The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-16 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market steady, and yesterday's decline is being
recovered. Sales, 5,000 bales or more.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :--
1865. 1864
£59,577 £56,610
98,260 94,041

Great Western

North Westorn

South Western

18,769 16,739

Brighton ...
Midland ...

~. 15,519 13,763
... 43,160 41,604

South Eastern

17,650 15,763

Great Northern

32,947 28,893

Lancashire and Yorkshire

... 35,190 34,657

Bristol and Exeter

5,404

North Eastern

5,078

53,468 51,922

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 16,735 16,651
Great Eastern 29,682 28,702

These returns, when compared with those of the
same period of last year, show some very favourable
results. On the Great 'Western there is an in-
crease of £2,967 ; on the North Western, of £4,219 ;
on the South Western of £2,030 ; on the Brighton
of £1,856 ; on the Midland of £1,556 ; on the
South Eastern of £1,887 ; on the Great Northern of
£4,054 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £523 ;
on the Bristol and Exeter of £326 ; on the North
Eastern of 2,1,546 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln of £B4 ; and on the Great Eastern
of £9BO. _

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THE SNOWSTORM IN THE HIGHLANDS.—Another
drifting storm of snow, similar to that which oc-f
curred a fortnight since, has taken place over portions o
the districts through which the railway passes to. Perth from
Inverness, causing partial disturbance of the ordinary
traffic. The snow began to fall on Friday evening (among
us in Inverness it appeared only in the shape of a heavy
shower of rain), and on Saturday morning it was found that
portions of the line were impassable for the trains. The
entire snowfall is believed not to have exceeded three
inches; but this comparatively insignificant deposition
was increased by wind in certain hollows of the rail-
way to no less than four feet, thus causing the trains
on Saturday morning, the one from Inverness and the other
from Perth, to come to a dead halt at nearly the same
places where they were stopped on the occasion of the pre-
vious storm—namely, at the Moor of Dava and at Dal-
whinnie. Happily, in this case the results were in no way
so disastrous. The detentions having been at once tele-
graphed to Inverness and Dunkeld, large bodies of men
were despatched without loss of time, and, setting vigo-
rously to.work, they cleared the line in the course of a few
hours, the trains for Inverness and those for Perth arriving
at their respective destinations about the same time—tha
is to say, at 9 o'clock in the evening, these being at both
places the first arrivals during the day from Inverness and
Perth. On Monday the line was entirely clear, and traffic
went on as usual, the trains being fairly up to their ordi-
nary time.—lnverness Advertiser.
CONCENTRATION OF TILE LAW COURTS.—The area
marked out in the plan which has been most con-
sistently advocated comprises about seven and a half acres
of land. The cost of the site and of the buildings that
would be requisite has been estimated at £1,500,000.
Towards raising this sum, the Government propose to
capitalise the rental of the courts and offices now rented
by the State, and add the values of the courts belonging
to the State, which make a total of about £200,000.
Then the Court of Chancery has in hand a sum of
.£1,291,000, the result of accumulated interest on
floating cash balances in the hands of the Accountant-
General ; of this sum it is proposed to contribute £1,000,000
to the building of the new courts. The remaining £400,000
to be advanced out of the Consolidated Fund at n per cent.,
the principal and interest to be extinguished by the suitors
in 50 years by means of a rent charge to be levied by fees
on the suitors and proceedings of all courts and offices
accommodated, except the Court of Chancery. Other
details of the scheme need not now be particularised,
though it may be well to add that they comprise one ,
eminently desirable feature—the providing of an ample
depository for wills, not only for London, but for the whole
country. There are two objections to the scheme as it
stands at present. One is that it proposes the removal of
the courts from Guildhall to the Strand, which is like tak-
ing a sixpence out of one pocket to place it in the other,
with the chance of losing it during the operation. Not that
there is any chance of the courts being lost by the trans-
ference, but the business of the Guildhall courts is so well
settled and consolidated that if justice does not suffer busi-
ness must ; and the solicitors accumulated about King-
street, Basinghall-street, and Coleman-street, would have
as good a cause for complaint against, the new courts as
those in Westminster have against Guildhall.—City Press.
DUBLININTERNATIONAL EXHIB moN.--The allot-
ments of space to exhibitors in the United Kingdom
have been issued, but owing to the space demanded being
seven times in excess of the whole quantity at the disposal
of the Executive Committee, it has been necessary to refuse
many applicants and considerably reduce the demands of
others. The Corporation of the City of London, the Na-
tional Academy, the Royal Academy, and numerous
private individuals lend pictures for exhibition. There
will be a very fine display of furniture, most of the
principal London makers exhibiting. Glass and
china will also bo well represented. Nottingham
and other manufacturing towns will make a collec-
tive display. The British colonies will be creditably re-
presented ; besides those from which announcements have
been already received, Nova Scotia will have an admirable
collection, the legislature having voted a large sum for the
purpose. Canada and some of the other North American
colonies will also be represented ; and Natal and Mauritius
intend to show. The foreign contributions will be varied
and attractive. The Emperor of the French has promised
to send Sevres china and other objects. Krupp, of Esson,
will exhibit steel ordnance. A very fine collection of tex-
tiles is promised from Rhenish Prussia ; lamps and bronzes
from Stobwasser, of Berlin; pianos from Zurich, and other
manufactures from Switzerland; and a good collection from
Russia.