The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-01 00:00:00

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N°. 18,390.] LONDON, MON DAY E I
N S SEPTEMBER 1 1851.7

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
LAKES OF CUMBERLAND.
Tickets, available for Seven Days, by the Ordinary Trains to 'Tin-
dermere, will be issued at the following, fares, on and after the 30th
ustant.
Full particulars may be had on inquiry
London to Windermere First Class. Second Class.
I
and Back, J 3/. 3s. Od. 2/. 58. Od.

By order,

MARE MUSH.

General Menazer's Office, Euston Station,

June 25, 1851.

LAKES of KILLARNEY, COVE of CORK,
&c.
LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TICKETS,
available for three weeks, enabling parties to visit the celebrated
Tubular and Suspension Bridges over the Menai Straits, the City of
Dublin, the Lakes of Killarney, and City and Cove of Cork, will be
issued until September next from the following stations, where full
particulars may be had :

First Class. Second Class
London to Killarney and back £5 0 0 - X:i 0 0
Birmingham to Killarney and back 5 0 0 - 4 5 0
Manchester to Killarney and back 4 4 0 - 310 0
Chester to Killarney and back 4 0 0 - 3 5 0
By order, MARK HUISH.
General Managar's-office, Euston Station, May, 1851.

J ONDON and NORTH-WE STERN
RAILWAY.
WARWICK RACES.
FROM LONDON TO LEAMINGTON AND BACK at a SINGLE

FARE for the Double Journey.
On MONDAY, the Ist September, a SPECIAL TRAIN for First
and Second-class Passengers will be dispatched from the Euston-
square Station in the Afternoon, at One o'clock, returning from Lea-
mington in the Evening of the following IVednesday, September 3,
at a Quarter before Eight.
Fares for the Double Journey,
First Class, 18s. Second Class, 13s.
By order, MARK HUISH.
General Manager's Office Euston Station,
August 29, 1851.

'IIHE ELEVEN HOURS ROUTE to PARIS,
L. with only Two /lours Sea, is by the SOUTH-EASTERN
RAILWAY, via Folkestone or Dover.
DOUBLE SPECIAL EXPRESS SERVICE DAILY.
A SPECIAL EXPRESS W'RAIN leaves the London-bridge Ter-
minus EVERY MORNING' and EVERY EVENING, reaching Paris
in 11 hours.
Return Tickets, London to Paris and back, available until the
30th September.
The NIGHT MAIL TRAIN, via Dover, leaves the London-
bridge Terminus at 8.30 p.m., reaching Paris at 9 o'clock the follow-
ing morning, and Brussels at half-past 9.

Just published, in poet Bvo., price 9s. cloth,
ei OLDEN DREAMS AND WAKING
kir REALITIES; tieing the Adventures of a Gold-Seeker in
California and the Pacific Islands.
By WILLIAM SHAW.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.

The GREAT EXHIBITION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION.
All the most interesting Deposits at the Great Exhibition will, in
turn, be lectured on at the
ROYAL fTECHN IC INSTITUTION
The present Lectures are on the Chemistry of the Minerals
at the Great Exhibition, incluiing the precious Gems, Crystalisa-
tions, &c., byJ. H. Pepper, Esq. Popular Lecture by Dr Bachhoffner
on the recent Total Eclipse Mthe Sun, with splendid Diagrams, show-
ng the appearances which actually occurred on the line of Totality.
—The Rotation of the Earth, exhibited by Foucault's Experiments.
—The great economy of Cooking by Gas explained.--A Lecture on
the History of the Harp, by Frederick Chatterton, Esq., with Vocal
Illustrations.—Two Series of splendid Dissolving Views.—Diver and
Living Bell, &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.
Open daily from Half-past Ten to Five, and every Evening from
Seven till Half-past Ten.

THE GREATEST WONDER IN LONDON IS
BATTY'S GRAND NATIONAL
HIPPODROME, Kensington.

OPEN DAILY.
The wonders that are performed here daily—namely Roman Car
Racing, Ostrich and Horse Racing, Aerial Flights, Globe Ascensions,
and various other entertainments, which have been crowned with
success from the first day of opening. Mr. Batty, determined to give
all the attractions that can possibly please his patrons, has entered
into an engagement with Ilenri Frauconi, the First Equestrian of the
day, who will appear with his highly-trained Steeds, in addition to
the present accomplished Artistes.
TO-MORROW and FRIDAY next, Mr. llampton, the celebrated
Aeronaut, will make Ascents in his magnificent Balloon the Erin-
go-Bragh, precisely at Half-past Six o'clock.
Mr. Batty has much pleasure in announcing to his Patrons that
THURSDAY, September 4, there will be a Grand DAY PER-
FORMANCE. Doors open at One, to commence precisely at Two.
The entertainments in the Evening as usual.
Doors open at Five. Performance to commence precisely at Six.
Private Boxes
Admission to the Reserved Seats - 3s. Od.
First-class do.
Second do.
Third do.

C REMORN E.—Admission, One Shilling
Children, Half-price.
Last Week but One of Franconi's Equestrian Troupe.
The Four o'clock Performance is free from any charge.
A new Italian Ballet Pantomime, entitled harlequin and the Four
Elements ; or, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, with entirenew scenery,
appointments, &c., of the most magnificent description, arranged by
the Deulin Family.
TIIIS DAY—A Grand National Gala.
TOMORROW—A variety of attractive novelties, for the Benefit
of Mr. R. Partridge, Treasurer.
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY—Grand Italian Fetes, and
Night Balloon Ascents, with Fireworks.
THURSDAY—By particular desire, the Representation of the Grand
Naval Fete at Half-pa,t Ten o'clock, of the Taking of Gibraltar, and
Storming of the Town and Fortress, by a numerous fleet of steam-
vessels manned by experienced crews, with the sanction of the di-
ree.tora of the Citizen and Iron Boat Companies. T. B. Simpson has
time is flour to inform hisTriends and the public that nothing ha: been
neglected to render this representation truly magnificent, new and
extensive scenery and costumes having been made for this occasion.
The River Esplanade is the only place in London where a spectacle
of this magnitude can take place. The Pyrotechnic department un-
der Chevalier Mortram. Grand Balloon Ascent by Lunardini.
FRIDAY —A Grand Balloon Ascent by the celebrated Spanish
Aeronaut, Giuseppe Lunardini, in the Royal Cremorue Balloon, at
Seven o'clock.
At Four o'clock in the Afternoon, and half-past Eight Evening,
Franconi's celebrated Equestrian Troupe, from Le Cirque National
de France, no charge made Ibr the Four o'clock performance.
M. rosisio, the celebrated composer of daiccing music, con-
ducts the great Cremorne Band, and will execute all the
music which he composed and condth.ted at her Majesty's
Ball at Buckingham Palace. Exhaustless entertainments daily, in-
cluding the Bosjesmans or Bush People, Deulin's Ballet the Star of
Beauty, the Ethiopian Serenaders, the double-sighted Youth,
Cantello's Egg-hatching, the Bowling Saloon, &c. Doors open at
half-past Two, admission Is., Children half-price. The Hotel affords
every accommodation for private and public dinner and supper par-
ties. Steam-boats and omnibuses nightly after the entertainments,
the transit being superintended by Directors. Fare, 4d. by Boat,
and 6d. by Omnibus.
On Sunday the Gardens are open in the afternoon for refreshment,
admission by refreshment card lid. Table d'Hote at Four and Six
•,'clock, 2s. 6d.

TRAVELLERS and VISITORS to the SEA-
COAST would do well to provide themselves with a bottle of
Rowlands' Aqua d'Oro. This fragrant and spirituous perfume re-
freshes and invigorates the system d,,ring the heat of summer, and
will be found an essential accompaniment for the opera, the public
assemidy, and the promenade. In all cases of excitement, lassitude,
or over exertion, it w 11 prove of great advantage taken as a bever-
age, diluted with water. Price 3s. Gd. per bottle.
ROWLANDS' KALYDOR
will also prove a most refreshing preparation for the co-eplexion,
dispelling the cloud of langour and relaxation, allaying all heat and
ritability, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attend-
irg restored elasticity and healthful state of the skin. Freckles, 'ran,
Spots, Pimples, and Discolorations are effectually prevented and era-
dicated by its application ; and in cases of sunburn, stings of insects,
or inciden, al inflammation, its virtues are universally acknowledged.
Price 4s. Gd. and Bs. 6d. per bottle.
Sold by A. ROW uAND and SONS, 25, Hatton-garden, London ; and
by Chemists and Perfutners.

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oourxxxs:—Early Rising—!;priag and summer Mornings—Ex-
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reps and Rambles—The Sea_London at Night—Evening. at Liome
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping,Bathing, Air,
B st, Ease, Occupation, Soc., &O.
11.
FRAGMENTS FROM THEolt MOUNTAINS. Two Vol.
V.
A VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, ar,a.
Vol. 11.
Va.& LAKES 01 KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES 01
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WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
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TIT

THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
S JBIECT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent
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and remediative. Advocacy of early marriagee.;

V.
THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
xlamitam—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
-11,100 regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
c loice, on both sides, as to ago, temperament, complexion, and
ft ;tire, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of roaring them.
p aysical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Does, ftc.
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
M 54), "I',"•nt,-Ave 7.ms Medical an-1 roreneie Referee in these
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C )NTAI.NING TflE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF
DISEASE.
Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings on
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE
2INg. C6Ad.-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
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a Medical Work on
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PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in-
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IHE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY' MAGAZINE

for SEPTEMBER contains:—

Ruskin's Stones of Venice.—Leaves from the Portfolio of a Mana-
ger.—Warm Water versus Cold; or a Visit to Warmbrunn in Prus-
sian, and Grfefenberg in Austrian Silesia.—The Parson's Two Visits.
—Maurice Tierney, the Soldier of Fortune. Chap. 43. A Forest
Chap. 44. An Episode of '94. Chap. 41. The Cabinet of a
Cher-de-Police.—Scenes and Stories front the Spanish Stage : Calde-
ron's " Constant Prince."—Sllngsby isi Scoaand.—The Last of the
31a,arthys.—The Church of Rome in her Relations with Secular Go-
vernments.

Dublin: James 3l`Glashan, 50, Upper Sackville-street. Wm. S.
Orr and Co., 2, Amen-corner, Loudon, and Liverpool. Sold by
all Booksellers.

THE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY.
Just published, complete in Two Tarts, 16mo, price Is. each,

. • -
MR,. S. LAING'S JOURNAL of a RESI-
DENCE In NORWAY. A New Edition (1851). Forming
the Sixth and Seventh Parts of TIIE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY.
To be continued Monthly, price One Shilling each Part.
Part 1 contains WARREN HASTINGS. By I'. B. Macaulay.
Part 2 contains LORD CLIVE. By T. B. Macaulay.
Part 3, LONDON in 1850-1851. By T. R. M'Culloch, Esq.
Part 4, SIR ROGER DE COVERLET. From the Spectator.
. .

With Notes and Illustrations, by vv . H. Wills.
Part 5, WILLIAM PIT f, EARL of CHATHAM. By T. B. Ma-
caulay.

Part 8, on October 1, will contain Mr. Macaulay's Two Essays on
Ranke's Ilistory of the Popes, and on Gladstone on Church and State.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

fIAITTION.—In consequence of several parties
CA
selling a Sauce under the appellation of " RELISH," A.
SOVER respectfully acquaints the nubility and public, that the only
Relish made by him has his Portrait on the Bottle, and also the
names of his wholsale agents, CItOSSE and BLACKWELL.
Gore House, Kensington, April 22, 1851.

GAS LIGHTS FOR EXHIBITION.-
GUISE'S original economic Shadowless Gas Burners and
Gas Reflectors are now well known to be the best Burners and Re-
flectors in the market.

GUISE'S newly-invented Glass-coned Shadowless Gas Burners
have been tested by the first gas engineers of the day, and proved by
them to be superior in brilliancy and economy to all other burners
hitherto invented. They are used with the short common straight
chimney; they are extensively adopted by the London Gas Com-
panies; and may be had of all respectable Gasfltters, and at
GUISE'S GAS BURNER MANUFACTORY,
45, Clerkenwell-green, London.
None are genuine unless marked Guise, Registered or Patent.

LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of Parliament.

ARGYLL ROOMS, GitEAr WINDMILL-
STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
Aole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-aquare.)
OPEN EVERY EVENING,
With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND.
Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt.
. . _ _

Doors open at Ilislf-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commenee et
Sim) and terminate at Half-past Sloven o'clock precisely.
Admission, One Shilling.

SHIP NEWS.

GRAVESEND, AUG. 3l.—Wind N., fine.
Arrived—Triton, from Ostend; Seine, from Boulogne;
Magnet, from Bremen; Green Isle, from Nieudiep;
Salonica, and Azoff, from Rio Janeiro; Scandina-
vian, from Laurvig; Malcolm Brown, and Reward, from
Guersey ; John William Dare, and Severea, from Riga ;
Theresa, Eliza Ann, and Clio, from Archangel; Planet,
and Thames, from Jamaica; Adelaide, from Sweden;
Carl John and Ann Christine, from Norway; Vigilant,
from Callao; Hylton, from Gefle; Schaun, from Cal-
borg; Kingston, from Dantzic ; Golden Grove, from
Gottenburg; John Carl, from Rostock; Anna Saritoza,
from Dantzic; Newton, from the Baltic; Ocean Queen,
from New York; Bello Breta, from Porto Rico; Cod-
rington, from Antigua; Black River Packet, from Ja-
maica; Killian, from Oporto; Glasgow, from Bombay;
Carl, from Riga; John Mory, from Fescamp; Huntley,
from Leghorn ; Germania, from Archangel; Hermes,
from Riga ; Martha, from Norway ; Menai, from
Calais; City of London, for Dunkirk; Rainbow, Apollo,
and Giraffe, from Rotterdam; Mamas, from Hamburgh;
Lira, from Harlingen.
Sailed—Boon Padre, for Trieste; Effort, for Quebec;
Rhine, for Ostend; Diana, for Amsterdam; Sabina, for
Caen; Albion, for Boulogne; Columbine, for Havre; Ba-
tavier, Earl of Auckland, and Burgermeister Hyndekoper,
for Rotterdam; Lord J. Russell, for Harlingen; Magnet,
for Bremen; St. Leonard, for Guernsey; Stebon Heath,
for Port Philip; Pantaloon, for Algoa Bay; Fleche, fur
Ghent; Attwood and Concordia, for Rotterdam; Richard
Cobden, for Bremen; Panther, for Ostend; John Bull,
for Hamburgh; Fame, for Calais; Longen, for Chris-
tiana; Alfred, for Malaga; Arthur, for Quebec; Prince
Albert, for the Cape; Fortitude and Majestic, for the
Clyde; Victoria, for New York; Rebecca, for Bremen;
Tiger, for Tonningen; Elbe, for Hamburgh; City of
Rotterdam, for Dunkirk; Sarnia, for Hamburgh; Essex,
fur Ceylon; Blonde, for Cape Coast.

Durango, from London for Quebec, on
August, i❑ lat. 48 N., long. 11 W.
London, of Sligo, for New York, on the 12th of August,
in lat. 42, lung. 66 W.
James Drake, from San Francisco, for Calcutta, on the

to 25th of

26th of June.
Eseorr, of London, fur Labrador, on the 12th of August,
in lat. 42 N., long. 32 W.
Sarah, from the Clyde for New York, on the 20th of
August, in hit. 39 N., long. 15 W.
Gleaner barque, train Loudon, on the 3d of August, in
lat. 52, long. 30.
Northumberland, on the 18th of July, in lat. 12 N., long.

25 W.
Jan Daniel, from Newport for Manilla, and the Indian
for China, on the 18th of July.
Seringapatam, from London fir Calcutta, on the 20th of
July, in lat. 13 N., long. 26 W.
Duke of Richmond, on the 20th of July.
Venture, from Bonny for Liverpool, on the sth of August,
in lat. 32 N., long. 40 W.
Sachem, of and for Boston, from Liverpool.
Charlotte, of Lancaster, bound for Quebec, on the 20th
of August, in lat. 45 N.. long. 46 W.
Hope, of Arbroath, from Sligo for Quebec, on the 2d of
August, in lat. 48 N., lung. 49 W.
May, ot Yarmouth, bound tor Virginia, on the 13th of
August, in lat. 41 N., long. 43 W.
Atlantic, of Weymouth, from Liverpool for St. John's,
New Brunswick, on the 16th ot August, in lat. 46 N.,
long. 37 W.
Enterprise, from New York for the eastward, on the 10th
of August, in lat. 47 N., long. 38 W.
Ant, of and from Gla,gow, for Quebec, on the 19th of
August, in lat. 48 N., long. 27 W.

RAILIVIY INTELLIGENCE.

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS AND BIR-
INII4GEIAM JUNCTION.
The half-yearl, meeting of this company was held
on Saturday at tI Euston station ; Mr. Scott in the
chair.

The following sport Was then read by the secre-
tary :
'• The directors iave the satisfaction to report that,
with few and comparatively trifling exceptions, the im-
portant work of coßtructing the railway may be consi-
dered as completed. TA unavoidable suspension of the
works during the years 1847 and 1848, from causes not
within they control o' the directors, occasioned a longer
continuance of the payment of interest upon capital, and
otherwise involved agreater expenditure than was ori-
ginally anticipated. But notwithstanding the occasional
difficulties and disamintments they have had to encoun-
ter, in common with he directors of railways generally,
they can safely state hat the estimates of the cost of the
undertaking will be vary closely borne out by the expen-
diture in the company's capital account. The purchase
of property was a tase of much difficulty and labour,
and the estimate of (<xpenditure under this head consti-
tuted, as the proprietors are aware, the heaviest portion
of the general outlay. to keep this expenditure within due
limits required incessect attention, and the greatest cau-
tion in almost every instance. The owners and occupiers
of property were, frorr the general character of the line,
exceedingly numerow, and their pretensions for the
most part exorbitant; n those cases, however, where the
directors have been coupelled to submit the question of
compensation to the derision of a legal tribunal the re-
sult has been favourably to the company. The great

value of property in the immediate vicinity of the me-
tropolis, and the rapidity with which the land adjoining
the railway is being covered with buildings since the
works were commenced, raider it impossible that a com-
peting line could be hereafer constructed having similar
advantages with that of tlis company. The directors
are, therefore, satisfied that the company possess a
property eminently valuabe from its; position, and the
resources of which will iacrease from year to year, by

the constant erection of new tenements, bringing a cor-
,
re,ponding accession of passenger traffic. In February
last the directors reported that the railway had been
opened for passenger traffic from Islington on the 29,h
September, 1850, and from Camden-town on the 4th De-
cember following. It was further opened on the 9th of
June last to the Chalk Farm station, Hampstead-
road, where the railway is connected with the lines
of the London and North-Western Company. A state-
ment showing the result of this partial working, from
the 26th September, 1850, to the 30th of June, is now
submitted to the proprietors is a separate revenue ac-
count. There have been carried during this period
1,792,968 passengers, the grostreceipts frem which amount
to 27,0051. ls. 2d.; the expenses of working, exclu-
sive of rates and taxes and oil to the Blackwell Rail-
way Company, amount to h 2,493/. 65., and the balance
of receipts over expenses to 72091. 13s. 11d.; which being
further reduced by the interest for debentures on the
current halF.year, leaves a surplus of 2,4301. 12s. 6d.,
which amount the directors recommend be carried for-
ward to the credit of the present half-year's account.
The directors have every reason to be satisfied with this
short experience of the passenger traffic. There has
been a steadily progressive increase in the numbers tra-
velling, and the facilities offered by the railway are thus
becoming every day more evident to the public. The
London and North-Western Railway Company have not
yet been able to alter the mode of running their passen-
ger trains so as to work in coanxion with this company's
trains at Camden-town ; in a short time, however, this
arrangement will be adopted, and a further accession of
passenger traffic may be expected from this source. With
respect to the goods traffic your directors have to report
that the works for this portion of the company's busi-
ness are so far completed as to be in all essential points
ready for immediate work. The floating dock at Black-
wall belonging to the company is finished; a siding con-
necting the company's station directly with the exten-
sive warehouses of the East and West India Dock Com-
pany has been made by that company, and portions
of their warehouses have been altered and appro-
priated for traffic connected with this company's rail-
way. Sheds and the necessary machinery along the
quays of the railway dock, for the landing and ship-
ment of goods, and for the extensive coal trade, is in
course of erection, so as to adapt these premises to the
purpose for which they have been designed. The ex-
tent of the station at Blackwell has not yet been deter-
mined upon; but in the meantime temporary accommo-
dation will be provided until the exact nature and re-
quirements of the traffic can be ascertained, and fur this
traffic the large area which this company possess ad-
joining their duck, and directly connected with the rail-
way, affords ample resources. In addition to the goods
traffic arising out of the c ,nnexion between the London
and North-Western. Railway, the dock warehouses of
London, and the shipping in the Thames, which origi-
nally formed the extent of the goods traffic expected
over the company's railway, the London and North..
W.:stern Company have recently acquired extensive
warehouses in the City es depot fur goods to and from
the metropolis, and which, passing over the Blackwell
and this company's railways, will materially add to
the traffic on both. The statement of the
capital account is submitted to the proprietors
in the usual form. From this statement the proprie-
tors will observe that payments have been made on
account of arrears of cells to the extent of 6,2251. during

the half-year. Several proprietors whose shares have
been forfeited, having exercised their right of redeeming
their shares by paying up all arrears with interest at 5
per cent., the amount remaining due upon original share
capital is now reduced to 13,7501. The directors have
succeeded in .locing the comparatively few debenture
bonds which have hitherto fallen due at the reduced rate
of 4 per cent. interest, and us others are payable they
hope to effect similar reductions."
The engineer's report stated " that the works of the
railway included in the original undertaking are now
completed ; and that the accounts of contractors are so
far arranged as to enable me to state, with confidence,
that these works will be performed within the estimated
amounts. In constructing and completing the railway,
the necessity of executing the works in the most durable
manner, in order to bear the heavy traffic intended to be
conveyed over the line, has been carefully kept in view;
a great portion of the railway having now been at work
nearly twelve months, there has been ample opportunity
during this period of judging of its efficiency ; and
from the experience derived by a continual examin-
ation, I am enabled to give a confident opinion
that the precautions whi4h have been taken will
reduce the co-t of future maintenance to a comparatively
low amount. The importance which the passenger traffic
has assumed has rendered it desirable that additional
means should be provided for preventing any interference
with the regular working of that traffic by goods trains.
With this view the works have been arranged so as to
give a great extent of separate accommodation for the
goods; and the sidings fur coals in the various parts of
the railway have been increased in their dimensions, in
order to secure perfect freedom from interruption on the
main line during the time of running the passenger
trains. At the company's floatinr, dock at Blackwell,
the sheds, with connecting rails, and the machinery for
discharging ships, now erecting, only remain to be
finished to admit of the premises being opened for busi-
ness in perfect working condition; these trifling works,
being far advanced, will occupy but a very short time,
and they are being pressed forward with every possible
expedition."
The CUAIRMAN said they looked for a further in-
crease in their traffic from several sources not yet de-
veloped, but the meeting would be glad to hear that
in the two months that had elapsed since the accounts
had been made up, the passenger traffic had already
much improved. The gross receipts on the last two
months, according to the present returns, would be
upwards of 12,000/. They did not, of course, expect
that this would go on us the short days and cold
weather approached. A wet day now made a vast
difference. All their receipts now were from passen-
ger traffic • they had not as yet carried one ounce of
goods. Hei trusted when he next met them he should
be enabled to announce a dividend.—(Chees.H
) e
begged, in conclusion, to move the adoption of the
report.
Mr. JAMES YATES complained that the North-
Western Company had not completed the communi-
cation between the two lines, all that was required
being now an increased length to the platform.
Major ALCOCK said the directors representing the
independent shareholders were out-numbered and
swamped by those representing the North-Western
and the East and West India Companies, none of
whom necessarily need be shareholders.
The SOLICITOR said, that in leasing the line the Act
provided that it must be done by the shareholders
themselves, and not by the directors.
The report was adopted, and after a vote of thanks
to the Chairman the meeting separated.

BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND
DUDLEY.
The half•yearly meeting of the above company
Was then held ; Mr. Barlow in the chair.
A resolution adopting the accounts, &c., having
been seconded and carried,
The CHAILLMAN said the Dudley line, although not
in so forward a state as the Birmingham and Oxford,
was, nevertheless, progressing very satisfactorily. Its
completion would follow close upon that of the Oxford
line ; for engineers, contractors, and all parties con-
cerned, would use their utmost endeavours to forward
the works.
Mr. ASTON said he congratulated the shareholders
upon the state of their works, and the near approach
of the completion of their enterprise. He hoped that
when the lines were finished, their expectations would
be fully realised,
The meeting then separated.

BIRMINGHAM. AND OXFORD.
BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—TO-day the half-yearly
meeting of the above company was held at their tem-
porary offices in Snow-bill ; Mr.
. Barlow in the chair.
After the advertisement calling the meeting bad
been read by Alr. Kershaw,
No

The CHAIRMAN moved the reception of the state-
ment of accounts, directors' orders, &c.; and the
motion having been seconded, was carried unani-
mously.
A resclution appointing Mr. Richard Atkinson
(one of the auditors of the Great Western Com-
pany) auditor fur the Birmingham and Oxford Com-
pany for the ensuing year was then passed ; after
which
The CHAIRMAN said he hoped their next meeting
in February would be a more interesting one than the
present. Their works would then be i❑ a state ap.
proaching completion, and he had no doubt the pro-
gress made would be highly satisfactory.
Mr. HADLEY said he should be glad to know if it
was true that the powers of the Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, and Dudley Company to obtain land had
expired?
The CHAIRMAN replied it was true the period spe-
cified bad expired, but such arrangements had been
made as would, he felt confident, prevent inconve-
nience to the company. Should parties, however,
stand out against them, they would, no doubt, be able
to adopt some means by which to prosecute their un-
dertaking, perhaps by obtaining, if necessary, an Act
of Parliament. But he did not expect any annoyance
whatever, and he saw no reason why the works should
not be carried out without delay.
Mr. HADLEY said he sincerely hoped that when
their lines were completed there would be none of
that ruinous competition such as was then being car-
ried on between two great companies. They could
not afford to have their property injured by such pro-
ceedings, and he thought it might be advisable to
appoint hereafter committees of shareholders to ar-
range matters and settle any vexatious disputes that
might arise, and prevent loss and annoyance to both
companies.
The CHAIRMAN said they might depend upon it
the money of the Birmingham and Oxford Company
would not be spent in any such way, and that every
effort would be made to reconcile differences. He
might, however, observe that the speech of Mr.
Glyn the other day could not tend to that object. He
considered it a most injudicious speech—indeed, he
could not have made a worse, threatening all sorts
of evils, absorption of dividends, anticipating loss
of life by accidents, &c. Had the speech been
made later in the day he should have thought it
an after-dinner address. In conclusion, he would
say that anything like the olive-branch would be
received by the Great Western Company ; for the
only ends they had in view were the interests of the
shareholders, the convenience and benefit of the
public.

that as yet its entire income was derived from
the local traffic between the town of \Vhitehaven
and the agricultural district to the south, for
the development of which low rates of conveyance
were necessary. There was, now, however, the cer-
tain prospect that the line would not long continue to
remain in its present isolated position, as the two
works required to make the line of railway through
West Cumberland continuous and unbroken were in
progress of construction. The arrears of calls ap-
pearing on capital account at 31st December last
were 25,613/. 16s. 7d. Of this amount 21,574/. was
due upon shares the forfeiture of which had been con-
firmed at the last general meeting; of the remainder
3,545/. had been received, leaving a sum due of 4941.
upon 52 shares, of which 30 would probably have to
be forfeited. Daring the half-year 18,5001. had been
received on loan, by which the mortgage debt had
been increased to 101,3101. The directors expected
to have all claims connected with the main line ad-
j usted during the current half- year, and they believed
bwhensta orn ,eoliotosl.,
h ascertained,ow stateded
wouldin
the a
lastreport.
very t thettl e entirethe
receipts upon capital account to be, from calls on
shares, 257,5361.; loans on mortgage, 101,310 Z.;
transfer fees, 69/. ; and the expenditure, 359,1271.
t e i exceed
expenditure,
Theth e
financial estimate
of 3t
The revenue account showed the receipts for the half-
year to be 410/. 16s. 4d , and the expenditure 3,307/.
15s. Bd., leaving a balance of 794/. Os. Sd.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said that the directors regretted they could not
present a better report, nor declare a dividend to the
shareholders. Eventually, he had no doubt that the
line-would turn out a very beneficial speculation. It
had been constructed at a very small cost, and a
better finished line could not be found in the kingdo,..i.
Great facilities would shortly arise for the removal
of goods from the station to the harbour. He had
the greatest confidence in the line, and had embarked
a great deal of money in the speculation.—(Hear.)
After a sbort desultory conversation the report
was adopted, Mr. Potts elected a director, the retiring
auditors re-elected, and the meeting terminated with
a vote of thanks to the chairman.