The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-22 00:00:00

THE Ses/, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1866.

£29 18s. 3d. ; Mr. George Smith, per Child and Co.,
zat ; the assistants of Messrs. W. Tarn and Co.,
Ne. wington-causeway, £8 18s. 6d ; the cadets of the
ining ship Worcester, through Mr. G. Whitby,
£8 14s. 6d. Messrs. E. Robins and Son, of Brighton
lEstillery, have placed at the disposal of the com-
mittee a pipe of port wine ; Messrs. Atkinson, of
Westminster-bridge-road, 12 complete sets of bed-
ding ; and Mr. A. M'Dougall, a large assortment of
disinfectants.

The following is the return of deaths from cholera
and diarrhoea registered on Monday, Aug. 20 :
Cholera. Diarrhcoa.
... 5

just discern a dim green light. The Bruiser bad
already starboarded her helm to go northward of
her, and almost instantly afterwards the collision
took place. The company yesterday forwarded a
report to the Marine Department of the Board of
Trade. The number of lives lost are given as 14,
but it states that some others may have gone down
in the vessel.

The following are the names of the passengers
who were rescued on board the Haswell:—Mr.
Dewhurst (wife lost), Alfred Rust, John Bellings-
by, William Liston, Mrs. Gorbold and son, George
Rook, Sergeant Glinton, John Webber, Alfred
Moseley, Robert Neal, Thomas Cooper, Frank
Buchanan, James Cousins, Robert Green, Thomas
Seagrave, George Blackburn, D. Holmes, George
Young, William Dickinson and wife, M. Bomijos,
John Thompson, Benjamin Bennett, William Jack,
G. Jose, J. Romoin, J. Menwell, William Hill, C.
Appell, G. Appell, J. Mountain, William Jennin,
Thomas Johnson, Abraham Wilkie, Alfred Godson,
W. Nephore, Mr. Toft, Henry Plesset, E. Finch,
Mr. Crannis and wife, William Ash, F. Booty, J.
Fisher, John llarrison, G. Leeson, John Cliff,
John llalliday and sister, John Weatherhead, John
Watson, Joseph Fry, John Dolmard, James Gris-
son, E. Ellis and wife, J. Middleton (boy), C.
Chapman, H. C. Sun, Mrs. Tremblin, Miss Lavinia
Welch, Mary Ann Watson, Mrs. Cradick, Mrs
Knox (husband drowned), Catherine Hodges,
George Honsett, staff-sergeant, with five recruits,
Owen Italy, John Hanton, Michael M'Mahin,
William Pritchard, and Peter Hannin. Miss Bell,
a little girl, and her mother, Mrs. Sarah Bell, were
drowned. This amounts, in all, to 73 passengers
who were saved by the Haswell, exclusive of one
man, one lady, and a child picked up by the Per-
severance.

We are informed that the owners of the screw
steamer Haswell are Messrs. Hugh Taylor and
others, and not, as before stated, the General
Steam Iron Screw Collier Company.

They could, therefore, never compete with them
successfully either as to speed or comfort. The
Committee on the bill had, however, decided that
the Brighton and South Coast Company should have
the right to use the Cannon-street and Charing-
cross stations of the South-Eastern Company, but
he thought the present authorised metropolitan ter-
mini of the company were amply sufficient. They
had greatly improved the London-bridge station ;
the Victoria at Pimlico would soon have three lines
of way completed to it, and be everything they could
desire to facilitate the company's traffic ; and they
would also have the use of the Ludgate station. He
then adverted to the various lines they had in course
of construction. Their South London line had re-
cently been opened for traffic, and when completed
it would yiald a considerable return on the outlay.
The first week they carried 25,000 passengers over
it, and in a short time it would carry tenfold that
amount of traffic. The bills promoted by the com-
pany in last Session of Parliament were for defen-
sive purposes to repel the aggression of other com-
panies, and, on the whole, they had succeeded very
well, with the exception of the London, Lewes,
and Brighton scheme. The company would have
by the end of the year three lines to Brighton by
as many routes in their system, so he left the
proprietors to imagine what chance the fourth
line to Brighton would stand for traffic. He
regretted that the dividend had been temporarily
reduced ; but he could assure the meeting that no
effort on the part of the directors would be wanting
to develope the resources of the company, and of
the new lines now in course of construction, some
of which would soon be ready for traffic. He hoped
when they met at the next half-yearly meeting they
would have a satisfactory result placed before them.
Many of the lines constructed by the company were
cheaply made, and would pay a fair return on the
outlay, and those they bad purchased were worth
what they had given for them. They had now in
hand all the projects they had contemplated,
and they had no idea of any more new lines. He
thought it must be a very tempting scheme, indeed,
that would induce them to go any further, except
with a view to defend the property of the company.
(Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving the adop-
tion of the report.

Colonel BARTTELOT, M.P., a director, seconded
the motion.

A long and rather personal discussion en-
sued, in which Mr. Burton, Mr. Schuster, the
Rev. Mr. Langdale, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Wright, Mr.
Adams, and other shareholders took part, respect-
ing the large increase in the capital account, the
probable effect the operation of so many new lines
coming into play would have on the future divi-
dends of the company, and as to the practicability
of reducing the working expenses.
The CHAIRMAN replied to the various observa-
tions. He said that the law and Parliamentary
expenses of last session would go to capital account,
and not be charged against revenue. The officers
and servants of the company were not allowed to
carry on coal or any other business on the com-
pany's lines, to interfere with the regular traders
in the towns or places served by the company.
A saving had been effected on the suggestion of
Mr. Cohen by the more extensive use of coal in
working the engines ; the directors had no
desire whatever to extend the company's system ;
they only wished to repel aggression and protect
the company's property. The traffic receipts on the
line for the past year amounted to £1,082,000, of
which £228,000 consisted of traffic between London
and Brighton ; 273,000 suburban traffic. The
Brighton traffic for the past half-year amounted
to £lOO,OOO, and the London suburban traffic to
£142,000. The directors, being unwilling to call
upon the shareholders for additional capital during
the late panic, had borrowed on temporary loans
£645,000, by the deposit of £646,000 of 5 per cent.
preference stock. They wished to complete their
works and to live in peace with their neighbours.
Resolutions were unanimously passed adopting
the report, declaring a dividend of 2 per cent. on
the ordinary stock of the company for the past half-
year ; authorizing the conversion of certain paid-up
£5 shares into ordinary stock, and of certain other
£5 preference shares into preference stock ; Mr. W.
Cash was elected an auditor iu the room of Mr. J.
Filcher, deceased.

The meeting was then made special, and the di-
rectors were authorized to issue £90,000 4 per cent.
stock for the purchase of the Mid-Sussex and Mid-
hurst Railway ; to subscribe £500,000 towards the
construction of the Surrey and Sussex Railway ;
and also to raise £442,500 for other undertakings,
making together £1,166,000 of additional capital ;
also power to raise money on debenture stock.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman and directors.

NORTHERN AND EASTERN.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the offices, Bishopsgate Station ; Mr.
Kennard, M.P., in the chair.

The report was taken as read. It recommended
the payment of the following dividends :—£l ss. on
each £5O share guaranteed by 5 per cent. per an-
num, and £1 10s. on each £5O share guaranteed 6
per cent. per annum, less property-tax.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of those
dividends, said the warrants were all signed, and
would be issued when they became due.
The motion for the adoption of the dividends was
carried unanimously. Mr. Kennard, M.P., was
re-elected a director, and a vote of thanks to the
chairman concluded the proceedings.