The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-09 00:00:00

THE ROBBERY a 1 Messy& ROGERS and
c©.'B, tis 4 Bankerl
CAUTION.
The Public are respectfully requested to pay particular attention
'°l4 Numbers and Dates of all 5/., 10/., 20/., 301., 40/., 50/.,
1
1001., 3001., 5001., and 1,000/. Bank of England Notes
_ftt ,Y be offered in payment ; and before changing them to
Man'ine the same, and compare them with the Lists of the Bank
)4.°46 stolen from Messrs. Itogers and Co., and which have been
bhertised several times successively in the Daily and Weekly
?AN,.

Lists of the Stolen Notes may be had at all the Banking-houses,
‘4. of Mears. Rogers and Co., 29, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street ;
c't John or Daniel Forrester, at the Mansion House; and at all
the City and Metropolitan Police Station houses ; and of Mr.
,fanois nobler, Solicitor, 26, Bucklersbury, Mansion House,

OFFICE of THE GAS LIGHT and COKE
COMPANY, 19, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACK-
London, Dec. 7, 1844.
Notice is hereby given, That the COURT of DIRECTORS of
The GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY do hereby de-
tiate that a VACANCY has occurred in the Court of Directors,
"7 the decease of WILLIAM ALLEN, Esq.
Notice is hereby also given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL
21711-T of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be
Zid, at this Office, on FRIDAY, the 10th day of January next, at
"en o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the Election of a Director to
",PPly the Vacancy in the Direction, occasioned by the decease
of w
ill/am Allen, Esq.; and that, should a Ballot be required, it
Rill continue open for four hours from its commencement.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
1111. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, and
but Proprietors admitted.

THFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE
SHOW, 1844
itoT,-,lt, ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PRIZE CATTLE, SEEDS,
S. IMPLEMENTS, &c., will take place on the 11 k, 12th, 13th,
✓mod of December, at the HORSE BAZAAR, KING-STREET,
10
AN-SQUARE.
alvue arrangements for this year comprise a great addition of space
,r.yeveral improvements, adding materially to the comfort rod con-
tlift nte ,ocB of visitors. The space and accommodaMon is so ample,
opti:Bdire may now safely visit this National Exhibition.
11.0111 Daylight till Nina in the Evening—Lighted up after Three
in the Afternoon.
Admittance, One Shilling.

UNERAL of her late ROYAL HIGHNESS
the PRINCESS SOPHIA of GLOUCESTER.
Notice is hereby given, that an EXTRA TRAIN for PAS.
7-',GErts will leave the SLOUGH STATION, at Eleven
°Clock on TUESDAY NIGHT, the 10th inst., for the convenience
°:Persons wishing to return to London after the Funeral, which
I
I.lPPninted to take place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, at
".11ht &Clock in the Evening.
Great W Ranßy Order of the Directors,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
vray, Paddington Station, Dec. 7.
GLASGOW, DU:IIFR I E.;, and CARLISLE
Ittpnt, RAILWAY.
•••1' OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES,
AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.
sour Committee have delayed making any Report of their pro.
"Ni Inas, until they could lay before you sufficient information to
p,
.„,-"ble You, not only to form a correct opinion of the merits of your
1,-.11 line, but to understand the various schemes more or less con.
ad with it, for whieh Parliamentary notices have been given.
Z
interests
number of these schemes, and their complex bearing on the
of your andertakiug, render it necessary to preface this
Report
by some general observations. •
The four existing railways of greatest importance in Scotland, in
rasPtet of length, capital, and traffic, are—the Edinburgh and
-,,,41:2ne, Railway, connecting the two largest cities in Scot and, as
:1.,'" as the two seas; the North British Railway, forming part of
i;st great trunk line from Edinburgh to London, by way of Berwick,
e*Castle,-and York ; the Glasgow and Greenock Railway, an im.
:lent link in the communication between the manufacturing and
teens of the west of Scotland; and the Glasgow, Paisley,
Z.tenarnock, and Ayr Railway, connecting the western metropolis
Bcotland with one of the most thriving mineral and manufac.
ring districts in this country, including the seaports cf Ayr,
7, rees+ Irvine and Ardrossan, from the latter of which there is a
rale
p.„__Lax steam-boat communication with the North of Ireland—a
k..weYdeetined, by means of your projected line from its southern
isprrninus at Kilmarnock to Dumfries and Carlisle, to become the
i„,"lt high-read between the north and west of England, and the
Ike ▪ est n ally important district known under the general name of
s„
•• est of Scotland." The only link awanting to complete the entire
1,4-4;_le of railways leading down the east coast of England and Scotland
44,74.r.iriburgh, across to Glasgow, and up the west coast of Scotland
er 441klaud, back to London, is from the terminus of the &lin-
gh and Glasgow Railway in Glasgow I. the joint terminus of the
ts.7“oek and Ayrshire Railways in the same city. Parliamentary
-"Wei have been given for this short line, which is not above half
41,,tre4,;1a In length, and which will pass, partly in tunnelling, and
CO arches, through a portion of the city.
Y these existing and projected railways, which intersect the
dl --et ear
and, as might be expected, the richest and most populous
aoc'eta both of England and Scotland, almost the whole of the
ler anltural, Manufacturing, mining, mercantile, and shipping in-
rests of Great Britain will be connected, and a direct, rapid, and
eoMical means of transit secured. The accompanying map will
will ernore distinctly the course of these great leading lines. There
tramthus remain, so far as Scotland is concerned, only one lino of
c nnaccomraodated, viz., between Edinburgh and the north-
,.• of Scotland and Lancashire. It is true, the existing amount
.Intercourse between these districts is as yet limited, but still, in
"ling ot
It t the lines of communication between the two countries,
,44:0,1ePtial to keep it in view ; and it fortunately happens, that
the many schemes promoted for local objects, and for which
fro.„"a!_eltery, notices have been given, there is one, viz., a line
%ow
00t27. sullnbrirgh to Hawick, which, if extended to Carlisle, will
'', even on this era's tragic, the full benefit of railway Calll-
/Agtala."o", at the expense of a very small additional outlay of
-.Plain this, your Committee again request your attention to
d
fine
lic!ernPanying map. From it you will observe that a straight
ck.i.lr dran nearly ue north from Birmingham, Lancaster, or
tm,le, wwould pass through or close to Hawick, Edinburgh, and
, from which last point, by a slight deviation eastward, it
tai only
reach Aberdeen. Nowt' it so happens that this straight lino
* -41 Y Passes through the most practicable country for a rail.
he between its north and south termini, but opens up by much
ranst fertile and thriving of these districts in the south and
east
, °f Scotland to which the great trunk lines would not them.
cres extend.
NaThe northern portion of the line of communication thus described
tia been already taken up by parties of influence and capital. Par.
jnentary notices have been given for railways extending the
os 'cle way from Burntisland, en the north side of the Frith of
P,rth opposite Edinburgh to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. The ,
er, as it is called, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, forms
Snit section of this line to the north of Edinburgh. It avails
brif of the improved steam ferry across the Forth, estmblished by
.„.G!aoe the Duke of Buccleuch and Mr. Gladstone, of Fasque,
actl
intersects the rich mineral and agricultural county of File.
ts° tempered with any line by way of Stirling, it shortens the die.
4ee between Edinburgh and the most important towns in the
ist,, , rt.h of Scotland, from thirty to fifty miles. The section to the
of Edinburgh is that projected by the North British Railway
nPallY I* Hawick, already mentioned.
,I
ts—,Yt .he general system of international railway communication
vcd* described, it will be seen that three principal lines are pro.
ccl.: The first of these gives the most direct line from London
Edinburghl4_ ; the second the best line from London through
tine to the West of Scotland ; and the third the shortest
across the Island, from Carlisle to Edinburgh and the north.
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of Scotland.
eto4.anY collateral advantages might be pointed out as resulting
Nan zni the above arrangement, but these will be more properly ox.
el when dismissing the merits of your line in detail.
ri,eba Public point of view, your Committee regard it as one of
tbatri'"t
t_althlmportant characteristic: of the scheme now xplainebe
d,
--nugh in itself more complete than any other,e i t can
rrtet
yehme4 bY a comparatively small expenditure of capital beyond
to required for those new lines of railway, which arc about
constructed solely for the accommodation of existing local
C This statement requires a little explanation.
It
nbnes been mentioned that it is intended to form a railway from
take. ',Nth to Hawick. The line has been planned, and is under.
tete" by the North British Railway Company. The object is to
(sridnd the Dalkeith Railway, now belonging to that Company
to then is at any rate to be improved an adapted for locomotives),
)a,e thriving manufacturing towns ofd Galashiels, Selkirk, and
lepo,w'ek, situated in the midst of the best wool-growing and
bentaanufacturing district in Scotland. On the other side of the
,d' the Ayrshire Railway Company have intimated their intent.
exit (Without meaning to interfere with your undertaking) to
eoe ittte their long.projected scheme of a Branch Railway to CURI-
A. 'kr the purpose of bringing into their line the passenger traffic
It that district, and of opening up the large mineral fields of the
441Ui
.0 Of Bute, Sir James Boswell, and Lord George Bentinck,
asto,—Veli the celebrated blackband ironstone has been distinctly
abortai to red Ito
and where extensive additional iron-works are
et;'
kit ia believed, to be erected under leases recently entered into.
to te"" being the case, the wholelength of new railway will require
Editbrnade for the purpose of completing the two trunk lines from
r,„Urith to Carlisle, via Hawick, and from Glasgow to Carlisle,
itries, will be—
ch4Wick te the Dumfries line, near Carlisle say. 35 miles.
.44nt'ek to Carlisle
The ea Slaking in all
)64'1. Per mile, or 1,256,0001.
bettsoor C°laMittee are se satisfied of the capabilities of the line
enly ilawiek and Carlisle, and of Its importance to you, net
heititiiia Part ef the general plan te be submitted to Parliament,
onecor branch and feeder to your line, that, with the unanimous
keos re", of a meeting of your extraordinary Committee of
lent I...ll,eanent, they have undertaken to the Board of Trade, to apply
eeoutatnent in a subeequent session for power to make it, in the
the general scheme of international communication
Atacntidned being adopted.
er most important characteristic of the scheme now de-
• .a, that it interfere* in no way with the interests of any
cot tr:g line of railway, but flirnishes new feeders both to the four
114,0,1ines of railway referred to at the outset, and to all the
" railway, with which the projected lines are to be connected.
wets our Committee, however, would not be discharging their duty
the of
net,
in the next place, shortly to call your attention to
and history of another plan, which is about to be brought
esei,traetlianlent under the name of the Caledonian Railway, and to
Which the public and private advantages it holds out with those
It
_llbay be obtained by the scheme already described.
Contr.:lll Probably he known to all of you that the Royal Commis-
ap,.itat, Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow—who were
hied s edin te4o to report on the projected railways between Eng-
voiated 'Scotland—proceeding upon the assumption that only one
high made, expressed a preference for a line passing over the
aroundhowe4 which occupies the centre of Scotland. In doing so,
ofh
ts ei the Commissioners carefully reserved the question which
being-Ivarious routes ought to be preferred, in the event of its
are th Qtund Practicable to make two or mere lines. The following
se, their Words :—" Were this otherwise (viz., were more than
be,,,che t° b. made), we should subdivide the question into two
Se 5
and consider, in the first instance, which of the several
aiould be the most suitable for a communication by Lancaster
IreimaB,tew, as well as to the West of Scotland and to the North of
F.ti• and which would be the best route by Newcastle to
"Astrub
ottp.r4pose,,l.ino thus preferred by the Commissioners, " under the
I. the Routh
that at present one line of railway only can be formed
tit cuhe Routh to Edinburgh and Glasgow," recommended itself to
ita I°lY in consequence of its having two forks or branches at
other,ithern extremity, the one terminating in Edinburgh, and the
Wh• n Glaagntv • but the barren character of the country through
ich it would run,;
ettelsegens, of
working it,
iatedarpirgoinbgablfyresmomtehecognteer
gradientsration of the extra
rendered
is rectserrdY by its summit of 1,000 feet, induced the Commissioners
ar, their opinion that "it was hardly to be expected that such
Le Would
o general command much support as an investment from the
prt,pie ',Peculator ;" and to add, that, " unless the principal landed
takisaki t".l along the line should feel disposed to give the under-
ngtheir hearty support, rather with a view to the inceeriscd
dividend, I'd give to their property, than to a large remunerating
iere seems considerable doubt whether it will ever be
Constructed,tDi.,l.,:iiepdublication of that Report, and the facts it disclosed, in
•,c of lending to the early execution of the Beattock or Central
and effect of deterring the public from embarking in it,
of dir
actin their attention to the more profitable investment
The by the East Ceast Line from Newcastle to Edinburgh.
'-'
was
acto°urndilin ritish Railway, being the Seillarportion of that line:
gIY
in 1842—was by an
of Parliamentbrought obtainedforward
last session—and is nowsanctioned
in course of
Nat e"
of this decision of Parliament in favour of an East
, which removes the only ground on which the Royal
" .`l4als Inners bad preferred the Central Line, is not even yet go.
Tally
Accordingly, the scheme of a Beattock Railway'