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

SHEFFIELD, Nov. 17.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and Windsor,
18s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 31/.l2—Wakefield and Har-
rogate, 2%.

HULL, Nov. 17.

STOCK EXCHANOE.—The sales are—London and Croydon,
22—Grimsby Dock' Extension, 6—North British, Car/isle,
3%—Derby and Gainsborough, IN—Dudley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, 21. 13s. 6d.—Grand Union, I%—llull and
Barnsley Junction, 25s.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle Junction, s—London and York, 4 t 4 —Nottingham and
Boston, 2/. 18s. 9d.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junc-
tion, 2%—Wakefield and Bradford, 21. 168,—Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union, 23/4.

YORK, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lington, 56%—Ditto, Brandling, 46—York and North Mid-
land Extension, 263/4—Newcastle and Berwick, 131/2—North
British, Dalkeith, s%—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 314—
London and York, 4%—Cambridge and Lincoln, 4—Coven-
try, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester, 11. 14s.—Grand
Union, 11. 14s.—Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 3s. p.—Lanca-
shire and North Yorkshire, 23/4—Welsh Midland, 23/4.

DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHES-

TER RAILWAY.

As a small fire 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 and 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
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 that all that has been promised will be fully realised.
We do not doubt that the writer of an article
in the Railway 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
and 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, should 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 similar 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.

RA IL WAY INTELLIGENCE.

EXETER AND WEYMOUTH.

WEymorrrf, 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, Esq., Captaia Manning, H.
William, Esq., Gooden, Esq., R. Urquhart, Esq., Tre-
naw, Esq., Arnold, Esq., Phillips, Esq., Capt. Balston
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 which 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 Great Western Company, by whom the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill had been ob-
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, and 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.
W.M. 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 bad 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 formation 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 Joint AUBREY, Director of the Great Western Com-
pany, stated that ho 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. He would leave Mr. Brunel to reply to the ques-