The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-22 00:00:00

THE ADMIRALTY PROVISION CONTRACT.

The Evening Post contains the following infor-
mation upon this subject :
" We understand that a fair proportion of the beef
and pork contract for the year 1853 has 13feri taken by
the leading Dublin houses. We have not yet learnt
the full particulars of the allotments ; but we believe
that the respectable firm of Messrs. C. Wood and Sons,
Bow-street, and our enterprising fellow-cit'z3n, Mr. M.
Smith, of Copper-alley, are among tho'4e most of whose
tenders were accepted. We should not be surpr'sed if
the greater portion of the pork wore taken by the Belfast
houses, while mast of the beef contract has fallen to the
Dublin firms. A day or two, however, will telt all about
it."

RAILWAY INT ILL bIGENCE.

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.

The adjourned annual meeting of this company
was held on Sep'. 29th at Toronto—the Hon. J.
Ross in the chair.

Mr. GRANT, the assistant-secretary, read the re-
port, which stated that the primary object of the
directors bad been to open the line for local traffic
as the sections were finished, as they considered
this accommodation due to the people of the pro-
vinces after the aid extended to the company by the
Legislature. Motives of prudence also rendered it
good policy to do so, and every season's experience
would indicate what requisites were necessary to
secure the legitimate share of the enormous go xis'
traffic passing from east to west at the various Inter-
cepting points on the lake as well as on the river.
The success a'tending the Canadian mail steamers
had acquired for them a prestige whin). has estab-
lished the St. Lawrence and Grand Truck route as
the shortest and quickest to the Western and South-
Western States. When the Grand Trunk Railway
is finished, Quebec, Portland, Montreal, Kingston,
Toronto, Hamilton, London, Datrol, Sarnia, Col-
ling wo pd, Peterboro', and Ottawa, will be connected
by railway without a break, and as a commercial
en,erprise the directors feel confident that it will
ultimately fulfil all the expectations which have
been entertained of it. With regard to that por-
tion below Quebec which forms part of the colo-
nial chain of railroad originally contemplated, the
directors entertain the most sanguine hopes, confi:
dently believing that no lengthened period can
elapse before the New Brunswick Government will
have run its road to the frontier, and one unbroken
Elie of communication will have been effected be-
tween the western waters of Lake Huron and the
south-eastern extremity of Nova Scotia. Owing to
the restrictions contained in the Relief Act of 1856
with respect to the application of the preference
bonds for 2,000,0001. to meet existing liabilities,
and for additional rolling stock, station, and other
accommodation, it is necessary to obtain the sanc-
tion of the shareholders. It is only intended to
issue an amount not exceeding 1,500,0001., the
balance of 500,0J01. being intended to be in substi-
tution of the C debentures created last year, and
which will be cancelled. The directors recommend
that these debentures rank immediately after the
existing debentures of the company, and bear in-
terest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, and
that one-third be repayable in five years, one-third
in 10 years, and one-third: in 15 years. In 1856 an
independent company obtained an act for the con-
struction of a railway frpm the Grand Trunk line
at St. Mary's, a point nine miles west of Stratford,
to London, a distance of 22 mile and it was consi-
dered desirable that the sanction of the shareholders
ouldbe given to ti oamalgaa a ion of the two com-
panies at par, and to an agreement which has been
made, for the construction and equipment of the
railway, with responsible Canadian contractors,
at a cost of 8,0001. per mile, including rolling
stock, and which is included in the sum available
under the Relief Act of 1856. The report of Mr.
S. P. Bidder stated that since the date of the last
report no additional mileage bas been opened, and
the shareholders will bear in mind that the line still
remains in unconnected sections, a fact which fully
accounts for the business of the road being almost
altogether of a local charact'-r. Out of a total
of 663,028 passengers 555,012 were local ; and out
of 355,221 tons of freight 316,599 tons were also
local. The links now wanting in the main chain of
communication from west to east are the esplanade
in front of the city of Toronto, the lengths between
Strafford and London, Stratford and Sarnia, the
extension east of St. Thomas's, and the Victoria-
bridge, all of which are now being pushed forward
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would have been much less were it not for the very
large outlay necessitated by extraordinary repairs
on the leased lines from Montreal to Portland, in
the rerolling and relaying of lengthy sections of
rails, and in the entire renewal of bridges, which re-
newals are still going on, and will require nearly
50,000/. to complete them. During the
past few months 30,0001. has been expended in
renewals of stations, bridges, and rails. The
working expenses would not have exceeded
.the estimate of 10/. per mi!ei per week (suf-
ficient to earn 20/. per mile per week), but for
these extraordinary repairs. The sum of 31,0001.
of that extraordinary expenditure ought, in the
opinion of Mr. Bidder, to be charged to capital.
He stated that the emigration arriving at Queb.c
has received, during the past year, his especial at-
tention, and that the through-booking arrange-
ments, as completed by Sir Cusack Roney, in Eng-
land, have been productive of the most beneficial
results as regards the comfort and expedition with
which emigrants have been conveyed to their
place of destination after their arrival in the St.
Lawrence. The number who have availed them-
selves of through-tickets has been nearly one-third
of the total numherbf emigrants who have arrived,
and over 100,000 books, maps, and general infor-
mation circulars with reference to Canada as a
home for the emigrant, have been gratuitously cir-
culated from the London office of the company.
Mr. A. M. Ross, the engineer, stated in his re-
port, dated the 22d of September, on the Victoria-
bridge, that by the 12th of November last year the
two abutments and nine piers were completed, the
dams for seven additional piers were commenced
early in the season of the present yea' ; two of these
piers have been completed, the masonry of two
more is in a forward state, and the masonry in the
other 3 clams had been commenced, and would be
completed by the middle of November, making 16
piers completed out of 25. The iron work for one
tube was now in course of erection, and would be
finished by the let of November.
On the motion for the adoption of the report
some discussion ensued in respect to the proposed
amalgamation of the Grand Trunk Junction Com-
pany at par with the Grand Trunk Company, the
length of the Junction line being 22 milea and the
cost 176,0001.
Resolutions were passed, adopting the report,
electing Mr. T. G. Blackwell, a director, at the
request of the English board ; accepting the Act of
last session to dispense with the Government direc-
tors, and to facilitate the completion of the company's
works to Sarnia ; re-electing the Hon. J. Ross, Mr.
Crawford, Mr. Baring, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Hodgson,
the retiring directors; and electing Major J. F.
Campbell, a director, in the room of Mr. B.
Holmes, who retired.
The meeting was then made special, and resolu-
tions were passed, authorising the directors to
raise 1,500,000/. on bonds bearing interest at the
rate of 7 per cent. per annum, repayable in 5, 10,
and 15 years ' • approving the amalgamation of the
Grand Trunk Junction Company with the Grand
Trunk Company ; increasing the number of direc-
tors to 15, and fixing their remuneration at 5,5001.
per annum, including 2,500/. per annum for Mr.
Blackwell.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of tanks
to the chairman. •

THE VACANT CANONRY AT ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
—A statement has been going the roand of the press,
that the canonry in Rochester Cathedral, rendered va-
cant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Irving, is to be m -
ferred upon the Rev. Robert Whiston, M.A., head
master of the Rochester Grammar-school. However
gratified the numerous friends of the reverend gentleman
would be to find that the Government had at length
recognised his claims, yet on the present occasion they
will be disappointed, as there is no truth whatmr in
the statement, the vacant canonry at Rochester being one
of those suspended, and therefore will not be filled up.—
Soutk Eastern Gazette.