The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENOE.

NORTH BRfTISH.—The report of the directors he
half-yearly general meeting of shareholders, to beheld
in Edinburgh on the 18th inst., states that, after deduct-
ing from receipts the working expenses, interest on
debenture, bank debts, and other obligations bearing
interest, and adding a small balance from previous half-
year's reserve of 6tl. Bs. 11d., there appears a free re-
venue of 21,9481. 13s. -5d., which will afford a dividend
of 6 per cent. on Si, guaranteed shares, amounting to
17,895/. Bs., leaving a surplus of 4,1531. ss. 7d. The
directors beg to recommend that 4 dividend at the above
rate be declared, payable on the 20th April next, to such
shareholders as were registered and not in arrear on the
9th March, when the register was closed ; and that the
surplus be carried over.
Scorriar CENTRAL.—The report of the directors, to
be submitted to the proprietors on the 17th instant,
states that the increase in the items of traffic during the
half-year ending the 31st of January last, from all
sources, amounted to 7,1791. over the receipts of the
corresponding period of 1852, and there was a decrease
in the expenditure of 7541. The receipts in the past
half-year amounted to 54,5111., and the expenses to
20,6591., or 38 per cent. ; while at the corresponding
period of last year the receipts amounted to 47,3321.,
and the expenses to 21,4131., or 45 per cent. of the
receipts. The sum of 9,0001. was accepted in full of
1 every claim, and a discharge under the corporate seal
of the company was granted to the southern companies.
dividend atthe
The balance in hand on the 31st of July last Was
stock out of the
2,663/. ; the sum received from the southern companies,
less balance of expenses (1031.), amounted to 8,8961.,
aamndouthnetedprotofit2lo,f6w977l,mgakintheglianeddisrslagob
pltehe re balancehc
fo
rate33,2506f /4.
per Thecent,
directorsiit. on the recommend
consoliconsolidated
d a
earnings of the half-year, which will atnount to
be paid out of the sum received from the Southern
and leave 1,2061., and also a bonus of 20,400
tChoemnpeanxtieshalfwiheiachr. will
Th eabds
io
virbdetsl.,(ll.oosfn/z
of 7,7561.
°P
gether to 25,5001., and leaving a bala
per share
on the preference stock has been inclu'd'edalnino7ut,hn7estin6explg.
diture under interest. The directors found, after en-
months'
redeciation fund for working
months' working, that the
quently added the 3,6831. P thebalance on hand(7,7 56/ .)semaking
stock might be wholly dis en')
Set with, aside for that purpose to
with, and they conse-
The directors intenPde gow and Caledonia• n
funded debt of the co
and 152,257/. on preference
amounts to 418,1631. on Mtn!
erence shares, together 457.01:.
the t0ta111,4401. The
ing a balance to oppose the Edinburgh and Rai
account shows that 1 Amalgamation Bill. The car
against the company of 10,49 x.
. ,667,9051. had been expended, f3av•

or the ,
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RBTURNS.
LonoN AND
turn f • SOUTH-EASTERN BAILWAY.—Tralfie
Correspondingre-
turn
week last y 9,747 2 7
Week ending March 5, 1853 £10,217 18 2

Increase in 1853
27798270 145
37
..
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........................... RArLwA
m return for the week ending March 5, L-
: LONDON,
week last year . . B6B
10 11
Total of the half-year to this date, ...... 84, 2 "0
, 74
Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 76,631 13 7

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Nrnx CHARGE OF POlSONlNG.—Yesterday,"Mr.
latelyresiding
body of Mr. C. Gibson, at 12, Cain.
the
Paddington. The deceased had been
pbce,
}so
WaTiNleF7lefd ja:).n inquest at Praed-street, Paddington, on
bridge-
bled with asthma of long standing, and had been
attendedu for a fortnight before his death by Dr. Dixon
tion of
and Mr. Ballard. On the day preceding his heath D
Dixon visited him and prescribed medicines. The dr:
ceased before he died repeatedly exclaimed, cc II: ,_-__
Hospital,
oaoissoponni
ta.e dl,
Mr. Ferguson,
h had e hasm a made
epoisoned
surgeon,
post.
ino ert, "e n
ialleuxamina,din ' 11134
of Kin , g to Dr.
that the
a,s. Alfredc
lear
cthoreobnoedrys,a.aindditDwr
had examined the stomach, gave IlYo'vis xla "Pital) who
ignorance, negligence, or cuin,bo;4. .------ charge of
against any one. Verdict, WtoC-- -"I could be ma de
, 'lathing dealio
Taylor, of
tosflGeehahz.il,.:See4 College