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London, England, 1866-03-01 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEINANG, MARCH 1, 1866.

rapidly increase to three or four times its present
amount.

The report was then unanimously adopted.
The retiring directors, Lord Harris, Sir R. W.
Carden, Sir C. Roney, and Mr. J. Lake were una-
nimously re-elected ; and also Mr. Coleman, the
retiring auditor.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman and directors.

EAST LONDON.

The ordinary general meeting was held yesterday
at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. Hawes in the chair.
The report stated that the large amount of capital
paid up had enabled the directors with unusual
rapidity to purchase and to obtain possession of a
considerable portion of the land required for the
line, and to proceed with the works. Nearly all
the land required for the line on the south side of
the river had been bought. Possession was taken
of the Thames Tunnel on the 25th of September
last, and the rents and tolls since then had been
received by the company. The contractors were in
possession of a portion of the land, and in a short
time the works on the south side of the river would
be in full operation. On the north side property
had also been bought, and satisfactory progress had
been made with the works common to the East
London and the Great Eastern railways. The
capital account showed that £700,000 have been
received, and £447,549 had been expended.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said he believed the fact of their having got
£1,400,000 subscribed in a few months, one-half of
which was paid up at once, was unparalleled in the
railway history of the kingdom. The purchases of
land effected by the directors were most satisfactory,
and the aggregate sum expended in this respect was
considerably under what had been originally esti-
mated. The cost of constructing the line would not
exceed £300,000 per mile, while the cost of the Me-
tropolitan line had been £700,000 per mile. The
directors had no hesitation in saying that the local
and omnibus traffic would equal that of any metro-
politan line, and the through traffic would surpass
that of any other local railway. In reply to a ques-
tion he said that the existence of a scheme to run a
railway under the Thames below bridge was evidence
of the necessity of their line.
The report was unanimously adopted, and a reso-
lution fixing the remuneration of the directors at
£2,000 was carried nem. con. •

CRYSTAL PALACE AND SOUTH LONDON
JUNCTION.

The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at
the Victoria Station ; Sir C. Roney in the chair.
The report was taken as read.
I he report was adopted, and the retiring directors
(Mr. Tootal and Mr. G. F. Holroyd), and also the
retiring auditor (Mr. Banks), were re-elected.

Bury St. Edmund's ; Mr. E. Greene, M.P., in the
chair.

The Secretary (Mr. Ion) stated that the receipts
on capital account had been £4,440, and the expen-
diture £2,695, leaving a balance of £1,745.
The CHAIRMAN said he hoped the line would
shortly be commenced.

week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The air was cold on the first three days, and the
mean temperature continued below the average till
Friday. On the first five nights the thermometer
fell below the freezing point of water. The differ-
ence between the mean dew point temperature and
air temperature was 4.5 deg. The mean degree of
humidity of the air was 84, complete saturation
being represented by 100. The rainfall was only
0.04 in.

The Registrar-General has to acknowledge the
courtesy of the London Water Companies, who have
all furnished him with the average daily supply of
water for the month of January. It appears that
the average daily supply is at the rate of 206
gallons of water per house, including manufactories,
or 26 gallons to each person.

In comparison with the month of January the
majority of the waters exhibit an increase in the
total amount of solid impurity ; the West Middle-
sex, New River, and East London Companies' waters
form the only exceptions to this rule. The amount
of organic and other volatile matter is also greater
in all the waters except those of the Grand Junc-
tion, Lambeth, East London, and South Essex Com-
panies. Lastly, a larger quantity of oxygen is re-
quired for the oxidation of the organic matter than
in the preceding month ; the Chelsea, Grand Junc-
tion, South Essex, and Lambeth Companies' waters
only being excepted.

The waters of the Chelsea, Southwark, Lambeth,
New River, and East London Companies were
turbid when drawn from the companies' mains.

The Cattle Plague.
4,

The Archbishop of York has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to the clergy of his diocess :
" 20, Mansfield-street, London, W., Feb. 27.

Reverend Brother,—l recommend you to invite
your parishioners to set apart a day for special
prayer and mortification, under the heavy chastise-
ment of the cattle plague wherewith God has seen
good to inflict us.

" It is desirable that, as far as possible, the same
day should be observed throughout the diocese—
and I would recommend Wednesday, the 7th of
March, for this purpose.
" The Litany and Commination service should
be used in Church ; and you will, no doubt, exhort
your people to accept this grievous murrain as a
chastisement from the hand of our loving Father,
who, in afflicting us, seeks to turn us from sin, and
to draw us more near to Him and to His son.

"If you think fit to collect the alms of your
people, it would be well to devote them either to the
succour of those who have sustained losses by the
cattle plague, or to the aid of some hospital or in-
firmary.
" It will not be desirable to ask employers to sus-
pend all labour on the day of humiliation, but only
to urge them to allow all their people to attend
church.

" Praying that God will bless and prosper all your
labours to the good of many and to the peace of your
own soul.—l am, your affectionate brother in Christ,
" W. EBOR.
" To the Rev. the Incumbent of —."

The Bishop of Worcester having also issued a cir-
cular to the clergy of his diocese recommending
them to set apart a convenient day in Lent to ob-
serve as a day of humiliation on account of the cattle
plague, meetings of the clergy have been heldin dif-
ferent parts of the diocese, and it has been arranged
to observe the day at Worcester on Friday week,
when the Lord Bishop will preach a sermon at the
Cathedral. At Kidderminster it has been resolved
to observe Wednesday next as a day of humiliation.

ESSEX.

The magistrates held an adjourned session on
Tuesday at Chelmsford for the purpose of carrying
out the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act, 1866.
It was resolved that a committee shoilld be formed
in each petty sessional division for the purpose of
carrying out the Act. Each committee is to con-
sist of the justices acting for the division and six
rated occupiers of land who are to be associated
with them. It was also agreed that the present in-
spectors should be continued at their late rate of
remuneration until altered by the local authorities;
and the inspectors were instructed to act forthwith
upon sections 12, 13, and 14 of the Act, giving
power for the slaughter and burial of diseased ani-
mals, the purification of sheds, &c. The district
committees are to report weekly on the state of the
disease in their divisions, and the estimated value of
the animals slaughtered.