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as adoptions of, or approximations to, the direct principle.
The Committee arc confident that neither the Legislature nor
• the Board of Trade will now sanction a line from London to York
on merely local grounds, but will regard the question as one of
general national importance. For it is evident that all persons to
the south of the London terminus, or the north of the York ter.
minus, who desire to travel or transmit goods in either direction,
have a clear interest in the formation of the shortest through line,
and (for example), while it may be for the convenience of persons
residing at Peterborough, when they wish to travel or send goods
to London, that the main trunk should be brought round by that
town, it is equally clear that it is not for their convenience that it
should bend round by Grantham, Newark, and Doncaster, when
they wish to trawl or send goods to York, any more than it is
for the convenience of persons residing at Grantham,
Newark, and Doncaster, to be carried round by Peterborough, or
any other of the other towns, when they wish to travel or send
goods to London. In short, nothing but the direct principle
(facilities for lateral branches being always provided) resolves
the question of general aggregate convenience.
It has been stated that the Direct Northern line does not accom.
modate the same amount of local population as the proposed London
and York ; but, by reference to the plans of both Companies, it
will be seen that this is not the fact, and that all the towns of im-
portance on the route (Doncaster not excepted) are brought
nearer to the metropolis and to York, and to places intermediate,
by means of the Direct Northern, than by the London and York,
with the single exception of Peterborough, to communicate
wit' which the Direct Northern avails itself of the Northampton
and Peterborough branch of the London and Birmingham Rail-
way, now nearly completed, which it crosses at the distance of four
miles and a half from Peterborough, making the total distance
from London to Peterborough only about a mile greater than by
the London and York—a result obtained by the latter Company at
a considerable elongation of their main line, detrimental to the
locality itself in its traffic northward, and_ generally to the cha.
racter of the line.

The Committee forbear to introduce into this statement other
topics which they might urge (such as the priority on their part
in the proposal of a direct line from London to York, which priority
has been clearly established), as these might, perhaps, divert atten.
tion from the strength of their main position, upon which they are
content that their claim to legislative preference and to public sup-
port shall rest, viz., that, compared with all other proposed under-
takings for the same object, theirs presents a great preponderance
of national advantage, while, at the same time, it is the most
secure as a profitable investment of capital.

In conclusion, and in brief recapitulation of the more promi-
nent grounds on which the Committee rely for the sanction of the
Legislature to their undertaking as a national line, they beg to sub-
mit the following propositions, and they court the most searching
inquiry into their truth and value :-
1. That an independent direct line between London and York is
required by the public, and will command a sufficient traffic to yield
an ample return.

2. That the interests of a large proportion of the population of
England, and of the whole of Scotland, require that the moat di.
rect line should be adopted.
3. That the Direct Northern not only satisfied these conditions
by being the shortest line between London and York, but it Is
preferable by the character of its gradients, and its economical con-
struction.

4. That the line being the shortest and cheapest possible, pas.
sengers and goods may be carried by it at a lower rate of charge
than by any other.
S. That the primary object of shortening the distance is attained
by the Direct Northern, with due regard to intermediate and local
interests, and without needlessly interfering with the traffic of
existing lines.
6. That as a question of investment of capital, it is essential
that the most direct line should be taken to prevent future com-
petition, or expensive alterations for the protection or improvement
of she original line, and that consequently none but direct lines
can constitute a permanent property.
By order of the Committee,
WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary.
Direct Northern Railway Offices, 64, Moorgate-street,
London, Dec, 23, 1844.
Population according to the Census of 1841, at or immediately be-
yond the termini, or traversed by the main line.
The Metropolis 1,873,6761 East Riding 194,956
Hertfordshire ... 157,207 W.Ridingl,ls4,lol
Bedfordshire ... lo7,936iYorkshire N. Riding 204,122
Huntingdonshire 58,549 York City
Nottinghamshire 249,910 and Ainsty 39,321
Cambridgeshire
Rutlandshire
Lincolnshire
The whole of Scotland 2,620.184

N.B. This statement, with a relative plan showing the course of
the line, may be procured by personal application at the Office of
the Company, or by letter addressed to the Secretary.

6.47:CIIWEPPE and Co., Wine-merchants, are now
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eight years in bottle, at 425., 455., 485., 505., and 545. per dozen ; very
superior Sherries, pale, brown, and gold coloured, from 205., 345.,
365., 405., and upwards; also a curious Amontillado Sherry at 50s.
A large stock of all description of wines constantly on hand, in-
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their own agent on the Rhine.

J. S. and Co. beg respectfully to observe that their principle of
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but to supply their friends with the finest wines that are Imported,
at as low a price for cash as may be commensurate with a fair and mo•
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mr•ediately attended to on receiving a cash remittance •r a re-
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Relent •street.

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