The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-24 00:00:00

IRISH LINES.

KINGSTOWN AND BRAY.—On Saturday the Direc-
tors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway met as
the Provisional Committee for constructing a line
from Kingstown to Bray. The capital to be 200,0001.
in 4,000 shares of 501. each; 2,000 of these shares to
be appropriated to the Shareholders of the Kingstown
Railway in proportion to their interests, and the re-
mainder to be placed at the disposal of the committee
of distribution. The Dalkey line is to be purchased
by the new Company at its cost price, 35,0001. The
plans and sections have been lodged in the proper
offices of the Board of Trade, and all the necessary,
notices served. Messrs. Pim and Bergin were ap-
pointed joint secretaries to the committee. The line
is intended to be worked on the atmospheric prin-
ciple, but so laid out that locomotive power can be
employed.—lrish Railway Gazette.
IRISH GREAT WESTERN.—At a numerous meeting,
of the inhabitants of Boyle, county Roscommon, just
held, to consider the best means of obtaining railway
communication between Boyle and Dublin, it was
resolved on the motion of Captain Duckworth, se-
conded by Captain Robertson, that the construction
of a line from Dublin to Mullingar, with branches
to Athlone and Longford, would intersect the country
fairly with reference to the western port of Galway,
and the north-western port of Sligo; and confer
essential benefit on that rich and fertile district. On
the motion of Dr. Wallace, seconded by Mr. J.
Bromell, a memorial to the Board of Trade was
unanimously adopted, requesting that body to re-
commend the proposed Great Western line from
Dublin to Mullingar, with branches to Athlone and
Longford, as best calculated to promote the interests
of the central, western, and north-western divisions
of Ireland. The memorialists set forth that the pro-
posed line will be best adapted to benefit the western
seaports of Sligo and Galway, bring Cork with-
in an equal distance of Dublin, and give facility
at a future period for carrying branches to both
towns. They regard, they intimate, with jealousy
and distrust the operations of a rival Company, styling
itself the Great 'Western Railway, and apparently got
up to frustrate the project above-named, but profess-
ing, only to run from Portarlington to Galway,
thereby only benefiting a small portion of the West
of Ireland, and that the poorest district, and leaving
out the richest portion of the centre of Ireland west-
ward, the mining districts of Leitrim, and the town
and port of Sligo. They express themselves per-
suaded that there is not sufficient traffic to support
two lines through the centre of western Ireland, and
strenuously recommend the carrying out of the pro-
posed comprehensive project between Dublin, Mul-
linger, Athlone, and Longford. At a similar meet-
ing held at Carrick-on-Shannon, county Leitrim,
resolution's expressive of the benefits to be derived
from the proposed line, and condemnatory of the
Portarlington project, via Ballinasloe to Galway,
were unanimously adopted ; together with a memo-
rial to the Board of Trade, bearing the signatures of
the most extensive landed proprietors in Leitrim.
The sum proposed to bel expended on railways in
Ireland is 8,315,0001. The deposits, however, do not
exceed 411,7501. TVaterford
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