The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-13 00:00:00

RAILWAY NOTICES.

The Great Western Railway will be opened to
Wootton Bassett before the end of the present year ;

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and the whole lino from London to Bristol, June 1,

1841.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. Smith is now on the Hull
and Selby line, investigating the cause of the late acci-
dents.
The Great North of England Railway, which ex-
tends from York to Darlington, is to opened on the 25th
of November.
The traffic on the Shoreham branch of the London
and Brighton Railway for the week ending September
29th, was 3,804 passengers ; giving a daily average of
544, and the total receipts for the week, 131/. 19s. 3d.
On the London and Croydon Railway for the week
ending October 1, the average number of passengers
daily was 1,163 ; making 8,141 for the week, and pro-
ducing 5531. 10s. 2d. The London and Greenwich
Railway carried in the same periol a daily average of
3,917. making 27,200 for the week, and producing
845/. 19s. 6d.
NORTH MlDLAND.—Traffic for the week ending
Sept. 26.—Gross amount for conveyance of passengers,
parcels, carriages, horses, arid mails, 2,5191. 6s. lid.
Merchandise and minerals in previous.weelo7l/. 14s. sd.
Total, 2,991/. l s.
YoItK AND NORTH MlDLAND.—Traffic for the
week ending 27th September —5,742 i
9591. 16s. 7d.

MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The Directors
have this week introduced new carr:ages, which
will greatly add to the ease of travelling on this
line. It has hitherto been a subject of complaint with
passengers on almost every line of railway that the car-
riages rocked and jolted like stage-coaches on a bad road.
By some this was supposed to be occasioned by the
imperfect state of the line ; by others, that the fault
was with the vehicle in which they were travelling.
The Directors of the Midland Counties Railway, in-
clining to the latter supposition, have caused carriages
to be made at their own manufactory, suspended by
leather braces, instead of iron, for the purpose of ob-
viating the inconvenience ; and this has been found to
be A decided improvement. The new carriages are
painted like the old mails, and look well. The middle
portion is for first class passengers, and the other for
second class.—Leicester Chronicle.
MIDLAND COUNTIES.—Length of line, 57 miles.
Iteceivts for the week ending Oct. 3:—Passengers,
1,930/. Is. 10d.
HULL AND SELEY RAlLWAY.—Traffic returns from
Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 :—Passengers (4,293), parcels, &c.,
5591. 7s. 9d. ; goods, sheep, grain, &c., 191/..95. ; total,
750/.165. 9d.
DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY.—The sum
due to the bankers of this Company, on the railway
account, is about 6,600/., and not 80,000/, as has been
erroneously stated. The total amount of the liabilities
of the Company was, at the date of their annual meet-
ing (29th ult.), 84,8351. 16s. 4d. ; and of their assets
44,4921.85. lid ; leaving a deficiency 0140,343/. 85.21 d. ;
and it was proposed by e Directors that, to liquidate
this debt, the Proprietors be requested to advance to
the Company a loan of ten pounds per share. at in-
terest of 71 per cent. ; such interest, with the capital, if
required, to be payable in preference to future divi-
dends on the original capital.
RAILWAYS v. TURNPIKE TRUSTS,—The letting of
St. Clement's tolls took place on Wednesday last.
These tolls„ which, at the last letting, fetched 1,470/.,
and on a former occasion nearly 1,9001.,
did not now
reach more than 855/. This is one of the results of
our close connection with the Great Western Railway.
-',rford Herald.