The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-03 00:00:00

PREFERENCE SHARES.
St. 100 Aberdeen lO2 ••••• 10$
6t. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. a 9O —92
25 30 Myth and Tyne 10 per •••
c. pref. (ised. at 50/)
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20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares
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15 all r.l.lester & Holyhead
Guar. 54 per cent._
93 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 —
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64 all Cork &Bandonsb.c 2 4d 23
64 all Dundee Perth &Aber-
doen Junction
6 all Eastern Counties Ex
tension, sp. c. No. 1 1 pm
6{ all Do. No. 2
10 all Do. Now 6 17. c. 13,1
,13
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per cent
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5 all East and West York-
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Guar. 5 per cent...
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at 10 p. c. prom... 107 109
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24 all Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red
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23 104 Do
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Birm. 6 per cent_ 134 136
6i 11.!, Do. Pref. 4i per cent 1?,- 8d dis
• 10 Norfolk Debenture
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0 14 D. fixed, 44 per cent id. par
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Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 224 234
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lington, 5 per cent. - „..
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$4( all Stockton and Hartle-
pool, guar. 5 p. c.
till lest July, 1856,

an ounce.

ounce.

25 115
126' all

MINES.
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1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ..„
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1 all Australian Freehold. ...
1 all Ave Maria •••
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50 all Bltenarvon Iron and
C0a1..... • ;
20 13.5 British Iron 4l 56,
35 251 Brazilianlmp.(issued
at £5 Pm 2; 3 2i
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 2, 3 2
20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 30 —32 301
1 CArsons's Creek —
1 ; Clarendon Cons. Min:
Co. of Jamaica
40 all Cobre Copper 49 61
5 1 Colonial Gold
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... 16 Copiapo 2O 22
5 all English and Austin
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20 all Pontgiband Silver
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50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21
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30 11* Santiago do Cuba 6 6
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1 all Waller —
1 all West Mariposa — g
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Australia
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MISCELLANEOUS.
25 171 Australian Agricult. 28 30 29
20 ... A ustralsn •Pcific.
10 all Ansh•aln. Royal Mail
10 7 Berlin Water Works 2*
50 40 Brit. American Land 55 CO 57
5 1 Brit. d; Coln. Smeltg.
and Reduction Co.-
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25 22 ElectricTelegraph(A) 141 154
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15 14 Gen. Stead Navigat.
20 all General Screw Stoma: 161 16
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20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ,„,
10 all Moditeran. Elec. Tel.
10 9 Mexican&S.A.mericn 61
1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel
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50 all Peninsular& Orionlal
50 10 Do. Do. ... ...p 101
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1 all Scot. Austral. Invest.
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VailDiemaud a Lanai

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13 3.3411

i MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before, Mr. Serj,?ant Adams, Assistant-Judge.)
POCKET-PICKING.

George Julies, a youth, was indicted for stealing a
gold watch from-the person of Mr. T. W. Rutherford,
a young gentleman residing in Stepney-green, on the
23d March last.

The prosecutor stated that, in the afternoon of the
day in question, which was a Friday, he was coming out
of Whitechapel church, where he had been attending
divine service ; whilst passing through the churchyard
amongst some other members of the congregation,
the prisoner pushed up against him. He pushed the
prisoner away from him, and was proceeding onwards
when Jones again pressed close upon him, and immedi-
ately he felt a jerk at his left-band waistcoat pocket. He
at once collared the prisoner, and then perceived his
watch, which had been detached from his guard-chain
by some sharp instrument, lying on the ground at the
feet of the prisoner. The latter did not attempt to
escape, and went qnietly away in custody.
Mr. Horry then addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoner, but he was found guilty.
It appeared that he was known to have been previously
in prison, and

Ile was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.
COAL STEALING FROM THE INDIA DOCKS.
Joseph Brooks, a lighterman, was indicted for stealing,
on the 24th March last, a quantity of coal from a lighter
lying in the East and West India Docke.
Mr. Caarteen prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton defended

the prisoner.
John Galbraith, a night-watchman, employed on the
docks, deposed that about six o'clock on the evening of
the day above mentioned, whilst on his rounds, he
observed the prisoner step from his own barge on to
another, named The Nut, laden with coal, and pick up
three or four large pieces, with which he stepped back
to his own boat. He then returned a second time to
the same vessel, and took away three or four more
pieces in a similar manner. He (witness) then went
up to him and took him nto custody on the charge of
stealing the coal. He afterwards weighed the coal the
prisoner had stolen, and found it to be about 104 lbs.
Mark Antony Liddle, a constable in the employ of
the Dock Company, stated that he received the prisoner
into his charge from the last witness. The prisoner, in
reply to the charge, said, " I did take the coal."
The prisoner resisted very violently whilst being con-
veyed to the station.
Mr. Ribton, on behalf of the prisoner, said he was
instructed that the man had borne hitherto an excellent
character, and called witnesses to that effect.
The Assistant-Judge, in summing up the evidence,
made some very strong comments upon the very care-
less and unsatisfactory manner in which the depositions
from the police-court were very frequently taken, and
mentioned the depositions in the present case as an
instance.
The prisoner was found guilty. The jury strongly
recommended him to mercy; and he was sentenced to
10 days' imprisonment.

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE UPON LETTERS
ADDRESSED TO THE BALTIC FLEET.

General Post Office, April, 1855.

Mails for the British fleet in the Baltic will be made
up on the departure of ships of war or other vessels in
the service of her Majesty.
Letters will also be sent by the route of Kiel or
Pantzig in tho Prussian mails dispatched daily vice
17 Ostend.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
have been pleased, by warrant, to direct that the cor-
respondence of the Baltic fleet shall be pi aced upon the
same general footing as the correspondence of her
Majesty's forces in the Rack Sea.

The letters, therefore, of commissioned, non-commis-
sioned, or warrant officers, as well as those of soldiers
and seamen, forwarded via Kiel or Dan tzig, will be
liable to a combined British and foreign ra to of postage
of

3d. when not exceeding a quarter of an 'ounce.
6d. when exceeding a quarter and not 0.3-ceeding half

and so on, increasing threepence for every •quarter of an

The same rate of threepence per quarter of an ounce
will be chargeable upon the letters of coin; nissioned or
warrant officers, conveyed by Queen's ships or trans.
ports, but the letters of soldiers and seamen may be sent
by those vessels at the reduced rate of one :penny, when
not exceeding half an ounce in weight.
In all cases, the postage must be paid in advance, or
the letters will not be forwarded.

Newspapers cannot be sent by the roufie of Kiel or
Dantzig, because the arrangements of the Prussian and
Danish post•ofpices do not allow of the fore ign postage
to which those newspapers would be liable,. being 'col-
lected in the United Kingdom. They would;, therefore,
be detained at Kiel or Dantzig until that 19 ostage was
paid.

By vessels of war, however, or transports, newspapers
will be forwarded to the Baltic fleet without any charge.

M ARKET NE 376-(THIS DAIY.)

HAY MARKETS.

SurrtlFlELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 15s Oc 1 ; clover
ditto, 3/ Oe to 5/ 15g ; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ as per load.
Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at about a tationary
prices.

- CUMBERLAND. - Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 18
ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 12s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 103 per load.
Trade dull. s ; clove!

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 11 ;s; clover
ditto, 3l Os to 5/ 13s; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 9s per load.
A sluggish trade.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—Large public sales are now in progreis
and pur-
chases have been limited in anticipation.
SUGAR.—A cargo of brown par aiha has beet! sold for a
near port, but the price is not known. For C refined the
market has ruled firm. There were binded last is 'eek at the
East and West India Docks 985 hhds, 127
:, 254 brie,
there were taken for home use 1,280 hhds, 69' trs,
and 84
W 1
brie. The stock is 9,458
s, 791 trs, and ,3 7 3 brie.
COFFEE.—Good ord native Ceylon has bet as steady at
47s to 47s 6d per cwt. About 3,300 bags of f. it . Domingo
afloat has been sold at 43s per cwt.
Ries.—The inquiry has 'been limited at pre vitous prices.
RUM.—There were landed last week at the .above docks
264 puns, and 1 hid ; there were taken for hoe eto consump-
tion 227 puns, 41 hhds, and there were export e d 316 puns,
155 hhds. The stock is 8,158 puns, 754 hhds.
INDIGO.—The quarterly auctions are fixe.l for the Bth
May.

at:we:City:no:re
COTTON.—This article is firm at full rates.
TALLOW.—The tallow market continuesti)
concluding prices are spot new, 48s ; old, 451 3d ; April,
488 475 9d ; May,, 43s 3d • June, 48s 6d ;
American, cash;
Elaine,s; beef,
44s ; tallow oil,
palm oil, 39s ; cocoa nut Cochin, 4 3s ; Ceylon,
434S276osssu.6tnCiAt;dvices from St. Petersburg are to t ho 24th ult.
Exchange 36i B. 1,500 casks were taken sv t 117 to 120
roubles, by Russians who, we believe, had. ascertained
that the supply as very short.

THE INDIAN QUEEN.—The advices per 0v arlani Mail
announce the arrival at Melbourne, on the 3! let of Jan.,
of,the "Black Ball" clipper Indian Qu, sen, Captain
M‘Kirdie, after a capital run of 79 days. The Indian
Queen (which is owned by Messrs. Jain, se Baines and
Co., of Liverpool) left the Mersey on the :afternoon of
the 12th November last, with upwards of 3 -5 0 emigrants
on board, for Melbourne, and cast her an cher in nob-
son's Bay on the forenoon of the 31st of Jai t uary.
VIOLATION OF THE NEWSPAPER STAMP A UT. —From
a return just issued by order of the House of Lords, it
appears that the number of prosecutions i z i respect of
violation of the Newspaper Stamp Act for three years
was 143 ; and for three y ears ending
ending September, 1830, when the prase' rt act came
itnhteoleotpoefraJutionne, 1851, there were only 14 r wosecutions.
MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. -The Royal
Mail Company's steam-ship Tay, with the outward mail
for the West Indies, left this afternoon wit h. 113 passen-
gers and a full general cargo. Among t e, passengers
lady, and child, at It 1 two female
ve
Lieutenant Irma: , and Lieut.
CsweoerlrvoeannGetisoDrergvneaorjreolSrl.cPle:Trethie'er,Tyne, with the hDI eeward mail
for the West Indies, is expected every hot it
BAGNALSTOWN AND WEXFORD RAILWAI ( COMPANY.—
A meeting of this company was held on Sa
it urday ; J. E.
Redmond, Esq., in the chair. The wort ri 3on the line
were reported to he advancing satisfactori 1: 7.
IRISH SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY C( )1 IPANY. The
stated half-yearly meeting of this compai i 7 was held on
Saturday, when a dividend of 2s. a shari le —the same as
the last—was declared. Some of the sh zeholders ex-
pressed their dissatisfaction at this small'_ amount, and
likewise at the announcement made tl c at the Great
Southern and Western Company had irr.l timated their
intention to increase the charge for haulag) ) on the Irish
South-Eastern. After a lively discussion 1 ,he report and
accounts were adopted.
FIRES AND Loss OF LlFE,—Yesterd4 y morning a
fire broke out on the premises Nos. 115 and 116, Gos-
well street, tenanted respectively by Mt; - A. Gulleme,
bar-fitter, and Mr. D. Page, tobacconisti . The Royal
Society's fire escape was brought to th 4 spot directly
after the outbreak, and was the means .3 of saving the
lives of several of the inmates, one of who/ e, Mrs. Page,
was rescued by the use of the short ladder placed across
the space separating the two buildings.--I it a late hour
on Sunday night a fire took place in tit e premises of
Mrs. James, a grocer, No. 68, Lamb's C onduit-street,
by which an aged female of the name of a 2. Pugh was
burnt almost to a cinder, while the dam: is ;e to the pre-
mises was inconsiderable, the fire being c o nfined to the
kitchen on the basement.—Another fire,;, also attended
with a loss of life„ happened on: Sunday r orning, at an
early hour, in the private house of Mr. J. Navin, in the
Rhodeswell-road, Stepney. The fire was ( .onfined to the
back room, ground floor ; gut unfor ti anately, Mrs.
Navin, who was only 32 years of ago, pi 3rished in the
flames. The Origin of this fire was also i m iknown. .