The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-06 00:00:00

PREFERENTIAL RAILWAY CAPITAL

The total amount of preferential railway capital at the
close of last year was £63,555,179, of which the greater part
bore interest at 5 or 6 per cent, the highest rate being 10
and the lowest 3 per cent. The Arbroath and Forfar had
£40,000, at 5 per cent—the Banbridge Junction, £17,800,
at 5 per cent—Belfast and County Down, £80,740, at 5 per
cent—Blyth and Tyne, £50,000, at 10 per cent, and £28,969,
at 5 per cent—the Bristol and Exeter, £967,410, at 4 per
cent—the Briton Ferry Floating Dock, £3,740, at 6 per

cent—the Caledonian, £499,711, a '.par cent, £125,000 at
31 per cent, and £39,970 at 4 per conicitgl,3B4,ooo at 4f per

cent, £749,156 at 5 per cent, £240,900 at 71 per cent, and.
£156,355 at 8 per cent—the Castle'Douglas and Dumfries,

£28,698, at 5 per cent—the Chester and Holyhead,
£150,000 at 4 p©r cent, £269,075 at 5 per cent, and £630,004
at 5} per cent—the Cockertnouth and Workington, £3,434
at 41 per cent, and £21,565 at 5 per cent—the Cork and
Bandon, £48,000 at 5f per cent, and £28,753 at 6 per cent
—the Cork and Youghal, £lBO,OOO, at 6 per cent—the Corn-.
wall, £400,000, at 5 per cent—the Dublin and Drogheda,
£44,225 at 4 per cent, and £203,958 at 5 per cent—the

Dublin and Wicklow, £179,170, at 6 per cent—the Dun-.
dalk and Enniskillen, £333,923, at 5 per cent—the Dundee.
and Arbroath, £66,700, at 5 per cent—the Dundee anc2
Perth and Aberdeen Junction, £290,425, at 6 per cent—the

East Anglian, £294,675, at 4 to 7 per cent—the Eastern.
Counties, £2,830,839 at 5 per cent, and £887,917 at 6 per

cent—the Eastern Union, £23,750 at 3f per cent, £630,45

at 4 per cent, £199,677 at 5 per cent, and
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at 4 per cent—the Edinburgh and Glasgow, £450,000, at 4
per sent, £276,000 at 5 per cent, and £150,000 aV5i per
cent—the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, £647,720 at 4

per cent—the Exeter and Credition, £20,000, at 5 per cent

-the Forth and Clyde Junction, £55,660, at 5 per cent-
Furness, £169,950, at 5 per cent-Glasgow and South
Western, £700,172, at 5 per cent-Great Northern, 1804,475,
at 41 per cent, and £2,837,239, at sper cont-brreat.Narth
of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction, £16,918, at
41 per cent, and £13,725, at 5 per cent-Great North of
Scotland, £199,625, at 41 per cent, and £291,000, at 51 per
cent-Great Southern and Western (Ireland), £1,232,493,
at 4 per cent-Great Western, £10,050, at. 3 per cent-
£l,76o,Boo, at 3i per cent-13,500, at 31 per cent-
£3,370,534, at 4 per cent-1263,455, at 41 per cent
L 2,473,439, at 41 per cent-1161,800, at 4/ per cent -
£3,155,445, at 5 per cent-1138,628, at 7.73 per cent-And
£175,000, at 8 per cent-Great Western and BreratNrd,
£33,293, at 5 per cent-llcreford, Ross, And Glaw.;ester,
£30,000, at 5 per cent-Inverness and Nairn, £3?„446, at
5 per cent-Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction., £lO,OOO,
at 4i per cent-Lancashire and Yorkshire, £107,604, at 4/
per cent, £90,780, at 41 per cent-1329,428,, at 5 per cent,
£260,050, at's.l9 per cent, and £1,081,326., at 6 per cent-
Liskeard and Camden, £7,200, at 5 per cent-Llanelly
Railway and Dock, £33,499, at 5 per cent, £14,105, at 5'95
per cent, and £14,000, at 6 per cent-Llynvi Valley,
£113,500, at 5 per cent-London and Greenwich, £210,000,
at 5 per cent-London and North-Western, £270,000, at
per cent-London and South-Western, £47,550, at 4 per
cent, £14,000 at 5 per cent, and £179,900 at 7 per cent-
London, Brighton, and South Coast, £220,000 at 4 per •
cont after 1865, £506,032 at 4/ per cent, £867,676 at 5-
per cent, £411,177 at 6 per cent, £220,000 at 7 per cent-
London, Chatham, and Dover, £384,732' at 5 per cent
(deferred)-Londonderry and Ennisklll6, £250,258 at 4
per cent, and £31,850 it 6 per cent-Lymington, £4,32
at 5 per cent-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire"
£366,698 at 31 per cent, and '11,920,441 at 6 Per r:
cent-Maryport and Carlisle, £252,825 at 51 per
cent-Midland, £2,475,000 at 4 ' per cent, £1,576,000
at 41 per cent, £2,119,902 at 6 per. cent, and
£140,000 at 8 per cent-Monkland, £75,000% at 41 per
cent, £40,000 at 5 per cent, and £55,000 at 6 per cent-.
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, £465,000 at 5 per cent.
-Morayshire, £13,560 at 5 per cent-Newcastle-uper,..
Tyne and Carlisle, £150,650 at 4f per cent, and £150,40
at 61 per cent-Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford,
£166,106 at 5 per cent, and £253,697 at 6 per cent--Newry,
Warrenpoint, and Rostrovor, fi152,1900400a0t06 per cent--Nor,
at 51 per cent-
folk, £351,670 at 5
£ 20 000 'at
ditto, Lowestoft capital, ~ . 4 per cent, and
41. Eastern,
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per cent, 1608 68Ct
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StaffordshireP7,
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£1,170,000 at 5 per cent-North-Western
£24,6olacttisonp,er c cent,
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per cent-Oxford, ,
£50,660 at
Dun-
pmerresce;
nNltt_i-dlreebies,
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Rhymney, £39,091 at 5 per cent-St. lena't's
gannon, and Omagh J
Canal, £147,770 at 41 per cent, 1244,000 eat ,
£205,740 at 6
£152,541 at per cent-Salisbury and Yr.te ' per
rlcoeollooo at
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4 per cent-Scottish. Central, £190,858 at javi-iip'er 'cent, and
31 per cent 5 per cent-Scottish North-J_& iAlis, £73,174 at
cont-Sherewsbury and Hereford,
, £150,000 at 7 per, cent, ex A £276,238a5 at 6 per
V.O 000 at 41 per cent ;
-South Devon, £99,956 at 41 per• t, and £lOO,OOO at 5
per cent--South Devon and Tavi, i or-1x26,320 at 5 per cent
,
South- I?.astern, 11,006,450 at ,'"it r°,,or"cont-South 'Wales,
£169,(40 at 4 per cent, £4:461.55 at 41 per cent, and
£284,50S at 5 per cent-Seattia Yorkshire and River Dun,.
£61,790. at .4 per cent -Stakftee, Wokingham, and Woking,
£15,814 at 5 per cent--S',,oekton and Darlington, £450,000
at 5 per cent, and £l,O-18,700 at 6 per cent-Swansea Va)e,
£16,117 at 6 per coat-Taff Vale, £60,000 id 41.rr cent,
£60,000 at 5 per •eent, and £165,000 at 8 per oftt-Warring-
ton and Sow:fro
£,885 at 11
ort, £5,510 at 5 per cent-Waterford. and.
Kilkenny, 196
, per cent-Waterford and lime-
rick,
r cent, e
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cent-
Water Ite:d and Tramore, 110,000 at 5 per cent-West HartlL247,loo at 5 per cent, and £00,850 at 6 per.
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-320 at 5
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--Whitehaven and Furness Junction, £95,14,19 at 5.48 per
cent-and Whitehaven Junction,. £64,980 fit 5.23 per cent.
of 12 undertakings with a total
In the case
pital of I a
, ,21 857 no interest appears, ,
paid to Inv° been last
year. - _

B ENS ONWATCHES.--" IV b Lave seen several watches
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from this well-known firm, and. cm t speak with confidence
of their exquisite workmanship tin d artistic finish. They
keertime with very groat precisio: n, and have been de-
clared by competent judges to be well worth the money.
Parties wishing them. can be suppl ied through the Post-
oince."—Glasgow Examiner, May 19th, 1860. Benson's
Illustrated Pamphlet, post free for two stamps, is descrip-
tive of every construction of watcli now made. Watches
safe by post to all parts of the glc the, J. 1.16 Benson, 33
and 34, Ludgate-hill,