The Sun. — London, England, 1856-06-23 00:00:00

kONE4 MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoolc. Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed b eadily, and prices of all kinds were without change. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales, 500 for export • 114 1 ,000 on speculation, comprising 420 Pernam , Maranham, 60. to 6P. ; 30 Bahia, bid. to ; 300 Surat, 4/d. to sd. ; and 20 Sea Islands, s ' 2 d. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed h 4° Yantly, at full prices. • :bat from Leipsic to the 14th instant state : th e woo l f a i r o f th e s eason had commenced, tic ' the market generally was quiet, with an ad „iqice of Y to and Ito 1-1, rix dollars per stone t in,_ the average prices of 1855. On the t rucl day the market continued good, but the 4 nee in prices was not well sustained, the wools Poffered,t not being so satisfactory in condition as was jeeted. Advices from the wool growers in the thbouring districts state that the general ap- Z r ance of the clip is good, and will prove more I 'lidant than last year. 4z 4 clvices from Akyab, by way of Suez, have o ela received, stating that there has been a eon :erable rise in the value of rice, chiefly on ac ;aat of the scarcity of labour, caused by a malady 0 . . has been fatal to the coolies working on the 7 1 tations ; more than one-half of whom have 4 'climbed to its fatal influence. There is a large : :obe r o f s hi ps wa iti ng f or ca rgoes of rice at that ths Port, Which has also stimulated the market towards l oci lise, and the latest quotations are 80 rupees per Paniers, and at this price not easily to be had, 'that n ex t accoun t s m ay report a further advance. Froth the manufacturing districts the letters a te t 1; that a fair amount of business has been done, the Manchester market is considered to be im k!vieg. At Leeds and Leicester the woollen cloth i thosiety trade has been quiet. Th e rent arrivals of gold from Australia have i o n°4 , needikavourable effect on the Money Mar 4`, Which is now in an easier condition than it t 4; been for some time past. Money is now ob ii:lable i n L om b ar d-street at 4i per cent., and an lediate reduction in the Bank of England mini p: ol is consequently expected. G T he English Stock Market is exceedingly firm, t there is an absence of animation. Accounts ea r Paris report a favourable change in the state It be Paris Bourse, and this circumstance, together 4th the favourable condition of the Money Market, I lt , e 4 aparted strength to our market. Consols have 4i all the morning, being an improvement i 9 )IPer cent. The New Scrip is 31 premium. The k e li tt Three per Cents are 95b and the Reduced 944 /. Exchequer Bills have been los. 138 • premium, and the Bonds are 991. 4 4011 th e Foreign Market the dealings have again limited. Turkish Bonds are buoyant ; the Aer Cents. being 1021 to 103, and the 4 per l tl t 3 . 1041 Russian 5 per Cents. remain at I ke / and the 4} per Cents. 981 Sardinian Bonds steady at 914. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 4 7k, 044 Grenada New Active are 19. Dutch Bonds (1110 tninal. T he following are the nominal prices of Foreign I cs:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 i; Mexi- I t 'l 221 3 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 50 2 ; Russian 5 Cents., 107 9 ; ditto per Cents., 97 9 ; r ll liBll 3 per Cents., 461 71; ditto Deferred, 251 l ilitto Certificates, 61. T4 it i l , ailway Shares are active, and they are gene at enhanced values. Lancashire and York- Ve)/sTorth-Western, Midland and North-Eastern tr t tW lek are particularly buoyant. The Canadian 1 1 / 41 (11111, and also the Foreign lines. The Ceylon I„,!ay Shares are I to 1i premium. "Ilnes, Banks, and Miscellaneous are quiet. lith, - -LBH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom the Official List.) =Wass done. P l Zecut. Reduced Annuities 94ii i i qt ~ :',Per Cent. Annuities fonds, £lOOO NZto lo . under 21000 l4 p 1 0 , ?or Account 401 Sc r ip 3 e P k l 'hequer Bills, 24d. , 100 13 10 0 p . 400 . p b ooaall 1 ) 1 ,40 Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent.. — ' 4 O, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. t,,l;t%llian Bonds, 5 per Cent. loli 1 IPa i da New Active, 21 per Cent. q 1 ,,, 1 Lt 0 Deferred l' " e tnala Bonds 3l i Nolan Bonds 4i per Cent ___. L I4 O 3 per Cent ' i ' o l 80 n d5 , 1822 E, St. , 5 per Cent lO3 i Ditto , it t , l 'to 4ii per Cent. hol4inian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Dittol6l., Bonds, 3 per Cent il Account ", lsh Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 0 1 l ibli bonds, 6 pr cent — 1,.tt0 Account . . lo2i 3 t i l i tto Small 4 0 Guaranteed, 4 por Cent. kt nvioende on the shrive .aeghle in Lando. eh Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guilders 66$ THREE O'CLOCK. Con sole — bate Account (July 10) 94i i a d LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) 4, l ' l °NDozr, June 23.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; °l;,t breeze and cloudy. 4 1 v, I :LSIOUTH, June 22.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrived— Vt . ea, from Akyab; Abeona, Monte Video ; Aheona 4 toaltnina Monte Video, for Liverpool ; Electric Flash, ti 9 liVr, for Hamburg; Titania, Pernambuco, for Liver tqit. Odessa and Scandia, Havana and Matanzas ; Ken -4114,3% Rangoon. Off the port—Duchess of Northumber atili, from Akyab. for Antwerp ; Leouw , A k y ab, fcr t , t edam : Henry Gardner, Moulmein. 'ME June 21.—Wind S W. — Arrived — S tirlin g , from *York Sailed—Hobe, for Newfoundland. 4, 411 44, 411 41,, June 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived — J ane Ma y , Tm..ltio Grande. tr, uItBAY, June 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Surrey, t 4 London, for Kurrachee. 481,YDE, June 21.—Wind S,W.—Arrivetl—Stirling, from 1 11. York ; Hebe, from Newfoundland. b I WEBTOFT June 23.—The Walter, of and from Pal )fca'ith to Newcastle, t was totally lost on Newcomb Sand norday. kLIvERPOoL, June 21.—The Royal Mail packet-ship se ater) Poto, Clarke commander,of Messre. James Baines t;" Co.'s Black Ball line, arrived here this morning i /14 Melbourne. She left the Heads on the 27th of a rch, and brings on freight 41,000 sovereigns , 70,000 h mlleee of gold-dust, 750 tons of copper dross , and a tt gtaty of wool and general cargo. She bad 160 pas ittlle . ere. Through the courtesy of her commander , we 1 ) , In the receipt of a file of Sydney and Melbourne Pere the dates of which, however, have been antiei- Rted . ' OOVER, Saturday Evening.—His Royal Highness kt 'lllce Oscar of Sweden, and suite, arrived at Folke- N t/ ne from Boulogne in her Majesty's steamer Vivid, tt llltnander Allen, at three o'clock p.m. to-day. The ti ' r ival of his Royal Highness at Folkestone was quite f t , te ected, as preparations had been made at Dover (1 1 ' his reception, and the authorities there had received kf r ders, and were waiting to meet him. [lmmediately 4 t el' the receipt of the intelligence of the arrival arr ived P r i nc e at Folkestone, the officials who bad from London and the Dover authorities pro i'eded to Folkestone and went on board the Vivid, when l t i ,Y had the honour of being introduced to his Royal tb lghness. There were his Excellency the Baron Hochs eld, Swedish Minister ; M. Tottie, Consul - Ge neral for l'eden • the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish, °l Olll5l Streatfield, Commandant of the Garrison, Dover; .114 Captain M'llwain, Naval Superintendent , wit h the ?edish Consul at Dover, Mr. S. M. Latham. The inne remained on board the Vivid until the t rain was N 44 3", and left Folkestone for Lon d on at 4 p .m. The F n4 l'd of honour, consisting of 100 men of the Scots Osiliers with the hand of the regiment, under the corn ial:4l of 'Colonel Montgomery, left Dover fo r London b y t 5.15 p.m. train. g"),OPposen Loss OF THE OCEAN QUEEN. —The pro able loss of the American ship Ocean Queen, Captain ii p , 4l ith, commander, one of the London and New York 1 , - ,; 41 of packet-ships, and upwards of 10 0 lives, wa s re -I:tted at Lloyd's on Saturday. This vessel left the Olden Docks on the Bth of February with a naiscel "l'eous cargo of merchandise and 85 steerage passeat- V; men, women, and children, many whole families. 'tar the usual detention at Gravesend she proceeded 4 41 , 114 channel for New York. On the 15th of Febru ,,:/ elle was seen outside the Isle of Wight, when she ha ve "all well." Since then not the least tidings f . ll te been heard of her, and there is too much reason to 4 1 : that she got beset by the great masses of floating ice ether vessels caused the destruction of the Pacific steamer and. ti ger vessels that were crossing the Atlantic, and foun dered. The G. B. Lamar, which left the Thames for t „"t York at the same time as the Ocean Queen, en ztAlatered immense fields of ice, and was in it for a day 4 1 " a half. She was placed in great peril, but happily 145 , c °eeded in extricating herself. The Lamar has since o „‘Prned from New York, and on Saturday again cleared ‘ ;',!.for that port. Several other ships on the same line, 'th i ng sailed after the Ocean Queen, did not see or hear 1 4 ,.. 31 hing of the unfortunate vessel, and the letters ( us'llleht by the American and West India mail of Fri ki! gave up all hopes of her safety. She was a supe- Ilail u r class ship of about 1,000 tons burden; a ith her b il ebgenre, officers, and craw she had on board, all told, 110. it c& SAR'S; MARKETS. CC ii 1 ,s 3 0A i.) RAILWIYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day r. Paid i • ik; Q at! Xi rl'• is I ali 2 U :5 all Sc. 100 ;t. 100 ;j all ;j all .0 all .0 I 8 Luabg. Nottng. nos . _ and - Eastn. Junot Belfast Binning. Wolverb Stour Valley Birkeshd. Lam:di Cheshire Juliet—. 7)o. Chesil. k Birk. £E , O and £25 Con- Do., £20...... & Tyne or ig £25 (issd. at ;_tristol and Exater.. Caledonian. Chester & flolyheart Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dub:in&BelfastJune Dun. P. & Aber. Joe East Anglian Eastern Counties.. Rut. Tinirm t Sti Do., B. Stock i)o., New A East Kent oast Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgov Edinb. and Peebles.. Edin. Prth &Dnnd' Forth & Clyde Jan Furness ,Do. Extension Great lasgowN 8 6 0 5 f. W S c e o s tt r d Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Laneash. andYorksh Do., Wet. Biding Un Liv.Creby.&Southpi London & Blackwall Loud. Bright & S.Cst Lond. and N. Westr_ Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8 ( Do. Eighths,. London ands. Waste Lon. Tilby. & South. Barking Sb Ludndrry a Col eraint LucharrY. & Ennisk. i&ench.Shef.k Linch Do., Man. &Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do. Birning. &Derby, %at G. West. (I, e,.: 1 Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlish-, Nwpt.Aborg. & HIV Newry & Euni skill e Newry Warrenpo'nt and Roetrevor Sorfolk Northn.Counties Un Worth British..._.. Ntii. Devon Rail. & Dock Stock ....... 170., A Stock... Do., B Stock Do., i B Guarantee N. a stern—Bor wit: Do. do. Extension .. Lio.do. G.N.E.l'urob Do. Leeds Do. York North London V. &S. \Vat n.,litin , stead, and City Jn . North Staffordshir .. North Western._ N. & S. Westrn. June i)a„, Wore.. & Wolv. mortsrsonth Scottish Central Scottish Midlan d,„ Shropshire Ur ian .. South Devon ,_ South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. 41; Riv. Dn. Do Staines, Wok. &Wo! Stockton & Dar ing. Sto?kten & Hartlep riff Vale .. Do. Pref., No. 1 , rhames Hay. D.& R. Ulverstone dr Lana Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenn ..Vaterford&Liniee 0 West Cornwall. West End of Londoy and Crystal Palace. Do. A Do. 8...., Wert London. Wimbledn&Crorim Sutwerp St R ott Ardennes _ , Atlan.& St.Lw. leased. at 6 p. c. by Gd.Tok. of Canada sielgian Juno ' goziers to Gral Recast Bombay, Baroda, an °Antral India,Scril Do. Buff & Lk. Hur. Ry Canacaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry L'OM cram Dutch Rhenish ' Eastern of France Do. New East Tndiao, g. 5 Do. Ex. B, gu 5 p. c. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.46 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 r) o. do. do., '59, do.. Gee'ong Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt. . ,Gd. That Canad aA F Do. )o. Cort. ofDoben.r .„.. con. into Stk. till'6 9 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Coutral of Fran , qt. Tom. Pan. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guff. 5 p. c. 4reat • CuxembOur Constituted Play , Gt.Westorn of Canad a gharzs Do. New Do. Bds., payable 's' Do. do., '76, p. Do. do., '73, without option Lake Const. & Basl' Morro and Turnhout Lucca it Fist. sp. c.p Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Moditerrsn Visdras, guar. 4 A p. Do. Now do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton ,Maria Antonia ~,. Do. do. New Namur 41; Liege (witl, _ interest) Do. (ex interest)... Do. do,, C p. c. Prof Northern of France NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 64 p. cent. Pref. iScinde, guar. 5 p. s. Do. . Southern of Franco St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), Weat Flandors Do 5A per c. Prof._ W. & N. W. of Franc' West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 26i -- 27 4f 5i 8i 9 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 46 - 69i - 63 16 • 16 10 - 12 ... ."'' •••• 9 - 10 184 - 19: 10i -11 i 2ii - 32 21 - 23 81. - 83 60 - 62 ii ie 92 - 94 8 - 86 96 - 97 78 - 80 130 - 131 107 - 109 621 - 62 68 - 73 5i - 6i 95i 961 7 - 71 06 - 107 .04 - 101, fir•' P - d Oli 165", ••• ... 11.1 31 - 3~ 1 od 81i - 82: 51 - 53 .. .."' 14 - 15 ... ~ 54 - BC 3} - St 37 .... l'B - SG - 2 - 24 , - 60 61 92 - - 7 - lob - 11 32. - 33, 02 - 104 76 - 78 47 49 qi 15 73. - 74 75 - 76 4 - 2 1i - AC 1.1 16 - 19 - 201 4i - 5 21 - 23 6i - 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - sir .6 *ii sa 83 3;- 4I 1 ...., 2} 3 - 4 ii - 21 ‘- *ii 37 - ▪ - 23/ - 241 2 $ -2/ .4.• .... • •. 22 - 23 15 - 15! 82 - 22i 1 - 23 173 r, 5i - 5 i 261 - 2 Q, 31 - SiPl 100 - 102 125 - 130 110 i 111 .., - pyt , 10 -114 P 201 —20 i 2 2!p I lep •• • • 71 - 81, 7 - 7# 19. - 90 44 - 44, 8 - 9 53 - 58 ii : ii 1 - 19 - 20 - 1i 11 - 12. 9i - 10; 2/ - 3 •.. -- • • • - pm - 9 -9! - 37 ... -- ii 7. - . 20 JOINT-STOCK BANKS; 0 •11 121 [OO, 50 4tu~tirslzyt,.., Bank of Egypt Bank of London tri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. 3ritish N. American Chartd. Bank of Asir , Clutd. Enk. of India, Australia, & Chins City 5 Colonial 33 Commercial of Lond stl &lg. Scot. &Ans. Cht all fond. Chart. Bk. x Australia 10 Ditto New.... i 0 all ;5 5 14;don and Count 7:. Lild.SL E. Bnk g. Corp. London Joint Stock. London and Paris.... L ou d. & WeEtminstol qational Pro.of Eng Do. W0w..........., lationo e Ireland. Vow South Waked... IrientF.l Bank )1' Arrporation . Ottoman Bank emvincial of Ireland _fto. Now Ams B &Go Inn C‘ British stralia iX)I 50 !O 1 10 .0 all 5 1 [OO 50 /5 /5 all A.ustrelis. IDo. New '"'" f -- - ---- Totem Bk of Lou, 97 -v , iP 68 - 70 - 1 •• i - ••• p 70 : 724 se.; -": 18} -18 i it -- lkd par 2p • 4 --, 2 d •••• ..... e .• •••. ..... 4. • ••• ••• 43 - 45 41 - 42 2; 2ip 6. -- ... .. ''" w ifl - 40 73 - 75 8 10 p Business done I .* this day. , 1 61 1 12 , 1 11 It. 'lOO 3 ;1 11 all 100 Ft. 1100 10 Si 12i 1 100 10 1k !E ro . M. 100 5 329 .0 1 M. 100 It. 100 50 , t. 1()0 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 211 .?,5 161 50 as Si. 100 St. 100 10 31 1i 1.7 i l 0 all 1.0 all .t. 1 .0 12 ft. Rh) St. 1(10 St. 100 10 a' I 1 1 0 St. 100 .!0 15 RI !8 . 5 all ;t. 1)C ;t. 1)0 35 22 9 all !) all ;0 all r) all LO all 5 all 5 3 20 all 10 all .8 all ItP 5i 6 ail 74 all :0 11 10 all !C 19 ►o a:I 10 all !O 5 0 all 10 all 10 i &II 5 all ;5 0 ) WI 93 9 all 2 9 14 ZOl, 5 1 . 10. 0 all all 5 !O 10 ►34 all LO . all t 0 all .6 all .0 all 0 I 3 .0 I 5 I all ,) all 10 5 10 all 10 I 18 8i Pil .0 all !O all 6 all PA all THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENiNG, JUNE 23, 1856; LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARKET NEWS.—(This RAILWAYS. =lompitu , . Clo7dn, this day. this CORN EXCHANGE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) DUGDALR V. STANTON. The supplies of wheat on sale in most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderate, and the de mand for most kinds ruled steady, on rather higher terins All spring corn moved off freely; and the quotations had an upward tendency. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the well known print and bookseller of Holywell•street, Strand, against the defendant, agent to the Society for the Sup pression of Vice, for illegally searching his premises and seizing certain goods, and also with having assaulted him. The defence was, that the defendant legally and properly entered the plaintiff's house and seized certain plates and prints of an obscene character which the plaintiff bad then for sale, and that as regarded the assault the defendant only used sufficient force to pass the plaintiff, who obstructed him from doing so. Mr. Edwin James, Q C., and Mr. Gifford appeared for the plaintiff, and Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Clarkson for the defendant. The Continental markets still continue firm for wheat, at very full prices, notwithstanding that large imports have lately taken place. Firm advices continue to reach us from the United States. Irp to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were limited. From abroad we received only 4,002 qrs. of wheat, 160 barley, 9,629 oats, 1,830 beans, 5,393 linseed, 8,617 rapeseed, 7 mustard seed, 30 sundry seeds, 2,252 sacks and 4,411 barrels of flout. A very limited supply of wheat was received up to our market to-day from Kent, whilst the receipts from Essex, Suffolk, &c., were very moderate. The show of samples of both red and white was small. On the whole, the trade ruled firm, at an advance in the quotations realised on Monday last of 3s per quarter. The general condition of the supply was by no means first-rate. We were but moderately supplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex granary. For nearly all kinds there WAS a good retail demand, and the quotations were again in favour of sellers by 2s per quarter. Floating cargoes of grain were in good request, both for France and Belgium. The show of both English and foreign barley was very limited, and the whole of the supply was cleared off at is advance. Mr. James having commenced addressing the jury for the plaintiff, The Lord Chief Baron suggested that it would be better to take the case in private, and after ascertaining the facts, come t') this Court and argue any point of law that might arite. Sir F. Thesiger said he thought it desirable, and was ready and willing to consent to that course. Mr. James said a very important point of law as in. volved in the case, viz., whether the society's agent had a right to enter a person's house without a warrant, search it, and seizs what he thought proper. He had no objection to refer the case as suggested. A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. Malt, the supply of which was moderate, sold to a fair extent, and lato rates were wed supported—indeed fine parcels wore 2s dearer. We were very scantily supplied with oats, for which the demand was firm, and prices were 6d. to ls. higher than last week. Beans were scarce, and grey were quite as dear as last week; white parcels ls. higher. The supply of peas was so extremely limited that the quotations were almost nominal. The flour trade was firm, and country marks were keld for more money. Norfolka were quoted 2s higher. Town made advanced to 68s per 280 lbs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justice Wiles and a Common Jury.) CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE There were the usual number of eases entered iu this Court for hearing this morning, the whole of which were devoid of interest. The list was got through by half. past eleven o'clock, when the Court adjourned. Wheat—l ssea & Kent, Red •• •• new 66s to 773 Ditto•• •• .... old —8 —6 Ditto, White. new 67s 81s Ditt0........ old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —e —a' Ditto new •• •• .• 65s 75s itya—Old •• •• ........ —s —s New •......... 383 403 Barley—Grinding••• 3se 353 Malting . •• •• 39i 41s Chovalier•••• . 41s 44s' 5141t---3uffolkandNor folk•• •• •• 73s 80s, grown.-- .• G3s 66s KluzstonandWare 753 7Ss Malt—Chevalier 819 to 833 Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh.,Feed 21$ 26a Potato 2ss 30s Youghat and Cork 21s 24 Cork, White ....• 234 26s Sooteh,Feed. 26s :3's leans—Tick•....... 363 41s Pigeons •• .. 40 , 44; Peas—Grey ..•• •• •• •• 36s 40; Map1e........... 404 42s White........... 409 449 Boilers • 433 47s Flour—Town-made... 653 CBs Sailors •• •• •. 51s 533 , itocktn &Norfolk 513 534 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) BEATTIE V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action for the infringement of a patent for a lathe for turning wheels for locomotive engines and carriages. The case, which is devoid of interest to all except the parties engaged, is expected to occupy the Court the whole of the day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE STRAIIAN, PAUL, AND CO. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were tolerably good—the total supply being 3,580 head. Tn the corresponding week in 1855 we received 4,659 ; in 1851, 5,452 ; in 1853, 6,585 ; in 1852, 5,056 ; in 1851, 4,691; and in 1850, 3,502 head. DIVIDEND.—To-day was appointed for a Dividend Meeting under the estate of these bankrupts. They were brought up in custody under an order from the Secretary of State, in order that they might examine the different proofs tendered. They wore their private clothes and were accommodated with a private room. Mr. Lawrence appeared for the assignees. The proofs tendered were of no great amount, anti no discussion of any interest ensued. The amount of the dividends both on the joint and separate estates will not he officially de clared till a few days, but Mr. Bell, the official assignee, expects it will be about I.s. in the pound on said estate. The bankrupts were then sent back to their place of confinement. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. From Antwerp ... 9 Dordt lO SO 37 Rotteriam BO ... 267 ... 4;7 Dunkirk 75 ... 142 Fiamburgh 27 1,295 Touning 3 15 Amsterdam Oporto Ostend Harlingen 13 Calves. Pigs 48 226 ... 75 ... .•. - 222 24 - ... - 140 ... 37 The proceedings did not appear to have excited any interest, and but few persons were present. (Before Mr. Cotnznissioner Goulbourn.) Total ... 567 ... 2,068 ... 498 ... 407 .. 37 Tito yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1855 514 3,3`8 159 ... 563 15 1854 837 3,032 37 1 '253 956 1853 4,324 511 730 179 1852 468 ... 4,165 596 67:) ... 14S 1851 375 3,t`-S8 337 ... 601 „. 105 1850 509 ... 2,285 262 ... 359 ... 87 Our continental advices state that all kinds of stock still continue very high in price. In Holland, Belgium, and Spain large purchases continue to be made on French account. The Portuguese beasts lately sold hero have paid tolerably well. We had a very moderate show of foreign stock in to-day's market, and its general quality was inferior. The arrivals of home•fed beasts were very limited, com pared with Monday last, and, owing to an increased num ber of buyers being in attendance, the demand for all breeds ruled very brisk—indeed, this was the dearest market held for a considerable time, at an advance in the quotations of from 4d to 6d per Sibs. The pest Scots were worth 5s 4d per 8 lbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,560 Scots and short horns; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 250 Scots, and from Ireland, 25 oxen. There was a considerable fulling of in the show of sheep, and most breeds came to hand in middling condition. The mutton trade ruled brisk, at, compared with Monday last, an improvement in value of from 24 to 44 per 81bs. The best Downs, in the wool, were worth 6s, out of the wool 5s 64 per 81bs. Lambs were in moderate supply and good request, at full quotations, viz., 4s 104 to 5s 104 per 81bs. There was a fair show of calves, which sold readily at fully Friday's improvement in value. The pork trade was firm, and, in some instances, the quo tations had an upward tendency. Per Sibs to sink the offal:. s. d. s. d. s. d. g 1. Interior Beaste....3 10 to 4 2 ,PrimeSouthdown 5 4 5 6 Second cinality....4 4 4 6, large crso. calves 4 0 410 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 / Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Prime Scots, &o. .5 2 5 4 iLarge hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 2 4 4 Small porkers Second quality _4 6 4 101Suekling calves-23 030 Prime arse.-wlled.s 0 5 _2 / Quarter old pigs. 22 0 28 0 4s led to 5s 10,1. 1 FOIICION SUPPLY. Roasts •••• • .. :3,357 Beasts ...... • ... ........ . 113 sheep and lambs Sneep and lambs •• • • ...... 450 '"elves ......•• .. .. 253 i Calves.. •.. •• ..•• ......•• 176 Lamb, TOTAL SUPPLY. I statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, June 25, 1855, and this day, Monday, June 23, 1856. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. June 25, 1855. 'June 23,1856 s. d. s. d. d. s. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 4 3 10 to 4 2 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 10,4 4 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 2 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, dre 4 6 4 615 2 5 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 4 3 6!4 2 4 4 Second quality ditto 3 S 4 211 6 410 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 4 4 6,a 0 5 2 Prime Southdown ditto 4 8 5 0;5 4 5 6 Lambs 5 5 6 414 10 510 Largo coarse calves 4 2 4 8 4 0 410 Prime small ditto ... 410 5 4 i t . i 0 5 4 Large hogs 3 4 3 813 4 4 0 !Meat small porkers 4 0 4 414 4 410 Boasts 4,240 3,357 Sheep „,„ 28,800 19,270 253 425 Su rites oN SA-Lit, June 26, 1854.—Beasts, 3,431; sheep and lambs, 30,100; calves, 507 ; pigs, 310. June 27, 1851. Beasts, 3,830 ; sheep and lambs, 25,910 ; calvee, 388 ; pigs, 305. air • .1 Bedford and Vat chloy Bucirgluunsh. Clydoadc.lc Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. T.a. e. 6 pc E. Uri. 11. Sh. (hats. Barr. & Nails. Direct Do. Glatr.6 Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. a Sharev. Do. i Shares. Lor..kGreeuw Do. 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This was an adjourned meeting for consideration of the certificate of this bankrupt, who had carried on busi ness as a bookseller, Oxford-street, and was opposed on several grounds, and principally on the ground of having male a fraudulent sale of his busines3. Mr. Morley and Mr. Keel (Messrs. Keel the assignees) were now called and examined by Mr. Bagley, to contradict a statement made by the bankrupt that he had had ac commodation bill transactions with Massrs. Keel to the extent of 20,0001. and upwards, which they most posi tively contradicted, or that they had any accommodation bill transaction with him, or had ever known that bank rupt bad been previously insolvent. Mr. Bagley then applied for a further adjournment, as bankrupt was too ill to attend, and also that a Mr. Marshall, to whom the business was alleged to have been sold, should be exa mined, so that the outstanding bills might be attested for the benefit of the estate. SPORTING NOTES. FACTS AND SCRAPS. The "blue unclouded weather" on the opening day of the Hampton and Newton meetings last week, were on the Thursday and Friday changed for drenching showers and a dark, leaden-hued sky. Pleasure folks at Hampton, however, entered into the pursuit of sport under diffi culties with unabated ardour ; and certain unexpected incidents of importance, which marked the races, were alone sufficient to excite the interest of the dread-nought turfitos, and render them unusually indifferent to the dreary skiey influences. The marked improvement which was displayed in the character of the racing at Hampton was more the result of chance than if any effort made to that end by the getters-up of the affair. The amount of added money was insignificant in the extreme, and when the sums realised by entrance fees and the Selling Stakes is calculated it will be sean how little really came out of the fund. Still, the promoters of the meeting prided themselves on the fact that atneng9t the competitors were a winner of the Ascot Cup, a winner of the Ascot Stakes and a couple two-yr-olds that had been recently purchased for 3,4501. Winkfield won the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes easily enough ; albeit, suspicious people seemed to fancy that before the race there was something wrong. Although both Redemption and he had been quoted at 5 to 2 each at starting, yet the young'un was decidedly the first favourite. The commotion created by the suc• cess of Tournament for the Claremont Stakes is one of those things which novelists would say might be better imagined than described. A nicer and more im proving horse than the winner I have not seen this year, and judging from his running at Epsom and at Hampton he can go as well through dirt as over hard ground. Why Mr. Barber should start both his high priced youngsters for so insignificant a stake, and declare to win with the inferior animal of the two, seemi to be somewhat inexplicable. He certainly committed au error of judgment and paid dearly for his whistle. If re• port be true Mr. Barnard made a good bargain with Commotion. It is said that he gave only 251. for the " half of the horse," which belonged to the late Mr. Wycherly. He won two good stakes with him and then sold him for 2,7001. to Mr. 'labor ! The racing at Newton was only remarkable for the series of surprises which it occasioned. The running was most extraordinary, and quite incompatible with all preconceived notions of probability. Mr. Bake's accession to offics in that locality seems likely to be attended with much success, and his exertions are likely to establish a meeting of permanent popularity. Certain members of the Jockey Club seem determined to bring their " institution" into ridicule and contempt by their clumsy efforts at legislation. They are about to introduce a law which is to render any decision pro nounced by their body absolute, by introducing a rule which will not permit horses to run at Newmarket if the owners of those horses dispute the authority of the club, and seek redress from injustice in a court of lair. The falling off which has been annually displayed in the prices realised by the sale of the" Royal Yearlings" has induced people to believe that the management of affairs at the Hampton Court Paddocks is not so judicious and effective as could be desired. The stud requires to be drafted of many of the mares which it now comprises, and others should be selected with judg ment and discrimination. Turfites will not find time hang very heavily on their hands during the current week. At Stockbridge and at Newcastle much interesting sport will be celebrated. Jockeys have many engagements, and doubtle,s the cry will be raised of " What do they in the North when they should be serving their masters here in the South ?" The Newcastle Meeting will commence to-morrow. The North Derby may bring out Ellington and Artillery, and should this supposition be realised, the race will be marked with peculiar interest, as it will show rchether Artillery actually ran up to his real form at Epsom. I shall, however, adhere to the duck-footed Ellington. For the Tyro Stakes I shall "stand" Blink Bonny. Should Ellermire, Courts. nay, and The Caliph start for the Members' Plate, I shall oxpect them to occupy the foremost places. I shall not discuss the remaining items until to-morrow (Tuesday), when I will also calculate the probabilities in Hampshire. As many of my readers in the far North, however, may not see Ths Sea until late on Wednesday, I will briefly state my present opinion on the Northum berland Plate. Typee heads the list at 8,4 71b. She has not yet been mentioned in the market, but should she go to the post, despite her Manchester performances, I shall not be surprised to see her defeat the favourite King of Scotland. The success of the latter, however, is deemed a "certainty" by his party. Freddy, who has run second for nearly every engagement, I shall take for a " cockboat.", June 23. A FRESH MAN. ARRIVALS AT NEWCASPLE. Artillery, Lady of Lodge, Vanity, Gamekeeper, Heir of Lynne, Martlett, Atnina, Underhand, Cussey, Mi rage, Villiers, D. 0., Bolton, Lady of the Lake, Seducer, Singleton, The Swell, Sulpitm, Freddy, Pollux, Dolly Yards)); and Breeze• NEWGA.TE AND LEADEINTHALL. Very moderate supplies of each kind of meat are on sale here to-day. Generally speaking the demand is steady, and prices are well supported. Per Sibs by the caresta. e. d. e. d. 1 0. d. o. d Beef, interior 3 0 3 2 i Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 Do., middling '3 4 3 8 i Do., middling 310 4 6 Do. prime large.. 3 10 4 0 Do., prime 4 8 4 1(} De., do. small ....4 2 4 4 Veal 3 6 5 0 PJrk, largo 3 6 4 2 Pork. small 4 4 4 8 Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. We continue to receive unfavourable accounts from the plantations, and the duty is still 150,0001. Most kinds of hops move off steadily, at very full prices. The imports last week were 85 bales from Hambro', and 76 ditto from Harburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 12s to 61 10s per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 315 s to 51 10s ; Sussex, 31 3s to 51. BOROUGH AND SPITA LFIELDS. Since Monday last very moderate supplies of old potatoes have come to hand, coastwise and by railway. For most kinds the demand is inactive, yet prices are well sup ported. York Regents, 85s to 105 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 70s to 85s ; Scotch do., 60s to 75s ; do. cups, 50s to 60s ; Lincolns, 60s to 70s ; blues, 50s to 60s ; mid dlings, 35s to 40s per ton. The imports of foreign pota toes have been 13,778 baskets from Rotterdam, which have sold at 5s to 5s Gd per basket. New English are worth 10s to 12s per owt. GORMAN INTERFERENCE AND THE .NATIONA', uALLERY. (From the Times.) It is absolutely necessary that public attention should at once be fixed in a vigorous and decisive manner upon the attempt now in progress to bury our national collection of pictures in a most unfa vourable site between Kensington and Brompton. The bill which embodies this notable purpose stands for consideration on Monday next. We entreat of all members of the House of Commons who profess themselves independent of Court favour to unite at once in resistance to so preposterous a scheme. After Monday next all further resistance may be considered as hopeless. There are three distinct projects for our consideration, and a fourth, not so well defined, which, in this razing season, we may characterise as " the field." The first is that of removing tho collection to Kensington Palace. The second is Prince Albert's plan for fixing it in the space between the Kensington-road and Brompton. The third is for pulling down the present structure in Trafalgar-square, and for building on the site a National Gallery worthy of the position and of the English name. Under the fourth head we comprise the various suggestions which have been offered from time to time for fresh sites at different points at the West-end. The most promising of these is, perhaps, the southern aide of Pall-mall, or rather that portion of it which lies between the Carlton Club and St. James's Palace. This, if we are rightly informed, is all Crown prOperty, and a considerable section of it is actually occupied by the Ordnance-office, the business of which will shortly be transferred to Whitehall. Marlborough house is destined in a few years for the residence of the Prince of Wales ; but, certainly, in Bur lington-house an excellent substitute might be found in every way adapted for the residence of the Heir Apparent. We would not, however, have it supposed that we are arguing with any violent force of conviction for the last-mentiened plan. it may or may not, upon consideration, prove to be the best ; the only point on which we are much interested just now is to show that the site selected at Brompton is the very worst. . . _ . The manner in which the conclusions of a select committee of the House of Commons upon this sub ject are referred to in the third report of the Com missioners for the Exhibition of 1851 is unfortu- nate enough. The parsons who drew up that re port are much to blame for having procured the signature of the Prince Consort to statements which are not quite in accordance with the facts. Two resolutions were discussed before the commit tee of the House of Commons. The first involved the policy of retaining the present site of the Na tional Gallery as a permanent site. This resolu tion was decided in the negative by a majority of ten votes to one, the late Mr. Baring Wall being the dissentient. The resolution, however, which embodied the adoption of Prince Albert's plani was not carried by a majority of ten to one, bnt of eix to five, or in other words by a majority acme Now, the disingenuousness in the 31 sport of the Cow mis sioners fur the Exhibition of 1851 consists in this, — that the general conclusion of the committee, which was in reality only carried by one voice, is spoken of "as arrived at by a majority of ten votes to one, the late Mr. Baring Wall being he only dissen- tient." To thin report the signature of Prince Albert is attached. But, even so, we have not done. Mr. Moncktcu Manes, who made the motion in favour of the Brompton site, did so in the following form :—" That the position which has been selected at the entrance of Kensington gardens would afford a better protection of the works of art there collected from the evils of a crowded neighbourhood, and would improve the opportunity of erecting an edifice worthy of the purpose." The committee, then, was fully aware that the Kensington-gardens' site was the best, if the pictures were to be taken out of town at all. One would have supposed that its members would not have given up the attempt without a struggle, when the object in view was to obtain a Palace of Arts worthy of the age and of the country. Not a bit of it. They coolly add to the sentences we have just quoted, "But your committee are fully aware that the acquisition of such a site is attended with difficulties they see no adequate means of removing, and, in consequence, they are prepared to recommend the acceptance of the offer of the Commissioners." The offer was that of the Prince Consort and of the Commission of 1851. Under these circumstances, we call the particular attention of the country and of the house to the fact that the report of the select com mittee, upon which the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's bill is founded, embodies the dis tinct admission that the Kensington Gardens' site, and not the site recommended, is the preferable one. Even so, and with this important modifica tion, it appears the resolution was only carried in select committee by a single voice. Now, can such a miserable conclusion as this—so feebly supported —be considered with any fairness as a basis for an act of Parliamrnt which is to commit the country to a site for its future Palace of Arts—a monu ment which may endure for centuries after the pre sent generation has passed away? All that we ask for is timd for consideration. We are drifting down upon a wrong site for our National Gallery, as we have drifted down upon a hundred other improper resolutions. The atten tion of the public has been so entirely occupied for the last three years, until quite recently, with the Russian war, and since then with the - unhappy squabble with the United States, that we really have not had time to turn round and consider what had best been done is matters of m Unleis the Government be so well advised as to withdraw the bill on Monday night—a course which to them would involve no disgrace, as it will merely recognise the fact that time is wanted for consideration—it will clearly be the duty of the house to reject so hasty, so unfortunate, and ill advised a proposition. For ourselves we are not the advocates of this or that particular scheme. If it should appear to be the opinion of the majority of well-informed persons that the pictures suffer from our London atmosphere, we should acquiesce in their being transferred to Kensington Gardens. We should do so with the conviction that the number of visitors would be sadly diminished in amount, and that the privation would fall chiefly on the humbler classes. For this we should be deeply grieved ; but still tl e pictures must be spoiled, for in the end that would be an injury to everybody. Should, it, on the other hand, be made clear that the chief injury suffered by the paintings depends upon questions of temperature, &c., easily within the control of the architects and guardians, we could have little hesitation in saying that a central situation would be far the best. Whether this site should be the site of the present National Gallery, or a section of the southern side of Pall-mall, or elsewhere, is a point for argument and consideration. To be sure, the site in Kensington Gardens would unite the advantages as a pleasant rural walk for the humble classes with the gratification they would derive from the inspection of the pictures. They would have to make a holiday of it, however, and forfeit a day's wages, in order to procure for themselves this enjoyment. Prince Albert's plan, however, combines every conceivable disadvantage. lie would remove the pictures to a distance from the centre of the town, and plunge them into a moat inconvenient locality, in which, whatever building we may erect, will be simply buried. This ques tion of a proper site for our new Gallery of Art is one of great moment to us all ; we look therefore to our representatives to guard us from the hasty and most improper decision embodied in the bill of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which is to be discUssed on Monday night. (From the Morning Advertiser.) The pernicious influence of Coburgism at Court continues to spread far and wide. It is making itself felt as well as feared, not only in every de partment of the public service, but even in matters which do not properly speaking belonging to the Government. If it were to proceed with the same rapidity with which it has made progress of late, we should, before long, find ourselves as much under its sway as if we were actually the inhabi tants of a German State. Even the Times, which has long been the slavish apologist of everything courtly, is at las t beginning to denounce this Germanism. The Times never takes that course until it has ascertained that the current of public opinion is running in a particular direction. Then it throws itself into the stream, and floats triumphan tl y on its breast. When, therefore, we see the Times hurling its denuncia tions boldly, broadly, and by name, at the head of the highest German at Court, we may saf e ly con clude that the cessat i on of this pernicious influence in the councils of the Sovereign is nigh at hand. The beginning of the end is come. Ger man supremacy has received the first of a series of heavy blows, which, being repeated, must, ere long, prove fatal. It is high time that a consummation, so devoUtly to be wished, were realised. The country, out of rega rd fo r the highest personage in the realm has borne im measurably more than it would, under any other conceivable class of circumstances, have done. The exemption of the party from the punishment which his unceasing interference in everything ap pertaining to the interests of the people of England so richly merits would not have lasted so long but for the devoted loyalty with which the Sove reign of England is regarded by her subjects. But there are limits beyond which even loyalty cannot insure public patience. Judging . from the article in the Times of Saturday, and winch we reproduce in another part of our paper, those limits have at last been reached. We have long been unceasing in our efforts to . expose the intrigues which were going on, under the auspices of an illustrious German at Court, to have a new National Gallery erected in a particular place between Kensington Gardens and Brompton. We showed that the inevitable result of transfer ring that great national institution to such a site, would be to deprive the people of all opportunity of seeing the pictures in the National Gallery. The masses could not walk to and from that place, except at great inconvenience and fatigue. Be sides, the loss of time alone, would be to the masses an insuperable obstacle to an inspection of the pic tures at Brompton. The aristocracy, and the better classes of the gentry—those who have ample leisure on their bands, and the means in their pockets of hiring a conveyance—assuming them not to have one of their own—would, in such a case, have a monopoly of the gratification which the inspection of these pictures is calculated to afford. That, indeed, is said to be the chief reason which weighs with the Prince in wishing to have the Na tional Gallery transferred thither. Its present site is so centrical that it attracts the masses, who come between the wind and the nobility of Germanism. But by transferring the National Gallery to the neighbourhood of Brompton, it would become practically inaccessible to the multitude. So far as the majority of the masses,in the metropolis are concerned, there might as well be no National Gallery at all, as that it should be on the site fixed on, according to the Times, in " Prince Albert's plan." And yet the National Gallery is, by a sort of fiction, represented •as the people's. If paying for it constitutes a right of property, the National Gallery is certainly theirs. It was built; and is kept up, at their expense. And yet Prince Albert would prohibit the masses from ever crossing its threshold, by erecting a new building in a place too far off to be within their reach. This may le the German way of managing matters, but it is not the English. Let us add, that we will continue to manage our own matters after our own fashion. The scheme of the Prince must be knocked on the head, and that, too, this very evening. There is no necessity for removing the National Gallery from its present site. Throw down the existing building if you will, and erect one worthy of the country, but let the new edifice be on the site of the present one. It is sheer nonsense to talk about the pictures being injured by the atmosphere of London. In that case, what comes of the fine pic tures in the almost adjoining house of the Duke of Northumberland ? What, also, becomes of those in the mansions of others of the nobility in various parts of London ? The thing is a mere pretext. Li the absence of admissible reasons for the re moval of the National Gallery to the vicinity of Brompton, it is made to please the Prince. Sir Michael Faraday and Sir David Brewster—two of the most eminent authorities of the day in matters of this nature—have severally given their decided assurance that the paintings in the National Gal lery do nt t sustain any injury from the smoke of London or the atmosphere of Charing-cross. Let us, then, adopting the language of the Times of Saturday, " entreat of all members of the House of Commons who profess themselves inde pendent of Court favour to unite at once in resist ance to so preposterous a scheme. After Monday next (this day) all further resistance may be con sidered. as hopeiess." "Prince Albert's plan com bines every concAivable disadvantage. He would remove the pictures to a distance from the centre of the town, and plunge them into a most incon venient locality, in which whatever building we may erect will be simply buried. This question of a proper site for our new Gallery of Art is one of great moment to us all ; we lolk therefore to our representatives to guard 'us from the hasty and most improper decision emboli 3d in the bill of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, - which is to be dis cussed on Monday (this) night." Tne Prince Consort receives a sever* censure from the Times, hitherto the most abject of the para sites of his Royal Highness, in the passage which follows :—"The manner in which the conduct of a Select Committee of the House of Commons upon this subject is referred to in the third report of the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 is unfortunate enough. The persons who drew up that report are much to blame for having procured the signature of the Prince Consort to statements which are not quite in accordance with the facts. Two resolutions were discussed be fore the Committee of the House of Commons. The first involved the policy of retaining the present site of the National Gallery as a perma nent site. The resolution was decided in the nega tive by a majority of ten votes to one, the late Mr. Baring Wall being the dissentient. The resolution, however, which embodied the adoption of Prince Albert's plan was not carried by a majority of ten to one, but of six to five, or, in other words, by a majority of one." The obvious meaning here is, not that the Prince was influenced by others, but that his views being previously known on the question, the parties re ferred to drew up their report in accordance with them. But in order that our readers may see the article of the Times in all its bearings, we insert it, as already mentioned, in another part of our paper. We only add, in conclusion, that Hon. Gentle. men who may vote this night against the removal of the National Gallery need not be afraid of thereby incurring the displeasure of Ministers. They are supporting the Kensington and Brompton plan of the Prince, not because they approve of it, but because a pressure is put upon them. They will speak and vote this night in favour of the German site, not spontaneously, but under the coercion of circumstances they cannot control ; and, consequently, those members who will vote against Ministers will render them a service for which they will ever feel the deepest gratitude. OPENING OF THE STIV;01) AND MAIDS STONE R4ILWAY. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The opening of the line from Strood to Maidstone, a railway communicAtion which has long been desired by the inhabitants of the central district of Kent, was cele brated by an entertainment at the Corn Exchange in Maidstone, on Wednesday, presided over by the Mayor of the town. The town of Maidstone, although it has had for years past the convenience of railway communication with the metropolis, has suffsired from its very circuitous route. Within a distance of something like 80 miles from London, its population has, not from any fault of the South-Eastern Company, been obliged to run round by Paddock-wood and Reigate to London bridge, not less than 56 miles ; and a not less inconvenient matter to them Las been that they have been comparatively shut out commercially from Rochester, Chatham, Strood, and Gravesend. The passenger-traffic between Rochester, Strood, and Chatham and Maidstone is very large ; and looking at the fact that railway communication usually trebles such traffic, there can be no doubt, considering the heavy character of the road between the points, that the mile age receipts over the newly-opened line will be as large as that upon the North Kent line proper, of which this may be considered an extension. The Strood and Maid stone line is of further public value, inasmuch as it places Rochester, Strood, and, we may add, Graves end, in railway ommunication with the whole of the country through which the Brighton and SOuth-Wes tern Railways extend ; while it supplies, until the East Kent line shall be completed, a through rail way transit between the places named, and Folke stone, Dover, Margate, Ramsgate, and Deal. The Strood and Maidstone branch runs out of the old Strood Railway, a short distance from the Strood station, which it necessarily, from the physical character of the country, leaves on the left—that is, between the new' line and the Medway'. In passing the old station a very picturesque view of Rochester is obtained, with the old low stone bridge and the almost completed bridge of the East Kent Railway Company to the left, and the cathedral and the ancient " keep' somewhat to the right ; while the Kentish hills, which are seen running on the Rochester side of the Medway, for miles into the centre of the country, present many phases of scenery of the most pleasing variety. These hills and the Medway are, comparatively, parallel with the railway nearly the whole of the distance, and with the exception of the line between Bristol and Exeter, the TrentYalley, the South Wales, and Chester and Holyhead lines, there are few branch lines of the same extent where such a rich diversity of • scener y is presented. Con tinually-recurring orchards, verdant hop grounds, and meandering rivers, pretty little glens, high ranges o hillq, extensive views, embowered churches, and ancien architectural remains alternate through the entire 11 miles ; and although the many beautiful spots throng which the line passes may be familiar to the inhabitants of the localities, and possibly he, from familiarity, not exceedingly interesting to them, we are quite sure that. many thousands of our metropolitan friends will annually run over the railway, and enjoy the natural beauties with which the country traversed by it abounds. There is but one short heavy work on the line—a cutting which requires considerable dressing for security to the work ing of the line, and that elressing, we learn, will b immediately proceeded with. The line runs chi e fly through Kentish rag stone, with a little cutting through chalk at the Strood end. The permanent way has been admirably laid. It is solid and of an endurable cha racter, and will require little or no draining. The whole of the stations, bridges, &c., are of ironstone, or brick, and we do not recollect having passed over a line —and we have gone over many thousands of miles'of railway—where the " permanence " of the works has been more wisely attended to. At Maidstone the com pany will erect a new station at a level higher than that of the present station, and their object is to afford more convenient accommodation at the point where,the main street crosses the sine at right angles. WOOL. As over 60,000 bales of colonial wool will be offered at the next public sales, our market generally is inactive, yet no actual decline has taken place in the quotations. The imports last week were 1,250 bales from Algoa Bay, 213 from Bombay, 14 from Paris, 03 from Hambro', and 10J from Tonning. Tho following are the current rates of English wool : Down tegs, is 3d to is 4d ; Down ewes, is 2d to is 3id ; half-bred hogs, is 2d to is 3 ; Kent fleeces, is 2d to is id; Leicester do., is ld to is 3d ; combing skin, is to is 4,d ; blanket wool, 9d to is ld ; and flannel wool, is to is 5d per lb. SEEDS. The arrivals of linseed have been small. Considerable business has been done in Cllentta at 48s to 52s per qr. There has been a good demand for linseed cakes, both on the spot and for forward delivery. Rape andoilseeds con tinue to be taken freely for export and for home consump tion. Turnip,White,per bush. 22s to 258 Swede —s —s Knatard, 8r0wn...... —s —s /hite, new —s —s ares,Win ter, new.... 01 Od Oa Od —s —s Ositiary, per quarter • . 44a 60s Rye grass • • ... •• • 24s 308 Cloyer,RedEng. (cwt.) —a —s White ••••••• • • • —s —5 Foreign Red...—. —3 White .• •• s —s Trefoil, new• • •••• • • •• •—s Carraway .... 44i 505 Coriander 25; 2Ss flompseed, per quarter Ms 585 Linseed, Eng.-lowing.. 63; - s Crushing 46s 62s Baltic —s —e Odessa •....• •• •- —9 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English ...11l 1 is 12' Os Forelgn,per ton 10! Os 111 (le Rape Cakes, pr ton 610 s 6110 s Rapeseed, New, pr qr.. 88s Vl2l Since Monday last about at of business has been transact have been very firm. P.Y.O day at 46s 3d per cwt. 3 Rough fat, 2s 60 per Sibs. Stock this day Price of Y. C Delivery last week • Ditto from June 1 Asrivals last week .• Ditto from •►unel ,... Price of Town ,ow. 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