The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-21 00:00:00

t AN EPITOME of the NETT' LINES of RAIL-
. WAY in ENGLAND, which Parliarneht will pro-
hably suns iron, with their Reasons for doing SO. By C.
t Collins.
Mr. Collins, the author of this brochure, is the edi-
tor of the Railway Times, and is, therefore, from his
position, as qualified to act the part of Railw:lv
Prophet as Vales, Bunbury, et hoc genus omae,
are to prophecy concerning the turf. Among the
reasons which he adduces for Parliament verifying
his prophecies, the decisions of the committees during
the last session hold a prominent place. As a re-
sum' of the decisions of the railway commit-
tees of last session, and of the projects which
will come before Parliament during the pre..
sent session, this is a valuable compilation, and
if it were possible for the decision of one
Parliamentary Committee to calculate what the
decision of another Parliamentary Committee would
be under similar circumstances, then might we be in•
clined to place some trust in Mr. Collins's vaticina-
tions ;—but the days of prophesy, like those of
chivalry, are over, and to attempt to foretel the de-
cision of a Parliamentary Committee, on any given
case, by a reference to the ordinary rules of law or
equity, or precedent, is as hopeless a task as it would
be to attempt to foretel from what quarter the wind
would blow at the moment that the chairman should
announce the decision. If it were possible, in regard
to these matters, to foretel the future from accurate
observations of the past, then, indeed, in the majority
of instances, would Mr. Collins be a true prophet.
After stating the grand lines of railway, the con-
struction of which he thinks it probable Parliament
will sanction in the ensuing session, and which will
require ap: id-up capital of 45,930,0001., he thus con-
cludes :
"If we allow about twenty millions for branches of
existing lines, and fur small extensions, the total sum
which Parliament will in all probability permit this
year to be applied to the construction of new English
railways, will be under seventy millions, or less than a
million and a half for each county. The sum is great,
but we believe that the county will provide it, and feel
no ill effects from the outlay. The money so expended
will be disbursed by degrees—and to whom ?—why to
those who will immediately circulate it again—the
labourers of the country. The calls will be made
periodically, so as to meet the convenience of those who
have to pay them, and we may therefore fairly assume
that before the last call is made, the first that was paid
will have nearly returned into the pockets of the sub-
scribers."

STEAM NAVIGATION IN THE
BLACK SEA.

TREBISONDE, DEC. 8, 1845.—Steam navigation in the
Black Sea has received a most extraordinary impulse.
It is scarcely eight years since the inhabitants of Trebi-
sonde were astonished by the sight of the first Austrian
steamer of the Danubian Society, which appeared upon
the coast of Anatolia for the purpose of trying to esta-
blish a rapid and direct relation between the dense popu-
lation on the shores of the Black Sea and the Ottoman
capital. The first attempt was not very encouraging,
and the great mass of travellers and pilgrims who
came from Persia, and from the centre of Mussulman
Asia en route to Constantinople or to Mecca,
continued for some time after that attempt to
trust themselves to the frail Turkish sailing ves-
sels which plied between Trebisonde and the capital, and
which were frequently lost in that dangerous sea. But
happily the Austrians persisted in their enterprise, the
boat reappeared, the Greek and Armenian population of
Anatolia at length ventured to embark upon the " fire
ships," as they were termed, and, finally, the whole mus-
sulman population followed the example. At present
there are three societies which contend for that much
frequented line, and six steamers which vie with each
other for the travellers and merchandise. After the
Austrians, an Armenian society was formed at Con-
stantinople to work the line, in which most of the prin-
cipal Pashas of the empire hold shares, and which
is greatly favoured by the Turkish Government.
The Society of the Navigation of the Danube has this
year disposed of the whole of its steamers to the Austrian
Lloyd's Company at Trieste, which at present serves the
greater part of the lines of the Levant. For the last
eight mouths an English company has been established,
and now contends with the Austrian and Armenian com-
panies for the navigation between this port and Constan-
tinople, and sends us weekly a magnificent boat, which
goes from this place direct to Malta, touching at Con-
stantinople, Smyrna, and Syria. The voyage from
Malta to Trebisonde is performed in fourteen days. The
number of passengers between Trebisonde and Con-
stantinople is rarely less than four hundred.
Four steamers of the Austrian Lloyd's Company now
regularly ply between Constantinople, Kustandge, and
the mouth of the Danube, in order to take up the travel-
lers which the Danube boats bring there. This naviga-
tion is only interrupted during the four winter months,
that is to say, from the commencement of December to
the end of March. The Russians have augmented their
line of steamers from Odessa to Constantincple by lay-
ing on two additional boats, which are commanded by
English captains. This line has likewise four boats.
The service as well as the internal arrangement of the
steamers is yet far from being complete. The three
Russian steamers which navigate between Odessa and
Kertsch also offer but slight comfort, and travellers are
continually making complaints. From Kertsch as far
as Kedut Certsch travellers are taken gratuitously on
board the Russian steam-frigates, which perform
that voyage twice a month, touching at all the
small ports arid other fortified points which
the Russians have established upon the Circassian shore.
There is not the slightest difficulty in obtaining per-
mission to embark upon those state steamers. The
voyage is exceedingly interesting, on account of the
picturesque beauty of the Circassian coast ; but it some-
times happens that Circassian bullets reach the deck of
the vessels when they approach too near the shore.
The former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian
army was nearly killed by one of those balls,
which whizzed above his head when he was on
his way to the fortress of Ardler. There are at present
seven Russian steam frigates in the Black Sea, four of
which generally remain in the port of Sebastpol, and
three in that of Kertsch, at the disposition of General
Budberg, who commands the garrisons in the forts
situated on the Circassian shore. lam assured that
Prince Woronzow is actively employed establishing a
line of steamers between Bedut Kerstch and Trebisonde.
This will prove an immense advantage to this port, for
the communication between it and Georgia is very
difficult by the small Turkish vessels, and yet
the commercial intercourse is very considerable.
Should tee enterprise which Prince Woronzow
has recommended to his Government succeed, the
voyage around the whole of the Black Sea may
be made in steamers. The number of steamers which at
present ply regularly in that sea is twenty-four, to which
may likewise be added two others, which ply between
Kertsch and Taganrog, on the Sea of Aaof, and two
others which are destined to ply between Bedut-Kertsch
and Trebisonde, touching at Poti, Batum, and Risch.
When these vessels are laid on, travellers will be enabled
to make the tour of the Black Sea in six weeks, in-
cluding the two weeks' quarantine at Odessa.

1 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
SHEFFIELD, JAN. 19.
STOCK EXCHAYGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
22—Grimsby and Sheffield, 21. 19s. 6d.—East Lincolnshire, ,
21,4—G001e and Doncaster, 44—Isle of Axlielme and Goole,
21. 16s.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 2/. 19s. 6d.—
Manchester, Midland, and Groat Grimsby, 21. 4s. 6d.—Shef.
field and Lincolnshire, 3%_South Yorkshire Coal Railway,
2% p.
BRISTOL, JAN-. 19.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Midland, New, 30%--
Newcastle and Berwick, 22—Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham, 21A—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 3
EXETER, JAN. 19.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are E
22:Y4—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, are—. Eastern
10s. dis.—Northrn Counties,
Devon, 7s. 6d. dis.

MANCHESTER, JAN. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGL—The sales are—Boston, Newark, and
Sheffield, 4 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, 3 p.—
Chester and Manchester Direct, 14 dis.—Clitheroe Junction,
% p.—East Lancashire, No. 2, 44 p.—East Lincolnshire,
1 p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, I,‘ p.—Grand
Union, 5-16 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, -New Shares,
1 p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, N p.—Leicester and
Bedford, 34 p.—London and Manchester (Rem. ), dia.—
London and Windsor, 142 dis.—Manchester, Buxton, and Mat-
lock, 21,4 p.—Manchester and Birmingham, 77; Ditto, Quar-
ters, 7% p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 4% p.—Man-
chester and Southampton, 1,4 p.—Manchester, Wigan, and
Southport, 4 p.—Northumberland and Lancashire, 3/4 dis.—
North Western, 38,5. p.—Nottiagham, Erewash, Ambergate,
and Manchester, p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves, 414 p.—
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 545.
LEEDS, JAN. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—London and Croydon ,
224 cash—Midland, New, 30—Newcastle and Darlington
Junction, 59S—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares,
No. 3, 6—York and North Midland Extension, 41—Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, 1014—Ditto, Extensions, 19 p.-
- Huddersfield and Sheffield, 211,4—Leeds and Bradford,
52—Leeds and Thirsk, 11 4/—Ditto, New, 3s. 6d. p.—Liver-
pool and Bury, New, 34 p.—North British, New, N
—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 3—Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton, 154—London and Yolk, 414—Sheffield and
Lincoln, 14—Direct Northern, 21. ls. 6d. cash—Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 414—West Riding Union, 6a/4—Am-
bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 6s. Bd. p.—Clitheroe Junc-
tion, 34—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 18s. p. —Lan-
cashire Yorkshire, and North Eastern, ss. dis.—Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 245. p.—Leicester and Birmingham,
ss. p.—North Western, 21. 19s.—Shropshire Union, 3s. 6d. p.
—South Midlands, 3 p.— South Staffordshire, 3N.
YORK, J. 19.
Wiedsltalliding),
ST STOCK
E Extension,xciiA a
Ex-
tension, 393 A with new—Ditto, New
r.. 1 ey salesork
andare—Newcastle
North
Midland
lington
Carlisle Branch, 3113—Wakefield, Pontefract,.xcime, 3%—Grandl2—Newcastle and Berwick, 21
h
IW/4—London and York, 4/. Bs.—A
Matlock, and Midland,
Union, 13/4—Manchester,
Buxton,
11 nd
Welsh it a ,
44—North Western,
% (East
21—Forth rat hn
and
British,
Goole,
New,N ew

CH investiture of the Marquis
of
after the
ais of Hertford yesterday, as Knights
honoured
of the Moat Noble
District from the
an audience, at which his Grace presented
addresses
Agricultural Protection Societies
of Richmond with
county of Sussex, praying for a continuance of the
he
cl.cfhctL gprotection to agriculture; and also from the unde-
corated leitlaajiensit t y
Orderfr
of the Garter, the Duke
e- I'eninsular officers, praying for permission to wear
some commemorative mark of their services.
BRITISH ORPHAN Amusi.—The annual general
neeting and election for the above charity took place on Mow-
day at the London Tavern, at which the Right Hon. Lord
Mayor presided, and contributed ten guineas towards the
funds of the institution. From the financial statement, it
appeared that the funded stock now amounted to 3,8001.
that the subscription amounted to '2,2841.; and that, after
defraying the necessary expenses, a balance remained of
620/. ls. 6d. Seven children out of a list of thirty candidates
were elected, and rewards delivered to several children who
had been educated in the institution.