The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN RAILWAYS.—COMPETING LINES.—A.
meeting on this subject was held in the town of Mo-
naghan on IVednesay. The Northern Whig says—
" The object of the meeting was to receive and con-
sider a report of a deputation who lately visited this
town, with reference to an extension of the Ulster

Railway line to Monaghan and Clones, and who
afterwards visited Newry, to consult about a railway
from that town, to join the proposed Dundalk and
Enniskillen line. The deputation made their report,
which We publish. Their visit to Belfast is repre-
sented to have been satisfactory ; but circumstances,
stated by them, necessarily rendered their visit to
Newry unavailing. The report having been read, no
farther attention seems to have been paid to it. A
deputation from the parties concerned in getting a
line from Dundalk to Enniskillen, attended; and the
-discussion was applied to this—whether the people of
Monaghan would give their approval and support to
the Dundalk and Enniskillen project. The friends of
that plan appear to hate formed by much the more
numerous portion of those who attended the meeting;
but, though a motion was proposed, in favour of the
plan, and an amendment against it, and though both
were put from the chair, and the 'ayes' taken on
both, the 'noes' were not called for, on either side ;.
and the meeting broke up, after as the report has it,
:loing nothing."
RAILWAY FROM EDINBURGII TO CARLISLE.—There
is no doubt that a railway from the metropolis of
Scotland to Carlisle, passing near to the flourishing
manufacturing towns of Galashiels and Hawick, will
ere long be formed. We understand that his race
the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir James Graham are

taking a deep interest in this great leading line,
which cannot fail to be of incalculable advantage to
the abovementioned places.—Kelso Chronicle.
NEWPORT, NANTYGLO, AND BLAENAFON RAILWAY.
—On Wednesday last, a deputation from the provi-
sional committee, attended by the solicitor of Lord
Abergavenny, and directors of the British Iron and
Blaenafon Company, had an interview with Lord
Dalhousie and General Pasley, at the office of the
Board of Trade, and were, we hear, most favourably
received. Mr. Blewitt, M.P., the chairman of the
committee, at the conclusion of the interview, pre-
sented to Lord Dalhousie a paper he had written, and
had caused to be printed, explanatory of the district,
and of all circumstances connected with the proposed
railway, for which Lord Dalhousie expressed his
thanks to Mr. Blewett, and promised that it should
have his attentive perusal. Lord Dalhousie said that
the interference of the Board of Trade in matters of
this nature, was regulated solely by "public con-
siderations ;" and that it was no part of his duty to
enter into questions of "private interest."—Mon-
mouthshire Merlin.
LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. --
Matters have proceeded so favourably with the pro-
jectors of this undertaking that their most sanguine
expectations have been more than realised, as far as
they can be so during the earlier stages of their
negotiations. The whole amount of shares contem-
plated by the Committee as sufficient have been al-
ready sold, and applications have been made for
double that number. It is stated on authority that
the whole number of shares could have been disposed
of in Manchester alone. We trust that, now that the
chief difficulty has been overcome, no obstruction will
be thrown in the way of the Committee by the pro-
prietors of the land through which the railway will
pass, but that the Act, for which all necessary mea-
sures are being taken, will be obtained without diffi-
culty or delay, so that the works may proceed as early
as possible.—Derry Standard.
WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RAILWA T.—On
Wednesday last a meeting of the provisional commit-
tee of this undertaking was held in Waterford, and it
has never been our lot to witness one of so influential
a character. It would appear that the whole landed
and commercial interests of the south-east of Ireland
have taken up the project with enthusiasm. Amongst
the persons present, representing the different districts,
were the Lords Besborough, Glengall, Huntingdon,
Carew, and Duncannon ; Sir H. Winston Baron,
M.P., and Mr. Wyse, M.P.; Sir B. Morris, Wall ;
Messrs. Meagher, Mill ward, Strangman, J., J., and
Robert Malcomson, Newport, Lalor (Cregg), Sar-
gint, Riall, Fennell, Shaw, Davis, Denny, Sweetman,
Jacob, Tandy, Mortimer, Walpole, E. Power,
White, Power of Mount Richard, &c. Lords Bes-
borough and Glengall, and the Messrs. Strangman
and Malcohnson, were deputed to confer with Mr.
Vignolles, the engineer of the Company, respecting
the various preliminaries necessary to be adopted for
immediately carrying out the enterprise—which being
done, and reported' to the Mayor of Waterford, who
tilled the chair, the Committee took the matter into
consideration, and unanimously decided that Mr.
Vignolles should proceed to complete the survey, and
that he and Messrs. Mortimer and Tandy should have
all the parliamentary steps finished by the 30th of
November' according to the standing orders of the
Houses of Parliament, which they reporte'd to be per-
fectly within their power. The general business of
the Company was then proceeded with, and the pro-
4pectus, which was unanimously approved of, ordered
to be issued, forthwith. All the above noblemen and
gentlemen are shareholders, seine to a considerable
extent. About 5,000 shares are already taken by
residents along the line only, and deposits paid—con-
sequently this main truck line, which will confer
such benefits on the south of Ireland, is now certain
of being completed with the utmost dispatch, and we
sincerely wish it success in every shape. The Com-
pany meet the Directors of the Great Western Rail-
way at Wexford on the 19th, to carry out simulta-
neously the great plans they have in view.—Dublin
Evening Post.
EYE, OCT. 18.—The railway meeting held in the
Town-hall, Eye, for promoting a railway from Ips•
with to Norwich, for having the line run close to the
town, and to have a first-rate station at Eye, for the
accommodation of the public in this district, was most
numerously and respectably attended by many owners
and occupiers of land in the vicinity of Eye, as well
as by a great majority of the clergy, gentry, profes-
sional men from Ipswich, Norwich, Beccles, Harles-
ton, Diss, &c. We observed Lord Henniker, E.
Kerrison, Esq., Rev. Drs. Chevalier, Creed,
Kershaw, Ashfield, and A. Cooper ; Messrs. T.
Utton, T. French, E. Chenery, W. Edwards, Cream,
Robert Prettyman, W. Lawton, B. Cotten, R. Wallis,
Ellis Gowing (Mayor of Eye), Edward Gowing, G.
Sherman, Samuel Peck, .James Gooderham, Robert
Todd, Henry Wells, IL Case, James Moore, S. Ash-
ford, Hazard, Etheridge, R. Tacon, Bohun, and Wil-
kerson, Beccles; J. Tuck and Beckwith, Norwich;
Rodwell,lCobbold, Josselyn, Allen, Ransome, &c., Ips-
wich ; Heffell and Norton, Brooks, Cupis, Farrow, sen.,
&c., Diss ; and Beedy and Co. from the Brandon Com-
pany. Lord Henniker was called to the chair. Sir E.
Kerrison being unwell could not attend the meeting.
The Noble Lord, in opening the proceedings, merely
stated the object of the meeting from the advertise-
ment which had appeared in the Suffolk papers, and
said, that as a Member of Parliament, and one also
of the Committee when the Eastern Railroad Com-
pany applied for a Bill to make a railroad from
London to Norwich, he gave the Bill his utmost sup-
port, but that road got no further than Colchester.
Of late it was extending to Ipswich. As to the dif-
ferent roads he would not pledge' himself to any, but
would be very glad to give his attention to obtain a
railroad into this part of the county. As it was to
pass through Eye, he considered that town a proper
place for a first-rate station for the accommodation
of the surrounding neighbourhood, and he would
support it. After some resolutions were carried '
in behalf of the line. to Eye, and a first-rate station,
J. C. Cobbold, Esq., rose to move a vote of
thanks to his Lordship for his kindness in pre-
siding on this occasion, which brought up Mr.
Nurse, stationer, of Eye, stating, as the deputation of
gentlemen were present from Ipswich, he, in behalf
of himself and the inhabitants of Eye, expected to
hive heard, or that they would now state their inten-
tions, if they were supported in this interest, and if
Eye was to have a station. He also had a resolution
to propose, in conjunction with the gentlemen of
Beccles. They were desirous of having and pro-
moting a branch railroad from Eye to Harleston,
Bungay, Beccles, and Yarmouth. This resolution,
after some little opposition, was carried. Mr. Wil-
kerson, from Beccles, stated he had authority from all
the landowners of Bec des, including Shafto Adair,
&c.; they had no objection to a road passing through
their property. He could als ) assert with truth, he
could in one fortnight be prepared with all the
money to make this road from Eye to Beccles,
and thence to Yarmouth. Mr. Bidder then rose,

and, in a clever and clear speech, showed the
advantages of having a branch road from
Attleborough, from the Brandon Road to Diss,
there to have a station, thence to Eye and a station
also, thence to Gislingham, Stowmarket, and direct
to Colchester. This plan he said the Company were
determined to have. They had got all the money
ready; the road they would have. He asserted it was
impracticable and impossible for the Eastern Com-
pany to have a line with a station at Eye and Diss.
Mr. Cobbold rose and stated the opinions of the East-
ern Company. They were prepared to go to Parlia-
ment and to lose no time in getting the railroad
complete from London, Ipswich to Norwich, a sta-
tion at Eye, and also at Diss, which seemed to meet
the approbation of the majority of the company as-
sembled. This closed the meeting, after having been
occupied about three hours. A vote of thanks
and
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line on condition that it came into Eye, and a first-
rate station made there.—SittfoM Chronicle.
DORCHESTER RAILWAY.—The Board of Trade
having given their sanction, it is now understood that
a railway will be constructed as soon iv; the Bill can
liass through the Legislature, from Southampton to
Dorshester, terminating there in Fordington Field, at
a point between the Amphitheatre and the milestone