The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-06 00:00:00

THE Sji,N, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEVBER 6, 1845.

THE CROYDON ATMOSPHERIC

RAILWAY.

The experiments on this new and interesting prin-
ciple, which bids fair to overturn all our preconceived
ideas of railway travelling, were resumed yesterday, in
the presence of Mr. Wilkinson, Chairman of the Cmn-
pany, and several of the Dirt ctors. Mr. Samuda, as
before, directed the proceedings.
On this occasion there were tive carriages attached to
the piston carriage, the aggregate weight amounting to
probably thirty tons. The first experiment was from
Croydon to the Dartmouth Arms, but from some misun-
derstanding as to time, one of the stationary engines was
not brought into action, and the vacuum obtained the
tube was in consequence imperfectly developed. The
speed attained, however, was fully equal to that usually
adopted in the working of the locomotive lines, being on
the average 30 miles an hour. On the return a greater
speed was attained, the barometer at starting indicating
above 21 inch, s, or 10i lbs. of atmospheric pressure on
the square inch of the piston. There was no
stopping at any of the intermediate stations,
and we had a good opportunity of judging of the speed
that might be obtained. The distance of five miles was
accomplished in six minutes and a quarter, giving an
average of forty-eight miles an hour ; but part of this
distance (a quarter of a mile) the speed reached 65 miles
au hour. The second upward trip was continued
throughout at an equal speed, and the dis-
tlnce was accomplished in sevt n minutes, being
rather above forty-three miles an hour. The return to
Croydon was t qually satisfactory. The barometer in-
dicated from 26 inches, the maximum, to 11 inches, the
minimum, or from 13 to 5i pounds on each square inch.
The result is such as must satisfy the most sceptical,
because the experiments have clearly proved that a
greater degree of speed can by the atmospheric principle
be communicated iu a lesser time than by the present sys-
tem, while all possibility of those fearfal accidents that
have so lately happened on different lines are completely
avoided. Every day tends to lessen the unimportant dis-
advantages arising from the want of a thorough under-
standing between the different departments on the railways
and it may safely be asserted that when the principle
has had time and opportunity given it of arriving at
greater maturity, the superiority over the locomotive
engines will be so marked as to silence every caviller.

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
RAILW.3X SHARES

IN THE
PRINCIPAL CITILS AND TOWNS IN
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES OF RAILWAYS. 8 4
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Sept. Sept.lSept. Sep
4. 4. 4. 4
4% 4% 5%

Aberdeen • • • • • • • • • • • •
Airdrie and Coatbridge • •
Arbroath and Forfar • • • •
Ditto Half Shares-:. ••
Armagh, Coln, & Portrush 2% 3
Bandon and Bantry .• •• • 2
Belfast and Ballymena • • —7%
Belfast and County Down 5 I
I;!rkuhd•Lan.&Clies.Jne. 15%131153
Birmingham and Glo'ster 133
Do. New (iss. at 7X, die.)
Ditto Half Shares .. • •
Birminghin & Oxird.J one. 5%
Blekburn, and Preston

l;lel burn, Darw,,,& Bohn
Bolton, %\' ivaa, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stainfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter • • • • • •

9Tal
33 34%
2%

Ditto New ••••• • • • • . t
Bristol and Gloucester • • •
Bristol and S. Wales Junc.
British and Irish Union • • 73%
Caledon. and Ayrsh. J tine
Caledon. & Dumbar. June ——
Caled nian .• •••••.• • • • • 11% 12
Ditto Extension ••• • • • 3% 4 4%
Cambridge and Lin, oln • • 4% 4% 4%
Cheater and Birkenhead.
Ditto New Shares •• • • •
Ditto Half Shares •• • • 3411 _
Chrster and Il..lyhead • • 20% 21
Cheltenham and Oxford.. 4 2% 31,4
Chichester and Brighton..
Churnet Valley •••• • • • •
Clitheroe Junction .
Clydesdale Junction . •
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon . • • • • • •
Cork and Killarney . • • • •
Cork and Waterford • • • •
Cork and Youghal • • • • • •
Canterbury and Dover. • •
Coventry and Leicester
Corn wall

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2%1 VA

2%
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Derby and Crewe . • • • • • •
Direct Lon; and Manchstr
Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth
Directli an.(Remington's)
Direct Northern • • • • • • • •
Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • •
DubLn and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colr,:e
Dublin and Drogheda• • • •
Dublin and Galway .• • • •
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . • •
Ditto New .• • •••• • • •
Dundee and Per. h. • • • -
Durham and Sunderland -
East Lancashire (No. 1) - -
Ditto (No. 2) .. ••• • • • - -
Eastern Counties .••• . .. 20 -
Do. New .• •••. • • • 7%p - -
Do. Perp. spr Ct., No 1 -
Do. do. N 0.2 -p 28s6d 29
East Dereham & Norwich 2 -
East Union .• ••• • • •• • • -
Ditto Extension ••• • • • 6,1 -
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. - -
Edinburgh and Glasgow.. - -
Do. Quarter Shares •• • -
Do. New Quarter Shares - -
Eclin b. Leith, and Grants..n
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. -
Edinburgh and Northern -
Edinburgh and Peebles • • -
Edinburgh and Perth. •• • -
Ely and Huntingdon •• .. -
Enniskillen and Sligo • • • •
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Garnkirk and Glasgow ..
Glasgow and Ayr. • • • • • •
Do. Quarter Shares • • .•
Glasgow and Greenock..
Ditto New . • .• • • • •• • •
Ditto Preference • •• ••
Glasgw, Diaries, and Car.
Glsgw,Kilmarrick, & Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster • • • •
Grand Junction . • • • • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Ditto New Quarters • • -
Ditto Eighths . ...... . -
Grand Union .•• • • • •• • • •
Great Eastern & Western -
Gt Grimsby &Dk Extens. -
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield -
Gt Stlirn & Wstrn (hind)
Ditto Extension .• • • • •
Great Monster • • • • • • • • • •
Gt Northern of Scotland -
Grt Northern of England -
Do. New 401. Shares • • -
Do. New 301. Shares .. 34
Great Western .•••. • • • • -
Ditto Halt' Share •• • • -
- Ditto Fifths •.••• • • . • • -
Guiltrd, Farehm, & Ports. 3%
Harwich .•••.• • • • • • • • -
Irudrsffil & 3ran. R. &Cani -
Huddersfield and Sheffield -
Hull and Gatnsborough • . -
Hull and Selby ••••• • • • • • -
Ditto Quarter Shares • • - -
Ditto Half Shares •• • • -
Inverness and Elgin .. • • - -
Isle of Jersey ••• • • • • • - -
Kendal and Windermere - -
Kingstown and Bray - -
Killarney Junctions .. •• • - -
Lancaster and Cat lisle 55 -
Lancaster and Preston - -
Leeds and Bradford •• . • - -
Ditto Extension ... •.. - -
Leeds and Dewsbury •• • • - 36% 35
Leedsand Thirsk .. ••• • • • - 23 24
Leeds &W. Riding June. - 17 19%
Leicester & Birmingham -p 3
Leicester and Bedford .• • 2% p 3% 4
Limerick and Waterford - -
Limrck, Ennis, & KU. Juc. - -
Lincoln, York, and Leeds - -
Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. -
Liv erp3ol and Manchester -
Ditto Half Shares • • -
Ditto Quarter Shares.. -
Liverpl, Ormskrk,& Prstn -
_ ondon and Birmingham 222
Ditto Thirds ••••• • • • • . - -
Ditto Quarters • • • -
London and Blackwall • • 10% -
London and Brighton. • • 77 IS
Ditto Consolid. Eighths •-••-
London and Croydon •• • • 2631 -
Ditto New . • ••• • • • - -
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. - - -
London and Greenwich • 11 - -
Do. Pref. or Privilege.. - - -
London and South Westrn 7731 76)4 -
Do. New Cons. Eighths - -
Do. New, 501 Shares 16
Do. NeW, 401. Shares..
London and York .• • • • • •
Ditto (ilawtry) •• -
London and Windsor.. • . -
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl 331
Londonderry & Coleraine 51A -
Londonderry & Enniskilln 3% -
Lynn and Ely ••.• • • • • 8% -
Lynn and Dereham .• •• • 4% -
Manchester and Leeds • • 21831 223 -
Ditto Half Shares •• • 104 - -
Ditto Quarter Shares • • - 4034 41
Ditto sixteenths ••• • • - - 14%
Manchstr and Birkenhead - 2)4 3
Manchester &Birminghm 69 73 71
Ditto Quarter Shares .. 11 1231 12%
Ditto New Quarters . • 10 - 10%
Do. Con. & Welsh June. -3% 3%
Manchestr, Bolin, & Bury - 200 -
Ninchstr, Buxtn, & 3iatlk B%p 9 91A
Man. Shef. and Mid. June. - 10 -31ancliestr & Southamptn - - -
Midland... ••• • • ........ 174% 174 y, -
Ditto Fifths ••••• • • • • • -
Ditto New ••• • • • .• . 26 -
Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 1333! -
31hllnd Gt Westrn (Irish) - 3Th
Do. Extension to Sligo - -
Newcstl & DarlngtnJunc . -
Da. New (Brandling) 4,
Newcastle and Berwick • •
Newcastle and Carlisle •
Nwestle, Durham, & Lan.
Newport & Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen
Newark and Sheffield . • •
North British
Ditto New Shares • •
Northern and Eastern •
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 ells.,
Do. Quarter Shares • •
North Devon .• • • ......
North Kent • • ..
North Staffordshire .• • •
North Eastern . • • • • • • • • •
North Union (A) • • • • • • • •
Ditto (B)• •••• • • • -
North Wales Mineral.. • . -
Ditto New Shares •• • • -
North Western -
North Wales •..• • • 4%
Norwich and Brandon • • 23%
Ditto New -
Not., Belvoir, & Granthm -
Nottingham and Botton • • -
Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. •
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Binning. Juuc
Oxford and Worcester • • ,
Oxford and Cambridge • •
Perth and Inverness • • • •
Portsmouth Direct • • . • • •
Preston and Wyre • • • • • •
Ditto llalf Shares •• . • •
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar -
1)o. Prof. 5 per Ct. & div. -
Preston & Wyre Extens. -
Richmond &W. End June 1214 -
Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring 2% 241 -
Scottish Central ••..• • • • 7 -
Scottish Midland .• • • -
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares. • -
Ditto ditto (No. 2) .. -
Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • -
Sheffield and Lincoln .• . • - -
Sheffield and Rotherham - -
Shrewsbry & Grand Junc. - $l/4 -.
Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe - 5 4%
Shrws.,Wolv.,Dudl,&Bir 8% 8% •
iffirwsbry & Trnt Val. Übt. 2% 4% 4 -
Slaws, Herefil,& N. Wales - -4% _
Slamannan .• ••-••• • • • • • - - -
South Devon . - - 34
South Midland • • -
South Eastern and Dover 47% 48% 4834 -
Do. New (iss. 32/.) No. 1 23 - - -
Do. (155.33/.65.8d.) „ 2 161/ - - -
Do. (iss. 301.) ~ 3 91/8 91,4 91,4 -
Staines and Richmond .• • 3% - -
Staffordshire &Shropshire - 4
Stirling and Dunfermline - -
South Wales • . • ... •
Tean and Dove Valley -
Trent Valley
Do. and Holyhead June. 2% I 3 3
-Vale of Neath- • •
West London, Old Shares -
West End & Sothrn Coml. -
Wexford a d Carlow •. • • -
Warwick and Cheltenham -
Waterford and Kilkenny 3 -
Wated,Wxfil,Wick& Dub 1% -
Wakefield and Bradford.. - -
Walald , Pontefrct, & Gool - -
Wakefield and lituTogAte -
Warwick and London .• • -
West Lancashire • . -
Worcester and Tring • • -
Whitehaven and Furness -
Do. New Half Shares. -
Welsh Mhliand. • • •
We, t Cornwall •
Weat Yorkshire • • ..... • -
Wilsontwn, M. & Coltness -
Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth 5 -
Yarmouth and Norwich 2931 -
, Ditto New . • •
York and Carlisle .• • .. • •
York and North Midland
- Ditto Half Shares .. • •
Ditto Scarbro' Branch
Ditto Selby • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto 4xtt,ll*}} •• ••
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HULL, SErr. 4.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half
khans, 2V/s—London and Croydon, New, 365. p.—Blackburn,

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Darwen, and 13 dton, 1014.-Catedoulan Extension, 37/8—
Eastern Union Extension, 374—Gr at Grimsby and Sheffield,
Quarter Shares, 41/2,—Hudderstkld Sir tield Junction,
30—Budder-field and Manchester Rt9r6ad and Canal, 30
—Leeds and Thirst:, 21—Lynn and Dereham, 514—North
British, Half Shares, 10 —Xorth \Vales, s—Oxford, Worces-
ter, and Wolvrharnpton, ll—Armagh, Coleraine, and Port-
rush, 3—Bandon and Bantry, 2/. Is. 3d.—Cambridge and
Lincoln, 414—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 31/1-Derby and
Crewe, We—Dublin and Galway, 614—East Lincolnshire,
314—East Coast, 3%—Glasgow and Dumfries, 23,—Gratid
Union, 755. 6d.—Great Eastern and Western, 34—Leicester
and Birmingham, 3—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
.;unction. 7%—London and Birmingham Extension. 31A—
London and Manchester (Re mington'i), 414—Manchester,
Buxton, and Matlock, 934—Nottingham, Erewash, &e., 5
—Nottingham and Mansfield, 31A—Rugby and Huntingdon.
4—South Midland, 6% p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Juno.
tion, 7—Staines and Richmond, 3t/—lean and Dove Valley,
3Ti —Trent Valley Continuation, 314—Wakefield and Brad-
ford, 814—West Yorkshire, 211/—Welsh Midland, 51/s—
York and Carlisle, 6%—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 41.85.

YORK, -SEPT. 4.
STOCK EXCOANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten •
sion, 31. 14s.—North British, New, 1018 —Chtheioe Junc-
tion, 6—Grand Union, 3/. 1 is —Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Junction, 183 A—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern,
378—Leeds and York, 10%—Leicester and Bedford, 4
London and York, 6%—Manchester, Buxton, &c., 93/4—
Newcastle and Berwick, 251A—Nottingham. Erewash, and
Ambergate, 51j—North Statibrdshire, 61/,—North Western.
04—Welsh Midland, s—West Yorkshire, 181,4-,York and
Carlisle, 53/4.

SHEFFIELD, SEvr. 4.
STOCK ExcriaxcE.-The sales are-Birmingham and
Gloucester, 133-Eastern Counties, 21-Sheffield and Man-
chester, 1431/.1-York and Selby 501. shares. 77 IA-Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 51-16-Goole and Doncaster, 3-
Grimsby and Sheffield, 177/8-Ditto, Quarter shares, 41/1-
Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 7-Grand Union
(Nottingham to Lynn), 3%-London and Windsor, 2-
London and York, 7-Leeds and Bradford, 60-Leeds and
Dewsbury, 39-Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 5 1-16
-North .Western, 71/2-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 6/. Is. 6d.
-Wakefield and Harrogate, 3% p.
HUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Cambridge and Lin-
coln, 5-Essex and Suffolk, 31s. p.-Grand Union, 31A--
Glasgow and Dumfries, 2-Huddersfield and Manchester,
25%-Leicester and Birmingham, 7 %-Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, 7-Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
355. p.-North Western, 7-West Yorkshire, 18.
EDINBURGH, Slur. 2.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 155.-
Aberdeen, Banff. and Elgin, V. 103 -Arbroath and Forfar,
251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/.-Armagh and Portrush, 2/.-
Banffshire, 2/. Os. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 14s. 6d.
-Belfast and County Down, 31. 155.-Cambridge and Lin-
coln, 31. 10s.-Caledonian, 12/. 55.-Caledonian Extension,
31. 128. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Clydes-.
dale Junction, 91. 2s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 2/. 1.r.5.-Dundee
and Arbroath, 37/. ls. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dundee and
Perth, 61.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 3/. 38.-Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 901.-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 155.-Ditto, New,
15/.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 'W.-Edin-
burgh, Leith, and Grkinton, 261.-Ditto Preference, 171. 10s.
-Edinburgh and Northern, V. 165.-Ditto, New, 1/.los. 6d.
-Edinburgh and Peebles, 3/. Is.-Edinburgh and Perth,
11. 165.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 731.-Ditto, New Stock,
22/.-Ditto, 17/. 10s.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 4/.-
Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle, 31.-Glasgow and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock,
10/. 55.-Ditto, Preference, 21.-Great North of Scotland,
3/. 55.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 65.-Kilmarnock and Ar-
drossan' 51. 155.-London and York, 6/. 103. -Monkland
and Kirkintilloch, 33/.-Morayshire, 1/.-North British, 29/.
-Ditto, Halves, 91. 5s -Ditto, One-fifth, 81. 10s.-North
Wales Mineral, New, 6! 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 7s. 6d.
-Scottish Central, 71. 145.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 45.-
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, Si. 35.-Shrewsbury
and Hereford, IL 18s. 6d.-Slamannan, 18/. 103.-South
Midland, 9/. 2s. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 175.-
Tean and Dove Valley, 31. 7s. 6d.-Waterford, Wicklow,
and Dublin, 1/. 168.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN MEETING
AT LEDBURY.

The deputation of the Great Eastern and Western
etailway attended at the Feathers, on Tuesday, for the
purpose of laying before the inhabitants the nature of
the accommodation it was the intention of that Company
to afford to the town and neighbourhood.
This meeting was taken advantage of by some parties
who have put forward a theme for a railway between.
Worcester, Ledbury, and Ross, running in front of Great
Malvern, through the beautiful valley immediately under
it, and from thence acmes the property of Earl Somers
13% and Mr. Biddulph, to Ledbury, and thence to Ross, for
the purpose of getting a demonstration in its favour.
This object they managed to attain.
Mr. Robert Biddulph having been placed in the chair,
Mr. WARD; JI.P, explained to the meeting that the
object of the deputation was simply to pass the compli-
- mont to tln, inhabitants of an explanation of the views of
the Great Eastern and Western Company in regard•to
their town, and that he did not seek for any expression
of opinion. On the contrary, be wished them to have
an opportunity of weighing the merits of all the
schemes that might be offered to theM before they
pledged therns. lves to any in particular. He then
stated that the Giant Eastern and Western line would
run two miles to the north of Ledbury, where a first-
- class station would be provided for the accommodation
vie of the district, and that a branch line would be brought
down the valley to any point of the town that the in•
habitants might consider must desirable. By means of
the Great Eastern and Western Railway, the markets
of Birmingham and South Staffordshire would be
opened to the neighbourhood, as also those of the
ee— hills of South Wales. A great portion of the food
consumed by the enormous population in the mineral
s% districts was at present supplied by sea ; and the
7% Great Eastern and Western was the only line that
would place Ledbury iu direct and unbroken commit-
- nication with them. In proof of this he showed that by
this line the distance between Ledbury and Merthyr by
_— rail would, with the branch, be under sixty miles ;
whereas, by those lines purpor ing to connect South
Wales with Herefordshire by the coast line, a distance of
120 miles would have to be traversed. On Mr. Ward
resuming his seat,
Mr. JONES, the solicitor of the Worcester, Ledbury,
and Ross line, stated that, in his opinion, the Great
_ Eastern and Western would not accommodate the town
so well as his line. He did not like branch lines—they
were very inconvenient ; which he instanced by stating
that in the event of the train on the main line being de-
tained tbr an hour and a half, the branch line would aho
be detained. He then pointed out that the South Wales line
-
started to Fishguard and got down to Swansea up to
Neath, down to Cardiff, touched at Newport, and at pre-
- sent stopped at Chepstow, that it had failed to pass over
the-727°v ed to try to p
Severn at Hock Cribb,
ass i
at nextthatndsession
atelisen; Company in-
tendthat the
South Wales Company meant to go up to Monmouth
end thence to Ross ; and that his line going from
Worcester to Ledbury and Ross, was on the high road
to South Wales, and therefore to be preferred to the
line of the Great Eastern and Western. lie then re-
quested Captain Jones to move a resolution pleding the
town in favour of his direct and independent scheme,
which resolution Captain Jones accordingly moved, and
it having be. n duly seconded,
Mr. MARTIN, the banker, reminded the meeting that
they had not met to discuss the merits of rival schemes,
but to hear valet were the intentions of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway in regard to their town;
that he had never heard of Mr. Jones's scheme'until he
3% had come into that room; and he cautioned them against
stultifying themselves by a pledge until they had had
time to reflect on all the schemes that were projected.
lie concluded ;by moving an amendment to the effect
that the meeting was not at present in a position to
__ come to any resolution on the subject. -
This view of the case was also taken by the Rev. Mr.
Underwood, of Bosbury, and Mr. Biddulph Phillips ; but
Dlr. Jones insisting on having the resolution put from the
chair, it.was found on a show of fonds that thirty-seven
only were fir the amendment, whilst some fifty gentle-
- men he'd up their hands for the original 'notion.
Mr. JONES then called for three cheers to celebrate
his triumph. We are informed, however, that every in-
- dividual posseze,ed of any portion of the property over
which the proj, cted lines purpose to pass was decidedly
opposed to the Worcester and Ross scheme, and that Mr.
Robert Biddulph himself ead, that morning, &reeled its
7_ projector to erase his name from the list of the provi-
sional committee, in which it had been inserted without
his knowledge or leave. Mr. Ward sail Mr. Douglasse
afterwards took some refreshments at Mr. Biddulph's,
having received their strong assurances that a branch
line, with a station just at the outskirts of Ledbury,
would furnish ell the accommodation required by the
town, and would certainly be the arrangement which all
s the influential inhabitants would prefer.— Worcester
Journal of yesterday.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.
CIRENCESTER, SEPT. I.—Agreeably to a requisition,
signed by the Right Hon. the Earl Bathurst and two
hundred of the most respectable inhabitants of this town
and neighbourhood; a public meeting, convened by the
High Steward, was held on Saturday last, for the pur-
pose of affording them an opportunity of expressing•
their sentiment.; cn the importance of the projected Man
chaster and Southampton Railway ; and a more respect-
able meeting was never held in Cirencester. Among the
company were Earl Bathurst, E. Hopkinson, Esq , High
Sheriff of the county ; Sir T. Tancred, Bart., J. W.
Lyon, Esq., F. Cripps, Esq.. W. Dent, Esq., of Sudeley
Castle ; Raymond Cripps, Esq., &c. James Walkin-
shaw, Esq., and Joseph Lankester, Esq., attended as a
deputation from the Company.
Mr. WALKINSBAW, in a rery clear and Perspi-
cuous manner, laid before the meeting the plans
of the Company, and the advantages likely
to arise from the projected railway. In the
course of his address, he paid a high, but deserved
compliment to Earl Bathurst. His Lordship (said Mr'
acsosnusriedd ns, with all that absence of
erations, for which he is so oknitai sl hoarvs
se)
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re-
markable, that although the line should go through his

park, however inconvenient it might be, and however op-
- posed to all his early associations, still he would not allow
any private feeling of his own to interfere with the
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'• course of such a great public advantage.
31,E Mr. Walkinshaw was followed by Mr. LANKESTER
2h who also spoke, with great clearness and ability-.
A number of resolutions were thin proposed and se-
conded by differcut gentlemen, and carried unanimously.
Before the meeting separated, Earl 13ATRURST said,
—" I may take the liberty of mentioning what some of
you way know, but which may not be unsatisfactory to
Mr. Bowley and others to learn, thata part of the pro-
- posed scheme (the Northern) was twice proposed by me
to infla,ntial persons connected with the Great Western
--
Railway, but without success. I proposed it by letter to
an authority of the Company before the Great Western
made the line to ICemb!e, and I proposed it orally the
day it was openel and completed. Neither of my pro
positions, howevcr, wet with any decided support ; and'
think it is our ditty to asskt those who offer us what is
most useful."—Derizes Gazelle.

MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE.
This railway commences in the township of Clifton, by a
junction with the Manchester and Bolton Railwa,y, op-
posite the point where the Patricroft and Clifton Branch

of the LiveriKieal and Manch esterSailway will boliimence,
at the distance of about four and a half miles from
continuesiihurfao ciihritrthgtl:yilt'
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Manchester ; it tl:en proceeds along the district of Out-
wood, and adjacent to the large v;ilage of Ringley, and
t:fav:tilidrehee',xintatejtanistill'veme
dateemn at s_
ilkin
of the last census. contained 11,186 inhabitants. On
the nortlftrn border of this township, where it adjoins
the parish of Radcliff), and near the point where the
railway crosses the river Irwell, is situate the populous
village of Radcliff:, Bridge, and its equally flourishing
adjunct named _stand-lane ; these united places contain a
population of upwards of 5,000. Within the village and the
immediate localities around, there are eight cotton ma-
nufactories, twenty-one nankeen manufactories, nine
check and gingham manufactories, eight dye-works, five
calico printing-works, five bleaching establishments, and
two collieries. On quitting Radcliffe-bridge, the rail-
way crosses a rich agricultural district, and shortly
afterwards the line pas: es over one of the principal
streets of the-large and increasing town of Bury. The
population of the borough of Bury in 1841, was 25,912.
The number of cotton-mills in the town and neighbour-
hood is about forty, woollen ten. calico printing cone( rns
five, and. machine-making works six, exclusive of seve-
ral collieries in the immediate vicinity. In a central
situation adjacent to the main streets of the town, this
railway will form a junction with the Bolton, Wigan,
and Liverpool line, or, as it is frequently designated, the
Liverpool-and Bury BB way, which will best,iw on the
place most important and advantageous facilities of an
ess to Bolton, Liverpool, and the north.—Bradthatv's
Gazqt4.

MAIDSTONE AND ASHFORD.

During the last week the surveyors or the South-
Eastern Company have been measuring and taking levels
(or the din, ct line which they propose to make between
London and this town, with a continuation to Ashford.
The line, it is said, will come through Mr. Smithe's
timber-wharf in the West borough, cross the Medway
almost exactly in the line (A' the river Len, olOng the
course of which it will continue all through the town,
thus avoiding much interference with valuable property.
The station, it is said, will be in the gardens at the back
of the Swan Inn, with a handsome opening to the High-
street, for which purpose the remov:•l of several houses
facing the Kent Fire-office will be necessary. This is
what is said—what will be done is another thing.—
Maidstone Journal.

It sh uld be distinctly made known to the public whether it I
is to be so or not, thlt travellers may not hereafter be dis-
appointed and misled, as I and others have been on this
nne,sion.
It seems, also, not unreasonable to hepe that the Grand
Junction Railway Company shall so arrange as that their mail
trains be not twenty or thirty minutes behind their time, and
specially that a whole train shall not be detained, when elore
to the terminus, in seeking for the portmanteau of one pas-
senger.—Yours, truly, C. D.
Liverpool, Sept. 4, 1845.