The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-12 00:00:00

SOUTHAMPTON AND LOiqDON fill.

ROAD.

(From the 'lamps-We Advertiser.)

A new era is drawing Soutbamptono and
the march of events is rapidly, lifting us over the
usual progress of centuries. For several.years a
rail-road -from hence to London has been in
contemplation, and often have we heard gentle-
men from the interior of the kingdom eXpress
their astonishment that the inhabitants of
Southampton did not take adVantage of their
incomparable natural position for an entrepot,
to our trade in this part, of the kingdOrn ; but
the damp thrown on all similar specnlations, by
the ruineus.bursting of the many bubble schemes
in 1825,
,deterred them from bringing forward
this great national object. The bright example
of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Company, which has ta) successfully braved'all
the apprehensive doubts opposed to it, and which
has so far, even in infancy, exceetledthe antic{
• pations of the generality of its supporters, has
given confidence to. Southampton, :and opened
the eyes of its neighbours to the incalculable.
benefit that would be derived by the community
at large from a roil-road between this and the
metropolis ; and it is with sincere pleasure we
:Announce that on Wednesday brat a plan, which
had been previously under consideration, way
submitted to a most respectable meeting at
Bugle: Hall, the' residence of our much respe.cted
Hember, Mr. Main, who presided; when a
body of directors was elected, and among them
arc our worthy representatives, Mr. Flemingand
Mr. Hay,. .with many •olthe most influential of
our merchants and residents, for the purpose of
determining the positive practicability ofthe under-
taking, and preparing a prospectus to be subtnitted
to x public meeting preparatory to obtaining the
sanction of Parliament. The resolution passed
with reference to subscriptions is, that a sub-
scription be entered into for defraying the ,ex-
pense of a survey, and that the amount be al-
lowed to stand as a deposit for shares, at the
rate of two pounds for each Share of 1001, should
the subscribers think proper to become share-
holders, on the further sheering of the plan be-
fore a public meeting. A liberal subscription
was made by the gentlemen present, and books
are opened at the different banks.. The directors
and officers who are appointed give their services
gratuitously, until the company is finally esta-
blished ; and so manly and consistent, is the pre-
liminary line adopted, that it has acquired a
confidence beyond what' we have over before wit-
nensed on speculative occasions. We indeed,
feel fully justified in, recommending this measure
to our readers as a grand object, fraught with
inestimable advantages to the commerce of the
kingdom. Looking at the position of our
town, on the banks of a fine navigable river,
whose entrance is guarded from the Channel sea
by the protecting barrier of. the Wight, between
which and our river is the great rendezvous, it)
time of war, for our navy and nearly the whole
of the trading ships of the kingdom, and is the
place of refuge in gales, and during adverse
winds, of our East and West Indiamen and
other merchant-ships from the eastern ports, in
time of peace; reflecting on the vast benefit the
merchants would derive from 'beinc, enabled to
get their imports conveyed to London, without
being exposed to the serious dangers encountered
between the Wight and the river ThameS, and
that the charges for pilotegeand insurance on
:that part of the voyage alone, would cover the
expense of conveying the cargoes from South.
timpton to London by the railway; and: taking
into our view the great saving and expedition
this line of conveyance would offer 'to the
coasting trade, we see, both in time of war and
peace, such strong features of recommendoion
as admit no shadow of doubt ; and, by all we,
can learn, there is not a line of road 01 equal
extent in the kingdom with fewer impediments,
.either natural or artificial. As an entrepot for
our commerce, this is not only the best, but, we
think we may sey, the only port in the English
Channel from whence a railway can be usefully
effected. Nor do we alone contemplate advan-
tagea to the conveyance of merehandize and
passengers to the capital and the intermediate
towns: we anticipate that Portsum.llth, with the
eastern comities, and Bristol, with all the western
pert of the, empire, will avail themselves of the
incaleuleble benefit that may be derived here.
from. It is well known that a vast quantity of
corn, coals, and other articles, is now conveyed
from hence to Salisbury 'in waggons, amid that
still greater quantities would be 'forwarded, were
the expence of coeveyance suffieiently mode-
rate. We know that Bristol is most anxious to
increase that communication which she now has
with the Continent, through:the medium of our
steem.packets. A railway from Bristol to
Southampton, through Salisbury, would not
only give her all the' advantages she'can poSsibly
obtain in that view, but would, by the raikro„d
frorri ..Southamoton to London, alrord her a
cheaper and, and in every sense, ofoi'v, beneficial
communication with London than she could
possibly, accomplish by any other line; and, by
at branch road to. Portsmouth, sshe would he
brought into direct communication with it, and
the populous towns around-it mid in the. neigh-
bouring counties, and thus realize those load
and splendid hopes she has so hmg entertained
of a direct inteidourse with that part of the Con-.
tinentol Land English coasts that ere in the
British Channel. Our limits' preclude nsironi
entering into detail on this important subject:
this is,- however, but the hour of it birth,: and we
shall colloW it to its , maturity with that ardour
with which we always support objects-of publie
utility.

. .
THE I OP I 3 errs
work of fiction, Mr. (.RATTAN has advanced inbt a field
tiii rimy untrodden by the novelist. • The annals of the
Flemings prount 'whys more striking circumstances than
are to be found in the history of almost toy other
European country. The changes which Flander* during
many ages has undergone .in its government end im.titu.
thins—its romantic iesistance of arbitrary power in former
Oiney—the gorgeous munitirence ofits princely merchant*,
and the spirit of adventure' Which characterize() its lohabi-
tents in general—yield many fruitful subj!uri fur the pen
the•novelist. Mrs Giarrael ho reaulett in. Vlimderis
ovenl years to possestibitnitelf fully of his subject.
I Mr 1 (MTH —LUC.. e ttrit.erSt4ln t, it
petition sgainst the return of Mr. M'Chrtrreot will :be
forituted by the friends of Mr. hit rir, on the grounds of
the former gentlemen being inrapeciteted by, hoLoffire as
'4'6'814 at Arius to the Irish iloute "Of Cormlions. fly
the Act, of tniou, the Trish 114.1ikkiltUlt was not'ariniltilakil,
but unikti to end incorporated With the Imperial tegisla.
tare. Mr. M'Cla erotic is still bona fide the Officer of
the Hour*, and disqualified from' bring oar of its Members.
In roe of his return bring aet aside, there would be a new
When a return is vitiaa.d by a defeat on the
pot or the, eleetors, the ean,iiiiate who stood next on the
Fl irl dech.reit the sitting Molter; but-in this Este the
cskeoTlY On the pltrt et the n4tirlidste, and the free-
bitypofrn d 16;1, are entitled to
* -•utw election.
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head turnkey*, kid Inlay lodged in his old quarters, •

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

# FRENCH PAPERS,
(From the Constitutibotnei, Oct. 9.)

PA RiN, Oct.• 8. The number of b►rrricades
ereeted aC .P►tris dining the I hree days of July
amounts to. ,0551 'the number of slag stones re-
moved to 3,124,00. The repaiting has cost
250,000 NUB.

TO'UtON, OCT. 2.—lt is thought that Admiral de
Rigny, who will complete his term of quarantine in
a few days, will immediately go to Paris. It is re-
ported that he is appointed Minister of Marine.
I he whole navy would be delighted with this choice.
M. deßiguy, With all that is requisite to make an
expellent naval 'runlet dicier, 'adds. distinguished abi-
lities. Thiritig the six years that he has commanded
the Fretich naval forte in the Levant, he lias,been
enabled to make himself thoroughly acquainted with
the foreign policy of the Euroean Powers, and by
his superior merit has acquired great influence in all
diplomatic transactions,
As he has never taken any part in Parliamentary
debates, it is possible that M. de Rigny may not in
the commencement prove successful oratori but
under the happy Oovernment under which wedive,
it is not, the. brilliant subtleties of a spanker that
Must be sought in a Minister) but ardent pat intim
and a perfect knowledge of the service at the head
O
f 'which he is placed. In all these points, M. de
Rigny is the very man, .and jt will be by the acts
,ot
a firm and eolightetied administration that he will
make himself'known to the Chambers and to the
nation, and merit the gratitude of the navy, Which
places entire confidence in him.
PAM% OCT.'S.--The circulars and secret orders
the Minister's Calotharde and &gamma, afi
as of Carvajal, the Inspector-General of the Royalist
Voluateets, produce their fruits in Spain. At
Madrid, Ferditiand was to be dethroned, perhaps
assns-,inate I, and succeeded by his brother Doll
Carlos ; the Ministers Ballastenis, Salmon, and Sa-
lazar, as well us the Liberals in the capitol, to be
massacred, and their houses pillaged; the inhabitants
of the lowest quarters of Madrid,. wlio Were
gained over, were to co-operate with the Royalist
‘Toltinteers in the notable exploits, when, happily,
on the '24411 of September, the day fixed by the con-
spirators, the conspiracy was discovered just as it
was on the eve of execution ; the streets were filled
with soldiers, the squares co.verted into bivouecs,
and arrests commenced. At Ovietlo the assassins,
oreanized by the Bishop, attempted to make them-
si iris masters of the depot of arms, and but for the
presence of mind of the officer on duty, who made
an honourable resistance, all the Liberals would have
been massacred without mercy. At Seville, Don
Vincent Quezada, Captain-Oetteral of the province,
seeing the public safety `endangered by the intrigues
of the Royalist Volunteers, prudently resolved to
disarm them. In short, in all the provinces of Spain,
the priests and the monks disclaim from the pulpit
to excite the people to make ti St. Barthelemy of all
those who are known for their Liberal opinions.
At Barcelona the arrests eontinue The Carbide
of Catalonia, whem the Count d'Espagne disarmed
when Ferdinand came to that province to punish their
rebellion, have just resumed them by order of the
Ratite Count d'Espagne, and it is also by his orders
that a regiment of Royalist volunteers is now form-
ing at Barcelona. The Colonel and Commander of
the battalion are known as the most violent parti-
saus of the Apostolic party in Catalonia. The men
Who offer their services are noblemen's servants,
people connected with the church, vegabonds col-
lected by the Monks, but no honest workman—no
one connected with manufectures or commerce--has
offered himseM

The Court has given orders nooo. suffer any
Cowititutionalilig; or persons suspected to be such,
to travel about, and to tire on all who may attempt
to. leave their own communes. Fifty Constitu-
tionalists have been embarked at Barcelona, and sent
to the Presidio,. MI the officers of , the old Con-
stitutional militia, supposed to have any influence,
have been arrested and imprisoned, some at Mont-
jouy, some in the citadel.
Several Frenchmen who were arrested at 'Barce-
lona applied in 'vain to the French Consul, and
were relenaed only through the intervention of their
friends.

General Monet, and two other general officers,
arrived at Figneiras on the 30th of September, end
reviewed' the garrison of 1,06 men. Batteries of
field-pieces have been organized, and horses put in
requkition for them. At. the same tune, to en-
courage the absolutists, it is reported that an expe-
dition will be made into France, to re-establish the
throne of Charles >f: