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London, England, 1855-08-20 00:00:00

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METROPOLITAN. RAILWAY COMPANY.
(THIS_ DAY.)

The leading country markets held•on Saturday were but
moderately sepplied with wheat, yet the trade ;ruled
heavy, at drooping .prices.'- Fine -barley- realised full quo-
tations ; but .other kinds ,Malt Was unaltered•
Oats, beans, peas 4nd flo..tir ruled abou-t-stationary.

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The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held
this afternoon, at the -London Tavern, Bishopmgate-
street ; W MALIN s, Esq., in thoshair.- - -
The report states that the A•ctior the deviation of the
line was passed this session,- and the Company were
now empowered to construct, the railway from Padding-
ton to the General Poet_Office. The whole capital has
been subscribed, and the shAre-register comPleted. The
line was capable of extension so as to connect the- rail--
ways on the north of the Thames with those .on the
south, and all with the -post office and the city. The
Directors in order to commence the works only await,
that more favourable aspect is the political and 'finan-,
cial world which they trust may be shortly anticipated,
and which will render less over ius to the shareholders
the rapid calling up and prompt payment of the capital
which the nature of the works will render imperative.
The efIAIRMIN said they had been called together
that day in conformity with the act of incorporation.
The select committee of the House of Commons on me-
tropolitan railway communications had not yet made
their reports, hut he had heard from private and reliable
sources that the opinion of that committee would
be found entirely in favour of this line as being the
great scheme of the day, combining all the objects
the metropolis required. After adverting to the finan-
cial state of the company, which was very good, the ss.
call having been found sufficient for their present re-
quirements, the Chairman said their probable next ex-
tension would be to the Eastern Counties Railway, and
bring that line in communication with the City and
West-eiid. He reviewed the present t•tate of railway
property, and expressed a belief that before many years
had elapsed railways would be made a remunerative
property, paying 6 per cent. Amongst the other pro-
jects laid before the select committee was the magnificent'
scheme of Sir Joseph Paxton, but the committee
thought this (the Metropolitan line),, the most practical
and, in every respect the best adapted accomplish the
great objects desired. He was ready to give every in-
formaion connected with the accounts.

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Most of our foreign advices state that the business doing:
in grain on English account 'is very mOderste, and that
stocks of all articles are very le*: Tip to our market last
week the arrivals of English grain were moderate. .Fiorn
abroad we received 16,828 quarters of wheat, 11,601 bar-
ley, 49,550 oats, 594 beans; 990 'peas, 9 tares, 8,558 lin-
seed, 2,265 rapeseed, 760 sundry seeds; and 372 sack; of
flour. •

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Fresh up to-day the arrivals of English wheat, coast-
wise and by land carriage, were very moderate, and the
show of samples was small. Although rather large quan-
tities cf rain have fallen, the demand for all kinds of
wheat ruled heavy, and, in some instances, prices were
ls. to 2s. per quarter lower than on Monday last. There
were a few samples of new white wheat on sale in various
conditions. The finest white was quoted at Vs., the finest
red 74s per quarter. some of the samples weighed 611bs
per bushel.
The show of foreign wheat was good. All descriptions
met a dull inquiry, and the quotations, when sales took
place, were quite is. per quarter cheaper than on this day
se'ennight. Floating cargoes, the arrivals of which have
been small, were dell.

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The supply of English barley was small of foreign
tolerably good. The sale for most kinds ruled heavy, and
prices were the turn lower.
Malt was in moderate supply and fair request, at full
quotations.
We were heavily supplied with oats, and the demand
for them ruled heavy, at Cd to is per quarter less money.
In beans very little was doing, at barely stationary

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prices.
The inquiry for peas was heavy, and the rates had a
downward tendency. Several parcels of new were on sale.
The flour trade was dull, and the currencies had a down-
ward tendency.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.

Wheat—Essex & Kent.
Red new 63s to 74a
Ditto•••• ..w. old —s•
Dttto, White new 66s • .79s
old 80s 819
Norfolk and Lin•
coin, Red. old cgs 744
Ditto new •••• 68. 7551
Rye—Old ............. —s —s
New ............ 43s 44s
Barley—Grinding.•... ItOs 33a
Malting ......... 329 33s
Chevalier.... . • 34s 358
M slt--43uffolk and Nor-
folk.. •• •• 62s 67s
Brown.— •• 58s ft)s
KingstonandWare 68a 70s

Malt—Chevalier .... 70s to 71s
Fats Yorkshire and

Lincolnsk.,Feed 25s 30s
Potato . ... . . •. 28s 31s
Youghal and Cork
Black... 24s 28s

Cork, White 26s 30s

No questions being put, the chairman moved the re-
ception and adoption of the report, which was seconded
by Mr. Sitnpson, and carried unanimously.
The shares of the company were then assimilated to
101. shares, instead of remaining as at present 201. and
101, shares.

Scotch, Feed..... 27s 308
Beans—Tlek 41s 448
43' 47s
Peas—Grey..•• •..• .• 35s 389
Map1e........... 38s 40s
White........... 399 459

Boilers ..•......43s 46s
"our—Town-made... 658 688
Suffolk •. • ....... 508 54s
,Ittocktn ac Norfolk 488 538

W. Lee, Eig. M.P., was elected a director.
Thanks were voted to the chairman and the directors,
and 'Le meeting separated.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

Last week's imports of foreign stock were tolerably good
—the total supply amounting to 8,807 head. In the cor-
responding week in 1851 we received 9,703; in 1853, 10,973;
in 1852, 13,005; in 1851, 19,101; in 1850, 7 212 ; and in
1849, 4,987 head.

CENTRAL CUIIIIINAL CuUBT.-(TFIIS

DA Y).

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WERE.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Nieu Diep ..... lO2 ... 885 2
Dercit 46 ... 87 ... 10
Bremen
Twining 259 174
Rotterdam 287 ... 1,977 ... 105 242 ...
Hamburgh....., 17-
Amsterdam 4l
Harlingen
Calais
Antwerp .••
Medealik lO ...
Kampen 44 ...

The August season of the aboie court was opened this
morning by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, th•
Right Hon. the Recorder, Aldermen Salomon, Sir C.
Marshall, Finnis, and Sir R. W. Carden, Mr. Sheriff
Muggeridge, Mr. Sheriff Crosley, Mr. Under-Sheriff
Farrer, and Mr. Under-Sheriff A. Crosley, ecc.

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6 8 - 154 25
516 ... 93 ... 130 ... ,574

The first edition of the calendar contains the names of
144 prisoners.

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Tile Recorder, in his charge to the jury, said the pre-
sent was the heaviest calendar he ever remembered, and
although there was this redeming point, that there was
only one charge which involved the destruction of human
life, yet there were a great number of serious and im-
portant cases to be disposed of, and he was afraid that
their duties would be long and heavy. It did not ap-
pear to him, however, that, although the cases were of
a serious character, they were likely to present any diffi-
culties to the grand jury, and, therefore, be felt that it
was ❑ot necessary for him to detain them by making
any observation in reference to those cases. There was
nne case, however, of so much importance, in a commer-
cial point of view, that he should not perhaps do rightly
if he did not say a few words to the grand jury. The
charge to which he referred was one against two persons
named Davidson and Gordon, who were accused, in
conjunction with another person named Cole, who
had already been convicted of a similar offence, and
was now under sentence, of having carried on a
series of frauds cf the most extensive and serious cha-
racter upon the commercial community. These frauds
were of so extensive a character that, but for the high
commercial character of the country, it might have
really tended to have injured it in the eyes of the com-
mercial world, and it was absolutely necessary, if they
were established against the parties aooused, that an at-
tempt should be made to repress them by severe punish-
ment. He bad not had an opportunity of looking closely
at the depositions that bad been returned to the court in
this case, but he believed the prisoners would be charged
with having obtained a large sum of money by the de-
posit of furged warrants, also with having obtained goods
three months before their bankruptcy in anticipation of
that event, and also with combining with the man Cole,
who, as he had informed them, was already under sen-
tence, to obta;n money by false pretences. It appeared
to him that, if there were anything like the amount of
facts that were stated on the depositions there laid before
them, they would be bound to find a bill, aad leave the
matter to be fully inquired into by the learned judge
who would preside. He was unwilling to make any ob-
servations; with reference to the conduct of other parties
in the transaction on the present occasion, but he could
not help observing that it was to he regretted that par-
ties of position, who were mixed up in the matter, had
not taken steps entirely to put a stop to the practices of
those parties, and that there could be very little doubt
that, by their having neglected to do so, they had en-
abled them to carry on these frauds for a much longer
period.

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The grand jury then retired.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.

A female named Ann Standen, evidently suffering
from distress of .mind, was charged before the Lord
Mayor with attempting to destroy herself by throwing
herself off London Bridge on Tuesday last. The act
was witnessed by police constable 536, and other per-
sons. The stream was running very strong at the time,
and she was carried some distance down the stream
towards Billingsgate, where she was received by some
lightermen, and taken to St. Thomas' Hospital, where
she had remained ever since. The poor woman who
walked lame from the injury she had received, said her
husband bad deserted her, and having no means of sup-
porting herself life had become such a burthen to her
that she determined to pub an end to her existence. The
Lord Mayor after pointing out to her the enormity► of
her offence, ordered her to be discharged, and handed
ov,r to her friends. The prisoner, who cried bitterly,
Raid she would take his lorlihip'rs advice-sand refrain
from attempting her life again.