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

SLX:Ond G ZUNCTION

Mr. Henry Smith, the agent of the North Lancashire Steam Navi-
gation Company, and a merchant at Fleetwood, gave general evi.
deuce as to the advantages to the commerce of Fleetweod 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 best port for communication with
Ireland, being by far more preferable to Liverpool for many reasons.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Hamar, who appeared
for Mr. Shaw and several other petitioners against time 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. -

CORN-EXCHANGE—MONDAY.
During last week the arrivals of Wheat of home produce for onr
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; yet the number ef 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 tied': 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
Colourable as respects the appearance of the wheats. The show of
tree 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 lit'le 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.
value of Is per quarter. Both Beans and Peas, the supplies of which
were small, moved off slowly, at late rates. The sale for Flour 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, Malt—Chevalier 64s to 658
Red, New •• • • 45s to—The Os Oats—Yorkshire and RAMSCIATE, MAT 9.—(From a Corresplndent . )
of rho French has just been placed
Ditto,Winte, Old.. 48s 643 Lincolnsh., Feed. 24s 27s
beautiful
South-Eastern and Continental Company, to run between
&c., with
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe • • 265 281
here by the Sou
anfamily, Major Askew,
d Ostend. This day she made her passage to this port
coin, Red.— .• 458 57s YougharandCork,
Itarnsgate an bringing 26
steam-vessel the Queen se
passengers, among
Ditto, White...... 506 60s _ Black ....... 23s 24a in tour hours and three-quarters,d
Irish, Red.. ——• • —8 —s Cork, White . .... 24s 269
Ditto, White .. .. •• —a —s Scotch, Feed. • ... 27s 283
two carriages. A Jew
days sine this vessel made the qui kest
Rye—Old •••••• • • • • • • 345 38s Beans—Tick......... 34s 38s
.. transit ever knows , 1 having performed the voyage
from hence to
New. •••• • • ..
and nine minutes •
•• " 355, ""s Ostend in tour hours only. Since the branchof s 368 Railway has been o erred• the
Barley—Grinding... • • 288 31s Pease—Grey. ••••••• • •• • ..-s .. South-Eastern p to ha:tante, the commit-
Malting ....... .. 348 358 Maple. ••.. . -
passengers may r
that country in little more than seven hours ' L each
Chevalier ........ 368 s
40s 44s atter leaving ondon ;
added to which embarkation and landing can take
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • •
de 468 538 here at all times without theplacethe •
at pier
necessity ot
585 63s Flour—Town-ma •
40s 42shaving boats.
Suffolk ••••• • • . • • Yesterday morning a sermon, Brown ... ..
Stocktn 8c Norfolk 40s 41s on behalf of the HOS-
Kingston and Ware 59s 60s pital for Consumption And Diseasesof
Ii IN BOND. the Chest, was pro:lobed
FOIIEIGN GRAIN AND FLOC.
425t0441 at the parish Church of
608 Beans -
Wheat—Dantzic.. •• .. 52s to ,
48s 50s I ease• 'ern Ad% e t t
ex selected
Hamburgh
20s 26s Flour—American .
an .... ass 30s Reverend Advocate was from proverbs by the
Barley
Oats—New
Feed ••• • . • ...... 19s 20s of them all," To the I , or is maker
awls r siVilll74), course of a very eloquent add it
was stated, among other address
past week the imports of live stock into London h Lve ,,. statistical facts th
During the 4OO head of Beasts,ideaths 110111 consumption , at the annual
large, they having amounted to nearly
been Sheep,chiefly from Holland. To-day we had on sale I amounted to 36,000,
and 350 ditto
s of mortaility for London
Beasts, and 200 Sheep front Germany and Holland, together with ! showed a frightful 300 increase of pulmonary consumption.
40 from Prussia, which latter, the quality of which was good, were j The Rev. Gentleman having concluded a very eloquent
to
the feelin sof .appeal
was tolerably steady ; yet, though offered at last Monday's g the benevolent, the collection was made,
which
quotations, the whole dh' not find purchasers. From ouramounted to the handsome sum of 801. 95., exclusive
grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh tip were tho„ Or the accession of several valuable b *b
su son ers,
derately extensive •; yet, as the attendance of buyers was somewhat REPREBE
numerous, the Beef trade was steady, at My, but at nothing coot- portedl N
NTAT OOF OXFORD.—It is currently re•
able beyond. Friday's pricee. The droves from Norfolk; Suffolk.
Es.
(Poor
this thata there is every probability that the Conservative Member
sex, and Cambridgeshire, comprised 1,500 Scots, Homebreds, iry' Donald Maclean, Esq., will, its the course of a few days,
Shorthorns; from the Western and Midland districts, 400 Re f and accept the Chiltern Hundreds. We have not heard any reason as-
ii,utol pmuo, gr,v. i from other I*lls of Znikuri, 400 cif Tarim,
Herefords, ords, signed for the Hon. Member's resignation, nor do we vouch for the
. agGitliter Qt. Illa reprt.•—• Offend iisiiiticf.

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 whxli
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. lie wished,
therefore, to call a witness to prove that this was not a Lona fide
opposition on the part of the petitioner, but on the part of the East
Lancashire Railway Compane. He then called

Mr. Ctutdy, the solicitbr to the East Lancashire Company, vi ho
said that ho hail been instructed by Mr. Shaw to oppose this Bill An
agreement had been made between Mr. Shaw and the company that
he (Mr. Shaw) should pay all the expenses incurred In opposing the
line, on the particular question as to the injury to his property, but
that all expenses incurred in opposing the Bill on the general 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.
The Committee held that they had nothing to do with the manner
in which the money wills which a petitioner paid his expenses
was raised. It was the same thing to them whether he paid himself
or borrowed it from a friend, or received it from a railway company.
The opposition on the ground of the sufficiency of the East Lanca-
shire line must be admitted.