The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-29 00:00:00

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PREFERENCE, SHAY &6

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Do. 4 p. c. Shares
Caiedn. £lO 4i p.c.
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lbast 11n., G. 6 p.
Do. 51., 10 per cent
Do. 101. Dobentr.Sh.
Do. do. 4 per cent.
East Lanca-1 6 p.ct,
E. •r-W. York. J. sth,
Bain. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh
Ed. Prth. kThin.4
Furner,F, 5 p. C....
(4las. & S. W. G. 5 p. c
Groat Northn. 5 p. c
Do. 5 p. o. Redeem.
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Do. 4 p. c.
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D 43. con, red. 4 p. c
Do. irred. 4p. c.
Do. 5 p. c. red. pref
Do. Birm. Pref. Sh
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Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.
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D. P., 5 pc. St.No.2
Do. New Guar.6 u.
Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4
Lon. &N. W., Coy. &
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Lon.& S. W. 7 per at

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L -nay. & Color. i Sh.
Londy. & Ennis.tk Fli
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with optn. till '66
Norfk. Deb, 4 p.e. sh
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Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846
D,.. 5i per c.pf ,1847
Do. Wv. V.cpc.,1847
North -Brit; sh
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Do Leeds 6 p.c .No.l
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Business
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MINES.
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20 7 ' Australian I - li
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) ... - ...
10 all BlEnnar. Iron & Coal . -- ...
20 14 British Iron 75 - 85
35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued
at 1.',5 pm.) - 2
10 all Do. Cocaes Ar Culabg 3 - 3i
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 16 - 18 17
1 i Clarendon Cons. Min
Co. of Jamaica id- ii
40 all Cobre Copper
... - 59 681
5 15 Colonial Gold - ...
St. all Copper Min. of Eng 33 - 37
25 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent 25 - 27
••• If Copiapo l2 - 14
2 all lrortuna a - id
20 1 all Genual ... - ...
1 r, all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg - ...
44 ail Great Polgooth . -
5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 6 - 7
1 all Liberty ... ..••• .• - .-
3 all Linares 8 84
5 15 Lusitanian ld -
1 iall Warignits.. ....... ....- -- i
1 all gew Granada . ..... ~. - 4
I. all gotivean Monde
2) all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 3 - 10
5 1 Port Philip - •..
1 all Quartz Rock - ••.
SO all Ethymney Iron 23 - 25
15 all Do. New -. 9
30 15/ Santiago de Cuba , 21 -2/
... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 11 - 11-
1 all South Australian ... - ...
1 all Do. Scrip.
1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref ... -
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10 9 Pin Croft . - 41
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10 11 Australis. Royal Mail . . - t.•
10 all .itrlin Water Work .54 - 6
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100 3 1 Car, ada 129 - 133 .‘ d
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5 all ON Preference 5l - 5
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6 all Peel Rr. Ld. Ac Minrl 2 pm
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1 50 all Peninsular& Oriental: 66 - 68 67
50 10 Do. New .. .
100 60 Royal Mail Stearn 3- 4 p
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all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 -11 • •
1 all Ditto New - 1
1 25 all South Austral.land 35 - 37
1 al: Submar. Tel. Scrip I - 1
1 all D. Registered 4 - 1
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FURTHER POSTPONEMENT OF
OUNDLE RACES.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

The races are again postponed indefinitely, in con•
sequence of the continuance of the frost. The future
date of the meeting will be advertised.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH

COAST RAILWAY.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY).

This afternoon the ordinary balf•yearly meeting of
this company was held at the Brid4e•honse, Hotel,
London-bridge, Mr. Leo Schuster, Chairman of the
Board of Directors in the chair.

The report, and the statement of the accounts, which
have been already published, were taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN said that, looking to the report, he
found he was able to congratulate the meeting on the
satisfactory state of the company's affairs, and said the
first subject in the report was the capital account. A
very small sum remained at the disposal of the directors,
aid it was hardly necessary that the shareholders should
be reminded of the fact that with an advancing business
the requirements for it must increase. A railway, like
every other business, when it increased its traffic, in-
volved heavy expenses. The directors saw that the
time was last approaching when they would have
to ask the shareholders for their sanction to increase
the capital account, or, if not, the revenue must
be devoted to defray the expenses that ought
to corns out of capital. The directors, in about
twelve months would submit the question to the share-
holders. With regard to the expenditure of the line, it
had increased in consequence of a rise in everything they
required, and, in fact, everything connected with rail.
ways had risen, except rates and fares ; and he could
not hold out any hope there wont' be any diminution
in this respect in favour of the company, but rather that
prices would enhance every article exchangeable for
gold. The Gov rnment dealt very unjustly with rail.
ways, and he instanced the fact of the railways being
rated to the poor, and highway rates, on the profits, and
not on the rent of their premises, as with tradesmen.
In alluding to the recent frauds on the Great Northern
Railway, the chairman said, he had the satisfaction in
informing them that the Directors, at the request of the
officials, had examined the stock accounts and found
everything correct, and had introduced checks upon the
accounts which would prevent frauds for the future, and
every transfer was examined and signed by the
directors. After referring to the increased traffic on
the line, and also of the dividends paid, the chairman
referred to the new schemes before Parliament in con-
nection with this line, and concluded by moving the
reception and adoption of the report.
Mr. SCOTT (director) seconded the motion.

A SHAREHOLDER moved the omission of the paragraph
from the report authorising the leasing of 21i miles of
extension, at a rental of 6,4801. per annum, but no
shareholder seconded the amendment.

A. conversation then ensued as to the branches being

remunerative, and

The CHAIRMAN said that they were.
The report was ultimately adopted, and a dividend at
the ra'e of 6 per cent. on the year was agreed to.

A TRIP Auiv)69 THE "MMUS OB

PANAMA.

The following extract from a letter has been re-
ceived from an ofkcer on board her Majjsty's ship
—, North American station :
"Dec. 5, Navy Bay, Panama Railway Station.
" Since you heard from me last I have been
across the Isthmus of Panama, and a very pleasant
trip it is, although there is not much to interest
one in Panama itself, further than that it is the
remains of a fine old Spanish town. The railroad
is in itself one of the greatest triumphs of art
over nature that one can possibly. imagine. The
actual distance across is about 33 miles, but
the line occupies about 46 miles, and runs
through land that appears to have been a
successful barrier between the two oceans—one
dense forest from first to last, inundated with con-
tinual swamps, which at first were thought to be
impossible to be got the better of. What will not
human invention and Yankee go-a-headism get
through. They commenced on thisside, and worked
away inch by inch, driving pile upon pile, earth
upon earth, felling trees as they went, and dying
literally by thousands from the effects of the miasma
arising from the pestiferous forest. The first seven
miles is an entirely made road over swamps and
other bad foundations ; the amount of human
life expended you would hardly believe. They
engaged some 2,000 Chinese emigrants, and in about
six weeks few remained ; but still on went the
work until it has succeeded. It was begun, I
think, in 1850, and has been running about twelve
months. Everything is roughly made, as you may
imagine, but it answers very well. As I told you,
by the kind permission of the company, we had the •
trip gratis, and started at eight o'clock in the morn-
ing,—a large and select party of us, about 13 in
number,—and one of the company kindly accom-
panying us. The carriages are large and airy, with
no compartments, but cane-bottomed seats running
the whole length of the carriage, which opens at
both ends, and holds about sixty passengers, so
that you can walk from one end to the other if
so disposed. Well, off we went, in two first-class
carriages ; but the bustling, cool, and not over-easy
truck, soon made us feel at home. Just fancy
yourself rushing through such a country (hardly
meant for man, much less for railroad progress),
one continuous succession of verdure ; tree upon
tree, plant upon plant, and each densely inter-
mingled with each other, and where there may be
a gap it is instantly filled by creepers, which would
be highly prized in England. The effect of this
line alone has improved immensely the health and
appearance of the whole vicinity, for you can easily
imagine a free current of air, like a funnel, rushing
through from ocean to ocean ; besides including
villages on the route, it has given a tone of acti-
vity and energy to the large native population,
who are naturally lazy, vain, luxurious, and ina-
nimate. On our arrival at Panama we found a
decent hotel, and, after a bath, we took a stroll.
I had been there before, but found it still the same
—dirty and Spanish. A dilapidated Spanish town
is the dirtiest and most unseemly spot imaginable.
We visited all that was to be seen, and returned
determined to make the best of it, and leave by
the eight o'clock train in the morning. I was not
quite content with the rail, but with my friend
started two days after on what is called a
hand-car ;it is worked by hand with two men—
something like a velocipede, and goes at about 10
miles an thour. Having secured the friendship of
the director, my friend and self had no difficulty in
getting anything in this way we wanted, and
off we started again ; but being late, we were
warned of the danger of being run over, but
not being blind we did not feel much alarm.
There is but one line. We ran up seven miles
in this way in the little car, so we had plenty
of time to observe the beauty and extraordiriary
features of the country. My chief object in this
excursion was to try and get some seeds and roots
for the terrace hothouse, but it being the wrong
time of year I have only succeeded in getting a
few roots. On our meeting the train we both
At
stopped, lifted our vehicle off theratilh,ereetpaltaiceend
wite,
and proceeded ou our journey.
alighted close to the River C A
ay
through a l , crossed in a
large
canoe,
eOutad walked
hnMaie.