The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY.

A special, and the half yearly, meeting of this com-
pany, was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; the
Earl of Besborough in the chair. The directors reported
a considerable increase in the trafge receipts as compared
with the last half-year. The gross revenue had amounted
to £7,9-18, but the expenses had been unusually heavy,
amounting to £7,831. Nearly the whole of the points
in dispute with the Waterford and Limerick company,
had been settled. The South Wales Railway was
opened to Milford Haven on the IS-11 of April, but as
steam communication had not been established between
Milford and Waterford, the extension had not yet pro-
duced any additional revenue to the company. Arrange•
ments had been made for running excursion trains
in summer, between Kilkenny and Tramore. The
exertions of the local directors had been unremitting.
Mr. Errington, the engineer, reported the permanent
way, the masonry, and the stations on the line to be in
a satisfactory state,. _ _ _

The noble chairman, in moving the adoption of the
report, expressed his regret that the directors were
unable to propose a dividend. Still the revenue went
on increasing, whilst their expenses continued to
diminish, and he hoped that next half year, they would
be able to divide something, however small. Comparing
the receipts for six weeks after the 25th March, 1856,
with the same period in 1855, it would be found that
the receipts had increased £230, and the expenses
diminished £l3l, He hoped now that the war was
over, freights would come down, and steam communica-
tion would be established between Milford and Water-
ford.
Mr. C. R. Colman seconded the motion.

Mr. Franklyn, M.P., raised the question, whether it
was proper for a director of the Irish South Eastern
Railway to be a director of this company?
The Chairman, Mr. E. Power, and others, however
spoke to the efficient services of Sir James Dombrain, of
Dublin, the director alluded to, and showed that the
It ish South Eastern Company was a valuable ally of this
company.
Sir James Dombrain spoke with confidence of the
future prospects of the company.
Several shareholders, however, spoke with bitterness
of the management and of the state of the line. Ulti-
mately the report was agreed to, and the retiring
directors, after considerable discussion, were re-elected.
At the special meeting it was agreed that, for the present,
the board should not be removed to Ireland, but should
continue to sit in London.

THE SCOTCH COLLIERS' STRIKE

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usual is presumed to have been carried for
ling dispersed, it was quickly bruited about
among the gossips of the place,that certain "nobs" who had
thought fit to continue at their work were to be stopped
next morning. _ The men referred to—three under-ground
labourers in Messrs. Colin Dunlop & Co.'s Rosebank Pit,
near Rutherglen—received the intelligence ; but, deter-
mined to judge for themselves, and not through the
"union," in the hire of their labour, they set the threat
at defiance, and proceeded towards their work as usual
yesterday morning, between four and five &clock. They
were suddenly brought to a stand, however, on the public
road by a party of eight or ten ruffians with bludgeons,
who leaped out of ambuscade in the adjoining fields, and
falling on :the detenceless men, smashed and wounded
them in the most savage and cowardly manner. The poor
fellows were glad to escape with their lives ; and the
savages having driven them back rapidly disappeared.
The three men, one of whom is advanced in years, have
been badly cut and bruised. One of them lost much
blood, and all have suffered such injuries as will unfit
them for work for some days. That the attack originated
in the strike cannot be doubted, for the ruffians who
made it had the appearanCe of colliers, and demanded
of the men, as they fell on them, why they were
working, and if they got five shillings a-day. As usual
in such attacks, however, the thrashers were strangers
in the neighbourhood, selected because unknown
to the objects of their vengeance. Their detection,
accordingly, will be difficult ;
,but we hope the police will
spare no efforts to bring them to punishment. The col-
liers cannot do.their cause more service than by delivering
up the perpetrators of this brutal outrage ; for that they
must be well known to those on strike, is undoubted, and
their escape can leave but one impression on the mind of
the public. At all events, the colliers may assure them-
selves that though they strike their work, they will not
strike inoffensive men with impunity.—North British Mail.

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when the meet

THE MERSEY ROWING CLUB

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—lt is with pleasure I have read your remarks on
the regatta 3 esterday on the river, and, as a member of
the " Mersey Rowing Club," beg to thank you for your
favourable report upon the exertions of its members. We
are a young club, and any notice you may feel inclined to
insert of its proceedings, will be thankfully received. The
crew of the Countess of Sefton consisted of,
A. Farrie Stroke
G. Cox No. 3.
Godfrey Shaw No. 2.
C. Richardson No. 1.
The crew of the Redan was,
G. Cox

Stroke.
A. Farrie No. l
Both boats were well steered by S. H. C. Tomlinson.
I observe a 8110', error in your report of the pair-oared
gigs. Four boats started : the Red_ an came in first. the
Belle second, Mystery third, and the Nancy fOurth.-
1 am, sir, yours, &c.,

A MEMBER OF THE MERSEY ROWING CLUB
Liverpool, May 30, 11:156.

From Stockholm we learn that a crisis has supervened
in the Swedish ministry. The Minister of Finance and
two others have resigned.

A despatch from St. Petersburg states that the
Emperor has issued an. ukase, authorising generals to
grant furloughs to officers of the army. Only the num-_

ber of tr

for the ordina.'ry requirements of

the Emniie

A-- number of
tely into the army

be intrc

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