The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-29 00:00:00

proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth. Looking to the s',l
oTfthNtehere:::Powpaasuyslaastion through which it was proposed to carry Eton"
had no hesitation in saying that it was the best e
a
ewould
Stokecommence
Damarel,by ian .
tto o junctionotio
twith f thepe
Devon,
tbt rye
frptevecile:;l
i_
a continuous connexion with that line would be
The gauge would be the same on both that and o.e,
Falmouth,
new line. The line would commence at
close to the Green Bank Hotel. The terminus there the
passengrs, was conveniently situated for
for
tllt
purpose, as also ofand those engaged in the floating 4:WC"' Fen:Yend
Creek, where it was proposed to have a station, would be ergs
he
A
by timber arches, which would present no obstacle viaductl
navigation. At Carnal Stream they would hAt Trul„,
ave .
for the purpose of carrying the line across it.
ostwithpropos!:
the creek was crossed by similar means. They
to construct a branch from the main line at
would
to Bodmin. The line from the north coast to Bodmin v,
form a junction with this branch. The Hamoaze woualidte:
crossed on the ferry boats at present in use, but various
tions and improvements would be rendered necessary. The witnel
then described the course of the line to Plymouth. With respect
to the gradient, looking to the nature of the country, and to the
nature ature of the traffic expected, they were good. If they had
erTu.
in any respect it was in making them too easy. Thecountry u u.,..
lated. The following was the estimate for the construction of the
railway, which would be a double locomotive line''

E 9.3,1285,,
15'2,61°

For fencing
Earth works ..............................................
Masonry of all kinds, including bridges,
walls, viaducts,
0,00-
culverts, and level crossings, timber, &c......••....... 1
Tunnelling
Permanent way (for the formation of the railway, 4.04,486
rail fastenings, rail bearing:, and rail beddings) ...... ''49,799
Stations
• .........................
•••••
50,895
Land required for the purposes of the railway ............
For the construction of the Bodmin branch, including 41,5°
_1,051
engineering and land ...................................
New passage to Eldad, to join the South Devon ter-
7
minus ............ ;,50
Land required ............................................ •••
For contingencies which are expected to arise in the 157,616
course of the works, and for expenses attendant thereon
Locomotive expenses, including engines, tenders, 0010, 40,000
and tools attached thereto... .............................
0°
X99-i
Total ................. •••• 111
The total length of the line was 69 miles, with branc,'" bait.
the,
ruling gradient was 1 in 6 0 ; one in 4 0 was the wor:.
otiotsa
There was lin29 in the Bodmtn branch. He had al e°
the cost of laying down the line for atmospheric traction.
(LEFT SITTING.)

„, 0 iAIP'
SOUTH MIDLAND or NOR 1 A.c:-
TON AND LEICESTER RAIL reposed goal
The following statement with respect to the propos
will be food
Midland or Northampton and Leicester Railway,
interesting to our readers : and nirrilil
The line will commence either at the London ~0, or,,a
ham Railway, at a point between Roade and 131i5w,„",” egb,''se
the Northampton station of the branch to Peteretq-05 li_.d
proceed by Market Harborough to the Midland IlatiestotTe;
the town of Leicester, with a short branch to the Le yea Pis
Swannington Railway, effecting a saving of nearly: d, Lee
between London and Nottingham, Derby, She%
Ore'
and the North of England.
IA SO •
In connexion with the Sheffield and Chester lioe to
0
wash Valley lines, it will prove the shortest practicau- belife'er
Sheffield, and will very considerably lessen the distanceore sb,
London and York, enabling the existing ComPallielhetliie
cessfully to compete for that traffic, which Inns' - ' the
diverted to the eastern lines. eie on „a
It will also avoid the Kilsby and Weedon ernunshic jh :ibe
Birmingham Railway, and the stoppage at 11,414'60 w 11'
hereafter be considerably lengthened by the jun .400.,
Trent Valley, and Rugby and Oxford lines, at the 0;0
lowing of better arrangements being made fff b woold:ed
modation of the Oxford and southern traffic, "leicestlrkid
pass over that part of the Midlands line, betw olecta•er
Rugby. Indeed, the Committee believe that this a pito
will be found advantageous to both the Lad° anssoos '-.4-bof'
re f the ..to
ham, and Midland Companies, for the following
Ist, As a means of preserving a large porti°P:evidates
field, Leeds, and York traffic, making it sell. ies yet re,
whatever profit may be taken from the Cor°Plrit will be
Leicester and Rugby, and Rugby and Blisworth, 1 00
turned tenfold by that from the northern district. e oilei,,,tet
2d, It will, by effecting a saving of nearly thre and eir.„ge.
°rfdora° iv loge.
Leicester and London than the Bell
project, deprive that Company of any grounos e the
ment on the vested interests of the present lilbolds Velr sna
As a source of profit to the shareholder!, le vice's' parts
following advantages :—By its junction with, torinerdistriet
Swannington Railway, it will open the coo 8-celtutP ore,
of Leicestershire and Derbyshire to the 'r, o' f Pritbao, Goa"
around Market Harborough, and to the tow-aerabtl , ('An-
reducing the price of these articles most C°ll'the lit° of car:
roboration of which it may be remarked, Ott be pricet,-reor
have, since this line was projected, reduced t
with these f COI'
riage to Harborough), while, in connexion, openbe° ost
Valley line, it will effect so great a saving it; coal t„,100.
riage, as to enable a much larger quantity ° to 0"
-'9ln this, and the coal district around Claycrosof

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THE MAYNOOTH G
ITit,---
CA MBRNIVEUS l'„„ to 012:8
dress The subjoined aess ofIDGE resident members of the an to 11:0
University of Cambridge, in favour of the prop one gr:selited 1
addrneisnsgisp
nooth College, which has been called forth by the one pr :e
week,mor expressing a repugnance to that measure, W °_.;ri.
ns in
thetole
rseisgeonetded
btyo
rtehaeidrepresentya,t i vaensdfoarro thator, gu ni co
_..
not
..
than eight professors and eighteen principal tutors of „el.,
remainder of the 78 names appended consisting almoste'ilegiS
fellows and officers of the different colleges and of the.llo_:ol7,
address The Cambridge Advertiser, in the columns of
"which leu, ire.
and signatures appear, remarks that "names o, Do;
circulation in Cambridge for only
weight in this university are hardly known." The a‘d eSti ,
avcatiunanlgl
many of the residents, including a considerable number Po 11,
ywaiffithxtedhe
be favourable to the object of the address, had alresdefa of
four days, and at a pesfsti..w
university on the termination of lectures. The nuniheeroot fro
of the augmented
leaves,
great
bui 110:79efvtehr,e nroodidoeuobtt
masters
sttoertsheof 000' jo AO
lasi
co
"TO TIM 111 GO grant.
T HON. Is GOULIIURN, DI. P., AND 011' vol.
EWAN LAW, L.P. test Of the • 0
"The undersigned,
resident members AC Sell- e esel‘tetif
ver • of w its rept
sity of Cambridge, desire to intimate r littrB is
•n Parliament, that th to 100, fiootb C
r*
viewed b them w e proposed grant to 14,1- 600- g '
y ith no feelin • rebel ,pe
nance, and that they deprecate gs either of apP app..'
most strongly the
progress against it."

0)1
VI" Of-
t nit
LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGTA9I opttAre tp
—Miss Strickland's new volume of this
_Yee:l tilavbiel
(just published) will probably be prop
the bioCcoir.
interesting one of the series. It contains tht old
,70 Pe
of the two Queens Consort of ou firs 040.001
Charles—the adventurous Henrietta Claris,tears ,r et
active a partisan for her husband in his of rt„ p,
Parliament, and the amiable Catherinecoortoro tellef
who figured so prominently at the geYmecl gtogelii, 5.4
Merry Monarch." With her accuste
terols ry 00,
skill, Miss Strickland has woven her nttab °nevi ell'
in a narrative which cannot fail of charr.fortna'ojti the
of readers. A vast mass of original IF II I.lolA,te ~,.
netted with the personal history of Brit's chicly° 0,4
be found in these biogra h. tending
hi stoorß/ aTtnAhi,e/TwyereNk p hies,.o, al efeP iii,
to i, 4, u
causes and effects of the great Rebell' wool y foie re;
new light on some of the mysterious Pragfoi% 6ecA
the times. From the records of the Prat, besple'ro
the Imperial Library at St. Petersba 7.t0 an bola ty,
Archives of France, and other hithbeied ic);°01 f6icthli
sources, Miss Strickland has been ens' bister' plr
amount of accurate knowledge as t° v Act tiO
which has never fallen to the lot of any of 'l°l4'
r eir
duringl‘ rri natibeet4 el. tsof;
,TieinEcull
ending
T May ROro L2l4s: --i5 - 'e op- se, r.
the f theof tiie,7e,
lieve, on record since the establish than
General's office, being only 810—less t'e„afacesPo, °`,et'clAr.
vious week by 25, and than the average" tnon" ii es_Aerj
and showing a diminution, in less than tivoof id liti
500. The number about the beginniegotere iLessitelse ill
1,300. It is gratifying to find, too, that, oil
~.,'"erioo9.ei
under every head, if we except small-Peel pot ''',-iii,u, to''
even in these instances the increasen,duep doclie,tfll
the former, and four in the latter. -11",;,rar,„ft 060 fs6l,
of the organs of respiration is most '",eat'S „,10;3.
being 227, while the average for five.„beell" lie:,l",i
dais, pneumonia, and consumption ha" are ir'' 00'p ":.
than usual. The deaths from old age, whichea At feet
and the violent deaths only four, two 0, ear
,3; 0 esSo
The deaths from small-pox are 25, an three Ilti ell
lowing ages :—Seven under one year' ears' eel);
six 5-10; three 10-15; and two 20-3 u 1 "40 let
the age is not specified. 00 31406"1
A RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIIIE.--heo to plecorieitt4.he
ing last, the seven P.M. train from 131011155-4100 tl'end 0.10,
on fire when about five miles from the W. e tglpten", col_AP itt
of a number of sparks flying from the engpaiipitisollo'plaCes. of
One of the latter, containing about a score - tPe Were, iostlyti
Derby market, was speedily in flames, 4°,60" sottr" die 0.
most of which exceeded eighteen stone in " The ter beingyvio
imminent danger of being roasted alive" lief Array at 1 t. did to
ordered the train to be stopped, and a suPP„, 00 4111)1000`, to
by a brook which was fortunately near, ape Ere
!A thew
tinguished, but not until all the pigs sse,'„ee res.:essifieskr.,
of them were killed on the spot, and L"..- Ago pis TAlP'"ftel
their owner, Mr. Brewitt, of Nottinghsliref; Of 0 ettl9l7st.
be ir.stantly killed, the poor animals hei1f0115:511011.,,,e- titre, '„ the
DECORATION OF THE NE bad sett' stol'' leo to' ge.
mENT.-111r. Pugin, the architect, h 0 "1, of tiles ex the arttil"
in Lynn, making casts of different 010)0,...,2 eat, ./3011der.:30
Margaret's Church, and St. Nicholas Ci. rarlis;bo,,-
.., fri diet
decorative parts of the New Houses 0
sled to P.ii, oi, oe W
meet of which4it seems, has been intrnsi-pefitet of
Lady Emily Straton died at agb sret°°.f OP'
hio w 01.1 f CO
last in her 72d year. Her Lady s— late General 0.,,,if Per oSe
Earl of Roden, and married. 1798, the 04 DE yo.--• te. jos
DEATII OF THE DowAGEa he posssgeoortilhe 0,905
—We have to announce the death of t
_,teteoonl.e. ,10
..,4
ford, who expired suddenly yesterday n.,,e.terr'__A for so a+'
o'clock, at her residence on Carltona, she w-, oe
sod P 0
of her Ladyship was somewhat itudder'_, eirVir goo, „ fob4.
past been out as usual, to take carriage Ea
of etstexobtoSit',;
lady was second daughter of Josh. third..,ate, snA in „ . 1/0...t0
zabeth, only daughter of Sherhar 11:p 007 op 'feu n•
first Earl of Clanwilliam. LadYe died in
-04
who t u 00'
Parisi dward Lord De Clifford,
that OC° • s° ea,
issue ng from the marriage, ---r „so+, sister! befit 100
_,
abeyance between the heirs of his Lo slis,rres 110°4,t. based
The speculators in railway
c501:e.0% Pape selllnlve el;
what startled by a clause in the in, 4, bumng whO .WlOO ig,
which enumerates the profits Made, blerne. oltd 00 S itie ti,lv-e.
in railways" among the
thecaits of .n‘_ rile will In will he
~001
their thousands during ailway ma"' but the 7., 00 tbs_..ojef;
ALARMING OCCURRENCE•e_rre wits 0 1.10. 16/ do ,
ccounitvy7fioerritthcelaruesies,
sure
riet
to
os
bpeuat
gi irtefaotral_es_i
lief
setceorritssiorie
jortillo ti 1
about eleven o'clock, considerable ..
100 oMnibuh via° tind fur It
following occurrence : —The Water_
_ed castle, 00. ~0 ~
from Camden town to the ElePbto_lL !lee, Pat
~,,eop,,"; ttir
the door of the York and Albany, ti. Ted uot t "Ldo
_olool'
ost the .1 they sir. YI err
furious career through the sever
i:lat±e`in the et'orithey 7::.- fr
d,ernivgeerrsrlowtpbe:ingtheathotrhsees sriurudtleen:y.
street, Oxford-market, when a
seited the relict zoro, _
lite otic;
livery-stablekeeper, Foley-place, I.
I lose to the Ile, and I, et
animals were ultimately stopped
,_niieus sitUsinenthe prod. beet o<
was happily extricated from hiussr;.n
jured. In
__ 0
0,00
tangled round his body, and heedfbely
scone bystatnde. 'oe ls,
octllso
bruised, although not danger° I 1
ts an elderly
au,
wiwossaivirr,,,
horses through the several street, ?
__ung won° _cr. _ 4
arriage, .alt"; 0,1; 0
in her arms, other c rooviflg fie
there was no collision with any .
co _
were
ATP 01
number of vehicles of every descrip tll d
the r of
down while cbroasdsianguta.rhreowroeseaap: aerbeing run ey,,ugh Ito_
to
derstan 0404 iitr
way to Epsom.
--We 111) d the se efti 1
7::tsl,itiTti the:::efe....liedesrytr:
B,oCK: HARMONICON. secure don
ileail,
n this ong „opt on
114( t
strument, and that they commence their
tuoresosfrst.heHSaurrrirseuyn!toboelo
he long 4 )
next. gpiec:flo
rGrua
er dr: nos has
en g :gig an
o.e
Belgians signed on Monday the .
to Pieet'
the extension
mew Railway, with
It is understood in the City thfoartthte youoda ''''
decree