The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-30 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST to, 1852.

during the present half-year. They are now con-
necting it with the various tramways in the district,
and we have found, as I stated we anticipated we
should find, a difficulty in reference to this matter—the
shipping interest, of course, opposing us. The demand on
our line at present for slate is more than equal to about
four or five months' supply; but what is technically
called the rule of stem prevents our taking it, except as
we can load it. Now, gentlemen, we have no depot
where we can stack the slates, and therefore we are
placed in a position of considerable disadvantage.—
(Hear, hear.) Your board have, for the purpose of
carrying out our slate traffic, secured eight acres of land
near Chester. On Tuesday I went down, purposing to
inspect the works, and I find that w ithin six or seven
weeks from this time we may expect to have wharf-
room for 80,000 tons of Slate, at a cost to us of only
2,oool.—(Hear, hear.) The great object has been to
give free accommodation to the slateowners for the
stowage of slate in the vicinity of our line, so that we
may be able to supply the demands of the country at
all times. These arrangements, of course, took time;
and although the period I have occupied the chair is
something like sixteen months; perhaps you will feel
that the extension of the line for a mile and a half to
the Holyhead-pier, and making the various arrange-
ments with the other companies, could Lot be done in a
day—(Hear, and cheers)—and if I took somewhat
too sanguine a view at the time to which I allude,
you will, I think, be inclined to ascribe it to an
excessive zeal for your interest—(Cheers)—and, gen-
tlemen, allow me to say that when I make a mistake I
BM always ready to—as Ido on the present occasion
—confess it —(lcer, hear, and cheers.) Well, gentle-
men, there are three sources from whence your goods
traffic will he developed. I required at the hands of
your goode' menager, seine six or seven months since,
when we took the question up, an elaborated report of
the whole trade connected with these three sources—
namely, the local trade, the coasting trade, cud the Irish
trade. I, in conjunction with my colleagues, requested
' the London and North-Western Company to permit Mr.
Braithwaite Poole, their energetic goods manager, to be
associated with Mr. Coomber, our own goods manager,
to go into the question, feeling that it was only by cor-
dial amity of working we could secure the results
anticipated. That board met me in the matter as they
have always done, cordially and frankly; and Mr.
Poole has given us his most ,valuable exertions in a way
which has gratified me exceedingly; and I must say,
with regard to our own officer, Mr. Coomber, that
nothing could exceed his zeal, energy, and clear-
sightedness in the discharge of the duties imposed
epee, him. Well, gentlemen, I hold hi my hand this
report, which is a most elaborate one, of the local traffic,
containing, as it does, every information with regard to
its sources, and
our expectations with regard to them.
In reference to the local traffic, I find that in 1849 it
amounted to 12,783/., in 1850 to 22 903/., and in 1851
t' 31,9314 As to the coasting traffic, at this moment
we have scarcely touched it The Irish traffic we have
not touched at all.--(Hoar,) Your mineral traffic is not
bosun.—(hear.) The reasons I helm stated to you
frankly and fairly; and therefore I do feel, knowing at
all tleal eireunistances, and looking at this increase in
our local traffic, which is upwards of 10,000/. a year,
and without these sources being touched, and consider-
ing the fact that up to within a fortnight of the present
time you are carrying greater tonnage of shell-fish
than you Ware in connexiot, with slates, stone sets, and
minerals of that kind—l say Ido feel, and am setis-
lied that you must feel, that literally we have not begun
our trade, and that what we have done has been, in lave,
only to build our house.—(Hear.) We have put up our
counters, tied put our shop in order, and what we now
have to do is to work hard to fill it with goods and be-
gin business—and that we are determined to do.—(Loud
cheers.) Our Cernarvon line is complete. The passenger
traffic has now been proceeding those eight or ten weeks,
and the goods trade has commenced during the present
week. The tramways are not as yet connected with the
slate quarries, but our line is connected with the enor-
mous Slate quarries of Mr. Assheton Smith, and I am
looking to that branch for the future with some degree
of hope that we may derive large results from it.—(ear,
hear.) So much with regard to the goods traffic. Now,
gentlemen, if you will allow me, I will touch upon the
passenger traffic. We he.ve not been idle in that respect.
—(Hear.) I think if you look at the newspapers and
see what we are doing with regard to the Irish tourist
traffic, you will find there has been no lack of exertion

on our part at any rate.—(Hear.) Wo have done what
was necessary—we have sown the seeds amply and
largely—we have acted liberally in the way of advertis-
ing, and the result up to this moment is most gratifying;
but of courseyou know all these preliminary arrangements
aro costly, and that is the reason our working expenses
the last half-year were larger than they have been here-
tofore. But you will agree with me, that without sow-
ing the seed broadcast we cannot reap abundantly
in future, as I believe we shall do. So far as our
connection with the London and North-Western, andthe
whole of the Irish companies is considered, nothing can
bo more gratifying. We have had the most effactual aid
from all of them. I wish I could say the same results
have been secured in other quarters; but I am bound to
tell you the whole truth of tee matter, and I may any
that the state of our relations with the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Companies is anything but gratifying to your
directors. I look at it in connexion with this feeling,
that if your lino is to be treated as a Chester and Holy-
head line merely, and not as connected aith the whole
of Lsncashire and Yorkshire; if it is not to be cansidcd
as a Liverpool and Dublin, a Manchester and Dublin,
and as a Dublin and Yorkshire and Lancashire line, why
it is nothing, and it is right that you should know that.
—(I-fear, hear, and load elianr4). The Llaeaihiro and
Yorkshire lines, if properly managed, would contribute
greatly to the development of our traffic, but there are
circumstances which, at the present moment, prevent
that result, and until a better understanding exists between
the companies, and the various battles that are going on
between them are not allowed to affect their relations, your
interests are sacrificed, the interests of the public are sacri-
ficed, and no effort of mine can prevent it. Some of you
have, no doubt, seen the letter which appeared in one of
the newspapers the other day—and here I say that we
ought to bo very thankful to the press for calling atten-
tion to these matters. The complaint was that a great
passengers were left behind at Chester simply
e Manchester train was not in time for oar
number
because
the
express. I assure you that no one can regret the cir-
cumstance more than I do. I have, in conjunction with
Admiral Moorsorn, w- is
0 works heartily with me in the
matter, looked again and again to see what we can do,
and we have delayed our express train ten minutes in
order to wait for the passengers coming in from Man-
chester. We can do no more than that, and if we at-
temptedshould be open to public animadversion.
u Bat I
wi
lilt
w read ad to
you the result of this disjointed system
of working, as c,n9tranisfinguished from railways working
as they should in perfect unity, and affording the best
r
accommodation to the public,and the best return to the
proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) I will just take the returns
of the arrivals of the Manchester trains to meet our
express during the last two months. Recollect that on
that depends the whole of our Lancashire and Yorkshire
ofn that youd
the enormous amount of
know the
connected with the through
tthraeffipco;p
traffic to Ireland, you will feel the great importance of
this matter W our interests. The other day, when I
population i ownh e
was at Cheater I had the mortification of seeing twenty
or thirty passengers from Manchester left on the plat-
form when our train, afer waiting nine waitsng or ten minutes,
had started. All I could do was, as politely as possible,
to say how very sincerely I, as the chairman of this
regretted it , but i
company, reg , t was not in my power to
prevent it. At tne same time you must recollect that
while you are not in a position to run your trains to
Liverpool and Manchester, through the Cheshire Junc-
tion, as you ought to do, through passengers will not
come over your line, despite your short sea-passage, and
until the Legislature with a strong hand compels the
compeniee to agree so far that the public shall railway
not be sacrificed h 1
W-1 e they are squabbling among them-
ding the spenshareholders' money, I tear we
selves, and
may continue to suffer from the circumstance I have
T will now read
mentioned. I to you a return showing
mthe time of departure of our 2.25 p. 21. express train from
Chester from the Ist of July to the 25th of August,
1852.—(This return showed that the departure trains
during the period mentioned varied from 10 minutes to
time, the
42 minutes behind
ow
leverage being 26 minutes,)
tlemen, h am
Well, gen command
to the through
Lancashire and Yo •with •
traffic from Lances Yorkshire this state of
things? I ray the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction
are sacrificing their own interests, while they are also
us earning
a dividend for ourselves. I have
preventing he
this return from t station-books at Chester, and I defy
• to the statement; and I say to you, whil
e
this
exists, while you have simply
this state of things ,
the
London traffic to depencino upon,bethe views I stated to you
on taking this chair cannot carried out, and I Ain not
responsible for
thveir in havingmen. been carried out,—
(Hear, bear.) M- objectf
further than
mentioning these things is
ur t a rese
that it should go that. p nt melting,
because until the public feel this'
because I am con
until they show throu h
state of things, and u not tolerate gtheir it, you have no
repre-
sentatives that they will .s
ait i your duty as shareholders
hope of a remedy; and to be •
bring ar on this ue • sti
to agitate and to tre interferenc 9 on
an
amount of Parliamen a Jhave settled e, until the Lon-
don and North-Western
n
and that theirh differences
with the Great Wester.
0,
allowed
to t e. Birkenhead
Company no longer n
dividend.--(Heara,pelicte you and
prevent you having a
which I should refaerr.) There
are other things to
..
ity
1 to carry out the. ihave
felt deeply our non-ah
down there and saw, a hotel at
Bangor. If you were
it, you would feel still have
for
done, the necessity
as much as I do. e I can
do im-
portanceof the thing
done in the matter. I an
took
do no more than
I meeting,have done
and which was accorded
unanimously from you last he an allowance of 74 pecrorded
unanimously to me, to
ula
that parties might be induced uced
from your traffic in order
to erect it. The board took
2 000slittres in it • but I regret
,
by '
was not made the public hi a
to say that a response
way the matter deserved.—
I have only to regret
another matter, and th that such
t is
a
is the case. I will refer to
the only one to which
Ican refer with any degreehave been disappointed,
of
gratification. Although we have
regard to the Bill brought
as
is stated in the report, with
enable th© Let ondonl
am ha rth-
and N o
into the last Parliament to
Western to endorse our debentures, y PPy to
tell you we have got them renewed on favourable terms—
within i per cent, of what the
London and North-W °s-
tern are paying on their debentures;
and when I tell
than theyou
the fact, that even at i per cent. higher _
enable us to London
and North-Western endorsement would
to
issue them at, we should effect a saving you of
believe that the cir-
-14,0001. a year, you will naturallyoccupy (and it does cumstance is one that ought to
d•
oc-
cupy) the anxiouss attention of
will merely that
say
I will not detain you longer, and •
I shall be ,sappy to answer any inquire. es that may be pat
to rue.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. OLIVEIRA M.P., wished to be allowed to tender
,
his thanks to the chairman and the directors
for the
great ability and energy they bad displayed the ma-
nagement of the company. Ho echoed of remarks.
necessity the
made by the Ilon.Gentleman of the lei,.

'store interfering es soon as possible in the disputes
existing between rival companies, and he hoped the
members of the House of Commons in the coming session
would give their attention to the proper government and
arrahgement of railway property. Ho had observed by
the public prints that tb,re had been some change
amongst their executive officers, and that Mr. Roney, a
gentleman connected with the management of their
affairs in Ireland, whose vory able and valuable services
to the comoany could not be too highly appreciated, had
also ceased his connection with them. He wished to
know if that were so, and, if it was not too much in-
terfering with the business of the board, the reasons
for dispensing with the services of Mr. Roney, which
were so universally acknowledged to be of the greatest
value.

The CHAIRMAN had the greatest pleasure in answer-
ing the question of the Hon. Proprietor. It having
been found that the expense of maintaining two
,estab-
lishments—one in London and one in Chester—was
most onerous on the company, and materially added to
their expenditure, it was resolved to consolidate the
whole of their establishment at Chester. Mr. Brooks,
their secretary, having large property in London, and
the whole of his connexions being concentrated in the
metropolis, preferred rather to resign his position to
removing to Chester; but ho wished it to be distinctly
understood that Mr. Brooks was an officer who enjoyed
the fullest confidence and highest esteem of the board,
and that it was with deep regret they parted with him.
With reference to Mr. Roney, ho could only say that
that gentleman had most zealously and most success-
fully carried out his temporary duty of arranging the
through traffic of the line with the various Irish com-
panies, but the time came when Mr. Roney's en-
gagement ceased, and, valuable as they knew the
services of that gentleman to be, we felt that this
company ought not alone to bear the expense of
Mr. honey's salary for services beneficial to all,
though they wished they should be secured by a pro
rata payment from all the companies interested. He had
great pleasure in informing the proprietors that the
London and North-Western Board had unanimously
agreed to hear their portion of the expense of retaining
Mr. honey's services, and within the last week he (Mr.
Peto) had communicated that resolution • to all the other
companies interested, and he had no doubt they would
ad agree to bear their fair proportion of the expense, so
that Mr. Roney would continue to devote his energies to
the promotion of the interests of this and the other com-
peaies interested in the full development of the Irish
traffic. He wished at the same time to state that Mr.
Roney had never, at any time, done anything in any way
to supersede the valuable services of their justly esteemed
superintendent, Mr. Binger, who had always conducted
their traffic in the most satisfactory manner, and he felt
assured that nu eempany possessed a more valuable
officer than Mr. Binger—(Cheers)—though he should
much regret the lose of the services of Mr. Roney—
(Cheers)—but he felt that ac these services were de-
voted to the protection of the interests of many compa-
nies, the Chester and Holyhead Company ought not to
bear the whole expense.—(Hear, hear.)
The report having been adopted,
The CHAIRMAN said, before he put the next resolu-
tion, he wished to be allowed to state that the board had
now the cordial assistance of Captain Huish—(Cheers)
who had of late attended their meetiugs, travelled over
their line, and who, instead of taking that relaxation
which his continuous exertions required, was this year
about to proceed to Ireland to sec how far he could
assist this compaey.—(Cheers.) He was happy to see
Ceptain Huish present, and should feel obliged if he
would give the proprietors the benefit of his experience
with regard to the prospects of this company.—(Hear.)
Captain Huss said he had had no intention to trouble
the meeting with any observations, after the very
lucid and able explanations which had just been given
by the Honourable Chairman ; but having been
asked to express his opinion—an opinion which
might carry some trifling weight with it from the
experience he had bad—with regard to the future
prospects of this line, he at once bowed to the
wish of the chairman, which appeared to be concurred
in by the meeting generally.—(Hear, bear.) Until a
very recent period, he must conteis he took no interest
in the Chester and Holyhead beyond that which necess-
sarily existed, and which he could not but feel as a re-
flected interest, from the large number of shares which
the London and North-Western held in this concern;
but with the multifarious duties he had to perform—in
fact the map of England being very nearly spread before
him every morning—he had very willingly left the
traffic over the Chester and Holyhead to the guidance
and direction of those who were more immediately con-
nected with it. But it pleased the directors of the Ches-
ter and Holyhead Railway to request the London and
North-Western board to allow him to give some portion
of his attention to the development of the through
traffic over this line; and that request having been ac-
corded, he bud recently attended the meetings of the
directors at Chester, and had taken considerable interest
ie the development of the traffic. He might observe
that after a great number of yours' experience
us to almost every railway in the kingdom—
for the nature of his engagements had more
or leas brought him into contact with them—as he
had before stated privately—he would now do so pub-
licly—that ho never travelled over a line which ap-
pesred to be conducted with more zeal, economy, and re-
gularity in every department than was the Chester and
Holyhead Itailway.—(Cheers.) He had expressed that
opinion out of doors, and was only too happy to repeat
it on the present occasion, because he found a degree of
personal anxiety end application on the part of every
one connected with it, which was amply borne out by
the appearance of every thing about it, and which he
was bound to admit he had not seen excelled on any
railway in the kingdom.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
With regard to Ireland, ho might say that he had never
yet visited that country; but he hoped to be there next
week to assist in carrying out some of their objects.
He frankly admitted that, up to a comparatively recent
period, the London and North-Western board did not
throw the whole amount of its energy into the Chester
and Holyhead Railway, having other and weighty
matters, more immediately affecting their own in-
terests, to attend to; but the feeling of the
London and North-Western directors had been
expressed so unhesitatingly to do all in their
power to assist the Chester and Holyhead Railway,
that he had very little doubt the future state of their
traffic would exhibit a very different aspect to the past.
—(Hear, hear.) The details which the Chairman had
announced, with regard to the through goods traffic,
would of course rest more with their own goods manager
than with him (Captain Huish); but from the elaborate
reports and the mass of statistics which bad been laid
before him, he could have but little doubt that, with the
united exertions of the Irish railway companies, the
Chester and Holyhead must be the great conduit-pipe
through which the traffic between the two countries
would flow.—(Cheers.) He could only further state ge-
nerally, that having received the permission of the
London and North-Western directors to devote a portion
of his time to the Chester and Holyhead Railway, no-
thing should be wanting on his part to promote the
groat objects they had in view.—(Loud cheers.)
A SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether there would
the de-
clarationnoTt bh e l
CHAIRMANs
0. 2dt
od u e
dividend nr
e tphl pe f
eodi
3s.ce certainly;
6re
dtna. el en l shares ares after
e
and moved the
there s o
pl ur
et ifoe nr e fnocre t
shares,
then moved by Mr. Bassett, seconded and directors was
res,w
declaration of the 3s. 6d. dividend on
was
secondedibmyou:liry. coairirviieedra.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman
and carried unanimously.

Brockley Whines on a misty morning, or, still worse,
an hour's wait in a cold night. But, joking apart,
we do most earnestly direct tho attention of every
one dwelling or interested in this town to this sub-
ject. and we trust many months will not have elapsed
until we see the work fairly commenced,—Sunderland
Herad.

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS AND
BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION.
The twelfth half-yearly general meeting of the
proprietors of this company was held at the offices,
Euston-square station, on Friday • Mr. John Scott,
chairman of the directors, in the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read
and confirmed, the SECRETARY read the report, which
stated—
" The directors can again report a steady increase of
the passenger traffic for the six months ending the 30th
of June last, over the corresponding period of last year,
viz.-1851: Passengers, 1,459,560; amount 21,514/
Ss. Bd. 1852: Passengers, 1,776,186; amount, 35,936/.
2s. 2d.; increase, passengers, 316,626; increase, amount,
4,4221. ls. 6d. This increase may be attributed to the
progressive development of the original sources of traffic
one only additional station having been opened at the
Caledonian-road, Pentonville, on the 10th of June last.
Adjoining the railway, in every district, land is being
rapidly covered with houses, affording proof that the
facilities offerded by the railway attract population to
its neighbourhood, and that the large amount to which
the passenger traffic has risen at the stations already
opened will yet be considerably increased. The whole
of the depiits, constructed on the railways for the sale
of coals, are now in active operation, and in conse-
quence of the manifold advantages and economy re-
sulting from this mode of conveyance, aided by the
company's arrangements, the coal trade may now ho
regarded as permanently established on the line. In
furtherance of these advantages, it is intended to obviate
the irregularities in the arrival of sailing vessels with
coals at the port of London, by the use of screw steam-
colliers between the coal ports in the north and this
company's dock. The vessels are being built by a com-
pany instituted for this express object; and three voy-
ages already made in connexion with the railway by
their first vessel have been most successful. The City
warehouses of the London and North-Western Railway
Company, in Haydon-square, not being completed for
opening, although in active progress, the goods traffic
over this company's line has necessarily been limited
during the past half-year to that portion which is con-
nected with the river. The accommodation afforded to
this class of traffic has led to the conveyance of a con-
siderable amount of tonnage; but the first experimental
rates of toll not being found adequately remunerative,
they are now under revision, and a more satisfactory
result may be confidently anticipated in the current
half-year. The Corporation of London have selected Co-
penhagen-fields for the site of the new metropolitan
cattle market, the construction of which, it is under-
stood will be commenced without delay. This site is
immediately contiguous to the company's railway,
which, being connected, as the proprietors are aware,
with the principal lines used for th© convey-
ance of cattle to the London market, will serve
as the channel for this important traffic, by which the
necessity of driving cattle through the public thorough-
fares will be effectually obviated. The company will
derive considerable benefit from being thus necessarily
employed in carrying out one of the most important de-
tails of a great public improvement; and a large increase
of passengers must obviously follow from the establish-
ment upon the line of a market of such great public re-
sort. To effect a suitable connexion with the intended
cattle market; to construct additional sidings, to provide
adequately for the increasing amount of tonnage of goods
and coals, which may be safely calculated upon; and to
furnish sufficient rolling stock for the passenger traffic,
as well as to construct the new stations and other works,
not included in the company's original estimates, but
now found indispensible to the working of the line to
the best advantage, the directors recommend that Par-
liament be applied to next session for powers to raise ad-
ditional capital. Careful estimates will be prepared of
the amount which will be necessary to effect the objects
in view, and these will be laid before a meeting to be
specially convened for the consideration of the subject.
From the capital account, it will be seen that the direc-
tors continue to replace the five per cent. bonds, as they
fall due, at reduced rates of interest; the amount, dur-
ing the past six months, has been 7,6501., which has
been renewed at three-and-a-half per cent. The revenue
account shows a balance of 6,7021. 10s., after paying in-
terest on the debenture debt. This sum is sufficient to
pay a dividend of los. per share for the half-year, clear
of income-tax, on the company's capital, including
50,0001. of additional capital, not entitled to dividend on
the previous occasion."
The statement of the accounts having been taken
as read,
The CHAIRMAN said that he must offer some expla-
nation with reference to the accounts. It would be
observed that the passenger traffic, as compared with
the corresponding half-year of 1851, had increased
20 per cent., but the gross receipts of the autumn
half-year of 1851 were nearly 4,0001. more than
those of the past half-year, which proved that the
autumn months were invariably better than those of
the spring, as it appeared from the fact that the last
eight weeks' receipts were 20,000 passengers and
2401. better than the same weeks in 1851, conse-
quently the results of the last half-year were no cri-
terion of what might be looked for in the half-year
which they were now entering upon. The directors
of the Blackwell Railway in their published report
held out a prospect of the speedy completion of their
branch to Hayden-square. This would bring the
warehouses there into full play, and they might not
unreasonably hope for the commencement of this im-
portant source of traffic before the end of the year, to
the relief of the crowded streets of the metropolis.
The North and South-West Junction from Willes-
den to Brentford, was expected to be completed next
month, and he was given to understand by a party
largely interested in that undertaking, that, in addi-
' tion to the existing sources of traffic, they would re-
ceive a large additional traffic from the steam naviga-
tion between the Levant and the south of Europe
' with Southampton. A great portion of the traffic,
as for instance in cochineal and indigo, brought by the
West Indian steamers, and which now went to the
Nine Elms Station, must come over their line. The
junction with the Eastern Counties Railway was
likely to be of great importance to their line, with
respect to the conveyance of cattle from the interior
as well as from Lowestoft and Great Grimsby,and from
the various ports of the North of Europe, with which
a connexion was now formed by means of the new
Steam Navigation Company, presided over by Lord
Yarborough and Mr. Peto. The directors have been
disappointed in the goods traffic, which was not equal
to their expectations, but, as stated in the report, it
was entirely experimental, pending the expiration of
certain agreements with the great carriers, the West
London and Blackwell Company, the Kensington
Canal, and the lightermen on the Thames. The tolls
were in a great measure settled by rates in these
agreements, which, ,as it was stated, were found to
entail a loss rather than a profit, inasmuch as power-
ful engines were kept constantly in steam for the con-
veyance of a limited but gradually increasing traffic.
With all these sources now opening there was no oc-
casion to despair that the line would not answer the
sanguine expectations of the proprietors. Everything
was going on satisfactorily. They would have occa-
sion to apply to Parliament for powers to raise more
money to meet the increasing requirements of the line
and he hoped the proprietors would give them per-
mission to raise such sums as they would require. So
many things were starting up every day that it was
difficult to say what they would require. At present
the surplus lands lying towards Highbury would re-
alise the amount paid, and they were every day in-
creasing in value, and they did not wish to be de-
prived of the advantage possession gave them.
A long discussion took place with reference to the
accounts. Several proprietors complained of the in-
creased cost of the goods traffic, the charge of the
direction, the amount of interest paid, and the rental
of the surplus land, it was complained, was charged
to capital instead of revenue, and the charges of the
engineer. It was replied by the Chairman and several
of the directors that the goods traffic was increasing,
and the expense which they were obliged to go to
would easily carry four times the amount. It was
also shown that the rental of the surplus land was
sunk in the interest. The statements appeared to be
satisfactory, but a strong hope was expressed that the
directors would closely watch the expenditure.
With respect to an objection that the liabilities of
the company were not stated, and that no accounts of
the traffic were issued, the Chairman said that the
directors had not done so because the returns would
be delusive from the Blackwell tolls, which had to
come out of the receipts from the traffic. If the pro-
prietors wished they were perfectly ready to send
them a weekly statement.
The report and accounts were then adopted. A
dividend of 103. per share was also agreed to ; and a
third resolution,
authorising the directors to apply to
Parliament for powers to raise additional capital to
construct the necessary works for developing the
traffic and to capitalize the debenture debt was also
carried, after it was explained that the amount to be
raised would be submitted to the prop
necessary
A rietors oar for
a
.u.
y
ture occaeion, and that this assent
giving the required noti
closed the ce. ed
w
A. vote of thanks to the Chairman c
pro-
ceedings.

iIInRMINGHA -------
M AND OXFORD JUNCTION.
vn
Saturday the directors,
aparty engineers, contract ors, and
of their friends, among whom were several
ladies, made an experimental trip along this line, from
between the
J
Banbury to Birmingham—the portion
former town and Oxford, where it oins the Great
Western, having been opened and worked for a consider-
-
able time past. The event created considerable stir and
bustle in the several localities through which the railway
runs, and was hailed as a great triumph
by the advo-
cates of the broad gaugo and its introduction into
the
The line is of a mixt:colt gwauhgoele; thed ia _
midland counties.
gauge being laid down the
tread and narrow
have powers to
twice from Birmingham to Oxford, and
Nor th-Westorn Companyondon and
,for it was both
Tao experimental or pleasure tripa run over it.
t itirjuain
one and the other, left Banbury
and proceeded at a steady pace, calli e in them orning,
secondly at Leamington,il!'-': at iLr bury, and
where the
with great enthusiasm by the Party were received
residents and visitors of

that fashionable town. The backs of the railway from'
thence to Warwick were lined with the iehabitants of
the district, who by their acclamations and greetings
evinced the interest they took in the succees of the un-
dertaking.
drtaakning;vawic
The scenery
is
trom the line between Leeining;
ton
the castle being byl34llLictibigorlidYerbeaanudtimfuol'retphiectuvrieesevq:ol
than can he obtained from any other point in the vitt
nity. From thence the railway passes through the
onwards to Hatton, near the residence of the late IL.'
Parr, to Kingswood, Dorridge, Solihull, and fir".
minghatn.
The train—the first broad gauge train that ever en-
tered Birmingham—passed over the immense viaduot
which spans a great portion of the town about twel'r®'
o'clock, and upon emerging from the tunnel into the Wily
porary station in Snow-hill was loudly cheered by the
assembled populace. Among the party at the station orn 113;
arrival of the train, we noticed Mr. Rusisell (chain:eat
or Oil
W f
the Great estern), Mr. Saunders (secretary), 1:1
Villiers, Captain Buikeley, Mr. Barlow (chairmval of
the company), Mr. Kershaw (secretary), Mr. G )e,
(engineer), Messrs. Branson and Gwysher (contract o roe,
Mr. Roy (director of the Shrewsbury and Chester On'
'Any), Mr. Walker (director of the Shrewsbury
Birmiugham),]Mr. C. Shaw (director of the Birtnigg 1"1"
and Oxford), Mr. Bertrand, &c. the
After partaking of refreshments and vievring
spacious station in course of erection, the party. retu:
shortly after three o'clock, and, as on their arrival, v
most vociferously cheered by the spectators.
The temporary station in Snow-hill i 3 no tsless t?
400 feet long, 110 wide, and has in the roof 12,000
ei
of glass, It is now stated most confidently that in) to
than a month the competing line from Birmingheni it,
London upon the broad gauge will be opened, while pd
continuation northwards between the former town ""
Wolverhampton is proceeding rapidly.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET,6;.
BRISTL, AUG. 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—OurO share market to-day is
depressed, and only a limited amount of business do_inter•
The only transactions reported were—Bristol and
1031/2—Great Western, 9434 cx div.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 28. WA'
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been no material a
tion in the railway share market to-day, and bite
ovnerYli
limited amount of business has been transacted. ~e.kire
sales reported were—Birkenhead, Lancashire,. and Curncy
9% dis.—Caledonian, 2.o%—East Lancashire, 17%n82-14
shire and Yorkshire, 81; and North-Western, f
—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29--Ditto, Fre:4
ence, 12 3-16—Midland, 76%—Ditto, New Prefereleido
per cent., 3-16 p.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 91— St..
(Railway and Canal), New Preference, 6 per cen''
South-Eastern and Dover, 2114—York and
land, 24,A. Sorth

MANCHESTER, Ana. 28. iferels
STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions today 20A'
follow :—Blackburn (No. 1), 6 9-16— Caledonian', cod.
East Lancashire, 177/B—Manchester, Sheffield,and 10 A_
midllll3-1
shire, 29—Ditto, New 61. Preference, 7.16 f,
76/s—North Staffordshire, 47/8 disi.—South-Easter-
Dover, 21.

STOCK ExcuANGIC.—
BIRMINGHAff, AUG. 28. AT' de-
STOCK
throughout the week, although it rallied s little
/riday, and more business was transacted. South,Bt,„ were
—The market has been gener..-18 00
shires,d it will be seen, are fast approaching par. ibeJn. quo-
one at li dis. The following were among the closiob.,,erg,
Cations3b :—Birmingham and Oxford (calls duly paid), buyer'
%—Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
buyers, 11, sellers, 1114 Coventry and Nuneaton, buyers,,lL
4 8,12' ''
125, sellers,
Ir7—London and North-Western, buYermscoln-
ss9llers, 122 ex div.—Manchester, Sheffield, 0(141 Olv
buyers, 28—Midland, buyers, 76, sellers 7-r;Bers,
ford,hire, 4 1403 II
Worcester, and Wolverhamton, buyers, 8 0 9,0
483
A—Shrewsbury and Birmingham(Class A),
buyer /,itto,
and Stour
sellers, 9%—D'
Preference, buyers,....-ShroP
4—Ditto (B), buyers, 6, sellers, B*--msbire'
10;/41, sellers, 11 ex div.
Union, buyers, 3, sellers, 2% dis.

John Arens, CaE foreigner, INTELLIGENCE'
d
B 0 IV- S TR EE T. n 50fll
60 yearsof apparently betweeT, bere
age, and plainly dressed, was chargen letters
tMurt.hleleEnarryl wufitzhlwormiteisohguaryn,cl
hseenrdminagjetshtyrTtsegaionrgetioreTof
State for Foreign- Affairs.
Mr. Greenwood,he Tree'
sur Q.C., the joint solicitor to _O-.4
Y,conducted the prosecution. The Learned() t..:70t
stated that his Lordship's object in taking the Pregolule
. s raint by requiring him to find
restraint
was to have the prisoner placed andersiee to
proper Berep bo
had
the peace towards the Noble Lord I'4°st:A the
threatened to endanger. The letter in yr oboe
threat was contained was received at the Fore'gp. ~ ef-
on the 19th of July last, and was to the followieo
feet:—•
me 0 the
t‘ Ai.
'-u-YLord,—Recollect the affair of 1812---i• - been
~. „,_
affair of Bellingham and Perceval. John Brone"'l7t has
in London 18 months appealing for redress, I° ,le Mi-
not been obtained for him. One of her MOloo the
moni e
nisters will have to seal this case with his bloc lea° °" '
.4,
lobby of the House of Commons. John
die onee. He wants nothing but fair OP Asor4 tr.”
if Joao
inquiry which had been made int° the
From • •
nnrson we° -
stances, it appeared that Arovi was a rii- several con'
made a great variety of charges against the dce
suls of her Majesty in the East, and some correspon ell_
had taken place upon the subject, showing them tO. be
ckircuhrosi
groundless. He (the Learned jCounsel) was hardly lib:
condition to show that the defendant actually viote.,,el
letter in question, but it would bo shown in evidence i'..,,
thee defendant bad requested to have a similar letterof
s rted in the Illustrated London News, 00 the fBoloolWei
its
wri
tten insertion.
by
:2August,d and, upon its being rejected, wrote the
identified
that atyh
this
so ilnestitsetrupwohns
him with the one which had been Bens
e,
Downing-street,to
g '
Area',it w° tiainddbiet cPirello
. a copy ofwhich he was trying
printed in the Illustrated AT
Evidence having been called to the above effect, the
Mr. HENRY asked him what he had to Sof Which
complaint?—The defendant wade a long statement vr rd
it was quite impossible to comprehend. from his es'iroa
manner and incoherent language. He was underst,__
to complain that the English consuls in Syria saddep,
where had combined to confiscate his property en Teat
him of his wife and children. He had been a g the
sufferer, but he denied that he ever meant to shoot ,to
Foreign Secretary, or any one else. He did not lir,
the letters, but some one had used his name. fir.
Abraham wrote them. He could not write such 'e: 00
for a thousand pounds. He wanted his Wales tu
made public in the newspapers.
Mr. HENRY explained, that if he had caused letter°
ther
ta
heir
to be written for him, he would be equally
liable for
contents. , AppOO
The defendant continued at great length to ale"-
his claims and wrongs, when ,mht feel
Mr. HENRY told him, that however much he 104,- tetr
himself aggrieved, he had no right toaddress three-
ing language to a Minister of State. k yOtt t°
The defendant—lt
is all stuff and lies. I
readask
xf the letter which I sent to the Queen. Dot the
Mr. HENRY
declined
to hear it read. This walcbe bad
lace nor h t e time to investigate his claims, 0'131.* se°
aptly to a
in 100/ esert.
He must enter into his own recogros to
~ and find two suretieseach, to I‘t3eP
of 501.
peace for twelve months. order
The prisoner iao _ •
given
_ was committed in default, anno, opl
wasgt n for the police to retain his papers, '"
the expiration of his term of imprisonment-

SEABORNE MAILS' oral rof t 4"
egnlttes that the malls are sent front the 6eor
by the night—and Mby the morning--diapatch.]

. When made UP is
PLACES, General Post-office
1 London;

America (by Brit. pkt.)N Aug. 27 ••, • •
America (by U.S. pkt.) N .. . • • •
America (by U.S. pkt.) M Sept. 1 • • • •

Australia (via South-
ampton) .• • •
Ditto (via Marseilles) N •• • • •

fiat
Freta
pOrt

Liverpool • •
Liver Pool '
that
•
son

southowt.
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soPti
southataPt.
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DovAer,,
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southargP"
pDover .'
plyinouTh '''
pirnotum,''

Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N, .. • • • •
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month
Alexandria* • •• N.l9th & 30th of niu•
Belgium •• N Daily • • • • •
Brazil .. • • M 9th of the month
Buenos Ayres ..
California(viaChagree")mM 29dthaolf7tthheofmmononthth
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month.
Cape de Verds N 2d of the month • •1
Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th 27th of ntio
Central America .. M2d & 17th of steLi•
Channel Isles NlMon., Wed., &
Chili •• M2d & 17th of ninth
France .. t I.T Twice deli,' ••
Greece* .. N. 7th 17th 27th oftli;
Hamburgh N Tuesday eiFFl,„.tur.
Holland .. Ml.Wednes. ~,;0.11
Honduras N 17th of th„*,— • •
Ireland & N, Twice d,
India (via 9outhamp.) /4120th a the
...Joao
India (via Marseilles) N SO& 24th 64%
India, via C. of G. Hope Nllsth of mom
Mauritius 31115th of month
Mediterranean (via
mScoduithwarrr2te,oann)
(vii; 20th of the month
Mexico
" **
MI" of
the month
Marseilles) NBth& 24the
raofenznothntb.. !
Madeira •. •• •• 79tt '4'0,190427th
Malta* .. '&3oth of month
N 5
Naples* •• •• " N sth° igtt 2255.th:ft-me°.
Papal States* sfl & 7th 17th 27th ef mo
peninsula
31 2dl7th of mnth
Pen' 14 sth 15th 25th of mo
Tuscany* •• '" m 17th of the month
West Indies except
West Indies t) hi 2d of the month ..
Hoavmanna.
int7tai:itab idoarsse
atcountries thus Mar'
French neolget v

yen
doe.

Arrived
Aug. 31
liiePi' 9

00f."
Aug. 26
.Aug 2g
DAILY
•6
• Sept.Sep •
SePt• 16
• SePt• I
• Aug* 96
• 28
Aug• ,0
: Aug. ",
cept. •
0.841
sept.
Twieedaili
0 t.
Tos' 3
1,101•1:ar
vrice.w
Sept. 28

1 gonthanyt•

IAnB• 26
iAuB• 26

Dover
soathamP,"
southeraP"
IDover

(Dover
Dover ..
Southampt.
Southampt.
Dover ..
Sonthampt.

Aug• 28

ept. !6
Sept, -
gag- 29
Sept* ,9 2
Sept. ;
sept-
Sept-
sept. 2
Sept. 1

ISouthampt.
red (49 are t

anrged 11

BARTH&

OF A SON. ife
On the 26th inst., at Southchurch, Essex, the f the
Rev. John H. R. Sumner.
At Sing's Lynn, in Norfolk, on the 22d inst., the Son.
yr& F. J. Cresswell. aire,
On the 25th inst., at the Parsonage, Horsfortb, Ye`—
ar
the wife of the Rev. W. J. B. Stocker.
OF A DAUGHTER. if ell,
On the 25th inst., at Southampton-street, Camber
the wife of Mr. S. A. Bateman.

MARRIED.
On the 26th inst., at Prestwich Church, near Manchester
C. H. F. Routh, Dorset-square, third son of Sir Ban;
dolph J. Routh, K.C.B , Commissar General of the
to Mary Anne, Force
daughter of the late James hiConnel, Eflo
of the Polygon, Ardwick, Manchester,

DIED.
On the 25th inst., at Claremont, near Manchester, Sophiti
Anne, the wife of Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart.
In Pembroke-square, Kensington, on the
25th inst., gr.
William Mackay, of 11. M. Stationery-office.
At Thithampton. near Bath, on the 26th inst., Charles •
bi
Lernann, Esq., M.D., of Soho-square. of
On the 26th inst., Anne, wife of Thomas Challis Esq.,
Palmer-terrace, Holloway, aged 50.
On the 26th inst., J. P. Muter, E,q., of Finsbory•f(ll,llle;
On the 27th inst., at Bridge-house, Hammersmith,
Vacher, relict of the late Thomas Vacher, of Parliament
street, Westminster, aged tO.
rynutberli.o.haetdTbhey BlTSunßDOOffical:olso.lob°,
ePicinct of the Savoy, in th
03"1""
London: Priusttttred:npandi
a
sstr.artaillt
Middloo, Dionday, Ausgut a 0,1102.