The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-31 00:00:00

H 31, 1855

ZI.LIGENCE.

LONDON AND NO RTEL- rERN AND GREAT

NORTHERN.

The following is the reply of the directors of the Lon-
don and North-Western Company to the minutes of the
deputation of the joint companies to settle the prevail-
ing disputes :

"Euston-station, March 27.
"The directors of the London and North-Western
Company have carefully considered the minute of the
deputations from the mediating companies, dated 22d
and 23d instant. The further recommendations con-
tained in that minute are admittedly made in conse-
quence of the refusal of the Great Northern and Shef-
field companies to continue to act upon the arrangement
concluded on the 11th inst., when, in deference to the
wishes of the deputations, and in order to facilitate ns far

as possible the settlement advocated by them, the Lon-
don and North-Western Board made concessions be-
yond what the Sheffield Company had any right to
claim or expect at their hands.
"The only question upon which there is any substan-
tial difference between the parties is, whether the Lon-
don and North-Western Company, in consideration of a
three months' agreement for equal rates and fares—
which agreement could not be legally enforced even
for that short period—ought to give np permanently
their legal right, under the agreement of July, 1854,
between them and the Sheffield Company, of which
agreement that company have for several years had the
benefit, and which they had lately thought fit to
put an end to, without either giving the stipulated
notice or accepting the stipulated reference to arbitra•
tion. This condition is now sought to be imposed on
the London and North-Western Company by the Shef-
field and Great Northern director,.
" With a full knowledge of the fact that this board
wholly declined to agree to such a condition, which had
been proposed through the deputation by the other
party, and expressly refused by the London and North-
Western directors on the 11th inst., the deputation
came to the decision recorded in their minute of that
day that there wag no valid reason for continuing the
present injurious rates.

" The London and North-Western directors might
have reasonably objected to any re-opening of the deci-
sion so arrived at, but a uew suggestion haying been
offered by the deputations with respect to the litigation
forced upon this company by the Sheffield Company's
proceedings in connection with the South Junction line,
and with the Warrington and Stockport agreement, and
with the Chester station, this hoard, at xious to meet
the views of the deputations to the fullest possible ex-
tent consistentiv with their duty, offered in the minute,
under date the 2g ,1 --- -Do—, to low,. eo ago etliaululoo neut.
sion of Mr. Leeman the questions involved in these liti-
gations, which offer, however, was not accepted by the
Sheffield Company.
" This board have therefore read with some surprise
the subsequent minute of the deputations now under
reply, and in which it is intimated that the Sheffield and
Great Northern companies now again, and as a condi-
tion of aecepting the decision of the deputations, claim
that this board shall wave permanently their rightful
position in the legal and Parliamentary proceedings
forced upon them with relation to the repudiated
agreement of 1854; those companies reserving to them-
selves, at the same time, the right, unlimited and un-
restricted in any degree, to carry on their attacks upon
this company by means of their suit in Chancery and
their fire bills now before Parliament. This board must
again wholly object to such a condition.
"Confessedly injurious as are all these measures and
proceedings on the part of the Sheffield Company, not
only to the London and North-Western Company, but
to many others also, it cannot be pretended that they
are calculated or designed to result in permanent advan-
tage to the public.
"Toil is made abundantly clear by the following ex-
tract from a published letter addressed by N r. Chapman,
deputy-chairman of the Sheffield Company, to Mr.
Denison, chairman of of the Great Northern Company,
so recently as the 11th of February, 1856, at which
time the Sheffield Company was acting under the agr.±e•
went of July, 1854, with this company. A copy of the
letter in question was banded to the deputations on the
11th it.st.

"You (Mr. Denison) will recollect that for many
years your company (the Great Northern) has coveted
the Sheffield and Manchester traffic. You induced
Parliament, on grounds of competition, to give you run-
ning power over our line from Retford to Sheffield,
made out of the money of our shareholders, and our
property was seriously damaged thereby, and fatal acci-
dents also resulted. After you obtained those powers
of competition you agreed to divide the traffic (which
you were thereby enabled to compete for) with the
London and North-Western and Midland. You stopped
competition, raised tares and rates, and ceased to
care, for the time being, whether that traffic passed over
our railway (and thereby to some slight extent compen-
sated us) or otherwise.

" The Great Northern Railway Act was obtained as
for a line from London to York, and no part of your
case for that line, either alleged or suppose I was that of
blanchester traffic. Parliament never purposed, in
giving that line, specially to make a second line to Man-
chester.

"`Suppose you had the power to run to Manchester
to-morrow, what would be your course; After a cam-
paign of competition yott would charge the same fares
;is the London and North• Western, taking the public,
of necessity, in a somewhat longer time ; you would at
length be ready to dispose of your share of the traffic
thus acquired under any diviiion which would leave you
-

act, as regards Manchester, precisely as you-Mi3
as re-
'.arded Sheffield, and our shareholders and the public
would be the victim.

" 4 JOHN CHAPMAN.

" To Mr. E, Denison M P Doncaster.'

"Simultaneously with the prosecution of the hostile
measures before referred to, the Sheffield Company have,
for the obvious purpose of extorting terms, cooomenced
and continue to carry on a competition at rates so re-
duced as to entirely destroy all profit, both to this com-
pany and to themselves, and which have the effect also
of diverting from its natural course the traffic of neigh-
bouring companies. For example, the Sheffield and
Great Northern companies carry passengers from Man-
chester to London and back, via Sheffield, a distance
exceeding 400 miles for ss. ; whereas between points
upon their own lines they charge the same sum for
carrying a third-class passenger 60 miles.
"The London and North-Western Company are pre-
pared to abide by and act upon the arrangement come
to on the 11th of March, and to make the further con-
cessions offered in their minute of the 22d inst., so far as
now applicable. The question of the alleged right of the
Warrington and Stockport Company to nse the joint
station at Chester, under their Act of 1853, which point
alone is raised in the pending suit is now before the
courts, by whom it will be speedily and conclusively dis-
posed of. With reference to the South Junction
accounts, the London and North-Western directors con-
cur entirely with the deputations in the opinion that
these accounts ought not to be disturbed, except upon
`very strong grounds ;' but entertaining that opinion,
they will feel it their duty to bring these accounts under
the review of the Court of Chancery, should the Sheffield
directors refuse to refer them to Mr. Leeman or other
impartial arbitrator, with power to make such investiga-
tion and correction of them as be may find just and
necessary. Teo London and North-Western directors
are ready to refer this matter, as well as all other ques-
tions in difference, relating to the accounts, tolls, and
rates connected with the South Junction line and
Warrington and Stockport agreement to Mr. Leeman,
without complicating such reference by any unnecessary
limitations, and to abide by his decision,' as recom-
mended by the deputations.
" The London and North-Western Board, as the trus-
tees of so large a property 4 have too deep an interest to
be insensible of the evilsiattending the reckless compe-
tition set on foot, and now carried on by the Sheffield
and Great Northern companies, or of the still greater
evils which may result from its continuance and exten-
sion. Deprecating the existing state of things, they are
prepared as heretofore, at once and unconditionally to
restore the rates and fares at all points where the com-
panies are in competition to the position in which they
stood prior to the contest, or to such other scale as the
deputation shall consider reasonable ; but if the Sheffield
and Great Northern companies persist in their refusal
to give np, even temporarily, the existing ruin-
ous rates and fares, unless this board will agree to aban-
don their duty to their proprietors by now pledging
themselves that under no circumstances will they seek
to enforce the legal rights of this company, the respon-
sibility of that course of proceeding and its consequences
will not rest upon the directors of this company, who
must in that event leave the question to be dealt with by
the Legislature, feeling that by such a course they will
best consult not only the interests of their proprietors,
but also the permanent interests of the public.
"The London and North-Western Board cannot close
this communication without again expressing their thanks
to the members of the deputations for the time and
trouble bestowed by them in endeavouring to bring about
a termination of the existing reckless competition, so
injurious to all parties."

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, AND GREAT
NORTHERN & MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD,
AND LINCOLNSHIRE COMPETITION.
In reference to the reply of the London and North
Western Railway Company to the recommendation of
deputations from the Midland, Lancashire and York-
shire, North-Eastern, and Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway companies, respecting the competition for the
London and Manchester traffic, the joint committee of
the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire companies submit the following statement :
" Euston Hotel, March 30.
"The Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Joint Committee can only express their
regret that the London and North-Western Company
have thought proper to decline to adopt the recommen-
dation of the mediating companies—the Midland, the
Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Eastern, and East
Lancashire companies. The deputations from those
companies had before them ail the facts on both sides,
and their recommendation embodied the conclusions
they came to, as impartial arbiters, as to the course
which ought to be taken by the London and North
Western on the one hand, and the Great Northern and
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire on the other.
This decision the Great Northern and Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire agreed to adopt
also been adopted by the London and NOrth,Wester
Company there would have been anend of and if it had
the com-
petition iu rates which the London and North-Wes-
tern affect to deplore in designating it a reckless competi-
tion. It injurious consequences do result from the con-
tinuance of competitive rates, the London and North-
Western have now only themselves to blame for
it, Impartial arbiters have interposed--they have heard

both parties—they have given their decision as to the
terms upon which the competition should be arranged,
and the London and North-Western have declined to
accept their award.
" G. H. PACKE, Great Northern Vice-Chairman.
" GEORGE GAMBLE, Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway.

THE NEW OPERA-HOUSE,

COVENT-GARDEN.

The new Opera-house, now in the act of being
built, is to be opened next May with a grand opera!
" I heard a trowel, tick against a brick,
" I looked me up, and straight a parapet
" Uprose at least six inches o'er the planks,"

says Coleridge's address • but what would the poet
have said or sung could he have marked the rapidity
with which the new theatre has sprung into exist-
ence ? It is scarcely more than a few weeks since
the labourers were at work clearing away the ruins
of the old building, and now the new one is fast
approaching completion.
This is the third time that the finest theatre in
England has been built upon the same spot—once,
as its gaunt, dingy houses testify even to the present
day, the very centre of London wealth and fashion.
The first was built aud opened in 1732 by Harlequin
Rich, of Beggars' Opera fame, who had given up
his little theatre in Lincoln's-inn-fields when his
company lost its chief attraction, Lavinia Fenton
—the original Polly Peatlum--who quitted the
stage to become Duchess of Bolton. Though
miserably inferior to the lake edifice, the building
was long regarded as the first of its kind in Europe,
and, beyond a doubt, the best in England. It,
however, shared the fate which, sooner or later,
overtakes all theatres, and was burnt to the ground
in 1808, liandel's fine organ, and the still finer
stock of wine of the Beef-steak Club, being de-
stroyed with it. The foundation stone of the next
theatre, which was built for the Kembles, was laid
by the then Prince of Wales in 1808, and opened
in 1809 at the advanced prices, which brought
about the celebrated " 0. P. riots. All our readers
are aware of the extent and beauty of that edifice,
and of its total destruction by fire so recently, and
under such peculiar circumstances. The full ex-
tent of the loss which the operatic world sustained
by that calamity will probably never be fully
known, ror even to the present 'Mau caul, a..), brings
to light fresh proofs of the almost irreparable
nature of the injury—an injury so complete that
not a single article was saved from the finest ward-
robe and armoury, the finest musical and dramatic
library, that ever belonged to any opt-ratic estab-
lishment in the world. Every one knows how
little hope was at first entertained that another
great theatre would be built for the same manager,
and the same purpose, and until the last few
months no outward sign was given that such an
idea was in contemplation. Since that time, how-
' ever, Mr. Barry, the architect, has been busy.
Messrs. Lucas, the contractors, have been engaged,
and almost simultaneously with the removal of the
ruins of the old house the walls of the new began
to rise, and have continued mounting upwards
with all the rapidity of colonial enterprise, till now,
almost within six months from its commencement,
the actual structure is finished, and being roofed ir.
The theatre is announced to open on the 15th of
May next, with one of the grande,t of those great
operas the production of which has spread the fame
of the Covent-garden management wherever music
is known and cultivated. A mere visitor to the
new building, however, finds his credulity severely-
taxed by this announcement ; for, though, possibly,
it may take place on the appointed day, yet trust-
ing to the evidence of his senses, he would be rather
inclined to disbelieve the oaths of all the architects
ever sworn that the house can beready even within
the year.

Opened, however, on the 15th of May it is
announced to be, and opened, too, complete, at
least as regards that part of the house with which
the audience is concerned. Much, however, will,
at any rate, remain to be done, especially behind
the scenes ; and the manager can say, in the words
of Johnson's imitators in Rejected Addresses, " Of
that part behind the curtain which has not yet
been destined to glow beneath the brush of the
varnisher, or vibrate to the hammer of the carpen-
ter, little is thought by the public, and little need
be said by the committee. Truth, however, is not
to be sacrificed for the accommodation of either,
and he who should pronounce that the edifice has
received its final embellishment would be dissemi-
nating falsehood without incurring favour, and
risking the disgrace of detection without participat-
ing the advantages of success."
Outside the building there is such a wilderness
of ropes and scaffolding that it is rather difficult to
see what is done or what remains to do ; whle
within the walls, where all is in truth rapidly ap-
proaching completion, it appears to the inexperienced
eye as if nothing had been effected. It is a curious
place inside ; a mere gigantic shell of raw brick
wall, which, apparently without support, tower
a nu n area- ree-c--..ttovo-you;-wirere the, roof, ba tw-
the tremendous iron girderß, is only being
put on, and where a scaffolding, swinging in
mid air, like a huge spider's web, is hung to
the girders with ropes, and allows the work-
men at that dizzy height already to prepare the
ceiling. The place is full of carts and barrows—
loads of bricks coming in, loads of rubbish going
out ; the clang of iron is incessant and the air thick
with dust, for in every place where men can get a
footing the work is going on inside and out. That
curious arched frame of wood hanging in the centre
of the great space by ropes, and looking for all the
world like a colossal gibbet, is the skeleton of the
proscenium, 52 feet broad by 42 high—the all-im-
portant space through which the scenic glories of
Grieve and Telbin are to be displayed, the area
which is the world of fame to future prime donne.
The spot where all the carters are at work shovel-
ling out great loads of gravel is the site of Fop's-
alley, and those curious iron frames which, bestrid
by dusty labourers and echoing like thunder under
the blows of hammers, are rising up the great semi-
circle of walls facing the stage, are the tiers of boxes
which, six weeks hence, will be occupied by the
proudest of England's wealth and beauty, and only
echo back the strains of Bosio or Grisi. Thus there is
little in the present aspect of the interior to denote
precisely the uses to which everything is to be put
hereafter ; so we learn with surprise that the
ground nom which all these things areeseen is some
10 feet below the floor of the pit ; that the great
holes in the stage walls are the scene docks into
which canvass cottages and marble halls are alike
stowed away when not iu use ; that the brickwork
semicircle above the boxes is the amphitheatre, the
one above that the gallery ; and that the iron gir-
ders above the stage are to support the floor of the
painting-room, and serve as places on which to
suspend impetuous waterfalls or practicable
bridges, or hung aloft to which the slender Cory-
Theenay " pose" her limbs with all the grace
required for the finale to the ballet. The brick
arches round underneath the pit are to carry
the floor and to be used as store rooms.
The wooden frameworks at the four corners of
the house mark the place where the dome shaped
ceiling springs, and the wide opening in the iron-
work near the stage on the right, the site of the
Royal box. But these and a hundred other pur-
poses besides are but dimly shadowed forth, and the
whole scene of the interior only recalls the lines in
which the brothers Smith make Scott describe the
rebuilding of the great rival house, Drury-lane :
"Didst mark how toiled the busy train'
Ropes rose and sank and rose again,
And nimble workmen trod,
To realise bold Wyatt's plan
Rush'd many a howling Irishman.
Loud clatter'd many a porter can,
And many a ragamuffin clan
With trowel and with hod."

The Opera-house, as it now stands, is externally
one huge structure nearly 100 feet high by 122 feet
broad, and no less than 240 feet long, about one-
fifth larger than the late theatre, and about the
same size as the celebrated La Scala of Milan,
hitherto
the largest in the world. The four outer
walls of the building, of course, have to carry every-
thing, and, in order to make them of the requisite
strength and lightnes%, they are constructed on the
cellular principle, which is now in different ways
getting so much into vogue in works of great
strength. Each of the four walls is apparently
about 24 feet thick, though it is in reality com-
posed of two walls, the outer of three feet and the
inner two feet, with transverse walls also two feet
thick at intervals of 20 feet apart, and running up
between them from top to bottom. These, with
wrought-iron tie rods holding both inner and outer
walls together, give immense strength and light-
ness to the whole. The roof proper, if we may so
call it, as distinct from the rich ceiling which is
seen by the audience, is a beautiful specimen of
constructive skill, being at once fire-proof, roomy,
light, and of the most enormous strength. It is
composed of nine great lattice girders of wrought-
iron each of which is 90 feet long by 18 inches
broad, and 9 feet 6 inches deep. These, each
of them weighing 18 tons, and equal to a dead strain
of 300, are placed at intervals of 20 feet apart, and
floored between at the bottom, while on them rests
a ridge and furrow roof of glass and iron. Thus,
between each pair of girders are spacious coins 90
feet long by 20 wide, and about 14 high, which are
to be used as carpenters' workshops, storeroom,
Barry that &c. It is no slight credit to Mr. he was
able to get these ponderous girders to the summit
of such high wallswithout accident, and it is equally
creditable to Mr. Lucas that his walls withstood
without a symptom of weakness eo trying a strain.
To these girders will be hung the ornamental dome-
shaPed ceiling, which in white and gold will be

covered with traceries and mouldings of the moat
elaborate design. The whole dome, a beautiful
feature in Italian architecture, apparently rests on
four arches—three forming the front and side
galleries, and one over the proscenium. The latter
has been constructed with special reference to its
acoustic properties, arid will be crossed with a net.
work of gold traceryon awhite ground, correspond.
irg with the style of the ceiling. AA we have said,
both "house" and stage of the new theatre are one
fifth larger than the old, the latter giving an un-
broken square of 90 feet, and upwards of tio feet
high. The shape of the old house was a perfect
horseshoe, with tie proscenium columns projecting
inwards, so that those in the side boxes could
scarcely see the stage at all. The present building
approaches more to the form of the old Greek
theatre—a perfect semicircle with the sides pro-
longed, and only sloping in sufficiently to give a
graceful outline, without at all intercepting the
vfew even from the end boxes. Those who like
the loft and somewhat imposing appearance which
many tiers of boxes always impart to the house
will be sorry to hear that in the new ono
there are only to be three—the pit, grand, and
upper tier. Every one, however; will be glad
to learn that the increased space thus left at
the disposal of the manager has been employed in
giving to the public an amount of accommodation
they never had before. There are 36 boxes on eaoh
tier, each of which is wider and deeper than in the
old house, and each of which is built no less than
nine feet six inches high. Above the third tier, at
the back facing the stage, is the amphitheatre,
much larger in size and infinitely more commodious
with regard to seats than in the old house. On a
level with this, at each side of the house, is a row
of 10 or 12 upper side boxes, and above these are
the two side galleries, with the large gallery at the
back of all over the amphitheatre. A spacious
corridor, eight feet wide, lofty and richly decorated,
will run behind each tier of boxes, communicating
with all parts of the theatre from end to end.
Strong wrought iron girders built into the walls
form the boxes, supported on cast-iron columns at
intervals of 10 feet apart, and resting one on an-
other from the top of the top tier down to the floor
of the pit. The pit will hold no greater number of
spectators than the old house used to do. There are
to be 11 'rows of pit stalls, each stall pf which is to
be, in fact, a comfortable arm-chair two feet two
incises wale, and with three feet three inches inter•
val between each row, so that all may pass to and
from their places with the most perfect freedom
and ease. There will be ten rows of pit seats, with
the same width for each seat and the same interval

between each row as was the case with the stalls in
the old house. The slope of the pit will be 1 in 18,
and the stage will be raised 4 feet 6 inches above
the level of the front pit stalls. Seen from the
stage, then, the house will Fresent one grand
amphitheatre, about 80 feet high, 65 feet broad,
75 feet deep. The effect of this when:brilliantly
lighted, when all the tiers of lofty boxes are hung
with rose-coloured silk, and the architectural fea-
tures of the house enriched with the most
massive decorations in white and gold, will
be grand and rich far beyond all that has
hitherto been seen -in this country. The
Queen's box will be on the right hand side of the
house, and will have a private entrance and stair-
case from Hart-street, and a beautifully decorated
ante-room attached to it. The Duke of Bedford
has slmilar accommodation, but of course, on a
more limited scale. The places of entrance and
exit for the public are unusually- lofty and numerous,
and in all the public staircases, those fertile sources
of accident, well holes and balustrades, are com-
pletely avoided, by carrying solid walls in their
stead. The grand entrance is to be in Bow-street,
where of course, there is a " colonnade, where
tender beauty waiting for her c3ach protrudes her
glovelc-is hand and feels the shower." Th:s en-
trance forms a kind of basement story to the grand
portico which rises over ,it, and from which the .
entrance porch is separated by a roof. Five large
double doors admit from the porch to the entrance-
hall, which is 60 feet long by 27 broad, and pro- .
portionately lofty. This is on a level with the pit
tier. A staircase 12 feet wide conducts to the •
crush-room, which is on a level with the grand
tier, and willibe beyond a doubt the noblest apart-
ment of its kind yet built. It will be 80 feet long
by about 30 wide, and 30 high. Five immense
windows open from this room on to the portico
built over the carriage porch, and which in summer
will be available as a promenade, in addition to
the crush-room. The Corinthian portico itself
will be one of the finest yet built for any modern
theatre. Its extreme width will be 82 feet by 84
high. All its columns will be of solid stone, 37 feet
high by 3 feet 8 inches in diameter. Our readers
will be better able to judge of these magnificent
dimensions by comparing them with those of the
well-known portico of St. Martin's Church, which
is only 65 feet wide by 60 feet high, and the
columns 33 feet high by 3 feet 6 inches aiameter at
at the base. Flaxman's exquisite sculptures
were fortunately saved almost uninjured from
4,;ye. euime ,es Oa 0).4 tildma ire, and these have
been incorporated by Mr. Barry into the details
of the new portico. The figures of Tragedy and
Comedy will be placed in niches on either
side, whilst the bas-reliefs representing ancient and
modern dramatic art will be over the crush-room
windows.

,Wow-a-days the Opera season scarcely lasts more
than 15 weeks—by no means a sufficient time to
defray the rental and other heavy expenses of such
an immense establishment as that of Covent-garden
is to be. During the "unseasonable " part of the
year, therefore, we believe it is not Mr. Gye's in-
tention to leave his theatre a prey to dust and cob-
webs, and, though there will be no more bal mas-

ques, yet dramatic entertainments at least during
the winter months will be at once more restored to

Covent-garden. The idea is a good one, and the
manner in which Mr. Gye intends to carry it oat
is still better. This is one of the chief reasons for

having each tier of boxe3 of the great height we
have mentioned-9 ft. 6 in. The pit tier of boxes
is constructed so as., out of the season, to remove
entirely, and allow the pit to be extended back to
the actual walls, where the height of the grand tier
will let the audience see all that passes on the stage
without stooping to avoid the ceiling above or
knocking their heads against it, as in our old-fa-
shioned theatres. The hangings of the grand tier,
also, and the divisions between its boxes are made
so as to enable them to be removed at 24 hours'
notice and thus the whole tier on the occasion of
winter dramatic performances can be converted at

once into a spAciOus dress circle. Partly in con-
nexion with the Opera-house is hereafter to be built

a grand floral arcade, 80 feet wide by 60 feet high
and 240 feet long, running along the entire length
of the building, from Bow• street to Covent-garden.
This building will be of glass and iron, light and
elegant infoim, appearance, and decoration, for the
purpose which it will be used—a floral appendage to
Covent.gai den-market, and where only flowers will
be sold. On the great nights of the operatic sea-
son this will be lighted up, and remain open as a
promenade for the audience, two or three entrances
being provided which will admit at once from the
theatre to the arcade. However, this beautiful idea
will not, we think, be carried out entirely this year.
It is quite enough if the new Opera opens at the ap-
pointed time, and enables Mr. Gye to resume his
managerial career with all the success which is
really deserves, and with all the good wishes which
we are sure will attend him.—Times.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat 01
sale here to-day was very limited, the demand for all kinds
ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations.
Thera was a large quantity of foreign wheat on show.
Even the finest parcels meta dull inquiry, and prices were
with difficulty supported.
Barley was in short supply and good request, at very
full prices, but malt moved off slowly, at barely late rates.
Oats changed hands freely, and good sound corn Wag 6a
per quarter dearer.
Both beans and peas sold readily, at extreme rates.
The flour trade was heavy, and the top price of the best
town-made qualities was 40s per 2801bs.

ARRIVALS MIS WEER.
Wheat. Barley. Malt.
English 1,330 120 2,990
Irish

C4lB.
1,550
1,030

Flour:
1,880

Foreign..... 1 3,580

400 ski.;

brie

There will be RO bUS/0888
next.

transacted here on Friday

BOROUGH HOP.

Our market is wellsuppliedwith all kinds of bops, in
which very little business is doing, at barely stationary
prices.

WHITECHAPEL.
The trade continues heavy, as follows :
Beef, from 2s Bcl to 3s 8d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ;
lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to Is 8d ; pork, 31 Od
to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase.

PRICE OP GOLll.—The
about 2 per quotationof gold at Paris is
mille
pdeirsciotunt, and the short exchange on
rates with the English Ms
ounce for standard gold itn
London is 25.074
Mint price
On comparing these
2-10ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in toadon. By
advice 3 from Hamburg apppriecaersoftb3ali 1701.difiadalfuetr
the price of gold is 420 per
1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.31 per
is therefore about 540ths per oent. dearer in-London
than in Hamburg. The course of, exchange at New
York on London for billsat 60 days sight is about 108
per gen ~
t which, when compared with the Mint par
g
between the two countries, shows that the exchan eis
slightly against England ; and, after making allowance
for
leaves
transportye;
n o
profitandon h
differencet eimport
of
t. ti " interest,
the
pforresecnhta:rgeatse
a
here the United Btat(es pOr a ofgold