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Sealed tenders to be addrefsed, " M. Digby
Esq ," endorsed, " Tender for the Supply of
_ients,",and delivered at the office of the Exo-
Committee, Hyde-i_ark, on Wednesday, the
of January, before twelve o'clock.
M. DIGBY WYATT,
Secretary to the Executive Committee.
Hyde-park, Dec. 28, 1850.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN

RAILWAY.

WEDNESDAT NIGHT.
Up to last night it is stated that the authorities of
the London and North-West( rn Railway continued
to receive assurances of the good feeling of the men
from various portions of the line, and more particu•
larly, it appears, does that spirit of concession prevail
on the northern division, where the outbreak first
took place.
It has been already stated that the directors never
contemplated the slightest alteration with reference
to the men engaged under the locomotive department
on the southern division of the line, but in reference
to the northern they still adhere to the three months'
notice, and with a view to bring the matter to a con-
clusion so far as the engine-driver:, and firemen of that
division are concerned, the following notice has been
issued, and each man called upon to append his sig-
nature thereto:—

London and North-Western Railway (Northern
Division), Engine Works, Crewe.
Do you desire to continue in the service of the
company, subject to the existing regulations;. and do
you withdraw your objections to the three months'
notice, and in regard to all new enginemen and fire-
men?"

Nearly every man to whom the foregoing ques-
tions have been put on the northern division, it is
stated, has subscribed his signature to the declaration
of " I agree to the above ;" and it is further added
that so many of the old hands have subscribed to the
form that of the 26 new men already employed 10
have been withdrawn, and have returned to their old
employment on other lines, with the understanding
that should the company require their services they
should have the preference of selection.
In reference to the question of the three months'
notice, the most singular part of the matter is the fact
that it originated in a strike which took place on the
Liverpool and Manchester line in the year 1836, and
which is thus described in a paragraph inserted in the
half-yearly report of that company, dated " Liver-
pool, July 27, 1836." It says :
" Amongst the items of annual expenditure, those for
locomotive power, and for coach and waggon disburse-
ments, have been increased this half-year by various ac-
cidents, occasioning breakage of engines, waggons, and
coaches, one of the consequences of a general strike on
the part of the locomotive enginemen, and the necessity
thereby imposed upon the directors of employing com-
paratively inexperienced hands, or of yielding to the un-
reasonable demands of the enginemen, and by so doing
seriously impairing their authority for the future. For
some time previous to the general strike the directors
had been apprehensive of such a step, and had intro-
duced the plan of requiring from the enginemen agree-
ments of service, with a stipulated period of notice
before leaving the company's employ. Several of the
men had entered into such agreements, but had, not-
withstanding, joined in the subsequent strike. Four of
these the directors considered it their duty to bring
before the magistrates, who, having heard the case,
committed the delinquents to Kirkdale Gaol, to be con-
fined to hard labour for one month, declaring at the
same time that they considered the offence of so grave a
character that if these men, or any others, were brought
before them, and convicted of similar misconduct, they
should commit them to prison to hard labour for not
less than three months. 'The directors have taken care
that their present enginemen should all enter into agree-
ments of service, and they have every reason to believe
that the strict measures adopted in this first display of
insubordination will tend powerfully to secure discipline
and good conduct hereafter."

The foregoing, then, is the origin of the three
months' notice, and Mr. Trevithick the locomotive
superintendent of the northern division, considered
it politic that it should be uniformly extended through-
out the whole of the northern division, instead of
being confined to the Liverpool and Manchester line,
now a part and parcel of the London and North-
Western Railway.
Whilst matters hare thus arrived at an amicable
conclusion on the northern division, it is to be very
deeply regretted that they are not in so satisfactory a
state on the southern, or London, division of the line.
Up to Monday the directors had felt it advisable to
serve the present 14 days' notice to quit on 12 of the
men, chiefly belonging to Camden-station, and the
authorities yesterday gave notice also to 10 additional
drivers and firemen. It appears that some of the
men, both at Rugby and Camden, have reported
themselves sick, and thus have relieved themselves
from duty, as the authorities believe, with the intent
of going about for the purpose of agitation.
The company still allege that many of these
men have received their notices for incompe-
tency and impertinence to their superior
officers. How far this may be the case so
are not in a position to state. Certain, however, it is
that the men who have received these notices seem to
be exasperated to the highest pitch, and, although
nearly every man on the southern division his ex-
pressed his desire to remain in the company's service
under existing regullti'ms, there is ne knowing what
once the recent steps of the cxnpiny in dismiss-
ing so many men may have, several being drivers of
13 and 14 year' standing on the line.
On the side of the company we are assured that
they have every desire to meet the wishes of the men
fairly and reasonably expressed, whilst they are firm
in their determination of exercising their own judg-
ment as to the capabilities and competency of their
men individually, and the right to replace them by
those whom they consider more efficient for the per-
formance of the responsible duties required. On the
part of the men it is but just to state that there seems
every disposition to conciliation, and they appear
particularly anxious that the directors and the public
should be assured that they altogether repudiate a
"strike," or any attempt at a " strike." They de-
clare positively they never contemplated a strike,"
and in answer to a question put to a large body of
drivers and firemen at the Camden station on Tues-
day evening, they declared " that if the wages of the
northern men were reduced on that part of the line
to Is. per day, they would not strike' in conse-
quence, and that all the interference they adopted was
to ate Mr. Glyn, M.l'., as the chairman of the com-
pany, to become the mediator between the authoriti:s
of the northern division and their men." In the face
of this, however, wc are assured that when the de-
putation of the southern divisien engine drivers
waited on Mr. Glyn, they even to that gentleman's
face intimated that a strike would take place unless
the men's wishes were met.

Among the men generally, from all our reporter
could glean up to last evening, the best spirit ap-
pears to prevail, and it is to be hoped that their vo-
luntary recommendation of a month's notice on the
southern division in lieu of the present fortnight's no-
tice will be generally acted upon. Should it take
place, there can be no doubt but the directors will
receive it as a concession, and that even the notices
already served on the men may be withdrawn.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 1.
EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS.
The examination for honours commenced yesterday,
in the Senate-house. There are 154 candidates.
The following is the order of examination
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1850—Euclid and conics,
arithmetic, algebra, and plane trigonometry._
ta npdhilo s ophy, astronomy,
ppurore.
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1851—Statics and dynamics,
hydrostatics and optics.
Thursday, Jan. 2
blems in all the preceding subjec s.
Monday, Jan. 13
mathematics.
14—BasY problems, natural philo-
--NlZto7al
Tuesday, Jan.
Jan. 15—Problems, pure mathematics.
s o pTwhhyecies
Thursday,
woad;:y,
Jan. 16—Problems, pure mathematics,
natural philosophy.
Friday, Jan. 17—Pure mathematics and natural
philosophy.
13. A. COMMENCEMENT, 1851.
Supplicants for degrees to be conferred at the en-
suing B.A. commencement may be sent to the regis-
trary on or before the 18th inst.; and certificates, &c.,
on or before Monday, the 20th.

REPRESENTATION OF SOUTFI NOTTS.
NEWARK, JAN. I.—The contest in this division of
the county of Nottingham is likely to be brought to
a termination at an earlier period than was expected,
in consequence of the somewhat sudden demise of the
retiring Member, Mr. R. Bromley.
Mr. Bromley had long been extremely ill, and his
medical advisers for some time past despaired of his
life, but still it was not anticipated that his death was
so near at hand. On Friday last, however, be became
considerably worsv, ar.d the unfavourable symptoms
grew upon him until Sunday evening. Early on
Monday Dr. Hutchinson, the family physician, who
resides at Nottingham, was sent for, but Mr. Bromley
died shortly after his arrival.
It is anticipated that the nomination of his successor
in the representation of South Notts will take place
in this town on the 22d inst.

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