The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY 1N'?" ELL
GIIEAT WESTE 11 -
~, 4.,
The general statement of receip ~S_Mattf
company to the 30th of Juurr shows that
' ne
15,843,817/. ha wh d been received, of 13,075,933/. wto.rz-
recoived on the consolidated stock 'oftnthe cOLDPEiniike'
54,740/. on the Perks and Hants 'l ion Stares', re:
15,8331. calls on Windsor shares, 1,602,059 t. on acoonnt
of the fined 411 per cent. stock ; 114,045/. debentures on
stock and shares and advances on shares, making
10,062,610/. The amount received on debentures, loans,
loan notes, and mortgage of shares, was 5,781,207/.,
making the total 15,843,8171, The expenditure to the
date amounted to 15,501,307/cleaving a balance in fa-
vour of the company of 342,510/. :The amount expended
in respect of the Great Western, Oxford, Berks and
Rents, Windsor, and other lines, and for locomotive
stock, including 249,0831. of the estimated liabilities
(350,0000 was 10.656,8571. All the czpenditure for
now works, nod additions to works on tnese lines since
December, 1849, has been charged from time to time in
the general revenue account. , Tne exvenditure on the
d
y.
Colltetidd22l°.6o/
raoln:ndungobantah'-;!7v.',l''aiel.ritu,s ,
alio
soti3u
ri,nr 1:1:1
to 184,9341.
Yr;:nBd64rn't279::e4ll3l't.imt codTu ththoe,
subscriptions and disbursements for the Birmingham and
Oxford amounted to 1 379,1611.; for Birmingham. Wed-
verhampton. and Dudley, to 320 936/ ; South Wales,
599,745/n Gloucester and Forest of Dean, 44,425/.;
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 545,000/ ; South De-
von. 228.904/ ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
185.1031,; Cheltenham and Oxford, 70,4581.; Cornwall,
12.0131.; end Plymouth and Great Western Dock,
95,000/. Zhe interest on 1,695,1481. of these amounts is
borne by revenue. Of the 210,000/. authorised under
votes of the proprietors to be expended on new locomo-
tive stock, 56,2351. had been expended to the 30th of
June; of 125,0001, authorised under votes of the proprie-
tors to be expended on the new station at Paddington,
69,4931. bed been expended; and of 50,0001. to be ex-
pended on the Paddington Hotel, 32,312/. hnd been ex-
pended, making the total expenditure as above
15,501,307/.
The revenue account for the half-year ending June
30, shows that 456,009/, had been received, including
276,244/. for passengers, 120,130/ for merchandise,
cattle, &c., 17,5191. for parcel?, 7,0501. for rent and di-
vidends, 4,5301. use of plant on South Wales Railway,
2,843/. interest on cash balances, and 2,407/, rents and
registration fees. The expenditure amounted to 172,6271.,
including 2,5004 for accident account, 12,0591. Govern-
ment duty, 10,850/. rates and taxes, and 9971. stamps on
debentures, leaving a balance of 283,381/. To this sum
is added 107,814/., the balance from the last account,
making a total to the credit of revenue of :391,1951.
From this sum is deducted 4,6881. paid during the half-
year for new works and additions to works on lines
opened; 15,3281. half year's annuities of four per cent.
per annum guaranteed to shareholders of Wilts, So-
' merset, and Weymouth Railway; 1,368/. interest on
' Berks and Hants. shares; 32,4761. interest on fixed 4i
per cent. stock; 5,7151. rent of Gloucester and. Dean
Forest Railway, viz.—on 254,0001. at 4i per cent, per
annum; 1,2851. half year's rent charge, and 93,161/. ba-
lance of interest paid on loans, making together,
154,092/., and leaving a disposable balance of 237,1731.
The total amount of stock and shares on which divi-
dend is payable is 8.219,6801.; 2 per cent. on this
amount for the half year, being at the rate of 4 per cent.
per annum, would amount to 164,393/,, and leave a
balanco over for the next account of 72,779/. The
mileage travelled by the locomotive engines during the
past half-ye ar was 1,078,906 miles; astresponding
consumedllop
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58, d 051,04 f
09410583,5,
duringsal averageov,
sep9r7rmatisghe
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5. m.
price
The 2.
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2:d. a,
endingcnp.
numberetra .tot June,
ending
per corresponding
uooannlis;
sgoand2iperiodjcawo nf kaoe
coke
the halt)ear ending June, 1850,
price 20s. per ton. 13,010 tons, average

PLYMOUTH
YMoppllaTrili.l,36AiNntDereßsltpdErinOßDthis.
A meetingscheme wasl/
atherleigh last week, projected
held et
Mr. S. C.
Ilamlyn in the chair.
It was stated that the proposed line,: "at 3. miles in
length, could be constructed for 9,0001. pal 4 r mile, and
that if it should have only one-half the present
amount
of traffic on the South Devon Railway it would
four per cent. on the outlay. A committee was payap
pointed, consisting of Messrs. Hamlyn, Sillifant, Pul:
ford, Burd, Rooker, Wrefurd, and other gentlemen, to
consider the proposed scheme, and report on its merits
to a meeting to be held on the 13th September next.

BUCKIN GHAMSHIRE.
The directors of this company in their half-yearly re-
port, to be submitted to the proprietors on Friday, state
they regret that the Bill for the proposed junction line
between this company's lines and the lines of the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, near Oxtord,
which passed the House of Commons, was rcji.cted in the
Lords. They trust, however, that a junction so greatly
required in order to promote the interests of the district,
will nevertheless be ultimately sanctioned by Parliament.
The directors will propose at the special meeting a reso-
lution authorising the conversion of the 17/. 10s. shares
into stock—a step to which they anticipate the unani-
mous approval of the proprietors.
The revenue account of the 30th of June last shows
that the half-year's rent received from the London and
North-Western Company to the 31st of December, 1851,
being at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on 1,245,0001.
amounted to 24,000/. Out of this eum is deducted
24,459/., the amount of the first dividend paid to the
proprietors, leaving a balance of 4411.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLTERHAMPTON.—The
directors of this company have just decided to locate
their intended large establishment for plant and loco-
motives at Worcester, and the event was considered of
so much importance to that city as to call forth public
manifestations of rejoicing. A project is said to be on
foot for providing a line of railway, on the broad and
w gauge, to
via Malvern.orunfromthe
Company
op WorcTehsteerGsrteaattiown oesfttehrnis
linen narrowtao Hereford
n y
are said to be the promoters.
MARYPORT AND CARLISLE.—The directors of this
company have just issued their report, to be submitted
to the shareholders at the half-yearly meetin on Wed-
he s
June
et the
amounted traffic Toe c foreli6p,t2sos t, tlie
being haal fri-
current year the charge for
increasensly of 1121. over the corresponding period of 1851.
At the
interest will be reduced to the fullest extent by the
issue of preference shares of 4i per cent. to replace
is3ntoaalttion of the
the outstanding loan notes bearing 5 per cent.
year
termination
rlnat
and by a reduction of 1 per cent.
interest,
on mortgagees then becoming due. The working
expenses vvero 7,4791., being at the rate of about
46 per cent. upon the receipts. .The reserve fund is
debited with a sum of 7181., not directly chargeable to
the half-year's expenditure. The directors propose that
the sum of 5091., being the balance of last half-year's
revenue, together with 751., be taken from the reserve
fund, and added to the net revenue of the half-year,
making a total of 2,5071., equal to a dividend at the rate
Th Chic will
electrici ll
telegraph leave t
oo ff
reseperrve
e fund
p e3r.7aBnBnl
.0
Theannum. eisbnaolawncine
operation on the line, and has been found highly useful
in the traffic arrangements. The capital account 'is
charged with 8961. for expenditure upon works, and it
is credited with 6401., the proceeds of the sale of surplus
lands to 30th June. Since the last report the directors
have disposed of all the new 4i pef cent, quarter shares.
The works at Carlisle, consisting of the new branch to
the citadel station, goods warehouse, coal depots, timber
and slate yards,
are
nearly completed, and the directors;
anticipate a considerable increase therefrom. The
auditors, Messrs. Cowan and Richardson, in their
report, state that the expenditure, including tall,kne;
is greater than that of June, 1851, by 9711. ..
50 per
amount is 8.1241., being little more
than
attention of
cent. of the gross revenue, and they call the aritt
in
every
the directors to the necessity of retrenchment
vernents at
quarter. They recommend that the impat
Maryport
the stations and the contemplated works
thereof, with that
be finished at once; oud that the cost
the reserve fund.
of the new engine, be charged( Jibe
general
manage-
They express their high opinion
i as regards closing the
meat of the directors, particueVag
I of the company's
capital account, and the ,ri, . Tee capital account to
affairs from financial difficatituaets
4.16,768/. had been re-
the 30th of June showed. from
revenue, and 446,7681.
ceived, including 4,283/0
,aa account for the half-year
expended. The revenue
been received, and 8,1211. ex-
showed that 16.205 L
lance of 8,0841., out of which was
ded leaving e ba
t on loans and preference shares,
Pen,. , - i !Acres
deducted 6,106 i
leaving 1 9261. AND MATLOCK.—It is pro-
, BrIETON,
MANCIIES
London and North-Western and Midland
by thc a joint lease of this company's line.
posed
•8 to take Th directors of this company,
1141i1") - SHIRE.— e
EAST opinion that it would secure the safe and
of opinion
being
icil 1 working of the line, have made arrange.
a"'"„rai— stabliehing the electric telegraph over the
Louts '
whole of it.
-
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD.—This line, giving the
Western an entrance into Birmingham, is to be
oGapreenctd on the Ist of next month.
' SELF•ACTING BREAKS TO RAILWAY CARRIAGES,
On Wednesday morning last a trial was made on the
South-Western Railway of a means of applying self-
acting breaks to railway carriages, with a view to pre-
vent accidents. At five o'clock a..x, a luggage train,
consisting of 27 loaded waggons, three patent self-acting
break carriages, and one break van, drawn by two
engines, left the station at Nine Elms for Windsor, stop-
ing at all the stations, and gradually reducing the
number of waggons to four. On all occasions of stop-
ping, it appears, the breaks acted satisfactorily; when
the speed was great and the stoppage sudden, the self-
acting breaks brought the wheels to a " dead lock," on
other occasions not applying themselves so forcibly.
When the train was backed the breaks were instantane-
ously thrown out of action by the guard, and the busi-
ness of the line carried on as if no experiment was being
tried.

SHIP ABERFOTLE 01' GLASGOW.—This -.
h;cl splendid ship
was launehez..l on Saturday from the building -Y
- Learcheers of a
Denny and Rankin, Dumbarton, amidst
et witness a finer
large concourse of spectators. Never did
, va vessel enter the
or more admirably-conducted launch, The highest credit is
watery element in more gallant i
at)htir whole arrangements;
due to her eminent builders for t.
en
we state that a more
and it is not saying too muelwn dof Messrs.
we have seldom seen.
perfect model of naval architecturemoit
gracefully named the
two hours afterwards she
\ Miss Cochran, of Kirtonfielcil,hin
vessel the Aberfoyle,
was safely moored at the Brune (i
m, wider charge of Cap-
of the owners). The vessel
and 221 A, depth, regis-
is 170 feet in lengths 33 le
tain M'Aipin, of Greenock
is largest merchantman yet built in
tering 976 tons, being
--owned by Messrs. P. and T. Aikman
Scotland. She is partly
d we understand that she has the greater
and Co., Glasgow, an
f her cargo and passengers already engaged. She
portion o hilip,
l for Melbourne and Geelong, Port r
a....,
. 1 NI ill sail shorant y
-d of Captain Rankin, a gentleman ingo:ii
i under :
"milled 'to take charge of this fine ship."'"
. respect q".l aid/
1 British PailY . d:, within
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