The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-23 00:00:00

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

The adjourned special general meeting of the
proprietors in this company was held yesterday
at the London Tavern for the purpose of considering
the advisability of reconstructing the present board
of directors. At the last meeting a committee was
appointed, who have sinco reported that in their
opinion the names of four directors should be struck
off the list, namely, Mr. G.)odson, M.P.., Major
Jervis, M.P., Mr. G. Josselyn, and Mr. G. Palmer.
In acknowledging the report the four gentlemen in-
timated that in the event of such a resolution being
carried they should decline to acknowledge its
legality until confirmed by a court of law.
Mr. S. 11. PAnKr.s, after commenting on past
circumstances, moved a resolution reducing the
number of directors to eleven, mentioning the
names of eleven of those now on the board, and er-
c!nding the four gentlemen above named—Mr.
Palm,r only being mentioned as one of the Northern
;Ind Eastern directors, who might substitute any
otEer naive.

Mr. BINSTOW seconded the ;notion.
The meeting was addressed by Mr. Christie,
Sergeant Spinks, Mr. Burke, Q.C., and other
gentlemen, the discussion being of a very mis-
cellaneous character.

At length the resolution was carried with but two
dissentients, and a resolution continuing the com-
mittee was adopted.

LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING,

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 19.
Sub-Lieutenant Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes to be
Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet.
Nov. 20.
The Undermentioned Officers have this day been pro-
moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet :
Mr. James Edmonds, Mr. Frederick Mellott, Mr. Andrew
Gibson, Mr. John Robertson Stewart, Mr. Archibald
Thomas Victor Forster, Mr. Robert Macaulay, Mr. Charles
George Muller, and Mr. Joseph Bowkor.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Last Eve Ling
11 191
12 li

Amsterdam Short. 11 181
Di. to 3 Months. 12 0
Rot ferda.m
Antwerp — 25 35
Brussels — 25 85
Hamburg — 13 91
Paris
.. . Short 25 10
Ditto 3 Months. 2.5 27/
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 1201.
Vienna — 12 421
Trieste — 12 421
Pet ersburgh
Berlin
Madrid -48 t
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 28 40
Palermo
Messina .
Lisbon — 51}
Oporto — 511

25 45
25 40
13 10
25 20
25 85
25 35

12 b 0
12 50

28 L 5
28 55
28 65
28 55
28 b 5
28 55

RAIL IVAY NTELLIGENCE.

The following statement of the business and
operations of the Central Pacific Railroad Com-
pany, brought up to a late date, is submitted for
the information of investors and holders of the first
mortgage bonds and others.

The natural business of the road exceeds all pre-
vious estimates, and establishes it as one of the most
important and profitable lines of communication on
the continent. The earnings and expenses of the
ninty-four miles open for traffic, for the quarter
ending September 30, are as follows, in gold :

Gross earnings..,.. $556,509 30
Operating expenses
Nett earning 454,888 41
This result was upon the actual, legitimate, local
business alone, with less than the ordinary propor-
tion of Government transportation, and under the
disadvantage that passengers and freight had to be
forwarded by waggons, from the temporary
terminus, at the summit of the mountains ; and is
also independent of the transportation of men and
materials for the extension of the road.

This ratio of profit (nearly 82 per cent. of the
gross earnings) is without parallel, even among the
oldest roads in existence ; and is in fact nearly three
times the ratio of the best leading lines of the
country. The following is a copy of the sworn
statement returned to the Treasury Department for
the month of August. Since its receipt (by mail)
we are advised by telegraph that the earnings for
the month of September were $200,400 in gold,
while the expenses were about the same as for
August :