The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-23 00:00:00

LINCOLN.

Li:Wm.:sr, May 21.—1 n complianco with a requisition
to the Mayor (T. J. N. Drogden, Esq.), signed- by: 400
householders, and comprising the names of the leading
merchants and men of all pait'es a meeting was con-
vened in the Theatre, at 7 o'clock yesterday evening,
"to consider the propriety- of aiding the movement in
favour of administrative reform." The Mayor occripied
the chair, and-the Meeting was:the largest and most in-
fluential orany held hete'for'alang time past.
The MAYOB, in .openlog .th.Q business, expressed his
pleasure at finding .assembled—there 'gentlemen of all
ranks and classes, prepared-to lend their best assistance
tnthe redress of grievanco, Aich they_ felt 'to be so
intolerable that it would be highly impolitic, and indeed
highly criminal, if they.remained silent any longer.
T. TWEED, Esq., proposed the 'first resolution,
which was condemnatory of the present management of
the various departments of the state, and_deinanclick a
change in the system.
It was carried unanimOusly:
ineuoes.ttili,egrlvresolutions
pair:scedonufonrammitiLzsiti3,ll,.the objects of the
meeting then nparated
heers were given for Mr. Layard, and.the

GRAND ?'HUNK RAIL nrAy OF CANADA.

London, March 16, 1855:.
To the Chairman and Directors of the Grand
• Trunk Railway Company.
Gentlemen,--At the date of my last report the whole
continent of America was threatened•with" cholera, and
shortly aftrr it fastened in a most virulent form on the
city of Montreal and other Places adjacent to the dia.
trict to which ton riets resort in the summer, and turned
aside from the Grand Trunk the whole of the summer
traffic ; a loss at least to the company's receipts of 6,000
dollars per week ; notwithstanding this great calamity,
followed by an unprecedent drought, there is much for
congratulation.
The settlement of the hitherto unpopulated portion of
the line, a distance of 150 miles out of the 292 open
from Portland to Montreal, is proceeding in a most satin
factory way, and I am qualified to inform the directors
that within the last eighteen months upwards of 700,000
dollars have been expended by the public chiefly on that
part of the line, in the erection of mills, residences, and
other buildings.
By analysing the passenger traffic for three months
ending the 30th of September last, it will be seen that
the average distance travelled by each passenger is 28i
miles ; the average receipt for each passenger 4s. 3id. ;
and the average receipt for each passenger, per mile,
; and this may be considered as derived from local
traffic, for out of 88,174 passenge:s carried, only 2,530
travelled the whole length of the line, and two-thirds of
the whole receipts have been carried upon 40 miles at
each end of the road.

The Quebec and Richmond was temporarily opened
on the 27th of November, and, by May next, will be fully
completed and equipped for traffic ; from which date I
look forward to great results, as it will most assuredly
create quite a new travel between Portland, Boston, and
New York, and the large manufacturing population .of
the States of Maine, Connecticut, and Massachusets,
with Quebec and Lower Canada ; every passenger of
which will travel 320 miles over the Grand Trunk.
This, independent of the summer travel, will throw a
largo amount of traffic on the Grand Trunk, consequent
on the opening of this lice.
All tourists make for Quebec. They have hitherto
had to proceed to that city and return from it to Mon-
treal by steam-boat, during the niaht, before they could
re-enter the United States. The Quebec and Richmond
obviates this by enalding passengers to go by railway,
by day, in five and a half hours, instead of fourteen ;
and proceed direct to the White Mountain (the Switzer-
land of America) to Portland, and AO on to other parts
of the United States. I entertain no doubt of this pro-
, clueing a large amount of tr.:ffir, independent of the in-
creasing number of focal passengers, produce, and cattle
from the comitry adjacent to the line, and which will
now find its way to the manufacturing districts of the
United States, traversing on an average a distance of
not less than 200 miles.
The lumber traffic for the last half-year must form no
criterion for the future. The drought referred to
caused many of the mills 'to suspend their operations,
but the proprietors are providing against its repiti-
tion, by enlarging their mill dams. .The completion
of the magnificent mill, erected by an American com-
pany, on the river Saint Francis, has been delayed
by several. accidents ; it has at length commenced to
work, and, when in full operation, will produce
a return to the Grand Trunk of at least 500/.
sterling per week. This is only one of -many others in
preparation, throughout the line, for converting timber
(and which must be carried by the railway.) They are
on such an extensive scale, as will, I feel confident,
produce as much as we shall be able to carry on
single line ; and will, with the other traffic derivable
from the di,tiiet through which this eastern section of
the Grand Ti unk runs, without any aid from the through
travel from the westward, realize a receipt sufficient t.)
pay six per cent. on its'enttre cost. What its receipts
will be when the whstern travel is thrown over it.
dare seArcely venture to predict; if I did so, I am afraid
you might-tkink me over sanguine; hut this I do not
hesitate to 'assert, so far as my information of the
country and its travel enables ma to form an opinion,
the receipts between Montreal and Portland will be at
least trebled.

The alliance which I entered into on behalf of the
Grand Trunk Company, has secured to this line a very
large share of the traffic from Boston and its district.
This is a very important traffic for OF, as it affords a
back loading for the cars which take lumber and flour
to Portland.

The contract entered into between the Androscoggin
and the Atlantic Company (now leased to the Grand
Trunk),. for the conveyance of their traffic over 28 miles
of the line to Portland, expired in July last. This traffic
produced a return to the Grand Trunk of about 11,0001.
per annum. I considered that the terms of that contract
were much too low for the work done, and have made a-
temporary arrangement with that enmpany until the
opening of the Bangor line, 50 miles in length, and'
which is expected will take place early in the spring,
when I hope to make such an arrangement as will en-
sure to the Grand Trunk a very large increase to the
present returns.

Arrangements are being made to place before the di-
rectors an accurate monthly account of the receipts and
expenditure.

The working expenses can hardly be calculated by a
per centage. 'My experience brings me to the conclu-
sion that the fairest and clearest way is to state What
per mile per week this portion of the Grand Trunk can
be worked at to cover all charges.
I have gone seriously into this question, and had the
advice and assistance of ,Mr. 4. M. Ross, Engineer in
Chief, and he concurs with me in my opinion that N.
per mile per week will cover all charges, except interest'
on bonds. By comparing the receipt 3 with the mileage, -
the nett revenue for interest and dividend will be arrived
each week.
It gives me great pleasure to be able to state that the
line is in a most efficient State, and the trains have not
been a minute behind time since the Ist June. Up to
the time I left Montreal no accident had occurred ; but
I am sorry to ray, that since my arrival in England an
accident has occurred during the late severe snow storm,
by a freight train overtaking a passenger train, which
was delayed by the snow. The damage is net serious
either to persons or property. Tile cause of the accident
appears to hare been nog,leet of the regulations, in not
sending a man back with a red flag.
With respect to the sections expected to he opeamsd "
next year, viz., from Montreal to Brockville, 125 miles;
Toronto to Stratford, 90- miles ; Quebec to St. Thomas, '
40 mites, I w, uid strongly recommend that the cots-
tractors be urged to complete, as speedily
the sections from Mentreal to Brockville, Quebec ar.,l .
St. Thomas ; for these sections will enable u, to tap the
traffic of the St. Lawraice, now conveyed by st.:ta.T.'oo3
above the rapids, by-which we cannot faili t
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01
au,.
very large amount of trade fcr Mentrea,,aitlU!„:l, bean
hal ,
Portland; and which, as I have before,. t as possible,
I i
Bute, ae °e rna..in,i
and
ish it
me Hee. of the advantage to i a
tcoartrhieedcoorovepr:itlyie. eastern section
To give the directors so.
Wilt be sufficient to trent:en
gained by this optnirg, 'lt 'O. . ,
to reach this tans -4 •hot.rs
that the river steamers
extending into
at very littbj e.t-tra cost
:111:-:in:i:tn: r" 83
Niv:it
in four, /fleeting a saving
bsyl:etetain:at te.tat:ln:llll:).ljerroi4;rroYmPieearch terminus on
pas-
sengers avoid sleeping 31
tine night.-. c•'i
I must urge on thedirectors . ne"'"-Y of complet-
ing on the S. LaiVrerl,• While
ofatr2hdoe
adinnegdepagtow:adhtsser at Vie Victoria e , which will enable us
therebyr c .t., t t o
avoiding- the
until the badge is fire-lied, to transfer both, passengers
an ,1 from the
delay and expense of passing throuab
ttrheeals,bsonreds
soefcuthriengSt:.l L:nwtrierint cioeu,s
the city of Mon-
east to the west, and vice versa.
our operations, and enable ue to This will facilitate all
of through traffic from the re, command a large share
United States to the westward,'allufacturlng districts of the
westward to the east, which and of produce from
The extension of the now pass by other routes.
Thomas, it is expected, Quebee and Richmond to St.
Quan-
tity of cattle which will furnish a considerable ouan-
States. This have to find their way to the -United
for producing districtandfeoefd9anada being peculiarly adapted
travel at least 340 miles infgca cattlerried to which
Portland, will
andlrav have
st
0o
to tuontreal, and which can be carried at a very small
additional cost ; and the advantage to be derived from
the acquisition of a large traffic over the whole length
of line, will-be apparent to all.
I consider it my duty to call the attention of the di-
rectors to the advantage this comprny would derive from
having a constant lino ofttearners between England and
Portland. The arrival of each vessel would increase our
receipts from 1,6001. to 2,000/., the
\
which would be all profit. —II am, Gentlemen, your most
obedient servant, passengers traffic of
s. P. BIDDER, General Manager.

EAsTERN RAILWAY.—ThIS COM pany,
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in any ftkture session, offer any opposition to
unlidenrEthSefru-cTorim. common seal, have undertaken that they
will not,
the passing of any till which may be introduced. into
Parliament for the purpose of authorising the construc-
tion cf a line of railway from Canterbury to nova., in
compliance with a con6ition imposed by the Committee
of the House of Lords, to whom the &rood and Maid•
stone Bill was referred.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Propletcr, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed the comedy of P MIL PRY. Principal chs
ratters by Messrs. C. Ser y and Wright ; Mhos M. Keeley, Airs. L.
Murray, and MI s Wool2;ar.
To be followed by THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS.
To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direct'on of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE LiTTLE DEMON.
To be fol!owed by a CONCERT.
After which, ICING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE.
To conclude with SALLY SMART.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THrs EVENING. •
THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE I
liter which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE.
Co conclude with the Ballet of KATE KEARNEY.
Mr. William Cooke announce• for Whit Monday a Grand and
Magnificent Chivalric Spectacle of intense interest, to be produced on
a scale of unparalleled grandeur and effect, combining both stage and
ring, united by the giganti.: portibie platform ; followed by a new
and brilliant series of Scenic Acts in the Arena, invented and directed
by Mr. William Cooke.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.