The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-15 00:00:00

934,002

Tons. T ..0 s.
6,40c,628 5,637,033 749,575
Miles.
Mileage of Passenger Trains 5,0,2,217 1,596,091 10:',21,.;
Mileage of Goods and Mine-

Goods and lklint rals

Trains .. .. 4,995,583 4,4 3,110 512,473
The Morecambe Branch (21 miles) was opened for passenger
traffic on the Bth August last, and the Eccles Tyldesley and
Wigan line was opened for traffic on the Ist September. The
working of the St.Helen'sßailway (23miles) was transferred
to this company at the same period. Two bills for the im-
provement of the company's existing lines by widening the
approach to Liverpool, and extending the Conway and
Llanrwst Railway to Bettws-y-Coed, and also a variety of
minor provisions, are promoted by this company in the
present Session. In furtherance of the objects con-
templated by the promotion of the Lancashire Union Rail-
way, as explained in the report dated the 19th of February,
1864, the directors have agreed to co-operate with the same
parties in completing the already sanctioned measure, by
extending it to the Mersey in such a manner as to give the
necessary accommodation at the least outlay of capital.
The following bills are also promoted jointly with other
companies :—A bill with the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Company for widening the Blackpool Branch ; a bill with
the Midland Company, and parties locally interested, for a
railway connecting Huddersfield with Halifax ; and a bill
with the North-Eastern Company for a joint station in
Leeds. Numerous bills promoted by other companies will
require and receive the watchful attention of the directors.
At a special meeting to be held after the transaction of the
ordinary business, resolutions will ba submitted confirming
the formal agreement for working the Lancashire Union
Railway, and for the creation of ordinary capital in substi-
tution for an equivalent amount of stock or shares of the
Stour Valley Railway and Shropshire Union Railway and
Canal Companies to be cancelled. The directors have
agreed to admit the Great Western Company to a joint
and equal participation in the Shrewsbury and Welchpool
Railway, to take effect from the Ist of January last. The
directors announce with great regret the death of their
colleague, Mr. Philip Williams, and have to report that
they have elected the Earl of Caithness to fill the vacancy
so occasioned. It will be seen from the usual tabular state-
ment in the report that, owing to the increase of traffic and
the additional length of line worked, the miles run by
engines during the past six months exceed the miles run
during the corresponding period of 1863 by 948,689 train
miles ; and a reference to the statement of the revenue
traffic account will show that the company have been de-
bited, through the Railway Clearing-house, for the use of
other companies' waggons and carriages, with the sum of
£12,070, or at the rate of more than £24,000 per annum.
These facts afford conclusive evidence of the necessity and
expediency of providing additional stock to meet the re-
quirements of the increased traffic and working. Accord-
ingly, the proprietors are recommended to vote, for addi-
tional engines, waggons, and carriages, £220,000. The
directors request votes of the proprietors for improvements
and additional accommodation at 59 stations, amounting to
£285,196 ; Lancaster and Carlisle Line, additional accom-
modation at nine stations, £11,905; Chester and Holyhead
Line, additional accommodation at eight stations, £1,370 ;
Shropshire Union Line, additional accommodation, £18,387;
Bedford and Cambridge Line, additional land, .£1,210 ; ad-
ditional land at Kenyon Junction, Morley, Clapham, Long-
sight, and Willesden, £5,000.

From the statement of the Oct. 31,
half year's accounts, it 1861.
will be seen tha the net
proceeds amount to ....£281,776 13 9 agst £7E8,5:8 9 0
To which add the balance

Dec. 31,
1t65.

from last account ..... ... 17,084 14 10 „ 16,881 15 10

Showing a disposable ba-
lance of
Dividend recommended, 7
per cent.

Balance to be carried to
next account... ..... .... £25,812 7 5 „ £21,205 0 4

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Feb. 14.—The market is still lan•
guid and prices drooping. Business in shipping
yarns has been very flat to-day, and to make sales
considerably lower prices would have to be taken.
The market for these goods closes with much de-
pression, and no class of buyers seem disposed to
operate at any decline spinners would be willing to
accept. For home-trade yarns we have also had a
quiet and dull market, and any advance gained last
week may now be said to be entirely lost. There is a
little more inquiry at the reduced rates, but it has
not yet led to any business worth naming. In cloth
all the advantage in prices established early last week
had disappeared by the commencement of this, and
to-day the market appears to be as flat as it can be.
Buyers show very little disposition to operate,
and are professedly waiting till the arrival of the
American mail steamer (the Canada), now overdue,
before making up their minds. There is a good deal
of inquiry as to price, but it appears to be mostly
of a speculative character, and the offers made are
exceedingly low. So far as can be gathered, very
few manufacturers have made the concessions im-
plied by such offers, though prices are irregular,
and consequently the amount of business has been
very limited. Shirtings are generally quoted at
about 2s. per lb., but even this price is hardly ob-
tainable for ordinary makes. Manufacturers and
sellers generally give way very slowly, and there is
but little pressure as yet on their part to sell goods.
Messrs. J. Slagg and Co., in their cloth report, say :
" The improvement noticed in our report of Tues-
day last has gradually disappeared during the week.
Pending the arrival of the American steamer buyers
are indisposed to purchase, or only make offers on
the lowest scale. The operations of the day have
been small, as manufacturers are not willing to
make any considerable concession in price."
LEEDS, 14th.—The cloth-halls have not been very
well attended by buyers to-day, but the amount of
business done was to a fair extent, and fully as much
as on this day week. The weather, though bright
and clear, is sharp and frosty, and tends rather to
check the sale of spring goods. Indeed, it has had
the effect of causing a little demand for a few winter
fabrics. The Canadian and American trade is rather
flat, nor is there much doing for the Australian
colonies, for which, however, a better demand is
looked for after the arrival of the December mails,
which will be delivered in a day or two. The China
trade is only moderate, so far as woollen goods are
concerned, but tolerably active as to some kinds of
worsted and piece goods. Colonial wools maintain
late prices, but some kinds of English are rather
lower than they were last month. The flax trade
is quiet, and the prices of the raw material are not
quite so high as we lately had to notice. Yarns and
threads are without material change.
NorrINGHAm, 14th.—There was a limited atten-
dance at this exchange-hall to-day, and the demand
for lace yarns was inactive at the prices of last
week. There was very litte inquiry for hosiery
yarns, and prices remained nominally unaltered.
Silks may be quoted at fully late rates. The
demand for brown nets was quiet. The amount
of business done has been less than an average, and
prices were much the same as last week. These
goods are still selling at below prime cost.

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((flfurT

HER MAJESTY.

_
OSBORNE, Feb. 14•
Her Majesty drove out in the morning with her
Royal Highness Princess Louise, and in the after-
noon with Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Prince of Wales, attended by
Major Tees-
dale, went yesterday to the exhibition of the works
of the late Mr. David Roberts, R.A., at the rooms
of the Architectural Society in Conduit-street.

DEATH OF H. E CAEDINAL

(THIS DAY.)
last, after
We regret to announce the death—at
a very protracted illness—of His Eminence Car-
dinal Wiseman, who expired at eight o'clock this
morning from sheer exhaustion.

His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador ali'
the Countess Apponyi entertained the Earl Russell an
Lady Georgina Russell, Lord Bloomfield, his Exy
the Spanish Minister and Madame Comyn, his Exeeirc_
the Netherlands Minister, his Excellency the Saxon Milli,-
ter, Count Pahlen, the Right Hon. Sir Hamilton SeS,,nl°-",..'
Sir Charles Lenox Wyke, Count Wimpffen, Prince se-t
burg, Baron Dornberg, Mr. Arthur Russell, M.P., ‘4C.' in
dinner yesterday evening at the Austrian Embassy

Chandos-street, Cavendish-square.
The Duke de Penthievre, son of Prince de Join:
vine, has recently left Lisbon for Brazil, as a voluatee'
officer in the Portuguese squadron. pd
The Earl and Countess of Seafield and 13°
sec,'
Reidhaven have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from

The death is announced of the lloa.
daughter of Viscount and 'V'

Harriet M

'nard, tL

countess liaynar

11ea
ROYAL DRAMAT EC, COLLEGE.—I% d are info—
:hat the Council of tliP above Institution have reel;
iroin the executors of the late George Dodd, Esq.,

quest of £5O towards the funds of the charity.
Yesterday, the exhibition of the reinaillin,„g;
works of the late David Roberts, R.A , about to 11"
opened in the rooms of the Architectural .Society,
duit-street, Regent-street, was honoured with a P,,r`s7b-
visit by the following distinguished persons :—II.R•v: the
Prince of Wales, attended by Major Teesdale ; 1111,-"..tb
Comte de Paris, H.R.H. the Comte d'Eu, and. 11S13' °
Crown Princess of Brazil, etc.
MR. AND MRS., GERMAN REED'S R.,TTER'r'°ills'
MENT.—We understand that the clever eutert3-
06
ment at the Gallery of Illustration, which has had so`
11j°
1
a run, consisting of 'lThe Rival Composers" and ' for s
Bard and his Birthday," is about to be withdrawn.
novelty from the pen of the same author, Mr. Win' ,131.°,11 .
1"00
The 'operas di camera, "The Soldier's Legacy" 3r;„"„‘,.
Many Cooks," continue to be represented every
and Thursday morning. Offenbach's sparkling Wc),,,r; lie
8-3°
now been given more than a hundred times. Nv,,,,-Aio9
that " Jessy Lea, or the Sleeping Queen," with " e•-•, y
Cooks," will in • future be represented everY on
evening, without interfering with the opera 1011- 5
Tuesday and Thursday. twi the
MADLLE. VON MURSKA.-411 connection i
Imperial Opera-house we will now speak at 7,1,17:01
of the eminently fine performance of Madlle. 011 •—r last
as Linda, on which we touched only briefly' in °.„-ttrae-
-1
etter. Madlle. von Murska proved herself in this ved
ter a greater singer than in any previous one, and ac-i.,,1:11)9
an artistic triumph. Her Linda was a picture ore(' and
an artist of genius, who appeared most richly, higlY'wherl
originally endowed by nature, and who promises', .1 her
she has attained her full maturity, to fix without 131
name in the history of the German stage. The bc'itcipslnd as
dashing tones of her voice, which flowed from her
the notes flow from the throat of a bird, showed, illi:utest
stance, despite the various interpolated pieces, the 6'ffeCt•
sign of fatigue, and always produced an entrancirt appear'The fair and accomplished artist, who, on her nrst
ante, was greeted with applause from all sides, arl' 319t0a
oured with the same after every air she sang, 11° ere° the
even a deeper impression in this part than in that e.
much-praised Lucia.— Vienna paper.
THE LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND' -0
believe we are correct in stating that Admiral 11.'13
late Duke of Northumberland,
Wiesstminster Abbey, in the family vault of the Perc9s;
His grace'sremains are expected to arrive in London °so
22d inst, and will lie in state in Northumberland
en the 23d and 24th inst., and on the following R.G., Will be interred
additioo to
the 25th inst., the funeral will take place. In
the late Duke's near relatives and friends, it is Pr°,,/93,11;
that the principal officers of the Royal Institution of
Britain, the Royal National Lifeboarinstitution, and various
other benevolent and learned societies, of which AtbpereSi-
lamented duke was the much respected and valuet.•
dent, will attend the cortege. vt,;(ygari
Yesterday Mr. R. M. Biggar and Mr. Itv 77flest
the proprietor and publisher of the Raof
s'stcii iiilicbafiriing.lt:
appeared at Bow-street to answer a charge
Samuel Smiles, the secretary of the South stock-
way Company. It seems that a Mr. nthoug hly dlesr
holder in the South Eastern Company
proves of the conduct of the directors of the corliPall
several
especially objects to Mr. Smiles. 80 litts °llheen itr
occasions written libellous letters, which have nd on
serted in the Railway Times as advertisements, and
occasion he apologised and paid the costs of Prfvoese
ings which had been taken against him on account ,ared
libels. Lately, however, other letters have aIIP-A to
charging Mr. Smiles with improper conduct in reWetilese
the sale of a vessel called the Eugenie, and -11P°112iineL
letters leading articles were written in the RaileaY they
This was the charge against the two defendants,
were committed for rrial, bail being taken for the"

pearance. -
pr• OS
AN UNFORTUNATE PRINCESS. debt ll° ht at
Radziwill, .whose death in the prison. for de'. of
Vienna has been recently announced, was the eillagilt:.fiag
an hotel-keeper of that city. Prince Radziwill was 5:1,' 01,
at an hotel in that city in 1846, when he fell dangar°ll-bi.f. til°,
and was so charmed with the kind attention paid hl ;rie°,
landlord's daughter that soon after his recovery he dot
e'
her. The happiness of the new married couple W3.s -05c1
long duration, for the prince died some years after it'9Diell
ouse, leaving three children and numerous debts, forLoal°
the princess made herself responsible. As her only ' her
was a pension of 14,000 florins, it was • p ssible f°l. vei
properly to bring up her children, and a:ntheesara° tililree;te'l
debts amounting to 150,000 florins. Having beell gr
t'e'l
by her creditors, she fell ill from grief,. and died 3tfilellPeerll;l
a n years.um atH
°Tfhiler6esi
wealthy landownere rile
Vienna, and her daughter is O-
f 01)513
rtinwoGaeloicnisa. are pupils in the . ato ,
FOUNDERED AT SEA.—Captain 1100C170' th re'
&I, 1, ,
Kongrt Mow, arrived at Liverpool from IC36—ht. ''''''
ports that he left that port on Jan. 8; on the Oth lailft'
hooc.h.uled and boarded by the Federal cruise:6 1.0;
lon .417710 W., he saw a large sepia;
and that on the 21st ult , when ill let' 'i, pan
gee milesth astern. The vessel appeared
three
much, very high at the time, ahtl tb a ststeo
dour galee sea
being
from the W.S.W. Captain Iflot
that the blowing
strange vessel was only in Sigllt.:ot VI
ihour, when of a sudden she careened over, an d " he f°{ '
fmrediately with all on board. In consequence °'°' t °„'o6r
astern,
state of the weather, and the strange vessel ,-;.,131 ',if
assistance.
, Captain Hood was prevented from reuu,,,,,e-a the on
fa:dance. He believed that not one man 0111)°Z,,,i0 eior
e full-rigtogelclatelifitr:eri;
vessel could be saved, as she appeared t°
down''''l)le .-
in a minute, thereby rendering it almost illlP°
~K
any one to have provided himself for the emergliCt°l4-
LAW OF DEATHBED IN theSCOTLAND.--31: f)°,,' g
of Procurators in Scotland propose to a" fijovi-t
Advocate to introduce in the resent Session tile -°glecii.,lel3,l
brief but very important bill:-" Whereas it abeda 0,-a
that the right of challenge on the head of cleatllbt hisYect
be extinguished, be it therefore enacted, .sc•' bat
513°
executed or act done from and after the paasa'fia° , 'l4
shall be subject to challenge on the head of Lica—be oi `Blljo
effect of the above will be to prevent invalidatieUos 00,t
leaving heritable property on account of their e' se° '
within 60 days of death or after the testator 'o"' v
kirk or market.—Edinburgh Courant. Ag it 1131
Armed,
THE LOSS
lliE LOSS OF THE ROYAL MAIL 6.0`"" : e5l a
NIA N.—The Board of Trade inquill I/ r,,' 11.1 reAltoe'f
yesterday, and the evidence closed. It Prille'td'ibe ~...0 An
to the time when the light was discovered ou ocu' ja
Bank, and to the measures which were takea f oie 0..
efficient look out. Two passengers, Mr. t 7, geo, /11110
the 4th West India Regiment, and Mr. St. Georg o,
°'lity.e.
nant in the 3d West India, said that the C;lttgedacalall: 501
captain throughout was calm, energetic, all'un," the ~,e.6 c°
The first engineer, Mr. Andrew Cusin, said
hat °I:11306
that
.0? be,, She
was going at full speed when she struck,
fiwere then reversed, and then turned ahead aPilaressecl Jo,
res were speedily put out. Mr. Lushingtou nifty Ole
court on behalf of the captain (Lemon), aud t°- iettef
cision will be given. iyate naill
ANOTHER MURDER IN JAPAN.---A Pr bip -of
from an officer on board her MajestYs SciefeileeoA
states that a survey had just been made of °let til33o' ato
„, sbor
0,,,„t0
,_,,,
Nagasaki, where the vessel had been for
the 22d of August last the Japanese authorities Ploce lto3
plans of the fortifications being made' but they
pPle °
. c 0 ~y
late, as the surveying officers had pre-violsvlsr. Cil'a Di
their work. On the evening of the same clil.niardef,at oa
Collins, onc'of the engineersof the Odin, Was
„,%„ Om-
the Japanese.
the 26th sailed for Yeddo, and she was ill tile He was buried on the 24th. s- 00
Sea on the 30th, the date of the letter.