The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-23 00:00:00

RAILROAD AND MIS
N. Y. Cent. &If ud. Rr 97/
Erie
Reading
Mich. Central ll7f
Illinois Central
Cleveland & Pittsbrg 92
Chi. & North-West
North-West Preferred 881
Canton sBi
Rock Island
Cleveland and Toledo
Fort Wayne

STATES

45,530,000 00

Total
Debt on which inte-
rest has ceased
mute maturity

.D laud and Legal
Tender Notes 53E6,110,258 50
Fractional currency 40,063,512 62
Certificates of gold
deposited

50,392,180 00

25,716,080 50

Decrease of Public Debt during the past
month
Decrease since March 1 1869

TUE ERIE RAILWAY CuMPAIVY.

Average rate of sped of express trains 30 and 48 miles
an hour.

Average rata of speed of freight trains —l2 miles an hour.
RATE OF FARE FOR PASSENGERS OF EACU CLASS.
PEE MILE.
Through. Way.
First class Cents. Cents.
2
Emigrants
Expense of maintaining the road 122 1 4754,248,273
Expense of repairs, dre..
3
Expense of operating the road 5,,81822,634
8,359
Of this sum $1,627,708 was for passenger transportation
and $4,200,650 for freight transportation.

ToTAL EARNINGS OP TILE ROAD
From passenger trains 64,043,0
From freight trains..

From other sources

!,583,7
94,65

Total..

816,721,50

RECEIPTS.

From passengers..
From freight -
.
From otner sources—Telegraph 33,562
Storage 3,740
Rents 22,E31
Mails
... 150,409
Pavonia Ferry 34,523

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Total
PAYMENTS OTHER THAN FOR OONsTRUCTION.
Transportatiou
Hudson River Ferry 184,514
Telegraph 107,273
internal revenue tax 88,;',66
Loss on Lake Erie Steamers

Total
Interests on mortgage debts .
Rents of railroads

513,718,085
1,703,773
824,020

Total 516,245,878
Surplus October Is; 1869 475,621

Tail --
$16,721,500

LONDON GAZETTE—L ist Even ng.

FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 8.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoin
Russell Brook Robertson, Esq., to be her Majesty's Vice•
Consul at Yedo.

FEB. 21.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Oscar
Mooyer as Consul at Singapore for the North German
Confederation.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Senor
Percy Heurtley as Consul at Southampton for tho Argen-
tine Republic.

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 21.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Grant,
Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of her
Majesty's settlement of Sierra Leone on the Western
Coast of Africa.

Rer Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Edward
Dalton Shea, William John Sinclair Donnely, and Robert
John Pinsent, jun., Esqrs., to be members of the Legisla-
tive Council of the Island of Newfoundland.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Joseph
Trounsell Gilbert, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the
Colony of British Guiana.

Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint John
Warde Straton, Esq., to be Auditor-Geheral, and Revero
Mayo, Esq., to be Treasurer, for the Island of Jamaica.

CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 21.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT

PARLIAMENT.

City of Londonderry—Richard Dowse, Esq., her Ma.
jestys Solicitor-General for Ireland.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 22.
46th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Edward
Hungerford Delaval Elers Napier, from the 61st Foot,
to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Ash
Windham, K. 0.8., deceasPd.

6lst Regiment of Foot—Major-General Sir Horatio
Shirley, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-Gener;il
Edward Hungerford Delaval Evers Napier, transferred to
the 46th Fout.
filth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Charles Al-
gernon Lewis to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant• General
Henry Keane Bloomfield, deceased.
ADMIRALTY, PER. 19.
Royal blarine Artillery—Lieutenant Owen Thos. Jones,
to be Second Captain from the kith inst., vico Pitman
placed on half-pay.

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Messes. DUNVILLE it Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called "The Royal Irish Distillery."

7ELLANEOTTS STOCKS.
Pacific Mail 4Ol
Atlantic Mail -
Quicksilver
W. U. Telegraph
Miraposa ... 9t
Mariposa Preferred
Ohio and Mississippi 26i
Boston Water Power l6
Cumberland
N Y and N Haven 1364
M & St. Paul
MJr ',4t Psi uI Prefe• red 861

Express Stocks sell steadily, the leading feature being
Adams. We quote:—
Adams 611• to 65
American Merchants' Union 371 to 38
Merchants' Union, old Stock 6 to 6f
United States
Wells, Fargo, and Oo l9i to 20

STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF MN UNITED

The following is the recapitulation of the Treasury
Statement issued by Secretary Boutwell on the Ist
instant:— DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN COIN.
Priccipal. Interest.
Bonds at 5 per Cent. $221,589,300 00
Bonds at 6 per Cent. 1,85.-56,349,900 00

Tutal $2,107,939,200 00 , $32,347,394 82
DEBT BEARING INTEREST IN LA.WFLTL MONEY,
Certificates at 3 per
cent. interest
Navy Pension Fund,
at 3 per cent.

$59,530,000 00 $717,950 00

4,053,046 G $533,663 89
DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST.

Total 446,565,951 12
Total outstanding $2,618,088,197 76 34,099,013 70
Total Debt— Princi-
pal and interest to
date, including
coupons hue and
not presented for
pay►uent 2,652,187,211 46
AMOUNT IN THE THEASI:HY.
Coin
Currency
Sinking Fund iu U.S
coin, interest on
bondm,and accrued
interest the, eon
Other U.S. coin, in-
terest, bonds pur-
chased, and accru-
ed interest thereon $71,366,303 86 207,373,922 54

Debt, less amount in the Treasury 52,444,813,288 92 Debt, less amount iuTreasury ou Ist ult: 2,448,746,953 31

$3,933,664 39
KO, 649,971 09

(From the Wall-street Journal.)
We annex the following figures from the anima:
report, made :o the State Digineer of the Stale ol
New York, for the year ending Sept. 30, 1869:

STOCK AND DEJ4TS.
Amount of stock subscribed 578,636,910
Amount which had been paid in at the time of
last report
46,302,210
Fueded debt as by lust report 23,398,800
Total amount now of funded and floating debt 23,398,800
Average rate per annum on funded debt. 7 per cent.

COST OF ROAD AND EQUIPMENT.
by Last By Present
Reort. eort.
For gradation and masonry 51,50 p 1,643 $2,R30p9,125
Telegraph 12,326 L!,326
Superstructure, including iron 2,179,724 3,274,894
Passenger and freight siatious,
buildings and fixtures 849,536 881,182
Engine & car and machine shops,
machinery and fixtures
Land, land damages and fences 335,563 350,922
Locomotives, fixtures and SCOW
plows . 2,672,611 3,103,970
Passenger and baggage care 694,818 847,908
Freight and other cars 2,654,706 3,588,760
Pavonia and 23d Street Ferries 266,210 526,962
New York and Erie Railroad Co 43,738,948 48,551,949
T, 1 . _

total cost of road and equip-
ment 856,486,605 $65,131,959
CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD.
Length of road (miles) . ... 459
Length of double track (miles)
Length of branches owned by the Company(miles) 364 i
Length of double track laid on same (miles) 5Oll
Number of engine houses and shops 4O
Number of engines 404
Number of first class passenger cars 213
Number of second class and emigrant cars 54
Number of baggage, mail, and express cars 7l
Number of freight cars 7,447
AMOUNT OF TRANSPORTATION AND NUMBER OF MILES RUN.
Number of miles run by passenger trains 2,837,407
Number of miles run by freight trains 4,924,172
Total number of passengers carried 2,497,113
Number of tons of freight carried
Average rate of speed of passenger trains -26 miles an
hour.