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

NOVEMBER 18, 1845.

. RAILWAY STA tB.E MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17.
STocK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead and Holy-
head .function, .1!.,„:,-Birkenheati, Lancashire, and Checht; e,
*8;,;;-Briti,11 and Iri,h Union, Wigan, and
Liverpool, 2S-Caledonian, 1014-Cambri:ige and Lincoln,
.4N -Chester ami Birk,nhead,Jralf Shares, 24-Ditto, New
L 2U/. Shares, 81i-Chester and Blanchester Direct, :t-Clydes-
dale Juir._,;ion, 1814 -Derby and Crewe, 594-Edinburgh and
Perth, SX-Glasgow and -Belfast Union, 3-Glasgow, Perth,
and Greenock, 21%-Dittr., HA( Shares, 1014-Grand Junc-
tion, 230-Ditto, New Quarter Share, 31-Ditto, 40/. Shares
QL. M.), 554-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 14-Ditto,
uarter Shate,, 91s. 3d.-Great Eastern and Western, 3-
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 24-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and
Preston, VA-London and Birmingham, :121. Shares, 41%.---
Ditto, Fifth Shares, 21 2-London and York, 935. 9d.-
. Direct Northern, 415.-Leetis and Thirsk, 13 lA-Manchester
and Birmingham, 731/2-Manchester and Southampton, 3%
-Midland, 144-Pi!to, 401. Shares, 211 A-North British,
Carli,le Branch, 3!4-North Union (A), 205-North Staf-
fordshire, 5%-Nnr.ll Wales Mineral, New Shares, 474-
Sheffieldand Manchester, 125-Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 2,
124-South-Eastern and Dover, 37-Ditto, New Shares,
N. 1, 153/ --Ditto, Consolidated Half Shares, 41/4g-West
Riding Utii,m, 7,4-Dublin and Galway, 4-Dutch Rhenish,
8-Paris and Lyons ( Latitte),
ALASCHESTEIf, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The hales are-Goole, Doncaster,
Sheffield, &c , 625.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 20
-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 525.-Leicester and Tam-
worth, 425.- Manchester and Bury 'Atmospheric, 265.-
North British, Carlisle Branch, 3!/2-North Staffordshire;
5/. 175.-Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 114- Oxf;rd,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1674-Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire Junction, 4-Sheffield and Manchester Quarters,
No. 3, 57 ii-West Riding Union, 71. 2s.
LEEDS, Nov. 17.
SrocK EXCHANGE.-ne sales are-Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 124-Leeds and Bradford, 42%-Ditto, Extension,
37%-Leeds and Dewsbury, 19. c. n.-Leeds and Thirsk,
131 A-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 34-Cambridge
and Lincoln, 44- Direct Northern, 2/. Is.-London
and York (13awtry), 37g-West Riding Union, 71-
East Lincolnshire, 2!4i-Grand Union, Bs. p.-Lancashire
and North Yorkshire, 10s. p.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct,
ss. dis.-Leeds and York, par-Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, 314 p.-North Western, 3%-Notting-
ham, Erewash, and Anm.gate, 3-South Midlands, 3% p.
-Wakefield and Bradford, 4s. p.-Wakefield and Harro-
gate, 19s. p.-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, ss. p. •
BRISTOL, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter,
83-Caledonian, 101, for cash-Eastern Counties, 203 -
Manchester and Southampton, 334-Midland, 144-Ditto,
New, 22%-North Devons, 2-Wilts, Somerset, and Wey-
mouth, 4th.

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SHEFFIELD, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London ar.d Windsor,
18s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, WA—Wakefield and Har-
rogate, 2%.

HULL, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Croydon,
22—Grimsby Dock Extension, 6—North British, Carlisle,
3%—Derby and Gainsborough, I%—Dudley, Madelcy, and
Iron Bridge, 2/. 13s. 6d.—Grand Union, 11/2—Hull and
Barnsley Junction, 25s.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle Junction, s—London and York, 41/2—Nottingham and
Boston, 21. 18s. 9d.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junc-
tion, 2%—Wakefield and Bradford, 21. 16s,—Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union, 23.

YORK, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lington, 56h—Ditto, Brandling, 46—York and North Mid-
land Extension, 2634—Newcastle and Berwick, 131/2—North
British, Dalkeith, 534—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 314—
London and York, 4%—Cambridge and Lincoln, 4—Coven-
trr, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester, 11. 148.—Grand
Union, 11. 14s.—Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 3s. p.—Lanca-
shire and North Yorkshire, 234—Welsh Midland, 2%.

DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHES

TE R RAILWAY.

As a small Ere of small articles and long advertisements
are continually kept up by means of the press, in addition to
various false reports industriously spread on the Stock Ex-
change and elsewhere, by interested and hostile parties,
with a view to injure this line in public opinion, and to do as
much mischief as evil intentions Sand perseverance are able to
accomplish, it becomes necessary as frequently to disabuse
the public mind en the subject. One of the great objects has
been to discredit the declaration signed by the engineers that
" they would be ready to deposit their plans ;" this has been
again and again refuted by the joint declarations of the en-
gineers, advertised and re-advertised in the public journals. A
second attempt has been made to insinuate that the Directors Of I
the two Companies are not harmonious. We are enabled to
state, upon the best authority, that this report, too, is wholly,
groundless; that the Directors of the two Boards act in per-
fect unison with each other, and have the best of reasons to
believe th.st all that has been promised will be fully realised.

We do not doubt that the writer -of an article
in the liai'way Chronicle of last week, " had good
reasons of his own for giving the warning he did;"
but even according to his account, the Direct London
at:d Manchester Company have got everything ne-
cessary for success—engineers, surveys, and surveyors.
Perhaps one might surmise that the writerreferred to one who
signed " Gone to the Devil," in the Times—the scribe of the
article just mentioned—and the individual so zealously and
virtuously interested for the hard case and impending fate of
the scripholders, is merely the same individual under the
variety of garbs necessary for the occasion.
If the agreement against which all this virtuous and dis-
interested indignation is expended be really executed "in
defiance of all legal and moral obligations, and the interests
of the scripholders have been sacrificed in any respect, it
would occur to every man of common sense that the discon-
tented portion of the shareholders, whether solicitors or
others, shou'd call a public meeting of the shareholders,
point out to them the manner in which their interests have
been sacrificed, and thus obtain some substantial ground of
complaint. This would, at least, be a straightforward course.
We repeat, .upon the best authority, that the reports re-
ferred to, with others of a similsr kind, are wholly without
foundation; that the two Boards act most harmoniously
together; and that there is not the least doubt of being fully
in time for compliance with the standing orders.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EXETER AND WEYMOUTH.

WEvittorrn, Nov. 17.—A very numerous and highly in-
fluential meeting was held this day in the Guildhall, to take
into consideration a proposed scheme of coast railway com-
munication between Weymouth 'and Exeter. Among those
present we observed R. Gordon, Etq., Captain Manning,
William, Esq., Gooden, Esq., IL Urquhart, Esq., Tre-
now, Esq., Arnold, Esq., Phillips, Esq., Capt. Balaton
John Cree, Esq., Swaffield, Esq., Messrs. Templar, Gundry:
and Battiscombe, from Bridport ; John Henning, Esq., Ad-
miral Hancock, Lieut. Atkinson, Dr. Martin, Mr. John F.
Hodges, Dr. Knight, &c. &c., and the principal tradesmen
of the town.

The present was an adjourned meeting from Monday, Nov
3, at NI hich meeting a deputation of the Exeter, Dorchester.
and Weymouth Coast line attended, and stated their views
and intentions. This led to a very warm and lengthened
discussion, the majority being of opinion that, if the'meeting
sanctioned the propossed coast line, it would not be acting in
good faith to the Grat Western Company, by whom the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill had been Ob-
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tained ; and who, in addition, had announced their intention
of constructing a coast line from Exeter to Bridport, there to
join the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line. At length the
following amendment was mutually agreed to:
That the meeting should be adjourned to Monday, the
17th Nov., in order to afford the Directors of the Wilts, So-
merset, and Weymouth Railway an opportunity of attending
and explaining their views to the inhabitants."

Accordingly the meeting was this day held; the following
gentlemen appearing as a deputation on behalf of the Exeter
Dorchester, end Weymouth Coast line :—Mr. Crew, Mr:
Hopkins, engineer, Edward Strick, Esq., solicitor to the line;
and the following represented the Great Western Company—
Sir John Aubrey, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey-
mouth Railway, Sanders, Secretary to the Great Western
Company ; Slade, Esq., Director of the Great Western
Company ; Brunel, engineer, and Barlow, Esq.,
Director of the Great Western Company.
The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Wm. Legg, Esq.,
the late Mayor, who, having read the resolution by which
the meeting was convened, called on the gentlemen repre-
senting the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line.
WM. ELIOT, Esq., desired to impress on the inhabitants of
Weymouth the importance of the object which had called
them together. He retraced the history of railway projec-
tions to the town of Weymouth, which commenced at a
public meeting held a year since, having reference to the mail
packets. It was there stated that other watering-places were
reaping their full benefit from railways, and that it was high
time to stir themselves to the formation of a railway commu-
nication to Weymouth. He, with the Mayor and some others,
held a correspondence on the subject with Mr. Brunel and
other officers of the Great Western Company, who fell into
their views most cordially. The correspondence and conference
with them resulted, as is known, in their offering them a line
of'railway known as the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway. Since then this Bill had passed into law. The
Southampton and Dorchester line had also passed into law ;
so that they were now in a different position from what they
then were. He would take this opportunity of stating to the
gentlemen of the Great Western Company that considerable
dissatisfaction has been felt at the protracted delay in the
construction of the line from Weymouth—(Hear, hear.)
But he had no doubt that those gentlemen would be prepared
to give a satisfactory explanation of the cause of that de-
lay.—(Hear.) He could not forbear impressing on them the
necessity, the urgent necessity of an early opening of the
line, more especially as the Southampton and Dorchester
line was in rapid progress, and which will, when com-
pleted, cause a diversion of the trade from the port of
Weymouth to the port of Poole. He referred to
the thrmation of a company for constructing docks at Ply-
mouth. Where was there a port more eligible for a large
export and import trade than Weymouth—from- its proxi-
mity to the Channel Islands, to the south of France; and
especially, when taken in conjunction with the proposed Go-
vernment harbour of refuge at Portland roads. He hoped
that measures would be immediately taken for the formation
of a dock company. As regards the conduct of the Great
Western Company towards Weymouth, it has been mos
honourable throughout ;—while other lines refused to pass
over Ridgway-hill, they came forward with a scheme just
suited to their wants. As this was an important matter,
he hoped that their decision would be such as should pro-
mote the best interests of Weymouth.
Sir Jonx A1.713RF,Y, Director of the Great Western Com-
pany, stated that he was not aware until then of any dis-
satisfaction existing on account of the delay in commencing
the works. He was not a director of the Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth Railway, but was a director of the Great
Western Company; but their interests were intimately con-
nected. Ho would leave Mr. Brunel to reply to the ques-

tion of delay, excepting that he was quite sure that the only
cause was the extreme pressure of business. He thought
that the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway should not
be behind the Southampton and Dorchester. He regardel
Weyrre..uth as an important port, and particularly so when
taken in connexion with the proposed harbour of refuge. He
thought that the Back Water a:, Weymouth might be ren-
dered serviceable for docks, and doubted not but that the Di-
rectors of the Great Western Company and the Wilts, So
mersct, and Weymouth Railway would see that it sye s to
their own interests so to in rave the port. It was well
known that the Government would prefer Weymouth as the
route to the Channel. Islands rather than Southampton.
Parily in conjunction with the Wilts, Somcrsst, and Wey-
meuth Railway, the Great Western have projected a line
from Bridport to Exeter, with branches to Axminster and
Honiton. This was the present road traffic, and he thought
that no other hne that could be projected would give greater
advantages to the public.
Mr. Beamse said that no further delay in the construction
of the Wilt-, Somerset, and Weymouth line had taken place
than what was consequent on a line of such magnitude. In no
line with which he was cenaected had the works been coin•
menced in less time than would be the case with the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth. It was true that some lines had
male their contracts before apidying to Parliament, and pro-
ceeded with their works immediately ou the pas,ing a the hill.
But that was not the usual way, and he questioned the wisdom
of such a plan ; and if a Company or the public were gaineis
in the end by such haste, that minute attention which was
• necesc,ary in such a work was often neglected. If he were asked
why the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line had not been
commenced, he would say that. a new and accurate survey of
the whole county, with a view of improving the line, had
been nestle, and much difficulty bad thus been overcome, and
many improvements effected. Between Weymouth and Dor-
chester much revision had been male, which would lead to
ultimate improsement. He did not think that the Southam-
pton and Dorchester line would be opened so soon as they ex-
pected, to that theirs would be no such great time behind
them as some were led to suppose. The engagements of the
Great Western Company were now very numerous and
urgent, and which would not cease until the 30th of November.
As fur the Great Western Company having relinquished the
line to Weymouth, nothing was further from truth ; no post-
ponement or abandonment was ever thought of. The Great
Western Company was equally involved in an early completion
of the line. The Directors had more than once urged him
to commence, and he should think that within a month the
line between Weymouth and Dorchester will be in active
progress.—(Cheers.) The Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line was regarded as more important than ever, and they
had now projected a line from Bridport, as stated by Sir
John Aubrey, that had met with the sanction and support of
&I the noblemen and landowners in the district through
which it passes. This, with other lines projected in con-
nexion with the Great Western Company would connect them
with every part, &c. He did not think that the Exeter,
Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast Junction would give them
any advantage that their scheme did not possess. As
regards the improvement of the port of Weymouth, he
thought the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Com

panies would be deeply interested:in the improvement of all
their termini. Few places were capable of greater improve-
ment than Weymouth, and he doubted not but that the great
Companies referred to would lend them their best aid to this
object.—(Cheers.)

Mr. HorlaNs, engineer of the Exeter, Weymouth, and
Dorchester Coast line, stated that the Company he repre-
sented were not the opponents of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Weymouth line. They wished it success, as it would contri-

bute to the prosretityof their line. The line they proposed
brought them nine miles nearer Bridport than the line the
Great Western offered them. Consider it is a coast line which
the Government are disposed to. encourage. Mr. Brunel
seems to think light of a coast line, though he (Mr. Brunel)

was connected with the South Devon coast, with which the line
he advocated would be connected. He (Mr. Hopkins) objected
to the Great Western Company endeavouring to mcnopolise
the whole of the south coast, and hoped that this meeting
would consult their own interests, which of the two lines

will most benefit Weymouth. Their survey was made, plans
advanced, capital raised, and every prospect of the line passing
this session. They purpose continuing the rail to your quay,
and since their intentions were known the Great Western
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Company purposed doing the same thing; so that Weymouth
must thank the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester coast
line for any improvements which will follow. •
SLADE, Esq. (late of the western circuit, now Director
of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway), confirmed
the statement made by their talented engineer, that the

works in the neighbourhood of Weymouth would commence

immediately. He would ask the people of Weymouth if
they were prepared to support them. The Great Western

came to them in their extremity. Who are they that appear
to advocate the Wtymouth, Dorchester, and Exeter line ?

Where do they come from—on the broad or narrow gauge?
They speak of their proposed connexion with the Southamp-
ton line; why Southampton is your greatest opponent. To
that port you have to attribute your present depressed state.
By whom Here your mail packets to the Channel Islands re-
moved ? Is it to the Great Western Company or the London
and South-Western Company that you must look to replace
you in :.-our proper position? Who are likely to restore to

you communication with the Channel Islands ?. He asked, did
they wish to be the terminus of a line which connected
them with the north of England, or with a line which
brought them in connexion with the competing ports of
Southampton and Poole. Stick by us, and we will stick by
you, Our interests are identical. If you sink, we sink—you
swim, we swim—and, please God, we will swim all together.

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 column. 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 or 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

6,432,155

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
tentage 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 88,369,109
643 Have not registered their prospectuses

1,263 Companies. Total of deposits required £59,136,300
Being ten per cent. on 563,303,0004 and five
per cent. for Parliamentary expences.

CAPITAL INVESTED.
Capital actually paid up and invested in rail-
ways completed
Capital paid up on railways in course of execu-
tion and sanctioned by Parliament
Capital required to pay the deposits on new
projects

48,043,563

6,432,155

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 project, deducting the
amount of deposits paid or r,q•iired to be paid 506,882,706

Total liabilities..

£590,447,490

BIRMINGHAM, LICHFIELD, AND MANCHESTER.--A numer-
ons and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Sutton
Coldfield 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 dt 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 *as 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 he confidently looked for.
NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNCTION AND DURHAM
AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY.—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 Faw-
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 Hetton Coal Company in
the township of
Bishopn'ea commencing
ouch.
4. Arailway
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 Railway, in the township of Hetton-le-Hole.
5. A railway'tommencing 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 Shineliffe, and termi-
nating near the village of Shinelitre, 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.

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EGYPT.
PRESENTATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S PORTRAIT

TO THE VICEROY.
CAtno, Ocr. 24.—This day the presentati.;:a of the Queen
of England's portrait to his bighneEs, Mehtkiet Ali Paella,
took place. t
As soon as the Viceroy learnt that her mod gracious Ma-
jesty had directed that her portrait should he rkesented to his
Highness, he expressed the liveliest satisfaction 4 ,7* eveb dir7-
hiyed his departure 1-om Alexandria several daf*lfocringl.l4l.
it might arrive by the steamer Great Liverpool; but it Only'
reached that port on the 21st inst., by the Iberia, having barn
sent to Malta by a special messenger, and was instantly for-
warded Lore. Its official presentation has just taken place, IT
Col. Barnett, her Maj,_ sty'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 tune made an ap-
propriate speech. His Highness received the gift standing,
kissed it, rased it to his head, placed it on his own'throne,
and then sat down below it. He expres ed to Colonel Barnett,
through the chef Dragoman, the he xi felt gratific tion he
exrierieneed on the occasion, a-suring him that he had alwa3
felt the highest regard fur En:;land, and that it was his c n-
atant desire to do everything in his power to retain her
frietu'o•ip end good (-Onion.
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
tx-
t: short, so that it becomes necessary in a wise ruler
to take effectual measures t,) retain in his own territory
stacient sustenance for the people he rules over, to pre-
vent excessively high prices, or perhaps even the evils of a
famine. -