The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN
PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday, iu Lord Stauley's committee ti,,
East London Railway Company's project, Mr. Round
seoglit to establish a lotus standi for the Great Eastern
Railway Company in opposition to the bill, on the ground
of competition with the East London and City portmts of
their undertakings, but the committee, after hearing Mr.
Serjeant Bellrsis, Q.C., on the other side, decided that th,
Great Eastern had no locus nandi in that particular
respect, as their petition against the bill, while 000taisisg•
other general allegatious, did not specify their intention
on the principle of competition. The remainikr
of the siLtiug was occupied with the evidence of
Mr. Burke on the engineering features of the pro-
posed line. The bill for the Statehouse and ::ails.
worth Railway was rejected, and Mr. Coleridge, Q.c..
stated the case for the Worcester, Dean Forest, and You.
mouth Railway Bill, which proposes to empower that com-
pany to make a line of eight miles from • junction with
their authorised line of 1863 at Newent to the Glouoeder
and Dean Forest line of the Great Western at North Hsu,
let, near Gloucester ; to lay rails for the narrow gauge
the portion of the line of the Great Western Railway from
the intended junction therewith into its stations at Glou.
teeter; to contract with the Great Western for its work.
ing, and to raise 150,0001. by new shares and 50,0004 hr
loan. Witnesses wereexamined by Mr. Somerset for, aid
by Mr. Vanables and Yr. Hill against, the measure. Another
case, opened by Mr. Denison, and opposed by Mr. Merew.
their, for the London end North Western, wee that of th..
Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway, which seeks
inoorporatioo, with a capital of 500,0601. in shares, and
166,0001. lose, to construct eight extensions, the tau
leading owe being, first, one of twenty miles,
from Hurley vii Botulism and Tunatall, and thence
.oath-weetwead wader the Grand Junction to Market
Drayton. The second, of Wee miles, from the latter
at Hodnet to the Shrewsbury and Crewe line of the
London and North Western about two miles north of
Shrewsbury, with six other short connecting links, with
power to contract with the London and North Weldor),
Greed Western, or South Staffordshire, to construct, or work
or use. After hearing counsel and takieg evidence OD the
traffic end engineering, the committee passed the bill for the
Carmarthenshire Railway for extensions to the South Wales,
Groat Western lines, for • line ut ten miles to the mountain
branch of the Llanelly Railway, and to the Souther, and
Duffey° Collieries, the capital required being 215,0dE. in
shares end 73,0001. loan. The bill for the Hereford, Rae,
sad Boom Railway is withdrawn. In the Lords, the bill
for ILIIIDDOWS Patent Improvements in pneumatic railways
and tubes was passed, and the opposition to the bill for the
improvement of the sewerage of Edinburgh and Leith
occupied the committee of which Lord Nostalgia is the
chairman.

,RIEET&

LONDON WIFXLI

DOCK

SUGAR—W. 1. blab& Mrs
Mauritius begs
Nast !nom bags
Main baskets
Masao ►'op
Havana bow
Cuba bozos
Do. Musesmoto easks
Brasil rookurib

1.771
1.897
6,800

1,049
6,6941

Do.
DMISD—W.I. „portal
Do..beht D
casks
Cign brio & assi
Mocha loehob eoe
Other It India package.
—marl
&oxlip Cads Mei bego
COCOA
Fordo' begs, --
pap
TO3
Mu
Do. I
bleb
ZlOet ILI tona
lumens—Moos orl WO
POLIO Wool

1,0'2
6,033

RETIIItNB.--Julaz 11,
Dehverd..Pr. Stock, I.

2,9:7
16,593
5,866
5,556
671

471
2.1111

LOT
1,413
71
6410

...
1.073

I 15,428 320(9
245,125 191,963
1,4,556 122.213
7 I 1.066
487,276 408,624
54,0115 28.691
26,666 134.669
112,078 ; 25,609

1,483 1 4,019

9,961 i 9,101
*196 19,9e6
4.613 11,902
110,297 39,706
WOG
18,176
Win

16,075

367277

47. G

KM I
MU j 6,063

TALLOW.—The tallow market has been steady today.
Oa the spat the demand is light, bat speculatively there has
bees rather more disposition to buy for distant periods.
Our ofoasg quotations are :- Spot, 40.. 3d ; July, 404 9d.
to 41a.; October to December, 43e. 3d. to 43.. 6d.;
December, 435. 9d. ; North Amerind, 40s. fine; fair 395. ;
South AZIMInOIa 41.5. 6d. Ist pipes ; Australian beef, ass. 6d.
to 395. ; sheep, 41.. 6d. to 42e. ; town tallow, net
cash. Cocoa alit ail steady. Cochin, 40s. 6d. ; Ceylon,
Ms. to 3135. &l. ; Sydney, 38s. M. to 395. good and fine
to 37a. low. Palm oil, fine Lagos, 360. ; Accra, 34s.—(From
the circular al Mesas. Smith and Charles, dated Monday
evening.)

COTTON.—LIVARPOOL, Juno 13.—There has been mom
doing to-day with very full prices. Sales today, 10,1300
tales, including 4,000 on speculation and export. 2,000
American 2411. to 291 d. ; 1,300 Pernam, &a., 280. to
29td. ; 260 Maraahao), 29fd. to Md. ; 200 Masi° sad
Bahia, 29d. ; 1,600 Euptian, 25d. to 33d .; 100 Stoma.
23d. to 24d. ; 4,680 .tut, 11d. to 2:344. ; Beagal, Sciadia,
ha,l4d.; China, 19d. to 204.; Japan, 193 d. to 204 d.
20 Pent, he., 19d.

WOOL AND WORSTED.—BRADYORD, Jinn 13.
Mere is an improvement in today's market, and trona°.
tioes have bees tether more numerous. Wool may be
generally quoted as somewhat firmer in pries with more die-
amino° to do banjoes. lo wonted yams there is a fair
trede doing, sod some good ceders hove been placed in
coloured yaws. Nods and shorts are steady at previous
quotations. Low wine el Logien nods and mohair shone
are in actin request for home sae. The piece trade ma-
Dimes to he of a legitimate character, being for goods
actually ordered. Hence it is that this branch, though com-
paratively quiet, win seldom known to be more healthy.
nor were Meeks ever much lower. Piices are maintsned
with firmness.

CATTLE—Lit-moot.. Jung 13.—Ths supply of cattle
eras mud larger, of sheep and lambs lass, than on lad
Monday. A slow demand for cattle at lower prices ; sheep
and lambs in fair request at full prices for each.

COALS.—LoNtox. iCNIL 13. —Huddle's West Hartley
165. ; Hastings Hartley, les. ; Holywell Maio, 16s. 6e1.;
West Hartley, let. ; Eden Main, les. ; Wall. End Braddylle
Hatton. 16s. ; Walls End Hatton, 17s. 6d ; Walls End
Tunstall, 16s. ; Walla Ea 4 Cassop, 16e. 94.; Walls Rai
Caradoe, 17s. ; Wells End Hartlepool, 17s. 3d. ; Walls
End Hough Hall, 17s. ; Walls End Keller, 16.. 9d.: Walls
End East Hartlepool, Ifs. 41d. ; Walls End South Esllos,,
175.--Ships at tastiest, 57; sold, 60.