The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-11 00:00:00

IV_ENCE.

1 A:WO.
Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices
Compans. Yesterday, this day,
50 all Bedford and London &
Bletchley. • N. West.
304 all Birm. &
guarantee Gt.Westn. 30 —3l xd
304 all , Do. w*Lhor tgr Do 29i _go xd
394 all Birm.Woly. &
Dudleyguar. Do BO 31
304 all Do.wthtguar. Do 29 30
St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W lOB 110
50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon.., 53 54
St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr.
6p. cent .. ... Gt.Notrhn 149 151
25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. 32i
100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New.
Railway & Berw..
50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 113 115
25 all Do. )i Shares Do
12i all Do. i Shai Do 27 28
124 all Lon.&Gi3enw S. Eastern 134 - 144
20 all Do. Preference Do
20 all Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent... Norfolk
20 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 23 25 24
all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W
and Natio& & Midld 3 34 34,
50 all , Middlesbro' & Stckton &
Red ^ar
00 all Midld Bradfd Midland... 108 109
50 all Northern and
Eastern sp. c. E. Count.. 64 66
50 all Do. 6 per ct Do —
50 all Do. Fixed sp.c Do .. . .
Z 5 all Brest. &Wyre L. &I‘.
&Ln& Yk
11 Do. Shares. Do — pm
it. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 151 153,
it. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 150 152
15 183 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.&
Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh - -
L 2 9i S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean —a d
i 0 all WearVallejgr Stockt.
6 per cent ... Darling .
l 5 all Do . Do 3l —32. A
3t. 100 Wilts &Somrst Gt.l7estn lO4 —103 i

MINES.
1 all Agua Fria
10s. all An to Californian g p
10 2 Australasian
20 5 Australian 4 5 p p
1 all Australian Cordillera 1
1 all Australian Freehold. par p 1 II
1 all Ave Maria d
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p
1 all British Austrin. Gold 6 p
20 13.5 British Iron 7 9
35 24 Brazilianlmp. (issued
at R 5 pm 4 5
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuieda 1 2i
20 15 Do. St. John Dol Rey 29 —3O
1 Carsons's Creek par p
40 all Cobre Copper 4l —42 i
5 1 Colonial Gold 2i 2p
14 Copiapo 5
all Copper Min. of Eng — 63
25 all Do. Prof. 7i p. cent — ...p
5 all English and Austin
Copper Smeltg. Co 2 lid
20 all General l4i —15 i
2 all Great Nugget Vein 3—3l p 0
3 all Great Polgooth . —lg p
1 all Lake Bathurst d * d
1 all Liberty p 1
1 all Lo^d.&Californ. Gold
Quartz Crush. Co
1 all Mariquita id—ipmxall x all
10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien 4i bxd z d
1 all New Granada . .
l p
1 all Nouveau Monde 1 ip 2
5 1 Port Philip 1 lip 2
1 all Quartz Rock par p
50 all Rhymme Iron p
15 Do. Now —
30 10 Santiago do Cuba__ 6 7
1 all South Australian j d
10 7 Tin Croft
281 all United Mexican 6 6i
1 all Waller 2} 2 p
1 all West Granada...... p
1 all West Mariposa..., — p
1 all Yuba p

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia B2l 821 82
50 all British N. American ... ...
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
• Australia, & China j• —ll p
100 25 colonial — ...
100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... x d
... 4 English Scottish and
Aust •alian li 11 p
20 7a Loud. Chart. Bk. of
Australia 4 —44 p
50 20 London and County ... ...
50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... x d
IC3 20 Lond. & Westminster ... ..,
100 35 National Prov. of Eng.
20 10 Do. New — ...
50 221 National of Ireland ... ...
25 all Oriental Pauk of
Corporation — ...
23 5 Do. New — ...
100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ...
10 all Do. New — ...
5 1 Royal Australii.Bkg
& Gold I .gyp Co ... ...
25 all South Australia 44 46
25 all Union of Australia 7l 72xd 71 x d
. . 21 Do. Now 74 8
5.0 16 Union of London ... ...
40 all Union of Madrid ... ...

RAILWAY' INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING ORLIBRII.
Yesterday the standing orders of the House of Com-
mons were declared complied with in the following
cases :

Eastern Counties Railway—For power to make rail-
ways from the North Woolwich to Ham Creek and
river Thames in Galleons Reach ; estimated cost
30,0001. _ _

South-Eastern Railway—For construction of line from
North Kent to river Thames, the line to run from
Charlton to Blackwall Point, in the parish of Green-
wich, with a pier in connection therewith, and to
establish a steam or other communication between
such pier and Blackwall, at an estimated cost of
50,000/.

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway...
For proposed extension and deviation of Barnsley branch
—estimated cost 45,0001.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.—For connecting it
by a branch with the Edinburgh and Glasgow, at a cost
of 36,000/.

Tralee and Killarney Railway—To make a railway at
a cost of 110,000/.
Warrington and Altrincham Railway (Extension to
Stockport), and St. Helen's Railway.
The other bills passed were—Price's Patent Candle
Company (for additional capital), Leeds Gaslight Com-
pany, and Plymouth Improvement.
East Kent Railway.—The standing orders were de-
clared not complied with in this case, on the opposition
of the South-Eastern Railway. The estimated cost of
its construction, put in evidence, amounted to 674,0001.

LONDON AID NORTH-WESTERN.--The half-yearly ac-
counts of the London and North-Western !Company
have been fully made out. The balance in favour of re-
venue is 596,754/. ; but this is reduced by 27,4151. for
renewal of rails, and 11,7001. for works, stock, &o. So
that the net balance of revenue is 557,6381., which, with
the balance of 68,303/. from the June half-year, leaves
for dividend a disposable balance of 625,942/. The pro-
posed dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 5 per
cent, per annum, amounts to 533,1554., and will leave a
balance of 92,786/. to be carried forward to next June
dividend.

GREAT WESTRRN.—The Great Western accounts have
been made up, and the disposable balance upon the
working for tbd past half-year is 228,000/. This wm
allow of a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum,
and leave a balance of from 63,0001. to 64,000/. to be
carried forward to the June account.

SOUTH- WESTERN.—The half-yearly accounts of the
South-Western Company show a receipt under the head
of capital of 8,728,7901. 19s. ld., and an expenditure of
8,670,033/. 7s. 6d. The total revenue for the half-year
has been 333,9951., and the gross working expenses, in-
cluding duty, rates, and taxes, 134,9891. The nett re-
venue from the line has, therefore, been 199,0061. The
debenture and other preferential interest, with various
charges against revenue, amount to 64,7391., so that the
net sum (including the 1,4071. balance from the previous
half-year's account) applicable to dividend is 135,6731.
The directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 4 per
cent. per annum upon the share capital. This, upon
6,746,334/., will be 134,926/., and leave a balance of
747/. to be carried forward to the aid of the June divi.
dend.

MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN.—The directors of this
company intend to declare a dividend for the past half.
year at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, leaving a con•
siderable balance.

MARYPORT AND CARLISLE.—A half-yearly meeting of
this company was held on Wednesday, at Maryport. It
was agreed that a dividend of 20s. should be declared
upon each 501. share, and of 55. upon each 121. 10s.
share.

THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN AND
GREAT WESTERN DIFFERENCES.-MEET-
ING AT LIVERPOOL.

Yesterday at one o'clock, a meeting of shareholders
in the above companies took place in the Cotton Sales-
room, Liverpool, to receive the report of the committee
of shareholders in the London and North-Western and
Great Western Railway Companies, appointed at a
public meeting held in Liverpool, on the Bth of October
last, with a view to bring about an adjustment of the
differences which have so long existed between the two
84 companies.

Mr. Rathbone was called to the chair.

Mr, Beloe, the secretary, read the following report
and a statement of the proceedings and correspondence
of the committee of negotiation :
" Your committee refer to the annexed statement of
their proceedings and copies of their correspondence with
the boards of two companies.
" From a careful perusal of these documents it will be
seen that some progress had been made in the attainment
of your object, when the appointment of a select committee
of the House of Commons to consider the whole question of
railway legislation induced the Great Western Company to
break off the negotiation, and await the result of that im-
portant measure.

" Your committee, then, as their last resource, deemed
it their duty to apply to the Board of Trade, and urge upon
tke Government the importance of the object for which
your committee was formed, pointing out, at the same
time, the advantages to be derived from any early report
of the select committee above referred to, which might miti•
gate or suspend a ruinous and perhaps indecisive parlia-
mentary struggle.
" It is with much satisfaction that your committee are
enabled to report that the Government not only sympathise
with the shareholders, but are fully impressed with the
magnitude of the subject, and prepared, through the
medium of the select committee, to institute proper in-
quiry, and receive every suggestion which is likely to lead
them to a correct conclusion, while they freely stated that
they considered the true interests of the public and the
shareholders were identical and could not be separated.
"On the select committee alone you have therefore at
present to rely, and you cannot overrate the importance of
furnishing that body with such evidence as will lead to a
just and decisive settlement of all your difficulties. The
mode of accomplishing this requires your immediate at-
tention, and should be the work of a new and strong com-
mittee.

" Your committee cannot help remarlidng upon the hard-
ship of being driven to Parliament to seek, on expensive
terms; for the decision of a question which ought to have
been settled by your directors, and they regret to state
how painfully evident it has become that without an or-
genic change in the system of railway management there
is no escape from the labyrinth in which they have involved
you.

"EYRE EVANS,
HENRY CLAY,
WILLIAM RATHBONE,
GEORGE HOLT, Committee.
WILLIAM FENTON,
ALEX. M4GREGOR,
ROBERT WOODWARD,
HENRY C. BELOE, Secretary."
The correspondence concluded with the statement
that—

" Shortly after the receipt of a letter from Mr. Saunders,
the secretary of the Great Western Railway Company, the
committee determined to seek an interview with the Board
of Trade, and accordingly a deputation had the honour of
an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord
Stanley of Alderley, on Wednesday, the 26th January.
The deputation were assured that the government con-
sidered the subject of railway legislation as of imperial
magnitude, the importance of which could not be overrated.
They were further given to understand that the labours of
the select committee of the House of Commons, appointed
by the late and strengthened by the present government,
would be devoted to the earnest consideration of this mo-
mentous question, a satisfactory solution of which would
be most gratifying to the government ; and that, profiting
by the experience of the past, it was thought a course might
be devised which would for the future put an end to the
ruinous contests between railway companies, having regard,
to the interests of the shareholders and the public, which
were in fact identical."
The CliAllt3fAN then said he hoped the shareholders
would see that the committee had acted, as instructed,
with perfect fairness. He then gave a sketch of the
proceedings of the committee, and moved the adoption
of the report. •
Mr. HALL seconded the motion.

In reference to a remark of the Chairman, that the
directors had spent 70,000/. in litigation,
Mr. RowsoN, auditor of the London and North.
Western Company, stated that he had reason to know
that the sum was not less than 100,0001. He urged the
shareholders to call on the directors to state what they
really were spending and to attend the ensuing meetings,
and there insist on the directors inserting such expenses
in their half-yearly reports.

Mr. HALL-asked Mr Rowson if he could tell the meet-
ing whether the London and North-Western Company
added these expenses to capital?
Mr. ROWSON said that although that was not per-
haps the proper place to answer such a question yet he
would not shrink from a reply. The London and North-
Western Company did not place a halfpenny of their
parliamentary expenses to the capital account.
The adoption of the report was then put, and carried
unanimously.

The CHAIRMAN next called the attention of the meet-
ing to the paragraph suggesting the appointment of a
new and strong committee, for the purpose of furnishing
the select committee of the House of Commons with
such evidence as will lead to a just and decisive settle-
ment of all the difficulties. He said the question they
had now to consider was, who they were to propose—
whether it would be considered more suitable to have
parties in the vicinity of London or here.

Mr. HALL suggested, and then moved—" That the
present committee continue to act, with power to add
such persons (here or elsewhere) as they think best cal-
culated to effect the objects contemplated."
The CHAIRMAN wished Mr. Hall would add the words
"jointly interested," after persons. It had been at-
tempted to fix upon this committee as a Liverpool knot
favourable to the London and North-Western Company,
and he hoped Mr. Hall would add these words to show
that such was not the case.
Mr. ARNOLD seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.
A SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether the meet-
ing was prepared to support the committee with their
proxies, to turn out the directors ?
meetings
at the tthheemensuing
t hn
The CHAIRMAN thought it would be better for the
and e
they
could judge whether it would be proper
committee not to seek proxies, as they would lose their
power, but to let the proxies flow in upon them.
Mr. RowsoN did not think it well to say anything
aboutuonrstil
htandeytohesaal
whatthe proxies
directors
ct e
proper to commence
hostilities.
.. _

The meeting seemed to approve of these remarks, and
after votes of thanks to the committee and chairman,
broke up.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN.
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.
week ending Feb. 6,1853 —Traffic return for goo
2,035 12
1,587 8
Corresponding week last year