The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-05 00:00:00

DUBLIN AND MEATH.

A special general meeting of this company was
held on Thursday at the office, Angel-court, Throg-
morton-street--Mr. Sheppard in the chair.
On the motion of the CHAIR3IAN, resolutions were
adopted authorising the creation of 4,000 new shares
of £lO each, to enable the company to subscribe to-
wards the capital of the Navan and Kingscourt
Railway, which was authorised in the last session of
Parliament. It was believed that the latter rail-
way would, when constructed, form a most impor-
tant extension of the Dublin and Meath line.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

ys.
1865. 1864. 1864. 1865 1864
£ 4
Belfast and N, Counties ..... 94 901 2,281 2.005
Belfast and County Down • • 2B 42 45 905 892
Blyth and Tyne . . ........... 2B 2,396 2,266
Bristol and Exeter 1214 1214 8,259 8.080
Caledonian 28„14 2•13 22,032 20,630
Cambrian
Cock ermouth K & Penrlth .. 314 - 431 -
Cockermouth and Workin . • 9 9
444 330
391 351
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, 13Iackrock, & Passage 6} 84 358 23 i
Cork and Youglial
Cornwall 654 654 2,180 2.1;4
Deeside . 17 17 507 429
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,572 1.353
Dublin and Drogheda ........ 75 75 2,245 1.8 2
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO5 91} 4,243 3,380
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O b ) 3,4.6 3.233
Glasgow & South-Western .• 198 198 10,486 10,057
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,& &Union - 1884 663 37,021 31,635
Great Northern 404 865 36,922 3,6 3
Great North of Scotland
Gt. Nortim. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 712 450 382
9t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3B7} 1187} 10.2 00 9 481
Great Western l2BO 1236 76.7 8 77,322
Hull & Hornsea
Inverness & Aberdeen June ll7/ 1171 1,904 1,864
Inverness Rc Perth Junction 1.8 119} 2,342 2,3,1
Irish North-Western 145 145 ;2008 • 1,818
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 44.560 43,473
Limerick and Ennis... 2ll 24 203 165
Limerick and Foynes 4,6i 26-} 118 116
Llanel ly 24 441 712 785
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51 2,266 2,222
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 272 2571 20,924 29.009
all Metropolitan Extension 1124
127
London, & Dover • i 11,138 12.848
2,900 2,700
Do. Kent c oast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Shellield, & Lincoinsh
blanch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9} 9} 1,625 1,603
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan 3l 31 2,635 2,230
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 663} 611 50,868 19.183
Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2OOl 2601 6.116 4.166
blonkland 714 714 1,959 1.728
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,893 2,711
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stoelc.& Dark 1188} 1159 71,792 68,558
North London 9 9 3,357 2,5:5
North Staffordshire 258 258 8,516 6.127
Rhymney l9l 191 1,017 1,033
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l2B 138 6,698 6,203
Somerset and Dorset 66 68 1.017 919
South Devon 9B 754 5.454 4,513
South-Eastern 3OB 306 30,438 30.216
Taff Vale 6l 57 5,813 5,722
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 362 395
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,182 1,153
West Cornwall 274 274 - -
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 741 621
Whitehaven Junction - 13 13 1,037 1, 47
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 38 970 857
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 828 34,799 31,238
Bahia and San Francisco - -
Belgian Eastern Junctiop 264 26} 308 302
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 305 185} 5,148 3,319
Detroit and Milwaukie is° 189 6, 93 4,404
Dutch Rhenish lost 1( 84 8,428 7,368
Eastern of France 1176 1426 73,202 65,083
Eastern Bengal - -
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 133.5 23.630 23010
Great Central of Belgium 295 295 7,186 - -
Great Indian Peninsula 590 5534 - -
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,607 4.514
Great Southern of India
Li rea t Western of Canada 345 315 10,913 1.'1,07
Madras - -
bladrid, Saragossa &A licant 6BO 650 19,021 11,551
Northern of Canaria ... .....
Northern of France 728 721 62,576 57,501
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
_ ... _ _ .... _

Mlles Opened.

Receipts.

Itailwa:

Paris, Lyons, & Alediterrn 1907 178 c 131,26: 132,069
Paris and OrleanB l6lO 1611 66,276 63.►10
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 773 9 8 582
Sc:nde...
Do. Punjab, &c zs3 32 -
South Austrian, &c 22a6 1527 78,0 6 51,627
Southern of France r23 770 28,293 20,930
Victoria

Welland
25 25 727 1,055
West & N-Wn. of France ...011 Bel 55,307 :1,618

CRYSTAL PALACE HIGH LEVEL LINE.—From and
after this day passengers will be booked through to the
Palace from Ludgate and intermediate stations, changing
carriages at Brixton. Tho trains have run half-hourly
throughout this week between Victoria and the high level
station at the Palace,

The Metropolitan Board of Works,

The usual weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of
Works was held yesterday at the offices,
..Spring-gardens,
Sir John Thwaites in the chair.

FINANCE.

The cash statement of the Finance Committee presented
the following balances in the hands of the treasurer :
Current accounts, £297,884 14s. 4d. ; deposit accounts,
£200,000. Total, £497,884 14s. 4d. ; Government secu-
rities, £18,198115.

TENDERS FOR SEWER WORKS.

The Chairman proceeded to open tenders for covering,
&c., the Heathwell, the Lord Spencer, and a portion of the
Putney Boundary Main Sewers, and for diverting the
sewage through Garratt-lane from a part of the River
Wandle. The following tenders were received :—William
Moxon, £41,500 ; Messrs. Hill and Kettle, £50,150 ;
Thomas Pearson, £45,600; William Dethick, £46,500;
William Webster, £48,300 ; E. Thirst, £47,081.
The Board accepted the tender of Mr. Moxon for
£41,500, subject to the usual inquiries.

THE PARK-LANE IMPROVEMENT.
Major LYON moved pursuant to notice, " That it is in-
cumbent on the Board to make provision for the relief of
the traffic in Park-lane ; that Parliament be applied to in
the next session for an act for that purpose ; and that it be
referred to the Streets Committee to consider the details of
a scheme for improving and widening Park-lane." He said
that what the Board wanted was to provide some remedy
for the evil that now existed at the least possible expense.
There was no improvement in London that required so
much consideration as the question before them. The
architect ought to have as much time as possible to enable
hlm to consider the plans at present proposed. With the
exception of an old plan made by Mr. Marrable, C.E., for
the widening of Park-lane, he did not think there was any
scheme at all practicable. There was a scheme for making
a thoroughfare through Audley-street, but that had not
received much consideration. He hoped his motion would
pass without any opposition.

- MT. WESTERTON seconded the motion.
Mr. LE BRETON said that as the Streets Committee would
not meet until the first week in September he would move
as an amendment that Mr. Vulliamy, the superintending
architect, be directed to make plans for the consideration of
the Board.

Mr. BIDGOOD said, as a private individual living at the
west-end, he would hail with delight any plan that would
relieve the traffic in any way. He thought the question
rested between the Hamilton-place scheme and an improve-
ment at a cost of between £200,000 and £300,000. He saw
no halting-place between the two, and he was not inclined
to incur that great expense. The Board had been most
anxious to open up Hamilton-place, but Government and
Parliament stood in the way. If Hamilton-place were
opened, all difficulty would be at an end.
Mr. Muz.Eit, M.P., said the estimate for widening Park-
lane laid before Parliament was £104,000, out of which
£6,000 was estimated for Glocester-house, at the corner. He
considered that the Park-lane plan was the best to adopt.

Mr. NEWTON said he was glad this subject had been taken
up by the members for St. George's, Hanover-square. He
considered that this was a local improvement, and he hoped
that Major Lyon would, as they would be separated for six
weeks, consult his vestry (St. George's, Hanover-square) as
to how much thoy would pay towards the expense. (Laugh-
ter and cheers.)
In answer to Mr. Bidgood, Major Lyon said the Govern-
ment would clear the way as far as the Marble Arch.
Mr. HEALEY said tho representatives of the richest parish
in London (St. George's) said their vestry was not inclined
to contribute anything towards the improvement. There
were many places in London which required improvement
_more than Park-lane, and he saw no reason why the Board
should incur the expense of going to Parliament for such
a scheme.
Some amendment was made to tho motion.

The CHAIRMAN said by the words of the motion, as it
appeared in its amended form, the committee and the archi-
tect would be confined to the widening of Park-lane. He
thought it would be better if it was written " for the re-
lieving of Park-lane ;" it would then be open.
After some further discussion, Major Lyon's motion was
put and carried.