The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

SOUTH WALES.

The statement of receipts and payments of this company
to the 30th June shows that 1,37,95.11. had been received
on capital account, includingl,23o,B6B/. on loans and deben-
tures, and the total expenditure amounted to 1,372,152/.,
including 16
of 6, a. n
o,69Blsubscriptions
e
revenue otherto
accountcompanies,
fo
rthe
h
balanceleay.
ing a e
year ending the 30th of June showed that 170,0'i71. had
been received and 103,3711. expended, including 5m o
sa2t
fees,l .10:20i sl72ui
51sfn. tdividend
added2°lf.rrel
nla Newports,toi 17006gfn/s station,
Vale
eahf
otreiot otml
ani n:oteeflhsefNe, leaving
vole2ami
a:sot tahor 4:aa:
shares,cin.bc do')
aarntnet ne, ti4e:2ol:3lLfs.6l°6.
oul tramway,
r6hawBm9ralw'
registrationagaTnoyna,
stock, and 19,250/. fixed rent from Grange-court to Carmar-
then by Great Western Company, making together
89,9971. From this sum is deducted 7681. rents of offices,
wharves, &c., 19,770/. interest on loans and debentures, and
14,2111. assumed amount due under agreement to the Great
tWh
iess
it
se r Company,
dn
ed
uete dl4 ,Ileaving balance e
ra
preference of
dsisv,i2dle7n/
d.
eOnu tof
the
he
guaranteed stock and shares, and 39,8611. for proposed
dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum on the con-
solidatedo. stock and shares of the company, leaping a
balance of 1,2091.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.
Toronto on the 29th of September,
the
company by
increase the capital f .
sought to b d
eof the ordinary on s
2,000,0001. sterling, by the
issu
the undertaking of
of the company ; and also to purchase Trunk Junction Railway
the London London and Grand
aoilllwi nagy
C.E.who was, in accordance
pimp. Mr, C. H. Gregory, t
the Provincial Government, appointed
with the desire of t
directors to visit Canada for the purpose
At the special meeting of this compaanntyh,orttotybewhiellld
bein
by the London
ktheßr stock,e
character o
the contracts has just issued his report. It
supplied under
length, and enters into a variety of details
is of considerable.
to the formation of the works, the effects of
with respect ,
• te on ithem, the modes adopted to meet 'various
the chum
difficulties as they arose in the execution of the works,
andd the circumstances under which the contractors were
fairly entitled to compensation beyond the amount stipu-
lated in the contract. In conclusion he expresses a gene-
tgheuwpoornks,thaned GthreanqdualiTtyiltionf
gene-
ral opinion to the effect that full justice has been done
the proprietors both by the engineer-in-chief and by
the contractors. Taking the accounts as a whole, he be-
lieves that if the contractors had adopted a litigious course,
of reportifn
instead of confiding in the honourable adjudication of the
engineer-in-chief, the company would have been serious
losers. As far as he can judge of the cost of other railways
in Canada which he bas seen, he thinks the Grand Trunk
have obtained their lines at a more reasonable P2?_ er.
manent character of the important bridges on the Grand
e,pal
though they are of a much superior character. The
Trunk Railway Proper will in the course of years be pro-
ductive of great saving. The completion of the Victoria-
bridge at Montreal, by uniting the
secondn portion of the
railway, will remedy a defect which
at the present time
undoubtedly opposes a serious obstacle to the development
of the through traffic.

THE GREEK HOUSES AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
—The Presse d'Orietzi has a letter in which it is said that
the Greek houses abroad are, as a rule, the agents of the
Russian Government. Frequently, says the writer, one
and the same Greek family has establishments in Odessa,
Constantinople, Marseilles, Paris, and London, and,
naturally, firms so intimately connected keep each other
well informed of everything that is going on, The
foundaGcrteine in c
Greeks saacum:rodsAi Armenians
the
eon i
oann
es
great aadnodp t
et ttehi
cities.
samea m
That
h pa
its
aynts system e itno
Russianbh
ee
t
East, and merchants connected by the ties of blood, and
Government takes advantage of the influence acquired
by these houses in order to further its commercial plans,
is a fact which has long been notorious in Russia. We
need scarcely add that these same poisoners of truth
write most of the pro Russian mis-statements as to
everything Turkish which pervade the German And
French papers,