The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-13 00:00:00

MONMOUTHSHIRE.

The report of the directors states that the receipts for the
half-year ending Dec. 31 amount to £60,735, against
£61,335 for the corresponding half of 1860, showing a de-
crease of £6OO. The working expenses amount to £28,212,
or 46} per cent., against £30,227, or 49 per cent., showing
a decrease of £2,015. The net earnings amounted for the
past half-year to 32,523, against £31,108 for the correspond-
ing period of 1860, showing an increase of £1,415. The
average rate of interest now paid on debentures is £4 7s 7d
per cent. per annum. The reserve fund now awounts to
£9,440. The general revenue accoutft shows that there is
a balance of £15,973, and as that sum, less income tax,
will yield a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum
on the ordinary shares, leaving a balance of
£1,220, the committee recommend that a dividend be de-
clared at that rate, payable on the sth of April. The en-
gineer reports that the works and the company's railways
and canals lain a good state of repair. Tho capital ac-
count to the 31st December last shims that £1,138,477 has
been received, and £1,168,571 expended, leaving a balance
of £30,094 against the company.

GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA.
The total receipts on this company's lino for the three
weeks ending 21st of February amounted, on 345 miles, to
£32,246 against £23,748 for the corresponding period of last
year, showing an increase of £8,498.

DETROIT AND MILWAUKIE.
The traffic receipts on this line for the seven weeks end-
ing the 20th February amounted on 185 miles to £18,612
against £10,730 for the corresponding period of last year,
showing an increase of £7,883.

RAILWAY BILLS.
Yesterday the bill of the Eastern Counties Railway Com-
pany for their proposed new lines in Middlesex was thrown
out in Mr. Hassard's committee. It was opposed by the
North London Railway and other interests. The commit•
tee subsequently proceeded with the bill of the London,
Tilbury, and Southend Railway, by which it is intended to
vest that undertaking, at present vested in the Eastern
Counties and Blackwell Railway Companies, under the pro-
prietorship and management of the extension shareholders,
who, it is alleged, have now no voice in the management of
the undertaking, and to appoint a board of ten directors, to
be nominated in equal numbers by the three interests, The
bill of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway to con-
nect the west-end section of their Metropolitan Extension
at Clapham with the West London at Battersea, and which
is opposed by the South-Eastern, the Dover Harbour
Board, and Lord Darnley, was opened in Mr. Scholefield's
committee, and continuous evidence on the Andover and
Great Western lines occupied all the sitting. The pre-
amble of the East Gloucestershire Railway Company's bill
was passed in Mr. Woodd's committee, subject to the in-
sertion of compensation and protection clauses on behalf of
the opponents of the measure.

SOUTH EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES.
A numerously signed memorial and protest of owners and
occupiers of wharves and other property on the Surrey side
of the Thames has been presented to the Commissioners,
setting forth that between Lambeth Palace and Southwark-
bridge there are 80 wharves in separate occupations carry-
ing out a variety of extensive trades, besides factories,
mills, granaries, and buildings rising directly from the
waterside, with drawing docks and free landing places, and
for all of which the free use of the river shore is essential.
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figures show the. export of cotton
from Bombay to T following Great Britain, in January of the years
1860-2. 1862, to Liverpool, 69,839 ; to London, &c., 979 ;
total, 70,818. 1861, to Liverpool, 103,036; to London, eze.,
113,649. 1860, to Liverpool, 48,808; to
1,100,n6(1130n; total,,&e. &c., 5,464 ; total, 51,272.

THE POST-OFFICE PACKET SERVICE.—The esti-
mate for this service for the year 1862-3 amounts in all to
£915,897. Of this sum, taking as a basis the; cost of the
service, when that sorv:ce does not exceed the amount of
the ocean postage, and in all other cases the amount of
postage received, about £.170,000 may be considered as ex-
penditure for barely postal services. The estimate for last
year was £994,956,
.but only £919,956 was voted, £75,000
having been withdrawn in respect of the service between
Galway and America.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Lady Milton,
of 903 tons, commanded by Captain Thomas llouston, and
belonging to Mr. George Seymour, of London, sailed from
Plymouth for Sydney, New South Wales, on the Bth
under charge of Surgeon Superintendent:Arthur Guarried
with the following emigrants on board, viz.,
boys, s inand 26
couples, 109 single men, 130 single women,
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was appointed schoolmaster, and a total
of 331 souls, equal to 3051 statute adults
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