The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-18 00:00:00

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The Provost of Inverness
The Provost of Elgin
The Provost of Nairn

The Provost of Crornarty
Andrew Belford, Esq., of Glenfintaig
Donald Cameron, Esq., of Lochiel
Sir Duncan Cameron, of Fassfern, Bart.
Arihur Cant, Esq., of Millfield
Alexander Cumming, Esq., Merchant, Inverness
Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch
Patrick Dewar, E- B '

-sq., ,anker, Nairn
Anson, Esq., Wine Merchant, Inverness
le, Esq., Wester Lovat
Esq., Brackla.
Simon Fraser, Esq., Merchant, Inverness
E. S. Gordon, ESQ., Advocate, Edinburgh
General W. A. Gordon, of Lochdu, C.B.
Donald Grant, Esq., Dean of Guild, Inverness
Patrick Grant, Esq., County and Sheriff-Clerk of Inver-
ness-shire

John Fe

George Fra
Robert Fra

Thomas Houstoun. Esq., Kintradwell
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, of Grange and fountainhall,

Bart
John M`Ewen, Esq.. Merchant, Inverness
Neil M`Lean, Esq., Factor on the Estates of Kilravocb,

Cantray, &c.
Cluny Macpherson, of Cluny Macpherson
Major M' Pherson, of Glentruim
Major D. M'Pberson, Inverness
James Macgregor, Esq., Factor for Lord Abinger and
others

Dr. John M'Kenzie, Kinellan, Commissioner br Sir
Kfrineth Mackenzie, of Gairloch, Bart., and for
Colonel Hugh Baillie, of Itedcastle, M.P.
William .Macket,zie, Esq., of Aluirtown
Mackintosh, of Mackintosh
William Mackintosh, Esq., of Geddes, Convener of the

County of Nairn
George Mackintosh, Esq., yr., of Geddes
John Mackintosh, Esq., Wood Merchant, Nairn
Colonel D. Macpherson, Burgle House
John Malcolm, Esq., Senior Bailie, Nairn
David Monro, Esq . of Allan
Archibald Hill Rennie, Esq., of Ballilisk
Arthur J. Robertson, Esq., of Inches
Bailie D. Rose, invern,A
Hugh Ross, Esq., of Cromarry
John Bethune Ross. Esq., Advocate, Edinburgh
Colonel John Gray Ross, of Strathgarve
John Ross, Esq., Berbice Cottage, Inverness
William Simpson, Esq., Merchant, Inverness
Andrew Smith, Esq.. Senior Bailie, Inverness
Captain J. Stewart, of Lesmurdic
Charles Waterston, Esq., Manager Caledonian Bata
Inverness

With power to add to their number.)
ACTING ENGINEER.
Joseph Mitchell, Esq., F.R.S.E.
BANKERS.

The Caledonian Bank, Inverness, and its Branches
The Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh

Ditto Ditto, Glasgow
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., London
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Martin and Ross, Edinburgh
Messrs. G. and P. Anderson, and Charles Stewart, Esq.,
Inverness.

TN submitting toThe Public a scheme for the 'construe-
'. construc-
tion of a Railway along the south shore of the Moray
Firth, and connecting the towns of Inverness, Nairn,
Forres, and Elgin, the Committee consider that there is
no situation in Scotland which affords a more certain
prospect of profi'atke investment.
Toe country through which it passes is nearly a perfect
level. The length of the line, with the branches to the
ports, is 444 miles. The main line passes from Inverness
to Elgin, thr,ingh the towns of Nairn and Forres. The
whole adjacent district is rich and fertile, and contains a
large and thriving populati,,n. It includes ten of the
most important market towns of the north of Scotland, in
which at least 50 considerable markets are annually held.
Within this district also, and branching off to the south
of the main line, lie the fertile valleys of the Spey,Find-
horn, and Nairn, and the Great Glen of Scotland, be-
tween which and the different towns along the line, and
the sea-ports, there is an extensive and daily-increasing
intereacrse.

This district is so situated, that all the main highways
from the north and west, including' those by the ferries of
Kessoek and Fort George, centre upon it. Besides the
ports ofiriverness, Nairn,.Findhorn, Burghead and Los-
siemouth, it comprises the ba-ins and quays of the Cale-
doniateCanal, and the military station of Fort George.
Along the main line from Inverness to Elgin, besides a
large passenger traffic by posting and private conveyances,
there are eight daily coaches (tour each way.) The traffic
must be greatly increased when a more rapid communica-
tion is opened up between the termiui and the intermedi-
ate towns and villages.

Another and large additional traffic will he brought upon
the line by the London, Leith and Aberdeen steamers,
which call at Lessiemonth and Burghead, landing their
passengers for Inverness, Nait n, and the country beyond,
at either of these ports, instead of taking them, as at pre-
sent, by the circuitous route to Invergordon, where the
are detained for several, hours
1 he line will

also afford great additional facilities to the
trade which has hitherto been carried on by a steamer and
sailing vessels plying between the Moray and Nairnshire
coast and the Little Ferry in Sutherlandshire, as, on the
opening of the railway, regular and efficient steam com-
munication between these points and others on the Suther-
land and Caithness coasts, will necessarily be established.
By these arrangements, in addition to the existing traffic
by land, and that carried on by steamers to Inverness, the
greater part of the traffic, both in goods and passengers,
from Inverness to Sutherland and Caithness, will be
brought along the line _ _ _ _

The inquiries into the traffic, which have been careful
made, shew the following results :
The annual number of Passengers of all sorts,
and doubling those by Coacb and other con-
veyances, between Inverness and Elgin, and
the towns along the line, according to the
Parliamentary Rules, amount to fii,,640,
which, at the average of 4s. for each pas-
seiner, yields .
For Mails and small Parcels, &c..
The probable Revenue arising from the trans-