The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER.
An Influential meeting of parties interested in pro-
moting the construction of a railway from the Glou-
cester and Dean Forest Railway to Ross and Hereford
was held on Wednesday at Hereford. The meeting
was addressed in support of the undertaking by Lord
&Amen, Viscount Hereford, Mr. Brunel, Sir H.
Price, M.P., Mr. C. Lewis, M.P., and other gentle-
men. It was stated that the line was intended to com-
mence by a junction with the Gloucester and Dean
Forest Railway at the Grange, Gloucester, and termi-
nate by a junction with the Shrewsbury and Hereford
Railway at Hereford, the capital to be 275,0001.,
which it was expected would be sufficient to complete
the railway as a single line, providing sufficient land
fora double line, and also the working stock. It
appeared that the contractors were ready to construct
the works for about 13,000/. per mile, or 230,000/.
The necessary notices of application to Parliament for
a Bill in the ensuing session to authorize the con-
struction of the line have been given, and it is fully
expected that parties locally interested will subscribe
a sufficient amount to enable the promoters to comply
with the standing orders of Parliament.
A letter from Mr. Ormsby Gore was read to the
meeting, stating that it was the intention of the direc-
tors of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Com-
pany to commence the works on that line on Tues-
day, the 17th inst., and to proceed with them as
rapidly as possible.

GREAT WESTERN EXTENSION ATMOSPHERIC.
Yesterday forty of the noblemen and gentlemen
who lent their names in promoticn of this undertak-
ing were summoned before his Honour Sir W. Horne,
to show cause why, as members of the company in
their own right, they should not be placed on the list
of contributories. Mr. Edy appeared for Mr. Owen,
the official manager, and Mr. Pryer, as counsel for
some of the members of the managing and provisional
committee, amongst whom were—Lord Dunbo ne,
the Hon. F. Berkeley, Sir J. Anderson, and Sir J.
Young. Mr. Owen, who, it appears. wAs also secre-
tary to the company, having been sworn, deposed to
these gentleman bavieg attended meetings at which it
was resolved to make payments to the engineers and
solicitors, and to their having acted in divers other
capacities. At one of the meetings it was resolved to
borrow 2,000/. and 5001. respectively, and his Honour
placed upon the list, in conformity with the law laid
down by the House of Lords, all those who were proved
to be parties to the proceeding. The secretary stated
that the whole number of shares allotted was 38,000,
and that out of this number 12,000 were reserved,
7,500 of which were to be distributed among the 75
provisiOnal committeemen. The " panic " came, and
the allotment was delayed until after the plans were
deposited for Parliament, but the shares reached a
premium of Ss. There are 1,100 names on the list
of allottees.

BAItNET AND NORTH IVItTROPOLITAN..— Ye'sterday
Mr. Norris, the official manag,r of this company,
came before his Honour Master Tinney, with the list
of the contributories, in the character of provisional
committee men, who accepted shares to which, as
members of the body, they were entitled, and upon
that ground they were placed upon the list. The
liabilities to be defrayed amount to between 5,0001.
and 6,000/. ; and 19,270 shares were allotted to 1,266
applicante.

GREAT _NORTH OF ENGLAND AND GLASGOW
UNlON.—Yesterday 60 of the members of the provi-
sional committee of this company were summoned
before his Honour Master Blunt. Messrs. Torr and
Sudlow appeared for Mr. Harding, the official ma-
nager, and the first name, that of Mr. Barkworth, was
stru,,,k off the list. His Honour refused cogs, on the
ground that this gentleman had consented to be on
the provisional committee. The other cases stand ad-
journed until the decision of the House of Lords is
known on the appeal in
.Maudslay's case.

THE LATE BOAT. CATASTROPHE AT WORTHING.
—The committee of the Royal "National Instituthin for the
Pr,t,.servat'idri of Life,from Shipwreck have voted '251. in aid
of the fund new being made forthe relief of the Widews and
orphans of-the crew of the boat 'which was upset in tha
oiling of Worthing on the 25th ult., in attempting to ren-
der assistance to the Lana Eookb, East Indiaman.