The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-18 00:00:00

Railway Stations in the Metropolis.

Various calculations and comparisons have been
made with the view of illustrating the extent of the
metropolis, and the number of inhabitants ; but we
know of no plan by which au adequate idea of the
vast magnitude of the great metropolis may be
brought home so vividly as by a statement of the ex-
tent of its railway system, and the number of its sta-
tions. A reference to " Bradshaw's Itinerary" shows
that there are in the United Kingdom very nearly
4,000 railway stations, while in the metropolis alone
the number already constructed, or sanctioned, ex-
ceeds 300, and taking into account different lines
using the same stations the number would consider-
ably exceed 1,000.
The mere enumeration of the several stations
within the metropolitan district conveys a very in-
adequate idea of the actual accommodation provided
within the area by means of local lines and junctions,
and the arrangements of the companies for running
powers over them and the use of stations. It is clear
that every station beyond its own to which a company
has access is practically au additional station. Taking
this view, it will be found that the actual number
within the metropolitan district has been enormously
increased, and particularly by the North London
and West London lines. Taking the North Lon-
don, for instance, it will be found that many of its
stations serve trains by which there is continuous
railway communication with all parts of Great Bri-
tain. In illustration of multiplied use of stations it
will be found that Broad-street, Chalk-farm, Cam-
den-road, Caledonian-road, Jslington, N ewington-
road, Dalston Junction, Fenchurch• street, Shore-
ditch, Poplar (two stations), Stepney, West India
Docks, Limehouse, Blackwall, Hackney, Bow, and
Victoria Park stations are served by trains from
the North London, the London and North-Western,
the Great Eastern, the London, Tilbury, and South-
end, the South-Western, the South-Eastern, and
the Brighton—an increase practically of 124 stations
in a single batch.
In like manner the stations on the West London
line—Kensington, West Brompton, Chelsea, and
Battersea—are used by the trains of the Great
Western, the London and North-Western, the
South-Western, the South-Eastern, and the
Brighton. The Victoria Station is used by the
London, Chatham, and Dover, the Brighton, and
the Great Western. The South-Western and the
South-Eastern reciprocally use each other's stations,
for certain trains at Waterloo and London-bridge.
There is, or shortly will be, a double use by the
Brighton, and the London, Chatham, and Dover,
of the stations from Peckham to Victoria—five in
number. Reverting to the Metropolitan, the Great
Western uses nine, and the Great Northern and
London, Chatham, and Dover four of its stations.
In the east and several other stations, such as Strat-
ford, Barking, Lew Leyton, and Leytonstone, used
by more than one company. There are numerous
other stations ; such as the great junctions, Willes-
den and Clapham, used by two or more other com-

pauies that might be enumerated ; it may perhaps
suffice to say that the metropolis has now, or will
have when the works in progress are completed,
the benefit of considerably more than 300 passenger
stations, about 30 of them being within the walls
of the city of London proper.—Railway News.

Unprincipled Concoctors of Lying Rumours
on the Sto,:k Exchange.
The correspondence which we append exhibits the
daring temerity of the unprincipled concoctors of
"lying rumours" for Stock Exchange operations,
and it is to be hoped that the efforts of Mr. Wat-
kin to bring to justice the perpetrators of these out-
rages will be seconded by all who can in any way
asssist him in this endeavour. The members of the
Manchester Stock Exchange deserve every credit
for the prompt assistance they rendered Mr. Wat-
kin as soon as the matter was brought under their
notice. They have thoroughly cleared themselves
from having had anything whatever to do with the
dastardly plot, which has not only succeeded in de-
pressing the stocks of the companies of which he is
the chairman, causing a fall of 2 to 3 per sent. in
South-Eastern and Sheffield, and a corresponding
fall in the shares of the Great Western Company,
with which he is also intimately connected, but
likewise to ruin his character and credit ; and it now
remains for the London Stock Exchange, as no
doubt they will, to render an equally prompt as-
sistance to have the originator of the slander, who-
ever he may be, brought to the bar of justice.
Annexed is the correspondence :
No. 1.
London-road Station, Manchester,
Dec. 14, 1866, 4.45 p.m.
My dear Sir,—l have just been informed that some
person has sent, and some person on your Stock Exchange
has received, a message to the effect, " that the chairman
of the South-Eastern has failed." I hardly need say that
it is an iniquitous falsehood.
I appeal to you, as Chairman of the Manchester Stock
Exchange, at once to aid me in finding out the scoundrel
who set afloat this rumour.
I hope you will read this note to the Stock Exchange
on its assembling to-morrow.
I am, my dear sir, yours very faithfully,
(Signed) EDWARD W. WATRIN.
Henry Rawson, Esq., Chairman, Stock Exchange,
Manchester.
No. 11.
3, Exchange-arcade, Manchester, Dec. 14, 1866.
My dear Sir,—l received your letter this evening. You
may rest assured that I will use my best endeavours to
assist you in tracing out the author or authors of tho re-
port you refer to.
At the present time I am sorry to say there are base
efforts made to damage many public undertakings, both by
insidious statements through the public Press, and the cir-
culation of all kinds of false reports, including dastardly
attacks on private credit like the ono you complain of.
I take this opportunity of stating that I feel sure I
shall have the assistance of the members of our Stock
Exchange in exposing as far as possible the originators of
these scandalous rumours.
I am, dear sir, yours truly,
(Signed) 11ExitY RAWSON.
Edward Watkin, Esq. ,M.Y.
3, Exchange-arcade, Manchester, Doc. 15, 1866.
My dear Sir, —I enclose you copy of a resolution
paised by the Committee of the Manchester Stock Ex-
change, and the telegram referred to.
I trust the information given will enable you to trace
the author of the report. I have no doubt you will receive
every assistance from the respectable London house named
in the accompanying telegram.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) HENRY RAWSON.
Edward Watkin, Esq., M.P.
No. 111.
Manchester Stock Exchange,
Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866.
Sir,—l have the pleasure to furnish you with a copy of
the resolution adopted this morning by the Committee of the
Manchester Stock Exchange with reference to the subject
brought by you under their notice, viz.:—
" Rosolved,
"That the committee Laving made full inquiry with re-
spect to the report having referance to Mr. Watkin, M.P.,
find that it did not originate on the Manchester Stock Ex-
change, and was thoroughly discredited there ; but the
committee have ascertained that a telegram was received
iu Manclioster from London making an inquiry on the sub-
stilijoet, and enclose to Mr. Watkin a copy of the mina."
I am, sir, yours most obediently,
(Signed) JOILN EDWARDS, Secretary.
Henry Rawson, Esq.,
Chairman of the Manchester Stock Exchange.
No. IV.
Stamp Office-buildings, 9, Cross-street,
• Manchester, Dec. 15, 1866.
Henry Rawson, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester Stock
Exchange.
Dear Sir,—We beg, agreeably to your request, to annex
the copy of a telegram we received from London yesterday.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) FIELDING and HATES.
COPY OF TELEGRAM.
Manchester, Doc. 14, 1866.
Grisewood to Fielding.
I hear the B. Chairman has failed—please say if true or
no.

COPY OF REPLY TO TELEGRAM.
Fielding to Grisewood.
Not named here—B. ono to qr.
No. V.
At Manchester, Dec. 15, 18G6.
Sir,--A report was circulated here yesterday that I, the
chairman of the South-Eastern Railway, had failed.
Having traced the statement to a member of the Man-
chester Stock Exchange, I immediately appealed to the
chairman, Mr. Henry Rawson, who convened a committee
of the exchange for the earliest possible hour this morning,
and I enclose you copies of the correspondence which has
passed between us, and of the resolution of the committee,
with copy of a telegram from London accompanying the
same.
I must now call upon you, as chairman of the London
Stock Exchange, one of your body being implicated in this
base and too successful attempt to depreciate the property
of the South-Eastern proprietors, to trace out the real
author of the rumour ; and, in the belief that you will do
so, and that 1 shall hoar from you on Monday, I suspend
any proceedings in the matter, fully determined, however,
to thoroughly expose a system of which I fear this is but
en instance. I need not say there is not a shadow of foun-
dation for this vile report, as I have no personal engage-
ments of any kind.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) EDWARD IVATKIN.
The Chairman, London Stock Exchange,
Throgmorton-street, E.G.
No. VI.
London Stock Exchange, Share and Loan
My dear Sir,—Your note and correspondence arrived
too late for a committee onneSPaatraie
Saturday. Dec. 17.
They will, how-
ever, be gone into this afternoon ; the chairman and de-
puty chairman have already seen the papers, they fully
enter into the urgency of the case, and I need scarcely
assure you that a searching
investigation of the whole mat-
ter will follow.—l am, my dear sir, yours truly,
(Signed) M. SLAUGHTER.
E. Watkin, Esq.,

An enormous steam engine, which has been made
at Indret for the Universal Exhibition, has been
shipped at St. Nazaire on board two Government
vessels,
which are to take it to Havre. Thence it
will be brought to Paris by the Seine. This engine,
nominally of 960-horse power, but really of about
4,000, is intended to work several large pumps. It
will be placed in position by means of an immense
crane now being erected in front of the Champ de
Mars.

The working classes will be well cared for during
their visit to the Paris Exhibition. A "committee
of encouragement for the studies of working men"
in the Exhibition, has been formed under the
presidency of M. Deviuck. Members of the
various trade societies of Europe are to be in-
vited to send representatives, who will be formed
into sub-committees, to look after the moral and
intellectual wants of the visitors of the labouring
class. These visitors will be taken to all the great
industrial establishments in Paris, where the various
manufactures will be explained to them by compe-
tent persons. Similar explanations will be given to
them of the various departments of the Exhibition.
The committee will also take steps not only to obtain
cheap board and lodging for the workmen, but to
secure their conveyance to and from the Exhibition
at the lowest possible expense. There is a special
international jury sitting at Paris to consider the
best systems now in existence for the amelioration
of the physical, intellectual, and moral condition of
the working classes.