The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-27 00:00:00

LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH.

The half yearly meeting of this company was
held on Friday at the London Tavern—Mr. Taylor
in the chair.

The SECRETARY read the report,which stated that
the total capital paid up to the 30th of June was
£24,472. The directors regret that in consequence
of unexpected difficulties the contractor had been
unable to continue the work, leaving about 30 miles
incomplete, which will be immediately commenced
by the company's engineer on a different plan, but
within the original estimate. During the past half
year private wires have been erected for different
firms, with whom agreements have been concluded
for forwarding messages from any of the company's
stations free of charge to the sender. The directors
have decided on the erection of wires round the
Isle of Dogs, by which the large shipbuilding, en-
gineering, and other establishments in that locality
will be served, and also to run lines parallel with
the bank of the Thames by which an improved sys-
tem of communication between the several wharves
and warehouses will be established. The profit and
loss account showed the receipts for the half year
to be £551, and the expenses £2,282. The engi-
neers' report stated that the new lines completed
embrace extensions to the Commercial-road, Poplar,
East and West India Dock-road, Bunhill-row,
black friars-road,Westminster-road,Great Northern
Railway Coal Depot, and Paddington. Eleven ad-
ditional miles of wire have been added to the exist-
ing supports. Twenty-nine new offices have been
fitted with instruments, the totai number being 80.
The CHAIRMAN said they only commenced their
works in February last year, and had not yet had
an opportunity of seeing the results. One of the
difficulties they had ha was that of obtaining a
staff of young ladies, which had been attended with
great anxiety, but had been eventually overcome,
and they now had 90 of these operatives, who were
now educated in the working of the system, and
were equal to the requirements of the whole of their
offices when open. Another of their difficulties
had been that of getting the consent of persons to
allow them to carry the wires over their houses.
The directors had thought that, as they brought
the system to every man's door, there would
have been no difficulty in getting their con-
sent; but, on the contrary, in many instances
they had been obliged to give a trifling consi-
deration for that privilege, and in some cases
they had had to take the wires down again. The
directors had decided to reduce their own remune-
ration fixed by the shareholders at £l,OOO to
£5OO. After some comments on the position of
the company, and pointing out that the share-
holders could not reasonably expect any large re-
turn or increase of business until the whole of their
system was conpleted,
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report.
Mr. Alderman ROSE seconded the motion,
which, after some discussion, was carried unani-
mously, and a vote of thanks to the Chairman
closed the proceedings.

FALMOUTH DOCKS.
The report of the directors stated that since the
meeting in Febniary last, the works had been car-
ried on in a satisfactory manner, although impeded
by the unfavourable weather. The Prince of
Wales Breakwater had been completed with granite
for a length of 310 feet, being beyond low water
mark, from which point its construction would be
continued as quickly as possible. Great progress
had been made in the excavation of the graving
dock, the•granite work for the caisson was in course
of erection, and would speedily be completa. The
gridiron was also far advanced. A large portion
of the rock from the graving dock having been
found suitable for filling the breakwater, an exca-
vation for a second dock would shortly be com-
menced, from which the further quantity of stone
required for that purpose would be supplied. The
directors anticipated that the breakwater, graving
dock, and gridiron would be ready for use at the
end of this year, and they intended to erect a ware-
house on a suitable spot. The Cornwall Railway
Company had surveyed a line to connect their un-
dertaking with the docks, which would admit of
favourable gradients and easy works. The present
capital of the company amounted to £42,675,
and as the directors were satisfied that this
amount would enable them to carry out the section
of the works now in progress, they proposed to
defer the question of raising further capital
until the meeting in February next, when they
hoped the shareholders would see the works in ac-
tive use and producing revenue. The capital ac-
count to the 30th of June last showed that £14,898
had been received, and £7,240 expended, leaving a
balance of £7,658. en the 11th inst. the balance
at the bankers amounted to £10,771.

THE CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST Two RUSSIAN
CAPTAINS.—On Friday an inquest was held at Newcastle
on the body of Lucy Gray, the unfortunate female sup-
posed to have been thrown into the Queen's Dock, and in
reference to which two Russian captains had been appre-
hended upon suspicion, as when the deceased fell into the
water they were seen to run away. It was found that the
deceased was intoxicated, and fell into the water through
her own imprudence, and the Jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental Death," but disapproved of the conduct of the
two Russian captains in running away. It was explained
WATERFORD AND LIMERICK. that in their own country it was the psactico to lock up
witnesses as well as persons implicated, and the fetr of this
The directors of this company state in thei,:. report, caused them to run away from the spot. The accused ha e
,hat the receipts for the past half-year amounted been discharged.
o £32,278, against £31,908, showing an increase [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Pills and medicine invariably ag-
over the corresponding half of last year of £370. eravate and perpetuate diseases; their annoyance, dis-
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health sending only their address to E. ,
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shares, there remained a balance available for divi-
S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they
lend on the original shares of .£3,561. The direc-
will receive gratis and free by post the " INVALIDS' owN
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num) be paid on the original £5O shares, and on the of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints,
quarter shares in the like proportion, free of income nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation,
tax ; and that the balance, £1,061, be carried to cough, asthma, cmsumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhea
credit of the current half-year. The increase on dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds,
the traffic had been less than on some former occa- noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions,
sions, caused by the general failure of the root hysteria,a heartburn,ne
uralgia,hirritabilityd sieaeapdleeassanescsr,aamcipdaitya,ppaaamlpsi:
crops, which affected the traffic in live stock, pre-
venting the increased development which had for sainking, fits, bronhiettasd. ac`h`Unqeasepstionably; the safest Guide
to health."