The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-11 00:00:00

THIS DA I'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Aug. 11.—Wind this day at noon, calm t.nd
sultry.
CARDIFF, Aug. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Nabib,
from Panama.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 10.—Wind N.B.—Sailed-811"n
(s), for Alexandria.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed--Angleses,
for Melbourne.
SWANSEA, Aug.lo.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived7fMorafriryaAvuni!
Johnston, from Caldeira. Sailed—Auoie M
tius ; Maze, for Sierra Leone; CbastaierHarrison, for
Quebec.
BELFORD, Aug. 9.—Wind W.—Sailed—Priscella, for
Quebec. —s
aHi
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dr 1,1;11 au,
from St.
GLOUCESTER,john . Aug.
Eq ua 10.--llrf a
frothd E. —uler
Quebec.
ve d s
INP Lester, for duebec.
BRISTOL Aug. 10.—Wind E.-4arived—Lady
land, from Quebec.
MUMBLES, Aug. 10.—Arrived--ladefatigable, from
QuebeTc. Au
WAERFORD, g.9.—Wind N.N
for Quebec.
SHIELDS, Aug. 10.—Wind E.—
Rio Janeiro. Arrived—Rapida, from
PENZANCE, Aug.
"7•;
1" v Ariable—Sailed—Trends
Ludskinde, for Para.

CORK, Aug. 9.—Arrivod—Majes tic, from Quebec. Sailed
—Johanna earoline, for flarbadoes r.
SUNDERLAND, Aug. g.--Wind 5.F..--Sailed—Scotland,
for New York.

DEA" BY STRYCIININE.--G teat sensation has
been ere:.'. by
the death of a yon ing lady by stryelinins
at Barugh, near T :,:kering, York Abire. A post mol tern
examination liasdAL 'td the dead!: r poison. The case, says
the Leeds Mercuryo. Involved in great mystery.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL.

Yeiterday the half-yearly meeting was held at the London
Tavern—Mr. T. N. Daniell, the chairman, presiding.
The report has already appeared.
The CHAIRALIN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said they bad expended a large sum in widening and ex-
tending their railway, and he was therefore anxious to lay
before the meeting the results which had been obtained
from that expenditure. The sum laid out on the Bow
line bad been £:239,69.1 ; on the Parliamentary account,
517,036; on the alteration account, £49,462; and on
the station account, £336,150 ; total, £672;342. The
3;:arly returns had been as follow :—Bow traffic, £6,044;
North London ditto, £11,481 ; Tilbury and Southend,
£4,310 ; Eastern Countie:4, £4,854 ; interest, £2,500;
goods traffic, £5,486; total, /38,815, which was equal
to nearly o per cent. but then came the unsatisfactory
part of the business, the smallness of their dividend. The
tact. was their railway was designed as a pleasure line, and
at first they had had to contend with no competition. In
%tie course of time, however, other lints had become inocu-
lated with the same idea, and there was now no side of
London on which they did not meet with rivals. If, there-
fore, they had not connected themselves with other lines
they would really have had no traffic left them at all. The
traffic on their extensions was increasing, the falling off
being on the main line. The traffic to Southend this
autumn had been something enormous; especially when
they considered how little there was to sae at Southend.
Probably the popularity of the trip might be accounted for
by the fact that it was the shortest route to the sea.

A PROPRIETOR—It is actually less trouble to persons to
go there than to cross London-bridge. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. WHETIIAR and several other shareholders asked for an
explanation of the sums of £3,027 in the capital account for
surveying and valuing ; and ITIS for engineering, making
a tatal of nearly £4,000 ; whereas the work to which it ap-
parently applied bad cost only £4,400.
Mr . TITE said that when it was determined to widen the
line in 1854, a bargain was made with the surveyors and en-
gineers that they should be paid hal iper cent. on the outlay.
The amount of the commission could not, of course, be de-
termined until the cost of the land and works had been
ascertained. The charge had therefore had nothing what-
ever to do with the works actually constructed during the
half-year.
Mr. G. Smrru observed that a few days before Mr.
Ricardo, the chairman of the North Stafibrdshire Railway,
had received a telegraph stating that the North-Western
Railway had for the third time repudiated a traffic arrange-
ment which they had made with them, aad which had re-
ceived the signature of the Marquis of Chandos. Mr.
Ricardo was quite astounded at such conduct, and he had
told him (Mr. Smith) that if be had been treated so by
his hoard he would not have retained his seat for a single
moment longer. However, the conduct of the North-
Western board was so much resented in Staffordshire that
it had been determined to send a great proportion of the traffic
(which was now worth something like £BO,OOO or £lOO,OOO.
a-year) by the Midland to Derby, and thence by the Great
Northern to London. That arrangement would, for the
present, be inconvenient to shippers, and he was, therefore,
anxious that this company should make such arrangements
at Ilaydon-square as would render the North Staitordshlre
line independent of the North-Western, and bring a great
increase of revenue to the Blackwell Company. (Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said the board was quite alive to the
Importance of the subject, and he did not see any reason in
the world why overtures should not be made to them with a
view to carry out Mr. Smith's idea. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. VENABLEB insisted on the importance of reducing
the fares. He had made his own fortune, not by the anti-
quated system of large profits and small returns, but by the
system of large returns and small profits. Unless the cam-
pany adopted the same plan they would never have larger
dividends. (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said that frequent experiments had been
made in the way of reducing their fares, but the result had
not been found to support Mr. Venables' theory.
A PROPRIETOR said that between London and Shadwell
tbey actually charged more than the cab fare (hear).
A SHAREHOLDER pointed out the necessity there was of
relieving the overworked officials at Stepney; or, at any
rate, of paying them better (hear, hear).
The report was then received, and a dividend of 2s. 9d.
per share was declared.
Oa the motion of Mr. G. Smith, a resolution for consoli-
dating the shares Into stock was agreed to.
A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman, and the
meeting broke up.