The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-26 00:00:00

_..., THE SUN, LONDON, W]
........_--
STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH with him from Lisbon letters of introduction to your, PRICES OF MARES
BRAZIL. correspondent, and fully explained his view in refer- 1 lee Beeehes, AssußA-Ncre, ANK OTHER. COM-
ence to these projects, which were designed, in point PA.NIES' STUCK.
In December, 1848, the Lords Commissioners of
( of fact, to establish a steam communication between .From the Official List.
the Admiralty issued advertisements inviting pro•
posals from persons willing to tender for the convey- England and Brazil via Lisbon, by means of the PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND Farreer EVENING. 1
ante of her Majesty's mails to and from Brazil, Mon. Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers from LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24.
tevideo, and Buenos Ayres. Southampton to Lisbon, and thence by the Portu-
In February 23d, 1849, we announced that the guese steamers from Pernambuco. ErOINT-STOGIC SE.LITTELI3.
contract fur the performance of this service had been Owing to the general disfavour with which London Dividend Amount
adjudicated to the directors of the Royal (West capitalists were disposed to view the investment of Name of Company. per ofShare. Paid. Price.
Annum.
India) Mail Packet Company. money in an enterprise essentially Portuguese, we
The basis of the scheme embodied in the tender of believe that M. d'Affonseca, after several months' £ s. d. A .. d.
Australasia -..••• • • • 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 24%
this company, as accepted by the Admiralty, was that negotiations, was unsuccessful, and could not raise BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
the intercourse with the Brazilian empire, and with the necessary capital for carrying out his scheme, Ceylon ............ .. 71. per oent. 25 0 0 25 -
the states on the Rio de la Plata, was to be kept up although previously to his visiting England he had Colonial.. mearicial of London 6511. per cent.
ligg 0
0 220„ 00 00 21
by a direct line of independent steamers from South- obtained subscriptions for stock to a considerable Gloucestershire ••• • • • 15ipper cent. - - -
ampton or Liverpool to Pernambuco, Bahia, and Rio amount both in Madeira and in Portugal. By re- lonian •.••-.. •• • • •• ..............Si. per cent. 25 0025 0 -
de Janeiro. From the latter port the mails were to cent private advises from Lisbon we learn that the 4°
•
nnidtntoan..d.W. estrain. sr' 61. per cent. 100 0 0 2103 00
- 0 -
0
-
be conveyed to Montevideo and Buenos Ayres by concessions granted to M. d'Affonseca (which took London Joint-Stock .•. 6/. per cent. 30 0 lO
branch steamers running in conjunction with the main leace during the latter period of the Duke de PrDovitintociaNlof Ireland • • 8811. per cent. 101: i()) 0o 2150 00 00 43%
line. Saldanha's administration), are likely to be with- Kationtil'oefwir.e.la-n.d. :: Si.. pere cent.cen. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
The communication outward and homeward was drawn by the present Government, at the head of Nat. ProNviacial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 3510 00 0 36%
to be monthly, and the course of post with Rio Janeiro which is the Count de Thomar, in consequence of the South Australia :: :: :: 5511..1),eerr cent.cent. 20 0 0
22 10 00
about 70 or 74 days from the time of departure to the inability of M. d'Affonseca to arrange for the comple- Union of Australia.. •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
time of return to England, the proposal being to oc- lion of the proposed lines of steamers under the For-
uli)eistetoef ..............Si.
London.
50 -0 9
120 100 00 -1234
copy about 30 days out and 30 days home, leaving tuguese flag. Union of Madrid .•• • • - (0 0040 II 0 -
about a fortnight, or rather less, for preparing replies We are, however, informed that the Count de
INSITIE,ANCIE 43011TPANIES.
at the Brazilian capital, and a proportionately greater Thomar is especially desirous to promote steam com-
time at the northern ports. naunication between Lisbon and the Brazilian ports Dividend Amount
Name ef Company. per of Paid. Price.
The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company had the by way of Madeira : and on a certain occasion, when Annum. Share.
option of choosing either Southampton or Liverpool the British plan for the Brazil mails was a subject of ..
£ s. d. .£ s. 4. -
as the port of departure and arrival of the ships to be discussion, the Count expressed himself free to grant Albion .. •••••• •• •• • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 9 0 SO
employed on this service. any concessions and privileges necessary to facilitate Alliance Brit. and Far. 7114 s id& be 100 0 0 11 • 0 Eso
I.per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 ele
Nearly a year has now elapsed since the carrying the touching of the steamers at Lisbon or any Portu- A Ditto Marine. ••• • :•
1638.,d.
prsh. 50 0 0 a 6 5 is%
out of this important scheme of steam communication guese port. British Commercial •• 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 a 0 -
was confided by the Government to the Royal Mail There is at present no steam communication be- Cloricl,Med.k Gen• Life Ipr I.llc bs.
10010 00
00 10 0 • 19
County ••.•••• • .• • • • •10 0 0 50
Company, and the public will be very prone to in- tween Portugal and its dependency, Madeira. A fast- 149. 50 0 0 a• 0 14
quire if any really tangible steps to place the line sailing vessel, the Zarga, running regularly between Eagle ••• 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 1'
En • • • 14
in operation have been taken by the contractors, and Lisbon and Funchal, carries 40 to 50 passengers each Furopea reemas Life
ens' .• •••• • • • 6/. per cent. 20 0 I All paid. 10
per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 -
to ask when there is a probability of something being trip. The English steamers, therefore, if calling at GI ,oe
• • • •• 4•
61. per cent. Stock. - 122
lone in the matter, and will further be glad to learn Lisbon, would secure a considerable number of pas- Giardlan ...... •• - -5/, 100 0036 10 0 51
un penal lire .... •• •• 121, per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 9 228
the exact position and prospects of the enterprise, sengers between Madeira and Portugal. Imperial Life ••.•• . • • 12s. 100 0010 0 0 1534
and why it has been, and is apparently held in With regard to the intercourse between Portugal
Law Fif,e •• •••••• •• •• - 100 0 0 210 0 2%
Law Li.e........•• .. 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 42
We regret very much to be unable to give any manners, customs, and relations, and the large mer- Lima and General Life - 59 0 0 20 0 4
very satisfactory solution to these inquiries, as there cantile business between the two countries, we are e
idc.
ne aririectuallers • • - 50 0 10 0 %
10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16i,
eertaiuly has been a lack of energy in bringing to of opinion that with moderate rates of forces a highly
~ London Ship 11 :..
.•
.•
..
: 10s. 25 I 0 l2 10 0 16%
bear, or even commencing, the requisite measures for lucrative traffic would immediately be produced. Marine.. ........... 12s.per share 100 00ilb 0 0 9
?f d.lnTlid&Gen Life 4141 per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 9
carrying out the contract, and we are fearful, even Our advises from Cadiz have recently put us in
x:tional Lean Fui
Fond.. 51. Per cent: 20 0 0 210 9 2%
now that a considerable period of time will pass over possession of the fact that the merchants of that sratioaai Life. -
ere the pioneer of the line will set sail from England city are about to establish a line of Spanish steamers rePa,l.ladium Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 9 21 Os.
_ - _ _
for the various ports. between Cadiz, the Canaries, and Cape Verde; hut, in p t,:ii x .... ...... - - 141
We understand that a long time was occupied in the event of the Royal Mail steamers calling at Pr
°teeter Life 5l. per cent. 20 0 01 1 0 -
deciding whether steam-ships on the paddle-wheel or Lisbon, this scheme would in all probability be Provident Llfe• •••.. •• 11. 51. k bs. 100 10190 0 26
Rock Life...........• as. 5 0 0 010 0 5%
screw principle should be employed on this line. It abandoned, and all the Spanish traffic to those islands Royal Exchange V. per cent. Stock. - 203
would be a pity to adopt upon speculative grounds flow into the English steamers at Lisbon. There are Sie Fire - - 205
I'•ittoo Life . 11. 6s. 47
any particular method of steam propulsion in carry- regular, raaid, and frequent communications between ;kited Kintdont 1.... 41. per cent. 20 -0
0 4-0
0 -
ing out an enterprise of so important a character as Vigo and Cadiz with Lisbon by the Peninsular Corn- Universal Life........ 10% pr cut. 100 0 01 9 0 0 -
Viatorla Life • 51. per cut. - 4 0 0 436
this, to the commerce of Great Britain. Paddle- pany's steamers.
wheel steamers have been thoroughly tested for all We therefore incline to the opinion that if the DOCZ.EL
the purposes of Transatlantic navigation, and they Admiralty were to sanction the call, out and home,
Dividend Amount
have been found to answer in every respect, both as at the Portuguese capital, the traffic from Spain and Name of Conapaiy. per of Paid. Price.
regards sp-!ed, safety, efficiency, and precision. All Portugal with Madeira, Cape Verde, the Canaries, Annum. Share.
sea-going steam ships are liable to accident, and and the Brazilian ports would exceed the extent of - - -
s. d•
X d.
accordingly paddle-wheel steamers have sus- passenger traffic from England to South America East and West Ind'a ... 61. Dr cent. x Stock.. s. -
-
tamed at sea all kinds of damage and dislocation which would at first accrue to the steamers in the Eatit,Country • 203. per sh. too 0 0 - 21
- 119
of their machinery, but never during an expe- infancy of the line. The latter traffic will no doubt 11)(1-totno Bonds•• •• •• •• 11:pi/erre:et. Stook. -
-
perience of ten years has a paddle-wheel steamer been greatly increase when steamers shall have been .some se Katharine ........4 per cent. Stock. - 80
Ditto, Scrip ....... . - - - -
completely and thoroughly disabled by an accident to thus in full operation. Ditto 80nd5........ 4341. pr cent. - - -
her engines, or prevented from continuing her voyage An additional and direct communication with the Southampton •• ...... 21. per cant. 50 0050 0 0 -
by. reason of such derangement. A. vessel upon this Tagus would also be enjoyed by the British mer-
EIRXI7IGES
principle is not dependent upon one propeller, but can chants by the adoption of this plan, available both for -----
proceed by the help of either one paddle or two pad- passengere and mails. Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
dies, or by one engine driving one paddle, or both Another peculiar feature in this line of steamers to Annum. Share.
engines working a single paddle, in each case respec- Brazil is, that from Porto Praya, Cape Verde, nearly .s. d. s. d.
tively at a speed of fully one half to three-fourths of half the distance from England to the Cape of Goal Charing-cross.. ••.• • • - XX.
- 25 0 0 -
the ordinary maximum rate of steaming. There is, Hope, the line can at any time be extended to our Southwrk, Nw Sub
p..A.v. -cent. 50 032
0 e 12 8 -
- 2
therefore, a degree of certainty about the voyages of South African possessions. We have no doubt that WDatietrtloooNw of 7% c. 355. per
•••••• • • - • • 100 0 0 -3%
a steam-ship worked with paddles which cannot be eventually this also will be accomplished by steamers Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. re 47. Od. - 60 00 28
obtained by a steam-vessel trusting to a screw, which, in conjunction with the Brazilian line, so that the Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 00 24
Vauxhall ...• .• • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - -
if broken or deranged, leaves the ship at the mercy Cape of Good Hope will be brought within 35 or 36
of the winds and waves in the midst of the ocean, days of England by steam, and at a moderate ex- W.9.'2'lllU-1.171) MILS
and possibly in a dangerous position on a lee shore. pense. , Dividend Amount
The screw-propeller of a vessel deranged at sea Southampton has been definitively fixed upon as Name of Company. i per of Paid. Price.
, Annum. Share.
cannot be repaired except in port, and the vessel is the port of departure for these steamers in preference . .....- -
forced to rely upon her sails ; and as it unfortunately to Liverpool. The present establishment of the 1 e s. d. A s. d.
1
happens that accidents of this nature generally occur Royal Mail Company at this port render it more (last London..• ••••• • • 1 111. 100 9 0 - 18134
and Junetien ••- •• 4/. per cut. 50 II 0 - 82
in bad weather, when the ship is being forced convenient for the management of the enterprise than 1 31. 10s. 100 II 0 - - 75
through the water against a wind, there is certainly Liverpool, where a separate staff would have to be Lambeth
New Rivr Lndn Brdge 1 21.103. - 85
a poor chance for a screw-steamer being enabled to kept up. The repair of the vessels and machinery Yaueean............ iIL per cut. 150 -11 0 _ 93
maintain anything like regularity in reaching her being effected in the company's own factory is also West Middlesex . . . (cl. Os. pr cat.
- - 121
destination after having been exposed to accident. an additional inducement. But even if these reasons
GAS-MIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
On the other hand, to take an extreme case (such an did not exist, there are more powerful ones for the
one as we believe has never yet been experienced by choice of Southampton as a packet station-as being Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
an ocean steamer), that of both paddle- wheels being a maritime port on the south coast of England, within Annum. Share.
deranged, it is possible at sea to repair and replace the nearest distance to the metropolis, midway be- ---- --
x. e. d. A. s. 4.
temporarily any damage of the wheels, not of a serious tween Dover on the east and Exeter on the west- British •• •• ••.... •• - H. 40 I 0 18 111 14
nature or affecting the main or paddle shafts, and and in regard to the embarkation of passengers, pos- Duttonroviial.... 11. 85. 20 I • 20 I a Is
thus to enable the vessel to proceed, at a reduced sensing exclusive advantages, its position with re- Brigh .. .. .. .. .. .. 51. per cent. 20 I 0 - -
0 0 II gie
speed, to her destination. Again, all experience has ference to the interior of England being in a line grltionrentai Londoncons
0. i ;inv.
024
. pr share
170(51 : : 1301 5 9
30
proved that in sea-going steamers the screw has never nearly direct with Newcastle, that line dividing Equitable.... •• .. .. •• ses .pr share boOo Oo 1111 0 27
yet produced a speed equal to that of paddle steam- the kingdom into two nearly equal parts, and Imperial
•.
:: : : el Pee; cesennt. 49 0 90
5409 II 99
:92
ships. It may he urged that perhaps the principle of thus by means of railways giving the whole inhae so 0950 9 -
propelling vessels by screws is yet in its infancy, and bitants of Great Britain, whether on the east or west, Dpittop...i .r...f..... •• - SO 1050 0 I -
that better things may be expected from this unfor- an equal but not an undue means of communication Phceonlx a.r.: .. r..e.r.e.m..... 641;271.eprecrenctt: 255„1 00
425 10
: -29
tunate class of steamers ;but who will say, on the con- with the packet port. Than, again, it is found Itatcliff •• -••••• •• • • 51. toe 0090 0 0 75
trary, that piddle wheel steamers have reached. the that Southampton, either through London or by way United:ret Generalmerco „r.wre.d. 7s. 04. 5500 00 O• 30 0 0 14%
31. - 4534
' maximum of speed, efficiency, or excellence ?of Havre, embraces more advantages for securing a Ditto, New •• •••• .. 12s. 50 0110 0 0 , ay,
Is it impossible that by a perfect accord continental traffic to the foreign steamers than Liver-
existing between the builder of the vessel pool or any western port. The Brazilian steamers _ C.NA.I.S.
and the engine-maker, by careful atten- sailing from Southampton will draw from Havre a i
lion to the lines of the ship, by progressive improve- very large French trade, both of valuable merchan- c
i
Names of I g Dividend
Companies. 1A , per Price. Names of Dividend
Companies. 4 ,jter . Price,
m ents in the engines, but more especially in the dine as well as passengers, for South America, Buenos
4
'
boilers, whereby steam in greater quantities shall be Ayres, and Montevideo, and which would be impos-
generated with a lessened expenditure of fuel, and sible at any other port. These advantages, with lehtit & Oltlh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield. 40' 21.105. 50
consequently at a reduced cost, and with greater others, have been found sufficient to counterbalance B 0 a...krnasklyz„. ;• 11:00 121. 180 Neath •-• • • 100 M. 340
economy of stowage, better steamers will hereafter be the advantages of dispatching the steamers from Li- Birminghami 35' 41.1. 88S3 reskrd.....;st". I,°,olBl2oilis. 15730
produced than those now in existence ? To scout verpool in consequence of its contiguity to the ma- Coventry.. •. 100 95/. 210 Regent's.... 33 I 11. 2s. 18 36
MA ideas as these would be to sail directly in the nufacturing districts ; besides which the nature of the EDllersbnlyrei.C.h.; 1383 51111 41 Itsoomehdatle.... a 5 41. 30)4
teeth of the aims, intentions, and study of all practical mail service and the lengthened voyages of the Ere wash •.. 101 321. - Do Tk 2%11 1 12's 6 176 f.. pl 9. 'O.. 131
and eminent engineers, who declare that improvements steamers will prevent them from carrying any large GrandJunetn,loo 51. 82% ,Stffrd &Were 140 4OB
of an important character, are yet to be accomplished. amount of heavy goods on freight, only light and (Treat si,;ilrroely;11100:
ii.
ieltos 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
1 . 24 Stottrbrldge.. 201. 300
~ 145
With all these considerations, therefore, and while valuable merchandise in limited quantities being in- Grantham • • 1150 - - Severn and
Kennt & Av& 30 7s. 6d. 534 Wye nall.
preserving the conviction that five minutes' discussion tended to be conveyed. 3 26 V. Os. -
Leeds& Livrp,loo 301. 325 Warwick/1c
would be amply sufficient to decide upon the corn- Such, then, is a brief outline of the advantages Leicester ••• • jute 51. 6334 'arming. j 100 41. it
parative merits of the two principles, we are glad to proposed to be embraced in the contract granted by Leiestr &Nth 83 41. 45 Warwick& 1
100 EL 43
learn that the screw principle for the Brazilian ser• the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to the L olf
out
tzmh
oh
uo rtajghh 110420 7,011: 1150
WNo racPstt°rn il
vice has been rejected, and that only really efficient Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. lintgermryshlloo - - Birming. 378 31. 42
paddle-wheel steam-ships will be employed. We have alluded to the improvements of which it Meltn3twbry; 100 - - Wilts k Brks -. 14s. a
The route proposed to be adopted -is, we under- is susceptible in regard to the intercourse between LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
stand, as follows :- Spain, Portugal, and Brazil, and which can be sf-
- --- ..1_,...!.........., -1-,..4-,., 1, filo ....Ail_ . - 1 Dividevid i .B.mi.unt 1
~

the port of departure for these steamers in preference
to Liverpool. The present establishment of the
'loyal Mail Company at this port render it more
convenient for the management of the enterprise than
Liverpool, where a separate staff would have to be
kept up. The repair of the vessels and machinery
being effected in the company's own factory is also
an additional inducement. But even if these reasons
did not exist, there are more powerful ones for the
choice of Southampton as a packet station—as being
a maritime port on the south coast of England, within
the nearest distance to the metropolis, midway be-
tween Dover on the east and Exeter on the west—
and in regard to the embarkation of passengers, pos-
sessing exclusive advantages, its position with re-
ference to the interior of England being in a line
nearly direct with Newcastle, that line dividing
the kingdom into two nearly equal parts, and
thus by means of railways giving the whole inhae
hitante of Great Britain, whether on the east or west,
an equal but not an undue means of communication
with the packet port. Then, again, it is found
that Southampton, either through London or by way
of Havre, embraces more advantages for securing a
continental traffic to the foreign steamers than Liver-
pool or any western port. The Brazilian steamers
sailing from Southampton will draw from Havre a
very large French trade, both of valuable merchan-
dise as well as passengers, for South America, Buenos
Ayres, and Montevideo, and which would be impos-
sible
at any other port. These advantages, with
others, have been found sufficient to counterbalance
the advantages of dispatching the steamers from Li-
verpool in consequence of its contiguity to the ma-
nufacturing districts; besides which the nature of the
mail service and the lengthened voyages of the
steamers will prevent them from carrying any large
amount of heavy goods on freight, only light and
valuable merchandise in limited quantities being in-
tended to be conveyed.
Such, then, is a brief outline of the advantages
proposed to be embraced in the contract granted by
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to the
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.
We have alluded to the improvements of which it
is susceptible in regard to the intercourse between
Spain, Portugal, and Brazil, and which can be ef-
fected without any detriment whatever to the useful-
ness or integrity of the main line between Great Bri-
tain and South America. The possibility and prac-
ticability of an extension of the line to the Cape of
Good Hope has also been glanced at.
The public will, therefore, naturally feel an interest
that this scheme, so important, whether viewed com-
tmreially or politically, should be at once placed in
train for consummation ; and it is far from desirable
that we should leave it to the Americans to carry
out b..fore ill their contemplated line of steamers
from New York to Rio Janeiro, intended to call at
Barbaioes and the intervening ports of Bahia and
Pernainbueo.
Moreover, as the proposed steam communication
can be carried out at a less cost to the public ser-
vice than that now incurred by the Exchequer in
maintaining the communication from Falmouth to
Brazil by the monthly lino of man-of-war brigs, so
comparatively slow, irregular, and uncertain in their
movements, considerations of economy should urge
the necessity of an immediate commencement of the
contract.
At the expiration of nearly a year the Royal Mail
Company are found without any ships available for
commencing the service which they have contracted
to perform, and we understand that to the present
moment no vessels have been constructed for the
purpose, but that it is intended to dispatch four of the
original ships from the West India fleet. These
size:limn are to be razeed and to be prepared for
carrying the Brazilian mails, by improvements
which will bring their average speed to ten knots,
and would, no doubt, make them very efficient
vessels for this particular route. It is plain,
however, that these vessels cannot be spared till
the new steam-ships to be employed under the new
West India arrangement (as mentioned in the
Times of the 10th last) are built and ready for
sea, and, as the preparation of such new vessels will
occupy at least a year, there is very small chance for
any commencement of the Brazilian service till the
middle of 1851.
Considering the magnitude of the interests involved
in this undertaking, the facilities that would be af-
forded by steam communication to a development of
our commerce with Brazil and the Rio Plata, and,
finally, bearing in remembrance how much sooner
the political questions concerning the relations of
England and France with Buenos Ayres may be
brought to an amicable adjustment by means of a
more regular and rapid intercourse with that part of
the world, it would certainly appear to be desirable,
if the directors of the Royal Mail Steam-packet
Company cannot quickly make some arrangements for
carrying out the intentions of their contract, that
fresh tenders should be invited by the Government,
in which case there would be doubtless plenty of
applicants for the concession of so valuable, so pro-
mising, and so lucrative an enterprise.— Times.

Miles.
Southampton to Funchal, Madeira 1,306
Madeira to Santa Cruz, Teneriffe 260
Teneriffe to Porto Praya, Cape Verde
Island (allowing 20 miles for winding

Dividend ' Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-- -.-. _ -
£ s. . X s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company al. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 220
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow sank . 61. per cent. 10 0 10 0 0 12%
Clydesdale Bank ••• • • 654 per cent. 20 0 10 0 0 1334
Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 100 0 0 166
Eastern Bank .. ••• • • • el. per cent. 25 w 10 9 0 814
E linb.k Glasgow Rank 61. per cent. 5 0 5 0 0 5/. as.
Exehangel3nk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 21
[ele of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 10 0 0 143
N orth of Scotland Bank 41. per cent. 20 0 5 0 0 23g
North British Bank : • • - - - -
Royal Bank of Scotland U. per cent., 100 0 100 0 0 129
Union Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 60 0 • 84
Western Bank ••.• •• • • 71. per cent. 60 0 00 0 0 '75
Aberdeen Eire and Life 7%1. pr cent. 12 10 2 0 0 2
B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 010 0 - -
dritish Guarantee Ins. 41. per rent. 10 0 1 0 0 13.1 Od
Caledonian lire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 21
Church of England Ins. - SO 0 2 0 0 -
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 2 0 0 21. 10,
Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 12 10 0 20
East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 15 0 9a.od.
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 217 6 -
ilerculos Insurance Cs. 71. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 -
Incur. Co. of Seetlnd • • 61. per cent. 100 0 10 0 I -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 11. Os
Mercantile Life
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 205.6 d
North British Incur. •• 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 20 0 0 24
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 11 0 -
Scot. Mas. and Gan. Life - 0 015 0 -
Scottish Union Inarnce. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 1 0 0 235.6 d
Standard Life .Si. per cent. 50 0 4A 0 9%
United Dep. Assurance . per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 13s 6d
IIXSCEILL/127210773.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -
L. a. d. L. a. d.
Auction Mart .• •• •• • • 2/. ss. 00 0 0 - 25
Australian Agrienitetrl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 45. 10 0 9 10 0 0 -
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -
Canada ......... •• .. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26
Uppr Canada Bonds 51. percent. - - -
V4ty Navigation .... - - - 91
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.ficbst,2/ 100 0 OE 100 0 0 -
Equitable Reversienry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 103
Gun.StearnNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 25
London Institution ... - - 73 15 I -
Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 -
Penlnslrik Orient.Stm. 81. per cont. 50 0 0 50 0 0 79
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 41 0 923(
Royal Mail Steam •• - 61 18..4. p. c 100 0 0, 60 0 0 A*
South Australian ..• • • 11. per share. 25 0 01 26 0 0 -
Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 , 23 0 0 2

the islands)

Cap© Verde to Pernambuco
Pernambuco to Bahia 4lO

Bahia to Rio Janeiro

Total (Southampton to Rio Janeiro) 5,13 G
Itio Janeiro to Monte Video 1,043
Monte Video to Buenos Ayres (allowing
20 tnilos for winding the shoals) l3O

6,306

Supposing the voyage to be performed by steamers
running at an average speed of eight miles an hour,
and allowing for stoppages, the time occupied to
Pernambuco would be about 22 days, to Bahia 24,
and to Rio Janeiro 27 days. At a speed of 10 miles
the voyage to Pernambuco would occupy is days,
Bahia, 20 days, and Rio Janeiro, 24 days. At a
speed of 12 miles the distance to Pernambuco would
be performed in 15 days, Bahia in 17 days, and Rio
Janeiro in 19 to 20 days. We believe the medium,
or 10-knot speed, is the one that will be adopted.
The route thus marked i 5 undoubtedly the best
one that can be laid from Southampton to Brazil.
Tha stoppages are at judiciou3 and convenient dis-
tances, arid afford a regular communication to and
from Madeira, the Canaries, and Cope Verde.
distance from Southampton to Pernambuco direct is
3,953 miles, agaicst 4,046 with the proposed stop-
aze s, and from Southampton to Rio Janeiro direct
5,565 miles, against 5,136 as intend,.d, so that a very
trifling increase of distance is required to be traversed
on account of the detour to the various islands and

ports.
Sierra Leone is only 710 miles from Praya (Cape
Verde), one of the ports of cell, and therefore, if
needful, a branch steam vessel, or fast sailing schooner,
could bring up the mails thence, and thus a direct
line of steam communication he, established with the
ccast of Africa at a small additional expense. „

While admitting that tliis course for the line of
Brazilian snail steamers is the best that can be adopted,
both outwards and homewards, we are of opinion
that in the organiz.ition of the scheme a very impor-
tant traffic has been altogether excluded from theroute,
and that a large accession to the business of the line
might be produced by an arrangement which would
effect an independent and rapid intercourse between
Portugal and Brazil.

Ma. DYCE SOMBEE.—It is rumoured in the
Court of Chancery that this singular case is likely to be
again made the subject of inquiry. It is stated upon
good authority that the Lord Chancellor will propose
that Dr. Seymour, Mr. Lawrence, and Dr. Forbes
Winslow be appointed, in conjunction with one of
his own physicians, either Dr. Bright or Dr. Southey,
to consider this matter in all its details, and report
accordingly. Our readers will recollect that prior
to the former inquiry Mr. Dyce Sombre himself selected
Dr. Winslow, Mr. Lawrence, and Dr. Seymour as his
judges, and expressed himself willing to abide by their
decision; but these gentlemen declined entertaining the
question without the knowledge and consent of the Lord
Chancellor (the legal guardian of Mr. Dyce Sombre),
and having access to the important documents in pos-
session of the Court of Chancery. Mr. Dyce Sombre
then appointed four other gentlemen, who saw Mr. Dyce
Sombre and made a report in his favour. The matter
came before the Court of Chancery, and the petition was
dismissed. Mr. Dyce Sombre complains of his anoma-
lous position. He is found lunatic by inquisition, and is
therefore suppos,d to bo incapable of taking care of
himself and property. Notwithstanding this he is
under no kind of surveillance, has at command nearly
12,000/. per auntrt, and is permitted to leave the country
and reside on the continent. If he be a lunatic, it is
said, why is this liberty allowed? Either his person
ought to be under control, or he is fit to be at large and
have the management of his own affair'. He is the only
lunatic connected with the Court of Chancery placed in
this peculiar and anomalous position. It is understood
that Mr. Dyce Sombre has strongly expressed his readi-
re ss to abide by the medical opinions of Dr. Seymour,
Mr. Lawrence, and Dr. Winslow.

We'allude to the propriety of these vessels making
a call both outwards and homewards at Lisbon.

The extent of the traffic between Portugal and Bra-
zil that might be comprised and included in the ope-
rations of this line cannot be underrated, particularly,
as a favourable opportunity for effecting such commu-
nicition now exists, and without detriment to the
service of the British mails, and with much benefit to
the public as well as to the promoters of the enter-
prise.
On the 4th of November, 1848, we mentioned the
arrival in England of M. d'Affonseca (Deputy for the
island of Madeira in the Portuguese Cortex), who
visited London for the purpose of concluding
arrangements for the establishment of two
lines of steamers, for which he had received the
concession of ample privileges from the Portuguese
Government. One of those lines of steam-vessels was
to proceed from Lisbon to the Algarves, Cadiz, Ma
deira, and the Canaries. The other line was to pro-
vide a communication from Lisbon to the Algarve",
thence to Cadiz, St. Michael's, Terceira, and Fayal,
both lines returning to Lisbon by the same routes.
With the first project was another, to connect the
Madeira line with Brazil by means of steamers run •
Ding between that island and Pernambuco, calling at
Cape Verde; the latter portion of the route being,
in fact, identical with the one now proposed to be
followed by the English line. M. d'Affonseca brought

MAN'S LAST FRIEND 13 TIIE TAX•GATIIEREIt.-
His wife may leave him, his family disown him, his chil-
dren run away from him, his best friends r.nd worst ac-
vaintances avoid him, but the tax-gatherer follows him
wherever he goes, even to the grave. It must he most
flattering to an Englishman's pride, that, poor as he
may be, he has always one friend that takes care of
and who will call without the smallest ceremony
and share his last penny loaf. Solitude and selfish-
ness cannot exist in England, for no man can live
independent of the tax-gatherer. His existence is a
partnership
drawn up for life, between the Government
and himself, in which the former takes what it likes, and
the latter gives more than he likes. In short, every
Englishman msy be said to possess two shadows—his
own genuine, true-born shadow, and tho government
presentation shadow; but there is this difference between
the two, that, whereas his own shadow merely walks
after him, the Government shadow walks into him if it
is not paid the moment it runs after him.—Punch's
Alrnanack.