The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-18 00:00:00

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Sharel Railways.
I I Paid.! Closing Bud=
at Bristor auu Exeter .... 100 79 SI
at Caledonian ..... 100 It 9 11.
at Cambrian
- rk and Bandon...- - -
20 Cornwall
at Dublin & Belfast June., 100 65 63
F
at Dun„l'erth,& Ab.Junc.l 100 70 72
100 ?..London, scrip Certi. all - -
Do. 100 - - d
st ,Glasgow &S. Western 100 -- -
at 'Great Eastern, Ord. stk.l lOU 20 27 26k 1 1
at Do. E. Aug]. at. N 0.2 100 5 7
at Ureat North oi Scotland 100 - -
at f-lreat Northern lOO 112 114
at L),. A stock lOO 112 114 110} 10 1
at Do. B stock IWO -
at Do. New, is. at 25 pm, 10i - -
at (HS, and W. of Irelandi 100 91 13
at tit. Western -original' Ico 43 41 402 4 1
at Du. S. Val. Rail gua. 100 - -
at Do. South Wales ..... lc° - ---.
at Do. W. slid.-Oxlord 100 27 30
at Do. Newport llOO 28 30
at Do. Hereford ..... lOO - -
at Lancashire& Yorkshir 100 128 1"-0
at 'London and Blackwalll 10u - -
at j1.0n., Brigh.,& S Coast, 100 51 Si 494 9181 9}
at Lon., Chat., and Dover', 100 14 17 14
Eat Do. 3letrop. x. A 1 100 .0 15 106}
at Len. & North Western) 100 112 113 12}12 1
at Lon. di South IVesterul 100 73 77
at Man., Shel., & Lincoln! too 45 id 414 1
st Ntetropolitan .
at Do. New lO - -P
st Do. Extension all It3B 110
at { Metropolitan District all 60 85 82
20 4 Do. do. do. 10 - -
10 Do. and St. J ohn's WA! 6 - -
at Nlidland
- Do. £9 Share 7 - -
at Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 81 66
- slid Kent . - -
at North British
at Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun lOO - -
at Nth. Eastern-Berwioe 100 100 102 1001
25 Do. G.N•E purchase!l6.l3.4 - -
at Do. Leads
at Do. York lOO 92 64
a Do. Carlisle - -
t 5 Do. Stook. & Darling. all 33 14
.15 Do. do. 1860-61 lB 8 9 p
at North London
- Do. do. 1864 5 - -
10 Do. do. 1866
at North Staffordshire
st N. &S. W. Junction
- Scottish Central - --
- Soot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - -
- uo. Scot. Mid. stook lOO - -
at Shropshire Union
at South Devon lOO 46 48
st - -iouth Eastern -
,
20 .itaines, Wok., & Wok all * 9 10
at rail' Vale
10 Do. 0 . .. 3 24 34.
- Vale of Heath - -
- Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
10 Waterloo & Whiteha i 6 - -
West Cornwall lOO - -

LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of this
company was held to-day at the bank, Prince-street,
City ; Mr. G. Garden Nicoll, the chairman, pre-
siding. . .

The SECRETARY read the report, from which it
appeared that the profits for the past half-year
amounted to £92,175 18s. 44., out of which the
directors recommended a divi lend at the rate of 12i
per cent. The net profits for the past 12 months
were £1.47,861 7s. 91 _ _

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said that the shareholders might be disap-
pointed at the reduction iu the dividend ; but
there was also a reduction in the liabilities of the
bank, and he believed the bank was in as safe a
condition as any similar institution in the
country. (Hear, hear.) The falling off in
the dividend was owing. to the loss of their
foreign business and the state of the mining and
money markets during the past year. The latter
had improved, but it was necessary for the company
to proceed in a conservative spirit and with great
caution. He stated, in reply to some questions,
that the company had no railway connection, nor
were they in any way connected with Overeud,
Gurney, and Co. •

Mr. KNowLEs, the deputy chairman, seconded
the motion, which was unanimously adoptel, and
the dividend for the first year was declared.
The meeting was then made extraordinary for
the election of a director in the room of the late
Mr. G. Taylor, and Mr. Ormsby Gore was unani-
mously elected his successor.
The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.

Melancholy Deaths of Five Persons by
Drowning.

This morning, Mr. William Carter, the coroner
for East Surrey, proceeded with five investigations
on the bodies of persons 'who met their deaths
by drowning.

The first inquiry was held at the Jolly Tanners'
Tavern, Bermondsey, New-road, on the body of a
working waterman and lighterman, named Richard
Henry Read, aged 37 years, who on last Saturday
evening was engaged navigating a barge on the
River Thames, off East-lane Stairs, Bermondsey,
when he fell overboard, •and was drowned before
assistance could reach him.
The second inquiry *es held at the Black Horse
Tavern, Brixton, on the body of Thomas Leggett,
aged one year and nine months, the son of the
proprietor of the Volunteer Tavern, Brixton-road.
On last Thursday afternoon the mother having occa-
sion to go out at a door on the landing she
found deceased face downwards in the water-butt
He was taken out, and medical aid called in, but
life was found quite extinct.
The third inquiry was held in the Board-room of
Camberwell Workhouse, on the body of William
Stevenson, aged 67, an independent gentleman, who
accidentally fell into the water of the Grand Surrey
Canal, at Camberwell, on last Wednesday evening,
and was drowned.

The fourth inquiry was likewise held at the same
place on the bodies of Henry William and Samuel
Glover, both aged respectively 12 years. On the
afternoon of Wednesday last the two unfortunate
lads went to a piece of water used as a brick pit at
Lordship-lane, Dulwich, and went in the water to
bathe. While there they got into deep water and
sunk together. Although assistance was on the
spot their bodies could not be recovered until some
hours afterwards.

The jury in each case returned verdicts that each
of the deceased persons lost their lives accidentally
by drowning.
The proceedings then terminated.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day.

The market opens firmly at fully yesterday's
prices. Sales probably 12,000 to 15,000 bales.