The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-13 00:00:00

Julian

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MARKET NEIVB-(TIIIS DAY.)

PENERAL AVE7IAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended Aprl; 13,1854, made up from the Ret urns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England. And Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I sirs. I BEANS. PEAS.
731 5d 363 21 26s i 4ss 9d 44s 31 43s ld
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE.
WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. j RYE. I BEANS. PEAS.
775 31 3;s lid 27s 21 50s 4d 45s 11 46s 9d
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WIIE6T. BALLET. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS.
15 Od 1 ohl Is Od is 01 is 01 is Od
QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WV:IX.
Wheat, 36,628; Barley, 33,679; Oats, 13,697; Rye, 1!8 ; Beans,
3,611; Peas, 721 quarters.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5/ Os ; clover
ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ Os; and straw, 11 16s to 21 4s per load.
A moderate supply, and a steady demand.

CIIMBEELAND.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 5/ 5s ; clover
ditto, 3115 a to 610 s; and straw, 1117 s to 21 ln per ]oad.
Supply tolerably good, and trade firm.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2112 s to .1-A Os; clover
ditto, 31 15s to 6/ Gs ; and straw, 1116,3 to 21 28 per load.
Trade steady.

MEAT MARKETS.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The genoral demand
was rather dull at this market to-day, as follows :
Beof, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4cl to 4s 4d ;
Lamb, 5s 6d to Gs 8d ; VeaJ, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d
to 4s 8d per Sibs, by the carcase.

SOUTHALL, APRIL 12.—The supply of stock here to-day
was rather extensive. Lambs sold readily on higher terms.
Otherwise the demand was sluggish, at the following quo-
tations :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mui;ton' 35 4d to
4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ;
Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the °dials.

ROMFORD, APRIL 12.—T0-day's market leas well sup-
plied, and a fair business was doing, at the following
prices :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d
to 58 Od ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 7s Od ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ;
Pork, 3s Gd to 4s Gd per 811 m. Quarter old Store Pigs,
21s to 28s each.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DIY.)

LONDON, April i 3.. 11 ind this day at N'oon, E.N.E. ;
moderate breeze, and fine clear weather. There was a
heavy fall of rain during the night.
FALMOUTH, April 12.—Wind, E.; fresh breezes. Ar•
rived—Jacob, from Saldanha Bay.
PLYMO tun, April 12.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Row-
allan, from Batavia.

SUNDERLAND, April 12.—Wind, S.E. lTailed—nero,
Dorothy, Planet, and Percy, for Quebec.
SHIELDS, April 12.—Wind, E. Sailed—Lucy, for Now
York; Bowes, Quebec; Lilburn, do. ; flower, do. ;
Plenty, do.

HULL, April 12.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Bravo, for
Quebec.

KINSALE, April 11.—Arrived—Tagus, from Rio do la
Hache.

QUEENSTOWN, April U.—Arrived—Taman( lra, and Star
of the South, from Liverpool, to embark troops for Malta.
Sailed—Harriet Augusta, for New York.
AMOY, Feb. 6.—The Orlcana, Valparaiso ito Shanghai,
♦va.9 wrecked on the island of Botel Tobago, off Formosa,
at the end of Dec. last ; crew saved.

RANGOON, Feb. 22.—The Oliver Cromwell, Madras to
this port, is on shore on the Liffey Sands, ha s discharged
all her cargo, but is not expected off until the spring
tides, is not likely to be much damaged.
BATAVIA, Feb. 24.—The Jenny Lind, from Sydney,
N.S.W., sprang a leak and ran on shore in .or near Two-
fold Day, about the 24th of December.
HONG KONG, Feb. 25.—The John N. Gossler, hence to
San Francisco, has put back leaky, and has ilischarged to
repair.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.5 a.m.
Wind, E. ; tide, one hour flood ; weather, fine.
Arrived, 12th—Aurora, from St. Michael's.
Arrived, 13th—Tamanack, from Antwerp ; Concordia
(s), from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy (s), Antwerp ; E4rl of
Auckland (s), Rotterdam ; Columbine (s), . ; Triton (2),

Sailed—William Jolliffo (s), for Calais; Rw►cer, Sydney;
Segunda Dolores, Monte Video ; Anna, Ge,elong ; Lady
Elgin, Sydney

DEAL, Thursday, 9.23 a.m.
Wind, S.E. by E. ; moderate.

Passed—Susan, from Shields' for Cadiz ;. Cargey, from
Shields, for St. Thomas • Rosevean, St. .Michael's, for
London ; Jane, from Emden, for orders.
Sailed—Affghan, 10, Parthian, Alesandrin a.

OPENING OF THE TILBURY FORT .R.4ILWAY.

This line of railway, in connection with the Blackwall
and Eastern Counties line, and the stew m ferries at
Gravesend was opened on Tuesday by the directors and
a large party of friends proceeding in a special train
along its whole length, from the new termini in Pfitn,
church-street. The line branches off the Blackwall at
Stepney, and is carried on to the Eastern Counties at
the Bow station, where it takes the main hne nearly as
far as Ilford. It then shapes off to the southward, to
the east of Pnrfleet, and, passing through Grays, directs
its course to West Tilbury and Tilbury Fort, where the
North Gravesend station is erecttxl, to the westward of
the Fort, opposite the Town Pier,
Small
Gravesend, which has
been leased to the company.steamersand
from w i con-
veythe the passengers across the, river
to
trains. The line was this day opened for public traffic.

FOREIGN RATES 01+' EXCHANGE.—The closing quota-
tions from the Paris Bourse last evening showed no re-
covery from the prevailing dulness. At Vienna yester-
day there was little alteration, but the tendency was in
an unfavourable .direction, the exchange on London
having advanced to 13 19. At Amsterdam the improve-
ment of the previous day was lost, a reaction having oc-
curred of 1 per cent. The Berlin advices show a sudden
decline of between 2 and 3 per cent. in Russian Stock.
From S. Petersburg the rate of exchange indicates that
there has been no mitigation of the distrust in the finan-
cial resources of the Czar, the Government paper being
still at a discount of about 12 per cent.

THE POLTIMORE MINING COMPANY.--The Poltimore
Mining Company have notified that two of Derdan's
double crushing machines will be erected and in opera-
tion at their mines in the course of a fortnight. As
there are also ,some of these machines in operation in
North Wales it may be hoped that results ,will soon be
obtained of a sufficiently general ard authentic descrip-
tion to warrant a decided opinion not only on their
merits, but also as to the existence of gold in Eng-
land in a remunerative form. Thus far, nothing
has publicly transpired to throw discredit on the
claims of the invention, but it is known that many
experienced persons still refuse to believe in its capa-
bility, :and, from the circumstance of its dealing with
such a matter as the production of gold, the temptations
it affords to adventurers of all kinds to bring it into repu-
tation for the purpose of deluding the public into the
purchase of worthless mining shares is so strong that no
evidence short of long-continued demonstration should
be relied upon respecting it,