The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN (IRELAND)

meeting. of this company was
The 14th half•yearly
held on Thursday at Dublin. Mr. John Ennis, chair-
man of the company, presided.
The reported stated, that the working of both the
railway and the canal continued to be satisfactory ;
and, although the first half of the year was generally
the least productive in passenger traffic, the accounts
showed a steady and progressive improvement in the
different branches of the revenue. The receipts from
the railway between Dublin and Athlone, including
those from the canal, during the half-year, have been
47,8891, and the expenditure during the same period,
18,0241., leaving a gross profit of 29,865/., which,
after payment of interest on the balance of the canal
_a:ll.l:oiedtaaegtneed:ind debenture loans, & c , leaves a net surplus
smuarkpeluas
oT 21,6711. From this sum the board propose to
. an addition of 3,0001. to the rest—to
the remainder to the
Payable on the 16th instant, at the rate
ocfom4ppaenry7Pweathy.pher annum, on the capital stock of the
will
uarmpiocusn
of
ft
tohlesiiBreBvsi/o.u,
previous
to
half-year,add
ward to the credit which will !lint
ofbalance of 6368/. to be carried f.)r•
electric telegraph ha the next half- year's account. The
isnsoben cempleted between Galway
lyhead as a matter tobfateralvv
forward to its connexion':
and Dublin, and
operation. The board look
miuthatthe electric lines from Ho •
Galway be effected and
most j mto immediate electric
thez principal places in
thus bring the port
ttrifrelative merits
communication with
England and the continent of
Tbe Com-
, ove not yet
missioners appointed to inquire intou
loorosk forward with
of Galway and the Shannon for
communication with North America ad Passenger
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notpublished
entertain their
any re pdoorautob.
dt
astTh heteroedftoihrreeeestu
Perior advents an-
ges
existing at Galway,
-....a ,
for an Act to authorise the
confidence to the ultimate result. Tis
plication to Parliament e the
construction of the branch to Cavan has afforded them
an opportunity of proving the paramount importance
of opening a central line of railway communication
with the north of Ireland ; ths necessary Powers
have been granted for this purpose, and the subject is
to receive the most earnest consideration of the board.
An abstract of the accounts appeared in the Times of
yesterday.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was
unanimously adopted, and the dividend at the rate Lf
4 per cent. per annum was declared.
The meeting then separated.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The following translation of a notice, lamed by the
Minister of Marine at Turin, relative to the situation of
the new lighthouse recently erected at Porto Torres,
has been received at Lloyd's by the Privy Council of
Trade:—

"Seamen are informed that, from the Ist dsy of
August, 18:52, the lighthouse of Porto Torres, erected
on the c.xtremity of the Eastern Mole of said port, in
lat. 41 deg. SO min. 13 sec. N., and 6 de;;. 4 min. 25 E. (of. P,ris), will bo setua:ed through the medium
of
a centtenkr upparatui of the fourth order, large model
(syßtern, Preanull).
!" The elevation of the light is 15 metres above the
evil, of the aoa (at ordinary height). In clear weather
it will he visible at the disrance of 12 marine miles of
60 to the degree."

DEATH OF A G6B
jour-
nalsMAN announce the deatll4A,l4 PAINTER.—German
Everard von Waechter, of the
Royal Institute of Fine „kit:.
Stuttgardt. He was nicety
years of age, and, as may be ;sof
art. His paintings, Which anrPPosed, the Nestor of German
found in most of the principal 6chtTerY numerous, are to be
ernes, museums, or galle-
ries of Germany. They consist
from the Scriptures, mythology, erury of subjects crawn
—LiterarP Gazetie4.t°rY* Some of them
;re of butiri merit.