from the
report :

()INCLT SII,No,

1. That as regards the safety, aet.ounodation, and Naive-
nionee of the passengers, no decided preference is due to either
gauge, but that on the broad gauge the motion is generally more
easy at high velocities.

That In respect of speed, we consider the advantages ore with
the broad gauge, hut we think the public safety would be endan-
gered in employing the greAter capahilities or the broad gauge strleh
beyond their present use, except on roads snore consolidated raid
more substantially and-perteotly formed, than those of the ex istiok:
lines.

" 3. That iu the ofthe transport of goods, we be-
lieve the narrow gauge n. possess the greater convenience. and t•
be the, more united to the general traffic ofthc country.
" 4. That the broad gauge involves the greater outlay, and that
we have not been able to discover either in the maintenance of way-.
in Ihe cost of' locomotive power, or in the other annual expense:,
any adequate reduction to compensate fog the additional first cost."

REcoqNiENDATIti;is,

" 1-. That the gauge of four feet—eight indics and a half be -Je-
elated by the Legislature to be the gauge to be timed in all Stile
railways now tinder construction, or hereafter to -be constructed.
lv
(great Britain.

i. That uuless by the consent of filo Legislature, it should net
be permitted to the directors of aby railway company to alter the
gauge of such railway. -

" 3. That in order to complete the general chain of narrow gauge
communication front the north of Englaud to the southern coast, any
suitable measure should be promoted to fcrni a narrow gauge lint
from Oxford to Reading, and thence 'to Basingstoke, or-by any
shorter route connecting the proposed 'Rigby and 'Oxford Ith
the South-Western Railway

4. That as any junction to be formed with a broad gauge line
would involve a break of gunge, provided our first recommendation
be adopted, great commercial convenience would be obtained by re-
ducing the gauge of the present broad gauge lines to the narrow
gauge of four feet eight. inches and a half; -and we therefore Oda it,
desirable that some equitable means should be found of producing
such entire uniformity-of gauge, or of adopting such other eonrse as
would admit of the narrow gauge carriages passing, without inter-
minion or danger, along thy broad gauge lines."

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From tbe Vines and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
wEDNESDAY7 FEB. 18.

The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the king
ordered to be brought in 47 ilia undernarned Hon. Members:—
London and York—Mr. Astell, Mr. E. Denison, Mr. .1. C. Muds*
and Mr. R. Yorke.

Wayeney and Great. Yarmouth—Colonel Itoent, Mr.
Ihmthold, and Mr. Wit!Mere.

Great Western and Uxbridge—Mr. Dashwood and Captain Oswald.
London, Nei bury, and . Bath Direct—Admiral Dundaa, Viscount
Duncan, anti Mr. IV.'llenenge.
Great, Grimsby and Sheffield .Tute_lion (Extension No. 3)—Lure:
Woritley amt Mr. Christopher.
London and Itiaegwan (Widening)—Dr. Bowling and Mr. MitealtSl. •
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction (F tension !to.
.0—j.44,4
Worsies Slid Mr. Christopher.
Cast Lancaslire (Deviation and Branches)— Mr. Patton & Mr. Walker,
tiloncester and Dean Forest--Mr. Phillpotts and Captain Berkeley.
sbropghire Union Railways and Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton
Line)—Visciunt CHIT and Mr. Legh.
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Newtown to Crewe Branches)
—Viscount Clive wad Mr. Legh.
London and south Essex—Dr. Bowling and Mr. Mitealfe.
Harwich and Eaktern Counties Junction Railway and Pier—Mrs
Attwood and Mr. gpootter.
Atlikby and Stathfortal—Mr. S.'O'Briell and Colonel Anson.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
ISRISTOL, Tr.u. lg.
• STOCK ExcHANGE.--The only sale was-1111:4,4 and Exeter
New, 12.

EXETER, l'Es. IS. • -
STOCK Xxciramoc.— The sales are—Exeter, Yeovil, and Mix:hea-
ter, 101. dis.—Briatol anti Exeter, Thirds, l2Fi —Eastern Counties, tit
—Ditto,Tork Extension, 255, p.
MANCHESTER, FEE. 18.
EXCIIANGt. The sales are —Blackburn, Choi*ley, and Liver-
pool, N dis.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, a dis —East Lincoln-
shire, p. e.—Fleetwood, Preston, :uid West Riding Juneti
on, 1
p.—Groat Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 7-16 p.--Creat Grimsby
and Dock Extension. 2 p.—lltaiderstlelti and Manchester Railway
and Canal, 7% Orinakirk, and Preaton, 33 p.—Liver-
pool, Preston, Manchester, and Stockport,
ton, Matlock, and Midland, 114 p,—Manchester and Birmingham,
p.— Ditto, B, A 4 p, C, 6 4-11.ancliester and South-
' ampton, % p.—Oxford, Southampton, &c., 14s. 6,l.—Preston and
Wyre. 35—Ditto, 11, 114 p.—Sheftield, Leek, and Crewe,
t.lietlield and Man. Nester, Quarters (No. 3), 3ad p.— s,hroptihire
Union hallway and Canal, par—West Lancashire Coast, dis,
West hiding Vino% 3% p.