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The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-09

STATIONS,

London and larighton Railway.

Fire parties competed for the execution of this line, Sir John
Rennie, Messrs. Stephenson, Cundy, and Gibbs, and the South
Eastern Railway Company. Nearly ‘;00,0001. was expended in
the Parliamentary contest. The line proposed by Sir John Rennie
war.ultimately carded, but the Company were compelled by the
Parliamentary Committee to admit the shareholders of the compet-
ing lines to a participation in the management and profits of the
successful Company. This Railway, although called S r John
Rennie's line, is Mr. Rastrick's line, as he surveyed the line, and
his judgment and ability caused it to be successful be.
fore Parliament, and he is now carrying out the details of its
execution, through a very difficult country, -with very great skill
The length of the main line id 42 14 miles, and of the Shoreham
branch sto miles. The capital of the Company is 2,400,000/., in
36,000 shares of 501. each. The railway runs out of the Croydon
91 miles from London, and terminates at Church.street.
Brighton. When it is completed it will be a fine specimen
of engineering; the country through which it runs is very
difficult for railway works, and tunnels are very fre•
quent in the chalk formation; there is a very large viaduct over
the Ouse Valley, 462 yards in length, the cuttings are more ex.
tensive for the length of the line than upon any other Railway in
the kingdom. They amount to 6,864,686 cubic yards. The
Shoreham branch was opened to the publiC on the 12th of May,
1840, and nearly 1,000 persons travel upon it every day. This Rail.
way will be completed in 1842.
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weighing about five tons, cost 1,7001.,- and - the annual repairs
about 8001.: their consumption of coke is 6001bs. per hour, and
they will carry upon a level line from 100 to 240 tons at twelve
miles per hour, with a steam pressure of 501bs. to the square inch.
To prevent danger a small appiratus is attached to the locomotives
to announce their approach to the station- A whistling is caused
by the opening of a valve at E, and the steam rushing out at
A makes a screeching noise.

Steam Whistle.

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CANDIA.

Suna, 11—MAY 23 ---Al.l;kisit steamer was despatched
on the 6th to Prevesa, with orders to embark 3,000 Alba&an
troops immediately.
We learn that the b7ockade is not observed very rigorously.
and that arms, ammunition, and provisions, constantly find
their way to the enemy's camp.
The insurgents do not increase in number, and a grett many
of the villages, fearing the consequenc..s f an engagement,
h ve ;uhrnittee.

The Vesuvius has been relieved by the Tyne frigate.
The Acheron re-:sailed for Toulon the day alter h r arrival,
'!he each corvette Cornelie is at Scda.
A British line of battle ship is daily expected. The Tallw

is n; med.
The printing establishment of the Rhadamanthus, a Greek
paper, published by the insurgents, has, lye hear, fallen into
the hands of the Ottomans.

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family, who, by virtue of a gift from Henry Yin., enjoy this property,
Olney, where the poet Cowpeilived and wrote. lAA' erworth Church,
where John. Wickliffe preachrd. Kenilworth, whose castle Sir
Walter Scott has for ever peopled with life. Warwick Castle,
where,Piers Gaveston was beheaded, whose chr, nieles arc written
in the blood of feudal nobility. And old Coventry with its tradi-
tions and its tales. An hour's journey upon thi; railway, either
way, will place the traveller upon some classic spot.
London and Blackwall Railway.

This railway runs from Fenchurch-street to the Brunswick-
wharf, at Blackwall. Its total length is three miles 843 yards;
its capital is 800,0804 ; the number of shares is 24,000, of 251.
each ; the gage of the way is the same as the Eastern Ccunties,
viz., five feet. The trains are drawn on the rails by means of
ropes and fixed engines, and a rapid communication is kept up
throughout the whole distance by the electro-galvanic telegraph.
The numbers of down-irdins, daily, is 51, and up-trains 50.

Minories
Shadw•ell
Stepney
Limehouse

West India Dock entrance
Poplar
Blackwall
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Durham Junction

Connects the Str.nhope and Tyne Railway to the Seaham Railway.
There is a fine bridge called Victoria Bridge, upon which the Rail-
way is carried over the Wear. This line, when completed, will
extend to the north end of the Hartlepool Railway, but at pre-
sent the distance is 4 miles 60 chains. The Act was passed 16th
June, 1824. A subsequent Act was obtained July 3d, 1837, by
which the capital was extended to 130,0001. The main line of
this railway is 15 miles long, and its branches 3 miles more.
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Ardrossan RailwAy.

Commenced in 1827 in connection midi the Glasgow, Paisley,
and Johnstone Canal. Principal traffic—coal, stone, and passengers.
Average receipts 4,0004 per annum. Worked by horses till 1840,
when a new Act, empowering the Company to use locomotives, and
effect a junction with the Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway was ob.
taiued. The receipts under the new system will be daubled, as com-
pared with those of the old. The line runs from Ardrossan Har-
bour to Kilwinning, where it joins the Ayrshire Railway : it has
two branches into the adjoining mineral fields of Eglinton and
Doors. Length of the main line, 6 miles; of the two branches,
5% miles.
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Durham Junction

Connects the Stanhope and Tyne Railway to the Seaham Railway.
There is a fine bridge called Victoria Bridge, upon which the Rail-
way is carried over the Wear. This line, when completed, will
extend to the north end of the Hartlepool Railway, but at pre-
sent the distance is 4 miles 60 chains. The Act was passed 16th
June, 1834. A subsequent Act was obtai:red July 3d, 1837, by
which the capital was extended to 130,0001. The main line of
this railway is 15 miles long, and its branches 3 miles more.
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Hodmin and Wadebridge, Cornwall.

Sir Willk.m Molesworth is the principal proprietor of this Rail.
way. The revenue is drawn floor tfie carriage of mineral ores, coal,
sand, and* passengers ; the capital is 35,5001. The Company act
under the powers of two Acts of Parliament obtained in 1832 and
1835. Length 12 miles.
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At Home-Miscellaneous.

Large clusters of spots are now traversing the Sun's
disc, they will arrive at its middle on Friday, the 26th.
" YoU're not old enough to judge," was a cry from a
man below the hustings to Mr. Antrobus, when he
began to chatter in the strain
.that the measures of
Ministers were destructive. This was right. Try be-
fore you judge.

Some of Gluck's music was played at a madrigal fete
at Croydon, on Monday. Some workmen on the rail-
road were overheard observing that they could listen to
it for hours. This is honest praise. Gluck's classical
strains are exquisite.
In Germany there is a spirit-dance at night, called
The wills are brides who die before the day of
marriage. They dance by moon-light : their faces are
white ; and flower-wreathes, and marriage-robes, deck
them.

wtli.

The head-dress of the Azoreans is of blue indigo ;
travellers say, who have seen all sorts of head-gear, that
in no ()tiler country is a hat like theirs to be found.
An American paper says—" To get on in the world
you must be stationary ; to get up you must keep down.
Following riches is like following wild gee3e ; you must
crawl after both on your belly—the moment you- pop up
your head they go whistling off like the wind. You may
get fat upon a rock if you never quit hold of it."
An old woman in the Cote d'Or, although possessing
an income of 40,000 f., lived in a wretched garret, and
lay on a flock bed. Some robbers broke into her room,
and unfastened her supposel treasury. Instead of gold
and silver, they saw roll oat of the receptacle a human
skull followed by dry bones. The remains of mortality
struck- them with terror, and they fled incontinently.
'A curious case of fish-skin disease (Ichthyosis) was
exhibif&l on Tuesday last at the Medical and Chirurgi-
cal Society, in • the person of Thomas Jones, a boy, ten
years of This boy mist be a very odd fish !
London, England, 1841-07-09

STATIONS.

Liverpool, Parkside, .
Digehill, Kenyon Junction,
Broad Green, Bury.lanc,
Roby lane, How Moss,
Huyton-lane, Lamb's Cottage,
Huyton Quarry, Barton Moss,
Kendrick's Cross, Patricroft,
Lea Green, Eccles,
St. Helen's Junction, Wcast-lane,
Collins Green, Cross-lane Bridge,
Newton-bridge, Manchester.
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Arbroath and Forfar Railway.

Incorporated by Act of Parliament May 19, 1836 ; capital 120,0001.
The Railway was opened throughout with a single line of rail on
Jan 3, 1839. The length of the line is 15 14 miles; the gage sft.
bin. The annual revenue is at this time 10,0001., and the expen-
diture 5,2001., profit 4,800/. The annual number of passengers is
about 118,000, and the weight of merchandize 55,000 tons. There
are six stations, besides the two termini.
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London and Greenwich Railway.

The crowded state of the pool and port of London, has origi.
nated many plans for cleating the stream, or for removing a por.
Lion of the shipping to the wider parts of the river; and the com.
pletion of the Greenwich and Blackwall Railways, seemed likely to
effect this desirable end. But hitherto, these railways, and espe-
cially the Greenwich, have been confined to the conveyance of
passengers. This railway is constructed upon a viaduct of nearly
1,000 arches, it is 3 3/I miles long. The Croydon, Brighton, and
South Eastern use this line of railway•for their London terminus.

The capital of the Company is 733,333/., number of shares
23,630, of 201. each. 'The first brick was laid in April, 1834.
It seems strange that in a line of four miles such great difference
in the under soil should be found; there are substrata of gravel,
clay, sand, peat, bog, and floating land, but Colonel Landman, the
engineer, has successfully overcome these difficulties; each part of
the viaduct rests on a bed of concrete, and very little settlement has
taken place throughout the line: This viaduct may be said to be
an experiment to prove that whenever the lead is long, a viaduct is
more economical than an embankment ; indeed, the expense of an
embankment throughout the whole of the Greenwich line would have
been very great, whereas the viaduct is now used for cellaring and
storehouse& The Act of incorporation was obtained 17th May,
1833, and five subsequent Acts have been obtained.
The Stations are—Tooley.street ; Greenwich.
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Ardrossan Railway.

Commenced in 1827 in connection N%ith the Glasgow, Paisley,
and Johnstone Canal. Principal traffic—coal, stone, and passengers.
Average receipts 4,0001. per annum. Worked by horses till 1840,
when a new Act, empowering the Company to use locomotives, and
effect a junction with the Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway was ob-
tained. The receipts under the new system will be doubled, as com-
pared with those of the old. The line runs from A rdrossan Har-
bour to Kilwinning, where it joins the Ayrshire Railway : it has
two branches into the adjoining mineral fields of Eglinton and
Douro. Length of the main line, 6 miles; of the two branches,
5% miles.
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Midland Counties Railway

Commences at Rigby, in Warwickshire, at the Birmingham Rail-
way, 83* miles from London, and runs in a line to Nottingham
and to Derby, where it is joined to 'the North Midland Railway.
The length of the line to Derby is 48* miles, and the Nottingham
branch 7 miles 16 chains. The Act of Incorporation was ob-
tained on June 21, 1826, a second Act in 1838, and a third Act in
1840. The capital authorised to be raised by these Acts is
1,333,3311., the number of Shares is 10,000 of 1001., and
10,000 of 251. each. Theline was opened with a single line of rails
fiom Derby to Nottingham, on the 4th of July, 1839, and the line
was completed throughout and opened to the public on July 1,
1840. The gage is the same as the London and Birmingham.
This line of Railway, from the amount of works; bridges, viaducts,
and tunnels, has been very costly; amounting to nearly 29,0001.
per mile. There are 148 bridges over and under the line, three
tunnels, and seven viaducts.
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Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway.

This is a short, but very important line, in extent very little
more than 9.1 miles, forming a connection between the centre of the
city of Edinburgh and the shores of the Frith of Forth ; passing
under the ridge upon which the Ned Town is situated, by means
of a tunnel 900 yards in length, which tunnel at the summit is
above 100 feet below the level of the street under which it passes.
From the northern terminus of toe tunnel it proceeds in a direct
line across the Water of Leith, over a handsome stone bridge of
three skew arches, and continues on to Trinity, and terminates on
the shore of the Frith, immediately opposite the Suspension Pier.
The great importance of this short line will be better understood,
when it is stated that its southern terminus at the centre of the
city will, at no distant day, form a junction with the eastern ter-
minus of the Elinburgli and Glasgow, thus uniting the Western
with the Eastern Ocean.
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Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway.

This is a short, but very Important line, in extent very little
more than 21 miles, forming a connection between the centre of the
city of Edinburgh and the shores of the Frith of Forth ; passing
under the ridge upon which the New Town is situated, by means
of a tunnel 900 yards in length, which tunnel at the summit is
above 100 feet below the level of the street under which it passes.
From the northern terminus of tne tunnel it proceeds in a direct
line across the Water of Leith, over a handsome stone bridge of
three skew arches, and continues on to Trinity, and terminates on
the shore of the Frith, immediately opposite the Suspension Pier.
The great importance of this short line will be better understood,
when it is stated that its southern terminus at the centre of the
city will, at no distant day, form a junction with the eastern ter..
minus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, thus uniting the Western
with the Eastern Ocean.

Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
Commences at St. Rollox, and joins the Monkland and Kirk in-
tilloch Railway at Gartsberrie. Its length is 81 miles; capital,
148,0001.; number of shares, 3,680, of 051. ; and its powers are
derived from four Acts of Parliament, obtained in 1826, 18'27,
1830, 1838. The gige of the way is 4 feet 6 inches, and its'
annual revenue about 15,000/. The charge for. the conveyance of
passengers is, for the first class, Is. Bd. ; and, for the second class, Bd.
Two-thirds of the passengers are conveyed three miles upon
another Railway, fur which no charge is made.
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Ballochney Railway.

The Ballochney Railway Company was incorporated in 1826
(7th Geo. IV., cap. 48), in order to form a Railway from the termi-
nation of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway, in the parish
of• New Monkland, about two miles eastward into the interior,
where it separates into two branches, the one embracing the coal
and ironstone mines situated to the south, and the other to the
north of Airdrie-hill. The capital of this Company was originally
18,0001., but power was acquired in the Session of 1835 (sth and
6th William IV., cap. 97) to increase it to 28,000/.; and by an
Act passed Ist July, 1839, the capital was increased to 70,0001.,
for the purpose of extending the Railway, and providing for the
increasing traffic thereon. By means of this Railway the rich de.
posits of coal and ironstone of the parish of New Monkland are
transported to the extensive and rapidly increasing ironworks on the
side of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway; and it is yearly
extending its connections with the circumjacent mineral fields.
The line is worked by bcomotive and horse power, except upot.
the two inclined planes near the western terminus. These planes
are 1,066 and 956 yards in length respectively ; the gage is 4 feet
8 inches; length of the line and branches Si miles.
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33odmin and Wadebridge, Cornwall.

Sir Witli:m Molesworth is the principal proprietor of this Rail.
way. The revenue is drawn from the carriage of inineral ores, coal,
mid, and passengers; the capital is 35,300/. The Company act
under the powers of two Acts of Parliament obtained in 1832 and
1835. Length 12 miles.
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SUMMARY OF THE MORNING

JOURNALS.

From an unusual press of master we are compelled to con-
tent ourselves with a brief summary of the contents of the
leading articles of this day's papers. The Times observes, in
allusion to Lord HowieVs election speech in Northumberland
If there is one man in the whole Whig party who is dis-
trusted and di-liked by both opponents and f. iends, Lord
How.ck is that man."—The Morning Advertiser exposes
at some length Lord Stanley's " incongruous arguments "
in his Address to the North Lancashire electors. The
Morning Chronicle, speaking of the present Regis-
tration system, says=" It is a defect 'in it that it does
not prepare for such a reference to the people as has just been
made." The Morning Post contains an article whose prin-
cipal object is to rebut "the assertion that in the English
towns the Conservatives have not gained."—The Morning
Herald praises Lord Stanley's speech as " a clear, pi actical
analysis of the scope and effect of the Ministerial propositions."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

SUN.—With but a limited amount of business doing, the
funds to day have supported their value. The paymmt of
the dividends has not yet had time to act upon them. Consuls
for immediate transfer, and without the dividend, were quoted
the same as in the course of the morning. The foreign bends
and railway shares generally went lower.
Great Western shares were marked 22, the New 101, and
the Fifths at 6A, being for the first mentioned a fall of 2/.
per share. London and Birmingham 70; the Thirds 22, the
York and North Midland 22 to 23, and the New 10 premium.
Brighton shares have been at 6;4 to 6, Northern and Eastern
at 9i, the Not th Midland New at 7%, the South Eastern and
Dover at IS, and the Birmingham and Derby at 40 discount.
In Joint Stock Banking Shares there has been no business for
some days past.
The Tea market was animated in the quotations, Compa-
ny's Congou having advanced from 2s. 3d. to 2s. 3id. per lb.
cash. The sugar sales went off steadily.

THE WEATHER.—NooN, JULY 9.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET
Barometer
Thermometer... 63 I Highest 65 Lowest ...... 45
Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic Returns for the Week ending July 5, 1841 :
Passengers
Merchandise
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Bolton and Blanchester Railway.

This Railway runs from the suburbs of Manchester to Bolton;
its length is 10 miles; its capital is 650,0001. ; the number of
shares 6,2.01 of 1001. each.

STATIONS.

Pendleton
Dixon Fold
Stone.clough

Moses. Gate --
Bolton.

Brandling Junction, Durham,
Is named after R. Brandling, Esq., who projected it. It is 171
miles in length ; it runs from the Stanhope and Tyne Railway to
the • Carlisle Railway, and branches run to Monkwearmouth,
and South Bbields. The gage is 4 feet 8; inches.
STATIONS.
GaSalthead,..- MontWeitrmouth, South Shields.

Erin& and Exeter Railway.
The Bristol and Exeter Railway branches off from.. the Great
Western near Bristol, and runs parallel to the estuary of the Se-
vern as far as Bridgewater, when it follows the course of the Rivers
Panet and Tone, and of the Bridgewater Canal as far as Taunton ;
it then runs by the side of the Western Canal, and afterwards enters
the valley of the Culm, which it pursues until its junction with the
Exe at Exeter. It is on the same grand scale as the Great Wes-
gineer, r.Brunel.
tern, and under the direction of the en • M The
length of this Railway is 76 miles,and although the country through
which
it passes is difficult, yet it presents comparatively but little
cutting,
embankments, or expensive work. The capital of the
Company
is 1,500,0001., and the amount to be raised by loans
500,0001.

STATIONS.

Bristol
Yatton
Weston
Uphill
Burnham
Bridgewater

Taunton
Wellirgton
Tiverton
Collumpton
Silverton
Exeter

Canterbury and Whitstable Railway.

This Railway is worked fur nearly the entire length by fixed
engines, the way is single throughout ; the guage is 4 feet 8,
inches. The capital is 80,000/., and three Acts of Parliament
have been acquired by the Company. It s opened to the public
on the 3d July, 1834. Length of the line six miles.
London, England, 1841-07-09

EVENING SUN.

Siss
tbOer T. JGCENEERAT, (;),OSTT_OHFFEICE,I3.IuUNy,
1L8411.C.
tain:n:r Fis a ereat risk of Ices in transmitting letters- con.
ti,ough the post, par ie3 !Jovial; occasion to re-
m: Rroall sums in cash are re:it:nen-ended to make use a the
th neY OrJer-(4lce, where they will incur no hazard, while
,00,se wile may desire to remit hank notes or drafts, payable
if bearer, are requested cut them in hilt', sending each half,
erliT3sible, by two differeJA posts. In the case of Lank notes,
shouldbalk post bills, being sent, the numbers, dates, and amounts
be carefully taken.
cmey orders, for sums under five pounds, are granted and
ggeby evtry Post-town in the United Kingchan, and by the,Chief
Chan? in St. Martin's-le-Grand, the three. Branch Offices,
b ii;'ng-,r°ss, Cavendish-street, and the Borough,. and also
.IYlL4teprrstricipal Receiving-houses within the twelve mile circle.
may also be registered, on payment of a fee of ls.,
1 addition to the postage.
‘Yith the great convenience thus afforded for transmitting
'lll4ll sums at so low a el argc, and the power now given of
re, •i
letters containing value,' it is hoped the public will
eoer forward letters of value, except in one or other of
mese ethods. By command,
W. L. MABERLY, Secretary.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Pormation of the ilailway.

In laying out a line of Railway, the engineer chooses a certain
standard cf height, so as to enable the Railway either gradually to
wise to the highest point of the country, or to sink to the lowest
poit.t of depression. The highest point is called the summit level,
await the whole course of ascent and descent the gradient. As the
Tine is to be neatly level, it is necessary in passing through the irregu-
lar surfaces of the country, if the line of the rail is to be below the
-original surface, to dig a cutting.

Section of a Cutting before the Excavation.

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Dublin and Kingstown Railway

Connects the city of Dublin with the harbour of Kingstown, the
piers of which enclose upwards cf two hundred and forty acres of
water, with a nearly uniform depth at low water of spring tides of
upwards of thirty feet, and as it is easily accessible with almost any
wind, it is of course the station for the Post-office packets. The
Railway commences at Westland-row, Dublin, and is carried across
a portion of Dublin Bay by a great embankment, 2,200 yards long.
The Act of Parliament was obtained in 1831, and this first Irish
Railway, six miles in length, has been adrnirally constructed, under
,he direction of Mr. Vignoles, at a cost of 330,0001. The engine
and carriage departments are worthy of imitation. The traffic on
this Railway since its opening in December, 1834, has been very
great. The trains have travelled nearly 800,000 miles, and eight
millions passengers have been conveyed, and it is creditable to the ma-
nagement that, within the above period, only one fatal accident has
occurred to any passenger, for which the Company could be
fairly considered responsible. The ordinary daily working of the
line is performed by three locomotive engines ; occasionally double
that number are employed ; and from fifty-eight to one hundred
and sixteen trains-start daily, according to the season. The average
rate of charge on this Railway is a small fraction under one penny
per passenger per mile. There are six intermediate stations be.
tween Dublin and Kingstown.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway

Commences at St. Rollox, and joins the Monkland and Kirkin-
tilloch Railway at Gartsherrie. Its length is 81 miles;
capital,
148,0001.; number of shares, 3,680, of 25/. ; and its powers are
derived from four Acts of Parliament, obtained in 1826, 1827,1830, 1838. The gage of the way is 4 feet 6 inches, and its
annual revenue about 15,000/. The charge for the conveyance of
passengers is, for the first class, Is. Bd. ; and, for the second class, Bd.
Two-thirds of the passengers are conveyed three miles upon
another Railway, fur which mo Charge is made.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Durham and Sunderland Railway.

Main line ten miles lcng, and is worked throughout with fixed en.
gines and ropes. There are ten fixed engines to work the line
whose aggregate powers are equal to 650 horses. As this Railway
is in the middle of the Durham coal field, the ballast for the Railway
is made of small coal, and about 400,000 tons of this mineral is
annually conveyed upon it. The gage is 4 feet S inches, and
the capital 256,000/. The first Act of Parliament was obtained
13th August, 1834, the second on the 3d of July, 1837.
London, England, 1841-07-09

STATIONS.

Manchester—between Queen.street and St. George's-street
Mill Hill Laddendon Foot
Heywood Elland
Blue Pits Brighouse
Rochdale Cooper Bridge
Littleborough Horbury
Todmorden Wakefield
Eastwood Dewsbury
Hebden Bridge Normanton
Sowerby Bridge Leeds.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Aylesbury Railway.

This Railway is an auxi:iary to the London and Birmingham
Railway, and was the first branch made from this line; its length
is 7 miles. The Aylesbury terminus
.is less than 300 yards from
the market-place. Aylesbury may be said to be the dairy of Lon-
don ; many thousand head of cattle are fatted upon the pastures
of its vale, and a peculiar breed of ducks, called Aylesbury
Whites, are sent in large quantities to the London markets, but
both butter and beasts lost so much in fat and flavour, from the
ordinary turnpike road transit, that, the Birmingham Railway
skirting the vale, the good people of the vale obtained an Act of
Parliament in the year 1836, authorising them to raise 50,000/.,
and 16,0001. on loan, and to make the Railway; they issued
2,500 shares, of 201. each, and made the gage to suit the carriages
of the Birmingham line, and on the 10th of June, 1839, opened the
Railway to the public. The Railway is worked entirely by the
London and Birmingham Company who have a lease of the branch.
The route by this Railway to Oxford is a few miles shorter than by
the Great Western, but as the latter runs to within 10 miles of that
city (Aylesbury being 22), the principal traffic goes by the West-
ern. The Aylesbury Railway is, however, of immense import-
ance to the neighbouring towns and large villages, particularly
Thame, Winstow, Bicester, Buckingham, &c., to which places, as
well as Oxford, there are coaches daily. Distance from London,
42 miles. There are at present three trains daily from London to
Aylesbury, and vice versa, and two trains each way on Sunday.
London, England, 1841-07-09

THE RAILWAY SUN MAP.

The Map is produced by a new mode of stereotyping,
called the Gypsographic process, which has been patented
by Mr. Worne, a native of Exeter. It. has a great ad-
vaptage over the ordinary mode, inasmuch as the artist
can draw upon a plate, and this ordinal sketch is cast
and printed at the ordinary printing machine. In our
•.ideavoar to produce a design worthy of public patron-
age, we have trio(' many experiments, at a considerabl e
expense, and we trust that the Map now given, although.
we may hereafter much
.improve it, will be found to be
a very great advance in the art of surface printing. It
is the largest cast plate ever yet printed by the ordinary
process.

TILE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY )

CORN EXCHANGE.

The arrivals of English grain this week are moderate, and
of Foreign wheat cousiderable. Tl.e Wheat trade•rernait.s firm
at Mor.Cay's prices. Earley, Beane, and Peas, as-last reported.
'1 he demand for Oats is moderate at previous rates. In the
Flour trade little is doinc, this week.
COLONIAL MARKET.

I►► these markets prices were firm for most kinds of produce.
Raw Sugar at last last week's rates. All useful sorts of Coffee
at stiff rates. For Spices prices were firm.
SIIIITHFIELD MARKET.

The supply of Cattle at Market was but moderate, the de-
mand brisk for all descriptions of Meat. Every thing sold wel
at our present price*. Beasts, 553 ; Sheep and Lambs, 8,770
Pigs, 417 ; Calves, 361. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton
4s. to SF. ; Veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to 4s. lOcl.
Lamb, ss. to 6s.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Manchester and Birmingham Railway.

The people of Manchester have been much dissatisfied with the
circuitous route they have hitherto made from Birmingham to
their city, and hence two lines of railway were projected, the
Scuth Union, and the Manchester, Cheshire, and Stafford-
:hire Railway, both of which effected a great saving of time end
distance. There was great opposition to both lines before the
House of Commons, which ended by an adoption of a part of the
liFle of both Companies. The Act of Incorporation passed on the
30th of June, 1837; the capital is 2,800,0001., and there are 30,000
shares of 701. each. The railway runs from Stone-street, Mali.
Chester, to Stockport, Cheadle, Wilmislow, and Sandbach, to the
Grand Junction Railway at Crewe. The Macclesfie:d branch leaves
the line near Cheadle, anti is 11 miles in I.2r.gth. There is a very
fine viaduct over the Mersey at Stockport, its length is 2,179 feet,
and it is elevated 106 feet above the surface of the water. The
gage of the railway is 4 feet 9 inches ; the engineers are Messrs.
Rastrick and Stephenson.

STATIONS.
Rushford

Manchester

Stockport

Manchester and Leeds Railway.

This important Railway is the connecting line of the great ma.
nufacturing towns of the North ; joined to the Liverpool line it
enables the woollen fain izs to be conveyed to all parts of the
Western Hemisphere, and joined to the Selby and Hull line it com-
municates with the ports of Northern and Eastern Europe, The
importance of such a line of communication has long been known,
bat the difficulties presented by the nature of the country, rendered
it necessary that the great experiment of Railway-inaking should
have succeeded, and that the engineers should have attained consider-
able knowledge, before they grappled with the natural obstacles the
face of the country and the nature of the substrata presented. The
Morton and Horbury cuttings, and the Burnley Valley embank-
ment, containing 364,000 cubic yards, are fine examples of engi-
neering skill ; there are 116 bridges, which, together with the
viaducts and retaining walls, contain 5,319,000 cubic feet of
masonry and brickwork ; there are also eight tunnels, cut through
most difficult strata. The length of the line is 50 miles ; the
number of shares is 26,000, half in 1001. shares, and half in 501.
shares ; the capital 1,733,0001., but the sum received by the Com-
pany, including mortgages and bonds, is 2,599,0001. •

STATIONS.
Manckester—between Queen.street and St. George's-street.
Mill Hill. Laddendon Foot
Heywood Elland
" Blue Pits Brighouse
Rochdale Cooper Bridge
Litt leborough Horbury
Todmorden Wakefield
Eastwood Dewsbury
Hebden Bridge Normanton
Sowerby Bridge Leeds.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Rate of Travelling.

The average speed of the four-horse mail-coach is 10 miles per
hour. A ship cannot sail above 15 miles per hour. The best
built steamboat has never been propelled more than 15 miles per
hour, but upon railways the trains are dragged by locomotion at an
average speed of 25 miles per hour. Upon some of the best con.
structed lines a speed of 45 miles per hour has been obtained, but
this Is the present limit, and unless some very great improvement
be made, that seems to be the ne plus ultra of railway speed, for
at great velocities a counteracting power is evolved, which is not
felt at the lower rates of impulsion, viz., ,the " pressure of the
atmosphere;" for each square foot exposed to the operation of the
atmosphere adds to the load of a train going at the rate of 30
miles an hour nearly one ton, so that an engine of ten tons, which
can draw about 234 tons at 10 miles per hour, can barely urge for-
ward its own weight at a velocity of 60 miles per hour.
London, England, 1841-07-09

STATIONS.

Birkenhead,

Chester and Crewe Railway;

May be called a part of the Grand Junction Railway, inasmuch as
the line is an extension of the Grand Ju.nction line, and the Com-
pany become the proprietors, by allowing the Crewe proprietors to
become shareholders in the Grand Junction Company, at the rate
of 25/. for every 501. share. It runs from the Grand Junction
Railway, Crewe, to the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. At

Crewe it is 21 miles in length ; its capital 458,000/. the gage of
the rails 4 feet 8 inches. This line is remarkable for the number
of curves it makes. There is a viaduct over the river Weaver; and
a very substantial brick built aqueduct, to convey the Ellesmere
canal over the Railway. The Act passed June 30th, 1837.

Crewe
Nantwich
Calvelcy
Bee stop

STATIONS.

Crownest
Black Dog
Chester

Clarence Railway

Commences at Port Clarence, on the River Tees, and joins the
Stockton and Darlington Railway at Sun Pasture. The length of
the line is 14 miles 21 chains. Three branches run out of the main
line; the city of Durham branch from Stillington Moor to Durham,
length 10 miles 13 chains; the Dyer's Green brunch, which is an
auxiliary line to the Durham branch, length 5 miles 72 chains; the
Stockton branch, from the city of Stockton to Norton-gate; the
total length of railway belonging to the Company is 5 miles 72
chains ; a portion of the line is used for passengers' trains ; that be.
twecu StOckton and Coxhoe, 41 miles S.E. of Durham, three times
a day. This Railway is one of the great coal railways; about
400,000 tons are annually conveyed upon it, and on the four drops
at Port Clarence 81 heels can be shipped in twelve hours. The
gage of the way is 4ft. 81in. ; the capital 500,0001. The Act of In-
corporation was passed 23d of May, 1828, but five Acts, with
additional powers, have been since obtained.
London, England, 1841-07-09

110 P INTELLIGENCE.

• CANTE,..FWAY..—There i 3 no material alteration in the hops
in this vicinity. The bine grows vigirously, and we have heard
hut little comp'xint of vermin:
MisinsTioNE.—The lice are increasing in many grounds,
sthik in others the bine is progres ing vigorou4y, the horzon-
tal branches shaking hands in all directions. 'I he mould is
making greater ravags in some of the best grounds than Was at
firA. believed.

Txtz -.lt is calculated that one-third of the plant
last in the Weald of Kent and Sussex. The general opinion
in the best cultivated grounds is against a crop. The bines have
'improved as Touch as they coul.l these last three or four days.
Boaocon.—The accounts continuing favourable for the
young bine, causes buyers to be cautious in their operation.,
and the market is in a dull state, but prices keep u?. The
duty is estimated at 155,000/. to 160,0001. Kent Herald.

A curious circumstance has occurred at St.
111argaret's Church, in this City. On Sunday last a young
tvoman, nineteen years of age was baptised, and on 11otlay
Utoniing the godfather presented himself at the altar to give
his new charge away to a husband.— Canterbury paper.

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and was before inserted in it.
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by publishing them, but, independent of other consi-
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poetry during the heat of the contest, with the pro-
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Chester and Birkenhead Railway

Is an extension of the Chester and Crewe Railway, it corn._
menus in Brook-street, Chester, and carries the line of rails
from the Grand Junction Railway to the extreme point of the
Cheshire coast The capital is 500,0001. and the length of the
line 14 miles, 60 chains ; the gage of the way 4 feet 9 inches,
There is a branch to Woodside ferry, with a tunnel 573 yards in
length. There is a fine viaduct at Morton, built over the Ellesmere
Canal. The Act of Parliament for the incorporation of this
Railway passed 12th July, 1837 ; a second Act passed '23d June,
1840, giving the Corcpany greater powers.

Chester
London, England, 1841-07-09

£1,214 14 7

Darlington, July 8, 1841.

The proverbially venal and corrupt borough of
Harwich is among the places which, having chosen Tory can-
didates, are appealed to with an air of triumph by the
Tory Journals, as exhibiting unequivocal proofs of the mea-
sures of Government. We have the satisfaction of know-
ing that the means by which the Tories succeeded in
obtaining a majority at the late election for Harwich,
after Mr. Herries retired in despair, are not only notorious, but
are happily capable of proof beyond the slightest possibility of
refute+ ion. The Members returned will hold their seats only
until the necessary forms can be gone through for bringing
the merits of the election before a Committee of the House
of Commons on- petition. As a preof of the high esti-
mate in which the exertions of the active Tories of Harwich
Here held by the worthy official of Sir Robert Peel's short ad-
ministration of k 35, whom they delighted to honour by elect-
ing him as their representative, no less than 17 places of i.rofit
were distributed among them during the four mouths of Tory
rule.
London, England, 1841-07-09

'llirminghara and Gloucester Railway.

This Railway r ins from Birmingham to Gloucester, a distance.
of 521 miles, and eonnects the Western Union Railway, which runs
out of the Great Wcstern Railway at Swindon, with the London
and Birmingham Railway, as well as joining the Bristol and Glouces-
ter Railway direct to Bristol. A line is established by its means with
the western part o: England and the south part of Wales, and with
the great Railway sines to Lancashire and the north of England. It
must at some future day become a very valuable line, as the goods and
passengers from I eland and Wales, passing up the Severn, and along
the ship canal to Gloucester, will be conveyed upon its rails to all the
;teat manufacturing districts of England. There is a branch line
to Tewkesbury, 2 miles and 10 chains long, running from Aschurch
to High. street, Tewkesbury. The Company have two Acts of Par-
liament, one passtd 2.2(1 April, 1836, another on the 4th April,
1837. The capital is 1,266,666/. ; the gage of the Railway is Oft. Shin.,
and there is one tunnel at Grovely Hill. Capt. W. S. Moorsom, is
the engineer, and there are several locomotives made by Norris anil
Co., of Philadelphia, in the United States, running upon the line.

STATIONS.
Cheltenham ...... . Bredon
Sperchley Eckington
I Dr6itwich Principal. Derlb Svcondaryrd
Ilroomsgrove ..... Askchurch
Stoke Pri0r.......

Bishops Auckland and Weardale, Darham,
Branching from the Stockton and Darlington Railway, runs through
a rich coal district ; it is 8 miles '26. 19 chains in length ; its capital
is 96,0001 ; the Act of Incorporation received the Royal assent
15th July, 1837.
London, England, 1841-07-09

STATIONS.

Liverpool,
Edgehill,
Broad Green,

Parkside,
Kenyon Junction,
Bury-lane,

Roby-lane, How Moss,
Huyton.lane, • Lamb's Cottage,
Huyton Quarry, Barton Moss,
Kendrick's Cross, Patricroft,
Lea Green, Eccles,
St. Helen's Junction, Weast-lane,
Collins Green, Cross-lane Bridge,
Newton-bridge, Manchester.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Birmingham and Derby Junction

Is one of the lines that complete the communication between Lon-
don and the northern counties. The Railway runs out of the Lon-
don and Birmingham Railway at Hampton-in Arden, and is con.
nected with the North Midland Railway at Derby. This Company
was incorporated on the 19th of May, 1836, and it has obtained
three auxiliary Ac's of Parliament subsequently. Its length is
38 miles 6 furlongs 8 chains. The gage, carriages, &c., are
the same as the London and Birmingham Railway. This
C.,mpany is abundantly supplied with coal from the Derbyshire
coal-field. The Anker viaduct is a beautiful stone structure ; it con-
sists of nineteen segmental arches, eighteen of 30 feet square span,
with a rise of 7 feet six inches, and an oblique arch, 60 feet on the
face, with a rise of 12 feet, the total length being 807 feet. 'The
Croxhall viaduct, built of wood, carries the railway over the rivers
Tame and Trent; its total length is 1,310 feet. The Stations

Hamptc n-in-Arden—the junction with the London and
Birmingham line—(P)
Tam worth (P) Barton
Coleshill Burton-upon-Trent
liingsbury Wellington, and
Walton . Derby.
Alrcwas
The Derby station is the point of union with the North Midland
and Midland Counties. Distance from London 141 miles 8 chains.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, &. Ayr Railway
Leaves the station at Tradestown, Glasgow, and terminates at
The Bridge at Ayr. The length of the line is foil.), miles.
The branch to Kilmarnock leaves the main line at Dairy, and
terminates at Kilmarnock. The capital of the Company is
833,3001., the number of shares 12,500, of 501. each. The Act
of Incorporation was obtained on the 15th of July, 1837, and the
amended Act on June 4, 1840. This line is intended to form
part of the great line of communication with England, and be-
tween London and Glasgow. The gage is therefore the same
as most of the English railways; viz. 4ft. q inches. The charge
for First Class passengers is 2d. per mile, Second Class passen-
gers, ld. per mile.

Glasgow
Paisley
Johnston
Beith

STATIONS.
Kilwinning Monkton
Irvine Ayr.
Troon Prestwick.

Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway.

This Railway forms one line with the Glasgow and Ayr Rail-
way as far as Paisley. It then proceeds to Port Glasgow and
Greenock. The length of the line is 221 miles. The capital
533,333/. Number of Shares, 16,000 of 25/. The Act of In-
corporation was passed on the 15th of July, 1837, and the amended
Act on the 23d of July, 1840.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Dublin anti Kingstown Railway

Connects the city of Dublin with the harbour of Kingstown, the
piers of which enclose upwards of two hundred and forty acres of
water, with a nearly uniform depth at low water of spring tides of
upwards of thirty feet, and as it is easily accessible with almost any
s ind, it is of course the station for the Post-office packets. The
Railway commences at Westland.row, Dublin, and is carried across
a portion of Dublin Bay by a great embankment, 2,2.00 yards long.
The Act of Pailiament was obtained in 1831, and this first Irish
Railway, six miles in length, has been admiral ly constructed, under
.he direction of-Mr. Vignoles, at a cost of 330,0001. The engine
and carriage departments are worthy of itnitation. The traffic on
this Railway since its opening in December, 1834, has been very
great. The trains have travelled nearly 800,000 miles, and eight
millions passengers have been conveyed, and it is creditable to the ma-
nagement that, within the above period, only one fatal accident has
occurred to any passenger, for which the Company could be
fairly considered renonsible. The ordinary daily working of the
line is performed by three locomotive engines ; occasionally double
that number are employed ; and from fifty-eight to one hundred
and sixteen trains start daily, according to the season. The average
rate of charge on this Railway is a small fraction under one penny
per passenger per mile. There are six intermediate stations be-
tween Dublin and Kingstown.
London, England, 1841-07-09

Electioneering*.

No return has been made for the Cardigan district of
burghs, owing to the negligence, or something worse,
of a Tory Mayor. '
The election for Orkney and Shetland county, the
most remote in the United Kingdom, will take place on
Monday the 12th, when F. Dundas, Esq., will be re-
turned without opposition.
The rush to the Hertford poll was 2,000 by eleven
o'clock of the first polling-day. The entire constituency
is only 4,000. There can be nothing to do on the second
poll-day.

The Wigton burghs have terminated the poll in favour
of J. ➢L'Taggart. Edinburgh has returned Mr. Ramsay,
the Tory, without opposition.
" He must be returned at any cost"—has not been lost
by the Tories on many purchasable ten-pounders.
Newton, in Lancashire, is still the scene of elcctiou
contests, although it has been doomed to schedule A.
The South Lancashire hustings were held there on
Thursday.

The Chartists mustered strong at South Leicester-
shire on Tuesday, and proposed candidates, but finally
withdrew them, leaving Lord Manners and Mr. Farnham
unopposed, and therefore elected. The editor of the
Ckytist Rushlight twinkled in
.a speech on the hustings,
but was soon blown out.

The Tories begin to shake awfully at the result of the
elections. Peel, they fear, will not have a working ma-
jority. In Scotland fifteen Whig-Radicals returned for
two Conservatives, have reduced our Evening Contem-
porary (the Standard) to despair, and, with tears in his
eyes, he exclaims, " The Whig Ministers will, whether
in or out of office, be the real victors, as far as results
are concerned."

Theatrical•
Laporte took his usual benefit last night at her
Majesty's Theatre. The entertainments were the Barber
of Seville ; the three first aces of Corneille's Horaces ;
a new ballet entitled Aglae ; and a part of La Gitana.
The house was crowded to suffocation.

-.-
VAUXHALL GARDENS.—The third of the six summer
galas will be given here this evening. When we con-
sider that Ducrow is to be seen in all his glory, a Con-
cert d'Ete with Jullien and all his great solo performers,
and the various other attractions of the place, it is easy
to account for the numbers who have thronged it. The
balloon goes up on Monday.
London, England, 1841-07-09

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Birmingham and Gloucester Railway.

This Railway runs from Birmingham to Gloucester, a distance
of 52} miles, and connects the Western Union Railway, which runs
out of the Great Western Railway at Swindon, with the London
and Birmingham Railway, as well as joining the Bristol and Glouces.
ter Railway direct to Bristol. A line is established by its means with
the western part of England and the south part of Wales, and with
the great Railway lines to Lancashire and the north of England. It
must at some future day become a very valuable line, as the goods and
passengers from Ireland and Wales, passing up the Severn, and along
the ship canal to Gloucester, will be conveyed upon its rails to all the
great manufacturing districts of England. There is a branch line
to Tewkesbury, 2 miles and 10 chains long, running from Aschurch
to Iligh.strect, Tewkesbury. The Company have two Acts of Par-
liament, one passed 22d April, 1836, another on the 4th April,
1837. The capital is 1,266,666/. ; the gage of the Railway is Oft. 81-in.,
and there is one tunnel at Grovely Hill. Capt. W. S. Moorsoni, is
the engineer, anti there arc several locomotives made by Norris and
Co., of Philadelphia, in the United States, running upon the line.

STATIONS.
Cheltenham Bredon
Spetchley Eckington
Droitwich... ...... Principal. Detrord Secondary
Broomsgrove Askchurch
Stoke Pri0r........