The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-01 00:00:00

•
MAY 1) 1851. EPRicE

moihEle id, in warps anda cops. Spinners
d y a inconsiderable amount of sales;
vbeuffdle:nait I a=111121a( 1 i
L7:io
entgasutiiaiatibcd;cysi Indict
is declinedtound in
nfftehrra
they have, ). coil .6 !ter, ingvro:i:rnitotiunisrm:i
of very fairumext:
jortmet,,f.r:toici
is
in
the
course_
of
because of a diCe rence notopoerdxisne.etiendgin
might be expe a ..ed,
clotohnligesl morel evi-
rige:nio."M;thioatas.thfoorpyriaoal
,:cusetiaonndotg
110C;(D4 ILE. Moan IT.--The Flannel market nhuatii oboe;
‘,„11, „„` ,a limited en. •ount of butiuess has been trans-
ac, T clo.ths,
the dealers complaiu of having very little
,simp:iorglbc cloth,
5,,,
a.c.ed to, ti,Y, a?.. prices much the same as these of th"
preceding ' wee k. Woo.' hAs undergo:le no change ine
do
price, but but
MACCLESI 1 ELD, TUESDAY.—The demand for manu-
factured gooCa has not undergone any improvement
soce our last; the recent reductions in the prices of
raw • and throe in silks having produced a- decidedly
pn.ip:-licial eiTe et with buyers. In thrown transac- 1
floes are some hat rare, notwithstanding that prices
is
, raw material. This may probably be
have beet same what reduced to a standard compatible
to the approach of the new silk crop
watittrhibtuhteo sde
ino p tht
b..
on the continent, which, as it may prove favourable or
otherwise, will
ioubtedly exercise a great degree of
ute
a bf.ing.
lIESDAY.—To-day we have had an
influence for the titn
HUDDERSFIELD, a '
average market; a fa, it business has been done in the
hall, though not so mu ch as is expected generally at this
time of the year. Mixt. ires and black doeskins have been
tin woollen market. The fancy
',risk, and a fair business has
trademost
mno h to order, for the home
been done in the vestin g b.
st i n
continuesreq ues t i a
prettythe pL
summer trade. Some of thi 3 export warehouses are
o rders, but generally the
pretty brisk with Amer jean
warehouses have not bee n vet y busy during the week.
ket to-day, and the Yarns have been in rathe 'r bet ter demand. Not much
• fixed for the 15th, will
present.
has been done in the wool Ant.l
ap-
proaching May sales, which are.
have some sted trade is still in
Tree
3 ce! f
se cAtTnurßoDnAtyh.e—t rTe Ihdee altol .
a languid condition, and presents no aspect of improve-
ment since our last report. The tran, lactions in yarn are
rather more numerous; and prices are firm, though they
cannot be quoted higher. More wool li as been changing
bands; and the quotations, though mlt advancing, ex-
hibit greater firmness.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There is no ellen lie to notice in
the woollen trade since last week. The i markets have
been quiet, bat a fair business 'continues t .o be done to
order, and there is no alteration to notice i 'n IA ices.

GREAT NORTHERN OF FRANCE
o£
ft
the
theshareholders 28th inst. in one
great rooms belonging to the Paris terminus, Baron
r
James de Rothschild, the president, in the chair.
himaaere seated the following directors:—The Duke de
Galliera, the Marquis DaVI, Baron N. tie Rothschild,
M. Deleb-cque, M. E. Pereire, M. Ceillard,
Hottingeur, Pepin-Lehelleur, M. Lebobe, M. Dassi,r,
el. de l'Aighe M. de St. Didier, M. Jolly de Bern:neville,
and M. J. Mallet. M. Boude read the report of the
Comraittoo appointed to examine the accounts of 1849,
ehicb, that document declared, were in every way cor-
reeteaud M. E. Pereire read the report of the Board of I
Directors :
oildThis document commences by stating that the share-
to
three ion of the line—that of St.
public on May 23, 1850;
theh share-
holders on this occasion for the first time sine©
entire,t. termination of the works of the railway. The
last
terminated; two lines of way arc laid down in every
part
capitalr o t•
will
the undertaking;not e exceed
ce ed 4Quentin—wasatstations
bran executed with the capital hitherto
4001. per
aspe r tellsh a
rthe.es these e
paidoru'ps, 'Lye('
works
account of the expenses will
if remain at 203 minions, of
which 160 millions proceed re
the shareholders; 40 millionsrenip the
money
paid up by
resent the sums to be
reimbursed to the State by annual
maining three millions will be supplied payments;
from
and the re-
the reserve
prescribed by the statutes. The•debt testrhoelaiS
amounted
tate, which,
when the revolution of February broke out,
54,711,667 f, was on 31st last December only 32 to
All the payments to the Treasury were effected
anticipation; the ten millions reimbursable inbythecourse of 1850, and the last date for which was Nov. l 5
w'ere paid on an average on March 24; the four millions'
due in 1851, up to the present time, were also paid be-
forehand, one half from May 10 to July 1 of last
year, and the other half from February 4 to March 5
of the present year. The debt owing to the State is con-
sequently reduced to 29,312.229 f., interest included. The
Board has paid since 1848, 29,000,000 e, and has in addition
in hand 6,877,9161. in Treasury bonds, taken in Decem-
ber last at 4 per cent. interest. As the whole sum re-
maining to be expended on Dec. 31, 1849, for the prin-
cipal line and the branches to Calais, Dunkirk, and St.
Quentin amounted to 11,819,026 e ; and as a sum of
4,535,468 f was paid in 1850, there remains still to be paid
on Dec. 31, 1850, a sum of 7,283,5571. The money ex-
pended in 1850 related principally to the completion of
the St. Quentin line; the definitive construction of the
stations of Calais, St. Omer, and Douai; the enlarge-
CHESTER AND HOLYH 1.7. AD meet, as foreseen, of a number of stations and goods'
RAILWAY. yards; and, finally, the construction of stock. The commit-
(From Herapath's Railway Journal.)' ntcation of the line with the docks at Dunkirk has been
We had an opportunity of inspecting the line- of rail- carried considerably further down the quay, and now per-
way from and including Bangor to Holyhead . during wits goods to be transferred at once from the waggons of
the past week. Various subjects of interest peel tented the railway to the vessels ready to receive them. This
themselves for our observation, and at all events it must produces a considerable saving, and facilitates the deve-
be said that the new Chairman is making every efli. qt to lopment of the relations with England, particularly in
redeem the promise he made to the shareholdea s at the exportation of flour, which is every day increasing.
their meeting on the 18th of last month. The whole sum expended during the year 1850 amounted
The spot selected at Bangor for the erection of the to 16,535,466 f. 83c. The report then proceeds to give
the an account of the working for the past year, and stated
great hotel there mid-way between the " Menai" and
" Britannia" bridges. A large " spoil bank" run a ut that the
the fullresults
nhave been most favourable, as appears
from owi table:—
during the construction of the railway forms the actte g
1848. 1849. 1850.
site, and upon it is to be raised a building that will con -
Passengers
tain the enormous number of 300 beds in the first instance.,
Goods by quick
with suitable public breakfast, dining, and drawing-
rooms, and a proper proportion of sitting rooms for teetrains
use of such families as prefer taking their meals ins Goods by slow
Private. One facade of the hotel, of wnich there will be trains
three, will look towards the Straits and the Menai- ---
bridge, another in a slanting direction towards the Bri- 15,474,214 f. 19,326,4781. 23,694,893£
tannia-bridge, and the third directly towards this bridge In looking at the receipts of the stations it is found
and the Marquis of Anglesea's magnificent place " Phis- that those on the frontiers have increased by far the
newydd" on the Anglesea or opposite side of the water. most—those of Quievrain are 40 per cent. higher; Dun-
Mr. Reed, of Liverpool, is the architect, and everything tirk, 38 per cent.; Calais, 28 per cent.; and Mouseron,
is so planned that if the public require increased accem- 7 1 per cent., and if a more intelligent system of
modation 200 more bedrooms can be added by the con- c. astoms were established, this increase would
struction of two wings, one at the east end and the other d subtless be even still more considerable. The ex-
at the west end of the building. It would occupy too Pc se:.es have by no means augmented in proportion
much space to particularise the internal arrangements of to the increase in the receipts, as from being
this vast structure. We shall therefore only say that
au of the " Three Kings"
7,: 186,5341., they are only 8,837,8651. in 1850. The aug-
m+natation in the items of the central administration, di-
whilst they are based on the
at Basle, the "Giant" at Coble pinta, and the " Lamb" at vi: son of working, and division of repairs, is only 144
pc r cent.;fanchin the division ot' stock and workshops, the
Vienna, the difference in the tastes and habits of Eng-
ctr stwees2o4 which are in more direct connexion with the
lishmen from continentalists has been fully considered b
per cent. And even this latter charge has
and duly provided for. It is intended that it shall be
dnlein the
ready for the reception of visitors in the spring of 185 2•
of thegextrapoarsdinyaerar
repairs
in consequence
ren r necessary in the
A Herculean task, though not more than can be accom.-
carriages, the whichstateyofhad suffered more than or-
plished by the powers that now preside over this railway. ,
from the '
The company is, fortunately for itself, the possessor of
,consequence ofthe
the whole of the land between the railway and the high A
heal during the present and ensuing years will return to
road to the Straits—a distance of nearly half a mile.
its
general level, the stock now being in the most per-
There is room on this land for a small town to spring
feet state of repair. The receipts of the working, de-
ep. It all slopes towards the water, so that
crescents
and terraces can be erected throughout its entire length, ductik ,n made of taxes on passengers, indemnities,
money paid back, &c., amount g'-`1,670,411f. 46c.
and every house would have a fine view of the bridges
and the Straits. We were intermed that important And the' expenses to ... s.. 8 858,124 21
negotiations on the subject of building are in progress,
and almost brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
Duriog the construction of the railway and of the
Britannia-bridge, Captain Moorsom, the then resident
director, occupied a house on the left, or mountain side of
the railway, to which are attached 30 acres of lard, also
the property of the company. As this land is on a still
higi'er elevation than the ground we have just de-'
scribed, it is intended to eelf it in plots of from one
to two acres for the erection of first-Cloys detached
villas—and a more charming spot could not be
selected for such description of buildings. Its height
affords a commanding prospect towards the Straits in
every direction, and immediately at the back of this
!and are some of the most picturesque walks that can be
conceived or depicted.
As the present Bangor station is about a mile and a
half from the New Hotel, a new station, to be called the
Junction Station, will be erected. This will accommo-
date not only the residents at the hotel, but will be
equally convenient for the inhabitants of the villas and
terraces to be built on the other portions of the Com-
pany's property. The Carnarvon branch (progressing
rapidly) will join the main line just opposite the hotel.
Proceeding towards the Tubular Bridge we learned
the arrangements for its inspection. The public will be
taken through the tubes, under the control of company's
servants, until a quarter of an hour before each train is
due. They will not be. allowed indiscriminately to
walk across the outside of the tubes. The privilege is
only to be obtained under special authority, but about
twenty feet on each " land tube" is to be securely
fenced off, and the public admitted thereon. This will
enable them to see the structure just as effectively as if
they were permitted to walk across.
At Holyhead we have an example of what well-di-
rected energy will effect. The existing passenger sta-
tion of the railway is situated nearly a mile and a half
from the pier at which passengers embark for and dis-
embark from Kingstown. They themselves and their
luggage, es well as the mails and all par-
cels, have to be brought in omnibuses and
other vehicles from one point to another. The
harbour and pier branch at present in course of erection
will remedy this defect. Although its construction in-
volves a cutting a third of a mile long, and from ten
to fifteen feet deep, the demolition of eight or ten
houses, the filling up and levelling of suffi-
cient space for the erectien of the new station, and
of the very complete refreshment rooms at-
tached to it, the laying down through the
harbour of a timber viaduct, half-a-mile long, which is
than continued on as a tram way at one side of the road to
the packet pier, another halt a mile in extent, yet this
harbour branch was only commenced four weeks ago, and
it is to be ready for use by the 15th of May. From and
after that date, the passengers landing from the steam-
packets will walk some thirty steps to the railway car-
riages; their luggage, the mails, and parcels will be at
once loaded, when the train will be drawn along the
tramway and viaduct by horses to the station. At the
refreshment rooms the:e the passengers will find all
that they require to soothe the inward or outward man,
age:, the fatigues and the heart-rendings of the voyage.
Thse'ivatories will be provided with ample supplies of
hetes'vater and every other reqtlisite for making a com-
fortable toilet; whilst the refreshment departments are
to be presided over by one, who, in her way, is as
great as the redoubted Soyer—the famous Mrs. Rib-
bert. We are surprised to learn that she deserts the
great cradle of her fame—Wolverton—for the classic
retirement of Holyhead harbour. Nevertheless, such is
the fact; and we will only make one aspiration on this
change, which is, that her smiles may be as sweet, her
handmaids as charming, and her pork pies as excellent
as the trumpet of fame has proclaimed all three to have
hitherto been.
There are great expectations of the development
of an extensive coal trade with Ireland, and
ample provision for conducting it is provided in the
harbour. If the Holyhead directors can compete
successfully with the Whitehaven coals now brought to
Ireland, it will be a famous affair for their company, for
the best house coals come from the neighbourhood of
Chester, and will have to be conveyed the whole extent
of the line. We are inclined to think that the gallant
manager of the London and North-Western Railway is
not far from the mark when he says that there is n
more profitable o
trade than coals at id. per ton per mile,
exclusive of waggons for long runs, and with loads of
from 180 to 200 tons. If the Holyhead Company intend
to have a large coal traffic they must not look tor a '
higher rate. As the harbour to be selected for the
American packets to start from and to arrive at is now
a question of
interest with the public, a few words upon
that at Holyhead will not be out of place. The great
breakwater, first running north and south, and then
running east and west, is just one-third finished, that is,
it now extends 1,800 feet into the sea, and 3,600 feet
have yet to be constructed. It proceeds at the rate of
about 43 feet a week, and, taking all contingencies into
consideration, Mr. Bendel!, the engineer, considers it will
bo finished in two years. The greatest depth of this
breakwater will be 43 feet, its average depth is 35 feet.
It will Le 65 feet wide at the level of nigh water, and 35
feet at its upper surface, which will be 15 feet above high
water level—eprime tides. \Vneu the whole harbour is
completed, it will comprise within it 300 acres of holding
ground, with six fathoms depth of water at the lowest
I spring tides.
a,

a„icdancip of
LLeavingL •.• ••• 13,816,217 E 21c.
This alarms has been expended as follows:
Sinking fund ... 2,451,698 f. 56c.
Interest on the money duo to the _ _ _

2,062,343 85

State
Interest at 4 per cent. ors the
SUMS paid by the sba;,~e-
holders ... 6,400,000.: Oc. 6,086,503 48
Deduct interest on money in-
vested and on delays in I
paying calls 313,496 f. 52c. j
Dividend for 1850 ...
Sum remaining over for 1850

•• • . 3 2009 000 0
••• 15,741 , 32

13,816,287 f. 21e.
There was paid to the shareholders on July 1, 1850,
and Jan. 1, 1851, as interest at 4 per cent. for the year,
1850 ... ... 16f. per share.
The dividend will amount to ... 8 II

Giving for each share for 1850 24
The dividend of Bf. will be paid at the same time as the
interest of the first half year of 1851, which will raise
the sum to be received on the Ist of July
next to 16f. per share. The report then briefly
touches ou the law-suit at present pending between
the Northern Company and that of Boulogne, and
declares that the suit is not yet terminated, but that
the Northern Company awaits the iesult with confi-
dence. The establishment of the electric telegraph on
the line is then alluded to, and is spoken of as highly
advantageous to the service in simplifying all the details
of the working. The plan of receiving shares in vet of
for the shareholders had been found to answer perfectly.
The Northern Company had purchased, in conjunction
with that of Strasburg, nine hectares of land situated be-
tween the Paris termini of the twoJines. The two com-
panies addressed, on October 25th, 1850, to the Minister
of Public Works an application for permission to
establish a junction line between the two main
lines. The application was referred to a com-
mission, and no definitive answer has yet been
given to the demand made; all that the Northern
and Strasburg companies wanted was a ready means of
communication between their lines, which they:were quite
willing to eff.ct at their own expense, and the cost of
which would exceed from 60,000'. to 80,000 f. The es-
tablishment of such a line was altogether independent of
a general jurction line, and would it executed save bath
companies very consi ierable expense. In the last place
the report alludes t J the improvements lately established in
the communications with Etigland and Germany. The
traveller can now leave Paris at half-past seven in the
evening, and arrive in London at a quarter to eight the
next morning, and can go over the whole distance from
Paris to Edinburgh, 1,211 kilometres, or 757 English
miles, in less than 26 hours, Also, from the Ist of May
such additional rapidity was to be imparted to the ser-
vice to Germany, that the journey from Paris to Berlin
would be effected in 35 hours, and from Paris to Co.
logne in 171 hours. Likewise, by Calais from Berlin to
London, in 40 hours, and from Cologne to London in
221 hours.
After the reading of the report, the conclusions of the
report of the committee on the accounts of 1849 were
approved of, and the accounts declared to be definitively
passed.
The accounts presented for 1850 were then provision-
ally approved of, as was the dividend of Bf. per share
proposed; and the same committee was appointed to ex-
amine them as had examined those of 1849.
The outgoing directors. MM. Hottinguer, Caillard,
Dastier, F. Baring, and Dalon, were re-elected unani-
mously.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a question asked rela-
tive to the payment of the dividend, stated that any
shareholder could be at coca paid the amount coming to
him, at a discount of 4 per cent., the rate of_ interest at
which the Treasury bonds were held by the company
being 4 per cent.—(Marks of satisfaction greeted this
announcement.)
The meeting then separated.

KIN G'S COLLEGE.
Yestrrday the annual meeting of the council of this
institution took place, at the College, Strand; the Bishop
of Lichfield iu the chair.

FORTH AND CLYDE NAVIGATION.--The report by
the Governor and Council to the company of proprietors of
the Forth and Clyde Navigation, recommends the continu-
ance of a dividend at the rate of 5% per cent. per annuli],
less On iucvme•tax,

The Right Rev. Prelate having briefly opened the
proceedings, the report for the past year was read. From
this it appeared, that
were in the theologicalof matriculated students there
class, 54 ;
generaldepartment and preparatory
literature and science, 111; applied
science, 39; military
sciences, II ; medical department,
196; the total, 411. (elf occasional students there were
in the medical department,. 27; various other classes,
67; total, 94. In the school there were, it appeared,
in tile division of classics, 3•31 of modern instrne-
ti", 12S; total 449; grandtott-1,; forschool and college,
954. 'air. .J. J. Stutz r, the lecturer on English his-
tory and literature, had, with the required sanction,
Founded a scholarship of 30/., for the purpose of enc. u-
raging the studies which he directed; for which scholar-
whip, open to all the students of the department of gene-
ral literature and science, the first election would take
plows at Ease". As regarded the hospital, the
report strongly urged the inadequacy of it,
ac-
commodation to they demands p
uon its space
t.
welrn-e
allu-
sion to the medical department, the enti
to have dif Universities
tinsuishod themselves at the to
which they bad passed ; and a.; to the finances, it was
Mated that the receipts for the current year were
It i
41,3271.; the expenditure, 41,0231. that the
gross r
gappsesine x.
appeared,
by the accounts laid upon the table, h
penditure, up to the 31st December, for building, fitting,
turniShing, includiDg 40 iOO4 stii due to the hospt.