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pointed by the shareholders of (lie Midland Counties and North Midland 

 Railways have met and agreed upon the terms for amalgamating the thn e 

 lines, the North Nidland committee having had authority to negotiate (or 

 the Birmingham and Derby Railway. The terms, wc understand, are, that 

 the shares of the North Midland and Midland Counties' Companies are to 



rank equal, but the 100;. shares of the Birmingham and Derby are to receive 

 27s. 6d. per annum less dividend— other shares in proportion. It now only 

 remains for the shareholders to assent, for which purpose special meetings 

 will be held as soon as (lie forms will admit." 



TABULAR STATEMENT FOR THE HALF YEAR, DECEMBER 31, 1842, TO JUNE 30, 1843. 



1 Greenwich Railway received for foot passengers £497, and toll, £4,746. 2 Grand Junction paid Liverpool and Manchester Railway 



£8,016, and for rent £2,093. 3 Leeds and Selby locomotive power is included in York and North Midland. ■> Brighton paid Croydon 



and Greenwich Railway for toll £11,109. = Northern and Eastern paid Eastern Counties Railway for toll £3,749. It should be observed 



that the office expenccs cannot be separated. 6 London and Birmingham paid Aylesbury Railway for rent £1,250. In addition to the 



total ouday there is the sum of £13,966 carried (o the depreciation fund. 7 Locomotive power not kept distinct. 8 Great Western 



paid Bristol and Exeter and Cheltenham Railway for Rent £34,484. In addition to (he outlay £5,000 is carried (o the depreciation fund. 



MISCELLANEA, 



The Prince of Wales. — This new iron steamer, built hy Messrs. Miller, 

 Ravenhill and Co., and fitted with a pair of beam engines of 130 h.p. also 

 by them, taken out of one of the old Margate steamers, and with new tu- 

 bular boilers, is the fastest boat on the river Thames. Her symmetry calls 

 for the admiration of all who see her, and she has made the passage from 

 Blackwall to Margate in the astonishingly short space of 3 hours 56 minutes, 

 true railway speed. We must not abstain from mentioning the beautiful 

 manner in which the saloon has been decorated, and which we understand 

 was executed by Mr. Bielefeld, with the assistance of Mr. Steedman, who 

 painted the beautiful views adorning the sides. The accident which lately 

 happened to the vessel was caused by one of the middle side beams of the 

 engine breaking, and before the engine could be stopped, they made six or 

 seven strokes, which caused part of the machinery to punch a hole through 

 the bottom about 6 or 7 inches diameter, through which the water rushed and 

 tilled the engine room to the depth of 2 feet ; but in consequence of the 

 vessel being built with water tight bulk" heads not a drop of water entered 

 either cabin : this incident proves how desirable, nay, absolutely necessary it 

 is that all passenger steamers should be thus built, the engine room being 

 the compartment perhaps most liable to casualties. The vessel was imme- 

 diately taken into dock and examined, the aperture quickly repaired, and 

 when she left the dock she was reported to be as sound as when first built. 

 Her engines also when repaired were in equal condition, and the vessel is 

 now running again with as great success as before the casualty occurred. 



The Cartoons.— The Exhibition will he closed on Saturday the 2nd inst. 

 The premium of 300'. awarded to Mr. Armitage for his Cartoon, representing 

 " Caesar's Invasion of Britain," was withheld in consequence of the drawing 

 having been executed in Paris ; and, agreeably to the conditions originally 

 laid down by the Commissioners, Mr. Armitage was required to execute 

 another drawing, the subject "An Ancient Briton defending his wounded Son 

 from the attack of a Roman Soldier." This he has done to the entire satis- 

 faction of the Commissioners, who have now paid him the premium. 



Russian Steamers. — Messrs. Rennie have just completed an order for 

 the Russian Government consisting of an Iron Sailing Vessel, and an Iron 

 Steamer, with a pair of 50-horse direct-action engines ; the latter is a splendid 

 specimen of workmanship, and no doubt will be equally as effective on trial 

 as their appearance leads us to expect ; both the engines and the iron steamer 

 will be sent out in pieces in the iron sailing vessel, and put together in 

 Russia. The steamer is intended for one of the inland lakes. 



Trafalgar Square— The brouze ornaments of the Corinthian capital of 

 the Nelson Monument are now being fixed. The stone- work of the enclo- 

 sure and the terraces are finished, and the two basins are in a forward state; 

 they are to be supplied with water from a well, to be sunk down to the chalk 

 at the back of the National Gallery, and H huh is to be forced up by engine 

 power to the cisterns on the top of the Nationar Gallery, and thence by 

 pipes to the fountains. The water will also be made available for other 

 purposes, such as supplying the Gallery and Barracks, and also for watering 

 the roads ; (here is some talk of suppling the public offices of W hitehal with 

 water from the same source, which will cause a great saving to the public, as 

 these offices are all supplied by the water companies. 



