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London, England, 1844-12-16 00:00:00

INEAST INDIA 110118 E, Dec. 11, 1844.
E COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
tThat a Proprietor of East India Stock has postponed, until the
ardy General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held
their
How;
in Leadenhall-street, on WI.DNESDAY, the 18th
s:ant, the Motion of which he had previously given notice, viz. :
1818Th,at the Dispatch of Lord Auckland of the 17th November,
tad 3 7Y Which his Lord,hip rejected the proposed plan of the Ben-
:-'overnment, and recommended the annual money-payment of
I,,_u_Of. to the Temple of Juggernaut (to which recommendation
:7 ptrectors assented by their Dispatch of the 2d June, 1840), be
ownsaleted by the Court of Proprietors on motion for abrogating
.._4e4''''''llaY.payment, upon the ground of no original pledge or en-
Zement having ever been given for the same by or on behalf of
hoPany, as erroneously alleged by Lord Auckland in his
-"etc..
fir.
a Proprietor has postponed until the said Quarterly General
r. the following notices, viz.:—
That he will call the attention of the Proprietors to the treat.
144-1
t'? his Majesty the King of Delhi by the Government of
. and
of That be will call the attention of the Proprietors to the state
I,,.tite Police in the Presidencies of Bengal and Agra, and to the
f the Gaels in all the Presidencies of India."
-*"" JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.
BEAT NORTH of ENGLAND RAILWAY.
TENDER FOR IRON RAILS.
The DIRECTORS are prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for
4:11)1Y of 6,000 tons of IRON RAILS, each rail to be 16 feet
ittki and weighing 6Slbs. per yard ; the quality of the iron in
teil to be equal to No. 3. The tender to state in detail the
of manufacture which it is proposed to follow to produce
amity. No tender will be attended to without this statement,
this Company will stipulate with the party whose tender may
to ,4ftePt‘,. ed that the Company may, at any time, send an inspector
kitmle works to satisfy themselves that the specified process of
4t7eture is fully adopted. To be delivered on the quay of
ag-44,1)6tts of Hull, or Stockton, or Middleebrough-on-Tees, free of
I"grfee, or at Darlington, and the deliveries to be extended over
--wni,.._znent ha. No imperfect rails will be received.
et;,7lors to be delivered on or before the 23d day of December,
r Company's office, in Darlington.
%owe of the rails to be in accordance with a drawing or
Piitti which may be seen at the Company's office at Dar-
-1,„4, where also a model of the rail may be seen, and further
rit'lation obtained.
bath By order, H. PARKER, Secretary.
1 • gton, Nev. 12, 1844.

LASGOW, DUMFRIES, and CARLISLE
RAILWAY.
OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE
jakEHOLDERS OF THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES,
CARLISLE RAILWAY.
dlu Ce •tt e have delayed making any Report of their
enebteeliel'i until
pro.
e
ntilthey could
...ssejil efore you sufficient information to
not only to form iiiirec.t opinion of the merits of your
leas" ..;"es, bet to understend the various schemes more or lesecort-
h; with it for which Parliamentary notices have been given.
heornumber of these schemes, and their complex bearing on the
kik:"
Of Your undertaking, render it necessary to preface this
1.,••` by somegeneral observations.
e four existing railways of greatest importance is Scotland, in
Pret of
capital, and traffic, are —the Edinburgh. and
141/4°e, Raeiluwgitt;:connecting the two. largest
. cities in Scot:and, as
4114 the
North British Railway, forming part of
keer e two seas; the Edinburgh to London, by way of Berwick,
Strunk line from
Ccease, and York ; the Glasgow and Greenock Railway, an im_
1,2 t link in the communication bedween the manufacturing and
tirletr teens of the west of Scotian and the Glasgow, Paisley,
es Ibattlock and Ayr Railway, connecting the western metropolis
e;:eori thind 'with one of the most thriving mineral and manufac-
districts in this country, includina the seaports of Ayr,
411°,0i Irvine, and Ardroman, from thel gtter of which there is a,
teklar• stearn-boat communication with the North of Ireland—a
totr;aY destined, by means of your projected line from its southern
tr...lflus at Kilmarnock to Dumfries and Carlisle, to become the
ei
mo 0 -road between the.
.north and west of England, and the
ost el:Molly important district known under the general name of
eitti_"(Mqf Scotland." The only link awanting to complete the entire
e,eef railways leading down the east coast of England and Scotland.
ete
arithr °burgh, across to Glasgow, and up the west coast of Scotland
t'nkland back to London, is from the terminus of the Edit).
ell, rid Glasgow Railway in Glasgow to the joint terminus of the
toti:WA and Ayrshire Railways in the same city. Parliamentary
tmile
have been given for this short line, which is not above half
lisrti
length, and which will pass, partly in tunnelling, and
Y °s arches through a portion of the city.
itt't:,ttbi'ese existing and projected railways, which intersect the
dutri ' end, as might be expected, the richest and most populous
time"' both of England and Scotland, almost the whole of the
terestU_ltonral, manufacturing, mininoog,herne rcantile, and shipping in.
show
Great Britain will be connected, eted, and a direct, rapid, and
thswlioteal Means of transit se The accompanying map will
bill 17 re distinctly the course of these great leading lines. There
trdt.flus reinain, so far as Scotland is concerned, only one line of
east s-..Unaceoramodated, viz., between Edinburgh and the north_
41. 4...°1 !Scotland and Lancashire. true, the existing amount
layineeeOurse between these districtsIt
as limited, but still, in
it i.ult Mit the lines' of communication between
feye the two countries,
too:_essential to keep it in view ;rtunately happens, that
Nein,: the ',natt-
y schemes promoted for itlocal objects, anti for which
hole Lei antary Notices 'have been.. given, there is one, viz., a line
%Ars-
evi burgh to Hawick, which, if extended to Carlisle, will
reertreatiols on this cross traffic, the full benefit of railway corn.
apltai ns et the expense of a very small additional outlay of
•••• • .
the it`'Plaln this, yotir Committee again request your attention to
44, is lan'Penling map. From it you
Bwiill observe that a straight
tittlisiedrawn nearly due nerth from ineham, Lancaster, or
bliede would pass through or close to Ha wick , Edinburgh, and
noted frint 'which last point, by a slight
.deviation eastward, it
not each Aberdeen. Now, it so happens that this straight line
„„
way 13,t,rsses through the most practicable country for a rail.
the ~,:fen its north and south termini, but. opens up by much
*4l Veit fertile and thriving of these districts In the south and
-Next.°"and, to which the great trunk lines would not them.
bThe
beep
aa beee-"heto portion of the line of oommunlcaetinonndthus described
capital. Par-
liatnentat,,4l44dy taken up by parties of influenc
Whole wit' notice, have been given for railways. extending the
bl'e'th ow!' flees Burntisland, on the north side of the Frith of
'le, sr' tcliiiburgh to Perth, Dundee, d Aberdeen. The
the grit' it is called, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, forms
Itself ,-;'eetion of this line to the north of Edinburgh._ Ithedavabils
hit tar the improved steam ferry across the Forth, established by
kid face the Duke of Buccleuch and
As intersects the rich mineral and
.f Mtriirrci.ui
nligGu:raadls Gladstone,
toy of Fife.
tat._ Pared with any lihneanbyit shortens the die-
-14;7 between Edinburgh waythe most important towns in the
h
I%l.'lln_ et Scotland, r. to fifty miles. The sr.tien te,te
te:l of Edinburgh is that projected by the North British Railway
iPaeY to Hawick, already mentioned.
.
16 -514 general system of international railway communication
described, it will be seen that three principal lines are pro.
'fed,
to The first of these gives the most direct line from London
Linburgh ; the second the best line from London through
11174411 re to the West of Scotland ; •and the third the shortest
%el 'cross the Island, from Carlisle to Edinburgh and the north_
Sootland.
eta.
fre,n tY collateral advantages might be pointed out as resulting
Plsio
41 40 above arrangement, but t ese will be more properly ex.
i„ When discussing the merits of your line in detail.
the" a PUblis point of view, your Committee regard it as one of
thO:kest important characteristics of the scheme now explained,
se although in itself more complete than any other, it can be
*hates'et by a comparatively small expenditure of capital beyond
t, I 6 required for those new limes of railway, which are about
trrZ cohstructed solely for the accommodation of existing local
has
This statement requires a little explanation.
.1 a
from
Itth,'lns been mentioned that it is intended to form a railway w.
taken to Hawick. The line has been planned, and
h. yunder-
**tett by the North British Railway Company.
(elk Lid the Dalkeith Railway, now belonging tTohteh et
iCeisecitmpisantyo
to the is at any rate to be improved and adapted. for locomotives),a
4abei ti'tielng Manufacturing towns of Galashie sl, Sreelokiihrkg, and
ReoLek, situated in the midst of the best woe h-g and
44nufacturing district in Scotland. On. th. eot er side of the
litiebd' the Ayrshire Railway Company have intimated thelrinten-
e (witihout meaning to interfere with your undertaking)to
cmto.
titte`e their long-projected scheme of a.Br.anch Railway
ttero r thn Purpose of bringing into their line the passenger
etfratffihec
kr seat
of
and of opening up the large mineral fields k
le of flute,' Sir James Boswell, and Lord Geor Be. ntinctl ,
asettigeb the celebrated blackband ironstone has been. dies:racer:
ahaut4iaed to exist ; and where extensive additional iroeini-
au-e',lt i, believed, to be erected under leases recently
. entered into.
le beTe." being the Case the wholelength of new railway will require
ekliies'ade for the purpose of completing the two trunk lines from
)1a Orith to Carlisle, via Hawick, and from Glasgow to Carlisle,
katn. tries, will be--
Ct4,l
tetek te the Dumfries line, near Carlisle say. 35 miles.
n°4 to Carlisle
e Making in all
111,1peair'"al required for which may bo roughly estimated at
I yob-. Per mile or 1,296,0001.
'et e.l,,C°l*lnnittee are so satisfied of the capabilities of the line
tl> asliewick and Carlisle, and of its importance to you, not
bet a Part of the general plan to be submitted to Parliament,
kntl. 4,4,. branch and feeder to your line, that, with the unanimous
741:e.."ca of a meeting of your extraordinary Committee of
-"eettti the have undertaken to the Beard of Trade, to apply
hootatlire„ Yfor power to make it, in the
•eent asubsequent session
"
egoon ° general scheme of international communication
Aanth
ed er
tick ado ed being p
%N ted.
Most important characteristic
of the scheme now de-
tkisti 21' that it interferes in no way with the interests of any
nteteli°l;ll!e of railway, bat furnishes new feeders both to the four
'4l4sh of railway referred to .at the outset, and to all tine
I.(nte o4'lwaYs with which the projected lines are to be connected.
era th.-„linliaittee however, would not be discharging their duty
;"`o orte-4 het, in the' next place, shortly to call your attention to
Ist° I); • and history of another plan, which is
.about to be brought
et'ntraattl.'atnent under the name of the Caledonian Railway,. and to
wltich-.,„4 Public and private advantages it holds out with those
wilt It -"be obtained by the scheme already described.
"i•ner probably be known to all of you that the Royal Commis-
laad les:oPr Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow—who were
ri-e_itt 1840 to report on the projected railways between Eng-
-I;6lilatatland—proceoding upon the assumption
. that
. only one
Oh ;,„'°_,eeio, expressed a preference for a line passing over the
-"nevittot-"" which occupies the centre of Scotland. In doing so,
Letoo Commissioners carefully reserved the question which
41711 the,'aribus ro tee ought to be preferred, in tbeTh event of its
The following
-6 Ithr:and Practuicable to make two or more lines.
L4te liner /°°edsthis otherwise (viz., were more than
he Made )should subdivide the question into two
i,baft4ele„),a_,nd Consider,'we'
*the first instance, which of the severe
(dale be the roost for a communication by Lancaster
f
Zit -Itew, 45 well as to the West of Scotland and to the North
to
hln,d; Which would be the best route by Newcastle
Ths
/44"eitiotne thus preferred by the Commissioners, " under tho
2.°n, 1' that at present one line of railway only can be formed
l asp 0,61e1;4t.h to Edinburgh and
. Glasgow," recommended itself to
nctth Y Oansequence of its having
. two
. forks or branches at
%thee • el' eXtrevaity, the one terminating in Edinburgh, and the
Glee '
ell? it w_ ,g_°‘e; but the barren
bl catatoraecter of the country through
consideration of the extra
441,th:1e0
ot,":lstlrlrciunng,
iatndafirsoinbsa
fyrorn the steep gradients rendered
t:oar: 414 summit of 1,000 feet, induced the Comedmthisas
-ot,,b,eir opinion that "it was hardly to be expect that
it-geptthel*l-P"eeldul
a command;,, muck support as an investm.ent. from the
tai. eters and to add, that," unless the prineipalulannedeedr.
g ong the lisle should feel disposed to give the
ltaluei .ueir heart au rt rather with a view to tho increa.s
itide;ttlW, 5.1,1 d ltireyto their Property than to a large remunerating
"'nitre "'ere seems considerable doubt whether it will ever be
eteo
l'lto •
Pleoo PUblication of that Report, and the facts it disclosed, in
sad then'l,,,l"diit to the e 1 exution of the Beattock or Central
sf 7 etrect of deterringg
the public from embarking in it,
l'eesteaent dire
hting their attention to the more profitable investment
° Neredo."l the East Coast Line from Newcastle to Edinburgh.
eel ...Ise British Railway being the Seetebsportion of that line,
,4et aiTtlinglY brought fOrward in 1142—was sanctioned by an
atitoMent obtained last session—and is now in course of
t„_Th
"vsstt: --et of this decision of Parliament in favour of an East
l
which removes the only ground on which the Royal
ogyoa,
ntrop:' tiers had preferred the Central Line, is net even
V.i,itleh "we- Accordingly, the scheme of a Beattock Railway
t.
la ador,a3,, re'ived last spring, with some modifications that let
offere" h of the new name of the Caledonian Railway., has baron.
that it hageleed by the public under the erroneous impres
b•the:: still the sanction of the Commissioners' authority.
eta C"e' al thus revived and modified, is meant. to extend
440 t atlialei to a point at or near Lanark, and to diverge there
41„:4 branches,
tighrW one running to Edinburgh and the other
. towards
,„ A subordinate branch is proposed, from a point about
t-,:eft distant from Glasgow, to join a projected railway,
-74 distant
Calm' Railway, at Castlecarry ; whereby a