The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-03 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY HYMNING, OCTOBER 3, lEEE.

of sub-lieuts. have been given simply with the dates
of their seniority, and the number of the ship in
which they may have been serving at the time. In
the new List there is given, in addition, the number
of marks by which each officer obtained his class of
certificate in seamanship, gunnery, and navigation,
the list of names being headed by an explanatory
paragraph, stating that " in the case of officers who
havepassed the six yearly examinations in navigation
the numbers obtained are given instead of the class of
certificate. The numbers are, maximum, 270." In
this list we find Mr. Hugh Cuthbert Dudley Ryder,
with 255 marks for navigation, standing at the hezd
of the list in point of merit, followed by Mr. Charles
Saville Broome, with 243 marks, in the same cate-
gory of efficiency ; Mr. Henry Compton Aitchison,
239 marks ; Mr. Francis Hay Chapman, and
Mr. Cecil Montague Turner, with 233 marks each ;
Mr. John Llewellyn Heane, with 230 ; Mr. Archi-
bald Hamilton Duthie, with 226 ; Mr. E. F. Kep-
pell, with 224 ; and others lower down in number,
until 3,2, and even only t mark is obtained.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND.

The half-yearly general meeting of this company
was held on Friday at Aberdeen , Mr. J. Duncan
in the chair.

The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said he was glad to say that the traffic was
improving, although it had not produced so much
as they could have desired, especially to meet the
claims of the B preference shareholders. It was,
however, better than in the- preceding half-year.
The B shareholders would now have a dividend
equal to per cent. for the past half-year, being a
little more than was paid for the previous half-year.
He hoped that during the current half-year they
would see the resources of the line, in respect both
of goods and passengers, so well developed that the
preference shareholders would have a much better
dividend than at present. The difficulties of the
company had been considerable, the reduction in
the traffic had been so much that it would have re-
quired more than ordinary management and im-
provement to enable them to give the full dividend
to the preference shareholders. In the course of a
very few half-years he trusted the holders of B
shares would be placed in the position they all de-
sired. The goods traffic had greatly increased, and
the passenger traffic, notwithstanding the great re-
duction in the fares, had produced less of a defi-
ciency than might have been anticipated. The de-
ficiency of £1,600, from the loss of the mail ser-
vice could not be made up, as compared with the
corresponding half of 1864. That was, in fact, a
permanent loss. With regard to the Denburn
Valley line they had expended £61,000 out of the
£lBO,OOO which the company would have to contri-
bute to that line, and it would be 18 months before
it would be open for traffic. The directors had done
what they could towards carrying out the recommen-
dations of the Committee of Investigation. They had
made arrangements by which they would obtain the
return, at a future period, of the £12,000 subscribed
to the Montrose and Bervie Railway, and also
by which they would offer a saving of £lO,OOO in
the construction of the Strathspey Junction Works.
They now expected to have a bridge as well as a
connecting line between Abernethy and Boat of
Garten for about £15,000. This would not only be
an advantage to the Highland line, but also to the
Strathspey line, of which the Company held
£170,000, or nearly the whole of the stock. This
and the Keith and Dufftown line ought, in his opi-
nion, to be amalgamated with the main line. The
Forrnartine and Buchan line, in which the com-
pany had invested a large sum, would probably
yield a dividend on the ordinary stock for this year
of 11 per cent. The 5 per cent. preference stock of
this company was held by the Great North of Scot-
land Company, and the very circumstance of that
company being able to pay 11 per cent. on its ordi-
nary stock would increase the value of the prefe-
rence stock issued.

Mr. MILNE seconded the motion for the adoption
of the report, which was agreed to.
Mr. Burgess was elected a director in the room of
Mr. Rowell, resigned, and Mr. W. Leslie was
elected to fill a vacant seat at the Board ; the divi-
dends recommended in the report were agreed to,
and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the
proceedings.

steamers were available the harbour was ready to
receive them.

Sir A. AGNEW, in seconding the motion, alluded
to the proposed new line from Girvan to Glenluce,
sanctioned last session, and which would form a
junction at Glenluce with the Portpatrick.
The report was adopted, and a dividend at the
rate of 1 per cent. per annum declared.

parish, whereas she hadbeen really a parishioner in Bishops-
gate Without.

The Lord Mayor, commiserating the case of the aPplia
cant, gave her an order in writing on the relieving officer,
Mr. Williams, for temporary relief, and directed Minshull,
an officer of the court to accompany her and the • boys to
the officer in Devonshire-square to see that they were re-
lieved forthwith.