The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-04 00:00:00

THE WAR IN PARAGUAY.

The " military operations" in Paraguay are at pt
confined chiefly to the promulgation of, ridiculous re e,
respecting Lopez. The Allies have gotia new comn3sll),
in-chief, Count d'Eu, a young man, who succeeds 0';0
" The greatest animation exists in the allied arraieg'sy
extensive preparations are being made for givi°sool
death-blow to Lopez, who continues to occupy the 00
position, although he is said to have withdrawn 10r.e lot
the interior with the women, leaving Resquin, 131 e
lid
general, in the entrenchments of Ezcurra. He eontlo
his cruelties, and is believed to have about 6,000 ra!,b(l
arms, including boys and old men." Several sknoi
have taken place, the Paraguayans being, a
always defeated.

RAILWAI' INTELLIGENCE.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.
aof
A committee of 15 shareholders in this coceP
have just issued a circular to the stock and b°l3oo
holders, stating that at a meeting held in Lond°sol
the 12th of May they had passed resolutions t°
the
effect that, as the results of the management 0f ty
railway had hitherto been so unsatisfactory to
stock and bondholders, they had resolved tb„eo
selves into a committee, the object of Ifrthe
would be to inaugurate an alteration i°1303
management of the company, both in Engoo
and in Canada ; and asking for the Pre3iejer9
and support of the stock and boo 04
at a meeting to be held in the London Taverlikipg
Tuesday, the Bth of June, for the purpose of tavgi,
steps towards an immediate reform in the 11''
agenient.

GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. ~ 110
The gross traffic receipts on this company
for the three months ending the 30th of AP' io'
amounted to $968,786, the working expensef3,ipfl
eluding renewals, to $612,176, and the net esrvive
to $356,610, against $914,374 gross traffic e311104'
in the corresponding period of 1868, $5490:710
ing expenses, including renewals, and $365,01ec9
earnings, showing an increase of $54,413 in tbe:oli
earnings, of $62,819 in the working expellseo
-
renewals, and a decrease in the net earote
$8,406. After deducting interest charges, Iv-To,
exchange, &c., the net profit for the three 111:1
in 1869, available for divid,?ndo, amountediree
$81,711, against $79,191 in the corret-pondiog
months of 1868.

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MONT C ENIS.
The traffic receipts on this company's line -°lO,
week ending the 20th of May amounted to 24, to
(£964), and from the Ist of January to (It'.
£511,098f. (X 20,444).

GREAT CENTRAL OF BELGIUM. 0001
The traffic on this company's lines for the° tbe
of April last amounted to £35,951, aucl,feGreo4,,
month of April,lB6B, to £36,964, showing 3 ul 000
of £1,013. The total receipts from the Ist °pa fcif
to the end of April amounted to £144,711, 1,7 01'
the corresponding period last year to
showing an increase of £6,730.

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BRAZILIAN STREET (LIMITED). „
The receipts for the month of April 49`;,(10
Brazilian Street Railway amounted to 1055
milreis (about £1,547), as compared Myth
sv oreo
milreis (about £938) in the same mouthy aro for
showing an increase of £609. The expento
April amounted to 8,281 !thirds, and the P

7,201 milreis.

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GRAND JUNCTION CANAL.
The half-yearly meeting of this cotnPscl3loo
held on Tuesday at the office, Surrey•streetlP
the Hon. It. H. Browne in the chair.
Mr. Rogers, the clerk, read the f a"'
report'
stated that the net receipts for the half-Ye7ea
to
ing the 31st of December, 1837, anaoau
£31,042, and ending the 31st of Deeem
1868, to £32,134, showing an incress;tte
£1,092. The directors very much regrdesie
that Mr. Rogers had signified his t,11)'3
to retire from the office of clerk s of 7
company having been in their service upwar °fie,'
years, during 24 of which he had held that-roe
and in consideration of the length and imP°,cor-li
of his services to the company, the directors
‘l"ce
mended that he be paid a retiring alloicaP
£BOO per annum. nI4
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the r 4 rate°
unanimously adopted, and a dividend at the_ of Y•
4, per cent. was declared, being an increas'
per share.

i;•f°rtf
Mr. Webster, Consul- General at Fray
will take charge of his office about June 15th. od pitu
ADVERTISEMENT. - Holloway's Ointment
will be found the best friend to persons sw-pcl °WY
ulcerations, bad legs, sores, abscesses, fistulas, °ios(l • tie
painful and complicated complaints. Printed, toePtiili4
plain directions for the application of the Outife t‘i
wrapped round each pot. Holloway's shell" etir„'re
should be taken throughout the progress of tboa to ry
maintain the blood in a state of perfect puritnil,,Prdisedael
vent the health of the whole body being jectr"-ielo„tl°J
the local ailment; bad legs, old age's greatest P.,ostie",ol)
are thus readily cured, without confining the 'aiet,eti'
bed, or withdrawing from him the nutritious .ores',o'
generous support so imperatively demanded viae.lio
ea
ing diseases attack advanced years or constitutt°
ing premature decrepitude.
fireet,l4l.4.
HILL—On the Ist inst ,at 11, Weymouth-s of
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Berkeley Hill, of a son.. Wif°4oJ
Hurrox—On the 2d inst , at Belair, Dulwich, t''jdou '
Charles W. C. Hutton., Esq., Sheriff °f

Middlesex,of
a son. .
,p,
MARRIAGES. C111,"08
BANNISTER —WAY—On the 2d inst., at Borell3nlto ~.-fe•
Captain George Bannister, of Bombay Artil,.
000
Frances, daughter of the Lev. C. J. WaY, 'ri6i OP
ham, Essex. , scars' to
WHEELHOUSE —WARNER—On the 2d inst., 1,,,.1 „„dorhau
Norfolk-, John Benton Wheelhouse, E6(1,,,i),,"" of "
Ann, chest daughter of James \Varner, r-'54.1
above place. 0
DEATHS. ;f0 f
BELT-AMY— On the 3d inst.; Eliza Jant, w•-..,:ter•
cli .0
Bellamy, /3,1 ,of 75, Victoria-street, Westral" xiiP
HALLIDAY—On the let inst , at 30,T hurlow-place, '
~_
ott1"
T. Halliday, aged 47.
LITTLE— On the 2d inst., at South Ilacknen J'''s.
......
Esq.., aged 90.

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