The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-09 00:00:00

CHELTENHAM COMPETING LINES.

IT. M.
8 55

H. M.
Didcot
Wallingford-road
Goring
Pangbourne... ll 30
Reading
Twyford
Maidenhead..
Slough
West Drayton
Sothall
No exact time kept.
Hanwell
Ealing
Paddington ..
An experimental train is to be dispatched from Pad-
dington, carrying a weight of 400 tons, exclusive of
trucks and carriage, and it is anticipated that an average
speed of 21 miles an hour will be sustained.
PL

,ANS DEPOSITED WITH THE PRIVATE
BILL- OFFICE.
The following is an enumeration of various undertak-
ings proposed to be carried out in connexion with the
railway communication of the country, the necessary
plans for which have been deposited with the Private
Bill-office :-
1. Birkenhead Commissioners Docks
2. Bognor Dock and Piers
3. Campletown Harbour
4. Clyde Docks
5. Glasgow Harbour and Monkland Junction Canal
6. Harwich Docks
7. Herculaneum (Liverpool) Docks
8. Holyhead Docks
9. Lambeth and Westminster Suspension Bridge
10. Liverpool Docks
11. London Sewage Company
12. Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company
13. blorecombe Bay Embankment
14. Plymouth Great Western Docks
15. Poole Harbour
16. Porthdynllaen Harbour and Docks
17. Portsea Pier
18. Ranelagh Suspension Bridge
19. Severn Navigation
20. Sunderland Dock
21. Swansea Docks
22. Thames Embankment
23. Tynemouth Docks
24. Western super-Mare Pier
25. Wexford Harbour Improvement

BIRMINGHAM AND WOROESTER.-011 Tuesday a
meeting of the proprietors of the Worcester Canal,
who lately proposed to carry a line which was to pro-
ceed, with deviations, along the bank of the canal to Stoke
Priors, from which place it was to proceed along the Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, to Wor-
cester, and there join the Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and
Gloucester Railway, and the other lines entering that
city, met at Birmingham, Mr. W. Beale, in the chair,
when a report was read, stating that, although the shares
had been allotted, the surveys completed, the plans pre-
pared, and the Parliamentary standing orders fully com-
plied with, the Directors found it necessary, in conse-
quence of the panic in the share market, to suspend all
proceedings, and postpone their application to Parlia-
ment until the session of 1847. In the interim the com-
mittee recommended that the whole of the deposits be
forthwith returned to the shareholders free of any deduc-
tion, and that the entire expense attending the past pro-
ceedings be paid out of the funds of the Canal Company.
Notwithstanding the continued low rate of tonnage, the
receipts had increased 8004 iu the half year, with every
prospect of a continued improvement. A dividend of
11. 10s. per share was then declared, leaving a sufficient
amount to defray all the probable expenses to protect the
interest of the Company against any projects now before
Parliament.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
SHEFFIELD, JAN. 7.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Shef-
field, 191x—Ditto, Extension, 31. 17s.—Huddersfield and
Sheffield, 247i—Derby and Crewe, 61i—Direct Northern,
2N—Grand Lnion (Nottingham to Lynn), 218—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 414—Manchester, Midland,
and Great Grimsby, 2/. I 6s. 3d.—North Western, 3%—Shef-
field, Rotherham, Wakefield, and Goole, 3/. 14s. 6d.—West
Riding Union, 774.

BRISTOL, JAN. 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and South
Wales Junction, 3-Caledonian, New, 4%-Welsh Midland, 4.
EXETER, JAN. 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE._ The sales are-Bristol, New, 8-
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % dis.-Eastern Counties
Extension Stock, No. 2, 34 p.-Dublin and Galway, 414.
MANCHESTER, Jam. 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Lei-
cester Direct, 345. 6d.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 3%-
Cambridge and Lincoln, New, 3!g-.Chelmsford and Bury,
1%-Chester and Birkenhead, 52-Chester and Holyhead,
174-Dudley, Iron Bridge, and Sheffield, 2%-Eastern Conn-
ties, 2314-Exeter and Exmouth, 12s. 6d.-Fleetwood, Pres-
ton, and West Biding, 373.-Goole, Doncaster,: Sheffield,
&c., 995. 6d.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 1214-Hudders-
field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 101
.2-liflders-
field and Sheffield Junction, 25-London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil, 214-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 41. 125.-
Manchester and Birmingham, 77-Manchester and Birming-
ham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 1%-Manchester
and Bury Atmospheric, 235. 6d.-Manchester and Leeds,
Extension, 6/. 19a. 6d.-Manchester and Southampton, 3}
-Northumberland and Lancashire, 375.-North Eastern, 24
-North Staffordshire, 6/. 25.-Nottingham, Erewash, Amber-
gate, and Manchester, 314-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 375.
-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 4Sheffield and
Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 1, 1514--7,- ADitto, No. 3. 7%
-Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 17s. 6d.- Shropshire Union
Railway and Canal, 2/. 145.-South-Eastern and Dover,
Halves, /-Trent Valley, 111id7lIa.n1d4,
s. €dd.....GrGanredatJLunucxteimon.,
595. 6d.-West Riding Union,
Bourg, 3.

LEEDS, bar. 7.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tho sales are-Eastern Counties, 23
-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 1214 Sheffield
and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 734-Great Grimsby
and Sheffield Extensions, 325. 6d. p.-Leeds and Bradford.
5634-Leeds and Dewsbury, 19 cash-Ditto, New Shares, 4
pp Leeds and Thirsk, 12-North British, New, 714-Ditto,
New Carlisle Branch, 31. 65.-Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole, 39-Goole and Doncaster, 21 15s. p.-London and
Portsmouth, 45'-Sheffield and Lincoln, 4%-Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 5-West Riding Union, 71. 148.-
-Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), 235. p.-Chelmsford and
Bury, 2s. 6d. p.-Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 2s. 6d. p.
-Great Eastern and Western, 11. 95.-Lancashire and North
Yorkshire, 19s. p.-Leeds and York, par-Leicester and Bed-
ford, 245. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid-
land, 2/. 14s. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junc-
tion, 7s. 6d. dis.-North Western 31/2-Nottingham and
Boston, 17s. 6d. p.-Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate,
17s. 6d. p.-Nottingham and Grantham, 20s. p -Oxford,
Whitney, and Cheltenham, 2s. 6d. dis.-Shropshire Union,
Ms. p.-South Midlands, 3/. 128. p.-Wakefield and Brad•
7111011shLIL , JAN. 7.
ford, 4s. dis.-Welsh Midlands, ss. p.
peSrle'OetK.Eg.t.TarCiainAliteGe,E6
Bialla"ckbaurrenTlDianrlwl b 1,4 c. n.-Great Grimsby and eann,daSndell?Zolt(olno,
31.Sheffield,38,d._AQrinuartagebrSchaorlees,rai4n1/2e
-North British, Carlisle,-
and Portrush, 1%-Buckinghamshire, 1-G I Doncaster,
Sheffield, &c., 3-Grand Union, 11. 195.-Great North and
South Wales and Worcester, 11s.-Hull and
tion, 455.-Leicester and Bedford, 2/. 2a.-Leicester June-
Birmingham, 275.-Leicester and Tatnvrorth, 3/47etrttianngd
ham, Erewash, &c., 2,q-Nottingham and Boston, 2 North-
Staordshire, 61. 43. 6d.-Shropshire Union, 7s. 6d.-Tean
and Dove Valley, 15i-Wakefield and Bradford, 2%-Wor-
cester, Tenbury, andiLlidlow,:2l4-Great Northern of France,
143,4.
YORK, JAN. 7.

STOCK EXCITANGE.—the stiles are—York and North Mid-
land Extension, 413/4—Ipswich and Bury, S1—Newcastle
and Berwick, 214—North British, New Caisle Branch,
31. 18s. 6d.—London and York, 4/. 16s.—Axholme, 3N
Clitheroe Junction, 33/,—Grand Union, 2—Lancashire and
North
rth Yorkshire, 314—Leiceeter and Bedford, 2/. Bs. 61—
Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent
Valley Junction, 3—Manchester, BuatoD, Matlock,and

CHELTENHAM, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—An important
meeting was held here to-day to receive the resignation
of the town committee appointed for the purpose of re-
porting on the various projects now in agitation in Chel-
tenham. Previous to the commencement of the proceed-
ings the Hon. Craven Berkeley, ALP., apologised for
some animadversions made on a previous day as to the
conduct of the Rev. T. Close in connexion with railway
matters. The Hon. Gentleman's observations appeared
to give satisfaction to the meeting and his constituents.
Mr. GWINNETT proposed a resolution to the effect
that the original committee should be re-appointed with
some little alteration.

The resolution was seconded by Mr. RowE.
Mr. TANG WOOD supported the Cheltenham and Oxford
line.

Mr. HARPER proposed an amendment to the effect
that the original members of the committee should be re-
appointed with several other additional names, with
power to oppose any railway passing through or crossing
the approaches of the town.
The proposition was seconded by Mr. HEANE.
Several members addressed the meeting, either dis-
senting to or opposing the resolution.
When the CHAIRMAN desired the meeting to express
their feelings as to the first resolution and amendment, a
scene of indescribable confusion ensued.

In the first instance Mr. Close decided that Mr. Har-
per's resolution had been carried ; feeling, however,
some uncertainty as to the question, he requested the
meeting again to divide, and then for some time was
unable to obtain a hearing. Ultimately, however, the
CHAIRMAN decided that Mr. Harper's resolution was
carried.

I THE BROAD AND THE NARROW GAUGE.
Wednesday morning an experimental train, consisting
of twelve carriages, laden with 124 tons 11 cwt. and a
quarter, was dispatched from the Paddington terminus
of the Great Western Railway, the object being to as-
certain if a passenger engine would propel such a weight.
Precisely at 8 45 A. 31., the train, propelled by the Lion
engine, left the terminus, and arrived at the one-mile
post at 8 50. On the engine were Mr. Brunel, Mr. Gooch,
the superintendent of the locomotive department ; Mr.
Andrews, the inspector of the locomotives ; and J. Apple,
the engine driver.
At five minutes before nine o'clock the signal was
given for the train to start, and it passed the undernaen
tioned stations at the times affixed :
MILES.
Padddington ..
Ealing
Haswell
Southall
West Drayton
Slough
Maidenhead . 221 ~. 9 24i
Twyford
Reading 354 ...... ... 9 44
Pangbourne ...
Goring . -14
Wallingford-road... 471- ...
Didcot ... .....
Thus accomplishing the distance at an average speed
of 48 miles an hour.
On the return trip, the following are the hours, as
nearly as can be ascertained, at which the train passed
through the several station yards:—