The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

RA ILWAY ENTERPRISE.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
EXPRESS TRAINS.
The Great-Western Company, it appears, intend frail
Wednesday next to start express trains every morning,
except Sunday, at half-past six, from Exeter to Padding'
ton, which will call at Taunton, Bristol, Bath, Chipper'
ham, Swindon, and Reading, accomplishing:the whole
distance in four-and-a-half hours, and returning Proof
Paddington to Exeter at half after five the same evening'
To the commercial body of Exeter, Plymouth, De'
vonport, and other places in the west, these express
trains will be of the utccost importance, inasmuch as I
tradesman will be enabled to leave his home in the
morning, spend in London nearly the business hours of
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the day, and return home to Exeter to an early supper
Considering, too, that Exeter is in the high road to Fif;
mouth, these express trains, securing as they do a "
communication with that vast arsenal, are of great us'
tional importance. The thanks of the community are
due to the Great West, rn Cc mpany :or their enterprise
and spirit, and we hope the excellent example they have
set will be followed by the London and Birmingham, the
Grand Junction, and the other railway companies 0
similar commercial enterprise. We believe the London
Birmingham, and Grand Junction have had the idea in
view for some time back, but the Grew Western has the
merit of setting the example.'

THE R.AILWAV SHARE MARKET'
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.'
SIR—I enclose a statement to you that I hope r°
will consider of sufficient importance for a place in yourr,
journal, as it proves there is no cause hut want 0,
confidence that keeps the Share market at the unnatursi
and depressed state in which it is at present.
You have ready mean. to test its correctness, there'
fore I will not trouble you with my name and address.
A Statement, showing the Cost Price of all the Railways
Completed and Working, and that their Improved Value'
even at the depressed state of the Market, gives 70 Per
cent. :

Amount paid up. Present Price, £
P. d. £lt t
Birmingham and Gloucester ...... lOO 0 0 126 0 v
Ditto New l7 10 0 31 0 )
(~ v Bristol and Ex.ter

Ditto New... , 5 0 0
Bristol and Glance-4er 30 0 0
Edstern Coun'ies ... 14 16 0
Ditto New 8 16 0
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Quarter 'hares l2 10 0
Ditto New Quarter
Great North of England .. ....
Ditto New ..... ... ...........
Ditto ditto
Ditto ditto
Great western
Ditto Half Share• 5O 0 0
Ditto Fifth Shares
Hull and Selby 5O 0 0
Ditto Quarter Shares .
Ditto One Half
London and Birmingham ion 0 0
Ditto One Third
Ditto One Fourth 2 0 0
Ditto One Fifth
London and Blaekuall ... .. 16 13 0
New
.... 2 10 0

9 10 °
52 0 ° 0
21 0
14 10 0
73 0 0
18 0
15 0 0
215 0 0
46 0
33 0 0
14 10 0
145 0
63 0
32 10 v
101 0 0
21 0
26 0 0
219 0
50 0 L'
26 0
23 0 oi,
8 5
4 . 0 0

London and Brighton
Ditto One Eighth
Drto One Fifth...
London and Croydon ..
London and Greenwich
Ditto Preference
London and South Western 4l 10 0
Ditto One Eighth 2B 0 0
Ditto New .... 12 (0 0
Ditto ditto lO 0 0
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto Half ditto ...... 38 0 0
Ditto Quarter ditto 2 0 0
Ditto One Fifth ditto
Ditto One Tenth 6 5 0
Manche,ter and Birmmgham 4O 0 0
Di to Quarter shares
Ditto B
Ditto C ... 1 0 0
Midland

63 0 0
572 0 0
28 0 0
21 10 0
9 5 0
22 0 ,0.
u'
76 0
46 0 u
22 0 0 u
18 10 Au
124 0
54 0 0
12 0 0
11 10 0
8 10 !
77 10 ,
11 0 0
9 10 0
7 10 0
0 0

Ditto New...
Birmingham and Derby lOO 0 0
Newcastle and Darlington
Ditto New 1 0 0
Ditto. New Brandling . 2O 0 0
North British
Ditto Half Shares 6 0 0
Northern and Eastern...
Ditto Scrip
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New 1 0 0
Preston and Wyre 25 0 0
South-Eastern and Dover
Ditto New, 1.
Ditto 2.
Ditto 3.
Ditto 4.
Yarmouth and Norwich ......
York and North Midland......
Quarter Shares 25 0 0
Scarborough branch... 25 0 0
Ditto Selby

146
20 0
117 0 w
41 0 „,
9 0 u
36 0 Cl
26 0 t!.
9 0
68 0
68 0 0
17 0 0
18 0 0
34 10 0
36 0 0
17 0 0
11 0
15 10 0
2 15 0
25 0 0
98 0 0
47 0
47 0 0,,
70 0 w

£1,863 8 3 £3,046 15
IRISH LINES.
Dublin and Drogheda 65 0 0 72 0
/0, Ditto New lO 0 0 14 0
nu
Dublin and King,town 100 0 0 206 0 0
Ditto Extension Half Shares
Ditto Quarter ditto
Ulster, Belfast, and Armagh ... .... ~

4217 10 0 £369 fl 0
P. S.—The expense in constructing the earlier lines W
enormou., viz. :

Blackwall 4100,090 per mile
Brighton
Grea. Western ...
Birmingham
Railways are now constructed at from 10,0001. to 15,0001-
per mile.

EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY
OF BRITISH ARTISTS. SUFFOLK-STREET
PALL- ALL EAST.

This, the twenty-third annual Exhibition cf the S°

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ciety of . British Artists, exhibits, as far as the
progress of art is concerned, most assuredly a eV ill
advance. There is, with one exception only, nothini
mitre or extggerated—all is artistical; and although, situ"
602 pictures, there must be necessarily many of mediocre
merit, yet there are none which offend the eye of the
connoiseur by absolute bad drawing or bad taste, oldie
there are, several which are of a very high order of alsi'
Landscape is, as usual, the great feature of the exhibition,
and here Pyne and Tennant are most successful. 'lll.
" Menai Straits" of Pyne is a large picture, most elaborate-If
finished, the aerial effect of which is marvelled'
The air seems absolutely tremulous with heat.
309. " The Ferry at Port Macke, in Wales," is another el'
quisite picture by the same master. In this picture a Ili!:
bow is introduced, arching the sky. The subject is treat
in a most artistical manner, and the effects remind one of Woe
of the best of Turner's. Perhaps, however, the most brii-
Haut picture in the exhibition is
351. 4‘ it Guyon and the Palmer arrived at the Idle L3°'
meet with immodest Merth in her Gondelay,
Bedecked, trim,
With boughs and arbours woven cunningly,
* * * * *
Ry this time was the worthy Guyon brought
Unto the other side of that wide btroud
Where she was rowing, and for passage sought;
Him needed not long call; she soon to hond
Her ferry brought, where she him byding nand
With his sad guide."—Vide Spenser's Faerie Queen%
Canto VI.

The painter has entered fully into the description of the
poet, and has admirably translated Spenser's imaginings ;
canvass. Never has poetry been more beautifully intsrPret
by painting.

At this late hour it is impossible to do more them to jai.
cate a few of the best pictures. Herring gives us-
-334. " The Oaks, 1845—A False Start," a picture that 41
be almost worshipped by every sportsman. He also Wivesiig
some admirable cattle pieces.
470.• " St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, low water, suage;'
is a beautiful piece of effect, by Lancaster.
There is a " Cupid" by 'lodestone, which is very beautirnl2,
and among the portraits is one of " Mr. Payne Collier," bJ
Baxter (354), the most striking likeness that we have over
seen.

We hope to return to this exhibition at an early opPor
.unity.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER BETTING.—FRIDAY.
.03
Ctre:sTEß Cup.-13 to 1 agst Sweetmeat, 18 to —.74
Clumsy, 18 to 1 agst Miss Burns, 20 to 1 agst Fitzallen,
sttoolneag-sot)B,
4eosttßo oieraegrs,t2lsnhteoril.tragtöllootpoe,l4oatvo
tl.weastoWerhullt;
50 to 1 agst Rose of Cashmere (t).
Nothing done upon the other stakes,.
HUNTG .
Her Majesty's stag IN
hds, MoAPPOINTMENTSn., Knaphill, near Woking
Station ; Wed., Twyford Station ; Fri. Salthill-11%.
Bedale hds., M' lon., Studley Park; VVed„ Oak Tree rig"
Lecening-lane ; Fri., Hawkwell Inn-11.
Cleveland lads., Mon., Newthorpe; Thurs., Court Greer
—lO%.
Norfolk stag hds., Wed., King's Arms Inn, Rupham-
7th Hussars' stag hds., Men., Charstield; Thurs., 0t1e.7„.,.
Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Ternpsford; Sat., Age
Green.
F. B. hds., Mon., Constantine Cross; Thurs., F. B. Kennel
—lO%.
Oakley hds., Mon., Dungee Corner; Sat., Colworth-1034*
Pytchley hds., Mon., Cransley ; Wed., Brixworth Kennels;
Fri., Boughton Mouse, Kettering; Sat., Sudborougb.
Hall, near Shield
PSirnuld'il?oget°aundhdlt'r'srvueteistlAsds.h,
Row ; Fri., ScotSwood Bridgo—lo.
3bieormry,;srarni.le,3ll.lorton-9,
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Cs;
Hoßeakiroisne._ 111olh. schild's stag lids., Mon., Culverton; Ti' trgt:e
Thorpe.Lo
Lord Southampton's lads Mon., Wicken F sa; Fri.,
Stagshaw Bank toll-bar ; 11.5'
Dir. Watson's lads.,
eliroindogC-10.
Mror; Wed., V -
gham Village ; Fri.,
Shafto— 10i.
York and Ainsty lids , Ted., Conrove ; Saturday, Offl2-
ton-101.
Mr. Trelawny's He., Tues., Blisland Village, at 11;
Shaugh Bridge-7.10i.
Norfolk parrs., W ed., Holt (a deer.)
Shropshire Ws., Wed., Chipnel Wood-10f.

ICONDUCT OF THE CONDEMNED PRISONNR WICE.S.'"
Within the last few days the manner of the unfortunate man nog
under sentence of death has undert,•,one a complete change, And *
hope of the extreme penalty of the law not being put in force had'
.
from the circumstances of the execution not taking place on the Jr
inst., buoyed him up, but which, now that the determination of
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James Graham has been madelnown, has completely changed .4,11
his former apparent firmness!' On Fi I lay he was visited by
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friends, and the meeting was of a more than usually distressing 0,21_
racter. The wretched young man has addressed a letter to tnr.
widow of his late master, in which, after expressing coatritioa for
his crime, ha earnestly implores her forgiveness, and request* 0
!teller.