The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-16 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin, of the 13th inst., says :-
111 The Minister of the interior, M. Flottwell, has
prohibited the circulation of the Swiss paper, the
Bund, throughout the whole of Prussia. The
Minister invokes the law on the press which, when
one copy of a foreign newspaper has been once
seized, authorizes the Minister of the Interior to
prohibit it altogether. (A copy of the Bund had
been formerly seized.) The reason of this step has
not transpired, and has caused considerable surprise
at Berlin, as, the Bund was allowed admittance
under the late Ministry, even at the time of the
Neufchatel- crisis. It would have been well if the
Minister had notified the special reason for so
serious a proceeding."

RAILWAI' INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND.

The annual general meeting of this company was
held at Aberdeen on Friday; Mr. John Stewart in
the chair.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders
on the present position and prospects of the com-
pany. The receipts for the year showed an increase
of £4,000 over those of the previous year, while the
expenditure.was less, the working, expenses of the
line being only 311 per cent. of the. receipts for
traffic. This was 8 per cent. less than the working
expenses of the Caledonian, the cheapest•worked
line in Scotland, and 13 per cent. below the average
cost of working all the lines in England. The plant
of the company had been maintained in a most effi-
cient state, and, while the expenditure in various
matters of detail had been considerably reduced the
working stock of the company was never in a better
condition. For this they were mainly indebted to
their active and intelligent secretary, Mr. Milne,
In reviewing, the traffic of the year he was sorry to
say that the increase had all been on the first three
months, and arose from the opening of the Banff,
Macduff, and Turriff Railway, the traffic of which,
however, had not been sustained. They had suf-
fered on the Great North of Scotland line in con-
sequence of the general stagnation of trade and
commerce, which for a time had affected nearly all
the lines in the kingdom ; but of late trade had im-
proved, and now their weekly income promised to
give them a total for the next year of larger
amount than they had yet realised. The Alford
Valley Railway, to which they had subscribed,
would be opened in January next, and no doubt
materially benefit the company. The Aberdeen
and Inverness Junction had been materially bene-
ficial to the Great North of Scotland ; the Formar-
tine and Buchan line, to which they were also sub-
scribers would be made as soon as the proprietary
and residents in the district had subscribed £2,000
a mile, and he was glad to say that some of the
proprietary had set a good example to others by
giving their land at the rate of per acre of
ground-rent, or perpetual feu. He concluded by
moving resolutions approving the report and the
dividend on the original shares of the company.
The resolutions were passed unanimously.

BANFF, MACDUFF, AND TURRIFF.
The fourth ordinary meeting of this company was
held at Aberdeen on Friday ; Mr. John Stewart in
the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said the Great North of Scotland
Company had worked the line at the rate of ls. 9d.
per train per mile, while the working expenses of
their own line amounted to 2s. 51-d. a mile ; so that
if the line had not been remunerative it wag not on
account of heavy expenditure. He then showed
that the decline arose from local causes, in competi-
tion between the ports of Banff and Macduff for
traffic by sea which the company wished to carry
by land; and, as it was hoped that these would be
removed, and the proprietors of the district take a
larger interest in the undertaking, the report was
approved, and authority given to the directors to
apply to Parliament for power to raise £30,000 on
preference stock.
The meeting then separated.
INVERNESS AND DINGWALL.
It is proposed to extend railway accommodation
from Inverness to Dingwall, with a branchto Tain
for the purpose of opening up the west Highlands
and bringing Ross-shire into communication with
the railways leading to London. The proposed line
has been surveyed, and it appears that the proprie-
tors in the district have come forward liberally to
support the scheme.

NORTH-EASTERN.
This company intend to apply to Parliament
next session for power to construct the Nidd Valley
branch, and to raise further capital for the purpose ;
and to purchase the Rosedale and other branches of
the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway.

THE MANCHESTER BANQUET.—A letter has been
received from Mr. Bright, who is sojourning at Llandudno,
accepting an invitation to tho Manchester banquet. The
applications for tickets, although neither the price nor any
conditions of admission have been published, are very
numerous, many of the writers for them asking to be fur-
nished with as many as half-a•-dozen to a dozen tickets.
A leter from Compiegne of the 11th says :
"As already announced, the artistes of the Gymnase
andper-
formed at the palace last evening. The Emperor
Empress entered the theatre at half-past eight, previous
to which all the distinguished guests now at the palace had
taken the seats appropriated to them. The performance of
" Les Trois Maupuf went off with great eclat, the Emperor
several times giving the signal for applause. During the
entr'actes, the band of the Lancers played several of their
best morceaux. The representation concluded at midnight,
and at' the conclusion the actors were called forward and
loudly applauded. During the day, the Emperor received
General Sir John Burgoyne. In the morning a large party
partook of the amusement of shooting in the preserves, and
on. Saturday there is to be a stag hull"