The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

READING AND REIGATE.
GUILDFOIID, TIIURSDAY.—On Monday the leading inha-
bitants of the borough signed a requisition to the Mayor, for
a public meeting of the inhabitants, to consider the propriety
of promoting the line proposed to be made from Reading to
Reigate, pas.,ing through: Dorking and Guildford, and
with branches to Farnham and Alton, of which Mr. Giles is
engineer.

The meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the Council
Chamber of the Town Hall, the Mayor presiding.
Mr. F. MANGLES addressed the meeting in favour of Mr.
Giles's scheme, which he described as being the best calcu-
lated to advance the interests of the town and neighbourhood,
and consequently the most deserving of support. The pro-
jectors had employed Mr. Giles to survey the country to dis-
cover which would be the best route, because that gentleman
had in his previous engagement done what he had promised,
namely, given the public the best possible line with the least
expense, and had constructed it within the estimates. He
concluded by proposing a resolution to the effect that the
meeting pledged itself to support Mr. Giles's Company as
being the most likely to carry a line from Reading to Reigate
into execution.

➢ir. CIIENNELL wished to know what was the route in-
tended to be taken through the town by the rival schemes?
He understood that one talked of passing by the eastern side.
Mr. MANGLEs replied that the South-Western Company
were going to tunnel through the shoulder of the hill at the
bottom of the town, and that advantage would be taken
of that to get through from the north to the east side of the
town.

The CHAIRMAN said that he had seen the plan by the
other party, but it was but a rough sketch. In it the line
was to pass the north side of the town.

Mr. SiARSIIALL' said, that to get through the hills at the
east tnd of the town would cost more money than thewhole
of the rest of the line.

Mr. CHENNELL thought they ought to have another meet-
ing, and know for a certainty through what parts of the
town the lines would pass. They had no person to tell them
anything about the other line, and it would be ridiculous to
pledge themselves without really knowing what they were
doing.
Mr. PRICE entered into similar arguments at some length.
Mr MARSHALL contended that they ought to come to an
immediate decision as to the merits of the plan for if they de-
layed the question, another railway from Reading to Reigate,
leaving Guildford out altogether, might get such a start as
would render it a struggle whether Guildford were to have
the advantage of a communication east and west at all.
The resolution was seconded, and having been put by the
Mayor, every hand in the room but two or three was held
up in its favour.

A resolution was next passed that petitions should be got
up in its favour, and that the representatives of the borough
be requested to support the one addressed to the House of
Commons.

THE WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE.—PONTE-
FRACT, THURSDAY.—The first general meeting of the pro-
prietors of this railway was held yesterday, in the Town-hall,
Pontefract. The chair was taken by Dr. Buchanan, the
chairman of the company, who called upon the Secretary to
read the report, which stated that the shares for the Methley
extension would be 25/. each, in the proportion of one for
every original 50/. share; that the new stock for the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield and Wakefield, and Pontefract and
Goole Junction is to be raised in the proportion of two-thirds
by the Grimsby, and one-third by the Wakefield and Goole
Company, the latter in shares of 201. each, in the proportion
of one for every original share, which will be issued without
delay. The contracts were within the Parliamentary esti-
mates, and the works are proceeding satisfactorily. Reso-
lutions, apportioning a salary of 2001. a year to the secretary,
7501. to the Directors; also 50 new 251. shares as a gift to the
secretary for his valuable services, and 25 to each of the
six Directors. A procession was formed after the meeting,
which was headed by R. R. Milnes, Esq., the father of
Monckton Milnes, M.P., the poet, who raised the first sod in
a field at Tanhelf, near the Castleford-road. A great number
of the promoters of the line afterwards sat down to dinner at
the Town-hall.

No fewer than four lines are in the field for carrying out
a communication between Holyhead, Port Dynnllaen, and
Dublin.

The Directors of the South Devon promise their support to
a line from Ashburton to Newton.

Special trains since the opening of the line to Scarborough
have been running with frequency from Nottingham, Derby,
Manchester, Sunderland, and York.

,
The Gloucester and Dean Forest contemplate, in conjunc-
tion with the Great Western, opening up, to the fullest
extent, to the colliery owners, the resources of the Forest of
Dean.

The works on the Southampton and Dorchester have, we
understand, been commenced between Southampton and
Redbridge.
Railways are beginning to be looked upon as measures of
self-defence. Lines are, consequently, projected from Houn-
slow, Barnet, and other places; and Royston, for the same
reason, now proposes to unite itself by railway with Ware.
The share allotments of the Isle of Wight have been com-
pleted, and the opposition to the line in Parliament will be
entirely a landowners' opposition.
A mineral tributary to the South Wales is to be constructed
from Rhondda, through the vale of Ely.
Pembrokeshire is to be spanned with railways, and amongst
others, with a line from Milford to Manchester.
The Norwich and Yarmouth have reduced the charge for
the use of their telegraph, for dispatching messages between
Norwich and Yarmouth, from 4s. 6d. to 2s. 6d.
IPSWICH, NORWICH, AND YARMOUTH.—This line, which
proposes to carry out what was originally intended by the
Eastern Counties, will, with the co-operation of the Norfolk
Company, construct their line from Ipswich to Yarmouth,
accommodating the populous districts of Suffolk, and running
along its east coast. The traffic has-been taken between
Ipswich and Yarmouth, and is estimated at seven per cent.
It will have a first-class station at Yarmouth, which promises,
in connexion with various lines that will run into it, to be-
come the Liverpool of the Eastern Counties.
LANCASHIRE AND LONDON LINES.—The following table
contains as correct an account as we can well make out of the
various schemes at present before the public, for providing a
nearer route than the existing one between Manchester and
London. They are said all to bear premiums :
No. of Value of
Shares. Shares. Capital.
£ £
Blythe and Churnet
North Cheshire
Tean and Dove
South Union
North Staffordshire, &c lOO,OOO ... 20 ••• 2,000,000
Manchester Direct (Reming-
ton's)
Manchester Direct (Ashurst's) 100,000 ..• 50 ... 5,000,000
Rugby, Derby, and Manchester 60,000 ... 25 ... 1,500,000
Staffordshire Potteries, and Li-
verpool and Manchester Di-

Names of Railways.

rect
Manchester and Rugby Direct 85,000 ... 20 ... 1,700,000

758,000 ... ... £23,150,000

-Macclesfield Courier.

CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.
Thursday a vast concourse of both classes, patrician and
plebeian, took place on the hill of Kilpatrick, near Dounda-
niel Castle, Innoshannon, to assist at and witness the inte-
resting ceremony of raising the first sod on the line of the
Cork and Bandon Railroad. The pavilion was erected on a
large bawn field just above the castle. and affording a pros-
pect of woods and the windings of the river Bandon, which
shows with the finest picturesque effect from this spot. Near
the Pavilion was a space inclosed with pallisades, in which
the Right Honourable the Earl of Bandon, Lieutenant of
the County, was to make the initiative in that good work
which is to bring comfort into the homes of so many hun-
dreds of the peasantry, and must result in the bettered con-
dition of their coming generations, and the general pros-
perity of the south of Ireland. Notwithstanding the
frequency and violence of the showers which fell during the
day, crowds of the country people were assembled to watch
the proceedings, which came home to their own homes and
bosoms with such interest. About half-past two o'clock ar-
rived the carriages of the Earl and Countess of Bandon, Lord
and Lady Bernard, the Hon. IL B. Bernard, and Lady Har-
riet Bernard. Immediately they appeared on the ground,
accompanied by the directors, secretary, solicitors, and engi-
neers of the line, attended by a crowd of ladies and gentle-
men, and surrounded on all sides by the peasantry. The
Earl then commenced operations. His implements--inade by
Mr. Hogg, of Patrick-street—were a bright steel shovel and
pick-axe, the handles of which were covered with morocco.
His Lordship took the pick-axe, raised it with much
dexterity, and bringing it down, exclaimed with great
heartiness, " Success to the Cork and Bandon Railway." The
act and the sentiment were alike applauded by the shouts
of the del;ghted peasantry, again and again repeated as his
Lordship shovelled the sod and a quantity of earth into a
beautiful mahogany wheelbarrow, with brass wheels, pre-
sented by Mr. Ilenright, one of the contractors for the line,
and then rolled it a few paces along a plank laid for the
purpose. The principal personages proceeded to the pavilion,
just as a heavy shower was preparing to drench the less pri-
vileged, who, in spite of the elements, kept their places on the
field and round the lofty tent prepared for the entertainment
of their patrons. The pavillion was large, and of excellent
accommodation. It was erected by Mr. Parrott, of Bandon,
with good taste and effect, and the flags of the two services,
and several others, floated from the roof. Within, a defruner
was admirably prepared by Mr. Lloyd, of Cork, in which
the excellence of the viands, confectionery, &c., the rarity
and plenty of the wines, and the regularity and order
of attendance, could not be exceeded by the means and
appliances of a household banquet. Three tables ran along
the large tent, the floor of which was boarded. A raised
table, under the dais—if we may assume the emblazoned
Cork arms over the Earl's chair to be such—accommodated
his Lordship and family. At the lower end were the Ban-
don arms over the head of the Vice-President. The sides of
the temporary banquet-hall were covered with evergreens,
and pyramids of flowers were placed at intervals along the
tables, and the proceedings were enlivened by the music of
two amateur bands. With these, the intermixture of the
dresses of the lady guests, the open front of the pavilion, and
the crowded and curious faces of the weather-beaten pea-
santry that stood around it, regarding in the most respectful
manner the progress of the banquet—all formed a scene of
great interest and animation. The demeanour of the country
people throughout the day was becomingly peaceful and re-
spectful ; and all went off to the complete gratification of all
parties.—Cork Constitution.

KILMARNOCK.—THE WEATHER. —The weather
has not improved since last notice—continuing changeable,
and the harvest work suffering frequent tantalizing interrup-
tions. There is a very sensible diminution in the warmth of
the day, the winds being chilly, with a tendency to frost in
the mornings and evenings. Under these untoward circum-
stances, reaping, which, with favourable weather, would
have been completed, is yet unfinished.—Ayr Observer.
Accounts from Athens of the 7th inst."state that
General Calergi has sailed on board an English steamer for
Corfu, from which place he would go to England.

MADRID and VALENCIA RAILWAY.
It will have been seen in our advertiing columns thai
another and very important Spani,h Pailway Continal
has been organised. We refer to the line intended to be,
constructed from Madrid to Valencia, the execution _or
which has received the sanction of Queen Isabella and
,e,
Government The list of directors includes many Englits,:e
names of distinction, end the district through which te.
railway is to pass seems to present more than Thethet"r
dinary facilities for the execution of the work. ,
length of the line will be about 200 miles, upwards.
.o_l_
eighty of which cross the almost perfectly level Plal?..
of Valencia. The prospectus issued states that:. al_
, it
the
well no minute survey has yet been made,
well known that there is no district of equal extent in. t!',,
kingdomrf which presents so few engineering difficulatiej
The estimate of traffic returns is very flattering, and, t• k pi,
all the circumstances together, the speculative body' alTe,
to anticipate no obstacle to the success of the undertai.e
We well remember the failure that was experienced in 'then
establishment of a line of railroad between Port St. Mary lir
Xeres.
of only six or eight miles, but it was presently otalls,
A commencement was made of that short full.
doned, and the completion of lines of the length
thought
and and three hundred miles, in Spain, may be Ibe
by many to be all but impracticable. Influenced by
the
example of the other States of Europe, and 1))",„;,.5
great progress that has teen made in locomotive affairs
within the last few years, the Spaniards are, however!_
length throwing off their habitual lethargy, and they, 0.7
like the sluggish Italians, will now have their rafelli
Our capitalists should, we think, be content with th iltheir
ta
that is open to them at home for the investment of
s,,e
moneys; but they have hitherto been perfectly Wen:so!,
any counsel the press has had to offer thou on
cr,
head. They have contributed immensely to the sn. evi'",
of the schemes set on foot in France, lielglup•
and Holland. They have also stimulated railway
es
terprise in the colonies of Spain by their ready adveicteo,,‘,.
the funds required, nor can it be believed that they are., issl
restrained (admitting that it were desirable they shout(' Lzf_
from..en lending their assistance to the mother country'.
..i'il'..
To, they are determined to proceed in this lire of sPecs.`,;l.
tt n, it may not be improper to suggest that thc j,7115
be as eligible a scheme as any of the Spanish
l'3toad projected from the capital to Valencia
iisee..efo,
reignd lines (out of France) that have been anno
their str
eem it better, at all events, that they should send bolt
perefluous wealth to the most dreary wildernes a itia
thewh ther it be in the South or the North, than to emplo,,hich
disfigurement of some of the picturesque districts
_Jo,.
have been marked out for the operations of the railwa. e„ to
vator at home, and we suppose there must be some linoe
this sort of business.—Morning Post.
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COURT OF COMMON COON

—....—. • usi-
f public b
Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch 0
nest'.

OF LONDON of
Mr. W. S. HaleCIT the ChairmanSCHOOL f TA
of the City eel
School Committee, brought up a report, which eat of Its
great satisfaction. The following is a brief 001'
contents:— Al big`
Pberaht
The report, in the first place, alluded in tering • yoa
praise and grateful acknowledgment to the act of t, of eour
the part of Mr. Henry Benjamin Han.bury Benuf°3t'osit t(l
Lambeth, F.R.S., in vesting the sum of 1,717 L .s,.„stog
hands of certain trustees, for the purpose of estabp,y 3 vet
supporting for ever a scholarship of the value of Furooei'd
for the benefit of pupils of the school who should Pitt elee-
the University of Cambridge, and stated that thet
ens„asess
tion to the scholarship was decided at the recent oopt!
tion in favour of Henry Judge Hose, who had be li_h`dfsist
of the school from its commencement in
greatly distinguished himself. It next alluded late all
he bag
alluded/
eouncement made by Mr. Hobler, the son of t
sholalsil; and excellent chief clerk at the Mansion-house,
Mr. Beaufoy's intention to establish a second
with the same object, and of the same value as tit,holarsil
that there might be an election to one of the ,s`that it °er
every two, instead of every four years. It steal well!
the donor's wish that the dividends which would. asecto 1,(,)013.,
to the election of the second scholar, amounting whieu e.
should, together with a further sum of 50 guinea-'ise of Car
proposed offering, be applied to defray the exPel nest t
curing lectures to be given at the school for tlieunoisis. to's
years, and to the bestowment. of prizes upon th
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furtherance of theseintentions, th ort stated .`'`" f
e rep ads o
had since caused a second investment to be II Alovi eho
stock in the Three per Cent. Consolidated Banbsensredi
and a deed of declaration of trusts having been Pi CiLses
Committee recommended the adoption of it hY is ands
pathie. _t aPPbs
and that the Cit's seal should be accordingssitse 4ta for
thereto. The report concluded by suggesting thatbe
of suitably expressing the acknowledgments of t,be pre'tes
such liberality, which should not only interest.' of pop
generation, but engage the feelings and syin
sed t" f app
s°
; with which view the Committee psoloi oleo oit
cation should be made to Mr. Beaufoy,
Corporation, requesting that he would allow Clthense, t°
sa the name a pert Da
or a bust of him to be executed at their el. ,ese
placed in some part of the City of London Schoo ,d oroe`,,
Mr. HALE, after a few observations upon the Willa the,
of the City of London School, which had already' ,„isers,
putation conferred by twelve exhibitions at the
proposed that the report be agreed to. at tile ;be
Mr. TAYLOR could not help expressing his P:shool 1)", tte
sequences of the admirable management of the
_sere otos
Corporation; and stated that such benefactions " re
truslo
highest importance as an encouragement to the 0,01-0 of
the masters, as well as to the scholars of the estavleseiot
Mr. ASHURST joined most cordially in the treeti 03 0'
grhe
ateful feeling towards Mr. Beaufoy, and dee ad ofthef)
to, ferrea
participated in the hopes and expectations fornte.ssale3
vantages arising from the education of the peoPl‘eiod the ° the
The report was then unanimously agreed
claration of trust was then passed ; and it was res..otioe•tetter
Committee to carry the recommendation into etyed t
aG
The TOWN-CLERK announced that he had restating te4,4
from Mr. Lott, F.R.S., a member of the Court, s,0,01"
was his intention to award a medal for proficieoeY of
' ete3
to the City of London School.—(Cheers.) he
The letter was ordered to be entered upon t
the Court.
f
THE LORD MAYOR AND CHRIST'S HO--ser rAt 005rn itS 14
0,
Mr. Lorr brought up the report of the ge,lo-setilieed
Committee, on the subject of the refusal of the %1
Christ's Hospital to acknowledge the Lord MaYerri,es all, the,
of the institution. It stated that from the reseal'', that
made, the only conclusion to be arrived atws„'";011, a"
Chief Magistrate was at the head of Christ's lie"'" 1
all the other royal hospitals.
Previous to the reading of the report, art
t
The LORD MAYOR mentioned to the Court. us tericeo
, the
tb lona
vernors of Christ's Hospital had, on St. Mattbdtsee
another proof of their determination to den.? 10'i
authority of the Chief Magistrate. ad°
;ttee, Port
The report was referred back to the Congo:to re
structions to proceed in the investigation, an sor I
the Court the result. Don tbenitild
It was quite evident, from what took place ns right_aras
ject, that the Corporation mean to assert theist° Trelt'olos"
respect to precedence with the President and t,ot i 0 floe
and those governors who will not acknowledge
resolute manner.
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STEAM-BOAT PIER AT BIACKFRIABS---- Nrao
Deputy BEDFORD brought up the report of the e`'eed
Committee, on the subject of the erection 01.10 raless, De •
pier at Blackfriars-bridge, and containing eel•La,
regulations. He proposed that the report tie
agreed to.
ad hat tbelti er
Mr. ANDERTON said it was quite imposs.....e oos (de,
could think of agreeing to adopt a report wheef 1,01,1,01
cessarily entail a heavy expense upon the citizen' stile'
. re
without having it printed, and subjecting it IO
Ceul;
cusson. r 'os°
Mr. BEDFORD was of opinion that the sooner 0' t`
agreed to the report the better, and could not se ie
for delay.
sour, see
The LORD MAYOR said it was quite irresrars tot sae
direct opposition to the standing orders of the l'e,sitlio
to a report which referred to a heavy outlay', "
of
thl
notice upon the paper of the Court. rest: Oa rintL
The COURT unanimously adopted the sage's' be Pcla,l'
Lord Mayor, and ordered that the report alina- fatal.° V/0-
and that the discussion should be postponed to a, „ filet year'
The expenses attending the establishment olizo'orb
stated to be likely to amount to upwards of .!-„,'Lissee.oo',"
and it is expected that a strong debate will tall roF sosi fl'
DUTY ON COALS.—IMPROVEMENTS IN TIM ca,orn, sei,ittes
Mr. HARRISON, the Chairman of the Coal,sti col% ill
nance Committee, brought up the report of 's.easied /00
and, in a lucid speech, detailed the matters ooh
the
report, from which the following portions, De see:
important, are selected : sets V."-
- •ti
After a reference to the Bill for continuing -sariand e se'
gulating the vend and delivery of coals in Coniss,,Thoel
minster till the year 1862, the report proeeser tea ell sllae
Act also directs that the duty of one penny P,:fork•et:oltie
Ic., hitherto applied to the purpose of the Goa' the e,;-.4ere,:i
be in future applied to the creation of afund eot 034
of such improvement in the metropolis as Parlialn t" 1301;
after direct and sanction. It is further providee.l the
,0 tb_
Act that it shall be lawful for the Corporation a,lo'ol paid t lef the
of Trade to agree upon a sum of money to the Ac of tilt:
Corporation out of the moneys invested under foe
otsci,
Ist and 2d William IV., c. 76, for the rede,iiiris) and clef
compensations to which the late land coal-nlel'eff;e sb;
employed in the land metage of coals, and also, of th.
,t
0,
at the coal-market, are now entitled, in
lition of their respective offices, and we recoil, mend
should be empowered to open the necessary eertho siti A
with the Board of Trade upon the subject s° the sal ~s
respeeiti_,,od ts,ti P
nuities or compensation, and generally to WO' doe 141
o 0
into execution. of L°l ti. 09
The tem of delivery of coals in the Port
_„„ereesiso
weight, in lieu of measure, and without the n'ti;Le ettte,tfr`j
meters, first adopted in the year 1831 under he, I)3s •eati,e'ee
of the Act Ist and 2d William IV., e• 76, is wssd of s-fsotitt-10
now in question, continued for la
further PerLt of tory'
years. This system, after having stood the tr''stisfaeorpot
years' experience, appears to have been alike
A this C •
the trade, to the consumers of coal, and eto ,orpO,
tion. ttti t that hie
It will be in the recollection of the Cours-hs 10°6, orP
ration consented to waive their right to etiarge-4eetieef
and also to the groundage and other manor ;0 teo!,eaLl
_„
were considered troublesome and „xatioli:fo`o, tier,'j
taking for the future the sum of fourpence Peve ailatoseas
fourpence per chaldron, and the charges atrged,
all coals, &c, imported; that duty was c
saHo.sses,
in the annuities or pensions to the deputyrfof Is°' ;,
eo'
others, amounting at that time to upwards oe-
annum. ;0 a isatie
"c
lie'
The arrangement then mode was, for a e the age ie'
ary point of view, to the disadvantage nis:ees Os' the, si
and it is only recently that the large ad";ssn 01,s000`
spect of the said pensions have been, hY r_asisig
creasing importation of coals and the decre
met, ,
the pensions, reimbursed to the Corporation.nfor th'ithet
It will be satisfactory to the Court to be I _ asytliels els
though this arrangement has hitherto been 001114 rero!a
profitable to the Corporation, it will in fatureinot
portation continue at its present amount, be
o„sious h lap'
nerative, but will become, by the lapse 04.P0t of sus
on the duty, a source of profit to the eN the s hi°
annually.
that flee ape') l/f
Your Committee beg further to state, , Trade es te.4
lion of certain conferences with the Board 0' refer' sista.-
renewal of the Coal Act, thi • cireunostan.cc
_asot.apprioPc:o;
members of that Board, and the proproety,,ils frefot Dopoear
rti;.,
iioo,
some furtherpart of the City's revenue
effecting improvements in the City,
tively required, was strongly and repeatedly
iiittee sot
wine_ urged es
ore
Committee -our °ll'l,lject, 05
Not being authorised by the Court, 3"
„0 the,"si,ol de'
not in a position to make any pledge ilri—esteu' g44',
considering the propriety of the course st greognis et
ing that it load been a principle already Jooiti;so'soo
ree
Court by the resolution of the 18th With ,lane
whereby the said duties were chargeagoyal
50,0001. expended in the vicinity of Lilo u islaidefr
and in completing the improvements

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