The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE•

The Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway
opened on Wednesday. The day being unusually 0'
great public rejoicings were observed on the occasion.
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payment toard
made by the latter for the use of the Leeds Station', I_l.
also as to the toll to Normanton, have been settled,'"
terms satisfactory to both parties.
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BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The present Brighton - 9k•
management, if we credit all we hear, do not WO! d
moniously ; neither is their system altogether adm
an jet,
the genera body of shareholders. The numerous
ters received relative to the irregularity of the traine,f;
the charges made of removal of trustworthy servants,ls,
the view (so it is alleged) of placing patronage at th!„
will de-
posal of some of the directors, are matters which

serve attention at the next meeting. • g
PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY.—A general meetield li at
h
the proprietors of shares in this undertaking was of
Dose
the Clarendon-rooms, on Tuesday„ for the Or' and
affording an opportunity to the English directoTro,
the company's engineer, to attend and give anY ia 4 the
tion in their power, as to the state and prospects u
eCfr
ably attended. The chair was occupied by John ,arsi.
concern. The meeting was most numerously and respect.
Esq. Mr. Reid read the report, which was yell fcoo.
nous, but of an extremely gratifying character. l'.'
onatitutit
menced by recommending a change in the if fear ''
of the company, with reference to the regular ha. -„.ta
meetings in France. It is stated that it was necess7spi.
have 200 shareholders, representing one-third
tho of the.„eet.
tal, in attendance, with the view of rendering se to be
ings legal, but that adjournments had frequently.
_Tid
resorted to in consequence of that number not I:fore,
been present. Delay and inconvenience had,
.therwoulti
been caused. To remedy this defect, a resolutioni
ta tbe
be proposed at the approaching meeting in Par-s'ltated,
effect, that a general meeting should be legally co
when one hundred proprietors, representing cnelar°
f flute
the capital, should be present: and that, in case ° lace
of attendance, a second convention should takelthe
umbers, "'
within a month, without reference to n ietoll
Dfsniu fourth ?..f
amount of capital represented. The English proPton, b 1
were requested to support the resolution in quest' _ theft
results, and the future
by sending proxies and otherwise. The director.o..
pot
proceeded to congratulate the shareholders on the past
in July, 1840, it was stated that the line fightllloo9y
completed in three years at a cost of two England;
raised on 72,000 shares. at £2O each, half 10 hloo0;
prospects. At the first C 6 be
half in France, and the balance being obtained -Id beers
and it was gratifying now to state, that the line haa shoe
completed within three years ; that there was "t d viitb''
in arrear ; that every contractor had been set tllOO
and that, after all, there remained a balance °f a.l Pe;
out of the two millions, which would suffice for
~ alit!
cessary purposes. These' results placed the ITt'oryol
made 145
the
railways. Railway in a position unparralleled in the
railways. The traffic account had been ril" 145 dsl:
30th of September, the line having been open "eceirieu'
During that period, 2,166,834 francs had been rho bell
285,726 passengers, the receipts from whorn,Ku franc°
or, upon an average, 16,244 fr. per day. There kat, been
1,180,723 francs. The expenses had been 868,5''',j en"
and the profits 1,309,888 francs. The directors u;notire
tered into a contract for the supply of the Inc°necting
power, and expressed their belief, that by eorpoen
The report was recei?ed with applause.
Paris with the sea, the results of the Paris en _cars.
line would fully realise the expectations of its Wl:lige'
sion then arose, in which Sir John EasthopeA,M.sriin, tot
Mr. Reid, Mr. Locke. the enoineer, Mr. (Aar- to tP"
part, touching the propriety 'of obtaining.access., the
increttsl"ol in
goods' station at Paris, with the view of
traffic; and of lowering the fares, with the vie,7,010 01
creasing the number of passengers. It appearea t_..4 0
replies of Mr. Locke and Mr. Reid, that in the come d,
would gibe Fro, ,s
a few days or weeks, the goods' .
station
and that while there was no objection to loweriche
h 101 A be
in the immediate vicinity of Paris, it was dnu-t,„ al.
ther the lowering of them along the whole line t°o stater
advantageous.—Mr. Reid said he might von e 0611.0"
that the dividend to be made at the apPr°3ch'r- ag 8119 A
meeting would be somewhere near twelve francteceivezi
which added to three and a half francs last,ice air
would make 151 francs a share, or something 'Tips 1,101;
per cent.—Mr. Mozlev, seconded by Mr, Char"' elAr''
f the r
rence, moved the adoption and circulation o .
which' was agreed to, and the meeting seperatea.
A briermoseiy.