The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

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 £9,45: against 1.9,374 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 traffic, 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, £3,655, 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 Tan. 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, Turnham-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

1861. 1863. 1864. 1863,
£ L
Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 1,749 1.826
Belfast and Comity Down 49 49 608 665
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,987 1,640
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 5,119 5,437
Caledonian
Cockermouth& Workington Bl 84 218 283
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 297 317
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 6l 61 112 152
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651 531 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 3leath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 481 1,899 1,645
Edinburgh and Glasgow
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
lit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 409 428
rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3731 329 6,769 6 846
Great Western 10561 10561 64,724 52,507
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno B6/ 861 958 967
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 - 1,012 -
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,667 1,647
Lancashire& Yorkshire 402 395 34,830 31,080
Limerick and Ennis..
Limerick and Foynes 264 26 82 89
Llanelly 461 461 640 601
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51 1,543 1,630
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261! 2611 12,307 14, 22
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 72* 3,475 2 779
Do. Metropolitan Extension 101 51 1,790 300
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Han.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 ' 91 1,162 1,063
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Weatern) 641 6'io 42,478 38,064
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2591 2591 3,646 5,313
Monkland
llonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,647 2,401
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 10791 51,004 47,731
North London 9 9 3,138 3,049
North Staffordshire 254 254 8,426 7.e16
Oswestry and Newton 5O 42 1,107 899
Rhymney l9l 191 917 868
St. Helen's Canal & ltailway 52 62 2,202 2,075
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 4,99.1 4,803
Somerset and Dorset 66 391 157 350
South Devon
South-Eastern 306 306 14,783 16,137
Taff Vale 67 55 5,783 5,805
Ulster ll9 921 2,3 9 2,076

. ,-, ...
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath 324 254 2,540 2.031
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 327 335
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,064 1,281
West Cornwall 274 274 726 711
W.llartlepoolliarbr.StßaiL 52 52 3,696 3.923
W'haven,Cleatorot Egrmnt 7 7 662 623
Whitehaven Junction l3 13 1,048 843
Wilitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 933 792
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 62 1,229 1,034
Austrian B2B 828 28,53 t 28,.01
Belgian Eastern Junction 26 21 348 241
Bombay, Baroda, AL Cen. India 185 1674 3,066 1,772
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1614 2,283 2,537
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 4,481 3,437
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern Bengßi
Eastern of France • . 1135 1302 50,379 49,550
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1000 18,186 16,553
Great Indian Peninsula B3 495 10,644 8,162
Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,W 3 4.653
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 14,013 13,935
Madras.
Madrid, Saragossa StAlicant 650 6
-- 17
4,p 15,880 ~t,,,-
Northern of Canada
Northern of France......
691:11, 6v91714 47
638 1,6713-7
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
-4 484 315 311
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1835 1713 109,022 119,814
Paris and Orleans 1614 1494 58,9G4 57,584
Pernambuco 774
--- 1,590 1,666
Royal Danish 69 69
Sambre and Meuse 6B - -
64 1,326 1,408
South Austrian
Southern of France ..... ....• • 770 - -
Victorian lO6 1&9360 24,158v503 292:373183
Welland ....... ..... .. 25 25 ,
West Flanders - -
75 1012 956
W. and N.W. of France
932 813 37,,989 30,478

Steam Shipbuilding 04 the Clyde.

The fine paddle steamer Washington, built by Messrs.
Scott and Co. for the French Compagnie Generale Trans-
atlantique, has made a satisfactory trial trip. The burden
of the Washington, which is intended to run between
New York and Havre, is 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 9ft. The paddles are 37ft 6in in diameter, and the
engines are supplied with steam from four largo boilers,
each fitted with 284 brass tubes, 7ft long by 3in diameter.
The large boilers are all cased in malleable iron plates, so
constructed that any part can be removed without taking
down the whole casing. The Washington " ran the lights"
Bowen, built by Messrs. A. and J. Inglis for the Queens-
land est.
tteraiaml tNr i in 76/ minutes, The paddle steamer Lady
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.,
onh
of Port Glasgow, have launched a screw steamer named the
Jamaica Packet, for the Jamaica coasting trade, under the
agency of Messrs. Jamieson, Souter, 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, har length being 280 ft ; her armour plates
are 41in thick, with a strong backing of teak and iron
plating.

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