The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-13 00:00:00

PETITIONS FOR RAILWAY BILLS.
GREAT NORTHERN.—The standing orders were com-
plied with in the case of the three Bills of this company.
The first Bill proposes to enable the company to raise
a'further sum of 750,0001. by new shares, with power to
borrow on mortgage. The second is to enable the com-
pany to raise 60,0001., and to borrcw 20,0001. The third
Bill proposes to enable the company to make a railway
trout Misterton to RoSbitlfztoD.
ROYSTON AND HITCHIN.—The standing orders ware
complied with to enable the company to extend to Cain-
bridge.
fo LAND —The standing orders were complied with
authorsing the purchase of the Leeds and Bradford
CAMERoN's CoALBRoeK AND LOUGHOR.—The eand•
ing orders were Complied with.
CALEDONIAN.—The standing orders were complied
with to enable this company to enter into arrangements
with the holders of guaranteed and preferential in-
terests.

FCOTTISEI CENTRAL.—The standing orders were coca-
plied with to enable the company to raise an additional
u m of 200,0001 by the creation of new shares.
MoNICLAND.—The standing orders were complied with.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, FEE. 12.
tiroor EXCRANGE.—The share market opened firm tc.
day, and continued good throughout. The transactions were
as follow:—Bristol and Exeter, 85— Great Western, 92%—.
Ditto, New (171.), IA dia.—Midland, 60!4 —South Devon,
16%.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 12.
Srocx EXCHANGE.—The share market was active to-day,
and prices had an upward tendency. The transactions were
as follow: Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 11%
dis.—Ditto (late C. and B.), 13—Caledonian, 10 11-16
Chester and Holyhead, 19—Great Northern (A), 6%--
Lancashire and torkshire, 59—Ditto, Fifths, 7 3-16 dici6, Ditto, 20/. Shares, F, 1 5-16 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk,
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, p.—London and North.
Western, 133—Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Ditto, Fifths,
6 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), p.— Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1134t0, Et. New Prefer-
ence, 4 p.—Midland, 61— Ditto, Halves, 15 dis.--North
British, 9—North Staffordshire, 7 dis.— South-Eastern and
Dover, 26—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 207,4—Y0rk and
North
Southern Midlanand dWeste, 26%rn,8 4-Its —elfast and Ballymena, 33%—Great
.
MANCHESTER, FEB,. 12.
STOCK EXCRANGE.—The share market was firm to day,
with a good amount of business done at improved prices.
The transactions were as follow :—Eastem Counties, 7 3-16-
5 London and North-Western, 1324—Ditto, New Quarters, (C), Quarters, 314, p. _Mat! ac k, 4 dis. 7—
South-Eastern and Dover, 25% Cheshire Junction, 1114 des.
—Sheffield (No. 1), 121,x—Ditto, New Preference, %
North Staffordshire, 7 dis.—Great Northern, 181/s•

BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was somewhat de-
pressed to-day. The only transactions reported on 'Change
were--North Staffordshire, 63 dis.—Shropshire Union, 3 dls.
YORK., FEB. 11.
S-rocx EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as
follow:—Great Northern, 18—York. Newcastle, and Ber-
wick (Newcastle Extension), 151v—York and North Mid-
land, 24%.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 12.
At a congregation holden this day the following de-
grees were conferred :
Hon. M.A.—Grey Neville, Magdalen College.
M.A.—G. W. Bateson, Trinity College; J. C. Poole,
St. Peter's College.
LL.B.—George Troughton, Queen's Col
B.A.—J. F. Hurt, Trinity S
Collegje;oha's College;
E.lepg.e.Kershaw,
J.
Trinity College; T, A. Bedwell, t•
S. Clarke, St. John's College; E. P. Stock, SL John's
College.
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and Michaelmas Terms of this year, in the place of Mr.
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4. To appoint Mr. Peill, of Queen's College, chaplain
t() the Spinning-house, for the year commencing
March 1, at the salary of 601.
The first was thrown out in the Black Hood-house
by fourteen non•placets to seven placets; the others
passed. There were two others, to affix the seal to pe-
titions to be heard by counsel against the Royston and
L'i•chin Railway and Shepreth Extension Bill, and the
Csmbridge Waterworks Bill, but they were postponed
tin Friday.

FUItTLIEIt " PAPAL AGGRESsioris."—Duismst,
WEDNEsDAY.—The Limerick Reporter, a hirh authority an
Roiniali ecclesiastical affairs, announces that his t dinesa the
Pope has thought proper to confer the dignity of Cardinal on
the Most Rev. Dr. Cullen, "Lord Archbistwp of Armagh,
Primate of all Ireland, and Apostolic Delegate." It is also
naounced that the Very Rev. Tobias Kirby, president of the
Captain
after daybreak, ja
Irish College at Rome, has been appointed coadjutor Bishop
of Dromore to the Right Rev. Dr. Blake.
Guth, the carbineer, who was last week found
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the day excited the curiosity of the inhabitants, and an im-
mense crowd
soon assembled at the place of execution.
The prisoner was conveyed to the ground in a cellular van,
and was attended by the Abbe de Segur, who, since his con-
demnation, had had
his frequent interviews with him. On Guth
being placed
claimed, " The sentence is just—l die repentant. May God
forgive me." On a signal being given, the fatal discharge
took place, and the murderer fell dead, pierced by several balls. The troops then marched past the body, and pro-
ceeded to their respective quarters.— Gaiignani.

-RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
SA E AND MEUSE.—We understand that all the
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this ,railway having now been amicably' settled,vircum-
staucet are believed to be in a fair train for the company
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shareholders.
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170,0001.
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great Northers
'of this line exhibit a much, more gratifying restlit than
A dividend on the original shares will: consequently be
forthwith declared, 'with a moral oertainty that in the
course of the current year it will be increased to 2, if not
2lf per cent.
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THE GREAT NORTHERN.—The -
Railway undertaking in this neighbourhood advauces
satisfactorily ; the line is nearly on a dead level about
completed. Newark,
aid
of
the
river operations, upon which about, 200 men • are' ployed. The company are fortunate in securing the
enterprising agency of Messrs. and Logan, of
Newport. Monmouthshire, who have .pirited/y ougaged
in the Trent works, at a very moderat.. contract. The
Newark dyke will be crossed by an iron bridge with two
openings of 105 feet span Lad) (probably there will be
three openings) ; and about halt a mile beyond it will
be a river cutting, about 300 feet in width, and nearly
1,000 feet loag, which will ba crossed by a viaduct 280
yards in length, comprising two end series of 12 arches,
18 feet span each, and 5 central ones, 40 feet span each.
A formidable embankment will fill the gap betwixt the
bridges, and obstruct the present course of the Trent ;
whilst a " stop bank" will vrve as a dam to that river
(at the auxiliary point of_ the " elbow")-- about half a
mile higher up, at the junction of the new cutting which
will be the Trent's future course. This part of the com-
pany's magnificent undertaking is likely to be finished
in Bor 9 months. The site' of the station has nOt yet been determined.--Lincoln
RAILWAY TRAYPIC.=-U aPpears from a return of
traffic upon all the, railways in the United Kingdom
during the half-year ending the 30th of June. 1850, that
the•length of railway over which the traffio svaiscon;lesd; was at the oommencement,of 'the half-year 6,032
-end et the end of the half-year 6,308 miles. The num-
ber of pastengers conveyed _was 31,764,5037 of - which
3;777;005 were first-class passengers, 11,905,919 second-
class, 7,055,181 third-elass, and 9,028,397 parliamentary
class. The receipts were respectively 927,6084,
1,205,9681., 307,31740nd:569,4634; total receipts for pas-
sengers, 3,010,357/. ;.and for goods,parcels,catile; and mails,
3,046,9334; together, 6,057,2911. The'receipts for the
corresponding period of 1849 unnamed to 5,455,9364
namely, 2,822,6731. for 28,767,867 passengeri, and
2,633,2621. for goods, cattle, parcels, . mails, &c. The
length of railway over which the traffic was conveyed at
the commencement of the half-year ending the 30th of
June, 1849, was 5,127 miles, and at the termination of
it 5,447 miles. The return shows an increase in the
number of passengers for the half-year ending 1850 of
2,998,636 as compared with the corresponding period of
1849, of which 441,917 were first-class passengers,
705,018 second-class, and 2,046, 563 parliamentary
class.. A decrease of 139,264 is shown in the third-clue
passengers. The total receipts on the Scotch lines
during the half-year endisg the 30th of June, 1850,
amounted to 603,2451. on 892 miles; and on the Irish
lines to 239,6141. on 515 miles. The increase in the
mileage on the Scotch lines was. 129 miles, and in the
receipts 61 6351., and the increase on the...lrish lines 104
miles, and in the receipts 54,7724 as compared with the
corresponding period 'of 1849.
RAILWAY ACTS PAsBe6 IN 1850.—From a return of
railway Acts passed in the session of 1850 it appears the
number was 34, of which 2 wen for leases, &c.; 14 for
extension of time and amendments of Acta; 6 for de•
viations, extensions, and other works, and for which no
now capital was required; 3 for branches, and for which
new eapital was required; 3 for dissolution of company
or reduction of capital; and 6 for additional capital for
works previously authorized. The aggregate length of
railway authorized was 431 miles, and the length of rail-
way abandoned 551 miles, causing a decrease in the
mileage previously authorized of 111 miles. The capital
authorized to be raised during the above session amounted
on shares to 1,920,0001. and on loan to 2,195,6321.; and
the reduction in the amount of capital authorized pre-
vious to 1850 amounted on shares to 646,7001., and on
loans to 214,9004, making the total increase of capital
Al,2n7A3,c3toointe,oarnpdoroaltilnogantshel,9cBlaso,B A 7324-stheagreethhoelrd3er,26 in the54,032L
St. Andrew's and Quebec Railroad' Company was also
passed, and the capital authorized 80.0004 The total
amount of capital authorized in the session of 1850 to
be raised for railway purposes was 333,032/.
MAILS ON RAILWAYS,—It appears from a return just
issued that the amount paid by the Post-office to the
railway companies for the conveyance of mails during
the year 1848 was 318,5841., and during 1849, 253,5851.,
and for other services, 821. for each year. '