The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-15 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD.

Nearly 2,000 men and between 300 and 400 horses
are in active operation in the formation of the line
from Shrewsbury to Hereford, and the consequence
is that all the works are advancing most rapidly. The
following is an account of the progress made :—The
viaduct over the low land on the sides of the river
Rea at Shrewsbury has been completed, and the
bridge over the expanse of the Abbey Foregate will
shortly be advanced. In excavating for one of the
piers, at a depth of ten feet from the surface, was
discovered a portion of an old stone wall connected
with the Abbey; and on the other aide the remains
of an old bridge were found; and it is conjectured
that these are the remains of a bridge which for-
merly led to the monastery over the adjacent marshy
ground.
The bridges throughout the line are nearly finished.
The principal river bridges are at Reabrook, Wis-
stanstow, Onnibury, and Corve, and are all in a for-
ward state.
The deep cutting at Acton Scott, which is thirty
feet, is fast going on ; and at the long cutting at the
Grange the labour is carried on both day and night,
and this is also the case at Leebotwood. There is
also a heavy excavation near Sutton Grange, with
several others of minor importance, which are being
rapidly pushed on.
The permanent way is laid down from the Shrews-
bury embankment to Sutton-bridge. Beyond Sut-
ton-lane the way is again laid down, and such is the
case beyond Poole. The permanent way from Lud-
low will soon be laid to the Craven Arms, where
there will be a station of some importance. Ten
stations will be erected between Shrewsbury and
Ludlow. We understand that the gradients through-
out the line are superior to almost any other line;
with a solitary exception they are not more than 1
in 160.

The authorities have promised to have the railway
to Ludlow opened by Christmas, and there is every
prospect that such will be the case.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, OCT. 14.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market was very heavy to-day,
with a downward tendency. The closing prices were—
Bristol and Exeter, 79E/2—Great Western, 81—Midland,
48—Taff Vale, New, 114 p.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was lower to-day,
with very little business doing. The transactions were as
follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 12 dis.—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 54,11 Ditto, Fifths, 81,i dis.—London
and North-Western, New Quarters, 2% p.—Midland, 48—
Ditto, Halves, 18 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 19—York
and North Midland, 19.
MANCHESTER, Ocr. 14.
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&Foca EXGFIANGiC.—There has been but a trifling business
done in our share market to-day, and prices are about the
same as last quotations. The transactions were as follow:
East Lancashire, 14 7-16—Ditto, Preference, Quarters,
8 1-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 54%—West Riding, 61A
dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 19—London and North-
Western, 11514, —Ditto, New Quarters, 234 p.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (No. 1) 10% —Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire 12A—Chester and Birkenhead, 22/,
Shares, 7 dis.

BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues quiet.
The only sale reported on 'Change to-day was—South Staf.
fordshire, 3 dis.

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —Traffic for
the week ending October 11, 1851:—
Passengers (21,546), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. X 3,916 0 11
Corresponding week in last year
for Glasgow and Ayr, and
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railways
Glasgow, October 13.

... ... £3,248 13 11

DEATH OF DLL. GUNN.

Wo regret to annoance the death of Dr. Gunn, one
of the classical masters of the Edinburgh High School,
which took place on Wednesday morning at his house
in Buccleuch-Place, after a long illness. Dr. Gunn was
born at Redding, in the parish of Polmont, in the year
1806. He was educated at the High School, and among
other proofs of his industry and ability he carried off, in
1823, the gold medal in the rector's class. His career
at the University was equally distinguished, he having
been the first to acquire the gold medal awarded by the
Writers to the Signet to the best scholar in the senior
humanity class. In October, 1829, Dr. Gunn, as its first
rector, opened the Edinburgh Southern Academy—an in-
stitution still in existence. The writings of Dr. Gunn con-
sist, among other works, of " Hints on the Study of Biblical
Criticism in Scotland" (1838), and "Religion in Con-
nexion with a National System of Instruction" (1840).
He edited the first five books of Livy, with notes alai
index; the orations and writings of Cicero; the select
works of Robert Rollock, first Principal of the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh, for the Wodrow Society; "Rudi-
ments of the Latin Language" (now in use in the High
School of Edinburgh), and " Virgil," with an introduc-
tory memoir and notes, for " Chambers' Educational
Course." During the last years of his life the name of
Dr. Gunn was associated in a somewhat prominent form
with the question of national education, It is no secret
that an appointment as inspector of schools, projected by
the Governm,Jit in his favour, was withdrawn (as he
himself stated in public) " in virtue of an expressed want
of confidence on the pert of the Education Committee of
the Fi JO Church." Dr. Gunn has left a family of five
children.—Zdirtburgli News.