The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

SOUTH-EASTERN.

The Directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company
have circulated amongst the proprietors a handsome little
volume, containing a statement of the position of the Com-
pany with reference to the projects which it is intended to
present to Parliament in the next session. At the outset
they express their opinion that the interests of the Company
have suffered from the want of a full understanding of its
position and policy, and this more especially in the districts
through which a large proportion of the proposed new works
will pass. After a recapitulation of a few of the leading facts
connected with the position of the Company, a statement is
given of the extensions which Mr. Robert Stephenson, the
engineer, has recommended. They are as follow :
1. From Waterloo-road, near Ifungerford-bridge, to the
Greenwich Railway at the crossing of the Grand Surrey
Canal. The object of this line is to form a West-end ter-
minus for all the lines in connexion with the South-Eastern.
This terminus will be formed, opening on the Waterloo-road,
and also on the York-road, Lambeth, which will bring it into
Immediate comm4sication both with the Waterloo and Hun-
gerforil bridges• ft will connect the whole South-Eastern
system with the South-Western line, and through that line
and she extensions proposed by the Birmingham and Great
Western Companies, the last link in the chain of connexion
will be established. The series will thus be complete from
Dover to Edinburgh, to Holyhead and to Falmouth. 2.
From the Greenwich Railway at Deptford Creek and the '
Grand Surrey Canal to Chilham, near Canterbury, with
branches to Sheerness and to Faversham Creek. This is the
North Kent line as promoted by the South-Eastern Company.
The iptal length from the Greenwich Railway at Deptford
Creek to Chilham is 52 miles 3 furlongs 105 yards, and from
the Greenwich Railway at the Grand Surrey Canal toChilham
63 Mies 1 furlong 213 yards, the portion from Dartford to
Chilham being comprised in both. Commencing at the
Greenwich Railway, at the point where the line from
Waterloo•road terminates, the .North Kent line of this Com-
pany proceeds through a portion of Deptford New-town to
Lewisham, thence by Eltham, Bexley, and Crayford to
Dartford. From Dartford to Gravesend the line is substan-
tially the same as last year; but from Gravesend onward to
Strood, a lower level is taken, adopting the line of the
Thames
and Medway Clonal, and Gravesend and Rochester
Railway. From. Strood, where the Gravesend and Roches-
ter Railway terminates, the line proceeds across the Medway
at about 100 yards below the existing bridge at Rochester.
Through Rochester and Chatham the line proceeds along
lb* marshes et the north side,
_ ine the rear of the houses
la the High-streets of
quays and
Arid Chatham, with
previsions for convenient
the river side thence the line proceeds along
high ground which separates Chatham from Gillingham
by by a tunnel 1,219 yards in length, at a maximum
depth of 163 feet. Thence by Gillingham, Milton Sitting-
bourne, bourne, and Faversham to Chilham, where it falls 'into mth-
line now just completed by the South. Eastern Companya
from Ashford to Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Marifftte, ro
the main line above described at Lower alston, near From
the a branch 5 miles 7 furlongs 13$ yards in length,
roce di to Sheernese,itnd from the Faversham-station a
furlong and 39 yards in length will connect
Er—anceh 1 mile 1
the main line with Faversham-creek and the quays there.
3. From She Greenwich Railway at the crossing of the
Maidstone, Ashford and Tunbride.
grand Surrey Canal to
This is the central or Mid-Kent portion of
Ctlihe series, and is
in length from the Greenwich Railway to art, near Ash-
ford, 49 miles 6 furlongs 79 yards. From Ch
sham line
Proceeds, following the valley of Ravensbourne to mley,
thence by the Farnborough to the valley of the Parent,
which It. will cross b a viaduct near Shoreham and Otford.
Thence by Ke • y
East rastng, Wrotham and Tytharn to West and
rc ain Mailing,statinantdh thence to Maidstone, forming there a
From Maidstone the
rietshans and Lanham, High-street, close to the Town-hall.
*be South-Eastern 171 i proceeds by Hollingbourne, Har-
t° Little Chart, where it falls into
Froin Ird...ern, 22 milese' far
about 2 miles west of Ashford.
Greenwich Railway, abrancelual, the point of starting on the
in length, proceeds to Tunbridge,miles 2 furlongs and 4 yards
with the main South-Eastern in forming there a junction
bridge Wells branch; and from duitardels° with the Tun-
d o from While
point of starting, a branch 2} miles in laid
to Riverhead, near Sevenoaks. As an
portant, both to the North Kent and the 11T-Penuat 11,y3;tiemn;,
the lime from Maidstone to Rochester stands next in order.
This line will commence by a janction with the existing
,South-Eastern branch line at Maidstone, and in connexionate) with the main station at the Town 11 di. It will
ymeed as far as Allington, 2 miles 6 furlongs and
77 yards, in a line common to the Mid-Kent line. From
Allington it follows the valley of the Medway throughout
dio Strood, near the foot of Rochester-bridge, where it will

form a junction with the South-Eastern North Kent line, and
also with the existing Gravesend and Rochester Railway.
The length from Maidstone to the junction with the Graves-
end and Rochester Railway at Strood is 11 miles 6 furlongs
and 22 yards. The line next in importance is the extension
of the Tunbridge Wells branch through Battle to St. Leo-
nard's, near Hastings, and (by a junction with the Ashford
and Hastings line) to Rye. The total length of line from
Tunbridge Wells to the junction at St. Leonard's is 253/4
miles, that of the branch from Whatlington towards Rye
54 miles. This opens a direct line from London, rid
Tunbridge, to Hastings and Rye. The total distance from
London to Hastings will be 64 miles ; that from London to
Rye 67 miles. From the line already authorised at Rye,
and which is in course of construction, a branch is proposed
to Rye Harbour, 13/4 miles. From a point near the Godstone
station, a branch is proposed to East Griastead, 64 miles ;
and from the Reigate station a branch to Reigate and to
Dorking, 73/4 miles. It is intended by these works, together
with the other works of the South-Eastern Company, either
actually executed or in course of execution, to connect Lon-
don with every town of importance in Kent and East Sussex,
and those towns with each other. A saving of distance to the
following places will be effected :—Tunbridge 9i miles, Maid-
stone 201 miles, Ashford 13i miles, Canterbury 20 miles,
Tunbridge Wells 10 miles, Whitstable 20i miles, Folkestone
131 miles, Dover (by Mid-Kent line) 13i miles, Dover (by
North Kent line) 12 miles, Margate 24 miles, Ramsgate 201
miles, Sandwich 20i miles, Deal 20 miles. With respect to
the financial position of the Company, the Directors state
that a million and a half of capital has been paid up during
the last twelve months. The total amount of capital which
has been paid up in cash by the Proprietors is 3,400,0004,
and an additional sum of 1,600,0001., which has been bor-
rowed on mortgage, is in proems of being paid off and con-
verted into share capital, making together a capital of
5,000,000/. ; and to complete the works for which Parliamen-
tary powers have been obtained, 620,000/. more will be re-
quired to be called up."

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
, MANCHESTER, JAN. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Blackburn and Pres-
ton, 17-Buckingham and Bletchingley Junction, 695. 6d.-
Cambridge and Lincoln, New, 3%-Chester and Manches-
ter Direct, 445. 6d.-Cork and Bandon, 5-Derby and Crewe,
614-Dudley, Iron Bridge, and Sheffield, 21,4-Eastern Coun-
ties, 232-Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2, 51. Os. 10d.-Fleetwood,
Preston, and West Riding, 428.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 3
-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 975.-Lancashire and
North Yorkshire, 625.-Leicester and Bedford, 525.-Leices-
ter and Birming,ham. 275.-Liverpool and Bury, 28-London
and York, 44 c.-Manchester and Birmingham, 78-Ditto,
Quarters, 12-Ditto, ditto, 10-Manchester and Birming-
ham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 1%-Manchester
and Bury Atmospheric, 245. 9d.-Manchester and Leeds,
Fifths, 13-Ditto, Extension, 7-Manchester, Sheffield, and
Midland, 5-Manchester and Southampton, 33,4-Northum-
berland and Lancashire, 395. 6d.-North Staffordshire, 61. 2s.
-North Western, 625.-Nottingham and Mansfield, 234-
Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 428.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire
Junction, 4k-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares,
No. 3, 73/4-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 475.- '
South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, 4-Tean and Dove Val-
ley, 1%-Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction,
495. 6d.-Welsh Midland, 575. 6d.-West Riding Union, 71:
128.-Whitehaven and Furness, 54.
LEEDS, JAN. 6.
SrocK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Eastern Counties, 23
-Great North of England, New, 12 p.-London and Croy-
don, 23-York and North Midland Extension, 42-East
Lancashire, No. 1, 18-Ditto, No. 2 (late Accrington), 1114
-Great Grimsby and Sheffield. 111h-Ditto, Extensions, 335.
6d. p.-Leeds and Bradford. 56- eeds and Dewsbury, New
Shares, 4 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1214-Liverpool and Bury,
28-Newcastle and Berwick, 21-North British, New Carlisle
Branch, 3/. 65.-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 3914--
London and York, 434-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
51. Is. 6d.-West Riding Union, 7%-Buckinghamshire (late
Rugby), 255. p.-Chelmsford andury, 2s. 6d. p.-Clitheroe
Junction, 3%-East Lincolnshire, 3-Grand Union, 4 p.-
Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 20s. 6d. p.-Lancashire,
Yorkshire, and North Eastern, Is. dis.-Leicester and Bir-
mingham, ss. p.-Leicester and Bedford, 225. 6d. p.-Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 234 p.-Manches-
ter and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, ss.
p.-Midland and Thirsk Junction, par-North Staffordshire,
-I .-North Western 3%-Nottingham and Boston, 20s. p.
-Shropshire Union, 7s. 6d. p.-South Midlands, 35' p.-
Wakefield and Bradford, 2s. 6d. d.-Wakefield and Harro-
gate, 15s. p.-Welsh Midlands, 2s. 6d. p.-York and Car-
lisle, 2s. 6d. p.

HULL, JAN. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Hull and Selby Half
Shares, 21-London and Blackwall, New, 4-Blackburn,
Darwen, and Bolton, New, 1,4-Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
Extensions, 2fis.-North British, Half Shares, 73p Ditto,
Carlisle, 31. 75.-Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 1%-
Axholme, V. 3s. 9d.-Buckinghamshire, 1%-Cambridge
and Lincoln, 314-Derby and Gainsborough, 11/2-Dudley,
Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 214-Grand Union, 21. 25.-Hull
and Barnsley Junction, 465. 6d.-Leicester and Bedfi rd,
2/. 125.-Leicester and Birmingham, 295. 6d.-Leicester
and Tamworth, %a-London and York, 4%-Northampton,
Bedford, and Cambridge, 31a. 6d.-Nottingham, Erewash,
&c., 2%-Nottingham. Belvoir, and Grantham, 21. 6s. 6d.-
Nottingham and Boston, 214-North Staffordshire, 61.35. 9d.
-Rugby and Huntingdon, 2-Shropshire Union, 21. 175.-
'lean and Dove Valley, 11/2-Wakefield and Bradford, 2/.l4's.
SHEFFIELD, JAN. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties,
23-Midland, 401. Shares, 31-Grimsby Extension, 3/. 175.-
Derby and Gainsborough, 138-Goole and Doncaster, 4/. 18s.
Isle of Axholme and Goole, 2%-London and Windsor,
121. 6d.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 434
North Western, 33/4-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 434-Ditto,
Extension, 334-Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wake-
field, 21.25.-Wakefield: and Harrogate, 214-West Riding
Union, 7%. _ _ _

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YORK, JAN. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lington, 60—Ditto, Brandling, 55—York and North Mid-
land Extension, 42—Ipswich and Bury, WA—Newcastle and
Berwick, 20%—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3%—
London and York, 4%—Cambridge and Lincoln, 3%.
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, B—Bucking-
hamshire, late Rugby, 31. 9s. 6d.—Grand Union, VA—Lan-
zashire and North Yorkshire, 314—Leicester and Bedford,
214—Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, Birmingham, and
Trent Valley Junction, 2/. 18s. 6d.—Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock,and Midland, 47k—North Staffordshire, Cl. 2s.—
Welsh Midland, 244.
EXETER, JAN. 6.

STOCK EXCHANGK.—The sales are—Ezeter, Yeovil, and
Dorchester, 7s. ed. dis.—Bristol and Exeter, New, B—South
Wales, 4—Eastern Counties, 2315.
GLASGOW, JAN. 6.

STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 52s.—Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 41s.—British and
Irish Union, 725. 6d.—Caledonian, New, 82s. 6d.--Caledonian
Extension, 675. 6d.—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 41s.
—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 525. 6d.—Corn-
wall and Devon Central, 44s.—East Indian Railway, 295. 6d.
—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 18s. 6d.—Edin-
burgh and Northern, 925. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth, 5
Forth and Clyde Junction, 48s. —Glasgow and Belfast Union,
525. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 76—Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 121.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 575.
6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 74.5. 6d.—Lanark
and Lothians, 565.—Lesmahagow, 3%—Scottish Central,
New, 6% p,—Scottish Southern, Ms.—Stirling and Dun-
fermline, 52s.—Wishaw and Coltno.ss, 521.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.

Two Solos by Signor Sivorl (his Last Night but Three)—The Last

Week of the Navy Quadrille.
PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING.
PART I.

Overture, La Barearole—Auber
Quadrille, " The Chimes"—Julllen.
solo, Flute, by Mr. Richardson—Richardson.
The Allegro, Fugue, and Triumphal March from Beethoven's
Symphony in C. Minor—Beethoven.
Solo, 'Violin, The Adagio and Allegro " La Cloehette," performed by
Signor Sivori—Paganini.
Jullien's New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien.

PART
Opera, " La Sonnambula," Grand Fantasia—Bellinl.
The New Polka, " The Cricket on the Hearth"---Jullien.
Solo, Violin, The celebrated Carnival de Denise, performed by Signor
Sivori—Paganini.
The Original Mazurka, or Cellarius Valso—Jullien.
Solo, Clarionet, " Witn 'Verdure Clad," by Mr. Lazarus—Haydn.
The Poet-horn Galop—Koenig.

Full particulars of the Beethoven Festival, which eommence4 on
Monday nest, will be duly advertised.
GRAND DAL MASQUE.
The unexpected prolongation of this Series of Concerts, added to
the universal admiration expressed by the brilliant assembly at the
last Bal Masque, induces M. Jullien to announce another Bal Masque,
which will take place on Monday, February 2, 1846.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed ROMEO AND JULIET. Borneo, Miss Cush-
man (her Fifth Appearance at this Theatre); Juliet, Miss Susan
Cushman (her Fifth Appearance in England).
To conclude with a Grand New Extravaganza, entitled THE BEE
AND THE ORANGE TREE ; or, The Four Wishes. Principal
Characters by Mr. Hudson, Mr. James Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mr.
Clark, Miss P. Horton, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Caulfield, and Mrs.
Stanley.

TiIEATKE ROYAL, ADELPHI

Last Night of " The Lioness of the North," in eonseqnence of
Madame Celeste's Provincial Engagements.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, called THE LIONESS
OF THE NORTH, or, The Prisoner of Shlusselbourg. Alexis
Romanouski, Mr. Webster; Triptelemus Krout, Mr. Wright; Eliza-
beth, Madame Celeste.

After which, THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. John Peery-
bingle, Mr. 0. Smith; Caleb Plummer, Mr. Lambert; Tackleton,
Mr. Cullenford; Edward, Mr. Selby; Dot, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Bertha,
Miss Woolgar; May Fielding, Miss Taylor.
To conclude with an entirely New and Original Christmas ran-
t/mime, called HARLEQUIN AND POONOOWINGKEEWANG-
ILIIIEEDEEFLOBEEDEEBUSKEEBANG ; or, The King of the
Cannibal Islands. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland ; Columbine, Miss
Fleming ; Clown, Mr. C. J. Smith; Pantaloon, Mr. Mitchenson.