The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-26 00:00:00

Mr. H. Willard, of Lowell, was killed on the railroad
between Wilmington and Haverhill. He was killed
while the train was passing under a bridge, a timber
striking his head.
THE PACIFIC OCEAN LINE.—A correspondent of one
of the New York Journals says :—Whitney's great pro-
ject of a railway to the Pacific .Ocean attracts much at-
tention here. An elaborate account of this proposed
railway has been republished in most of the daily and
some of the weekly journals. Mr. Whitney expects to
raise a portion of the funds necessary to carry on the
work in this country, notwithstanding the deplorable
state of trade here and the present antipathy to railway
schemes of every kind, yet I should not be at all sur-
prised to find John Lull launching out his thousands of
pounds for the purpose of assisting the projectors of this
gigantic American enterprise."
NORTH BRITISH RAlLWAY.—Operations have re-
cently been commenced on the sloping ground opposite
he extensive works of the North British Railway Com-
pany at Meadowbank, for the erection of dwelling-
-houses fur the accommodation of the numerous workmen
employ ed th re. This has been rendered necessary, both
from the present scarcity of dwelling- hou,es in the city,
and from the inconvenient distauce of the workmen's
houses from their places of business.— Vorth British
Mail.

The railways from Hanover to Minden, and from
Minden to Haman, will be opened for traffic by the:lsth
of Octeber next, at the latest. Thcugh of ne great ex-
tent, these lines are of consideral•le importance, from
entirely completing the line of railway which unites the
east and west of Germany.
OPENING OF THE SOUTH DEVON FROM NEWTON
TOTNESS —The public opening of the most difficult por-
tion of one of the most difficult railways in the kingdom
—the 8i miles from Newton to Totness—on the South
Devon line—took place on Tuesday. There is scarcely
a furlong of straight road in the 8:I miles between New-
ton and Totness. The section is, in fact, one series of
curves. The inhabitants of Totness made a perfect
holiday on the occasion. The chairman, Mr. Gill;
several of the directors; Mr. Barlow, one of the directors
of the Great Western; Mr. Brunel, Mr. Gooch, Mr.
Ilennet, the contractor; Mr. Glennie, the resident en-
gineer; and Mr. Rea, the locomotive superintendent;
went down with the first train in the morning.
NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK. The directors of this
company have published an official circular to their
shareholder, informing them " that at the ensuing
general half-yearly meeting of this company, the
directors intend to propose the amalgation of the York
and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Railway., on
the following terms:—That the original shares of the
Newcastle and Berwick Company shall, when fully
paid up, become the same as York and Newcastle
stock, and shall receive equal dividends on 151. per
ihare from the Ist of July inst., and on the remaining
101. per share from the time when the bridges across
the Tyne and the Tweed shall be completed. Inter-
est at five per cent. to be allowed on such 101. from the
times of payment to the completion of the bridges. That
as soon as the terms of amalgamation shall be agreed
upon, the scrip for the Newcastle and Berwick new
shares shall be called in for registration, and sealed cer-
tificates issued, and a further call made upon them of 5L
per share ; that on the 5L now paid up these shares shall
receive equal dividend with the York and Newcastle
stock, from the Ist of July instant, and shall be put upon
an equal tooting with the extension shares of that com-
pany in all respects, from the Ist of January next." The
half-yearly meeting will probably be held on Monday,
the 9th of August.
RUSSIA.—The Russian Government has granted the
company for constructing a railway from St. Petersburgh
to Zarskojtzelo, authority to extend their line as far as
Gatschine, a town 44 versts beyond Zarskojezelo. The
sum of 15,000 silver rubles per annum for ten years has
been awarded for the comp!etien of this section. It is
to be begun in :he course of the present year. This will
be the third railroad actually in the course of construc-
tion in Russia. About 40 versts of the line from St.
Petersburgh to Moscow have been opened.
NEWMARKET LINES.—The works on the line from
Chest erford to Newmarket are rapidly approaching com-
pletion, and it will be open for traffic in September next.
The directors have also ordered the contractors to pro-
ce-cl with the extensions to Thetford, Bury, and Ely, by
forthwith commencing the tunnel near Newmarket.—
Bury Post.

NIAI,DoN, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE.—Upwards of
1,000 labourers are employed, and the contractor speaks
with the utmost confidence of opening on the Ist of
October.—Essen Herald.

Two BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY.—WADEBRIDGE, SUN
DAY NIGHT.—An accident, resulting from the recent.
thunder storm occurred on Friday afternoon last, by
'Alija two bridges connected with the Bodmin and
Wadebridge Railway were swept away by the flood. The
bridges were those at the junction and the Grogley.
The traffic, in consequence, will be stopped for some
time. No lives were lost.

The preamble of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin•
colnshire Bill, for supply of surplus water to Manchester,
SaVid, and Stockport, ha% been passed in the Lords,
clauses saving the rights of the milluwners to the water
being inserted.

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Dividend Amount
N Euro of Company. per of Paid. Pric.
Annum. Share.
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£ s. d. £ s. d.
Australasia •••4.4 •• •• 40 0 0 40 0 0 20
,3ritch North American V. per Jent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
ommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
lolonial.. ..••••••• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
'7_,ondn and Westminstr 6/. par cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26%
f.ondon Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 710 0
Provincial of Ireland.. 181. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44%
Ditto, New... ...• • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -6‘ational of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Union of L0nd0n..... Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
CANALS.
Names of 1
1 .;
.) Dividend
i.. . Price. Names of DDividendCompanies. i Aper Price.
cc i per Companies. = Annum.
. Annum. io
X £
I.shtn& 0141 h 97,5/.55. pc, 70 Monmouthsh 100 10/. -
Ashby-d-la-2,113, 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. -
Barnsley •• • • jl6O 121. , 180 Macclesfield. 100 - -
Basingstoke-1100i - - Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340
Brknk&Abrg 150 i 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. -
;romford .... 100, 14/.• - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Dudley- lOO, 4/. - Regent's .... 33 1/. 4s. 20%
Derby ... • •1100' 6/. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54
Ellsmre&Chs,l33: 4/. j 51 Shropshire .. 125 81. -
ti;:ewash .• . ' WO: 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130
North & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. -
,IrandJunctn 100 6/. 79 StfTrd&Wore 140 281. 275
.rand Union 100, 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury..t 125 151. -
Ilamorgnsh .'l72' 13%1. - Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 305
Isstr& Brklyl 00 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. -
;ratitham ..150 12/. - Severn and
Huddersfield.:} 26 1... Bs. -
udderstield.l 57 - - Wye Rail.
Kennt & AVll' 39 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt& MI 50 301. -
Lancaster .. • 47 11. 10s. - sey .. .
Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 505 Thams&llled 19 - -
Leicester ..• • l4O, 10/. 75 Worcstr I
78 2/. 41
Leicstr &Nth' 83' 4/. 36 Birming.
Gough boroghll42 70/. 530 Wilts &Biks 67 11. I 11