The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-18 00:00:00

TRX TN, LONDO_N, MONDAI MORNING, AUGUST la, IMS.

-,11, Br
-a.. JLJOG i;EN

This oki, this ancient, niid 1),„•:,„ h,-•n
paralysed by the railways. a7.iLl,
bents at Hounslow, cannot complaii, 1,60
to coo, It is now pia et. wiCri C .1-ge E,A)ins
or let, or dispose of as he thinks lit, and .mac, have Lis
authority fur asserting a very good living is t.,) he
made thee. by means of civility and industry. in-
stance, beside a little coaching and some posting, they
have three or four flys constantly in euipk'y. Very fre-
quently little snug dinin-rs; a constant eccial evening
paity of the neighbours. and during the season the
Four-in-Hand Club (that has numbered fifty- years at
this respectable old establishment) have eight or !en
dinners, for which they pay well, and keep their own
wine deposited there, in cellars of fine temperature, for
which they pay a good yearly rent. Then the nppoini-
znf:nt o! the post-oftiue adds twenty or thirty pounds a
3 ear to the" ways and means," besides so much of addi-
tional respectability. Piair old liirvey, better lei;own
as " Peter," war, during his reign, one of the tina a, tis'es
as it man co,,k in the kingdom ; indeed, so good, t!,46
iieorge the Fourth used to send far him on great oeca-
si,iir,; he is 1145 who invented till` et-del-in-tied sauce ku,, n
by his name, he was always itc,_untecl a very onl,ging
and very infellig,ent mar, tall at wit. and a great pat with
the Club. Jr is reported of hilt., that some twenty--ties
year 3 ago, Mr. George Robins was dining there at a
felt-a-tir dinner with one rdation only, that after having
partaken of many of the good thint:s a ,•ur host, Pet,
quired what other th:licary floy c,:nlei think of, s,anethmg
to be very rfekrelie, and being toil they had already
-estsled hnintifuLy, ho said he hf-. 1 in his mind's eye it
dish they could not rel,t., o.a Czar would re:,t,..n e the
dying enibers of a dep,:rti,g te, to id this was nothing
more nor less than a Manitenon cutlet tone in Pcter's
beat style. It must oat be omitted to state a tact uit:
will demonstrate, the -L'lsck Dog is not on his last legs—
on the day of the Ascot Cup, cur fair hostess of the inn
received a sum exceeding one hundred pounds.

OF RAILWAY:=,

London.: Liver-

31stli-
chester,

Bristol

Abel deeu
Arbroath ..ind k oitar
Dirt.. Halt' Shares .
Armagh, Colt., & Portrush
Beilast and Ballymena
I;elfast and County Down
Lan. & Ciies, Jne.
Ilinninglnint and (ilo'ster
f). New ( iss. it 71/, s. )
Ditto tlali e••
& ON irli. d tine.
& N. Lai.
iitackhurn, !Jamb, & i•;tiltn
Wigan, & Lieerpl.
ilrigiiton, I.cwes, and Bast.
Oils'. I arid Exeter ..
Ditto New-

ol Glotiecster .
(;al, i;uhi.►u .

[into Extension
Cambridge and. Lincoln
Cliciter and Birkenhead
Ditto New Miares
Ditto hilt tiha es
Chester and Holyhead
Cheltenham and Oxfind
Chichester and Brighton
Churnet Valley
lydes,iale Junction .
Cork and Baudor
Cork ahol Killarney
Cork and W aterford
Cork and Yougbal .. .
Coventry and Leicester ...
Cornwall.
Diss, Beccies, and Yarmoth
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich.... ......
Dublin and Belfast Juliet.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine
Dublin and Galway
I::undalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath
Ditto New

PORT or SournAmrrotv,—The Lords of the Trea-
sury having been pleased, by their order, to approve of South-
ampton as a port fur the importation of tebaeco, upon suitable
premises being provided for the deposit of the article under
bond, the Board of Customs have approved of premises for
that purpose, and the order has been cemmunicated to the
different revenue departments throughout the kingdom fur the
information and government of the (Beers and all parties con-
cerned. This order will be of considerable importance to that
flourishing and vastly improving packet port, and will, no doubt,
be duly appreciated by the steam-boat companies and others
running vessels thence to different parts of the world, to whom
the absence of the privilege of importing and housing tobacco
and cigars for the use of the ships, &c., has been long a source
of inconvenience and complaint. Previously to that order being
issued it has been necessary for the owners of the West India
and Peninsular mail packets and other steamers to make a
special application to the Beard of Customs, in each instance,
of a quantity of cigars being required for the use of the passen-
gers during the voyage, in order that the same might be re-
moved from London for that purpose, which proceeding neces•
parity caused considerable delay, and was frequently a source of
inconvenience. Tobacco and cigars will now be allowed to be
imported direct into the port, or removed under bond from
other ports, at the pleasure of the importers, to be housed
there, and taken out for such purposes as occasion may require.
The weather is still wet almost every day, and
very little progress has been made in getting up the hay now
out ; since our last, indeed, a good deal is now quite spoiled.
'the wheat harvest is sadly delayed, and though a few pieces
here and there are cut, reaping will not be at all general for a
week at the least. As the weather is, perhaps it is safer stand-
ing than when cut ; and certainly not yet very ripe in any si-
tuations hereabout. A few pieces:of forward oats are cut ; and
in general there is a great deal of straw, both of oats and
barley. —Brighton Gazette.
Louis PHILIPPE AND HIS FAMILY.--The King of
the French is at present the grandfather of eleven children—
namely, the Duke of Orleans, 2 ; the Queen of the Belgians,
3 • the Duke de Nemours, 2 ; the Princess Marie (dead), I;
the Prince de Joinville, I ; the Duchess of Saxe C. burg, 2.
Wei:aces-Len tants of the
ancient city of Worcester have been this week enlivened by a
regatta, the attractions of which have drawn people from all
parts of the country to Worcester. The sailing matches on
the Severn commenced on Tuesday, and were continued on
Wednesday, but the continued rains materially damaged the
sport, as tne current was stronger that. desirable tor the dis-
play of nautical skill.
THE WEArtiEn.—A deal ~f rain has fiillen
since our last. Saturday and Sunday were both drizzling
there
egw.et
days, and yesterday was exceedingly Owen., although
was no rain. The mercury in the barometer, however, is
gradually rising, and the wind veering towards the west, giving
a hope of more favourable weather.— Scotsman.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.— thi 1.2 1(1 short. time
after the railway train which left Edinburgh at half-past
one o'clock had left the Gogar station, a little girl fell
under the train, and altlieu,eh it passed over her, she re-
ceived no injury. On the accident taking place, an alarm
was given, but betore the train could be stopped,
it had proceeded about a mile along the rail-,
when the guard, Morrison, gave orders to back it, and whee
it had gone a short distance in that direction, the girl was
seen running after the train with her bounet in her hand.
The guard was most attentive, and evinced great tear lest
any accident had occurred. his conduct on the occasion
was spoken of by the passengers as very praiseworthy, and de-
serving of consideration by the Company, in order that his
example may be followed by those entrusted with the manage-
ment of trains—a trust which requires not merely skill, but
prompt action and prudent conduct.— G asgow Chronic e
THE ST. ANN S SoCILTY.—HEtt AJEsTY'S COM-
MANDS TO CHANGE ITS TITLE.—MI:NIFICENT DONA-
TIONS.—On Thursday a Halt-yearly General Court of the Go-
vernors and Subscribers to this Institution was held at the
London Tavern, Bishop-gate-street, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the report of the Committee, and to sleet into the
Brixton Asylum twelve additional children (nine boys and three
girls) from a list of ninety-eight candidates. Alderman John
Johnson, Vice-President, in the chair. The report,
which was read by Mr. Leeks, the Secretary, stated that the
Committee had the high gratification of announcing that the
peculiar nature and benefit of this Institution having been
brought specially under the notice of her Majesty, her Ma-
jesty had been graciously pleased to command that
from henceforth the 'title of " The Royal Asylum " be pre-
fixed to the name of this universal charity. His Royal
HighrNs Prince Albert had also recently extended his for-
mer patronage and support of this society, and bec-.me
entitled to a life presentation. His Royal Highness's exam-
ple had been followed by the Society's Friends, Miss A. G.
Burdett Coutts and J. Curteis, Esq. A previous liberal bene-
factress, under the initials M. C. V. 8., by the hands of the
Society's:honoral y chaplain, had also lately munificently con-
tributed the sum of 5001. Consols to the new town asylum
fund, and some few contributions had been already offered to
the exhibitions and reward fund. The report was unani-
mously adopted. At three o'clock the ballot closed, and the
' names of the successful candidates having been announced,
thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up.
i!.;IRENCESTER ELECTION.—THURSDAY.—TLe form
of re-eleeting Mr. Crippa was gone through to-day at the
Town-hall. There was rather more stir than on the occasion
of the election of Viscount Villiers, but still everything was
conducted without the least appearance of excitement. Mr.
Cripps was proposed by Mr. Byrch, and seconded by Mr.
Stetter ; the speeches were complimentary, and Mr. R.
Mullins, who followed, stated that. Mr. Cripps had been offered
a lucrative office some time ago by the Government, but de-
clined to accept it, from the circumstance that he would be
obliged to relinquish his seat for Cirencester. Mr. Crippa, on
being dealared duly elected, addressed the audience at great
length, contending that Sir Robert Peel had acted perfectly
consi,tently in introducing the meesures which he had done,
and referred to the recent speech of Viscount Melbourne as
showing that such was also the opinion of a political opponent.
The meeting then broke up.
THE ALLEGED MURDER AT WHITFCHAPEL.—On
Thursday afternoon, Mr. Baker opened an inquest at the London
Hospital respecting the death of Michael ttobert Edwards,
aged 50, a seafaring man, whose body was found un Wednesday
morning in a vault in the line of new street, leading from
Whitechapel to Spitalfields. Mr. Melts, surgeon, who had
mode a post mortem examination of the body, informed the
Coroner and jury that the cause of death was a fracture of the
base of the scull, but whether resulting from a blow or a fall
he could not say. The inquiry was eventually adjourned for
the k, urpose of obtaining further evidence.
ATAL CONFLICT BETW,:EN A HUSBAND AND
Wirit.—On Thursday night, a considerable excitement was
caused in the neighbourhood of Tower-street, by the
universal prevalence of a report that a man of the name of
Joseph Williams Bean had murdered his wife, at his residence,
6, Priest-alley, Tower-street, City. It appears that, between
eight and nine o'clock the lodge's in the upper floor were
alarmed by a violent wrangling between the parties, who at the
time were in their apartments on the ground-floor. ahertly
afterwards blows were he tnt, and a noise, as of a weight having
fallen upon the floor. The assistance of the police has irig
been obtained, Sergeant Miller, of the Tower-street division,
entered the apartment, anti, finding the woman lying on the
floor, he demanded the cause of the occurrence, when he was
informed that the woman had been accusing her husband of
ill-treating the family, and that he had subsequently struck her,
immediately after which she fell backwards upon the ground,
the heel of her boot having caught in a hole in the floor, in
consequence of which it had been torn off from the upper
leather. She then appeared to be in the agonies of death
Medical aid wag instantly procured. Mr. Rubinson, the surgeon
to the Custom-house, and Mr. Hutchinson, of 19, Trinity-
square being very quickly upon the spot. Mr. Robinson at-
tempted to bleed the unfortunate creature, but life was ebbing
fast ; her neck was broken, and in a few minutes she expired.
The acting inspector (Mr. Teague) immediately took Bean
into custody, and he was at once conveyed to the chief police
station in the City (Bow-lane), to await the result of a Coro-
ner's jury, which it is expected will sit upon the body this day
(Friday). The woman who has thus perished is only 39 years
of age.
THE LATE FATAL DUEL AT GOSPORT.—Lieu-
tenant Hawkey, who shot Mr. Seyton in the late duel at Gos-
port, and Lieutenant Pyrn, the second of Lieutenant Hawkey,
both of the Royal Marine+, of the Portsmouth division,
have been removed from the list of officers of the Royal
Marine corps.
THE LATE MR. ADOLPHUS.—It iS somewhat re-
markable that so many of our great lawyers die without
leaving a will ; as is the case with this distinguished bar-
rister, whose personal effects have been administered to under
1,0000./.
TIIE LATE GENERAL SIR RICHARD D. JACKSON,
K. C. B.—Probate of the will and codicil of Sir Richard
Downes Jackson, formerly of Hinde-street, Manchester square,
but late of Montreal in North America, Knight-Commander
of the Bath, and Lieutenant-General anti Commander-in-
Chief of her Majesty's forces in Canada, was granted on the
11th instant to the executors and trustees, Charles John
Manning, Esq., the son-in-law, and Lieut.-Colonel Francis
Davis, and John Coles Seines, Esq. The personal estate in
England is sworn under 1,000/. He confirms the settlements
made on the respective marriages of his daughters, from his
estates in the counties of Bedford, Hertford, arid Southampton;
and, subject thereto, he directs all his estates to be converted
into money, and invested for the benefit of his daughters and
their children. The General died at Montreal on the 9th of
June last.
STEAM NAVIGATION.—Thursday- forenoon .n ex-
perimental trip was made in the second Janus, the sister boat to
the Bee, to be named the Ant, notice of wh;elt appeared in our
columns of last week. She ran the distance from Greenwich
to Chelsea-pier—a distance of about eleven miles—in the in-
credibly short space of 3S minutes, hafll,E.l she was to-ea-
sionally by the numerous craft on lie rver. She then started
' back on her return, and accomplished the run down to Green-
wich in 33 minutes. The engines of tlese beeutifel ve,seis
are constructed by Messrs. W. Joyce and Co., Greenwich Iron
Works ; and the boats built by Messrs. Ditchburn and blare,
Black wall.
BIRMINGHAM RAII.WAY.—The print,Dci regubtioi- s
in every book of instructions delivered to every enginemen, and
to all the offleers and servants cf this railway, prohibit the em-
ploymant of an engine it the luck of any train. except uw.er
special circumstances ; and on itiqua y made from tire,
end of the line to the other, the anseter is that no euellinetance
bad ever yet occurred.

Dundee and Perth.
Eastern C0untie5............
Do. sew _ _

Do. Perp., 5 pr Cut., No. 1
1)o. ditto N 0.2
East Dereham & Norwich
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension ...
Ediubgh, Ulas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow...
Do. Quarter Shares
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb., Leith,and Granton
Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent.
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebleshire
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Huntingdon
Enniskillen and Sligo
ExPter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr
Garukirk and Glasgow
Glasgow and Ayr
Do. Quarter Shares
Glasgow and Greenock
Ditto New

Ditto Preference ......
Glasgow, Duitties, and Car
Goole and Doncaster.
Grand Jin
Ditto H. f Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New Quarters
.....

Grand linii-al

Great Grimsby & Sheffield
Gt Sothro & Wbtru (Irelnd)
Ditto Extension
Great Monster...

Great Northern of Seoth.d
Great Northern of Englnd
Do. New, Shares
D. New, 30/.
Great AV-est-cm
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Fifths
Guildird,l & Ports
Ilarwieh

11 udrsfld & Alan. 11 & Canl
Huddersfield and Sheffield
Hull and Gainsburough
Hull and Selby
Ditto Hall Shares.

Ditto Quarter Shares ...

Inverness and Elgin
Kendal and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray
Killarney Junctions........
Lancaster and Carlisle
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Dewsbury
Leeds and Thirsk
Leeds► and W. Hiding Juno
Leicester and Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis,& Kit. June
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares
Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn
London and Birmingham.

Ditto Thirds

Ditto Quarters.
London and Blackwell
Lon. & Man.( Remington's
London and Brighton .....
Do. Cnsolidated Eighths
London and Croydon.
Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent

Ditto New...
London and Greenwich

Do. Prefrne. or Privilege
London & South Western
Do. New Cone. Eighths

New, 50/. Shares
Do. New, 401. Shares
London and York
London and Windsor

Lonchi, Salisbury, & Yeovil
Londonderry and Coleraine
Londonderry & Enniskillen
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham...
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto Sixteenths
Manchester & Binninghm
Ditto Quarter Shares
Do. New Quarter Shares
anchestr, Bolton, & Bury
Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend
Manchstr, Buxtn,& Matlk
M idland
Ditto Fifths
Ditto New
Do. Cons 'Nun & Derby
Midland Gt Westrn (Irish)
Do. Ext et...4ot' to Sligo..
Nwcastl & Darlingtu Junc
Do. New (Brandling)...

Newcastle aid
Newcastle aial Carlisle

Newport and Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen ...
Newark and Sheffield......
North British .
Ditto New 5ham.......
Ni 4. thorn and Eastern
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter 5har.5......
North Kent

North StatDirdsliire—
North Ea-tern
North Union (A) ...
Ditto (Li)

N..:rth \Vales
hires New Shares
North Western
North Wales

lAug.ls.

4'14

-
96%

10%
2:14

2%
3%
2%

21,4

193/4
63/1 P
%P

-
3%

25%
IN

214 p

1p
16%

Aug.ls.

11%

631 X;

245.

225.

121:6d.

23 IA

11%

_
14%
15

15%
425. 6d.

241,4
1% P

[75

264
[35

234

.....
31
83%

Norwich and Brandon
Ditto New
Not., Belvoir, and Granthm
Nottingham and Boston
Nom, Erewsh Val. & Man
Sin tingham and Mansfield
ox,„rd and Binning. June
Oxford and Worcester
Perth and Inverness
P4>rsmouth Direct
Preston and Wyre.
Ditto Half Snares
Do. Pref: 5 per CL Guar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div
Richmnd and W. End June
Rugby, Worcester, &Tring •
Scottish Central .......
Scottish Midland..
ShAlield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto ditto (No. 2)
Ditto ditto (No. 3)
Sheffield and Lincoln
Shrewsb.,Wor., and Crewe
Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir
Shrewsbry & Trot Val. Un.
Shrewsb,Herefd,&N.Wals
Slamannan
South Devon .
South Midland
South Eastern and Dover
Do. New ( iss. 321.) No. I
Do. (iss. 33/.6:3.8d.)„" 2
Do (iss. 301.) „ :3
Staines and Richmond
Slatfordshire & Shropshire
Sarling and Dunfermline
South Wales
Trent Valley
Do. and Holyhead June
West London, Old Shares
West End& Southrn Coun
Wexford and Carlow
Warwick and Cheltenham
W at ertiird and Kilkenny._
W add, \Vex fd,‘Yiek&Dub
Wakfid,Pontefrct, & Goele
Wakefield anA Harrogate
Warwick and London
West Lancashire
Worcester and Tring
Whitehaven and Furne,s
N,, halt Shares-
-1%":21.,11 filth and
AVeq,
1,4
ilts, ;-:•onifst. & VVeymth
Yarmouth and Norwich ...
Ditto New...„. ....
York and Carlizle
York aid North
Dirt„ Ikif .01,t em. • ..... .
Do. Scarboroughßranch
I I.o.oelhy .
Ditto r,””

7 1/2
2
3%
3 9 3/4

5%

_
6%

32%

Aug.ls.

1967. 6d.

7%

401

161/2
121/2

214 p
3%
301 A
51/s

113/4

1014
25%

103/4

6%

-
214

4%

225.

614

14%

261/2
16

3%

6%

51/i

45,

101 A
814

-
24

15
8
1%

.5%

43/

3%

lAug.ls.

IGIA

58s. 9d.

8%

2 1-16

.....
3%

1514

3%

97%
1 1 elis

-
311

Pf 4

g.i.'.ii,A,l.-IP.:E CLOSING. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES

IN THE

lIUNCIP.,II, CITIES AND -.LOW.N; IN ENGLAND, :•-,(1!

lurk.

lAug.ls.

- -
31

.....
34

Leeds.

lAug.ls.

......
3'

17L-18s9d

Bs. p.
6

1514

55%
26
1434
14%
20s. p
455. p

25%

6%

1318.6d.p

Aug.ls.

2%

-4% pl

10%

23/4
4

lAug.ls.

--
2%

378

6d.

lAug.ls.

......
614

Aug.l4.

-
2614

23%

109.1
555.

303,4
83/
4

21.125. 6d

89%

....
3%

24%

25.6d.p

-455. pi

2%

27i
4%
3%

3%

313.
40s. p

Dublin.

15%

261 h

Ins. 3a.

425,

23/4
31%
8 15-18

lAug.l4.

Gl. Is.

514

411/2

21..

217193.

6

7%

23..

21514

433.

3/. 14s.

4113 s 6

16
12:,14

/19s4d

64

2

11%

60s.

51/
54

......
a%

2%

714

358. 6d.

2314

RAILWAYS ana fth PAYLiAMENT.

The Uppet Howe apl;ears inclined to give heart and hand
in facilitating railway legislation. Lord Mouteagle's suggestion,
that Railway Bills should be commenced in whichvver Hotne
Aas ready to receive them, has been favourably received, and
probably be acted upon. The present system is absurd.
All ;he Railway Bills were first submitted to the House of
Cots:mons, and having passed that branch of the Legislature,
went to the kieusc of Lords at rueh an advanced period of the
session that nothing could exceed the " quick haste" employed
to pass them all before the prorogation.
A Contemporary says :—" An improvement :on that would
be to have but one G' anmittee, composed jointly of Lords end
Commons, to sit on the Bill, and of course but one investiga-
tion. That would rave much time and expense."—lt is not
likely that Parliament would agree to such an arrangement,
albeit a very desirable one.
Perhaps it may not be to late to establish three local boards
—in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh—with power to examine
into the merits of, and necessity for, railway projects for Eng-
land, Ireland, and Scotland. This would confine Parliament
to the strictly legislative proceedings on such projects. It
would save the enormous expense of witnesses in London, and
would secure for each project more definite and full investigation
than it now possibly cam receive &cm Members of Parliament,
who—with all due deference be it said-generally know Ter:
little about railway gauges, inclined plains, plants, traffic,
bridges, viaducts, tunnels, embankments, and other matters of
that sort.

It is very desirable, if Parliamentary Committees are to sit
in judgment .upon railway projects, that they should examine
and decide without the intervention of lawyers. We have a
high respect for the profession, but think its members sadly out
of place when acting as the paid partisans of this or that railway
proposer or objector before a Committee. The questions
which railway committees have to inquire into involve matter
of fact, twit not of law. There is no occasion for the employ-
ment of counsel. The expense is enormous, and comes out of
the fund which would be better employed in making the rail-
way. If the project be rejected, the immense fees paid to
counsel come out of the pockets of those who have paid deposits
on allotted shares.

The Commission en the gauges, now sitting, have acted
most properly in deciding not to hear legal men. To " make
the worse appear the better reason" is the duty of these gen-
tlemen, and the investigation of truth is rarely aieed by them.
We venture to say that, had the Parliamentary Committees
not been obliged to hear counsel, they would have completed
their business in less time and in a more satisfactory manner.
A plain statement of the case, pro and con, and the examination
of witnesses, would have been all that was necessary. The
speeches of counsel did but confuse, and mystify, and darken
the minds of plain men.—Railway Express.

RAILWAY PROJECTS -THE MANCHESTER
AND SOUTHAMPTON.

Among the railway projects of the day none is of more
importance to the borough of Cheltenham than the projec-
ted line from Manchester to Southampton, advertised in
ourcolumns this week. " The Manchester and Southamp-
ton," or more correctly the Cheltenham and Southampton,
is designed for a direct communicatien between the
increasing port of Southampton, southward, and the
manufacturing districts of the Midland Counties, north-
ward, making Cheltenham the point at which it will
unite with the Birmingham and Gloucester line. At
whichever point of view we look at this project, whether
as one of national or local importance, whether in re-
spect of the probability of its Parliamentary success, or
the certainty of its financial success when carried into
completion, it offers advantages to the investment of
capital equal or superior to any of the lines by which the
country is intersected. Looking at the map of England
we find the only mode of transit from Southampton to
the north is by the circuitous route of the South Western
to London, and thence by the London and Birming-
ham to Manchester and Liverpool, while Cheltenham is
°nil reached by the doubly circuitous route of the South
Western and the Great Western. By this line a direct
communication will be made with these important inland
capitals, the line running vie' Marlborough, Swindon, and
Cirencester, direct to Cheltenham, and carried thence
partly on the Birmingham and Gloucester and Grand
Junction lines to Manchester and Liverpool.
On the importance of a direct communication with
Southampton, it is only necessary to mention, that it is
the packet-station for the port of Havre, the Peninsular,
and the East and West India passenger traffic ; a ready
means of reaching which is of peculiar importance to a
fashionable inland watering-place like Cheltenham. The
port of Southampton itself is rapidly growing into im-
portance—the exports, which ten years ago were only
sixty or seventy thousand pounds annually, have now
reached three millions, and would, in the opinion of
competent judges, immediately rise to ten millions on
the completion f a direct communication with the
source of supply ; its imports are also very considerable,
and its passenger traffic to and from foreign countries
amounts to between forty and fifty thousand annually.
It is needless to say, that a great portion of this immense
traffic would be directed through the proposed line.
To prove that this line has a curt ,inty of being com-
pleted, it is only necessary to say, that the proprietors of
the northern lines are deeply interested in its formation;
to the Birmingham and Gloucester Company, the Grand
Juncli.in, the Derby and Midland, the North Stafford-
shire, and other northern lines, the formation of the
Southampton extension would bring an immensely in-
creased traffic. Already we understand the applications
for shares are unprecedentedly numerous, and the only
thing want, d to ensure its success, is that amount of
heal support which its own merits will Jummaud. At
Southampton, the scheme is looked upon as of vital con-
sequence ; an announcement is this day published
wherein the town council of the borough has passed an
unanimous vote of approval, and a requisition, with 500
resident signatures, has been presented to the mayor, for
a public meeting, to stamp on the undertaking the sanc-
tion of public approval. The same feeling will, no
doubt, be exhibited in Cheltenham, which, as a resort for
the traveller and valetudinarian, must be especially in-
terested in procuring a ready communication with this
outport of the East and West India traffic.—Cheltenham
Examiner.