The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONIJOIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1860.

SHARE MARKETS.—This Day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Atlantic & St. Lawrence
Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln.

gu. 5 per cent
Do. F shares ....... •
Buffalo & Lake Huron
Do. Preference
Buff.,Brant, &Goderich
6 p.c. 1872-3- •
Calcutta & B. E., lira
.ai.e Town & Dock, gu
Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p,
East. Bengal, gu., 5 do
East Indian, gu. 5 p.c.
Do. .1 Extension
G rand Trunk of Carlad I
Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds
1 charge 6 p.c
Do. Ist Pref. Bonds
Do. do deferred
De. 2d Pref. Bonds
Do. do: deferred
Do. 3d Pref. stook
Do. do. deferred
Do. 4th Pref. stook
Do. do. deterred
Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c
Co. Gua. 5 per cent
Do. New gua. 5 2.07
t. South dlndia
gua. 5 per cent

h per cent....
Do
Great Wes. of Canada..
Do. New
Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873
Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.
Indian Branch, limited,
Madras, gua. 5 p.c
Do. 41 do

Do. 43 do
Do. Fifth Itlxtension
Helb. Cor. 6 p. C. Bnds.
Mel. 46 Hudson's Bay
N. Itl.C'da, 6pc lst pf.bs
Seinde
Do. Delhi
Do. do
Do. Paniaub....
Do.lndus St.leloL 60

COLONIAL GOFER:

British Columbia, 6 per
cent., Dec. 31, 1872
Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July
1877-81
Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug
Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept
Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July
Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk
Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. ]873
Do.Apl. &Oct , 1890-1900
Do. do: 1880-9 u
Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April

and 15 Oct., WOO -
Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.,
Do. IS7B, do
.11auritius, 6 p. o, 1873,
Jan. and July

Do. 1478
Do. 1882, Alayls, Nov. th
Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug..
Natal ,iov. 6 per cent..
N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.loJuly
N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866
Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876

Do. 5 P.C. 1888 to 1803'
New Zealand, 6 p. cent
Do. 5 per cent....
Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o
sterling, 1875
Queensland Gov. 6 p. c
d.Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-if
• Do. 1878 & upwards
Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July
Do. do, April & Oct

100
100
100
all
100
100

ME:)

190
100
100
U 0
100
100

S ECU.

94 96
93 9S
94 96
75 77
76 79
101 103
106 105
102 101
100 103

88 20
luo 102
105 1 7

102 104
163 105
101 tO3
103 105
97 100
90 92
90 92
90 95
86 87
92 01•
79 81

92 94
91 93

105 107

106 103

1061 i

13i i

ITILrS.

86}
791
971

IC3i

Great Westein Railway of Canada.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of this com-
pany was held at the London Tavern to-day ; Mr. Alder-
man Dakin, in the chair.

The report and statement of accounts, already published,
were taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
and the declaration of a dividend of £5 per cent. should be
declared free of income-tax, and payable on the 25th of
this month in London, said it afforded him, as the organ
of the directors, to announce a dividend of 5 per cent.,
which ho was sure would be gratifying to the shareholders.
They had at last some sunshine breaking through the
gloom that had-clouded their atmosphere. The accounts
varied very little in form from those of preceding half-
years, so that the shareholders could at once perceive the
improvement that had taken place in their property. The
receipts had been increased from new shares by £12,960
6s. 3d., and that fact suggested to the directors
the policy of meeting the expenditure from that source,
and accordingly they adopted that course. The outlay on
capital account was somewhat larger for the past half-year,
being £55,675 19s. 3d.; but ho thought, when they came to
analyse the items of expenditure, they would perceive that
the directors had acted wisely in the outlay. They had
laid out large sums in new sidings at Hamilton, to accom-
modate the increased oil business at Bothwell, in rebuild-
ing new bridges and a station at Toronto, by which latter
they drive a large amount of their traffic quite close at
hand, instead of being, as previously, a distance from
the source. They had a loss from the commission of
American funds for the half year of £39,806 7s. 6d., as
a sum of £54,937 6s. 7d. as compared with the correspond-
ing period of 1865. The matter which had been so long in
dispute between the company and the Commercial Bank of
Canada had not been fully arranged, but all the principal
points in dispute had been arranged. The company had
suffered severely from the fire which broke out at the ter-
minus of the Detroit and Milwaukie Railroad, by which a
considerable amount of property was destroyed. Precau-
tions had been adopted to prevent this ocurrence- again,
which was caused by petroleum, and the company's pro-
perty had been insured in some of the principal offices in
the United States and in this country. Having referred to
the loss which the directors had sustained by the death
of Mr. Gilmore, he said that all who were ac-
quainted with the present state of the line knew that
it was working well, and he believed it was one of the most
perfect lines in existence. Their line had given satisfac-
tion to the public, and, what was a matter of importance
to them, it had now proved profitable to the shareholders.
(Hear, hear.) He adverted next to the Fenian move-
ment in Canada. The moment the disturbances
in connection with this movement wore mooted, their ma-
nager, Mr. Surniyard, immediately placed all the resources
of their line at the disposal of the military, and that gen-
tleman had received the thanks of the Governor-General.
(Hear, hear.) He believed the course pursued by their
manager gave satisfaction not only to every shareholder
in that room, but to every Englishman in the country.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HovEs seconded the motion, which, after some dis-
cussion, was agreed to.
Mr. John Fildes, M.P., was elected a director in place
of Mr. Gilmore, and the other directors and the auditor
were re-elected.

The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

The Employment of Women.

In connection with the National Association for the
Promotion of Social Science, in the department for economy
and trade, a meeting was held on Friday afternoon, in the
Crown Court of the Assize Courts, "for the promotion of
the employment of women." The Earl of Shaftesbury pre-
sided, and the court was crowded, a considerable portion of
the audience being ladies. The chairman said their object
in meeting was to consider if in any way they could give
employment to women who possessed a certain amount of
education—not for those who became occupied in mills, or
in ordinary service, but those who, having some education,
wished to know how they could turn it to account. The
path was not altogether a new one, for some successful
experiments had already been made. Women had been
employed in printing, in bookkeeping, and in telegraph-
offices. He had seen 400 women employed in one de-
partment of telegraph despatch, and they were open to
a still larger. supply of those who were capable of
discharging the duties. Ho had been told that women
might be employed in the decoration of dwelling-houses
and apartments. Some decorations by women had been
shown him, and they were both skilfully and tastefully
executed, and he thought that a very suitable branch.
There was a very great preponderance of females ; he
believed there were from half a million to 600,000 more
women than men. Many of those must consequently be
shut out from the hopes which women usually enter-
tained, therefore it became a duty to consider how all
this talent could be turned to account. This might apply
in some instances to married women, but more particu-
larly to unmarried women, who; if they were employed,
might even earn something towards enabling them to
enter the married state. The object was well worthy of
attention and support,, and he hoped every man and
woman would give attention to the development of a
scheme which, if efficiently carried out, would pro-
mote the welfare and happiness of a large and interesting
class of the community. (Applause.) The Rev. S. A.
Steinthal spoke of the disadvantage at which women were
often placed for want of suitable training. It had been found
that they were quite capable of law copying ; that they had
done well in photographic establishments ; and that in wood
engraving they had been usefully and profitably employed.
And not only as trained nurses, but in the higher grades of
the profession, there were forms of illness in which women
might be valuable practitioners to their own sex. In this re-
spect, however,we were more backward in England than they
were in some other countries,
as Belgium and Franc©. He
thought that even in mills and large manufacturing estab-
lishments, the superintendence of echicated ladies might be
most valuable. An experiment of this kind had been tried,
and with beneficial resuit. He moved—" That a society be
formed in the city of Manchester, similar to the societies in-
stituted in London and Dublin, for promoting employment
of women. The Rev. St. Vincent Beechey, in seconding the
motion, said he took up the subject of the Cambridge exa-
mination of girls, in order to secure for them a fair stan-
dard of competition. The lady teachers of Manchester did
not shrink from it, but .rather invited it, and had formed
au association themselves. Ho wished it was more gene-
rally known how privately and delicately the examina-
tions in the Royal Institution were conducted by Mrs.
Bowers, the wife of the dean. The difficulties in the
way of marriage were constantly increasing' The report
of Mr. Horace Mann showed that there were 1,500,000
women between 20 and 40 years
of age unmarried, while
there were also 400,000 beyond the age of 40. The work-
ing classes were improving their position, and their sons
were being educated for the profession, so that young men
of the class above them found it more difficult to find em-
ployment which would enable them to marry. The diffi-
culties were increased by the higher price of provisions
and more costly dress. To provide for the occupation of
women was, therefore, becoming every year of greater
importance. In all the arts requiring dexterity, neat-
ness, and patient thought, women, he believed, might
be successfully employed. Irrespective of religious deno-
minations, he thought there was a mission for them in being
employed to seek out the destitute ; in watching at the
bedsides of the sick ; and in administering to the poor in
various ways.—Mr. G. W. Hastings supported the motion.
He said he was not afraid of women doing anything they
were unfitted for. Failure would soon set them right, as
it did men. His opinion was that women should be allowed
to do whatever they felt themselves fitted to perform, but
they would find it necessary to study and prepare them-
selves for the work, or they would not succeed.—The
Chairman said he must retire, but before doing so would
remark, that ho believed one great obstacle to marriage
was the intense selfishness of the young men. (Laughter.)
young men would
Anoctcomradrrinyg
utnoletshse
tluhxeyuroyouoifatheensturimees,
an equal amount of
luxury as they could afford when single.—Mr. Thomas
Chambers, Q.C., M.P., spoke of the importance of parents
inducing their daughters to study thoroughly some parti-
cular branch of business, or of art, and moved that a com-
mittee be appointed consisting of Mrs. R. N. Philips, Mrs.
Bird, Mrs. Jevons, Mrs. Herbert Philips, Mr. Steinthall,
ReUrv..Ysotu. Ive,intheeenVt Dean, Mr. T. Bremner, the
eßreyectvy*, tMher.Robert Gladstone, and Mr.
J. Duffield, secretary. The Rev. Canon Richson, in
seconding the resolution, said there was needed more free
trade in labour ; that there were restrictions and prejudices
which ought to be removed, so that all could have free
scope for their exertions. The proceedings then closed.

00IIRSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17
Ditto 3 Mouths. 11 19i
11 19
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25
.47f
—' 25 50
Brussels

13 8f
Hamburg
Short 25 20
P•tris
Ditto 3 Months. 25 42}
- 25 45
Marseilles _ _

Frankfort on the Maine
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgn
Berlin
Madrid

Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa —
Naples —
Palermo
Messina . ........

1191
13 iu
13 10
30
6 26
47

Lisbon • • 000000000
Oporto

11 171
12 0
12 .
25 521
25 52i
13 9-1-
25 30
25 47i
25 50
120 •
13 20
13 20

47
27 10
27 10
27 10
27 0
27 10
27 10

301
6 2&

474
27 20
27 20
27 20
27 20
27 20
27 20
51t
blf

" General Garibaldi," says the _ltalia 211ilitare,
" has sent in his resignation as commander of the
Volunteers, and it has been accepted by the King."
Count de Barral, Italian Minister at Berlin, took
leave immediately after the signature of the peace
for the eonge o 5 month.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.