The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-05 00:00:00

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Low.k.s. oal tame the Play so a sample ; or order sissy nese agent (from die Dady Nerx.) RAILWAYS. The ordinary half-veurly meeting of the Eastern Counties. Railway rnvls attention to the affairs of that compuny. They are iu so lamentable a state as to disarm nil hostile criticism, and to render its resuscitation almost an object of national interest. If our readers will open the map in their lireut. *Auer, tluy will see to tin' mot of the Great Northern, so far as it tumwets London with Peterborough by a direct line. that ennmsas block of country Icing 'be tween tin' Thames and the Wash, rich, fertile, and not ill peopled, reticulated with railways. They will observe two trunk lines striking through it. ()neon the extreme east (nun London through Colchester, Ipswich. and Norwich, with a fork terminating at Yarmouth and Lowestoft respectively; the other passing through Cambridge and Ely to Kings L)nn.Nictoria county and the Wash. 'They will see ensw lines isinneeting the Wash and King's Lynn with Norwi. h and Yarmouth ; and bringing Ely into connexion with the same eastern points. They will see braw•hes and I , puni jutting out on all sides to New market, to Bury St. Edmunds, to St. Ives and Peter bon-nigh. and to every little agricultural town in the old kingdom of East Anglia; and they will observe extensions pushing on from East Iterefam to a little purl that nu one out of that division of the heptarehy ever hiard of Wells, near the sea on the northern frontier, and to notorious Harwich on the eastern. All this is plain and patent enough on even Brad auger's Map ; but when you try to distinguish the various companies and ti:xlies by which this net work of railway has been laid down, then commence intricacy and confusion ; then you may begin to dis cover why ;Al their expenditure of money has his n so profitless and so ruinous. Taking up Brads/faro again, there you will find that one-half the eastern trunk to N'Orfolk and Yarmouth was made by the Eastern t'ountien, the other half by other companies ; how on the western trunk to Lynn the Eastern Counties proper only runs to Ely, there falls into the East Anglian, but has branches from Ely to Peterborough and March; how it is the Nurfulli(Amitinny, that connects Ely with Norwich, across country ; * how it is the East Anglian, that unites Wisbeach and I.ynn, after the same fashion, with the same provincial capital; and how it is the Eastern Union, that runs from Bury St. Edmunds to Ipswich: altogether constituting a confusion and a discord, and a multiplicity and a diversity of in terests, that nothing probably but holding shares in each and all could Induce any human being to per fectly master and completely unravel. Yet to understand the present difficulties it is necessary to read attention generally to this con fused and perplexed origin of the Anglian network of rails. For it indicates the primeval source of the plight they are now in. Bit by bit has all this net work been laid down ; now this company has made i a line ; then that company another; then a third has conic in between them ; now there has been compe tition, and rivalry, and jealousy, leading to the use-1 less expenditure of countless thousands; then there have been agreements, and friendships, and amity, scarcely less costly. In the struggle for predomi nance, estimates were formed only to be exceeded; original capital eagerly subscribed only to be swamped by preferential additions•, and by one at least of the companies a line has been formed that hitherto has been unable to discharge the interest of its loans. It has, however, surrendered at discretion to the Great Northern ' • and so has introduced that powerful company into the very heart of Anglia. The manner in which this district has been co veral with railway has necessarily involved such enormous preliminary, as it is the fashion to call parliamentary expenses, such frightful misealcula- I tions as to the cost of construction, such great addi- blow; to original capital in the shape of preferential claims and debt, and these have, in their effect on working operations, produced such bad management, that no one need wonder that these companies are without dividend, without credit, and almost with- out prospect. Take, fur instance, the Eastern Counties; its capi tal is, probably, nearly thirteen millions sterling ; on nix millions of this it is unable to pay one penny dividend; the utmost it can do being to discharge the preferential claims on the other seven, and carry 24,000/. over. Yet, when in 1547, Mr. D. W. liaavEY manoeuvred Mr. Meows into the chair, that gentleman solemnly pledged the reputation he then had that it must be a ten per cent. line. And at yesterday's meeting it was stated, that out of the large sum which from its opening down to July, WO, had been paid in dividends, viz., 701,5301., only 143,815/. was really earned by traffic ; the rest having been taken from capital. Thus, the absence of dividend on six millions sterling of its capital represents apparently the worst. Apparently, •however, only. For the rolling stock of a company in such a plight must, in all pro bability, be depreciating ; engines, and trucks, and earriagtn, and permanent way cannot, it is to be feared, ho sufficiently maintained on a line one half of the capital of which, if not positively extinguished, is at all events in a state of inanimate suspension ; and if they be, the absence of dividend is only part of the real evil. Pecuniary difficulties always produce expensive management; people, or companies, or incorpora tions, with little credit never trade on the same terms as they who have large balances at their bankers. Accordingly Captain KELLY points out how, while the working expensts , of the Brighton line only reach 30, per cent. on its receipts, these of the Eastern Counties have mounted to (all—a con trast that might suggest to the Eastern Counties the propriety of following the example of the Brighton line, and secure, if they can, at any price, the management of such a man as Mr. LAING ; for to expect any ordinary set of directors to pull it through its present difficulties, will be the greatest of all the follies the company has as yet perpetrated. Fur, one of the inevitable tonsevences of a rail way'sdistreas is a deterioration of its proprietary, as well as of its rolling stock. The able men who ad here to its fortunes shrink from the labour and the responsibility of the management of its affairs ; and on the register of its shareholders arc only to be found men of inferior powers and position, willing to encounter not merely the fati g ues of the direction, but the vituperation and ill manners of such disor derly assemblages as Eastern Counties meetings have degenerated into. Thus, at present, that company is not only without dividend, but without a chairman, and very likely to be without a direction too. In the presence of such a state of things as this line displays, it ix the height of absurdity to suppose that any man competent to set it right will make the attempt fur the paltry remuneration ordinarily re ceived by a chairman of directors. 'fhc company evidently wants a head that can think, and act, and command for it; such heads it is difficult enough to get for money ; but to expert such a one for no thing seems sheer trifling with the thirteen millions sterling involved in the concern, and with the public interests too. The gods, the Eastern Counties' shareholders may rely on it, won't assist those who don't assist themselves. Bad, however, as the condition of the Eastern Counties is, the plight of the other lines of the dis trict is much worse. None of them pay any dividend on their ordinary or original capital ; some only on part of their preferential stock; while one has been repeatedly in the hands of the sheriff; and more than once in the Court of Chancery. Such being their state, the Great Northern comes to plague them. Fur years the Easteni Counties had, by means of a round about branch from Ely, the bulk of the traffic to Peterborough. That, of course, it lost when the Great Northern opened. But now the Great North ern is within a few miles of Cambridge. and should it get there, over its line into 'London will inevitably come all the traffic from Yarmouth, Norwich, Thetfonl, and Ely ; for it would then be their shortest route to London. This, however, is nut all ; the fallen and diastrous fortunes of the East Anglian, run ning to Wisheach. King's Lynn, and to Herein= on the way to Norwich, have just placed it under the control - of the Great Northern. So that, whilst on the one hand that company is penetrating by Cambridge into the centre of tlas district, it is, on the other hand, by means of the East Anglian, sur rounding it on its north eastern frontier. Thus threatened, the remaining Anglian lines, it is proposed by the Eastern Counties direction, shall, k - self-defence, amalgamate with it. They at once Gwent; fur anything is better for them than their present condition. But the Eastern Counties share holders, when appealed to for their approval, regard apparently the terms of amalgamation as unfavour able to thlir interests, which, bad as they now are, arc not so dreary in prospect as those in other com panies ; for they hesitate, appoint a committee to consider and report to th en and so the matter now stands. flow it will end, wise sman tell? THANES TCNNEL.—Yeaterday, the annual general tueetina of this company took place. at Badley's Hotel, New Bridge-stmt—Mr. B. Hawes in the chair. A pro prietor hoped the chairimus had a dividend to offer this year.—The chairman could not offer that ; but the meeting would see by the report that the property was gradually hemming valuable. Ile had also the satisfaction of inform ing them that, notwithstanding the fears expressed by some as to the safety of the tunnel, it was in the most perfect order and Are from the slightest crack.—Mr. Mason, the , secretary, read the annual report, which stated the amount of tolls for 1850 to be 3,962/. 19s. 4,1., being an increase of 4821. Gs. over that of the p►evious year: the gross receipts of the company, with tolls, rent for houses and stalls, for the past year amounted to 5,302/. 14*. Id., and the expendi ture left a surplus of •13'21. 14s. 2d. The sum paid to the government was 1,227/. Ila Ild., or nearly double the amount paid in the former year, and which was to i be attributed not only to an increase of tolls but ; to increased economy in gas and other matters. The capital row due to the government was about 323,0001. The average number of passengers per week during the year was 18,000. The report was unanimously adopted. 'Mr. Winders wished to know if any steps were to be taken to render the tunnel attractive to visttors during the great Exhibition. He thought that by so doing the revenue of the company might be greatly increased. There certainly could be no reduction in the eharge.—The Chairman had no doubt that something would be done to draw a good share of the multitude, though he had great hopes that for,igners would find suffl • dent attraction in the great work itself —A Proprietor hoped that something would be done to draw a great por tion of the visitors to the Exhibition to so stupendous a work as the Thames Tunnel. Instead of talking of lower ing the toll during that period, he thought it ought to be increased to a two-penny charge.—After some con solation, a vote of thanks was passol to the chairman, and the =Wag separated. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of proprietors in the above company was held at the Bridge-house Hotel, Mr. MACOREOOII presiding. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said he hoped that in the few observa tions it would be nunnery for him to address to the pro prietary,he would be allowed to adopt the language of the re port and in doing so would my, that the continental traffic by Dover and Follistoue with London has never been fairly or fully developed. The exposition of 1831 must be of great benefit to the South Eastern Company, not I merely as giving a great temporary increase of trails, but as proving a standing advertisement to all the nations of the continent, of the fatalities both in price and tinte which the South Eastern line afforded for travelling between the great centres of civilisation. (Hear, hear.) It was satisfactory to observe that already they had had an earnest of the benefits they might expect in future—the ; continental traffic for the half-year ending 31st January last having shown a considerable increase • the number of excursionists during that time having be en 7,276, and of passengers by ordinary trains, 12,321 ; the total increase in the item for passenger traffic between London, Folkatone, and Dover, had been, in money, 13,9541., not a very im portant amount in itself, but valuable as an earnest of what they might expect in future. He looked upon it that when the great Exposition had passed away, the knowledge which the visitors would have acquired of the great facilities which their line afforded would permanently affect their future interests, and realise to them the results they had expected in 1818. As the shareholders bad had ample opportunities of srady-" ing the accounts, he should only add that he hail not much to congratulate them on the point of economy; but this he would say, that of 5,000/. of the expenditure there would be no repetition, and also that there would in future be a considerable diminution in the expvnae for permanent way. lu consequence of Mr. Barlow's great invention of the per manent sleeper, the expense under that head would be re duced from 45t. a mile to 201. ; and laying by that sum would, in his opinion, be quite sufficient. (Hear, hear.) lie did not inent• this as a mere speculative remark, tor he believed it was a demonstrated certainty ; and the effect would be that the expenses fur renewals, which during the last year had been 20,000!., would not be more than 12,000! . for similar periods in future. They continued to make out their accounts on the principle adopted at the last half-yearly 'fleeting, and the effect w as that 8,000!. would be found charged to revenue fur reproductive rolling stock over and above the sum their own officers had told them was necessary. They had thought it better for all parties to adopt that plan, and would now take a resolution declaring that no stun should he laid aside for future renewal, except what was found to he absolutely necessary to make the stock as good as it had been at the beginning of the year. (Hear, hear.) Looking forward to the extraordinary demand for motive power which they might expert in the current year, consequent upon the great influx of visitors, which would, no doubt, to some extent, continue in succeeding years, the directors had thought it right to make some preparation, by ordering twenty-five engines of the best description to be delivered under penalty immediately, together with carriage accommodation calculated for on excess of fuur or five thousand persons. With the insistence of these superior engines, each of which he believed would be equal to two of the present engines, they hoped to be able to do justice to the occasion and to ensure to the proprietors the profits to which they were justly entitled. (Hear, hear.) He would not say much on the subject of the parliamentary contest; they must bear the burthen of the 2,0001., of which they had been mulcted fur the amusement of the projectors of the landowners' line—a rival line, forsooth, to be supported by a rate in aid from the parishes in order to find a dividend fur the gentlemen who were charitablen deavouring to ruin the South Eastern property. (I k -ar, hear.) Ile would not occupy their time by detail ing the offensive manner in which, without any pre vious intimation, the Brighton Company had filed their bill to restrain the South Eastern Company from pro ceeding with their Ashton and Hastings works. He mold not avoid adverting to the grounds which their directors had taken at • former period, when urged to amalgamate with the Brighton Company, or lease the line at 7 per cent. The proposition they (the South Eastern directors) made was, that on an equal amount of spent money they would recommend amalgamation, but as to taking upon them all the burdens of the Brighton Company, it was what the' directors could not assent to. His belief was that within the next twelve months 100,000/. would be realised, besides the 163,000/. of calls in armor to which the auditors alluded. Ile could not but take credit for the forbearance the directors had hitherto exer cised with respect to these calls ; hut the time had come when the gentlemen who had used the company's money for their own convenience should he culled upon to pay up. Ile was very glad to tell the meet ing that the money was all safe. Again, as to the invest ment in their own shares, the effect would be a profit of 21,000/. on the amount sold. What the directors submitted we,, that they should be empowersd to receive tenders for thew shares at different periods between that time and the closing of the capital account, so as not to depreciate their value by forcing en immediate sale. He thought that thus the stock would be all realised without materially affecting the market. Mr. UPCRAIFT—What price do the directors propose to sell them at? The CHAIRMAN said, that the present price was 27, hut the directors proposed to receive tenders from ponies naming their own price. The directors had determined upon recommending that a dividend of 31. 6.. Bcl. should be paid, and that would leave a surplus of 2,963/. In con clusion he begged to congratulate them on the improved state of their affairs, and to express his belief that what had occurred was only an earnest of future success. (Cheers.) Mr. Macgregor then moved the adoption of the report. The motion having been seconded, Mr. CPCRAFT asked the chairman whether he could fix a sum at which they might expect the capital account to be closed ? The CHAIRMAN said that all the directors could do was to go upon the estimates which had been submitted to them; and judging from them he believed that they might close the capital account on the 31st of January, 1832, at a gross sum of 9,350,000/. This sum would be made up by original consolidated stock 7,433.700/. ; guaran teed shares, 481,3001.; and mortgages, 1,633,0001. The estimates had been made out by Messrs. Quitter and Ball, and he hail no reason to doubt their co.-rectnes.. The report having been unanimously adopted, as will as the resolution, which proposed a dividend at the rate of 3!. fe. Fal. percent., The CHAIRMAN proposed that henceforth the divi dends on the guaranteed stock of the company should be paid within 14 days after the holding of each half-yearly meeting. The motion was seconded, and agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution, the object of which was to leave the question of making • reserve for the rolling stock to the report of the officers of the company. The resolution was seconded and agreed to. The CHAIRMAN next proposed a resolution, authoris lag the directors to sell the reserved *hares within a certain specified period. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS protested against the com pany'r:placing it in the power of directors to sell shares for time Mr. ALM, RNE moved that the shares should not be sold for less than 33/. 6.. The amendment was seconded. The CHAIRMAN said, as an individual proprietor he could have no objection to such a resolution, but he thought it would nut be well to leave the directors under the liability of haying to raise the money at a disadvantage. Mr. Le/NOME/RE moved as an amendment that the shires should be sold at such time and price as the directors thought proper. (No, no.) The amendment was seconded. The amendment. precluding the directors from selling the shares for less than 33/. 6s. Bd. was then carried. The CHAIRNIAN then moved a resolution. authorising the director to raise 200,000/. on debentures within the next half-year. Agreed to. The retiring directors and auditors were re-elected. A resolution authorising a lease of Mr. Angerstein's pro perty, as stated in the report, was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said, the business of the meeting, being concluded, be could not help expressing Ilia pride and gratification in appearing before them at a time when the prospects of the company were so satisfactory. For several years he had done everything in his power to promote the prosperity of the company, and he rejoiced to think that the object which they had had in new was now within their grasp. A vote of thanks having been given to the directors and auditors, the meeting separated. LIVERPOOL, March 4. STOCI-EXCHANOZ.—The market opened firmly, and with • cad devised foe the hoarier abases, and contmeed so until mid day, his pricer declined • lane, and etwed quietly at Wog - Mime Aberdese. ISI-Birkenbied, Lancashire, and eheiblre. 2 11 7 1-12 d. -Mt, (late Chester and Birkenhesd), 22-Ditto (Ed .ham', 4i 4 146 4 d.- Holten. ("Theme and West York No. I), 41 --Mester and Holyhead. 23 -Bait Lancashire, 161 -FAinhergh end Olassow. 331-Great horthern.l9 -Igneashire and Yockihire, 39/-aue (fifth share.), d.-Ditto (fifth at arts, West Ridley rnlon), tk d.-Lan. eater sad Carßde :third sharer), Sp.-Leeds and 1 Meek, IS! -Leer. peol. Greeley, and fewhprirt, p.-Landon and North Mestere, 132 i i -Ditto (new I Ames), W I p.-Ditto I fifth thane), Gi 1 p.- 31anebester, Blislleld, and Lleasloshire, 'pref. shame). II 11-16-Mhlland, 63-Ditto (*shares), d.-North British, in -North Staffordshire. 6 3I d.-North Weiner., 111 d.-rft. Helm& Witlway and Canal, 63-Shrewsbury sad Birmingham '9l. 1:a. 3d. B!, 31-bovik Paster) and Dover, 271-loath Rallordrhire. 27 d.- York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2.11-York sad North Roared, 261 I I-Ditto (preference). I d. BIRMINGIM.V, March 4. STOCK EICKANOE. —Thu, market was Tery active again to-day, sad pewee Wedded. Loaded and Nook Madera llltteltrere done at 6 pm.: birminghen and Derby* at 33 ; Illsrenabsty cal SimlaOm A's, at 11. ilia. M. Oa BRISTOL, March 4. STOCK EICWANOI.—The market has again been buoyant, sad a essaideritbie &recent of busineei has bees dine, eszectsty is Great Western Whole shares, which at one point of the day tone►ed 92 , and cloud fleni at an eighth below that quotation The new 1.71. aides of the same company left eff at It db.; Be:sto: arA Ezeteea at sbi es die.; Alidlends at 43, ez die. The other transtetian• wee, ba aulusicely kcal matters. RAILWAYS. THIS DAY. Two o'CLoci. Business is not so brisk in the share market to day, the rise having brought forward parties anxious to realise. To this circumstance, and to the smaller attendance of operators, induced by the unfavourable state of the weather, the reaction which has this morning occurred is attributable. The market to-duy is dull, and prices generally arc quoted lower, though the decline is in few in stances very material. Great Western, London and North Western, Midland, and Caledonian stocks have receded. East Lancashires have touched WI, but have since declined to York and North Midlands arc steady, North British and Matlocks arc higher. SHARES AND arOCKS UNGUARANTEED u..vrArs. Ci 061111( prima Yemenlay. SO thardeen $ Amtarg , Noting., Bann and east Junction . , ISA Rirm.Wolv. OniourVaDiay lion nrotul and Lunar SO .o.4ent.nian 30 'Chester win nio I Belting JIM... SS East An. Ilan (EU L. & L IS 134 4 4 dlade 10/ X 4 66 ex die Ili 13/ 231 334 23 314Yazde toil C.lt D. IS I Do. 01216. /11.; gamma Loundes U 'Gown ea, law A.: Osan E. C. Ms.) - 6 61 N Do. Maas B aad Cdltio 14 41 111 Past Lanombire IS 16 N iltdb.borah and Glasdow .1 311 SS • lidinburah, Vcrth,lNockle 7 6 11a. Kanter sod 2:smouth ... .Great Northam 134 IS I I ntimea,A.Deferred, 61 6 11.1. Do. 4 share., 11.6 per Ct.: 121 12 SO Ot Amax and West.(lre.)l 411 44 100. Oral W.x.era 91 VS§ IT . Do. £.7.. 2 11 dia. SO .Laseaster and Calais ... 77 79 1111 Do. Thirds 51 91 poi 471 Lancaster and Prestos 11 ,Laacanhiee And Yarkshke 59 SO 25 D.. 1 101 10 Us -111" Do. !litho 71 61 „ 111. Do. VG.. 111411agOake G 5§ „, N Leeds and Thirsk 16 1 6 4 i LOWIIII and Blackw ell - 71 31 ea dB IN lon., Brighton. a S.Cort ti 99 1041 London M Noetb-WoMera 1313 1321 ex Ms If Do. 1 1 1e14 1 diens .I 61 63 to • I 11 Du. hilt. , ...I SI I Do. a: 5h.,14.01.111.(C) 3 2 19® „ 101 Lonituu t 21..w.h.Wastara . " II _ 14 I W., £lO ... Si Maneh.,hus., and Matlack IM ; dench.,Snef.,&l4neohteh. Do. Naa.er Lana Union Nno 'lll4l/11nAt 1 Se I DO. CIO phases MN 110. harm. and Derby .. Sewn arket . 'Newport, Abtrireweeny, sad Hereford... IA l Do. New i 20... 23 North lititipla 1; North shdf ~debt,.. . . 'North art; mth Weld.Juae. 00 Ihrord, Wore., Ss %Nolen II deo. u.h Central le idcothstt Malland 11'; Do. New . I:pbrese. & Crm., Clam A Claw 8... Ihreer.burylirrefaiddid *hrelrabury end eberaer go lo . W. Min.) De. ()sweaty In ilo 11 7617 16f 64 Is' 93 18 131 IS oo 9l „ ," 51 41 die 41 3 dis „ 31 3 ais „ 3 Si I 3 21 dis '4 651 es dh 13 131 dl. 32 34 as dlv 61 61 anew n 31 du 23 26 14 13 dl. 21 GI 5 dis 111 If) Poi IF IF 104 7 • 5 41d1. 41 3: du3 2 I. IT 3 84 11 13 NJ II 4 1 i lei Id Ili 1d la:es to-lay up to I a'alczk. 14 Is II I az di, 16116 i ln 141 I 8 1 4h7r 10ticie 3aut h I tevon Irwin I 400th York.l.&l4lverDso row Vo!e Even•ion Vole of Muth %%der fordand K Ikenny.. Waterford ~td Limerick.. I York,Ne wougle3lllSerwick IDo. do. Latero.ione Vt. cbfoo ;Ywk end Nu.th Mtdlud LIN 6; LEASED AT PI Berius h Hutto. Est. 3 per CL °moo to (It. W e3O-nt , Strmtngthantatollord.: callsdulyinL,orwithguard antes (ies . to tit. West., Ditto without a guarantee, lAteurd to Creatw'rotero Wolv, and Ducar, cuhrtilOypl..orwitoitu.ir (teased to Great We-vrn Ditto without it guarantee (leak.' to Groat nitcrn BuckingluimAire (leaned ILtionS:N.Western; I , ...olLint , ln•th guar 6p 0.1 ard 1 , , (A. Northeral!. HulittAelby(LlerliaNblid 233 1:41 So 191 SO 23 114! IT 11 ti 22 IN I AY 38 78 Su 4 3 dill 3 6 22 22 3 7! die I If I Sim 231 e 6 dh dis dia !XED =CIA I i I Pa se; 291 27 2 $4 94 pm r' 7 8 „ 1 o. .hlgs Do. ; hues (ditto) .. Leedsat Brudlord btkllsad London and Greenwiehl 171 111 3(f lot 103 el div 30 . 31 . ez di, i 44 ii „ 96a 9Ti i lien ett to tt oath kletero l Nitato Frefertikv (dittol Lowest** Guar.4perCe' at. . . of II 24 23 I (rased to Nor(u) :Northern • E owirn ree (lensed to Eisterminties 54 26 Ditto New (d tto) _..- 4 6 pm „ Preston&Wyrs Dem. Lon MN.lnlest./2 Lanc.:SYork 414 414 Ditto 4 shares (A) (hm) It 9ma end Iteigint I DeasciEo S•uth Ea-tem 211 12 Moyoton and I litobin ;loits to Erest Northers 7l 11 ex Ii Do. Shepreth Eiten.(ditto la la pat „ Moto Stafford. htre t leased to Mr. M`elean $ 22 die , Wise Vsllir. li p. Ct.sm. (tend to stcatonsiDar. 24 22 si,merxet, etWey m. or„,ed to Grt. Western 44 45 14 15 ex di, SC Aberdeen— .. 10 1, - alelonian £lO 15 lebratrr and Holyhead s4l 84 I .laat knalion(3l.loapip.Ct. k l Eostri n Counties Platens., per Ct. No. 1 61 DIM 00. No. 2 10 ID*. 'Jew 9 per Cent. Feick 20 Mott M071, 4 4:1111 PA P.C I 1111Orret Northern 5 par Lent 21,01 hiss Wit trn ( l)kigh 6 IlAaorehirroaut Y Lib iM D 0.6 per Cent...it:irk ... 'teedr"alitraitQattete.i3la 100 ,Lcodoo,Brirheikk itouth Cork Pref. 5 per Cent. I 091114 183 1. 1 r04 0501 . 0 ‘k 114 810 50 ,DitioCoorrt. p.Ct., 1632 97 69 600 Ditto New Imo , . 0 per CL 4118 158 3 Loath - ark WhWertarn Nell 14 , r ., S Man. Sta ff.ktitte. loh.Nol 11 11 10 Do. New .5:10 . 11 11 ~ 2 Do. titpea 100 %dims .C0na.8.*11.6p.C4 1111 a 1304 10 'llorlotit 0:14111.107 .. 17 18 Do. 54 per Cetit. Goer. q 31 3 North Biltiatt 61 • threwrborpftßiroda.Now Guariutte,d 10 104 10 .BbrrweirCtieder(Nor.W. I 1113.) 6 per Coot— l 4 8$ 23 South Devon .. 13 14 17 ,Yak Nrereoatle,,k Rerw., OkNorth or Eny.puroh. 16 17 3 'Ditto Ditto ... 44 91 19 'York i North 31Wind H. sad 84 Po-eh. I 14 1 eta 811ARILS. did pat 6 1 6 1 17i l 3 2 vn Pet I POI I I; 1;1 13 13 16 Ipm I .1 g POREION 11.1 IA Insulters and Amens . DO Centrul er.owe tyierzos‘ S Dutch Rherukt . 11Inset 1 01. as 3 tirw. Indian Pur.nsuls.. 12 N. Do, Lavinbourg IS D eis '— 23 Marls Sm— TI Do. do. New Do Xmas sou Lies* Is Nrstbsts of France S Orleans ed 13..rdesus Su Pam and Orleans SO eons tad 12 - wera 15 Paria and r.r.,rtrirg 20 Roues and Marrs 20 Inusb.s and Meuse... 13 routs um! Nantes '4 11 311 171 271 4 la 31 11 31 131 121 171 i 4 8 1? ad 23 ex die 97 „ 15 ex thy P IE~111 • 4 1 ar I It pa Pal u 2 • Si 541 131 de 4 dls db 17 1 &i 10 II 3 9 lii t 36 l 4 ez e'y ni I .. LEEDS, March 4. 911+ toi ex dl, &MCI. EICIIANGE.—There has again been a very active mute semyt , tag Is on the advance, and very firm at the Owen quotation, melee : —Lvecaddre and Yorkshire Ythh., 2 at 61, ei do.; Leeds and Tblrek, 4 at 101; /Week Eitel:Mona, No. 1, Sv. die; Great Nur:term, 141. 18e. 3d , 3at 191. 15. 34.; 3131. Midlands. 2at ill, lat 131 die.L Nvrth ntaffordadve, Sat 6i die. Leocnbin and Y °l4 " i " , 1" 99k; North %esteem, 1 at Ili, 1 at Ile. le. 9d. db.; tag and West Tank dare, Ill; SeithEavteen and Dover, 271.118.3 d" lat 271, 371. M.; North Britlik,ll, MANCHESTER, March 4. STOCK EICKANGN.—Prices hare undergone a consider able ioniser advance, and w• bare bad a sums and excited mark. t. East Anglian, 131 to III; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 3.3 j ; Great •orthens melted 19 51 , blis a al:tenth ; Lee* 59 1 s l i Oli d r" Rid. her, al ; Goodin MO North Western, 131 j; , 36, NIL j Notts Staftuda, 6 1-16 dis.; &nth Testers, 271 to j; York and North Mil did, 26, There was a larger boater than we hoe hen for years par" 1.54 132 11 ex die :3 ex db. Isl el dv 904 90 ex de 1 3 I I 63 1411 d 21 I 64 161 Dlw ii 14 11 1 1 1 16 3 1093 T 1 db. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'CLocK There is no increase of business in the English stock market, but the slight unfavourable influence exercised by the absence of individual operators is counteracted by the purchases of Three per Cent. stock which continue to be regularly made on account of the Coimnissioners for the Reduc tion of the National Debt. Though the daily amount of these investments is small, usually ave ' raging about 23,0001., the aggregate is very consi derable, and by this prop, as we have before ob served, the stability of - the market has for some time, past been chiefly maintained. The narrow margin of fluctuation which Consols have lately undergone is the subject of general remark. Consols have not experienced the least change to day, the ruling rates being the same as yesterday. 96, to /, bosh for money and the 11th inst. The official list reports business as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, 961, • ditto for account, 967, A ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 971, 4; New Three and-Quarter per Cents., 981, 90; Long Annuities, 1860, 71 11-16 ; ditto, 30 yeam, 1860, 71 ; Bank Stock is firm, and marks 2151. Very little business has been don'e in the unfunded debt, but prices appear steady. Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., mark 51e. prem.; do. small, 455.; India Bonds, large, 575. prem.; ditto small, 525. In the foreign stock market there is little move ment, and the general feeling is rather dull. Spa nish and Mexican Bonds have been trans acted at rates rather more favourable for buyers, but other descriptions are scarcely altered in price. Belgian Bonds have met with a few trans actions. The list of transactions is :—Buenos Ayres Six per Cent. Bonds, 54, 1. Danish Five per Cents., 101 cx div. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 911; ditto, five per Cent., 103. Mexican Bonds for the 14th, 341,1,, . Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 1849, for acct. 82,1 ; ditto lkferred, 37. Russian, Four-and-a-Half per Cents.. 1t449, 97t, t. Spanish Active Five per Cent. for acct., 191, ; ditto Coupons, 9 ; ditto Three per Cents. for acct., 38. . . _ There have been very few transactions in bank shares during the last work. The prices realised are: London Joint Stock (101. paid), 171; London and Westminster (201. paid), 271; Union of Austra lia (2/. 10s. paid), 3!,. In dock shares u moderate amount of business con tinues to be done. Commercial Dock were lust sold at 84; East and Wilt India, at 142; London, at 1163 to 11‘”; St. Katharine, at 741; Southampton - - , (601. paid), at 14. During the present month a sum of above a mil lion will be payable in Loudon for dividends on foreign stocks and on railways. The following arc some of the chief items : FcrlcElo,7 STOCIES, Chilian Six per Centlii:nitiii liart:h 5 .. £27,000 Ditto Three per Cods. %larch 30 .. 10,100 Danish Five per Cent. Bondi,. March 1 .. 3,750 Ditto Three per Ceuta. Greek Five per Cent. Dondv • • iitILWAYS. Great Western Stock March 1 £130,800 London and S. Western Stock March : 138,400 London and N. Western Stock Feb. 21.1 .. 403,700 Midland Stock March .. 82,000 York and N. Midland Stock.. March .. 14,100 At Paris upwards of three millions will become payable towards the end of the month, being the half-yearly dividends on 120,000,0001. Five per Cent. Reines., and on 1,1810,0000. Four-and-a-I lull wr Cent. 'lentos. `lids is exclusive of railway dividends and debentures. _ _ _ The specie, per Medway, from the Pacific, was sold this afternoon at Cis. 1 Id. per ounce standaid for bar silver, which is an advance, owing to the advice@ brought by the overland mail. From the continent we have advice@ of a decline in the exchanges on London from Paris, and all parts of Italy and the Levant. In the north of urope they arc better sustained, and a rally in the rates generally is to be expected. The following important communications from Mr. Weisweiller have been handed to us by the Spanish committee. In the answer to M. Bravo Murillo, Mr. Weisweillcr maintains with dignity the rights of the bondholders: Madrid, Feb. 24, 18.51. Monsieur lc Prsident,—Referring to myy letter of yester day, 1 have now the pleasure of forwanling you a copy of the translation of my answer to his Excellency Senor Bravo Murillu.—lklicve me, Monsieur le Pr6sident, &c., &c., DANIEL WEINWEILLEIL To the President of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, London. The Delegation of the English Committee of Spanish Bondholders. Excellent Sir,-1 have had the honour of receiving the esteemed letter of your excellency of the 21st, in which, in answer to mine of the 19th, and to that of the president of the English committee of Spanish bondholders of the 11th of this month, your excellency informs me that you cannot present the amendment solicited in favour of the coupons overdue and not paid, the project of law for the settlement of the debt having been already submitted to the examina tion and for the deliberation of the Chamber, who would reaulve upon what they should judge to be , most ouitable according to the result of the discussion. The constitution itself stipulating that the public debt is under the special protection of the nation, to no better body than the national representatives, to its great wisdom and enlightened judg ment could the creditors trust the safety of its cause, as it cannot fail to find a host of defenders, when it is a question of a credit so sacred as the interests of the public debt owing and not paid during eleven consecutive years. Your excellency deigns to tell me that the question ought not to rest upon the application of the principles of equity and justice, but on the fact of the possibility , of payment, concerning which your excellency appeals to the experience that I have been able to acquire of the resources of the country during my long residence in Spain. I thank your excellency for the honour you do me, yet I cannot but avow that after the considerable concessions consented to by the creditors, and all the difference. between the possibility and the impossibility being reduced to the sum of 100,0001., during the first five years, since no payment is offered for the current year, which sum progressively increases 25,000/, every two years, arriving after 19 years at the maximum of 300,0001. I cannot persuado myself that, though the actual state of the treasury is not as disengaged as might be desired, the above-mentioned sum could form seriously the object of an insurmountable difficulty; that a nation, great and honest like Spain, should terminate with one accord a definitive settlement with its creditors of a question so highly important as that which I have the honour to recommend to the superior consideration of the government. God preserve your excellency &c. DANIEL WEIAWEILLER, The Delegate of the Committee of English Spanish Bondholders. Madrid, Feb. 26, 18.51. My dear Sir,—Referring to my letters of yesterday, communicating to you the despatches to and from the Spanish government, I beg to inform you that I have just been apprised by Lord Howden of his having received • despatch from Lord Palmerston, informing him that the French and Prussian governments have sent instructions to their representatives here to give his lordship every assist ance in his negotiations with the Spanish government for the settlement of the foreign debt.—l remain, my dear sir, yours most faithfully, D. Waisweitiza. To James Capel, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, London. Mr. Dover has handed to us the following reply of the Mexican committee, which, we think, affords further evidence of neglect of duty. Instead of the committee taking active steps for the protection of their constituents, they try to escape from the obli gation. The committee suggest that the Mexican Deferred Bondholders should draw up a memorial ; whereas, if a memorial is to be drawn up, it should be by the committee. If the committee be both will ing and competent to do their duty, they neither want the urging nor the suggestions of the Deferred Bondholders, because it is manifest there must be immediate action. A few days ago Deferred Bonds were sold at 8, while Active Bonds, worth 3t;, are lying in the Bank of England, and the Mexican committee have in their hands funds for a dividend, yet the Deferred Bondholders are told to wait until the Mexican government has finished a Chancery suit in Mexico with agents, in whom the Deferred Bondholders have no connexion. A clearer ease than that of the Deferred Bondholders can hardly be brought forward, and yet the Mexican committee, for inconceivable reasons, deserts the in terests of its clients, and sacrifices them to the go vernment. The reply, addressed to Mr. Dover, is a virtual denial of justice, and it becomes the Active Bondholders to look after a committee which has born far from giving guarantees for confidence. Committee of Mexican Bondholders, London, 61, Moorgate- , trect, Feb. 26. Sts,—ln reply to your letter to the committee, of the 20th inst., I am instructed to repent that they shall he happy to forward :.nd support any memorial to the Mexican govern ment, which holders of Deferred Bonds that hate been phut out from the converion of 1816 may send them. If you can suggest any course that shall appear more effi cient the committee will give it their best consideration.—l am, sir, your must obedient servant, N. A. NILSEN, Secretary. J. W. Dover, Esq., 134, Fencburch-street. INOLII3B ITUND6.—Tau ULT. 541 lti 13 per mum. Am. 96i Il 9 per Ct. He,!. SCit 3; wr Spar Ct. Can. Loa.. Exchequer Mille.47s. to 60e. 190111910 I Vl' Nl)9. per CL Motette Booth, 14 per Cr. rimed* Wi... 17 14 44 per Ot. lIeIR. Mort, al 3 .1,91111.ift NAITO Bak 4 5 }per cone..— 5 Der Ct %l n. We.. 341 1 per Ct. Itessilian Pi,. 33 4 44 per Mk 431 3 Mite New. ti 3 1 . 0V11(...V1 Convened, 334 4 4 per Ct. Iltaculs.tyna. 63 6 6 tor et. ...ill) Ir. riper Ct. Mitten W 1,.. 1.15 T Nue eptetelt lA, 191 t LAUD Colon*. Pet. Haw, 3 per Vt. Si s:t..ta 372 6 Oolumhlass ?mitt, Rola. SI 4 Po. Deferred k in.. 3 Der CL Csoloh Mk. 74 S. Mtn Pre 141,. 411 j 31 ver , I.l)tgtel: Has.. IA 9 3 is Ct. Veneweela Paw. 30 2 epee Ct. Duteth IQ Oettetneln , tete-e, tteepts. 11 /2 LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. PARIS. MAnca 4. Poe LW AO sow.lj ttlllighewt. rte. : - 3 per Caw. 3 per awe, 3 per Cents. Neer Lost 9 per Cent.. Do ... 14 per Cent., Exchange on Larks: et Belgian, 3, 18 W lolf Maasy. Ito. 3, 18,3_ Do. 14 Do. 24 - Piedmont sp. Cents. SI 73 Lowe.t. Uosing. II 93 13. 51 37 93 no 95 60 96 73 76 60 96 75 ••• ••• ••• F us, ss tf 90 ilays4 --- 24 es. Naples hearse — Mosey. Roman Load, 1930 7Ol ... Do. do. 1450 77 Treasury HuaLs Bank Shares _. nu :~ BM: INE.—rersailles (right bank), ICS 75 ; Verbailies (left bank). —; Paris and Rouen, 647 50; Rouen and I la‘re, 272 SO: Manyelaes and Avignon, 190; Strasbourg and Bale, 134 75; Centro (Vlersoni, 413 75; North, 475; Paris and Strasbourg, 34 25; Pours and ►antes, 235; Mentereau and Troyes, 99 73 ; lMppo sod Feesotp, 203. MADRID, Fan. 27.—Three per Cents., 341 ; after Bolsi, 34 5-16 cash, 31 7-16 paper. Four per Cents., 13k. Five per Cents., 141; altar &,lsa, 14* cash, 14t paper. Coupons, 8i ; after 8t cash, 8t paper. Passives, ; after Bohan,s . Bank of It. Ferdinand, 100 cash. Excluusge on London, 50.60 cash. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCLNO-LADLE.-THIS DAY. Two o'Ccoew St'OAß.—The public sale of Paraiba went off steadily. 3,000 bags offered, and chiefly sold. The damaged portion, which was large, at rather lower prices, 345. to 38s. ; damaged, 31s.nd. to 375. duty paidlltelined remains quoted, grocery lumps, 40s. to .518. Court:.—There was not a public sale to-vlay, neither has there been any disposition to buy by private contract. TEA.—The public sales went of at previous rates a con siderable portion was bought in. PIMENTO.-1,10 bags were offered, and, with the eacep tion of two or three lots, all bought in, si, to . 5 1 per lb. CLUVER.—Bourbon sold in public ece, di per lb. Limo° continues dull of sale. SPIHITS.—Itum and Brandy dull. In other articles no material alteration. Duty natant] sugar to last week la London, Lim• tart. pool, BriAol, ltuo, sad tar Clyde 814,571 To the same period lam year en,2114 Demon 21,414 DITAI PAID OP TOL Ull 1631 TO WY win. Ito. London Liverpool instal — —. 133.6:17 Roll — 3 ,4,766 aids 333,447 Total • Salm tar la 13110 c,tp9,734 soNs,wr u4,nt TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY. The market is steady. On the opot the demand is indif ferent. Prices range as ((Mons :—Town Tallow. 375. nett cash; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 37.. 3d. ; March and April, 33e. 3d. ; but three months, 335. 6d. to 38s. 91. COAL MARKET.—TITIS DAY , Tan&ld Mona, 13a. 6d.; Walls End Riddell, 13a. Ga. ; Walls End Braddyll'a Henan, 14s. Gl.; Walla End well, Ma. 3d. ; Walk End Hilton, Mt. 3d. ; Wall/ End Lambton,' 155.; Walls End Stewart's, 1.5 a. 3d. ; Walla End AdeLide Tees, Hs. 6d. ; Walls End Tees, 15*.-9bipa at market, 130. MARK-LANE.—MIS DAY. There was very little English Wheat at market this morning, and its value was supported. The arrivals horn abroad, of both Wheat and Flour, hitherto this week have been light, and a retail busineas was done in both articles at Mondays quotations. But tittle progress has yet been made in the disposal of the cargoes arrived off the crust for orders, the offers made being below the ideas of holders. Barley and Oats were in fair request at late rates. Beare, and Ponta unchanged in value or demand. Clovcrseed maintained former prices. ARRIVAL.; INTO LONDON FROM 3nl MARCII to sth MARCII. Wheat 560 Oa ts rley I 1130 I 1120 Oa 15110 1300 I /0390 Flour. 1190 sacks ; 111511barrell. PUBLIC SALES: March 4.—By Mr. HAIMOND, at the 'Mart.—Freehold and copyhold estates sold pursuant to an order of the Court of Chancery, in the cause, Cathrow v. Bade ;" Freehold and cOi)yhold house'and premise satllosidesdon, Ilerts, let for 421. IN. per annum. subject to a fine of a year and a halts rent—sold for WO/. Two freehold houses and shops, Great Windmill-street, Westminster, with workshops in Ham-yard, let on lease for 80/.-1,6001. Carnage howlm, stabling, and premkea, That-yard, Great Windmill-grea t let on lease for 501.-660/. Three freehold houses, 11, U, 13, Smiths -court, Great Windmill-street, and stabling in Ilion-yard, let on lease for 331.-480/. Freehold carriage houses, stabling, slaughter home, &c., on the north side of Ham-yard, let on lease for 691.-830/. Freehold stabling and dwelling rooms on the south side of Ham-yard, let for 40/.-480/. Freehold cowhouses, lofts, and premises, on the cut side of Ham-yard, let for 251.-345/. Freehold premises, 13, Tottenham-court-road, let on lease for 901. per annum-1,430/. Freehold premises, 15, Tottenham-court-road, let on lease for 701. per annum-1,300/. Freehold premises, 12, Tottenham-court-road, let on lease for 701. per annum-1,3001. Merin. Diwand MarrnEwm, at the Mart.—Six freehold houses, Albert-terrace, Buxton-street, Mile-end-new-town, producing 127/. per annum, clear of rates and taxes—sold an lots for 1,4001. Freehold house and corner shop, 7, Albert-terrace, Ict tot 301. per annum-3651. Two freehold houses, I and 2, New Underwood-street, producing a net rental of 391. 145.-4101. Freehold ground rent of 161. 10s., secured upon sic houses, North place, Huston-street-3431. Freehold ground rent of &W. Ids., secured upon eleven houses, New Underwood-street-7551. Messrs. VENTOM and Ilt - ottes, at the Mart.—Leasehold house, 8, Durnford-terrace, Kentish-town, let for 261., held for 90 years at 51.-160/. Three houses, Upper Victoria-street, Liverpool-road, let for 601., held for 99 years from 1935 at 15/.-2451. Three pairs of silk n..idenees in carcases, Lancaster road, K e fitt4 i gton-park, held for 90 years at 4a. per foot frontag Mr. MASON, at Garraway's.—Leasehold houses, Albert place, Denmark-hill, Camberwell, let for 241, held for 76 yearn at 41. 4?. 7 1671. 10s. Four leasehold houses and other premises, Lambeth-hill, Doctor's-commons, let for about 2.501. per annum, and held for 3.5 years at 921. 45.-4991. Three houses and other premises, John-strest,Tysoe-street, Clerkenwell, producing 1:141. 16s. per annum, lees taw's, held for 64t years, at 241.-52.51. GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.—The following interest ing geological discovery has just been made by General Cullen, at Cochin :—A question having been raised auto the relative positions of that most mysterious of rocks, laterite, and the shell limestone on which in this quarter it was said to rest, General Cullen caused a well to be dug from the top of the cliff, about 40 feet above the level of the sea, down wards to this depth. It was about 80 feet inland. At the depth of 374 feet he came to shell limestone—a well sunk near the sea, 84 miles to the south-west, gives precisely the Same results. The limestone is one of the most modern of our formations. The shells contained in it seem all recent—. the lignite and fossil remains ore close by. The supposi tion that laterite is nothing else than decomposed granite, is thus completely and at once disposed of; by knowing what it is not, we may by andl by be led to infer what it is. General Cullen has now led a career in India of honour and usefulness exceeding 40 years in duration ; and, with all the ardour of true philosophy and alacrity of youth, he pursues his favourite science with an energy which at his age is in India as rare as it is admirable. It is not every one who is in a position to dig a well 40 feet deep through solid rock to ascertain the relation of two sets of strata. z_ - 91