The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND MID-WESTERN RAILWAY.
A numerous and highly influential meeting of noble-
men and gentler: en wa3 held at Watlingtcn, on S ur-
day last, the 16th instant, with a view to a renew‘of
the efforts made during the past year for the eTtension
of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton R:aillvay,
by a line from the former place to the Waterloo terthinis
of the Siuth-Western Railway. The meeting %Itch
was attended by the principal landed progiietoti4or tithe
neighbourhood, as well as of the surroullineeistrict,
was originally appointed to take place at the Hare and
Hounds Inn. but the large room at that place being
found insuincient to accomodate the number present, the
assemblage was obliged to adjourn to the Town-hall.
Amongst those whom we observed in the room were,
the Right Hon. the Earl of Macclesfield, Sir H. .T. Lam
bert, Bart., Cal. Fano, W. Fano de Salts, Eiq . H.
Lambert. E.q John Pars, ,n, Esq , A. 11. Brown, Esq.,
Rev. C. Vero Spencer. F. S. Carter, Etq , Rev. J. Dear,
H. Lupton, Ebq., H. Holloway, Et.q., Rev. James Beau-
champ, G. Heron, E,q , Major Tyndal, G. P. Hester,
, Rev. J. Thompson, E. Lucas. Esq., John Guy,
Esq., &o.

l'Oe chair having been takrn by the Right Hon. the
Earl of MACCLEBFIELD, his lordship introduced the
sahject by stating that the meeting had been convened
to discuss a question, involving the best interests of the
district, which all knew stood greatly in need of rail-
way accommodation, and he was happy to find from the
number present that they were fully alive to the im-
portance of acquiring the same increased facilities of
communication long ago extended to other parts of the
country. Mr. Parson, the solicitor of the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company, who
were the promoters of the intended line, had attended
for the purpose of explaining the views of the projectors.
Mr. Parsons explained that the new line would com-
mence by a junction with the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway, at Wolverhampton. near Ox-
lord, proceeding through Wheatley and Thome, to
near Prince's Risborough (where a brunch will diverge
to the county town of Aylesbury), snd thence through
Wycombe, Fulmer, Uxbridge, and Harwell, to tho
Hounslow brunch of the London and South-Western
Railway at Brentford, communicating with the station
at Nine Elms and Waterloo Biidge.
Resolutions were paned in favour of the proposed
railway, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of
thanks to the noble chairman.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.NO stle.
cessor has yet been appointed in the place of Mr. G. C.
Glyn, but no fewer than five noble lords and six mem-
btrs of Parliament have been mentioned, and among
them—Lord Vitharncliffe, Lord Granville, Lord Kbanaird,
Lord Dalhousie, Lord Pannaure, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Sbaw
Lefevre, Mr. J. Wilson, Mr. Westhead, Mr. Laing, Mr.
Peto, and Admiral Moorsom.
NEW RAILWAY ......It is said that a very comprehens
sive scheme is in course of arrangement for In
supp l3:' g
south
railway accommodation to the district lying of
London, and in the more immediate vicinity of the
metropolis. The line in question will be in connection
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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Y,s. the
ion lately occupied
at by the terday the old
station
Great Northern Railway
temporaryesae'
as a po
passenger and goods station, in Maiden-
Lan, King's-Cross, was opened tato-market .
There was a great number of salesmen and dealers pre-
sent, and a rather brisk trade was done. A correspon-
dent says the directors also intend to open a new green
and fruit market on the same site, and should the
Copenhagen fields, which have been bought by the
corporation of the City of London, be transformed into
a new Smithfield market, a dead meat market, similar
LO Newgate and Leadenball, will also be established.
IMPORTANT RAILWAY DECISION.—In the Bherier.,la
Small Debt Court, Glasgow, on Thursday, a decision
of
great importance to railway travellers and the public
generally was pronounced by Mr. Sheriff Bell. It was
in a case at the insatnoe of Robert Dunlop, Esq writer,
st the-Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Glasgow, against
ow
for damages, sustained throughg
Company,detention
from business on the morning of Saturday, the I°ll
24th of
September. Mr. Dunlop, who resides in
Campsie, had been, along with the the pariah of
other
detained at the Milton station, Ca passengers,
ea
railway, on that morning, for aboutpsie branch, of the
the train from CamPsiei which sh an hour and a half,l
have reached the
after Milton station five minutes aft '
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having arrived till about halt-pastnine o'clock a.m., not
railway company were moat ably ten o'clock. The
Ban-
natyne, of Messrs. Bennet defended by Mr. y
pleas (1), that the delay question had arisen from an
in ne and Kirkwood, on the
accident for which the company were not responsible--
via., the breaking downL at ennextown of the engine
used upon the branch ; and (2) that the company's time
bills expressly stipulate that the company do not guar-
antee the hours of • artival and departure of the trains
being kept under all circumstances, and do not hold
themselves responsible for delays. After evidence had
b n laid, the parties were fully heard, the sheriff
sumnicd up stating that the first plea urged in defence
could not b sustained, the delay having been occasioned
by the breaking down of the only engine used on the
branch, and which the defender' engine-driver admitted
had recently undergone repair, having, in fact, only
1, ft the workshop the day before, amid the repairs as
testified by the break-down the following morning, and
also by the engine driver himself, must have been im-
perfectly made by the servants of the company, for whom
they were undoubtedly responsible ; and also to the
second plea, that it was quite true the stipulation urged
was expressed in the time bills, but no such stipulation
could shelter the coinNtlY in all circumstances from
their responsibility as public carriers, and it certianly
could not be giving effect to it in the present ease,
where the cause of the delay, and of their contract with
the public not being implemented, was the deficiency of
their own engine. The sheriff, therefore, decerned
affilinst the railway company for tho damage gloimed•

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LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
s RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary or Special General
Meeting of the London and North-We Railway Company will
be held. at the Easton Station, London, on Wednesday, the 3d day of
;November next, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, to con-
Oder and approve, or otnerwise, a proposal for the union of the
London and North-Western and Midland Railway Companies, and
If
50 determined, to authorize an application to Parliament, for an
algamation of the two uniertakings, and the adoption of such
Am
Other steps in reference thereto, as may be thought expedient.
Dated this ibtli day of October, 1852.
THOS. SMITH,
Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Directors.
H. BOOTH, Secretaries.
CHAS. E. STEWART,I
Office, Euston Station, London.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
farewell Season of Mr. Benjami u
ING,bstsr as Lessee and Manager.
EVES
Will be performed the admired Comedy of THE ROAD TO RITIN.
Principal characters by Messrs. Stuart, Leigh Murray, Lamtert, A.
'Wigan. and Miss Rosa Bennett.
Afte,
MARr which, the successful new and original Farce of BOX and
COXRIED and SE TTLED.
To conclude with the successful new Farce of THE WOMAN I
ADORE.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM.
THIS EVENDIG
The rerformances will commence with (second time) THE
MYSTERIOUS LADY. Characters by M ssrs. C. Matthews, F.
Matthews, Belton, Baker, and Miss M. Oliver.
Af er which USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr.o . Matte Matthews
I.
To be followed by TAKING BY STORM. Characters by
Miss I.
Dickenson, Miss J. St. George, Mr. C. Matthews, and Mr. Sitter.
To conclude with (second time) the new Farce, called A
OUT OF WINDOWS, Characters by Messrs. Roxby andIIOISSE Baker ;
Mrs. Macnamara and Miss Martindale.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster • Directress, 3iadame Celeste.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed th powerful Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES,
or a Hundred Tears Ago. Cuaracters by Madame leste, ,
S. Emery, Miss
Wcolgar, Messrs. Paul Bedford, G. Honey,
0. Smith &c.
To conclude with the Historical Drama of JACK saErrmw.
Jack Sheppard, Mrs. Seeley; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedfor.

PRI
ROYAL NICESS'S TLIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
TIIIS EVENING,
win be performed THEAPRIMA DONNA. Principaliss Robertson, eharacters
try Messrs. Walter Lacy, ddison, and Cathcart; M
and Miss Death.
After which the new Melodrama, entitled MONT ST. MICHEL ;
, The Fairy of the Sands, in which Mr. Wright will appear.
To conclude with the Farce of TIIE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER,
In which gr. Wright will sustain his original character.

ASTLErS ROYAL AMPELITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
rjaparalled Feats of Darin;, both Equestrian and Gymnastic,
Contirine to Amuse and Delight the Crowded Aticliences of this
Fashionable Place of Amusement.
Vneriuivocal and Triumphant Success of the Madlles. Ellsler on
on the Double Tight Rope, whose graceful and finished execution
has gained for them the far-famed titles of Cerito and Taglioni
throughtut the kingdom. They appear every everting, together
with a combination of fhe most brilliant performances in the Circle
by Native and Foreign Artistes of the first celebrity.
Doors open at Halt-past Six o'clock; Box-oftce open from Eleven to
to lour daily.