The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EASTERN COUNTIES.
The directors of this company have just issued
their half-yearly report to be submitted to the pro-
prietors at the general meeting on Monday next. It
states that the directors have to regret that the traffic
receipts exhibit a decrease as compared with the six
months ending the 4th of July, 1850, of 33,5241. on
the Eastern Counties line, and on the Norfolk line
2591., the total receipts being 366,9221., as contrasted
with 400,7051. for the corresponding half-year of
1850. This decrease on the Eastern Counties line is
in a great measure to be attributed to abstraction of
traffic and reduction of fares consequent upon the
opening of the Great Northern line from Peter-
borough to London ; also to the construction of the
branch from Hitchin to Royston, which brought the
Great Northern line within about twelve miles from
Cambridge. The directors, however, rely with con-
fidence that the increased accommodation they are
now affording to the public will enable them gra-
dually to increase the revenue upon other portions
of the line. The working expenses are being gra-
dually reduced, and the directors feel justified in
stating, that further reductions will ultimately be
made. The inducements the directors have offered
to the proprietors of land and other parties have
resulted in the erection of several blocks of
houses ; and they have no doubt as it becomes more
generally known that this company is prepared to
grant a reduction in their charges for annual tickets,
in consideration of a party erecting a given number
of dwellings of a certain class, the facilities which
this line now affords for residential traffic will in-
sure an increase in the revenue. In reference to the
permanent way, the directors, after a trial of the
patent fish joint, became so impressed with its import-
ance, not only as giving a smoother road, thus re-
ducing the cost of the tractive power and the wear
and tear of the rolling stock, but as economising the
expense of maintenance, as to induce them to order
its application from Stratford to Bishop's Stortford, a
distance of 26 miles, a favourable opportunity present-
ing itself for so doing, as this portion of the line had
to be taken up for extensive repairs. Further expe-
rience may induce the directors to recommend a re-
consideration of the propriety of putting aside an
annual sum as a depreciation fund for the permanent
way, or an alteration in the amount so reserved. The
directors have disposed of a portion of the surplus
property. After numerous interviews with the di-
rectors of the Eastern Union Railway Company, seve-
ral matters of detail connected with the Harwich
agreement have been settled, and the seal of this com-
pany fixed to the agreement, and the directors trust that
no further obstacles may intervene to prevent the con-
struction of a branch to Harwich, which, when com-
plete, will add materially to the revenue of the com-
pany. The common seal has been affixed to the agree-
ment with the Newmarket Company, and the direc-
tors are informed that the line from Newmarket to
Cambridge will be opened for traffic in October of
this year. The directors refer with satisfaction to
the exertions making by the Northern Steam Packet
Company to promote a trade with Denmark through
the port of Lowestoft. The directors regret that the
Great Northern Company have considered it to be
their policy to endeavour to abstract traffic from the
East Anglian district, for whilst it may damage the
the receipts of this company, they feel convinced the
interest of the Great Northern will not be promoted
by the competion which must ultimately ensue from
this aggressive line of policy. The line from Shelford
to Shepreth is now completed, but cannot be opened
for passenger traffic until arrangements have been
made for station accommodation at Shepreth. Since
the last general meeting two of the directors have
sent in their resignation, viz., Mr. Joseph Glynn and
Mr. Samuel Ellis ; the board have filled up these
vacancies by the election of Lord Alfred Paget, M.P.,
and Mr. Cecil Fane. The directors beg to assure
the proprietors that their exertions will be anxiously
and assiduously directed to the increase of traffic, and
also to the reduction of expenditure so far as can
consistently be carried into effect.
The report of Mr. J. V. Gooch, the locomotive
superintendent, states that the number of miles run
by trains during this half year exceeds that of the
corresponding period of last year by 63,598 miles.
The total cost is 55,0331. equal to 10.573 d. per mile
per train, being a reduction in the expenses of
13,5811., equal to 3.316 d. per mile per tram. The
total amount which has been expended in repairs and
renewals is more than will be required to maintain
this stock with efficiency. In the amount of 55,0331.
is included 3,012/. for the use of steam power, for
forming the passenger and goods trains, in consequence
principally of the great inconvenience of the London
stations, which would otherwise be done at a very re-
duced expense by manual labour. The total cost of
the carriage and waggon department for the half-year
is 16,748/ equal to 3.217 d. per mile per train, being
an increase of 2921., equal to 0.056 d. per mile per
train. In taking the cost at 10.573 - per mile for
locomotive department, and 3-91 id. per mile for .
carriage and waggon dep,ri,went, comparison withother metropolitan railways, they will appear high ;
but by it a very decided improvement hes been made
in the condition of the whole of the rolling stock.
The report of Mr. Ashcroft, the superintendent of
way and works, states that the labour and materials
in renewals and maintenance has cost for the last
half-year at the average rate of 451. 10s. 9d. per mile,
viz., in the renewals 2,1721., and in the repairs of
stations, warehouses, workshops, and other buildings,
7,1301. making aftotal of 23,966/. The permanent
way and works generally are in a very satisfactory
working condition. The one mile at Stratford that
is fish jointed and has been tested and worked over
more than two years, has been maintained at less than
30/. per mile per annum, whilst the old road in the
same district between Stratford and Bishop's Stort-
ford has cost in labour for the same period 951.55. 6d.
per mile. Looking at the cost of labour in the Strat-
ford and Stortford district, he states with confidence
that by the adoption of the system now in progress
the company may realize, in saving of labour alone,
an annual sum of not less than 50/. on every mile so
completed.
The capital account of the Eastern Counties Rail-
way to the 4th of July shows that 9,508,737/. had
been received, including 42,6761. for sale of surplus
property, and 9,605,683/. expended, leaving a balance
against the company of 96,946/. The bond debt ac-
count shows a total of 1,156,4781., of which
456,2781. was borrowed at 5 per cent., 457,100/.
at 41 per cent., 124,5001. at 4-t pr cent., and
118,600/. at 4 per eent. The permanent way re-
newal fund shows a total of 36,950/., of which
2,1721. was expended during the half-year, leaving
a balance of 34,7771. The amount set aside out of
revenue during the half-year for that purpose was
8,000/. The share capital account shows a total of
8,366,7601., of which 5,827,5021. consists of consoli-
dated stock, including bonus of 1,087,0031. The
guaranteed stocks amount to 2,539,957/. The calls
in arrear amount to 42,1921. The revenue account
for the half-year ending the 4th of July states that
366,9211. had been received, and 208,3581. expended,
including 11,275/. rates and taxes, and 7,1661. Go-
vernment duty, leaving a balance of 158,5631. From
this sum is deducted 152,9391., being the interest on
loans and guaranteed shares, leaving a balance of
5,6241. The earnings on the Norfolk Railway during '
the half-year amounted to 53,2771., and the expendi-
ture to 38,7551., leaving a balance of 14,5221. The
Norfolk guarantees and loans amount to 28,7991., and
the interest on the rolling stock to 4,7331. The
balance to the credit of revenue for the half-year end-
ing the 4th of January, 1851, amounted to 24,636/.
Out of this is deducted 10,0371. in respect to acci-
denti, 2,769/. expended in appeals against parish
assessments, 1,647/. to Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co.,
and 10,0011. over-statement of earnings in revenue
account anterior to January, 1849.

be declared of 21. 9s. per .50/. share, and of 245. 6d.
per 251. share, less income-tax. This would leave a
balance of 1791. in favour of the company. The ba-
lance of the Bridlington branch account was 741.
The CILAIRMAN, in moving a resolution for the
payment of the dividend in accordance with the
report, stated that this company was now on very
satisfactory terms with the York and North Midland
Company. The latter had bEen very punctual in
their payments of the half-year's rents, and evinced a
disposition to continue to co-operate with this corn-
pony in a friendly manner, which would, in his opi-
nion, have the effect of promoting the interests of
both companies.
The motion was then seconded and carried, and,
after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting
separated.

WEST CORNWALL.
It bas been found impracticable to open the ex-
tension of this line from Hayle to Penzance by the
first week in November, as was expected, but the
portion of it to Redruth will, it is thought, be com-
pleted and opened by that time. It is understood
that the differences that remained unsettled in con-
nexion with the litigation between the directors and
Mr. Mowatt have, within the last few days, been
finally adjusted.

Aug. 20, 1851.

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK JUNCTION.

The Blackwell branch of this railway, extending
from the junction at Bow to the eastern basin of the
West India Docks, is all but completed, and will be
opened in a few days for passenger traffic. A station
has been erected at Poplar in order to meet the re-
quirements of those resident in that district. A t pre-
sent they have to go round from Bow to Stepney.
The line. after crossing the Blackwall Railway, ex-
tends to the quays of the spacious deck the company
have been forming to the eastward of the warehouses.
They are of considerable extent, and will admit and
float vessels of large dimensions.

BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND

STOUR, VALLEY.

BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY.—Captain Moorsom and
Mr. Benson, directors of the London and North-
Western Company, accompanied by Captain Huish,
general manager, the engineers, Mr. Branson, and
other contractors, this day passed along the Stour
Valley Railway from its junction with the North.
Western in Duddeston-row, Birmingham, to the
joint station of the Shresbury and Birmingham and
Stour Valley line in Wolverhampton. The train,
which is the first that has run on this railway
(through the very heart of Birmingham), consisted of
two first. class carriages and a break, and on its way
through the iron and mining districts of South Staf-
fordshire—calling at the Smethwick, Oldbury, Tip-
ton, Bilston, and other stations—excited considerable
interest and commotion among the inhabitants. Con-
siderable work is yet required to be done before the
line is completed, but it is understood that the open-
ing for passenger traffic will take place in the month
of October.

WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2O, 1851.

few persons have thought it advisable to express, with
the laudable desire, no doubt, of warning farmers to
pay more attention to green crops as a substitute, but
forgetful of how much easier it is to raise an alarm or
panic than to allay either."

- TRANSATLANTIC PACKET STATION.
Sir James Emerson Tennent has addressed a long
letter to one of the gentlemen who has taken an active
part in promoting a meeting to be held in Dublin on
Thursday at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of
taking measures to establish steam.communication
between the ports of Galway and New York. In this
letter Sir Emerson enters at length into the whole
subject of Transatlantic navigation, roundly con-
demns the report of the Commissioners, and avows
his decided preference for the bay of Galway as
a packet station over any other port either
in England or Ireland. He has just paid a
flying visit to the capital of the west, and while
there he was informed by a gentleman on Thursday
last, that Messrs. Cunard and Co., who have been hi-
therto adverse to the change, have intimated their
readiness to commence at once running their steamers
alternately to Galway and Liverpool. He warns
the managers against acceding to this proposition in-
asmuch as

" Cunard's are notoriously a slow and inferiorrclass
of ships, as compared with the capabilities of the ocean
steamships of more recent construction; and he has
heard within the last few days that the steam-ship
builders and engineers of the very first eminence in Eng--
laud have offered to supply vessels to perform the pas-
sage between Galway and Halifax at the rate of over 16
miles an hour, and have undertaken to forfeit one-ball
the purchase money if they occupy more than five days
and a half in the voyage. This practical tender, there-
fore, disposes at once of the fallacious estimate of the
commissioners and raises the saving in point of time be-
tween Halifax and London, which they had calculated
only at nine hours and twenty minutes, to some-
thing about eighty-nine hours, or upwards of three days
and a half,"

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CX.
THE LATEST ODDS AND ENDS FROAI YORI".
(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SlR,—Above a hundred horses, including all the
cracks but two, had arrived in the vicinity of the
Itnavesmire:at half-past nine o'clock this morning. The
course still continues in excellent condition. The
Dundas Stakes will be contested by Radulphus, Post
Tempore, The Sweep, Oxford Blue, Tordesillas (d),
Sister to Fencer, Follow-me-lads, Mrs. Birch, and
Crookshanks. CROOKSLIANKS, Mrs. Ilirch, and Sister
to Fencer first, second, and third. The field for the
Ebor St. Leger will consist of Newminstor (Butler)
first, The Confessor (Manion) second, Cemus(Nat) third:
and The Calculator last. MERRY-GO-ROUND will win
his match with the Physalis filly, and but little doubt is
entertained that the PRINCE CARADOC COLT will defeat
Young Hawthorn. For the Yorkshire Oaks, Fifty-
Three, Garland filly, Iris (d), Lady of the Grove, Miss
Flyaway, The Nun, Prestige, Tightwaist, Unity, Ver-
muth, Confidence (d), and Vivandiere are the runners.
VIVANDIERE the winner, with Vernzuth, Tightwaist, and
Unity in close attendance. The following start for the
Prince of Wales's Stakes, viz.:—Bethgelert, Bilberry,
Bird-on-the-wing, Evadne, Sorella's dam filly, Merry
Monarch filly, Senorita, Travestie, and, perhaps,
Daniel O'Rourke. The last named, with a start, must win.
After him the busy B's have it all to themselves, the
BIRD•ON-THE .WING the best; a Bin the next place,
with Evadne in attendance. The field for the Ebor
Handicap will be somewhat larger than was anticipated
yesterday; it will be composed of the following:—
Maid of Masham, Clothworker, The Italian, Snowstorm,
Lady Hylda, Champion, Nancy, Haricot, Hungerford,
Candlewick, and Cane. THE ITALIAN or HARICOT to
win; with Lady Hylda for a cockboat, which may be
wrecked by the high C's—Champion, Cane, or Candle-
wick; at any rate, I must take the field in preference to
" the crack," although Nancy is backed pretty nearly
at evens against her ten competitors for the Ebor laurels.
For the Chesterfield Handicap, Maid of Diasham (d),
Oxford Blue,Vanguard, Melody, Prince Caradoc colt, and
Sweetheart (d) start. THE COLT, Vanguard, and Me-
lody, first, second, and third. HIRSUTA wins the Filly
Sapling Stakes. The 100 soya. Plate will be contested
by Bess of Hardwick, Cleveland, Dalton, Flora Macdo-
nald, High Sheriff, Melbourne colt, Merlin, Rose, The
Shadow, Cheshire Witch filly, Tragedian, Travestie,
and Fleur de Lis filly. One or two others may run. I
shall not attempt to select the winner from such a very
" dark" lot, but merely observe that High Sherzur is a
nice looking animal. The field for the County Plate
will, probably, consist of Maid of Masham, The Prime
Minister, Betbgelert, and Evadne. The Minister ought
to win. GLENLUCE will have no opponents for the Juve-
nile Stakes, unless the Physalis filly should prove to be
one. AZETH is to be opposed by the Miss Whip colt for the
Old Three Yrs Old Produce Stakes. The betting in
town this morning up to one o'clock has been charac-
terised for its briskness; the latest prices rule as follow:
Yorkshire Oaks—Even on Vivandiere, 6 to 1 agst any
other. Prince of Wales's Stakes-6 to 4 agst Bird- on-
the-wing, 5 to 1 each Daniel O'Rourke, Evadne, and
Bethgelert. Ebor St. Leger-2 to lon Newminster,
taken, 3 to 1 agat The Confessor, 6 to 1 agst the Calcu-
lator, 10 to 1 agst Cnwas. Colt Sapling Stakes—Even
on Augur. Duudas Stakes-2 to 1 agst Mrs. Birch,
4 to 1 agat any other. Chesterfield Handicap-3 to 1 on
the field. Ebor Handicap-6 to 4 agst Nancy, take
2 to 1, 5 to 1 agst Maid of Masham, 6 to 1 agst the
Italian, 7 to 1 agst Hungerford, 10 to 1 agst Lady Hylda,
10 to 1 agst Champion, 12 to 1 agat Haricot, 20 to 1
agst Snowstorm, 50 to 1 sgst Cane. Great Yorkshire
Stakes—As before.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.

YORK, TUESDAY EVENING, SI/it O'CLOCK.—The fol-
lowing horses have arrived since our last:—Post- temper°,
King of Trumps, c by Prince Caradoc out of Miss Julia
Bennett, St. Michael, bl f by Velocipede out of Fleur-
de-Lis, 2 yrs; br c by Melbourne out of Sally Warfoot,
2 yrs; Vatican, The Ban, Confessor, Bilberry, Vermuth,
f by Touchstone out of Cheshire Witch, 2 yrs; Bess of
Hardwick, Maid of Masham, Lady Hylda, Oxford Blue,
Mrs. Birch, High Sheriff, Hungerford, Young Hawthorn,
Physalis filly, Miss Sarah, c by Don John out of Miss
Whip, Lady Speedy, Conrad, Lady Franklin, Trage-
dian, Dalton, Merlin, Bird-on-the-Wing, Unity, The
Setter, Betbgelert, Lizars, Haricot, Lady Jersey, Sir
Rowland Trenchard, Hawthorn, Senorita, f by Galaor
out of Stephanie, Jack Robinson, Neasham, Eulogy,
Flora Macdonald, Iris, Newminster, Vanguard, Merry-
go-Round, f out of Garland, f out of Sorella's dam,
Ariosto, Hirsuta, Glenlnce, Shadow, Carse, Tordesillas,
Sweep, Cruickahanks, Laly, A zeth, Travestie, Melody,
Evadne, Italian, Snowstorm, Cleveland, and Dr. Ble-
mish. The Marlborough Buck and several others are
hourly expected.
The weather continues remarkably fine, the course is
in excellent condition, and everything promises a full
meeting and an abundance of first-rate sport.
ENTRIES FOR THE PLATES, &c.
WEDNESDAY.
The Selling Stakes.—Lady Jersey, 5 yrs (601.)—
Slang, 4 yrs (301)—Border Boy, 3 yrs (301.)—Paltneres,
3 yrs (400 —Lizars, 3 yrs (401)

TB URSDAY.
The Lottery Plate.—Mt.s Fanny, 3 yrs (501.)—Lady
Speedy, 4 yrs (300—Border Boy, 3 yrs (801.)—The
Setter, 3 yrs (501.)—b f by Galaor, out of Stephanie,
3 yrs (500