The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

- .. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,- FEBRUARY 23, 185 7, - ...... - RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. of December last at 37,032/., and the payments at I land Company states that there has been a large increase DR gADFUL COLLIERY EXPLObION summit, and the sparks from that body of flame ascended ' PRICES 01? SHARES. , ~; 36,0121., leaving a balance of 1,020/. in the traffic of the line. The dividends proposed are NEAR BARNSLEY. 100 yards higher. ••• ----as-- The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, 21-. per cent. on the consolidated stock ; 28s. 9d. per Mr. MORTON (Government Inspector)-This was very Prom the Official Ltst. SOUTH-EASTERN. said he hoped that very shortly arrangements would be cent. on the Birmingham and Derby ; 3 per cent. on the es. strong evidence that you had nearly remained too long. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING The report of the directors of the South-Eestern Rail completed for commencing the undertaking. The preferential stock and Erewash Valley stock ; 2.5 on the LUNDHILL, SATURDAY EVENING. Mr. MADDISON confirmed the statements of Mr. Web- . LONDON, FRID A.Y, FEB. 20, 1857. way to the half-yearly general meeting and special gene amended plans were - not in the bands of the contractors 4i per cent. stock ; 2 per cent. on the Leicester and At four o'clock this morning Abraham Turner, of ster. He particularly mentioned the immense difference lis CANALS. ral meeting to be held on the 26th, contains the fol.ow until January, and therefore they had not bad sufficient Hitchin preference stock ; and 2 per cent. on the 51. Wath : upon : Dearne, one of the 19 miners got out of the they found in the state of the flames from the time they ing pat-..sages :- time to look carefully over the estimates, and give in shares, leaving a balance of 16,000/. The dividend of Pit , • alive died It was erroneously reported that he first saw them until they left the pit. The fire was e Dividend Names of i e Dividend price. Names of ~e / per REVENUE ACCOUNTS. their decision. With regard to the purchase of land the Bristol and Exeter Company will, it is expected, be was dead en Friday evening. It i s ex p ec t e d that Mr. really awful when they came back. When they passed Companies. .6 , 1 , per Companies. e Price. to Result of the Half-Year's Traffic-The usual statements about 17 landowners had been Settled. with, and the at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The South Wales Badger, the county coroner, will open an inquest on the stables at first they could go up to the fire and kick a-, 'Annum. 4 Annum. es it pts and expenditure for the half-year ending the 31st view of tho body on Monday. of recei valuers were peoceeding with all possible despatch. He dividend is at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the the embers with their feet, but when they came back - - J an ., 1857, are now presented to the proprietors. From had reason to believe the contract would be signed in a ordinary stock ; after payment of which there will be a Oa Friday evenihg it was decided by a number of they durst not approach the place ; the flames extended XI X wi the revenue account it will be observed that the gross re- balance of 4,016/. At the adjourned meeting of the ractical gentlemen, who have assumed Ashtn &Oldh 93 71. p. ct. - Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. ~-. as very few days. Birmingham 40 4/. 93 Regent's •• .• 30 178. 10 of from one end to the other. They would have been oeipts during that period have amounted to 583,543/. 4s. scientific and p the responsibility of the steps to be taken for restoring killed if they had not retreated at the time they did. 1 Coventry.. •. MO 111. - Rochdale.... gs 41. 75% imbledon and Croydon e ßailway the proposed lease of the London, Brighton, and South Coast th 101 (including 30,001/. 4s. Bd. receipts from the steam A discussion, originated by Mr. Brhugh . ton, ensued W . . the pit to a safe state, that it should be filled. with in- Mr. C. BARTHOLOMEW esopressed his conviction that all Derby ... - - 100 61. 15s. - Stftrd &Wort 140 281 - packet traffic), being a decrease Of 2,069/. ss. 6d. as coin- on the land question, in the course of which it was stated the line to Grandjunctn 100 21. pr. ct. 44 Stoarbridge.. pared with the balf-year ending the 31st Jan., 1856. that there remained about 20 miles of the line for which Company was agreed to. ehe report of the Cork and combustible gas. Arrangements were at ODCO made to the men in the pit must be dead. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr.ct. - Severn and e .1/ les -rc Available Balance-The statement of expenditure on the land had not been purchased. Bandon Company has been carried, and the dividends carry out this decision ; but owing to its being after- Mr. WEBSTER added that he had reported his proceed- Grand TTnion 100 78. 6d - Wye Ra 11.3 26 .• • di revenue account s h ows that the ordinary working expenses After a very lengthened and animated discussion, have been declared on the preference shares. The wards determined to delay the experiment until the ings to the committee, who concurred with him 'as to Kennt & Avn 40 63. 6% Warwick EC) 21. 25 tee 121. 10s. - of during the same period amounted to 214,882/. 14s. 103. ; chiefly relating to the land question and the delay in dividends of the Hull and Selby Railway have been declared as follows :-2/. 9s. 6d. on each 501. share committee had oonsulted Mr. Nicholas Wood, an emi- the propriety and prudence of the course he had adopted. Leeds &Livrp 100 251. - 1 Birming. _S 100 m Leicester ..•• 100' 51. - Warwick &1 BE the rates, taxes, tolls, and Government duty to 35,097/. Os. commencing the works, . nent colliery-viewer from the neighbourhood of Dur- Mr. MORTON declared his concurrence in the prudence Lcicstr &Nth 83 1/.55. - Napton.4 MO 21 ' - tl 5d.; and the working exrenditure of the steam packet Mr. Minsball moved an amendment to the effect 11. 4s. 9d. on each 25/. share ; and 12s. 4id. on each ham, the apparatus has not yet been put into operation. of the measures which bad been adopted, as explained by Loughborogh 143 701 - . ,Worcstr & / ~, in .,. , service to 18,203/. 7s. 10d. After providing for all charges • that the adoption of the report be postponed, and the meet- 12/. 10s. share. At the Northern and Eastern meeting In case this experiment should be tried and fail-and it i o r in respect of rents, interest, preference dividends, annul- . beV dCH th 28th of March next, instruct- the usual guaranteed dividends at the rate of 5 and 6is stated that it has not invariably succeeded-it is Mr. Webster and Mr. Maddison. The responsibility Macclesneld. 100 21. 108. - 1 Birming.j ' '" - 100 lei. _-- •svilts & Brke - 75. Od. - Oxford.. •• •• 100 which Messrs. Coe, Webster, and Maddison had as- Noath •''' - n. ties, Ate., there remains a net balance of 186,103/. 10s. 2d. ing e a journe i e hi force the er cent. were declared The di • P . vidends announce . d thought that the only alternative will be to fill the mine sumed of closing a pit which contained more than 150 available for dividend on the ordinary consolidated stock ing the directors, in the meantime, to put i th ter As a brook runs near, this could be easily persons was a very fearful responsibility, but they bore WATER-WORKS. E of the company, or an increase of 16,3291...105. 3d. as cora- po w e rs o f th e agreement with the contractors, or to can- at the Royaton and Hitchin meeting was at the rate wl we • _ . of 6 per cent., less a charge for the expense of manage- he immense labour o min • out a ain • effected, but t fpu p git g i t cre ditably, and t y a p the measures he had do ted could pared with the corresponding period a 18a5-6. tract fcr the works with some other persons. Dividend Amount S Dividend Recommended-A dividend of 15s. per 30/. The amendment was seconded by Dr. Jones, and car- ment. The question for arrangement with the Great nt delay would make the lan a ver P 3' not have been improved under the circumstances. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price •11 absorb • costly one. In accordanoe with th e directions ot the ma- Mr. BARTHOLOMEW.-It would be satisfactory to the Annum. Share. P stock, or at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, wi . ried nem. COM. Northern Company to pay the rent by which this charge and the conseque . a sum of 185,842/. 10s., leaving a balance to be carried fot- e e t... ea Thornton, one of the contractors, stated that could be reduced was discussed, and it will again be naging committee the upcast shaft wail during Friday public to be assured that the pit was not closed until --- - 9 X s. d. X s. d. n ward of 1,561/. Os. 23. ; and such rate of dividend the di they would be in a position to state whether they were brought forward at a special meetincs. At the Salisbury night nearly c In losed u but not wholly so, lest it should. there remained no chance of saving any more lives. Berlin .. .• • rectors; recommend to be paid on the 15th of March next. cause a further explosion. A. considerable quantity of Mr. MORTON expressed his approval of a proposal d with the cor- d t o n with the contract or not by the fol. and Yeovil meeting the report cleaning progress was East London The receipts for the half-year, as compare prepare og o adopted, and the contractors are now prepared to pro- white vapoar continues to issue from the aperture left in which had been made to force carbonic acid gas into the Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. 4/. per cent. 25 0 0 - - c respon , s , lino period of 1855-6 show an increase of 10,452/. a lowino Tuesday. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to ceed wherever the land ean be furnished to them. The the upcast shaft, inclidating that there is still an intense pit with a view to extinguish the fire yet burning. If - tl 2s. 3d. heat in the pit. Tests nave, however, been applied, from the pits had not been closed they would not have been 0 0 0 Grand Junction ...... 4t. per cnt. 5 - Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 - 70 I _ TRAFFIC. the chairman. Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds line is to be ready for De. New .... •• - 25 0 0 - --- •‘• uld ap ear that tbe heat is considerabl - 100 o o - 81 1 Number of passengers carried-The total number of opening in June, and arrangements have been made with 95 d pesseneers conveyed upon the South-Eastern lines during SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. the Great Northern and the Lancashire and Yorkshire which i. wo ahatin„eo At . 4pm. on Fnday a thermometer was sus- Lambeth ............ 51. er cnt. 100 0 0 - bility was that the shafts would have closed themselves, p P . y able to get into them again for many months ; the proba- New River Company.. - - - - a the half-year, as compared with the corresponding period The directors' report states that the condition of h t e Companies for working it, and with the Leeds, Brad- pended 20 yards down the upcast shaft, and the test . and the loss of the whole colliery would have been im- southwark &Vauxhall - 100 0 0 - - of 1855-6, have been as follows : -185 e, 4,528,242 ; 1857, line and works is satisfactory. The Cannock and Nor- ford, and Halifax Junction Company for using a certain has been frequently repeated show , mg that the heat has minent. There could not be two opinions that when the West Middlesex .. •• ~ - 61 0 0 - 9834 8 4,593,21 1 ; increase, 67,002. Receipts, 1856, 377,2 3/. 6s. ton branches will be completed before the lst of August portion of the line. The available balance of the South gradually fallen from 105 deg. on Friday afternoon to 85 shafts were closed there was not a man living in the pit, Do. Do, - - ( 2d. ; len, 372,370/. 17s. 11d. ; decrease, 4,882/. Bs. 3d. next. The dividend, 4 per cent., will be payable on the Yorkshire Company will, after the payment of the deg. at the same hour on Saturday.- At the latter period He supposed, of course that the search was not aban- BRIDGES. r Paseenger Traffic-The proprietors will observe with sa -2d of March. guaranteed charges allow a dividend at the rate of a piece of wood and a piece of iron were lowered to doned untill all hopes of recovering any bodies were ex- tisfaction that, notwithstanding the heavy:increase in the Dividend Amount the bottom of the upcast shaft by means of a piece of • •k d a The capital account shows that 1,244,386/. had been 4 ' • per cent per annum. The directors of the Mary- tinguis e . Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. receipt s for through Continental traffic, which has amounted t received, and 1,230,695/. exnended leavin a balance rt and Ca 1 . 1 R• w d a dividend t tarred rope. Oa being drawn up at the end of a quarter Mr WEBSTER.-Certainly not. I did not leave that Annum. Share. to 13,518/. as compared with the Paris Exhibition season of __ .. ..,. e .• r , g po ris e ail ay recommen a fan hour it was found that neither the wood nor th • * • - ( 1855-6, the receipts from passenger traffic have on the of 13,69 le Th general revenue from Aug. 1, 1850, to the rate of 5 per cent. upon all shares, both original and o e mine until every hope was gone. The men who accorn- - whole been well maintained. This is attributable to the Jan. 31, 1857, shows the receipts to have been 342,355/., preference. The traffic is regarded as satisfactory, and rope had been c la. _ F 1 -red or b h • • urnt, t e wood and iron being panied us begged us to return but we did not come _ nungerford .... •• .... X a. d. X 5. d. .... 25 0 0 - s 8 1 steady increase of the local traffic generally, as well as to and the payments 302,4701., leaving a balance of 39,884/. there has been a slight decrease in the expenditure. At but slightly wirmed. rom this it would seem that the back until we were positively ' frightened for our own southwark ...... •• .. •••• 100 0 0 - - the increased traffic brought upon the line from the Strood the Edinburgh and Bathgate meeting the dividend for heat is greatly abati . •ng. It is onl f i aat how- • y arto t e* lives. If we had remained longer we should have been Ditto New of 7% p.c. 103 per cent. .5 0 g g g - - ( and Maidstone branch, which was opened in June last. STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEYBRIDGE. the half year was declared at the rate of 4s. 9d. per share. ever, that water is flowing somewhat largely from the lost. Waterloo ..... .... •• • • •• • • I .... Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 12s, Od. 60 0 0 - - t Merchandise Traffic-The increase under this head tlur- The report of the directors of this company states that A C fhdb db• d Iflith por ion ot e e enture et is now ue, wlc e sides of the shaft, and as the water had evidently fallen , The INSPECTOR said that he should spare no exertion Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. es. Od. 40 0 0 - - 1 - ing the last half-year has been 4,270/. e4s. 2d., which is the line is expected to be finished early in spring, and the directors hope to renew on less onerous terms. The upon the wood and iron it had ne doubt influenced the to have the cause of the accident fully investigated when osseshall ............ 28s. 70 10 3 - - i satisfactory when the unusually large hop traffic of the directors are now making preparations f or the working shareholders of the Ulster Railway have agreed to the result of the experiment. the proper time arrived. He suggested to the owners - i GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. corresponding season of the previous year is taken into of th t e raffic by the London and North-Western Corns dividend at the rate of 6 per cent., and have adopted the The exact number of persons in the pit has not yet that they should do their best to allay the grief of the ' account. When the necessary goods accommodation on Dividend Amoant 1 the Strood aad Maidstone brancla ba,i been completed by pany. When the junction with the Cromford and Iligh report. A resolution was passed authorising the direc- scertained but in addition to those published on been a , persons who were bereaved of their friends. Many of Narne of Company. per of raid'. Price. the coutractor, the directors look ~vith confidence to an in- Peak Railway is completed a large traffic in lime, limr tors to borrow 50,000/. for the extension line, and they names of about 20 more sufferers have Saturaay (150) the them were not only euffering intense mental anguish, Annum. Share. • . crease of the goods traffic from that source. stone, and minerals is expected from that company 8 were also empowered to deal with the preliminaries been ascertained. Mr. Nicholas Wood arrived at the but it was to be feared were suffering also from want of • - -- - • £ s. d. 4 5. d. REVENUE EXPENSES. kilns and quarries for which they are now making ar- respecting the Belfast and West of Ireland project. place a . bout 4 o'clock p.m. on Saturday, accompanied by food and money. , British Provincial -•• 71. rer cent 20 0 0 all - . Working Expenses-The expeuditure insurred in the rangements and providing additional plant. The report of the Madras Railway is considered en- • , Mr Gillot of Mockwearmouth, colliery viewer. The CHAIRMAN said the proprietors of the colliery had Brighton -• • ....•• ~ 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - 15 working of the railway (includiug all ordinary cherges The capital account shows that 150,086/. bad been re- couraging, and, as the manager's staff is efficiently On the subject of the exploration of the mine and given 500/. as a beginning to the subscription, and he city of Lonion .• ta .. 21. per cent. 150 0 0 160 e 0 - upon traffic) during the past half-year exhibits a decrease ceived, and 160,682/. expended, leaving a balance s.gainst and economically organised, the board look with closing of the downcast shaft 4 the Manchester Guardian had no doubt the exempla would be followed. Equitable ~ - ........ 2/. 50 0 0 all - of 12 521/. 7s. 9J. as compared with the corresponding the company of 10,596/. confidence to the development of traffic under im- of Saturday says; :- On all hands it is stated that the Lundhill Colliery European .... . - Great Central - - 13% period of 1853-6. " Between half- rust 4 and 5 o'clock on Thursday after- was regarded as almost the model mine of the dietrict ; im / 50 0 0 - 88% - proved arrangements. At a meeting of the Madras .1 3 ( C i pedal .. • • CAPITAL ACCOUNT. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE. Company a resolution has been adopted that any „ , noon) a consultation was held between Mr. oe air some that the • air-ways were spacioue, the ventilating current Dia() Near - 50 0 0 12 10 G 31 Cap'eal Expenditure.-The total outlsy on capital ac- Th h lf ' e a -yeany meeting of this company was held at interference of the local Government with the traffic mak c'E e•"° leadin • 1 ' fth iehbourhood as to g minera viewers o ehe e _ _ ample; and that the proprietors had from the first Ditto Debentures- Stock 100 0 0 210 count during the half-year has been 48,9461. 13s. 11d. The mg an attempt to explore the main road as far as pos. te d Do.ContinentallstCap 31 - 5 50 0042 15 0 - principal items are 18,046/. 4s. 6d. for s a ' t tions and works Maryport on Wednesday ; M r , ne, ev, H a rtley in the fares, such as would prevent the profits reaching 10 per sible. The general opinion was that imminent danger spared no expense in doing all that could be suggest Do. no. 2d Cap. 4/. 15s. 50 0041 0 0 - on the Strood and Maidstone branch ; 14,939/. 15s. 6d. for chair. cent., would violate the spirit of the contract entered awaitetl those who might make the effort, while some to make and keep the workings in the safest state pos- Do. Do. 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - additienal engines and tenders, carriages, and waggons ; An abstract of the report hae appeared du The Sun. into by the East India House with the Indian railways. thought there was a posa sbnity o f th e risk not being great. sihle. Although the seam is admitted to be " fiery," no. Do. 4th Cap. 31. 50 0041 0 0 - and 7,615/. 6s. 73. for new station buildings at Folkestone. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, But each stood there ready for the attempt ; each volun- it is stated that accumulations of gas, even small s e Independent ..... -•• 51. 40 0 0 all London Part. Preferen. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 - - 25 The other items a re on ae.count of station enlereeneents, congratulated the shareholders on the improved positio n ewcastle Guar tau says :- e are in orme on The N d' It W • f d teered, calmly and after consideration, to face a danger bulk, were very rarely discovered. The firemen had Pewee .•• rendered necessary by the increasing demands of the traf- of their affairs. greater than ahat of most battle-fields. When the praise- strict orders, which the proprietors do not suppoee were Ratcliff •••• • - good authority that t e resu b It of tbe annual statement of 10 0 0 all 12% fic ; tee expenditure on these sevewl accuunts having al- A lone discussion ensued as to whether the interest or e • N rations had been completed Mr. Coe got into the cage, ac- disobeyed ; and the working rules generally, having Surrey Consumers the affairs ofi the ewcastle and Carlisle Railway Com- ... lited General .. - - les Od per sh. 50 0 0 - 20% ready received the sanction of the iffoprieturs. dividentron the 41 per cent. shares should be paid when comparnea by Mr. Webster, of the Wombwell Main Col- Additional Rolling Stock.-As intimated in the last patsy is so favourable as to admit of a dividend at the • been drawn up with care, have been strictly enforced. l 'i j PestminsterCh t d 7 50 0 0 - ar ere per cent. - due on the 30th of June or 31st of December i h n eacs liery, and Mr. Maddison of the Hoyland and Elsecar pits. Cb 'd hfi h b low at the time of Ditto, 'New or ri ge, t e reman w o was e • a-• 50 0010 0 0 - half-yearly report, the directors have found it necessary to rate of 8 per cent. for the past half year, making 5i per They got to the b ' 1h • tth th fo ottom,and ma. e t en- way o e sou r Western A. • . •• • • 10 0 0 all 7% year, or not until after it was declared at the next fon the explosion and is now alive has stated that every order six additional loe.,omotives of the most powerful de- cent. for the year 1856." 300 yards, doing all that was possible to make good the . . # , e Ditto B••..• • .• .. .... i . 10 0 0 40 0 - scription or f the efficient working of the company's in- lowing half-yearly meeting. The question was referred thing was most satisfactory during Thursnay forenoon, -- doors and stoppin th thd be bl wn out, and thus a gs a a een o crease 1 mileage ; and other additions to the cat leSing stock to the directors, who are to report the result at a special TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. partially to restore the ventilation. They passed some and that up to the fatal moment he considered the mine INSURANCE COM.PANIES. are also being made, under the authority granted by the meeting. proprietOre at their half-yearly meeting of the 7th Sept., Resolutions were passed adopting the report, and de- mil es • Receipts. workings. but their nurnber was net great ; and as they was discovered during the inspections early in the morn- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 1854. daring a dividend on the ordinary 'shares at the rate of opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. - ing, or at any other time, a board, bearing the word Annum. share. Consolidation of Guaranteed Shares.-It is the intention 5 per cent. per annum, less income tax. 1856. 1857. 1856. • ject-that of ascertaining what could be done to check the " fire" in conspicuous letters (white, with a- red ground), ---- X s. d. .£ s. d. _______ -_--- of the directors to subinit for the approval of the proprie- --- BRITISH. x - z fire and clear the workings of gas, so that a search might was hung at the entrance of the particular working, and Albion ~,,.......... 71. per c. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 tors at the approaching meeting a resolution auttionsing • DEARNESS VALLEY. 115 Aberdeen .....• .....• ........ ..... - _ be made. But when they got within sight of the furnace the occupiers of it were bound hot to enter until per- &Mena Bri:. and For. 71. 145.6 d. 100 0011 0 0 - the consolidation into stock of the fixed Four-and-a-half 11. p.c.& es. 100 0 0 25 0 0 39% The half-yearly meeting of this company Was held at 37% Belfast and Ballymena •• .. •• .. .. ~, .. 1,121 809 under the ventilating shaft they discovered that all around The system of working was Ditto Marino ....... per C mt. shares of the first and second issues. mated by the firemen. - 10 0 all - York on Friday ; Mr. G. Leeman in the chair. 17 Belfast and County D0wn............ 252 220 it the coal had ignited and was burning fiercely. Nothino Atheumam .. •••••• • • Retiring Directors.-Four directors retire by rotation 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2, t 63 1,846 ' that of " leading and following banks ;" the ventilation A.tias .. could therefore be done in that direction ; so the three 0 25 at the approachine meeting of the company, viz.---Alex- The Secretary read the report, which stated that the eau eie i Bolton,l3lackbarn,and West York •• .. - round the face of the coal was ~ consiaered excellent, and krg i rs etre , , - , e , brave fellows returned to tbe eye of the upcast, and after mmercial .. 7/. 10s. 50 0 0 50 0 6 14 ander Beattie, gsq., Seymour Teuton, Esq., Jonathan works were progressing satisfactorily. The timber via- 1117 ' Bristol and Exeter •• .• - •••••• •• •• .• no pillars have yet been " robbed" or " got. Indeed, British co , . .. 4 ' B3 ' '''"• breathin a hile there the go ed their way along the 7/. 10s. 30 0 0 20 0 3 % Mellor, Esq., and Charles Gilpin, Esq. ; and these gentle- ducts over the river Dearness were now completed, and " 1 Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 11,890 10,5i)6 Church of hngiand th I g l w 00 Y r d P t'll asionally pass- although the mine has been worked extensively during 51. 50 0 0 20 0 2% 911 4 Chester and Holyhead .......... 3,993 3,923 nor eve • They went 4 yar s, s i occ City of London .. •• . men, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. several cuttings were either finished or in course of exe- 6 / 6 Cork, Blacerede an d p assage ~,•,.. 15 9 143 ing corpses, but uncheered by a sight or sound that indi- the two years it has been in operation-the average ClericLeded.& Gen. Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0010 0 0 - cution. The expenditure had been 22,060/., and the re- 20 41. per share 100 0 0 10 0 0 - -- Cork and B a ndo'a .... „„„,, „ „ ~ 23a 190 cated the vicinity of yto Nth= they could be the mes- being about 600 tons a-day-only 13 acres have yet county ..•• -•••• a •• EASTERN UNION. ceipte 12,008/., leaving a balance due to the bankers of 56 Dublin and Belfast.' unction .• ..•• .. 1,105 938 sengers f h - rf an- 0 tie . was satisfactory-no been " got." 0 ope or le. ne ing But, havin ttd th f t "t remains gs a e ese ac e, i Crown -••••••.• .• •• 11. 18s. 50 0 0 50 0 - ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7% Thou report states that the net income for the half- 10, 052 /. 63 Dublin and Drogheda.• • • •. .. Equity and Law...... 5% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% 40% Dublin and Kingstown •• .. •••••• - .• 1,078 879 y t th . year ending December 31 amounted to 51,087/., from The report was received, and the meeting separated. 16% Dundee and Arbroath •• •••• •• •..... 513 397 their steps, and got again to the south of the upcas ,ey lamps being very rarely used by them, and never ex- European Life ...... ... 1/. 20 0 0 all 18 which is deducted 37,8471. for interest on loans and pre. -- al Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen junction 9 51 877 found the fire spreading so rapidly along the coal, • and the cept when the firedamp was known to exist. It is said Family i Endowm ..... ent •• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - ference shares, leaving an available suns of 13,239/ , out 36 Dundalk nese Enni3killen.• •• •• •• • DUBLIN AND WICK LO W AND KINGSTO WN. 67 - • 401 305 heat becomin e so in , . e • tense tbat they decided to give up the that there has only been one previous fatal accident in E e l i e io n b e e ra ' ... ....... 6 per cent. 50 0 all 5% ....... 51. per cent. Stock. all 98% of which the directors recommend ,a dividend upou the The report states that the receipts (33,387/0 on the le East Anglian.... --•••• •• - ........ 911 790 search feeline that they could aid no one, and that to re -93 East Lancashire.. •..... 5 925 5,293 • ' * • • • the Lundhill colliery. That was from an explosion of Gresham Life . ..... • • - - 47 5 0 - main longer would be wantonly to risk their own lives. 20 0 0 50 0 0 - A stock at the rate of 3 Per cent. per annum, being- t7 s . Kingstown portion of the line have been most satisfac- 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. •• '' 21,198 18,957 And it w • lel 11 ff d h as time, for, wi e a su ere very muc , one 51. peT cent 100 0 u 20 0 0 52 63. pt r share for the half-year, and of 2 per cent. per tory, and, as compared with the corresponding period of . t Easternunion aa•• .. - 142 Edieburgh and Glasgow ..... ......., 4.880 4,272 of the three was nearly overpowered by the sulphur, an , Imperiat Fire....• .... . aunty,' on the B stock, being se. per share, leaving the previous year, sho wan increase of 4,208/., which in- 128 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dandee...• •• 5,287 4,801 failing, 110 narrowly escapee being enwrapped by the of two or three persons. The coroner for the district is Imperial Life '143. 100 0 0 210 0 20% 1,050/ for the next account. The capital account show, eludes a sum of 2,424/. received from the Kingstown Mr. Badger, but nothing has transpired as to when •an 0 13 0 0 101 Indemnity Marine.... 51. p. ct. &bs. 100 0 % e . 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • ...... •.. •... - - flames. that 3,000,348/. had been expended. Company ou account of subscription tickets unexpired 22 Farness Railway •••••••••.. •• •• •• 1,258 . 812 " The three gentlemen named bad thus spent more than inquest will be commenced ; and evidently no idea can Law Fire .........• ••2s & Rs bons 100 0 0 210 0 - at the date of the lease. The balance to the credit of 183 1‘ Glasgow, and South-Western........ 5,969 5,553 an hour and a half continuously in the burning mine. be formed of when it will be possible to pursue the in- 0 2 Law Lite..• .......... 20. per sh. 100 0 1 10 0 - ______ 283 Great Northern ... . ...... •• - - .... 19,277 18,014 Legal and General Life 4s. per share 50 0 0 20 0 5% NORFOLK. revenue on the last half•year amounts to the sum of 203% Great Southern .......... (Ireland) 5,611 6,017 Their prolonged absence caused tbe greatest anxiety as to quiry into the cause of this deplorable accident. London - 4 5931. The report further states that the entire of the 415 Great Western •• •• • .. 23 719 21 161 their fate, and the fears were much heightened by what Since the above was written the result-of a long and London & Prov: Law•. 33. 50 0 0 20 0 - Tho dividend to be decla,red at; tae:ensuing halt-yearly „es le ickl 1 . du h I ow me proper was not open ring t e who eof 25 X Irish South Eastern •• • ••• •• - •• 2 ' oecnrred not long before the watched-for signal from be- • hld 't d • h Mar earnest consultation, e on za ur ay evening at t e ine... •• .......... 18s. & bs. WO 0020 0 0 70 mee e tine* is to be 2/. on the 100/. st ice, or at the rate of 90 Lancaster and Carlisle• ••• .... .. - the corresponding period of the previous year, but shows the proprietors, by Messrs:Day (in the chair), mi ne , ............ st. per cent. 20 0 0 4 0 0 - 4 per cent, per annum. 286 14 Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... g a ve the ' cupola ; bricka and shattered timers an increase of 7,293/. The receipts of the half-year - Leeds Northern ..•• .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• - N. Woo , d C. Morton, Government Inspector, Eldott, Monarch •• •• •• •• •• •• • 51 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 IL - - were scattered far and near ; the lurid glare spread over New Equitable - ' LONDON, TILBUPsY, AND SOUTHEND. amounted to 17,754/. and the working expenses to 1 6 i Liverpool, Crosby, and Sonthport.• .. - - h s been made kn wn Th f soot and other colliery owners, a o . e miles of country, and a broad, well-defined streak o Pelican ....•• •• •• ..•• 51p. ct. - - - 637 London and North Western .... 56,466 53,333 8 607/., leaving 2 4551. and making with the balance ' decision arrived at was not to try the experiment of in- The report stated that tile contract with the leesees f ' - " 5 % London and Blackwall•• •• •• .• •..... 1,161 1,214 and ashes was deposited across Revere' of the adjoining Phoenix ....• .... 51„ per cent. - - - , rom previous half- ears a sum of 8 038/ on the revenue 183 d wood troducing incombustible gas into the mine, but only to Professional Life•• •• .. 5L per cent. 65 0 010 0 - was Joe a double line to Tilbury, and a single cue thence y , • . X London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 9,899 9,153 fields, while the bank was covered with coal an of the Wicklow line to which is added a balance of 267 London and South We5tern......... 12,723 11 7 5 1 as h es Th ose b e l ow knew nothing of what had occurred ' introduce steam and allow a considerable quantity of Provident Life........ 12% per c. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - to South-end for 425,000/. The liue was opened te TL- 4 5 --,. . , . 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen •• - .... 651 ' • • • - • • • ' • le' This state of Rock Life........ •• .. Th. 500 0100 8% au ton the Kin stown accounts makin a total ba- 561 those above attributed it to a second explosion, which had water to accumulate in the wor ligs. bury in April, 1854. On July 3, 1855, 52,000/. was ' g ' .g . - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - Royal Exchange ...... i 4 p. c. & bs. Stock. 0 11 26$ lance on revenue account of 12,9741., which will be car- probably done immense damage to the works. There is no Wednesday next, when it is authorised to be raised on shares for the purchase of the 173% Manchester, Shettleld,and Lincolnshire 8,703 7,;:;'0 things is to continue until Sun Fire ...... ti% p.c.& bs. - 1 f ried forward as available for dividend at a future eriod. 93i Manchester and SouthJanction .. 766 673 doubt that what we have described was coincident with understood that Mr. Wood and the other members of Ditto Life ..... 1/. 14s. - - Thames Haven line. IF' the session of 1356 the sum of The amount of the compan 's debt is 193,6091., against 2 2 1 . 0 ., mars'Port and Carlisle -•••••• •• ••.. 932 86T the rapid extension of the flames, which placed the search- .. e ea . . • , • d • 'd tu anaging committee will. again meet an consi er United Kingdom .... 41. &bonus. 20 0 0 5 17) 0 - 55,0001. on shares and 40,0001. on loan WaS authorised Leavitt ,. 1 ..-i, Midland -.••-•••• •• •• ............ 27,362 25,700 era in EO much danger. Universal Life • ..... 51. & bonus. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - whice is to be Pet credits at y nountin to 24,591/ , what further steps may be necessary. From what was vi• i Lir to be raised for completing a double line to Seuthend, a net: debt of 169,0171. g • 5 s ri tr o d n ltad . Gre . a . t . Western (Irish) ...... 1: 3 4 7 3 1 111.1 " Another long and anxious coneultation was held • and ctor a e•• ....•• 51. & bonus -.- 50 0 5% and also 200,000/. on shares and loans for the Bow and cls ••• - •••• •• .- •• •• •• •• . pea stated it would • r that the committee are of • • opinion its result was a determination to cover with boards and , --. 7834 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• .......... 2,932 3,037 that the heat in a th p e pit is very greatly abated •b t the JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Barking branch. Upon the whole of the share capital LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN. 149 North British --•••• •• •• .......... 4,593 4,240 Pusidling the mouths of the upcast and pumping shafts. At . . - , , h s b . . 11 y have given directions ror tue s arts to e stall more Dividend Amount the lessees have contracted to pay interest at 6 per cent. 233 North Staffordshire .• ...... •....... 5,762 6,334 this time the level ground and steep slope between Womb- The re ort states that after providing for the interest 47 North-Western .. ... •• 896 securely closed up, being of opinion that if any come- Name of Company. per of raid. Price. per annum aud half surplus profite. Tae line WAS com- 899 well nnd the colliery ware crowded ; aud when the deter- Annum. Share. nlo ns P and othe li VI - ' cl• bl 87% Scottish Cent 1.• :. .......• .... o a r a i 'ties there remains a 'spode e 3 _ .ra •• •• a- - •••••• - - deratle current of air were permitted to pass into the I tell to Southend in June, 1856. The expsnditure to p e mination becime known it naturally stagaored the hopeful -- - - 2 Scottish Midland •••• .• ............ - _ balance of 5,5271,, which will pay the full dividend on dim I • • hb d' 1 d d t ine an explosion of a more violent character would re the 3 lst of December on the Tilbury and Southend line 29% Shrewsbury anti Birmingham ...... 1,457 1,415 an a " 3 lec to silence those w o a scarce y are o m X ad. Zs. d. le 6 Der cent 10/ shares and 4er ent n the 5 er - the pit be again set on fire. During Saturday Australasia........... 101. per cent. 40 0 0 all . es% anew oted to 592,816/., and on the Barking branch to tt . " ' ' ' pc . 0 p 48 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 2,495 2,187 hope that yet any human beings might be got up alive. suit, and 59,6071. The traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 0 . cent. Lc. las. preference shares. 30 Shropshire Union .. - ...... a ...... 751 6 6 1 That the measure showed on the part of the proprietors ko , E t / the houses of the miners who have perished were visited Ban gyP •• -•• Bank of London - n per ce t. 25 0 0 18 15 0 18% 100 0 0 50 0 0 - 31st of December amom-ited to 31,572 G., and the ex- - 57% South Devon ....................... 1,893 2,027 viewers etc a conviction 249 South Eastern..• .. •• .• .. ... , ~ that no hope could be enter- b b tthfian of y mem ers o e t Taylor and Co,, who afforded • British NorthAmencan 9 per cent. 50 0 0 all 70% peuses to 19,5971,, leaving a net balance of 14,975/. GREAT SOUTHE RN AND WESTE RN. in% South Wales „ ......., 13,429 12,882 tained that any one below was alive is true ; but, even, if li fto the necessitous. Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust& Ch. 41. per cent. 20 0 0 60 0 4% such bad not been their conviction they believed that such re e City ......... The report of the directors states that the traffic re. 97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 2,125 2,061 a ste • • ' - p was the moat prudential. For it was felt that no , colonial Of 100 0025 0 0 - 39 Taff Vale • • • • - .'......... .......... 4 412 3 540 . - NORTH LONDON. ceipts for the balf-year ending the 31st of December list 1,363 1,135 search could be attempted while the tiro raged, and that no Commercial of London. 71. p. c. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25% ed to 184 484/ 1 ainst 180 295/ at the corre- 77 Waterford and amount , ,„ g , . RAILWAY -The Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. 4t. per cent. 20 0 0 an - Tha report of the directors states that there has been 27% _ .. Limerick •• --.... .• 1,127 913 one could get through the fire to the shaft, so as to escape ; AcCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN . Lond.Char. Bk. of Aus. 51. percent. 20 0 0 „ 19 D dinff period ot 1855 shown, an increase of 4 189/ West Cornwall ...... •• .... an increase in the receipts of 6,643/., and a diminution s • °n -' ' e ' • g , ' 12 Whitehaven Junction ....... g • • , Do. New .. • • ...... a The total receipts for the Year 1856 amounted to '• •• •• •• 397 30 7 checked ; and that it could not be checked until the ingress a a aaturea h b th h f tunately unattended witn London and County .. 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 ywlc , oug or in the working expanses of 246/., as compa,red with the ... • - 682 York and Newcastle, and Bersvick & 353 384/. and.for 1855 to 336,7781., showing an increase of air was prevented. The effect of stopping the two corresponding period of 1855. After deducting all out- '. 1 ~. York and North Midland & Leeds - anv iniury to nassengers, beyond a scratch to one Lon & Eastn. Bnkg.C. 61. per cent. 100 •050 0 0 - of 18,606 . Ihe net surplus revenue for the half-year - shafts was soon seen in the disappearance of flames from e s s • ' London Joint• Stock ..• 28 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 32 ter gentlemen, might have been of a very serious charac . goings and interest on the debenture debt, the net ba- Londn end Westminatr 18 4 . per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 47% amounted to 93,192/., out of which the directors recom- in , 70ZE/ON: the cupola; but the smoke showed that the coal was ..., rrom some unknown cause the break van next the en- Nat. Provincial of Eng. ,16 pc.& bs 100 0 0 35 0 0 7 9 lance amounts to 23,389/., being sufficieet to pay a divi- Dutch Rhenish - - still smouldering most extensively, and that no one could . e d a dividend at the r te of 6 t. --- a per cen per annum on e left the road about a mile below the Headcorn sta- Ditto, New ........ 20 0 0 10 0 0 21 dead at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half- 114 a . . , • 328 Lyons and Mediterranean •• •••• •• •. 23,265 1i,846 reach the bottom alive." gin a tha engine, steck, leaving a balance of 18,1921.-8,000/. 63 Montereau and Troyes year ending Dec. 31, and leave 788/. to be ca,n•ied for- - of which they recommend to be placed to the credit ot - - Namur and Liege .. • ............... - The proprietors of the pit felt that in permitting the .. Nationel Bank - t er wards detached by the breaking of the coupling. ward. Tne net belance at the corresponding' period of - New aouth Wales , , 1855 was 18.155/. the dividend at the rete of 4 per cent., the reserved fund, and 10,192/. to be carried forward to _ 415 Northern of France .• •• ............ 36,924 32 0 - 65 downcast shafts to be closed they incurred a must grave „ n e t _ Orleans and Central .. ..... ........ -' ' Lee engine kept on the line. The Van and five Car- Oriental' Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 0 „ - and tue balance amounted to 148/. Tee stock and share the next acceunt. Having now decl•ared a dividend at 59 Paris and Lyons ............„ „. - responsibility, and, as stated in Me Sun of Saturday, . .• 38,748 27,197 la. A • th t i ained attached to the engine suffered no Ottoman Bank - 20 0015 0 0 14% riages a re u ledgers were found to be perfectly cgrrect. The receipts the rate of 6 per cent, per annum for two auccessive - Paris and Rouen. ................ ,„ F'd 't k h " I - vuey ullllllg I'l ay 0201111Dg 00 t e epintOn o a n um ' demage, but the others were overturned and are consi- .Prov i rti of Ireland 4l.p. etAbs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - D , New.- Paris and Strasbur h viewers and other gentlemen whom the - E ... .... • • ........ 30, - 471 29,2 - 1711 ber of colliery _. . . . y - derably broken. All the passengers reached London in fon i an .,„ „ - fcr the half-year amounted to 64,330/ a dth - ~ n e exeenses half-years, the 6 per cent. perferential stock will, on _ Rouen and Havre • - invited from the surrounding district, upoa the eubject. to 33,790/., leaving a bslance of 30,510/. The expencli- payment of this dividend, become merged in the general - • ... ••.• .. Western of France ... - stock of the company. -- That opinion w • • as one of unanimous a ro a In o pp v 1. rder Union of Australia.. - 211. per cent. 25 61 tare on capital account amounted to 1,320,250/. having been previously forwarded. - - -- - a --- , to set themselves right with the public the proprietors a - 210 0 - BUCKINGHAMSHIR.E. MADRAS. SOUTIIAMTTON DOCK COMPANY. and the gentleme y n b whom that °mime had been ad- Messrs. Hatchette and Co., the Paris publishers, are union or Hamburg.... - 15 0 0 30 0 - nion of London.-- 151. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 26% now publeshing a complete and uniform translation of g Tbe balf-yearly nmeting of this company was held on The half-yeaily meeting of this company was held on __ saw _ vised again called tbe colliery viewers and other gentle- Unity Mutual ......•• -- 100 0050 0 0 40% the works of Dickens ; it is the first that has been at- Fridey at the Boston station ; Sir li. Verney in the Thursday at the London Tavern ; Major• General D. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 19. men together aud invited the representatives of the Western Banko , Londn - 100 00,50 0 0 40 tempted in France, the translatiOns that have hitherto -- . Son in the chair. resent at the meeting to hear the opinions chair. The report stated that the traffic of the line con • The directors' report, to be submitt d. press to be p DOCKS. en abetract of the re eto the half- - h h• There were present Mr. J. Woodhouse appeared being only of isolated works, and for the most on tee sueject. tinued to increase, and that, after the payment of the 4 ~/ ~ ', „ _ , port of the directors appeared in yearly meeting of shareholders on the 25t1 • i instant e minent colliery viewer from Derby, in the Part by iticonspetent hands. In a short address, in Dividend Amount per c _nt. o. dividend guaranteed by the Lendon and North- It'e "am' °I ' 3l ° l 4 l laY• states that the gross earnings for the , Day, an eis - ne of Company per of Paid. Price. h 1 h Y • 1' h and English, prefixed to the first volume (a bicb, renc Th i Chairman in moving the adoption of the r year 1856 ex- It ••Mr C. Bart o omew Sout orkshire Corn- Annum. share. West ern, there remained a, balence of 604/. The report • , . eine, ceed those of 1.855 by 1,737/. 0 atr , . said the total receipts for the half- ear amounted t 18s. lld , but that P H 1 ' B bth way ie "Nicholas Nickleby"), Mr. Dickens de- _____-__ y; Mr Henry ot, of Wakefield ; Mr. eecher, 9 e ~ • - was adopted, and the. retiring directors were re-elected. , . 9 0 heavydisbursementstor repairs dth 1 • - an " ' * M clares that "he is proud to be presented to the great Xs.d.X s. d. an e arge amount of Chapeltown ;. essrs S. and T. Satcliffe, of Barns -126862 rupees, and the working expenses to 66,583 of local rates and le whom he loves and 'honours sincerely, Commercial -•..• .. •• 51. pr cent. Rtock. Stock. - French peop , i r Do. BRISTOL AND EXETER. ruaees, leavine a profit of 61,279 rupees towards the th taxes have considerabl M adison, of Barnsley ; Mr. Chailes Morton, y augmented lel ; Mr• a Preference Stock. e expenditure • and whose judgment and suffrag , e are an object of ambi- ~ - ea repayment orthe intere. , t advanced by the Eest India , and various circumstances have Government Inspector • Mr. Webster, of Hoyland ; Mr. East arid West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. „ .11834 The report of the directors states that the gross traaie concurred during th lt h dhill •Mr P k f B 1 M tion for all who cultivate letters.' Grand eurry D. & Canal 41. per cent. 100 .0 0 100 0 0 - Can 1" fi 'h le . ' l pant'. eie pro toni, e wor mg was equiva ent to eas alf-year to occasion a Coe, of Lute , • . eacoc , o erns eye; r. receipts from July Ito Dec. 31, 1856 (including those of 0 , er c . Do. Loan Notes .... , 100 0 0 tOO 00 - ent. per annum on the capital expended in the temporary diminution of the progressive increase Chambers (Newton, eh e --am.ers, a,nd Co.) ; and the pro- COLLAPSING LIFE-BOAT FOR GREAT EA.STERN THE . e ., . Do. 5 per cent. Pref. 51 pie . cut. 25 0 0 5 0 0 - the Ixeter and Crediton and Somerset Centsal Railway), -- P . fhl d d ' construction ot e use opene an in providing the of receipts which the directors had re t - prietors of the mine. STEAU SHIP.-SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday.-One of leer London ..... , ...„ ~ ~ Stock. Stock. 99g amount to 179,505/ , which is 6,024/. more than in the ~ ason oeX . ng life-boats has just begn brought st. Katharine .... •• .. 4%1. per cnt. Stock. 90% robing stock. pect, and which expectatio th • The CHAIENAN, referring to the °losing of the down- thon's patent collapsi s n, ey trust, will be blishment of the inventor, at Fareham, and tham ton .. @ou t p •• .. •• 4 per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Corre ipondi fig period of 1855. The working expenses MAbh t r. rut no seconded the motion, whioh was una- re.ore satisfa.ctorily realised d d cast shafts, justly observed that such a measure sva,s cal- from the esta d Vie oria ..••••••.•.. 5/. Os per c. 20 0 0 20 0 0 19% 1410011nted to 82,277/,, or 4316 per cent., leaving 71/. . ,an pro uce more sub- 1 ced in the inner deck, where it has been examined an Ditto New ......., 3 d d nimous.y a opte . stantial results during the culated to excite public feeling, considering that a great P- 1 ~ 20 014 0 00 1 - 18s. e 4d. per T01:0 on 124 miles worked during the lest present year The ac . 'ticised by various nautical men of thie port. It is in- A long discussion entued, in which Dr. Beattie, Mr. counts show a net revenue, after p tf th number of bodies were left in the pit ; but it was the cri half-year. aymen o e G- t Eastern - steam-ship, and is of the tended for the .ea LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. J Bates and other shareholders took part, in the course interest on only hope. The accident occurred at half-past 12 o'clock, Tbe comparative statement of traffic receipts for the • -' . _ „. debentures debt of the dividends on L h 50 feet ; breadth, 18 so that a period of seve • follewing dimensions 1 - elle ' e interference b the Government ot Ma of which th y refe n hours e apsed before the pit d and Dividend Amoant same time gives an increase in favour of 1856 of 1,656/. p rence stocks, and of all the working expenses feet ; depth, 5 feet. It has six thwarts, with hea # was closed. Another r 1. ' Name Of Company. per - of Paid. Price. dras in the manaeetnent of the traffic and other arrange- re • esolution was that Messrs. Web- 12 oars double•banked. The on passengers, 2,738/ on goods, and 1,336/. on parcels ; ' , '" ' , • pairs, Aic., for the half-year ended on the 31st of t C d M dd . heets and can pu:! d d 't ments or the company was stroneay objecte to, an 1 s s er, oe, an a ison stern a , • Annum. Share. should be deputed to carry out • 'ife boat are-that it can be - ---- added. to which are sums received from mails and ex- December, 1856, amounting to 7,849/. 16 7cl e advantages of the collapsing,. .., - --- - premes, and increase en Exster and Credition, making legality questioned. add surplus carried over from last half- ear 52'1. r S. . ; the views of the committee. The • fth proprietors o eco 4 idth a d hen col towed away in one-sixth of is, w 3tt w 45.d.4 s. d. - altogether a total increase of 6,024/. The balance of the On the motion of Mr. G. Norton, seconded by Mr. 18s. , makinot an aval bl b l f 8 called in a y , i iery were , nd were informed of what had been 8 c , ias) a ance o ,3771. 14s. done, and were fully b f d t • t `he ship s bulwarks Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 may e rappe : o agains e. , , . , British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 lapsed . o 199/10 0 230/05 revertue account, includin g 1,0801. brou 1 git from the for- Lewin, the following resolution was almost unanimously ..... • ia. ; frona this sum the direct r 0 s recommend that a Woodhouse was that practical satisfied. The opinion of Mr. where it is available for use at a m , ... me , t 8 notice. One Caledonian Bank. ..... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 16s reer half year, Ls 58,745/,, whi c h ena bl e ; the • passed, there being only one dissentient : men should carry out the rgest boat of City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0010 0 0 131 Os netors dividend for the half- ear at the ews o hand is . sufficient to open and lower the h.. 0 10 0 0 13t12s to declare a dividend of 5 per cent. er ann P u roP for the " That any controlling interference of the local Govern- Y , rate of 4 per cent. vi f the committee rather than that the responsi- educed by Clydesdale Bank .... 53,i1. p cent. 20 0 last half-year, and to carry forward P m e ment of ludia, through its officials, for regulating the per annum, payable on ehe4th of March, be declared, bility should rest upon the owners of the pit. The corn- d its eatension is ts this construction, an P ... c , mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0010 - 0 0 248i08 a surplus of 8 i 451. boards and gunwale stanco.maa - Eastern Bark ...... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 131 2s The euspense accounte having been now extin ! traffic affairs, with a view to the cheep accommodation of amounting on 360.565/. ordinary stock to 7,217/. mate() would consist of Messrs. Woodhouse, Hartack, the thwarte, bottom . , . . , t , . a . .. 541 t a 0 5 0 0 51 60 guished the public, by reducing the profits of Indian railway coin- all of which are jointed in the middle-falling dom. o Echnb. Glasgow.... 8 . p cen . the d trectors feel justified in recommending le - ' 65., leaving a sur.pfus to be carried to the credit of Holt, Webster, the Messrs. Maddison, Mr.'Cooper, Mr. National Bank .. •• .• 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 194101 t is improve- t on the ca ital is opposed to the pa,nies below 10 per am . p , . straight lines as the boat flies open. It is extremely Nortbof Scotland Bank 51. percent 20 0 0 21005/ 6s ment of dividend, and hope, by the further d 1 the next half - year of 1,160/. Bs. 7d. Thia divide d Sellars, Mr. Carr, and Mr. Child, all practical men cora t. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1401( s eve optuent spirit of the contract b , etween the East India Company • n , light, and can readily be lo wered into the water - -- 1 i s • Ro a Bansofacotl. .. 5/ Bi Pe e r r:nt. 100 0 0 50 0 0 10615 s of trsffic, that this increase may be maintained. The and the r • • d 1 t b of t b ailway companies, an tia t e 'roc ors 0 re- with the a:Lnount paid for the half-yea d d r en e the nected with the colliery. which it takes on an even keel. The attention which iii ii on. nank of Scot. •• • p cost of locomotive power is at the rate of 10.31 d. per I ' h • t,' • • tth b 30th of a 1 t ' 71. percent. 50 0050 0 0 81110 s . . guestet to continuo t eir exer ions in carrying ou e o . une as , makes the dividend on•the com- Mr. WEBSTER : gave an account of the result of his 1 1 b s i'ven to the construction of iife boats as Western . senk ::"... e • i •e,,.. B i 4 /pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17113 mile run. The directors, in conjunction with the Great jects of this resolution." Palrf . 'saardinar t k f th 18'6 ys oc or e year a , amount to visit to the mine. On gettin t th bottom of the shaft g o e has ate y.ee i so. . Alliance Fh:s "'..- - - 41 Per cent. 10 o 0 2 0 0 1/ 15s s Western and South Devon Boards, recommend further Resolutions were passed re-electing Lieut.-Col. D. s ' a means o d •cl f saving life in case of shipwreck ah acci ent, British Guarat, 'e° ••• • - t 100 0 0 10 they found that the lower portion of the slides and - ensue . 10t.per can . 0 0 251 Os assistance to the Cornwall railway. The directors have Montgomerie, Major-General D. Sim, and Mr. A. Mac. t. A ended to the re ort is t per cen pp p he sub- broadgates were entirely blown up and destroyed, and may be well !directed in favour of Berthon's collapsing cad dew ., Fire .. 61. percent. %0020 0 is 2s ' West .sionally agreed to take a lease of the Somers kenzie, the retiring directors, and Mr. G. Norton, t' aie prov. jot •ned statement of the augrevate amount F l ''' ..' 0 - ton- on proceeding further they found the coal around the lsnowled ed cit e of Glasgow Lite .• • thit an_ sa.ety ...e.ng generally ac_ g 3 , 51. per cent. 0 0 3 0 05/ 53 boat, its ul y d f h i Colonial Ltre ... .. •• •• ' ear cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 29/1 set Railway when complete and ready for traffic, retiring auditor. nage of shipping which entered the docks during furnace was in t • I,* Th by nautical men. . Edinburgh Life Insur. 6, _ cent. 60 0 0 3 * 0s a complete state o igni ion. e coal Law Life 51.ae r , s „, 5041 6s - The proceedings concluded with a vote • of tbeenke to the year 1856 :- and woodwork in th hft had taken fire, and e upcast s a WANTED, THREE MILLIONS.-As Easter approaches, Eng. & scot, , Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per ce••••!• 40 0 0 3 0 061 lOs WELLS AND FAKENHAM. the chairman ad d• t n irec Ors. lons. the flames were ra i t • 1 Ile could compare it gng unous y. the excitement amongst architects increases in . intensity. a emu Nti ' Flre and Life 61. per came ; 10 0 0 1 4 0 II 19s Oa Wedneeday the half-yearly meeting of this corn- West Indies ... ... ... .... 72,520 to nothing but to a stream of molten metal beiug From the statement made . by the Chief Commos . loner of North British Insur..• 71. per cent. •no 0 0 20 0 0 37/ os Th Brazils ... .., ,„ ... ... 29,512 ay last, in reply to a question put by Northern ASsUranee CO. - i 0 0 0 10 0 . 1/ 14s patsy took plied at 69, Loinbe.rd-street ; Mr. Southgate o railway meetings of last wet;ce were ag sin East Indies, via Alexandria,- ... 41,133 poured down the shaft. They proceeded about 200 or Works, on Mond tt - Scottish Provincial .... - 5 0 0 0 2 0 03/ 5s in the chair. numarous. The London and Nortb-W 250 yard I th 1 1 nd found the whole Mr. Locke King, it appears that more than two thou . ill be at the r astern dividend Peninsula ... .., .., ... 35,555 a a ong the sou eve , a Scottish Union Dame. 7341. pr cent. 20 0r; 1 00 11 14s The balencc-sheet, to the 31st of Dec., 1856, showed n' ate of 6 per cent. p • Black Sea ••• ••• ... ... 80,810 of the furnace down and the coal OR fire. The sand applications for the specifications for the new ~. d d Life •• •• -•• 51. per cent. 50 001 7 0 0 201 Os e, an ar balance of about 4 5 er annum, leaving a y pro- ... d for the ground plat of the pro. - that the receipts amounted to 61,095 G., and the expeudi- _ , 00/., the prop United States ... ... ... ... 25,500 deeded up the levels and broadgates as far as they government offices, au MISCELLANEOUS. distribute !„at the rate of ds --oaal of the directors to b d ture to 60,025/., leaving a balance of 1,070/. ee P'Sc een Australia (Emigrants) 18,106 osed site at Westminster, have een ma e. It ap- _ h.,... _________ dared to venture t'l they came in contact P feated. The points brou ' t. having been de- , HD 1 he designs will recommend that Dividend Amount I This statement having been adopted, gb.4 Alnbler c el • ~ (Steamers ... 6 ,791--24,897 with the foul. air, and were obliged to retreat. Pears the majority of t (mai oration were be erected at a different place Name of commies,. per of Paid. Price. Antwerp .., „, ... h. e, 5 780 Westminster-tridge shoull A Proprietor requested some information as to the the results of ruanagetnerec, the ecessit They returned to the shaft and then made an exa- Annum. Share. con& ti and the contemplated • y for econoruy, Madeira... ... ••• ... ... 673 1 e takino lower down the river, . on of the line. expendit n ure of 350 000/ t th , .or e France ... ... ... ... -- 60,571 mination of the north levels, along which they pro- from its pretent site, .som e , --------- -____ -• Tile Chairman stated that the line might be consi- construction of the t:Aird line of ra'l . 0 course it is imp,-)s haring-Cross. 1 £ a. d. X s. d. - demi ce i s from Willesden to ceeded for a distanc f 400 yards, up to the fourth alafest sae far as C Bletchloy and ot,ner works, Channel Islends ... ... ... 64,9e9 eo , opinions of the judges will b -e4 Acadian Charcoal Iron •• 10 0 0 2 0 0 - , tnplete with the exeeption of a portion of the and 25,360/. ' broadgate, D h • tigation they found many sible to define what the . pens: anent • on various Ireland... •.. ... ... ... 69,68 t urlng t e inves African steam ship .. 2000 )00 0 - help thinking the bridge will never „ •• reale. All the bridges were finished. They stations and 'sidings for inerrated accom • de were now wan' modation. Colliers ... ... ••• ... ... 70,791 ad bodies, and the men who accompanied them hutstill one cannot . . _. , neinally intended. After the Assam Lea •• -• •• •• •• ea rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - i in g for materisl to complete the perma_ According ta the report of the South E c bro be bu:lt where it was o e Alletic4ll Mart •••• • • •. 21,1 1 per cent. 50 0 0 - ‘ - nent way, hut he i i u , - - astern om- Coasters 10 612 light the remains to the shaft. One man was found that have been expended on tbe Palace at Australian Agriculture _ 25 0 0 19 0 0 23% for traffic in th ad - - doubt the lino would be ready pauy, the net balance available for dividend on Vessels (laying up) ... ... ... 18,8:34 dead close to the bottom of the shaft ; further on they immense mime , . t th t ' ff h 11 ali n Trust its e ect aou . Aastr a •• .• 8/. pr cent. MO 0 0 25 0 0 - it evc uld be consi month. of May next. He was quite sure the ordinary consolidated stock is 187,403/ „ (for repair) ... ... ... 20,172 found 10 bodies in a mass. Not far from the furnace it 't, would be api y a Westminster, i . Austradan Royal Mail 10 0 P all - dered o ~ he erection of a bridge in such cluse - dom, having cost ne of the best lines in the king- which, after the payment of 153. per 30/. stock, wss supposed that a lerge number of bodies were lying, • 4 •• b t be diminished y Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - only 9,000/ a nalp • • Whilst on the question of the ier - or at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum Total ... ... ... 633,331 as the men generall con t d th fi td . contiguity with it. merle= La , •.° British A nd 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 - The meeting then separated . 1 -'. y grega e near ere a inner. ell to correct ' an evident mia- Canada ... •• .... •• .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - 140 • for the past halt-year, will absorb a sum of 185.842/ The furnace was bin d dthtbl ( t ' Posed site' it may be as w he h h o 0 - ~ _ . w n own, an es a es con ain- uer in his s eech Do. 5 percent Bonds 51. pet cent Stock 100 --__ k of the Chancellor of t Exc eq , p SHI-IsEWSBURY AND 13 leavi • • ng a t alance of 1,561/. The report of the Eastern „ lug is ix ta e i 5 S k 100 0 0 - D tto, per cent bds st.per cent. toc 0 110% PARLIAMENTARY RETURNS. Returns relatin t tn g 0 e horses) were on fire. When they got near the up- He made it appear that the cost of the EREFORD cast shaft the on the budget. Ditto, 6 per cent. -6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 The directors' report states that ' Counties Company states that, including 3,466/, brought met Ft h' rope ian ighways, polling places in counties and f _ i , t , y saw immense ma - aies of coal and rock round and the houses would be a million and a half, Ditto, Gp c. bds 1874 81. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - ffie show an incr • the receipts from aas- forward from last account the available amount • nu b a ii, g down r o 0 - senger tra ease in the raft. half r 80,438/. A - , .. is In er of electors, " capitation moneY" te eeboePt and - • -he shaft was like a furnace. Tee differ- g , ry out the recommendation of the committee Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per sent Stock 100 __ _ the corresponding period of 1855 of 5.80 per year on ... P P s the directors ro ose to declare a dividend etatisti ence in the sia es of the army ha the East, were issued on Friday. h e te of the fire tish'en he entered the pit and and to car 1 t ion would involve a further sum of five to six Crystal Palace o 0 5o 0 2 % • m roved 3 the goods traffic has t- p 4 cent., and of al. per sbare which will take 72 920/., the SIM re- [ADVERTISE per emit,. in th • • • 'W en ue left it 70 4 Teat The were in the it , , . n , maul-We have read with much pleasure Du a b ove t __ , MS eery g • D of as Bess y ' uillions more. This must be erroneous ; the principal Ditto Preference 7i pr. cent. 5 4 0 0 all - ' 1 Tne fatal receipts show an averag e of ees 5 • e sa me rnainine is 7 518/ Gre ' ntion has ben paid to ec - Barr sre or , , . -at atue .e. o , Y pt on the cure of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Plata- ".'" 'tours. Tbo stoppages and brattices between t . .11 h the ground, and the erection of the different Crys. niece of France - City Nevigation Bonds 3/ 3 1. per cent - - pertot . - th oit WI 0 100 --; 0 93 Ni -• r 51. ss. per nide per w • ' s. per noMy in th e various departments and several unprofit- lencY, Constipation, Nervous BR' , ious, and . Liver Complaints, e two shafts were completely blown away, and there- c •11 not come to anything like the' sum men- Electric Telegraph . • 61. per cent. Elbeeke, all - mile per te eel,, e eek in excess of able arra t 1 '.. . . • Cough - , Astlime C • ( p fora, o w i offices est 5 0 u iota" His months of 1855, which is eate s f ' ngemen e iave been modified ano °triers term- hnsumption, and Debility, without me a . fpt ei EngetAns. Cop. Smelt. the itorre•pron e' ac- nal ed. At the l'l • ' cine, by Du 13: •• the level, the pit was dead-i.e., full of 1 d Three millions would be the maximum required 50 0 0 all - nry a Food T eel air T Cone . Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. - e I •nt 1 euarenteed by Mr. Laileley e • • . aelswallert a th ea y mee ting the dividend at wh • h • he following are a few extraetet . hey would have succeeded in putting up stop- - ii 0 o 100 0 0 - purposes. This may, no doubt, by many be tory. The cileif e -. a , niter the the • t lc appear to merit th for a Equitable Reversionry 5/per cent. 11 5 1 0 • 22 10 0 - i. • aentiM, less income iaz • ra eof 3s. 6d. per share was confirmed, and the report o atte n ti on o f man y : -Care eto. pages, but the fire increased to such att eaterit thet theY el d eyla e tbt th t •t b • ' 47,121.-" Miss Eli e o nereere AV r rg amoun , u en i mus e Ditto New .... •• .• ~ - 100 0 0 100 0 0 - rete of 4 per culla per . , is re- 'seas aereed t zabeth Jacobs of Nazing Vim age Wale were obli •ccounnend that it be paid c s o. It is stated that the Eaetern Counties thaan-euoss, Iterts • a ' - '-• • • ged to retreat. They *ere so placed that i t Gen. Revers. & Invest. al. p c and 11. 25 0 0 , an - eeiv, d, and the directors i on om if - he - 4-, f hi* in mind that when the new offices are erected a pany sho w a disposition to usethe line for short traffic. tion, gatherin s 1 , eina of extreme nervousness, indiges- had not retreated the wld h b 1 ded from the -(1---- • Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) _ 5 0 0 1 4 ° 0 - the 4th of March n.ett. Th g, ow spirits, and nervons fancies." Cure No. air and stiftdc you are een exc u large nue etner of valuable sites now covered with offices Gen .cy team Navigation Mt. per c t t. & 1 4 0 0 - all 4% T. le ac..•ourits shout that of the /. eutborisei hOO,OOO ~, to lessee s of the Tab e agreement's with the North London R ilwa and the 48 314 -" Al' ' a . y , . ISS Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool; f ro athd, becailse the dii• tette " beekin • g" direct will become aeailable, and be sold, which would mate- London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cen nt. Stock Stock - nd 323 066/ ury Company and the Victora Docke a care of ten yeers' m one shaft and Mr 5/. per ce Hudson's Bay.. •• be raised 550,392/. hal been received, a. , • ex- resp ec ii n e dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous Maddi 0 to the other, He, Mr: 00et - . • daily lessen tho chief outlay.-Obsorver. • 21. 51. - 5 wareh • ' • *tabli • ouse accommodation, had been sane- ascended the shaft and held a COnsettatieln, ~ Flungerford ...• •• •• - _ petaled. tioned by • • irri c i ty." Cure 51,415 .-Oystermouth, Swansea, 24th bt tth 3. n a majorit The ADVERTISEMENT 1.-Tiolloway's Ointment and Pips Lon Ne. &Na. Mauso. ie oii all - ent haa been 8.1 Y. report of the Scindo Railway August, 1853.-Bilious headaches of frequent occurrence, i eir companions ascended in haste, ettlitie that it t • , 5 . 0 eh , 5 1, per C • ..-----....... ( optel and the h which my wife had been subject was im ossibl Bee n sotpeem all other remedies for the ure of Bea egs.- London Hever i n C • L . lo 0 o an _ OSWESTRY AND NEWTOWN. attentio n to tl ' w ole of the speakers directed le advantages of th rul ' removed by Du Barry's salutar R al to for many years, heve been a , P e for any one to remain down any lo es . Mex. &S. American - 25 0 0 50 0 s te ter course the Mr. J ames neelop, weaver, Of Galashiels, suffered n 0 1 Saturday the halt- I t' os of this company year y wee it._, mereial, political, aud niir e u er,ak ing i n a com . E. e. _ . yev enta Arabiea Food.- , y then considered it their duty to acquaint eat. Discount ComP• • - 100 0 0 b. 5/. per cent. - _''' J ISLTLF.R. Cure 51 416. - Cow° • tne owners sv . state severely from a sore leg and notwjthstanding he tried N.s .w. Gev.sp.c. D.a 6d . 10 0 all 74 itar oint of view T • • Y P . lie IllVld- Wai held at Wel,lapool ; tiir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., end declared at the meetin August 24, 1853. Thirt ' ' 1 ' near Swansea' h • ith the position of the mine, and to . . 4 . t 11 t N Br' A ustralasian pretide.d. pany was at the rat gof the Blyth and Tyne Com- y years d rea df u l „ ffee e, h f rom tat it was imperat . 1 hh ft s there Was no everything that medical sklil eould devise ye a was o or. • e sun , et. per c t , en 20 0 0 17 10 0 12% Ive to c ose te e a s, a. . o f North of Eurori , - 23 0 0 all _ eof 8 per cent d rheumatism has been removed by Du Barr 's delicious Reva- probability f the no purpose •no cure wa,s effected until he made use Price's Patent Cand.Co 50 0 all - Tile Secretary (Mr. Stephens) read the report, which traffic are considered eatisfacto *, an the prospects of lonta Arabica Food, in five weeks' time Y 1 t ° s aving any more lives, and that it was , min. - 2te stated tbat Mr. J. Cubitt had been appointed engineer- d . will shortly be opened fur th ry. The Mor e use of the übl . A peth branch Supported by testimonials fro .-Witarear GWIN.- on y chance t m the celebrated Professors of ing in aga i n /1 o read th • • ondition fit er e pit in a c for work- Hoiloway's ointment and pills. These isavaluable medi- Peel River.LaVecto 71 sam . per cent 50 0 0 all - had gone eines soon had the desired effect, for in a few weeks his r en. ge C N 3 rie w o l .. - 50 0010 0 0 14 in-ceief, anti Mr. Piercy resident engineer cf the coca- a journed meeting of the Great Wester!) C ic. t the Chemistry Dr. Andrew lire; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. HarveY; down with t'll e consulted with the meniveho t 1 and lees w pl tely he led and he wishes publicity nittponeary . int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent 100 0 0 ali - • result of the p an e, The directors viewed favourably the efforts poll on the quFstio n of the ameMpany t the E: , ;;d e rz b i e t u cio D i p Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; asked if the era. They vsere called in separa o e s a le to i g ;en t e o r :lurf r a n ct e that others ;night derive the came bene- Re; f e l I , T e „.... .. ..... making to extend railway communication through the declared to be a large majority in favour a Th e :dir st t•li : ecies ; the . Dowager Countess of Castle- yet any 1310 Z evere of opinion that it was h r T Concurred tit.-S ld b 11 ' • • d th oughout the world ; Royal Mail Stea . I r n i .ve;t . . 151'. ! Per cent. 1 0 0 60 a lt t 0 65 centre of the principality to the coast, as th I f tors. Explaoations were entered into a o h -- -- h e uar , ajor-Gen. Thomas Kin and m g, any other respectable is' . bodies out of the mine. Y . 0 y a medicine yen ors r Strand, Scottish Au lian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 Ile 36 e proper y o it reapect to persons, w ose health has been restored b it fterall other with the 113 ' and they ac t e d upon their resolution and at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, A BouthAustra 7%1 t 20 0 all this conipany would lee thereby considerably improved. the coal traffic, which appeared to be s.atisfactory to the means of cure had failed. For furth 7 ' a their own b he its. In a London and 80 Maiden-lane, New York , V •b_ • Trust and Loan Comp. ~ .pr cen . 0 50 0 - Tate aceourite stated that the receipt tlee t greeter number of shafeholders. The report ! e . i ebi i _Do' _EI Mir Ibl f d er particulars respect- , , y Covering over the tops of t p , , ~ Vau Dieinen's Land•• 103. 100 002810 I - A. G "d'c Sro rna ; ant E. aup o tae a 8 OW e u id , s aua 000 our readers are referred Venn Barry's 'ew minutes • after they left the mine the cupola shaft Stamp, Constantinople ; ~ui i y, y s , . , vic. elov. 6 per ct. Us. 6 per cent. - _ - i i advertisemout in another part of this paper, - - . f 7as °°llQd with 6113 3 which reached 50 yards above the . Muir, Malta. . • Miles • Receipts. opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1856. 1857. 1856. BRITISH* 115 Aberdeen .. •• • • ...• •• .. ••• •• - 37 % Belfast and Ballymena 1,121 809 17 Belfast and County Dewn............ 252 220 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,163 1,846 26 % Bolton,l3lackbarn,and West York • • .... . - 11 7 Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • •• . 4,836 5,307 191 yti ca1ed0nian............. 11,890 10,556 91 X Chester and Holyhead .......... 3,993 3,923 6 56 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • .• 159 148 20 Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. 23,1 190 56 Dublin and Belfast J unction ........ 1,105 958 63 Dublin and Drogheda •• • • •. .. 401 Dublin and Kingstown ............ 1,078 879 16 % Dundee and Arbroath ••••• • • • • • 31 Dundee, Forth, and Aberdeen Junction 931 877 36 Dundalk an 4, Enniskillen.... • . • • .... 401 305 67 % East Anglian.... •••• • • • • ............ 911 790 93 East Lancashire •• • • ................ 5,925 5,293 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. •• • • -1 s• 21,198 18,957 Eastern Union • • • . • • 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow. ..... ......., 4.880 4,272 128 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 5,287 4,801 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • ...... • • • • • .. 22 Farness Railway .. • 1,258 812 183 % Glasgow, and South-Western........ 5,969 5,553 283 Great Northern 19,977 18,014 203 % Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 ,611 6 ,017 415 Great Western ••• • • 23,719 21,161 25 54 Irish South Eastern ••••••••.. • • • • • • 223 261 90 Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • .. 286 X Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... - Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 16 i Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport - 637 London and North Western 56,466 53,333 5 % London and Blackwall •• •••• .• •• .. I ,161 1,214 183 % London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 9,899 9,133 26 7 London and South Western. • • ...... 12,723 11,751 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 651 561 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c• - 1 7 3 % Manchester, Shefileld,and Lincolnshire 8,703 7,85 0 956 Manchester and South Junction •• 'l66 673 28 Maryport and Carlisle .. •• • • .• • • 498% Midland .• 126% Midland Great Western (Irish) 52 Monklauds ...• • • •• •••••-•• • • • • • • 1 • 432 1,272 78 34 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• 149 North British •...• • • • 4,593 4,240 233 North Staffordshire 5,762 6,334 47 North-Western ••.•••• • • • • • •••• • • • • 806 899 87 % Scottish Central .• •• .• - 32 Scottish Midland ••.• • • - 294 1 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 1,457 1,415 48 Shrewsbury and Chester 30 Shropshire Union ...• •• •• •• •• 751 681 57% South Devnn 249 South Eastern.• •........... 13,429 12,882 111% South Wales 6,327 5,617 97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole 39 Taff Vale 1,363 1,135 77 Waterford P.nd Limerick • • 27% West Cornwall .....• •• .... ••• • • 12 Whitehaven Junction 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds - 1/011E/ON: 109 Dutch Rhenish 328 Lyons and Mediterranean 63 Monteresu and Troyes .......... •• • - - Namur and Liege .. • • .......... • • •• 445 Northern of France .. . • ...... - Orleans and Central ..... 59 Paris and Lyons - Paris and Rouen. .................. - - Paris and Strasburgh ..........., .• 30,471 29,201 --Rotten and Havre.. ... •.. - Western of France.... THE OPENING OF TBB NORWEGIAN STORTHING. The following is the text of the royal speech de livered by the Viceroy of Norway at the opening of the Storthing on the 9th inst. : Good gentlemen and Norwegians—Not being able to preside in person at the opening of your discussions. it is pleasing to me to leave the task to the care of rY well-beloved son, the Prince Royal, the choice of when! as Viceroy of Norway has so well responded to the wish of the nation. It is with paternal joy and gratitude that I see him surrounded with the love and confidence of the loyal Norwegian people. The proposition for modibing paragraph 14 of the fundamental law (in ter. dieting the absence of the Viceroy from the kindoni for more than three months in the year), which will be Pr e ; Rented to you, has for object t o r e con c ile the sojourn 0 ' the Viceroy in Norway with the exigencies resulting from his position as heir to the thr, ne of Sweden. Our friendly relations with all the foreign powers ere not changed. In 1855, a treaty concluded Alt' England and France strengthened the bonds of frill"' ship which united me to the Sovereignne of these tte° Stites. The Storthing asFemblfs under happy e, 11 ,1 ° picees. In spite of threatening appearances, the late years have beheld the weifare and commercial develnr, went of the country increase, and have thus given ,n 7 additional means to support the charges which the ' n crease in the price of all articles of first necessity yes thrown on us, as well as on the majority t.f the states n i Europe. Wtihout losing sight of the honour s° independence of the kingdom, and the ulet development of the wealth of the country, and equity, not less than the true interest of "Z" state, counsel me to ameliorate th e p os ition of t d Government funct;on , ries—a measure which is render e r necessary by the dearne-s of food—and to propose that purpose a considerable addition to the budget t , am pleased to be able to point out the means of taining that object without causing any sensible crease in the present! taxes. The un i on between '1 way and Sweden becomes every day more intimate it have comrrehended to its fullest extent the great vin? of my late father—the union, so important for the 113 : depenence of the Noit'i, of two nations whom 13n ture has made brothers. My efflrts are therefore constantly dircted towards the realisation of this SO r r inheritance reciprocity, friendship, and c Afiden c : with respect for the rights of each ; clmmunity n if ¢ tion for our native country, loyalty, and all that ° n o contribute to the honour and independence of the 1: e . kingdom. Ani ma t e d w ith thi s idea, I have caus e " " es veral affairs of common importance to the two count° , to be examined by a comm i ss i on composed of No rte gians and Swedes. Propoitions and co mmuoicett will be thus submitted to the Storthi ng on the s tl ""of of the reciprocal commercial and maritime relations %. the two kingdoms, and on the bases of the taxes tie established for the maintenance of %lir independence• i . e pe, during the present session of the Storthing, t 0 e able to communicate to it a satisfactory result of l',"„ negotiations opened with the Danish Government rel f tive to the Sound dues. The report on the situati on ; the kingdom, which wiil be laid before you, peese l l t b, one part an account of the development of public we N. and in another the nature of the affairs to the Soli tion of which I have to call your attention. Jof f e. citing the blessings of Heaven on your laboursr r main, with all Royal kindness, your affectionate B° l reign, " 0000' After the Message bad been read, one of the in i r p ; ters gave an account of the situation of the kine dr during the last three years. The Viceroy then. dared the fifteenth ordinary Storthing of the kit, dom of Norway to be open. The President of I t Storthiug expressed to the Prince Royal the gi satisfaction which the Norwegian people felt 0°. 84 1 ing him at their head, and then all the assemblyl;,, out unanimously, " May God protect the ice ' the country, and the kindred nation." The 'o r roy returned to his palace, followed by all the in dr bers of the Storthing • and other speeches vve . .,re . , livered there by his Royal Highness and the r_s, dent of the Storthing. In the course of his spry the latter said, "The presence of your Royal-11s ness will encourage us in our labours, and wnl„bi l st us the means of executing them in such a 1 33 , 3 "1/0 as to insure real advantages to the country, nf know that you love the Aerties and rights 0 , „„a people, and that you will always desire what is,b s te and just. We are convinced that all the legitto wishes of the national representatives will 4 : 1 " your zealous support." Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—no. 2C4 , .0. WELBAT. BARLEY I OATS. l a t ' Oa First 66s Od 45s 6d 1 38s Od ' 9 3 Second l6 Od 43s Od 39s 4d / 29s Od 0 Third 29s Od 33s Od 1 21s 0I 3 11 TOO , Total quantity of wheat in market, 860 go.' 2 13 sora f , , , barley „ 258 (0 1 ° , 6 3 M ild oats PI 824 qrs.l ta 01 4 yr PP beans PP 226 qrs., "i''' AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. n OO Wheat, 2/. 3 0 11-12ths 1 Barley, —V. 19 iv .i2t ol Oats, ... 11. 9 0 10 . 12ths 1 Beans, 21. 9 '''." ►► ► DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—FEB 1 9 ' lot Qrs. Beet. Current. Infer Od 780 Wheat 62s Od 368 5Ad ...... 0 01 1298 Oats 348 Od . 22s 104 d......." o i P 404 Barley 44s 6(I 3ss 6d ......... ~i g 1,1 31 Peas & beans 42s Oil .. 38s 10icl ..... .... ' ABERDEEN—FEB. 20. • Potato oats 21s Od to 22s Od 1 401 b AA Common oats 20a Od to 21s Od 5 Per " Bere Barley 3 34 4 8 8 0 1 t t: 3 3 6 6 8 s Od d 1 531b5 Wheat, red (spring)3ss 01:1 to 38s Od it }62lbs to , white 30s Od to 45s Od Oatmeal t l7s 6d to 18s 6(1 per boll. Flour 49s Od to 50s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. 1 1 Od to 1° DJ I Butter, p lb. 1. 9 -- v - i ' Eggs, p doz. Os 8 11 t° 3, 6. Hens, p pair 3s Oct t e ,,, 61 Chickena,do.2B Od to 9 , 14_, Ducks, do., 2s Od O , OA Ducklings,doOs Od WI, Vi, Turkeys, each 4s Od W it , 9" Potatoes, pr peck, 8 5 - „. 9d to 10d. i n 1 0 7 at cure) per cwt. 1046 •- 6j' )zen .64 W ~ PRICES. 0 1 Barley fionr,l4lb.oo to :104 ..... Os to 0 ~ dust, lb ... 2 d t° 6 / Pt per ....... Sid% Beef, per lb 6d to 9d Mutton, per lb. 6d to 8d Lamb, do., Os Od to On 0 i Veal, per lb ... 9d to Os 10d Pork, per 1b...0s 6d to Os 84 Salmon, per lb Os to Os Grouse, per brace Os to Os Tallow, p stone, Os to 12s 61 Rabbits, each... Butter for exportation (preset Eggs, wholesale price, per do: RETAIL Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 28 9d Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d Bermes.' ....Os Od to 2s Od Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Cheese, per imperial at 4-Ib. 10af...7d. I ,one, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d 2-Ib. 10af...3id. DUBLIN, FEB. 20. White wheat, 31s 63 to 34s 6d ; red ditto, 318 Oa to 6d; ditto now, —s ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s sa ; ing, 15s to 203 6d ; oats, old, Its to 138 ; ditto, n ° t' 1 86 Oct to 15s Od ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s Od; bore, new, 17, 19' ; d, 30s Oct to 328 Od per brl ; bakers' floa ts et 6d to 26s Oct per cwt ; Indian corn, 3 1 s Oct to 37 8 "" 480 lbs. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continnes a , ~,, the sales in most instances were improved on yang The following were the transactions :—Caledonianott —Eastern Counties, 10/. Bs. 9d. —Midland, SAO; Eastern, Berwick, 22k—South E as t ern , 23* 3 4" stl ll cheater, She ffi eld, and Lincoln, 36 6i 6—L a ncaol o ,l9 Yorkshire, 99i 100—L on d on an d N ort h W es t e rn, L h oft 8 B —North British, 11—Birkenhead, Lan and Cheshire, 69i—Great Western, 68. MANCHESTER, FEB. 21. Doncl' STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a rather active .. ..,cle es eso at improvi ng prices, and London and North touched 109, but closed at losi. East Lancashire,. toot Blackburn, 8 11-16--London and North Western E14.1',,e4/ 8 d.—Midland, 83 i—Sheffield, 36k—Dover, 23: - 7 3-^ Capital Stock, 19k—Cheshire Junction, 70. LEEDS, FEB. 21. Jitt STOOK EXOHANGE.—A. very fair business done tfr o l, Midland, 83 1 1----Sbeffields, 36k—North Westerns, Ditto Prof, 14.11.3.—N0rth Eastern, Berwiclo, Ditto 12A 4 —Birmingham and Derby, 55. BIRTHS. OF • SOL On the 20th inst., at Lower Norwood, the wife of Goodhall, Esq. On the 20th inst., at 14, Dorset-square, the wife of 0 1° John Walter Baynes, Esq. OF A DATIOLITIOL. On the 21st inst., at 20, Regent's 'Villas, Avenue'Ol o Regent's-park, the -wife of Marcus Beresford, E sq . I f On the 21st just., at 31, Upper Bedford-place, the Ado Francis Cramp, Esq• MARRIED. $ 044 On the 21st inst., at Paris, Charles Kennerley 11...4, Ar of the Alliance Bank, to Marie Sophie Claireldaug b ... e r Monsieur A. de Senac, of Ville d' Avray, formerly Di" in-Chief at the Ministere du Commerce. co d ' On the 21st inst , at St. Mary Newington, Geo. 110 3111 i,s0P Esq., of 7, Sutherland-terrace. to Catherine Macrnoceo hope, eldest daughter of John Easthope, 17, Stirrer ° Walworth. .460 On the 2lst inst., at the church of St. Paul, S'stztO l Devon, Mr. Richard Herring, of Watling-street, t ° ,...DOcr Drew, eldest d aug ht er o f J o h n D ew d ne y, E s q., of house, late of Hole. D I E D. tirt , Sanger,Esq., On the 21st inst., William San er, of 4, FASO' ° and 10, Euston-square, aged 61. d %4 CI On the 20th inst, at Camberwell A r th ur Bylan , . fl oo , barrister-at-law, Bencher of Gray's-inn, and Senior (A'"" Pleader of the Corporation of London. 0. 10 6' On the 20th inst., at 38, Argyle-square, Hub ert Es O q, a deof . ' On the 20th inst., at 3, Edwards - street, Portman' - - Mr. John C. Cross. Egg'' On the 20th inst., at Canterbury, Kent, Win. late of York-place, Mile-end-road, London, aged 51 On the 20th inst., at Sunbury, Middlesex, Joseph '- Esq., aged 89. t be On the 20th inst., at Hinton St. George, Sonleso,ooo Hon. Amiss Poulett, youngest son of the Earl and Poulett, aged 22. LONDON : Printed and Published by AWED() 1 -`" /log of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Du. Sun ani ce ' °n oti 112, Strand, in the Precin c t of the S'avey. in the c of Middlesex, Monday, 23, /857. 1