The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-24 00:00:00

SOUTH MIDLAND JUNCTION.

On Tuesday afternoon a numerous and influential meeting
of the inhabitants of Woodstock and its vicinity was held at
the Town-hall, Mr. J. T. Palmer, Mayor, in the chair,
amongst whom we noticed B. Holloway, Esq., W. Turner,
Esq., W. Hunt, Esq., E. Cole, Esq., Captain Dewes, H. Smith,
Esq., H. North, Esq., and Messrs. M. G. Kirby, W. Norris,
T. Higgins, G. Shuffery, W. Morris, H. Morris, W. Eder,
&c., for the purpose of receiving a deputation from the
London Committee of the South and Midlands Junction
Railway Company, and to consider the effect which railways
were calculated to have upon the town and its interests.
The deputation consisted of the Mayor of Buckingham,
Captain Dewes, W. C. Turner, Esq., B. Holloway, Esq.,
E. Cole, Esq., M'Murdo, Esq., and W. B. James, Esq.
Mr. SHUFFERY said that he considered that the proposed
line, the South and Midlands Junction, was calculated to be
of the greatest advantage to Woodstock, and therefore he
most cordially should propose this resolution—
" That it is highly desirable that a railway communication
should be brought to Woodstock, and that it shall be as direct
as the nature of the country will admit of."
Mr. KIRBY had great satisfac, ion in recommending the
proposed line, and in secondieg the resolution.
The resolution was unanimously passed.
The MAYOR of Buckingham observed, that in every case
where a railway was projected it was the duty of the pro..
moters of the particular line to go down to every town
through or near which the rail would run, and consult the
inhabitants upon it. This company had adopted this course
of proceeding, and the deputation from the committee was
now before the inhabitants of Woodstock, with the hope of re-
ceiving their approval and support of the scheme.—( Hear).
The surveys of the line were so forward as to make it a
matter of certainty that all the plans and all the maps
would be deposited long prior to the period marked out
by the standing orders—(Hear, hear, hear). They would
then be in a position to go to Parliament in the
ensuing session—(Hear, hear) —with every prospect of suc-
cess. It had been intended that they should have had a
meeting at Bicester yesterday, but to meet the wishes of the
inhabitants the Company had consented to postpone it until
after the 30th of November, the day upon which all the plans
and all the maps, and all the sections must be deposited in
the Parliamentary office. With respect to the course which
it was proposed that this line should run, he would briefly
state that it will originate at Bicester, by a junction with
the Oxford and Cambridge ' line, through Wolverton, in
connexion with the Eastern Counties, and would
thus afford facility of intercourse with the metro-
polis, in one direction, with Stafford, the Potterie,,
Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, in the
other. Near or at Woodstock, close where the
line will come, the Oxford and Rugby, and Worcester rail-
way will cross, presenting thus opportunities of entering
the two great arteries of the kingdom—the Great Western
and the London and Birmingham, the former at Didcot
the other at Rugby.—(Hear, hear). The line will then pro-
ceed to the manufacturing town of Whitney, where a com-
munication will be opened to the Stroudwater district, by
means of the Oxford and Cheltenham line; thence it
would tend directly S.E., leaving Bampton to the east,
until it reached Lechlade, where a considerable entrepot
for merchandise had been established. The line would
thence proceed onward till it fell into the Great Western
at Swinden. It would thus open a continuous railway
communication with London eastward, and with Bristol,
Bath, Exeter, Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Stroud, west-
ward, and thence, by means of the Gloucester and Abervst-
with projected line with the whole of north and south Wales.
—(Hear, hear, hear). There was, however, one feature pecu-
liar to the line, that it would have the effect of continuing the
narrow gauge lines of the north with those of the south, for it
would cross the broad gauge at Swindon, without the least
inconvenience or impediment to the general traffic of the
Great Western.—(Hear, hear). Individually, he felt great
interest in this line, for it would be in connexion with two
others with which he was associated, the Cambridge and
Oxford, and that which would join the Bedford and
Bletchley lines.—(Hear, hear). He was confident the inha-
bitants would already have seen the advantages which had
been derived by other towns from railway communication,
and that they must be anxious to enjoy equal benefits
themselves.—(Hear, hear).
Mr. H. Moßnis proposed a resolution of support.
Mr. SHUFFERY seconded the resolution, which was put,
and unanimously agreed to.
Captain DEWES then moved the third resolution, which
ran thus—" That petitions be presented to both Houses of
Parliament, in favour of the South and Midlands Junction
Railway, and that the peers connected with this district of
the county, and the representatives of the borough, be re-
quested to support the same."—(Cheers.)

SCOTTISH LINES.
ScorrisllEcr NORTIIEN JUNCTION.—The promoters
of this scheme state that, by adopting their line of railway.
the communication from England northwards will be very
materially lessened The line proposed to effect this is stated
to be six or seven miles in length. Joining the North
British at Linton, it proceeds to North Berwick, where the
passengers have to cross a well-organised ferry to Elie; a
branch of one mile in length then brings them upon the east
of Fife line, thus forming a most important communication
between England and the North of Scotland, at a saving of
at least 23 miles.

SCOTTISH MIDLAND EXTENSION RAILWAY.—The usual
statutory notices for this radway were yesterday given on
the church doors of Brechin and other parishes through
which the line is proposed to run. The Scottish Midland
Extension unites with the Scottish Midland at Forfar, from
whence it runs by the thriving manufacturing town of
Brechin direct to Laurencekirk, where it unites with the
Aberdeen line-thus filling up the link of 24 miles or

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SCoTTISH SOUTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAIL •
contemplated undertaking has excited a most extrs.er';','
interest. The number of applications for shares. In
i:l3
been quite unprecedented. In the form of apPhel,tnid2
applicant was directed to state whether he was a'"
scrip in the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway, and
lore
extent. It was from this imagined that the si!nP eh
sentation of the applicant that he held so many of sucto
would give right of preference. Accordingly the4lres
of scrip professed to be held by applicants for pito
far greater than the amount issued for the orign jai
taking. Directions were given to the holders of senPhe I
railway to exhibit it to the amount represented to
st
The disappointment or perplexity of some gentlenlenf
intimation makes us rather suspect that in the form
cation the greatest candour has not been exercised. „oft
STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE EXTENSION PAL-op e,
This line has been brought out under very protnising,:itiS,
Its object is to afford accommodation to the bighlY,"-,eror.:
district of Strathtay. It is to join the Perth
line at Dalguise, and extending along the river, Iv; the 10'
western terminus at Aberfeldy. The promoters
being, for the most part, the landed proprietors of the ,eo,'
no Parliamentary opposition is anticipated. The "e that"
of the line is eight miles, and the prospectus states
~thist!
ground is highly favourable, and the promoters. Priv2o,o.
handsome return for the capital to be employed, VIZR4to",
TYNE VALLEY JUNCTION AND EAST LOTMAN •-•
—We understand that the Tyne Valley Junction ?coo
Lothian Central Railways have amalgamated, Oust pro'`
an arrangement with the North British, which 'nutty r
of the highest advantage to the district of the cognsee,
posed to be accommodated by these lines. In c°1104:
of these arrangements, and the terms on which t .of
been brought about,7we understand that the Issnetreso
stock of the Tyne Valley has necessarily been e—
,
limited.

FOREIGN LINES. pit
BELGIAN AND CONTINENTAL DIRECT TROK e sebei
COIIIPANY.—A line to commence at Termode, on the
communicating northwards with Terneuse, and Pod Gille;
southwards to Assche, Hal, Nivelles, Gosselles, 3 betO!,
and joining the State Railway, about
Montigny and Chatelet, and terminating at
frontier town of France. The length of the lino 19
leagues, and it is designed as the first of a series Of
,01°I
direct to the mouth of the Adriatic Sea. Capita!, e.
in 60,000 shares of 20/. each ; deposit, 5s- 6,h4rt5 ,jel
PARIS AND LTONS.—The Minister of Public no);
to Fourvieres, whence he could view all the varinnycril;:
sites for the terminus of this important line. lie 010 S! 4
proceeded to Perrache and examined, kith the mpoe't;i
tention, the nature of the place and the space„,P,,;:ter „}I,
one of the projects for this purpose. The I"'ichiel'oe
made a similar examination at Brotteaux ; aftehrokjierr
Demon followed the line of quays on the right ,"„--,,Po„'di.
Saone, where he tested the state of the importalu,';,ol"
gineering) there being carried on chiefly under'
101
rect ion. tbe
PARIS AND SCEAUX.—The announcement that tis, ibe
of art on this line would shortly be begun is errese2totocit
state of the works of art and earthworks is stieb„.e„
Committee, conformably to the Cahier des Chsretberd
authorises it to withdraw its deposit according leb, of
gress, has demanded the reimbursement of four-fi!ito
caution money. Without the hindrances oPPe'eviork''
nuous wet weather, we may safely say that these ,0111
gun in May last,' would now be terminated. nt °PO'
TOURS AND NANTEs —lt seems that the ditTerencii
expressed by the press and the municipal elpes°l
tr
inquiry on the various sites proposed for the tells 000
line, has made the Minister of Public AV° spellir
hend that this question, which bore at first Ow tiloetta
of but local interest, has now become one affe: ttibift, to
terests of the country at large. We are assure s will,slle,
purely theoretical inquiry, a practical iliqturY an urlsre,
on the spot by the special engineer of roads, the
who will be charged not only with examinine,
proposed sites, but also with inquiry into 0(101 °pert!:
each to the wants of commerce and to the ilia', Pr•ect&
France. Convinced that the Tours line—Or,
,Isl
speaking, the Paris and Nantes—has not ,_%
solely in the interest of the city of Nantes—cer
this railway is but part of the immense ne 001004
eventually cover France, and which cannot berogli.,oo,
isolatedly, M. Dumon wishes to investigate tub:00°001!
question of the terminus, which will not be ttaiallsalf v
the Nantes line alone, but which must be thei"..st,,t;tet,
railways centring in Paris from the south and
the Orleans, Tours, Bordeaux, Angiers, psilool
it should not be forgotten, is one of the Pnt'l,o`
the kingdom, not only by its present posi'°-'
future prospects.
i'
UNIVERSITY INTELL—
TOf
OXFORD. the
es,
Aq „
The following notices have been issued : ePt,„
"In the Convocation to be holden on Thuir„ r
23d instant, at ten o'clock, the names of the fo,,,,.'°ciot,D„oii'
men, who have been nominated Select Preanhe'd
of Samuel Wilberforce, D.D., of Oriel College, Oboe re
Page Saunders, D.D., of Christ Church, who
that office, will be submitted to the House. reit. JO'
"The Rev. Francis Baring, M.A., Christ Clionegoo
"The Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, ALA"' 11S.
versity College. •
Chluice
SYnforra, Vice- 0
dijr.te4 ,
"Wadham College, Oct. 211 845." f
" The Senior Proctor will receive the nut" ve "" a
for examination this term, either from thou"'
tutors, on 'dock.
" Saturday, the 25th inst., from one to two
" Monday, the 27th inst., from two to four 0 el
" Tuesday, the 28th inst., from twelve to three sotrs oPitio
" Each candidate must give in a list, siogirrs
name, of the subjects and books in which he hoieg
be examined, together with certificates of his
sponded and
B.—The having sat in the schools. „ired•
matmatriculation paper is also req e
yd
" Maalen Collee, Ot. 22 1845."
" The Regius Professor ofHebrew proposesbt:r rG tlf°
lectures on the Psalms on Thursday, Novelist cis
o'clock.
nee °rl goa
tile°
pe
"The two elementary classes will cominf„e oese,
the 27th, and Tuesday, the 28th instant.
.u". the W,'
is intended for those who are just commenewe' the rudi° el'
the other for such as, being acquainted
alveithrew
require instruction in the higher parts of
" Those under the degree of 111.atew
attended the elementary lectures,
and any who wish to have certificates
lectures, are requested to call at the Profess°r„f tou
pd, Saturday, the 25th instant, between the hours " ire
four.
need Pe
" Any members of the university who cl ile
do7ialiltuse°:
struction in addition to that riven in the Pub,l.,leto the
recommended by the Regius Professor to apply
J. B. Morris, M.A., Exeter College.
"Christ Church, Oct. 21, 1845." _

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NAVAL IN TELL IGEZI ,tl. oil/
MALTA, Ocr. 15.—There is but little news et - ii$111:
ranter, and none of any other, since my last- r SVcientli'lf
Lieutenant Mapleton, of her Majesty's steavoe
ci goo
has been subjected to a court of inquirv, for_,h,selle°t ii",,ej
vessel on shore, in coming from Corfu. This e" -sad l'"00f
was fully and honourably acquitted of all blarae' lal 0
ski 0
the highest encomiums from the court on the . oe,
tif° 00''
in which she was got off without injury- gad, 11 I
Her Majesty's steamers Jackall and Blood" tbel.ik
vessels lately built in Glasgow, arrived here 0.14 tbelt lay
Bth instant. They are sharp iron boats, ploug1" hai o,slia
bafa
latterrwt
from
trrhde ratee:Gltth3l
hasg
Glasgow,
knots
expectationowf r
,en
per
tdnheeeree or
of
.t.
them,
Thishe
m, spedas,
10 theirv,
~,
), , ar r
eo g 1i °1
ph
eouformerirnotnh
their
uwemiartbeleorrgeb.dy kyl i
tail:Tx:l s; roe; it
a Idilierence 11
..lit.be
petted;
hence probably the cause of the
„A A,'
speed. ive- ,
Her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus has arr oratberd,l
mails from the lonian Islands and Greece. gr. I' atiri•
A court of inquiry has been sitting on
,„entlf o'
Assistant-Surgeon of the Jackall steamer, re'";t tritop,,,
here, on charges of inebriety. The result has "'he ir4 to
fr, t jg
ay
but a court-martial will, it is said, result fr°-jalse vsy
The Jackall is under orders for the lonia," in the '
.l,
lieve the Spitfire, Which will be employed - lo''
sick wit"
service.
,I,,ig - 'el ' 1
The French Government has resolved on "" g a ri c,ree`,,
the communication between Syra and Malt%itnicee°.,ll 413
as also with the direct communication ttoos, lies, A,.0
and Egypt. The line, with the above exeeP pirOute ib'
tinue as usual. The direct steamers betwee" heir r° h
theiAnAlexandria,
xhefaorosnri‘pdri
Etaajnle .
gstt
toloyauA
ihsyitodnrenoigagrume a t Malta,
„ tb froi°
tet.ehtr.eGeyser is to leals:eerY;tittbig:il.l!ileigosfPt:,,ii:-
Hancock, R.A. ; Lieutenant Cunnkeinresgshbsins",er:.", ill:it:at l'ic:ll6-
ment, on six months' sick leave; MT. gutter' ° 3,1
tenant superseded, and Mrs. Millar, tbe '' ~ b.ot,
TiieTCaognire,afnrdemer
sMeialltarha,PateteehnnetagtVolcano• „41$ °'ail F
with th,e,`-pie ,
°'
inst., has just arrived. The Acheron, Wit-
jkleo,ol
through France, arrived last night. e,,,01 ,v ;
The French Government steamer Caire, ":hieb OA, re'
has arrived. She left on the 10th inst., ea b 01 er
from Calcutta had been telegraphed. op. and 'e 13
ou
The Caire has experienced a little dam
"to P
quire some tinkering ere she can be prePs''-
of be trip.
if cerS 10 de
The Levant mail has arrives. ~e o po
Some acts of politeness passed between r...
es, tbe
Majesty's ship Orestes and his Royal Highn ail,
Montpensier on his visit to Greece. er Jars'APPOINTMENTS. ,0 steal°
Assistant-Surgeon Lyall, to her Majesty 4
vice Protheroe, dismissed that ship- • rois• 04
Assistant-Surgeon Protheroe, to the Hibeesty,o au
~
Assistant-Surgeon Simpson, to her MAI 118"lw
FAT
vessel Bonetta, vice Armstrong.
Assistant-Surgeon Armstrong, from
$039r1111 I
(re-appointment). has left
.moil•
Bonetra t° fet
Her Majesty's surveying-ship Beacon
vetlindr
the Archipelago.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—The St. t, 19°' -iat°
Vincencornitts, of A
Spithead, but is returning stores prior to
off,mboiuraritosibrecp.aoidgle,
Bandt., rcee-mcoamiamaids:rio. nae chief.
The Vanguard, 80, Capt. Willes is in the '-n,aeoPoobe7.4
-' havingt b ail
will be detained some days. the tides time`t:cll:
much to admit of her going out. In them e."_,l, iii..eo se.t.
determined to step her mainmast further
the Ivo v
as It
turr
doubtless much improve her sailing,
Rodney. The mast has been taken gout
„,., ,isnie
making the alteration.
the P iitig
has returned to her station to rejoin
The Sylvia cutter, having replenished
.riP
"al
Channel Islands. harbour, 3 05
The Centaur steam-frigate is in the
~.ripes• 001,
for navigation to the Thames, to get herne.! I. 01919 .to
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-CommaZer
k repairediineelea
stores
caenadele,;ser,„A-
docked on Tuesday, to get went,.n !he st.
ti Tejo;
The extra marines who out i ,"
by 31r.; a ill ~ al'
The Contest, 12-gun brig, building
°Tess-11%e -° ha
t,,,,thie-w_becire,,
0t.,11.:
Pr°,,, 11 5
Cowes, at his dockyard, is very rapidly. nd 0,1 ,
tmhaiekediuvphihmelryceoemteprdleamy.ent of hands disembarked 'lliviitec,coof
tie
,i at P
presents a most beautiful model. 1 arriv.-- st.
pStireztaionnd.
reaSdhye ifis,rpllaaankneehdiaugp
byto herthe blislgtee,isf,peembe:
to
The Satellite, 18, Commander Rowley,
._ust.
1., left
it
Ayres from Monte Video on the 11th
.r. 4,,t*Ouga
.1.,,,ag,°
The Vulture steam-frigate, Captain iti ,w,g n. ,
the 30th of August.
The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain t. 1,,,ip
Helena for the Cape of Good Hope, en route to l''''
let osee
Ayres for Monte Video on the 13th of Au
trill°
raiso on the 19th of July from Rio. _._._,e, Bar
The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. /Ivo'
`The Frolic, 16, Commander Hamiltong, uasrrived att.,o

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