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Scotch lines of railway referred to at the outset, and to all the
English railways with which theprcjected lines are to be connected.
Your Committee, however, would not be discharging their duty
were they net, in the next place, shortly to call your attention to
the origin and history of another plan, which is about to be brought
into Parliament under the name of the Caledonian Railway, and to
contrast the public and private advantages it holds out with those
which may be obtained by the scheme already described.
It will probably he known to all of you that the Royal Commis-
sioners, Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow—who were
appointed in 1840 to report on the projected railways between Eng.
land and Scotland—proceeding upon the assumption that only one
would be made, expressed a preference for a line passing over the
high ground which occupies the centre of Scotland. In doing so,
however, the Commissioners carefully reserved the question which
of the various routes *tight to be preferred, in the event of its
being found practicable to make two or more tines. The following
are their words :—" Were this otherwise (viz., were more than
one line to be made), we should subdivide the question into two
branches, and consider, in the first instance, which of the several
lilies would be the most suitable for a communication by Lancaster
to Glasgow, as well as to the West of Scotland and to the North of
keland, and which would be the best route by Newcastle to
Edinburgh."
The line thus preferred by the Commissioners, " under the
supposition that at present one line of railway only can be formed
from the South to Edinburgh and Glasgow," recommended itself to
them chiefly in consequence of its having two forks or branches at
its northern extremity, the one terminating in Edinburgh, and the
other in Glasgow; but the barren character of the country through
which it would run, and probably some consideration of the extra
expense of working it, arising from the steep gradients rendered
necessary by its summit of 1,000 feet, induced the Commissioners
to record their opinion that " it was hardly to be expected that such
a line would command much support as an investment from the
_general speculator ;" and to add, that, " unless theßrinciNl landed_
proprietors along the line should feel dispos'en; give the tinder=
taking their hearty support, rather with a view to the increased
value it would give to their property, than to a large remunerating
dividend, there seems considerable doubt whether it will ever be
constructed."

OH the other hand, with reference to the general prospect of
traffic on your own line, the following passage in the Report of I
Mr. Locke, in 1836, may be Interesting to you :—" Of the advan-
tage to all the towns in Scotland, through or near to which this line
will pass, no adequate idea can be formed. They exist in the most
favourable part of Scotland, requiring only a cheap means of trans-
port to develope the many resources they possess. Several of these
towns have already grown into some importance; and it should be
an object with the proprietors of the soil, and with the manufac.
turers of the district, to encourage the formation of a road like
the one proposed, so as to extend to them the benefits which it is
capable of affording."
Sixthly.—There are various other points in regard to which the
superior advantages offered by the Edinburgh, Hawick, and Car.
lisle Railway, and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway,
require only to be briefly indicated. (1.) The former will open
up a connexion between the counties of Berwick, Selkirk, Peebles,
and Roxburgh, and the north-west of England, and south-west of
Scotland. These Scotch counties already combine the highest
state of agricultural improvement, with a growing woollen menu.
facture. (2.) In the neighbourhood of Langholm there are very
rich seams of coal which are at present landlocked, but the produce
of which the Hawick Line will be the means, not only of bringing
to the coast, but also of carrying farther into the interior, which
is at present suffering from the want of it. (3.) The Dumfries
Line, by giving a communication both from the south and north,
with the seaport of Annan, affords to the whole of that district of
country the means of communication with the best harbour on the
upper part of the Solway Frith. (4.) The Caledonian Line would,
even if a branch were made to Dumfries, afford very inferior ac.
commodation to that town, and to the counties of Kircudbright and
Wigton, from which a large number of cattle are at present sent,
partly by sea and partly by land, to England. (5.) The Caledonian
Line would, in like manner, afford a very inferior communication
between the north of England and the north of Ireland, either
by way, of Port Patrick or the seaports on the coasts of Ayrshire.
(Lastly.) Vire "Calecio,lian Railway place in a • less silvan.
tageous position the whole population of the counties of Ayr and
Renfrew, which, together, contain 319,428 inhabitants, being
more than twice as many as the whole of Lanarkshire, exclud-
ing Glasgow.
After the details which have now been given you, you will not
be surprised to hear that the Caledonian Railway, while it receives
a certain degree of support from the promoters of the Scottish Cen.
tral Railway, is opposed by almo.t all the other railway interests in
Scotland, including the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the North British,
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, the Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, and the lines extending through Fifeshire to the
north of Scotland.
Indeed, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have the
strongest interest, and, at the same time, the strongest Parlia-
mentary grounds for opposing the Caledonian scheme, in conse.
quence of the two forks of the latter undertaking being so laid out
as to form a competing line for the traffic between Edinburgh and
Glasgow, not more than eight or nine miles longer than the direct
route, and thus falling under the class of schemes which the Select
Committee of the House of Commons on Railways last session de-
nounced as unjustifiable, being a railway (to use their own words)
" which, if it is to remunerate the proprietors at all, can only
remunerate them by means of the abstraction of traffic, which is
already, for all substantial purposes, equally well accommodated by
some existing railway.°
Your Committee regret much the length to which their ob-
servations on the merits of your line, and those with which it has
been placed in competition, have extended. They will endeavour
to condense, into as short a space as possible, the remaining points
which it is essential they should bring before you.
You will recollect that the original rough estimate of the cost of
the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, was at the rate of
13,0001. per mile. Mr. Miller, your engineer, has not completed
the detailed plans of the works, so as to enable him to say whether
any reduction can be made upon the estimate, but he assures your
Committee that there is no chance of its being exceeded. The
amount, therefore, which will be required to finish your line, will
be under 1,200,000/. Of this sum above four.hfths have been sub-
scribed and paid on, being more than is required by the Standing
Orders in Parliament to entitle your Bill to pass, even if you apply
for your whole line from Kilmarnock to Carlisle ; whilst, if your
Committee shall, on mature consideration, consent to the Glasgow,
Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company proceeding with
their Bill, to the effect of taking power to execute the portion of
the Line between Kilmarnock and Cumnock, under an obligation to
convey it or lease it in perpetuity to you, if you desire it, the
amount which has been subscribed will be considerably more than
is required. In these circumstances, your Committee have resolved
not to issue at present any additional shares.
Your Committee have had very satisfactory communications
from most of the proprietors of land along the railway. They have
also received assurances of support from many of the Corporations
in the west of Scotland, and particularly from the towns of Dum-
fries and Annan, in which both the magistrates and inhabitants
have resisted various attempts to draw them off, and have unani-
mously declared in your favour. The counties of Ayr, Renfrew,
and Kircudbright, have also passed resolutions approving of your
line. .

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SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
Incorporated by Royal Charter. Established 1831.
Head Office, 26, St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh ;
London Office, 61 a, Moorgate-street.
PRESIDENT.
MS Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH and QUZENSBERRY.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Right Hon. Lord Gray.
Sir Nell Menzies, Bart., of Menzies.
David M. M. Chrichtoun, Esq., of Rankellour.
ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager.
The leading principle of this Mutual Assurance Society is, that the
whole Profits are divisible among the Policy Holders every three
years. In illustration of the eminent success which has attended the
Society, it may be stated that the additions made to Policies have
been at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured and on
the vested bonus.
Thus the holder of a Policy for 1,0001. effected on the Ist of March,
1832, will, if it become a claim during the present year, be entitled
to 1,2971.; or, if effected on or before the Ist March, 1833, to 1,2751.,
and so on as regards other l'olieies.
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The publication of that Report, and the facts it disclosed, in
place of lending to the early execution of the Beattock or Central
Line, had the effect of deterring the public from embarking in it,
and of directing their attention to the more profitable investment
presented by the East Coast Line from Newcastle to Edinburgh.
The North British Railway, being the Scotch portion of that line,
was accordingly brought forward in 1842—was sanctioned by an
Act of Parliament obtained last session—and is now in course of
being made.
The effect of this decision of Parliament in favour of an East
Coast Line, which removes the only ground on which the Royal
Commissioners had preferred the Central Line, is not even yet ge-
nerally known. Accordingly, the scheme of a Beattock Railway
which was revived last spring, with some modifications that led to
the adoption of the new name of the Caledonian Railway, has been
generally received by the public under the erroneous impression
that it has still the sanction of the Commissioners' authority.

'WEST MIDDLESEX WATER WORKS.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL
ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PROPRIETORS of the
WEST MIDDLESEX WATER WORKS will be holden at the
Company's Office, New.road, St. Marylebone, corner of Notting.
harn.place, on FRIDAY, the 17th day of January next, to nominate
and appoint a Director in the room or stead of Thomas Abbott
Green, Esquire, deceased.
The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, when the
Ballot will commence, and, according to the 14th bye-law, it will
finally close at Two.

The line, as thus revived and modified, is ,meant to extend
from Carlisle, to a point at or near Lanark, and to diverge there
into two branches, one running to Edinburgh and the other towards
Glasgow. A subordinate branch Is proposed, from a point about
eight miles distant from Glasgow, to join a projected railway,
called the Scottish Central Railway, at Castlecarry ; whereby a
connexion with Stirling and the North would be aftbrded. The
branch towards Glasgow is not intended to be carried so far as
that City, but, at some distance from it, will run-1, into certain
mineral railways belonging to separate Companies, and constructed
originally for the purpose of conveying coals to the high levels on
the north side of Glasgow ; and 2, into another projected line,
called the Clydesdale Junction, which is intended to convey
minerals and passengers to the low levels on the south side of
Glasgow. This complicated plan will be best understood by
reference to the accompanying Map.

EMPLOYMENT.—Persons having & little time
to spare are apprised that Agents continue to us appointed in
London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,
or the sale of their celebrated teas.
Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street.
They are packed in showy leaden canisters, trona one ounce to a
pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but
ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only 11s. per
annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con-
siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss.
Application to be made (if by letter west-paid) as above.

M. K. KNIGHT, Chief Clerk.

November 27, 1844

VATIONAI, TESTIMONIAL to :Vitt. it.OlT-
-1.1 LAND HILL, AUTHOR of the PENNY POSTAGE.

PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES burn without
snuffing, like the finest wax, and are cheaper, in proportion
to the light given, than the commonest tallow ones. They are sold
by respectable dealers throughout the country, at or under One
Shilling per lb., and wholesale to the Trade by EDWARD PRICE
and CO., Belmont, Vauxhall; and Palmer and Co., Sutton-street,
Clerkenwell.

Sir GEORGE LA RPENT, Bart., Chairman and Treasurer.
The amount collected exceeds 10,0001.

This subscription will be closed on SATURDAY NEXT, the
30th November. The name of every Subscriber will be forwarded
to Mr. Hill, and lists will be published and given to Subscribers on
application to the Secretary.
The following Bankers receive subscriptions :
Messrs. Barnett, Hoares and Co., 62, Lombard-street
Messrs. Bouverie and Co., 11, Haymarket.
Messrs. Curllitres, Brooks, and Co. 24, Lombard-street.
Roger CunElle, Esq., 24, Bucklersbury.
Messrs. Curries and Co., 29, Cornhill.
Messrs. Drewitt and Fowler, Princes.street, Bank.
Messrs. Hanbury, Taylor, and Co., 60, Lombard.street.
Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., 43, Lothbury.
Messrs. Masterman and Co., 35, Nicbolas.lane.
Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co., 62, Threadneedle.street.
Messrs. Roberts and Co., 15, Lombard-street.
Messrs. Rogers and Co., 29, Clement's-lane.
Messrs. Stone, Martin, and Co., 6£4, Lombard-street.
Messrs. Twinings and Co., 916, Strand.
Messrs. Strahan and Co., 218, Strand.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; 4, Stratford• place,
Oxford-street ; S, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; 213, High Hol-
born ; 3, Wellington-street, Borough ; and 97, Whitechapel
High-street.
London and County Banking Company, 71, Lombard.street.
The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street.
London Joint Stock Bank, Princes-street. _

. .
In contrasting this scheme with that of which the Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway is intended to form a part, your
Committee feel bound to consider, preferably, their bearing on the
general interests of the country. _ .

Purchasers must insist upon being supplied in the shops with
" Price's Patent Candles," or they are very likely to get some of
the imitations, on account of the greater profit afforded to the
dealer by these latter.

First. —The length of the Caledonian Railway, excluding the
Castlecarry Branch, which is said to be about eight miles long, is
cpistia:rtitenbsdoeotifecn
rot
shtn.heseit
trlPui
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eotitdptahe Prospectus,
stated,
cu,
withoutlhtaaiset
c,baeri,rn 11'2 miles, and the cost is there
estimated at 1,800,900/. In a subsequent report, published by the
savings
Caledonianu upon
on
which
hni
,hother
tihn
ee
n exceeding consequencetextensionhe capital
the o
Prospectus proceeded." But, even after allowing this correction
of the original estimate, of the accuracy of which your Committee
have no means of judging, and without attempting to calculate the
expense of a proposed branch of about 15 miles long to Dumfries,
and of widening the guage, and otherwise altering the mineral
lines before mentioned, or the expense of the Clydesdale Junction
Line, which practically forms a part of the scheme, it would appear
that the single line of international communication proposed by
the Caledonian Company, would, without accommodating any
important local traffic, actually cause an expenditure of upwards
of 500,0004 more than the whole sum that would be required for
completing the two trunk lines of communication which your Conn.
mittee have already pointed out.
Secondly.—Your Committee beg to refer you to the Comparative
Table of Distances on the accompanying Map, from which ycu
will observe—l. That the North British Railway, in connexion
with the projected lines from London to York, and from Newcastle
to Berwick, affords the shortest communication from London,
Leeds, Hull, and Newcastle, to Edinburgh and Stirling ; and that,
not only by the Fife Line, but even by the Scottish Central Rail.
way, which would be reached by the Eeinburgh and Glasgow
Railway, it forms the shortest route from London and the important
towns above-mentioned to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen.
2. That the Edinburgh, Hawick, and Carlisle Railway affords the
shortest line from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol,
Mc., to Edinburgh ; and, in connexion with tile Fife and Northern
Liles, to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. 3. That the Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway is the shortest route from London
and the whole of England to Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Port-
Patrick , for the north of Ireland, Kilmarnock, and Ayr; and
that, allowing for'the superiority of its gradients over those of the
Caledonian Line, on the principles of comparison established by the
Royal Commissioners In their Report of 1841, it affords the shortest
communication, In point of speed and economy, with Paisley and
Greenock. The only disadvantage, in point of distance, is in the
case of Glasgow; in regard to which, however, on the principles
laid down in the Commissioners' Report, the difference between the
two lines is reduced to 13i miles, or less than half an hour in
point of time.
Thirdly.—The sections of the Caledonian, and Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle Lines, not having been deposited, it is impossible
as yet to speak accurately
,on :the subject of gradients. It is quite
certain, however, that the gradi.ents of the former will be inferior
to those of the latter. The dAlowing arc quotations from a report
made on the comparative Merits of the two lines by Mr.
Locke, the engiheer of the Caledonian Railway, in 1836. In
speaking of what'is now called the Caledonian Lii,e, he says, " lat
first directed my attention to this route, which, as far as Beattock-
bridge, near Moffat, 1 found tolerably favourable ; in proceeding
farther, however, the valley for several miles rises very rapidly, until
reaching the summit near Elvanfoot, where it attains the height of
nearly 1,000 feet above the level of the sea—Beattock-bridge,
which is only 10 miles distant, being only about 300 feet above the
level of the sea. In 10 miles, then, the rise is nearly 700 feet,
which, supposing it to be uniform the whole way, would give an
inclination of 1 in 75.* Not wishing to recommend a line having
such a plane," &c. But in speaking of the line by Dumfries, Mr.
Locke says—" Of the levels of this route, I may say, that from•
Carlisle to Dumfries, about thirty miles, the wily inclinations will
be these which it may be desirable to encounter for the purpose of
saving money, those two towns being nearly 011 the same level.
With the exception of the bridges across the Rivers Eden, Esk,
Sark, and Annan, which will neither be high nor very long, no
very considerable outlay will be required. The ground in some
parts is undulating, but not so as to render the formation of the
road either difficult or expensive." And again, with reference to
the portion of the line between Dumfries and Thornhill, he says
—" The levels in this part extending over a space of almost forty
miles,t will be nearly uniform, and gradually ascending for the
whole distance ; and with the exception of a short length of about
114 miles, about 1 in 180, I do not believe there will be a greater
inclination than what is generally admitted in forming railways in
England." And, in regard to the rest of the line, he says, that
" although undulating, the road will not, I should think, be unfa-
vourable for locomotive engines."
Fparishes intersected by the
oCaleduonrtihalny.R—aill',l.laey,prorpoumlatthioenp
of:i ntthwehere it leaves the route of the
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway at Gretna, to the point
where the branches diverge at Lanark, a distance of about sixt;:-
dye miles, is,
28,195
Caledonian Line
While the population on your line, between the same point
and Kilmarnock, is ...

Your Committee have thus laid fully before you the details of
the entire scheme of railway communication from England to
Scotland, of which your line forms a part. They feel perfect con-
ficlen.re in its superiority over each other, as being best calculated
to promote the interests of Scotland ; and they will proceed quietly
but zealously, with their preparations for the approaching examina-
tion of its merits before the Board of Trade and Parliament.
By order of the Provisional Committee,
WAS. LOGIE, Interim-Sec.
Glasgow, Nov. 15, 1844.

Postage Stamps, Post-office Orders, kc., sent to the Secretary,
Mr. George Wansey, solicitor, 3, Moorgate.street, will be duly ac.
knowledged.

* In 1840 Mr. Locke prepared an amended plan, whereby his
gradient of I in 75 was to some extent improved, but to accomplish
this he was obliged to have recourse to severe cutting and banking,
which would, of course, add proportionally to the expense of the
line.

+ The summit is only 600 feet.
t The total population on the line between Glasgow and Car.
lisle, b Dumfries, including the termini, is 590,296.

....
.. : ..... 80,686

Difference...
The population of the parishes on the two branches leading to
Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively, intquding those on the Clydes-
dale Junction Line, as contrasted with the'population of the parishes
which lie up the West of Scotland Railways, at present terminating
at Kilmarnock, and their proposed branches (excluding, however,
in both cases, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, which would
be alike accommodated by the two schemes), would be,
125,966
Caledonian Branches
West cf Scotland Railways ................................... 202,544

Difference ............................. 76,576
The total population on the Caledonian Line, and on the Glas.
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, amid Edinburgh, Hawick, and Carlisle
Lines (excluding, as before, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow,
and that part of the line south of Gretna common to both), is,
4,163
On Caledonian Railway ......, ............. . .................. 15
On Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway,t
66,484
t 283,430
On Hawick Line ..............................
--349,714

TO TIIE EDITOR OP TIIE SUN.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.office,
Sheffield, Nov. 26, 1844.
Sta,-Various reports having been circulated en the subject of
this line, tending to induce a belief that the Directors were not
intending bona fide to carry out the scheme, er that they had
neglected to comply with the standing orders as to the requisite
notices, with other similar unfounded and injurious statements, I beg
leave to assure you that all such reports, and especially the one
alluded to in " Herapath's Railway and Commercial Journal," of
last Saturday, as being current in Liverpool, are utterly
devoid of truth or foundation. The Directors are not
only prepared to go to Parliament for this independent and
neutral line, but they are determined to carry out the objects
of the undertaking by every means in their power. They
hare no apprehension of any opposition, nor any reason to believe
that such is intended ; and as they will not, on their own parts,
neglect anything to insure success, neither will they allow the
scheme "to be shelved "by any one, if such were possible. Share.
holders may, therefore, set down all such idle reports as the resnit
of stock-jobbing speculations, to induce a fall in the shares, and be
on their guard against them for the future. The Directors are
sorry to find that any such idle stories should have been sanc-
tioned or circulated by the Editor of a Railway Newspaper, without
the smallest inquiry at the Company's office, where he would have
been furnished with every requisite information, had he asked for It.
I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
J. H. HUI+,IFREY, Secretary.
N.B. The above remarks apply equally, in their fullest extent,
to the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, of which I
have the honour to be the Secretary.

PATRONISED BY HER MAJESTY, HIS ROYAL HIGH. I
NESS PRINCE ALBERt THE ROYAL FAMILY, AND
NOBILITY, AND THE SEVERAL SOVEREIGNS AND
COURTS OF EUROPE.
ROWLAND'S MACASSOR OIL, for the
Growth and Preserving and Beautifying the Human Hair.
Price 3s. 6d., 75., Family Bottles (equal to tour small), 10s. 6d.,
and double tht size, 21s.
CA UTION.a—The words .4 Rowland's Macassar Oil" are engraved
on the Wrapper of each genuine bottle; and on the
Wit back of
thi ths,
e
Wrapper 1,500 times, containing 29,028 letters. Without
" None are genuine."
ROWLAND'S KALYDOR
or Improving and Beautifying the Skin and Complexion. Price
.6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle, duty included.
ROWLAND'S ODONTO,
PEARL DENTRIFICE readers the Teeth beautifully White,
preserves the Gums. Price 2s. 9d. per box, duty included.
CAUTION,
Criprinciplei Shopkeepers, for the sake of gaining a trifle more
profit, vend the most deleterious compounds as the " genuine"
MACASSAR OIL, KALYDOR, and ODONTO. It is therefore
necessary on purchasing either article, to see the word " ROW-
: LAND'S" is on the Wrapper. For the protection of the Public from
fraud-and imposition, the Honourable Commissioners of her Ma.
;esty's Stamps have authorised the Proprietor's Signature to be en-
graved on the Government Stamp thus
A ROWLAND k SON, 4,0, HA'I7ON-GARDEN;
which Is affixed on the KALYDOR and ODONTO.
Sold by them and by Chemists and Perfumers.
•• • All others are FRADULENT COUNTERFE TS.

Difference .............................. 195,551
The particulars of each of these calculations are annexed to
this Report, so that there may be no possibility of doubt on the
subject.
Fifthly.—With regard to traffic, your Committee are now enabled
to speak with more confidence, in consequence of having, since the
date of their Prospectus, taken measures to ascertain its amount
accurately, both on your own and on the Caledonian
es Liand Car-
ne. The
result is, that upon the line of the Glasgow, Dumfri,
lisle Railway, the thorough and local traffic, taken together, is suf-
ficient to ensure an adequate return ; but the thorough traffic be-
tween Glasgow and England, including, of course, what passes
along the road by Beattock, as well as what passes b the y other
great road from Kilmarnock to Carlisle, is quite insufficient to do
60. It amounts to not snore than 40 per cent. of the whole traffic
which will pass along your line. Were the whole of this trans.
ferred, without competition, to the Caledonian Line, on which the
local traffic is trifling, it would not yield interest on its cost.
Your Committee do not feel any hesitation in speaking of the
small amount of local traffic on the Caledonian Line, because their
statement is confirmed by thew,corded opinion of the
gilled Royal Calongorn.
misaioners, already quoted ; no one who has tra
the Beattock-road between Carlisle and Glasgow, by daylight, will
fail to remember that there are from twenty to thirty miles where
the sight of a cottage or a human being is a rarity.
Your Committee are aware that. much reliance is
placed by the
Caledonian Company on their prospe,:t of traffic from the north of
Scotland to England, by means of their conneaLm with the projected
Central Railway from Stirling to Perth. The Table of Cproparative
Distances, to which your attention has already ben
a
e directed, will
enable yon to judge how far this traffic, whatever its mount may
be, la likely to pass along the Caledonian Lino, which is more cir-
cuitous tesan gither the North British or Hawick -Lines, But,
ill
point of fact, the 11,4a,Kabft of persons who travel south from Stirling_
shire or Perthshire, witheutisaying occasion to visit
Edinburgh and
Glasgow on their Way, is tXtresnely stnall. Indeed, most of you are
probably already
aware, tile., althoUghihere is
.a direct turnpike.
road, laid out by the late Mr, Ilgttord, between Carlisle and
Stir-
ling, there is not a single stage.cov% Pglikc OgiverAce 90-n
and it is deeply in debt. -

FOR BILE, INDIGESTION, AND DISORDERS OF THE
STOMACH AND LIVER.
DR. A. A. HARVEY, of Bath, formerly Sur-
geon in the Fast India Company's Service, recommends to the
Public his Family Pills.
must Ttiobgreatnbi ef :set fittosThisresulting frmo
medicine
iacni
neeffitsc a
nc iositupS
uhtofuosnve haorl
forward as
sm ed.
cureci e
for every complaint, but in those cases of sudden and temporary ill.
ness so frequently occurring in families, it will be found of singular
service, as its operation is extremely mild, as well as effectual.
The large and steadily increasing sale of these Pills, principally
from the recommendations of those who have experienced their sani-
tary qualities, is the best proof of their excellence. A few oses will
convince those surf ring from Indigestion, from whatever cause
arising, that their effl.cts are permanent. They remove obstructions
of the Bowels; act upon the Kidneys, stimulating the absorbents to
carry off those fluids which might otherwise terminate in Dropsy.
They have been found of infinite service both in England and during
Dr. Harvey's practice In the East Indies, in preventing and curing
the Jaundice ; in passing off Gall Stones, and restoring a healthy ae.
tion to the Liver. Ladies will find them particularly beneficial both
before and after their confinement.
These truly excellent Pills are to be procured genuine of Edwards,
67, St. Paul's Churchyard, whose name is engraved on the Govern.
molt Stamp. Price Is. 13id. per box. Sold also by Sanger, 150, Ox-
ford-street; White, 24, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and
by meat respectable Chemists.

WATERLOO, SOUTHWARK, and VAUX,
HALL BRIDGES.

. .
Application will be renewed to Parliament next session for a
Bill for COMMUTING the TOLLS of these bridges, either by
means of a coal duty, a county or house rate, the Westminster-
bridge Estate, the Bridge house Estates of the City of London, a
horse duty, public lotteries, the unclaimed dividends, or some ether
sources of fund ;—Waterloo-bridge being situate within the pa..
rishes of Saint Clement Danes, Middlesex. and Saint Mary, Lam-
beth, Surrey; Southwark-bridge within those of Saint Martin
Vintry, London, Middlesex, and Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey;
and Vauxhall-bridge, within Saint John the Evangelist, West-
minster, Middlesex, aed Saint Mary, Lambeth, aforesaid. Esti-
mates, names of owners, and other Parliamentary documents, with
duplicates, will be left with the clerks of the peace of such cities,
boroughs, and counties, on the 30th instant, and with said parish
clerks, the clerk of Parliaments, and at Private Bill-office, on the
31st December next; and I declare that no private pecuniary profit
or advantage is sought from such object, duties, rates, or sources of
fluid. Dated 9th November, 1844.
HENRY COPE, jun., Solicitor.
Metropolitan Anti-Bridge Toll Association,
14, Agnes-place, Southwark.

GOOD FURNITURE AT MODERATE PRICES.
TIIOAUS FOX, 93, Bishopsgate-street, Within,
respectfully invitee the Public to inspect the stock of
CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE and BEDDING,
at his establishment, consisting of every requisite for the Mansion
or Cottage, of a quality,
fashion, material, and workmanship ,net
o be surpassed, and offered at prices scarcely exceesiing these
commonly charged for showy but unsubstantial furniture.
Also, a most complete and beautiful collection of Chimney, Pier,
and Console Glasses,
Decorative Painting, Paper-hangings, and
other Ornamental Embelli.hments, at the most moderate and rea-
sonable prices.
rn
Parties requiring really good articles, will find at Themes Fox's
a stock so extensive and various as to afford every facility for advan.
tageous selection, at prices as low as are possibly compatible with
first-rate quality.
93, Bishopsgate-street Within.

SHEFFIELD PLATE.
i‘I[ESSRS. NORTON and Co., Silversmiths
and Jewellers, 36, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite
Messrs. Everington's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at im-
nrens'y reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED
GOODS, which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first
Sheffield Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs,
comprising Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake
Baskets, Coffee and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article
useful and ornamental. No common Birmingham ware kept.
A large stock of JEWELLERY and WATCHES, Fancy Silvei
and other articles, at such prices as must be well worthy the notice
of the public.

BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur-
poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand
for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGEF,S and SON beg most
respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public
r their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni-
ence in all climates have recommended P., to the most distinguished
oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda-
tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint-
ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each
bottle being sealed on the cork with their drm and address, as well
as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be
genuine.
JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed
ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after
the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many
years.
Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London.

FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH
The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the
possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to
with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick.
/less, (:centring in families mere or less every day, are so obvious to
ill that no question can be raised of its importance to every house-
holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the
following is respectfully submitted :
"a o 11E. THOMAS PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON.
" 5, Cooper.street. Manchester, March 12, 18.12.
,4 gir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the
result of my experience, after repeated trials of FRA MPTON'S
PILL OF HEALTH, and I feel it but justice 'to state, that in the
course of many years' trial of various Aperient Mi dicines, I have
nev.r Found results at once salutary and efficient in the relief of the
system from redundant bile, &c., &c., with so little inconvenience;
I am, therefore, warranted in declaring that they supply to me a
means !ong wanting, of being able to recommend to families, school,
spa especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a
most valuable re ounce in an occasional medicine. And I shall take
credit to myse I lf, in giving this testimony, I am the means of mak.
ing FRA MPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated.
(‘ I am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH."
The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re-
innimendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit
bout their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary, they are
not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but for
Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well.known attend—
ants, Bilious and S.ck Headache Pain and Oppression after mess,
Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness,
Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c.
Two or three doses mill convince the :edictal of their salutary
il The ttomaph will speedily regain i s strength ; a healthy
seetiecot.
nsof the Liver, Bowels, and 6ifineys, will pidly take place ;
and listoesnes,' heat,
instead , •pup, jaundices a,.PPeaPncer
swan th gctivity, and renewed health, extending to good old age,
will be the result of 41411 this medicine, apcording to the direction
ac
Sold by ?rout, 2241, Strand, Lonaoe, Price 1t.136d, and 4s. 90.
per box , and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
Kingdom.
i.;:k for RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the
Nano and 4dLiro4s Thoinaarrout, 21, Strand, London," o n the
ciirr penmen t

ROYAL NUMBER. OF THE LADIES' GAZETTE.
fiIHE LADIES' GAZETTE of FASHION for
j DECEMBER, price Is., post free, Is. 6d., contains double the
number of Costumes given in any other work. The most superb col-
lection of Walking Dresses, Cloaks, Pelisses, Bonnets, and Head-
dresses ever witnessed ; a magnificent coloured Plate of Ball Dresses,
an exquisite Portrait of the Queen, Pattern of Royal Ball Dress, and
a superb Plate of Children's Dresses; Tales, Poetry, Descriptions ;
Two complete Pieces of Music, and a Christmas Carol, in verse.
G. Berger, Holywell-street, Strand ; and all Booksellers.

OS TILE FIRST OF JANUARY WILL BE PUBLISHED, to be
continued in Weekly Numbers; price Three-halfpence, and In
Monthly Parts, price Sevenpence, stitched in a Wrapper, hand-
somely printed in large Bvo., double columns, with a clear type,
No. I. of

THE EDINBURGH TALES, Conducted by
3lrs. JOIINSTONE, Author of " Clan Albyn," " Elizabeth
do Bruce," " Nights of the Round Table," &c. &c.
Under this title will be published a Series of Stories and Novelettes,
illustrative of English, Irish, and Scottish Character, Domestic Man-
ners, and Social Duties, by Mrs. Johnstone, and other well-known
Writers of Fiction, whose werks have obtained a large share of
public approbation.
Though the Tales in this Series will be all Copyright, and part of
them written expressly for the work, it is the aim and hope of the
Conductor to furnish literary amusement of a healthful and refined
character, at the cheapest rate.
William Tait, Edinburgh ; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, London.

ON THE FIRST OF JANUARY, 1845, WILL BE PUBLISHED
(To be continued every alternate Month), price 55.,
No. I. of
THE ARCHIEOLOGICAL ALBUM ; OR,
MUSEUM OF NATIONAL ANTIQUITIES. Edited by
THOMAS WRIGHT, M.A., F.S.A. The Illustrations by
F. W. FAIRHOLT, F.S.A.
Each Number will consist of Five Sheets of Text Post Quarto, in-
terspersed with numerous Woodcuts, and Five Quarto Plates of An-
tiquities, one of which will be coloured.
London : Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand.

PERIODICALS to be PUBLISHED on the
FIRST of DECEMBER, by CHAPMAN and HALL :

TIIE MYSTERIES OF PARIS ; Part 6, price 2s. A new and
splendid Edition, adapted to the English reader ; illustrated with
upwards of 700 Engravings on Wood of all the Characters, Scones,
Costumes, and Localities, described in this extraordinary work ; drawn
by the first Artists in Paris, and executed undor the superintendence
of Mr. Charles Heath.

THE WANDERING JEW ; Part 9, price Ic. A new tale, by M.
EUGENE SUE, Author of " The Mysteries of Paris." The autho-
rised English Edition, published concurrently with the original in
Paris, in Numbers twice a week, price 3d. each, and in Parts twice a
month, price Is. each.
THE LIBRARY OF TRAVEL; Part 8, price Is. Being the Third
Part of a popular Description of EGYPT and NUBIA, their Scenery
and their People, Incidents of Travel, &c. By J. A. St. JOHN.
Each Part contains sixty full octavo pages of letterpress, and nu-
merous Woodcuts.

THE ART-UNION; Part 75, price Is. A Monthly Journal of the
Fine Arts, Useful and Ornamental.
THE FOREIGN LIBRARY; Part 23, price Cs. Michelet's
Ills-
tory of France, Part 1.

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS.
What passions hurt the body, what improve;
Truths as refined as Athens even heard."

The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price Is., by post, Is. 6d.
ON CIIASTITY—its Abuses and Diseases—On
Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—On Infelicitoas and
Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law o
Divorce, &c.

By 11. J. CULVERWELL, M.D.,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate of
the Hall, and twenty-three years Resident Practitioner in London.
" Of human ills and frailties I discourse,
Those taught by nature and by art acquied.
Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle—the matured and sage—
The lonely and the mated—all sustain ;
In kindly, spirit herein counsel's given,
How health, how hope, how happiness to gain."

Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ,
Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21,
Arundel-street, Strand.—A. home daily till Two : Evenings, seven
till Nine.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The PROTEOSCOPE, a new apparatus for exhibiting
OPAQUE OBJECTS in Nature and Art, showing continu2d novelties.
The PHYSIOSCOPE, HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING-
BELL and DIVER, DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c., &c. Dr. !CYAN'S
LECTURE daily, and in the Evenings of Monday, Weanesday,
and Fridays. Professor BACHHOFFNER'S varied Lectures abound
in interesting experiments.

10 to 1 agst Alarm 33 to 1 agst Old England-4
is to 1 agst hedger and afterwards offered
20 to 1 agst Cobweb c 40 to 1 agst Fitz-Allen
25 to 1 agst Idas—t 40 to 1 agst Connaught Ran-
-25 to 1 agst Pam ger
25 to 1 agst Newsmonger 15 to 1 agst Forth's lot-
-30 to 1 agst Rebecca c—t take 16 to 1
30 to 1 agst Young Eclipse 6:o 1 agst John Day's lot
CHESTER CUP—ENTER OR NOT.
400 to 10 agst Croton Oil—t ;25t0 1 agst Mr. Moe-
tyn's Nomination—t.