The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY NOTICES.

The Newcastle and Carlisle railway goo, On satisfacto
lily, and its operations are approaching nearer Carlisle
The extensive viaduct at Corby-beck is completed, and tit
stupendous bridge over the Eden, at Wetheral, is expected
to haVe its last arch covered in in a week or two. The
excavation at the Cowtan Hills is far on towards com-
pletion.

is intended to apply to Parliament next Session for
in Act for a railway from Heworth to South Shields,
terminating at the Mill Dam. The. object of the railway
is to connect South Shields with that Irranch of the New-
castle and Carlisle railway intended to lye made from

Blaydon to Gateshead and Hebburn.
It is contemplation to form a railway from Durham to
Sunderland, and the same company are projecting► another
railway, from Sunderland to a portion of the estate of T.
R. G. Braddyll, Esq., called Moor High Hold, half a mile
west of his colliery at South Hetton. By this railroad,
and a projected branch from it to the Hartlepool railway,
coals may be brought to Sunderland from collieries of South
Hetton, Haswell, and Tbornley
A meeting of the proprietors of the Wigan branch
railway, and also of the Preston and Wigan railway, for
the purpose of coming to a final arrangement for incorpo-
rating the two undertakings in one concern, under the
name of the North Union li..lway Company, was held in
Liverpool on Wednesday week. Perfect unanimity and
good feeling prevailed amongst the r?spective parties, and
resolutions were p issed authorizing an ai:plication to Par-
liament for an Act, founded on a draught ot a bill produced
to the meeting.
Application is to be made in the ensuing session to ex-
tend the line of the Grand Junction Railway, anti by
means of a tunnel to connect it with the London aid
Birmingham Railway at the termination of the line of the
latter. Application is also to be mad,. for a Bill to au-
thorize the construction of ten feet w, e of the carriage
way or waste ground on the side of the turnpike roads
from Islingto❑ to Birmingham, into a hard and solid ro td
for locomotive steam-carriages.
The projected railway from Gloucester to Birmingham
continues to excite much interest. Opinion is divided as
to the line of road to be preferred, Mr. Woodeson recom-
mending through Kidderminster and Stourbridge, while
Mr. Brunel points out a line near Cheltenham, Tewkes-
bury, and Worcester.
We are informed that the Brighten Railway Company
have lately finished their surveys of all the land between
Kennington Common across to the Walworth Road, and
from thence to that part of the line of road of the London
and Greenwich Railway Company in the parish of Bother-
[lithe, where it appears the former company are anxious to
join them by a branch, so as to enable them to approach
the metropolis ; an advantage they otherwise could not
obtain, except at a most tremendous outlay of capital for
the purchase of ground so near London, and the erections
on it; whereas it appears the Act of Parliament for the
Greenwich viaduct was obtained at the most advantageous
moment, we may say to the Directors and the Company,
inasmuch that when the old London bridge was demolished,
and the space of ground on the south side unoccupied, that
company will of course have much less to pay for than if
it were covered with large and expensive buildings, and,
as this railway is elevated on arches and goes over all the
streets it comes in contact with, and thus surmounting all
difficulties, a safe and cheap approach is made to the me-
tropolis, which no other company can present to their
proprietors, and must ultimately be the only line for all
or any railways to the south of London. If this, therefore,
be the intention of the Brighton Company, we think it is
the most judicious plan they can possibly adopt, and, of
course, will prove a most lucrative traffic for the proprie-
tors of the Greenwich, as will also the projected continua-
tion of their line to Chatham and Dover by other Com-
panies (the Bill for the fornie being already 10de,41 io do
Private Bill Office at the House of Commons). The extra
tolls which the Greenwich must derive from these sources,
independent of their own enormous traffic which will occur
from the cheapness, velocity, and shortened distance, will
produce a revenue to the proprietors which for their spirit
ed enterprise they are so justly entitled to.
We are glad to find that the Directors of the Liverpool
and Birmingham Railway are proceeding in the formation
of tneir works with a degree of promptitude and activity
which augurs well for their speedy completion. In the
adjoining county of Chester the cutting of the line has
commenced at several points, and in that part of the line
which lies between Knutsford and Mere considerable pro-
gress has already been made ; and we perceive that the
Directors are advertising for tenders for the erection of a
viaduct over the River Weaver, in the township of Dut-
ton, which, when completed, will be, perhaps, the most
magnificent structure of the kind i❑ the United Kingdom.
It is to consist of eighteen arches, each of sixty feet span
and sixty feet high ; so that the Sankey viaduct will ap-
pear insignificant in comparison with it.—Manchester
Guardian.
There are at present several notices in course of publi-
cation in the Newspapers of intention to apply to Parlia-
ment for Acts to construct Railways in Northumberland
and Durham. In the first place, there are two schemes
for establishing a Railway communication between New-
castle and North Shields, with a view to a junction, at a
future period, with the Carlisle Railway, if it should be
considered expedient. This will probably end in one such
Railway Company being established, for there is clearly
no room for two. A third distinct project is the forma-
tion of a Railway from the city of Durham to Sunder-
land ; a fourth is the construction of a Railway from the
termination of the Hartlepool Railway at Moorsley to
Usworth, in the parish of Washington. We may add
a fifth, but that will probably be accomplished with-
out applying to Parliament at all, and that is, the
construction of Branch Railways, which we understand
the Stanhope Railway Company are going to make to join
the Carlisle continuation railroad from Blaydon to Heb-
burn. These are to extend from below Boldon to Monk-
wearmouth and to Heworth. These projects are certainly
calculated effectually to uni,e the east and west coasts, to
draw forth all the mineral wealth of this part of the
country, to give great facilities to carrying on traffic of
every description, and to afford inducements to a more
frequent intercourse by travelling than has hitherto existed.
—Tyne Mercury.
The Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Company are proceed-
ing rapidly in the formation of their line of way front
Stanhope to South Shields. They have engaged to perfect
their splendid undertaking by forming branches from below
Boldon to Monkwearmouth and Heworth. The latter
will join the intended continuation of the Carlisle Rail-
way, affording a communication between Carlisle, Stan-
hope, the Hartlepool Railway, Monkwearmoutb, Gates-
head, and South Shields.—lbid.

The publishers of the Oriental Annual have
received a most gracious and flattering communication
from their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and
Princess Victoria, to whom the work is dedicated, ex-
pressive of their satisfaction at the manner in which that
beautiful volum? has been produced.

The English collier, Ariel, Captain D'
Baxter, destined from Sunderland to Schiedam, ha
foundered near Calloo, and sunk with all the crew, expect
one of the sailors, who bad lashed himself to the mast,
and remained 21 hours in that situation, and was saved
with great difficulty by the Flushing pilot, J. Naerebout,
who took him to that port. Besides Mr. Baxter, three
sailors and two boys met their deaths.
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Friday afternoon, a very large stone weighing,
we believe, about 16 tons, was removed from Craigleith
Quarry to the new buildings, Parliament-square, for the
purpose of forming a pedestal for the sphynx to be
placed on the grand front of the building. Twelve horses
were employed in drawing this huge mass from its original
bed into town.
A celebrated actress of Vienna, who recently
incurred the censure of the public, petitioned the Em-
peror of Austria to protect her against what she termed a
cabal. The Emperor promised to do so, and by his pre
tsoont.he SI osvaeidretiognh,erh,e,ltmustanbil
sence at the theatre averted the storm that had been
raised against her. She waited upon his Majesty to
thank him, but she withdrew from the audience with
evident symptoms of dissatisfaction. On
laughedconfessed, Madame Sch * that you an I I are loot't
said, stance being k
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