The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-09 00:00:00

GROUP X.

THE DIFLECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
The Committee, consisting of Viscount Courtenay, Mr. P. Scrope,
Mr. Baring Wall, &c., sat at twelve o'clock, and the engineering
evidence for the above line was proceeded with.

Sir J. Rennie was called and stated that he had carefully examined
the various crossings the over canals and navigable rivers, and they
fully met with his approbation. They did uot in the slightest de-
gree interfere with the navigation or with any existing interest.
Mr. Miller was called and stated that he had examined the
plans and sections, and he quite agreed with the opinion ex-
pressed by Sir John Rennie that the navigation on the line would
not be impeded. He thought the line the best that could, under
all the circumstances, be laid down.

Mr. Miller was cross-examined at great length, but no dis-
crepancy was elicited,

Mr. William Gravalt, civil engineer, quite agreed with Sir John
Rennie as to the facilities of the country for the purposes of the
line. He had gone over the land and carefully examined it, and
he was of opinion that to supply the want of the districts from
London to York, and at the same time to interfere in the least pos
sible manner with private or public property, the Direct Northern
Railway was by far the more preferable line. The witness was
then examined in detail with reference to stations, &c.
The Committee then adjourned.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of July 8.)

SUGA R.-To-day several importers of West India 11Iuscovado
Sugar submitting to a reduction of 6d per cwt, occasiontd the
demand for grocery and refining purposes to be gbod—in all
900 hhds ard tierces weze actually disposed of. A public sale
of 120 hhds and 5 tierces of Barbadoes, however, went off
flatly at a reduction of 6d to Is per cwt.
REFINED. —To-day refined goods were in excellent request
by the home trade, and stiffer rates were given, standard lumps
selling at 71s 6d to 725, and brown grocery lumps 70s to 70s 6d
per cwt. In bonded Crushed Sugar an extensive business was
transacted.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon white Bengal Sugar met a
good demand privately at 53s to 58s, but other sorts mere little
asked for, and 2,422 bags at public sale were all taken in, low
yellow at 44s to 44s 6d, washed 413 6d to 43s Gd, and damp
brown 33a to 38s 6d per cwt, being above the former worth.
Illor.AssEs.—To-day West India met with little attention,
and the few parcels disposed of privately were at easier rates.
At public sale 53 puns of St. Lucia were all taken in at I9s per
cwt for good quality.
MA U RITI us.—lmporters have been more inclined to realise,
but submitting to a reduction on previous rates of 6tl to Is per
cwt has occasioned the demand to be good, and at public sale
4,560 bags and 312 casks were soil

Fo ILEIG N—To-day there was much inquiry after Foreign and
Foreign East India Sugar, and stiffer rates were paid ; the pri-
vate operations are 6,000 bags of Manilla at 25s to 25s 6d ; 500
baskets of Java white at 30s, yellow 25s to 28s, 250 hhds
Rico at 245, and 2,600 chests yellow Havannah at 27s to 28s
per cwt. . _

COFFEE —This afternoon Ceylon Coffee met little attention,
and 558 bags at public sale were only in part sold at the former
value.

Taa..—The market has a firm appearance. Congou of
common quality is a little cheaper than that of last year, but for
the better kinds prices are rather above. Public sales have been
suddenly declared for to-morrow—they are, however, not large.
Congou is held firmly for previous rates. Pouchong is still in
demand for exportation, and many purchases have been made
for home consumption ; prices are yet advancing. For Twankay
prices are fully as high. Scented Orange Pekoe has met with
ready buyers at a further improvement in prices, fine fetching
3s Id to 3s 3d. In Hyson sales to a fair extent have been made
at very full rates. Of Young Hyson some parcels were sold at
stiff rates. For Caper of all kinds there has been a brisk de-
mand, and it is difficult to purchase at former rates.
SPICES.—To-day at public sale 276 bags Pimento were sold
at nd to 3d per lb for mid quality, which is the full value : 89
csks 43 brls Jamaica Ginger went lOs to 15s cheaper, and sold
at 31 to 91 103 per cwt for low to fine quality ; 154 pkts Bengal
were withdrawn ; 10 csks Nutmegs taken in at is 6d per lb for
very low limed ; 400 bags Potatoe Flour were taken in at 13s
per cwt.
SPIRITS.—In Jamaica Rum of all descriptions a good busi-
ness has been transacted, and the rates given exhibit an ad-
vance of 2d to 3d per gallon for good and fine, whilst low kinds
have fully sustained the former value ; exporters and the home
trade are still desirous to increase their stocks. Deme-
rara has been sought after and is still going
up. The demand for Leeward Island has been
good, and a further improvement of the value has occurred.
In Calcutta several purchases have been made at is 7d to
Is 8d proof with certificate. Brandy has been purchased with
caution. In Geneva several purchases have been made at
Is 80 to is 9d, and fine fit for home consumption is fetching
2s 2d to 2s 9d per gallon. The value of British Corn Spirits
is lOs 2d per gallon nett cash.
Itioloo.—The extensive quarterly sales of East India Indigo,
consisting of 17,190 chests, commenced to-day. 742 chests have
passed the sale, of which 152 are bought in. Bengal good and
fine violet sold at 5s to 5s 7d, ordinary to middling ditto 4s 4d
to 4s 10d; Violet and Copper 4s 6J to ss, consuming qualities
3s 2d to 4s 10d, low ditto 2s 10d to 3s Id, Trash, &c., 2s 3d to
2s 7d per lb.
OlLS.—lmporters of Southern Oil are unwilling to further
reduce their prices, but shippers and the home trade have ope-
rated with caution by private treaty. Of Seal Oil the buss •
ness transacted has been limited, and holders experience
difficulty in getting previous rates. The market is in
a dull state for Cod Oil, and prices are going down,
31/ per tun having been currently accepted. The supply has
fallen off of Sperm, and buyers operate with more freedom,
paying full but not higher rates. Prices continue to go down
for Linseed Oil, and the business transacted has been limited.
Rape is dull of sale, pale at 36s 6d to 375, and brown 35s 6d
to 36s per cwt. Cocoa Nut has been purchased with increased
freedom, and stiffer rates are given. For Olive prices are still
going down.
TaLLow.—Holders of Russian manifest firmness and have
obtained previous rates, but there has been only a limited de-
mand on the spot for Candle or soap-making purses. For for-
ward delivered a good businesa has been transacted, and 40s 6d
to 40s 9d per cwt are the rates given for the last three months
of the year. On Town tallow there is a larger quantity in the
market, still the demand has been good at 40s to 40s 6d per
cwt nett cash. Other kinds of Tallow are rather cheaper.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, JULY 5, 1845.
Her Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, appointing Sir John M. F. Smith, Lieut.-
Colonel of the Royal Copse of
Engineers,ni late Inspector-
General of Railways; George By, Es
Greenwich ,
Astronomical
Observator in her Majesty's Observatory at
and Peter Barlow, Esq., Professor of Mathematics in the
Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, to be her Majesty's
Commissioners for inquiring
.whether in future private Acts of
Parliament for the construction of railways provision ought to
tie made for securing an uniform gauge, and whether it would
be expedient and practicable to take measures to bring the
railways already constructed, or in progress of construction,
in Great Britain, into uniformity of gauge ; and to inquire
whether any other mode of obviating or mitigating the
serious impediments to the internal traffic of the country,
which are represented as likely to arise from the want of an
uniform gauge, could be adopted.
DOWNING STREET, JULY 4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Tennant,
Good Hope.
Esq., to be Secretary to the Central Board of Commissioners
of Public Roads in the settlement of the Cape of
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 7,
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Biro, as
Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King of the French.
CROWN-OFFICE, JULY 8,
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
. .

Bennet, jun
County of Suffolk, Western Division—Philip
,
O
of Rougham-hall, in the said county, Esq., in the room of
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Rushbrooke, deceased.,
Borough of Dartmouth—George Moffatt, Esq., in the room
of Joseph Somes, Esq., deceased.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Waldegrave to be Deputy
Lieutenant, June 24.
THE NATIONAL DEBT,
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having
certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional'Deht, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. 4th, c. 27,
sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue cf. the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual
expenditure threcof, for the year ending the sth day of
April, 1845, amounted to the sum of six millions three
hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred and thirty- five
pounds, seventeen shillings, and threepence ; the Commis.
sinners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give
riotic,, that the sum of one million five hundred and eighty-five
thousand six hundred and eight pounds, nineteen shillings, and
threepence (being one-fourth part of the said surplus of six
millions three hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred
and thirty-five pounds, seventeen shillings, and threepence)
will be applied, under the provisior.s of the said Act, between
the 7th day of July, 1845, and the 10th day of October, 1845,
to the following purposes, viz.

.1 Ur Lsr 9 184

To be applied to the purchase of Stock
To be applied to the purchase of Exchequer-
bills, made out in pursuance of the Act
• of 57th Geo. 3, cap. 43

Ad.! interest receivable on account of dona-
tions and bequosts to be applied to the
purcha-e of stock

1,585,608 19 3

3,615 1 0

R 1,589,224 0 3
S. HIGHANI, Comptroller General.
National Debt-office, July 5, 1845.
BANKRUPTS.
Henry Harris, skin-merchant, Champion-grove, Camber-
well, to surrender, July 15, at half-past one, and August 18, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alssger, official assignee,
Birchin-lane ; Silvester, Great Dover-street. •
George Pocock, linen-draper, Brighton, July 17, and
August 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Heed and Shaw, Friday-
street.
Charles Jones, salesman, Adstock, Buckinghamshire, July
15, at half past twelve, and August 18, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
strcet, London ; Blower, Wizard, and Parson, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, London.
Joseph Tinson, innkeeper, Farringdon, Berkshire, July 17,
at eleven, and August 19, at twelve. at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; White and Lyre, Bedford-
row, London; Crowdy and Son, Farringdon, Berkshire.
Mathew Francis Salabert, hatter, Opera-colonnade, flay-
market, July 19, at one, and Aug. 23, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Yonge and Hancock, Tokenhouse-yard.
Arthur Wright, grocer, Kettering, Northamptonshire, July
19, at halt-past twelve, and August 23, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy, Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Gilbert, Hooke, Street, and Gutteres, Philpot-lane.
Charles William Kesselmeyer, merchant, Manchester, July
21, and Aug. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court:
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Makinson and Sanders,
Temple, London; Atkinson and Sanders, Manchester.
Joseph Robinson, woollen printer, Bradford, July 22, and
Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi-
cial assignee, Leeds; Sudlow, Son, and Torr, Chancery-lane,
London , Middleton, Leeds.

William Scott, grocer, Manchester, July 25 and Aug. 15, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official as-
signee ; Humphreys, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane ;
Holden and Clarke, Liverpool ; Hampson and Son, Man-
ehester.

William Nell, brewer, Manel:ester, July 21 and August 13,
at twelve, at.the :Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
. .

assignee ; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tidswell, Manchester ;
Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon. Bedford-row.
James Meakin ardner, wine merchant, Liverpool, July 21,
and Aug. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, Lon-
don-wall, City ; Dodge, Liverpool.
Jonas Spencer, worsted piece manufacturer, Bradford, July
22, and Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds; Emmett and Allen, Blooms-
bury-square, London; Bennett, Halifax; Courtenay, Leeds.
Charles Newell, linen draper, Calverley, Yorkshire, July 22
and Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Hill, Gray's Inn,
London ; Cariss, Leeds.

James Reece, ironmonger, Axminster, Devonshire, July 25
and Aug. 14, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee, Exeter; Holme and Co., New.lnn, London ;
Knight, Axminster; Warrens, Exeter.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

W. Ferguson, tea dealer, Liverpool—first div. of 2s. in the
pound, July 14, and any following Monday, at the office of
Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
G. Brocklehurst, FL Dircks, and J. B. Nelson, millwrights,
Liverpool—third div. of 3s. 2icl. in the pound, July 14, and
any following Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
11. Direks, millwright, Liverpool—second div. of 15s. 7d. in
the pound, July 14, and any following Monday, at the office
of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
M. 11. L. G. Colnaghi, print seller, Cockspur-street—third
div. of 10d. in the pound, July 12, and three following Satur-
days, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
A. A. Dobbs, wine merchant, Liverpool—a div. of 20s. in
the pound, July 9, and any following Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Follett, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
F. Wright, builder, Earl's Colne, Essex, Aug. 1, at one—
J. Lambert, licensed victualler, Portsmouth-street, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, Aug. 1, at one—T. Wood, wine merchant, Little
Queen-street, Holborn, July 29, at eleven—J. Miller and G.
Craddock, patent sail cloth manufacturers, Stockton-on. Tees,
Aug. 6, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
S. Askham, commission agent, Bradford, July 30, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court—J. Mears, grocer, Leeds, July 30,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Coupland and
W. R. Bolton, merchants, Liverpool, July 30, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court—C. Parker, flax spinner, Houghton-
le-Skerne, Durham, July 30, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court—Z. Bond, brickmaker, Manchester,
Aug. 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District ourt—A. Ur-
quhart, stuff dealer, Manchester, Aug. 8, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court—J. Bakewell, size manufacturer,
Manchester, Aug. 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—H. Priddey, upholsterer, Droitwich, Worcestershire,
Aug. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—W.
Barker and S. Adams, hosiers, Nottingham, July 29, at half-
east ten, at the Birmingham District Court—M. Thomas and

h. Finis, contractors, Plymouth, Aug. I, at one.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
T. Seager, leather cutter, Hammersmith, July 29—T. For-
syth, hotel keeper, Durham, July 29—M. Graham, ship owner,
Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, July 30 —W. Lowe, ivory turner,
Bristol, Aug. I—G. Samson, corn dealer, Weymouth, July 31
—M. Cox, ironmonger, Weymouth, July 31—L. Barnes, pro-
vision dealer, Bury, Lancashire, July 30—R. Mirfin, draper,
Leeds, July 30—C. Jacob., fruit salesman, Farringdon-market,
July 29—H. J. Doogood, wine merchant, Camden-terrace
West, Camden-town, July 29—A. H. Simpson and P. H.
Irvin, engineers, Blackfriars-road, July 29—F. Cock, painter,
Lambeth. walk, July 29—T. Gibbons, jun., merchant, Wells-
next-the-Sea, July 29—J. Lamb and T. Lamb, engineers,
Kidderminster, July 29—J. Bulmer, timber merchant, Hartle-
pool, Durham—J. Batt and T. Batt, dealers in silk, Old Broad-
street, City, July 29—M C. Painter, grocer, Great Peter-
street, Westminster, July 29.