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London, England, 1845-09-29 00:00:00

sham, and Exmouth (Daw's p.—Ditto (Head's),
p.—Eastern Counties, 21 %—Bristol, New, 10%.

SHEFFIELD, SErr. 27.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 21
—Midland (40/. Shares), TPA—Caledonian, 14—Clitheroe
Junction, 514—East Lincolnshire, 64—East Coast, VA—
Grimsby and Sheffield (Quarter Shares), 6—Huddersfield
and Sheffield, 40—London and Windsor, 11/2—Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby, 6%—Sheffied and Lincolnshire,
B—South Midland, B—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 51/8.

YORK, SEPT. 27.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Ex-
tension, s—Newcastle and Darlington Junction, New
(Brandling), 53%—York and North Midland, Extension,
:19-Ai—Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, 4%
—Derby, Gainsborough, &c., 4%—Grand Union, 44—Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 20%—.Lancashire, Yorkshire,
and North Eastern, s—Leicester and Bedford, 4 %—Man-
chester, Buxton, &c., WA—Newcastle and Berwick, 20—
North Western, 64—Welsh Midlands, 41/2—Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union, 5.
EDINBURGH, SErr. 26.
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STOCK ExcuAboax.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 4/. 17s. 6d.
-Aberdeen, Banff. and Elgin, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Airdrie and
Bathgate, 31. 155.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half
Shares, IV-Armagh and Portrush, 2/. 10s.-Banffshire,
21. 75.-British and Irish Union, 4/. 25.-Belfast and County
Down, 3/. 155.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 44-Caledonian,
15/. es.-Caledonian Extension, 4/. 65.-Caledonian and
Dumbarton, 5/. 2s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 221.-Direct
Northern, 3/. 2s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 55.-Ditto,
New. 184-Dundee and Perth, 71. 155.-East of Fife, 3/.
-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 165.-Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, ex new, 741.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. prem.-Ditto,
Quarters, 211.155.-Ditto, New, 151.-Edinburgh, Glasgow,
:nd Dumbarton, 1/. 145.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton,
24/. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 19/. 10s.-Edinburgh and
Northern, ex sevenths, 31. 11s.-Ditto, New, 11. 195.-
Edinburgh and Peebles, 3/. 10s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth,
4/. 55.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 734-Ditto. New Stock,
21/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Glas-
gow andGarnkirk, 451.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/.
-Glasgow and Greenock, 22/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New Stock,
104 155.-Ditto, Preference, 21. 55.-Great North of Scot-
land, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, IL 10s.-Kilmar-
nock and Ardrossan, 6/. 16s. 6d.-London and York, 71.-
Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 33/.-North British, ex new,
27/. IN--Ditto, Halves, ex new, 6/. 155.-Ditto, Fifths,
71. IN.-Ditto, Carlisles, 64-North Wales Mineral, New,
6/. 55.-Perth and Inverness, 24 IN.-Scottish Central,
11/. 10s.-Scottish Midland, 4/. 155.-Scottish Western,
2/. 16s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and. Chester, 54-South
Midland, 84 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 21. 75.-Stir-
ling and Dunfermline, 2/. Bs.-Tean and Dove Valley,
3/. 155.-Wishaw and Coltness, 53/.

s% RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
2% LONDON AND EXETER DIRECT RAILWAY.
9 MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRENTFORD.
2% A meeting of the inhabitants of Brentford was held on
Saturday, in the large room at the Castle Inn, in that town,
for the purpose of receiving a deputation from the Committee
of the London and Exeter Direct Railway Company, and to
hear a statement of their intentions with respect to that por-
tion of the line intended to pass through and accommodate
Brentford and the neighbourhood.
Francis Lloyd, Esq., was called to the chair.
Mr. COLOMBLNE said, as officially connected with the Com-
pany, he was asked to expound their ilews ' • but he begged
in the first place to say that all he had done had been in the
capacity of their humble officer, whose duty it was to carry
out the instructions given to him. He then proceeded to
say that the line projected to Windsor was the first but very
imperfectly carried out notion of a communication with the
west, and that he (Mr. Colombine) had been invited to join
the Company. His reply was, that however unwilling they
might he to take any course parallel with that occupied by
other gentlemen, still that this was not merely a subject of
private enterprise or speculation, but a great and gigantic
undertaking, the object of which was to follow out the sug-
gestions of Parliament in favour of promoting facilities of
communication between London and Falmouth, and that it
would be most injudicious to advise that so great and gigan-
tic an undertaking should depend upon a small line starting
from London to Windsor. These remarks, he trusted, would
dispose of any notion of this Company's taking up any por-
tion of their ground in hostility to other parties locally in-
terested, and these observations would equally apply to the
Hounslow Company. It would only be repeating a state-
ment which he had very recently made in public, to say that
it was quite impossible that Parliament should sanction
more than one line of railway starting from Hyde-park-
corner. It was quite obvious that the public required and
would have railway communication in that direction, but it
must be by a " trunk" line. It was not likely that Parliament
would allow the country near the metropolis to be cut up by
several different lines to Windsor, Hounslow, and Brentford.
--(Hear.) The proposition which they (the promoters of
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the Direct Exeter line) made was this :—With any gentle-
men who may have an interest in shorter lines we are ready
to act in co-operation, and we court their assistance ; but we
have formed a company, and our object is to proceed with
peace and harmony.—(Cheers.) We say that a trunk line
will give all the accommodation that a short line canpossibly
give; we shall give you a station as near the heart of the
metropolis as any company can afford, and at such individual
and intermediate towns and places as shall have a population
and traffic to warrant it. This being our plan we court inves-
tigation, and challenge any other company to show advan-
tages superior to those which we offer.—(Hear.) All that
they can do we can do, and a great deal more. We say that
no company which has only a short line for its object can
ever offer an equivalent return for the capital therein em-
ployed. That is a proposition which, I think, no one will
attempt to controvert ; and in proof of the assertion, it is
only necessary to point to the Greenwich and Blackwell
lines.—(Hear.)
Captain BLacci—l beg pardon for interrupting you, but I
have heard it objected to your company, that you would not
give to Brentford the same accommodation as a shorter line.
if you would do that, I think the long line would be prefer-
able, as it would bring more traffic through the town, and
would give a great impetus to trade.—(Hear.)
Mr. CocomnizeE—Every accommodation that would be
afforded by a short line will be guaranteed by this; and the
its question as to the precise locality of the stations is a matter
of perfect indifference. It would be our duty to place them
where there is the greatest amount of traffic and population.
- Dr. CosTELLo imagined Captain Blagg alluded to the fre-
quency of the trains.
Captain BLAGG said he did so. It had been stated that a
short line would afford great accommodation by running
trains every quarter of an hour, whereas a great trunk ex-
tension line would not give more than one train an hour.
- Mr. COLOMBINE said he was very much obliged to Captain
Blagg for mentioning this matter, and did, on the part of the
- Direct Exeter Company, most unequivocally declare and pro-
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mise that whatever could be accomplished by any other line
for the accommodation of Brentford, should be accomplished
- by them.—(Hear, hear.) The great object of their scheme
- Was to bring London and Falmouth into immediate commu-
nication; but there would be short trains as well as long
- ones, and he had no hesitation—if that was a point of diffi-
culty—in stating that the short trains would be made as
. rapid and as frequent as could be desired.
- Captain BLAGG had been induced to mention the matter
from having heard it made a subject of discussion in that
' town. There were no less than eight projected companies for
5% bringing a line of railway through this neighbourhood; but
3% he thought it was quite evident that there could not be more
- than one line, and that it was equally evident that a trunk
- line must be the description of line to come through the road.
- The line the Direct Exeter Company offered certainly went
through a country altogether untouched by any other line of
railway, took Bagshot and that direction, which at present
- were not accommodated within six, eight, or nine miles by
- any line whatever; it would save 30 miles in the distance
- between London and Exeter. and some•hing like 60 miles
- between London and Falmouth.—(Cheers.) This was a great
and important consideration, for while it made a line from
- London to the Land's End, it afforded such accommodation
- to this town as to deserve the encouragement of the neigh-
- bourhood. He bad no stake in the matter, but thought he
- spoke the sentiments of the town in expressing this opinion.
—(Hear.) After some further observations from Captain
- Blagg,
4% Mr. COLOMBINE stated that it was the intention of the
2% Company to have their London terminus at Hyde Park-
- corner, close to Montpelier-square.
- Captain' BLAGG suggested an amalgamation with the
Hungerford Company
Mr. COLOMBINE—The question of making any arrange-
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- ment with the South-Western or Thames Embankment Com-
- pany would be a subject for future consideration, and would
- be premature at present.—(Hear.)
Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting.
A vote of thanks to Mr. Lloyd for his conduct in the chair
- was then carried by acclamation, and the meeting separated.