The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-15 00:00:00

Don, at a distance of nearly a hundred yards. An em-
bankment is here raised thirty or forty feet high. The
weight of this material is so immense that the land has
given way, and pressed the river bank two or three yards
further into the water. Thus it is somewhat of an ob-
struction to the river traffic.—Sheffield Times.
BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE.—The
proprietors have been called together to take into con-
sideration a proposed application to Parliament in the
coming session for an abandonment of a portion of their
line, and for a decrease in their capital.—Herepaih's Rail-
way Journal.
THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD—BRITANNIA-BRIDGE.
—There has been considerable talk about suspending the
works of this bridge. That it has been, and, perhaps, is
now in contemplation to stop them is true; but, from the
information we have received, arrangements will possi-
bly be made to obviate so undesirable an event.—Here-
path's Journal.

The Liverpool and Bury Railway Company have re-
solved on opening their line for public traffic as far as
Wigan on the 20th instant. The Government inspec-
tor was to survey the undertaking on Friday.—Liverpool
Albion.

CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—A requisition has
been presented to the directors of the Cheshire Junction
Railway, by certain Liverpool shareholders, and a meet-
ing has been called for the 25th inst., to take into con-
sideration the prayer of the requisitionists. Their object
is to take powers to abandon or to lease to other com-
panies that portion of the line from say Warrington to
Stockport, and only to make that portion of the line
from Chester to about Moore, on the London and North-
Western Railway, and to reduce the 311. shares to say a
151. 10s. share, as a further sum of 51. 10s. per share will
finish this part of the line.—Herepath's Journal.
ORLEANS AND BORDEAUX (First Section—Orleans
to Tours).—Receipts for the week ending 3d Novem-
ber, 1848. Passengers, 7,714; amount, 33,237 f.
10c.; goods and cattle, 42,539 f. 15c.; total, 75,776 f. 25c.
Corresponding week last year, 98,192 f. 05e. Total re-
ceipts from Ist July to 3d Nov., 1848, 1,220,336 f. 06c.

AMIENS AND BOULOGNE RAlLWAY.—Traffie from
October 29 to November s.—Passengers, 26,589 f. 60c.;
merchandise, 5,954 f. 35c.; total, 32,543 f. 95c.-1,3021,;
receipts since 15th March, 1848, 45,022/. Total,
46,3241.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS,
BRISTOL, Nov. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market has been quiet to-day,
the only business being—Great Western, Quarters, 3,4 dis.,
and Great Western, New 171. Shares, 3 dis.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares. 9% dis.—Ditto
(late C. and E.), 121—Caledonian, Preference, % dis.—
Great Northern, 13 dia.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Quar-
ters, 6% dis.—Ditto (late West Riding Union), Fifths, 5%
dis.—London and North Western, 116%—Ditto, New Quar-
ters, p.—Midland Stock, 81%—Ditto, New Halves, 9%
dis.—North Staffordshire, 6% dis.—North Union (A), 202
Scottish Central, 25—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Pre-
ference, par--South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds,
6/. 13s. 9d. c. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E.
Purchase), % dis.
MANCHESTER, Nov. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 9% dis.—
Caledonian, Preference, 5-16 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire
(late Manchester and Leeds), Fifths, 4,4 dis.—London and
North-Western, 118—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln.
shire, Eighths, 7 die.:--North. Stafordshire, 6% dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, 63/4.
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.— The market was exceedingly dull
to day, and very little business transacted. Midlands, 6 per
cent., were done at 114—North Staffordshires, 6 dis.
YORE, Nov. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows : Great Northern, 6%—North British, Quarters,
3%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension), No. 1, 14%
—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 7'/.