The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-01 00:00:00

S IT N 7 DECEMBER 1, 1848.

RAILRAWILAWYAYINBTILErk, LIBI4GB.4.NCE.
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Yesterday being the 30th of November, was the last,
day allowed for depositing plans and. sections of new
lines for which it is intended to apply to Parliament
during the ensuing session for Acts. Unlike former
years, very few deposits were made, and those only, in
• most cases, for extension of powers and alteration of pre-
vious Acts. One or two of the older companies have
given the required notices for the construction of
branches, but the whole will not amount in length to 40
miles, showing a wonderful decrease on former years.
From 1831 to 1840 the number of Railway Acts passed
was 299. authorising the construction of about 3,000
miles of railway. In 1841, 19 Acts, authorising 15
miles; 1842, 22 Acts and 67 miles; in 1843, 24 Acts
passed, for constructing 91 miles; in 1844, 48 Acts re-
ceived the royal assent, by which 797 miles of railway
were authorised to be made; in 1846, 272 Acts passed,
for 4,790 miles; in 1847, 184 Acts passed, empowering
the construction of 1,663 miles; and in 1848, 83 Acts
were passed, for 300 miles of railway. The total number
of Acts pa'.sed since 1831 has been, therefore, 1,071, and
the total number of miles authorised to be made is 13,600,
of which, up to the present time, about 4,400 have been
opened, leaving 9,200 either partially constructed or not
yet begun.
The following is a correct list of the companies who
have given the requisite notice& of their intention to ap-
ply for the several powers contained in their Bills:
AMIIERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, BOSTON, AND EASTERN
UNION JUNCTION.—For powers to transfer the under-
taking by lease, sale, or amalgamation, to Midland,
Eastern Counties, or Great Northern Railway. Amend-
ment of Acts. Abandonment of portions of the line be-
tween Nottingham and Mansfield.
BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC.
TION.—For powers to extend the line from Newton to
the London and North-Western Railway at Kekewick.
To abandon portions of the present line. Alteration of
levels of Clutter Branch, and mode of crossing Cannon.
street, Birkenhead. Extension of time for compulsory
purchase of land and completion of works. Power to
alter tolls, decrease capital, and amend Acts. Power to
sell or lease to the London and North-Western, to the
Chester and Holyhead, or Shrewsbury and Chester, or to
amalgamate therewith.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION.—For power to
purchase or lease the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal.
CALEDONIAN.—Powers to lease or purchase the
Scottish Central Railway, in conjunction with the Lon-
don and North-Western and the Lancaster and Carlisle.
For powers to lease, purchase, or amalgamate with the
Wishaw and Coltness. For powers to lease, purchase,
or amalgamate with the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neil
ston Direct.

COCKERMOITTIE AND Woßnicrum.---Powers to con-
struct a branch to Bridgeford. Amendment of former
Acts. For power to sell or lease to, or amalgamate with,
the Whitehaven and Furness Junction or Maryport and
Carlisle Railway.
EAST ANGLlAM—ltztension of time for compulsory
purchase of land and for construction of works.
EASTERN COUNTIES.—TO amalgamate the Norfolk
with this company, and make one undertaking.
EASTERN UNION.—TO sell or amalgamaie this com-
pany to the Eastern Counties (notice only given by this
company, and not by Eastern Counties).
EAST INDIAN.—For an Act of incorporation to make
one or more railways in the East Indies.
EAST LANCASHlRE.—Amendments and deviations.
Connecting line in Preston and Walton-le-dale. Branch
to Padiham. Amendment of Acta relating to the East
Lancashire, North Union. Lancaster and Preston, and
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways.
ELY AND HUNTINGDON.—EXteRSiOR Of time for com-
pletion of works. _

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.—Power to enable the
company to lease, purchase, or amalgamate with the Wil-
sontown, Morningside, and Coltness.
EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN.—For power to purchase
shares in the Stirling, Dunfermline, and Aberdeen, and
for confirming powers relating thereto.
FOREST OF DEAN.—Alterations and amendments in
previous Acts.
GREAT NORTHERN.—Powers to amend previous Acts.
Enlargement at King's-cross, Boston, Bentley, and
Lincoln.
GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA.—For an Act of incorpo-
ration to make a railway from Bombay to or near Callian,
with branches and extensions to other places.
GREAT WESTERN.—For powers to construct a line
from the Windsor line of the Great Western, to the
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western line at Datchet.
For powers to purchase the Stratford. upon-Avon Canal,
with the Birmingham and Oxford Junction.
GREAT WESTERN Or BENGAL.—For powers to dis-
solve the company.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE —For powers to lease or
purchase the Scottish Central in conjunction with the
I London and North-Western and Caledonian. To con-
struct a branch to the Preston and Wyre line at Pres-
! ton. Branch to Glosson Docks. Amendment of Acts
of the Lancaster and Carlisle, and Lancaster and Preston.
LANCASTER AND PRESTON.—Ter. fi-;-...t0n, To alter
tous:' ato ithaeista v•atTua ...-maa%.:
LANCASHIRE AND YoniteuraE.---To extend the Ash-
ton and Clifton banchos. To abandon part of Clifton
branch. Extension of time for purchase of land and
completion of works. Regulation of capital. Alteration
of tolls. Amendment of previous Acts. Transfer of
interest in Preston and Wyre, and regulating the ma-
nagement of that undertaking with the London and
North-Western.

LEEDS AND THIRSK.—Power to guarantee interest on
certain shares, and for increasing the capital.
LLNVI VALLEY.—Alterationt, amendments, and en
largement of powers. Extension of time for compulsory
purchase of land, and for completion of works.
LONDON AND BLACKWALL.—Branch to St. Katherine
Docks. Amendments of previous Acts. Extension of
time for alteration of gauge and completion of works.
LONDON AND NORTiI-WESTERN.—Transfer of inte-
rest in Preston and Wyre, and for regulating the
.ma-
nagement of the company with the Lancashire and
Yorkshire. To lease or purchase the Scottish Central,
in conjunction with the Lancaster and Carlisle and Ca-
ledonian Company. To alter and repeal former Acts.
LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTERN.—Extension of time
for the purchase of land and completion of works on the
Basingstoke and Salisbury, and Farnham and Alton
lines.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE.—
Consolidation and amendment of Acts.
MARY PORT AND CARLISLE.—Power to lease, sell to, or
amalgamate this undertaking with the York, Newcastle,
and Berwick. To construct a branch line from Water-
lane to Princess street, and also a branch from Princess-
street to the London-road. Power to create new shares.
NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE.—Branch from London-
road to Prieccss. street. To lease or amalgamate eith
the York, Newcastle, and Berwick.

NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.—For powers to aban-
don the undertaking.

NORTH STAFFoiDaarri.E.—Arrangement with Staf-
fordshire Potterios Water-works. Amendment of Acts
and extension of time.

NORTH-WESTERN.—Extension of Lancaster Branch:
Abandonment of Williamlands branch. New role] to
Settle station. Extension of time for purchase of lands
and completion of works.
READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE.—To construct
a branch to the South-Western, and to the Great Wes-
tern Berks and Hants line.
SHREWSBURY ♦ND BIRMINGHAM.—Power to abandon
all branches. Amendment of previous Acts. Deviations
and amendments.

SHREWSBURY AND CIIESTEIL—Branch to the Titer
Dee. Agreement for joint station at Shrewsbury.
Power to subscribe to Shrewsbury and Hereford line.
SOUTH EASTEEN.—RemovaI of restrictions against
opening the Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, and Asnford
and Hastings lines.
SOUTH WALEs.—Alterations and amendments.
SOUTH DEvox.—Extension of time.
STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON.—TO lease to, or amal-
gamate with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick. Power
to alter the present line at Eaglescliff and Stockton-on-
Tees. To consolidate Acts. To increase capital. Lease
or purchase Middlesborough Docks.
TAF VALE.—Extension to Merthyr Tydfyl, and
branches therefrom.

WILSONToWN, MORWINGSIDE, AND COLTNESEL—Lease
to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
WINDSOR, STAINES, AND SOITTII-WESTERN.—Power
to allow the London and South-Western to subscribe to-
wards the Windsor extension.
YORK AND NORTEI MlDLAND.—Abandonment of lines
between Market Weighton and Beverley and Copeman-
thorp and Tadcaster.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK.—Power to
enable this company to subscribe capital towards the
construction of the Sunderland Docks. To purchase or
lease the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. Amalgama-
tion of Maryport and Carlisle. Branch to the Quays at
Newcastle. Branch to Barmouth and Alnmouth. Ex-
tension of time for making Blyth, Thirsk, and Melton
branches. Abandonment of Conduit Head Branch.
Amendment of Acts. Alteration of tolls.
PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS-1843-49.
Yesterday the following regulations for the deposit of
petitions, and for determining the order in which they
will be heard by the Examiners, were pasted in the
Private Bill-office:—
" DEPOSIT OF PETITIONS.
"1. In order to facilitate the arrangement of the
petitions and the subsequent hearing thereof by the
examiners, in such order as may be most convenient to
the parties and their agents, a register will be kept in
the Private Bill-office, with blank lines numbered con-
secutively from one to five hundred; and every agent
will be allowed to cause the petitions produced by him
to be entered, respectively, on such of the lines, not
then having any petition entered thereon, as he shall
think fit; and if he shall not prescribe any order for the
entry of such petitions, they will be entered in the order
in which they are deposited, upon the earliest consecu-
tive lines then remaining unoccupied.
"2. When two or more agents shall appear in the
Private Bill-office at the same time, for the purpose of
si depositing petitions, unless they shall oitnhetrhwe i
ordereagree,
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their names will be placed in a ballot glass, and the
agents will have priority respectively
which their names shall be drawn; each in his turn
being entitled to deposit all the petitions offered by him
at that time, and to select such numbers for them as he
shall think proper.

" S. On the Ist day of January, between the hours of
twelve and three,. agents will be allowed to exchange,
by agreement, the numbers originally assigned to their
petitions. They will, at the same time, be at liberty to
transrer to other numbers in the register, being then un-
occupied, any of the petitions which may have been de-
posited by them, and their priority in the exercise of
this right will be determined by ballot, if necessary, as
in the original deposit of petitions (see No. 2).
" 4. When two or more petitions in respect of which
the same witnesses are intended to be examined, shall
occupy adjoining numbers in the register, the agent or
agents for the same may cause any of them, not exceed-
ing five in number, to be marked with a bracket, and
regard will be had thereto, in determining the days on
which such petitions shall be set down for hearing, and
the examiner by whom they will be heard.
"5. On and after the Ist of January the general list
of petitions' will be made out in the Private Bill-office,
in which the petitions will be numbered consecutively
from one to the highest number, according to the order
in which they shall have been finally entered in the re-
g4ter. (N. 13. This list will be printed for the conveni-
ence of the agents and the several parties concerned).
" TUE BEARING OP PETITIONS BY THE EXAMINERS.
"6. Not less than seven clear days' notice will be
given, in the Private Bill-office, of the day appointed for
the examination of each petition, and the day so ap-
pointed will be written against the several
petitions
upon a printed copy of the general list of petitions,'
which will be kept in the Private Bill-office for that
purpose.
" 7. So soon as the time allowed for depositing memo-
rials complaining of non-compliance with the standing
orders in the cue of any petitions shall have expired,
the word unopposed' will be written, on such printed
list, against each petition in respect of which no such
memorial shall have been deposited ; and the petitions
will be set down for heating before the examiners in the
order in which they stand on the general list of pe-
titions,' precedence being given, whenever it may be
necessary, to unopposed petitions. .
"8. Petitions will be heard In the order in which they
stand in the daily lists, and in case any petitions shall
not be disposed of on the days on which they may be
first appointed to he heard. they will be entered in' the
list of the following day before the opposed petitions ap-
pointed for that day, unless the examiners shall other-
wise adjourn or postpone the same.
" 9. In order to expedite the business of each day, pe•
titions appointed to be heard by one of the examiners
will be transferred to the other, from time to time, when
ever it may seem advisable to the examiners to direr
such transfer."

EXTENSION TO NORWICH OF THE EASTERN UNION.
—Owing to the recent heavy rains the opening of the ex-
tension lines to Diss will be delayed some weeks; and
for nearly three-quarters of the distance to Norwich, the
soil being of a de) ey and treacherous character, engi-
neering operations are rendered difficult owing to the
constant tendency to efflore.
MOLD JUNCTION.—The construction of this railway is
being pushed forward with all possible speed, and it is
anticipated, that in a few months the whole will be ready
for traffic.

NORTH WALES.—PROPOSED BANGOR AND CARNAR-
VON RAILWAT.—The proposed line between these towns
has been abandoned for the present, though a staff of
surveyors have completed the survey. Ilia is owing,
it is asserted, to the opposition of a landowner, through
a portion of whose property it was necessary that the pro-
jected works should pass. This opposition is deemed
by the inhabitants a vexatious one, the more especially
so when contrasted with the handsome manner in which
another landowner has come forward and munificently
offered, free of cost, the whole portion of his land which
th• line would traverse. The undertaking, if carried
into effect, would prove of the utmost benefit, not only
to the towns forming the termini, but also to the adja-
cent ones of Pwllheli, Tre Madoc, Port Madoc, Festi-
niog, &c., and, indeed, the whole of Merionethshire.
DUBLIN ♦ND BELFAST JUNCTION.—FIRST TRIAL
TRIP.—On Wednesday evening the first trial trip,
under the personal inspection of Sir John Macneil, was
made on that part of the line between Drogheda
and Dundalk. The trip was performed in fifty-eight
minutes, including two stoppages. Sir John was ac-
companied by the worthy contractors, Messrs. Killen
and Moore, a number of engineers. On arriving
at the Drogheda terminus Sir John was received with
hearty cheers by the assembled people. Thomas Sim-
cocks, Esq., mayor of Drogheda, some of the town coun-
cil, and otner gentlemen of the town iaterested in the
success of the undertaking, were in attendance awaiting
the arrival of the train. The state of the line reflects
great credit on Messrs. Moore and Killen, the contrac-
tors, as it was pronounced to be as firm and as even as
some lines which have been at work for many years.
Sir John and Lady Macneil set off for Dublin by the
five o'clock train.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.-AMOUIIt Of
revenue for the week ending Sunday, ,November 26,
1848:-Passengers, 28,378; amount 502/. Is. 4d. Goods
,ma. • • •
CmcsrEtt AND HOLYHEAD.-Traffie for the week end-
ing November 25, 1848:-Coaching traffic, 705/. 15s. 7d.;
parcels, 801. Ile. 5d.; goods and cattle, 2571. 3s. 2d.;
steam-boats, 103/. 135.-Total, 1,147/. 3s. 2d.
SHREIWOBURY AND CHESTER RanwAr.-Traffic for
the week ending November 26, 1848:-Passengers, Ist
class, 112/. 9s. Od.; 2d class, 2691. 4s. 2d.; 3d class,
73/. 17s. 61-4551. 10s. Bd. Parcels, horses, &e.,
321. ss. 4d.; merchandise, minerals, and lire stock,
9061. Bs. ad.-1,394/. 4s. 6d. Corresponding week last
year-Passengers, parcels, &c., 230/. 7s. 9d.; merchan-
dise and live stock, 316/. 18s. Od.-5471. ss. 9d. In-
crease, 8461. 184. 9d.

DUBLLN AND KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.—Tralkic for the
week ending 28th November, 1848:—Daily passengers,
589/. 10s. 9d. Subscriptions, 421. 16s. 10d. Total
amount, 6321. 7s. 7d. Corresponding week of 1847
Daily passengers, 5561.35. 7d. Subscriptions, 921. 19s. 9d.
Total amount, 6491.3 x. 4d.
GREAT SOUTHERN ♦ND WESTERN RAILWAY, IRE-
LAND (open to Carlow and Limerick Junction, 1301
miles).—Return of traffic for the week ending Saturday
29th of November, 1848:—Passenger traffic, parcels,
and mails, 2,326/. 14s. nd, Merchandise and cattle,
645/. ss. 11d. Total, 2,975/. Os. 6id.
MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND
AND ROYAL CANAL COMPANY.—Revenue for the week
ending 26th of November, 1848:—For goods and pas-
sengers (exclusive of mails) to Mullingar, 50 miles,
1,059/. Ils. 11d.

ULSTER RAILWAY.—The traffic on this railway was,
for the week ending the 26th of November, 184$ (36
miles):—Passengers, 5,602; amount, 4311 as. I Id. ;
goods, 3311. ss. sd. Total, 7621. 9s. 4d. Corresponding
week, 1847 (25 miles):—Passengers, 11,662; amount,
4091 12s. 9d.; goods, 261/. Is. 10d. Total, 6701. 143.7 d.

BELFAST AND BALLYMENA HAILWA.Y.—The traffic On
this railway was, for the week ending Saturday, Nov.
25, 1848:—Passengers, 5,401; amount, 254/. 11e. 10d.;
goods, 1121. Bs. 9J. Total amount, 3671. 0.. 7d. For
the week ending November 18:—Passengers, 6,857;
amount, 2571. 9s. 10d.; goods, 811. 14s. sd. Total
amount, 369 L 4c. 3d.

ttAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Nov. 30. . .

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market remains in a ♦ery un-
satisfactory state, sales being extremely languid, with a
downward tendency. The sales are—Great Western, Quar-
ters, 51,,E dis.—llitto, 171 Shares, dis.
LIVERrOOL, Nor. 30.

STOCK EXCHANWL—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 22/. Shares, 9% dis.—
East Lancashire, 6,4 Shares, Preference, 6/. Bs. 9d.—Great
Northern, 12% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Man•
cbester and Birmingham), Fifths. 4% c dis.—London and
North• Western, 117 c.—llitto, Quarters (A and B), p.
Midland Stock, 771,2—Ditto, New IlalveB, 11 c. dis.—
Shrewsbury and Chester, 10/. Preference, 13%—York, New-
castle, and l3erwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 c. dis.
MANCHESTER, Nor. 30. .

STOCK EXCIIATZGE.—The sales are—South-Eastern and
pover, No. 4, 6 9-16—Leeds, Fifths, 4% dis. —North
Wales, 234 dis.— Eastern Counties, 11 lA—North Staffordshire,
6% dis.—Leeds, Preference, % p.—Sheffield, Eighths, 7% dis.
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 30.
STOCK Excitarfox.—The sales are—Midland, 77—Ditto,
New 501. Shares, 10% dis.—Birminghamand Dudley, 3% p.
—North Staffordshire, 6%—Great Northern (A), 4—North
British, Thirds, 3%.
YORK, Nor. 29.
STOCK EXCHANGS.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows:—Eastern Union, Class B (late I. and B.), 64
Ditto (Class C), 634—Great Northern, 61. Is. 3d.—York,
Newcastle, and Barwick (Extension), No. 1, 11% n.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Nov. 29.
STOCK EXCHANGL—The only sale wag—North British,
Quarters, 3%.

GLASGOW, Nov. 29.

STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The sales are—Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, 434—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 4,otAt_
Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 40.3.—Great North of Scotland, lB.
Great Northern, 6—North British, Thirds, 73s.—Scottish
Centrals, 25.

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EXTRAORDINARY SAILING.—THE FIRE QUEEN.
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morning, and made the passage to Glasgow, a distance
of seventy-two miles, in tour hours and a half, exclusive
of stoppages ; the latter part of the passage stemming a
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