The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-28 00:00:00

NEWPORT PAGNELL.

The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at
the office, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street ;
Mr. C. Magnay in the chair.

Mr. Bellamy, the secretary, read the report, which
stated that causes over which the directors had no
control had delayed the completion of the linelonger
than was anticipated. The arrangements with the
London and North-Western Company with refer-
ence to the junction at Wolverton were now nearly
completed, and the opening for public traffic would
take:place very shortly. Arrangements were in course
of settlement with the contractor to provide the ne-
cessary rolling stock and staff, and to work the
traffic for a fixed percentage of the gross receipts.
The works of the extension to Olney were expected
to be opened in the course of the present year.
On the motion of the Chairman, the report was
adopted, and the retiring directors, Messrs. lieatley
and Tatham, and Mr. Brown, the retiring auditor,
were re-elected.

The meeting was then made special, and the di-
rectors were authorised to raise on debentures
£26,000 for completing the works.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN AND THE
LUDGATE STATION.

The Government inspector has officially examined
and passed the new connecting line of railway be-
tween Clapham Junction and the Metropolitan Ex-
tension of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way. The inspection took place in the presence of the
principal officials of the South-Western and Chatham
and Dover Railways. By this new line a useful
route between the Ludgate-hill Station and Rich-
mond, Twickenham, Bushey-park, Kingston, Kew,
Hounslow, and the western and southern suburbs
of the metropolis has been effected. The new line
will be opened to the public on Tuesday next, the
3d of April, when the train service between Kings-
ton, Richmond, and Ludgate-hill, and vice versa,
will be commenced. All the trains are to have first,
second, and third class carriages on week days,
but during April there will be no Sunday service.
The first train is to leave Kingston (new station) at
8 a.m. on Tuesday, and arrive at Ludgate-hill at
9 5 a.m. ; the earliest down train is to start from
Ludgate Station at 9 10 and to reach Kingston at
10 29 a.m.

MUTUAL TONTINE (WESTMINS TER CHAMBERS).

The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at
the office, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street,
Mr. Sampson in the chair.
The report stated that the letting of the chambers
had fully realised all their anticipations, and the
tenants, who had mostly taken long leases, were all
of the highest class ; but, as in a large proportion
of cases the occupation did not commence until De-
cember last, the receipts on the present occasion
were not so large as they would be hereafter. The
profit, however, admitted of a dividend of 4 per
cent., and it was not expected that the dividend
would ever be less than 6 per cent. in future.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, congratulated the subscribers upon their
possessing a property equal in solidity to the funds
themselves. When the whole of the chambers were
let, they might reasonably look forward to a large
increase in the dividend.

The report was adopted, and the dividend of 4
per cent. declared.

RIO DE JANEIRO CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

The fourth annual meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. R.
D. Mangles in the chair.

The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders
upon the satisfactory condition of the company.
le was glad to be able to state that the latest ad-
vices received by the French mail from the financial
agents of the company at Rio bore still further tes-
timony to the flourishing state of their affairs. The
Brazilian Government had given them every possible
support. The works were being pushed on with the
greatest possible speed, and he trusted that they
might be completed before the endofhtitbielerptroesmenett
year. The Brazilian Government had
all the claims upon them with the
bstrictest
autnteititei
y-
ality, and he had every reasoi., to
would in future meet their obligations with the
same fidelity and readiness. The shareholders might
congratulate themselves upon the possession of a
claim upon the Brazilian Government arising, not
from a guarantee, as was the case with most of the
railways, but from a positive Act of Parliament.
The works at Rio had answered their purpose so
well that they had proved a great source of attrac-
tion to engineers in other parts of the world, many
of whom had paid them official visits of inspection
with a view to the construction of similar works in
their own neighbourhoods.
After some observations by Mr. Parsons and Mr.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the debentures had
been offered only to the shareholders, and had not
been thrown upon the market. They were issued in
reality because money could be raped upon them on