The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SAD:MD V EVENING, AMOS r 23, . 1862.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Share! Hallwas Closing
y Patti. Price. Business done
,_
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 58 62 -
stk j ißorn.,Baroda&Cent Ind 100 101 102 101;
( Gu. 5 per cent.
20 Do. New • , ....
204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron 54 54,1 54
10 Do. Preference
100 i 100 78 82
6P. 01. ds. ug. 1, 1872
100 Do. dbo. J Auly 1, 1873 100 76 79
100 Do. do. June 1, 1671 100 76 79
at Clcutta.& S.Easto. (Lin ) 100 101 103 1024
st Cape Town & Dock Scrip 100 1074 1084 1084
174 Demerara all
Stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1034 104 i 1044
stock East Indian, gm. sp.c. WI 1044 105 105 4}
20 Do. do. G Ext 2 i iP
20 Do. do. H do.
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 10u 204 21 4
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 64 18
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all 54 16
100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr ' all 30 32
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867
100 Do. do. 1872
stock I G t.lncliaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 102 103 1024 4
20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 4 4 p
20 Do. January, 1862 .. 2 4 ip
stock ,Gt. South.of India (Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1014 1024 1(24
20; Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 124 124 124 ;
20; Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 98 100
100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 89 91
100 Do. 1878
10 Indian Branch Limited 1 4 dis par
stock Madras guar., sp. c.
stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 95 96 954
stock Do. 44 do.. ,
stock Helb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO
20 Newßrunswick t Candy
Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Shati•
... Do. do. Land do..
20 Do. do. B Capital do all 4 c
.. Do. do. Land do.
N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds 100 85 68
stock Seinde ... .... 4,; No 1(,2; 1034
20 Do. Punjaub .... 05 .„z 15 pr 4 p
..
10 Do. Do. —..— i S all 1004 1014,
/
stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,°• 100 98 100

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Share Railways.
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23 2S
445 455
id Ap
47 49
466 475
35
101 115
3
165 175
4 45
54 ai
55 St
41 43
25 3
41 43
106 11
1 05ds,
2/ 35

3 3i
4 4
5 6
40 42

345 '55
24 3
100 tO5
31 53
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94 10
13 14
30 32
215 245
80 85
50 55
1 14
94 104
91 10}
16 18
16 17

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FOREIGN MINES.
20 Australian
1 IllonAccord Copper,Lim all 1 #
5 I Brazil Lan d (Iv Min.Co all 6 11
2 Capula Silver 110 s. pr Ipm
40 Cobre Copper i all 21 23
20 Copiapo . 16 7 8
1 DunMoun.Cep.Mine Co ail ; 1
3 East Dcl hey (Limited)' 1 1 11 ;
2 Fortuna. ~
20 General all 21 23
2 Gt N. Cop. AS. Austr ll 11 ; d
11 Kapunda 1 $ p
Linares all 61 76
5 Lueitanian 2 / Ids
1 Harlquita all 1 1
1 N.RhineCopoiS.Aus.L 1 6 dsr
20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead
Mining and Smelt... I all 2 4
5 Port Philip.- 1 1$ 11
1 Santaßarbara GldMine' 1 4 4pm 1
1 Scottish Austrin. 10s. ;1h pm
20 St. John del Rey (L.) , 15 65 57
28.2.81 United Mexican ..... ail 7 71 71
1 Worthing (Limited) all 4 i
3 YudanamutanaS.A.Ld 1 all 21 I

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1
- 1877-82
- Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 1100 - - !
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. A Aug. 100 103 105
- Do. 6p. c. Mar. A Sept. 100 106 108
- Do. 5 per cent I 100 95 96 96 54
- Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 95xd
- Cape G.Hopc. 6p c,1873' 100 108 109
- Do.Ap & Oct 1880' 100 112 114
- Do. 1890; 100 112 114
- Do. Jan. & July, 1891. I 100 111 113
- Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p Cr 100 - -
-- N.B.Gov. 5 p.c..1 a.AJuly 100 104 106xd
- Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - -
- N. S. W. 6 ov. sp. c., 1866; 100 100 101
- Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876; 100 991 100
- Do. d0.,1888 A upwds; 100 99 100 991
- ,New Zealand 6p. cent.; 100 108 110 1081
- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p.c. ,
- I sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 1054
- S. Ana G6p.c.1876.A up lOO 108 110
..- Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.AJuly 100 186 108
- , to 6 P.n. AD-AiOnt lOO 1084 109 , 109
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
110 ,Alarra&MittedSprvicp B 60 87 89
100 'Alliance B.Ln.AL'pool. 7 41 5 n 11;
40 Australasia
25 Bank of Egypt all 23 14 x d
100 Rusk of London ....... 50 84 85
50 Illritish North Americas a.) - - :491
20 Ch. Bk of B. Columbia 10 4 Id
20 Chtd.Bank of India, At. all 183 191
25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 15 S 7
100 City
100 Colonial 25 40 42 401
20.1.1 Com. Bank of Canada.. all - -
20 Eng.. Scot., A Ans. Ch.. all 171 18
20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - -
100 Imperial Bank Limited 7 Id Ip
100 London and Brazili an . 5 I 1 p
20 Lon. Char. Bkot Austrai all 251 '6f 26
50 London and County .. 20 361 37* 36/ x d
60 London Joint Stock .. 10 334 341 331 4
20 London and S.Atrican. 16 3 31 p 19 4
100 4,onden A Westminster 20 78 80 78;
100 letrop. & Provinl. Bnk. 10 id pr
20 Nat. Prov. of Englan. 42 -
50 Do. new - -
20 National Bank ..... .. 3) - -
25 Nev, South Wales.- - all 41 13 421
20 Orient. B. Corporation . all 62 64
100 Ottoman Bank
20 Do. new
10 Provincial of Ireland
25 Do. new......... all - -
25 South Australia ..,, all - -
50 Union of Australia _
100 Union of Ireland, Lim, 2 11 04 d I
50 Unto., of London
108 Unity id atrial ........ 60 - -
MISCELLANEOUS.
10 Angio-Mexican Mint
10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (1d) all 2 4
25 Australian Agricultural 19 224 131
10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 - -
10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 51 X d
5 Bombay Gas Limited., 1 it die ip
50 British American Land I 40 - -
st B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) I 100 50 65
20 Do. 8,7n.e.ti111852 (Lim) : all 19 21
323 Canadti Land all 101 104
10 China & Jaoan Coast &
River Steam Naviga. 5 - -
et. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Srriltg. all - -
25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent all 14 18
st. Crystal Palace
st. Do. Prelerene.
at, Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. 100 108 111 109 4
10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. all - II
11 Do. B. all - - 91
20 E.lndialrrig-n. & Canal 1 4 d ipm
at. Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New all - -
5 English & Aus. Copper, all 2 21 '
15 Geu. Steam Navigati m 14 261 271
1 Great Ship Limited) all 4 i
1 Do 174 pct Preference all 1 If
2 Indian Carrying, (Lim.) 1 -
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 44 34 d
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 14 14 i
10 Lon. A S.lrel.Dt.Tel.L. 2 -
20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 21 21
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 31 41 x d
10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all - -
25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 11 11 p
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 6 1 2 p
5 Netherlands Land, Bp.c all i 1
100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 1 81 12 14
50 o
1 N.RAustralasian(Lim.)' all ; 13
1 riental Gas (Limited). all 14 11
10 Orintl, In. Steam (Lim.) all 64
5 Ottoman Gas, Limited 1 par 4pm
II- L'eellt.Lnd.&lsfin.(Lim) 100 52 54 x d
50 Pen. A Oriental Steam all 72 74
30 11 13
252 South
.:
50 RhYmney Iron all 18 20
15 Do. New alt 5 6
25
11
ittßuoiboymJalaamfirienalirelosT.Cteeilta.ymslemrippt.s aalll, 274 281
10205 D
Do.
New
wdo
60 54 56 553
at Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 123 135 132 x d
Telegraph
Australianto India
uj .) alll 31. 8:
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Registered
10 Do, do all 4 6
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m i of 4 :: 13 }dd
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10 Trust and
250 C
liLdonmerol 0(1.
Trl.u,strlasi7ell.bUip,r,nCda n, 5 4 1 p
NO Van, DltrAcii 281 12 13

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of this company
was held at 11 o'clock to-day at King's-cross Station—
Edmund Denis, Esq., chairman of the board of directors in
the chair. The report of the directors to the meeting, an
abstract of which has already appeared in our columns, was
taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
referred to the sums which had been added to the capital
account. The first item was one of £280,000 for the pur-
chase of the Hertford and Luton line, and he was happy to
say that the returns on this line were thus far exceedingly
favourable, and in point of fact, the line repaid them what
they paid for it; besides which they got the traffic, small
as it was, between the King's-cross Station and that line,
and the purchase of the line they thus considered a benefi-
cial arrangement. (Hear.) The sum of £55,730 Bs. 6d.
towards the Garston and Liverpool Railway was a sub-
scription to a line in course of being made. Of the other
sums there were £35,786 for works of various descriptions,
detailed in the report, and £33,544 6s. 9d. for additional
rolling stock, in fact, for new carriages. The sum total
added to the capital, was £424,182 6s. 9d. He regretted
that the capital of the Company should have been so mach
increased, but he thought that there was not the slightest
reason to apprehend that the money had been either hastily
or injudiciously spent; that, on the contrary, it had been
judiciously spent, and would amply repay them for their
outlay. The next item, he thought, would be agreeable to
them. It was the statement that the sum of £266,970 3s.
6d. had been received on account of the company's 4 per
cent. debenture stock, and he thought it fair that he should
make an observation upon that. When the project of
raising the stock was first proposed and discussed, they
were told that it could never he got at 4 per cent.
There would be considerable doubt on the part of
those in the Money Market as to whether they would
take the stock. However the directors felt tolerably con-
fident of success, and the result showed that their confidence
was not misplaced, as the total amount of the stock was
£2,089,242 Bs. 6d. (Hear.) Regarding the revenue ac-
count, the gross receipts were £672,458 4s, 7d. against
£650,798 2s. Ild. last year, but when they came to balance
the account they found that they had to deduct from that
£20,000, payable to the Nottingham and Grantham Com-
pany. That was charged upon the revenue, and for this
time, and this time only, it altered the balance of the ac-
count. The Nottingham and Grantham line, although it
could not be quite so favourably reported of as the Hertford
and Luton line was as good as could Le expected ; besides
which it secured their position upon the line between Gran-
tham and Nottingham, which if not secured would have
fallen into the hands of competitors. Meantime, however,
the payment had the effect of reducing their revenue, so
that instead of £39,296 10s. Bd., the apparent balance of net
revenue, they had only £19,296 10s. Bd. He was happy to
say that this increase arose from the decreasing expenditure
in the various departments,the locomotive department and
others, a fact which did them great credit. With reference to
the statement in clause 11 of the report that the charge for
relaying the permanent way was £15,000 this year, as
against £5,003 in 1861, he mightlexplain that this was a
sum which might have been paid out of capital, but being
paid out of the revenue was in fact a paying off of the debt
to that amount, and he thought that the shareholders would
agree that this was a prudent course for them to adopt.
There was a sum left available for a dividend of £109,389
16s. 9d., which enabled them to declare a dividend of 4i
per cent. on the original stock, or f per cent. more than at
this time last year, and leave a balance of £1,460 4s. 11d.
Regarding the bills introduced into Parliament, one had
been passed, but another was rejected ea the second read •
ing. As to that he thought it had been done without due
consideration; however, they must bow to the decision,
and consider it for the future. Several bills had been in
troduced into Parliament prejudicial and detrimental to
the interests of the company, which they thought it prudent
to oppose. This opposition was unavoidable, though he
regretted its involving them in great expense. He was sure
that intelligent gentlemen must know perfectly well that
it was as much their interest to protect their property from
inroads as to prosecute for new bills which would benefit
their line. He, however, regretted the system that took
money out of their pocket, but it really could not be avoided.
A SHAREHOLDER.—IB the remedy worse than the dis-
ease ?

The CHAIRMAN said that was what they could not ascer-
tain, as they had not tried letting the disease run its course:
Had the alternative of doing nothing been tried—they could
not try both at once—they might have had all their traffic
taken from them. He lamented the present system of par-
liamentary proceedings, as there was an immense amount
of moue) thrown away• (Hear.) But it was asked again
what were they to do ? To sit still and let these bills be
prosecuted ? That would likely lead to them being seri •
ously bled, if he might use the expression. The chairman
concluded by expressing, in reply to questions, the hope
that Parliament would be persuaded to take the subject of
their procedure into consideration, and stating that he would
not have the slightest objection to their passing a bill visit-
ing parties wrongfully opposing the bill with the expense of
their opposition, he then moved that the report be received.
Mr. PACKE, M.P., seconded the motion.

Mr. GOETZ made a few remarks upon the subject of
railway accidents and compensation to passengers injured,
and asked if there was any amendment likely to be made in
the law.

The CHAIRMAN said the feeling among lawyers was,
that Lord Campbell's Act was not working as intended, but
he could not say whether any change in the law was likely.
In the course of a conversation that followed on the subject,
he said that the difficulty and absurdity in the present law
was, that a poor man and a Rlan with £lO,OOO a year, though
paying the same fare, and travelling in the same class of
carriage, were treated differently when an accident occurred.
Nothing could be more unjust, he thought, than the richer
man, travelling at the same fare claiming compensation on
his superior income. (Hear, hear.) If parties paid their
fares according to their positions in life, or according to the
sum they meant to claim, there would be some sense in the
law, because their mode of paying would in effect give them
a sort of in,urance fund. Referring to the law as to corn •
mon carriers being only liable for animals up to a certain
fixed sum, unless specially insured, even a race-horse, which
might be worth a hundred guineas, was only valued at this
maximum rate, he said that he did not see why the same
principle should not apply to the carriage of passengers.
(Applause.)
Mr. HUGHES congratulated the directors on the favour-
able character of the report presented. Everything was
couleur de rose, and the dividends were large. He observed,
however, there was no sum in the account in connection
with the Hitchin accident, and he thought that if there had
been no payment to be entered as a charge against revenue,
there should at least have been a sum entered as an out-
standing liability of the company. He censured much the
system of subscribing to other lines, which he observed
this company was still continuing, as they were proposing
in this report to subscribe £90,000 in this manner. He
thought that if they had let other lines alone, and kept to
the trunk line, they would have followed a course which
would have been much more likely to enhance the prosperity
of the company. Other branch lines must have been made,
and could not have avoided taking traffic to the Great
Not them.

Mr. VALENTINE KNIGHT spoke in support of Mr.
Hughes's views, and protested against the whole system of
amalgamations. This course, if followed, would absorb
the dividend altogether, a misfortune which had happened
to other companies, and he hoped the directors would take
warning in time.

The CHAIRMAN said, regarding the Hitchin accident,
that at the last trial a verdict against the company had
been reduced from £13,000 to £9,000, but as to their further
procedure, he did not wish to say anything. The directors
were prepared to meet that liability, if it should be unavoid-
able, without encroaching on the capital of the company.
As to the course of the company in their connection with
other lines, ho thought that the course they had taken was
unavoidable, and was the most conducive to their prosperity.
He pointed to the dividend which was recommended, and
remarked that Mr. Knight's prophecies as to the evils that
were to happen had as yet been unrealised.
After some further conversation, the motion was unani-
mously agreed to, Resolutions were then adopted declaring
dividends on the original and A and B Stocks as recom-
mended in the report, as also resolutions authorising the
directors to exercise the borrowing powers conferred on the
company by the Garston and Liverpool Railway, and other
acts to the extent of £91,0J0.

The meeting was then resolved into a special meeting to
sanction agreements with certain other companies under the
powers of the " Stockport, Timerley, and Altrincham
Junction Railway Act, 1861," the " West Cheshire Rail-
way Acts, 1861 and 1862," the " Edgware, Highgate,
and London Railway Act; 1862," and the " Hatfield
and St. Albans Railway Act, 1862," and to authorise
subscriptions to the capital of the said West Cheshire,
Edgware, Highgate and London, and Hatfield and St.
Albans Companies, and the creation of stock for such pur-
pose. The heads of the various agreements were read
over. Mr. Goezt and others opposed them on principle, as
part of a system of railway management which they con-
demned ; while in reference to the Edgware, Highgate,
and London Railway some shareholders thought that par-
ticular scheme injudicious, and that the expectations of
traffic would not be realised. This opposition was, how-
ever, overruled, and the proposals of tho directors were
agreed to.
On the motion of Dr. REED a vote of thanks was given
to the chairman, and this terminated the proceedings.

Yesterday three of the best of the American
breech-loading rifles, a Whitworth, an Enfield, and the
cavalry carbine (which has been reported on favourably by
the Cavalry authorities at Maidstone), were removed from
the International Exhibition for the purpose of being
publicly tested at the long ranges at Wimbledon against
the accuracy and penetration of the Enfield as a muzzle-
loader.

CAPTURE OF A LARGE SALMON.—At the Stan-
nergate fishing station, east of Dundee, on Wednesday
morning, the coblemen captured the largest salmon they
have taken there for the past 30 years, It was 3ft. Sin, in
length, 27 inches in breadth, and weighed 471 b. It was a
remarkably fine fish, and, as its measurements show, ex-
ceedingly plump and heavy in proportion to its bizeo--
Dun& .11CklItittor.

POLICE-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A TAVERN.—Henry Walford,
a cabinetmaker, with a half-starved appearance, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to commit suicide at
the Olive Branch Tavern, Thomas .street, St. George's.
Mr. Edmund Buckley, of 11, High-road, Kensington,
decorator, said yesterday afternoon he was taking his tea at
the Olive Branch Tavern, about 5 o'clock, when he heard a
rumbling noise in the water-closet, and on proceeding there
saw the prisoner in a sitting posture, with a piece of rope
round his neck, it having been broken from another piece
hanging to a gas pipe. (The rope teas produced.) The
rope, which was tied tightly round the prisoner's neck,
having been removed, a constable was sent for.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—He oweshislifeto you.

Prisoner—The reason why I did it was, because I have
b en out of work a long time, and have a wife and four
children.

Noyce, 176 D, said, yesterday afternoon he was called to
the hause and informed that a man had attempted to hang
himself. He found the prisoner sitting in the parlour, and
he said he had no friends. He afterwards said ho had a
wife and children at Bethnal-green.
Prisoner said be was a cabinet maker.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he:would remand the prisoner for a
week, and in the meantime if anything could be done for
his family it should be done. It was a rash thing for such
a young man to do.
Prisoner was remanded.

CAITTION TO CARMEN.—Peter Petoin, of 40, Uxbridge-
street, Notting-hill, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at
the instance of Mr. William Love, chief officer of the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with
using a pony in an unfit state.

From the evidence of George Cheyce, one of the officers
of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani-
mals, it appeared that he saw the defendant driving the
pony attached to a cart in Oxford-street, and übserving that
it was in a state of suffering, he removed the collar and
found an old wound three inches in length, into which the
collar was pressing, and also another bad wound of some
standing covered with blood. On speaking to the defendant,
he said he had hired the horse, and did not know it had the
wounds, but this was hardly possible.
The pony was brought to the front of the court for the
magistrate's inspection, and bore out the officer's statement.
Mr. Tyrwhitt, after making some remarks on the de-
fendant's conduct, fined him 108., or fourteen days.