The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-30 00:00:00

RAILWAY NEWS.

There was a flat market yesterday, without notice-
able fluctuations in prices. The rise in Consols late in the
day rather materially improved the position and prospects of
shares and scrips, and a brisk business was anticipated for
to-day. The partial reaction in funded values, however,
checked and reduced the market to a sort of passive state, in
which, at current quotations, dealers were indisposed to
engage in transactions either of sale or purchase. Some
efforts were made to create business in East Indian scrip,
and to make prices better, but, although attempted to be
called 14s. or 155., they could not be realised on better terms
than about 13s. It was settling and pay day for shares and
scrips, which was the main occupation of the jobbers.
Business at Liverpool continued very limited, and there
was no sign of improvement generally. Chester and Birken-
head were rather lower, the report of the arrangement with
the London and North-Western not having been confirmed.
At Manchester shares generally (North Statfords ex-
cepted) had a downward tendency.
The market at Birmingham continued languid both yes-
terday and Monda-, but prices remained stationary. Bir-
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Scrip was done at
38s. 9d. p. ' • and North Staffordshire, at the first meeting, at
21; and at the second, at 21 p. There were also numerous
transactions in Shropshire Unions at I dis. for cash, and at
1 d. for the account.
There was an improved amount of business done at Leeds
yesterday, with considerable variation in the prices realized.
For instance —Huddersfield and Manchester declined 7s. 6d.
per share ; New Thinks, and East Lancashires, each ss. •
as and West Ridings, .; whilst Eastern Counties advanced
3s. per share; North British (Carlisle Branch), 3s. 6(1. ' • and
North Staffords, 4s. For other stock the market was steady.

RAILWAY SHARE LISTS.—LONDON, 13Rrr. 29.
Nor,.—The quotations of lines In Roman characters demote actual
transactions: those of lines in Italics sellers'. prima
Plift•
" 40 !Manchester .4- Bira.;'
3 Do. Steams .4
5 I Do. Do. B
1 Do. Do. C 1
Os Manch., Bus. &Nat..
3 ;Manch. & Elowthsasp
100,Nullund
31 I Do. New
100 Do. Birm. &Derby
13 Newcastle& Berwica •
n' Norm. and Cbestd.
(North British
Do. shares
Do. Fifths
Do.Eaten.(Ctirtia)
Norfolk
Northers & Raitsrii
N. Kent ¢ Dir.Dorer
North Staffordshire.. :
NortAk•sp. Banbury
Oaf. Waster, &Wol.
Portskoottlk Direct..
Prestos ¢ Wyre
Do. shares .....
! Rugby &Lenona tigton
i.BAe Manch—.
Du. Littcoln.Jn....
Do. Gt.Grilksby...
Do. Do. Est eke.—
Scottish Velars!
Scottish Midland
Sluewsbury &
re Unice
BShoiriDeetwi I
S. Eastern & Dover
Do.N.(ise32l)No.li
(ssmosd.) 21
Do. N. (do. 301.) 31
Do. N. do. 134) 4:
'South W es
Waterf.r4¢ Kam
West Riding Units
WiitI,SOM.. Wert*.
I Fork and Carlisle
York and Newcastle
Do. New
York • North Mid
Do. d shares
Do. Nektreoromplt
Do. Selby
Do. Eatessiou
Do.E.34W.Sidg.h.

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!Aberdeen
.tintxrgate
thrum44ll. &Gloster
Do./tew (in./ed.)
I Birm. & Oxlord June
• BriAtol &Exeter
Do. New
&tied and Gloster

Caleasuan
Do. shares
Dn. rrt..nsiors
Cambridge $t Oxford
Chester es Holyhead
Nheirnet {}Blythe
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3 i 1
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le 21p.
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120 I
4I 4d.
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71 lip.
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70 72
121 1 IP.
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Dint Northern
Dublin & Belfast int
EasnrnCounties
Do. New
D0.P.5 pert:. No 1:
Do. Do. 2
Do. Yrk Fatissionl
East Lancashire
East Lincolnshire 1
Edinburgh & Glaagw ;
Do. i shares
i Do. 1 shares !
juStliesbz:..iinet.
...Norther:is_
i "714..11
I HOtDonow.Sol...tei.N4s,eftwl
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6 GLNortholtlngland
rest Western
Do. 4 shares
I 161*°1
Dlitjsci'' i''les"4 r
Do. 4 shares
Do. ishares
4 Ipsw., ury,St.Ed
li 110.11.Noricirla
5 Lancaster & Carlisle 1
i Do. New
8 Leeds and Bradford 1
2s Leicester &Bedford !
Is Leicester. Binning]
14 Lie. Mars. &N. Jim.
61 London &Blackwall
3 Do. New . .. . .
A London & Brighton i FOIZIoN RwiLw•Ta.
11 Do. Fifths. llolllofine + Amiens
it Loodon& Croydon Bent IWlLCrtteCnst
191 London and Oreenw Doisdre Palk",
l00)London & N.Western . Dutch Rhenish
2 i Do. 1 shares .......23 3 m Base Indian
2 1 Do. New shares ... 164 I. 5 Orestied.Amirrstak/
2 1 Do. Fifths 204 56 Great West. Bengal
1241 Do Eighths iG. , 5 Ot. Nor. France. Con.
5 1 Do. N. 4 eh. i'' ' 34 Gt. Western Ganda8
1 D0.1405h.,L451. 5 Louvain ila Sambre
414 London &S. Western 70 4 684 2 ILyons and 46916001.
40 Do. New Cons. Bths 531 4 Luxembourg
224 Do. New ll 6 Namur & Liege
18 Do. New 6 7p. CO Orleans & Viernan ...
21,Loadon & York ll 1 6 Orleans, & Bordeaux
111 LPN, Saba, • leveril 11 11d. 41 Over 1 net
1211ry. & (.aterailar a Paris & Lyons, Coast
la), Lynand Ely ... - ... 16 10 !Paris + Orleans 1
It Lynn sad Dereliaan 20 IParisand Rouen
82 Manchester & Leeds. 106 3 'Paris aStrati.Coess.
118 Do. 4 shares lO 12p. 20 Rouen and Ilwre ..
3 Do. I shares 4 sp. 6 ilkaahre and Meti.e. .1
11 Do. FIRM, 9 14 :Strasbourg andßale.:
64 Do. Sixteenths li f2p. 5 Terra* hantes, Cost,
4251 Do. Extension ll 1 4p. 6 West Flanders
laraansai. Seer. 29.--lialss: -Chester, Birkenhead,
Ditto (2)1. eh.), 11 p.-Gr. Southern and Western, 31 p.
and N. Western, 198, 199-Ditto (new 4 sh.) 141 p. -Mani ___
Leeds (cuts. sh.), 14 p.-Shefßeld, Manchester (4 eh. No. 3) 1 d.-
Cahlionian, 4 d.-Grimsby Dock, 21 d.-Grimsby and She)tield,ll a.-
Huddersfield, C. Si R., 4 p.-Leeds Thirsts, 54 d.-Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, Cheshire in., 4 p.-Itirminicham, Oxford Jn., 31, 4 p.-
Liyerpool,Ormskirk,Prestem, 23,1 .-Matlock, Midland Ja., 4, Ills. 3d
p.-N. Staffordshire, 21 p. "re Un- It. and C., Ila 3d. d.-
Wharfdale (late N. Eastern) 14 d.- W. Biding Un. 11 p.-Dutch
Rhenish, 14 d.-Goule, Doncaster, 13e. 9d. d.-LeiCester, Bedford,
Ils. 3d. d.
Etats, Kerr. 28.-Cash Kales : Orleans, 1,273 ; Rouen, 955 ;
Mere, .125; Northern, 727 30; Boulogne 402 50; Vierzon 63.5 ;
Bordeaux, 566 25 ; Avignon, 928 75 ; litrue'burg, 503 75; To;rs sad
Nantes 507 50; Lyon, 527 su; Basle, 235 ; Fecamp and Dieppe,
353; Versailles (L. 8.), 430; Versatile@ ;L B.), 285; St. Germain, 1090.
LONDON.-LAME BELFAST, AND BALLYMENA.-
Yerterdss a meeting of this company for the purpose of dissolution
took place at the London Tavern. The chair was taken by Mr. A.
Spottiswoode. There were not morethan about ten of the eenpholders
present, which seas perhaps accounted for by the paltry balance they
had in expectation. Mr. Cohen reiterated his charges against the
chairman and other of the directors for abetting frequent jobbing in
the shares of the company, and for voting with such shares after they
had been bought with the company's money. 31r. Morley, one of the
directors, suggested that the better way to remove wrong impressions
on the part of Mr. Cohen, or any other proprietor, was for two or
three gentlemen to join the committee fur the purpore of winding up
the affairs of the company. Mr. Cohen hoped they would allow that
committee access to the accounts, so as to see if thew monstrous ex-
penditure could in any way be justified ; if so he would bear Weise. ail-
lingly. Alter some discuasion of an angry description, a committee,
consuffingof Mr. Cohen and Mr. IsP(Juick,wereappointed to co-operate
with the committee, who were to make their report by the oth of
October, towhich day the meeting was adjourned.
COMPARATIVE SPEED OF RAILWAYB.-TREATMERT OF
Tatios.CLun Pessrsoins-The treatment pursued towards third.
claw passengers, in their transit on the various railways, having =-
cited a good deal of attention, the following comparison of the speed
oiliest, second, and third-class trains on the principal lines, will be
read with sonic interest. The distance selected is as near 50 miles as
potable. On the Great Western, from London to Distaff, 53 miles.
the distance Is performed by express trains in 1 hour and 5 minutes
by ordinary trams in 1 hour and 40 minutes, and 2 hours and lu mi-
nutes; but for third-claw passengers, the time occupied is 3 hours
and 23 minutes. (ho the south Western, to the Andover-road station,
dlstanoe 56 miles, the time occupied is, for ()sprees trains, 1 hour and
20 minutes; ordinary trains, 2 hours and 5 minutes ; and by third.
class trains 2 hours and 38 minutes. The Eastern Counties (Cam-
bridge line), from London to Cambridge, 571 miles, the time occupied
by ordinary trains is 2 bourn and 8 minutes; by third-elar., Pains, 3
hours and 22 minutes. On the Colchester line, the distance, 51 miles.
is performed by the express trains in 1 hour and 35 minute+ ; by or-
dinary trains, in 2 hours and 5 minutes ; and by the thinl-clase, in 3
hours and 20 minutes. On the North Western from London to 'Wol-
verton, 521 miles, the time occupied by exposs trains is 1 hour and
20 minutes, and 1 hour and 30 minutes; by ordinary trains 2 hours
and 7 minutes ; and third-claw, 3 hours and 10 minutes. Northamp-
ton and Peterborough, 534 ; ordidary train., 1 hour and 50 minutes'
third-class, 2 hoursand 10 minutes, and 2 hours and 15 minutes. London
and Brighton, distance 501 ; express, 1 hour and 30 minutes; Bret
and second class, 2 hours; and third clam trains, 2 hours 25 minutes.
South Eastern, from London to Ileadcom' miles; 56 m; express trains,
2 hours; ordinary trains, 2 hours and 5 minutes; and third-claw,
2 hours and 28 minutes. Birmingham and Gloucester, 53 miles; on
this line the distance is performed by the express trains in 1 hour and
50 minutes; by ordinary trains, 2 home and 50 minutes; and by third.
class trains, 3 hour. and 15 minutes. Midland Counties (West Itranch)
from Birmingham to Derby, 41 I miles ; the distance is performed by
the mall train in 1 hour and 45 minutes; by ordinary trains, in 2
hours; and by third-class trains, in 2 hours and 45 minutes. On the
South Itranch of the same line, viz., from Derby to Rugby, 494 miles,
the distance is done by express trains in 1 hour and 30 minutes ; by
ordinary trains, in 2 hours and 2 hours and 25 minutes; and by third.
class, in three hours and 45 minutes. On the Midland (North Brands)
from Derby to Barnsley, 531 miles; express trains, 1 hour 23 minute%
mail, 1 hour 57 minutes; first, second, and third elms trains, 2 hot=
and 23 minutes ; and fourth-claw, 3 hours and 30 minutes. Grese
North of England, York to Darlington, 43 miles ; by the express treats.
the distance is performed in 1 hour and 20 minutes; by ortv
trains, 1 hour and 50 minuets,. On the Manchester and LeooA from
Manchester to Normanton, 51 miles; the time occupied in rerforming
the distance is, by express trains, 1 hour and is minutes: by „din,
trains, 2 hours and 15 minute* ; and by third-class trate, 3 hour, sild
10 minutes. On the other working lines the time occupied in per-
forming a given distance by the different classed es ajw, is similar.

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PROVINCIAL—LEEDB, WAILEYIE"..D, AND MIDLAND
Juno-Hrs.—A meeting of shareholders wan !•,b at wakegeki orr Mon-
day, under the Dissolution Act. The di, ectors prernted their ac-
counts, and submitted three overtures two from the Midland, and
one from the Leeds and Dewsbury Cor4any. The result of the day's
deliberations was a resolution not t', dissolve for the present, and the
appointment of a committee, wit?. general pORCIT to renew negotia-
tions with the Midland Compsuri, or enter upon negotiations with any
company prepared to offer bes.ter terms.
Tiic MENAI TUNNE'.. SUSPENSION BRlDGE.—Thssfoun-
dution stone of this suc,-endous work across the Menai Straits was
quietly depositedlnn Presence of the engineers of the district and