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

be paid on the 13th of October, and after that on the Ist of
January and lstof July in each year.

The Grand Junction have brought out from their works
at Crewe several new luggage vans for leading carriages to
the passenger trains, heavier and longer than any hitherto
in use, and having boxes for the guards, who will thus be
protected from the weather. These vans, it is said, will be
a great protection from accident, and the passengers will be
safe from danger from the engine. The Company are now
constructing some carriages with six wheels and brace
spiings, which, it is calculated, will be more easy and safer
than those with four.

The Manchester and Birmingham have reduced their first
and second-class fares, the latter from ss. 6d. to 4s. 4d., and
the former from 7s. 6d. to ss. 6d.

On nearly all the southern, and some other railways, a
practice now prevails of issuing day tickets, by which indi-
viduals can proceed from one town to another and return on
the same day at one-third less than the usual charge; they
can also leave home on Saturday and return on the following
Monday, at the same reduced rate.
The total number of passengers that reached the Swinton
station for the Doncaster races amounted to 3,379,
being B'oo more than last year. The receipts for their con-
♦eyance amounted to 1,1001., and the increase of passengers on
the whole line, for seven days, exceeded 2,000.
The Directors of the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire
Junction, have decided on forming a united Company with
the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England
Union Railway, under the name of the Northumberland and
Lancashire Junction Railway. The shareholders will be en-
titled to two shares of twenty pounds in the new Company,
in exchange for each share in the present Company.
SALISBURY.—At the last meeting of the Town Council, tcP
1 consider which line from Manchester to Salisbury should be
supported, the line first proposed to the public was Mr.
WalkinShaw's ; subsequently a line was started by Mr.
Lacy. On a division the numbers stood thus :—For Walk-
inshaw's line, 11.—Mr. Brodie, Dr. Finch, Messrs. Alford,
Smith, Cooper, Cobb, Brownjohn, Charles Finch, Lucas,
Fulford, Minty. For Lacy's line, 12.—The mayor (Mr.
Kelsey), Messrs. Stevens, Cother, Hussey, Pain, Hetley,
Brown, Blackmore, jun., Mackrell, Everett, Foot, Minty.
Messrs. Pain. and Hetley are directors of Lacy's line, and
if these be deducted, as interested parties, Walkinshaw's
line had a majority of disinterested votes.
Mr. Walker, the engineer, has announced that it is per-
fectly practicable to form a double line between Newbury and
Bath, and at the same time to preserve the navigation.
TYE WELSH MIDLAND.—Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr.
Gibbs, the engineers to this Company, are now engaged in
surveying the line, definitely fixing all matters of detail, and
determining the case with which the Company shall enter
Parliament. Mr. Stephenson proceeded to Worcester on
Wednesday last, and will, with the assistance of Mr. Gibbs,
inspect the whole line.
Connected with the express trains on the Manchester and
Birmingham, a lead;ng carriage is attached to the tender for
the use of the guard, who, in future, will be protected from
the keen air. It is laden, with three tons of irod, to prevent
the train from oscillating.
The Leeds and Bradtbrd have voted 2001. to the " mis-
sionaries" ministering amongst the workmen on their line.
CHESTERFIELD AND GAINSBOROUGIL—A meeting has just
been held at Chesterfield ; Mr. C. Cottesham in the chair.
There were present several canal proprietors and gentlemen
from Retford. A discussion took place, which ended in a
determination to carry out the project.
GLOUCESTER AND FOREST OF DEAN...4)11 Saturday a
meeting of parties interested in the development of the re-
sources of the Forest of Dean, was held at Gloucester, for the
purpose of securing a communication, by means of the pro-
posed lines, with the mineral districts of the Forest.

AMALGAMATION OF THE DUBLIN AND BELFAST

AND GREAT COUNTY DOWN LINES.YThe 'following, we understand, are the terms of this ama]
gamation

1. The line of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Company
is to be continued from a point north of Newry, direct to
Belfast, there to meet the line of the Great County Down
Company, that is to proceed by way of Downpatrick—the
two lines to have a common terminus at Belfast, which is to
be erected at the joint expense of the two Companies. The
Junction line is to be carried from Newry to Belfast, in a
direction almost parallel with the existing mail-coach-road
—that is to say, on by the Loughbricklands, through Ban-
bridge and Dromore, to Hillsborough, there to diverge to
the north-eastward, and proceed right up to Belfast quay.
2. The Great County Down Company is to subscribe to the
Dublin and Belfast Junction Company one-half of the capital
necessary for constructing their direct extension line from
Newry to Belfast : the former company to receive, in propor-
tion to the capital thus invested by them, one-half of the pro-
fits of the whole line of the Dublin and Belfast Junction
Company, from Drogheda to Belfast. •
3. The making of the line, from or near Newry to Belfast,
is to be entrusted to the Dublin and Belfast Junction Com-
pany, with such a proportion of the directory of the Great
County Down Company, placed on the management of the
Junction, as shall be equal to a fair representation of the
amount of the capital invested.
4. The Great County Down Company is to be entrusted to
make the line from Newry to Warrenpoint, and the line from
Newry to Belfast, by way of Downpatrick, together with that
part of the main trunk line which is to extend from the com-
mon terminus at Belfast to the harbour and packet-station of
Donaghadee.
5. The two companies undertake mutually to co-oporate,
and to the utmost of their power to render each other assist-
ance, in carrying their respective Bills entire through both
Houses of Parliament.

By the proposed line, a direct communication between
Edinburgh and Dublin, with only two hours' sea-passage,
will be established; the passengers, &c., conveyed to Dona-
ghadee by the trains of the Junction and Great County Down
Companies, and thence by the mail-packets to Portpatrick,
proceeding to the Scottish metropolis by the trains of the
British and Irish Union.

The Midland Great Western (Dublin to Galway) Direct
Company announce an extension from Mullingar to Galway,
in connexion with the line from Ballinasloe to Kilkenny, and
that arrangements have been made for securing the co-opera-
tion of the English Grand Junction Company, who have
agreed to take 2,000 shares. Messrs. Moss, Mozeley, and
Sandars, Directors of the Grand Junction, have been added
to the directory.

THE IRISH Lmas.—The following statistical summary
shows that the total length of new lines granted last session,
and now in progress of formation, amounts to 613 miles, and
the total capital to be outlayed in the employment of labour
in their formation to 7,465,00(1!.:—8e1fa5t and Ballymena, :37i
miles, capital 385,0004 ; Cork and Bandon, 20h miles, capital
240,000/. ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 734 miles, capital
950,000/. ; Dublin and Drogheda, 31 miles, capital 40,0001. ;
Dundalk and Enniskillen, 404 miles, capital 750,000/. ; Great
Southern and Western, 98f miles, capital, 1,200,000/. ; Great
Western (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone), 71 miles,
capital 1,000,0001.. ' Londonderry and Coleraine, 39 miles,
capital 500,0001.; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 56A miles,
capital 500,000/. ; Newry and Enniskillen, 55i miles, capital
900,000/. ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 374 miles, capital
250,0001. ; Waterford and Limerick, 78 miles, capital 750,000/.
•Total : 613 miles, capital 7,465,0001.

DEPOSITS UPON RAILWAY PROJECTS.—As the end
of the year is now approaching, numberless conjectures are
afloat as to the time and manner in which the large deposits
accruing upon railway projects must be placed in the hands
of the Accountant-General. At a moderate estimate the
sums which will thus have to be provided *mount to no lesg
than 30,000,0001. sterling, more than the whole circulation of
the Bank of England, and, perhaps, three times as much as
could be withdrawn at any one time without seriously embar-
rassing the whole currency of the country. From the result
of the most careful inquirieson this subject, we can state that
there is not an individual in the City, however exper)enced
in monetary affairs, who is able satisfactorily to his own
mind, to explain how this money is to be provided, especially
if a large proportion is called for at the same time,
which is likely to be the case. The question, there-
fore, universally asked, and which would probably puzzle
the Accountant-General himself to answer, is, how much
would be wanted at once, and what would be done with it

when in his possession? At present the money arising from
railway deposits, instead of making any scarcity, rather in-
creases the previous abundance, because it passes into the
hinds of the various -.hankers to the railway companies, who,
of course, employ it again to the extent to which they con-
sider they may safely and prudently do so. According to
general conjecture, the month of k ebruary being that in
which Parliament opens, will be the time on which a large
portion of the money will, in due course, be required ; but
the subject will demand the most vigilant attention on the
part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in regulating its
progress, and it is thought by many that it may prove an
over-match for the utmost degree of caution which the Trea-
sury can exercise.—Times.
DEMOLITION OF TIRE NEW PRISON.—This build-
ing was erected so far back as the reign of James 11. It
was intended to hold a much less number originally than it
has afforded room for latterly, two wings having been added
to it, at an expense of nearly 40,000/. The building is now
being removed, and in its place a model prison will be erected,
from the design of Major Jebb, Mr. Wentworth Russell, and
Mr. Crawford, the prison inspectors. The new building will
contain separate cells, and the number of prisoners for which
provision will be made is estimated at 270, including both
sexes. The officers will wear uniforms, as at the Pentonville
and Alillbank prisons, and will be subject to the same kind
of military discipline. Mr. Grimsdell, of Sun-street, Bishops-
gate, is the builder, and his contract amounts to 30,0001.,
independent of the old building materials, which are calcu-
lated to be of the value of from 10,0001. to 12,000/. The
builder is under terms to complete the prisoner in eighteen
months from the present time. m

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.—On Saturday at the met-
ing of this vestry, the answer of the Poor-law Commissioners
to the depuation respecting the proposed asylums for the
houseless poor was read by the vestry-clerk. The substance
of the reply was, that having considered the remonstrances of
the deputation, the Commissioners saw no reason why they
should alter their determination. Mr. Mechi then moved
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that all matters should be referred to the committee already
appointed. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr.
Ridgway then brought forward a motion for a return of the
number of policemen employed in St. John's-wood. He said
he had made inquiries as to the number of men preambulat-
ing that district, and had been informed that there were five
by day and twenty-five by night. He did not think that
was sufficient for the class of houses and the money obtained
from them. He also wished to ascertain the amount of poor's
rates levied upon the houses, and desired that application
should be made to the Commissioners for this information.
The motion was agreed to.
IMPUDENT FRAUD.—On Saturday afternoon the
following impudent fraud was successfully played off upon
Misa Dorcas Jones, a maiden lady, residing in North-row,
Gray's Inn-lane :—Two men brought her a letter, purport-
ing to be from her nephew, Mr. Alfred Jones, informing her
that he was then a prisoner in a sponging house, in Chan-
cery-lane, for a debt of 30/. 145., and imploring her to advance
him that sum, so that he might obtain his liberation and be
able to attend his father's funeral. Miss Jones, who is an
aged lady, was so worked upon by the artful representations
of the fellows, that she placed the money in their hands to
liberate her nephew. Mr. Jones called upon his aunt in the
evening, when the fraud was discovered, and, from the writ-
ing of the note being an exact counterpart of Mr. Jones's, it
is suspected that some acquaintance, who has had opportu-
nities of observing it, has concocted this impudent fraud.
DUNGENESS, SEPT. 25.—The broken pieces of the
hull of the Austrian brig Sole (about 200 tons burden, A.
Portwitch master), wrecked near Juriesgut, were sold by
auction on the 18th inst., with boards, empty casks, and other
materials. Two of the men have been washed ashore out of
the seven drowned at Dungeness, one corpse having been
picked up in each bay. The cargo consisted of currants and
bay-berries, and was much damaged, but little being saved.
—Dover Chrohiele.

SUICIDE IN A WA:nu-BUTT.—Yesterday morning,
between seven and eight o'clock, a determined suicide was
discovered to have been committed by a female sixty years
of age, named Mary Laycock, residing in Crown-street, Soho-
square. A lodger in the home having :gone into the back
yard for the purpose of filling a tea-kettle of water from the
water-butt,discovered the unfortunate woman's heels hanging
over the side .of the butt, and her head, downwards in the
water. An alarm being raised, the body was got out, but
life had been some time extinct. Not any cause is assigned
for the committal of the rash act.