The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-02 00:00:00

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE.

The half-yearly report of the directors states that n•
exertions shall be spared to arrange, as far as practicable
every demand on the capital account, previous to the
anticirated amalgamation with the Glasgow and Ayr
Company, in October next. The line between Dumfries
and Closeburn, about 12 miles, was opened for traffic at
the end of October last; and an additional portion of
five miles towards Sanquhar will be finished in May, but
cannot bo available for traffic beyond Thornhill until the
main line is completed throughout. On the contracts at
the Ayrshire end of the line the construction of the
railway has advanced so rapidly as to allow of
its being opened for traffic as far as New Cumnoek, by
the Ist of May, and thence to liitleconnel and
Sanquhar by the month of August next, if the wea-
ther be favourable. Again, from Sanquhar southwards
thole are nearly five miles ready for rail-laying, which
will reduce the break between that point and Thornhill
to eight miles, until October next, whe❑ the whole line
is expected to be completed. A most unnecessary outlay
has been allowed in the erection of several of the stations
south of Dumfries, and the directors have experienced
much embarrassment from the nature of several of the
contracts entered into by their predecessors with land.
owners and others. The appointment of a law *clerk for
the Ayrshire Company at a fixed salary, who is also to
take charge of the same department for this company,
will, it is expected, reduce the legal expenses in the same
proportion. The reduction in the number of directors to
10 takes effect from this date. The persons now in
dice form the board of direction of the Glasgow and
Ayr Railway. The capital account to the 31st of Ja-
nuary shows that 902,48 n. had been received, and
911,, 70/. expended, leaving a balance against the com•
pany of 9,282/.

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munity of Glasgow and the west of Scotland, from the
occurrence of the launch of the first steam-ship intended
to open the communication direct between Glasgow and
New York by steam. She was launched to-day from
the building-yard of Mess. Tod and M'Gregor. about
two miles below Glasgow, and was named the City of
Glasgow. She is to be commanded by Capt. B. R. Ma-
thews, late commander of the Great Western, and sets out
on her first tri from Glasgow to New York on the
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April next. Until provided with a consort, the
each month,
and Glasgow will make one trip from either end
and while her motions will be slower than the steamers of
the Cunard line, her passage-money will be much lees,
and she will carry 1,200 tons of cargo. The new ship
.
tons register, and of 350.
is 1,650 tons over all, 1,0
"of iron, and propelled by a
horse power. She is built
andof feetpitch.ln
w 13 feet in diameter,
sere
meantime
ship only intends to carry first and
second the new
cabin passengers; but should it be considered ne-
cessary, accommodation can be made for 400 steerage
passengers. This may be the commencement of a
mighty trade; at all events it is regarded in this light
by the commercial people of the west of Scotland.
THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE BISIIOP OF LLANDIVF.
—On Monday a public sale of the extensive library of
the late Right Rev. Dr. Copleston, Bishop of Llandaff,
was commenced at the auction rooms of Messrs. Toplis
and Son, St. Paul's Churchyard. As the library con-
sisted of many rare and valuable works, the sale was
fully attended, and although the most select part of the
collection was not in the first part of the catalogue, the
purchases were pretty numerous. The prices given ge-
nerally were not high. The total amount of the day's
sale was 2231. The sale will occupy four more days
the library containing 1,700 different works, making tu
all five or six thousand volumes. Amongst the curious
documents to be sold is a copy of " Magna Charts,"
executed for the late Emperor Alexander, at an expense
of 700 guineas.
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consulted nearly all the faculty of the place, and for a long
time used the Bath waters, which aro so eelehrated for the
cure of cutaneous disorders, but the virulence of the complaint
remained unabated. He then tried Holloway's Ointment and
Pills, which have so effectually cured hint that he has had no
return of the malady for more than two /ears. Sold by all
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Strivai, LOnda.

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