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?, • !emended by the railways are much higher ; and
t in the case of one railway, the North Union, they
• amount to no less than 2s. 9 13-64 d. per mile. The.
• aggregate charge for carrying the mails in Grea,b,
tiritein was, in :1836-7, before railways were adopted,
:53,2931. 18s. 4(1., or 1 30.32 d. per mile per day, for
18,090 miles ; but partly in consequence of the increase
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of letters and parcels through the introduction of diee
penny post, and partly in consequence of the high goa
charged by some railways, the aggregate charge is no"
much higher.
In 1846, as appears by a return from the rost•officeci
the number of miles travelled daily by mail coaches bet
been reduced to 11,47 a, while the amount paid Per
annum was 45,729/. 10s. 6d., or 2 19-32 d. per mile
Pe
day. But besides this sum, there is paid yearly to rei
ways no less than 102,1851. 6s. 10d.•, the two eln°,llllt.
„
ing together to 147,914/. 17s. 4d. Mr. Robert Stepne "'
son, who has been extensively employed in arbitratilel
between the Post-office and railway companies, *gat I,
that the principal difference between Captain Harness°
the part of the Post-office, was this, that Captain 11,sei;
• hess contended that if a line run six trains a day, and!
seventh were wished by the Post-office, it should oel,
pay the bars cost of that seventh train; but that he said
e No; we ought to negotiate with the Post-office as with
other parties; there is no law that exempts them froth the
ordinary exile of transacting business;" therefore he If
invariably maintained that the total, establishmeotha
the railway ought to be taken, and a portion of t"b,
charges placed to the account of that one train; Oda
serving, significantly, that if the Legislature had Me d
e law that they should be treated differently, well-a:nee
good; but that he took the law as it stands. Mr. e'
states that in France they are obliged by every train
res.( rve a compartment of a carriage, coevenient for
°f
person to ride in for a post-office guard, with his bag
°
letters, without any remuneration; and a similar syo al
a
seems to prevail on all continental railways. Wbellte
separate train is required, it is paid for by the Ste
In this country the mail proceeds along some lines at
hour of the night when there are no passengers; ;lie
there are, therefore, reasons •,•,hy a difference should
made between such lines and the Great North of gets;
land, where the train for the mail runs at a reasc°B,to
rime and carries numerous pa.sengrrs. Your Conol"—be
c eiceive that in all cases where the mail is carried A
passenger trains, no charge whatever should be Or
against the Post-office; and that when the mail is ectd,'
veyed at times when there are no passenger trains, se
charge should in no case exceed the additional exPen
to which railways may be put by running such traine'es
In France and other continental countries, railway
are also obliged to convey soldiers, sailors, and p°ll„cg
and their baggage, either gratis, or at rates dispcoqi,
tionately low. It might, perhaps, be advisable in L;re
country, in the case of all bodies of men in the serv'to
of the public, to fix scales of fares merely sufficient
cover the additional expenses to which their conveYl"
might subject railway companies.
Your Committee will now briefly recapitulate Oti:
points which they conceive ought to be aimed at in °
future railway system:-
1. No future lines, either for main trunks or bronchi*
should be ceded, except for terms of years, s of
2. Full and accurate accounts of the proceeding ad
railway companies, embracing their whole receipts fate
expenditure, should be laid from time to time bele
Parliament.
her
3. As all idea of the construction of new lines Wedere
they are not called for by the wants of districts, in °r, be
to give the public the benefit of competition, rot's" bt
ab indoned, in return for their monopoly, companies into
to submit to an efficient system of control, with a 11,4
to the security of the public against extravagant 144.
and charges, and the adoption of uniformity on the c"
ferent lines in the scales and the mode of charging:'.„ of
4. An end should at once be put to the systc":o-
issuing more new shares than are required to colter "ro.•
cessary outlays, in order to divide premiums among Pr!,
prietors and thereby swell the amount of nominal st°
beyond the actual outlay.
5. In order to provide efficiently for the superillten:f
deuce of railways, and in order that the fritenti°l3'dor
Parliament may not be defeated by the directors ()flea,
panics, and in order also that a judicious railway sYsrele
may be ensured, and a cheaper and more effective to ote
of conducting preliminary inquiries than that which:be
takes place before Parliamentary Committees I:told
adopted, a board or department of the Executive sit' r.
be appointed, with power to employ inspectors, their
veyors, and other officers, to aid them in conducting t,bs
inquiries. Such a board, to which railway affairs I°,lo
be entrusted, woulrl, from the knowledge it could o°Piary
to acquire, be enabled to judge what lines are necespe A
for the supply of the wants of the country, how
.sur
given project may be conducive to that end, and t°, use
ply Parliament with such information as may be 0.11 to
in enabling it to legislate in the way most beneficls
tee 6
. publiß c. Railway companies should be obliged to carry the
es;
Post-office mails by passenger trains free of all char' be
and at times when there are no passenger trains, -f ° ious
additional expense thereby occasioned. The altert4i
which may be advisable in the case or soldiers, sat
and other bodies of men in the public service have
been considered by your Committee.
August 25, 1846.

RAILWAY SUARE MARKETS.
MANC HESTER, AUGUST 29. Son 144
STOCK E KCIIANO E.—The sales are—Blackburn, Clitheroe,,
dls. —Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton 14 dis.—Boston, Stalnly",AV.
Birmingham, 11s. dis.—Buckingham and Bletchley Junction,
Eastern Counties, New, y4—Ditto, York Extension, lye —Ea v_.,d
catthire, 9 p.--East Lincolnshire, % dic—Fleetwood,
West Riding, 14s. cis.— Iludderstield. Halifax, and Bradford, 21;0
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2 PqAcer
and Thirsk,.234 —Leeds, Dewsbury, al d Manchester, 4!,12 ',....0004
ter, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, 14 dis.—Ll/`,206--
Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 p.—London and North-Western,
London and York, dis.—ManclL ster and Leeds, Fifths, 81,..„01(1'
Manchester and Sonthatnpton, 19s. dis.--North Western, % 1,1%,40S
ham, Birkenhead, Ecc., 34 dis.—Shellield and Manchester, Qu'",;ol,
Preston:,
No. 1, 414 p.—Ditto, No. 3, . p.—Shrewsbury and Birmittion-
p. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, I7s. 6d. dis•Na
Eastern and Dover, Consolidated, No. 3,5% p.—Ditto, , „JO-
4, 15-16 p. South Staffordshire Junction, 7-16 p.— Trent Valla:_lo4
land, p.—West Riding Union, 3 5-16 p.—Whitehav
Furness, 2 dis.

LEEDS, AUGUT 9. rt of ti" 9
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices were decliSnin2g in the early Pa harvefi!
week, and a general dulness pervaded the trade, but fine moss'
weather on Wednesday and Thursday caused a little ne!ter 11C Pr
for shares, which was materally increased on the receipt of
t tpe
telligence of the reduction of the minimum rate of discount vi", cs'
e
Bank of England to three per cent. This measure has Pr
petted for some time, and various rumours have been circulate tha
specting It ; but the declaration, at this time, by the dircctorstate of
Bank, Is considered to evince " a confldenee in the present ',OKI'
the money market, and a belief that the monetary crisis,_o for
many have anticipated, is not now at band." Higher Ilru„,. tar
shares have been generally realised, and a favourable feeling atiloion
titer advances is entertained ; yet there is not so much sPecoderli
afloat as during the late fluctuations. The advances are in Lila-
,„,acet
and steady, and therefore wear a more healthy aPPe—.--,,arfS'
when sudden variations of considerable extent occur in „to
flis
continuance of favourable weather would give additional forcio"Atal;
other causes of improvement. The annexed list shoWs in ete;
closing prices, all shares being more or less improving'. field a,g/.
class small stocks, East Lancashires, Dewsburys, Huddelp_voe. t.
p._iluddersold Vl,
Sheffields, and Huddersfield and Manchesters are in favour,,,i, nrcesd
Great Norths are well worth attention for safe and prolita-aeld and
merit. The sales are—East Lancashire,
Manchester, 2% c. p.—Ditto, Extensions, 9s. p.—lludder:o,l P.,/c c•
Sheffield, 7Y, c. p.—Leeds and Bradford, 43% t.—Leeds an
c p.—Ditto, Branches, 1% p.—Leeds and ttn"wor•
dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 2% p.—Newes"ford, ;vest
wick, 14 p.—North British,:earlisle Branch, 653.—t-sna ng.
tester, and Wolverhampton, 635. Gd. s. p.—York, do. --":"d-is.
Riding, 2 p.—Amberirate, Nottingham, and Boston, 13s' ".isaire,'
ton, Stamford, and Birmin;hain,lls. dis.—lluckinginr,-, 28g" -ad.
—Clitheroe Junction, 15s. dis.—East and West Yorkshire'
—Grand Union, 13s. dis. —Lancashire and North Yorksn","_,..lce""
dis.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, I'4 d'ec;rth, Co'
Wakefield, and Midland, I4s. 6d. dis.—Leicester, Tarnr p,'""
ventry, &c., ss. dis. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, Junctiollr 7°.„"a
London and York Cs. dis. s.—Maltjn and Driftle
P*---` •
s.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland,
11
16 615.
Goole, s.
Western, 7s. Gd. p. —Sheffield, Rotherham,
Shropshire Union, 83. dis.—West Riding Union, 5% S.
and Presto! n.,
HULL. Au,- sr '.1.4-

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STOCK EXCEANGE.—The sales are— Hull and Selby, Halve.%
—North British, Half Shares, 17% —Ditto, Carlisle, 4yi
gate, Nottingham, Boston, &e., 2—East Lincolnshire, s.--r 'lOO
wood, Preston, and West Riding, ls. 6d —Glasgow, DurnfriiN
Carlisle. 33—Great Northern, 2 —Leicester and Tatnworth,
North Western, Bs. p.—Arsnagh, Coleraine, and l'ortrush,
Grand Union, 14s. 9d.

SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 29. 1 „.V
&rocs Excite.Not.—The sales are—East Lancashire, -
Grimsby- and Sheffield, 2X, dls.—Ditto, Extension, 13s. die.— 'pet
Quarter Shares, 7s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Railway and Dock, IN tif'*-;
dcrsfield and Sheffield, 7% p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midhly.'o-
dis.—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 20s. clit,c;teri"
Chester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 16s. dis.—North OP
Gs. Gd p. —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, die.—Ditto, Extori
dis.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, and Crewe, N. Ga dis" NEIVCASTLE-UPON-T YNE, AUGUST 29. _„,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, I
cashire and North Yorkshire, 13s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormssoo eat
Preston, 3 5.16 p.—Newcastle and Carlisle 105 h, —Newc:.....11
Darlington, Extensions, 10% p.—South Midland, 14s. 3d•
Riding Ution, 3 p.

YORK, AUGUST 29. 16S• 6d.
STocia itxcrusraz.-The sales are Junction, •-• '.
Direct Northern, I/. 18s. 6d.-Eastern Counties, York E,ctell;d
-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 135.-Leicaster agstloces
ford, 135.-London and York, 214-Manchester, Buxton, •'0050,4
and Midland, 3!. 9s. Gd.-Newcastle and Berwick, '2B \ on. eft
and
.Darlington, New, 1114 -North British, Carlisle ExtentorlOod
-North Western, 11. N.-Sheffield, Rotherham, Wakefield, „irk
Huddersfield, and Goole, 1%-West Riding Union, 5 4-3
North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 134 •
ber-
EDINBURGH, Aueusx 28. A
STOCK EXCUANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 81. 12s. 6": t.
deen, Banff, and Elgin, Irdrie and Bathgate, 31;;It0;il
Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 10s.---slot re,"
Portrush, 14s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. 7s. 6d.-13„e; etlen,r,
County Down, W.-British and Irish Union, 2/. 2s. 6d.-'-'ll. Ps*
151. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 11. 103.-Caledonian Extension, cot!:
Caledonian and Dumbarton, 11.2x.-Clydesdale Junction, 2475. 61• a,
wall and Devon Central, 1/. 75.-Deeside Railway, ?`'cs
Direct Northern, 1/. 13s. 6d.-Dublin and Enniskillen, ",-;
dee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 231. 10s.-Dundee and PTO,-
7s. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 158.-East of Fife, 1/.;"1...--0;,,-;
burgh and Bathgate, 21. 14e.- -Edinburgh and Glasgow,
Halt Shares, 171. Quarters, 17:. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, rice,
181.-Edinburgh, Leith, and ,Ira iron, Prefere9,, 9.40,
155.-Edinburgh and Nort'tern, 101.- -D!tte w i
ort, 11.
Edinburgh and Perth, 21. 10s.- Forth and Clyde .1 iinctiVs.,....pitto.,
-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 731.-Ditto, New Stock, 371.
Quarter Shares, 18/. 10s.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 21* Le .111'.4..
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 145.-Glasgow and Dunn,.iii
tion, 1/. 135.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/asgow ston'ci
minus, Si. 10s-Glasgow and Greenock, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, 2_oo, bs.
St. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow, Kilinar" 2i.
Ardrossan, 11. 10q.- Glasgow, 6T Strathaven, and Lesmitll3o--Inlei.
-Granton Junction, 10s.- Great North of Scotland, 143. Caro, Po.
ness and Elgin, 17s. 6d.-Lanark and Lothians, 2/. ss. wales, las
fast, and Ballymena, 95.-London, Bristol, and South
3s. 6d. -London and York, V.-Ditto, Half Shares, ll._ 97/. 155" o
land and Eastern Counties. 155.-Newcastle and Berwic%,„isiorl r_..
North British, 38i. 155.-Ditto, Halves,
Carlisle, 41. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 15s.- North St
,sfr
173 6d.
145.-North Wales Mineral, 161 153.-Ditto, New, r% 70. „ion,
Perth and Inverness, 11. Its. &1.-Scottish Central, June-
Ditto, New, 9/. 2s. 6d.-Scottish Central and Caledonlii. 10.5•,„
revio
U. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.- Scottish 3
16/. Ditto;:!-;
Scottish Southern, 1/. 17a.-Shrewsbury and Hereford,
75'158 Gil
bury, Oswestry,:and Chester, 5!. IN.-South Midland, 26. 1• 16
Stirling and Dunfermline, I/. 6s. 6d.-Stirling and 311d1
Strathern Junction, 2/.-Wishaw and Coltness, 47/. 53
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l BTUS. A
On the 25th of August,il
at Banbury, the 4of Ge°r
la
Hamilton, Esq., 55-th Regiment, of a daughter. ,ire, the
On the 24th of Auguq, at Caonby Hall, Lincolnshire'
lady of J. Golden Esti:, of a daughter
On the 25th of A ugust, at Newbold-on-Avon,
shire, the wife of the Rev. Edward Smy'thics

MARRIED.
On the 27th of August, at Leamington, lienr daughter
Y sll2rcl,
of Pembroke-square, Kensington, to Anna,younger
of B. M. Roberts, EA., of Hackney.

DIEDOn the 24th o Agst, at Pa.
y,
ter, Lcorld,ecs'opd
0,1 the 26thf ofu Auguu st, a'tisCaroline, 5`
daughter of the Rev. John Allen

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