The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-21 00:00:00

GREAT LUXEMBOURG.

The report of the directors states that the gross
receipt's for the year 1861 amounted to £172,193,
against £136,839 in 1860, and £112,951 in 1859;
and the net earnings to £93,902, £67,925, and
£49,630 respectively. Thus the net revenue of
1861 had surpassed that of 1860 by 38 per cent,:
and that of 1859 by 89 per cent. The proportion of
the wot king expenses of last year to the gross re-
ce;:nts wao, 46 per cent., showing a considerable
reducttion ou the preceding year, when the expen-
diture aoaounted to 50 per cent. of the receipts.
The interch,ln
lje of traffic consequent on the open-
ing of the line from Luxembourg to Treves was
already considerabt.'• The net earnings of the line
from Namur to Arlo.' had considerably exceeded
the amount of the Gover,.lClent guarantee (£32,000)
and the company had note. ‘ng therefore to claim
under this head. The cost of the branch railway
completed as far
towards Longway, which had bee.
as Athus, had not exceeded £6,000 a mile. The ex-
penditure on capital account during th. year 1861
amounted to £156,184. The company _had been
repaid £14,531 on account of the £20,000 de,Dosited
by the former board as security for the constru 640 n
of the Grand Junction lines. After deducting fi 'Ol4
the revenue of the railway and canal £62,715 .t 6
meet interest and reimbursement of obligations,
there would remain a balance of £34,037, out of
which the directors proposed to declare a dividend
of 6s. 6d. per share, leaving £1,200 for the re-
serve fund, and £731 to the credit of the current
year. The capital account showed that £3,315,978
had been expended, leaving a balance against the
company of £78,953.

~ TIER BALLOT S OCIETY.
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7- J __________4—
ithe folloW ing letter hits bet n sent by the coin-
n attee of the Ballot Society to an elector of North
1 .'iorkshire, wh.c) expressed. ,lissent from the advice
g o :I.Yell * the co,mmittee to the friends of the ballot
#.
t jtbs ,
.in fromvotiz%- at the forthcoming election,
becan e neither candid
let stated stated the writer t.:-
ate is for the ballot. The
lkfc... # filbank, the anti-ballot rr
er/ determined to vote for
hig, because he found
that both candidates were unfa vourable to the bal-
-100 !tit that Mr. Milbank would. vote for the exten-
pio ' of the franchise "to a certain ex,tent":—
1
et Dear Sir,—The committee direct ma t,') acknowledge
the ', •eceipt of your letter of the 11th inst., and to thank
yen I or the appreciation of their efforts expresse d therein.
t; t 'ie committee regret to find that you differ from the
pond.' they recommend the friends of the ballot in North
Yorksia ire to pursue at the present election.
- wrhc, committee need not remind so active and intelli .
'gent a.'pc,, thcian as yourself of the present state of the Li-
beral party which was lately well described as 'enfeebled,
debauched, anal hvmil;ated, under the leadership of stater
men who care not for reform.'
"It is the object of this committee representing the so-•
ciety to make these statesmen feel that the ballot is re-•
garded by the people of this country as a measure which
cannot be trifled with or delayed to suit the convenience of
any Ministry, the selfitth purposes of any faction, or the
antiquated prejudices oi any party leader. How can they
so well do this as by iztdueing the friends of the ballot at
every election where th a contest lies between an anti-ballot
Whig and an anti .balk I Tory, to treat the difference be-
tween the candidates as one only of the names of worn-out
factions, and to take no pert in returning either of them to
Parliament? - '
As long as the friends of the ballot in the constituencies
are content for the convein'ence of party-leaders to receive'
opponents of the ballot as e endidates and return them as
members, so long will such leaders persevere in refusing to
treat the ballot as one of the p oints of their political creed.
" The policy of the committee should also be regarded in
its effects upon the Liberal members of the House of Com-
mons. Earl Russell in 1859 said of the ballot 'it must be
carried by the growth and maturity of public opinion,' and
, Mr. Bright has said ' when the 200 men now in the House
`of Commons who are pledged to the ballot, or when 50 of
,9,,,,,1 are in earnest and tell the Government they are re,
solved to have it, and they will leave any Government that
wilt jiot
.grant it in the hands o f the Philistines on the oppo-
site side 01" the house, then, anti probably not till then, the
ballot will be conceded.' How c,in the growth and maturity
of public op.init.
in be so well impressed upon the governing'
classes? How can the Parliamevtary supporters of the
ballot be so well t,..'nght that the time is come when they
must with such earnest:ness demand the ha!ot,that it must be
conceded, as by its friends' in the constituench's voting for any
candidate who is in favor of the ballot, .and abstaining
from voting for any opponents, and thus show ing that they
no longer consider the profession of the party name Whig
or Liberal as a sufficient ground of support, where suclt
profession is accompanied by oppos.ition to the ballot.
" With reference to your county election the committee
must observe that no point of the 'Whig candidate's creed
was so clearly stated and so firmly held as his opposition to
the ballot declared in reply to a question put to him in your
town, while his opponent is reported to have said at the
nomination that the extension of the suffrage would not
prove of the slightest benefit without the ballot—an opinion
in which this committee fully agree, and they therefore do
not feel that a promise to support an extension of the suf.*
frage to a certain undefined extent is arty ground for voting
for an opponent of the ballot.
The committee are thoroughly convinced that distasteful
as this policy is to many friends who professing to esteem
the ballot much but esteem Ministerial and party conveni'
ence more —the adoption of it by their friends in the con,
stituency w ill ere long bring about that protection to th
voter which the ballot can alone secure.—l am, dear sir,
yours faithfully,

Jonx F. BONTEMS, hon. secrotaay.

COY N 7 RI MARK L 2 S.

BIRMIN .GUIAM —MARCH 20.
There was a fair supply. of English wheat, which, as well
as all kinds of foreign, vas Is per qr lower. Barley nom''
nally unaltered. Oats, beans, and peas held for the cur
rency of this day week. '

NEWARK.- -MAR= 19.
There was only a small amour t of business done to-daY*
Wheat and oats is lower. In barley and other grain 110
alteraon.
White wheat, new, 60s to 63s Barley, grinding.. 29s to 310
Red do. sss to 51s Oats, old, ...... 00s to 35;
Old white 6oe to 63s New do . 23s to 210
Red do 46s to 56s 1 Beans. ... .458 to 410
Barley, malting 328 to 39s I Beans, 44s to .**6
Peas, ....48s to 540.

PLYMOUTH—MA.I'I.CH 18.
The market was fairly attended, with an averaged emantl
for wheat and flour at about last week's. currency. White
wheat, 65s to 66s ; red, 63s to 64s ,yer qr ; French do., 6°5
to 62s ; American, 61s to 635; Spavish, 74s to 76s i Ras:
sian, 60s to 625. Marley at about late rates-34s to 38S J#
qr for malting ; grinding, 28s to 30s ; , oats, 22s to 28s ; ans,
beans, —s to —s ; flour, 43s to 46s Od.

EDINBURGH GRAIN—MACcR 19.
'
Wheat on the top is Od down average os uP. 5d
Barley on the top 6s Od down average ‘Os 2d tiP.
id up.
Oats on the top is Od down average OLI gd clown.
Beans on the top 2s Od down average L'9
Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat........ 1249 qrs Sold 712 cire
8ar1ey........1176, qrs Sold 714 qrs,
Oats 2406 qrs Sold 1343 qrs
Beans 446 qrs Sold 272 qrs

CORK—MARcH 19. Beal
The following were the quotations this morning 00.
wheat, 22s 9d to 24s 6d ; white, 27s Od to —s Od; barley I.'s
6d to 13s Od ; oats, Us Od to 15s Od.

DERBY SMITHFIELD—MAncn 18.
There was a less supply of fat beasts to-day, and tho
quality was good. The supply of sheep was not over largo+
and the best quality was in demand. Fat calves were ro°11,„.
plentiful, and sold well. The show of fat pigs was bar"
an average one.
Beet 6d to 6id Veal . 7id to Scri.
Mutton .... 7id to Sid Pork
Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 4s 3d per stone,
Hides, 3d to 41d ; calf skins, 5d to 6d.