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

THIS DAIS SHIPPING.

LONDON, Aug. 11.—Wind this day at noon, calm and
Sultry. _

CARDIFF, Aug. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Artived—Nabob,
from Panama.

SOUTUAMPTON, Aug. 10.--Wind
(s), for Alexandria.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Apgleso,
for Melbourne. _

SWANSEA,_ Aug.lo.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Mary Ann
Johnston, from Caldeira. Sailed—Annie Marie, f'r Maui i-
tilts • Maze, for Sierra Leone; Chasitife Harrison, f,..‘r
Quelicc.
PrLrorD, Aug. 9.—Wind W.—Sailed--PriEcelia, for
Quebec. •
orterc;a
GLOUCESTER, Aug. 10.—Nri-A E.—Arrived-41 - )
from Sr. John; Equattir, firm Quebec. Soiled—Ann
M`Lester for Cmehee. A
BRISTOL E.—rrivcd—lndy Fdlic-
Qu-butge.. 10.—wil,,d
land, from'
Arrived—ladefatigatle, frr.4ll
u1.....°.1-114 N.N.W.—sailed—Marioo,
Mum ELLS, Aug.
.__.
Qu E bee.
WATERFORD, Aug• •
for Quebec.
SHIELDS, Aug. 10.—Wind E.—Atrived—Rapida, ftotil
Rio Janeiro.
Aug.
Lukilidi? 9.—wind voriableSalled--Treude
CORK, Au, 9.—A rrivtod—Mejestic, from Quebec. Sailed
Pdfzi cfoEr' Para.
—Johanna tramline, for Barbadoes.
.SUNDERLAND, Aug. 8.--Wind S.E.—Sailed—Scotland,
fur New York.

DEATtI BY STRYCEININE.—Great sensation has
been creL.'d by the titath of a young lady by strychnine
at Barugh, near r ,n.kering, Yorkshire. A podt mortem
exanainatioA hasd.itt. 'c.d the deadly poison. Tne case, says
the LeedB Meretoy, la involved is great nutterY'

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL.

Yesterday the half-yearly meeting was held at the London
Tavern—Mr. T. N. Daniell, the chairman, presiding.

The report has already appeared.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
said they had 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 cut on the. Bow
line had been £239,004 ; on the Parliamentary account,
£17,036; on the alteration account, £40,462; and on
the station account, L 366,150 ; total, £672,342. The
yearly returns been as follow :—Dow traffic, £6 044
North London ditto, £11,481 ; Tilbury and Southend,
£3,510 ; Eastern Counties, £4,854 ; interest, £2,500;
goods traffic, £5,486; total, £38,873, which was equal
to nearly 51 per cent. But then came the unsatisfactory
part of the business, the smallness of their dividend. The
fact was their railway was designed as a pleasure line, and
at first they load had to contend with no competition. In
the course of time, however, other lints bad become inocu-
lated with the same idea, and there was now no side of
London on which they did net meet with rivals. If, there-.
fore, they lied not connected themselves with other lines
they would really have had nw 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 see 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—II is actually less trouble to persons to
go there than to cross London-bridge. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. WHETIIAxt and several other shareholders asked for an
explanation of the sums of £3,027 in the capital account for
surveying and valuing; and £748 for engineering, making
a total of nearly £4,000; whereas the work to which it ap-
parently applied had cost only £4,400.
Mr. Tim 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 co-t of the land and works had been
a'certaiucd. The charge had therefore bad nothing what-
ever to do with the works actually constructed during the

half-year.
Mr. G. SMITH observed that a few days before Mr.
Ricardo, the chairman of the North Staffordshire Railway,
bad 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, aid which had re-
ceived the signature of the Marquis of Chandos. Mr.
Ricardo was quite :Wounded at such conduct, and be had
told him (Mr. Smith) that if he had been treated so by
his hoard he would DOI have retained his seat for a single
moment longer. However, the conduct of the North-
Western board was so mud; 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, he inconvenient to shippers, and he was, therefore,
anxious that this elmpany shculd make such arrangements
at Ilaydon-square as would render the North Staffordshire
line independent of the North-Western, and bring a great
increase of revenue to the ltl,elee•att Ceturtny. Uttar.)
The CHAIRMAN said the hoard \la9 quite aline to the
importance of the subject, and he did not see any reason in
the world why overtures should Rot be made to them with a
view to carry cut Mr. Smith's idea. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. VENABLES insisted on the importance of reducing
the tares. lie 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
they 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.
On 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.