The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-28 00:00:00

!THE SUN, LONDON, 11101NDAY EVENING, OCTO. 1861.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EAST INDIAN.

The directors of this company state in their report
that the line to Delhi will be completed by the end
of next year, and that in the meantime several new
sections will be opened for traffic. During the past
half-year an additional length of 87 miles has
been opened for traffic from Cawnpore to Etawah,
and there are therefore now in working order
248 miles in Bengal and 210 miles in the North-
West Provinces. The question of when it may be
desirable to commence construction of the Jubbul-
pore line remains in abeyance. On the Bengal di-
vision, 248 miles in length, the permanent way and
works have been maintained in efficient working
order during the half-year at a cost of 73-. d. per
train mile. The working expenses have been 45.69
per cent., or 7.75 per cent. less than in the pre-
ceding half-year. The number of gassengers car.
ried during the half-year ended Dec. 31 last was
756,894, and during the past half-year, ending June
30, 893,553, showing an increase of 136,659, Of the
893,553 passengers, 8,867 were first-class, 34,324
second-class, ,and 850,362 third-class passengers.
The tonnage in goods and minerals, exclusive 'of
parcels, carriages, and live stock, for the half-year
ending Jane 30 last, has been 178,783 tons. az.;fl,3*,
125.779 Mn.. in thQ pLeeeding half-year. The
amount of railway materials, included in the traffic
returns of the past half-year, is about 17 per cent.
The gross traffic receipts for the half-year ending
June 30 have been £175,842, against £121,869 in
the preceding half-year. The net traffic receipts
from the opening of the line to June 30 have been
£607,626. The locomotives andother rolling stock
are in efficient condition. On the line in the North-
West Provinces, 123 miles in length, the permanent
way and works have been maintained in efficient
order at a cost of 8/d. per train mile. The work-
ing expenses have been 40.97 per cent., showing a
reduction of 8.57 per cent, on the preceding half-
year. The number of passengers carried during
the half-year ending Dec. 31 last was 104,160, and
in the past half-year, ending June 30, 122,651, of
which 1,612 were firet-class, and 2,384 second-class
passengers. The tonnage in goods and minerals,
exclusive of parcels, carriages, and live stock for
the half-year ending June 30 last, has been 62,436
tons, giving an increase of 19,397 tons over the
preceding half-year; part of this large increase,
however, is due to the large quantities of grain
carried during the late famine. The amount of
permanent way materials, included in the traffic
returns of the past half-year, is about 25 per cent.
The gross traffic receipts for the half-year ending
the 30th of June last have been £63,685, showing
an increase of £16,424 over the preceding half-
year. The net receipts since the opening of the
line for public traffic have been £115,464. The
locomotives and other rolling stock are in excellent
condition. The general result of the half-year's
working on the two divisions of the line, as com-
pared with the preceding half-year, shows an in-
crease in the traffic of 155,150 passengers and
62,401 tons of goods and minerals, and of £53,059
in the net earnings, while there has been a decrease
of 7.92 per cent. in the working expenses. In their
last report the directors showed that the sum re-
quired to complete the line to 'Delhi, beyond the
£899,500 which they were then engaged in raising,
would be £2,900,000. They have raised the £899,500
in question, and £1,067,000 of the £2,900,000 ; so
that for the main line they will require but
£1,833,000 between the present time and the end of
1863. The board will take such measures to pro-
vide this sum as may appear best calculated to pro-
mote the interests of the company. Whether they
look to the progress in construction, to the increased
earnings of the line, to the decrease in the working
expenses, or to the success which has attended their
financial operations during the past half-year, the
board think the shareholders will have reason to be
well satisfied with the six months' operations. The
revenue for the half-year ending the 30th of June
on the Bengal division, 248 miles in length,
amounted to £175,842, the expenses to £80,340, and
the net balance to £95,502. The revenue for the
same half-year on the North-West Province divi'
sion amounted, on 123 miles, to £63,685, the ex.

penses to £26,092, or 40.97 per cent., and the net
receipts to £37,593.

BUFFALO AND LAKE HURON.

The report of the directors states that the amount
of share capital sanctioned by the act of incorpora-
tion is £1,640,000, and of this amount the total
issued under the authority of the votes of the
proprietors is £1,430,000, of which £940,040 has
been collected, leaving £270 of calls in arrear,
£16,040 preference shares in the hands of the com-
pany, £12,400 unsubscribed on chattel mortgage
loan, and £461,250, being the difference between
the nominal and actual value of the issue in April,
1859, of £2O 10s shares of£s2s 6d each. The
chief expenditure on capital account has been in
the construction of the road for connecting the
line with the waters of Lake Huron, and for the
necessary adjuncts of an elevator, platforms, and
freight sheds and sidings at Goderich, together with
the wharfage and other improvements at the har-
bour. The line to the harbour was not open for
traffic until the 17th of June, and then in an incom-
plete state ; and on portions of the new road there
are still some works to be done under the contract
which have been postponed to next spring. The
directors are strongly urged to extend the piers at
' the harbour mouth as a further protection against
accident to vessels entering, and against the chan-
nel being narrowed, or a bar re-formed. The coat
of this work may be roughly estimated at 10,000
dols. for an extension of 200 feet in length. A
committee of the Provincial Legislature have re-
ported strongly in faiour of Goderich as a harbour
of refuge. The revenue account for the half-year
ending the 31st of July shows that £36,216 had
been received against £28,286 for the corresponding
half of 1860; and the'Working expenses amounted
to £30,571, against £26,990, showing an increase
in the receipts of £7,930, in the expenses of £3,581,
and in the net receipts of £4,349, as'compared with
the corresponding half of 1860. The net receipts
for the past half-year amounted to £5,645, against
£1,297. The average weekly traffic amounts to
£1,393, against £l,OBB, and per mile per week to
£8 135., against £6lss. The per tentage of work-
ing expenses on gross receipts was 84, against 95
at the corresponding period of 1860. The increase
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has been decided in reference to the postal subsidy,
and the directors will not fail to press the import-
ance of this subject in every
way
The general manager has sparednoin
exertiontheir punder.
most discouraging circumstances, and the board
have only to renew their high sense of his energetic
and intelligent conduct of the affairs of the com-
pany. The staff both here and abroad havefulfilled
their arduous duties with great zeal and efficiency.
The board have determined, in the present circum-
stances Of the company, that it is desirable a
the required
funds, be prepared
com-
mittee of shareholders should confer with them
on h ,
purpose o f
they supplying
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to name five gentlemen whom they will ask the
proprietors to appoint, while they earnestly invite
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this
the cordial co-operation of all in giving effect to
such measures as may hereafter be proposed. The
capital account showed that £954,013 had been ex-
pended out of share capital. The bond capital, in-
eluding active and deferred bonds, amounts to
£666,667.

the directors were able to announce a dividend of
6 -per cent. This, there could be little question,
was owing to the favourable position in which the
Deeside stood, both in regard to its original cost of
construction—X9,ll7 per mile—and the- prudent
system of management adopted by the directors.
The traffic of the line had been very encouraging
in its progress year by rear. In 1854, when the
traffic commenced, the receipts amounted to abont
£B,OOO. They were now, however, 215,000, having
nearly doubled in amount in the seven years. The
main line having thus done so well, he (the chair-
man) did,not think the shareholders should despair
of seeing a dividend yet from the extension to
Aboyne, though the past year's traffic, as mentioned
in the report, had not realised the expectations of
the directors as to this portion of the undertaking.
After commenting on various items of income, the
Chairman expressed his gratification at the faqt
that the principle on which the company started,
of adopting cheap fares, had proved very beneficial
to the shareholders. Without cheap fares he was
satisfied they never could have produced the revenue
from passengers they had done. As regarded the
capital account, the directors had advanced 520,000
for works and plant which were absolutely neces-
sary to accommodate the Deeside proper as well as
Cho astofteio. trains::: ma advg.,:nea,it wan proposed
should be mot by the issue of preference shares, as
done by other railway companies.

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The report was then unanimously adopted, and a
dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. Rer annum was
deelared.

At a special meeting, held immediately after the
close of the ordinary one, the directors were autho-
rised to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Session
for authority to create preference shares for the
liquidation of the liabilities of the company, &c., the
Chairman explaining that the issue of the required
amount of preference stock at a rate not exceeding
41 per cent. per annum would ensure to the share.
holders not only 6, per cent., but the germ of an-
other per cent.
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

NORTH EASTERN.
It appears that the directors of this company in-
tend to apply to Parliament next session for powers
to make a line through the Team Valley to join the
Bishop Auckland branch, and thence, by a loop line
running a little to the south of the city of Durham,
to connect the main line from London and the south
with Gateshead and Newcastle by this route. It is
also intended to renew the application to Parlia-
ment for powers to make a line from the Blaydon
station of the Newcaitle and Carlisle Railways to
Consett, in the Derwent Valley.

, . COLNE VALLEY AND HALSTEAD.
At a special meeting of this company held at Hal-
stead on Thursday, Mr. J. Brewster in the chair, a
resolution, authorising the directors to attach a
preference dividend not exceeding 6 per cent. per
annu
mte all unissued shares, was passed unani-
mously.

HOLBEACH AND LONG SUTTON.
The works on the extension of the Spalding and
Holbeach line between Holbeach and Long Sutton
are now nearly completed, and it is stated that
traffic will be commenced to some extent in the
course of next month. From Long Sutton the line
is to be continued to Lynn by a further extension,
for which Parliamentary powers were granted last
session.

subjects froni the sanguinary assaults of drunken
Cossacks.
The clergy have determined to protect the
churches of all denominations from further desecra-
tion by closing them. The people are .now saying
their prayers before the church doors. Count
Lambert is, I hear, heartily ashamed of the conse-
quences of his own act, and is negotiating with the
clergy, for the re-opening of the various places of
worship. Hitherto his negotiations have not been
successful.

The. Council of State has also expressed its sense
of the lawless conduct of the Government, by sus-
pending its sessions until the present state of things
is discontinued. Its action, never very effective, is
of course, completely paralysed, by the present con-
dition of the country. As for the municipal coun-
cils, the elections have been completed, and the
patriots have gained a complete triumph. It is
supposed that this was the cause of the sudden re-
solve taken by the Government to proclaim the
state of siege; but it is difficult to understand how
it could have been so blind as not to anticipate
that none but known patriots would be elected.
It is now proved, at any rate, that the promise
of liberal institutions so pompously paraded
by the Government. was meant for Europe, not
for Poland; for directly the Poles show the
slightest symptom of a wish to take advantage of
them, their efforts are baulked and neutralised by
Russian interference. Russia already has these
very "institutions," which have been ao much'
talked about ; and everyone knows what is their
effect on the Government. But in Russia the people
have been so well schooled to obedience to their
Emperor that their "institutions" give no trouble;
whereas the Poles would put them to their proper
use, i e., make them a means of representing their
wants and grievances to the Emperor. This, of
course, it is the object of the camarilla which sur
rounds the person of the sovereign'to prevent. Mild
measures have been tried, and have failed. The
experiment of a system of severity will be still less
successful.

THE PRINCE: OP WALES. AND THE
MIDDLE TEMPLE.

(From the Observer.)
The arrangements to be made for the reception
of the Prince of Wales on his being called to the
bar and elected a bencher of the Middle Temple,
are being pushed forward with great activity. The
election of his Royal Highness to these honourable
pogitioni in the legal profession will take place on
Tbtradig next, and on the occasion of his visit the
Prince will, at•the, request of his brother benchers,
proceed to open the library which has just been
built in the Temple Gardens. The Prince of Wales
is expected to arrive at two o'clock. A guard of
honour, formed of those members of the Inns of
Court Volunteers who belong to the Middle Temple,
will be on duty for the occasion, and his Royal
Highness will be received at the east entrance of
the hall by the benchers and treasurer. The Prince
will then be conducted to the new Parliament
Chamber. This is a noble apartment which has
just been completed, and occupies a portion of the
site on which the old library stood. Here the
benchers will assemble, and the Prince will be
called to the bar in the usual manner. He will then.
be elected a bencher of the Middle Temple, a dig-
nity similar to that conferred by the Law Society
of Lincoln's-inn on his father, the Prince Consort.
At the conclusion of this ceremony the Prince will
be conducted along a covered avenue through
Garden-court to the new library. The whole
distance, about a hundred yards, will be lined
with ladies, barristers, and such of their friends as
may receive tickets to view the procession. The
Prince, with the benchers in their antique robes,
will pass down the handsome flight of stone steps
leading from Fountain-court to Garden-court, and
Mere the gardens, with their magnificent show of
chrysanthemums, will be seen to advantage. A
covered awning will be provided for the whole
distance. The library, which is to be opened by
ihe Prince, is a fine Gothic hall, in the upper por-
tion of the new building overlooking the Thames.
The part of the building below the library forms
chambers, which are occupied by members of the
legal profession. The building externally is 117
fbet long, 55 feet wide, and 110 feet high. At the
south end is an oriel, and at the north-east angle
an octangular tower, containing the stairs leading
to the library. The building is approached by a
terrace in continuation of Garden-court, and at the
entrance is an iron gate ornamented with brazen
stars. The effigies in stone of two knights of the
Temple surmount the doorway, and the arms of the
Temple—the lamb and flag—are prominently dis-
played on the stonework and on the painted win-
dows. The library itself is 96 feet long, 42 feet
wide, and 70 feet high, with open traceried
roof, like that of Westminster-hall. Besides the
9riel there are windows at the sides and at the
northern end, which are filled with stained glass,
that at the north containing the shields of those
who were benchers at the time of its erection. A
fine portrait of Robert Ashley, the founder, hangs
against the north wall. There are some other cham-
bers within the walls of the edifice, but the greater
portion of the space is occupied by this really noble
apartment. The building is of Bath stone, and its
cost, including the bookcases, was about £13,000.
It is in every essential respect a credit to the
Middle Temple. It was originally intended to have
built it in Fountain-court, but a strong feeling of
opposition was shown against the contemplated re-
moval of the old fountain, with which were con-
nected so many pleasant and historical associations
of the successors of the Templars, and its present
site was ultimately fixed upon. The first stone of
the building was laid in 1858, by Sir Fortunatus
Dwarris. The library now contains about 20,000
volumes, the whole of which, with very trifling
exceptions, are on law and jurisprudence. It is one
of the most complete libraries of the kind in the
country. After the opening of the library the Prince
will retrace his steps, and proceed from the Parlia-
ment Chamber to the Temple Church, where a short
choral service will be performed. He will then be
conducted to the Great Hall, where a dejeuner will
be provided. This hall is one of the most vener-
able buildings in the metropolis. It is:Gothio in its
style, and its dark oak roof and richly-carved panels
have a most imposing effect. There is a tradition,
we are sorry to say an unfounded one, that the hall
was constructed of the timber of ships which
formed part of the Armada. The hall was built
13 years before the date of Spanish expedition.
On the lower part of the hall are painted the
shields of all the benchers of the Middle Temple
from the earliest date of its establishment, and on
the upper part are arranged the arms of all
those of the benchers who have' worn the
ermine as judges. The latest addition to this
muster-roll of honourable and worthy men is that
of Lord Westbury, the present Lord High Chan-
cellor; and it is a curious fact that not only the Lord
Chancellor, but the Lord Chief Justice of England,
the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and
the Lord Chief Baron—all the chiefs of the common
law courts, and the great head of the profession,
have their places of honour on the walls of the
famous hall of the Middle Temple. Here, sur-
rounded by all these memorials of grave and
learned judges, and of men whose eloquence has
adorned the bar and the senate, the young prince
will be sumptuously entertained. Those students
and banisters whom the hall will not accommodate
will be duly provided for in a handsome marquee,
which covers the whole area of Fountain-court. A
cold collation will be provided in this part for about
500 persons: Messrs. Ring and Rymer will sup-
ply the banquet. The hall, as well as the
marquee, will be lighted up. The fountain which
has been provided with new basins and ornaments,
will be decorated with evergreens. There will be a
covered walk round the fountain, and on the sides a
large collection of flowering plants and exotics. At
night this will be lighted up by the lime light,
which will illuminate a large portion of the gar-
dens, the new library, and the adjoining buildings.
It was proposed to bring the proceedings to a close
by a bail, at which the benchers were to dance, as
of old, round the fire; but this was proposal was
overruled, and there is to be a conversazione in the
evening instead. The benchers are required to
attend in forensic levee costume, the barristers in
forensic costume over evening dress • the students
in evening dress and gowns. Ladies will not be
required to appear in other than morning dress ;
and gentlemen at the conversazione will appear in
evening dress. The guard of honour will parade in
the uniform of their corps. The barristers sill be
placed in the hall, as far as practicable, in the order
of their seniority. Everything which is calculated
to give eclat to the proceedings, and to do honour
to the admission of the illustrious member of the
' Middle Temple, has been provided.