The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-06 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY

EVENINCrI SEPTEMBER 6, 185

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. i
SOUTH-EASTERN.
The directors of this company have just issued their
report to be submitted to the shareholders on Thurs-
day next. It states that the receipts for the half-year
ending July 31, 1852, have been 349,2231., including i
9221. received of the Brighton Company for toll; and
the working expenses and renewals, 126,7821. The
sum of 6,215/ has been laid aside for renewal of per-
manent way. Die rates, taxes, and tolls eraount
to 15,1091., the Government duty to 11,743/. ; the
rents of the Greenwich, Canterbury, and Whitstable,
and Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railways to
44,831/ ; which sums, in addition to the interest on
the mortgage debt and guaranteed stock of the com-
pany,
51,7261., make a total deduction from the gross
earnings of 256,4091. The profit and loss account
shows a credit of 4,4381,, after providing for the last
dividend, and is debited with the sum of 2,7701. for
Parliamentary expenses, and 7021., being one-third of
a loss sustained by fire at the company's works at
Ashford, leaving a balance available for dividend
of 93,780/. A comparative statement of passenger-
traffic on different portions of the South-Eastern Rail-
way shows a decrease of 6,311/. in the receipts from
passengers on the main line and branches in the half-
year ending July 31, 1852, as compared with the
same period of 1851, but an increase as com-
pared with the same period of 1850 of
99,030/. On the North Kent line there was an
increase of 3711. over the corresponding period of
over the same period of 1850.
1851, and of 7,892/.
There was a decrease on the Greenwich branch of
6801. as compared with 1851, and of 2,0621. as com-
pared with the half-year ending July 31, 1850. The
goods traffic showed an increase of 5,7021. over the
corresponding half-year of 1851, and of 13,6231. over
the same period of 1850. The total increase in traffic
for half-year, as compared with the corre-
spondingthelast periodof
1851, was 3161. The through
traffic to and from London and Folkestone and Dover
for the half-year ending July 31, 1850, was 51,4771.;
ending July 31, 1851, 74,9711. ; and ending July 31,
1852' 53,4851.,
of 21,486/.showing a decrease as compared with
, but an increase over 1850 of 2,0081.
1851
The through traffic to and from Ramsgate and Mar-
gate for the half-year ending July 31, 1850, amounted
to 11,4141.; ending July 31, 1851, 10,8211.; and
ending July 31, 1852, 13,5601., showing an in-
crease over 1851 of 2,7381., and over 1850 of
2,1451. The total decrease of passenger traffic during
compared with the corresponding
the last half-year,
half of 1851, being 6,3111,, and the decrease of the
through traffic to Folkestone and Dover being
21,4861., it is obvious that the increase of
the general passenger traffic of the line and
branches during the half-year has been 15,1741. The
total increase of the traffic last half-year, compared
with the same period of 1850, is 53,1111. The whole
management of the collection and delivery of parcels,
as well as goods, has been in the hands of the com-
pany since the Ist of April; between that day and
the 31st of July there was an increase of 15,830 in
the number of the parcels carried, compared with
the same time last year. A profit has been derived
upon the collection and delivery of goods and parcels,
while the directors can state that the business is car-
ried on almost without complaint on the part of the
public ; this cannot be better evidenced than by the
fact that the whole amount of claims against the
company during the half-year, on a traffic amounting
to 59,2421., has only been 1911. The directors be-
lieve a more favourable result in regard to manage-
ment cannot be shown by any carrying establish-
ment of like magnitude in the kingdom. A
progressive increase is taking place in the French
goods traffic, though the receipts hardly keep propor-
tionate pace with the increase in the number
of packages. The report states the facilities
which are now presented to passengers leaving
London, rid the South-Eastern Railway, for
various places on the continent. The directors have
entered into terms of agreement with the Northern
of France Railway Company to continue the
fixed train at 8 10 A.N. daily from the London-bridge
terminus to Dover, and the steam-packet service con-
nected therewith to Calais, for one year certain from
the Ist of July last; to the cost of that service the
Northern of France have agreed to contribute a daily
payment of 101,, and to run the express train from
Calais to Paris. TFe directors feel it right to state
that the facilities given on the Northern of France
Railway to passengers are of the most liberal descrip-
tion, and that line is managed to the perfect satis-
faction of the traveling public. Additional express
trains have been placed in communication with Bou-
logne, and nothing remains to be desired in the way
of unity of arrangement and facility for the traveller.
The registration of the baggage of passengers by the
tidal trains continues, and finds great favour with the
public. The economy which the directors antici-
pated by enforcing a rigid scrutiny into the con-
sumption of stores has been realized. The con-
sumption last half-year was 2,0991. 153. 9d., against
4,0501. 3s. 10i. in the comparative half of last year,
showing a saving of 1,9501. The expected economy
on the Greenwich branch, by working three
trains an hour instead of four, has not been found
to answer; and since the Ist of the present month the
trains have run every quarter of an hour, which
seems to be an amount of facility which the traffic re-
quires. Iu the half-year ending on the 31st of July,
1851, the number of miles run by the engines was
1,186,627; the consumption of coke was 14,126 tons,
being an average of 26 6668 b. per mile, at a cost of
2•8571 d. per mile ; the total cost being 14,1261.
During the last half-year the mileage run by the
; the quantity of coke con-
sumed was 12,655 tons, the average consumption being
engines was 1,221,840
23.201 b. per mile, and the total cost 11,0821., or
2.1768 d. per mile. It thus appears, that, although
the engines ran last half-year 35,213 miles more than
in the corresponding half of the preceding year, the
service was performed with a less consumption of
coke by 1,471 tons, effecting
a saving in the cost
of coke during the last
half-year of 3,0441. The
running • a of the engines shows an average cost of
8.267 d. per mile : the cost of repairs and renewals
being 2,962daaper mile. The carriage and waggon
stock of the company is in better order than it
any preceding time. The directors carried
oevuetrthweas at
instr
instruction to offer to the proprietors pro
rota the shares purchased by the company, at 20/.
per
301.
stock. The amount of stock held by the
company was 190,720/ e and the amount taken by the
proprietors upon the offer made to them was 149,480/.
The stock not taken by the proprietors, viz , 41,4201.,
was disposed of at 221. 10e, per 301. stock, and eo
closed the account- Tae narrow gauge will be
brought down to Reading, and there joined to the
rails of the South-Eastern Company% line, which is
essential to the develoement of its resources. The
South-Eastern Company are liable to a rent of 5,0581.
per annum for the Canterbury and Whitstable Rail-
way and harbour during the continuance of the lease.
The proprietors could new raise the money for paying
off the capital and debt cf the Whitstable Railway at
3/. per annum, and at Ws rate there would result a
diminution of the charge Gil the revenue account of
the company of 2,000/. per annum. The amount due
to the compsnY from proprietors in arrear of calls on
the 31st of •
Tannery was 117,9561. During the
I half-year 29,184/. of calls has been paid, leaving
a balance due to the company on the 31st
of July last of 88,772/. During the past half-
I year the sums of 115,5001. of debt, previously
raised at 5 per cent. per annum, 134,4001, at per
cent. per annum, and 108,000/. at 4 per cent. per an_
num have been paid off-41,0651. having been re-
newed at the rate of 4 per cent. The directors have,
however, to observe that the renewal of that amount
at 4 per cent. had been arranged at a previous
period.
than 31 Per cent, per annum Since
the higher rate
the commencement of the present half-year none
have been renewed at a rate exceeding 3 per cent, tee,.
annum. The present average charge on the mertgarg
debt of the companye
(1,859,9751.) is 4+ per cent. per
annum, which rate will of course gradually be re-
duced by the effluxjet) of the mortgages at the higher
rates. A saving of 1 percent. on the present
mortgage debt of the companyst twoulde amount to
18,590/. per annum, so that, h were the
_d.ebst fixed at
per cent. per annum, ltl per, 301 sock, or
whole share capital of the
quarter per cent. on the
would be annually saved thereby. The
company,
directors believe that the ultimatehmight be
would be
fixed at 9,699,375/ ,
whiic433,7001, the represented
by the share capital • guaranteed
mortgage: debt of
stock 481,3001., and a
debt of
1,784,375/. The mortgage e the corn_
pany was reduced h
during the past a If
-year by the
lea
sum of 137,085/. It will be necessary for the e
exercised to the co
peny to use powers not yet
180,0001., pending the realization of
The directors deplore
the state of the law with regard
to local assessments, as it =evolves constant litigation
and expense without any satisfactory result. They
t the • •
call the attention of the proprietors position of
the South-Eastern ard Continental Steam-packet
Company, and suggest the propriety of making ar-
rangements for the purchise of the vessels and other
property belonging to that
mpany. The only pro-
ject for railway extension in bent , at present de.
mending attention is that of the North Kent line from
Strood to Maidstone. The amount at the credit of
profit and loss, 93,780 e, will allow a dividend of
7s. 3d. per 3011 stock, making, with the previous di-
vidend of 103. G.I, a return of 3 per for the last
year, and will leave a balance of 8591.
The auditors. Messrs. C. Child and J. Morgan, in
their report express a strong conviction that the hest
interests of the company require that the capital ac-
count should be finally closed with as little delay a,
possible. They state that the capital expenditure for
the half-vear was 149,143/., and that the cap;tal is
debited with 25,0001, the loss incident to the invest-
ment in the company's stock.
The capital uccount shows that 10,119,0911. had
been received, and 10,354,186/. expended, leaving a
balance against the company of 235,095/.
The expenditure on the main line and Bricklayer's_

arms station amounted t0:3,596,617/. ; on the North
and Mid-Kent lines, Greenwich branches, and London
station, 2,787,9951. ; on the Folkstone-harbour and
branch, 211,148/ ; on the locomotive department
660,114/. ; on the Maidstone branch, 190,392/. ; on
the Ashford to Canterbury, Ramsgate, Margate,
NVhitstable, and Deal Railway, 877,8911., Ashford
station, 258,047/. ; Tunbridge Wells branch,
292,9611; Ashford, Rye, and Hastings line,
782,327/. ; o❑ the Tunbridge Wells and Hast-
ags line, 671,6901.; and investment in stock,
25,0001.; making the total enpenditure, as above,
10,354,1861. The return of rolling stock
shows that there are 120 passenger-engines,
39 goods engines; 4 royal carriages and saloon ; 262
first-class, 124 second-class, and 132 third• class car-
riages ; 61 luggage vans, 60 horse boxes, 78 carriage
trucks, 1 post-office carrier, 481 goods waggons, 180
cattle waggons, 961 timber, coke, coal, store, Scc.
waggons, and 16 breaks. The report of Mr. Drane,
the engineer, states that the sidings at all the stations
between London and Dover have been extended to a
sufficient length, both upon the up and down roads, to
afford secure passing places for trains. Additional
sidings are in hand upon the Ashford, Canterbury,
and Ranisgate branch.

DUNDEE, PERTH, AND ABERDEEN JUNCTION

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
at Dundee on Tuesday, Lord Kinnaird in the chair.
The report stated that the traffic for the half-year
amounted to 16,4771., and the expenses to 6,7821.,
leaving a balance of 9,6951. Out of this sum is de-
ducted 4,9461. for interest, &c., on loans, and 1,9591.
interest on floating debt, leaving, with the balance
from the former account, a disposable sum of 3,0891.
The dividend on the 15,137 preference quarter shares
will absorb 2,365/. of that sum, and leave 7241. The
directors regret that they cannot point to any great
increase in the traffic of the line during the past half-
year, but they view with satisfaction the contemplated
formation of branches to Blairgowrie and Kirriemuir,
as likely to have a very beneficial effect on the revenue
of the line when they are opened for traffic.
The CEIAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said the directors were in the habit of periodi-
cally investigating everything in the establishment
with a view to reduce the expenses as much as pos,
sible, taking care, however, to make ample provision
for the efficient working of the line. The whole of
the plant was kept in the most complete working
order. *DIET were in hopes that the Edinburgh,
Perth, and Dundee Company would see the advantage
of bringing the goods traffic over the Dundee and
Perth Railway. He had no doubt that the former
company would save considerable expense by so doing,
and that the latter company would also gain therby
from the increase of traffic on their line. It would in
fact be mutually advantageous to both companies.
He had no doubt that if the trade of Dundee were to
improve they would have an increase in their traffic
from that source. He concluded by moving a resolu-
tion to the effect that the report be received and
adopted, and that the usual dividend be paid on the
preference shares.
After a few observations with respect to the affairs
of the company the motion was carried unanimously,
and the meeting separated.

such expressions to a respectlble married
woman, and called him a filthy fellow,'
upon which the prisoner immediately rushed
towards her and dealt her such a heavy blow between
the eyes with his fist as to cause the blood to gush
from her nose and almost render her insensible.
The prisoner was apparently about to renew his
cowardly attack, but was prevented by her husband
and the second complainant, who forcibly dragged
him away from her, and, after a violent struggle be-
tween them, he was at length overpowered and given
into custody.
The second complainant stated, that while passing
through the street his attention was attracted by the
screams of the last witness, and on reaching the spot
he found the prisoner engaged in an attack upon the
woman, whose face and dress were covered with
blood. With the assistance of her husband he suc-
ceeded in rescuing her from further violence, and re-
monstrated with the defendant upon his unmanly con-
duct, upon which the latter replied with an oath that
he would serve him in the same manner, and instantly
dealt him a violent blow upon one of his eyes, the
mark of which he still exhibited. Witness notwith-
standing at once seized him by the collar, and, having
with much difficulty managed to hold him until a
constable came up, the husband of the first complainant
charged him.
Cosier, of the H division, confirmed the greater
part of this evidence, and added, that upon coming
up, the prisoner, who had manifestly been drinking,
insisted upon his taking the husband into custody for
assaulting him; but, on seeing the condition of the
object of his first attack, the front of whose dress was
completely soaked with blood, he refused his charge,
took those of the two complainants, and lodged him in
the station. _ _

The defendant positively denied having assaulted
the woman at all, and declared that the injuries com-
plained of had been inflicted by him in pure self-de-
fence while protecting himself from an unprovoked
attack from the husband and second complainant.
Mr. HAMMILL, however, felt satisfied, from the
evidence, of the gross and wanton nature of the out-
rage, and sentenced the defendant to pay penalties to
the joint amount of 101., or, in default, to stand corn-
mitted to the House of Correction for a double term
of two months each, one to take effect at the expira-
tion of the other.