The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-30 00:00:00

MEN OF WAR IN THE CHINA SEAS.

There were 20 men of war of all classes in the China
seas when the last mail left. Of these 10 were British,
including the hospital and store-ships Minden arid Alli-
gator. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Pellew,
C. 8., in his flag-ship Winchester, 50, Captain Fitzgerald,
was in Canton river. Spartan, 26, Captain Sir W.
Hoste, Bart., with the Salamander, 6, Commander Ell-
man ; Hermes, 6, steam-sloop, Captain Fishbourne ;
and Rapid, 8, Commander Blane, were at Shanghai.
Rattler, 6, screw, Commander Mellersh, and Styx,
6, steam-sloop, Commander Woolcombe, were at Hong
Kong. Lily, 12, Commander Sanderson, was at Wham-
poa.

The Americans have eight men of war in the China
seas, three of them steam-vessels. The French have a;
sailing frigate and a steam-sloop ; the frigate, Caprici:
cuse, has been relieved by the frigate Constantine.
We believe tVat this Gtecian, 12, Commander the
Hon. H. 'Keane,. Imo beep. ordered up to China from the
East, Indies, and the Hermes has been ordered to Eng-
land.
The China papers are- finding great fault with the
Admiralty agent for delaying the mail packet, and for
sending a boat's crew to pull 70 miles in 26 hours, with
his dispatches, to catch the mail steamer.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, MIDLAND,

AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS.

We have on several occasions felt it necessary, for the
informat'on of our railway readers, to expose the sheer
fabrications that have been publiMhed by one of our rail-
way contemporaries in reference to alleged movements on
the part of the London and North-Western executive,
in connection with the Midland and Great Western
Companies, such fabrications invariably having for their
object injury to the London and North-Western Com-
pany. Several correspondents have drawn our atten
tion to the following paragraph, which appeared in the
same railway journal of Saturday last :

" LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN-MIDLAND--GREAT

WESTERN.

"It is bruited about in well-informed circles,' that the
Marquis of Chandos meditates a coup d'etat. Beginning at
home, Captain Huish and his co-governing friends in the
executive are to be set aside as dictators of the policy of
the company, and peace is to be sought with the Midland
and Great Western, with the latter especially. The first
step is to adopt a suggestion of th - Railway Times, and to
have as little to do as possil le in Parliament this session.
It is even said that the new lines just announced will be
withdrawn. A proposition is to be submitted to the Great
Western that the narrow gauge should be laid down in cer-
tain districts, to be defined by treaty, and a traffic arrange-
ment thereafter entered upon between the two great com-
panies. Once again the Midland is to be invited to join
such a confederation, bnt, should it refuse, then it will
be thrown overboard by the London and North-Western,
an .l left to make its own terms with the Great Northern."
We can assure our correspondents that the above para-
graph is a pure and simple fabrication. The object of the
paragraph is palpable.—Morning Herald.

RAILWAYS TO OXFORD.—The new lines of railway pro-
posed to be connected with the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Company are, first the London and
Oxford Railway, to commence at Wolvercot, near Ox-
ford, and to terminate by a junction with the London
and North-Western line, near Harrow, with branches to
Oxford and Aylesbury: A line is also proposed to be
constructed from Blockley, on the Oxford and Worcester
line, to .Banbury, with power to run over the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and Buckinghamshire
Railways. The Great Western Company propose to
make a line from their Birmingham and Oxford Junction
line, at Warwick, to the Stratford-on-Avon branch of
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, and
they also propose to meet the London and Oxford Rail-
way scheme by a single line from Wycombe to Oxford,
with a branch to Aylesbury. The London and North-
Western have a rival scheme to this last.

SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE.—It is proposed to construct
a trunk line of railway from Sydney to Melbourne, a
distance of 500 miles, passing the great fields of the
southern districts, and near to that of Mount Alexander.
BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM.—The progress of the
work of laying down the narrow gauge between Glouces-
ter and Birmingham is now drawing towards a comple-
tion. These works were to have been completed by the
month of July last, and the delay has mainly arisen
from the failure of a contractor. When completed, the
Midland narrow gauge will extend to Bristol, and the
break of gauge will be there, instead of at Gloucester, as
at present.

STOCKPORT AND WHALEY-BRIDGE.--It is proposed to
construct a railway from the London and North-Western
Railway at Stockport, passing through Haze-grove,
Disley, and New-mills, to Whaley-bridge. The length
of the line is to be ten miles, and it is stated that four-
fifths of the landowners have agreed to take agricultural
value for the land required for the railway. The capital
is fixed at 150,000/., and the estimated traffic existing
in the district, which is very populous, is stated to be
18,0001. per annum. Allowing 50 per cent. for work-
ing expenses, the promoters anticipate that the net re-
venue will yield a dividend of 6 per cent. on the outlay,
which they assert will not exceed 15,0001. per mile.

tltteotiohehnifreßaesgsttrests,thhUeius6om:aeetag:iwnlNESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—In the gene-
ral business of the port of London during the past week
b
there has been considerable activity, particularly in the
fruit and timber trades. The number of vessels re-
ported inward was 336, being 85 over the previous week.
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dlandlc 11,126 loaves ; coffee, 118 bags ;
so
completely
hops, 1,470 bales. The importations
these, 15
moment. The
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less than
season are quite unpre-
cedented,
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was 113, being
loading
loading, nine
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Australian colonies. ndimactual exports to those colo-
niesrtOhefniantis fors d . The
Australia total
a numbernd New
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vesselshav e
on considerablythe
berth
23 less than on
Hobagr,tnine are for Ade-
laide,threTown, four for
Poretlafenr-New
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four for Geelong, five for
Launceston, twelve for Melbourne,Zea-
land, twelve for Port Philip, one or
for Fort Beaufort, twelve for Sydney, and u Bay, one
two for Swan
River.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF IRELAND. We
are informed that this company have succeeded in
laying
down from Ballycopeland Bay upwards of three miles of
submarine wire, which is securely " buoyed," and the
Albert, with her Majesty's steamer Asp, under the
command of Lieutenant Allridge, R.N. (both now lying
at Donaghadee Pier), intend to connect this line with
the 28 miles of iron wire on board the Albert, and run
across to Port-o'-Spital the first favourable opportunity.
It is gratifying to learn that so great was the perfection
of the coiling that the entire distance was actually payed
out from the hold of the Albert without even the assist- I
ance of a single individual.—Belfast Ch,reticlf.