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cotch lines of railway referred to at the outset, and to all the
English railways with which the projected linos are to be connected.
Your Committee, however, would not be discharging their duty
were they not, 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 unuer 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 wilt probably he known to all of you that the Royal CWITIMIS.•
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 ought to be preferred, in the event of its
being found practicable to make two or more lines. 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
lines 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
Ireland, 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, aad probably some consideration of the extra
expense of working it, arising from the steep gradients rendered
necessary by its summit of 1,0(10 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 the principal landed
proprietors along the line should feel disposed to give the under-
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."

The publication of that Report, and the facts it disclosed, in
place of lending to the early execution of the 13eattock 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.

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
Glasgcw. 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 affurdrxl. 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.

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.
First —The length of the Caledonian Railway, excluding the
Castlecarry Branch, which is said to be about eight miles long, is
stated in the Prospectus, as being 112 mile,. and the cost is there
estimated at 1,800,000/. In a subsequent report, published by the
promoters, it is stated, that, " In consequence of savings on other
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lines before mentioned, or tte 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 500,000/. more than the whole sum that would be required for
completing the two trunk lines of communication which your Corn.
mittee have already pointed out.
Secondly —Your Committee beg to refer you to the Comparative
Table of Distances on the accompanying Map, from which you
will observe-1. 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 Sc ottish 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, Ilawick, and Carlisle Railway afibrds the
shortest line from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol,
kc., to Edinburgh ; and, in connexion with the Fife and Northern
Lines, 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 au 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 gradients of the former will be inferior
to those of the latter. The blowing are quotations from a report
made on the comparative merits of the two lines by Mr.
Locke, the engineer of the Caledonian Railway, in 1836. In
speaking of what is new called the Caledonian Line, he says, " I at
first directed my attention to this route, which, as far as Beattock.
bridge, near Moffat, I 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
neatly 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 meet,
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 (only inclinations will
be these which it may be desirable to encounter for the purpose of
saving money, those two towns being nearly on 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 its this part extending over a space of almost forty
miles,t will be nearly uniform, and gradually ascending for the
hole distance ; and with the exception of a short length of about
1% 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."
Fourthly.—The population of the parishes intersected by the
Caledonian Railway, from the point where it leaves the route of the
Glasgow, Dumfries, mid Carlisle Railway at Gretna, to the point
where the branches diverge at Lanark, a distance of about sixty-
five miles, is,
Caledonian Line
While the population on your line, between the same point
and Kilmarnock, is ...
Difference 52,491
The population of the parishes on the two branches leading to
Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively, including 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 arid Glasgow, which would
be alike accommodated by the two schemes), would be,
Caledonian Branches ... 125,968
202,544
West of Scotland Railways

Difference ............................. 76,576
The total population on the Caledonian Line, and on the Glas.
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and 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,
On Caledonian Railway ................................... 154,163
On Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway,t t 283,230
On Hawick Line 66,484
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Diflerence .............................. l 95,551
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 Line. The
result is, that upon the line of the Glasgow, Dutnfries, and Car-
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 by the other
great road from Kilmarnock to Carlisle, is quite insufficient to do
so. It amounts to not more than 40 per cent, of the whole traffic
which will pass along your line. Were the whole of this trans.
ferret], 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 the recorded opinion of the Royal Corn.
missioners, already quoted ; and no one who has travelled along
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 arc aware that much reliance is placed by the
Caledonian Company on their prospect of traffic from the north of
Scotland to England, by means of their connexion with the projected
Central Railway from Stirling to Perth. The Table of Comparative
Distances, to which your attention has already been directed, will
enable you to judge how far this traffic, whatever its amount may
be, is likely to pass along the Caledonian Line, which is more cir-
cuitous than either the North British or Hawick Lines. But, in
point of fact, the number of persons who travel south from Stirling.
shire or Perthshire, without having occasion to visit Edinburgh and
Glasgow on their way, is extremely small. Indeed, most of you are
probably already aware, that although there is a direct turnpike-
road, laid out by the late Mr. Telford, between Carlisle and Stir-
ling, there is not a single stage-coach or public convey
andit i s deeply in debt. conveyance upon it,

On the other hand, with reference to the general prospect of
traffic on your own line, the following passage in the Report of
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 moat
favourable part of Scotland, requirinu only a chesp means of trans-
port to develope the many resources they possess. Several of these
towns have already grown into some importance; and it shoul-1
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. (I.) 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 manu-
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 tho 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 er the seaports on the coasts of Ayrshire.
(Lastly.) The Caledonian Railway would place in a less advan.
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 ban 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, Kihnarnock, 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, arid, 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 reitnunerate 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-fifths have beets 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.

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.
fiden,:e in its superiority over each other, as being best calculated
to promote the interests of Scotland ; and they will procc ed 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,
WM. LOGIE, Interim-See.

Glasgow, Nov. 15, 1844.

* In IS JO Mr. Locke prepared an amended plan, whereby his
gradient of l 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.
f The total population on the line between Glasgow and Car.
isle, by Dumfries, including the termini, is 590,296.

HEFFIELD and LINCOLNSHIRE JUNC-
►:J TION RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF `• THE SUN."

Office, Sheffield, Nov. 26, 1844,

Sia,—Various reports having been circulated on the subject of
this line, tending to induce a belief that the Directors were not
intending bona fide to carry out the scheme, or 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 " Ilerapath'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
have 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 remit
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 fur it.
I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant,
J. 11. lIUMFREY, 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.

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WE, the Undersigned, he-reby convene a PUBLIC
MEETING of GENERAL PRACTITIONERS in
MEDICINE, SURGERY, and MIDWIFERY, practising in the
CITY of WESTMINSTER and the BOROUGH of MARYLE-
BONE, to be held at the Hanover square Rooms, on SATURDAY,
the 7th of December, at Seven o'clock precisely, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the propriety of ESTABLISHING an
ASSOCIATION to PROTECT the INTERESTS of the GENE-
RAL PRACTITIONERS; and also to consider the expediency
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circumstances of the Medical Profession :
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TEST 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.
ham-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.

November 27, 1844,

M. K. KNIGHT, Chief Clerk.

TATIONAL TESTIMONIAL to Mit. ROW-
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Sir GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., Chairman and Treasurer.
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31st December next; and I declare that no private pecuniary profit
or advantage is sought from such object, duties, rates, or sources of
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
A special general meeting of the Proprietors of the
above Railway was held yesterday, at the Euston-square
station, for the purpose of considering the further gua-
rantee of the line to extend the Worcester and Tring
line to Wolverhampton, and on other special business.
Mr. J. C. Glyn was in the chair. There was a very
full attendance of Proprietors.
The notice by which the meeting had been convened
having been read,
The CHAIRMAN said he thought, perhaps, the most
regular order of proceeding would be to take, in the first
instance, the motion of which public notice had been
given in the advertisement, as to the Worcester, Rugby,
and Wolverhampton line ; and subsequently to enter
upon any other matter any Hon. Proprietor might desire
to take up. It was his (the Chairman's) duty to submit
to them a resolution on the subject of the proposed line
from Oxford to Worcester, joining the London and Bir-
mingham line at Tring, and continuing on from Worces-
ter to Wolverhampton. The proceedings of the late ge-
neral meeting had authorised, to a very considerable
extent, the preliminary measures connected with the line
then under the consideration of their executive body—
viz., the line from Oxford to Worcester, from
rring to Worcester, and Oxford to Rugby. At the
commencement of the operations of the Committee at
Worcester, to whom the matter was entrusted, they as
well as the Birmingham Company were in communica-
tion with the Severn Commissioners and the canal in-
terests of the district, and it was thought, from the re-
presentations made by those parties, that a sufficient
Parliamentary case existed to prevent, with any proba-
aility of success, the undertaking of a line from Wor-
cester to Wolverhampton. On that ground they (the
Directors of the London and Birmingham Company),
when they last introduced the subject to the Proprietors,
limited their remarks, on the case they set before them,
only to the line between Tring and Worcester, on the
me hand, and Oxford and Rugby on the other. During
the time that had elapsed since the last meeting, further
inquiries had been made, and it had appeared to the
Worcester Committee, after representations made to
them by probably the highest authority in the country-
in such a subject, that the case would not be complete
unless the district between Worcester and Wolverhamp.
:on were also comprehended in the scheme. Upon further
inquiry by the London and Birmingham Directors, it cer-
airily appeared that-the Parliamentary case which they
nad in the first instance been led to believe would prevent
any railway being constructed in that part of the country,
was not likely to be laid before Parliament in such a way
as to bring about the ends that it had been represented to
them as likely to ensue. Under these circumstances the
Directors now came before the Proprietors to propose that
they should extend their guarantee to the line, between
Worcester and Wolverhampton, in addition to that
which the Directors had already laid before them—that
between Tring and Worcester and Rugby to Oxford.
The addition which this alteration made in the estimate
was calculated at 750,000 L The capital required for
the original undertaking—that which the Directors had
brought before the Proprietors on the last occasion, was
1,700,000/. The aggregate capital would therefore be
2,500,0001. for the construction of this whole line of
railway. The total amount of revenue to be derived
from the various sources, as shown by the usual traffic
eases in these matters, he had before him in detail, and
the particulars could be given if Honourable Proprietors
wanted them.—(Cries of " No, no.") The estimated
revenue was, in the aggregate, 226,539 i, from which
they took the working expenses of 35 per cent., leaving
a net memo of 147,2501, thereby putting, he thought,
my opinion of the Proprietors at rest, as to the question
proposed for their consideration—he meant as to the
guarantee of 4 per cent. on the whole. It might very
naturally be asked by Honourable Proprietors present—
ind the question had been put to him in private—how
the London and Birmingham Company found themselves
in connexion with a project in that part of the country
(Worcester and Wolverhampton). It would appear to
all naturally, into the hands of the Gloucester and Bir-
miughatu Company. That, indeed, was the feeling of
the London and Birmingham Directors, who had
acted on that feeling. The Worcester Committee
proposed to the Grand Junction Company that that por-
,ion of the line should be made jointly. They went so
far as to direct their solicitor and engineer to attend the
Grand Junction Board to treat on the question. They
(the London and Birmingham Board) thought the matter
was proceeding as such a matter ought to proceed be-
-.ween two public bodies. It was certainly not for the
meeting to ask what induced the Grand Junction Com-
pany to alter their opinion ; but it was for the meeting
to recollect that suddenly, and without previous intima-
tion, the solicitor was informed that the Grand Junction
board had altered their views, and that they would make
the line themselves. The proceeding on the part of
the Worcester Committee was this t—They said they
would not tolerate the entire working of the line by the
Grand Junction Company ; that they would have had
that Company as partners in the undertaking, but that
if the question was to be, which of the two parties
should make the line, they would certainly put them-
selves forward for it. -And the result of their putting
themselves forward to make the line had been to engage
with them in that part of the country the strongest
connexion which, probably, was ever collected together.
—(Hear, and cheers.) They had now the co• operation of
Lord Ward and his friends, and any Hon. Proprietor
who was acquainted with that part of the country must
know very well the value of that connexion, and the re •
spectability it must confer on any undertaking, and that,
in fact, whoever was supported by it, went into the dis-
trict with claims superior to any other body. There
was one other point connected with this matter to which
he desired to call the attention of the Proprietors before
he read the resolution with which he should conclude.
The Directors were most anxious, as fur as rested with
the London and Birmingham Company, to take no step
that should be considered in the slightest degree aggres-
sive.—(Hear, and cheers.) With this view an intima-
tion had been conveyed to the Grand Junction Railway
Company that shares were reserved for them to take if
they were so disposed. But, as far as the Lordon and
Birmingham Company were concerned, he would go
further than that. The Directors had always, as stated
to the Proprietors at the last meeting, represented
this measure as a measure of protection.—(Hear, hear,
and cheers.) He repeated it, as a measure of pro-
tection ; and if the Grand Junction Railway Company
were so disposed, as far as the London and Birmingham
Company were concerned, and with the assent of the
other parties interested, they were ready to admit them
into the guarantee.—(Hear, and cheers.) He stated this
because he should be sorry to find an imputation go out
of that room that the London and Birmingham Com-
pany had meditated an aggressive act against the Grand
Junction Company.—(Hear.) He now begged to move
the resolution to which he had already referred :
" That this Company do agree to accept a lease in
perpetuity of the projected railway from Mesworth, in
the county of Buckingham, to Worcester, with lines to
Rugby and Oxford, and also from Worcester to Dudley
and Oxford, at a rent which shall be equivalent to four
per cent. upon the cost of construction, with an equal
division of surplus profits between this Company and the
Proprietors of the new lines.
" That the Directors be authorised to concur in an
application to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an
Act or Acts to authorise the construction of the before-
mentioned lines of railway, and to take all such other
steps as they may consider expedient for giving effect to
the preceding resolution."
Mr. CROPPER, of Liverpool, seconded the motion.
Mr. MOSELY had, at their last meeting, silently as-
sented to the guarantee for the line to Worcester, con-
sidering that no existing interests wers interfered with,
and that the Loudon and Birmingham Company had a
right to give such guarantee ; but he took it that the Pro-
prietors ought to have some distinct explanation as to the
position of the London andßirmingham and Grand Junc-
tion Companies, in reference to the understanding between
them of the 3d July, before they at once annulled and
destroyed every feature of that contract or treaty which
was made for the material protection of both Companies.
He thought it right that the Proprietors should be made
aware that the guarantee for a line so far north of Bir-
mingham as Wolverhampton was a direct violation of
the spirit of the agreement, which he was willing to
believe there had never been on the part of the London
and Birmingham Directors, any wish to destroy. He,
therefore, thought he was right, at this stage of the pro-
ceedings, to ask the Chairman, who had spoken of the
willingness on the part of the London and Birmingham
Board to unite with the Grand Junction Board in carry-
ing out the line to Wolverhampton, whether any corre-
spondence or communication had taken place in order to
get rid of the difficulties which existed on the subject,
and whether the reply on the part of the Grand J unc-
tion Company warranted the Proprietors of the London
and Birmingham Company in carrying into effect die
confirmation of the principle of the abandonment of the
spirit of the treaty made in July ?
The CHAIRMAN said the question of his lion. Friend
was of very great importance. It was a question in
which the London and Birmingham Directors must na-
turally feel a great and deep interest • but they were in
this difficulty with the question—they were uncertain
whether the Grand Junction Directors did, at this mo-
ment, consider the agreement of the 3d of July as an-
nulled or not.
Several Proprietors, apparently also Grand Junction
shareholders, said " Decidedly not."
A PROPRIETOR begged to refer the Chairman to the
correspondence between the two Boards. It was neces-
sary to read only a single line of that correspondence
to show that it was not annulled.