The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-30 00:00:00

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY

Glasgow, 24th Jan. 1838.
T a very numerous and respectable EETING of the
1.1 BANKERS, MERCHANTS, and other INHABI-
TANTS of the CITY of GLASGOW, convened by üblic
Advertisement, and held in the Town-hall, This D ,at Two
o'clock, for the purpose-of considering the propriet f petition-
ing Parliament in favour of this important N it> 1 Aleasure.
The LORD PROVOST in the ir,
It was moved by Mr. JAMES SMITH, of J (lambi% seconded
by JOHN llont.nswoltTn, Esq., Cranstonhill, and unanimously
agreed to,
That this Meeting is fully sensible of the immense benefits
conferred by Railway communications on the agricultural, ma-
nufacturing, and commercial community of this country.
It was moved by ALEXANDER GRAHAM, Esq., Lancefield,
seconded by DANIEL WALKINSHAW, Esq., and unanimously
agreed to,

That the connection of large cities, such as Edinburgh and
Glasgow, and the establishment of facilities for intercourse be-
tween the East and West coast of the Island, are objects which
deserve the favourable consideration of the Legislature.
It was moved by Mr. JAMES H UTCHISON, seconded by WM.
BA Lpoun Esq., and unanimously agreed to,
That the repeated attempts which had been made for nearly
ten years past to procure the formation of a Railway between
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and which have hitherto been frus-
trated by the opposition of the Canal Companies, render it ne-
cessary for the public to come forward and assert their right to
have this question settled by Parliament, as, one of great na-
tional importance, in such a inanuer, that, while private interests
are to a reasonable extent protected, the public interest shall be
held as paramount.
It was moved by JAMES A. ANDERSON, Esq., seconded by
JAMES ELLIS, Esq., and unanimously agreed to,
That this Meeting is satisfied, that the line of the Edinburgh
and Glasgow Railway, for which a bill was introduced into Par-
liament last session, has been selected impartially as the best,
and will afford the greatest possible accommodation to the trade
between Glasgow and the North, (by way of Falkirk,) and be-
tween Glasgow and Edinburgh.
It was moved by WALTER BUCHANAN, Esq., seconded by N.
STEVENSON, Esq., and unanimously agreed to,
That this meeting learn with regret, that technical objections
are likely to be started to the proceedings of the Railway Com-
pany in the present session of Parliament, which, if successful,
would postpone indefinitely the extension of this great under-
taking, and render useless the heavy expense already incurred,
and the meeting cannot therefore avoid expressing their anxiety
that such objections should not prevail.
It was moved by ANDREW WINGATE, Esq., seconded by
IIUMPHRRY FAVIND CRUM, Esq., and unanimously agreed to,
That the parties here who have taken the management of this
Railway have devoted their time and services to the undertaking
chiefly on public grounds, and are entitled to the support of this
Meeting • and that, therefore, petitions to both Houses of Par-
liament he now resolved on, earnestly beseeching the Legisla-
ture to afford to this bill every possible facility consistent with
justice to the individuals.

It was moved by ROBERT LAstorm, Esq., seconded by ROBT.
GA LBRA IT H, Esq., and unanimously agreed to,
That_retitions to both Houses of Parliament, embodying the
resolutions of this Meeting, he now subscribed by the Liird Pro-
vost, as Chairman of the Meeting, and be forwarded to his Grace
the Duke of Wellington, for presentation in the Peers, and to
Lord William Bentinck for presentation in the Commons. And
also, that letters to he signed by the Lord Provost, be forwarded
to the Chief Magistrates of the various towns in Scotland, re-
questing the Corporations and Inhabitants to petition parliament
in favour of this important measure, and to instruct their mem-
bers to give it their support, should they concur in considering
it lot the interest of the country.
It was then moved by lionEnT FERGISON, Esq., seconded by
JOHN LAmoN D. Esq.. and unanimously agreed to,
.That a letter signed by the Lord Provost, as Chairman of the
Meeting, forwarded to Mr. Dennistoun, member for Gtas-
gow, requesting that he would support the prayer of the petition.
On the motion of WILLIAM. t.mot:a. Esq., thanks were
voted by acclamation to the Lord Provost for his conduct in the
chair. (Signed)
HENRY DUNLOP, Chairman.

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