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their correctness. The notices bad been served, and
they had everything ready to go to Parliament, except
the capitel, which it was proposed to furnish to them
by means of this arrangement.—(Applause.)
Mr. CatAnwicx., Deputy-Chairman of the Churnet and
Railway, then entered into some statements
pi:o,meg the advantages which would arise from the
a doption by Parliament of that line, and its superiority
ovt r the London and Manchester and North Stafford-
shire line!. It was, in fact, the best and shortest line to
London, its sharpest gradient being 1 in 100, and its
lenth only 45 miles.
.JOAN )MARLING, Esq., and W. BURT, Esq., spoke
against the plan proposed; the former stating, on the
authority of Mr. William Rawson, an advocate for the
scheme, that the Churnet and Blythe line would cost at
lea,t 40,000/., while the presence of the North Stafford-
shire, supported by the Grand Junction and the London
and Birmingham, would prevent its deriving any of the
through traffic, the latter dwelling upon the fact that
several of the provisional committee had not paid up
their shares, and suggesting that the question of amal-
.ination should be referred to some able and experienced
Parliamentary counsel for his advice.
After a prolonged conversational discussion, in which
Mr. Heron and Mr. Faulkner reminded the meeting that
the North Staffordshire had to go to Parliament as well
as the Churnet and Blythe,
The Cn tinatAN rose, and proposed consecutively
three resolutions-Ist, declaring that after the state-
ments and explanations which had been given to the
meeting by the representatives of the Churnet andßlythe Railway Companies, the meeting expressed its
intention of uniting the interests of the two Companies.
This resolution was carried by a large majority, only
fire hands being held up against it.
The second resolution carried out the purpose of the
previous motion, and the third (which with the second
was carrie,l unanimously), appointed Messrs. Wm. Hill
and James Lees members of the provisional committee of
the Churnet and Blythe Railway.

CONTINENTAL LINES.
ROCHEFORT, ROCHELLE, AND POITIERS.—The plan
for the propt-sed branch from Poitiers to Rochelle and
Rochefort has been sent before the administration ripe-
rieure. This is one of the most important sections ofthe
west. The surveys for the branch were commenced in
Sept?inber, 1844, and were carried on with great ra-
pidity in the three departments of Vienne, Deux-Sevres,
and the Charente Inferieure. This is the first line form-
ing a portion of the ensemble to be established in the
departments between the Tours and Nantes and the
Tours and Bordeaux Railways.
ORLEANS AND TOURS.—The concessionary company
appears able to open the first section of the line from
Orleans to Bordeaux in the beginning of March next.
In the department of the Loire the length of the line is
32,346 metres. The works are now so far advanced that
barriers are being placed at the paths which cross the
rail.vay, while the building for the reception of the car- .'
ri Tea is carried on with the greatest activity on the
part of the contractor, who has undertaken to finish
them in the course of the present month. At Beauge-
nay, also, the works are far advanced. In the depart-
ment of Loire-et-Cher, in which the length of the rail-
way is 49,561 metres, it has been necessary to execute
works of some extent to confine the waters of the river in
their proper bed. The Directors having determined upon
giving a fixed residence to each of the watchmen and
others employed along the line, some delay has been
occasioned in building their residences. The station at
Blois is rapidly progressing. The length of the railway
in the department of Indre-et-Loire is 33,447 metres, and
on this portion the works have been carried on with the
greatest activity. The guard-houses are finished, the
barriers are being raised, and the stations of Vouvray, of
Atuboise, and of Mount-Louis are fast approaching
towards completion. The Tours station, the dimensions
of which are considerable, is proceeding but slowly ; but
this arises from the great care necessarily bestowed upon
a w t k in which the solidity and good disposition of the
building are of such importance.
CALAIS BitANcrr.— The project of uniting Calais with
the frontier has been for a long time past under
eonsi&ration. ‘• We learn from a good source," says
the .Journal r'c Calais, " that the English Company
which has at its head Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, con-
tinu be occupied with the project of uniting Calais
with the Belg,ian railways by Gravelines, Dunkirk, and
Fori,o,,,Ueping in the most dir,ct line. Agents of the
Company have born lately at Calais conferring with M.
Ne "ni,vngineer-in-chier, upon the surveys which he had
el-ea?,y made, and which might be made useful to them."

RAILIVAI Sit B.E MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JAR. 12.
&mei( EXCHANGE.—The only sale was—Bristol and Exe.
ter, New, 8%.