The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-01 00:00:00

COAL MARKET.

Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Carr's Hartley,
17s 6d ; Holywell Main, 16s 6d ; Old Tanfield, 14s 6d ; Tay-
lor's West Hartley, 17s 3d ; Townley, 15s ; West Wylam,
Iss 6d ; Wall's-end Braddyll's Hetton, 19s 9:1; Haswell,
20s 3d ; Hetton, 19s 9d ; Stewart's, 20s ; Adelaide, 19s 6d ;
Eden Hartlepool, 17s; Evenwood, 16s; Tees, 19s 6d ; Gar-
naut Stone, 22s ; Hartley, I7s ' • Lowiss Merthyr, 21s 6d;
Morgan's Stone, 21 s 6d ; East Hetton, lis 6d.—Ships
arrived, 23.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended April 26, I t 45, made up from the Returns of tl e
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat
Barley .. •• .• 3ls 6d I Rye.. 3os 26 Pease ....• .. 36s Id

AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS.

Weeks
ending

Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Bye. i Beans. I Pease.-
_ F,Sid

Mar. 22....
29....
April 5....

45 5 32 4 21 8 30 5
45 10.32 4; 21 5 32 0
45 5 32 3HI 4`29 6
46 3 32 5j 20 9j 30 6
45 11 31 11 21 4 32 1
45 11 3 6 2) 11 130 2 I

34 6 125 83
31 10 34 8
34 9 35 7
35 5 3G 6
35 1 36 I
35 9i 3G 1

IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF'
Wheat ••.• .. 46s Od I Oats .... •• • • 21 3,1
Barley •• •• 328 2d I Rye ••• • 30 5:1

THE SIX WEEKS.
Beans •.. 35 Id
Pease •• • • •• • . 35 lid
'ORN.
Beans • • •
Pease..

Whoa • • 20s Od
Barley • • Gs Od

lES ON FOREIGN C
Oats . ...• •• Gs NI
Rye

•• • • 73 Gt.!
•• • • is Ed

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

Group V.
GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD PROJECT.
THURSDAY, FOURTH DAY.

The Committee re-assembled at twelve o'clock this day, and
prece?ded to hear engineering evidence.

When our reporter entered the room he was addressed by an in.
dividual acting in the capacity of clerk to the Committee, who
said that " there were already two reporters in the room, which he
deemed sufficient, and that he could not let the room be crowded,
he could not indeed." He then made an appeal to the Committee,
but they declined to interfere.
Mr. Fowler, the engineer, spoke of the advantages of the line
he had struck out, and depost d that it would afford all the conve-
niences to the public in the districts stated by counsel in his open..
ing statement.
The CHAIRMAN said, in reference to the Rev. Mr. Willan's
petition, they could not hear hint now by c •unsel, he nol having
at the commencement stated that he would appear by counsel.
Mr. HILDVARD said he was in a difficulty with respect to Mr.
Duckle's claim. He had a stack-yard and other buildings which
would be destroyed by the projected line, and, therefore, he claimed
Littler to have similar buildings put up for him by the Company,
or to give him 1,000/.

Mr. HOPE, on behalf of the Company, said that the buildings'
were old and decayed, and were old church property; but he
would propose that the premises should be valued, and the Com-
pany would pay the sum the valuer should name.

A considerable time was consumed in discussing this point, the
Committee having offered several suggestions towards making an
amicable arrangement ; it was finally agreed upon to postpone that
question, with a view to the parties settling it amongst themselves.
The engineer then proceeded to detail the route of the line, as
described by Mr. Hope in his opening statement. He said that
from Gainsborough to Brigg, which was a distance of nineteen miles,
they proposed to make a double line of rails ; but from Grimsby
to Brigg, which was also a distance of nineteen miles, they pro
posed should have but a single line of ra:ls for the present. The
line would be brought into oonjunetion with the new
docks. From Hubby to New Holland was a distance
of seven miles, and the terminus of that town would
be a great convenience to the passengers crossing their ferry; the
line from Market-Raisin to Brigg was fourteen miles, and passed
quite close to Castor, and went into the town of Market-Raisin.
There was no opposition to that line, nor no engineering difficulty.
It was intended to join with the Sheffield and Lincoln line on the
west, but it would not unless that line should be approved
of by Parliament. It was proposed to build a bridge
across the river Trent, which was approved of by the
Gainsborough Navigation Company. The line then crossed the
river at a distance from Gainsborough.bridge, and followed the
course of the river for about three-quarters of a mile. None of
the traffic would be diverted from the bridge except that which
usually went by railway. The bridge proposed to be built was the
heaviest work on the line except the tunnel, which would be
1,100 yards; it was near Castor, and would be 91 feet deep; the
ground was of blue clay, and presented no peculiar difficulty; it
would be lined throughout with brick. The worst gradient on the
line was 1 in 135, for a distance of three miles, and had no curves.
Petitions had been received against the level crossings from three
out of four turnpike companies. Two of these crossings were on
the main line, and one on the Market.raisin lines. One of these
was two miles west of Brigg, and the other one mile east of the
same place. The crossing at Market-raisin was one mile
from Brigg, and not close to any populous town. The
bridge would cost 5,0001.; the total amount of the estimated
cost would be 590,7501., or about 10,0001. per mile. The saving
of distances to be effected by this line, assuming other lines which
it would cross to be in existence, by going by Marketraisin and
Hull to London, would be as follows r--

From London , 66i miles
From Birmingham
From Derby
From Nottingham
The saving to be effected to the same places from Hull, supposing
the line from Gainsborough made, that was to say, going direct
north and avoiding crossing the Humber, would be as follows :—.
From Hull to London 39 miles
To Brigg
To Derby
To Nottingham
To Sheffield 26 miles