The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

Patti RAILWAYS.

all Bedford and
Bletcbley
100 Buckghamsh
all ClydesdaleJc
100 H. Lincoln g-
6 per cent.
all Glas. Barr.
Neils. Dime.
all Do. New
all Glstr.dt Dn. Fr
all llrtlpL Dk. &
Railway
all Hull & Selby

12
20
20

all Do. A Shares.
all Do. Shares.
all Lon. & Greenw
all Do. Preference
IC3 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent.
1.00 Do. 6 per ct.
all Manch. Bxtn.
and Matlock
all Middlesbro' &
Redcar. .
all Kidkl.Bradfd
all Northern and
Basternsp. c
M& Do. 6 per et.
all Do. Fizeds p e
all Prest. & Wyre

12 Do. Shares.
100 Roystn.&
100 Do.Shepth.St
18 Shef.Roth.and
Goole g. 5 p. c.
9i S. Staftordsh.
all WearValleygr
6 per cent
all Do
100 Wilts&Somrst

MINES
1 all Agua Fria
1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold
108. all Anglo Californian
10 2 Australasian 1 d
20 6 Australian
1 all Australian Cordillera
1 all Australian Freehold
1 all Ave Maria —
1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of)
50 all Blasuarvon Ir. &Colt/ 8 10
1 all Eiritish Austrin. Gold
20 13.5 British Iron 7 9
35 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued
at L 5 pna — 44
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 2
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32
1 Carson's Creek
1 6 Clarendon Con. Min
Co. of Jamaica...-. .•.
40 all Cobra Copper 44 46
5 1 Colonial Gold -
... 15 Cioniapo
St. all Copper Mu. or Eng. 50 —6O
25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 2 4 p
5 all English and Austrin.
Copper Smeltg.Co. 1 —2}
20 all General
2 all Great Nugget Vein — I
2 all Do. Registered
3 all Great Polgooth
1 all Liberty
3 all Linares
1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold
Quartz Crush. Co. .
1 all Aar:quits.
10 9 Vlexican&S.Amoricn 6
1 all New Granada 4
1 all New Linares Mining
and Smelting Co •
1 all Nouveau Monde
20 all Pro:ad m
t gibaiuncl. Si
Smelt.lvel 17
19
5 1 Port Philip
1 all Quartz Rork
50 all Rhymney Iron
15 15 Do. New 9i 104
30 10 Santiago de Cuba
1 all south Australian _
10 1 Tin Croft — 4
284 all United Mexican ...... 3t - 34
1 all Waller te
1 all West Granada ..•
1 all West Mariposa ...... d
1 12s. Worthing Mining o
Australia •••
1 all Yuba
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia Bl 83
40 all British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
50 all British N. American xd 65 6 x d
25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia id
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China ...d
100 25 Colonial •••
100 20 Commercial of Loud
20 12 English Scottish and
Australian 34 3 d 84 9
20 20 bond. Chart. Bk. of
Australia 2l} 214 214
50 20 London and County
50 10 London Joint Stock
100 20 Loud. & Westminster .„
100 35 National Provincial
of England • •••
20 10 Do. New . •
50 224 National of Ireland —
20 all New South Wales —
25 all Oriental Bank of
Corporation. 474 484 474
25 5 Do. New •••
100 25 Provincial of Ireland!
10 all Do. New • •••
5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg
& Gold Imp Co t,
25 all South Australia 43 45
25 all Union of Australia 7O 72 704 1
V Do. New 7 9
50 10 Union of London — ... 27

FAILURES IN THE WORS Tli D TRADE.—The rumours
which had for some days la, :en in circulation of some
important failures in Yorksh it a connected with the trade
of Bradford are verified. The, most extensive failure that
of Messrs. Thomas Taylor :in d Sons, manufacturers, of
Ovendon, near Halifax. a house has stopped pay-
ment, with liabilities to the extent of 100,0001. The
credit of other houses is, o f course, involved in the
failure ; and independently of it, several other concerns
are in difficulties. One house with liabilities to the ex-
tent of 18,0001., has just colas pounded with its creditors
for 13s. 4d. in the pound- The works of another at
Wakefield and Bradford are also stopped. The debts in
this case are 12,0001. Dun ni the week, likewise, five
other firms in Bradford have- 'aeon under the necessity of
calling their creditors toge'ar.er. In two of these cases
an arrangement has been effe:3ted with the creditors,
and in all of them the are not of very large
amounts. The trade of the town is in an exceedingly
slack and unhealthy slate ; SOI ne of the factories are only

working short time.
FIRE AT MESSRS. SEARL EE 1' THE BOATBUILDERS.-
Last evening, between the irs of 6 and 7, considerable
alarm was caused in the im m ,ediate vicinity of Astley's
amphitheatre, in consequence- of the sudden outbreak of
a fire in the premises belon gi og to Messrs. G. Searle
and Sons, boatbuilders to He r Majesty, in Stangate,
Westminster road. A num be r of men were engaged
framing a dumb-lighter belon,ging to the Westminster-
bridge (Middlesex side) Steaint .oat Pier Company, when
by some accident, the vessel NI •hich was lying high and
dry on the shore, immediately under the extensive work-
shops and offices, took fire d the flames rapidly tra-
velled from the head to the stern of the vessel. Owing
to the praiseworthy exertions' o f the various hands em-
ployed on the premises and di fli :rent wharfs near, the fire
was prevented from destroying the workshops, although
at one time the flames were r ising over the principal
buildings containing manufacitn red stock of great value.
THE FIRE AT CHATHAM DoviKYARD.— Not the slight-
est trace can be obtained of the origin of the fire which
broke out in the saw mills at aaatham on Sunday morn-
ing, the 18th instant, the anndriersary of the battle of
Waterloo. Although a considerable loss has been sus-
tained, it must be a source of g reat consolation that the
wind was very moderate at the time, as, had it been
blowing strong, a very serious, fire would have been the
result, as it is believed that no thing could have saved
the other valuable adjoining 'buildings, especially the
building sheds, as the little wii id that was at the time
was blowing in their direction, and if they had caught
fire the loss of several fine xte'w screw steam-ships of
war would have taken place. The fire was discovered
about five o'clock a.m., and is supposed to have been
burning for some time, as the roof of the building fell
in shortly after the discovery that a fire was raging
within. On the alarm being given, the troops of the
d
garrison next for fire duty, an the Royal Sappers and
Miners and Royal Marines, w ith other parties of the
provisional battalion, were soon en the spot, and ren-
dered valuable service in ccnj untction with a great num-
ber of workmen, by removing s ► large quantity of valu-
able timber, which was by that; meanksaved from in-
jury. The working parties rei nained ill the yard until
not a particle of fire could be ;seen. The commandant
of the garrison was so well satisfied with the exertions
of the troops, that he early in Ore morning cancelled the
previous day's orders with reference to the day (Sunday)
. parades for church, and consec piently there was no di-
vine service for the troops, as -they were allowed to re-
tire for the rest of the day.
LICENSING OF VESSELS.—It having been represented
to the Commissioners of Custonis that their regulations
in respect to the licensing of vessels and boats are in-
sufficiently known to parties; interested, they have
directed copies of the regulation-s to be forwarded to the
principal officers of customs of the several ports of the
kingdom, which they are to deliver to the master, owner,
' or other person who may apply for the same. They have
also been directed to affix copies in the Custom-house
and other conspicuous places in their respective ports
for the information of the public.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED So WIDE AT BURY.---
quest in-
quest was held at Bury, Lancashire, on Friday, on the
body of Mary Ellen Kay, an infant, to whom poison
had been administered by her mother. It appeared
that the prisoner had procured some mice poison, a
small portion of which she administered to deceased, a
larger portion to an older child, and swallowed
av thd
e
greater portion herself. Mr. Fletcher, surgeon, se
the mother and eldest child, but the infant died. A
verdict was found of wilful murder.
LONDON AND SOUTH-EAJune STERN RAILWAY
£17,128 .—Traffic0
re.
turn for the week ending 17, 1854
Corresponding week last year 17,459 4 9

Decrease in 1854 £33l 4 5
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending June 17,
1854 ..... : .... ,, . - 214,852 2 6
Corresponding wee ear year 13,622 4 4
Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 280,446 2 1
Total of the half-year to this date, 4353.,,,,, 20,133 13 7