The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-13 00:00:00

.RETSSIAIV RAILWAYS..,

Some more exact details have been received "'lt -
regard to the Russian railway concession. 0, •
appears that the contract has been signed liar;
Isaac Pereira on behalf of the Credit 3110'4,1"iittr
Messrs. Hope, of Amsterdam ; Solomon co.
neyssen, Thomas Baring, and Stieglitz an'i the
The roads are to be finished in 10 years, l',l',,„es,ro
duration of the concession is to be for
from the time each line is completed. 11u, ‘3„ -;
to be constructed are :-1. The Warsaw 110-o,' to
Kovno, to the Prussian frontier ; 3. I\llose°'
Nigny NovgOrod ; 4. Moscow to Theodosio; eot
Male' Archangelsk to Liban. The Governfidodt
guarantee 5 per cent., including sinking oce,
which, however, it is reported, is not to ea°— bah
for 30 years, when it will be at the rate of one" the
per cent. per annum. Twenty years afterboo
opening of each line the Government are to ars 0
the right of purchase by allowing for 65 3"31 the
sum per annum equal to the average profits °to be
last five years ; but it is supposed this is 11°tgUa
the case if the profits have been below thet 200
rantee. During next year and 1858 abtilor
English miles are to be opened, in the fivs:thre?
ing plan about 470 miles, and in the 155%iden:
years the whole of the remainder. The pre: bee!
of the board of direction must be a Rilsl';il dir
the chief committee for the settlement of 000
ferences is to be in Paris. The distant two
Theodosia to Moscow. is to be performed, "."tiveli
days, and the charge for tickets is dello% all
fixed. ROls, machinery, and all requisi,T;oe °,`
to be imported free of duty, and the firet,,,n''ooo"
Aares ts to he for a sum equal to 129°'-',„''t.
sterling, of which half is to be subscriuedtate;
Russia. The principal new points in these:at
set
merits are those regarding the postPone,ra,rea°
the sinking fund, which proportionately lithasioo
the value of the guarantee, and the aa°3Vell
of rails and other materials free of diltY• oheiO°
with these conditions, however, the wiwie•-ed
seems altogether unlikely to be enter be
atill
London, and in Paris its prospects inostLed r'
worse. At the same time it is to be railer outs
the RussiLn Government have obviouslYoo ea'
tamed similar misgivings, and that their II roy bl
,da evoured to provide, against the contingef othre
es
consenting to a proviso that the first issue „°otil ,
need not take place for ten months, or -4.0 4 Pe'
rate of discount in Berlin shall have fallen
bee°
amt. It is also said that no caution ineogbat aftera
demanded. Their reliance evidentlY is "i„,,peri°,,
the existing pressure shall have passed a ne"reasi is
eft
of inflation may arise, but with the daily I°c• no
experience of the results of railvval th• 3t
'foreign countries there is -reason to
°7l- • vas the
that can take pla in the ro2 „et)
will be sufficient, in thisce instance, to oevulatioa
stiprequisite amount of infatuation. The
that half of the first issue shall be gull
that "-
Russia is clearly worthless. The Whole would be
sent to the London market as rapidly 09 Po• hle.'"°
realise whatever premium might be attfi`
Time.? City Article.

The Nord of ---7.-----n."Brussels say---s
: —', A t—eleg—raphio 'II/IP:rill:
OD, dated Saturday from Land
English
Car' ni Government has sent his than
le 01'
. 1 ) Neapolitan Minister, and has thus taken im
evening, states
out;riAo.o
tiative of a r9pture."

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TELLICI:i;

lITYS Two o'(

The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
quietly yet firmly, and prices of Americans were
1-16 d higher. All other kinds were unchanged.
The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The Rail-
way Share Market manifested some improvement,
but only a limited business was transacted.
Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather
in the Channel the various foreign mails have
failed to arrive.

A further call, making 8/. per share paid up, has
been announced by the Directors of the Cork and
Youghal Railway Company. This company pos-
sesses borrowing powers, but they have not yet
been exercised, and it is supposed that the amount
of capital paid and to be called on the shares,
together with theseforfeited, which the directors
will probably be able to place at a further period,
will be sufficient to complete the undertaking.
Another extensive fraud, similar to that com-
mitted by Robson on the Crystal Palace Com-
pany, is reported to have been discovered in
the offices of a large railway company. The
amount involved is _ roughly estimated at
150,000/., but the pa.rticulars are not yet fully
ascertained. An excellent plan has been
adopted by the Crystal Palace Company, which
might be suce,esfully followed by other public com-
panies—namely, that of giving notice to trana-
ferers of shares whenever transfers are presented.
By this means fraudulent acts of transfer-clerks or
other officials would in most instances be detected.
This morning the half-yearly meetiug of the
West Flanders Railway Company was held at the
offices, when the report- was 'read and adopted.
The dividend proposed by the Directors of 2s. 3d.
per share was passed unanimously.
The rumour circulated yesterday, and mentioned
in The Sun last evening, that the Bauk,Directors
had refused to discount brokers' bills having more
than 30 days to run, is believed to be substantially
correct, although no formal resolution to that
effect was adopted. The Directors, at their
meeting to -day, however, owing to the
increased pressure on their resources, have
found it necessary to make a further application of
the "screw," the minimum rate having been raised
to 7 per cent., without any reference to the date of
the paper presented for discount. It is, however,
understood that three months' bills will not be ne-
gotiated. This further alteration in the value of
money indicates a most unwholesome state of
things ; and although trade may be called' healthy
at present, there can be no doubt that the caution
and contraction which the enhanced value of accom-
modation will necessitate must eventually prove
highly prejudicial in all departments of business.
The market for English Securities • has been
rather languid this,morning, and the transactions
both real and speculative have been very limited.
Increased anxiety is felt relative to the Money
Market, and the increased restrictions im-
posed by the Bank of England directors,
mentioned yesterday, have checked opera-
tions. Consols opened at about 92i for money,
and 92/ 93 for account. Subsequently, they
Were 92g and 921 respectively. When the de-
cision of the Directors became known a slight parlic
ensued, and Consols for December were 92 but
they have since been 921, and are now 92i s, The
New Threes are officially marked 91i 3the
Reduced 91± and 'Exchequer Bills 3s. discount
to par. Bank Stock is 215 to 216.
A moderate business has been done in the Foreign
Stock Market this morning at lower rates. Bra-
zilian 5 per Cents. receded to 99i. Chilian are 103
to 1044. Mexican, 212, to 22. Spanish Deferred,
23g. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 90 to 90i, and the
4 per Cents. 100 L 11. Dutch 4 per Cents, ad-
vanced to 96 and 9GL and Belgian 4i per Cents,
brought 95i. The French 44 per Cent. Rentes
realised 89f. 25c., with the Exchange at 25f. 20c.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 7/ ; Mexi-
can, 21 221- ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 44 per
Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 411 ; ditto
Deferred, 23 23i; ditto Certificates, 5 4 ; ditto
Passive, 51 64.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1856. 1855.
Great Western ......
North-Western ************
South-Western 59,878 59,18514,768 12,626
Brighton ... 14,770 13,148
Midland .
30,154 28,792
South-Easie ... .........................
•
..... ..
Caledonian
Great Northern ..
: ..
Yorkshire 214,031 862 11,673
Lancashire and Ye: 2124:031 23,257
re
Bristol and Exeter......
Chester and Holyhead - 5,927
East Lancashire... 6,072 5,093
Lancaster and Carlisle .
London G en. Omnibus Zio-din-i.y.::: 10,338
6,036 5,726
Manchester, Sheffield, -
North London and Lincoln 9,803 9,077
Oxford, Worcester, and . WOli;
trister ....- ................. • 13a5, 3,914
Waterford and Limerick' -'"" 1,414
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South-Western
Grand Trunk of Canada
The business transactions in Railway Shar e s4,tBh2i9s
morning has been by no means extensive,
dealers being still engaged with the arran
ge nethte,
of the settlement. With the exception of Great
Northern shares prices opened at a slight
provement, but have subsequently declined
about 4 per cent. all round. Since, the
result of the Bank Parlour meeting became
known Great Northern have receded fully 2 to
3' per cent., the other lines advanced about 53,
to 10s., but subsequently receded to about former
prices. Foreign and Colonial Shares are very in-
active, and at slightly reduced quotations. Joint-
stock Bank Shares are dull, but prices are firm.

Miscellaneous Shares Law also declined about
ss. for Australian Agricultural and Canada Govern-
Ment 6 per Cents.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONV, O'CLOCK.
(front (he Official Lid.)

rtuq,nor, done.
Bank Stock .. .... 216 15-
3 per Cent. Reduce(' At:unities -
3 per Cent. Console Annaitic4 . $ $
New 3 per Cent. Annuiticls
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860...,.,
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 13-16
InoiN 11onda, 1 d
Ditto, under £lOO9 • 2 d
Consols for Acconnt 92i
Exchequer tills£looo ~ 20.
........ ........ .
.1 d par 3 d
3 d par
..
PRICES OF FOREIG:s.T rIIN3 AT oNg
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. D ....
C'hillan Bonds, 0 per Cent
Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 .. .. . 101 3 4,i
........... 84
Mexican 3 per Cent
214
Ditto Account .... .....
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ...... . 23i
Turkish Ronda, 6 par cent .. ........ 904
Ditto Account
; Ditto Guaranteed, i per Ceut.
Ditto Account
Dl Pew, 31., the Ahoy % ..vabla it
French Rentes, 4?; per Cent.
351gian, 2i per Cent., ex. 25 francs ... .....
Ditto 44 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs
Du ,et. Bxet,ange,;2!' per Ceit.;., 11.: Guilders
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........ • `i`S 6
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consol (Money) I. $
'Ditto (Account) I

DRUNKEN WIVER—A. master tradesman in Glasgow,
as uuprightand industrious man, who has for tc”Lity:
tve years been troubled by a drunken wife,
memorialised
.
the Lord A deecAte to introduce into Parliament a bil
huthorlsirg the confinement and detention of such
persons as his wife, and that although their minds be
not so far weakened as to render them, under the present
law, fit subjects for detention in a lunatic asylum. In
reply, his lordship stated that he was not prepared at
present to take any steps on thesubject.—Seotsmcn.
ettoTAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS —The following mem-
!) rs of the college, having undergone the necessary
actlinations were admitted Licentiates in Midwifery of
the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners,
on
dthe 11th inst.:—Messrs. Charles Gaffney, Bunting
ford, Hertfordshir Alexander Bo2gs, Hon, East India
137,78 at'Y's Service, Madras ; Thomas Tookino,ton
etead,e,ttl_tri.ncham, Cheshire ; Williana Sutton, Hal-
Pany's sere Denis Hanson, Hon. East India Com-
yury, )4(71
S jeep Madras ; and William Henry Taylor,

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