The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-24 00:00:00

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FUNDS-(CLOSIT'iG PRICES

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISTI FUNDS. Wei.OcK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced ... 98M IA
3 per Cent. Consols
New 311.1 t per Cents ..10114%
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 1-16%
Ditto 30 years, 0ct.10,1859 ..- 11 1-16
__ _ ...
Consols for Account . ... 99%1/1 9914
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1%d.... 60 58 pm. 58
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised pm.

CLOSING
PRICES'.
2104
984
99 I/4
101%

ONE
O'CLOCK.

CLOSING
PRICES.:

I PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent... • .....
Ditto, Deferred 52
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ... 374
Ditto Account
Ditto. Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 67
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto. Account ... . ... •••••••%•••
Ditto 3 per Cent. —
Ditto, Account
Dutch, 21/ per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 973/
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAY SHARES PRICES,
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 2%
Birming. and Gloucesterloo 135
Do. New
. _ _ __

242 Birmingham and Ox- - -
194 ford Junction
1,480 Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20
1,319 319 Caledonian
925 Cambridge and Lincoln 1% •--• 71/4 7
,914 Cheater and Holyhead... 15
Churnct Valley
,450 Coventry and Leicester 14 ll%
,408 Cornwall
452
,791 I 'ublin and Belfast June 2% lOl/2
,241 Dublin and Galway 214. 3%3/4
967 Dublin and Mullingar... 2% 43/41/2 .. . ...... .. .
,668 Eastern Counties
413 Ditto New 4/. 16s. 45%%
na Eastern Union l5
469
;39 Ditto Extension
034 Great North of England..loo 221% 222 221...
844 Ditto New
526 Ditto New
65'5 Great Western
522 Ditto 1/.. Shares 5O lO6
85 -
314 Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 % ... .. 5%
)97 Hull and Selby 5O 1071,4 107
)81 Landon aud Birminghm (5t0ck)...240 2381/2...
iO2 Do. 4 Shares
:09
301 London and Brighton... 50
148 Loudon and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 183/4 %
,29 Do. Guaranteed 5 per
!41 Cent.
;28 London and S. Western 411 6a 10d 79% 79
Do. New
London and York . 2% 4%
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry &Coleraine 21.. 3%
-Londonderry and Ennis-
killen
2% - 43/4
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73 154
Midland 100
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo 132 131 132%...
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction ... 25 ...... 50% ...
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcasile and Berwick 1% 15% 164 15%
Newry aud Enniskillen. 21,4
North British
Do. New
Norwich and .Brandon... 10
Do., New ... ..... .... 1
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 , 4%
Scottish Central
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 21,4.... 5 4%
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d...
Do., No. 3
South Wales -2% 5% -
Trent Valley 2 .... . 184%
Trent Valley and Holy-
head
Junction
Wexford and Carlow ... 21/...... 3%
West Yorkshire
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
York and North Midland 50 —
Do. Selby
Do. Extension l4 173/4..
FRENCH RAILWAY.
Boulogne and A miens... 4
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Dijon and Mulhouse 2 ... 2%
Great North. of France.. 4
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2'
Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 1 2 •••
Louvain- and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 3
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 „.... 11%ye
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's)
Do. do. (Hainguerlot') 2 ...... 2% 1,4
Royal North of Spam... 2
Sambre and Meuse ~... 4
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Provincial of Ireland ... 25

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

Group W.
WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Mr. Harris continued to detail the estimated expense of the line.
The 'sleepers for the rails were estimated at 20,7071. ; the wood
stays, 1,015/. ; wood pins, for fastening the chairs, 7311. ; the
cost of ballast road laying and carriage materials would be 24,6131.;
and stations and contingencies, 20,3061. The total cost was 365,0001.
Was quite sure that the proposed line was the best that could be
selected to open up the resources of the country, and was besides
the least expensive, from the favourable nature of the ground
through which the line passes. The estimated coat would be quite
ample to complete all the works. The whole length was 27 miles,
and the cost per mile would be about 13,0001. The height of the
line above high water was 16 feet.
By Mr. KNOWLES—The Ayre and Calder Company has en-
gaged to give every facility to the line.
Mr. PICRERING here rose and said that he felt himself again
under the necessity of requesting the Committee to interpose their
authority to prevent Captain Laws from making suggestions, and
acting as a prompter to the dill rent witnesses under examination,
The CHAIRMAN reprimanded Captain Laws, and suggested the
propriety of his leaving the seat where he at present sat and of re-
moving to another part of the room.

Mr. Harris was subjected to a long cross-examination by
Messrs. PICKERING and KNOWLES, with a view to point out the
inaccuracy of the estimated cost of the works on the line; but as
the Committee did not think that any slight discrepancy which
could be pointed out in the cost of the construction of the works was
worthy of such a protracted examination,

The: CHAIRMAN suggested to the opposing counsel the propriety
of abridging this cross-examination, unless some very material
error could be pointed out.

Mr. AUSTIN, who had entered the room a short time before, Lere
rose and said that that was the strangest doctrine he had ever
heard announced from a Railway Committee. At that rate an
engineer might come forward and say anything he pleased. He
might say that the estimated cost of a line was 100,0001, while in
reality it would cost 1,000,0001.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had not the least idea
of dictating to counsel the course which they ought to pursue,
but he thought that unless some very great mistake could be
pointed out in the estimate, they were only taking up their time to
no purpose. He had no doubt but the competing lines were both
very good, but he thought that their duty would be limited to the
conlideration as to which of them would be most advantageous to
the public interests.

A very smart conversation then took place between counsel on
both sides, in which some personal observations passed between
Mr. Austin and Mr. Wilkins, and which resulted in an apology
from Mr. Wilkins for the warmth into which he bad been betrayed.
The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday.

Group V.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Mr. BAINES replied, and the Committee determined• that they
would net pass the preamble of the line under consideration until
they had heard evidence on the Sheffield, Manchester, and Chester-
field line.
The Committee then adjourned.

Group EE.
DUNDEE AND PERTH (NORTH) RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)

Mr. Enington cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS—It is not abso.

lntely necessary in the survey of a line that shafts should be sunk
to ascertain the nature of the earthwork : boringa are frequently
employed, but neither will give perfect accuracy. Has had con-
nexion with the Junction and the Glasgow and Greenock lines, and
in comparison with those lines estimates the expense of working
at forty-five per cent., and the average cost of earthwork at Is. ad.
a yard. The management will entail an expense of 2,8901.
Mr. Miller, examined by Mr. FORSYTII—Is an inhabitant of Perth,
and having seen the traffic tablts banded in by the promoters of the
Dundee and Perth line, has discovered various discrepancies. The
witness was on the point of mentioning the items in which inaccu-
racy was palpable, when -

Mr. ANDREWS objected to any evidence being proceeded with on
the question of traffic, relying on the faith of a pledge given by
Mr. Forsyth not to enter into that subject.

The COMMITTEE ruled in favour of the objection, and witness
was accordingly withdrawn.

This being the last witness on behalf of the opponents of the line,
Mr. COCKBURN proceeded to sum up the evidence on the case,
and avowed his intention of confining his objection chiefly to the
erroneous and underrated estimate fu►nisbed by the promoters of
the Bill. That estimate had named 200,0001. as the sum 'Acces-
sary ror the construction of the line, and they had only asked for
powers to raise that sum, besides a loan of 66,0004 which it was
very doubtful if they could ever eth ct. But Mr. Stowe, a most emi
lie

engineer, and a witness full competent to give indisputable
evidence, had solemnly stated that not less a sum than 365,000/.

he question,, therefore, for the Committee to decide w...s nar-
rowed to the one, whether they were perfectly satisfied that Mr.
Miller's estimate was sufficient le complete the project, and whe-
ther, in the event of its insufficiency being established, they were
prepared to pass the preamble of a Bill which would empower a
company to begin a line, rind their funds inadequate to proceed,
encroacd on the land of owners, and then leave mounds and
incumbrances, whose only effect would be to swallow up the
capital, which, inadequate for the purposes proposed, was suffi-
cient to entail considerable loss, if not ruin, on the unfortunate
parties who subscribed. Another ot•jectton was the in-
tetference it would necessarily create with the Aberdeen
Railway—a project to come before the Committee in the ensuing
week. He, therefore, conjured the Committee to refuse the
preamble of the Bill, as a matter of justice to that company whose
merits and consideration were yet in abeyance.
Mr. Foitarril, on the part of the conservhtors of the River Tay,
addressed himself to the subject of the inconvenience arising to
that river from the erection of the bridges.
Mr. ANDREWS having replied for the promoters, the room was
cleared, when, after an interval of a few minutes, strangers-were
re-admitted, and tlse Chairman announced that the preamble had
been proved. Eighteen unopposed clauses were immediately
passed pro forma, and the Committee adjourned till Mon•-

....ions
bir Robert
expected to see, on
that no Government pould go
actJv effotts to atlay the religious
. 004;0100ns which had been so unhappily ex-
nat. 1 cited, and to. diruiriiii3 the prejudices by which