The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-19 00:00:00

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.

BOULOGNE AND AMlENS.—Yesterday, a deputation
of shareholders in this railway, representing 14,000
shares, waited by appointment on the English direc-
tors at the office of Messrs. Carden and Whitehead,
Royal Exchange-buildings, in order to ascertain the
present position and future prospects of the under-
taking. The directors stated that the weekly traffic,
considering the present unsettled state of France, was
highly satisfactory, that the company had no respon-
sibilities, that the line was worked in the most econo-
mical manner, and that when matters were tho-
roughly settled in France there was every reason to
believe that the line would prove amply remunera-
tive to the shareholders. It would be proposed, at
the meeting to be held on Saturday week at Paris,
to pay the proprietors interest at the rate of four
per cent. per annum on the half-year up till the
opening of the line, and two per cent. per annum
from the opening of the line until the end of the pre-
sent month, The payment to be made in dividend
coupons, which shall be payable at a period to be fixed
at the meeting. The importance of a cordial under-
taking between the Boulogne and Amiens and the
London and South-Eastern was felt and expressed by
all present; and with the view to bring about a closer
connexion between the companies, it was proposed
and agreed to, that one of the directors of the South-
Eastern should join the direction of the Boulogne
and Amiens, and that M. Adam, one of the French
directors of the latter line, should be made a director
on the South-Eastern.

TOURNAY AND Juantsz.—The opening of this
line, which was announced to take place on the 15th
inst, has been postponed to the 25th, when a fete will
be held at Tourney. The Communal Council of that
town, and some of the directors of the line, had an
audience of the King of the Belgians at Brussels last
week to solicit the honour of his presence at the
inauguration ; but it is said he declined to give a
decided reply.
ORLEANS AND BORDEAUX.—A. grand fete took
place on the 4th inst. at the viaduct over the valley
of the Indre, to celebrate the completion of that
remarkable work of art on the Orleans and Bordeaux
line. This viaduct, which crosses the valley of the
Indre over a space of '751 metres, has 59 arches of
9 metres 89 centimetres span each, and 21 metres in
height. The preliminary operations commenced in
January, 1846, and the masonry in April the
following •year. The line, when complete, will
afford an uninterrupted railway communication
between the French capital and Bordeaux.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Ocr. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market continues du'l, the only
dealings being Great Western, Quarters, which were done
at 6 5-16 dis.—Bristol and Exeter, 401,4di5.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 18.

&mac Excrt.kwom.—The share market is firm at about
the quotations of yesterday. The sales are—Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 271. 10s. Shares,
12 c.—Caledonian, Preference, 174 dis.—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Halves (late W. P. and G.), 3314—Ditto (Es.
tension), 16%—London and Nord'. Western, 1021 A—Ditto,
Fifths, 365. 3d. c.—Ditto, 40/. Shares (L. and M.), %
Ditto New Quarters, VA dis.—Ditto, Quarters (A and B),
par—Ditto, Quarters (C), % p.—Midland Stock,
Ditto, New Halves, 144 die.—North. Western, 84 c. dis.—
Scottish Central, 221,4—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
Thirds, 6%, —Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, S. Div., 5
dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Liacolnshire, 101. Prefer-
ence, 94.