The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-19 00:00:00

CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP.

Ace of Clubs
Grimstone
Gardener
Eight ran.

LATEST BETTING.
EBOR HANDICAP.
5 to 2 on the field (offered)

LONDON, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND
_RAILWAY.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING—THIS DAY.
The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the directors and
shareholders of this company was held to-day at the Lon-
don Tavern. J. M, Daniell, Esq., presided.
The report, which has already appeared in The Sun,
having been taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to move its adoption by the
meeting. The total capital received amounted to £800,628
10s., and the capital expended was £794,244 ss. 4d. The
gross receipts, from the statement furnished by the lessees
of the line, had amounted to £21,711 195., and the expendi-
ture to £15,639 ss. 5d., leaving a balance of £6,022 13s. 7d.
The present was the first opportunity that had presented
itself for the meeting of the proprietors under their new
constitution, and he had to congratulate them on the occa-
sion. The traffic on the line was nearly the same
as last year; and this circumstance was of itself highly
satisfactory when the travellers on other lines had fallen
off. At Bow and Barking the elements of traffic were
especially good, while at Southend the building of houses
and other circumstances combined to render their prospects
for the future highly encouraging.
The motion having been seconded,

A Pnorsamon urged upon the directors the necessity of
making some better accommodation at Fenchurch-street
for those who wished to travel on their line. On Saturdays
and Sundays it was next to an impossibility for a lady to
obtain a ticket without having her clothes torn from her
back. _ _

The CHAIRMAN said he wished the accommodation at
Fenchurch-street was larger and better, but all had been
done that could be done with the limited space at their com-
mand. It no doubt could be improved, but then some of
the adjoining property would have to be purchased by the
proprietors.
Another PROFRIETOR complained of the bad state of the
first-class carriages.
The CHAIRMAN said the complaint should be most
certainly attended to.
The motion far the report was agreed to. _

The retiring auditors having been re-elected, the pro-
ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

BUFFALO AND LANE _HURON RAILWAY

COMPANY.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY.

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was
held to-day at the London Tavern.
The CHAtuittAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
referred at some length to the document, which stated that
the revenue of the halt year has been greater than at any
previous period, showing a gross receipt of 243,435 dols.
54c. ; a result attributable to the abundant harvest in
Canada and the Western States. With the aid of loans
from some of the proprietors on the securities of the com-
pany in its possession, and with a remittance from Canada
of £6,000, the directors have been enabled to meet
all the engagements of the company to this date.
At the adjourned meeting of this company in November,
and since the publication of the last half-yearly report, the
proprietors were apprised that negotiations, authorised by
the respective boards, had been inilated,
having for their
object the joint working of the Grand Trunk, the Great
Western, and the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railways. The
directors have to express their regret that they cannot an-
nounce the conclusion of any complete agreement.