The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-03 00:00:00

YORK, Ocr. 2.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Durham and Sun-
derland, New (guar. 5 per cent.), 54—Newcastle and Dar-
lington Junction, 68—Ditto, New (Brand 58%—North
British (Carlisles), 514—York and North Midland Exten-
sion, 30—Caledonian Extension, 4/. Bs. 9d.—Coventry, Nun.
eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, s—Grand Union, 4%
—Leicester and Bedford, 4%—London and York, 676—Man-
chester, Buxton, &c., 10—Newcastle and Berwick, 203/
—North Western, 614—South Midlands, 9—Welsh Mid-
lands, 41,!—York and Carlisle, s%—Yorkshire and Glasgow
Union, 5%.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

THE GRAND JUNCTION AT CREWE.

CREWE, THURSDAY.—To-day, about nine o'clock, a large
number of the Directors and Shareholders of the Grand
Junction Railway proceeded from Liverpool, by special train,
to Crewe (the Shareholders being the invited guests of the
Directors), to inspect the extensive works of the Company
there, the " town," &c. Thirteen large first-class carriages
were filled from Liverpool, and reached the Company's works
at Crewe shortly before eleven o'clock. Other guests from
Manchester and elsewhere arrived about the same time. They
first visited the extensive works which, with their yards,
cover an area of about seven acres, chiefly in immense well •
lighted sheds and rooms, in which the various departments
of making locomotive engines, railway carriages, &c., are
carried on. The number of men employed on the works is
from 500 to 600, and their wives and families in the village
which contains in all about 2,000 inhabitants) will make an
addition of more than double the men, or about 1,500 com-
fortably living under the Company. The premises have been re-
cently enlarged, and as the Company have in all thirty acres
of land in the same locality, there is ample room for such ex-
tensions as in the increasing traffic of the line may' be re-
quired. Amongst the company we observed the Chairman of
the Directors, Charles Lawrence, Esq., John Foster,, Esq.,
J. Bold, Esq., and lady, Hardman Earle, Esq., Brebner,
Esq., Captain Huish, manager; John Swire, Esq., James
Thompson, Esq., &c. After viewing the works, the company
walked up the village to the new church and schools, . and
were highly gratified by inspecting both. The church is in
the Norman style of architecture, and a well-finished neat
building, with a fine tower. It will accommodate about 650
persons. The schools for boys and girls are also large and
commodious, and are well attended. A news-room, lecture-
room, and assembly-room adjacent were next visited. These
are for the use of the workmen of the establishment, and are
well provided with newspapers, books, Sm. Lectures or con-
certs are given frequently in the evenings for their instruction
and amusement. The village is rapidly increasing in neat
detached cottages with gardens, and all is beautifully clean,
and betokens the greatest comfort. The Company have com •
pleted, or have in course of erection, no fewer than ninety
houses. The guests, to the number of about 200, sat down to
an elegant and sumptuous dinner.

GLASGOW, BARRHEAD, AND NEILSTON DIRECT.
GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY.—The first general meeting of the
Proprietors was held at Carrick's Hotel, George-square,
Glasgow, yesterday, when, on the motion of the Lord Provost,
Sir John Maxwell, Bart., took the chair.
Mr. JOIIN TENNENT, the secretary, read the Directors'
report, which, after congratulating the Proprietors on the
success of the measure in Parliament, proceeded as follows :
—They have entered into a contract with Messrs. Brassey,
Mackenzie, and Stephenson, for the execution of the whole
of the works, within eighteen months after obtaining pos-
session of the land, and at a price considerably within the
Parliamentary estimate. The engineer is also busily en-
gaged in staking out the line, and your Directors have al-
ready secured immediate possession of nearly half the land
required for the construction of the railway and stations,
and similar negotiations are in progress with the remaining
landowners. Your Directors have also contracted for a large
supply of rails on moderate' terms, and looking to the for-
ward state of their preparations, and to the well-known
energy and resources of the contractors, they consider
themselves warranted in assuring the proprietors, that this
railway will be completed and opened at an unusually early
period from the commencement of the works. They have
also entered into an agreement with the Glasgow and
Greenock Railway, whereby that Company are to supply
carriages and engines, and to work the lines. They cannot
but regard this arrangement as highly advantageous, as
they have thus secured not only the economical and efficient
conduct of the traffic ; but have also avoided the serious ex-
pense and inconvenience of providing plant and working so
short a line. The report further proceeded to state that
the Directors had concluded an arrangement with the
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan line, entitling the
latter to a use of the Barrhead line on fair payment of
toll. This line, in conjunction with the proposed Glas-
gow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, with whom a
similar arrangement had been effected, would bring
a large accession of mineral and passenger traffic
on to the Barrhead and Neilston line, and much enhance its
value, by not only connecting by means of these extensions
and branches, and by the shortest practicable route, the
city of .Glasgow with the mineral fields and manufacturing
and seaport towns of Ayrshire, and with the extensive iron
works and coal-fields of Muirkirk and Lesmahagow; but also
by means of the proposed junctions of the Lesmahagow line
with the Caledonian at Abington, and with the contemplated
Dumfries and Carlisle at Sanquhar, forming a portion of the
shortest route from Glasgow to Carlisle. The Directors also
viewed, with congratulation, the proposed Glasgow Central
termini line, and revised surveys were now being carried on
for extensions from Barrhead to Hurlet and Paisley, with
branches to our mineral districts, for which purpose further
capital would have to be raised. The large premium that had
been obtained on the sale of the forfeited shares, would be
more than sufficient to defray the unusual opposition to which
the Bill had been wantonly subjected.
The report, on the motion of the LORD PROVOST, seconded
by Mr. P. M. STEWART, M.P., who complimented the Direc-
tors on the gallant manner in which they had gained their
Bill, was unanimously adopted.
On the motion of Mr. JAMES GRAHAM, of Fereneze,
seconded by Mr. J. J. ROBERTSON, the following Directors
were confirmed in their office :

Sir John Maxwell, of Polloc, Bart. ; Colonel More, of Cald-
well ; Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. ; Christopher
Saitmarshe, Esq., of Middleton Lodge, Leeds ; Alexander
Graham, Esq., of Capille ; John Crum, Esq., of Thornliebank ;
William Stirling, Esq., Younger, of Kier; John Bain, Esq.,
of Morriston ; James Graham, Esq., of Fereneze ; Alexander
Camphell, Esq., of Bedley ; H. E. Crum, Esq., merchant,
Glasgow; Thomas Dundas Spiers, Esq., Elderslie ; and Alex-
ander Alison, jun, Esq., Pitern.

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Sir J. MAXWELL, in returning thanks, said he looked on
the proposed Lesmahagow line as one of the best mineral lines
of the north.

Messrs. Robertson and Brown were appointed auditors, and
a vote of thanks, proposed by Captain Osborne, seconded by
Mr. Bain, was given to Mr. Robson, the engineer. Thanks
were also voted to Mr. Graham and Mr. Tennant, for their
services ; and to the Earl of Glasgow, Colonel Mure, of Cald-
well, and the other members of the Provisional Directory.

LONDON AND BIRMINGIIAN NEW LUGGAGE VANS.—The
Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway are now
having built a set of " luggage vans," for the express and
other fast trains, so as to obviate the necessary of placing
large quantities of luggage on the roof of the passenger
carriages, and thus causing oscillation. These vans are
divided into compartments, in the same way as the passenger
carriages, and subdivided in the interior, so as to separate
the luggage intended for the different stations. Vans of this
construction will be placed in every train between the en-
gine and tender, so that the objections very justly urged
against the light luggage vans now in use, of causing the
very evil which they are intended to prevent, will be re-
moved. Some of the new vans have already been tried, and
we understand that the guards speak strongly as to the
greater steadiness of the trains. We believe the Grand
Junction Board mean to adopt them.—Railway Record, of
Wednesday.

BRIDGTZ OVER THE TAY.—The Edinburgh and Northern
and Dundee and Kinross have determined to unite in con-
structing a high level bridge across the Tay at Newburgh,
of such elevation and span as will accommodate the naviga-
tion, and comply with the conditions of the Admiralty.
At the Edinburgh county meeting of commissioners of
supply and justices of the peace on Tuesday, Sir John Hope,
the chairman, and Sheriff Spiers adverted to the truck sys-
tem prevailing on some of the lines in construciion round
Edinburgh, and it was agreed to. give full power to the police
to endeavour to frame proper regulations with the directors
and contractors for a modification of their arrangements.
The Tyne Mercury, in noticing a new and imposing
project in the north, says, it is proposed to complete a
double line of railway from Newcastle to the metropolis for
the carriage of goods only; these goods being chiefly coals
upward, and miscellaneous packages downwards. As this
lino would exclude passengers, great speed is not an object.
The coals would be delivered in a condition far superior to
those that go by sea, and the metropolitan markets would
by this means be regularly supplied at all times with superior
coals, on terms that would hardly vary, and which would be
lower than any that London has yet seen. 'We have been
favoured with an outline of some of the calculations for this
scheme. As to the cost of the railway we cannot judge. It
is estimated, however, at somewhat above four millions, and
it is proposed to obtain a subscribed capital of five millions to
meet all contingencies. The consumption of coal in London
alone is about 4,000,000 tons annually. The carriage upon
three million tons of coal alone would yield a handsome pro-
fit, even at rates very low indeed. As far as the coal trade
of Northumberland and Durham is concerned, a transit like

this, if once effected, would be a great safeguard. They might
thenceforward defy all competition, and enjoy a monopoly of
the supply of the metropolis.
DERBY AND GAINSBOROUGH RAILWAY.--We heartily
congratulate our fellow-townsmen, and the Shareholders,
upon the steady progress the Derby and Gainsborough Rail-
way is now making in public estimation. An important ac-
quisition this week has taken place in the accession of Lord
Worsley to the direction, and we understand it is intended to
make that nobleman Chairman to the undertaking. His
high standing and great parliamentary influence and expe-
rience, fully entitle him to this distinction; especially as he
is already chairman of the "Great Grimsby and Sheffield,"
and the " Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways," which, with the
East Lincolnshire, command very high premiums in the railway
market ; the former about 20/..per share, and the two latter from
6/. to 8/. premium each. If the Shareholders of the perby and
Gainsborough should succeed in amalgamating their line
with those before mentioned, they would form what might be
very aptly termed the "Eastern compact," which, with other
projected lines west of the North Midland, would form a com-
plete east and western chain of communication through the
centre of England, from the German Ocean to the Irish Sea,
and might be very appropriately termed the " Central Mid-
lands." The Share Market has already felt the impulse of
these favourhble circumstances and we most sincerely hope
the spirited promoters of this useful and bond fide under-
taking will receive the full reward of their valuable and legi-
timate efforts in this undertaking.—Derby Me-cury.
PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE WHITEHAVEN AND MARY-
PORT RAILWAY.—This unfortunate line about the middle
of last week sustained considerable damage at Mickleham-
point, between Lowca and Harrington, through a spring
tide, assisted by a north-west wind, having washed
over the embankment. Little was known except by the
contractors, those
_engaged on that part of the line, and the
directors, at the time we went to press with our last number,
in consequence of a determination on the part of the direc-
tors to keep it a secret. The catastrophe, however, as they
must have been aware, soon got wind, when several conjec •
tures were afloat as to the amount of damage incurred. The
opinions speculated are that it cannot be less than from six
hundred to one thousand pounds. Of the truth or falsehood
of these conjectuxes_we do not fed ourselyea competent to