The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-29 00:00:00

YORK, SEr-r. 27.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Ex-
tension, s—Newcastle • and Darlington Junction, New
(Brandling), 53%—York and North Midland, Extension,
29%—Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, 4%
—Derby, Gainaborough, &c., 4%—Grand Union, 41/4—Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 20%--Lancashire, Yorkshire,
and North Eastern, s—Leicester and Bedford, 41/j—Man-
chester, Buxton, &c., 914—Newcastle and Berwick, 20—
North Western, 6%—Welsh Midlands, 4%—Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union, 5.
EDINBURGH, SEPT. 26.
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STOCK EXCITAIML-The sales are-Aberdeen, 4/. 17s. 6d.
-A bard eenßanff, and Elgin, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Airdrie and
Bathgate, 31. 155.-Arbroath and Forfar, 254-Ditto, Half
Shares, 15/.-Armagh and Portrush, 21. 10s.-Banffshire,
24 75.-British and Irish Union, 41.25.-Belfast and County
Down, 3/. 155.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 41.-Caledonian,
15/. 55.-Caledonian Extension, 4/. 65.-Caledonian and
Dumbarton, 51. 2s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 22/.-Direct
Northern, 31. 2s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 55.-Ditto,
New. 181.-Dundee and Perth, 71. 155.-East of Fife, 3/.
-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/Aft-Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, ex new, 741.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. prem.-Ditto,
Quarters, 211.155.-Ditto, New, 151.-Edinburgh, Glasgow,
and Dumbarton, 1/. 145.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton,
241. 10s.-Ditte, Preference, 191. 10s.-Edinburgh and
Northern, ex sevenths, 3/. 11s.-Ditto, New, 11. 195.-
Edinburgh and Peebles, 3/. 10s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth,
4/. 55.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 731.-Ditto, New Stock,
21/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Glas-
gowUndGarnkirk, 454-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21.
-Glasgow and Greenock, 22/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New Stock,
101. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Great North of Scot-
land, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 10s.-Kilmar-
nock and Ardrossan, 6/. 16s. 6d.-London and York, 71.-
Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-North British, ex new,
271. 10s:.-Ditto, Halves, ex new, 6/. 155.-Ditto, Fifths,
71. Carlisles, 6/.-North Wales Mineral, New,
6/. 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 155.-Scottish Central,
111. IN.-Scottish Midland, 4/. 155.-Scottish Western,
2/. 16s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and-Chester, 54-South
Midland, 84 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 2/. 75.-Stir-
ling and Dunfermline, 2/. Bs.-Tean and Dove Valley,
31. 155.-Wishaw and Coltness, 631.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND EXETER DIRECT RAILWAY.

MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS-OF BRENTFORD.

A meeting of the, inhabitants of Brentford was held on
Saturday, in the largeroom at the Castle Inn, in that town,
for the purpose of receiving a deputation from the Committee
of the London and Exeter Direct Railway Cornpany, 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. Cot OMBINE said, as officiallyzonnected with the Com-
pany, he was asked to expound their views; but• he begged
in the first place to say that all he had done had been in the
capaCity of their hamble 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 be to take any course parallel with that. occupied by
other gentlemen, still that thia:.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 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 iindertiking sfiould 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.
) The proposition- which they (the promoters of
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 can possibly
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 wwcan do, and a great deal more. We say that
no company which .has only a short line- for its object.caa
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 BLAGG—I 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. CotomniNE:;-Every accommodation that would be
afforded by a short line will be guaranteed by, this ; and the
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. CogrEtto 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. CeLOMIMNE 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-
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-
cultv—in stating that the short trains Would be made as
rapid and as frequent as could be desired.
Captain BIAGG 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
bringing a line of railway through this neighbourhood; but
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 distan4
between London and Exeter. and some. hing like 60 mita
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 had 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,
Mr. COLOMBINE stated that it was the intention of the
Company to have their London terminus at Hyde Park-
corner, close to Montpelier-square.

Captain BLAGG suggested an amalgamation with the
Hungerford Company.
Mr. CoLomeiNE—The question of making any arrange-
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 hia conduct in the chair
was then carried by acclamation, and the meeting separated.