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2 trams or lines of road, with a number of inlets and outlets on each side of the line, by which they have now avoided all obstructions.

I would respectfully call the attention of the reader and the public to the reports and evidence of the directors of the above railroads, given in evidence on the London and Birmingham Railroad Bill, in the last session of Parliament, which will be found herein, with the estimates of expense, revenue, and proceedings on that interesting and important incorporation, as well as the advantages of the Liverpool and Manchester railroad; also the Darlington and Stockton, with their respective expense, revenue, and benefit.

There are seven other railroads now projected; viz. 1st, the London, and Birmingham, and Liverpool, called the Midland railway; 2d, the London and Greenwich, which has been since designed to Dover, now called the Eastern railway; 3d, the London and Southampton railway; 4th, the London, Bath, and Bristol, called the Great Western railway; 5th, the London and Brighton railway; 6th, the Grand Southern railway, from London to Horsham, Arundel, Portsmouth, and Southampton, and from Horsham to Shoreham and Brighton; 7th, the Grand Northern railway, from London to York, with several branches to Norwich, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, &c.

There are two or three other projects in contemplation; a branch from the Western to the town of Windsor, and another in Leicestershire.

1st,—The London and Birmingham Railroad Company was incorporated in the last session of Parliament. This design, will, no doubt, prove a great national benefit; it will give extensive and lasting advantages to the landowners, farmers, graziers,