The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

RAILWAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

An analysis of all railway companies registered to the
31st October, 1845, was published in the Supplement of the
Times yesterday, and occupied five columnl. We extract
the following summary of the elaborate compilation

RAILWAYS COMPLETED. £
On account of which the shareholders have 48,043,563
paid up
The shareholders have borrowed on debentures,
loan notes, and mortgages

47 companies completed ... ..... ... 70,680,977
RAILWAYS IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR WHICH

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.

On account of these the shareholders have paid
up
And to complete the same according to the esti-
mates, will have to pay the further subscribed
sum of 44,927,170
Parliament having in all cases given the power
to borrow one-third more, this will probably
be further increased by the sum of

118 lines and branches in course of execution £67,359,325
RAILWAYS PROJECTED.
Of 218 of these the amount of deposit stated in
the prospectus is five per cent. and a per
centage for expenses. A large propor-
tion of this class received their deposits
before the resolution of the Lords was
passed, and others since, amounting to 11,171,727
To comply with the resolution of the
Lords, a further payment of five per
cent. must be made, amounting to about 9,595,464
402 a deposit of ten per cent. is required,
which many of them have received ; the
whole, if paid, will amount to 38,369,109
613 Have not registered their prospectuses

1,263 Companies. Total of deposits required £59,136,300
Being ten per cent. on 563,303,0001., and five
per cent. for Parliamentary expences.

CAPITAL INVESTED.

Capital actually paid up and invested in rail-
ways completed
Capital paid up on failways in course of execu-
tion and sanctioned by Parliament 6,432,155
Capital required to pay the deposits on new
projects . 59,136,300

Total capital invested £113,612,018
LIABILITIES OF SHAREHOLDERS
Borrowed on the security of railways com-
pleted
Incurred in respect of railways in course of exe-
cution
To carry out the new projects, deducting the
amount of deposits paid or required to be paid 506,882,706

Total liabilities £590,447,490

BIRMINGHAM, LICHFIELD, AND MANCHESTER.—A numer-
ous and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Sutton
Coldfleld was held on Friday last, J. P. Oates, Esq., the
warden, in the chair, to consider the proposed line of the
Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway. Amongst
the gentlemen present were the Rev. R. Mendham,
the Rev. J. Packwood, Messrs. Holbeche, Horton, Baron
Webster, V. Holbeche, Eccleston, Oughton, R. Sadler,
Proctor, Bodington, Kempson, and indeed most persons of
respectablity in the town and neighbourhood. Several very
spirited speeches were made, and the meeting, which was
unanimous in the expression of indignation at the manner in
which they considered the inhabitants to have been treated
by the company, as well as anxious for an advantageous
railway communication, stated, in the most decided terms,
their determination to oppose any line through the parish
which did not afford the necessary accommodation to the
town. A Committee was appointed to take such steps as
might be requisite, and it was understood that no effort
would be spared to make the opposition effectual. Letters
upon the subject, with copies of the resolutions, were for-
warded the same night, to Sir R. Peel and other influential
freeholders in the parish, to the Members for the county, and
to several gentlemen at Erdington and Shenstone, the co-
operation of which places appears to be confidently looked for.
NEWCASTLE AND DARLINLTON JUNCTION AND DURHAM
AND SUNDERLAND RAILIVAY.—It is intended by the first-
named Company, who, as our readers are aware, have pur-
chased the line, &c., of the latter, to hare no less than seven
new branches in connnexion with their railway:-
1. A railway commencing in the township of Pensher, by a
junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and
terminating by a junction with the Durham and Sunderland
Railway, in the parish of Sunderland.
2. A railway out of the last-mentioned railway to Paw-
cett- street, Bishopwearmouth, where it is intended to build a
splendid station for passengers and goods.
3. A railway out of the first-mentioned branch to form a
junction with the railways belonging to the trustees of the
late Countess of Durham and the belonging
Coal Company in
the township of Bishopwearmouth.

A raifiray commencing in the township of Norton
Grange, by a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington
Railway, and terminating by a junction with the Durham
and Sunderland laailway, in the township of Hetton-le-Hole.
5. A railway commencing in the parish of -Pittington, by
a junction with the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and
terminating at Bishop Auckland, by a junction with the
Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway.
6. A railway commencing at Shincliffe by a junction with
the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, and terminating
either in the parish of St. Nicholas or the parish of St. Os-
wald, Durham.

7. A railway commencing by a junction with the New-
castle and Darlington Railway, near Shincliffe, and termi-
nating near the village of Shineliffe, in the parish of St. Os-
wald, Durham.
These branches will be a source of wealth to the districts
through which they are intended to pass.

EGYPT.
PRESENTATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S PORTRAIT
TO THE VICEROY.
CAI no, Ocr. 24.—This day the presentation of the Queen
of England's portrait to his Highness, Mehemet Ali Pacha,
took place.
As 'soon as the Viceroy learnt that her most gracious Ma-
jeaty had directed that her portrait should be presented to his
Highness, he expressed the liveliest satisfaction, and even des
layed his departure from Alexandria several days, hoping that
it might arrive by the steamer Great Liverpool - but it only
reached that port on the 21st inst., by the Iberia, been
sent to Malta by a special messenger, and was instantly for-
warded here. Its official presentation has just taken place, by
Col. Barnett, her Majesty's Consul-General and political agent,
attended by Mr. Warne, her Majesty's Consul at Cairo, and the
principal English residents. The deputation was received by the
Viceroy with military honours, all the great officers of state
being present. The portrait was placed in the Viceroy's
hands by Colonel Barnett, who at the same time made an ap •
propriate speech. His Highness received the gift standing,
kissed it, raised it to his head, placed it on his own throne,
and then sat down below it. He expressed to Colonel Barnett,
through the chief Dragoman, the he irtfelt gratification he
experienced on the occasion. assuring him that he had always
felt the highest regard for England, and that it was his con-
staia desire to do everything in his power to retain her
friendship and good opinion.
The Viceroy on this occasion made several promotions in
his military and civil services.
The Viceroy has just been compelled to issue an order,:pro-
hibiting for the present the export from Egypt of any kind
of grain, in consequence of the crops generally being ex-
tremely short, so that it becomes necessary in a wise ruler
to take effectual measures to retain in his own territory
sufficient sustenance for the people he rules over, to pre-
vent excessively high prices, or perhaps even the evils of a
famine.