The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-14 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

• GRAND TEUMLNUS AT PADDINGTON.—Very exten-
sive works, second only to the well-known ones at
Euston-equaro or King's-cross, are being carried out to
form the terminus of the Great Western Railway at
Paddington. There works, now near completion, will
entirely al er the aspect of the terminus at Paddington,
and give .it an imposing appearance. The new ter-
minus is being constructed on that largo area of ground
OD this side of the Prince of Wales Bridge, below which
the present temporary terminus stands. The style
of structure, as applied to railway purposes, is entirely
new, being the design (in conjunction with Messrs.
Fox end Henderson) of Mr. Brunel, the company's
engineer. and, is formed as nearly as possible after the
model of the central aisle of the celebrated Crystal
Palace, both the departure and arrival platforms con-
sisting of a continuous iron roof, eight hundred feet
long and eighty feet span, formed of ribs ,of wrought
iron rivetted together, with two lofty and elegant Iran-
eepta near each end, the light being admitted trough the
glass medium, now popularly known as " Paxton's glass
roofing." This building runs parallel with the whole
of Eastbourne-terrace, and between is the carriage
road parted from the terrace by an iron palisading,
with flights of steps for foot passengers. The ar-
rival platform faces the Paddington Canal, there
being between them a large unenclosed space for cab
stands and carriages. There are entrance and depar-
ture gates, booking., offices, first, second, and third
class waitiog-rooms, of a superior order, with an
elegant circular room and suite of apartments for her
Majesty. The company's range of offices are above
the booking offices, along the whole length of the
terminus. There is also a central vestibule in the middle
of the terminus for passengers to promenade in, with
refreshment rooms, newspaper rooms, and eh &Tic tele-
graph station. The two lines of rails are to be brought
up through the bridge to the new terminus, at the end
of which there is to be a covered gallery, by which
passengers arriving or di•p2rting by the trains may
reach the splendid hotel, built for the company
by Mr. Hardwick, the architect, at a c,st of
50,0001., and called the " Gia at Western Hotel," situate
close to Hyde-park end Kensington-gardens. The
hotel is in the fl mid Gothic style, and harmonises well
with the appearance of the terminus. It contains
extensive suites of apartments, and 103 bedrooms.
A portion of it is to be appropriated to the vur-
pos'es of a club for country members and residents
in the locality. The contractors for building it have
been M"ssrs. Helloed and Winsland. Au immense
goods station is being constructed by Messrs. Sherwood
b lew the bridge, abutting on the Harrow-road, with a
viaduct and hydraulic lifts, to communicate with the
canal, and altogether the outlay on these improve-
ments at Paddington cannot amount to much less than
200,0001.
RACING FIXTURES FOR 1852.

East Surrey ... l7
Ba►h and Somerset lB
Liverpool H.
North Herts

Harpenden: .... 21
Epsom . 25
Wye
SJuth Shields. 3l
NE.

Brighton 1
Epping Town 1
Lenham
Manchester . 2
Coggeshall
Southwell
Ulverstoce
Ascot .
Bovrloy
Maidstone
Lamberton
31
Salisbury ..... 1
Newmarket 6
Worcester
Ltricter
Ibloy l4
Liverpool

flan3pten
Newton
Macclesfield 2l
Newcletlo
Bibury
Stockbridge
Winchester
Knighton 25
Catliele
Ludlow
Chelmsford...., 3O
Stamford 2O
Knutlford
Nottingham
Abingdon
Goodwood 27

AUG
North Staffordshire 3
Brighton
Edgware 5
Wolverhampton 9
Great Yarmouth lO
Reading
Coventry ll

SEPT;
Waivrick 7
Whitehaien
Doncaster
Eglinton Club 2l

ocT,
Chester
Royal Caledonian Hunt
end Edinburgh Club 6
Yorkshire Union Hunt 6
Wrexham

NOTE.
Worcester Autumn ... 2
IRISH R ACI

Kilcook

Lynn
York
Radcliffe 23
F.=ham
Stourbriclgo 3O
Lincoln