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London, England, 1852-04-20 00:00:00

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
AMBEEGATE RAILWAY.—We learn from one of the
directors of the Great Northern Railway that thatcoer
party will not, after all, become the possessors of tb°
Ambergate line, a rival leviathan company having de
termined on offering the shareholders an uncon&
dorm' guarantee, in perpetuity, so liberal as that the/
cannot refuse to accept it, and which, when know's,
must, it is said, send the Ambergate shares up abolo
par.
INCREASE Or RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The increale•
since
forth Ist of January, over an t
re
the
corresponding period of los"
year, has been considerable upon soma of our liPelh
oafboVten'tifillec receipts
On the following lines it has been—
Great Northern Vs 086
South Eastern ••• 17,963
Great Western ..•
*** ** 15,096
•• ••• •••
Eastern Counties ... 14.71°
.
MMaidnicahnedste.r., She 'Old andLincolnshire 982,4710760:
York, Newcastle, and Berwick ... •••
South-Western ...
York and North Midland' ***
-* 7,2";
64!
London and North-Western 44,9"
Caledonian
The gross increase upon our railways since the
...a
t
of January has been nearly 280,0001. The incl."—
has been about 21. 103 per mile per week.
1`
1
LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN AND --1 1
NORTHERN V. THE AMEEROATE RAILWAT
said that about 48 hours previously to the IlArTs
Northern entering into the arrangement tneoti"%ey
ours of the 3d, with the Ambergate Railwah "-ja
and the Loudon and North-Western
had agreed .
neither of them to treat with the AID bergate.
merely mention the circumstance as stated to us.
shareholder has written to us to ask whether the
,
committee of shareholders took any part of the ;le
rangement with the G.-.:at Northern ? We 125 Y 00,
ply that neither of them was consulted on the irate
nor has assented to them. Our own opinion is, firtist
what we can gather from large shareholders, Ile
they will accept of nothing which will not bring
shares up to par.—Herorath's Journal.
(1110.
EASTERN COUNTIES AND NEWMARKET AND
TERrORD.—The Committee on this Bitl for confirm
an agreement for working a portion of the underirt,
ing of the Newmarket Railway Company by 1.71
Eastern Counties, with the option of purchase, rer
the preamble proved.
Nawmaas.s.r.--The Committee, in reporting o_ll
preamble of this company's Bill for amendment lin
consolidation of Acts, state that the amount of capita:,
the company have at present power to raise Ull3°:
their existing Acts, in addition to what has bo;
already raised is 740001., and that the same is Prop
posed by the Bill to be reduced to 337,0001.; end.ado•
amount of loan which they are empowered to
by the Bill is 112,00 C/., when the whole of their VI
duced capital is subscribed for, and one-half tleitirtblp
paid up. The works to be constructed noel
authority of the Bill will not necessitate further 10
lay of capital beyond what the company are But th
ey
rived to raise, but will, OH the contrary, enable Oleo
to reduce their capital. The proposed new linable
fourteen miles, with one tunnel, through
favours,.
strata of 1,070 yards. The cost of the works•
1210500/., and the cost of those required to be Ow
Boned would have been 274,7001.
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SHOCKING CASE.— Yesterday information viasifoTif
warded to Mr. Baker, touching the death of an sludect
widow, a weaveress, named Elizabeth Payne, who reo It
in Lawngdowne-place, Durham-street, Bethnal-green. 0
appears that a daughter, who went home at a late hotl,.ra‘
Saturday night, found the deceased lying dead in the "ri-ch
kitchen, with her head in a broken haadbasin, into lop
she had fallen, and the edge of which had made 5,„-red
wound in her forehead. From appearances, it was conje%to
that upon entering the kitchen she had tumbled overjah—'og
stool, and then falling forward into the basin, an -",e,itgli
unable to recover
medical
died_dofi
c:vil
expectede
Worcester,
.rtechneeiri
teuaeimnrff,anoaner fiirdw:,
sO
the
fAt Loilr,.l
in_ itio;o6
the shock to her sE:otLre:tch.
that she had been dead several hours when discovered'
COO'
a e ryWa t? NII-ec AElseTmEbae r has accepteu b,
Chiltern Hundreds, and it is writ Will 0
moved for to-night, T
landed proprietor, condidatesholwout
seat, namely, Mr. Laslett, local solicitor, and a Ig,'ll
forward by the Conservative
Mr. M'Calier, a gentlempansfruo-m' °London, who i 3 brotiro
are in the field for
_46
Appearances ar.f;#
favour of the Liberal, notwithstanding that the London trio
tieman declares himself to be opposed to a bread-tax, u'
be Liberal side, anui,t
a interest. Pn t
favour of a moderate Parliamentary reform. k t b°
THE TEA TRADE, APRIL 19.--The mar e.._eries
been dull, and there is more pressing for sale. The del.ivaviiig
in London last week increased nearly 200,0001b0., DP
amounted to 67,1,1921 b. 1 gi
CANINE SAGACITY.—A dog having fallen dent op
deep well at Brentwood, various means were tried to g.be 04
alive ; at last a rope with a hook was lowered, wL 00011
grasped withits
mouth, atid holding on, it as dean
to the top. -----":-: