The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-30 00:00:00

North Staffordshire 22s.
North Wales
Oxford and Worcester... 21% 7%
Portsmouth Direct 214 4%:,/i,
Preston and Wyre
Richmond and West End
Junction
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central . 2% —
:Ncottish Midland l%, .. 2%
Shrewsbury and Trent
Vatley Union 22s.
South Midland 22s.
South Eastern 43,-. Dover 3312 s 4d... 45%
Do., No. 1 8
Do., No. 3
Staines and Rich monc! 1
South Wales 2% 51,4%
(rent Valley 2 ..... . 18
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ..,... 2%
Welch Midland
York and Carlisle
1 ork and North Midland 50 - •••
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS,
Boulogne and A miens... 6
Dutch Rhenish 3 - 914814
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Great North. of France

24% ...... •• •••

(Laffitte's)
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 51/s
Lyons and Avignon 2
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon ... 16
li
4 /2
Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 ......
Faris & Lyons, Laffitte's '
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's)
Rouen and Havre ...... 16
-ambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
Fours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's 2 —
=Do. do (Lefebvre's) 2
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Commercial of London 20

LLOYD'S SNIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JULY 30.—Wind S. by E. to S.W. by S., moderate breeze
and tine, but cloudy at times.
DEAL, JULY 29 —Wind W. to N.N.W.—Acrd Japan, 3PLallan,
South Seas ; Olivia, Roome, Cape of Good Hope ; Pusey Hall, Ware,
Africa; Alpha, Harrison, Buenos Ayres; Arethusa, Leslie, Rio
Janeiro; Palmyra, Caval, Demerara; John Oldham, Canny, Ja-
maica; Neptune, Toosbuy, Porto Rico; Edinburgh, Hondlette, New
Orleans; St. Clare, Fayer, St. John's, New Brunswick; Cyclops,
Barrel, Quebec ; Alfred, Meyers, New Orleans. Arrd. from the Elver,
Lady Sarah Ilayly, Canning, for Jamaica; Jamer, Tynes, Bermuda.
Sid. Lloyd's, Lewes, Hobart Tow,' ; John Laerd, Bryant, Hong-
Kong ; Sir R. Peel, Champion, Bombay ; General Harrison, Scott,
Cape of Good Hope; Robert Clive, Mercer, St. Helena ; Sultans,
Giles, Pernambuco; General Wolfe, Jenkins, Demerara; 31armion,
Harrison, Quebec.
Porgremotrrn, JULY 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. her 3fBjesty's ship
CambriAn, Singapore, sailed April 28.

MARKET NE WS.-( THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.

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For the time of year our market was very scantily sup-
plied with Wheat of home produce, owing to which, and the
full average number of buyers in attendance, the demand
for that article was somewhat active, and in some few in-
stances a trifle mole money was obtained for the finest
qualities of both red and white. At the close of business
scarcely any samples were unsold. Of Foreign Wheat free
of duty the show was but limited, hence the sale for it was
rather brisk, at fully Monday's advance in the quotations.
Bonded corn was inquired for on higher terms. Grinding
Barley sold steadily at full currencies. For other kinds
comparatively little business was passing. The Malt trade
was dull, yet prices were supported. In Oats very little was
doing, but Beans, Peas, and Flour were quite as dear.
ARRIVALS.
Barley.
60 4rs

Wheat.
1,690 qrs.

English • • • • • •
Irish . ...... .
Foreign • . • . • •

Oats. Flour,
160 1,680
3,200 -
2,200 I ----

1,200 ( 801
Malt, 1,820 qrs.

WHITZCHAPET...
For each kind of Meat, the supply of which was limited,
we had a steady inquiry, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d
to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s Sd; Lamb, 4s lOd to 6s;
Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per 81bs.

OPENING OF TILE EASTERN
COUNTIES RAILWAY TO CAMBRIDGE,
ELY. &c.

The line from London to Cambridge, and thence to Ely, and
from Norwich to. Ely, is opened to the public to-day. Yesterday
the inspection of the line took place. The arrangements were
thus:—One train, consisting of 13 double carriages, an open car-
riage, &c,, in which were the chairman of the Eastern Counties
line, Mr. Bosanquet, the directors and their friends, many scientific
men, engineers, &c., left the Shoreditch station at ten minutes to Ii
o'clock, after having partaken of breakfast, provided by Messrs.
Bathe and Breach, of the London Tavern. The train, which was
accompanied by the band of the Coldstream Guards, and decorated
with various flags and banners, proceeded through the Stratford,
Leabridge, Tottenham, Marsh.lane, Edmonton, Ponder's End, and
Waltham stations to the Broxbourne station, at which it ar.
rived at 25 minutes past 9 o'clock, having performed 19 miles
in 35 minutes. It stopped at this last-mentioned station ten
minutes, and then proceeded through the St. Margaret's,
Ware, Hertford, Royston, Burnt-hill, Harlow, and Saw-
brideworth stations to the station at Bishop Stortford,
which it reached at five minutes past IG, having performed the
distance from London, 321 miles, in 1 hour and 15 minutes. At
Bishop Stortford the train remained 10 minutes, and then entered
the new ground thence to Cambridge and Ely. It passed through
the Stanstead, Elenham, Newport, and Wenden stations, reaching
the last of these at 20 minutes to 11 o'clock, the distance from
London being 43} miles, which was done, including the stoppages,
in 1 hour and 50 minutes. It stopped at the station 20 minutes,
and then passed through the Chesterford station, the LittleburY
station, and through the tunnel, the Whittlesford and Shelford
stations. and arrived at the Cambridge station at a quarter past 11
o'clock, having performed the distance of 57* miles, including
all the stoppages above-mentioned, in 2 hours 25 minutes.
Here an immense concourse of spectators were assembled
to greet the arrival of the party. The bells rang merry peals;
there was a continuous discharge of ordnance; the hums
of the mob were loud and vigorous; and the band struck
up, " See the Conquering Hero comes," &c. After a stay of
half an hour, the train was again, in motion, and at a quarter
past twelve o'clock reached the Ely station, which was decorated
with flags, flowers, garlands, &c., and where a provincial band of
musicians struck up a merry tune. The train from London was
here joined by the train which had left Norwich at half-past ten
o'clock, and which had passed through Wymondham, Attlebo.
rough, Thetford, and Brandon stations, stopping a short time at all
those places. The company having alighted, a great portion of
them walked up to the city to see the cathedral, and, on their
return, both the London train and the Norwich train proceeded
to Cambridge, leaving the Ely station at twenty minutes to two,
and arriving at the Cambridge station at five minutes past that
hour, getting over the distance, fourteen miles and a half, in
twenty-five minutes. It will be seen by this account that some
parts of the journey were run at a rate of speed upwards of 30
miles an hour, and allowing for stoppages, that the average of the
whole was upwards of 26 miles an hour. This, considering that
this trip was for the purpose of inspection, was a prodigious rateof
pace, and is highly creditable to the engineers and all concerned.
The new rails, from Bishop Stortford to Ely, are laid down
with great skill, and it Is understood that those from Ely to
,Norwich are equally good. The whole road from London to Ely
is almost a dead fiat. There are no cuttings, and only one short
bit of tunnelling. The various stations are commodious, some of
them elegant structures. At most of the principal places the
natives were assembled in their holiday costumes to do honour to
the occasion, and at Chesterford about 500 or 600 of the labourers
and workmen in the employ of Mr. Jackson, the contractor for a
part of the line, were feasted under an enormous tent. The
workmen of Messrs, Grissell and Petri had already been feasted
to the number of 1,000 at Ely, and a similar banquet had been
supplied to the men on the Norwich line at one of the stations.
the whole of the company from London and Norwich partook,
at three o'clock, of a most sumptuous not to say recherche banquet,
furnished by Mr. Gunter, of Berkeley-square, and cooked, by
permission of the college authorities, in the kitchens of Downing
College. Upwards of 600 gentlemen sat down to the tables,
beneath the ample covering of a most elegant marquee, manufac-
tured by Mr. B. Edgington, of the Borough, and which effectually
protected them from the showers which at times descended in tor.
rents. The chair was taken by Mr. Bosanquet, who was supported
by Lords Roden and Braybrook, the Bishop of Norwich, the
Dean of Ely, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, most of the
heads of houses, &c. There were also present, Major Beresford,
M.P., Mr. M'Kensie, M.P., Mr. Ward, M.P., the Mayor and Cor-
poration of Cambridge, a great number of the clergy of the Uni-
versity and neighbourhood, and many of the gentry of the county.
Mr. Toole, the well-known toast-master, acted as fugleman, and
gave out the healths and toasts in his best style. The usual loyal
and appropriate toasts were drunk with the honours, the military
band playing " God save the Queen," and other inspiring airs.
The Chairman, Lord Roden, the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean
of Ely, and several other gentlemen briefly addressed
the company in reply to the toasts, eulogized the conduct
of those who had been employed in carrying out and perfecting
the work that they had accomplished, and spoke particularly in
praise of the conduct of the navigators and workmen employed.
Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. Ward also addressed the company on the
utility of the design, and the benefits it was likely to confer. The
Mayor of Cambridge, the Vice-Chancellor, and other gentlemen
whose healths were drunk, also returned thanks. It was now time
for the train to return, and accordingly, at half-past four o'clock,
the company broke up. The train for Norwich first took its de.
parture, and at twelve minutes past six o'clock the train to Lon-
don also departed, travelling at a good rate of speed, and slopping
at several stations to put down passengers. It arrived in London
shortly before nine o'clock. Altogether the opening of this rail.
road is one in which the districts through which it passes must be
congratulated for the general benefits it will confer, and the great
facility of communication it will afford to places which heretofore
were comparatively Isolated, and excluded from each other and
from the rest of the world,