The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.

DERBY, MONDAY FTERNOON.—This afternoon the
half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the
Midland Railway was held at the railway station. Mr.
george Hudson, chairman of the Directors, in the chair.
There wga a very full attendance.
Mr. BELL, secretary, read the report of the Directors,
which stated that the accounts, up to the 31st of Decem-
ber last, exhibited a balance in favour of the company
sufficient to pay three per cent, on the consolidated stock,
three per cent. on the preference stock, and 2/. 6s. 3d.
per cent. on the Birmingham and Derby consolidated
stock. The increase in the receipts of the three com-
panic:, had amounted to 42,078/. for the last half year.
There had been a considerable decrease in various items
of expenditure. It was with deep pain that the Direc-
tors adverted to the late accident at Nottingham. It
had caused them the deepest concern. They had
done all in their power to alleviate the affliction
of the parties who were the principal sufferers, and were
convinced that the accident had been occasioned by an
extraordinary error of judgment. The Directors expected
a considerable increase in the mineral department of their
carrying trade, and had already ordered 250 additional
waggons, which would shortly be ready, and which
would better enable them to accommodate the increasing
traffic. The Directors of the London and Birmingham
Railway had agreed to a mileage rate on goods putting
to and from their lino to the line of the Midland Com-
pany, and the former company had commenced the car-
riage of coals on the whole length of their line, which
would open up a large traffic ; and the Directors of the
Midland had, in consequence, given orders for more en-
gines of increased power. The new railways and
branches which had been started by the Midland Com-
pany had been based upon the principle of affording the
best railway communication to towns which were at pre-
sent destitute of that accommodation. The Directors
relied with confidence on the justice of the Board of
Trade, and believed that these proposed lines would re-
ceive the sanction of the Legislature. The balance-
sheet showed a receipt of 276,1291., and an expenditure
of 123,3361., leaving a balance of 152,7391.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
congratulated the meeting on the flourishing condition
of the Company. The sum of 12,000 L had been ex-
pended on the capital account to give increased accom-
modation at the stations, and this outlay, it was ex-
pected, would yield a return of 1,000/. per annum. The
arrangement with the Birmingham Company with re-
spect to heavy goods, would greatly increase :he traffic
on the Midland line. Adverting to the late melan-
choly accident, he denied that there bad been any
neglect of duty on the part of the Company, or
that it was to be attributed to a desire to screw
down the expenses ; for both he and his col-
leagues considered that no expenses were too great to
give a security to the public. Steps had been taken to
remedy any want of punctuality on the line, which did
not rest so much with the Midland Company as with
persons above York. The Syston and Peterborough
line, which the Company proposed to construct, was 47i
miles ; and the capital required for its construction
would be 700,000/. It would reduce the cost of coal 50
per cent. in the district, and could not, he believed, be
successfully opposed. The line from Nottingham to
Lincoln would be 34 miles, cost 12,000 L a mile, and re-
quire a capital of 400,0001. Both lines had exceedingly
good gradients. Then there was a short line of three-
eighths of a mile, to effect a junction between the Shef-
field and Rotherham and Manchester and Rotherham
Railways, which would cost 36,0001. Then there were
branches from Darfield to Maisborough and from Dar-
field to Elsicar, which would cost 65,0001. The pro-
posed line from Swinton, via Doncaster, Gainsborough,
Lincoln, Boston, Spalding, to Wisbech, was 124 miles in
length, and would join the Eastern Counties Railway at
March. It would cost 1,612,000/., at 14.000 Z a mile ;
by means of it they would be enabled to travel quicker
than by the line proposed by the Manchester and Leeds
Company. They had then a branch from Swinton to
Wakefield, and on to Sheffield and Rotherham, and by
this line a distance of 40 miles was saved as compared
with the London and York line. After entering into an
examination of the merits of the proposed London and
York line, which he contended would never receive the
sanction of the Legislature, the Hon. Gentleman con-
cluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was
carried amid applause.
The dividend having been declared, and the three re-
tiring Directors (Mr. Beale, Mr. Paget, and Mr. Teo)
having been re-elected, the meeting separated.

KENTISH LINES.—TUNBRIDGE, Morosetr.—To-day, a
meeting was held at Tunbridge, to oppose the proposed
extension lines from London to Tunbridge direct, and
through central Kent. Colonel Austen, of Kippington,
occupied the chair, and gave his strenuous opposition to
any further railway schemes in that part of Kent, consi-
dering that all the facility for travelling and traffic which
was required by Tunbridge was afforded by the pre-
sent line. A fresh one, either from the Croydon or the
South-Eastern, was entirely unnecessary. He con-
demned the attempts of the parties as a destruction of
property for no useful purpose, and as an encroachment
on existing interests. After some other remarks to a
similar effect, a resolution was proposed, pledging the
meeting to oppose the projected lines. Mr. Alderman
Lucas. as a landowner on the line through which the
South-Eastern extensions to Kent would pass, felt it his
duty to support the measures of the South-Eastern Com-
p3ny, who had been driven to the making their line
a circuitous one from the opposition they
had received from the landowners in their
original project of carrying it from Tun-
bridge in a direct line to Maidstone. They had been
forced into the Weald of Kent, through a thinly popu-
lated district, when they might have gone through a po-
pulous one. He himself had opposed them in their direct
line, but had since had reason, from their desire to ac-
commodate the public, to repent of that conduct and re-
cant. The Maidstone people held similar opinions. The
South-Eastern Company had evinced a desire to benefit
the public, and he would support them in their just and
legitimate right of connecting with the main line the
traffic of the adjacent country. The opposition arose
from the fear of injury to the Medway Canal Proprie-
tors, who dreaded the South-Eastern Company should
compete with them in the coal trade. The proposed
line of the South-Eastern would go through land be-
longing to himself, but he told the Company that he
was ready to support any line which had a tendency to
shorten the distance between London and Dover. The
motion was then put and carried, Alderman Lucas vot-
ing against it, and a Committee was appointed to oppose
the progress of the measure. Previous to the meeting,
several landowners and occupiers on the line intended to
be passed over by the South-Eastern applied for admit-
tance to the meeting, for the purpose of supporting that
Company in their projects. The numbers were superior
to those of the meeting; but on being asked if they were
in opposition to the proposed railways, and declaring
they were not, they were refused to be admitted.
PROPOSED LINES THROUGH SOUTHWARK.—Yesterday
a public meeting of the rate-payers was held in the ves-
try-room of St. George's Church, in pursuance of a re-
quisition presented to the churchwardens, to take into
consideration the effect of the proposed railways through
this and the adjoining parishes, and whether the same
would not be injurious to the trading and other interests
of the parish, and tend to lessen the income from the
rates. The Rev. Mr. Horton, the rector, in the chair.
Mr. Cope, in moving the first resolution, contended that
the formation of, or extension of, railways through so
populous a district as the parish of St. George, with
their terminus contiguous to the bridges, would ma-
terially affect the interests of the inhabitants, and,
without affording any corresponding advantages, con-
siderably decrease the poor and other rates of the parish
by the destruction of houses that would be required, and
the removal of their occupants. In addition to this, tns.
surrounding property would be greatly deteriorated in
value, and injury would be inflicted on the trade of the
district. He called upon the meeting to use all the means
in their power, by petitioning Parliament, and appoint-
ing a committee to watch the progress of the Bill, and,
it necessary, opposing its passing into a law; and moved
a resolution to that effect, which was seconded by Mr.
Marten. A discussion took place, in which the Rev.
Chairman, Mr. Boxer, Mr. Chester, Mr. Beetor, and
others took part, contending that the evils apprehended
by Mr. Cope would not arise by the extension of the
railways ; that it would not be politic for the parish to
interfere ; and that it did not follow that, because the
Board of Trade had reported in favour of the Bill, that
Parliament would adopt the recommendation. Mr.
Boxer moved, as an amendment, " That the vestry-
clerk should be directed to watch the progress of the
several Railway Bills affecting or cutting through the
parish, and to report thereon from time to time to the
parish officers." The amendment was carried by a large
majurity.
URA.YESEND AND ROCHESTER.—This line, connecting
Gravesend with Chatham, Rochester, and Strood, is now
completed. It is a single line of seven miles in length,
and has been constructed under the superintendence of
Mr. Rastrick, the engineer, and Messrs. Henderson and
Fox, the contractors, upon one of the banks of the
Thames and Medway Canal, without a special Act of
Parliament, there being a clause in the Act incorporat-
ing the Canal Company, enabling them at any time " to
fill up, alter, or convert the canal into a carriage way,"
and consequently into a railway. Operations were com-
menced in February last, and the works were completed
on the 28th ult., at which period the line would have
been opened to the public, but for some apprehension as
to the safety of a tunnel, constituting part of the canal,
of two miles in length. A short time since General Pas!
ley, the Government Inspector of Railways, tested its
security by firing cannon at the different sections, to
ascertain whether the chalk through which it is exca-
vated required bricking, and he recommended the addi-
tion of some masonry and works. On the 4th instant he
made his final inspection, and reported to the Board of
Trade. The railway runs along that bank of the canal
on which formerly was the towing-path, but the opposite
bank will henceforward be used for that purpose, thus giv-
ing a locomotive line for passengers, and a canal transit for
goods. As there is only one towing-path, through that
portion of it will be by steam-tugs. The run between
Gravesend and Rochester will occupy about twenty mi-
nutes. It is proposed to place the terminus at the former
town, in connection with the new pier, now erecting at
the Terrace-gardens.
SALISBURY AND YEOVIL.—On Wednesday last a meet-
ing of the inhabitants was held at Yeovil, in support of
this line, Mr. G. Edwards, the portreeve, 'presiding.
Resolutions proposed and spoken to by Mr. J. T. Vining,
Mr. Matthews, Mr. Mayo, Mr. Benham, and others,
were passed unanimously in favour of a junction with the
South-Western Railway. Mr. J. Batten stated that the
Directors of that Company had no intention of abandon-
ing the undertaking, notwithstanding the unfavourable
report of the Board of Trade, but that, on the contrary,
they were prepared to carry it out if the towns upten the
route gave them support.
WILTS AND SOMERSET.--A meeting of t he Committee
of this Company was held at Trowbridge on Tuesday
last. Mr. Walter Long, M.P., was in the chair. The
report of the Board of Trade was read and highly ap.

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proved, and a. pledge was given on behalf of the 61re,
Western and the Wilts and Somerset Companies thaet_sr
Bill shall be brought into Parliament in the ensuing". t.
tor the purpose of making a better approach to
.Dsf.
The precise line will be dtermined by the probahl? eicie
pence of executing it, and the probable repay ilath
shape of traffic. All the shares were allotted.
Journal. .1 that
BLAENAVON AND NANTYGLO.—U is report-- hag
Captain Rouse, one of the Government inspectors; nti...
been down surveying the projected line of the is,,st
Canal Company,
it.Href nitiensd. that he has given his
NEWPORT AND NANTYGLO RAILIVAY.--The (I- . :.,
of coal that will be taken from the Llanilleth niountr
through which it is intended to cut a tunnel for thislinZ
veto Bg;
will pay the expenses of excavating.—Hereford Jain
CALEDONIAN.—At a meeting of the Glaege"' nos.
Council, on Thursday last, resolutions were passe'', ,e
nimously approving of this line, as likely to effort!. k'
best communication between England and Scotland As
LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON.--DUrillg,;
week a memorial in favour of this line has been it!
warded to the Board of Trade from Preston, with
of
wards of 300 signatures. A depntation, coesist%
Mr. M'Gregor, with the engineer of the line. and eto
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waited upon Lord Stanley in London last week, t,._':
certain his Lordship's sentiments towards the bowed be
and received assurance that io opposition Aetna 0,
offered by him to the Bill in its Parliamentary Pregre
—Preston Guardian. Th* CO;
STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY.---- 1° h co
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pany have recently carried over the Great
England Railway, into York, 8,000 tons of coal in twelf.t
six hours. Reckoning 21 tons to a waggon load, Lu;
would be 3,200 waggons, which, at forty visgri" 19/
train, would be eighty trains, or one train eyerlbs,„
minutes. The Stockton and Darlington Company rs of
contracted to find locomotive power for the transP° low
coal and coke on the Great North of England at the'
rate of lid•
per ton p mile.
GREAT. NORTH Fe ENGLAND.—The directors have
solved to pay the shareholders 6 per cent. et the leghstt
nation of the present half-year, which is 2/. more
upon the last. 761 11/811
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE.—There are' 3,. -
and 387 horses at present engaged on this linethe.ll Sheffield
SHEFFIELD AND AfANCHESTER.—When Ais es:
line is opened throughout to Manchester, whie"."o,lot
petted to take place in March next (except * tvwjnitisr
about two miles in length), the distance from .0., oeso
ham by the Midland line will be about thirty ninlyaos
than by the Manchester and Leeds Railway'.
Review. b
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A RICHMOND, AND AP ..t, •,,v liares.t
A new line from the Northallerton Station of the, yisb•
North of England Railway, through Appleby ale Os
mond, uniting with the Newcastle and Carlisle, is °
anvil. ns er
EASTERN UNION.—Mr. Walker, the Governoe-sos%
ginner, has been appointed by the magistrates 0f... 0 01
inspecting engineer on the works now iu prop.
this line. ,phis• CO/11,;
DUFFRYN, LLYNVI, AND FORTH CATi'L.--"'"" eie"
pany have commenced relaying the line, with the viero is
preparing it for locomotive purposes. The fsol°6.looo
the neighbourhood dread the change. They will_Tboro
by it to a considerable extent, having purcheseli, We:
hitherto used upon the line, but which, when t",.,„'" oy,
motives are introduced, will not be required.-"v"
Guardian. 0.illi;:
CANTERBURY, RAMSGATE, AND MAW" nisPr,
works on the branch line from Canterbury are -Ow
rapid progress. Upwards of 100 men are set et ;eat'
the three divisions of the contract, and one of twider is'
tings, 26 feet deep, 600 feet long, and 40 feet cinch
nearly completed. There are to be six bridge' eoef°
between Ramsgate and Margate to cross the %boo
roads, which, in a short distance of little more thtdids,
miles, is unprecedented in railway making--"Cas- A
Journal. , TA verb
BOLTON AND LEIGH.—The engineers of toe - Yoe/
and Manchester Railway are engaged in making:oo!
of the Bolton and Leigh, and Kenyon and Leigh...." adies'i
lines, with a view to the improvement of the FLI all,"
and inclines. It is understood that the Liverfl" ri.btbei
Manchester intend to render the former line, icf.n 00,'
have lately purchased, much more efficient, and :41,‘,Y,
the means of communication between Bolton an" ilv
and Manchester more frequent than at present.'
Chester Guardian. lf 011;
MACCLESFIELD 'ANIL—On Tuesday last —_„t'd "-'
wall Leigh, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Brocklehurst 17, ter,
Grimsditch, Members for the borough and eetulyoifie„"
the railway committee and town council of MO° Ars
and examined the various plans in progress for sor
the district with railway accommodation.
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CORK AND FERMOY.—On Tuesday last A -eethe • k
the inhabitants was held at Fermoy, to consider'
pediency of forming a line between that town_rpet
The Earl of Listowel took the chair. Mr. E. -"' of t':,
M.P., proposed the first resolution, declares ere
Ill'
advantages of a railway between Cork and Fert.Tsl9l
was seconded by Mr. S. Barry, who stated that the or.
in goods would amount to 50,000 tons per an°',„ C.°l
that the line would be remunerative. Mr. besul?"
explained its route. It would intersect the PI Or
railway to Youghal, and unite with the Cork 0015
don line. Mr. Valentine, C.E., pointed out the 00
a
tages of the wooden railway system, and recll,
its adoption on the proposed line. Routine fee°ool'
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spoken to by Dr. O'Neill, Mr. O'Callaghan, gr',i
and others, in favour of the project, were PO'
nimously. ~. Or',,f
DUBLIN AND DROGHZDA.—The amount o=4 er
gers and parcels during the week ending 16th "
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5031.; the number of passengers, 6,090. Wei"
RAILWAY TO BRAY.—A provisional coninu
formed this day, to continue the atmospheric 10°. 4
Dalkey to Bray.—Dublin Evening Post. .oiti
CASHEL RAILWAY.—On the 13th inst. about')
who were not employed on the Cashel Railwey Pc% tei
along the line at Neilstown., near Lucan, direct' or
theirno rijket'
men who were at work to discontinue, unless
were raised from 9s. to 12s. a week. There I°°°lolol,‘
nor any disposition to riot, on the part of the I°olo-
- on that of those at work. There was no in,itt,
to the work along the line.—Dubllin Eveniag Tv.
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footman to Lord 8., was lately dischargeo_A
Duke of D.'s service, in consequence of his 121 - te_di
scorbutic blotches all over his hands and We; oes:,,ft
great disfigurement. For twelve months be w,.!- oriso
by his master's medical attendants, but to nv'ih.d„
and the case was at last declared incurable, 6 50 ituroo
discharged. The poor fellow then, as * °cll. °by"
commenced using Holloway's Pills and OineeleA in my
effectually eradicated the disease from his hit' 1, 0
than three weeks. Sold at Professor Hollowq
lishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be ht'ut
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out the civilised world.
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THE NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT 011r.110t irf
members of the above asylum held a meeting I - force
at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneele-street, 00
purpose of electing ten children inmates of al)
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tion, from a list of twenty-nine candidates. 1140 )id':
Stuart was unanimously voted to the chair.
upon ,0,
ship spoke in high terms of the principles '4'4o'o
the asylum was conducted, and called the s$4001:11
the meeting to the name of Michael Bereaoel;oot4,
the children placed upon the list. The 11PPtabe ;;101
the son of a brave Polish refugee, a captain 1° - do
and once in the possession of a large forttln:orlt rip
almost destitute in this country, he obtained,"oll,l;4
labourer in the docks at the east end of the ''°bot
obtained his living in this way for some tin3e'brolte',
unaccustomed to such labour, his constitution desti'ipo
he d;:d, leaving a widow and orphan entireif rfiety
He (the e::.airman) thought this case well de 011. d
support of the ,:lembers. The election lasteu_at seler
o'clock, at which tln:e the names of the SUCCe,";4O
dates were announced, And the business of .
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minated. l'ilih A/
RAMSGATE.—The preparations forte 01,1
this place have within the last week assumed s°olol
mice of great activity ; upwards of 100 to e° The Of
employed at Saint Lawrence at a eutting'esideteli
contractor has, we believe, taken the late4wren'r
Sir Thomas Gray, at the entrance to st.'''.
three years.—Dover Chronicle.

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On the 18th inst., at Porchester-place, 015-1"),.g. 0,...,611
lady of Captain J. Coddington, Royal Engipe„,,.,e— (.10'"" A,
On the 19th inst., in Paternoster-row, .. efor'
daughter. _. yits
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At Muntham House, Sussex, the lady of Thotoo' ,0,
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On the 16th inst., Mrs. E. J. Sydney, of
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On the 20th inst ,at Great Ayton, Yorksilire'looa:
Joseph Ibbetson, A.M., Mr. Jc,hn Granter of tjj
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London, to Jessie Catharine, second datiguici. Oveit
James Allan, Esq., R.N., of Forres,Dlorth Prlobarleg,, of
On the 14th inst., at Kelton, Kent, the Itoricroughte` ;oil
Vicar of Hayling, Hants, to Charlotte, thiru pi til°
Rev. J. William Martin. ,to ZesiSioll*
On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's. Farah ' to lA*
Umbers, Esq., of Wappenbury, Warivickshirel9,soso,' Ice
fourth daughter of J. Parris, Esq., of Farla,,bani.,,b, re aty,
On the 16th inst., at St. .Ni ichaels uhr-ii, of 'i
Alexander John, only son of Colonel lloriniter 0 i ty,
House, to Mary Emma Hamilton, 01319 cialig hilikel.`
Poynter, Esq., Pembroke. Peffogi,lito(
On the 16th inst., at Plympton St. Mar)'' dot %on^
Rev. W. C. Raffles Flint, to Jane Rosdew, 113-clivi t
Lieutenant-Colonel R. Z. Mudge, ILE, °-'
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Haynes, Aldermanbury, City. near Pair t.
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Bennett, aged 84.
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