The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE.

EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.---A very
full meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Fife
Railway Company was held in the Company's
chambers, Queen-street, Edinburgh, on Wednesday
last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Leven and Melville
in the chair. The statements submitted were of the
most encouraging character, and everything seems
now in a satisfactory train for obtaining the Par-
liamentary sanction to the undertaking at an early
period of the ensuing session, the preparations for
which are now actively going forward. Applica-
tions for shares upon the remodelled prospectus
have been received to such an extent as fully to
warrant the Committee in the decided and active
course they are now pursuing. Though the whole
amount of shares have not yet been allocated, the list
of subscriptions is such as to assure, after an elabo-
rate scrutiny of the lists, that none of the stock will
remain undisposed of, and the Company will thus be
in the favourable position of proceeding to Parlia-
ment with the usual deposits paid up upon the full
extent of its capital. We observe the shares already
quoted in the brokers' lists of Liverpool and Edin-
burgh are at a premium of five shillings per share.
On the motion of the Earl of Leven, the name of the
Earl of Glasgow was added to the Provisional Com-
mittee. The meeting to be held in Cupar, we un-
derstand, was postponed till the 7th of November.—
Fife Herald.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The negotiations between
the Caledonian Railway Company and the Monkland
and Kirkintilloch, and Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat-
bridge Railway Companies, were brought last week
to a successful and satisfactory conclusion, and the
formal deeds of agreement among the contracting
parties were executed and delivered. Similar ar-
rangements were completed some time ago with the
Wishaw and Coltness Company. According to these
agreements, the three existing Companies have be-
come bound to widen the guages of their respective
lines, so as to correspond with the guage of the Cale-
donian Railway, and in all other respects to improve
their works to the satisfaction of the engineer of the
Caledonian Company. The Caledonian Company
have made advantageous terms with the promoters of
the Clydesdale Junction Railway, for the use of their
line and stations for the traffic of the Caledonian.
This completes the connexion with the south side of
the city, and with the harbour of Glasgow and the
Paisley and Greenock Railways.—Glasgow National.
RAILWAY FROM INVERNESS TO PERTH.—WO are
glad to understand that satisfactory progress is
making with the preliminaries of this most important
undertaking. The requisite means are taken in
getting the necessary funds subscribed for defraying
the outlay attendant on the survey and other inves-
tigations ; and, meantime, in reliance on the public
spirit, and public apprehension, on the part of our
northern community, of the vast advantages of such
a great work, responding duly to the call upon them,
Mr. Mitchell, the engineer, in order not to lose the
season, has two parties actively employed in the
survey, and the results hitherto are most encourag-
ing. The cutting, as far as the survey has ad-
vanced, will be comparatively inconsiderable, and
that through grounds of a loose gravelly forma-
tion, and easily removable. Mr. Mitchell finds that,
from the Findhorn, where the line will cross the
Farness, the preferable route is to the east of Lochin-
dorbh, fronting Dave, and passing through the open-
ing between the loch and Grantown, which village it
will approach within three miles, thus connecting
Strathspey as far down as the Avon at least, and the
upper districts of Banffshire, both with the south and
north. By this circuit, too, a gain of about two
hundred and sixty feet of lower elevation than the
Pass of Slochmuicht will be achieved, which is, in-
deed, a mighty object. As far as we understand at
present, we believe the line will skirt Craig-Ellachie
Rock, behind and above Aviemore, and sweeping along
the base of the terraced banks of Loch Insh, and be-
yond, and just high enough to be out of reach of
floods, will pass in front of the manse and village of
Kingussie.—lnverness Courier.
HORSHAM RAILWAY MEETING.—One of the largest
and most influential meetings ever remembered here
was held at the Town-hall on Saturday, to take into
consideration the proposed line of railway from Lon-
don to Portsmouth via Horsham. R. H. Hurst, Esq.,
M.P., having been called to the chair, a series of re-
solutions were passed, pledging the persons present to
support the proposed line, and calling on the Members
for the Western Division of the county, and the Mem-
bers for the Rape of Bramber and borough of Hor-
sham to support it in their places in Parliament. A
deputation from the Company of another projected
line were in attendance, as were also Captain Kelly
and Mr. H. Faithful, on behalf of the Directors of
the London and Brighton Railway, who pledged
themselves to bring a branch from the Brighton line
to Horsham ; but the meeting unanimously rejected
their overtures, the speakers observing that they had
promised the same thing for the last five years, with-
out any performance, and that the town had no faith
in them. A local Committee was appointed to con-
fer- with the Directors of the line.—Brighton
Guardian.

The proposed Tavistock Railway has merged into
the South Devon line, and will now form a branch of
the latter undertaking.—Devonport Independent.

SALEOYE XELE. LATE DR. DALTON'S EFFECTS.—
The sal: krAttetinn. of the furniture and other effects of
the late:E.*ltan took place, at the house in which he
resided for soine yettrit before his death, No. 27, Faulkner-
street, on Thursday 'and Friday-last. The first day's
sale comprised the furniture, and calls for no particular
notice. The books generally fetched good prices, and
there was considerable competition for some of the more
valuable works. The principal purchasers were Mr. Eaton
Hodgkinson, F.R.S. (chiefly for the Manchester Literary
and Philosophical Society) ; Mr. P. Clare, F.R.A.S. and
Mr. Valentine Heywood, of Blackley. We understand that
the Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical
Society had authorised Mr. E. Hodgkinson to purchase
books for that society to the extent of 50/. ; but his pur-
chases did not much exceed 30/. Amongst them were the
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of Lon..
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Traite de Chimie, 4 volumes ; Blot's Precis I.lementaire
de Physique. 2 volumes;; La Place's System du Monde,
4to. ; and a great number of smaller works, includ-
ing a collection of pamphlets and brochures on scien-
tific subjects. The Doctor's herbarium, consisting of
twelve parts 4t0., filled with botanical specimens, many
of them gathered by himself, was sold to Mr. Valentine
Heywood, for Gs. a part. A small piece of wood, part
of the keel of a vessel, perforated 'in all directions by
some testaceous animal, apparently much larger than
the common teredo, fetched the sum of 225. The meteo-
rological and other philosophical instruments were not
offered for sale, it being understood that they are all to
be presented to Dr. Charles Henry.
DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—OR the
farm of Linton Bog, two boys (cousins), while assisting
in the harvest operations, came upon a well-loaded
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pea-stalk, which had grown among the standingorn. When the boy who made the bands stooped
down to lift the pea- pods, the other in sport gave
him a gentle push, from the effects of which he fell a
little way for ward. As the scytheman employed had
drawn his instrument before he knew what had oc-
curred, it came round in the direction of the poor boy,
and cut him in the lower part of the abdomen, right
under the haunch bone. As the effects were most
stunning, the unfortunate sufferer was carried into
the farm-house, and medical aid instantly sent for
from the village of West Linton. The boy's father, a
respectable tradesman, was also apprised of what had
occurred, and, as may be supposed, proceeded to the
spot in breathless haste, but before either he or the doctor
had arrived, the sufferer fainted. From this fit he re-
covered a little, but he gradually became weaker ; a
second swoon supervened, which we deeply grieve to add,
consigned him to the sleep of death. Next day, when
the wound was examined, it was found that the artery
leading to the thigh having been cut, a profuse hemor-
rhage followed, which no external application could
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what they were pleased to call a " Free Synod of Glas-
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agreed to an overture for the appointment of a day of
thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest, and the
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for that purpose. As if to be upsides with them in this
respect,
fixed
a ding for their harvest. Good. We notice this to show
beginninghow emulous the free-and-easy are beginning to be of
the movements of their old Established friends. They
lately stigmatised them as being everything that was
wicked, abandoned, and bad. Now we see them closely
imitating their outward
examples,
and we wish they
could enjoy their inward peace.—Scotch Reformers'
Gazette.
S theu Sunday
Free" ofNovember

REMARKABLE SCARCITY OF WATER.—Water was
never known to be more scarce in Presteign than at this
time, and it has boon so all along the summer. Every
well and pump, with a few exceptions, is at this time
dry, and the water in most instances is carted from the
river Lugg to Broad-street. The Well house took its
name from the beautiful and pure spring of water that
t:,e spot supplied to all the lower part of the Broad-
street, Church-street, and all the parts adjacent; whcn a
kettle of the purest water was required, the well at
the Well-house was sure to furnish the party
wanting. No town in the kingdom can boast of purer
water than the town of Presteign, but now the
well referred to is dry and covered up. The erection of
the county shire-hall, and the draining of the founda-
tions, completely emptied the above old well, and a
break out of the spring took place nearly forty yards
below, which has in a great measure supplied those most
wanting the article. Formerly the water only ran into
the gutter, to the great inconvenience of the poor people
in this part of the town. That inconvenience, however,
his been rernovr(l the last few ,veekt, V Mr,
Robert Lewis, who has, at his own expense, suoi, an
efficient well, and put down an excellent pump on the
above site.—Hereford Journal.