The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-08-21 00:00:00

Jorrign intrlligtnce.

Tug INDINNITY FOR VINITIA.— The Preu of 'Vienna
SOCOUSOO.I that the indemnity demanded from Italy by
Austria for the 'maim of Venetia is £12,000,000 sterling.
Tag health of the Emperor Napoleon eppears to be
in a very critical atate. Ile took cold at Vichy. and an
attack of intermittent fever supervened. He haa been
unable to preside at two or three Cabinet Councils; and
great alarm is foil in Paris respecting him.
AOTOORAPS Larrina from crowned heads seem to be
the order of the day. The Czar has addressed one to
the King of Prussia in beatification of friendly relations
between the two States, and showing that Russia enter-
tains favourably the overtures made by Prussia relative
to the future reorganisation of Germany.
ANOTHIS INVASION Or CANADA THREATINCD.—IA
is hinted in Fenian circles., says the Chicago Tritione,
that another and more formidable invasion is in coarse
of preparation. Arms are said to be accumelatine in
large quantities in several of the frontier towns. The
movement is announced to take place in September or
the early part of October.
Tull' wiz unfortunately • sad termination to the
French Emperor's fête on Wednesday. After the display
of fireworks a crush occurred at the Pout de le Coooorde
and • frightful scene ensued. Some eight or nine
persons lost their lives, and fifty were more or less
injured. The Emperor has displayed his customary
clemency, and pardoned or commuted the sentences
upon 819 military offenders.
Tzn French Imperial mind is 'Meetly bent oo
pewe. Napoleon is getting old, and be desires to leave
a mune in Enrage more noble than that of • war name.
i Heim his desire to cultivate the most frieodly relation.
I with his neighbours. He hee just sent a letter to the
I King of the Belgians, in which he declares that he has
I no intention whatever of snnezing any part of Belgium.
I On the sontrary, he would prefer to promote on every
occasion the interests of the Belgian dynasty.

IMPROVED STRTIM OP EDOCETION.—TRe following
appears in • New York paper:—" To Schoolmasters,—
To be sold, • threshing machine in good working order;
hi,. birch, lame, and strap barrel.; warranted to whip
&school of fifty boys in twenty minutes, distinguishing
their offences into literary, moral, and impertinent
Only parted with because the owner has fioued ell
his oohed sway, sad his sons ars too big to beat."
A FutruL Ditunn has overtaken Corsica. The
magnifieent forest of Vissabona caught fire • week ago,
and has been burning ever since. This vast forest, con-
sisting chiefly of pies trees, celebrated for their int.
menus yield of resin, is now one vast memo( fire. Millions
of valuable trees Sr. destroyed, and as yet the efforts of
the neighbouring population hays been ineffectual to
arrest the progress of the flames. Conies trill not
recover the results of this diameter for many • long
year.

HORRIBLE CABS OT CANNIBALISM : rarAurriox
DT TIIR CRIIIE 07 • Final WAR &TRANI& —A hor-
rible ease of cannilialiam ii reported from New Cale-
donia. A boet's crew belonging to the French war
•Leamer Fulton fell in with the natives, who commenced
a savage attack upon them, and after killing them, ate
them. The officen and crew of the Fulton, in retalia-
tion, executed summary vengeance upon these savages
by killing every one they caught in the neighbourhood
of tbe mamacre, mid setting Are to their villages- One
hundred and fifty are said to have been shot and bayo-
netted, besides those burnt.

_
Count Gone that it was in onier to saw, Mac
opinion in Erases that he bad expressed that wish,
the Prussian Government. He had eonaideted seek a
wish just; but seknowkdred tho fsiniess si th.
meet. brought forward by the Prieman Cabinet, sh 4
added that the good relations between 1 inane sist
Prunes should in no ruse be doturbed. In touchy.,
his Hojosty expressed o hope that Frusta •olltd
owentep the lino of tha Maine.

LOS LPON AND I)IjTII.WF.,TEjN RA [MAY
COIWAN Y.

The half-yearly p.uenal meeting of this cont..,
wo
b. 14 Woloeway, at flawkatoge•hall,
.11 r. C. Cast Immo, the deputy-el:airman,
'

Mr. F. Ci•ike. gm secretory, ii 4.1114 re-.4
convening tbe meeting. and the nainutt• the 1.4
ordinary and several subsequent spLcud taostan4, .Lick
were warmed, tho report woe taken as reol.

Tee Crialateaff, In moving the adoption of the resort
regretted to Lay that time chairman, I aptain :
was unable to attend in consequence of very a yen toe-
Hu laid intended, if possible, to be proeht,
address them on the affairs of the company, bin as
late hour last night be, as deputy chammui, leo a
quested to perform the duty. He Impsd,
they would give him their iodulgence ai.ll supper.
wee painful to meet aliareholdera with a failmg eg •
the dividend, and it would b, his duty to ea ph,
causes which had lead to that re,ult, hey eer*: `4O
st all en eiceptiou to the general ride, The
lot
which had lest to in reduction in the dividend few. 4.1
per oent, in the eorreey oudisig halt of 1565 tot pee cm f
in the past half-year had nothing to do with the yo
nent good and advantage of the undertaking. The,
opened and worked • large additional mileage. The
moots per mile per train were not lege than in the
spondwg half of last year ; but, owing to tlie heaseei
diminution in the traffic and the additional soilage rm,
their expenditure bad been greater in propertem to to
receipts. The monetary crisis had also affected tleo
vtry materially, because, instead of borrowing at rano
high pates, they could have issued their ordinary sone,
which they bad a right ti expect would be tette op,
Tim crisis had also prevented • large amount of pleasure
traffics from coming on the lino, people having a meter
amount to speed that way. The Mane hot
increased in proportion to the increased roams, he
The cattle Osseo had also affected the c.ttle traffc.
They had tarns market on their line at Salisbury, berieei
IL at Yeovil, and also further on to Exeter. limy log
also been prevented by the regulations impede' owe
from France at Southampton god bringing them drain,
over the company's railway into the Loadon market, by
which alone they had Let about 1:300 a week ;io lea, the
whole tf the cattle trade had been Mopped. nay 64
• memorial presented to them by people of Southanp.
ton on the subject, and they considered themselves 01-
used In the matter. Ports on the Thames Lad boa
allowed to land foreign cattle aid drive theni to the
London market, while the people of Southampton wee
not allowed to laud cattle, from which place they cold
be sent direct by railway into the London cattle inertia
The company felt that Ha iy had been ill-used in that
matter, but be hoped the restrictions would won be re.
moved. The directors believed in the eoundnesi of the
undertaking, and be was glad to say Hist the Sack lad
that day reduced its rate for money from 1U to per osin„
(Hear. hear.) When the rate of interest was reclined toe
niod erste aro ountotedthe cattle restrictions were refemed
they would have an iDCMI6IIO of traffic as here!Ofort, rhey
had a terse amount of new and undeveloped kola to work,
and it was well known that the earlier years of nulwaya
were always the most expenaive, the opening of lb.
Southampton and Netley, the line from Alton to Win.
cheater, the new service between Kensington aid
London-bridge, the Andover and itedbridp, the Oke-
hanipton, opened last November, and other lines had
increased the working expenoes. There was a portion
of the Chat's= and Dover line from diapham Jericho
towards which the company had subscribed 1.200.000,
but owing to tbe failure of the contractors the work on
that portion had been stopped, but the directors had
since made arrangements with the Chatham Conipaey
by which the money to be paid by the South Woo,.
Company should be expended drearily on the works for
the completion of the line, no se to enable the South
Western to run their trains through to the dodgem
Station. Those works, he beleived, would be completed
in eight or nine months, and from which the directors
espected considerable advantage to the trate of the
company. So long as the Junction line remained in-
complete the traffic to Ludgate mold not be developed
As to the eircuiticus service from Easton to Kensington
paie.ing through their Waterloo Station to :ea..
bridge, nothing whatever could aril. from it. The trues
were unremunerative and no profit whatever had or-onfrom it This had been undertaken to prevent tromptti.
tie., with which they were threatened. The cetolce
the Janction line line between the South-Bearm sad
North-Western line from Boston to Charing-crow
would render the roundabout service by Kensington
totally unnecessary ; and the South Western Company
would then hsve their Waterloo Station 'gale free to
themselves. The high price of proviaions had name-
tetei an ineream in the wages of the men, although he
thongbt their men had fair and liberal wages. He their
alluded to the extensive repairs of the rolling-stork
during the winter months for the summer VON,
which had been charged against the past half-
rear. They had ran an additional mileage of
272,000 train miles during the part half-year, that had
inertia-eel the expense of working, but a cininottee of
the directors were engaged in the investiption of the
whole of the requirements os the traffic, with a view to
reduce the mileage of the trains without injuring the
traffic, and to ascertain what improvement could b,
made with a view to • reduction of exrenditure. In
the locomotive department, with the assistance of id.
Beattie, their engeneer, they expected to be able
save a large expense. They were asked nearly ever?
week or fortnight to put on • fresh train somewhere,
perhaps to accommodate one or two individuals. The
whole system of train service WM now occupying the
attention of the directors, and he trusted improveupoil
would be introduced. At the rim side they had a
very fine wart for cattle and goods, the (rooter to the
Thames extended about 250 yards, and they had two
steam cranes which travelled Lloogaide the wharf.
They had made an improved arrangement
there by which barges and vessels might mns
alongside the whole front and be loaded or unloaded.
whether the tide was in or out, instead of
waiting as formerly for the tide, by which they could now
have about four or five times the work done in a siren
time. They would proceed in the most eautious way
with new works while the money-market remained in
its present state. With regard to the Sanatory and
Yeovil shores they had been buying them up will* the
last two months at par, and had impended 1.112.40,
more than they were authorised by the proprietors m
expend for that purpose, but an the Yeovil line paid
per omit dividend the shares were not • bad investment
at par. The Act of Parliament years ago had gireo ti'
South-Western Company 20 years to purchase the
Salisbury and Yeovil Railerty. They now held ter
thirds of the capital of that line, an that come what
might they would only have to buy up the remaining
one-third. In the last Session there were promoted
IS different railway Bills, affecting the company's
interests, of which Bills eight were geode: A.
five Net by their opposition, four were throws
out by the Committee, and one wan Need
subject to the insertion of certain clauses vhitil
gave power to the Great WOSISTIII and South-Wotern
nompanies to work the traffic jointly over the roleard
Colebrook railway, which ran in • northern direction
from their line to the Great Western. Notwithstanding
the opposition of the Great Western and tionth.Wriirni
Companice. the Hounslow and Metropolitan Bill was
Cri He must my that the Great Westorn did their in the matter, and even refused to have powers for
working it, and he was glad to say they were on the
beet terms with them, instead of quarrelling they were
deairous of developing the traffic on each other's lines.
The South-Western Company were prepared to act with
every neigbouring company on that principle. Armor-
ruent• were hieing made with the broad gauge hr
beyond Exeter for allowing the South-Western C. mean?
to run on the narrow guage to Falmouth re s fair and
equitable footing. He trusted and hoped that the tired
of the panic would be to crush the spirit of competition
originated by hungry men in various districts fey des'
lating railway property, and that, at least, the railway
companito might ha.. • few year. of peace to develoe°
the traffic on their hoes and improve the acoomnoslation
or the public. There would soon be an end of these
injurious seheinee, if established sorapanies would eels -
lately and honestly having nothing to do with their.
So long as the present system of oontractors' competing
lines were tolerated railways would be • perilous pro-
perty to hold. If • line be really wanted let the estate
tithed companies in the district make them. lie •°°4l
be happy to answer any questions, and concluded by
moving the adoption o/ the report.
Mr. Waroar thought the proprietors should int:st
upon having no further extenciona. Several s ears ago
the proprietors elected new directors on the lio•rd tor
the express putpoo of adopting a non-extension
But they had not adhered to it. There we. also our of
their directors on the board of a finance ewepap. •hieb
were eating into the vitals of railway ecniparese. and be
thought that should not be tolerated. He wiehei
know what amount the compeer had now to expend on
the new lines that were anthoriOd by Parliament.

- The Outwear mid E9V7,000.
Mr. WRIGHT thought this very disheartening.
After some further observations, and cries of " Q"i"
Con, question," the report was adopted ananimotolv.
A dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum on
the ordinary stock of the company for the half.voar rod -
log 30th of Jane last, WM declared payable on the 1.4 of
September.
The directors were authorised to create and dispom
• farther astoeut of share capital authorized by the
company's (Works and Capital) Act, ltZt+, OIL Feet
terms and conditions aa tboallbt de•m expetheot for
gm Purpose of acquiring in the Selobury and
Yeovil Railway Company. Also for the creation end
disposal of the further amount of share capital author-
ised by Aets passed in 1865 and 1866.
for
A long dissuasion ensued in respect of • Mr"'
rescinding a resolution pained at a general meeting r 4
company In 1847 Widest allowing free ticket. OVIT
Hne to shareholder, sending meeting, of the comessl•
The proposition was objected to by several sharrhold.m:
the motion was withdrawn, and notice given thitl2!
would be brought forward at the next ordinary T."l'4
of the company.
A SH kIIZZOLDIII loped the directors would in future
hold the meetings of the company in some more suit.l4"
place., as it was impossible to bear one-tenth of eh,"
said.

—The CRAIRMLN SDRITRII the proprietor that the ow-
dos would be alarded
Mr. WRIORT moved a resolution to the effect that
flouth.Western Railwa) Oompary required root.
that no further extrados@ be proceeded with. .
Mr. Viu.inoinwer saki lir understood this direeiS
"re very touch opposed to branch and alsosion low*
and thissfore there was no omission to propose 4.,
Mr. NORTON maid that all ths ottoman linos
sauctiosed at meetings of shareholders.
Mr- UM., a director. was opposed to extensioo'll
oluah is plo, but airs were asses in which it's'
prukuiandonbdman, for a company to tans the loser
a two sou.
The Cuarmarat emetsadod that emery samurai liDs
ddid°
bed boos famed upon tat seapitay they had to
the property intrusted to Asa boa lanais, •°"'
wan 'admit friss tap nalare of alami that web • re-
plutioa wad not be adopted La Yds rosato by al
runway seespesp.
Tars are @sae 5.000 alearehoiders ia the cumapsoli
sad then were not 100 of Ullllll present in the room.
rid proceedings concluded with a voto ni *saki
tito Manua sad Diriobon.