The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-28 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

Nostril MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The thirteenth half yearly
Rother-
ofmeeting of the proprietors of the North Midland Raila;
was held on Friday at the station at Leeds. The printedshow
accounts for the half-year ending 31st December last,
small diminution of receipts, as compared with the c a
orrea.
ponding half-year ending 31st December, 1841, of
psaunPipeali,ed by the Sheffield an
7s 4d. and of expenditure £11,294. Bs, 4d. In makingthiss27 .
comparison it insist be borne in mind that in 1811d tlie cost
ba mlo,coanindotoivt was included in the
whilst in the latter Period it has been deducted accounts,
receipts. The nett profit for the half-year,
accord. from the
accounts,
eheriw:oernr
is f„52,442. 14s. 10d. out of whiching to the
the di-
printedrectors recommend a dividend of 325. 6d. per
whole share,
and a proportional amount on the fractional shares.
recommend farther that the income tax (xl3. The
be laid out of tbe balance, that £3OOO be car 17.
15s. 10d.)
' tion fund, and the remainder, amounti raed to the
to
-
precut . , amounting to £826. 4s.
to the next half-year s account. In concludin
the directors assure the proprietors, that in pointeir report,
the present working of of efficien-
cy and safety, the railway will bear a
comparison with that of any former period.
TAFF VALE RAILWAY.—The half-yearly m
Company was held at Cardiff on Tuesday .
Sir
rcejting of this
my., to
the chair. The directors declar'ed John Guest,
re pay dividend, assigning the badness pleir inability
principal cause. It was also stated that the C'l' trade as the
unanimous resolution, had agreed to dispense 'rectors, by an
of Mr. Burgess, the superintendent with the services
discussion turned chiefly upon the dim' secretary. The
and various proprietors spoke strongly dismissal of Mr. Buress,
com-
mittee of enquiry being appointed to in favour of a
against that gentleman. These char investigate the charges
dircctors to consist of disadvantageogu s were stated by the
been entered into at the recommendation contracts which had
' aintaining the permanent way, a of Mr. Burgess
(which involved unnecessary expence tond some other things
directors did not allege that Mr. the company. The
hooridy—errors of judgement Burgess
rath had acted dis-
bow caused the losses. Two
amendments
er than of intention
volving a general inquiry into the but were put in-
into the dismissal of Mr. Burges irs of the company end
the report of the directors was .s, they were lost, and
rook place on a substantive resolution that
The last division
appointed to investigate the that a committee be
On A Sbow of hands there general affairs of the company.
Willa it 15. A. poll being demanded ppeared for the motion 17,
fol shares ; against it 1252; there appeared for it
it was consequently lost.

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wireuniniPpdgi:crttiatatakiof the last meeting having been read and confirmed,
Mr. A, Morgan, the secretary, read the report, which con-
gratulated the proprietary on the improving state of their
affairs. The half-year's accounts, to the 30th of June, ex-
hibited a surplus of XlO,OOO revenue, and daring the last six
months an equivalent increase bad been maintained, the
greater part of which had arisen from the transit of pas-
sengers. The gross revenue for the halfe-year
en(idnictluurdei,ntghea
tneogr cent. The directors
balance of J;515 Gs. 7d. from the formerthaeccroeucneti,ptaandh.:B:7
13s. Id. for rent, interest, and pier dues) amounted to
£173,630 Ils. 4d. Whilst the income had thus increased,
balance of £6BlB Is. 10d.patossbeengcearrs-,
thebprebe directors
pnbrtreducedio proportion
of hftarbodems
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share, recommended
subject
to the e
income paymentt
ax. of a
This dividend
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been
to;
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car-
ried to the next account. The chairman observed tha te
themuch.
.C 2,827 125., leaving a
pro-
explanation.
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packet Company should extend their operations the railway
would obtain a large accession of goods traffic. With
propri-
etors to know, that while the business had increased,
re-
spect to expenditure, it would be satisfactory to
expense of working the line bad diminished the
• During he
last year the trains had travelled 45,462 miles, and L-
a .£5OOO had been effected. The company'sa saving
stock
gines, carriages, and machinery of every d of en-
escription was
ample and sufficient, and nothing had been
capital on account of the locomotive department.charged for
On the
question that " the report be received and
proposed, a long discussion took place, adopted" being
complaining that there could not b some proprietors
e a larger dividend,•
they attributed to unnecessary expense which
whilst other shareholders obje te in the management,ich
the dividend so long after the to the delay in
Satisfactory explanations having accounts were declaring
some other points of minor been given vie uP.
interest, the r on these and
unanimously. Thanks rt w
were then voted tocP°
as adopted
the meeting separated. the c • '
hdirroand

A VERY PLEASANT IMPORTATION.—We find the follow.
ing passage in the Belgian. Journal do Commerce:--" The
English ship Orissa has brought us a quantity of rats from
Manila. They are of the size of a common cat ; sevri di w
them escaped and have been killed on the quay.
so numerous that if a workman leaves any par t of hi They s clot
s
in a coroner they are immediately devoured"—Query. Do
these Brobtlignag rats devour the workmen's tools as well as
Oodles ?