The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-03 00:00:00

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trade heavy.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadcw hay, £4 4s to £sl7s 6d; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load.
A fair demand.

WHITECHATEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 17s 6d; and straw, .£1 16s to £2 2s per load.
Trado slow.

Atlantic and Great Western Rail way.

reytis
gentleman
ft written followinghthileadelphia:_
letter
to prominent Mr. J.
Jent

Tile Atlantic and Great Western I
Railway Offices,
No. 5, Westminster-chambers, }
Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W.,
London, January 3, 1866.
Dear Mr. Dougherty—I see that the opponents of the
Atlantic and Great Western are endeavouring to make a
diversion in favour of the Pennsylvania Central by the
old cry of " British capital," which, I fancy, has been
been long since played out.
Sir Morton Pe,to was in the United States, with other
friends, as my guest, and is in no manner responsible for
my movements, social or financial. On the contrary, I
am responsible for all of his.
I intend to make the influence and operations of the
nt
Philadelphia and into Pittsburg, connecting both these
eitttls by cn unbroken communication Company reach into
n with Chicago, Cleve-
land,Aeai anda u Great
reke Western
eeset mern n :
Buffalo, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, and am fully pre-
pared to meet any opposition, fairly conducted.
My views of the future of railways and their manage-
ment aro very different from most of the railway people in
America.

I know there is traffic for double or treble the existing
mileage. I know my lines wall be very prosperous, and I
am sure that the Pennsylvania Central and Philadelphia
and Erie will, at the same time, be more prosperous than
ever. Business begets -business, and oven now the dor-
mant traffic of the great West Is tenfold the active.

Give the Western States a sure, a speedy and a cheap
transit at all seasons for their produce, and the present
prosperity of the whole country will be paled by the
future.

Forave been not obscure
residents
Philadelphia, and I have nowg
investments in Pennsylvania exceeding
those of any other
nearly
o f Pittsburgi 5
ttosurg years
andmy
single proprietor.
I will yield, therefore, to no man in pride of the State,
and am determined to make my position useful to it, and
honourable and profitable t 6 myself. I have been the
means of spending 30 or 40 millions of foreign capital in
and about :Pennsylvania isqhout doing Pennsylvania
any harm, and I claim the privilege of spending as much
more to open up the Westert and Central counties as a
part of a system of railway o)rnmuuication which, in ex-
tent, construction, and manag3ment of its traffic in goods
and passengers, shall be unecnalled in the world.
Vested interests, with their usual selfishness, may not
like to be disturbed, but they will find in the long run
that they are more frightened than hurt ; that they must
yield in any event to the greater interests of the whole
State; that Pennsylvania does not belong to any corpora-
tion, and that I shall succeed in my plans. I am, dear
Mr. Dougherty, most faithfully yours.

JAMES 3PUENnY.
Daniel Dougherty, Esq., Ililtulelphia.