The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-01 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

THE PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS.—The President
has approved and signed the bill that nothing in
the Act approved July 1, 1862, entitled an " Act
to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph
line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean,
and to the Government the use of the same -for
postal-, military, and other purposes, and the Act
amendatory thereof, shall be held to authorize the
withdrawal or exclusion from settlement and entry
under the privileges of the pre-emption or home-
stead laws, the even-numbered sections along the
routes of the several roads therein mentioned which
has been or may be hereafter located ; provided
that such sections shall be rated at two dollars and
fifty cents per acre, and subject only to entry under
these laws and the Secretary of the Interior is
hereby authorized and directed to restore to
homestead settlers pre-emption or entry accord-
ing to the existing laws. on all the even-num-
bered sections of land belonging to the Govern-
ment, and now withdrawn from market, on both
sides of the Pr.eific Railroad and its brancheg, where-
ever said road and its branches have been definitely
located.

TIIE CENTRA.I. PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.—By
telegram front San Francisco we learn that it is
confidently asserted there that this company have
bought the San Jose, Southern Pacific, Western
Pacific Valley and Sacramento Railroads. The
transfer of the San Jose and Southern Pacific is to
be made within two years. The purchase of the
latter roads gives the Central Pacific Railroad Com-
pany entire control of all the railroads in California,
they having previously obtained possession of the
Sacramento Valley and Marysville Roads. The Cen-
tral Company have declined to locate a terminus at
Oakland, and an agreement to that effect has been
reduced to writing between the company and the
Oakland authorities. It is also substantially agreed
upon that another terminus shall be located at San
Francisco.

CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD BONDS (FIRST
MORTGAGE).—A very large amount of this loan has
already been placed among permanent holders, and
the investment demand continues undiminished.
These bonds are a first lien on one of the most pro-
ductive and important railroads in the country--
which enjoys special subsidies from the Government
—and are therefore entitled to rank among the very
best standard obligations. They bear six per cent.
per annum, both principal and interest being ex-
pressly made payable in gold.
The Wall-street Journal says—" The Express
Companies are steadily getting their affairs in order
by closing all the superfluous offices and leaving a
single company on the various routes. The office
of the Merchants' Union Express Company in Hart-
ford was closed for business on Saturday last, leav-
ing the field in that city to the Adams Company,
who will continue as heretofore. The Adams Com-
pany relinquishes the Shore Line Road to the Mer-
chants' Union for local and through business be-
tween Boston and New York, with the exception
of the New Yolk and New Haven Road, which id
retained by both for through business, the local
business on the road being controlled by the Adams.
The Merchants' Union will wholly relinquish the
Housatonic, Naugatuck, Hartford and New Haven,
and Hartford, Providence, and Fishkill Railroads.
The American Company gives up its whole local
business in the East, retaining Boston as an office for
freight for all the West. These changes are made
in pursuance of arrangements effected some
time since, by which, although nominally distinct,
the interests of the two companies are made iden-
tical, and their expenses will be diminished thereby.
Hereafter the Adams Express Company will run
over the Cincinnati and Zanesville Road; the Illi-
nois Central, South from Odin, the Panhandle
route to New York, the Central Ohio, the Ohio
and Mississippi and Kentucky Central Roads, for
way and through business, and the Little Miami
for through business only, Louisville, Frankfort
and Lexington, Louisville and Nashvile, and con-
tinue their all-rail route to Louisville and Evans-
ville and Madison. They also remain temporarily
on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati. The United
States Express Company will withdraw from the
Dayton and Michigan Road for local business, but run
it for through. This company will run the Atlantic
and Great Western and Connersville and Indiana-
polis Junction Roads exclusively, and will do the local
business on the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton-
road. The American Express Company will do the
local and through business on the Little Miami, and
will run the Whitewater Valley Road exclusively.
The Merchants' Union Express Company will with-
draw from the Little Miami and Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton, and Dayton Roads for local business, running
over these roads for through business only ; with-
draw entirely from the Connersville and Indiana-
polis, and Whitewater Valley Roads, and will run
exclusively the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Road.
The Hamden Express will continue to run the
Marietta and Cincinnati Road.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 18 ... 11 18/
Ditto

- •
Rotterdam ...••
11 191 ... 12 i
Antwerp — ... 25 35 ... 25 40
.d rissels
Ilamburgh
... 13 n ... 13 10}
Paris Short ... 25 15 ... 25 25
Ditto 3 Ms. ... 2 ) 321 ... 25 371
Marseilles ... ... 25 321 ... 25 371
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... ... 1201 ... 120/
Vienna — ... 11 73 ... 11 85
Trieste — ... 11 75 ... 11 85
Petersburg — ... 32 ... 821
Berlin ... ... 6 264 ... 6 271
Madrid — ... 481 ... 481
Cadiz
Leghorn — ... 28 2J ... 28 80
Milan
Genoa — ... 28 20 ... 28 80
Naples
Palermo — ... 28 2.0 ... 28 80
Messina......
Lisbon
Oporto

Foreign Mail Packet List,

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Sonthanytoa.....April 25,
Ditto, via Marseilles .............April 9.

Ditto, via Panama .... ...April 23.
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video .... A.-dill 6.
Ditto, by Frenoh paokot .. April 22.
Cape Verde. by Brazil packet • ..... . April 6.
Cape of Good Hope. Asoension. and St. Helena.... April 12.
China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton.. April It.
Ditto, via Marseilles. ...... April 5.
Falkland Islands ...... April 6.
Gibraltar, via Southampton .. April 4..
India, via Southampton . ....A pril 4.
Ditto, via Marseilles
Malta, Egypt, &o. April; —.
Ditto, Marseilles April, —.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton

Ditto, Marseilles , April 18
Newfoundla hd ...... ....... ..... April 8
Portugal .... April 6
Ditto, by priv Ms ship to Oporto ...
Ditto r itto to Lisbon
United States, lanada, California, &0., by British
packet
Ditto, by I_ cited Btates packet
Ditto ditto 'New York)
Ditto ditto 'New York)
Ditto ditto (Baltimore) . .

Ditto, by Canadian packet April 3.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe April IS,
West Indies and Pazilic (except Mexico and Baha-
mas)
Cubi and Mexico April 28.
B%haatas, via New Y --
Bermuda. via Halifax . ...• April 8.