The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-11 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT"I.'O THE

RELATIVE'CLOSING PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES
IN THE
PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND,
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

chaster, p.,—F.xeter, Topsham,- and Ex ninutit (Daw's),line
1% p.—Eastern Counties, 20%—flristol and Exeter, New,
111,4,—Welsh Midland, 41/4.
IIaIDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 9.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Great Eastern and
Western, 3/. Ils. 6d.—Grand Union, 3—Glasgow and Dum-
fries, :i9s.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 4%
—Leicester and Birmingham, 3—Liverpool, Ormskirk. and
Preston, 7—London and York, VA—Manchester and Birk-
enhead Continuation, 3—Nottingham and Boston, 30s. p•—
Nottingham and Mansfield, 4—Welsh Midland, 4% —West
Riding Junction, 1534.

KIN.i ( iF '1 TIE Ili EN CH.
(ADDITIONAL PARTICULA )
VILLE I)'LU, SEPT. &.
The suddenness and unexpectedness of the Queen's resolu-
tion to visit France has prevented the usual influx of stran-
gers into this place. Our own wandering countrymen are
almost entirely wanting. Strange to say, there were not
fifty of them to be seen among the crowds that this morning
pressed upon every point where a glimpse could be bad of
either the royal guests or royal hosts. Of the French there
are more, but they are principally people 'froth the neigh-
bouring country, or Parisians (of whom theie are a good
many), enjo3 lug the pleasures of sea-bathing at Treport,
and possibly hoping that some lucky chance may draw royal
observation upon them. The consequence was, that the
crowd at Eu and Treport was nothing very extraordinary,
and was mostly composed of the peasantry of the country
decked out in their picturesque dresses.
It was the Queen's intention to have started from Ante
werp in such time tout she could have landed at Treport on
Sunday evening before dark ; but the rejoicings and fes-
tivities with which her Majesty was received at
Antwerp were protracted to so late an hour, that when
at length the order for departure was giver, and
when it was expected that the " Victoria and
Albert" should continence to drop down the river, it was un-
expectedly announced by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence that
front the darkness of the night the thing wast impossible, aid
that it would be necessary to wait the morning tide. The
consequence was that the Queen could not arrive at Tie-
port in time to land on Sunday (last) night, and the oc-
casion will be memorable, as the first on which Queen
Victoria was behindhand in an appointment. This morning,
however, at seven o'clock, a signal gun, fired from the bat-
teries of Treport, gave warning that the royal flotilla was
in sight. Ihe morning was ye lovely a one as ever shone
on prince or beggar, and the population of the towns of Eu
and Trepert was immediatt ly in commotion in expectation of
tee clay's pleasure. The royal carriages, to the number
of inure titan a dozen, were summoned at eight o'clock to the
entrance of the Chateau, and at half-past eight the King,
Queen, and the whole of the members of the loyal family were
standing on the beach at 'Deport, wait ieg to receive their ex-
pected guests. The King of rho French himself, the Queen. the
tautens, of (Hewes, Madaeie Adelaide, the Duchess of
Sa-
the Prince of Joinville, Prince Augustus of Saxe
Coburg. and the, Princess Clementine were in the famous
char ii bane, so often described, two years ago, on the occa-
shut of the Queen's former visit to Eu, and with which the
Queen herself was so mach delighted that Louis Philippe
leek the opportunity of exhibiting his gallantry by pre-
senting his royal guest with a fat simile of it. In the ()liter
carriages were M. Guizet, the Minister of Foreign Affairs ;
M. Drumm, the Minister of Public Works; and the Count de
Salvandy, the Minister of Public Instruction ; besides the
numerous personages composing the royal household. On
the beach, where it was arranged that the Queen should
land, sonic troops were drawn up, but they were very few,
in comparison with the number who appeared on the oc-
casion of Queen Victoria's former visit. They consisted
of merely a few companies of the 12th regiment of the
line, a p rty of artillery, a company of the douaniers, and a
troop of carabineera A few minutes after the arrival of the
French royal family, the Victoria and Albert dropped
anchor at about a quarter of a mile from the shore, and was
folloc ed by the Black Eagle, and soon afterwards by the
Fairy. King Louis Prelippe immediately went on board tha
royal yacht to receive the Queen, accompanied by the Prince
of Joinville, Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg, and M. Guizot.
An unlooked-for difficulty occurred at the landing. From the
very low state of the ebb tide it was found that the small
steamer which had form-rly carried the Queen from the
royal yacht to the shore could not now be employed. The
only way in which Louis Philippe could get on-board the
royal yacht was by getting into a bathing machine.
by which he was carried so far out to sea that
he was able to get on board his own barge, and thence
en board the royal yacht, and it so happened that the
Queen would be obliged to remain eir some hours,
on board, or take the- same rather undignified manlier of
reaching the shore. " Needs must when the devil drives,"
is an old proverb, but it seldom applies to kings and queens
on festive occasions. The Queen of England, however, theught
she might adopt the mode of getting on shore that brought
the King of the French on board ; and thus it happened
that Queen Victoria and Louis Philippe got ashore together
in a bathing machine. The Queen was handed into the
barge by the King, and followed by Prince Albert, the Prince
of Joinville, Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg, and M.
Guizot. In the same order the party entered the bathing
machine, which was decorated with a tricoloured flag fiir
the nonce, and speedily dragged by a horse to terra firma.
In the meantime a royal salute was fired from all the steamers
in the offing and from the battery. Planks having been laid
down on the beach for the use of the royal party, the
Queen advanced to meet Queen Victoria, whale she
greeted most cordially. and embraced several times. Her
Majesty also kissed Prince Albert on bath cheeks. The
Queen of the French then presented the Princess of Salerno
and the Sicilian Princesses to her Majesty, after which the
whole party gut into char a banes, the Queen sitting next to
Louis Philippe, and Prince Albert next to the Queen of the
French, and proceeded to the Chateau d'Eu, amidst the
cordial if not very boisterous applause of the assembled

NAMES or RAILWAYS,

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STOCK Excrl.NGlr. —The. sales ire—Hull and Selbli, 103
—Ditto, Half Shares, 23—Yiiik: and North 'MidlandExten- •
sion' 283/4—Eastern Union Extension, 3%--Great Grimsby
and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, sA—Grimsby Dock Extension,
81A—North Wales, 4%—Aimagh, Coleraine, and Portrush,
2%—Cambridge and Lincyn, 414--Derbyand Gainsborough,
575. 6d. p.—Direct Northern, 31/2—East Lincolnshire, 51,4—
East Coast, 3 —Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding. 33/4
—Glasgow and Dumfries, 2N—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield,
&c., 3—Grand Union, 31A—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and
North Eastern, 70s. pm.—Leicester and Bedford, 4/. 45. 6d.—
Leicester and Birmingham, 2%.—London and Birmingham
Extension, .2';',—London and York, 7—Nottingham and
Boston, 31,x—Nottingham and Mansfield, 4A,—North West-
ern, 7—North Staffordshire, 6—Rugby and Huntingdon, 3%
—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 9—Shrewsbury and
Trent Union, 47,i; —Wakefield and Bradford, 61—West York-
shire, 1614—York and Carlisle, s%—Yorkshire and Glasgow
Union, 414.
SHEFFIELD, SErr. 9.
STOCK ExenANGE.—The sales are—Midland, 40/. Shares,
26—Preston and Wyre, 451:1,—Sheffield and Manchester,
Quarter Shares, No. 1, 2l—York and North Midland Exten-
sion, 263/4—Cambridge and Lincoln, 41—East Lincolnshire,
514—Goole and Doncaster, 3i—Gnmsby and Sheffield,
Quarter Shares, 53/4—Grimsby Railway and Dock Ex-
tension, 91/2—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 314-
-London and Windsor, 355. Nottingham "and Mansfield,
s—North Western, 7—Sheffield and Lincolnshire,. 814—
Wakefield and Harrogate, 41 p.—York and Carlisle, 5%
—Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 141%.
YORK, SEPT. 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten •
sion, 3%—Midland, New. 251,4—Y0rk and North Midland
Extension, 2814—Caledonian Extension, 3—Grand Union,
31—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares,
51,,—Leicester and Bedford, 415—London and York, 7
Manchester, Buxton, &c., 91—North Staffordshire, 57,4—
North Western, 7—Welsh Midland, 41—York and- Car-
lisle, 51/2.

IRELAND.
COUNTY OF CAVAN.

Considerable apprehensions—were' ai 'One time entertained
that the peace of this county would be disturbed, as two rival
meetings were advertised to be held at Killashandra, on the
Bth September ; the one a meeting of the Killashandra Total
Abstinence Society, at which persons from the neighbouring
districts, being members of the Total Abstinence ociety, were
invited to attend—the other, a meeting of the Protestants
of the neighbourhood, who alleged that the meeting of the
Catholics was to commemorate and take revenge for
the battle of Ballymarnock, which was fought Bth Septem-
ber, 1793. Lord Farnham, who was in the neighbourhood,
immediately issued a notice, forbidding persons to carry arms
to either of the meetings, and also sent for a strong military
force. On the morning of the Bth of September the following
were the number of troops in Killashandra-2d Dragoon
Guards, 120 ; 2d Royal North British ( Scots Greys), 120 Ffith
(Northumberland Fusiliers),lBo; 34th Regiment (Cumberland),
450 ; of the police fume from counties of Letrim, Longford,
and Cavan, 90—snaking a total of 960 men and officers.
lhere was a meeting of magistrates held on Friday, at which
a notice was issued declaring that the holding the meetings
would tend to a breach of the peace,antl warning all persons against
attending them. The Protestants have since issued a placard
announcing that in consequence of the magistrates' preclast atton
no Protestant meetings w ill be held on the Bth at Killashandra.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

There was a meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday
at which Mr. Steele presided. A letter was read from Mr.
O'Connell, and the Association was addressed by Mr. knits
O'CoNNELL, who in strong terms denounced Mr. WI se for
his support of the Irish Colleges Bill. He would endeavour
to raise a cry of execration against those colleges.
If he were asked whether he would prefer the continuance of
the union or the rejection of this infidel scheme, he would say
—away with these colleges, and let the union remain. In
conclusion, he adjured the people, in the name of that religion
which they had so much at heart, to discountenance the
nefarious measure, and to resist it by every means. And,
further, to brand the men who took office under the Bill, as
traitors. If they did not adopt that course, they would assist
Peel in dividing, corrupting, and tyrannising over Ireland.
Mr. LAW observed that, as Mr. O'Connell considered those
who took office under the colleges should be reprobated, he
would suggest that parents who sent their children to these
colleges to be educated should be held up to equal execration.
Captain BRODNRIP read an addr•ess" tothe people of the
north of Ireland," and said that nothing in his mind could afford
a nobler subject for gratulation to the Repealers than that
afforded by the contrast between their conduct at the monster
meeting, and that of the Orangemen at their gatherings. At
the former all was tranquillity and peace : the latter were cha-
racterised by lawlessness, and violence, and bloodshed.
At the termination of the proceedings, the rent for the week
was announced to be 1731. 2s. I ld.
The meeting they, adjourned.

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On tn,, ..7d
- arrival of the royal party at the chateau, a splendid
up, which was attended by all the visitors
at the chateaejeune was seu.. An :7 the dejeune, Louis Philippe took the
Queen to the new Victoria
opportunity of introducing
-led to commemorate her
Gatlery—a splendid gallery, into,.
,d which is zdeco-
Majesty's first visit to the Chateau d'Eu,
occasion,
rated with views of the principal scenes of tha:
painted by some of the first painters France. In the af;fl.-
noon the royal party drove into the forest, and in the even-
ing there was a splendid dinner at the chateau, which was
attended by all the civil and military authorities of the place,
as well as by the guests resident at the chateau.
The King has got the Opera Comique company down from
Paris. They are this evening to perform the Beau Seignor
and Richard Cceur de Lion before the Court.
M. Guizot, the Minister for Foreigo Affairs; M. Duman,
the Ilioister of Public IVorks ; and the Count de Salvativ,
the Minister of Public Instruction, are the members of the
French Cabinet present.
DEPAR TITRE OF HER. MAJESTY.
(From the Times. )
TREI'ORT, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 9.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their
suite, left the Chateau d'Eu this afternoon at a t€ W inmates
before six o'clock. tie. Treport, to embark on board the Vic-
toria and Albert, on their return to England. A body of in-
fantry were drawn up in the court-yard of the Chateau, and
military band played from the commencement of dinner
(tour o'clock) until a few minutes before the hour of de-
parture. A body of cavalry were stationed opposite the
Chateau. His Majesty Louis Philippe and the members
of the Royal Family of France, accompanied the
Royal travellers to the coast. They went in the char-
a-bancs, which formed quite a brilliant cortege. The
band played " God save tile
,Queen" as her Majesty was
handed into the carriage by the King, and as the cortege
drove off the troops shouted " Vive le Roi ;" " Vice la
Keine d'Angleterre!" A considerable number of people
witnessed the departure and joined in the cheering.
The distance from Eu to Treport is very short. It was
accomplished in less ban half an hour. Great crowds of
people were assembled to witness the embarkation ; in fact,
almost all the population of Eu, strangers included,
seemed to have passed down to 'Frei) rt. As
the royal carriage approached salutes were fired, which
were answered front Eu. All the fishermen of Tre-
port and their fair companions seemed to have poured out to
see the embarkation, and the pretty costume of the women,
with their characteristic caps and short blue petticoats was
not the least interesting part of the scene. Treport looked
quaint and pretty enough in the sunlight, and the sea was
calm and glossy as a lake. The Victoria and Albert lay off
the port, and the Black Eagle, Fairy, and Porcupine at a
little distance. The French steamers, the Calmar', the Cour-
rier, and the Pluton, also lay off the port, and there were
also a few French brigs and other vessels. As the royal car-
riages drove up preceded by an escort ofdragoons, the church
bells rang a merry peal, and salutes were fired. A band stationed
at the landing-place struck up " God save the Queen," and
in a few moments more the King of the French handed
Queen Victoria into a barge lying alonkside, and which im
Inediateiy pulled out to sea. In the same barge with the
Queen were the Prince de Joinville, Prince Albert, Lord
Aberdeen, M. Guizot, and Lord Liverpool. The other
members of the suite followed in other boats. The vessels
in the offing manned their yards, salutes were fired from the
batteries, and the cheers of the people were deafening. By
half-past six the royal party were on board, and under
weigh, and the King of the French, and the other members
of the French Royal Family, returned to Eu.
ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY.
(From the _Herald.)
ADMIRALTY, WEDNESDAY, TWELVE 'O'CLOCK, A m.
A telegraphic t;jsvatch has just announced the Queen's
arrival at Spithead.

GREAT OARS MATCH.
The contest between Messrs Dodd and Allen, of the Ariel
Club, and Messrs. Duplau and Plunket, which has .created
some excitement in tl: aquatic circles, came Won Tuesday
evening. In the first instance, Mr. Peachey was the gen-
tleman matched against the other pair, but in consequence
of the illness of the latter Mr. Allen was substituted by
mutual consent. The distance was from Vauxhall to Putney,
and the prize a pair of very handsome silver oars. At about
half past six thegentlememen moved to their stations, at-
tended by a great number of boats, Dodd and Allen went to
the third arch from the Middlesex side, and their opponents
to the next to the southward, Mr. Teo kindly officiating as
umpire. It was a very good start, but after a few yards
Dodd and Allen showed in advance, gradually drew further
in advance, and wo❑ by twelve or fourteen lengths at least.
Messrs. Duplau and Plunket, although losers, rowed the
stern wager with a great deal of pluck. Shelton took the
latter up, and the scientific Noulton officiated for the win-
ners. Betting was 5 and 6t04 on Messrs. Duplau and Plun-
ket, and the takers, who were eager, we understand, have
picked up a gocd round sum.
BOYTON AND DENCII AND REGAN AND DEVON.—These

landsmen, who have attained some celebrity as oarsmen,
rowed for :0/. on Monday evening, from Westminster to Put-
ney. Regan and partner took the lead, but before they had
got beyond the Howes ofParliament, Dencb, who was rowing
aft in the other boat, lost his oar. He was soon supplied
with another, and having wi? h his partner laid down to the
work in right good earnest, they came up with their oppo
nente at the Red House. Boyton and Dencli then took the
lead, kept it, and won the race.

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DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On Tuesday,
about noon, the passers-by on Blackfriars- bridge were considerably
3i alarmed by a married woman, named Harriet Cellgrove, residing
• in Parson's•court, Bride-lane, attempting self-destruction, by
jumping oft' that bridge into the river in a most deliberate manner.
The unhappy creature,
It seems, was noticed by several persons
wandering over the bridge in a somewhat excited state, and, on
reaching the recess of the second arch on the Surrey side, she
deliberately mounted the seat, thence on to the balustrade, and
threw herself over. It being low water, where she fell was scarcely
covered ; and, being perceived struggling, two watermen, named
Munr and Miller, immediately went to her aid. On being re-
moved to the Royal Humane Society's House, in UPPer Ground..
street, although no bones were broken, she was found to be fright.
fully lacerated about the body, and the police instantly conveyed
her to St._Bartholomew's Hospital, where she remains in a very
had state. The cause of her attempting the rash act is said to be
domestic unhappiness.
SUICIDE.-011 Tuesday forenoon Mr. G. I. Mills
held an inquest at the Swan Tavern, Fulham,
on the body of Mr.
34 Joseph Ticknor, aged 56, a builder, of No. 1, Mos nington-street,
Hampstead-road. The deceased had for some time past been la-
bouring under an affection of the head, which of late had impaired
his faculties. About a month ago he was missing from home three
days, and was eventually found at Rochester, not having partaken
of food since he had left home. Mr. Smeethurst, surgeon, had
since attended him, and he appeared a little better. On Saturday
morning last he left home about eleven o'clock, and was not again
seen until a quarter before six on Sunday morning, when he was
observed walking in a disconsolate mood in a meadow on the banks
of the Thames, adjoining the Bishop of London's Palace, at Ful-
ham, and in about half an hour afterwards a labouring man found
his walking -stick and hat lying on the bank close to the water's
edge. Suspecting some one had destroyed himself he gave an
alarm, and in about ten minutes the deceased's body was found In
the creek running out of the Thames, quite dead. His coat was
missing, and has not since been heard of. A pocket-book was dis-
covered in the deceased's hat, in which the following lines were
found written by the deceased :—" Oh, God, protect my poor wife
and family. May he forgive me, but I cannot help it.—J. The-
m." Verdict, " Temporary inn:lily."
11ARBOURS OF REFUGE IN IRELAND.—On Friday
Captain Washington, R.N , ene of the Commissioners ap-
pointed by Government for inquiring into the means of im-
proving tidal harbours, and ascertaining the best positions for
harbours of refuge, sat in the grand jury room at the Court-
house, and examined several wanes-es in pursuance of his in-
quiry regarding the harbour of Wexford. The investigation
was opened about eleven o'clock. The Commissioner was
occupied in receiving evidence until four o'clock, when he
closed the inquiry, after having examined as the last witness
Captain Fraser, R. N , the Government Surveyor of Coasts and
Harbours. The Court was an open one, and the Commissioner,
repeatedly during the inquiry, and again at the close, invited
suggestions from all parties, and professed his willingness to
hear any complaints that might be preferred. On Friday he
is to hold a similar inquiry at Kilmore.— Wexford Independent.
BRANDLING JUNCTION RAILWAY.—Third-class car-
riages have this week been run on the Brandling Junction
Railway, and will be continued with every train in future. The
fare from Sunderland to Newcastle is 9d., and to Shields 4d.,
so that the working classes can travel between these places at a
most reasonable cost. 'I his further accommodation to the
public was promptly arranged by George Hudson, Ans.,
the moment he knew that it would be considered an ad-
vantage to the district. The subject was brought under
Mr. Hudson's notice last week by Mr. Johnassohn, of
Sunderland. Arrangements have also been made by which
the inhabitants of Sunderland, Shields, &c., will have the full
benefit of the express train for the south, which leaves in tile
morning at a quarter to nine, so as to book for all parts of the
south. These will be great advantiges to the Sunderland
people, for which they are entirely indebted to Mr. Hudson,
their active and highly influential Parliamentary repreeenta-
tive.—Durham Advertiser.
Ism,: or Lswis.—On Wednesday, the 27th of
August, a public entertainment was given by the inhabitants of
Lewis to Mr. Matheson, M.P.,the proprietor, in the Mason's
Hall, Stornaway, Mr. Morison, banker, in the chair. After the
usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been given, the Hon. Member,
in returning thanks for his health, expressed his determination to
IA draw forth the native energies of the Highlanders, and endeavour
• to rebut the imputation which had been cast upon them of being
adverse to the adoption of improvements. With this view, he had
made up his mind to engage a Highland factor, and employ High.
lenders on all occasions, and he bad every reason to congratulate
himself on having adopted that course. The company broke up at
a late.hour, after hiving been addressed by Colonel Baillie, M.P.,
Mr. Smith, of Deanston, and Professor Gordon, the proceedings
being marked throughout with great warmth of feeling and en-
thusiasm.
HE LATE REVOLTING DEATII IN A BROTHEL--
InireriercaTiorr Or THE BODE.—Tuesday morning a middle-aged
woman, of respectably appearance, waited upon the parochial
authotities, for the purpose of being shown the wearing apparel
lett off by the man, unknown, who died in a brothel, in Plum-
Wer's.row, Commercial.road East, early on Tuesday morning last.
On being shown the articles, the poor woman immediately fell into
hysterics. On recovering nom the At, she stated hat her
band's name name was James Williamson, a basket-maker, and that he
belonged to Hull not Birmingham. She had been married to him
a consitierable time, and was the mother of seven children. Since
the inquest on the body, on Thursday evening, the parish autho-
rities have commenced proceedings against the avowed tenants of
the houses of ill-fame to rluminer's-row, with a view to their ex-
tirpation.

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TH.FI s rte, LON‘DONI_TfIURSDA 17 MORNING, SPPTEM'BER 1845.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RUGBY, DERBY, AND MANCHESTER.

DERBY, TUESDAY EVENING.—This afternoon a public
meeting of the inhabitants of Derby and its neigh-
bourhood was held at the Town-hall, Derby, to hear
from the promoters of the line a statement with respect
to its route, and the benefits it was likely to confer on
the town. Most of the neighbouring gentry were pre-
sent, and a large number of the trade men of the town.
The Right .Worshipful the Mayor presided, and in
opening tbe: business of the' herbydaz, said by iad atrug
gled leng'tigainst the advantages had been held
otit to its more fortunate neigLbours, and thei:e was not
one iradesman in the town who would not heartily
join in supporting the line. The proposed line would
proceed direct from London to Manchester, coming from
London to Rugby along the London and Birmingham
line, and proceeding from Rugby by Hinckley, through
Market Bosworth and Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Derby,
thence to Ashbourne, by Leek to Macclesfield and
Stockport, and Stockport and Manchester Railways into
Manchester. The principle of the railway was to obtain
a direct through line between some of the most
important districts of the kingdom, with the least,
possible amount of new railway, and c, nstquently the
smallest expenditure. It would also establish the
shortest direct communication between Derby and Lon-
don, Sheffield and London, and between all the towns
on the North Midland Railway and London. The line
would open a direct communication between Manchester
and Derby, and would considerably shorten the distance
between Manchester and Nottingham, and Manchester
and Leicester. Various schemes had been set on foot
for the joint accommodation of London, Manchester, and
Derby, but the line in whose behalf they had met pos.
seated considerable advantages over them all. In this
case only 75 lines of railway would have to be made, in
place of 185, the number proposed by the other Com-
panies. The whole line of railway from Rugby to Man-
chester would be completed and in working order within
ten months from the passing of the Act of Parliament,
which the promoters felt confident they would without
difficulty obtain. These, he believed, were the prin-
cipal facts connected with the proposed scheme, which
were peculiarly interesting to Derby, and which would
claim from the inhabitants their warm co-operation and
support.

lir. BREWER, the solicitor of the Company, stated
that Mr. Charles Blount, the engineer, hail made his
report on the line, and his statements were thoroughly
satisfactory. The tunnels were not of great length, the
earth works not of great difficulty or extent, the gra-
dients were easy, and in many parts of the line favour-
able for the construction of railways. It might be an-
nounced as a fact that the Rugby, Derby, and Manches-
ter Railway presented the extraordinary feature that any
part of its line, between any of its termini, would return
a profit as a local line.

Mr. BLOUNT, C.E , said, so far as the survey had gone,
preliminarily, be had encountered no difficulties. The
places actually upon the line were Rugby, Harborough
Magna, Monk's Kirby, Hinckley, Dadlington, Market
Bosworth, Heather, Ashby-de-la-'touch, Staunton Arrold,
Calk, Spring Wood, Melbourne, Stanton, Swarkes, Nor-
man ton, Derby, Mackworth, Bow bridge-fields, Mapple ton,
Calton, Leek, and Macclesfield. A large number of im-
portant towns and villages were immediately adjacent. He
would pledge his professional character to the fact that
the proposed line presented no more than the ordinary
difficulty. The gradients presented no feature Parlia-
mentarily objectionable. The protnottrs of the other
line could not accomplish their object under four or five
years. This line could be formed in ten months, and at
a far less expense than any of the others.
Considerable opposition to the line was manifested,
but eventually resolutions were adopted expressive of
strong approval of the scheme, and pledging the meeting
to use their exertions in its support.