The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-25 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1850.

American markets are becoming rather more favour-
ably circunlsta7 e,d fir bu,inpQ4 in pnr flbrkg.
RoCHDALE7 MONDAY has ct,--
mand tor flinnels to-Acy, and the :pan u:ac.urer:i base
asked rather more for their pieces, in order to meet
the late advanced price of the raw material. The
wool market is steady, and prices are firm.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is a visible im-
provement in our market to-day, in the Cloth-hall.
Law goods have been in request, and 'have met with
ready purchasers. The trade of the week has been
good ; in fact, an improvement on last week's. The
wool market is about the same as last week's. Co-
lonial wools are in rather more request than before.
HALIFAX. SATUIDAY.—AIthough there were more
lookers-on than purchasers in our Piece-hall to-day,
yet a tolerably steady business is doing in some de-
scriptions of worsted goads. The advance in cotton,
however, has considerably affected thwe fabrics which
are partly made of that material, checking both the de-
mand and the production. The spinners are still very
busily employed ; and, where orders for yarn must be
given out, the late advance is fully conceded. The
wool trade is rather quieter in the country, as the
farmers are beginning to see the folly of their extra-
vagant expectations. The stocks in the hands of the
staplers here are large, and the consumers are very
unwilling to purchase at the high quotations de-
manded.

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Frcm the 1 dfici,4l LiNt
UTELISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING

LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 23.

J CrEl7.":7-EI'OC.M

LEEDS, TUESDAT.—There is no new feature to
notice to-day in the cloth trade. Since last week, a
very good business continues to be done. Al de-
scriptions of goods are eagerly purchased at the halls.
Stocks are very low, and business is very brisk in
the warehouses.

Name, of Company.

lastra:azirs ~........
BrltshNorth Amicau

Commercial of London
C. lonlal .• •• ••
Gloneesteraldre •• ••
Londn and Westminstr

Ditto ..............
London Joint-Stock...
Provincial of
Ditto, New.........
Katlonal of Ireland
ti at. Provnelal of Eng.

Ditto, New. .......
South Australia ......
Union of Australia....

Union of L0nd0n.....
Union of Madrid .....

Name of Company.

Charing-cross •• •• ••
Southwrk .• ••
Ditto Swot 736 p.c.
Waterloo .• • • •• •• •• ••

Dividend
. per

Aiinum.

243.
51. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
151 per cent.
Q. par cent.
61. per cent.

per cent.
81. per cent.
Si. per cent.
ST. per cent.
61. per cent.
h.?. per cent.
6/, per cent.
61. per cont.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

BR.ID G:

Dividend
per

Annum.

[ 352. per cent.

Ditty Old Ann. of 81.
Ditto Nw ditto of 71.
Vauxhall .• ... Av.

-Name of Company.

11. 4s. Od.
11. ls. Od.

"CV 13.7-' :a 12 -.

Az.ount
of
Shret.

X s. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

X s. d.
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0

Stock.
100 0 0
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
1 50 0 0

5 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0

6 5 0

100 0 0
5 0 0
stock.

Amount
of
Share.

X s. d.
Stock.
100 0 0
Stock.

Dividend
per

An-num.

Stock.

Paid.

m. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
20 0 0
25 0, 0

East London..•• • • • • •• 81.
Grand Janctien •• •• .. 47. per cnt.
3L 103.
Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt.
New ltivr Lndn Brdge i 2/. 10s.
Vauxhall 51. per cnt.
West Middlesex . . • 61.05. pr cnt.

25 0 0
20 0 0
13 0 0
10 0 0
25 0 0
10 0 0
22 10 0
35 0 0
10 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
2 10 0
10 0 0
40 0 0

Paid.

£ s. d.

50 0 0

Amount
of
Share.

S 5 0 0

Z. s. d.

Price.

50 0 0

100 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0

Paid.

70 In 3

'0 ~~.3

X. s. d

Price

5%
128%

21 Os.
145
12s. 6d

60 0 0
40 0 0

Amount
of
Ska.re.

Paid.

s. d.
190 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

£ s. d.

Price.

Price

Price.

100 0 0

PRICES OF SHARES KINGSTOWN AND HOLYHEAD
TNT ."
777) OTIIER C 07,- •

!lect Cor

1.1 ) '• •
m: tern cot:nee:ea tae contraot far the eons eyarice
of the :rails between Kiogstown and Holyhead, and
report also how far the engagere7nts entered into by tits
Admiralty with the City of Dublin Steam-Packet Corn
pony rend to develop, or otherwise, tha full uelvant::ges
i.f :Lc direct end centionotts lino of conimuriication br.-
twe-en London end Dublin, which the Circa sr and }l,i -
*head Railway Company are, under the provil,ions of I hvir
Act of Parliatneut, now labouring to eflact, have :qv et.cl
to the following report:—
Your Committee Gad that, in accordance a ith the
recornruendati,,n cif the Committee on Navy Estimates,
in 1848, and also in accordance with the views of the
Committee on the Contract Packet Service of the
live session of Parliament, the Lords of the Admi-
ralty decided on having the packet service between
Holyhead and Kingstown performed by contract in-
stead of by her Majesty's packets, and els.) on put-
ting the service up to public competition. In the
month of October, 180, public advertise menu[ were is-
sued, stating that the Lords of the Admiralty would be
prepared, on the 11th of the following December, to
treat for this service with parties tendering on that day,
in compliance with the prescribed forms and conditions.
A tender was then made by the City of Dublin Steam-
packet Company, in strict conformity with those condi-
tions, to perform the service for 55,0001. per annum; on
the same day a letter was addressed to the Lords of the
Admiralty by the Chairman of the Chester and Holy-
head Railway Company, stating that the directors of
that company had submitted a representation to the First
Lord of the Treasury, upon the successful irsue of which
" they trusted to be enabled to undertake the packet
service between Holyhead and Kingstown on terms
highly advantageous to the public interests."
2. The letter to the First Lord of the Treasury therein
referred to has been laid before this Committee, and con-
tains statements of the financial difficulties of the rail-
way company (some of the causes of which are attri-
buted to the acts of the Government), and from which,
in the opinion of the directors, without the aid of the
Government, they saw no prospect of extricating them-
selves; they further state that they have been restrained
from tendering to the Admiralty, in reply to a recent
invitation for the performance of the packet service
across the Channel in connexion with the two snail
trains, solely by the embarrassments explained, and in a
great degree accounted fur in that letter.

- 3. The. Lords of the Admiralty having received an
intimation from the Lords of the Treasury, subse-
quently confirmed in official form, on the II th of
February last, that the letter of the Chester and Holy-
head Railway Company contained nothing to infltvnoo
or delay a decision with regard to a tender received
from the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, pro•
seeded to treat with the latter company thereon ; and
after some negotiation, a reduction of the terms from
55,0001. to 45,0001 per annum was on the point of being
agreed on.
4. Your Committee find that there has been no evi-
dence to show that this amount of 45,0001. per annum
was excessive or unreasonable; on the contrary, it has
been given in evidence that the cost to the public when
the service was performed by her Majesty's packets ex-
eded that amount.

5. Your Committee have it in evidence, that whilst
this negotiation was pending, a dii ector of the Ches-
ter and Holyhead Railway Company intimated to the
Admiralty that parties acting in concert with this com-
oany were willing to undertake the service for 35,0001.
per annum, and handed in a letter to that effect.
G. Under these circumstances the Lords of the Ad-
miralty, not feeling justified, with due regard to the pub-
lic interest, in recommending the proposal for confirma-
ion by the Lords of the Treasury, applied on the ltth
February for the sanction of the Treasury to put the
Holyhead Mail Service again to public tender.
7. This sanction having been given. tenders were
received from the City of Dublin Steam Pecket Company
and the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company.
8. The Lords of the Admiralty determined upon ae-
L:epting the lowest tender, and having received the
ianctiou of the Lords of the Treasury, the contract was
tccordingly entered into with the Dublin Steam Facket
-,'ompany, and duly executed previous to the appoint-
ment of this Committee.

9. Your Couimit:cc consider that the conduct pursued
by the Lords of the Admiralty, with the sanction of the
Lords of the Treasury, in all the transactions relating
to the contract concluded with the City of Dublin Steam
Packet Company, was in all respects unexceptionable.
10. And, under these circumstances, your Committee
consider that the engagements entered into by the Ad-
miralty with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
'lave, as far as under the circumstances, and with re-
.erence to the proposals made to them, they were enabled
to do, tended to develop the full advantages of the direct
and continuous line of communication between London
and Dublin.

11. It also appeared to your Committee that the mail
which leaves K►ngstown for Holyhead at half-past seven
o'clock PM, being delayed at Chester for a period of
about two hours, appears thereby to deprive the public
of some of the advantages proposed by the completion
of a thorough railway communication between Holyhead
and London.