The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-28 00:00:00

SOUTH-EASZE.RN RAILWAY.

HALF-YEARLY MEETTNG.—THIS DAY.
The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the directors was
held this day at the Bridge House Hotel.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report
(which has already appeared in The Sun), said the receipts
for the year ending Jan. 31, show an increase compared
with that of the previous year, which was, of itself, highly
encouraging. After providing for the fixed charges, for rents
of branch lines, interest on loans, &c., on guaranteed stock
and preference shares, there remained a balance of £225,064
4s. 9d. available for the dividend on the ordinary consoli-
dated stock of the company. A dividend of 18s. per £3O
stock, or at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum, would
absorb a sum of £223,011, leaving a balance to be
carried forward to the next half-year of £2,055 4s. 9d.,
and that dividend the directors recommended should be
paid ou. Thursday, the 7th day of March next. Of course,
they hail .Tnerienead_ the hacL effects
of the weather during the last autumn ; but, all things
considered, the year had been a satisfactory one. The
directors looked forward with great interest to the increased
facilities which had been given to trade, and having alluded
to the company's applications to Parliament, he concluded
by moving the adoption of the report.
After a short discussion the report was agreed to.
The retiring directors were re-elected and the auditors
re-elected, and the meeting was closed by a vote of thanks
to the chairman and directors.

THE WEATHER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S.
9 a.m.
Nairn 29•11 39 37 S.S.W. 3 2 b.
Aberdeen
Berwick 29'64 43 40 W. 2 2 b.
Ardrossan
Portrush
Shields
Galway 2916 44 43 N.W. 6 5 c.
Searboroug-h- 2971 41 90 W. 2 3 b.
Bull -
Liverpool 29/9 42 40 IT.S.W. 2 1 b.
Queenstown 20.89 49 48 W. 2 1 c.
Yarmouth 29 79 42 41 W.S W. 3 8I r.
london 12981 42 40 N.W. 2 9 r. -
Foyer ' 29131 41 41 ' S.W. 1 9 0.
lortsmouth
lortland
Plymouth . 29'91 44 42 N.W. 1 1 b.
Penzance .... 29 97 41 40 N.N.W. 1 5I b.
Jersey , 1 29'98 41 42 N.W. 25 f.

EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced
to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise
causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10
leg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E.
Fixposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for
evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true—
?tot magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud
(1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ;
f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0.,
overcast (dull) ; r., rain; a., snow; t., thunder. A letter
repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb-
ance (1 to 9).

WIND AND WEATHER
kyr, S.S.W. • fine
Belfast, W.S.'W.; fine
Birmingham, N.W. ; fine
Bradford, S.E. ; fine
Brighton, W. ; fine
Bristol, IV.; fine
Cambridge, S.W. ; cloudy
Cardiff, N.; fine
Carlisle, S.W. • fine
Chatham, W.S.W.; rainy
Cork, W.N.W.; fine
Deal, W. ; rainy
Derby, S.W.; fine
Doncaster, W.; fine
Dublin, S.W. ; fine
Dumfries, S.W. ; fine
Dundee, W. • fine
Edinburgh, W.; fine
Glasgow, W. ; very fine
Gravesend, N. ; rain
Greenock, S.W. ; fine
Hartlepool, S.W. ; fine
Harwich, S.S.W.; rain
Holyhead, IV. ; fine

IEPORT, THIS DAY, 9 A.M.
Inverness, S.W. ; fine
Kingstown, W. ; fine
Leeds, S.W.; fine
Leith, S. ; fine
Limerick, S.W.; fine
Londonderry, W. ; fine
Lowestoft, S.W. ; rain
Manchester, S.W. ; fine
Middlesborough, S.E. ; fine
Milford Haven, N.W. ; fine
[ Newcastle oa Tyne, S.W.;

fine
Newmarket, N.W. ; very wet
Norwich, S.W. ; rain
Perth, W. ; fine
Port Glasgow, W.S.W. ; fine
Sheffield, N.W. ; fine
Southampton, N.W. ; fine
Stockton onTees, S.W. ; fine
Sunderland, S.W. ; fine
Wakefield, N.B. ; fine
Waterford, N.E. ; fine
Weymouth, W. ; fine
Wolverhampton, N.W. ; fine

THE LATE HUlt RICANE.—PLYMOUTH, Tuesday.
—When the American ship Hiawatha, Captain Hall, was
driven ashore in Batten Bay on Thursday last, the Coast-
guard boat was in the boat -house on the eastern beach in
Catwater, and Mr. Bath, chief officer, finding the weather
too heavy to attempt to row round the promontory of
Mount Batten, determined to carry her across the isthmus
—about aquarter of a mile. Her crew of 10 men were will-
ingly assisted by the inhabitants, and the boat, which is 18
feet long, was soon on the western beach. In addition to
the fearful character of the storm, which was right in their
teeth, the brave Coastguardsmen had to contend with a
number of dangerous spars and yards alongside the stranded
ship. Notwithstanding these hazards, Mr. Bath, in three
trips, rescued the whole of the crew, 13 men, and brought
them safely ashore. Commander Phelps, Inspecting Com-
mander of Coastguard, who had been obliged to make a
difficult detour by land to reach the wreck, was present,
and directed the men, and afterwards adopted stringent
measures to protect the ship's gear from pillage. Mr. Bath,
it will be reoollected, was in the Coastguard boat in Jan.,
1857, when the homewardbound West India Mail steamship
Tyne was wrecked. He then saved a large amount of
specie and 43 lives, being all her crew and passengers, one
of whom presented him with a purse containing £5OO.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—An interesting return
Was issued yesterday analysing the railway accidents which
have taken place during the half year ending Deenal,l
The total number of such accidents is 46; the total number
of persons kind by them, 32 ; those who were injured more
or less numbering 383. Twenty-four persons were killed
by collisions, in which either one or both of the trains which
collided were passenger trains. One person was killed
through the breakage of a tyre (the great number of acci-
dents from the cause which occurred recently took place, it
will be remembered, in the present year) and seven railway
servants were killed by accidents to mineral and goodin
s
trains. Of the total number of accidents, 43 happened
England, 2 in Scotland, and 1 in IrclitBol