The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-17 00:00:00

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town of Southampton and Basingstoke, and man,
influential merchants in London, looked favourably
toward the undertaking; it was not enough that the
country between London and Southampton offered
no' impediments to such a work; it was necessary to
discover that particular line that would avoid in-
jury to individuals,, and at the same time afford
the greatest benefit to, the community. Until that
line, which the Directors now confidently laid be-
fOre;the meeting, was discovered, it was impossible
to know through whose property it would pass,
the Directors, therefore, abstained from a useless in-
trusion on the worthy Baronet and other land-
owners; but so quickly have they availed themselves
of the earliest moment of making them acquainted
with it, that note day has been lost. The time now
open for compliance with the standing orders of the
House of Commons Was indeed short, but he trusted

the important advantages embraced, as the informa-
tion so generally circulated has shown, and the wants
of the public have so long demanded, would induce
this meeting to sanction its further progress. If any
gentleman will look at the position of Basingstoke
on the map, they will see it connected with all the
great roads leading from .the West of England to
Loudon; and that a junction from thence with the
Kennet and Avon Canal may easily be formed by a
branch railway, which would connect Bristol, and
through it Wales and Ireland, with the channel and
southern coast of England, and give those advan-
tages to the sister kingdom, as well as Wales aid
the western parr of this kingdom, which have been
so many years felt to be of primary importance. If
a railway communication between Bristol and
London should be adopted, in all probability it

would follow the line o'f the Kennet and Avon

navigation, and would most likely unite with
this railway at Basingstoke. The deputation which
has been to London were there informed by one o►
the most influential merchants in the city, that th,•
support of the landed interests along the line, and
of the principal towns, would ensure whatever part
of the capital that may be required to be raised
there. The arectors have taken every care to ob-
tain security for the deposits of the subscribers, and
the appointment of trustees has been very generally
approved. Of the superiority of railway carriage
over every other mode of conveyance DO doubt can
now remain. Steam carriages upon common roads
have been supposed likely to supersede rail-roads,
but all they have yet effected has been to carry a
weight equal to that of the engine at ten or twelve
miles an hour ; and a gentleman who is intimately
connected with the subject, has declared that the
engine which, without burthen, could go 30 miles
on a common road, could complete 150 on a
rail-
way. Under all the circumstances which have been
stated to the public, the Directors submit to this
meeting whether it shall be proceeded with or not ?
All the expenses hitherto incurred have fallen on a
few individuals, independent of the concern, but
the funds raised for that purpose are now expended,
and unless further means are now afforded, the stir
vey thus far accomplished must be deferred, if not
altogether abandoned.

J. S. PENLEazE, Esq. M.P., regretter) his una-
voidable attendance on his Parliamentary duties had
prevented his giving the attention to this great ob-
ject which he was anxious to have done. The Hon.
Gentleman forcibly urged the adoption of this mea-
sure on public grounds. Unfortunately great dis-
tress had existed, and still exists in the country, and
the best means of alleviating it, is the currying on
great works of this description, which will employ
so many thousands of the labouring classes, and be
productive of other important advantages. The local
and national benefits to be derived from this under-
taking had already been so ably explained that he
need not attempt to enforce them. By executing
the work iu time of peace, not only will it be done
at the cheapest possible rate, but in war all that im.
portant relief to the commerce of the kingdom would
be provided, that must then be so desirable. Fur
himself, the Hon. Gentleman said, every exertion of
his should be applied to promote it ; and in his place
in the House of Commons his humble services may
be depended on.
Sir THOMAS BARING observed, that he admitted
a prima...facie case had been established; but still
though he admitted great benefit appeared likely to
accrue to the public and the proprietors, he did not
yet feel authorized to give his name as sanctioning
the measure, until he knew what are the feelings
of the mercantile interests in London, and the landed
gentlemen. The able speeches of Colonel Hender-
son, Mr. de Blaquiere, and Mr. Penleaze, carried
great weight with them ; but, as the Chairman of
that meeting, he required further information.
The Hon. Mr. DE 13c-tilt:mut: then entered into
a full explanation of the countenance the Directors
had received from different eminent merchants in
London, the Basingstoke Canal Company, and the
land-owners in different parts of the line, and shewed
the case to be so strong, that
Sir THOMAS BARING again rose, and expressed
himself so far satisfied, that with a view to enable
the managing Directors to proceed with the survey,
and give the necesary mice for applyitg to Parlia-
ment for a Bill in the next Sessions, he should sub-
scribe in the first instance for fifty shares, or 501. re-
serving his further support when he shall have more
fully entered into the subject.
tievei•al Interrogatories were put by Dr. Little-
hales, and others ; and Mr. Lindley, the surveyor
employed by the engineer, explained the survey,
and stilted on the authority of Mr. Giles, that it
would he completed for 1,000/. ; after which the
Rev. Ruben Wright proposed the rsolutions, and
a unanimous vote of thanks. to &Sir Thomas Baring,
for his impartial and upright conduct in the chair,
was followed by a subscription to a considerable
amoea. 'We do riot know the exact sum, but have
much pleasure in stating -.hat the amount now sub-
: scribed for this great work exceeds 100,0001.

CAUTION TO TAVERN ii,EEPERE.—There
never was a time an requi,i.to as the present for keepers of
taverns to be on their guard against swindirs. Sunday
night si we'd-dressed man, catrying a carpet bag, applied a:
the Queen's Arms Tavern, Newgate-street, for a hed—h:
was sbotvn to the coffee-room, where he took hix grog,
paid his bill, and retired for the night, &clan after h,
kft in the morning it was discove7:;tl that he had taken
from another bed-room, a clis, great coat, and a pair o
shoes, and left in the chimney in the room in which he
slept, hat, a piece of green baiz,, and bundle of
rags. A person committed a similar depredation a short
time since at the Angel Inn, Islington.--L This parattr..ph
would have appeared yesterday but was mislaid by mistake.]

RAIL ROAD.—Notieo has been given of an
application to the Legislature of this State, to incorponve
a company, to snake a rail-road from New York, throuyi
the southern tier of counties and Jamestown, to Lake
Erie, with a capital of 6,000,000 dollars.

The Kingston C'hronir'►..e,. of. September 13
gives the followiog acco:Lat of a hurricane at Aux Cayes
" We have haer.'favoured with the following extract of
tett;;r Jrw►n Aux Cayes, g;ving more particular:. oi the da
triage sustained at that place by the I.,;;;;.:ioane, particularly
Aux Cayes and Jeremie ; 01. e I:4lner town is minus 1,555
houses, and upvee7ti4 of 600 sou a ; the sea rose and lai
the town ave feet under water ; they have no shelter iron,
tho w.atiier, and are short of provisit.os, and our harbour
has not a twat afloat to help ih,nl, although sto..ketl we:l
with fl iur, &c. Vi'o had but a sheht shock of it here ;
two Attle:',:e.ans went on shore. Jerernie nearly in ruins •
The coffee crop in the neighbou.,:tiz,od of these two towns
is lost, and the greater part of the trees also. Such a vi-
sitation in Aux Cayes is unknown in the anustt of ti.is
island.";