The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-14 00:00:00

TUE SUN,

38s bd for good bright red, and 345 per cwt for coulee-in JAMAICA.—The Je.m ,
aica Journal ive6 itl foilew-
dark. ing account, of the works on this line •To coin-
Te.— etThere has been less desire °utile patt of the silence at the sea, we may state that it is is tended to
trade to purchase since we last wrote, by private contract throw out a wharf with sheet piling, so as .to form e
only a limited business has been transacted in black and se:- wall, hs e. vin a depth of water of eight fe et ; from
;this -
green, but holders for the most part are disposed to fur-
they reduce their prices. To slay the purchases made will be extended bridge-wharf , thirty f eet wide,
at the end of which there will be twenty -five feet
in tea were trifling, but sound common Congou for cash
water, so that vessels of the largest class win. be able
was not to be had under 9d per lb. Public sales are
declared for Thursday; the quantity declared at present to load and unload at the extreme end, whilst smaller
is 4,000 pkgs, but it will be increased. craft will come up as far as the end of the piling.
SPlCES.—Holders of Black Pepper have refused to There is already much land in the locality that has
submit to lower rates, and the market has been sparingly been recently made ; and on the large spy. ce of land
supplied. The value of Penang is 21e1 to 20, and Su- to the east of the wharf, there will be erect ed yarious
metre 24d to 2d per lb. Pimento has been purchased capacious storehouses for the different descriptions of
with caution, but holders have declined to submit to merchandise. Proceeding across Harbour-s treet to the
any further decline, and 24d to 3iirl per pound is the north, we found a large workshop, the walls of which
value. Ginger of all sorts has met with attention. In were erected and the roof commenced; further on,
Cassia Lignea business of consequence wes prevented
the engine and machinery used in Paynesixig timber.
by the small supply at market. In nutmegs several pur-
Upon the large area, formerly a burial-ground, will
chases have been made privately at firm rates,
RUM, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—In Leeward Island
, be erected the various depots for loading and unload •
Rum a large business has been transacted since we last ing the trains, conveying cattle, grass, &c. 'The sta-
wrote, in consequence of importers submitting to a tion for passengers will be on the 'rontage in Bour-
further reduction in prices; the purchases amount to 400 don-street, near which it has been suggested a corn-
puns at Is 7d to is 7141 per gallon proof strength. Deme- modious hotel should be erected. With respect to the
rare has been in good demand upon former terms; 150 work performed on the road, it is impossible for the
puns having been sold at 2s 8d to 2s 9d for 34 to 37 per most casual observer not to notice, that perhaps in no
cent. over proof of good quality. Holders of Calcutta previous instance in Jamaica has so much labour been
have declined to further reduce their prices, and the Performed in so short a period. The line runs through
operations are upon a more extended scale :200 casks
a densely-wooded countre, on which grow thick un-
having been at sold is 4iel to 2s per gallon proof with cer-
derwood, and here and there large cotton trees and
tificate. Jamaica however has been purchased sparingly
other timbers, the size of which would astonish per-
by exporters and the home trade ; the rates taken are
rather under those previously quoted : only small parcels sons who are not aware of the immense magnitude
have been sold at 3s to 45 4d for 30 to 36 per cent over these trees attain in the tropics. The entire line
pooof, and superior 4s 6d to 4s 8d per gal. The arrivals of has been cleared ; a considerable portion of the cut-
Rum are still exceeding the deliveries. For Brandy, tinge and embankments are•finished ; and more than
since our last, prices have made a stand, and a good half of the entire road is levelled, ready for laying the
demand has been experienced ; the heavy stocks, how- rails. The monster difficulty of the undertaking, the
ever, cause holders to be willing to sell at late rates— embankment at Hunt's Bay, has been conquered, the
viz, Cognac, of the best brands of the vintage of 1838, embankment being nearly finished ; this portion of
hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; ditto 1839, hhds 4s 2d, puns
the labour, it will be remembered, was pronounced
b certain wise heads to be 4s ; ditto 1840, hhds 4s ld, puns 3s lld ; ditto 1841. impracticable. The only
hhds 4s Id, puns 3s lld ; ditto 1842, hhds 33 10d, puns y
brick bridge on the line (at Greenwich pen) is al-
-3s 8d ; ditto 1843. hhds 3s 90, puns 3s 7d ; ditto 1544,
hhds 3s Bd, puns 3s 6d ; middling and good middling of ready in a forward state, and other bridges are also
the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s 6d. low 2s 5d to 2s 7d, commenced. The Rio Cobre will be crossed three
and Bordeaux 2s 5d to 2s ed per gallon. times. The longest bridge, which will be 120 feet
Rice.—Bengal met with ready purchasers, and the in length, is to be erected at St. John's New Cut, near
supply not being large, prices are sustained ; 1.975 bags the Caymanas. There is also a mile of the road per-
at auction went at 11s to lis 6d for middling white manently completed, and it is believed that within six
dusty rather small grain, 10e 6d to lis for sea damaged or seven months the road will he finished, and passen-
first class, 10s to lOs 6d for second class, 9s 6cl
gers whirled to or from Spanish Town in some twenty
for third class, and lOs per cwt for sea da-
minutes. The utmost activity prevails—nearly 1,000
waged re-Packed ; by private treaty several parcels
ersons being employed on the work; and for the
have been disposed of at lOs 6d to 12s per cwt for sound P
information of the friends of those parties who come
white. A public sale of 3,500 bags is declared—the
stock has been much increased. There has not been from Merrie England,' we may add that they are all
much inclination to purchase foreign East India Rice, in the best possible health and spirits."
but the stock being light prices are still maintained ;
Madras yellow is worth 9s to lOs ; Java white 103 6d to
12s, and yellow lOs to 103 63 per cwt. Cleaned Rice is
selling at 23s to 28s for Carolina, and at 148 to 18s for
Patna.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon at public sale 30 bags
of Mexican black were sold at the full value, and went
at 5s 8d to 5s 9d, and middling to good 5s 4d to 5s 7d
per lb.
INDIGO. —East India is not to be purchased at any
decline on the rates of the last Quarterly sales, but the
market is in a quiet state. Spanish has been purchased
with caution, and holders experience difficulty in sup.
porting prices.
SALTPETRE.—Rough has been in much better de-
mand; privately several parcels have been disposed of,
13 per cent refraction has fetched 245, 5 per cent 25s 6d
to 265; at public sale 833 bags of Calcutta were disposed
of, fine strong grey 4 per cent refraction at 265, good
ditto 5 to 6 per cent 25s to 265, 41 to 4 per cent ditto
25s 6d to 265, sea and sugar damaged 22s 6d to 24s sd,
and good order repacked 25s per cwt. English Refined
288 6d to 29s per cwt.
TALLOW.—The demand has further increased for Rus-
sian, and an advance in the value of 9d to Is per cwt has
occurred. There has been a brisk demand on the spot
for candle and soap making purposes, and P.Y.C. of first
quality has been fetching 38s 6d to 39s per cwt ; for deli-
very an extensive business has been transacted, and
39s 6d to 40s per cwt are the rates paid for the last three
months of the year. At public sale 542 casks of New
South Wales fetched 35s 9d to 38s 9d ; 548 packages
South American 34s 6d to 38s ; 45 knpsks Cape 40s 3d to
40s 9d, and 8 casks of East India, 38s to 39s 3d. Town
Tallow has been in excellent request at 383 6d to 396 6d
per cwt nett cash.
OILS.—A slight decline in prices has taken place, still
the demand has been good, and 189 tuns at auction
fetched 2715 s to 281 15s for good and fine, and 26/ to
27/for low to mid; 2 tuns Elephant Oil went at 284
and 5 tuns of Blubber 41 53 to 41 LOs per tun. Pale Sal
at 31/ 5s to 311 10s, straw and yellow 29l to 301 10s.
Brown 281 to 281 10s, and Cod 311 lOs to 321 per tun.
For Sperm prices are fully as high. 30 tuns at auction
of Foreign Fishing fetched 851, and fine Bri-
tish by private treaty is selling at 861 to 88/
per tun. Palm is rather cheaper, and at auc-
tion 31 casks fetched 24s 6d to 25s €d per cwt.
Linseed Oil at 25s 3d to 25a Gd per cwt on the spot,
and for delivery 25s 9d to 26s 6d per cwt. Rape Seed
Oil 37s to 37s 6d for pale, and 36s to 36s 6d per cwt for
brown. Olive wanted, and command firm rates. Galli-
poli 421 to 431, Barbary and Spanish 391 10s to 41
Os, and Levant 391 per tur..

SCuTCH LINES.

INVERNESS AND TAlN.—Last week a meeting was
held at Dornoch, in Sutherland, consisting of heritora,
farmers, and merchants, in favour of this line. Mr.
George Dempster, of Skibo, took the chair, and hav-
ing called the attention of the meeting to the prospect
presented by the proposed extension of railway com-
munication to the northern counties of Scotland, and
more particularly to that between Inverness and
Tain ; and having also adverted to the circumstance
that the road trustees of Sutherland had agreed to
become the purchasers of the right or ferry on the
north side of the Meikle Ferry, with the view to the
erection there of a commodious pier, in the hope that
the Inverness and Tain Railway may be extended to
its south shore :—it was moved by Mr. W. S.
Frazer, senior magistrate of the burgh of
Dornoch, seconded by Mr. George Gum,
factor for the Duke of Sutherland' that
the formation of a line from Inverness to Tain
was an object of paramount importance, and that the
port of Burghead was the best suited to afford sea
communication between Sutherland and Moray. At
the quarterly meeting of the Ross Farmers' Society,
held at Dingwall, the Society expressed their appro-
bation in favour of the projected railway from In-
verness to Tain, being unanimously of opinion, if the
communication from Perth northward to Inverness,
as contemplated by the Perth and Inverness Com-
pany, is once opened, and the line thence to Tain
completed, that the county of Ross, and also Suther-
land and Caithness, will be:greatly benefited, and every
facility afforded at a small expense for the export of
cattle, sheep, and every description of farm produce,
which must enhance the value of corn and pasture
lands in a very great degree, and the Society had no
doubt that all the northern proprietors will afford
every accommodation in their power to enable the
enterprising companies concerned in these national
undertakings to carry their projects speedily into exe-
cution. _ _

CLYDESDALE JUNCTION.-At the last meeting of
the Glasgow Town Council, Bailie Whitehead in the
chair, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Bryson,
seconded by Mr. Turner, to petition against this
line, in so far as it repeals the existing clauses in the
Pollock and Gavan Railway Bills, for protecting the
public in the Barony of Gorbals, in the use of the
streets in the locality, and in so far as itwill endanger
the thoroughfares.
NORTIA BRITISH AND NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK-
nRIDGE.—The bridge which it will be necessary to
erect over the Tweed, for the connexion of the
North British and the intended Newcastle and Ber-
wick Railways, should the latter obtain the sanction
of Parliament, will be 726 yards in length, and 100
feet above high water mark. It will consist of thir-
teen arches (the present bridge has fifteen), each of
70 feet span, nine or ten abutments being in the river.
The expense of this undertaking, inclusive of the via-
duct which must be formed on the south of the bridge,
will be 65,0001., while south again of the viaduct it
will be necessary to construct an embankment 56
feet high, and half a mile long, the expense of which
,vill amount to 30,2001.
FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTION.— This line, which
is intended to start from the Forth at Stirling to the
Clyde at Dumbarton, is for the purpose of connecting
the east and west-coast of Scotland by a short and
direct route, passing the villages of Gargunnock,
Kippen, Thornhill, Balfron, Fintry, Gartmore, Aber-
foyle, and Killearn.
An agreement has been entered into between the
committee of the Scottish Central Rail way and county
committee under the Land Clauses Consolidation Act,
by which the sum of 14,8001. is to be paid to the
respective road trusts, as compensation for the traffic
which the above railway is likely to withdraw from
them.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

KENTISH LINES.—A vestry meeting took place at
Margate, on Thursday, for the purpose of assisting
the Directors of the South-Eastern in making their
terminus in the town. Mr. G. Staner, the church-
wt.rden, presided. lie stated that on the previous day
he had an interview with the solicitors and engineer
(Mr. Cubist), and from what he had heard he felt dis-
posed to urge upon the meeting the necessity of ac-
quiescing in the proposed site of the terminus, near
Frog-hill, otherwise it might be many months before
another spot could be agreed upon. The proposed
terminus would be in the very heart of the town. Mr.
Boys moved a resolution based upon the remarks of
the chairman. Mr. Waddington contended that the
proposed terminus would prove injurious to the line,
as it was in the immediate neighbourhood of the
largest and best houses in Margate, some of which
would be removed, awl the others deserted by the
visitors. There could not, he thought, be any doubt
that the property would be deteriorated, and ridiculed
the idea of comparing a fashionable watering-place to
such a locality as Euston-square, where every-
thing was one continued traffic. lie considered
that the original intention of the South. Eastern
Company should be carried out for a terminus near
Vicarage-place. He strongly urged the rate-payers
to reject the proposition of Mr. Boys, and hoped yet
to see a "North Kent Line," independently of the
monopoly of the South-Eastern, whose directors
would not have been so anxious for the " heart of the
town," had they not imagined that the North Kent
Line would be null and void. He moved an amend-
ment to that effect, which was seconded by Mr. Wad-
dington. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. Kidrnan,
Mr. Mercer, Mr. Baldery, and other gentlemen took
part, after which the amendment was carried by a
large majority. A poll was demanded.

RUGBY AND OXFORD.—[Fuom OUR CORRESPON-
DENT.].—Petitions to both Houses of Parliament in
favour of the intended narrow gauge line, called " the
London and Worcester, and South Staffordshire, have
been agreed to at a publie meeting at Abingdon,
presided over by the Mayor, and attended by many
of the most influential inhabitants. They considered
that the trade and community of Abingdon would
reap great advantage by a continuation to that town
of the intended Rugby and Oxford narrow gauge
line. The petition to the House of Lords will be en-
trusted to the Earl o'' Abingdon, and that to the House
of Commons to her Majesty's Solicitor-General, with
a request that they will support the prayer.
THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM " EXPRESS
TRAINS."—Some extraordinary proofs of the capa-
bilities of the narrow gauge have been afforded by
the performances of the "Express Trains" during the
present week. On Wednesday evening the down
train from London accomplished the journey (1124
miles) in 2.40 minutes, including stoppages of nine
minutes on the way. The time, therefore, occupied
in travelling was 2.31 minutes, or nearly 45 miles per
hour, with a full load of passengers, all of whom spoke
with great pleasure as to the steadiness and easy mo-
tion of the carriages. The journey seldom occupies
three hours; the average time occupied since starting
of the express trains bAng, we understand, 2.45 mi-
nutes.—Birmingham Journal.
GREAT WESTERN.—The contemplated improve-
ments in the second-class carriages are being carried
into effect. The sides of the carriages are closed with
glazed doors, and the interior is ventilated by Vene-
tian blinds. The company, in compliance with the
wishes of the inhabitants of Bath, yesterday recom-
menced running early trains, which will enable them
to obtain the papers and intelligence from town two
hours earlier than usual.
The Newport and Ahergavenny line have, it is said,
made overtures- for the purchase of the Hereford
Tram-road, and the Welsh Midland Company a
similar proposal for the purchase of the Hay Railway.
The Bristol and Exeter Railway Company have in-
structed Mr. Brunel to survey a line from Bleadon to
Wells.

NEW LlNEs.—Last week was one of the most pro-
lific of the season in new projects, the proTectuses of
no fewer than fourteen lines having been issued.
Amongst them were the London, Oxford, Cheltenham
and Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Hereford Direct ;
Nottingham and Herqford Direct; Nottingham Valley,
or Belvoir and Grantham ; Leicester and Bedford ;
Eastern Counties Junction and South End ; Western
Canada, Ontario, and Huron Junction ; Great Western
of Italy ; Lancashire and Yorkshire North Eastern
Junction ; Bandon and Bantry ; Worcester, Ten-
bury, and Ludlow ; Venice and Trieste ; Gloucester
and Oxford ; Shrewsbury and Trent Union ; Great
Central Sardinian.

The local papers announce that the Bristol and
South Wales Junction have purchased the new pas-
sage ferry-house and lands from Colonel Lewis,
the proprietor of the W. Pierre estate.
LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND MANCHESTER. The
Chorley Tunnel, :3,000 yards in length, is announced
by the company An' contract.