The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-22 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES GREAT SOUTHERN (LIMITED).

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.
The traffic receipts for the week ending the 2nd
instant amounted for passengers to 11,2241. for
emigrants to 4171., for mails, &c., to 1,0271., and
for freight and live stock to 17,5911. ; total,
30,259/. ; and for the corresponding week last year
to 30,391/., showing an increase of 1321. The total
receipts from the Ist of July to the 2nd instant
amounted to 495,032/., and for the samo period last
year to 508,9271., showing a decrease of 13,8951.

The report of the directors states that two ordi-
nary general meetings of the company were in
future to be held in each year, instead of one, as
originally arranged. The accounts were to be made

up yearly, and submitted to shareholders at the caused by the intrigues of some native officials who
meeting to be held in the Month of May in each had been displaced from office by British rule. 4;
year. In reference to the dividend of five A suttee was lately prevented in Itajpootana bY
per cent. declared at the meeting of July last, some native officials, who have been congratulated
the Board had received within the last few on their conduct by the Governor General.
days the balance of the =mint due from the Singram Singh, a Jounpore rebel, one of the
Buenos Ayrean Government under the guarantee leaders of the rebellion of 1857, lately lost his life
of 1866. 'When the dividend in question was de- in the Ben ares district whilst resisting the police.
dared, the Board announced their intention of giv- A considerable falling off in the Ceylon coffee
ing the shareholders the option of taking the divi- crop this year is reported.
dends or a portion of them in bonds of the company,
by which process debentures now in the hands of
the company, the proceeds of which were required
towards meeting the outlays on capital account,
would be placed among the proprietary ; and the
board expected that a large proportion would agree
to accept the bonds. Although the board had no
accounts to submit at the meeting, they had plea-
sure in stating that the working of the line for the
six months ending June had been very satisfactory.
The gross receipts of the line for the half-year end-
ing June last amounted to £43,784, as against
£26,503 in the corresponding period last year, or
an increase of 60} per cent., while the working ex-
penses amounted to £24,360, or 55} per cent., as
against £17,002, or 64 per cent. in the correspond-
ing period of last year. The profits for the first six
months of this year had been at the rate of 5} per
cent. per annum, after providing for interest on the
debentures. The increase was chiefly on the goods
traffic. The general manager stated in reference to
the goods traffic that while in the June half-year of
1866 the railway carried only 13 per cent. of the
produce brought into the southern market of
Buenos Ayres, it had this year carried 28.80 per
cent. of the whole amount brought in. This was
satisfactory, as showing not only that the rail-
way was gradually superseding the bullock carts
as a means of transportation, but that there was
a large amount of traffic in the country which
must in time find its course over the railway. To
meet,the increasing traffic of the railway the board
had sanctioned an extraordinary outlay on this ac-
count of £7,500. The board had sent out, at the
request of the local committee, during the present
year, two new locomotive engines, and the necessary
fittings for converting 42 ordinary waggons into
wool waggons. In addition to this, two new tram-
way carriages were being built which would be
shipped in a few weeks. With those increased
facilities for the transport of traffic the board hoped
to see the profits of the line greaty augmented at
an early date. The permanent way and rolling
stock were reported to be in excellent order. The
amendment proposed to be made in the resolution
declaring the dividend was rendered necessary
mainly by the difficulty and inconvenience which
would result from the income-tax being deducted
from the dividends for which the shareholders ac-
cepted debentures.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Nov, 21.
The police continue to exercise unabated
Lance in watching the movements of suspected

Fenians, and occasionally make successful incur-
sions into their dwellings in search of arms. Oa°
of these was mrde on Tuesday evening, and the re-
sult was the capture of five persons, who were
brought before the presiding magistrate at the
head police-office yesterday. The evidence of the,
inspector who commanded the party of policoshowen
that in company with two detectives and a number of.
constables he entered the house of a publican named
O'Rorke, situate on the Coombe, and observed be"
hind the counter a travelling bag. He asked Hen'
rick, one of the persons who lived in the house and
assisted in the business, to giVe him the key, bat
not having his request complied with he broke open
the box, and found that it contained eight fiver
chamber revolvers fully loaded. and capped, seven
six-chamber revolvers, two unloaded pistols, 11"
rounds of patent ball cartridge, 376 percussion eal3e,
a powder-horn well filled, and a bullet-mould'
When asked to account for their possession Henri°lc
alleged that the bag had been handed across the
counter on the previous night by a young man
whom he did not know, but who had been there
on
two or three occasions. He was taken into custe(l9l
and the police then went up-stairs, and searched n
room in which he and another assistant nanieid
Hopper slept. There they found a bullet-mould'
some documents which they had not had time to
examine, and a letter signed "John Walsh," 'gib°
was believed to be the man of. the same name ivb°
was charged a few days since with firing at a Crol
witness in Blackrock. In another room they WI/
a military belt, which was stated to belong to Walsh.
Hopper and a porter named Keogh were arrested
Two men named Irvin and Kelly, who were in tut
house at the time, were also taken into custodYlbli
were discharged by the magistrate, there being rlto
evidence against them. Mr. O'Rorke stated Of
he did not reside in the house and knew nothing °,
the transaction. Ile asked to have the
admitted to bail, as their absence from busil3,,eis
would be inconvenient to him. He professed `'d
belief in their innocence. The inspector obserlet
that if the magistrate saw their room he would °al
think so. They had pictures hung up of Willi%
O'Mara Allen and other similar characters, wbiets,
were decorated with flowers and other ornaroento
Henrick, on hearing the evidence respecting Alleate
picture, exclaimed " Hear, hear, and a first-rr,
prisoners;
.man he is, too." The three prisoners were
=tided for further examination. a to
Another attempt at assassination is allege
have been made yesterday morning. A lqr. J°o
Berningham reported to the police that as be wt,
passing the corner of Peter-street and Bride-01.0
between 9 and 10 o'clock, a shot was fired at 131+61
°
and a slug passed close to his face and penetrafor,
his hat and there remained. He at once gavel red
=lion to the police, who have since endeaYeilo
to obtain some clue to what seems to be a 1115 t oor
but without effect. It is stated in explaoatiois,
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such an attempt that the man may have been ay
taken for a detective. The affair requires tope
further investigated. It is strange that onlialiet
side of the hat has been pierced, and that the buo
ti
or slug was lodged in the hat. Assassins do not p
long shots with slugs at intended victims, acot,
spent ball fired at close quarters would be ell.e
proof of incompetency that it is difficult to Tbelvilit,
it could have come from a Fenian hand. >.
ness came forward to prove that he heard a BU°t