favour of the motion. A Committee was appointed to act on behalf of the Corporation with the Directors of the projected lines, and the one from Hull, the chief sea-port for the North of Europe, was particularly applauded. That from Boston was also favourably received.Birmingham Herald.

Railway for the Potteries. The Staffordshire Advertiser says, "We congratulate the inhabitants of the Staffordshire Potteries on the certainty that a main line of railway will now pass through their important district. Both the Cheshire Junction Company, and the South Union Company have determined, in the event of being successful in their application to Parliament, upon accommodating the Staffordshire Potteries."—Birmingham Herald.

Preston and Lancaster Junction Railway.-We understand that the following is fixed upon as the line of road which is intended to connect Preston with Lancaster. It will commence in Dock-street in this town, where the junction will be made with the North Union Railway, and pass thence across Lower Pitt-street and Marsh-lane, through the Maudlands, and over Water-lane, and the Lancaster Canal, near to Mr. Dawson's factory. Its course will then be to the east of Cadeley Mills, passing the east side of the Roman Catholic chapel and school, at Myerscough; it will thence proceed to the east of Anderton Fold, and cross the new turnpike-road near the White Horse, in Myerscough. The route will be continued over Bilsborough-lane, and the river Brock, east of the Whim Farm-house, crossing the river Calder, and the Garstang and Chipping-road, passing thence to the east of the canal, close by Woodacre-hall, east of Richmond's-house, and west of Scorton. Its intended direction is then over the river Wyre, east of Swan's Hill-burn, west of Cleveley, and holding to the east of Whinny-brows plantation, to cross the old Lancaster road, continuing a little west of Spout-house and Fox-holes, again to cross the old Lancaster road, and the road leading to Wham-house, near their junction, to the east of the Old Bay-horse; it will continue east of the hole in Ellal, and cross the new turnpike-road, a little to the north of Wilson-house, the Conder, and pass the west side of the silk-mill at Galgate, the turn near Burrow Rock, and through the lands of H. Hargreaves, Esq., to its terminus at Lancaster.— Preston Chronicle.

Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour.-The Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour Company held, on the 9th instant, their second general meeting, P. Hesketh Fleetwood, Esq., M.P. for Preston, in the chair. The meeting, after the Directors' Report, which stated the progress that had been made in the works, and the favourable and prosperous state of the Company, had been read, proceeded to elect six Directors, in the room of those who had gone out, by ballot, pursuant to the provisions of their act of incorporation, and to adopt a short but highly important deviation on the line contained in the first contract, whereby a large saving would result to the Company.

Thanks were in due course voted to the Directors, and other officers of the Company, and to the Chairman, for his able conduct in the Chair.

Letters from Mr. Thomas Pitt, of Great Yarmouth (formerly sailing-master to Lord St. Vincent, and since largely concerned in shipping), and from Captain Edward Smith, R.N. (who has, for many years since the war, been actively engaged in the commercial service), were read, and appeared to us particularly deserving of attention, coming as they did from practical and experienced men, and altogether confirming the safety and goodness of the Harbour of Wyre, upon which the success of this undertaking so materially depends; it being clear that, if the Harbour be such as it is represented, its safety and nominal dues must draw an immense traffic to it, so closely connected as it will be by the railway with the leading manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Railroad from Oxford to Cambridge, &c.-A meeting of the principal inhabitants of Luton, Bedfordshire, was held at the George Hotel in that town, and resolutions passed to support the proposed line of railway from the termination of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Tring line, to Cambridge and the eastern coast, Edmund Waller, Esq., in the Chair. Forming a Junction with the great Eastern and Western lines, it will cross the London and Birmingham line near Tring, in Hertfordshire.

Railways in Ireland.-His Majesty has been pleased to order a Commission to pass the Great Seal, appointing Thomas Drummond, Esq., Under Secretary of State in Ireland; Colonel J. Fox Burgoyne; Peter Barlow, Esq., Professor of Mathematics at Woolwich Military Academy; and Richard Griffith, Commissioners for considering and reporting upon a general system of railways in Ireland.-Mining Journal.

Sheffield and Midland Railway.-A Meeting of the Committee appointed to promote this object, at which Lord Wharncliffe and several of the Directors of the Midland Counties Railway attended, was held in the Cutler's Hall, Sheffield, on Monday week--Hugh Parker, Esq., in the Chair-to receive the Report of Messrs. Leather and Locke, the engineers. It was unanimously resolved that a company should be formed to carry a line from Sheffield to Woodhouse Mill, and that the Midland Counties Company then take up the line from Clay Cross to the Trent, to join the Midland Counties Railway, which, if completed, would afford the best line of communication from Sheffield to the metropolis.

Snow on Railways.-Much curiosity was manifested on the 29th October, in consequence of the heavy fall of snow, which, it was feared, would greatly impede, if not prevent the running of the trains on the Greenwich Railway; but not the least inconvenience was experienced, and the carriages ran as usual.

Whitby and Pickering Railway.-The amount of traffic and number of passengers that have been conveyed along this line,

which has now been opened to the public for the last four months, have far exceeded the calculations of its most sanguine supporters. The gross receipts for the last four months are equal to 97. per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital of the proprietors.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Railway between Brussels and Paris.-This proposed undertaking is said to find favour with the French Government. King Leopold is much interested in it, and its promotion is now said to be one of the main objects of his late visit to Paris. His Belgian Majesty has found a mine of wealth in the Antwerp and Brussels Railway, of which he is a large shareholder.

Railroad across the Isthmus of Panama.-Colonel Charles Biddle, a citizen of the United States, in conjunction with a few capitalists in this country, have obtained the contract for this road, which promises, if completed, to be of immense importance to our commerce, and to the whole world. It must become, in a few years, the highway of the nations to the Pacific Ocean, and will enable our whaling ships to make their return every six months, instead of three years, as well as save a dangerous voyage around Cape Horn.-American Paper.

Railroads in Belgium.-The works of the iron railroad proceed with activity. The solicitude of my Government in this great enterprise coincides with the opinion of the public, who see, in the execution of these works, a new source of prosperity and national glory-Speech of the King of the Belgians at the opening of the Belgian Chamber, 8th Nov.

6, for they, read it.

For errata of No. 7, from p. 249 to 296, see p. 341, and a leaf added to No. 8, to supply pp. 251 and 252. In the corrected p. 252, for And, the first word, read and.

312, line 7 from bottom, for sentences, read sentence.

321, line 12 from bottom, for mutations, read nutations.

345, line 5 from bottom, for endured, read consumed.

343, line 5 from top, for one side, read the side.

364, line 16, for projectors, read proprietors.

367, line 31, for transit by animate power, read transit and by a new power. 372, line 3, for the, read if the.

406, line 15 from bottom, for level, read bevel.