The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was steady all okieoilf
closed firmly at the quotations :—Chester and 1-Dicro:
; Eastern Counties, 134 5-16 ; Lancashire and
shire, 774 ; Lancaster and Preston (twelfth sharrie
'
London and North-Western, 1191 • Manchester, SgeIIJ
and Lincoln, 30k ; Midland, 74i. ; York, Newcastle-01
Berwick, 174 ; Preference Shares—Lancashire and
.„300'
' shire 6 per Cent., 15 1-16 • Leased at fixed Rentals fie
land (Leicester and Swanston), 201 ; Foreign lines--""
Rhenish, 11-16 d. ; Quebec and Richmond, p.

LEEDS, APRIL 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market for shares
stagnant this morning, and prices in general reresil?nofel
out change. Great Northerns are the only excepts
which higher prices are asked, but no transaction ill yeti
took place to•day. Lancashire and Yorkshire 10/1
done at 77i, and Midlands at 74g.

• MANCHESTER, APRIL 23. ft,to
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market hao beesni,oThall;
firmer, but there has been a very limited busineSo' 0,
bury and,Hereford, 31-16 ills.; Midland, 74i; 1)6(
London and North-Western Stock I`2o.

BIRMINGHA3I APRIL 23. reej
STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market has been, - ere -0
railway shares, very active to-day, and prices'vibe°
supported. London and North-Westerns were
120.

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend • Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
, ---- -__
X a. d. X s. d.
British - •• •• •• •• • • - - - - -
Ditto Provincial. ••• 11. Bs, 20 0 0 20 0 0 23
Brighton
City of London .. •• .. 61, 100 0 0 150 8 0 125
Continental (3dCap.)... 41. i 75 0 0 43 10 0 67
Ktpaitable .•••••• •• •. 501, 50 0 0 50 0 0
Great .........10• • 10 per cent. ,10 0 0 10 0 0 141.
Imperial .. ••••- • • •• 31. & bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 83N
Ineependent ....• .. • . 41. - 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
, Gondon.• .... •••• " • • - .50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do„ Far!. Preference 61 per cent. '25 0 0 25 0 0 24%
p,,,,i, • ...... •• •• . aii per cent.l 50 0 0 49 0 0 28
Ratcliff •••• • •• •••• • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0
United General .• •• •. 1/. 150 0 0 60 00' 20
WestrninsterChartered 51. per cent., 50 0 50 0 0 39
Ditto, New •• .. _, , 51. per cent. 50 n 0 10 :+n 7%
LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
----_
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----.- -- ---- ---...
£ a. d. £ s. d.
Bank of Scotland . ..... 71. per cent. 100 Os• il n
0 - •l 0 u 120/ 0
British Linen Comp.... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 211/ 0
Caledonian . per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3 18
51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 , . s.
0/148
City
orG ia s Bankgow
ls an k q
mydeedale Bank •• •• - .1/. per cent. 20 0 0 to 0 0 12 158
Commercial Bank •••• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1841 0
FA3tern Bank •••• • - • • rt. percent. 25 o 0 10 0 A 10/12s
Mint, &Glasgow •• • • 31. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/. 8s
Exchange:link of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 Bs. ed
National Bank -•• •• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 ts
North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0.4/386d
Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 5110
Union Bank of Scot. .. 8 Lper cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92/108
Western Bank •••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72/ 101
•,111ance Fire and Life.. 814 /.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 241105
British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 88
.tledonian Fire Incur. 101. pet cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261 pd
Cite of Glasgow Litt.* (1/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 04/ lOs
Colonial Life ......... 51. per, cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 417 s 6d
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21110 s
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0 217 641 Os
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 4/. Os
National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 111. 13s
North British Inaur. a Si. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 134/. Os
ScottishUnionlnsrno. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 14s
Otandard Life •• •• .. • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0
,131 Os
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 '110136d
* Ex Dividend.

SEABORNE MAILS.

(N signifies that the mails are sent from the General
by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.]

_.--
.
WO'
British •• •• •• •• •• • • - - - - -
Ditto Provincial.. • • . se. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23
COUNTRIES. Day when made up From what Jae 0,
~....s.
Brighton - Port '
City of London .. •• .. 61, 100 0 0 150 8 0 125 '
. e 4
- - ----r„
Continental (3d Cals.)... 41, 75 0043 10 0 67% America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool .:. A /
Kqultahle .••-•• •• •. 501. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - America (by United Sts.
APB
Great Centrel!• ••• • • • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14% packet) .... •••• • • N April 19 ...:.... Liverpool ...
Imperial .. •• •• •• •• •• 'M.& bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 83% America (by UStates
.., 4
packet) ..........N April 18 ........ Southampton Mal
Ineependent ....• .. • • 41. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
- 50 0050 0 0 - Australia (via South.. • 04
Do., Peri. Preference 61 per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% ampton) ..........M 4th of May ...... Southampton APrril I
p40,,i, , ...... ••• • . 31/ per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 28 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover .... •• • P so
itsteliff ••..•- • • .. • 51. 100 0 0 90 00 ; - Ditto (via Cape of 4,,00d
isfarel:9
United General .• •• -1/. i5OOO 60 n 0 20 Hope .. • • •...N 2d of June ... ... Plymouth • • Slat /
Westsninster Chartered Si. per cent, 150 0 50 0 0 39 Africa (west Coast ••1\
23rd of the month. Plymouth .. "n7O f'
Ditto,Nees
........Si. per cent. so n 0 10 , 0 7% Alexandria.... ••..N 8,9, 24, &30of m Dover .... • • ..,' rsi 4,0
Alexandria .....• • . -31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 2" ii."
to
LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Bahamas ..... • ..... 61 2nd o; the month Southampton Is if
Hsi 16
Belgium ............N i tally ............ Dover .... • • ..,iti -,
------ Dividend Amount
Brazil .............. Al 9th of the month.. Soatharupton 2" .. Is
Paid. Price. ItuenosAyTes........3l 9th of the month.. Southampton rgariii4lo
Name of Company. per of
Annum. Share.
Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the month Plymouth • • A 401,,
----
190/ 0
- - --- - oiv
£s.d.£ s. d. Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. AFB ,
(0' 00
0° 1001°1) 00
tf: 211 / Ceylon (see India)
April kfr
71. per cent.nt.
1100
81,
per
cent.
t 10 0 0 10 0 Ceylon - - ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth •• -- VW'
~l. per cen.
10 2 0 3 .18s. Channel 151e5........N Mon.,Wed.,&Frld. Southampton' i
Caledonian Bank
City ofolasgow Bank Si. per cent. 0 0 10 ;.) 0 ,
13BrianktishofLin
0/14s Chi1i........ • .......M _d & 17th of month Southampton Mt
`y
Linen
Scotland
cnm. .p.. .. ..
,;/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 15s
April 3°'
'-nydesdale Bank .• • • • •
China (see India)
71. percent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1841 0 Constantinople .. NrBl7 24 &27 ofm Dover ......
..,., 4 f
•1 er cent 25 o 0 10 0 A
FAstern Bank ••••- • • r . p . 6
10112 s Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon Southampton sly7icellv
Minh &Glasgow •• • • 31. per cent. 0 0 50 0 4/. 8s Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily ...... Dover -•• • r
..,,olf
Commercial Bank ••••
- 100 0031 5 0 Bs. ed Egypt (see India)
"Ic."
National Bank ••• • • • 6% Per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 1 s France ----AI &IC Twice daily Dover ...• • • „,"06
Korth of Scotland Bank 5/ .p er een t. 20 0 o 210 0 4/3s 6d Gibraltar -----31 I, 7, 17, 20, 27 of in. Southampton ."-
Exchange:Bnk of Scot
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 5110 Ciro ece (see India)
st f I pi'
Union Bank of Scat • • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92/108 Greytown ........ -DI 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton -s, A,
Western Bank •••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 721 101 Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ... •• Td
.% Mance Fire and Life" B%i. Pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 241105 Havannah ... ... -- Si 2nd of the month Southampton 100050
British Guarantee
318,1
City
Fire Incur. 1,01. Per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261 Ocl Honduras . .... .31 17th of the month Southampton 0.4
Citv of Glasgow LI" ". Per cent • 25 0 0 2 0 041 lOs India (viaSoutiimpt..)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 'si 1
Colonial Life
Edinburgh Life Incur 6/. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 24110 s lonian Isles (see India)
rifler'
Eng. & Scot, Law Life AL Per cent • 50 0 0 217 641 Os Ireland .... •• ..M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead .• • ~,,,,, ,
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61.0er cent. 10 0 0 110 4/. Os Li5h0n.............. 31 7,9, 17, &28of m. Southampton r'"•"'" Is
National Fire and Lilo 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11/. 13s Madeira ............N 9th of the month Southampton gal 0
North British Insnr. a 41. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 134/. Os 'Madeira ...... • • .... 5 23rd of the month Plymouth .• 51
Scottish Union Insrae. 7%4• pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 14s Malta (see ladle)
ril
Standard Life ••• • .. • Si. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 13/ Os Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 'llos6cl Mauritius (see India)
Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth • • Al'
* Ex Dividend.
Mexico ....... '•N -lid of the month. Southampton ls- 0 $
New Granada .... :.. m
2sdhB,lslth7t2nstohfoinfignothn
sljnonvtenrant..i.,t.o.ti mocirty
AP,
MISCELLANEOUS. Naples... ...... N't
New Zealand.-- ..... By private ship .. Various port, iitisi
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Papal States .... • ...N ithlsth2sthohmon Dover ... .‘" -f 0
Annum. Share. Peninsula ..... • ....NI 7thl7th2Bthormon southampio'n r.' 1,
- - Peru .. .. • ..... „IV 'd& 27th of mon 4outhampton Ili f. 48. d. X Is. d. Port Natal* ..........N 14th of the month /.Iyinoutli .. B,ty I
Assam Tea ••.. •• • .... - 50 0020 0 0 10% Sicily •...... • .......N sthlsth2sthofmor. Dover ...• • • •514-3, i
Auction M art ••.• • • , 2/. Is. 50 0 0 - 35 Tuscany ............N sthlsth2sthofmor, Dover ..•• •" / i
&ustralian Agriculturl 11. 100 0035 0 0 80 Venezuela ..... ... .31 2d& 17th of month soatham.p.ton gs Australian Trust •• - 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 30 Van Diemen'sLa.nd (see
Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 2 0 0 - Australia)
knglo-Mexican Mint.. IL 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - West Indies ......
80 ISI 2cl& 17th of month SouthamptoAlay
I
110
British American Land 15s. - 28 10 0
-___.................,...........-_,
Canada ............. 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 .10 0 70
111
110. .5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. - - -
_
* When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls diat (i
~,e
Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. - 116 dispatchel on the following day, with the exception of the In w _her;
City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. -- -.95 Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be disPa''""
Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 21% day preceding.
Ditto.. •• ••.. • • (B) - 25 0 0 710 0 -
Equitable Reversionry Si pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116%
- 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
se ' _Ar
ADVERTISEMENT.-Holloway's Pills for the. cliPvilY
Ditto New ...... -
Indignstion, Liver sad Bilious Complaints.- Tile t.'
Gen. Revere. & Invest .5 p. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
ti°
Gen .steam Navigation 10 9. et. 10 0 0 14 0 0 3014 are the finest stomachic and the most invigorating
of i
Hudson's 8ay...... • • - Stock. 220 tines ever known- for weak stomachs. Persons offer
Hungerford ...... •• .. 21. 10a. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 47%
London Institution .... - - 17815 0 - most delicate constitution may use them
stotP 0
London Reversionary Si. per cent. lb 0 0 15 0 0 - with P .0i
safety. A few doses improve the tone of the
...0
Russell Institution.... -
- 12 10 0 - and induce healthy digestion, by which means su they
Price's Patent Band. Co. 101. per cent 20 0 0 17 10 0 24 are restored to a state of vigorous health, which , fere
Reversionary Int. Soc. '4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 0 1051% pills or had never dared to anticipate. Holloway's ltd
Royal Mail Steam •••• 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 74 Smith Australian .....
Trust and Loan Comp. 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 o 49% equally efficacious for bile, sick headaches, liver
v
r. so nt
plaints, and affections of the lungs, and may be frO'
of Unaer Canada ... _ 20 0 0 30 0 - to at any season without fear of danger arisia Isis'
TRAFFIC RETURNS.- The traffic returns on railways
catching cold whilst taking them. Sold by all druggrolA
in the week ending April 16 amounted to 296,814/.
and London.
for the corresponding week of last year to 275,65 and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, St
01.,
showing an increase of 21.164/ _or7 BR nor nerd,. The ---------
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TRAFFIC RETURNS.— The traffic returns on railways
in the week ending April 16 amounted to 296,8141., and
for the corresponding week of last year to 275,6501.,
showing an increase of 21,1641., or 7.68 per cent. The
gross
in the
for the eight railways having th eir ter-
mini the metropolis amounted for the week ending
as above to 134,9011., and for the corresponding week
of last year to 127,2591., showing an increase of 7,6421.,
or 6 per cent. The increase on the Eastern Counties
Railway amounted to 1,542/. ; on the Great Northern,
to 4,1361. ; on the Great Western, to 1,0491. ; and on
the London and North-Western, to 4,7041. ; total,
11,431/. But from this sum must be deducted 361.,
the decrease on the London and Blackwall ; 1,5031.,
the decrease on the London, Brighton, and South Coast ;
1,3291. on the London and South-Western ; and 9211.
on the South-Eastern ; together, 3,7891. leaving the in-
crease as above, 7,6421. The receipts on the other
lines in the united kingdom amounted to 162.9131., and
for the corresponding period of 1852 to 148,3911., show-
ing an increase of 14,522/. in the receipts of these
which, added to the increase on the metropolitan lines
of 7,6421., makes the total increase 21,1641. over the
corresponding week of 1852.
A PRECIOUS STONE.—In the last news from Rio
Janeiro, we find the following statement A diamond,
valued at 200,0001., of superior quality, and as large as
a pigeon's egg, was discovered in one of the miner's
districts, by a female slave, the property of a poor lame
man, who principally employed her in searching for
stones of value."--PortsmouthTimes.

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.
On the 20th inst., at 14, Argyle-square, St. Panc"4
wife of the Rev. W. Norman.
t See°
tf
On the 20th inst., at Compton-Pauneefo
Somerset, the wife of the Rev. J. Senior.
OF A DAUGHTER. AftB'
On the 21st inst., at Lower Clapton Middlose'
Albert Savory. ,
On the 19th of Feb., at Hong Kong, the wife of
Esq., 59th regiment, A.D.C.

MARRIED. a s 0 00,
On the 21st inst., at Monkstown Church, George b, Lon,
eldest son of G. von Dadelzen, Esq., of Blackhor j3lacg0
don, to Margaret, seventh daughter of the late i'•
Esq._.../

DIED. Gerge
On the 22nd inst. at No. 22, Portland-Pl"e Hammond, .
On the 20thq instg., e 91
at No 1, Randolph-crescent' do.
burgh, Kirby Dalrymple Esq., aged 83.

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