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London, England, 1868-01-25 00:00:00

they recently sold; the price, however, had again rallied,
and stocks generally were firm in sympathy with it. The
market for State Stocks and Railroad Mortgages was quiet,
without any noteworthy change. Dealings in gold were
on an enlarged scale, and an advance in the premium of
four per cont. had been established.

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

We give below the report of the General Superintendent
of the Atlantic and Great Western, also the Auditor's
figures of the doings of the road for seven months ending
31st October. As these officers aro appointed by the Re-
ceiver and report to him, tie returns must be considered
as official, and their accuracy cannot be doubted :
General Superintendent's Office,
Meadville, Pennsylvania, Dec. 20, 1867.
To General R. B. Potter, Receiver.
Atlantic and Great Great Western Railway, Meadville,
Pennsylvania.
_ _

My clear Sir,—ln considering the true economy of this
road and the interests of its investors it was decided,
about the last of November, to close our entire construc-
tion and renewals for the winter. This having been done
fully, and our accounts made up, I have taken the liberty
of placing before you a full report of our operations for the
seven months of your receivership, and of my connection
with the road. With this you w;11 please find compara-
tive statement of earnings and expenses from Mr. J. C.
Calhoun, auditor; also statement from Mr. D. C. Coolman,
resident engineer, showing in detail the work performed
on the track roadway, buildings, &c., and its cost ; and
from Mr. F. Grinnell, superintendent M.P. and machinery,
a statement showing the condition of the rolling stock, and
work and improvement made upon it. You are well aware of
the condition the road wa,.; in on your taking possession
of it, and of what was necessary to be done, at once to
put it in safe order. This, I think, has been fully done, and,
by reference to Mr. Coolman's statement, you will see the
amount of material and its cost that was required to do
it. You will please bear in mind that to collect the requisite
number of men and the material and get all well organized
took us some little time ; as the season was well advanced
before we could possibly get started it required greater
numbers and more expense to accomplish the work that
had to be done before the close of the season than would
otherwise have done. We have been favoured by the
long-continued drought which was so injurious to our
receipts, but which helped us materially with our work.
We have succeeded in getting the main line well ballasted,
ditched, and tied with sleepers.
The Mahoning, division, from the number of trains upon
it and the almost impossibility of getting men to work
upon track at any reasonable price in that mineral district,
did not get all that I would like to have put upon it, but
enough has been done to hold it in good working order for
the winter. A few weeks' work in the spring will com-
plete all that is requisite to make it in good running con-
dition.

The Franklin branch is in good working order, but
little, if anything, required to be done to it for the present.
The locomotives are in as good order as will average on
any road. We have made some improvement in them,
and are running them now cheaper than has been done.
We are now down to 30 cents a mile, covering all ex-
penses; and I am satisfied that we can get down to 27
cents per mile as we progres 3 with our economy. Much
improvement has been made in the passenger and
freight cars. We are getting them in better order,
and now that we have a good track to run on, our cost of
repairs should diminish. In November we took all the
tools out of Corry Shop and closed it up. This we were
permitted to do by having the Kent Car Shop completed.
By this change we make our shop force more effective, by
the consolidation of the work, and will save some $B,OOO
per month in expenses.

We have constructed a good car house at Meadville by
transferring the frame from Leavittsburg. This will keep
our spare cars from the weather. Five new stalls for
engines have been erected at Cleveland by an addition to
the engine house there ; and, by arrangement made with
the Erie Railway, our engines are all provfded with stalls
at Talamanca for the winter.

I regret much that our receipts are so affected by the
loss in the oil trade, and the general stagnation of busi-
ness, caused by the contraction of the national currency
and the severity of the drought during the latter part of
the summer and autumn. This affects trave as well as
freighting. It is gratifying, however, to know that our
legitimate business is good, and we are doing our full pro-
portion with other lines. It has been my especial study
to work economy in every department of the road and get
our working expenses down to where they should be. By
reference to the enclosed statements of the auditor you
will see the decrease in the salary account each month. I
call your especial attention to that of "all stores used."
In saying that our construction work was entirely
stopped for the winter I omitted excepting the filling of
trestles on the second and third divisions, with the two
steam shovels now doing the work. They will be kept et
it during the winter, aud, in fact, until the trestles are
filled up. They work with great economy, and are a per-
fect success in the quantity handled.—Respectfully yours/
L. D. RuckEn,
General Superintendent.
Although there has not been a very largo amount of
business in American securities on the London market dill."
big the past week, prices have improved all round ; United
States 5-20 Bonds have advanced to 714 to 72, aud
10-40's to 67i to 684. In Illinois Central Shares there hes
been sonic good buying, on the belief that the affairs of
this company are in an eminently satisfactory condition ;
they close 851 to 1, or nearly ono per cent. higher than
this day week. lines, also at 48 to 49, exhibit au im-
provement.
The demand for Atlaut Ic and Great Western Securities,
which we noticed in our last, has continued, and from 21
the Cousolidated Mortgage Bonds rose to 26, from which
there has been a slight reaction, to 24 to 25 ; the Deben-
tures are at the same price, although latterly they have
commanded some 3 or 4 per cent. more than the Conso-
lidated Bonds. The inquiries for the First and Second
Mortgage Divisional Bonds are also numerous„ and they
have been taken at from 50 to 55 for the first and 48 to 52
for the second.

(From Messrs. Bowles, Drevet, and Co.'s Circular.)
PARIS, Jan. 24, 1868.
The general tone of the Bourse remains unchanged'
inactivity and a disinclination to new enterprises cola-
tinning the prevailing feature.
In United States Securities transactions have been veil,
limited, but at improved rates, though the full influence o!
the decline of gold is largely counteracted by continued
unfavourable political and financial rumours received from
the United States.
We quote :
The issue of 1862
The issue of 1861
The issue of 1865
Our advices from New York are to the 21st inst.:--
Gold
United States Bonds, 1862 (currency) llOl
The Rente closes at 6Bf. 30c.
The Italian closes at
Exchange on London 251. 15c.

Foreign Mail Packet List,

MAILS DUE.

&nstralia. and New Zealand, via Southamptria......Feb. lg.
Ditto, via Marseilles .............Feb. 13'
Ditto, via Panama 9 • •• • ...Jan. 26.
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Feb. 3.
Ditto, by French paoket •••••• jam 23
Cape Verde. by Brazil packet ......
Cape of Good Hope. Asoension. and St. Helena Jan. 27
China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton Feb. 2
Ditto, via Marseilles ... Jan. 27
Falkland Islands Feb. I
..libraltar. via Southampton Jan. 23
India, via Southampton
Ditto, via Harden es
Malta, Egypt, &o. Jan. 23'
Ditto, Marseilles.. Jan. 27.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton
DIU ), Marseilles Feb. 13
.Newfoundlanc .. fel/. 12
Portugal ... . Feb. 3
Ditto, by priNl to ship to Oporto ...
Ditto t :tto to Lisbon
United States, ( anada, California, &c., by British
packet

Ditto, by L Lited States packet
Ditto ditto 'New York,

Ditto ditto Ntw York)
DM.) ditt( (Baltimore)
Ditto, by Canadian packet
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife Feb. „
West Indies and Pazific (except Mexico and Baha-
mas) - 29'
,2
Cuba and Mexico Jan- 23'
Bahamas, via New Y Feb-
eb Z.
Bermuda. via Halifax ..

Births.
BATHURST-014 the 24th inst., at 3, Grosvenor-011'5°114
the Hon. Mrs. Allen Bathurst, of a son. -ADSIC
DEWSNAP - On the 24th inst., at Barnes, the wife of
Dewsnap, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, of a daughter. to
SINGH—On the 23d inst., at 39, Onslow-square, 101'

Maharanee Duleep Singh, of kson. -
Marriages. tholi°
MooRE—LYON—On the 23d inst., at St. Mary's ve'", 0
Church, Edinburgh. Robert B. Moore, Forres-strse`top,
Izabel, daughter of the late Ambrose Vincent
Oporto. ~,
aDd
.
MACKENZIE—COCK—On the 23d inst , at St. Michasizop-
All Angels', Hackney, Alfred Mackenzie, of 73, C6ocl;',
side, Lordon, to Ueorgiana, third daughter of Mrs'
of King Edward's road, Hackney.

Deaths. ~f 31,
BATEMAN— On the 22d inst., Wm. Bateman, Esq., ;',.3.
Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood, and City, ag' -050‘
GASCOIGNE—On the 18th inst., at Bath, Miss Brolly
coigne, aged 85. bet'
GREY— On the 22d inst., at Lipwood House, Northurr
laud, John Grey, Esq., formerly of Dilston, aged 6.-bire,
KING—On the 23d inst., at Brinkley Hall, Cambridge"
Robert Win. King, Esq., aged 74. ~„., o.otolv.
LEoNARD On the 22d inst., at Charlton Lodge, .16-°'
on-Thames, Mr. Thomas Leouards, aged 74. 13056-
MOSES—On the 24th inst., at. 57, Porchester-terrace'
water, Elias Moses, Esq., aged 87. es,
MinitLEEs—On the 13th inst., at St. Leonarcrs"°ll-
William Mirrlees, Esq., of Glasgow. Avaltel
POWELL—On the 21st inst., at 79, Lancaster-gates -a 40.
Powell, Esq., formerly of Melbourne, Victoria, age
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