The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-28 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD
RAILWAY.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING. —(THIS DAY.
The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors o
the Great Western and Brentford Railway was held to
day at Fendall's Hotel, Palace-yard, Westminster ;
Viscount Villiers in the chair.
The usual routine business having been disposed of,
the chairman called upon the secretary to read the report.
The SECRETARY then read the report as follows :
" In their last report to the proprietors your directors
stated that encouraged by their financial position they
had lost no time in making the necessary arrangements
for commencing the works at once,' they have now the
pleasure of informing the proprietors, that possession of a
great portion of the land has been obtained, that the con-
tractors are actively engaged in the construction of the
line and docks, and that every exertion is being used to se-
cure the opening of the railway for public traffic with
the least possible delay. In reviewing thegeneral prospects
of the line your directors would call your attention to the
additional traffic in coals and minerals from North Wales,
which must pass over the Great Western Railway, in con-
sequence of the new arrangements made by the directors of
that company. These facts, combined with the daily in-
crease of the general trade of that company, give the most
satisfactory prospects of the future traffic on your line ;
whilst the Thames Steam Tug Company lately ,formed,
will, by its improved means of working craft, &c., give the
required facilities for discharging that traffic on the river.
No doubt can be entertained of the eventual value of a
line in such a position."
" The engineer's report stated that advantage bad been
taken of the late stoppage of the Grand Junction Canal
to make such provision as would enable the contractor to
proceed with the work hereafter without interfering with
the navigation, and preparation is now making for proccad-
ing.
" Possession had been obtained of the land to enable
the company to commence the principal cutting, and seve-
ral thousand yards had been excavated and carried to em-
bankment. The company had also taken possession of
ground near the river, and the work for the dock was
commenced on the 16th. The report concluded by stating
that every preparation was being made for proceeding
rapidly with the works."
The CIIAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said their undertaking continued to progress successfully.
He did not know that he had anything to add to the
statements contained in the report beyond stating that
the plans of the company would all be carried out with
strict economy and a due regard to the interests of
the shareholders. Everything would be conducted
openly and fairy, and it would always be a pleasure for
the directors to attend such meetings as the present to
answer any questions that might be put to them.
Mr. DAY seconded the adoption of the report, and
compared the position the company had now attained
with that which it occupied two years ago, and said that
though their company was cotnparativeiy unknown in
the City, he had the greatest confidence in the success
that would attend the undertaking.
The motion was then put and carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks to the chairman ternalnated the pro-
ceedings.

M. and Mine. Jullien were among the Brighton pro-
menaders on Sunday.
SUICIDE OF A W OMAN SEVENTY YEARS OLD..— Mary
Lawson, a woman 70 years of age, an inmate of the
Bradford union workhouse, committed suicide on Sun-
day morning., by cutting her throat with a pair of
scissors. The gash, about four inches in length, had
been inflicted in a most determined manner on the right
side of the neck, below the ear, and must have resulted
in almost instantaneous death.—Leeds Mercury.
An annual funeral service was performed on Tuesday
in the church of Notre Dame at Laeken, Brussels, to
the memory of King Loui, Philippe. The choir was
hung with black, without any scutcheon, and lit up by
several groups of tapers. The church was filled with
persons of every rank in society. The King
and the
royal family came from Liege, and were received at the
ohurch by M. Charles Herry, the burgomaster of the
commune, and by the clergy of the parish.
The steamship Propontis, Captain H. Y. Goodwin,
chartered by Messrs. Vir. Kuper and Co., of London,
which sailed from the Thames on the 2d of Jane, with
two submarine electric telegraph cables on board, ma-
nufactured by them for the New York, Newfoundland,
and London Telegraph Company, are to be laid down
across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting Newfound-
land with Cape Breton ; and the other across the Straits
of Northumberland, connecting Prince Edward's Island
with New Brunswick, returned on Sunday, August 24,
both cables having been perfectly and successfully laid
under the direction of Mr, Samuel Canning, C.E.