The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

IRISH.

Belfast and Ballymena, 12th April, main line, 33
miles; Itandalstown and Carrickfergus branches, 44;
total 371 miles.
Belfast and County Down, 2d August, Holywood
branch, 4k miles.
Great Southern and Western, 13th March, from Ros-
crea station to Thurles, 10 miles, 3d July; Thurles
junction with Waterford and Limerick Railway, 34
miles; total 44 miles.

Irish South-Eastern, 24th July, Carlow to Bagnals-
town,lo4 miles, worked by Great Southern and Western
Company.
Midland Great Western, 2d October, from Kinnegad
to Mußulgur, 14 miles.
Utiter, February, Portadown to Armagh, 11 miles.
Waterford and Kilkenny, 11th May, Kilkenny to
Thomastown, 11 miles.
Waterford and Limerick, 9th May, Limerick to Tip-
perary, 25 miles.

FOREIGN.
Amiens and Boulogne, 17th April, from Neufchatel to
Boulogne, 8 miles.
Great Northern of France, 2d September, Calais to
Lisle, 65 miles ; 3d September, Hazebrouck to Dunkirk,
26 miles ; total, 91 miles.
Rouen and Havre, branch to Dieppe, 27 miles.
Tours and Nantes, December, first section from Tours
to Samur, 20 miles.
Italian and Austrian, February, first section from
Florence to Prato, 11 miles. Austrian, 3d December,
from Prague by Teibau to Brunn, 130 miles.
Namur and Liege, Ist March, first section of Mons
and Manage, from Braquignies to Manage, and Louvre
to I3ascoup, 131 miles.
Sambre and Meuse, 30th November, first section
from Charleroi to Walcourt, and branch to Morialine,
25 miles.

Tournay and Jurbise, 25th October, length 30 miles.
Barcelona and Mattarai, Bth October, length 16 miles.
From this list it appears that the aggregate length of
English lines opened in the year 1848 was 750 mils ;
in 6cotland 2991 miles ; in Ireland 158 miles ; making
a total length of railway opened in Great Britain during
the past year of 1,207 miles. In France 146 miles were
opent d ; in Belgium, 684 miles ; in Austria 130 miles ;
Italy, 11 mines ; and in Spain, 16 miles. Total length
of foreign railways, 371 miles.—Herapath's Journal.
SOUTH-EASTERN.—It is not correct, as reported in
contemporary, that four directors are to retire, to make
room for four new directors. We understand that the
four gentlemen named as being about to retire, Mr.
Pritchard, Mr. Smale, Mr. Thomson, and Mr. Brogden,
remain at the board.—Railway Gazette.

GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN.—The portion of
the line from Tipperary to Buttevant has been inspected,
but it is not supposed that it will be opened until the
completion of the railway to Mallow. In the meantime
judicious arrangements have been made for the trans-
mission of passengers by branch coaches.—Railway Re-
cord.

NORTH WALES.—A circular has been issued to tho
shareholders, under date of the 30th of December, and
with the signature of Mr. Chadwick, the chairman, ap-
pointing certain days, namely, from the 10th to the 20th
instant—when at the offices of the company a return of
20s. per share may be received.
week CHESTER
covered o
platforms.
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Menai Straits for carrying on the great works at the
Britannia Bridge, where more than ordinary exertions
are being made to complete and open the line as early as
possible in the ensuing summer. The tides even reached
Tbe hi
the bottom of the tubes, which are carried so high above
the water as to allow of the passing of vessels mast high.
The flood water was the highest yet remembered, bat no
injury was done to the works. Thu Government In-
spector, Captain Simmonds, has been running trains
ihri,ugh the first tube, at Conway, with considerable
velocity, without any sensible increase of vibration.
Trains laden with stone and iron were drawn into the
tubes by a locomotive and with 235 tons distributed all
over the tube, but the deflection did not amount to one
inch and a half at the centre of the span. The deflection
of the two tubes is ascertained to be, curiously enough,
exactly similer, and the coincid. nee is looked upon by
scientific men as a strong confirmation of the homo-
geneous nature of mass of rivetted plates of iron, and
as a further assurance of the success of this new species
of engineering structere.
The Torquay branch of the South Devon Railway is
to he extended to the bay, to give facilities for the land-
ing of cargoes and fish from Brixham.
PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF IRISH RAILWAYS.—
Meetings of shareholders in the Dublin and Drogheda,

Belfast Junction, Dundalk and Enniskillen, and Newry
and Enniskillen, are about to he helft, at the r( qoisition
of the E,rl of Erne, Alderman Thompson, M.P., Mr.
G. V. Porter, and otters, to conii: or tree heat trwst.s,
under the powt.rs contained in their several Acts, of e.n-
stituting an amalgamation under the management of one
beard.

RAILW:4 Y
LivEittuot)L, JAN, 12

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STocz ExcmANok.—Tile mark t firm, we 17.ys-o
again this morning a good demand for London New Quarter
and 50, and other speculative Stocks. The sales are—Great
Northern, 10/. 115.3 d. dis ex int.—Lancashire and Yorkshire
(late Manchester and Birmingham), Pifths, 31. Is. 3d. dis.—
Ditto (late West Riding Union). Fifths, 4i/ dis.—London
and North-Western. 126—Ditto, Fifths, 5% p. —Ditto, \ew
Quarters, 2% p.—Ditto, Quarters (0), 2/. 16s. 3d. p.—Ditto,
Thirds, 8/. 6s. 3d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Eighths, 57/s dis. Ditto, 10/. Preference, 11:;, -- Ditto, Quar-
ters, 61,E dis.—Ditto (Docks), 12E4 dis.—Nlidland Stock, 87 1%
—Ditto, New Ilalves, 7 dis.—North Britis`,, Quarters, 3
North Staffordshire, 31,4—Scottish Central, 26—South-
Eastern and Dover, 24—Ditto, o. 4, Thirds, 71. 1 ts. 3d.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension, No. I), 1a p.
Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), la. 3d. dis. ex int.

BIRM 1 NGRAM. JAN 13

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The following are the day's quota-
tions :—North British, Thirds. 154 Sort h Staffordshire, 31.
13s. lid. dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 3/. 7s. Bd.
dis.—Shrewsbury, Preference,