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THE OSWESTRY & NEWTOWN RAILWAY,.
TH F tLANEDLOES & NEWTOWN- - LWar;-
THE SHREWSBURY & WVWIIPOOI,- RAILWAT,
THE NEWTOWN & MACHYINLLETS RAILWAY. "'
[To enable the 04Westry and- NewtOn and the Llanidlees
and Newtown: Railway_Companies to lease their Railways
and \yeas Vto Amalgam-nth_ ;to tonstruct Branches at
Llanyinynech, Llynely and ZiewtOwn*, to suhstitate Level
CrcAsing.& in lieu of Bridges; to enabthe last-mentioned
Comtiaines and the ShreysburY a.rid ••elehpool and:New-
town and Maoyynlloth Railway• Companies, -or any of
them, to enter into as mike- arrangements
with each other, and with the Great Western ttie,,Birken!
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junetionond the London
and North 'Western Railway CorliFfult,g7or any of them,
for the use, :working, -and- raanar went of the .Rail ways
of the four first mentioned Con,paiiies, or say of them ;
and for- Apportionment or.qtells ; and :Renewal and
Extension of Powers to purchase Lands and complete
Works; protision as to-Capital, and other purposes.]' -
Notice is hereby g&en, that Application is intended
to be made to Parliament in the next session for an Act
to authorise rind 'empower the -oswestry and Newtown
Railway Company and the Llanidlee.s... and Newtown
Railway Company, or either, of them, to Lease the one
to the other, or- to the Great Western,- the Birkenhead.
Lancashire. and Cheshire -Junction,. and- the London and
North Weitern, or any or either of them, or to any other
company or companies, body c,erporate, person or persons,
for such terms or term of yearsrand subject to such-terms
and conditions, in regard to the -deterinination of the leases
or lease and otherwise, as shall be agreed between the par-
ties; or as shall he provided by the said act; the railways
belonsing -to the,said Oswestry and.Neiloh mad Llanidloes.
and Newtown Railway Companies, ..or either of them,, and
all and singular the branches thereof • respectivelY,,
.the estate, right, 'title, and interest, works, conveniences,
and things in, on, about, or appertaining thereto, or doh-
nected therewith respectively, aid the .messuages, tone-`
meats, lands, hereditaments, and premises of and belonging
to tho deSsori respectively, and the estate- right, title, and
interest, conveniences, and things, in, about, or appertaining
thereto, or connected therewith, and all other their property
and effects, and all the powers and
_privileges vested in
the lessors respectively, or sopie part or parts thereof, and
to grant to the lessees or lessee respectively, during the
continuance. -of the leases or: lease respectively, the
.powersz authorities, and privileges, vested in the lessors,
respectively, t..). levy and receive tolls, rates, and duties,
for or in respect of the railway and works, or the
lessors respectively; and to transfer to such lessees or lessee
respectively, during the continuance °lithe leases or lease
respectiVely, all other the rights; powers„ and privileges,
duties 'liabilities, and obligations of the lessors respectively,
relating to the railway and works respectively; and to re-
lieve the lessors from such duties, obligations, and liabili-
ties, and to confer. upon the-lessees or lessee respectively the
benefit of all contracts entered into by the lelsors.respee-
.

Lively.
And it is proposed by the said intended Act to authorise
the said Oswestry and Newtown and )I,lsnidlocs and New 7
town Railway Companies, if they should think fit to do" so,
amalgamate with each other on such- terms and condi-

tions, and subject to suchsiTpuiations7a;-shall be agreed
upon by and between them, or as shall be prescribed by. the
said act. •

And it is proposed by the said intended Act to authorise
the construction and maintenance of the Branch Railways,
following : or some or one of them, or some part or parts
thereof, respectively, with all proper works, and convenience
connected therewith, respectively, that is to say.
Firstly—A Branch Railway-commencing by a junction,
with the Oswestry, Welchpool, end Newtown Railway, at or
near the bridge, which carries the Turnpike Road at
Llynolys,, over that Railway, and being in field, the property
of the Right lionotirable the Earl ofilradford, in the occu-
pation of Stephen Jones, and numbored 9in ti Parish of
Llanyblodwell, iri the County of Salop, on the plans relat-
ing to the Oswestry end Newtown Railway Company, depo-
sited with the Clerks 'Of the Font o for the Counties of
Salop and Moe tiffmety, ehd then pasOing from, in, through,
or into tiio several To*iishipS of Llyntlys and Llanyblod-
well or one of them, and parish of Llanyblodwell, and ter-
minating at or hear A Lithe Kiln, the property of the Right
Honourable the Earl of Powisl in the.holding of Thomas
and John Savin, in the said 1 ownship of Llaqblothiell,
all in the said County-of Salop:

Sacondly—,,A. Branoll RM.llt'ay commencing by a June-
tiers With the Oswesti4v; Welchpool, and Newtown Railway,
ai atithorised by ." Thu Oswestry, Welehpool,
•And New-
town Railstiik Act; l 855;" in a tiela nerithered J 3 on the
depoSited plait; of• the said last-mentioned railway, and
terminating at a -certain wharf, now in the occupation of.
the Carreghofa Lime Rock Company, • and Mr, John
Dickin; -adjoining the Shrnpshire Union. Ogniit, Td alter,
widen; isnssesslasge• the exieting tramways between the said
wharf and user carreglida Limo Roekie so as to silent the
passage thereen.of engines; tritekte and witggens. Adapted
to the df the said OS*edifY, Wtlettpodl, aid Isfesttown
ItailWay, which branch railway and tramways respectively
will be wholly situate in the township of- Llwyntidman,
parish of Llanymynecla, and county Of Salop.
And Thir4sss/i 1 ranth eninmencmg of or near
the initlkdrised linti of the Isldnidlftt ana iiNtoWri. Railway
iil ni flctlr to ii dartain Field, reputed to belong to the Pro-
prietor or Proprietors of the Netton Hall Estate, lying be-
tween the turnpike road leading fromNewtowntoLlanidloes
and the road leading from Newton to Llolfor,,at the junction
of the smile reads in the parish of NewtaWiya the county of
tinntgoinery, Intl passing thetide from, in, through, or. into
the several parishes, townships, and 'other places following,
or some of thorn, that is to tsay,Newtowns Dyirryn, Lbmfair,
C}AVestydd, Aborbechan, Scafell, Hendidley, Llanllwchaiarn.
and Penygloddfa, and terminating at or near the head of
the Canal belonging, or reputed to Won?, to the Shropshire
Union Railways aad Canal Company, in the township of
Gweetyffil) In the parish of Litmllwohaiarti, all in the county
of Montgomery.
And it is propoted by tho said ititendod Act to take
powers to stop up, alter, or divert, whether temporarily or
permanently, all- such turnpike roads, and other roads,
streets, rivers, streams, brooks, sewers, pipes, canals, reser-
voirs, nas-igations, waters and water courses, bridges, rail
ways or tramroade, within or adjoining the said parishes,
townships, and extra parochial and other. places aforesaid,
or any of theni, as it may be necessary to stop up, alter, or
divert, by reason of the construction of the said intended,
Railways and works respectively, or any of them, or any
part thereof respectively.
And it is proposed by the said intended Act or Acts to
take powers to purchase land and buildings, by compulsion
or agreement, for the purpose of the said intended Railways
and works, or any of them, or any part thereof respec-
tively, and to vary or extinguish all existing rights and
privileges in any manner connected with the lands and
buildings proposed to be taken 'for the purposes aforesaid,
and to levy tolls, rates; and duties upon and in respect of
the said Railways and works, and to alter existing tolls,
rates, and duties whether leviable under the authority of
any of the Acts hereinafter mentioned or referred to, or any
of them, or otherwise, and to confer, vary; or extinguish
exemptions from the payments of tolls, rates, and duties,
and other rights and privileges.
And notice is hereby given, that on or before the Thfitioth
day of Nei-ember, in tha present year, duplicate plans and
sections of the said intended Railways and works respec-
tively, together, with books of reference thereto, and also
published maps, With the lines of Railway delineated there-
on, and a copy of this notice, as published in the London
Gazette, will be deposited for public inspection with the
Clerk of the Peace for the county Of Saki), at his office, at
Shrewsbury ; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county
of Montgomery, at his office, at Welchpooll and that on or
before the said Thirtieth day of November, copies of so much
of the plans and sections as relate to each parish in or through
which the said Railways and works respectively are intended
to be made, together with books of reference thereto, and
Copy of the notice, as published in the London-Gazette, will
be deposited with the Parish Clerk of each such parish, at
his usual place of abode ; or in case of any extra parochial
place, with the Clerk of some parish immediately adjoining
thereto.
And it is proposed by the said intended Act to authorise
the said Oswestry and Newtown and Llanidloes and New-
town Railway Companies, or one of them, to construct the
Fed intended Railways, or some or one of theM, or some part
Or parts thereof respectively, and execute the said powers in
telation thereto respectively; and or, Or to, incorporate a
company or companies for the construction of the same
Railways, or some_ part of them, or some part or parts
thereof respectively, and to execute the said powers in
relation thereto respectively, or some of them, and to enable
the said Oswestry and Newtown and Llanidloes and New-
town Railway Companies, or either of them, to c,ontribute
towards the capital, and-hold Shares in the undertakings' or
undertaking of the companies or company so to be incor-
porated, and appoint directors thereof, and also for all or
,any of the purposes aforesaid, to apply any funds which
they or either of them are now or may as hereinafter men-
tioned, be authorised to raise.
And it is proposed by the said intended Act to enable the
said Oswestry and Newtown, Llanidhes and Newtown,
Shrewsbury, and Welchpool ,• Newtown and Machynlleth,
Great Western, I3irkenhead- Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction, and London and North-Western Railway Com-
panies, or any or some or one of them, to make and enter
into agreements and arrangements with the others or any
or-some or one of the others of them for.or in the respect
of the use, working, and management, of the railways of
the said four first-mentioned Companies, and the several
branches works, and conveniences belonging to the
same railways respectively, or any or some or one of the
same railways, branchworks andconveniences respectively,
or any or some part or parts thereof respectively, by any
or either or some or one of all the said companies ; also for
conveyance and management by any or either or some or
one of all the companies.,of the whole or any part of the
traffic upon or of the said railways respectively, or any
of them or which shall arise or commence upon or pass
to or from the said railways respectively, or any
of them- or any . part -or parts thereof respectively ;
also for the diVision and apportionment of such traffic
or any part or parts thereof between the companies enter-
ing into such agreements or arrangements respectively; the
supply of any tolling or working stock for such purposes ;
the management, maintenance, and repair of the said rail-
ways or any or either of them or any part or parts thereof
respectively; the cost and expenses of such working, man-
agement, mnints nonce, and repairs ; the collection, de-
livery, and general conduct or such traffic, the fixing,
collecting, taking and levying of the tolls, rates and charges
in respecithereof, and the division between the companies
nuking or entering into such agreements or arrangements
of the receipts arising from all or any part of such traffic as
aforesaid, upon or of or which shall arise er commence upon
or pass to or from the said railways respectively, or any of
them or tiny part or parts thereof respectively, or the
rent or other considerstiona to be paid'by any or either of
the said last mentioned companies to the others or other of
them in respect of any such use, working or management,
as aforesaid or otherwise : or for Some or one of the several
purpo: es or objects aforesaid, and for confirming and sane-
tioning.any agreement or agreements, which, at the time of
the passing of the said act or acts' shall have been, or
thereafter may be made or entered into between the said
companies or any or either of them, with any or either of
the others of them for all or any of the purposes or objects
aforesaid.
- And it is also proposed by the said intended act to renew
and extend for further periods the respective terms by the
acts relating to the said four first-mentioned companies or
any or some of them, limited for the compulsory purchase
of lands, and for the Completion of the railways by the same
companies respectively, and to alter Or- repeal the sections
cf the same act respectively, or some of them relating to the
forfeitrire Of the monies deposited _with the Court of Chan-
cery, as in the same acts respectively -me itioned, an' Lto
exempt the same companies respectively from any forfeiture

respectei, iglelvy.e,
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And it is also-proposed by tho said. intended Act, to au-
tile-rise and enipowor the said four first-mentioned compa-
nies, or some of them, or ono of them,- to cancel all or any
of the unissued or forfeited or other ;shares in their under-
takings respectively, and to create and issue new shares in
lieu thereof or any part thereof respoctively, and to grant,
and assign to all or any of such new ates such perpetual
or redeemable preference or_guaranteed-dividends, or other
. _
rights and privileges, as may be provided by or under the
provisions of the intended Aet,andalso to raise further capital
sum or sums of money by creation- of new shares in their .
undertakings respectively, either with or without such-pri-
ority or preference as aforesaid, or •by borrowing on snOrt-
auv, bond, or bill, or by all or anyOf the aforesaid means,
or such other Means- as shall be provided for by the said in-
tended Act. • • • •
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to enable
the Oswestry and Newtown Railway Company to substi-
tuto level crossings in-lieu-of bridges at or near iulkowydd,
in, the parish of Forden; and also at or near Brynderwen, in
the parish of Llandyssil ; and at or near • Abermule, in the
parishes of LlandYssil and Llaninerewig or one of them ;
all in thg county of Montgomery, for the purpose of carry-
ing the Turnpike Roads. at or near those places respectively
over the railway of the said last-mentioned company.
-And it is also proposed by the said intended Act so as
far as it may be necessary or expedient so to do to alter,
amend, repeal, or enlarge-all or any of -the provisions and
poivers of the several Acts or some of them relating to all
the said companies -respectively, and in particular the -fol-
lowing Acts, that is to-say-the Oswestry, Welchpool, and.
Newtown ailway Act, 1855 ; the Shrewsbury and Welch-
p*ool Railway Act, 1856 ; the Shiewsbnry and Welchpool
Mil Way Act,:lBsB; the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway
Act, 1853; the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Deviation
Act, 1356; the
.Newtown and Machynileth Railway
Act, 1857. , • .
And also the several Acts.following, relating to or affect-
ing tho Great Western Railway Company; that, is. to say,
local and persoreal acts, sth and 6th Wm. IV., gap. 107; 6th
Wm. IV., caps. 36, 38, 77, and 79; Ist Vic., caps. 91 and
92 (1837), and 21 and 26 (1838) ; 2d Vie., 'cap. 27 ; 3rd
Vie., cap. 47; 3rd' and 4th- Vic., cap. 'lO5 ; '4th and sth
Vic.. cap. 41 ; sth Vic., sec •2, cap. 28 ; 6th Vic.,_ cap.
10 ; 7th Vie., cap. 3 ; 7th and Bth Vic., caps; 68 and 99 ;
Bth and 9th Vie., caps. 40, 42, 53, 115, 155, 153, 134, 188,
190, and 191; 9th 1, ic., cap. 14 9th and Oth Vie., caps.
166, 181, 236, 239, 240, 250, 251, 274, 275, 278, 307, 308,
313, 315, 335, 337, 338, 369, and 402; 10th and 11th Vic.,
caps. 60, 72, 76; 80, 91, 101, 109, 144, 149, 154, 226, and
212; 11th and 12th Vie., caps. 25, 59, 74, 77, 82, 95, 130,
131, 133, 135, 158, and 159; 12th and 13th Vic., caps. 6,7,
55, and 85; 13th and 14th Vic., caps. 41, 98, and 110 ; 14th
and 15th Vie., caps. 48, 81 and 131; 15th and 16th Vic.,
caps. 12.5, 133, 140, 145, 146, 147, 16,5, and 168 ; 16th and
17th Vie., caps. 121, 153, 175, and .212 ; 17th and 18th Vic.,
caps. 108, 120, 202, and 222; and of the several Acts* enu-
merated in the schedule thereto, relating to the Shrewsbiu.y
and Birmingham_ and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway
Companies ; and 18th and 19th Vic., caps. 69 and 191, and
20th and 21st Vic., cap. 13, and also the. Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Act, 1852.
And also the several Acts following relating to the
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, that is
to say, local and personal, 9th and 10th Vic., caps. 304,
322, and 323; and 10th and 11th Vic., cap. 233; and 17th
and 18th Vic., cap. 179.
And also the several Acts of Parliament, or some of them,
following relating to the London and North-Western Rail-
way Company, that is to say, local and personal acts, Bth
and 9th Vie., caps. 36, 37, 43, 10.5, 111, 112, 123, 156, and
198 ; 9th Vic.; cap. 67 ; 9th and 10th Vic., caps. 80, 82, 152,
182, 192, 193, 231, 232, 233, 244., 248, 259, 261, 262, 269,
300, 309, 322, 323, 324, 328, 331, 359, 368, 369, 380, and 396 ;
10th and 11th Vic., caps 73, 107, 114, 118, 120, 121, 132,
139, 159, 161, 178, 1.88, 228, 236, 270, 278, and 234; 11th
and 12th Vic., caps. 58, 60, and 130; 12th-and 13th Vic.,
cap. 74; 13th and 14th Vic., cap. 36 ; 14th Vie., cap. 28;
14th and 15th Vie., cap. 94 ; 15th Vic., caps. 98 and 105 ;
16th and 17th Vic., caps. 97, 110, 157, 190, 161, 205, 216,
and 222; 17th and 18th Vic., caps. 179, 201, and 201; 18th
and 19th Vic,, cap. 116 ; and 19th and 20th Vic.' cap. 123.
And Notico is Hereby also Given, that on or before the
Twenty-third day of December next, printed copies of the
bill for directing the objects specified m this notioa, or some
of them, will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the
House of Commons.

Dated the ninth day of November, 1858.
HOWELL and JONES, Welchpool, Solicitors
THOS. HY AWARD, Llanidloos, 5 forth() Bill.

BRANCH RAILWAYS at LLANYMYNECII
. AND LLYNCLII.4.

[Construction of a Branch Railway from the Oswestry,
Welchpool, and Newtown Railway; at Llenymynech, to
the Careghova Limestone Rocks ; and of another Branch
Rail*riff ftefil the Oswestry Welchpool, and Newtown
Railway, at Llytltlys, to .the Porthywaen Limestone
Rocks.l
Notice is hereby given, that Application is intended to be
made to Patlienient in the next session for an Act to autho-
rise the don,ltreetiell avid niaintenance of the Railways
cr one of thein, eetne part or parts thereof re-
spectively, that is to say,
Firstly—A Railway commencing by a junction with the
Oswestry, Welchpool, and Newtown Railway, as authorised
by the "bsweatry,Wolehpool, and Newtown Railway Act,
1855,'Ein a fleld, numbered 28 in the depeeitedplans of the said
last-mentioned Railway, and terminating at a certain wharf,'
now in the occupation of the Carreghofa Limo Rook Com-
pany and Mr. John Dickin, adjoining the Shropshire Union
Canal. To alter, widen, and enlarge the existing tramways
between the said wharf and the Carroghofa limo rocks, so as
to admit of the passage thereon of engines, trucks, and
waggons adapted to the guage of the said Oswestry; Welch-
pool, and Newtown Railway; which Branch Railway and
tramways respectively will be wholly situate in the town-
ship of Llwyntidinan, in the parish of Llanymynech, in the
county of Salop.
And Secondly—A Railway commencing by a junction
with the Oswestry, Welchpool, and Newtown Railway, at
, or near the bridge which carries the turnpike road at Llyn-
clys over that Railway, and being in the field, the property
of the Right Honourable the Earl of Bradford, in the occu-
pation of Stephen Jones, and numbered 9; in the parish of
Llanyblodwel, in the county of Salop, on the plans relating
to the Oswestry and Newtown Railway Company, deposited
with the Clerks of the Peace for the counties of Salop and
Montgomery; and thence passing from, in, through, or
into the several townships of Llynclys and Llanyblodwel, and
parish of Llanyblodwel, or one of them, all in the said
county of Salop, and terminating at or near a limo kiln, the
property of the Right Honourable the ,Earl of Powis, in
the holding of Thomas and John Sevin, in the said town-
ship of Llanyblodwel, in the said county of Salop.
And it is proposed by the said intended Act to take
powers to stop up, alter, or divert, whether temporarily or
permanently, all such Turnpike Roads, and other roads,
streets, rivers, streams, brooks, sewers, pipes, canals, reser-
voirs, navigations, waters and water courses, bridges, rail-
ways or tramroads, within or adjoining the said parishes,
townships, and other places aforesaid, or any of them, as it
may be necessary to stop up, alter, or divert by reason of
the construction of the said intended Railways and works
respectively, or any of them, or any part thereof respec-
tively.
And it is proposed by the said intended Act to take powers
to purchase land andbuildings, byeompulsion or agreement,
for the purpose of the said intended Railways and works, or
any of them, or any part thereof respectively, and to vary
or extinguish all existing rights and privileges in any man-
ner connected with the lands and buildings proposed to be
taken for the purposes aforesaid, and to levy tolls, rates,
and duties upon and in respect of the said Railways and
works, and to alter existing tolls, rates, and duties whether
leviable under the authority of the Oswestry, Welchpool,
and Newtown Railway Act, 1855, or otherwise, and to con-
fer, vary, or extinguish exemptions from the payments of
tolls, rates, and duties, and other rights and privileges.
And notice is hereby given, that onor before the Thirtieth
day of November, in the present year, duplicate plans and
sections of the said intended Railways and works respec-
tively, together with books of reference thereto, and also
published maps, with the lines of Railway delineated there-
on, and a copy of this notice, as published in the London
Gazette, will be deposited for public inspection with the
Clerk of the Peace for the County of Salop, at his Office, at
Shrewsbury ; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the County
of Montgomery, at his Office, at Welchpool; and that on or
before the said Thirtieth day of November, copies ofoo much
of the plans and' sections as relate to each parish in or
through which the said railways and.works respectively are
intended to be made, together with books of refereneethere-
to, and a copy of this notice, as published in the London
Gazette, will be deposited with the Parish Clerk of each
such parish, at his usual place of abode ; or in ease of any
extra parochial place, with the Clerk of some Parish imme-
diately adjoining thereto.
• -And it is proposed by the said intended Act to authorise
the said Owestry and Newtown Railway Company to con-
struct the said intended Railways, or one of them, or some
part or parts thereof respectively, and execute the said
powers in relation thereto respectively ; and, or, or to, in-
corporate a company or companies for the construction of
the same Railways, or one of them, or some part or parts
thereof respectively, and to execute the said powers in rela-
tion thereto respectivelyoind
•to enable the said Qswestry
and Newtown Railway Company to contribute towards the
capital, and hold shares in thenndertaking of the company
so to be incorporated, and appoint directors :thereof, and
also for all or any of the purposes aforesaid to apply any
funds which they are now authorised to raise, or to raise
further sums, by the creation of new shares in their under-
taking either with or without preference or priority in pay-
ment of interest or dividend, and by borrewingontmortgage
bond and bill, or by some or one of those reettnror otherwise,
as may be provided for bythe intended Act.
And it is also proposed by the said intended Act, so far as
it may be necessary or expedient to' do so, to alter, amend,
repeal, or enlarge all or any of the provisions and powers of
the Oswestry,Welehpool, arid Newtown Railway Act, 1855.
And notice is hereby also given, that, on or before the
Twenty-third of December' one thousand eight hundred and
fifty eight, printed Coprogof the Bill for effecting the objects
specified in this notice, Or some of thsin;Wili be tiepositod
in the Private. Bill Office of the House of Colninons.
Dated the 10th of November, 1558.
HOWELL and JO NE S, Welehpool,
Solicitors for the Bill.

A NEW KNIGHT OF ST. JOHN.—The following
paragraph has appeared in several papers :—" Mr. BowyFr,
111. P., is to be enstallod by Cardinal 'Wiseman, at the &sire
of the Pope, as a Knight Hospitaller, the first in England
since the Reformation." • ,
SALT TRADE TO CHINA.— Iv e, aleluded last week
to the communications received from the Foreign-office with
reference to the admission of English salt into the ports of
China, and we now append the following copy of a letter
written after Lord Malmesbury had been made acquainted
with the fact of Chinese solar salt being freely admitted at
Calcutta, on the same terms as that froni•Dagrand. An
early attempt will therefore, no doubt, beim& to,carry the
important object involved in the application of the Salt
Chambei of Commerce :--!‘ Foreign-office„ Nov.
I am directed by the Earl of - Malmesbury to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 13th inst.,.respecting the
admission of British salt into China, and 1 am to state to
you in reply, that as the Earl of Elgin will, according to
all probability, have left China before any instructions
founded on your letter could reach his Excellency, Lord
Malmesbury considers it best to defer the issue of such in-.
structions until the departure of an ambassador who will
be sent out to Pekin from this country, and whose attention
will then-be directed to the -subject.—E, HAmmoND,—Wo
Hr W. Hadfield, li9rtiwicb.,"--Liffr.poi dlifOn- •
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