The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1853.

SHARE MARrITS.-(THIS DAY.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

Paid.,

RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
yesterday. ;

Business done
yesterday.

100
8i

19/ 20

30.1
304
30

all
100
all
100

1841
100
100

50
50
20
50

521 li 21 2 3

41
12f A a

all
all
all
all
all
100

100

12i
St.
St.
25

80 1 80i 1}
56 9 7 4
124 5
104
80A i 1

RAILWAYS.

Bedford and
Blotchley..
Birm. & Oxfd.
guarantee
Do. withoutgr
Birm. Wolv. &
Dudley guar.
Do.wtht guar.
Buckghamsh.
Clydesdale Jc.
E. Lincoln gr.
6 per cent.
alstr.dt Dn.Fr
Hrtlpl. Dk. &
Railway

Leasing
Compares•

London &
N. West.

IGt.Wostn
Do

Do
Do
L.&N.W
Caledon 1

Closing Prices
yesterday.

gg - 101
49 - 51

Gt.Nrthn.
Gt. Westn
Yk. New.
& Berw.
Y. &NMd
Do
Do

Hull & Selby
Do. Shares.
Do. 4 Shares.
Lon.&Greenw
Do. Preference
Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent.
Do. 6 per ct.
Manch. Bxtn
and Matlock
Middlesbro' &
Redcar •

Midld.Bradfd.
Northern and
Easternsp.c.
Do. 6 per ct.
Do. Fixeds p e
Prest. & Wyre

100
100
18i
all-

Do. Shares.
Roystn.k Hit.
Do.Shepth.SL
Shef.Roth_snd
Goole g. 5 p.c.
S. Staffordsh.
Wear Valloygr
6 per cent...

138 - 142
30 - 32

S. Eastern
I Do

'Norfolk.

L.B; N. W.
& Mklld.
Stckton &
Darlingt.
Midland..

IE. Count ,
Do

Do
L. &N.W
&Ln&"lrk
Do

Gt Northn
Do
Lancash&
Yorksh.
M.MClean
Stockt. &
Daningt
Do

Pm
64 31 41 31

107 - 100
534- 54
26i - 27
134- 14
- 251

2i - 3

93 = iiio

59 - 61

137 - 142
137 - 142

84 8 4

7813 i i

Do
Wilts&Somrst 1

IGtWestn.

50
40
25
25

8/ 2s

1.00-
LOO
474
174
all
LOO

601 11 6O

64
25
50
20

12i i

48 50 49

26 i

116 I

38 9

St.
St.
St.
St.

1100
100
100
100

6
all
100
all

21 i

594 i 60 1

- ilk
2 - I,i

294. - 30i1
95 -- 971

Business
yesterday.

INQUEST UPON A LUNATIC AT HANWELL.

30 1

OUR ADMIRAL IN CHINA.

The late mail from this station brought the par-
ticulars of a most savage massacre of the passengers
and crew of a Straits vessel (the Arratoon Apcar),
which left Hong Kong harbour on her voyage to
the south (Singapore), the particulars of which
are, doubtlessly, fresh in the remembrance of our
readers. The following extract from the China
Mail, of August the 11th, shows how the authori-
ties met the case. We have before had to comment
freely upon the vagaries of the naval Commander-
in-Chief on the China station, but we never antici-
pated being called upon to denounce such discre-
ditable and culpable inactivity as that exhibited by
Vice-Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew in the matter
of the Arratoon Apcar. Here is the article from
our China contemporary :--

Very general, and, we conceive, not undeserved,
indignation has been expressed at Admiral Pellew's and
the harbour-master's inaction regarding the Arratoon
Apcar. The vessel, with her ensign reversed and boats
wanting, came slowly into the harbour on the morning
of the 6th, and anchored, about eisdit o'clock, within no
great distance of the flag-ship. Yet half an hour must
have elapsed before she was visited by a boat from the
Winchester, and it was long after that that the harbour-
master sent off, if indeed lie sent at all. The police were
still more behind, for it was past ten o'clock before the
information reached the Central Station ; and thus,
probably, proofs were lost that would have been of great
importance in the investigation now going on. Among
private individuals there were some who exhibited more
interest and activity than any of the departments whose
duty it is to take cognisance of such matters, and the
vessel had hardly anchored before she was visited by
Mr. Murrow and Mr. Tarrant, the latter to pick up
materials for his paper, the former to dispatch expresses
to the Governor of Macao, to Whampoa, and to Cum-
singmoon, which was done before the ship had been
officially boarded. And as the admiral did not appear
to be making any preparation to dispatch a steam-vessel,
Mr. Walker, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
superintendent, got the steam up in the Sir Charles
Forbes, and put that vessel at the free disposal of Ad-
miral Pellew, the Government, the police, or the agents
of the Arratoon Apcar. But the day passed without
any one using the advantage, and when Mr. Walker
took the Sir Charles Forbes alongside the flag-ship, and
sent in his card, he was told the admiral was at dinner,
and could not see him I But that important duty ac-
complished, the catastrophe on board a British vesse'
within a few miles of a British squadron, would seem into
to have been taken consideration by the naval con: •
mander-in-chief, for at seven o'clock in the evening,
twelve hours after the Arratoon Apcar had returned,
the Styx was dispatched in the dark in pursuit of the
murderers, and returned next morning without having
found them."

This article appears slightly inaccurate, as we
find in a subsequent number of the China Mail
(August 18) the following :
" Mr. Walker, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
Superintendent, conceiving that the newspapers, in dis-
cussing matters connected with the Arratoon Apcar,
have, at the expense of the authorities, given rather
more credit than was deserved to the company
and himself, has requested us to state, in reference
to what he said on the subject, that it is true
he twice ordered steam to be got up in the Sir
Charles Forbes on the 6th, in expectation thatl her
services would be required, but that he did not
put that vessel at the free disposal of Admiral
Pellew, the Government, the police, or the agents of the
Arratoon Apcar ; nor did lie take the Sir Charles Forbes
alongside the flag-ship ; although he was prepared to
place the vessel at the free disposal of the authorities or
the community, or to charter her to any firm or private
individual, had a requis!tion been made for her services.'
In the afternoon, Mr. Walker received a verbal message
from the admiral, through one of the officers of her
Majesty's ship 'Winchester, and as, from the nature of
this message, it was evident that the naval Commander -
in-Chief was laboui ing under some mistake as regarded
the Sir Charles Forbes, Mr. Walker, to save time and
avoid further misapprehension, proceeded across the har-
bour, and sent in his card to the admiral, but was unable
to have an interview, as his excellency was at dinner.
Several messages passed and repassed through an officer,
and Mr. Walker came away without any arrangement
having been arrived at with respect to Sir the Charles
Forbes.' "