The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-14 00:00:00

follow :—Great Nortfieria, 1054,—York, Newcastle, and. Ber-
wick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1%.

. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL- WAY.---INCREASE OF. TRAFFIC.
The enormous rat? of increase in the traffic in this
line, to which we have so often adverted, still con-
tinues to exhibit itself in the weekly returns. The
receipts for the last week are no less than 5,119/. in
excess of those of the corresponding period of 1849
viz., 3,4101. in the passenger and 1,8091. in the goods
traffic. Tne increase fur the twenty-three weeks of
the present year is 63,574/. over the receipts for the
corresponding twenty-three weeks of 1849; that iR,
at the rate of 2,760.1 .-per week, or 143,5C0/.. per an
num; or nearly equal to 11- per cant. increase in the
dividend.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY,
HARBOUR, AND STEAM-PACKETS.
HOLYHEAD, THURSDAY.--The enterpriae and out-
ley of capital being brought into play at this p'ort•ate
pow exciting considerable interest. -Already both
HOlYhead and Dublin are beginning to feel the bene-
ficial effects of what has been done. By means of,the
CexhPai.e.enssel streravinice"adt thtehepoerxtpo
now alms 330 miles from London to Dublin in a
passenger
express ss
Holyheadsea-pac kite; ts in the
dozen hours, breakfasting in the former place at nine
a.m., dining by the old city walls of Chester at three,
or on the coast of Holyhead at five, and taking sup-
per, after an expeditious passage, in the centre of
Dublin, at ten o'clock. Holy head is situated midway
between Liverpool and Dublin and Milford Haven
and part of Greenock, with large inland bays sheltered
by bold sloping coasts, and furnishes an excellent
refuge for vesels. It has always'deep water to the
foot of the cliffs, is aafely,approachable by vessels day
and night, and it is sail that ever since Holyhead
has been a port no vessel has ever been damaged in
making for it. It has an excellent holding ground.
There is to be ample provision for the berthing of
packets, and a floating dock is to be constructed, so
as to keep the packet service from the crowd of com-
mercial shipping.
The operations of deepening the old harbour, of
extending the pier, and enlarging the graving dock,
for the use of the Post-office, Admiralty, and railway
packets, answer all the purposes intended. The
staging for the Great Northern Breakwater, of 5,800
feet, is erected; a large amount of deposits have been
made ; and the Eastern Breakwater, of 2,000 feet,
will be commenced so soon as there is sufficient
shelter, as will also the steam-packet pier, upon
which the railway and trains are to be carried
7,500 feet into the sea. The Northern Breakwater
will now proceed rapidly, and at the present time
not less than 250,000 tons of stone have been depo-
sited. The entrance space for steamers and shipping
from the Channel, between the Northern and Eastern
Break a eters, is now 300 yards. The greatest depth
of water for vessels of all classes to ride in is 47 feet
at the lowest and 60 feet at the highest tide. The
engineers are proceeding rapidly with the extension
of the sea walls- at' the-Northern Breakwater, and
with the erection of the requisite stages. All the
property required for the works has been purchased
by the Government. The timber for the packet-pier
is about being creosoted. Upwards of 10,000 cubic
feet of stone are 'on the ground for commencing the
great sea-wall. Supplies of stone are daily being ob-
tained from a neighbouring lofty eminence that over-
hangs the harbour. The stone, when tipped over
into the breakwater, forms in layers of from 12 to 50
feet thick. There are about 1,300 men constantly on
the works. The estimated cost of the harbour is
700,0001., of which the Chester and Holybeadltail•
way Company have undertaken to subscribe 200,000/.
The whole will enclose u area ofpwards of 316
acres of sea-room.
The four express steamers, the Anglia, Cambria,
Hibernia, and Scotia, belong to the railway com-
pany, and have cost at the rate of 37,0001. each.
They are from 300 to 400 horse power, all of iron,
190 feet in length, 26 feet in breadth, 14 feet deep,
and from 400 tons to 600 tons burden each. The
boats belonging to the Admiralty are the Banshee,
St. Columba, and Llewellyn, the latter only of iron,
the Banshee being of mahogany. They are from
189 to 199 feet in length, 27 feet in breadth, 15 feet
in depth, from 650 to 670 tons burden, and of 350-
horse power. Tne Llewellyn and another boat be-
longing to the Admiralty are at present laid up,
having broken their shafts in mid-channel. The St.
Columba, which cost the Admiralty 40,0001., has
been sold to the City of Dublin Company, it is re-
ported, for 20,0001., though only a two-year-old boat,
and is now working the mail. The Iron Duke, one
of the slow boats, is running the night mail, where
great speed is not so much rtquired. On Monday
the Cambria arrived, at 2 r.m , with the express from
Dublie,- and went out again with nearly 100 pas-
sengers, with the express from London and other
places, at half-past six, for Dublin, and did the dis-
tance in four hours. Nearly three-fourths of all the
passengers between Holyhead and Dublin go by the
express, and very few by the mail boats. These
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iien.
tbthisoneactUsehhiananve all
four hours.—Times.
THE MAILS BETWEEN HOLYHEAD AND KINGS..
TOWN.—A correspondent, who dates his communica-
tion, Holyhead, Thursday, says, "That with respect
to the arrangement just made by the Government,
for the conveyance of the mails between Holyhead
and Kingstown, with the City of Dublin Steam Na-
vigation Company, it is looked upon as strange that
the Admiralty, after running their boats in competi-
tion with the railway company, should have trans-
ferred the entire mail service to the City of Dublin
Navigation Company, whose route was, till now, be-
tween Liverpool and Dublin, thus making the mail
service a divided instead`a a uniform service, as soon
as it leaves the railway at Holyhead. Not having
the necessary boats of their own, the City of Dublin
Company have had to borrow boats of the Admiralty
in order to perform the service, while two Of the Rail-
way Company's boats, which they built in expecta-
tion of running the mails are laid by, though they
might be used as cargo bOats if they had only a suf-
ficient depth of hold. The Railway Company lately
offered the Admiralty 8,0001. for the dockyard, but
the City of Dublin Company, it is alleged, obtained it
for 2,0001. The transfer of the service is not liked
here, as it is expected to throw a great number out of
employ—the City of Dublin Company having their
establishment at Kingstown, whereas if the Railway
Company had the mails they would hate a large es-
tablishment for their steam-ship repairs and'crews at
Holyhead."—Daily News.

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EAS 1 F.RN COUNTIES.
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special
thepeci Londonalmreeertainr Tgliaaomvfeertnn to
ht is Company was held yester-
day
Abyctconsider the draught of a
for extending and confirm.
g the powers
the. Eastern Union and Her-
'etch Railway of 1847, for the purchase of
land and completion of works, and for enabling the Eas-
tern Union Company to dispose of the Harwich Railway
to ti.e Eastern Counties Company; Mr. E. L. Betts in
the chair. t
Mr. Box complained that no steps had been taken to
exclude strangers from entering the room, as it was es-
sential that no parties should be. present but those who
were Lona fide shareholders.

Msaid, he would take care
that Mr.
in it
ci
futureNEir the
proper arrangements should be made to
secretary,
carry out the request of the, proprietors,
The CHAIRMAN stated, that at the time the meeting
was convened it was understood that there were two
line,
assent,
permis,ive clauses in the Eastern 'Union Bill; relating
t o
ru
but h purchase
ht
a se
ey
passed the. Committee, a third clause was introduced
just before the third reading of the Bill in the House
ohfatdhedi liscaorvwerieehd that and requiring their
since the Bill had
of Commons which entirely. altered the ease without the
sanction or knowledge of. the Eastern Counties board.
The directors therefore recommended the shareholders
not to adopt the Bill now beore them.—(Hear.) He
then entered • into an explanation of the motives which
induced the directors to countenance the line to Harwich,
and do sanction the insertion of permissive clauses in
the Eastern Union Cempaey's,Bill to enable the Eastern
Counties Company at some future period, with the con-
sent of the shareholders, to purchase the Harwich Rail-
way and Pier undertaking., If the company at some
future period thought it desirable to obtain such powers
from Parliament they could only be obtained at great
expense, and, perhaps, injury to the Eastern Counties
Company in some Way—either by reducing the rate of
tolls, or imposing some other condition to the disadvan-
tage of the company; but with such a clause as that
recently introduced in the Bill it would not be the in-
terest of the shareholders to give it their sanction.
Mr. RONEY then read clause 7 as it originally stood in
the 'Bill, and also clause 7 , as in the present amended
Bill. The former clause is now numbered Bin the
amended Bill, and provides that from and after the
sale to the Eastern Counties Company the capital of
the Eastern Union Company shall be reduced by the
full amount authorised •to be raised by them under
the Eastern Union and Harwich Act, 1847, except so
much as may have been expended by the latter com-
pany ; and authorising the Eastern Counties Company
to apply any capital at their disposal in the completion
of the said railway, pier, and works, but not to relieve
them from any liabilities which they may - .be under in
respect of such funds to any other purposes. The
clause No. 7 in the present Bill provides-that 'ulnae-
diately upon the said railway, pier, and works becom-
ing vested in the. Eastern Counties Company, all con-
tracts, engagements, agreements, covenants, and in-
demnities made, or enterectiuto, .by, or on behalf of the
Eastern Union Company, for the execution of works,