The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-07 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITEIFTELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 5/ Os Od ; clover
ditto, 3/ N to 5! 151; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 93 per load.
Trade steady, at full prices.
CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to Si Os ; clover
ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 153 ; and straw. 1/ 53 to 1./ 10s per load.
A. fair average supply and a steady demand.
WBITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4? 18s; clover
ditto, 3/ 3s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 94 per load.
Both hay and straw sold slowly, yet prices were well sup-
ported.

PROFESSOR WILSON'S MONUMENT.---We are glad to
understand that the subscription fcr Professor Wil-
son's monwnent is going on very favourably, nearly
. 1001. having been added during the last month. The
sum still requisite to complete the work is about 2501.
--=Edinburgh Courant.
GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA RAILWAY.—At a ge-
neral meeting of shareholders n this company' hell
Canada on the 13th u't., a dividend of three per cent.
on the stock for the half-year ending January 31 was
declared. The dividend would have been at the rate of
7 per cent. per annum, had it not been for the appropria-
tion of 9,125/. to the sinking fund for redeeming the loan
from Government. The meeting agreed to postpone the
payment of the dividend, but the English directors had
previously advised an immediate payment of a cash
dividend, wa.rrazits for which will be issued as soon as
advices have been received from the other side. The
traffic for the week ending March 16 was 7,4301.
A NEW ROYAL RESIDENCE.—I 1 is now ascertained
beyond all doubt that Doubles, near Dcrking, Surrey, ,1
is to be the abode of royalty. In 1850, the vroperty
was purchased by Sir W. Cubbitt, and was at first sup-
posed to have been bought by that gentleman for the pur-
pose of building some elegant streets and squares; but it
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tenure in the domain was limisted to the necessary time
for him to prepare the way for a noble scion of Queen
Victoria. That such is the case, the vastness of the
works and the magnitude of the expenditure place be-
yond doubt. A large, lofty, and noble mansion has
been erected after the design of the royal marine resi-
dence at Osborne, on a spot at the back of the old man-
sion, commanding a view of grand and beautiful scenery.
On the lawn there is now growing a choice ornamental
tree, planted by his Royal Highness _Prince Albert,
which probably was intended to grow up side by side
with England's future monarch, as a lasting memento of
paternal remembrance and affection.

GOOD FRIDAY.-.EXCURSION TRAINS
A ) TILE ST EA lf BOATS.

Yesterday (Good Friday) morning, at an early hour,
the various metropolitan railway stations were thronged
with respectably-dressed persons of both sexes, who
availed themselves of the extreme fineness of the wen,
they for a trip out of London. Excursion trains ran at
the usual intervals from the South-Western Railway
Terminus, Waterloo-road, at reduced fares, to Ports-
mouth, alisbury, Winchester, and Southampton, re-
turning in the evening to town well freighted with pas-
sengers. Trains also proceeded to Richmond, Wind3or,
Hounslow, Chertsey, Guildford, Godalroing, Andover,
Gosport, and other favourite places of summer resort.
Cheap trains likewise left the Paddington statien of the
Great Western Railway for Bath, Bristol, Cliftsn, &c.
On the Brighton line the traffic was very considerable
during the day, and the trains were well filled with
gaily dressed persons who had availed themselves of the
reduction in the charge of conveyance to the various
parts of the line. The Eastern Counties Railway had a
full share of patronage, but the principal portion of the
passengers alighted at the North Woolwich station to
view the shipping in the lower part of the pool and the
surrounding public buildings on the Essex and Kentish
shores. The Blackwall and Tilbury Fort line, from
Fenchurch-street, City, was thronged from eight o'clock
in the morning until late last evening by crowds of per-
sons, who were chiefly destined for an inspection of the
levh,thian steam-ship now erecting in the extensive pre-
mises of Messrs. Scott Russell and Co., Blackwall.
This extraordinary vessel, which is the largest in the
world, is approaching towards completion, and was
greatly admired for its gigantic and noble appearance.
The floating batteries in the shipbuilding-yard of Messrs.
Green and Sono, Millwall, Poplar, also attracted thou-
sands of spectators during the day. The various steam-
boats running between London-bridge, Greenwich,
Woolwich, Charlton, Greenhithe, and Gravesend were
thronged ; and the smaller craft plying above bridge to
Battersea, Chelsea, Wandsworth, Putney, Kew, and
Richmond, came in for a full share of patronage on the
occasion.