The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
BIRKINGIIA.J. AND OXFORD.

We understand that her .7sl:,:j3sty will, on :ler n!-
turn from Balmoral, travel from 13irtningham to
Windsor over the Birmingham and Oxford line,
which we stated about a month since would be opened
on or before the Ist of October.

The private opening will take place on the 30. h
inst. A special train will leave the Paddington station
at nine o'clock on Thursday morning, and arrive at
Oxford at 10.15, performiog the 63 miles in 75
minutes, including the stoppage at the Didcot junc-
tion. The train will then proceed to Birmingham,
Which town it will leave at half-past two, and return
to Leamington, where a dejeuner will be prepared,
and at seven o'clock trains will leave for Birmingham,
Oxford, and Paddington.
There are 14 stations between Oxford and Bir-
mingham, and it is stated that the express trains will
run between Paddington and Birmingham in two-
Ind.a-half hours. We understand that when the new
Junction line at Didcot is completed, the journey will
be performed in rather less time.
This important line opens a second route to
Liverpool via Birkenhead. Until the opening of the
Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton broad-
Ruage line, the trains will proceed over the Stour
Valley Railway to Wolverhampton, and thence to
Birkenhead, by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
and Shrewsbury and Chester, and Chester and Bir-
kenhead lines.

IRISH SOUTH-EASTERN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company took
place on Saturday, at the terminus, King's Bridge,
When the report and statements. of accounts were
received and adopted. It appears from the report
that "the profit on the six months ending the 30th June
last, has been sufficient to clear off all previous ba-
lances against traffic, and leave a surplus of 2181.55. 2d.
to the credit of the next account, while, during the
eleven weeks that have elapsed since the account was
made up, there has been an average increase of over
301. per week as compared with the corresponding
Period in 1851 ; so that, on the whole, your traffic re-
turns present a more favourable aspect than they
have hitherto done.
" The expenditure, on the other hand, has been
Carefully attended to. The directors continue to act
Without remuneration ; the office expenses have been
happy
to the lowest possible scale ; and the board are
111IPPy to state that they have succeeded in inducing
the Great Southern and Western Company to lower
the charge on haulage, whereby a reduction has been
effected in the working expenses of the line equal to
nearly 7001. per annum.
" The liabilities of the company are now nearly
extinguished, and the directors hope they will shortly
be able to accomplish what they so much desire,
namely, the closing of the capital account.
" The permanent way, which is under the super-
intendence of Mr. Miller, the engineer to the Great
Southern and Western Railway, continues in good
ender, and the trains satisfactorily and efficiently
Worked.
" Considering, then, that your expenditure in several
departments has been reduced, white the traffic revenue
en your line is increasing, and having every reason to
expect that as the resources of the country are opened
out, and its intercourse encouraged by the facilities of
railway communication, that increase of traffic will
proportionably extend, the board feel justified in in-
tl igingng a hope that at no distant period this railway
le. ill be in a position to yield the proprietary a fair
return for the capital they have invested."