The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-15 00:00:00

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

Dividend , Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
Xs. d. X s. d.
British .• •••••••• • • • • 1
Ditto Provincial .... ' v. 20 0 0 20 0 0
Brighton • ..... ••• • ~ 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 , 15
City of London •• •• 41. Os. 100 0 0 lao 0 0
Continental (4th Cap.) . 50 0 0 20 0 0 —
Equitable .......... 21.105. 50 0 0 all
Great Central ....... 8/ per cent. 10 0 0 all 11%
Imperial .. .• ........ 101. & bonus. 50 0 0 all 90
Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 91 -
L0nd0n.............. - 50 0 0 Of
Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25
P, ce six . ............ C. per cent. 60 0 0 52 '4
0 40.4
Ratcliff .... . ....... 51. 100 0 0 16 0 0 16
United General ...... 21. 108. 150 0 0 all 20
Westminster Chartered 4k per cent. 50 0 0 57 1,4
Ditto, New ........ '5O 0 0 10 lii 0 11,4
WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
X s. d. X s. d. '
East London
Grand Junction .... • • C. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 72%
Kent
Lambeth .......... _ . 100 0 0
Newßiver Company 2l. 10s.
Southwark & Vauxhall ' 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 89%
West Middlesex .... —5/. per cent. 61 0 0 100
BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ S. d.
flungerford
Southwark .. _.. .
Ditto New of 7% p.c. IL per cent. 50 0 0
Waterloo ..... _.. _ 100 0 0
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0
Ditto 2.1 W ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 2i
Vauxhall .......... • • 965. 70 10 3 —20 N
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. X• s. d.
Commercial •• • • • • 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock.
East and West India.. 6,.. pr cent. Stock.
East C,',utitry..
London ....
Ditto Bonds"
St. Katharine
• outhampton
Victoria ...... • 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 ' 10 0 0 19%

nURRICAYE IM THE UNITED STATES.

On Saturday week a tornado sprung up from the
Jersey shore, cutting this city with its edge, but
doing no great darnage. It passed over Philadel-
phia, doing great damage, particularly in the dis-
trict of Kensington. Five houses were utterly de-
molished, 150 more were injured; these included
five churches, a schoolhouse, three manufactories,
and other substantial buildings. Nine persons
were seriously injured, and the loss by destruction
of property amounts to one hundred thousand dol-
lars. Twenty freight cars were blown down a street
grade a distance of 100 yards, and then thrown off
the track. The tornado passed through Pennsyl-
vania to Ohio, and, following the line of the Cleve-
land and Pittsburg Railroad, did great damage in
Alliance, Damascus, Salem, and other towns. One
town in Columbiana county was reported to be in
ruins. At Alliance one man was killed outright
and several persons severely injured. At Newark,
New Jersey, considerable damage was done. The
tornado continued its ravaging strides, crossing the
Ohio border, and striking upon Chicago. Here 310
great damage was done. In passing through Penn-
sylvania the tornado traverseda strip of country
probably 50 or 60 miles in width. At Lancaster a
bridge, which cost 50,000 dollars, was blown down.
From Pittsburg to Cleveland the blow seems to have
reached its greatest force. The railway runs for a
long distance through dense forests, and, confined
in this cut, the wind had resistless force. The tor-
nado seems to have been governed by the lave
which the philosophers have deduced from minute
observations. Its course was regular, and ex-
tended over nearly a thousand miles of country,
through which it passed in a few hours. It was
a curious natural phenomenon, and will, doubt-
less, attract the attention of the savants.--New
York Herald.