The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

RIDING JUNCTION,

Mr. Henry Smith, the agent of the North Lancashire Steam Navi-
gation Company, and a merchant at Fleetwood, gave general evi-
dence as to the advantages to the commerce of Fleetwood which
would be derived from the proposed line. He gave, as the result of
his experience, both as agent to the above-named company and as a
merchant, that Fleetwood was the beet port for communication with
Ireland, being by far more preferable to Liverpool for many reasons.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr. BaENDT, who appeared
for Mr. Shaw and several other petitioners against the Bill. The
object of the Learned Counsel's cross-examination was to show that
the East Lancashire Railway, the Bill for which had been passed
during last session, and which was now in course of construction,
was a superior line to that before the Committee.
Mr. SMITH, who appeared (with Mr. Sergeant Bellasis and Mr.
Talbot) on the part of the Fleetwood and Preston line, objected to
the setting up of such a case. There was no doubt that a petitioner
could set up a case that there existed, or was proposed, a line which
would afford better communication than that before the Committee,
if he did so on his own account, but another company could not make
a tool of a petitioner and set up a case through him. He wished,
therefore, to call a witness to prove that this v. as not a bona fide
opposition on the part of the petitioner, but on the part of they E:ast
h:
Lancashire Railway Company. He then called
said that Mr.
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Shaw t
hL.awnctoasohpirpeoseCotnihispaL An,
companythat
wad pay all the expenses incurred in opposing the
he (Mr. Shaw) should agreement had been made between Mr. Shaw and the
that all expenses incurred in opposing the Bill on the general line, on the particular question as to the injury to his property, but
ques-
tion of its superiority or inferiority to the East Lancashire line,
should be paid by the company.
Mr. SMITH (the counsel) submitted that a rival company having
passed its Bill, could not oppose any Bill, unless the line interfered
with their property, and that they could not do that Indirectly, which
they could not do directly,

CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY.
During last week the arrivals of Wheat of home produce for our
market were on a full average scale, and of somewhat improved
quality. Of English Oats the receipts were tolerably extensive ; but
those of all other articles of grain, coastwise, were limited. From
Scotland very few Oats came to hand ; but from Ireland, upwards of
16,000 quarters came to hand. The imports of Foreign Wheat and
Flour were moderately extensive. Fresh up the arrivals of Wheat
from our own coasts were not to say large 4 yet the number of sam-
ples on offer was good, owing to which, the continuance of fine wea-
ther for the growing wheats, and the comparatively thin attendance
of buyers, the demand for that article was unusually
heavy, at a declit e in the quotations obtained on Monday
last of from five to six shillings per quarter, and a large quantity re-
mained unsold at the close of business. The advices which have
reached us to-day from various parts of the country are tolerably
favourable as respects the appearance of the wheats. The show of
free foreign Wheat was by no means large, yet the sale for it was
very depressed, and, to effect sales, the holders were compelled to
give way in their demands fully 4s per quarter. In Corn under
lock so little was doing that the currencies were almost nominal.
The quantity of Barley on offer was small, yet the inquiry for it was
heavy, at barely, but nothing quotable beneath, last week's prices.
The transactions in Malt were wholly confined to retail parcels, at
previous currencies. With Oats we were better supplied than for
some time past ; hence the Oat trade was dull, at an abatement in
F
value of 15 per quarter. Roth Beans and Peas, the supplies_
of w
were small, moved off slowly, at late rates. The sale forlour was
dull, at a decline of from Is to 3s per 2801bs. In Seeds no transac-
tions were reported.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malty—Chevalier —64 s 65s
Red, New .. .. 455 to 60s Oats—Yorkshire and RA3IBGATE, MAY 9.-(From a Correspondent).-The
Lincolnsh., Feed. 24s 27s
beautiful steam-vessel the Queen of the French hits
sjeunstgebresenapmiaoened
Ditto,White, Old.. 48s 64s
Potatoe .• • 26s 281
here by theouth-Eastern and Continental Company, to run between
Norfolk and Lin-
Yougharand Cork,
Ramsgate and Ostend. This day she made heropra.Asssakgeewt:t,itch.i,.,ps.oitrtigl
coin, Red..... 4.5 s 57s
Black ....• .. 23e 241
Ditto, White .. . ••• • 50s 60a
Cork, White . 245 26s winhfoomu r
were
ers
Mr. Cunningham
three -qua to
arsn,d brat' imn gi
iiyn,g3l2a6 j
Irish, Red •••• • • • • --s —8
Scotch, Feed..... 275 28s
two carriages. A few dais sin, e this vessel made the qui kest
Ditto, White ••• • • • —s s
*Z2 transit ever known, having performed the vovage from hence to
34s 38s Beans—Tick 34s
•• • • 358 ""' Ostend in four hours and nine minutes only. flu to the branch of the
opened to Ramo ate, the '
Rye—Old ..
ass 40s Pigeons
as
pass.e,engers
htie,i3.cotrnotanotth-
fs South-Eastern Railway has been
Barley—Grinding..... 28s 314 Pease—Grey......... 3.,!s
Maple •••••• • • • •• "2 ' s ideation with Belgium has increased daily,
Malting . • ..... .. 34s 35s
that country in little more than seven hours after leaving London;
White ..• •• •• —38 s Chevalier ——• • • • 365 —5
added to which embarkation and landing can take place at the pier
Boilers ••••• • • • . 40s 44s Malt—Suffolk and Nor-
here at all times without the necessity of having boats.
- folk ............ egs 631 Flour—Town-made ... 46s 53s
Yesterday morning a sermon,
Suffolk .. ..
on behalf of the Hoe-
Brown ... .... • . Ns 60s
pital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, was preached
Kingston and Ware 89s 60s Stocktn & Norfolk 40s 41s
425t0443 at the parish Church of St. Luke's, Chelsea, by the Rev.
FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
.............. 445 475 Robert Montgomery, A.III. The text selected by the
Wheat—Dantzic to lease • •
Hamburgh .. ..... 483 50s ..
28
30
i Reverend Advocate was from Proverbs xxii , V. 2, " The
Barley ....... .. .. 20s 2is Flour—American ... s
Baltic ••• •• •• " " —.4
--1
rich and the poor meet together, but the Lord. is the maker
22s 24.
Oats--New • • • • • • • • • • •
Feed •••••• • • • • • • les 20s
of them all." In the course of ,a
very eloquent addre,s, it
STWITEFZELD.
During the past week the imports of live stock into London Irmo , was stated, among other statistical facts
deaths from consumption in the United Kingdom aline
the annual
been large, they having amounted to nearly 400 head of Beasts, !
amounted to 36,000. The last bills of mortaility for London
and 350 ditto Sheep, chiefly from Holland. To-day we had on sale
300 Beasts, and 200 Sheep from Germany and Holland, together with , showed a frightful increase of pulmonary consumption.
40 from Prussia, which latter, the quality of which was good, were The Rev. Gentleman having concluded a very eloquent appeal
shipped at Rotterdam. The demand for the foreign stock 'to the feelings of the benevolent, the collection was made,
was tolerably steady ; yet, though offered at last Monday's
quotations, the whole did not find purchasers. From our which amounted to the handsome sum of 80.. 95., exclusive
grazing districts the arrival. of Beasts fresh up were tho. of the accession of several valuable subscribers.
derately extensive ; yet, as the attendance of buyers was somewhat ! REPRESENTATION OF Oxronn.-h is currently re-
numerous, the Beef trade was steady, at fully, but at nothing quot- netted Vast there is every probability that the Conservative Member
able beyond, Friday's prices. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Es- for this city, Donald Maclean, Esq., will, in the course of a few days,
sex, and Cambridgeshire, comprised 1,500 Scots, Hoznebreds, and accept the Chiltern Hundreds. We have not heard any reason as-
Shorthorns; from the Western and Midland districts, 400 Herefords, signed for the lion. Member's resignation, nor do we vouch fur the
itlllllll, DaY7l9, &C. ; from otter parts of Eniiiim% 400
of vartoul accuracy ce the report.- Ce4hret Jimilfa•

The Committee held that they had nothing to do with the manner
in which the money with which a petitioner paid his expenses
was raised. It was the same thing to them whether he paid himself
or borrowed it from a frieud, or received it from a railway company.
The opposition on the ground of the sufficiency of the East Lanca-
shire line must be admitted.