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of Parliament), nor even the more limited expense of laying
down intermediate rails for narrow gauge traffic.
Still less can they feel themselves justified in proposing that
the expense of such alteration should be defrayed by a contri-
bution levied, as has sometimes been suggested, on the rest of
the railway companies in Great Britain ; and they are unable
to suggest any ,other equitable or practicable means by which
the desired uniformity of gauge could be obtained.
The conclusion to which my Lords have come respecting
the reduction of the broad, gauge on existing lines neces•
sarily affects their opinion with regard to the future gauge of
lines now in course of construction.
If the line now extending from London to Exeter be pre
served on the broad gauge, and yet all the railways in con-
nexion with it from the south, for which Acts have been ob-
tained, are to be formed on the narrow gauge, then it is ob-
vious that the inconvenience of the break of gauge will not
only be continued, but will be increased in amount.
Assuming that an absolute uniformity of gauge cannot
now be obtained, they feel that the only practical course to
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and to lay down such general regulations for the future, as
will prevent the increase and further extension of an evil
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er danill reduce the inconve-
country within the narrowest attainablet
9moditss.traffic of the
They would, therefore, recommend that the lines for which
been com-
Acts have been obtained, but which have not
t
pleted to the south of the line from London to Le
be permitted to be constructed on the broad gauge, should
ori-
ginally intended. They have had some difficulty incli aing to
a conclusive opinion on the case of the South Wales line. They
are aware that strong arguments maybe adduced in favour of
requiring this line to be constructed on the narrow gauge ; but,
adverting to the great public importance of a continuous
line of communication with the south of Ireland, and of a
second line of railway communication from London to Ireland
generally; and having regard to the value of a continuous
line to Milford Haven, &c., for the furtherance of the public
service • they are of opinion that, on the whole, it would be
advisable that the South Wales line, together with its branch
to Monmouth and Hereford, should, as originally sanctioned,
be formed on the broad gauge,-
In the lAt session of Parliament an Act was obtained for
forming a line of Railway from Rugby to Oxford. The Act
contained the following clause:—
Cap. 188, sec. 35.—" That as a Commission has been ap-
pointed for inquiring whether provision ought to be made
for securing an uniform guage in the construction of railways,
and for other purposes in reference to the mode of obviating
impediments to the internal traffic of the country; if, in con-
formity with the report of the said Commission, it shall
appear to the Board of Trade expedient that rails of the
same gauge as the rails of the London and Birmingham
Railway should be laid down on the line hereby authorised
between Oxford and Rugby, it shall be lawful fn• the said
Board to order and require that such railway upon the said
gauge shall be laid down and maintained, and that the Com-
pany hereby incorporated shall thereupon proceed with rea-
sonable dispatch to ,execute the same to the satisfaction of
the Inspector-General of Railways for the time being: pro-
vided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent
the said Company from laying down and maintaining, on the
whole or any portion of the said line, rails of the same gauge
as those now laid on the line of the Great Western Railway."
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forthwith.
They would, therefore, submit that it is not necessary to
interfere with the construction of the line on the broad
gauge, as authorised by the Act.
In order to complete the general chain of narrow
guage communication from the north of England to the
southern coast, they beg to repeat, with a slight
variation, the suggestion of the Commissioners, that " any
suitable measure should be promoted to form a narrow gauge
link from Oxford to Basingstoke," or by any shorter route
connecting the proposed Oxford and Rugby line with the
South-Western Railway.
With the same view they beg to suggest, that any suitable
measure should be promoted for forming a narrow gauge link
from Gloucester to Bristol, and so completing the general
chain of narrow gauge communication between the manu-
facturing districts, the centre and north of England, and the
port of Bristol.
The only line remaining for consideration is the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton.
In the Act by which the Company was incorporated in last
session the following clause v, as inserted :
"That the said company hereby incorporated shall and
they are hereby required to lay down and maintain upon the
whole extent of the railway hereby authorised, between the
point of junction thereof with the said Birmingham and
Gloucester Railway at Abbotswood, and the point of junction
thereof with the said Grand Junction Railway near Wolver-
hampton, as well as on the said branch railways by this Act
authorised to Kingswinford and Stoke Prior aforesaid, such
additional rails, adapted to the gauge of the said Birmingham
and Gloucester and Grand Junction Railways respectively,
as may be requisite for allowing the free and uninterrupted
passage, as aforesaid ofcarriages, waggons, and trucks passing
to or from the said Birmingham and Gloucester and the said
Grand Junction Railways respectively, or from the last-
mentioned railway to the said Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway, or passing from one portion of the said Birmingham
and Gloucester Railway to another portion thereof, or to or
from any intermediate place between the two said railways
to the one or the other of them ; and such additional rails
shall be laid down, and maintained and used to the
satisfaction and approval of the Board of Trade, and
all necessary facilities and accommodations shall
be afforded by the company hereby incorporated,
or their lessees, for the convenient use thereof ;
and it shall be lawful for the said board at any time, on
complaint being made by any company or person interested
in the question, that such additional rails have not been laid,
or that such facilities or accommodations are not afforded, to
order and direct the said company hereby incorporated, or
their lessees as aforesaid, to adopt such regulations as they
may see fit to require with reference to the laying down of
such additional rails, or to the use of the said additional rails
and other conveniences as aforesaid, and for the purpose of
securing such free and uninterrupted passage thereon as
aforesaid."

It is their Lordships' intention to exercise the power given
to them in this instance, as in the case of the Oxford and
Rugby line; and on the same grounds they would submit
tha' it is not necessary to interfere with the construction of
this portion of the line on the broad gauge in the manner
authorised by the Act.
And, since they regard the break of gauge as a most
serious evil, more especially in the conveyance of goods, they
conceive that a continuous and a second line of communica-
tion between London and the district of Staffordshire, &c.,
must be regarded as of great value and importance. They
accordingly submit that the line from Worcester to Oxford
should be made, as proposed, on the broad gauge. They
regret that a provision for the formation of a second line of
rails was not inserted in the Act affecting a portion of the
line between Oxford and Worcester, in the terms of the
clause regulating the portion lying between the Birmingham
and Gloucester line and Wolverhampton ; and they would
recommend that if it should hereafter appear that there is a
traffic requiring accommodation on the narrow gauge between
the Staffordshire districts and the southern coasts, any suit-
able measure should be promoted by Parliament to form a
narrow gauge link from the Birmingham and Gloucester line
to Oxford, on the same grounds and in the same manner as
the Commissioners have recommended that it should be
formed between Oxford and the South-Western Railway.
Having thus adverted in detail to the several railways now
proposed to be constructed on the broad gauge, and already
sanctioned by Parliament, my Lords beg leave to submit the
regulations they would recommend to be observed for the
future.

My Lords do not feel themselves competent to give an
opinion on the question alluded to by the Commissioners, of
the merits of the four feet eight and a half inch gauge as
compared with any other among those that have bean pro-
posed.

In suggesting, therefore (with some exceptions to be spe-
cified), the adoption of the recommendation made by the
Commissioners, that the "four feet eight and a half inch
gauge should be declared by the Legislature to be the gauge
to be used in all public railways" " hereafter to be con-
structed in Great Britain," they do not conceive that any de-
claration on this point should be understood as positive and
final. The working of the wider gauge established in Ire-
land, and the future history of railways in other countries,
may possibly prove the superiority o'f some other and inter-
mediate gauge; while the advance of science and the
course of experience may point out a practicable method of
altering an existing gauge, and of easily effecting a great
operation which is now generally conceived to be so costly and
so difficult as, in truth, to be impracticable.
With this explanation, my Lords beg to recommend that
no line shall hereafter be formed on any other than the four
feet eight and a halfinch gauge, excepting lines to the south
of the existing line from London to Bristol, and excepting
small branch lines ofa few miles in extent, joining the Great
Western Railway, and conveying to it the traffic of places in
its immediate vicinity ; and they further recommend that no
Bill for any such line as above excepted shall be passed by
Pal !lament unless a special report shall have been made by
the Committee on the Bill, setting forth the particular rea-
sons which have led the Committee to advise that such line
should be formed OR any other than the four feet eight and a
half inch gauge. They concur, also, with the Commissioners
in recommending that, unless by the consent of the Legisla-
ture, it shall not be permitted to the directors of any railway
company to alter the gauge of such railway. In conclusion,
my Lords beg leave to recapitulate the suggestions they
have felt it their duty to make :-
1. That no line shall hereafter be formed on any other
than the four feet eight and a half inch gauge, excepting
lines to the south of the existing line from Londen to
Bristol, and excepting small branches of a few miles in
length, in immediate connexion with the Great Western
Raillvay but that no such line as above excepted shall be
sanctioned by Parliament, unless a special report shall have
been made by the Committee on the Bill, setting forth the
reasons which have led the Committee to advise that such
line should be formed on any other than the four feet eight
and a half inch gauge.
2. That, unless by the consent of the Legislature, it shall
not be permitted to the directors of any railway conleanY Lo
alter the gauge of such railway.
3. That, in order to complete thneorgt
England to the
gauge communication from the chain of narrow
Bristol, any suitable mea-
southern coasts, and to the port of generalfl
from Oxford to Basingstoke,
Gloucester to Bristol, and also
proposed Rugby and
sures should be promoted to forma narrow gauge link from
iVestern Railway.
Oxford line with the Sou
Wales line and its branches to Mon-
or by any shorter route' connecting the
4. That the South
mouth and Hereford should be permitted to he formed on
broad
thegauge, as sanctioned by their Act.
5. That the Rugby and Oxford line, and the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, should be permitted to
beformed on the broad gauge, as sanctioned by their Acts ;
that the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade
shall exercise the powers conferred upon them by the
several Acts, and shall require that additional narrow gauge
rails shall forthwith be laid down from Rugby to Oxford,
and from Wolverhampton to the junction with the Birming-
ham and Gloucester line ; and that if it should hereafter
appear that there is a traffic requiring accommodation on
the narrow gauge from the Staffordshire districts to the
southern coast, any suitable measure shall be promoted by
Parliament to form a narrow gauge link from Oxford to the
line of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway.

POLITICAL ROMoIIRS.—We may state on good au-
thority, we believe, that the Duke of Wellington will send in his
resignation very shortly, even should the present Government not
be broken up in a few days, as is confidently expected. It is said
that the Marquis of Normanby will be sent to Paris to replace Lord
Cowley, when the Whigs comerinto office.