The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-16 00:00:00

GUARANTEED INDIAN RAILWAYS.

The annexed official list has just been published
of the various railway and other companies to
whom guarantees have tees. granted by the Indian
Government. The totalamount is £38,031,000
:
"East Indian Railway Company.—Objects—
The construction and working of lines from Cal-
cutta to Delhi, and from Allahabad to Jubbulpore
—total, about 1,400 milts. Capital-112,731,000.
This amount has been sanctioned for the works
specified, but it is probaAe that a larger sum will
be required. Rate of Interest Guaranteed-5 per
cent. on £11,553,000 capital ; 41 per cent on
£1,178,000 debentures, convertible into shares:
"Madras Railway Ccmpany.—Object—The con-
struction and working cf a railway from Madras to
the western coast, at leypore, with branchds to
Bangalore and the Neil,3therries ; also of a line from
Madras, via Bellary, tojoin the line from Bonibay
total, about 820 miles. Capital-16,000,000. Rate
of Interest Guaranteed,_4l per cent. on £500,000
capital; 43-- per cent. ox £500,000 debentures;
per cent. on £1,000,0)0 capital ; 5 per cent. on
£3,000,000 capital, leaving £1,000,000 to be raised
upon arrangements to :)e hereafter In; de.
" Great Indian Peniqsula Railway Company.—
Object—The construction and working of the fol-
lowing lines, all of which terminate at Bombay—
viz., from Bombay via Callian, to Jubbulpore, to
meet the East Indian Railway Company's line
from Allahabad, with branches to Mahim and
Nagpore-870 miles ; and from Callian, via PoOnah
and Sholapore, to the opposite side of the Kristna,
to meet the line, via Bellary, from Madras-366
miles—total, 1,236 miles. Capital-110,000,000.
Rate of Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent. on
£8,000,000 capital, and4l per cent. on £333,300
debentures, the balance to be raised upon arrange-
ments to be hereafter trade.

"Bombay, Baroda, And Central India Railway
Company.—Object—Tle construction and working
of a line from Bombay, via Surat and Baroda, to
Ahmedabad—total, abput 320 miles. Capital—
£2,3oo,ooo. Rate of Interest Guaranteed-5 per
cent. on £2,000,000 capital and 41 per cent. on
£300,000 debentures.

" Scinde Railway Company, Scinde Railway.—
Object—The construction and working of a line in
Scinde, from Kurrachee to the river Indus qt Kotree
—total, 120 miles. Capital--£1,000,000. Rate of
Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent.
" Punjab Railway.--Object----The construction
and working of lines in the Punjab, from Mooltan
to Lahore and Umrister, and thence to Delhi—
total, about 490 miles. Capital—£4,ooo,ooo.' Rate
of Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent. on £,500,000,
the amount authorised to be raised.

" Indus Flotilla.—Object—The navigation of the,
Indus, &c., by means of steam vessels, between
Kotree and Mooltan, to be worked in connection
with the railways. Capital—£2so,oooßate of
Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent.
" Eastern Bengal Railway Company—Object--
The construction and working of a line from Cal-
cutta to Dacca, with a branch to Jessore—Capital
—£1,000,000. This amount has been sanctioned
for the line from Calcutta to the Ganges at
Kooshtee, near Pubnab, about 80 miles, all that is
authorised to be proceeded with at present. Rate
of Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent, on £1,000,000.
" Calcutta and South-Eastern;Railway Company.
—Object—The construction and working of a line
Rate of
from Calcutta to the Port of the Mutlah—length,
about 29 miles. Capital-£250,000.
Interest Guaranteed-5 per cent.
Great Southern of India Railway Company.—
Object—The construction and working of a rail-
way from Negapatam to Trichinopoly, with branches
to Salem and Tuticorin—total, abont 300 miles.
Capital—Xsoo,ooo (for the 'works at present autho-

The Royal West India Mail packet La Plata
arrived at. Southampton yesterday, bringing 258
passengers, and specie consisti:ng of 2,052,324 dol-
lars' value in silver, and 504,099 dollars' value in
gold. Her dates are—Grey town, May 17 ; Panama,
27 ; Demerara, 25; 4:maica, 27; Barbado. es, 27;
St. Thomas, June 1.
At Demerara the Combined Court had closed its
annual session; The estimated expenditure for the
current year is 1,251,304.26 dols. ; and the Ways
and Means are estimated at 1,252,298.84 dols. The
only alteration in the tariff'of import duties is the
re auction of the duty on matches to 1 dollar per
gross.
The following bills have been introduced into the
Court of Policy, and read a first time :
A bill to repeal Ordinance No. 14, of the year
1858, intituled "An Ordinance to empower the
Demerara Railway Company to raise a sum of
£165,000 ; to guarantee payment of the interest
thereon for a period of 45 years ; and to extend,
alter, and amend certain provisions in the ordinances
relating to the said Company," and to make other
provisions in lieu thereof.
A bill to guarantee to Mr. Charles .Matheson a
sum of one hundred and fifty pounds per annum.
A bill to regulate immigration froin Madeira,
the Azores, and the Canary Islands.
A bill to legalise the paymentof bounty to Indian
immigrants who may have arrived, or who shall
arrive in the colony, at any time during or after
the month of December, 1859, on certain conditions.
A bill for raising a loan for payment of bounty
to Indian immigrants.
A bill to provide for the ,maintenance of minis-
ters of the Christian religion in the colony of
British Guiana.
The weather during the fortnight has been wet,
with intervals of sunshine. The cane plants are
thriving under its genial influence. The exports
since the last mail have been 1,341 hhds., 96 trcs.,
77 brls. ; rum, 463 puns., 7 brls. ; timber, 30,402 ft.
charcoal, 670 brls: • cocoanuts, 5,400. Trade con- '
tinues to be very dull.
At Jamaica, notwithstanding a few partial rains,
and every appearance of heavy weather, the May
seasons had not vet set in. The heat was most
oppressive, and there was a good deal of sickness
about—fever, ague, and colds. Business had been
very dull during the last fortnight ; the banks had
been exceedingly stringent, particularly so since
the arrival of the last English mail, and transac-
tions had been restricted in consequence.
Exchanges on London :—Colonial Bank-90 days,
per cent. prem. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. prem. ; 30
days, 1* per cent. prem. Jamaica Bank--90 days,
per cent. prem. ; 661 days, 1 per cent. prem. ; 30
days, 1,1-, per cent. prem. Commissariat, 30 days, I
per cent. prem. Merchants' bills par.
In Antigua the weather was very dry, and the
heat intolerable. Planters were hurrying on manu-
facturing operations as rapidly as possible.
From the Central American republic there is no
news of importance.
In Costa Rica, President Mora has been re-elected
without any opposition for ten years longer, and it
is expected that he will use this period more for
public than for private good. His trip down to
Nicaragua has not turned out as anticipated, as his
reception was rather cool, but at all events the
Martinez-Mora-Belly treaty has been ratified.
After Mora's return a grand ball was given to him
by the Costa Rican officers. The coffee crop has
been very good, and is, calculated at upwards of
130,000 cwt. From Nicaragua there is nothing
particular to report; the Belly enterprise is the
only talk of the day; but, with the exception of a
few excited Frenchmen, there is nobody who
believse in the possibility of that gigantic work,
although Belly's people assure us that all has been
subscribed and that no actions are to be expected.
The French engineers are now levelling the river
San Juan and the land between Virgin Bay and
Salinas, so we may have their return as to the pos-
sibility of the canal in about two. months. The
rainy season has commenced, which will make hard
times for them. The second' engineer, Mr. Mulot,
died some days ago of fever, or rather was killed by
a-Mistake of a French coloured lintel-keeper, who
instead of two grains (a dose) gave him 12 doses,
or 12 grains of tartar emetic. The Virgin (lake
steamer) was-vm.eked the day, and r. Belly.
who was on board, narrowly escaped drowning.
Mr. Scott, agent for Mr. Vanderbilt, intended to
sell in public sale the remainder of the Vanderbilt
Company's goods, but as the Costa Rican comman-
der, Parla de Castilla, protested against the sale
of all the legal prizes of war, as guns, ammunition,
&c., the commander of her Britannic Majesty's
squadron at Greytown protested also, and only the
buildings and machinery were sold at 2,800 dollars.
Dates from Valparaiso are to the Ist of May.l
The revolutionary army, numbering about 2,000
strong, under the command of Don Nicolas Tira-
pegui, had been defeated by Colonel Pinto, after an
action of five hours' duration, in which many were
killed on both sides, and 300 prisoners taken, the
rebels losing all their artillery and ammunition.
The remains of Tirapegui's force was subsequently
attacked and routed near Los Angelos by the In-
tendente. Bands of revolutionists were still hang-
ing round Talca and other points.
From the south of Chili there is no news of im-
portance, everything is in a tranquil state. Ex-
change on England 46,1-1, 90 days. Business is
very bad, nothing doing.
Dates from Lima are to May 12th. In Lima
and Callao, as regards political affairs, everything
is quiet, but the government of Peru continues very
much disorganised. It appears that although the
New Granadian Minister was received by Castilla,
he has not been very courteously treated by him
since his reception.
It is reported that Echenique has invaded the
Peruvian territory with a Bolivian force, but it is
thought that President Castilla is a party to this
move for the object of strengthening his command.
He has asked for a loan of five millions, and autho-
rity to increase the army to 20,000 men. This the
Congress has refused, however.
Exchange on England, 42d., 90 days, nominal.
From Ecuador we learn that the interior towns
had pronounced against the Robles Government,
and had proclaimed as chief magistrates of the
country Messrs. Gabriel Garcia Moreno, Pacifico
Chiriboga, and Jeronimo Carrion (Vice-President) ;
these three will become candidates for the Presi-
dency by and by in all probability.
It is thought that the blockade of Guayaquil
will shortly be removed, in anticipation of which
large stocks of flour and other articles are lying in
the neighbourhood and at Paita in order to be sent
up the river at the earliest opportunity.