The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY NEWS.

The heavy state of the stock market has acted upon-
shares and scrips, but upon the latter more particularly.
Without any decline of prices of a decisive nature, the rail-
! way market yesterday showed signs of depression. The
, Scotch lines, such as the Caledonians, Centrals and North
British, did not maintain the quotations they had attained.
East Indians flat. There was some demand for Yorkshire
and Glasgow, Leeds and Carlisle, York and Newcastle, and
Goole and Doncasters. French lines were extremely de-
pressed. Orleans and Bordeaux were down from 21 to 1.
At Liverpool the sharemarket was pretty well supported,
and prices in some lines were higher. Caledonians im-
proved to 21 tot die. Iluddenfield and Manchester declined,
as the expected arrangement with the London North Western
had not been completed ; the price, however, was firm, at 21
pm. Birmingham and Oxford closed buyers 4/. Ormskirks
were rather lower than on Saturday.
The general tone and feeling in the Manchester share.
market was rather better ; still not much business done ; but
prices were firm and steady.
A tolerable amount of business was done at Birmingham.
There were sales in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
at 41. 16s. 3d. p., and in the Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
and Dudley, at 31. 16e. 3d. p. Oxford, Coventry, and Bur.
ton-u -Trento were done at 21 p. ; and Shropshire Unions
at 1 dis. There was, however, little disposition to sell at
this rate, in consequence of a rumour, towards the close of
the day's business, that this company had been guaranteed
five per cent. by the London and North Western.
At Leeds, the market presented a very brisk appearance,
and numerous transactions were Effected, at an advance in
prides. Huddersfield and Manchester advanced from 21. to
31. pm. ; Devrebnry Branches, from 255. to 11 pm. ; Leeds
and Dewsbury, from 31. to 311. pm. ; West Ridings, from
211. to 21. lls. ; North British, Carlisle Branch, declined
from 635. to 435. pm. ; New Thinks, from 31 to 31; East
lasseashire, from 41 to 41. (Manchester and Leeds Exten-
sion shares, which sold on Saturday at 11. pm., receded to
18s. Bd. pm. In our Saturday's report, owing to the mode
in which the sales were reported in the published list, these
shares were stated to have been done at Is. pm., instead of
11. um.)
The Bristol market remained firm, and was somewhat
more active than it has been for some time. Caledonians,

21 dia. ; Do. new, 11. 12a., 11. 13s. 9d., to 11; Great Western
Fifths, 311; Do. new, 7i, 71. lls. 3d., to 71; New Midlands,
351 ; North British Quarter Shares, 31, 31. 13s. 9d. ; Do.
Extension, 15s. pm.; Vale of Neath, 17s. 6d.
At Hull the tendency of the market was decidedly upward,
and as strong buyers were still active, no decrease in the
value of the better stocks was expected.

RAILWAY SHARE LISTS.—LONDON, Ocr. 26.
Nors.—The quotations of lines in Roman characters denote actual
transactions: those of lines in haloes sellers' prices.
PAID. PAID._
ota
20
Aberdeen
21 Ambergale
1 Birminab. ir
174 Do. Ne
2 Birm.& (
73 Bristol so
5 Do. Nn
30 Bristol .as
Hs Bueloingbantshire
24 Caledoo,an
lit
274 ,

Lummox, Ocr. 28.--11 ales :--Chester end Birkenhead, 49—E.
Counties, 211—Great S. Western, 2 p.—Loodon N. Western, 199, 81
—Do. (new eh.), 141, 4, i p.—Do. (1-sth eh.), DA p.—Do.
013.), 23 p.—London, Manchester, Birmingham (1 ah. A.), 71 p.—
Do. (1 eh. B.). 71 p.—Manchatter, Bolton, Bury (eaten. eh.), 1 p.—
Manchester, Leeds (eaten. eh.), p.—N. British (1 eh.), 2 p.—Do.
(new eh.), 1 p.—North Union (A.), 229—D0. (B.), 159-11heffleld,
Manchester (1 sh. No. 1), 3i p.—Do. (do. 3), 1 d.—S. Eastern, Dover
(new Ph. No. 4), Co. 3d. p.—E. Lanceehire, late Blackburn, I'., p.
—Do. (new eh. No. 1), 31 a—Huddersfield C. and R., 2i p.—Do.
eh.), p.—Huddersfield, Midfield In., 3 p.—Leeds, Dews.
(brancheskentei If p.—Leeds, Thirsk, 3;`,, d.—Ambermite,
6s. p.—liir Lancashire, C. Jn., 1, 31.. 9d., 1 a—Birming-
ham, Oxford
dn., 41„ —Fleetwood, Predon, W. 8., d.—Gt.
Northern, 11 .-11 Hilda; Bradford 1
pool, Orrnakirk, Preston, 31, 4, 31 p.—Msdoek, Midland In., p.—
N. Staffordshire, 21, 4310. 94. p.—N. Western, 1 d.—Shrorahire Union,
R. end C., 1,3 s. 9d., 1 d.—West Rkling Union, 265. 3d., 11 p.—East
India, Ile. 3d.

PROVINCIAL. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. —Oa
Friday last a meeting was held of the shareholders refilling in Bir-
mingham, at which the following resolution was passed :—" That in
the opinion of this meeting the amalgamation of the North British
Railway Company with the Edinburgh and Perth project, would be
prejudicial to the interests of the North British shareholders." Great
disapprobation was expects-id at the conduct of the directors, is re-
ducing the Carlisle Extension shares from baler. to quarters and at
their persisting to amalgamate with the Perth line after the expres-
sion of opinion at the general meeting of the shareholders, held In
Edinburgh in August last.

CHESTER AND SHREWSBURY RAILwAy. The rust
general meeting of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company was
beta in the Royal Hotel, Chester, at one o'clock yetderday (tlonday),
for the purpose of receiving the report, and electing directors. The
attendance of proprietors was veer numerous. Mr. W. Ormsby Gore,
M.P., presided. The report, which was of great length, commenced
with a detail of the objects of the several lines and branches
now amalgamated. The total capital, on which a dividend will
have to be paid, when the lines and branches are made, will be
1,046,000/., for which expenditure the company will possms a line
61 miles and 37 chains long. Then followed a statement of the pro-
gress of the works, in which it was mentioned that arrangements
I had been made with the Holyhead, and the Chester and Birkenhead
I Companies. The whole line to be opened in the autumn of 1348.
There would be four means of communication with Liverpool compet-
ing for the traffic of this line, viz., the Chester and Birkenhead
Railway, the Ellesmere Canal, ria Ellesmere Port, the
River Dee, fur the improvement of which an extensive
project was in contemplation, and lastly the Cheshire Junc-
tion, and the bridge over tho Merry at Liverpool. The
engineer's report was exceedingly favourable. Tide docu-
ment stated that, taking the line as a whole, lacludiug the branches,
the average cost per mile would be 15,560/.—The Chairman,in moving
the adoption of the report, stated that it had beta inspected by General
Pasky, who, in a letter received that morning, mentioned thst he bad
made a very favourable report of the works. Amicable arrangements
had been entered into with the Ifolyhoad and Chester and Birkenhead
Railway Companies ; and as the line was now in union with all the
lines between the Severn and the Mersey, it had the prospect of as
great a traffic as the country could produce. Since Oct- 5, 20,1231.
of arrears on calls bad been paid up; and he was happy to ray that
until the whole line was opened from Chester to Shrewsbury no more
would be called than Cl. per share, and on the North Wales Mineral old
stock only an equalising call of 11. per share. The Chairman eon.
eluded by stating that the line from Chester to Ruabon would be
opened to the shareholders and their friends on Monday next, and
to the public the following day. After the election of directors,
Ste., auditors were appointed at 201. trahry each, and Mr. Roy
was continued as secretary at the salary of seall.

FORElGN.—Bortoorm AND AMENS.—The emend ge-
neral meeting of the shareholders of the Boulogne and Amiens Rail-
way Company took place on Friday last, in Paris. M. Charles Lallltte
occupied the Chair.—M. Duval read the report of the directors on the
operations of the company since the Last meeting, from which it ap-
peared that wane delay bad taken place in obtaining the necessary
authorisations from the government for commencing the different
works. These were only authorised in August, 1848, and yet the fol-
lowing 'Trump will show the present state of forwardness : The 45
kilometres between Amiens and Abbeville are terminated, and would
have been already opened to the public but for the delay in furnishing
the matcricl—bat, under any circumstances, this portion will be
opened before the end of the present year. The 48 kilometres from
Abbeville to Maples are in a very advanced state, and will be finished
in the spring of 1817. The 20 kilometres from Etables to Boulogne
are about a quarter part executed, and will be terminated in the course
of nest summer. The entire line from Amiens to Boulogne will be
opened to the public in the course of the summer of 1847. While the
report was under oansideration,,M. Bureaud Itioffry, a shareholder,
inquired whether, with a sum paid up of 12,000,000 f., it would not be
possible for the company to defer calling for any other instalment, and
to postpone much a measure to as long a period as possible! The Pre-
sident replied that, with every desire to meet the wish just expensed,
the directors had no power to change the provisions of the statute,
which explicitly declared that each of the seven other Mstalments
(7-10ths) should be payable at intervals of three mouths from the date
of the third Mstalment being demanded. The interest on the Instal-
ments paid up to this day would be payable to the shareholders from
the sth Nov. next, at the rate of 11 f. 70 c. per share.
FRANCE.—The great tunnel of Livernan, on the railway
from Angoulahne to Libourne is now bored its entire length. It was
commenced at both coda, and a few days ago the workmen met. The
Minister of Public Works of France has gone to inspect personally the
damage canoed by the overflowing of the Loire to the works on the
central line.

BELGICM.—Mr. Chantrell commenced the works on the
West Flanders line immediately that the plans for the portion between
Thom* and Roulera were approved of by the government. This step
was taken, it is said, for the purpose of supplying many destitute la
bourers with work during the winter.

AVMTRIA.—ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTHERN STATE RAIL-
wAr.—A serious accident occurred on this railway on the 12th
instant. It appears that on the arrival of the evening train at the
station of Kaladorf, on the section between Oasts and Marburg, it
•sornehow got of the rails, by which the locomOtfree engine, as well as
the tender, were overthrown, and two luinralro•wnirons broken. BY
the fall of the locomotive and tender, one of the engine-drivers was
killed instantly, and a Joker was io very seriously injured, that be
died soon afterwards. By the concussion of the carriages in the
train, live of the passengers were more or lon injured.
BAVARIA.—A letter from lialbach, of the 15th inst.,
notices the opening of the Lichtenfels-Nenwarkter Railway, wider
the directions of Baron van Briick, on which occasion great rejoicing.
took place. By the opening of this line, the conununication with
Saxony is much facilitated, and the next result must be, that goods
from hamburg and Bremen will take the direction of Nurnberg,
Reichenbach, and Kulmbsch.

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20 Aberdeen l5 16 Manchester & Rim.. 76 54 6
121 Illinnteirograle. & Gloster ?193 pt.. 1 stars A.
IPI2I
174 Do. Me (iss. 74d.) 30 32 1 Do. Do. C 7 71p.
752
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5 Do. New
30 Bristol and Gloster 20 22p. 24 Do. New
844 Butkinghanzahire ..... i Id. 100 Do. Biros. 4. Derbylta 111
25 Calnion'an 221 4 1 15 Neweutle & Berwick. 264111
;4 Do. Latif:74.. ll 4 i 25 Do. North SAieids.
24 Do.
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21 Newm. =domed_ 4 ip.
27' Chute* 4 Lfigvh...a• 14 dd. '25 North British 40as 1
2 ckwre and Blythe. 11 Do. 4_ shares l5l f 4
3 Cornwall 414 d. 5 Do. bLe.ss
24 Direct Northern l4 11 Do. 1
le litthlin 4 Belfast int. 3 6d. 100 Norfolk l3O 134
143 Eastern Counties 214 44 58 Norther/44 Loafer,,. 69 71
1 Do. New lp. 45 Do.Semp(iss.bdislll9 21p.
6 Do. P.Sper C. No.l Ip. 42s North Staffmtishire . 2 11p.
Do. Do. 2 Northampt. Banbury. 4,5:.
12 Oa., Wolter., St WoL 04 4
2 Do. Trk. Ex . 2 *
14 East Lancashire
5 Do. New 84 1 2 Preston and Wyre.... 311
11 East Lincolnshire I 41 Do. i shares
35 Eastern Union 424 lis
4. * Leamington
50 Bdinburgh&G •• 71 100 Sheffield Manch._
10 Do. 4 shares 13 4 II . I..ineoln. As-.
124 Do. 4 shares 16 174 10 Do. Gt. Grimsby...
10 FAinb. & Northern 1 4 114 42s Do. do. Ertensiass..
741E1y 4 Huntingdon
50 IGkagow,Kilsi.¢.4 . 70 121 %Wish Midland 12 111
?7 /gti. SAD,O,lthOlfelt;lldriL; 22938 128 411 Shropshire ,B%ns°4"enezt.r.- 4 • 111:
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124 Do. 1 shares 11 12p. 10 Wilta.Botti., & %Tern.,
23 Do. 4 shares .. - 28 29p. 21 York &Carlisle 7l 24.
114 low. 4. Bury St ides York and Newcastle- I I 1
:i Do. Do. Norwich... S Do. New
Lancaster 4 Carlisle. 17 19p. 50 York and North Mid
3 Do. New
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211 Lit. Man. 4N. Jsinc.clo4 25 Do. 4 shares 17 17
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30 Leeds and Bradford... 734 4 255
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22s Leicester & Bedford... 45. 0 Do. Selby 1 411 p.
22s,Leiccr.gBirming/iam 20 Do. Extension. 381
161 London & Blackwall..l96o FOIEIJON RAILWATS.
3 Do. New 2 20. 16 Boulogne and Amiens 141
50 London & Brighton 1 591 i 2 Bard Toul.CetteCtist. 14 Old.
40 Do. Do. Fifths 4 Op. 4 Dersdre Valley 214 .
'310) London 4 Cr0yd055...,214 221 ssDirect Bomb.lt .4 1
12 London & Greenw....l9l 1 8 Dutch Ilhenish.... 5l 1
948 5s East Indian
2 Do. I shares "1 2p Ss Great 2nd. l'imirrissila
2 Do. New shares.-161 I 1 34,01. Southn.of Madras.
2 Do. Fifths. I9I 20 54 Great West. Bengal 1
124 Do. Erghths 10. 3GL Nor. Flans Cons 111 119
6 Do. N. 4 sh. 4`" 31 GC. Western Cassie
B Do. 401.8 A., L. +M. 6 Lourain ala Sambre 41 41d.
411 London &S. Western 70 4 4 Luxembourg 11 1
40 Do. New Cans.lltAs'l3 15p. 1 Madras, Nellore,
22 Do. New 8 9p. Arcot
18 Do. New
41
41 7p. 8 Namur and Liege
ilandon & York .. ... 1 2 10 Orleans and N I 1 13
Hp, .16, Sans. 4 Yeovil 14 11d. 6 Orleans & Bordeaur. 71 4 4
I Lonstrwy.t;Caleraine 5 Patin & Lyons. Conti. 5
15 Lynn and y l6 20 Paris and Oskar.. ... 4 4 434
15 Lynn and Derehans
82 Manchester ey Leeds .. 22 24p. 5 Paris & Strusb. Coast 41
38 Do. 4 shares to alp. 20 Rouen and (Barre..... 261
2 Do. 1 shares. 5 10 Sambre and Meuse ... 41 541
3 Do. Fifths 5 Sip. li Strasbourg 4 Bale.. 8 9
64 Do. Sixteenths ll li p. S Tours & A asks Cowl Id. par.
42s Do. Extension lp. .6 West Flanders 3