The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-21 00:00:00

MARK LANE.

At Mark-lane this morning there was a moderato at-
tendance of the trade, owing partly to the wet weather
and partly to the holiday character of theiweek. The de-
mand for English wheat was quiet, hut steady at last Mon-
day's quotation.
METROPODITAN CATTLE.

Only slight supplies of stock were on sale, the attend-
ance of buyers very small, and the weather most unfavour-
able. Bcef, 3s 4d to 5s 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 6d; veal,
3s 4d to 5s 8d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per stone of 81b
sinking the offal.
SMITHFIELD AND LEADENHALL.

The supply of meat is very large. Beef, 3s to 4s 10d;
veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d; large pork,
3s to 3s 8d ; small ditto, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per stone. The
poultry market is moderately supplied.

BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA

RAILWAY COMPANY.

The twenty-sixth half-yearly general meeting of
this company was held on Friday, in the London
Tavern, for the general purposes of business ; Mr.
P. T. French, chairman.

According to the report, which was taken as
read, the capital account showed that the total
amount received on consolidated stock shares and
debentures to the 30th June last was £7,442,713,
of which £101,914 was received in the half year.
The total expenditure to the same period in
England and India amounted to £7,256,706. The
gross revenue receipts for the half year earned over
the same mileage as on the corresponding period
of 1857, amounted to £252,056 as compared with
£264,666, and show a decrease of £12,610, of
which £3,192 arises under the head of passen-
gers, parcels, &c., £9,438 under that of mer-
chandise, live stock, and miscellaneous re-
ceipts. With regard to passengers there
was an increase in the numbers carried of the Ist
and 2d class of 662 and 6,194 respectively, but
owing partly ito the reduction in the fares referred
to in the last report, the lst,class receipts show a de-
crease of £298, and the second class an increase of
of £597. There was a falling off in the third-class
passengers, which was attributable to the general
depression and inactivity following upon the
extraordinary inflation and collapse of commercial
speculation in Bombay in the last two or three
years. In the merchandise traffic the falling
off arises principally in cotton and grain. The half-
year's receipts, though actually less in amount,
have increased per train mile from 10s. 3.17 d, to
10s. 9 .93d. in consequence of the reduction which
was effected in the train mileage to the extent of
50,302 miles. The gross working expenses
amounted to £153,217, showing a reduction of
£3,271 on those of the corresponding period. The
line has been maintained in good order, and the
rolling stock in excellent condition. The net re-
venue amounted to £98,838 19s. 10d., which
compares with £108,178 Bs. 4d. in the correspond-
ing period of 1867. But from this is deducted the
£57,500 as a special reserve for fencing. The re-
port concluded by referring to a claim of a personal
nature. The R. J. 11. Hughes, a devoted and exem-
plary clergyman at Surat, ministered to the spiri-
tual wants of the employes of the company
for a series of years, from the construction of the
line, and the board proposed that a sum of £5OO
should be granted, to be presented to him as a
recognition of his important services by the com-
pany.

The CHAIRMAN, having referred at consider-
able length to the several paragraphs of the
report, stated that upon the whole it appeared to
him that they had every reason to congratulate
themselves upon the condition and working of the
railway, and concluded by moving that the report,
together with the detailed accounts annexed thereto,
be adopted.
The resolution was agreed to.
A resolution to carry out the recommendation of
the directors in respect to the grant of £5OO to the
Rev. Mr. Hughes was also agreed to.
The proceedings closed with the usual vote of
thanks to the chairman and directors.

The Cumberland, Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane,
guardship of the Steam Reserve at Chatham and
Sheerness, has been dismantled, and the whole of
herguns, War Department and other stores, returned
to the Ordnance establishment, previously to being
put out of commission and the crew paid off on the
30th instant. Captain Cochrane has been trans-
ferred to the Royal Naval Barracks, succeeding Capt.
S. S. L. Crofton as superintendent of that establish.
ment, which is now being prepared for the officers
and crew of the Cumberland on that vessel being
put of commission. The charge of the Steam Re-
serve in the Medway will in future devolve on the
superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, it being no
longer intended to station a guardship of the Steam
Reserve in the Medway.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day -at the Admiralty :—Lieut. B. W. Walker to
the Formidable ; Navigating Sub-Lieut. Ralph A.
Ramsay to the Victory, as supernumerary ; Frank
H. Rogers, midshipman, to the Cossack ; Arthur
Moreton, engineer, to the Trafalgar, for service in
tenders ; Henry Scott, first-class assist.-engineer,
to the Royal George ; and Henry B. Western, no-
minated a naval cadet.
ANOTHER " REST AND BE THANKFUL."--The
Bury Post, a provincial authority on Ministerial affairs,
says : —"Mr. Bright bears his honours in a singularly
happy way. All the signs of nervousness and sharpness
of thought, of irritability, and restlessness, which have
characterised him almost as long as I can remember, seem
to have left him. His face is in smiles and his manner
quite hearty. It is as though the anxiety of his life was
at an end. The storms of agitation have died away. Ile
hae nv refvrnas lett tv fght for."