The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

THE PANAMA RAILWAY.

We learn, by the Arno, that the surplus earnings of
the last six months of 1855 amounted to nearly three per
cent., after paying a dividend of six per cent. to the
shareholders.. The following is the statement of the in.
come and expenditure. The troops recently sent over
the isthmus for California reached Panama Irons Aspin-
wall,-with all their baggage, in four hours ; and though
20 of them were taken from the hospital at the time of
embarkation, they all arrived in perfect health, and were
put aboard the Pacific steamer at Panama, without a,
single case of desertion. The negotiations between tfAts
Nicaragua Transit Company and the United State*
Mail Coropany, by which the traffic over the railway is
expected to be considerably increased, were progressing
favourably.

Dols.

Balance of credit for fire months, ending Nov.
30th, 1855 . 450,504 66
To which add amounts earned and not col-
lected..

67,432 69

517,937 35

Deduct expenses of working the road,
namely
Interest on bonds in New York
Ditto on sterling mortgage bonds,
six months
Office expenses 8,913

222,320 00

Balance net earnings for five months
Add surplus on hand, June 30th. 1855 .....
Add amount due from United States Govern
ment on mails previous to let :July
Estimate for December accounts not
yet received
Less Chief Engineer's estimate of run•_
ning expenses for same

295617 35
3,208 37

6,260 tg

25,000

100,000 00

405,08 a 40
An2ount, of stoeknutstanding 4,532,600
dols., upon which a dividend of six
per gent. has been declared, amount-
ing to
New Grenadian Government, three
per cent, ......

... ... 8,157 CO
-- 280,077 CO

Surplus remaining on hand, 31st Dec., 1855 ... 125,008 80

THE PEACE PARTY AT MANCHESTER.

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MANCHESTER, MONDAY, 11
The members for this city, the,_. fight Hon. M. Gibson
soiree at Mr. G. Wilson presided.
and Mr. B, Bthreigeh
Mr. M. Gte,sog addressed the meeting at some length
in vindication of the support be •had given to the Pews"
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Party in the House of Commons.
Mr. BRIGHT followed, in a speech which occupied
nearly two hours in its delivery. He referred in detail
to the terms of peace Which have been accepted by Rus-
sia as preliminaries, expressing his opinion that they
are in themselves admirable, chiefly because there is
reason to believe they will lead to a pacification. lie
directed attention to the vast loss of life, of money, and
of material wealth which the contest has entailed upon
the nations engaged in it, and the addition it has occa-
sioned to the public debt of this country. Mr. Bright
indulged in some bitter attacks upon the press in gene-
ral—on the Times in particular—on account of the com-
ments which have been made in the London and pro-
vincial journals upon his public conduct.

The meeting was afterwards addressed by General
Thompson and Mr. Heywood,
Mr. Cobden was not present.

for the reception of the Rogers' bequest, and for the
Paul Veronese, recently purchased.
It is understood
NATIONAL GALLERY.—Preparations have been made
that the latter will be placed in the National Gallery by
Monday next ; the three pictures bequeathed by Mr.
Rogers, probably. to-day. The arrangement of pictures
according to schools and periods will, as the collection
increases, obviously become less and less practicable in
the present rooms. It is to be hoped, however, that the
seen will on newly
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