The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-29 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

• SAMBRE AND MEUSE. he
_Op"
The half-yearly meeting of this company leas
terday at the offices, Moorgate-street,
Richards in the chair.
t.t° The report, an abstract of which has already
nor,
was taken as read.
ah, reu•
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of 1•7:013r
said it was a very interesting meeting, as tm-1138 ,
complete account of one half year's working. 00.4°
' ceipts amounted to nearly 29,0001., and the ef° pros;
19.7501. The expenses were always larger ulfici.Veto
tion to the receipts during the first half-year t rec‘lN
opening of the line throughout. The prese%
sufficiently indicated what traffic the countPaseb.co
produce, especially when they considered the uhre-iodo
they had had from want of railway stock, not "ecicl"t)/
to carry the traffic which could be obtained. 0"
,er.o,
to the net revenue, there was about 3,500/. au eh Vies
Government in respect of the guaranteed brat'. e
du p
it was not now in course of payment, but ill ntiolitoe
they would receive it. Several things were:3;eer.l3o-
in the last le port as being
l"c unfinished vlbin orto.
completed. They had mentioned that tra trisl
ments were being made with the IncilindHOl
the
and the Northern of France Erquelinee ,„ Ae*eer
preliminaries were now settled, and they only tbbef
formalities to complete them. They wedre'All dpi
fore, in a very comfortable position, anafoo.
wanted was rolling stock to develops the °doe% te
supply of additional working stock would Prin oit
responding increase of the traffic. They had nit by
be coal proprietors, but they were pressed into ctol
great opposition they had to contend with ieclell o'
owners and boat-owners ; and, so far as they
as coal merchants, they had done exceedingly tenth
of the lines he had mentioned to which the arr 3; &taes
,
referred was a junction line to run up to to "els
and the other was to enable the Erquelinee `a olgeio.
through their station and to give the Sambradoistibt bol.
Company facilities to go to Charleroi. 41 a the 0.
would be made where a single one existed. an. IA Iv
arrangement was based upon equitable prinaiP t.
to be mutually advantageous to all parties. t ereore,
Resolutions were passed adopting the I'o° 'diee.'",e4
ing Mr. Sheward and Mr. Lyall, the retiring, the
and fixing for the present the remuneration nrts,ted.
at 5001. per annum, The meeting then sePs

ITUftSS.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RE_
PiD
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAg! 15 6
Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 2°,0.7 40/ 1 6
1855 ............................................ ... 'd15:8,89 13 11
Corresponding week last year. ................... 13
Totallof the half-year to this date, 1855....•• 10,941 0 co'
Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 ......
_Aysalo
LONDON AND BOUTH-EASTERN RA1LWA1:23,3213 3 1
turn for the week ending Aug. 25, 1855..... 21,31
Corresponding week last year ....................
rr,
Increase in 1855
.......
_Tt
61
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILS"'
.............. 19
turn for the week ending Aug. 25, 1855 • ....
Corresponding week last year .....................
Increase in 1855..............................

Roe'
WIND AND WEATIIER t ,
os'
40 f
TUgSrift -r
'1°1...
Stations. Coarse of Wind. SO,',„. cloudy'
Greenwich S.W Partial's
Lothbury
Manchester S.
Sheffield N.E. Fine.
Stoke-on-Trent
Carlisle
Lancaster
Maryport .
Whitehaven ...... W... Much rata-
Leeds
Great Grimsby
Gainsborough ..... S. W Fine.
Boston S.
Leicester S.W very fine.
Derby S.W Cloudy
Nottingham S.W Fine•
Leamington
Yarmouth
Cambridge S.
Lowestoft S.E.
Hague S.E.
H,)lyhead .. N.E.
Dublin S.W .
Liverpool
Brighton S.S . W . ...... FeFFVFCliiiileonnnouri leeeuey.a.ld :y I:1 6 .
N.E. Very fine.
Southampton S.W
Cowes S.W Fine.
Portsmouth
Veri fin.'
Poole
Bristol S.W Cloudy.
Cloudy.
Plymouth
Cloudy'.
Exeter...
Gloucester
Cardiff W Rain.
Swansea W Fine.
Haverfordwest ... scvir
Shrewsbury........ N.W
Unsettled.
York
Aberdeen.. S.E. „•...., Fine.
Dundee
Perth
S. ............ 11-...
Edinburgh S.W .......... Very flue
Berwick
Cloudy.
Sunderland S.E.
Darlington S ..
Whitby
Scarborough
vireerryy rneoll
Hull S.W Very fine' ioucly.
Strood S. Partially c
Cloucileas.
Tunbridge

direct
The Peesse of Vienna arinounea that "° t
04 raills oit
between Vienna and Paris, by PragtlB and 1
will commence running on Saturday next.

DSHIRE.
A meetingSOUT of this companySTAFFOR was held at Lich°n csetir
Monday, when the usual dividend of 4 per cet'
jll
annum was declared. The meeting was made IPecio,
for the creation of new shares, under the act of last $l3
Rion for making the Darlaston, Tipton, and Prieedi2l°l ‘OO
branches.
The terms of such' creation viere---o'or
shares
of
101. each to the present holders, in the Pr,,Pl,,t
tion of one new 101. share for every entire Ilufficts l
seven 121. old shares. The 27th of September r'Ae-od
the period fixed for accepting the shares so tendere'",neli
any shares not then applied for will be available t°
ate
of the proprietors as Elrly desire more than the
proportion, provided application be made for theca rt°,
to the 27th of October next. In accordance wiib
terms arranged with Mr. M'Clean, the lessee, dit'i"°-
,00/
of 5 per cent, will be paid on the new shares fro-oac''
opening of such branches. The resolutions
lvere:
mously carried, the thanks of the meeting were f tea
the chairman, and the meeting separated.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND
HAMPTON.'beII
The half-yearly meeting of this conipani 11"- 410°'
yesterday at the London Tavern, Colonel
M.P., in the chair. rts iFr
Mr. N. T. Smith, the secretary, read the --a'
ment convening the meeting.
seri
The report was taken as read.
,he ter. ,
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
be'vb
and accounts, said the net balance of Prnts
13,5581., the directors bad set apart the sum 01 'refort,
as reserve to meet this difficult leaving, the older*
8,5001. to be divided among the preference elisr,eth.feet.
which was at the rate of 1 per cent. for the 10";;;J,
After some observations, the report was atinP:•of
The CHAIRMAN proposed a resolution autborleisor
directors to raise 49,000/. upon rn taae 01. the r,
bridge extension canals, which was °srecondecl by
THORP, and carrie d unanimousl li6h
ree°le
The CH AIRMAN then submitted a formal d
empowering the directors to enter into cootrsoto joie
the London and North-Western and the MidlAll;torcer
way Companies for the working of the Oltbra'oaioos°
ter, and Wolverhampton Railway on such c°,,n,.°130
may be agreed upon, which was seconded by ;4"
a director. loop
Mr. FENTON moved, as a rider to the reg,,°t
" That a committee of proprietors be appointeu
suit with the directors on the matter of the Pr
arrangement for working the line."
After a short discussion the proposition weelle„tied
ivti
and Mr. W. Baynes, Sir Morton Peto, ~p
Mr. o 0"
Mr. B. Oliveira, M.P., Mr. Fenton, and gr•
were appointed members of the committee. „te of i
A dividend upon the preference stock at th°,l-teri'
Per cent. was then agreed to, payable on and the
_°°„lr
21st of September next ; and a resolution • f°r,„.lBl','„
solidation into stock of the shares in the ChiPP,`"oor
ton branch having been also agreed to, a vote 01,e per
was passed to the chairman and directors, and t"
ceedings terminated.
STAINES, WOKINGHAM, AND 117(). o
JUNCTION. 11.°
The half-yearly meeting of this companiiiget°
yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. Glyn"-
I, rod
chair.
The report stated that every exertion has "le,alisljj
to forward the works on the line between Sta;;;ell
Wokingham, but, from circumstances over 'l'lloi'
directors had no c mtrol, the works are not B°,soord
vanced as to enable them to open for traffic in -serr
they had expected. The contractor, however' ;4.11°
that he has every confidence of completing
during te course oe year.
A voteh fof thanks to the chairman concluded t Prcf
eeedings.