PROPOSED TERMINUS FOR THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. -- We have just heard that the low ground below the Bush Hotel has been proposed as an eligible site for the terminus of the new railway. It is proposed that the line should cross the Newcastle and Carlisle railway near St. Nicholas, and pass close to the west end of the weaving shops called the Bog; thence through Mr. John BROWN'S field, and the property of Messrs. COWEN at the foot of Water Lane. From that point it would reach the Corporation ground on the east of Long Island by a curve, and terminate in the grounds belonging to the Corporation and the Earl of Lonsdale, close to the buildings formerly known as Harrington's Skinnery. To complete this a good deal of heavy work would require to be done. A part of the gaol wall would have to be taken down, and also a part of the Bush Inn, so as to admit of the access being widened into English Street; but if the expense of this does not render the project impracticable, there are very few objections to the proposal. The quantity of building which would be sacrificed is considerable, but then it is not, at present, of much value, with the exception of the Bush, to which we have allude; but it is not improbable that the interference with the gaol wall will prove a very serious, if not insurmountable obstacle. It must also be considered that it would require eight or ten arches, some of considerable magnitude, to bring the line to this terminus.
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