The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

GREAT NORTHERN (ISLE Or ARNOLD=

EXTENSION).

Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAm suggested that the counsel
on the other side ought to be called upon at
this stage to say whether they had got the assent
of the Admiralty for their crossing the river Dun
with the competing line.
Mr. JAMES said it was premature. Negotiations were
then going on with the Admiralty, and their consent
would be produced in the course of the evidence for the
competing Bill.
The CHAIRMAN decided that the promoters should
continue their evidence in favOur of the Bill.
Mr. J. Blackburn, farmer of about 700 acres of land in
the neighbourhood of Stainfirth, said there were 900
inhabitants in the township on about 2,000 acres of good
alluvial soil, productive of grain, &c. Their market was
Doncaster, which was reached by the Dun, and
was attended by factors from Wakefield, Barnsley,
Sheffield, and other places. These factors sold the grain
by weight, 601bs. to a bushel, and bought it by the im-
perial measure, whatever it might weigh; and as the
corn there weighed considerably more than 601b5., that
went to the middleman as his profit. The farmers or
the public were thus losers by the difficulty of getting to
the markets of Wakefield and other places. A direct
line was required in the district, as produce was brought at
present at an expense of 3s. per ton, but the railway
would effect a saving of 2s. a ton on 1,200,000 tons a
year. Very much injury was sustained by driving
their fat cattle to market. A saving likewise would be
effected by the railway on the carriage of coals which
were brought from the Barnsley and Silkstone fields.
Altogether, upon the matter of carriages, there would be
a saving of 14 per cent. on the rental, besides what
might be saved in travelling.
Similar evidence in detail was called in reference to
the other townships in the district of the line.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow.

GR OUP XXXIX.
THIESS. AND LEEDS EXTENSION,

The Committee assembled this morning at twelve
o'clock—Lord Charles Wellesley in the chair—when
they proceeded with the consideration of the short Ex-
tension Branch of the Thirsk and Leeds line, which is
about two miles in length, and is intended to unite
Durham with the Bishop Auckland Branch, for which a
Bill was obtained last session.

Mr. Brown described the engineering qualities of the
line, the principal feature of which is a double bridge
across the river, over which there are to be two road•
ways, one above the other—the upper one for railway
purposes, and the lower one for the ordinary traffic of
the district.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.-(TFHS DAY.)

The following Bills were decided to have Complied
with the standing orders :
Liverpool Gas.
Eastern Counties Railway (Nlaldon, Witham, and Brain-

tree Rallwav Purchase. \
.
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction
Railway Deviations.
East Lothian Central Railway.
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway.
Peterborough and Thorney Line.
Chard Canal and Railway Extension.
The following Bills were postponed till Thursday next:
Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Amendment and
Branch to Laurencekirk.)
East Lincolnshire Railway.

SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
The tone of the Share Market was healthy to-day, in
the absence of any great demand, and there was a consider-
able improvement in the prices of Railway Shares at the sale
by Messrs. Lamond and Co. The following are a few of the
principal sales :
South Staffordshire £l 19 0
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... 010 6
Shropshire Union and Canal 2 4 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 15 6
West Riding Union
Louvain hla Sambre 0 19 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 1 7 6
Birmingham and Oxford Junction ..... 16 19 0
Eastern Counties ...... ........ ........ 20 10 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension 6 15 0
East Lincolnshire
Great Northern ...
London and Blackwall 7 12 0
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 3 0

COURSE OF EXCH,
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 6
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam .... • • 2 U l2 636
Antwerp

LNGE.—(THIS DAY.)
Gibra1tar.......... •• ..
Leghorn ........••.... 30 GO
Genoa ............ •• 26

Hamburgh .. • • M.D. 13 13
Altona ...... .....
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 45
Ditto, • • • • .. • 25 95
Marseilles •••.•- . • .. • . 26

Venice • • • ....
Naples .... • . 40
Palermo, per oa .. 120

Lisbon.... .......... 5142
0p0rt0.... • • • • .. ••
Rio Janeiro

Bourdeaux

Frankfort on Maine.... 1223
Petersburgh, 3 Us • •
Berlin . •
Vienna, effec.flo. ••• • • 10 S
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 8
Madrid .• .. • • ........ 47
Cadiz ..

Bahia . .
I tuenos Ayres ........
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia ..........

PRICES OF BULLION, PER OR.
Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9
New Dollars • ... • • 0 4 9N
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
i=pardsh Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Sliver in bars ...... • • 0 4 11%

Bilbao.. • • • • . • .
Barcelona

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of June 15.)
SUGAR.—To-day merchants manifested greater firm-
ness, and there was a considerable falling off in the
amount of sugar off,Ted for sale, whilst buyers operating
with increased fret dom, produced an advance in the
value of all kind of both slave and free-labour.
There was an extensive demand for West India Musco-
vado of all kinds, and for every purpose, whilst the
rates paid exhibited an advance on those of Friday of Cod
per cwt. A public sale of 150 hhds of Barbadoes Sugar
went off with briskness, at a rise on t,:e quotations of the
last auction of is per cwt.
REFINED.—Tw day prices further gave way for Le-
finrel goods, brown Lumps selling at 59s to 60s, and
Standard Lumps 60s 6cl to 61s per cwt, but at these
rates the home trade were induced to take several par-
cels. Bonded Crushed Sugar is cheaper, but at 33s a
good business has been done in first quality.
MAUBITIIIS.—This afternoon there was no public
sale of Mauritius Sugar, but privately several parcels
were sold at prices 6d to Is above those that existed on
this day week.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon a good business was
done privately in Bengal, and white sorts fetched an
advance on the prices of Friday 6d to Is per cwt. None
was offered at public sale.
FOREIGN.—To. day there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar, but privately exporters and the home trade were
buyers to a fair extent, paying stiffer rates.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Jumaica Coffee did not meet
with much attention, and 3 casks 79 barrels Mountain,
at public sale, were sold rather under valuations.

TEA.—Alldescripticns of Congou can easily be ob-
tained privately upon previous low terms, still the pur-
chases made have been of little moment, and there is a
plentiful supply. The market for Green is in an inac-
tive state, and the tendency of prices is yet downwards,
whilst there is a large quantity on offer. Scented Teas
have been operated in with caution, and lower rates are
accepted, whilst the supply is on the increase. At public
sale 15,000 pkgs have been offered, of which only 1,800
were sold at easier rates. Importers are sustaining
heavy losses upon the importation of Teas.
RICE.—To-clay there was a further diminution in the
demand for East India Rice. At public sale 6,001 bags
of Madras were offered, but a part only, and at prices
showing a decline on those of Friday of is to is 6d
per cwt.
SPIRITS.—The market for Rum has presented a
brisker appearance since our last report, and prices
have assumed an upward tendency. To-day several
purchases were made in all sorts of Rum, and buyers
were compelled to pay 3s 2d to 3s 3d for procf Lee-
war&, 3s for East India, and 4s 7d to 6s 3d for low to
very fine Jamaica.
Wool,.—The trade have manifested little desire to
operate at the public sales which commenced on Thurs-
day last; the Colonial declared being large, importers
have been anxious sellers, and accepted prices lid to 2d
per lb under those of the previous auctions. Other sorts
of Wool 'net with little attention, and rather lower rates
are taken.

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bduestcr7iopttitomnss
at public sale were all disposed of. There has been little
business transacted in Cod Oil. Seal has been operated
in with caution although there is a desire on the part of
merchants to meet the trade. For Sperm the market
has a dull aspect, whilst the supply is good, and mer-
chants are desirous to realise at 841 to 861 for fair and
fine quality, but few contracts have been concluded since
our last report. The arrivals of Fish Oils have been to
a fair extent since last Tuesday, and an im-
pression exists that prices have not yet arrived
at their lovi est, point, although the consumption is good
The home and exporttednedinadt has been
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has --been Olive
purchased.
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