The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-23 00:00:00

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Week
ending

Aberdeen .....• • • •
Amiens and Boulogne •••• • • • ••• • • •
Belfast and Ballymena ••• • • - ••• • • •
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • • • • ..
Cockermouth and Workington • • • •
Dublin and Drogheda• . •• • • .• • •• • • -•
Dublin and Kingstown • . • • • , • • • • • • • •
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • . • ...
East Angi1an........ •• •• • • • • ••
Edinburgh and G1a5g0w............
Edinbnrgh and Northern • • • .........
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
East Lancashire
Eastern Union ..
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ......
Glasgow and Green0ck,........
Great Southern and Western
Great Western, &c ....
Kendal and Windermere.........-
Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............
Lancaster and Carlisle.... • • •
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport....
Londonderry and
London and North Western, &c.
London and 81ackwa11.......... •
London and Brighton . , . • • • •
...
London and South Western .........
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
Midland Great Western (Irish)
Menklands
Newcastle and Carlisle
North British ......................
Paris and Rouen. • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • ..
Rouen and Havre .. • • • • • • • • • • • • ••
Scottish Central •••••••• . , . , . • • • - .
Shrewsbury and Chester .. ~ •. • .....
South Eastern and Branches • • • • •
South Devon.. • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Waterford and Limerick... • • • • • • • ...
Whitehaven Junction .• • • • • • • • • • • ,
Wishaw and Coltness . • • • • • •• ••
York and Newcastle . ........ • •
York and North Midland .

Last
week,

1,210

673
1,709
1,235
70
595
597

653
3,103
1,519
13,621
1,564
1,122
2,412

7;io
3,335
18,661

111
9,956
1,810

116
37,767

513
7,326
7,727
2,644

20,463
1,046
896

GA
°mt.:

1,09 T

2,286
4,687
2,169

552

3,082
537
13,149

805
1,110
2,104
885
1,620
18,006
77
8,126
1,014

Sl7
1,309
7.169
1,123
1,552
767
267
163

36,697

737
6,758
7,369
1,878

18,662

1,7811
r,582
2,022

542
7,743

672
1,685
577

3,403
7,32 i

172

10,88 y
7,14

LIGHT PASSENGER STEAM•CARRIAGR. The
" Fairfield" steam-carriage left Paddington at eight
•'clock yesterday morning, and went down to Reading
at the rate of 45 miles per hour. She went easily and
pleasantly, and every one in her appeared to be gratified
by her performance. From Reading she proceeded with
the great part of her passengers on to Bristol, whence
she was to depart that afternoon for Exeter. She will
then be handed over to the board of managers of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway, and it is expected she will
commence her regular trips on the Tiverton branch of
the Bristol and Exeter Railway to-day. Among the
gentlemen present on this journey were Mr. Rowland
Hill, of the Post-office; Captain Simmons, Government
Inspector of Railways; Mr. Valentine, Engineer of the
East Anglian Railways; Mr. Gregory, Engineer of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway ; Mr. Chapman, of the
East India Railway; and a number of other individuals
connected with railways, who all expressed themselves
satisfied with the result of this trial trip. It, when
this steam-carriage gets better into work, it should
go at the rate of fifty miles per hour, with 50 passen-
gers, consuming about eight pounds of coke per mile,
and weigh only 14 tons, including passengers, motive
power, fuel, and water, which it is confidently believed
will be the case, what a triumph it will be for the prin-
ciple of combining motive power and carrying power in
the same vehicle (upon six wheels), over the old method
of employing a locomotive, tender, first, second, and
third class carriages, and parcels van (making six
vehicles on 36 wheels), and weighing some 56 tons, con
sinning 45 pounds of coke per mile, and costing more
than double what this steam carriage does, which will
do the same work in the same time, at a greatly dimi-
nished first cost, expense for fuel, tke.l Hitherto, on
many branch lines, trains as above composed have been
employed to carry 15, 20, 30, or 40 persons, thus making
"much ado about nothing," but eating into the pockets
of shareholders. Hereafter we hope to see a better adap •
tation of means to ends, and not to employ an elephant
to do the work of It donkey.
2azeitax

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton Market at Liverpool this week has been
very active, and the sales have been large at rather ad-
vanced prices. Railway shares were in request yester-
day and well supported.
The weekly balance sheet of the Bank of England,
made up to the 18th instant, is in all essential points the
same as the previous one, only greater in degree. The
bullion had further increased, as also the amount to the
credit of the Government, and the unemployed notes
were larger than, we believe, they ever were before.
The active note circulation and the other securities
were again reduced, a proof that the Bank is not in-
creasing its business. The following aro the results of a
comparison with the previous week:—
Notes issued 27,982.125
Increase 248,390
Rest . 3,376,688
Increase
Public Deposits 7,908,643
Increase
Other Deposits 9,249,649
Decrease
Seren Day and other Bills
Decrease
Government Securities
Other Securities

Increase
Notes 11,246,410
Increase
Bullion
Increase
Active circulation
Decrease
The letters and papers by the Great Western, from
the West Indies and Mexico, state that the weather had
been rather too dry in Barbadoes, but, subsequently,
rain fell at Georgetown, which it was hoped had been
general. There are no complaints of the weather in Ja-
maica, but commerce is represented as being very inactive.
The condition of the other colonies remained much the
same al per last advices. Of the large amount, 2,200,000
dollars, brought by the steamer, part is on mining ac-
count, 70,000 dollars being for the United Mexican
Mining Association, part for merchants' account, and
37.300 dollars for the dividends on Mexican Bonds.
The continental advices received this morning are
generally satisfactory, and the letters from Liverpool
and other towns in the country state that the markets
close well, though business was being gradually wound
up for the holidays.
The Funds are very quiet this morning, as the at-
tendance of members of the house is not numerous,
and there is an indisposition to enter into tresh trans-
actions. Consols are 88k i; New Three-and-a. Quarter
per Cents. 881 i; and the Three per Cents. 88k I. Ex-
chequer bills have realised 38s. to 425. premium.
The Foreign Securities have been very steady gene-
rally, but very little business has been done excel t in
the Peninsular Stocks. Mexican Bonds have been 23i
to 24, a further rise. Peruvian have not been higher
than 46 to 471. Equador are 2i 4. Dutch Two-and-,L
Half per Cents. are 494.
Shares are firm, and without any material change
o E.
P.?l, CUNDS. O'CLOCK.
3 ;.er Cent. Reduced Arms 81,n%
New VA per Cent. Anns.... .
i,ong Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o
India Bonds, 1,0004
Ditto under 1,0001. . .. 39 p
Consols for Account. 83%114
el-Killer Bills. 2%d. & 2d.
1,0001. March ........... 42 3S p
1,000/. June 39 40 37 p
5001. March.~
5001. June
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS

PRICES.
881
88'PR
85,1,

oNE CLOSth G
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. — 13
Mexican, .5 per Cent. 1846 237 233/4
Ditto, Account 24 23% 24 237 e 241 A; 23%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — 45
Ditto, Account ..... ... .....
flussian Bonds ...
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent — 20
Dividends on the above payable in London. _

Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.... 49% 49%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
A berdeen 5O .. .. 16 17 1614 16%
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 4%......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% —
Belfast & County Down 19
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20
Do, withoutguarautee 20
Birming, Wolverh'ton,
and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10
Do. without guarantee 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 131. 145... ........
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Juno 10
Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5
Bristol and Exeter 9O ......56 55
Ditto, Thirds
Nuckinghamshire... 14/. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares .. ......
Do. New 101. Pref..... 7%..... %
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto,:Preference ls
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Belfast Junc. 35 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ......
East Anglia, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18
Do., 3/. 10s.
Eastern Counties........ 20 12%
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent. ..... 10 ...... 11%
Ditto, Extension, 5 per
Cent., No. 1 61. 13s. 4d....
Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d...
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do., 5 per cent.
Do. Quarters
Do. New
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1
Ditto, Class B (L &
and B.)
20

Ditto Cliss C, ditto 2O . .... ..........
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 10 ...... ...... ..
..
Ditto, ditto
Ditto (C. & E.) guar.
5 per cent
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
Ditto, New Quarters 614 ..............
Do., 6 per Cent. Pre-
ference Quarters ... 514 — ~. ..
East Lincolnshire ...... 25 - •••
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. ..
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, Newport
16
Exeter,Yeevil, & Dorch. 2%
Gla.gow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
6'lasgow,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 .... .
Do. Preference Consul. - . • •••
Great Northern
Do., -'/.2 A Deferred ... 121/2 4% .... ...
Do., I/2 B 6 per Cent.
guaranteed ... ..... 64 ......
Do. Extension 2;2
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) ... 42% — ......... .. ...
Great North of England.loo ... ••
Ditto, New, 40/ 4O
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, New, 30/ 3O
Ditto, New, 151......... 14 ..
Great Western 9O ......

3 die.
2i

14 P
14 P

67%

Ditto, 1/2 Shares 5O ......
Ditto, 14 Shares —
Ditto, Fifths ...... -
Ditto, New 171— ..... 13 ...
Huddersfield and Manch. 30
Ditto, Thirds
[lull and Selby
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..-.. 49
Ditto, M Shares
Lancaster and Carlisle 5O ......
Ditto, Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 1/2 Shares -
Do. Quarter Shares... 171/2 — ••• —
Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10
Do. Sixteenths O4
Do. Thirds (Reg.) l3 ..... 43/4 . 4
Do. New,Gua.6 per ct. 71,x ......
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ......
Ditto 1/2 (late Hud-
dersfield and Sheff.) 43

Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50

Do.( W. Riding Union) 7 -- ... ..... .
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. t,4 Shares (A)... 914 —
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 .
Do., Half Shares 25
Do., (blue) Scrip....., 214...
Leeds and Think
Ditto, New .............35
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31,4 —
Liverpool, Crosby and
Southport. Bit _
I.iverp., Manchster, and
Newcastle Junction... 214,,...„
London & Blackwall...l3/. 65.8 d....
Do. Extension ~.. ... 22 lA .. .........
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 ......
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per et. 50 .. ...
Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50
Ditto, New 5/., guar.
6 per cent. . 5
London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d — . ... ..
Ditto, Preference... 18, 17s 2d —
London and N. Western 100 123 122...
Do Quarters (L. & B.) 22
Ditto, New
D;ito, Fifths ..... .. .. 2
Do. 40/.Shares(L. fit.) 25
Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 9
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 9
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 ... .. 3 ..... .... .•• •••
on:l. &S. Western
Do. New 501. ... ..... 421,4..
Do. New 40/. ... 34
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50
Ditto ditto -
Ditto, Thirds.. ......131. 6s. 8d... ... 4% dis.
Do.. New Scrip, 1848,
P. el. 7 per Cent. on
Deposit, and 5 per
Cent. on Calls_ 4 6
......, —,..

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