The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-30 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN.

On Friday Captain Laffan, the Government In-
spector, went over that portion of this company's
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line running from
Westbury to Frome, and which is expected to prove
the most remunerative part of the line, as it will con-
nect the clothing-trade and collieries of Frome with
the manufacturing and other districts. Frome is
about 12 miles from Bsth and 104 from London. The
line was to have been opened this time last autumn,
but, owing to the depression in railway affairs, ex-
penditure and progress were suspended. Its cost has
been about 100,0001., and it will require about
60,0001. more to carry the line to Warminster. It
will be opened in a few days for publie traffic.

THE RAILWAY EXCURSION TRAINS.
The amount of locomotion in and out of London
yesterday and Saturday by the railway excursion
trains was of an unusual character. Nearly all the
principil railways had an equipment of excursion-
trains.

The Great Western Railway had three special ex-
cursion-trains, two out of and one into London. The
latter left Bristol on Saturday at 7 o'clock, with
1,800 passengers, or about 1,0001., the fares to Lon-
don and back being 14s. the first-class, 103. the
second.class, and Bs. the third-class ; being for the
distance, 120 miles, less than ld. a mile, and giving
three days' excursion. The two trains out of London
were at similar rates. The one to Blenheim, Wood-
stock, and Oxford, over the company's newly-opened
line between Oxford and Rugby, conveyed about 400
persons, starting from the Paddington station at 8
o'clock, and arriving at Oxford by 11 o'clock, and at
Woodstock soon after. The various visitors had se-
veral hours between their arrival and the return of
the train to town at 8 o'clock for visiting the univer-
sity, the cathedral and colleges, and other objects
about Oxford. The other train to Bath, Bristol, and
Clifton, left the Paddington station at 8 o'clock,
taking persons to enjoy the scenery at and about Bath,
and the springs and hot-wells at Clifton, returning
with the other at about 11 o'clock r.m. Besides these
trains there was the ordinary Sunday excursion-train
taking multitudes to Windsor.

On Saturday the South-Eastern, in addition to the
usual uxourzions to Ramsgate and Margate in three
hours, took 200 persons from London-bridge at half-
past ten o'dt:dr via Folkestone and Boulogne, fbr 30s.
there and back, to Paris. The convoy is to return on
Wednesday evening from Paris, and arrive i❑ London
on Thursday.

Ice _Astern Counties conveyed 400 persons from
the Shoreditch station to Cambridge and back for Bs.,
63., and 43. respectively. The excursionists started
at eight o'clock A.M., and returned at eight o'clock
P.M. from Cambridge, arriving at Shoreditch by ten
o'clock.

The London and Brighton carried 1,000 parsons to
Brighton and back for 3s. 6d. each, and Os. 6d., start-
ing at eight o'clock and returning at six o'clock,
reaching London-bridge in two detachments at half-
past eight o'clock.
The South-Western, besides their usual excursion
trains to Windsor, took some hundred persons on a
pic-nic excursion to the„*N ew Forest, starting at
seven o'clock and returning the same day ; also to
the Isle of Wight and the Needles, at Bs., Gs., and 3s.
respectively.
It may be interesting to add, that all these excur-
sions were carried out in good time and with perfect
safety to the multitudes conveyed, and the heavy
showers that fell on their arrival caused every avail-
able vehicle to be in immediate requisition.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LivELPoor.,, SEPT. 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The slnre market was firm to-Cay
at the quotations. The transactions were as follow:—
Lancashire and Yorkshire,-Consolidated, 4764—Ditto, Fifths,
8 c. dis.—London and North-Western, 115t4—Ditto, New
Quarters, 2 5-16 c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, 10-I`tridland, 4:3—Ditto, Halves, 21 13-16 c. dis.
St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), Preference, 115—South-
Eastern and Dover, '.05/B—Ditto, (No. 4). Registered,
York and North 3lidland, 2014—Dutch Rhenish, 4% (Its.—
East Lancashire, c Lancaster and Preston, Quarters,
17A c.—Liverpool, Chester, and Stockport, 3 dis.