The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-20 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £slos Od ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load.
A dull trade.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 8s to £5 108 ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load.
Trade inactive.

WnxTEcnATEL.—Meadow
.hay, £4 5s to £5 8s ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 I.ls per load.
Supply moderate.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.

s. d. s. d.
Buddle'sWestHartley 16 9 South Hetton
Holywell Main l6 6 East Hartlepool
Tanfield Moor l3 0 West Lambton l7 0
Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 Carway and Duffryn
Byass's Bebside West Malting 22 0
Hartley l6 9 Wharneliffe l6 3
Hetton l9 0 Eden Main -. 17 0

17
Hartlepool
Kelloe

South Kelloe
Hetton Lyons l9 3 Caradoc lB 0
Heugh Hall l7 9 Wylam l6 6
Cowpen Hartley
Ships at market, 48 ;"'sold, 32.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market brisk. Sales probably 12,000 bales.

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about l i per mile pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.! 7i per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
I7s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
rather more than 1-16th per cent. dearer in Paris than in.
London.

The oourse of exchange at New York on London for bills at
80 days' sight is about 249 per cent., and the premium on
gold 127 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on
the importation of go'd from the United States.
By adviccs from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 peg mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 stcrline.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.

A resolution has been passed by the committee of
the Stock Exchange rescinding the rule which re-
fused the recognition of dealings in new shares be-
fore letters of allotment were issued. The resolu-
tion, however, will have to be confirmed at another
meeting.
At a special meeting of the Nottingham Chamber
of Commerce, held yesterday, a resolution was passed ex-
pressing sympathy with the widow and family of the late
Mr. Cobden.

ENLARGEMENT OF VAUXHALL AxD NINE-ELMS
RAILWAY STATlONS.—Yesterday, in compliance with direc-
tions issued by the South-Western Railway Company, the
occupiers of premises situate in New Bridge-street, Vaux-
hall, and in Vauxhall-cross, South Lambeth, which have
been purchased by the company, received notices of re-
moval from their respective holdings, the sites being re-
quired for the enlargement of the Vauxhall railway station,
which is to be commenced forthwith.
The South-Western
not a
Railway Company have considerably enlarged and im-
proved the goods station at Nine-elms by the erection of a
m
ondrivsehreds,fronantadgebsy, the
one
near Vauxhall-bridge, • and the other facing Nine-elms-
lane.enlargement ofwarehouses,thisstation
workshops,has

RIBDAGREO.N_CoHnANNe
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assizes an elderly gentleman passed the toll-house on the
Clifton side of the Suspension-bridge, and put down his
penny. The bridge-keeper, seeing he was a stranger,
inquired if he wished for a return ticket. The gentleman,
however, took no notice of the question, but walked on
solemnly and slowly. On coming back, he was passing
through, when the toll-keeper accosted him with, "Pay
here, sir, please." " Pay here ! what for ? I paid before,"
was the gruff reply. " But you'll have to pay again, sir !"
mildly, but firmly, replied the keeper. " I call that impo-
sition—gross imposition !" replied the gentleman, and
getting warmer at what he apparently thought was an
attempt at extortion on the part of the man, he added,
" Take care, I'm a magistrate." " I can't help that, sir,"
was the answer ; "my instructions aro that people pay
going and returning ; you can see the act of Parliament if
you like to look in here," pointing to the toll-house. " Well,
I will see the act," replied the gentleman, following the
man in. Ho read the act, pondered over it for awhile, then
pulled out his penny and paid it, walking off, and mutter-
ing as he did. " Nonsuited, by George !" " I see the judge
has just passed over the bridge," observed a gentleman who
" Who, sir ? what ?" gasped the
came up at the moment.
toll-keeper, quite frightened to think that he had been
bandying law With so high an authority. " Sure that was
not a judge ?" "Yes ;
no less a person than Baron Chan-
nell," was the reply, and so it turned out to be, as the
keeper saw him proceeding to court next morning. Thus
the bridge proprietors may be said to have obtained an
extra-judicial decision in favour of their to and fro charge.
—Bristol Times and Mirror.