The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-14 00:00:00

MIDLAND.

It appears from the statement of accounts which is to
be submitted to the proprietors at the half-yearly meet-
ing to be held at Derby tomorrow, that the amount re-
ceived on capital account to the 30th of June, 1848, was,
on shares, 9,804,274/. ; on debentures, 2,860,3931. ; and,
on loan notes, 245,750/. ; total, 12,910,4171. ; since
which there has been received to the 31st of December,
on shares, 630,3281.; on debentures, 46,200/., less 12,3501.
paid off; total, 654,178/. ; interest on shares held in
other companies, 14,191/. ; sale of materials, 2,1491 ;
making the total receipts on capital account, 13,580,9361.
The amount expended to the 30th of June last was
13,250,635/., and during the half-year ending the 31st
of December, 791,705/., including 152,8371. for Parlia-
mentary expenses, and 36,0501. ; payments on account
of shares held by the company in other railways, making
the total expenditure 14,042,349/, and leaving a balance
against the company of 461,4041.
The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31 s t
of December shows that 308,4931. had been received for
the conveyance of passengers; 10,1241. for Iliofrusres,
cattle;
car-
riages, and dogs; 22,4021. for parcels;
12,7421. for mails; goods, 186,906/.; Ashby
total traffic receipts on the railway, 13 1
minerals. 65,8011
;65,801 1 ;
3,602/.; rents, 3,0851.; interest;
fa6r,6tBh2ol. ;latlria-ynesaferr,
fees, 367 Z, making the total re
e n
locomotives ewl rel coaching, l)
including 1,5811., the balance fromvenu
for maintenance of way
the last account,
628,460/. The expower, 81,752/4 coach
and works, 26,902/.;account, salaries,
and waggon repairs, 10,925tm.•eat,
salaries, &c., 32,0121.;
&c., 29,650 L; goods denacr,
30,027/.; total woz king ex.
other expenses, rents,ca& .and taxes, 16,386/.; duty for
penses, 211,179/.; Tat
; debenture interest, 80,192/.; help.
passengers, 12,478
year's dividend on the e Sheffield and Rotherham Six per
Cent. Stock, 4,5001.; ditto on the Leicester and Swan-
nington Eight per Cent. Stock, 5,6001.; on the Leeds
22,5001.; on the
and Bradford Ten per Cent. Stock,
Bristol and Birmingham Six per Cent. Stock, 50,774/.;
the proportion of 50/. shares chargeable to revenue,
19,500/. ; making the total charge on revenue,
416,1101., and leaving a balance of 212,3501, from
which is to be deducted 10,0001. as a fund for the re-
newal of the permanent Way, leaving a disposable balance
of 202,350/. applicable to dividend. The disposable
balance for the half year ended the 30th of Juno was
195,4601., out of which a dividend was paid on the con-•
solidated stock of the company, at the rate of 6 per cent.
per annum, amounting to the sum of 193,879/.
The statement shows that while there has been an in-
crease of 6,8901. in the disposable balance of the revenue
account over the preceding half-year, there has been an
increase 'in the capital account during that period of
654,178/. •

OPENING OF THE DUBLIN' AND BELFAST EXTENSION.
—This extension is to be opened to-morrow (Thursday)
from the junction station at Nevvfoundwell, near
Drogheda, to the town of Dundalk, passing through
Dunleer and Castle Bellingham, • -The opening would
have been earlier, but for the unusual-floods in the White-
river carrying away the bridge near Dunleer. The con--
structive cost, including stations, but exclusive of working-
stock, has not exceeded 10,000/. pi' mile for a single line,
with the laud purchased and the earthworks completed
for a double one.
A memorial to the directors of the London and North-
Western Railway, which was only promulgated it a late
hour on Thursday last, showing the innumerable incon•
veaiences of the through traffic .on the tine being, di-
verted from this town and carried by the Trent Valley,
received in a few hours the signatures not only of the
Mayor, the principal merchants, bankers, and manufac-
turers of Birmingham, but also of- Wolverhampton,
Walsall, Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth; and the
principal towns of the district. According_ to the pre-
sent arrangement, the transit from Birmingham by the
express train for London occupies, in general, half an
hour longer than previously, in consequence of the delay
in the arrival at Rugby of the train from Liverpool and
the North; and likewise a person taking a day ticket
from Wolverhampton, or any other station between this
town and Stafford, cannot possibly re turn to his home
the same day if he leaves London by any train later than
two o'clock P.m , but is compelled to remain in Birming•
ham until 20 minutes past 12 at night. The day
tickets, therefore, from those towns become totally un-
available. It also appears that at Walsall and the before-
mentioned localities, letters are obliged to be posted two
hours earlier than before the Trent Valley was opened,
a circumstance seriously detrimental to the mercantile
community. With respect to Warwick, Leamington,
and those neighbourhoods; complaints are being con-
tinually made of the want of communication to the north;
fur unless travellers meet the two o'clock train from
London, they also must wait in Birmingham for the
down wail train, which does not leaves this town until
twenty minutes past twelve at night. When it is consi-
dered that the comfort and convenience of a population
of nearly half a million of souls has been made subset- :
vient to that of a comparatively insignificant number, it
is to be hoped that the Board will see the necessity,' as
well as the provedeconomy, of bringing back the through
traffic to its original direction through this town.—
Birmingham Gazette.
THE GRAVESEND.—We understand that the Directors
of the South Eastern Railway intend to make an open-
ing trip on the new railway, from the station by the
canal up to Erith, on the 14th instant, but we believe it
is not intended to open the line for public traffic until
the whole of the line is completed to London, and this,
it is said, will take place early in the month of July.—
Maidstone Gazette.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
HULL, FEB. 13.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states that the demand
and improvement in prices which we had occasion to report in
our last circular have since been lost, and prices on all articles
have gone back a full shilling during the week. We had at
to-day's market a moderate supply of farmers' wheat, which
millers attempted to buy at 2s less money, but is was quite as
much as was submitted to. Very little business done in fa
reign, but stocks being small and holders firm, we cannot write
the market lower than noted above. A revival of demand is
expected shortly. The sale for fine barley continues good, at
Is decline, but grinding is less in request. A consumptive sale
for new foreign beans, if hard and dry ; while soft ones are bad
to quit. More doing in the better qualities of white peas at
our quotations. Oats neglected. The linseed market is firm,
with only a small amount of transactions. Linseed cakes are
again procurable at lower rates. Nothing doing in rapeseed,
while there is a fair demand and sale for rape cakes. Bones
are dearer, and guano more free sale.
The following are the present prices of grain
s.
Wheat, English, red 42 to 44
Do. white 44 46
Dantzic and Ko-

nigsberg ... 50 52
Pomeranian and

Hamburgh . 44 47
Danish Holstein, &
Friesland 42 44
Rus,ian and Odessa 40 42
Oats, English
Do. Danish l4 16
Do. Friesland l5 18
Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 17
Barley, malting 27 30
Do. grinding 23 24
Beans 32 34
Do. foreign ...... 28 32
IPSWICH
Our market was in a very he
at a decline of 2s per quarter.
other qualities at a further reds
to effect sales, less money must 1
and late prices not supported.

s. 8.
Peas, white and yet 27 31
Do. grey
Linseed, Black Sea 39 41,

Do. Petersburgh .. 34 39
Do.Riga&Archugf. 35 —' 37

Do. Konigsberg 32 36
Per ton.
Linseed cakes, Hull 71 128 6d ,
Do. fine foreign
Do. inferior foreign 5l 10$
Rapeseed, per 10 qrs. 261 to 281
Rape cakes, do ..10$ Od
Tares, English ......1105 00s
Do. foreign 24s 28$
Guano 51 to 91 5s
Bones, do 90s Od to 97s 6d
Rye meal 61
I, Faa. 13.
!avy state to-day. Wheat sold
. Malting Barley is Is lower,
uction. Oats, beans, and peas,
be taken. Malt extremely dull,
Flour very heavy and cheaper.

PER QUARTER. i PEA QUARTER.
Wheat 4O, to 50s Beans
Barley
Oats l7s to 215ri11a1t..........493 to 50
Rye 231 to 26s1Flour, per sack ... 37. to 41.
AVERAGES FOR THE WEIL EXIING FERRUART 10, 1849.
Wheat .
Barley
Oats .......
Beans
Peas
LIYEEHOOL, FEB. 13.—The arrivals of aids and oatmeal
from Ireland continue on a liberal scale, but of all other arti-
cles thence and coastwise they are moderate. From foreign
ports there are large supplies of wheat, Egyptian beans, and
American Indian corn; but they are quite unimportant of
other articles. The exports in the same time being 2,110
quarters of wheat, 9,941 quarters of Indian corn, 1,382 barrels
of corn meal, 407 sacks and 4,765 barrels of flour; and the
quantities of foreign corn on which duties were paid in the
week ending the Bth inst., were 410,286 quarters of wheat,
1,013 quarters of barley, 13,191 quarters of beans, 942 quar.
ters of peas, 22,355 quarters of Indian corn, 450 barrels of core
meal, and 164,821 barrels of flour. The trade was inanimate
during the past week, and at the close wheat was Id to 2d per
70;b; and flour (id to Is per barrel lower. In the value of
oats and oat meal there was no material change, but the inquiry
was ve►y limited. Barley, beans, and peas were neglected.
For Indian corn there was less inquiry, and had buyers appeared
a reduction of 6d to Is per 48u1b would have been conceded.
Indian cornmeal not saleable at mere than 14s 6d to 15s per
barrel. At this day's market there was a slender attendance
of dealers and a very limited business transacted. Wheat
again gave way I d;per 701 b, making the decline 2d to 3d on
prices of this day week. For oats and oatmeal few buyers
appeared, and the transactions were quite in retell, at a decline
of Id per 451 b and 6d per load. Barley, beans, and peas were
all dull, and easier to purchase. Flour met a very slow sale at
a decline of Is per barrel on American, and Is per sack on
English and Irish. There was no further change in the value
of Indian corn or cornmeal, but the demand was without
nimation.

EPETIRSOROUGH, FEE. 10.—Wheat, new 40s to 441, fine
46s to 50s ; old 42s to 463, fine 503. Barley, 263 to 281, floe
31s, malting 00s to 00,. Oats, new 14s to 163, fine 181 to 21e,
old 20s to 00s, fine 265. Beans 363 to 390, new 28. to 301,
per qr. Inspector's corn return for week ending Feb. 10—
Wheat, 601 qrs 0 bu, 44s 6 d ; barley, 236 qrs 4 bu, 293 10d;
oats, 96 qrs 4 bush, 16s 71d; beans, 228 qrs 4 bu, 29. 9id;
peas, 0 qr 0 bush, 003 Od per qr.
BISHOPS STORTFORD, FEB. B.—lnspector's return for the
week ending Feb. 8: - Wheat, 782 qrs 3 bu, 435 104 d ; barley,
2,876 qrs 0 bu, 30. 11-1 d ; oats, 46 qrs 4 bu, 211 Id.
DA LK EITIL MEAL MARKET, Fie. 12.—The following are
the prices at this day's market:—
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs.
imperial .. •••
llarleymeal, per ditto ••
Peasemeal
Flour ••• ••• ••

Pot barley

First Second Third
27s 3d 26s 9d 26s Od
203 Od —sOd —sOd
—s Od —s Od Od
—sod —sOd —sOd
—sod —sOd --sOd

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Sir W. Molesworth paired off, on Monday evening,
with Mr. Ord, against the grant of 50,000/. for the relief
of distress in Ireland.

Mr. Bagge paired off against the Irish grant with
Mr. Mackinnon, on Monday night.

ACCIDENT TO W. COBBOLD, ESQ.--On the 4th
inst. an alarming accident occurred at Hacheston to
Walter Cobbold, Esq., of Ipswich, from the effects of
which he is still confined to his bed. lie had just arrived
at the house of a friend in a horse and gig, and was in
the act of assisting Mrs. Cobbold to alight, when the
horse, taking alarm, suddenly turned round and started
off hastening the lady's descent rather roughly. Mr.
Cobbold seized hold of the reins in the endeavour to
stop the animal, but, unfortunately tripping, he was
thrown down and dragged to a considerable distance.
The horse at length made a spring at a six-barred gate,
which it cleared easily; the gig was broken off at the
shafts, and fell back on Mr. Cobbold, who was lying
upon the ground in a state of partial insensibility. Upon
being conveyed homo he was found to have sustained
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