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RAILWAY IN WEST KENT.--At a meeting held
yesterday at Milton, Sir J. Tylam moved (having
previously at some length stated grounds of distrust
as to the intentions of the South-Eastern Railway
Company with respect to that part of the country),
" That it is expedient that there shall be a double line
of railway through this part of the county of Kent,
communicating both with the metropolis and with
Canterbury and the coast, and that such line be formed
by an independent company." Mr. Fearon, solicitor
to the Company, pledged the Company to carry out
their line through Dartford, Gravesend, Rochester,
Milton, Sittingbourne, and Feversham, with a branch
to Deal. Ultimately an amendment, supported by
the Mayor of Queenborough, was agreed to, to the
effect that the line proposed by the Company be ap-
proved of.
PROPOSED JUNCTION OF RAILWAYS.—The sur-
veyors appointed to inspect and survey the proposed
line of railway between the Bricklayers' Arms station
of the Dover, Brighton, and Croydon Railway and
Nine Elms, with a view of forming a junction with
the South-Eastern and South-Western Railways
(and which it is intended shall include approaches
from Hungerford, Waterloo, and Westminster
bridges, with a view to the general convenience of the
public), have been very active for several days past in
the neighbourhood of the Surrey side of those bridges,
and particularly the New-cut, York-road, and its
immediate vicinity, in laying out and inspecting the
property through which the proposed line will pass,
preparatory to the intended application to Parliament
for an Act to carry out the intentions of the Company.
PROPOSED RAILWAY.—We believe we may now
po'itively announce that the line of railway proposed
to be undertaken by the South-Western Company,
between Salisbury and Yeovil,_ is definitely settled,
so far as the town of Sherborne is concerned. It is
intended to be brought through Milborne Wick, thus
avoiding Sherborne Park, and the home grounds of
Sir W. Medlycott, thence it will proceed through
Oborne and over Green-hill, keeping north of Lent-
hay, through Bradford Abbas, and so on to
_ Yeovil.
Somerset County Gazette.
RAILWAYS IN PERTHSHIRE.—The first ordeals of

these public undertakings—the Parliamentary notices
—has been passed by the four proposed railways con-
nected with this town and county—viz., the Scottidl;
Central, the Mid-Junction, the Dundee--and. NYth, `-
and the Fife and Northern. The committee of the
first-named met here on Friday last, when the line
from Perth to Dumblane was finally determined on.
In the application to Parliament, leave is to be ap-
plied for for two branches from Stirling to join the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway; one near Falkirk,
and the other near Cumbernaulcl; but which of these
or both, will be eventually proceeded with, will de-
pend upon contingencies. The importance of secur.
ing a communication with the line from Aberdeen
has. induced the committee of the Central to take
stock in the Mid-Junction line to the extent of
25,0001.; and the Caledonian Company have pur-
chased a like amount. The application for a branch
from Crieff, joining the Central line near Auchterar-
der, was favourably received, and in the meantime
estimates of the expense, and of the expected traffic,
were ordered, and to be afterwards considered. With
regard to the Dundee and Perth, and Fife Northern
lines, both contemplate crossing the Tay at or near
Newburgh. If the application for a bridge there be
unsuccessful, a ferry will be substituted.—Perth
Courier.

The special meeting of the York and North Mid-
land Railway held in the early part of the week was
for the consideration of the several extension lines to
be carried out by that Company. The Directors pro-
posed to increase the capital nearly one-half, and
there will then be 190 miles of railway, which will
have cost about 10,0001. a mile. For this increase of
capital 25,300 shares of 251. each will he created, to
be apportioned at the rate of one new share to every
501. share of the original stock. The extensions to be
made are considered to be quite essential to the sup-
port of the traffic and its consequent revenue, and ap-
pear to be such as the Company are called upon to
execute to accommodate the increasing demands of
the local population. "In this respect," says the
Railway Chronicle, " the York and North Midland
extensions afford an example to other great lines well
worthy of imitation." The new lines will be the
Sherborne and Doncaster, 19 miles in length, costing
175,000/. ; the Harrowgate, 17 miles in length, cost-
ing 200,0001.; the Goole, 12 miles in length, costing
100,0001.; the Bridlington, 19 miles in length ; the
Whitby and Pickering line, just purchased by Mr.
Hudson, 80,000/. ; the capital required for the v% hole
being 635,0001. The holders of Selby Scrip stand,
in reference to these new shares, in the same position
as the holders of the original York and North Mid-
land 501. The Whitby and Pickering Railway has
of late, it seems, increased its revenue, and now it is
joined with the York and Scarborough, the expecta-
tion is that it will become prosperous.
The Birmingham and Gloucester Company, in
special meeting, have determined to construct a devia-
tion line through the city of Worcester, and froze
thence to Droitwitch and to Wolverhampton, re-
serving their main line to the south of Stoke Prior.
To effect this object 500,0001. is to be raised, by the
issue of 10,000 shares of 50/. each.
The following are the terms of the lease of the
Sheffield and Manchester Railway, as taken con-
jointly by the Midland and the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Companies :—The period of the lease is
thirty years, terminable at the end of ten or twenty.
by a three years' notice from either party. The rent
to be 5 percent., on a capital of 900,0001. But should
the weekly receipts, throughout the year, average
more than 2,8001., the rent shall be 5i per cent;
above 3,0001., they shall average 6 per cent.; and for
any further average increase of 250/. a week, the
rent shall increase per cent., up to 10 per cent.
There is to, be a meeting of the Sheffield and Man-
chester shareholders at Manchester, on the 4th of
November, for the purpose of considering the terms
agreed on by the Directors. It has also been agreed
to carry out the South Junction with the Liverpool
and Manchester, the Ashton branch, the Barnsley
Junction, and the Lincolnshire extension scheme, in
the same manner as already arranged by the Sheffield
and Manchester Railway.
At a quarterly meeting of the shareholders of the
Grand Junction Railway, the usual dividend of
V. 10s. per share, or 10 per cent., was declared, it
being stated that the ',receipts continued favourable
for the company. Mr. Moss, the chairman, made a
speech in explanation of the difference existing be-
tween the Grand Junction and the London and Bir-
mingham Boards, according to which the blame would
seem to attach to the latter parties. The Grand
Junction Directors pledge themselves to pursue the
course they have already marked 'ut, and state that
they fear nothing from competing lines or rival
interests.
The Paris and Rouen Railway shareholders have
declared a dividend of 24f. 70c. per share, payable on
and after the 7th instant at Messrs. Lafitte, Blount,
and Co.'s. The gross receipts of traffic for the half
year are stated to have been 3,855,591 f. The expen-
diture has been at the rate of 47-195 per cent. on
the receipts. An increase is exhibited in goods traffic,
which it is expected will further improve.
At the Havre and Rouen meeting the report and
accounts were received with every satisfaction. The
Directors say they look for the opening of the line
in the autumn of 1846. With regard to expense, it
is stated that the costs of the works are within the
estimates, but this saving has been nearly balanced
by the greater expense of the land.

THE LATE GALE.—THE IRISH MAIL STEAMERS.
—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The heavy gales that have
recently prevailed from the east, have caused considera-
ble irregularities in the arrival of the mails from Dublin.
The mail steamers, in tolerable weather, make their trips
to and from Kingstown with the greatest regularity in
12 hours and under. They have, however, within the
last few days, been baffled by boisterous head winds and
other causes, which have interfered with their regularity.
The Medina, which left Kingstown on Friday morning
last, at a quarter past seven o'clock, ought to have
reached here, in ordinary course, between seven and
eight on Friday morning. O wing, however, to the Formby
Lightship having been driven from her moorings, she was
detained outside, and did not reach Liverpool till a quar-
ter past eight on Saturday night, having been 25 hours
on her passage. The Iron Duke, which left Kings-
town on Friday evening at a quarter past seven, and
which ought to have been here on Saturday morning,
between seven and eight, did not make her appearance
till half-past two o'clock on Saturday afte, noon, haying
been nineteen hours and a quarter on her passage. She
was retarded solely by the gale. The Urgent, whose
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that in consequence of the fury of the gale, she did not
take her departure from Kingstown till half-past two
o'clock yesterday morning. The Princess was expected
to put out shortly after her. The gale was fearfedly
violent on the Irish coast, and several vessels have been
wrecked near Kingstown, but we have not been able to
ascertainT the particulars,
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TEHUSTINGS.---The honourable
member who does me the honour to oppose me in this
election is privately one of the most amiable of men ;
but, politically an evil-minded, squinting,-souled, white-
livered renegade. I grant he is true and just in all his
dealings ; but he would sell his own father for a pension,
and his own soul for an official situation. He is a man
of very like honour and honesty ; but as a legislator, he
would basely betray his trust, for he is, where politics is
concerned, a thorough scoundrel. He is, in private life„
a sinoere friend ; but in public affairs, as treacherous as
a Kentucky alligator.
BATHS AND WASIIHOUSES FOR THE LABOURING
CLASSES.--WO have the pleasure of anuouncing that the
Queen has sent 2001. and Prince Albert 100/. in aid of
the funds required. The poor are already anxiously in.
quiring at the office, in Crosby-square, when the wash.
houses will be opened.