The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-20 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The following notice to Parliamentary agents relative
to the lodgment of deposits has just been issued:—" The
Speaker will give orders at any time for the deposit of
money, on a written application in the usual form, seat
by post, to C. E. Lefroy,fEsq., Ewsliot:flOuse, Farnham,
Surrey. The order for depositing the money may be
had, with the following words added to the usual order,
in two, three, four, or five several instalments of £
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each,' by which means the money may be deposited by
instalments, but under one order as before.—(Signed),
C. E. LEFROY, Sec., House of Commons, Dee. 19, 1845.'
LONDON AND YORK.—A committee consisting of se-
veral members of the Lincoln Town-council has been ap •
pointed to confer with the London and York Company
respecting the state of the bridges in that town. The
Council eowider that the Company ought to improve
them.

DOVER AND BRISTOL.—This Company did not com-
ply with the standing orders of the House of Commons,
and the liabilities which they have incurred are stated
to exceed 4,0001. We are informed that it is the inten-
tion of the members of the Provisional Committee to
discharge this amount without calling on the shareholders
to contribute any portion of it.
YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION, AND YORK AND
CARLISLE.—It is understood that the proposed York-
shire and Glasgow Union will be united with the Great
North of England by the intended branch from the
Northallerton station to Bedale, from which place it will
proceed by the way of Middleham, Leyburn, Hawes, in
a north-west direction, and fall into the Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway at or near Clifton. The York and
Carlisle is also intended to commence at a point on the
Great North of England, near Northallerton, and pro-
ceed to the north-west by a different route, by way of
Richmond, Barnard Castle Brough, and Appleby, to
join the Lancaster and Carlisle at or near Clifton.

TUNNEL UNDER THE TRENT.—At the last meeting of
the Committee of Management of the Manchester, Hud-
dersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct, the engineer of the
line stated that the proof bearings had been made, and
that the strata was particularly favourable for the con-
struction of the proposed tunnel. After he had minutely
described the nature of the works, and submitted plans
of the sections, the Committee expressed themselves
perfectly satisfied of the practicability of the under-
taking. The expense will be much less than was anti-
cipate. The roof above the tunnel to the bed of the
river will be nearly thirty feet, and the gradient will be
extremely easy.
BURY CENTRAL STATION.—A meeting of the Council
of this borough was held this day, to take into consideration
a report of the Terminus Committee. The report detailed
the correspondence with the various companies, the upshot
of which was, that all had declared their inability to bring
the terminus to the west of St. Andrew's-street, except the
London and Bury Direct, and the Ely line, which had
intimated its intention to do so, but in its plans and sec-
tions stopped short at the Northgate. The Committee,
therefore, recommend that measures be adopted to op-
pose every line not proposing to make its terminus in
conformity with the resolutions of the Council and the
public meeting of the town. A long discussion took
place, in which several councillors urged the impracti-
cability of accomplishing the desired object, and the ex-
pense of opposing the Bills ; and the north side of Ris-
bygate street was suggested as practicable for a terminus,
but, ultimately the report of the Committee was adopted,
and it was agreed that the whole Council should meet in
committee on Saturday.—Bury Post.
NEW TELEGRAPH-Our attention has been drawn to
an exceedingly ingenious application of electromagnet-
ism to the purpose of a telegraph, which bids fair to super-
sede all similar plans at present in use upon railways.
The apparatus in question is the invention of Mr. George
Smith, Garden-lane, Red-bank, Manchester, who, it ap-
pears, has been long directing his inquiries as to the most
eligible means of carrying out his object. The chief advan-
tages which his plan possesses over the contrivances at
present in use, are, the economy of construction, sim-
plicity, and consequent probability of continuing in
working order, and, above all, the rapid manner in
which intelligence is capable of being conveyed. In
order to accomplish this latter object, all arbitrary
signs for the purpose of indicating letters have been
discarded, each letter of the alphabet being repre-
sented upon the di d plate, and pointed out
with a rapidity and precision which certainly
astonished us; and, all the time, with so much sim-
plicity that, although we were seeing the invention for
the first time, we were enabled to read the intelligence it
conveyed with as much ease, and nearly as much ra-
pidity, as if an ordinary book had been before us. This
latter advantage appears to us to be a very decided one
over the telegraphs now in use. As the invention, we
believe, is not yet patented, we are of course nimble to
disclose anything further of the principle upon which
Mr. Smith has formed his exceedingly ingenious appa-
ratus; but it is our firm conviction that its merits cannot
fail to recommend it to the notice of railway companies
and others, upon the score of simplicity, durability, and
economy.—Maechester Coup ier.
WINDING-UP.-We learn that the Provisonal Com-
mittee of the Sanquhar and Muirkirk Junction Railway
have resolved to call in the claims against the Company,
for the purpose of liquidating them, and then dividing the
deposit amongst the scripholders, minus these necessary
expenses. The reasons which have led to the resolution
are, we believe, that the chances of success in the ensuing
session of Parliament are not such as to justify further
exl enditure ; and the Directors have resolved to return
the money to fructify in the pockets of the public rather
than keep it lying at bank interest for an indefinite period.
This course we considered to be an honest and straight-
forward one, and creditable to the gentlemen at the
head of this project. It is earnestly to be hoped that it
may have its effect, by urging a similar course on the
directors of other recently formed railway companies,