The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-08 00:00:00

GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST.

Gr.ouc;;;;l7, Fit;ow;.—.A general meeting of the Pro-
prietors of the Gloucester and Dean Forest was held to-day at
the Bell lintel, in this city, to receive a report from the Com-
mittee of Management, and to consider the propriety of con-
firming the agreement entered into with the Great Western
Company, and for authorising the further prosecution of the
undertaking in the next session. Mr. Samuel Baker took the
chair. The report of the Committee of Management was as
follows
" Your Conmittee, in pursuance of the authority of the last
general meeting, presented their application to Parliament in
the last session for a Bill for the construction of thin railway, but
their progress was stayed in consequence of their non-compli-
ance with the stan.ting orders of Parliament upon certain
grounds. Your Committee have entered into a deed of cove-
nant with the Great Waster!' Railway Company, and three of
the Directors of the South Wales Company, in confirmation of,
and fur the purpose of giving effect to, the arrangement there-
tofore made and referred to in the last report, for bringing the
Monmouth and Hereford Railway into and through the city of
Gloucester, the purport of which agreement is That the
Great Western Railway Company shall not apply for power to
make that portion of their Monmouth and Hereford Railway
from near a place called Boseley, in the parish of Westbury,
which was intended to be carried across the river Severn to
Standish ; but that the said railway shall be brought into and
through the city of Gloucester, there to join the Cheltenham
and Great Western Union Railway, by making the Monmouth
and Herefore line join and run into the Gloucester and Dean
Forest at Westbury.' The remainder of the report recom-
mended the re-application for the line in the next session, and
the lease of it to the Great Western at 4 per cent.
After some di,cussion the report was adopted, and the pro-
posed agreement with the Great Western ratified.

WINDSOR AND LONDON.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENINCL—A very numerous and
highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the town and
its vicinity, convened by Thomas Clarke, Esq., the Chief
Magistrate, took place this afternoon, '‘ to take into considera-
tion the correspondence which has passed between the Corn-
raittee appointed on the 2d of July last, and the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Woods and Works, respecting the formation
of a railwry to Windsor, and to receive the report of such Com-
mittee, and to take such further steps as may be necessary
for carrying out the wishes of the inhabitants in promoting a
direct railway communication from Windsor to London."
Amongst those who attended the meeting were Dr. Stan.
ford, Major Sturgess, Captain Forbes, J. J. Williams, Esq.
(barrister-at-law ), Captain Ragg, C. S. Voules, Esq. (soli-
citor), John Voules Esq., William Legh, Esq. (magistrate),
Messrs. Sherman, S. Whinton, Oxley, MalM, Jowerty,
Fowler, Paul, Chater, Walker, Oliver, J. Cleave, &c.
Mr. Voules, Mr. Sherman, and Captain Forbes, having
addressed the meeting, the Committee's report was read. It
gave in detail the whole of the letters which had passed between
the Woods and Forests and the Chairman of the Committee
(Captain Forbes ). It appeared that two lines of railway
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pointed out to the Commissioners for a railway into NN'insotro.
The Board, in their last letter to the Chairman, declined
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countenance any project for bringing a railway over any part of
the Crown property, without regard to any proposition for
making and constructing such railway, so as to remove any
ground for apprehending inconvenience or injury to any party."
Mr. C S. VOULES proposed, and Mr. Fovsts:a. seconded—
,. That this meeting cannot but express their regret at the re-
sult of the application to the Conamissttioehna of opinionetrsuopnfo
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Crown and property will be injuriously affected by a railway
tunnel under the Long Walk, as proposed by the memorialist'
and which plan received the sanction of his late Majesty King
IV., and of the Board of Works, &c., in the year
1834."

Mr. MINToN. , purveyor to her Majesty, moved, and Mr.
J. WILLIAMS, barrister, seconded, upon which it was re-
solved--." That the inhabitants did not abandon the hope of
obtaining a more direct railway communication to London ;
and that they do co-operate with the London and Windsor
Railway Company, already formed, whose money is subscribed,
and plans prepared, for the accomplishment of this desirable

object." . .
Major DourAu having described the plans of the London
and Windsor Direct Railway Company at considerable length,
and thanks having been voted to the Mayor, the assembly
broke up.

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OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON
Cxmvpi:x, SKrT. s.—This ancient town was yesterday the