The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND TON BRIDGE WELLS.
UCKFIELD, FRIDAY.—This afternoon, at four o'clock,
a lirge number of the gentry and -f..-rz.-2!..? of the district
assembled at the Maidenhead Inn, Uckfield, to meet the
projectors of this lire, and discuss the propriety of car-
rying the direct line through it.
On the motion of Mr. J. T. UNDERWOOD, the Rev.
EDWARD TURNER was voted to the chair, who stated the
route of the intended line to be a direct means of commu-
nication between Brighton and Tonbridge Wells, com-
mencing at a point of junction with Brighton and Lewes,
at Lewes, by the valley of Ouse, to pass Uckfield and Ro-
therfield to Tonbridge Wells ; there forming a junction
with the Tonbridge Branch of the South Eastern. The
proposition went on to state that the general opinion of
the inhabitants of Uckfield was, that the proposed line
was much required.
Mr. WILLIAM HALLET, the projector of the line, in a
speech of some length, detailed the advantages that
would accrue to the various towns, and gave it as his
opinion, in an engineering point of view, that the route
would be the cheapest, and by far the safest in that
difficult part of the country. A good deal had been
said about the line not paying its working expenses.
He remembered that when the Brighton line was pro-
jected, the shareholders were called idiots to think of
its ever paying. The sequel had shown how erroneous
such an opinion was.
Mr. STRATFIELD objected to the line passing through
Uckfield, on the ground that it was not required, and
that it would materially injure the trade and interests of
the town.

Mr. EDWIN JAMES, barrister, addressed the meeting
at some length. The meeting was not one of those pro-
jected by men who would get up a line of rail from
John o'Groat's to Land's-end, for mere stockjobbing
purposes. This line would be carried out, but the pre-
sent question was, should it pass through that town ?
Mr. H. LAW was of opinion, with Mr. Stratfield, that
the line would injure the tradesmen of the town, by
enabling persons to go to London for what they wanted.
This was the case with Reading.
. _ _

Mr. GLAZER said he had been a resident in Reading,
and so far from trade being injured there, it had beenbe-
n,fited by tho railway.
The Rev. IL HALL, of Fromsfield, was glad to hear of
the proposed line coming to that town, as he considered
railways conducive to moral civilisation.
Resolutions in favour of the line having been carried,
the meeting separated.

NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN.—On Tuesday a meeting
of the Directors of the Midland Railway was held at the
Derby station, and the contract by Messrs. Holland and
Smith of Leicester, for the promotion of the Nottingham
and Lincoln line, having been given up by them, the
works were re-ht to Messrs. Craven, of Bingley, York-
shire, who, pursuant to the terms of their contract, will
on Monday next commence the formation of the line.
Arrangements are, it is said, in progress for the amal-
gamation of the Scottish Western and Scottish Grand
Junction lines.

(FROM OTJ
COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
LIADILITY OF FIIIILIRCACNS-•-
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WEST COWES.
fire, w© stated that titer? On E FIRE AT THE HORSE
AND GROOM, s reportingwere
this calami-
tous
edoubtsexp expressed
dwhether the insurance would beglnte recovered, inconsequence
fk)eom, and explod-
neoxrpl.lned that
sate nuablit ,
of a quantity of fireworks being
ing soon after the fire commenced.
insureds'ituation
they did not belong to the party
but to a guest ; and what an awkward
fpor the
would be in if he was to be made answerable
contents of his customers trunks. We are happy to say,
the isit rwich Union Office paid the full amount of damage
claimed by Mr. Eames's surveyor. They first sent their
own surveyor down to view the premises and report the
case, and within one week from the date of the fire the
claim was paid in fulL
Gas.—Cowes was to be lighted up with gas in August
last, but it is now, in October, as dark as ever, and
great dissatisraction is expressed with the contractor at
the very unsatisfactory way in which the works are
executed, and the continued delays.

THE ART OF FLOATING.—The following hints are
well worthy of attention:—" Any human being who will
have presence of mind to clasp the handy behind
the back, and turn his face towards the zenith,
may float at ease, and in perfect safety, in tole-
rably still water—aye, and sleep there, no mat-
ter how long. If, not knowing how to swim, you
would escape drowning when you find yourself in deep
water ; yon have only to consider yourself an empty
pitcher ; let your mouth and nose—not the top of your
heavy head—be the highest part, and you are safe ; but
thrust up your bony hands and down you go—turning
up the handle tips over the pitcher. Having had the
happiness to prevent one or two drowings by this simple
instruction, we publish it for the benefit of all who either
love aquatic sports or dread them."
HONEY-TAKING IN INDIA.—A swarm of bees had

fixed their abode on the ceiling of a verandah, and in due
time, when the honey was deposited, we wished to collect it,
but were for some time at a loss for means. Hearing, how-
ever, that there was a gardener who possessed a peculiar art
of doing it unhurt, he was sent for, and desired to bring down
the honey. He took some of the plant called toolsly (black
ocymum) and rubbed it over his body, face, arms, and
hands; he then chewed a little, and held a sprig of it in his
mouth. With no other than this apparently slight defence,
he mounted a ladder, a large dish in one hand and a sharp
knife in the other; and though as thinly clad as his class
usually are, with thousands of bees swarming about his naked
body, he with the greatest sangfroid cut immediately through
theupper part of the comb, where it was suspended to the roof,
and receiving the whole of it in the dish, brought it down
-without having srttered from a single sting.—Madras
thenceum.
LIBERAL TRIUMPH AT LIVERPOOL
traders of Liverpool, in addition to the accessio.
n toThtheeirfroewne-
numbers made in the registration now finished, have struck
off' no fewer than 1,150 monopolists, whose names were ille-
gally on the roll. This makes the seat now secure for two
free-traders at the next election.