The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-03 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-PROPOSED
EXTENSION FROM DORCHESTER TO EXETER.

The South-Western board discussed, at some length,
we understand, on Friday, the following propositions for
extending the Southampton and Dorchester line to

Exeter :

" The promoters of the coast railway offered to take
up shares, and subscribe all the remainder of the capital
required by Parliament beyond a subscription of
300,0001., to be made by the South-Western board pro-
visionally.
"To take the necessary steps for going before the
Committee of Standing Orders without rendering the
board, or the South-Western Company, liable for any
expense.
" To limit the capital not to exceed 750,0001., includ-
ing all expenses, for the 561 miles.
" To pay a rent of 4 per cent. on that capital for 7
years after opening.
" The South-Western board to subscribe provisionally
300,0001. to the coast line.
"To work the line at 40 per cent, on the receipts, if
equal to those on the present Dorchester line per mile ;
and if less, then to work at 33 per cent.
"To have the power of withdrawing the subscription
at once without any costs incurred, if the proprietors
should not confirm itat the next meeting."

It is stated that the board came to the determination
not to accede to the propositions. It will be recollected
that the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Compa-
nies are applying to Parliament for powers to construct
a line which will, practically, give a coast line between
Dorchester and Exeter.

NEW RAILWAYS OPENED IN THE YEAR 1852.
The following railways were opened in England and

Wales. :

Bangor and Carnarvon, July 1, from Bangor to Car-
narvon, 10 miles.
Great Northern (Towns' line), July 15, from Peter-
borough to Retford, 591 miles.
Great Western, Oct. 1, Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 551 miles.
London and North-Western, July 1, the Birmingham,
Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley line, 13 miles.
London and gouth-Western, July 28, branch to Alton,
9 miles.
Leeds Northern, June 2, extension from near Leeds
to Stockton, 29 miles.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, May 27,
Great Grimsby Docks.
Monmouthshire, July 14, Newport and Pontypool
line, 20 miles.
North and South-Western, November, 31 miles, from
Willesden to Brantford.
North Staffordshire, May 1, branch to Ashbourne, 10
miles.

Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, May 1, from
Evesham to Stourbridge, 36 miles ; Stoke to Droitwich,
4 miles. Dec. 13, Stourbridge to Dudley, 5I miles-
-45& miles.
South Eastern, Jan. 31,- from. Roberts-bridge to Battle
and Hastings, 12 miles.
South Wales, July 20, Chepstow-bridge and 2 miles
of railway. October, from Swansea to Carmarthen, 30i
miles—total, 324 miles.
St. Helen's, branch to the Gaarston Docks, 2 miles.
Shrewsbury and Hereford, Feb. 26, from Shrewsbury
to Ludlow, 28 miles.
West Cornwall, March 11, from Hayle to Penzance,
7f miles ; August 25, from Rearuth to Truro, 9 miles—
total 161 miles.
Whitehaven and Furness, September, about 1 mile of
railway and the tunnel under \ Vhitehaven.
Vale of Neath, April, bra ach to Baglan Bay, 21
miles.

SCOTCH RAILWAYS.
Morayshire, August 16, fro= Elgin to Lossiemouth,
6 miles.
St. Andrew's, July 1, from the Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee line to St. Andrew's, 44 miles.
Stirling and Dumferraline, Jia ly 1, Alloa to Stirling 7
miles.

IRISH RAIL-WAYS.
Dublin and Belfast Junction, Jan, 6, from Armagh-
road, near Newry, to Portadown, 16i miles ; June 3,
Wellington-inn, to the Armagh-road, 6 miles, making
22i miles. With the exception of the Boyne viaduct,
the line is completed.
Londonderry and Enniskillen, Feb. 9, from Strabane
to Newton Stewart, 10 miles ; Sept. 10, from Newton
Stewart to Omagh, 10 ; together 20 miles.
Londonderry and Coleraine, Dec. 20, from London-
derry to Newtownlimavady, 18f miles.
Waterford and Kilkenny, December, from Jerpoint to
Dunkitt, 164 miles.
Waterford and Limerick, Maby 1, Tipperary to Clon-
mel 25 miles.

The aggregate length of railway opened in England
and Wales during 1852, was 3 4.91 miles ; in Scotland,
17i miles : and in Ireland, 103 miles—Total, 4691 miles.
—Herapath's Journal.