MILES. LONDON dep. 8.0 P.M. 15 South Mimms arr. 9.40 „ 25 Redbourne „ 10.44 „ 45 Little Brickhill „ 12.32 A.M. 52¼ Stony Stratford „ 1.26 „ 60¼ Towcester „ 2.12 „ 72½ Daventry „ 3.25 „ 80¼ Dunchurch „ 4.11 „ 91¼ Coventry „ 5.18 „ 100 Stonebridge „ 6.8 „ 109¼ Birmingham { arr. 7.8 „ { dep. 7.43 „ 117¼ Wednesbury arr. 8.28 „ 122¼ Wolverhampton „ 9.1 „ 137½ Shiffnal „ 10.14 „ 141½ Haygate „ 10.59 „ 152 Shrewsbury { arr. 11.59 „ { dep. 12.4 P.M. 160½ Nesscliff arr. 12.53 „ 170 Oswestry „ 1.46 „ 182½ Llangollen „ 2.58 „ 192½ Corwen { arr. 3.55 „ { dep. 4.0 „ 198¼ Tynant arr. 5.1 „ 205¾ Cernioge „ 5.39 „ 220 Capel Curig „ 7.2 „ 228 Tyn-y-Maes „ 7.46 „ 234 Bangor { arr. 8.20 „ { dep. 8.25 „ 237 Menai Bridge arr. 8.43 „ 247½ Mona Inn „ 9.43 „ 260½ HOLYHEAD „ 10.55 „ The man who made that achievement possible was Thomas Telford. Long before his aid was sought, the question of improving the communications between the two countries had become a burning one. The Irish members, meeting no longer on St. Stephen’s Green, had a grievance in the circumstance of their journeys to the Imperial Parliament at Westminster being both tedious and hazardous, and this question of road-reform was the first raised by them. The Government, in reply, appointed a Commission; Rennie, the foremost engineer of his day, was called in to advise upon the harbours of Holyhead and Howth, and Telford in 1810 to plan the road improvements.