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 and real injury to landed proprietors; and the bill for making the Railroad from Birmingham to Warrington obtained the royal assent on 6th May, 1833, after having experienced a phenomenon in the history of railroads, the like of which never has been seen, and, probably, never will be seen again—the bill having passed both Houses of Parliament almost unopposed, without putting the Company to the expense of a single fee to counsel. The conducting of the case was left entirely to Mr. Swift, of Liverpool, the solicitor for the bill, who thought it prudent to retain counsel, in case of opposition, but the briefs were never delivered. The directors aided Mr. Swift in the removal of difficulties, by personal applications to all parties who felt themselves injured, or likely to be so; and thus, by tact, prudence, and perseverance, brought the projected bill through Parliament.

In 1834 an amended bill was obtained, to alter the line through Staffordshire, and another to purchase the Warrington and Newton Rail. road, which is now, therefore, the property of the Grand Junction Railway Company. At the commencement of the present year, 1837, notice was given for a bill to alter the line to Liverpool, by forming a Railroad from Daresbury, in Cheshire. It is proposed to carry