The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.

A special meeting of this company was held on Sltur
day, at Plymouth, Mr, T. Gill, in the chair ; at which
the copies
.of two ails were submitted for the ap-
proval of -the shareholders one fur the coa-
struction of railways w Tavistock and Laun-
ceston, and for extensions to Torquay and Brix-
ham, capital 550,000/ ; the other for making al: altera-
tion in the Cornwall Railway, amendi,g Act. and 1(1.
leasing line. The additional clAuses introduced into the
Bills, and approved at the last meeting, were als,b sub-
mitted —one authorised the contririutiou of 15,000/.
towards the Great We stern Docks.

Afer some discussion, the amended Bills were
agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN stated, in answer to a questii.n, that
rrohably. they would be enabled to open the line
to Totness in a month, and work it by the atmo-
spheric sys!em ; that as son as the line could
be opened to Plymouth, it was int4-nded to use hien-
motive power on that portion until the atmospheric
was ready; that the tunnel at Maley was the principal
work to be completed before they could open to Ply-
mouth, which they hoped to do about Christmas ; that
the treaty for.. the purchase of the Plymouth and Dart-
moor Railway had been broken off; and that 5/. per
abate would shortly be called pp on the half shares.
MONTEREAU AND TROYES RAILWAY.

Ageneral meeting of the shareholder:- was held at
Paris, on the 17th instant. The report stated that since
the last meeting, the works had progressed consider-
ably, that 53 kilometres (thirty-three English mil 4 s)
would be ready for opening next Auost, and the re-
mainder of the line, 49 kilometres, (thirty•one miles)
by March, 1848; that land and briirs were provided
for s double line, but rails and shdings for a single
line; that out of 2,735 proprietors of land, the company
came to amicable arrangements with 2,651; that the
sum paid for the land required for the line did not ex-
ceed 23,000 f. per kilometre, being less than half the
average price paid by other French railway companies ;
and that the construction of the working stock was
proceeding rapidly. The engineer's report stated
that the works along the line were in a very satisfactory
and advanced state, and that ample materials have been
supplied. The accounts show that the receipt amounted
to 11,858,303 f. (474.3321.), and the expenditure to
7,888,129 f. (315,5251.), leaving 2,282,332 f. (91,2931.)
in cash, and 1,687,8421, (67,5131.) in caution money and
other assets.
This report and accounts were unanimously adopted.

The tenth vnlume of Miss Strickland's popular
"Lives of the Queens of. England," is announced for
177blaicsatzioanraibis
L ow. seVIPPIPE-11111— t.z.v RN LtvEs AT SEA.—We
lately quoted from. the Inverness Courier an account of
three seamen and a woman having arrived st Inverness,
stating themselves to have been saved from a ship burned
at sea. The account given by the parties was circum-
stantial enough; but, unfortunately for the credulity ci
-ou'r northern neighbours and the parties most interested,
it turns out to be a gross fabrication. The Inverness
Juurnal says—' The parties are still inmates of the in-
firtuEry ; but all the ingenuity with which they concocted
their tale of suffering was not sufficient to shield,.their
imposture from the suspicion of Mr. Macbean; cur super-
intendent of police. He chanced to be in the country
when they arrived in town; but, on hearing the nature
of their statements, he pronounced them false, and com-
menced his icquaries.;,. .Trricirig them from Beuly, he
found that they had regaled themselves with three half-
mufchkins of whisky at B.igroy Inn, very likely to pre-
pare them for their debut at Inverness. Mr. Macbean
has since learned from his subordinate at Campbi-Itown
that some time ago persons answering to the description
of the impostors were crossed at Fort George ferry to
Ross-shire. The Campbeltown officer is expected in
town tomorrow, when be will confront them in ordr-r to
their identification. We hope that this gross attempt to
tamper with public sympathy will be punished with suchb
a severity as will rt ally deter others from committing t
like offences in future."
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