The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-08 00:00:00

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TIIE FUNDS--(CLOSING PRICES)
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSIN:,
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
95%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96 96% 14
Three per Cent. Conseil Annuities .. .. 95%3a
Now Three-anda..Quarter per Cent. Anna. :4 97% 97h
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 5.16 10 5-16
India Stock . .. •.. .. 260% 260%
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. • • • • is
18 p
Consols for Account
41Cihequer Bills.
1,000 i...

134 d.

110.
7 10 G 10 pm. 7
7 11 -- pm. 11
12 8--- pm. 8

5001,
Ditto, Small

ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN* FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 23 234
Ditto, for the Account 23% 23%
Portuguese Pour per Cent .• • • 34%
Ditto. fo: the Account ..
.. 39 40 38% 38 %
39% 40
ePanish i:londs, 5 per Cent .. —753 i
Dittos for the Account
..
blvidends on the above payable in tendon.

*PRICES OF ErBrNESS CLOSI:NO
r..km. DONE AT PRICES.
RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. .• • • • • 10
•
Amber., Notting., Boston. and
Eastrn Junction
2.... 2U 2 2%.... 2%
.
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. —130% 130%
Ditto, New (issed at 736 dis.).. 1734 ... 32% • ......... 3.,,34
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 7%34 • • •. .. 7%
Bristol and Exeter 75 .. 87 •• . 87
Ditto New .. . • . • • • 5 ••• • ••••• • • • • • lON
Buckinghamshire 425. .... %34 di5..... 34 dis.
Caledonian .. • • •• 20 •• • 15% iL.I ••• • • • 1534
Ditto, Half Shares
.• ... ..... 1:6
Chester and Holyhead 27% .... 27% 27 .... • • 27
Churnet and. Blythe .. . • • . 2 .. ..........
Cornwall .. „ ..5 2
Direct Northern .. 2% 1 2., . ..... 2
Eastern Counties .. .• .. 141. 165..... 23% . 23%
Ditto New .. .. 10/. 165..... 8 p.......... 8
Ditto, York Extension • 105....• 2 •••• • • ' • 2
Eastern Union .•
.. 30 .... 43 43
Do. Extension to Norwich •
.. 2% •••• " " "
East Lancashire
.. • .. 14 • 24 ..........24
East Lincolnshire l% —•• • • • .... 74%
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 74 ..
Edinburgh and Northern .. .. 10 .... 1114 11
Edinburgh and Perth • • •
Ely and llflntingdon 736 .... 614 •......... 6
Goole, Di:roust., and Sheffield, &e. 425..... di5...
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% • • Ti
Great -Eastern and Western .. 2% 1 .......... 1
Great Western .. E 5 ....149
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10 .... 22 213
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 34
Guildford, Fareham, &Portsmoth 5 .... 5% ..... 5%
Hull and Selby .. 50 .... . .

Ditto, 34 Shares.. .. 1234.... 21% 2134
Leeds and Bradfordl 26 • • ...... • • 70
Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. 1 dis
Leicester and Bedford 225..... % di5..... • • % dis.
Leicester, Tamworth. &c. 425..... di5....... i 4 dis.
London anl Birmingham . • .100 ....225 223 224.... 224
Ditto, Thirds 32 .... ...• 69
Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 .... 30%.......... 29
Ditto, Fifths 2 „_ 25 .... ...... 25
London and Black wall .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• ••• • ••
Ditto, New • • .. • • • • 3 ••••—•• • • • • • • "
London and Brighton . 50 .. . 66
London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. 9 4 ....
London and York ..
.. 2 ysi .. • • 2'A%••• • • • • •
Ditto, Half Shares • • 2% .... 2 •• . ••• • ••
Lynn and Ely .. .. 15 .... 16% • • .....• • • 16&.,
Lynn and Dereham „, .15 .. • • ...... 13%
Manchester and Leeds.. .82 ....12034.......... 120%
Ditto, Fifths . 3 .... .. •••• • • • • 12
Ditto Extension . 425. •• 334 p.. • • • • 334 p
Manchester and 141rminxham .. 40 . ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) - • 5 15 ••••• • • • • 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares (13 • . 5 .... 15 • • 15
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 •• • • 10%34 • • 10%
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • 13 34 p...... 1% p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1%34 1%
Midland ..100 ••• • • • .... 145
Ditto, New 24 .... 38% .. • • ...... 38%
Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .. •• .. •• • • . 4334
Ditto, New
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 .. •. 29 •• • • 29
Norfolk .. .. • • .. 20 .... .....
Ditto, Extension - . • • .. 2 .. • .
........
North British •• 25 .. • • 38%
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 834 1432 14 ......
Ditto Fifths.. .. .. 5 ....
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 3%
Northern and Eastern .. 50 .... 75%
Ditto, Quarter 'Shares 12% .... 18
Ditto, New .. 1 .• 23 ••••• • • • !•
North Staffordshire .. 425..... 3% %p .
Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 83‘ • • • • • • • • • •
Preston and Wyre 25 •• • •-• • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. • . 2% •• .. 834.. •• • •
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. • • 3,i dis
Richmond .. .. 10 .... 18% 19 ....
Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick 425. % p..
Scottish Central . 12%

fw Ditto New • .. • • -• • • 2k; •• • • 8 !,4 ••••• • • • • • 9
Scottish Midland .. .. 10 .... 7 ........ . 7IA
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 35 3.. .. • • 3
Shropshire Union .. 425..... 3 dis • .......
Sinth Midland .. .. • • .. 425. 4,y p % p
South Staffordshire Junction . • 23 .... 2 4
South Eastern and Doyor 45% 45
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% .... 3%
South Wales .. . • .. 4%% ••• .• • 4
Vale of Neath
.. 2 .... .......• 'l%
Welsh Midland 2% .... 1 ....... 1
West Riding Union .. • •
.. 425. • • 3% la 13• ••• • • 3% P
York and Carlisle ..
York and North Midland .. 50 ••••• • • • •
Ditto, Extension .. .. 20 .... 39%39. 39
IDo. E, and W. Riding Eaten... ••.••• • • • • 13%

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 14
Bordeaux and Mediterranean .. 2 „
Bord., Toni., & Cette Mackenzie) 2 ........
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2
........
Dutch Rhenish , . 6 .... 6 ......
East India,' . • • • • • • ss. .. •• 1 ........
Great Indian Peninsular ss. .„ „ „ „
Great Western Bengal .. • • 58. ........
Luxembourg
Namur and Liege .. • . 6 ....
....
Orleans and Vierzon .. • • lO .... ........
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5%
Sambre and Meuse g „ ........

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
National Provincial of England 35 .... 36
MINES.

Real del Monte, Unregistered .. 33ii

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room B.

7AVERPOOL, ORIVISZITLIC, AND PRESTON.
Mr. Andrews, silk manufacturer, of Ormskirk, was ex-
amined by Mr. BRANDT, with a view of showing the accom-
modation to be afforded by this line.
Mr. Blundell, surgeon, of Southport, stated that as many
as 24,000 or 25,000 persons visited Southport during the
summer, for the purpose of bathing.
Mr. B. Lewis, one of the Commissioners appointed under
an Act of Parliament for the purpose of improving Southport,
considered that a railway communicating Southport with
Ormskirk was desirable for the interest of the former town.
Mr. R. Harkness, draper, of Ormskirk, thought the pro-
posed line between Ormskirk and Southport desirable.
Mr. E. Rigby was connected with the coal-fields Skel-
mersdale, and thought the proposed line would be beneficial
to the interests of that di,trict.

Lieutenant Kellock, R.N considered that the present
scheme embraced everything of a beneficial nature that was
included in the rival scheme. He thought that the pier pro-
posed by the rejected line at Southport could not be bene-
ficially carried out.
Mr. Blair, traffic computist, gave evidence of the details
of the traffic between Southport and Ormskirk.
The Bishop of DUMIAM, to the witness—What is your oc-
cupation, Mr. Blair?
Witness—l am a traffic statist.

Mr. MERMINVETHER—I think it should be traffic creatist.
Mr. Smith, of Deanton, was the next witness examined in
favour of this line. His evidence went to show that the pro-
posed line would do very little residential injury.
Mr. M'Veagh, civil engineer, and engineer to the line, was
then called and examined. He stated that the line proposed
to commence at Liverpool, and proceeded through Ormskirk
to Preston, where it effected a junction with the East Lan-
cashire line. From Ormskirk there was a branch to South-
port. The line was also proposed to join the Liverpool
and Bury Railway at about a mile from Liverpool.
The left of the main line was Miles. Chains. 22 52
Ormskirk and Southport Branch 7 39
Skelmersdale Branch 3 6
Dock Branch at Liverpool
East Lancashire Branch ...

Total length of main line and branches 36 15

The capital of the Company was
The cost of the main line would be 322,4911.
The Dock Branch .. .. 119,0201.
The Skalmersdale Branch
Southport Branch 82,480/.
East Lancashire Junction
Leaving a surplus of 153,894/.

_ 750,000 f.
The steepest gradient upon the main line was 1 in 150, and
on the dock branch it was lin 100. There were no curves
of a less radius than half a mile. The estimates were amply
sufficient for the construction of all the necessary works.
Cross-examined by Mr. MEIWIENVETIIER—Did not know a
case in which a railway seven miles in length had been con-
structed in the face of hostile parties.
At this stage of the proceedings the Committee intimated
their opinion that the line between Ormskirk and Southport
should not be constructs&
Mr. AUSTIN accordingly withdrew that portion of the line,
and the Committee, without hearing further evidenze, de-
clared the preamble of the Bill to be proved, with the excep-
tion, however, of the Southport and Ormskirk branch.

Air. Lowe, C.E. engineer. to the line, was then examined—
The total length of the line was six miles five chains. The
estimates were—
For Land £110,102
For Works
For Stations 30,000
Contingencies
Total estimate --- £450,.503
There were two tunnels u ponthe line, one of 1,020, and
the other 140 yards in length. The gradients were—
.l in 270 ......... ... for
I 108 ............ -7.
......... I mile.
...... ......
1 —47 i ............ 211 mites.
............ 2 miles
1 145 up to the central station at Oldham. .
There would be no difficulty in working this line, without
having recourse to the ropes and balance-weights used by
the rival Company.
It being nearly four o'clOck before the cross-examination
was concluded, the Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock
on Monday.

Room C.

OLDRA.P,I,IKANCHESTER, AND LIVERPOOL

- - -
nISLICENIIEAD JUNCTION.
Mr. Bennett, of Manchester, gave evidence of a favourable
nature as regards this line.
Mr. Carr, from Newton, and Mr. Barnes, machine-maker
of Oldham, gave similar evidence.

DUBLIN AND ENNISKILLEN
RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the shareholders in the Dublin and Ennis-
killen Company took place this dly, at Guildhall-place, for
the purposes of determining whether the Company should
take advantage of the powers of an Act lately passed, en-
titled the Railways Dissolution Act.
The chair was taken by Sir John Campbell.
The SECRETARY having read the advertisement convening
the meeting, scrutineers were appointed.
The report stated that it would be useless to persevere
with the undertaking, although the line was essentially a
good one, in consequence of the altered state of the money-
market, and in consequence of the Company having lost
their Bill in Parliament on purely technical grounds. The
directors bad expended the funds of the Company in a most
economical wanner, and they were now able to come:before