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landlords who actea upon the principle; oLive and Menche,.*
let live ;" but, tint brtunately, they were few' corn- two about' 1.,, at 'first°advantages to Leicester would
paratively.—(Hear, „ hear.) Farmers' clubs • would be greater tl:'"1 sight. they may appear to be, 00 eteinnlated junction, that town might
tend to unite fa rmers in one common bond of since, by the ' ~ht
agreement in all tJ rat concerned their mutual interests, be made the thce`oug are through which the traffic be-
They would be all le to stand in their own defence much tween the manutNtL:rin
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more effectually th an in their mere individual capacity. England would be cal dee' on, by means of the proposed
b —(Hear, hear.) • What was of importance too, they railway from Syston to l, tere. oropgh to the eastward.
would produce met re effect upon the landlords.—(Hear.) At the same time, Leicesi." Would
be within a three
Landlords who expended
hours' ride of Manchester. A. chain of cornmuniea-
' large sums in routes and balls,
don would thus be established bc:tw eon the Purely agri-
should take heed a lid stop in time. These were times
cultural, the mixed agricultural and U.:Finifacturing, and
of serious moment, .and the shadow of coming events was
upon them. lie di d hope, however, that through the the exclusively manufacturing districts' 4et tbe country,—
instrumentality of :farmers' clubs, where grievances as Leicester Chronicle.
BISHOPSTORE AND SALISBURY.—The ke,..„
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well as improvements could be discussed, that both
landlord and tenant would be brought into a more in-
dependent states that, so far from there being ea; icten-
tion on the part of the South-Western Railway CL`WPauY
timate consideration of their mutual interests ; at any
rate he was convince d that such societies were calculated to abandon this line, the contracts for /he works' have
to do great good, ant lif the farmers had only confidence been taken and will be immediately commenced.
in themselves, he ha, ino doubt that they would be able DORCHESTER.--The Town Committee for promoting
to overcome the difficulties by which they were at pre- the carrying out of this line of railway, met at the Audit
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sent surrounded.--(1 .cud cheers.) - House on Tuesday, when a communication was received
After several other toasts had been drank, from Lord Charles Wellesley, M.P. for South Hants, in
Mr. LINGARD pros osed the health of the secretary, reply to an application from the Committee, appointing
and thanks fur his valuable services.—(Drank with the to meet them at Southampton on the 24th instant, and
honours.) hear their views upon the advantages of the proposed
Mr. F. BROWN rein reed thanks in a briefs peech, and railway. His Lordship has hitherto abstained from
concluded by saying ;that preceding speakers had not giving the least clue to his sentiments upon a subject itt
left him a sin;le heady of game to tire at.—(Laughter.) which his constituents are so greatly interested. A corn.
He gave "Success to the farmers' clubs in the county." munication from Mr. Castleman was also received,
Song---" The jolly old farmer, smoking his clay"—by stating most positively that the line was intended to be
Mr. Ramsden. carried round the shore bo West Quay, and that the
The Rev. S. REVEL. proposed the next toast. It was terminus would be as near the
.pier as possible. The
the health of a gentle man whose character required no Provisional Committee were willing to give any further
eulogium, for he was known and appreciated by all pre- guarantee of their intentions in this matter that might:
sent—" Mr. Hunloke-r"—(Drank with three times three.) be required, pledging themselves to carry the line to
Song—" The Old. English Gentleman"—by Mr. Go- the spot indicated, unless compelled to abandon` the in-
thard. tention by Parliamentary interference.—Hampshire hi-
Mr. RAMSDEN was 'called upon to propose "The Mayor dependent.
and Corporation of a hesterfield," which he did in a neat SOUTH DEVON.—The tenders for 24 engines—sixteen
speech.—(Drank with honours.) of 33 inch cylinder, or about 45 horse power, and eight
Mr. LINGARD, as (the oldest member of the council of 12 horse power—were received in the early part of
present, returned thanks. the week at Exeter, by Mr. Brunel, and the authorities
Mr. BROTHERTON 'proposed " The Town and Trade of of the South Devon Railway, which is to be worked on
Chesterfield," and had great pleasure in coupling with the atmospheric principle. The contracts were taken by
it the name of one e.f the oldest and most respectable Messrs. Boulton, Watt, and Rennie ,• the amount from
tradesmen of the town—Mr. Hewitt.—(Drank with 40,0001 to 50,0001. The principal Cornish engineers
honours). and founders were in attendance.-- Western Times.
Mr. Hewirrr responded. TINE WEST YORRSHIRE.—The West Yorkshire Rail- Mr. BINNS proposed " The Tenant-farmers of Eng- way will pass over nine of the public streets of Bradford.
land," and prefaced the toast with some pertinent obser- The Bradford Board of Surveyors, however,, are of opi-
vations. nion that the interest of the public will not be injured
Mr. GILES proposed "Mr. Brown and the strangers." by the proposed undertaking, and have unanimously
Mr. BROWN responded. agreed to assent to it.—Leeds Mercury.
Mr. RAMSDEN proposed the health of one of the oldest BioceLeswinn EXTENSION.—The Hertford Town
tenant-farmers in the district—Mr.' Nathaniel Bacon. Council has expressed its dissent from the proposal of —(Clapping of hands). , the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to extend their
Mr. BACON was received with loud applause. He had line from Hertford to Biggleswade.—Hertford Mercury.
been a ploughman:; between 50 and 60 years ;he had Mr. George tephenson, C.E., has lately been spending
handled the scythe: in all its forms ; and he believed there a week with Si R. Peel, in company with some scientific
were things to be' improved upon at the present day. gentlemen.
With regard to improvements, it was out of the power B'
_IRMINGHA AND GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL AND
of a great many to do what they could wish ;he him- GLOUCESTER MALGANATION TERMS.—The Birming-
self would like to do a great many things, but, as Mr. ham and Glo ester capital to remain as it is. The
Brotherton had observed, the farmers wanted some se- Bristol and Gloucester to create as many new 501 shares
curity for the outlay of their capital -(Cheers). No as will capitalise their loan notes and debentures to he
man was more wilting to expend money upon the land paid up upon as the loan notes and debentures become than he was, with the proper means and a proper se- due, and by equal proportions, extending over five years.
curity ; but the want of means not only prevented him, Until paid up a deduction from the share of the profits but many others whom he knew from carrying out their to be made at the rate of 431- per cent. per annum on the 1
wishes.— (Hear, hear). Now he wanted to lay these amount not paid. The profits in other respects to be
things before their landlords.—(Hear, hear.) Friends, divided between the two companies, in the ratio of their
proceeded Mr. Bacon, we must call upon our landlords mileage, that is, taking the Bristol and Gloucester at 28i
to lower our rent.—(Cheers). Let us not be ashamed of miles ; and the Birmingham and Gloucester at 53. The
naming our distress. With high rents, and corn and shareholders in the Worcester and Wolverhampton line
cattle reduced one-third in value, how can we stand in to be guaranteed by the combined companies 5 per cent.
Chesterfield Market-place, and compete with the pro- on their shares, and 5 per cent. on calls during progress
duce of farms lower rented at a distance?—(Cheers). of works. Arrangements are nearly concluded for Let us have asssistance from our landlords.--(Cheers.) laying down the narrow between Bristol and
We are willing to do all we can, but if we are beat down Gloucester, hereby preventing the ruinous inconvenience f
—what then ? "Help ! help I or I perish f"—(Loud and expense now caused by differently gauged rails.
choerB.) It so happens that we are paying twice as much LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND LONDON AND YORK
for our land in these parts that others elsewhereare pay- LINES.—A report having gone abroad that the London
iiig; how then, as I before asked, can we compete with and Birmingham will not oppose the London and York,
them in the market ? I repeat we must have assistance we can state, on the best authority, their determinatian
from our landlords, and no doubt, if properly solicited, to do so.—Herapath's Journal.
they will show a disposition to do everything that is ne- REVENUE.—It now appears that the traffic of the last
cessary to enable us to properly cultivate our land. If six months of 1844, on the thirty-eight principal rail-
not, we shall be like a man in a boat with no one to row ways of Great Britain, amounts to three millions and a
or steer him, going up and down, up and down, until we quarter or more—exactly 3,264,4501. This traffic has
finally go to Davy's Locker.—(Cheers, and laughter.) been carried on 1,522 miles of railway, and 234 miles of
Mr. Chairman, I have spoken my mind freely, and mean branch lines, making in all 1,756 miles. This revenue
no offence to any one.—(Cheers.) is 450,0001. more than the corresponding half of last
Mr. Buowx proposed " The Farm Labourers."— year. It is chiefly owing to the improvement in the trade
(Drank with three times three.) of the country, and only slightly to the increase in ex-
The health of the Vice-Chairman, and other toasts tent of lines opened to the public. It represents an im-
followed, interspersed with songs and glees, and the eon- provement of nearly ten millions in the value of the
viviality of the evening was considerably prolonged, railways of Great Britain since the commencement of
The proceedings altogether went off with great eclat. 1844. This revenue amounts to about 4,0001 per mile per
annum, of which let us take 1,600/. for working expenses,
and we have 2,400/. per mile per annum for dividend, in-
dicating a market value of 48,0001 per mile, at twenty
years' purchase. The total sum available this half-year
for interest and dividends will be about two millions,
giving, for the value of all the important lines of the
country, at twenty years' purchase, a sum of 80,000,000/.
But as many of the lines are worth more than twenty
years' purchase, and as many small lines are not in-
cluded in this estimate, while some are in course of
construction and not open for traffic, it may be near
the truth to say that at the commencement of 1845
we start with a national property in railways worth
not less than one hundred millions.—Railway Chronicle.
FRENCH LINES.—The surveys have commenced with
activity on the Boulogne line. It is decided that only
one line of rails shall be laid down at first, although
the land will be purchased, and the works executed for
two. Within two years it will be opened. The Rouen
Railway produced, during the past year, 256,140/; and
the Orleans, for the same period, 263,9701 The two
Versailles companies have come to terms to amalgamate
and demand the concession of the line from Versailles to •
Chartres, and a new company will be formed; theactizal
shares of the two will be exchanged, on certain terms,
for shares in the new company.—Railway Chronide:
Several of the brokers connected with the provincial
Shares-markets have issued their annual circulars, and
these disclose some useful statistics, showing the progress
of the majority of lines in full operation. The circular
published by Mr. Greaves, of Liverpool, states that the
total increase in the traffic of twenty-two railways for
the six months just ended, compared with the corres- -
ponding period of last year, has not been less than
321,4024 the only decrease being that of 180/ on the
Glasgow and Greenock line. The particulars of the I
increase ate as follows:—" Birmingham and Gloucester, .
19,9911.; Chester and Birkenhead, 2,451 i; Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 2,7521.; Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr, '
6,631 L; Grand Junction, 14,8441; Great North of Eng- .
land, 10,7521.; Great Western, 61,5801; Liverpool and .
Manchester,l9,72sl; London and Birmingham, 18,4131.; t
London and Brighton, 15,9121; London and' Croydon, t
5,1261.; London and South Western, 60901; Menthes- '
ter and Birtaingham, 10,8871.; Manchester, Bolton,"and 1
Bury, 4,083/; Manchester and Leeds, 36,0991; Midland '
Company, 38,8771; Newcastle and Carlisle, 8,236 L ;
North Union, - 16,489/; Preston and Wyre, ,9641.;
Sheffield and Manchester' 5,0841; Ulster, 1,283/. ; and
York and North Midland, 10,523/.7
Mr. Hall, of Liverpool, in ,his circular, takes a com-
parisen of thirty of the oldest and most important rail-
ways, and his statement gives an increase of value of
stock, during the last year, of 28,695,479/. over the
amount of capital laid out, the former being 85,554,0811,
and the latter 56,858,6021. It appears also, from the
same document, that the only railways which have fallen
in price are the London and Birmingham, and the Glas-
gow, Paisley, and Greenock. The Birmingham and
Gloucester • , Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr ;
Great North of England ; Newcastle and Darlington i
Sheffield and Manchester; and York and North Mid-
land, have risen aboie 50-per cent. in their value during
the same period. 'The 'highest prices of Birminghtun
shares were those, current in the month of January,
when quotations ranged from 237 to 243; and the lowest
those current in the month of October last, when the
differences between 'the Birmingham and Grand Junction
Companies seemed likely to produce atrobg opposition on
certain branch lines brought before the Nike. In that
month they fluctuated between 216 and 212.

DISAPPEARANCE AND RECOVERY OF A 3001.
BANK NOTE.--Tho following circumstance, we are told,
has caused some sensation :—A young gentleman from
the old-established banking-house of Sir John Lubbock
and Co., was requested, in the course of his out-door
duties some few days ago, to make a payment of 3001. at
iAsle presumed,ssrs.Hre and Co.'s, in Fleet-street. In order, it
to save time, he called there ex route west-
ward, and requested Messrs. Hoare's cashier to have the
receipt for the money ready for him on his return, at the
same time tendering, or rather, as it would appear from
the sequel, intending or imagining that he had tendered
the money. Upon calling shortly afterwards for the re-
ceipt, Messrs. lloare's clerk intimated that it was ready
for him upon payment of the amount. Thus, while the
youthful out-door representative of Sir J. Lubbock and
Co. stoutly persisted that he had already paid the money,
the other as positively denied the fact. Such was the
unpleasant position of the matter, and it was ultimately
deemed advisable to stop the payment of the note at the
Bank of England, and to put forth an advertisement
with the offer of " a handsome reward." After the lapse
of two days, we are told, an out-door clerk from the
West-end branch of the London Joint stock Bank
presented himself at Messrs. Hoare and Co.'s, with
the missing note, stating that he had picked it up be-
tween that house and Messrs. Child's. The restitution
of the money, it may be said, is abundantly satisfactory.
—Sunday Times.
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