The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-21 00:00:00

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.

OPENING OF THE RAILWAY FROM LINCOLN TO HULL.
—On Monday last this line of railway was opened for
public traffic. It is part of the Manchester, Sheffield,
ann Lincolnshire system, and furnishes a direct route
from Hull to Lincoln, and, by means of the Nottingham
and Lincoln lit.e, to Derby, Leicester, Birmingham, and
the Midland district of England; and the route from
Hull to London, via Lincoln and Rugby, is very few
miles further than by the East Lincolnshire, and the
Eastern Counties lines. The first trait fur Hull left
Lincoln on Monday at 7 15 A.m., and reached New
Holland Ferry at 9 45, and Hull Pier at 10 15. Three
other trains followed in the course of the day. A train
left Hull about eight o'clock, and reached Lincoln at
eleven o'clock. Other trains left Hull at noon, and the
company who came by the opening train from Lincoln
returned at 3, and .5 15 P.M. The distance from Lincoln
is 45i miles; the route for the first 15 miles to Market
Reset), is north-east. The line starts from the Midland
station at Lincoln, crosses the river Witham (over which
a handsome bridge, on the tubular principle, has been
erected), and runs close past the ruins of the old Monk's
Abbey; it then proceeds through Willingham &Than],
Langwurth, and Wickenby to Rasen ; from Wickeuby
for 15 miles north, the land on either side the lute is
pour, and the prospect uninviting, being only relieved,
now and then, by views of the Lincolnshire Wolds on
the ease From Rasen the line proceeds due north for
10 mi!rs. where it joins the main trunk line from Shef-
field to Grimsby, on which we proceeded some four
miles due east, to Brockleaby. The seat of the Earl of
Yarborough (chairman ot the railway company) is close
adjoining. The station is a highly ornamental struc-
ture. A mile further east and the Hull line
leases the grand trunk, and at Ulceby junction
proceeds again duo north to New Holland,
passing by the way the majestic ruins of Thorn-
ton College, formerly a monastery, but at the cisso-
lotion changed into a college (here Henry the Eighth
rested for a night on his visit to Yorkshire). New Hol-
land is now an extraordinary place. A few years ago it
was unknown. A creek was made, as a drainage outlet,
up which the smugglers ran their contraband spirits
(Hollands). It thus acquired the name it bears. The
railway company have erected a pier which runs some
500 yards into the Humber, and the railway carriages
run on to the very extremity, taking andreceiving goods
and passengers to and from the steam-vessels which ply
ten times a day between New Holland and Hull. At
this terminus a handsome station has been erected, spa-
cious warehouses for goods, with yards and sheds for
cattle. A branch railway to Baron Ferry is nearly
ready, and a spacious dock is in course of formation.
The works on the line—cuttings and embankments--are
rather heavy, but there is no tunnelling.
SOUTH DEVON.—The requisition ot the Bristol share-
holders, calling on the directors to convene a meeting
fur the re consideration of the atmospheric system, has
been presented to the board, but it has not yet come un-
der consideration. Mr. Woolcombe (the late deputy
chairman) succeeds Mr. Gill, M.P., as chairman of the
c ,mpany. None of the atmospheric apparatus has yet
been taken up for removal, and the locomotives still work
over the rails with the tubes betwren them. The recent
high tides have swept away a large portion of tile public
promenades on the sea side of the line, and at some ex-
posed points where the sea encroaches too near to the
rail, to as sometimes to sweep on to it, breakwaters are
being constructed. The extension of the line from Lairs
into the heart of Plymouth is not likely to be opened
before February next.
NEW RAILWAY A R RANG EMENTS.—Yesterday (Mon-
day) the new arrangements commenced, by which pas-
sengers may proceed almost the entire distance between
Manchester and Southport by railway. These arrange-
ments are effected by the Lancashire and Yorkshire,
and the Liverpool, Crossby, and Southport companies,
and the entire distance is travelled in little more than
two hours and a half, a saving of about one-half the time,
in comparison with the old route v.O. Euxton.—Liver-
pool Mercury.
EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION.—
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Mercury.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK.—Mr. Hudson is
about to take in hand the entire completion of the docks
at the Tyne, which will give to the Yolk, Newcastle, and
Berwick a perfect water terminus.
MILK PER RAILWAY.—The inhabitants of the great
metropolis, since the extension of railways, have been
supplied with pure milk in large quantities, in lieu of the
stuff previously sold as such. To show the vast quantity
brought even by one line will surprise many ot our
readers. From Worcester-park, near to Kingston-on-
Thames, there are 56 cans, each containing from 14 to
18 gallops, sent every seven days, making at least a
total of 850 gallons of pure new milk con-
veyed in that short petiod. From the stations a
Woking, Weybridge, Chertsey, Farnborough, Guild-
fold, and Richmond, also on the South-Western line,
there are nearly as many gallons sent from each, so that
on this railway alone there are between three and four
thousand gallons sent for sale in and around London.
Supposing each cow to give 30 gallons per week, nearly
200 ot those useful beasts are kept for that purpose in
these particular districts onlj. From the Brighton,
South-Eastern, Great Western, and North-Western, even
a greater number of gallons arrive daily. On the
Eastern Counties, by way of Colchester, Cambridge,
Hertford, &c., that quantity is nearly doubled, so that,
at a moderate computation, 30,000 gallons are retailed
every seven days (even if not adulterated) through the
streets of London, exclusive of what is produced from
the London cowkeepers—to supply which more than
1,000 cows are kept and milked—giving employment to
more than 1,500 individuals, producing an annual sum of
nearly 100,000/. at le. per gallon. bringing into the ex-
chequer of each railway from 5001. to 1,0001. every
twelve months.

SHIP or FIRE AT LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday morn-
ing, at an early hour, it was currently reported that it
ship, the hiasconomo, t rom Baltimore, was on fire at thsk.
Albert Dock. The fire was first discovered in the fore-
castle, and had done considerable damage to the beams,
bulkheads, and ceiling. It was soon subdued, and the
ship hauled into the Clarence bean.