The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The Norwegian Trunk Railway Company, under
a concession from the Norwegian Government, has
been introduced upon the Stock Exchange by Messrs.
A. and W. Ricardo. The capital required is only
450,0001,, of which the Government furnishes one-
half the amount; the remainder will be represented
by shares bearing a guaranteed dividend of 4 per cent.
per annum until the opening of the line, of which
about three-fourths are stated to be already com-
pleted. The whole of the rails and the chief part of
the locomotive engines and rolling stock are on the
ground. The promoters of this enterprise are Mr. J.
L. Ricardo, M.P., Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., and
Mr. Brassey, and the engineer is Mr. Robert
Stephenson, M.P., names which gives a bow
fide character to the undertaking. New rail-
way projects are starting into existence
almost every day, and though the amount of
capital required for the construction of those already
before the public is not, comparatively speaking,
large, and though most of the schemes are so far of a
useful and practical character, yet the disposition to
increase this class of speculation is so evident as to
give reason to apprehend that many other schemes of
doubtful value will soon be brought on the market.
The schemes recently brought out include the Vaux-
hall and Sydenham Railway, capital 980,0001. in
28,000 shares of 101. each ; the West-end of London
and Crystal Palace Railway, capital 38,6001.
in shares of 101. each ; the Wimbledon and
Croydon Railway, capital 45,0001., in 4,500 shares of
101. each ; the Woodford Railway, capital 120,0001.,
in 12,000 shares of 101. each. These may all be con-
sidered as lines immediately connected with the me-
tropolis, and of a useful character. There are, also,
several county lines before the public, some of
which are new, and others old schemes re-
vived. These are the Somerset Central Railway
capital 70,0001., in shares of 201. each ; the Great
Northern, Doncaster, and Bradford Railway, capital
1,000,0001., in shares of 25/., each ; the Nuneaton
and Leicester Railway, capital 150,0001., in shares of
101. each ; the Hull and Holderness Railway, capital
150,0001., in shares of 201. each ; and the Montgo-
meryshire Railway, capital 250,0001., in shares of
101. each. In foreign railways we have the Norwe-
gian Trunk Railway before mentioned, capital
450,0001.; the Belgian Eastern Junction Railway,
capital 382,500/., in shares of 51. each; and the Rot-
terdam and Antwerp Railway. To these may be
added several American railways, which have already
obtained, and are now seeking a large amount of
capital in this country, and we hear of others, both
domestic and foreign, which will soon be in the mar-
ket.— Chronicle.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.---The vacant chair-
manship of this line is now, it is understood, to be
filled by Admiral Moorsom, a director of the company
from the commencement, and also of the Chester and
Holyhead Railway.
GREAT WESTERN.•—•A memorial to the Earl of
Derby and the Board of Trade for presentation to the
Crown, is being circulated and signed by the inhabi-
tants of Devizes and its neighbourhood, for an inquiry
into the case of the unfinished lines of the Great Wes-
tern, authorised in 1845, 6,7, and 8, from Hunger-
ford to Devizes, Westbury, Frome, and Taunton to
Exeter, known as the Hungerford
.Extensions, and
which, it is said, would reduce the distance between
London and Exeter by 30 miles, and also the exten-
sion between Devizes and Bath and Bristol.
SOUTH WALES.—It is understood that by the 16th
or the 20th of the present month the portion of this
line from Swansea to Carmarthen will be so far ready
that the Government inspect
or can pronounce that
trains may safely run over it. It is stated that a
double line must be constructed between Llanelly and
Carmarthen, on which only a single line has been
laid. The works between Carmarthen and Haverford-
west are being pushed forward rapidly.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 2851)
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending Sept. 26, 1852 :
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £7,448 18 9
Merchandise and minerals ... 6,112 811
Cattle ... 634 13 9

Total .. ...
...• £14,196 1 5
Corresponding week, 1851 (2411 miles):—
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £8,138 13 4
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 4,749 18 7

Total ••• ••.£12,88811 11
LANCASIHRE AND YORESEME RAILWAY. (260 miles
open.)—Traffic for week ending Oct. 3 ....£17,236 6 3
Corresponding week in last year (260
miles open) .. ...£16,027 1 3
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY..—,Traffio for the
week ending Oct. 3:—

RAILWAY.

Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goode ... ••• •

... £2,885 0 9
... 817 10 0

Total .. £3,702 10 9
STEAM-BOATS.
Passengers
... £349 17 1
Pawn
Goods '
gers, parcels, &c. X. 3 234 17 10
817 10 0

—,—
Total „,.
...
...E052 7 10
Corresponding week last year 4,108 6 5
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BETTING LISTB.--The Home Secretary last week
gave his approval to the draft of a Bill on the subject of
betting houses. We have been put in possession of the
details of this measure, and it appears to us, that so far from
suppressing that against which it aims, it will give an im-
petus to it, and create an entirely new class of offices, and a
new branch of business in connexion with betting, and an
augmentation of betting liats....Racing Times.