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London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

(temporarily, until Earl Vane should be qualified for a seat)
and Captain Pryce, of Cyffonydd, were elected in the place
of Mr. Pension and Mr. Fefeaux.

A dividend of 6 per cent. on the ordinary shares having
been declared, the meeting separated.

LLANIDLOES AND NEWTOWN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at
Llanidloes on Friday ; Mr. G. H. Whalley, M.P., in the
chair.

The CIEAIRMAN moved the adjournment of the meeting,
but ho was strongly opposed by Captain Jones, a director.
The chairman put on his hat, and declared the meeting at
an end, but he did not leave the room, and the proceedings
were conducted by Captain Johns.

Mr. Henry Gartside and Mr. George Rae were re-elected
to the Board in the place of Mr. Whalley, the chairman of
the company, and Mr. Lefeaux. Mr. Parson and Mr. J.P.
Wilding were requested to resign their seats at the Board.
The proceedings then terminated.

LLYNVI VALLEY.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Thursday, at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington, Mr.
Macgregor, in the chair.

The report stated that the gross revenue for the past six
month amounted to £9,459 against £9,374 for the preced-
ing six months, and £9,426 for the corresponding period of
last year. The receipts had been effected by a reduction of
the rates, and also by the diversion of some of the coal traf-
fic to the Great Western Railway. The general trahic, how-
ever, had increased. The net income, after deducting inte-
rest and expenses, was £4,291; of that amount there would
be required for the payment of dividend, at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum on the preference stock, £3,658, leaving a
balance of £632. The directors proposed to add to that ba-
lance £748 from the reserve fund, and to recommend a divi-
dend on the ordinary stock of 4 per cent, per annum. The
commencement of the passenger traffic had been delayed,
but the first passenger train passed over the line on the 25th
ult. The construction of the Ogmore Railway to join the
Llynvi Valley was proceeding rapidly.
The report was unanimously adopted, and the dividend
recommended therein were agreed to.

The retiring directors were re- elected, and a vote of
thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings,

CASTLE DOUGLAS AND DUMFRIES.
The report of the directors states that the total revenue
for the half-year ending Jan. 31 was £9,280, and the total
expenditure £5,923, of which £3,636 was paid to the Glas-
gow and South-Western Company for working and main-
taining the line. The balance of revenue amounted to £3,357,
out of which a dividend was recommended at the rate of 5
per cent. on the preference shares and 3s. per share on the
original £lO shares, leaving a balance of £124. The direc-
tors regret the discontinuance of the express service by train
and steamer communicating with Ireland via the Port-
patrick Railway,

RAILWAY BILLS.
Yesterday, in the committee of the House of Commons,
the Crystal Palace and South London Junction was passed.
The bills of the North and South Western Junction, Ham-
mersmith and City, Hammersmith and Wimbledon, and
Kew, Turnhara-green, and ,Hammersmith were passed.
The bill for the South-Eastern to make an extension to
Eastbourne was also passed. The clauses of the Lancashire
and Yorkshire (additional powers) and Leeds and Halifax
(new works) were passed.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Railwa s. Miles Opened. Receipts.
y ,___.„
1864. 1863. ~
1864. 1863.
£ Z
Belfast and N. Counties..." 136 136 1,749 1,826
Belfast and County Down- 49 19 608 665
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,987 1,640
Bristol and Exeter 1215 1215 5,119 5,437
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington • • B'll 85 218 283
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 297 317
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 65 65 112 152
Cork and Youghal .. 324 324 3" 309
Cornwall 659 53... ..... -,
1,351 1,125
Deeside l7 17 221 231
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,260 1,234
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,398 1,425
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 9l} 485 1,899 1,615
Edinburgh and (illasgow l69} 169} 7,653 7,002
Furness, &c 5O 5 ) 3,170 2,795
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 353 351 30,494 27,710
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,489 1.807
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 409 428
qt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3735 329 6,769 6 846
Great Western 10569 10565 54,724 52,507
Inverness & Aberdeen June 869 861 958 967
Inverness & Perth Junction 119} - 1,012 -
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,667 1,647
Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 3955 34,830 31,080
Limerick and Ennis.., 241 244 151 176
Limerick and Foynes 269 265 82 89
Llanelly 461 461 540 501
Londen & North-Western
London and Blackwall 54 51 1,543 1,630
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2611 2615 12,307 14, 22
London, Chatham, & Dover 72} 72} 3,475 2 779
Do. Metropolitan Extension 10, 55 1,790 300
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Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 425 42,„ 985 954
Nlan.,Shefrield.& Lincolnsh 239} 2391 16,454 15,09,
blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9} 9} 1,162 1,063
nary-port and Carlisle 2B 28 1,5,5 1.283
Metropolitan
511dland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6io 42,478 38,064
lolidland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2095 2595 3,646 5,313
Honkland 715 715 1,605 1,531
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,647 2,401
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee .. 414 4105 11,408 10.833
N-Eastern and Stock. & Danl. 1095 10791 51,004 47,731
North London ..... 9 9 3,138 3,049
North Staffordshire ......... 254 254 8,426 7,816
Oswestry and Newt(n. - ..... 50 42 1,107 899
Rhymney ..... 191 195 917 868
St. Helen's Canal & Eailway.. 52 62 2,202 2,075
Scottish Central . ............ 89 89 4,365 4,213
Scottish North-Eastern....., 138 138 4,995 4.803
Somerset and Dorset ........ 66 395 657 350
South Devon
South-Eastern .... •.. 306 305 14,783 16,137
Taff Vale .... 57 55 5,783 5,805
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd .. ..... lO 146 130
Vale of Neath ..... 32} 25} 2,540 2.031
Waterford and Kilk:nny ..... 31 31 527 335
Waterford and Lim:rick ..... 77 77 1,064 1,281
West Cornwall ... 275 275 726 71)
W. Hartlepool H aria*. & RaiL.... 52 52 3,696 3.923
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt.. 7 7 662 623
Whitehaven Junction......,, 13 13 1,048 843
Whitehaven & Furness Jun.. ‘, 35 35 933 792
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam ..... 62 62 1,229 1,034
Austrian B2B 828 28,53? 28,',01
Belgian Eastern Juaction
Bombay, Baroda, & ,:.en. India 185 167} 3,066 1,772
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie
Dutch Rhenish ........
Eastern Bengal ... ........
Eastern of 1 ranee..
East Indian .... 936} 641 i 22,521 12,083
Grand Trunk of Canada...,.. 1090 1090 18,186 16.553
Great Indian Peninsula ...... 553 495 10,641 8,162
Great Luxembourg . ......... 131 134 4,0 i 3 4,653
Great Southern of tidia .... 79 79 595 491
Great Western of Canada,,,, 345 315 14,013 13,985
Madras • ... 447 447 4,993 4,063
Madrid, Sarag,ossa (tAiicant... 659 490 15,889 15,635
Northern of Canada,„ ...... 94 91 1,732 1,671
Northern of France,........ .697 697 - -
Norwegian Trunk .......... 44 44 633 637
Ottoman "
.. 48} 48} 315 311
Paris, Lyons, & Meliterrn. ...• 1805 1713 109,022 119,814
Paris and 0r1ean5..........., 1614 1494 58,914 57,584
Pernambuco
....... -
Royal Danish ..... 69771 1,590 1,665
69
Sambre and Meuse. ........... 68 68 1,326 1,408
South Austrian.. • .:... ...... . 1527 1468 -
Southern of France
".• • 770 640 24,168 22,718
Victorian
....... • 196 196 9,503 9,333
Welland ............ ..... 25 25 - -
West Flanders ... .......... 75 75 1,012 956
W. and N.W. of Fiance . ..... 932 813 37,989 36,478

Stearn Shipbailding on the Clyde.

The fine paddle steamer Washington, built by Messrs.
Scott and Co. for the French Compagnie Generale Traub-
atlantique, has made a satisfactory trial trip. The burden
of the Washington, which is intended to run between
New York and Havre, 3,400 tons builders' measure-
ment, and her machinery has been supplied by the
Greenock Fonndry Company, who have fitted her with
side lever engines of about 850 horse power nominal. The
diameter of the cylinders is 94iin, and the length of stroke
is Oft. The paddles are 37ft bin in diameter, and the
engines are supplied with steam from four large boilers,
each fitted with 284 brass tubes, 7ft long by 3m diameter,
The large boilers are all cased in malleable iron plates, so
constructed thzt any part can be removed without taking
down the whole casing, The IVashington " ran the lights"
on her trial trip in 76i minutes, The paddle steamer Lady
Bowen, built by Messrs. A. and J. Inglis for the Queens-
land Steam Navigation Company has also made a trial trip,
and " run the lights," that is, accomplished the distance
between the Clock and Cumbrae lighthouses, in 69 min.
The Lady Bowen,
which is 527 tons register, has two oscil-
lating engines of 150 horse power. Messrs. L. Hill and Co.,
of Port Glasgow, have launched a screw steamer named the
Jamaica Packet, for the Jamaica coasting trade, under the
agency of Messrs, Jamieson, Sonter, and Co., of Kingston,
Messrs. W. Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton, have
launched a screw of 872 tons, named the Tennessee ; she is
872 tons burden, and is to be fitted with engines of 150
horse power by Messrs. Denny and Co. An armour-plated
frigate, intended for the Danish Government, has been
launched by Messrs. J. and G. Thompson of Govan. She
is to be fitted with engines of 600 horse power, and her bur-
den is 3,500 tons, her length being 280 ft ; her armour plates
are Olin thick, with a strong backing of teak and iron
plating.

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