The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-23 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, F 213. 22.

STOCK EICIIANGE.—The market opened rather firmer,
and there was a better business, but prices partially receded
the close. Caledonians, 3n ; Blackburns, 7
Leeds, 774 ; ditto Fifths, 4 dis. ; Dovers, 2313-16 ; Ches.
ter and Birkenhead, 213 ; Sheffields, 291 ; London stock,
1201; Eastern Counties, 13 9-16 ; Midlands, 78k ; Mari.
quits, par ; ,Manchester and Birmingham C. Quarters),
1 c, p. ; Sheffield Pref., 11 • • East Lancashire Prig. Quar.
ters, 9 11-16; Lancaster and Preston Quarters, 26k.

LEEDS, Fin. 22.
STOCK EXOHANGE.—The share market has been heavy
this morning, and all kinds of stock shows a downward
tendency. Lancashire and Yorkshires have been done at
77k, the dividend announced being unsatisfactory. Mid-
land stock was done at 78 ; :Leeds Northerns at 15k, and
North Westerns at 8/. 3s 9d ; Great Northern New Prof,
were also done at prem.

BIRMINGHAM, FHB. 22. t,
STOCK EXCBANGE.—The railway share matket was
firm to-day, but very little business was transacted. There
has been scarcely any stock offering for some ti c: past.
Midlands closed at 78k.

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orm thelfss yearl
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It appears from their statement that voluntary proceed-
ings 0 —lBThe
has report
just
have been commenced in 9,634 tithe districts, and
that the commissioners have received 7,070 agreementS,
e
of which 6,778 have been confirmed. 7,027 notices for
be fe
etr Tithe
Cd o
making awards have been issued, of which 7 were sent
out in 1852 ; 5,594 drafts of compulsory awards have
also been received, and 5,399 confirmed ; of these 11
were received and 33 confirmed during 1852. In
12,177 districts, therefore, the tithes have been com-
muted by confirmed agreements or confirmed awards,
and iri 312 of these districts the rent-charges were disposed
of by redemption or mergers, 63 of which were confirmed
in 1852. 11,730 appointments have been received,
and 11,686 confirmed, and of, these 100 were-rbdeived
and 154 confirmed during the year 1852. 95,6„altered
apportionments had been made up to December 31, 1852%,4.
And 743,,fonfirtied, and on that day 452 exchanges of
glebes ire eirectocl; and 30 such exchanges in progress.
'‘At cl.6Se-of 1852, 13,711 distinct mergers of tithes or
rent charges had been confirmed. Tile commissioners
also add, that before the work of tithe commutation can
be fully completed, it will be necessary that some addi-
tional powers, already referred to in former reports,
should be conferred upon them, and they entertain no
doubt but that they shall be able in the present year to
give in detail the subject-matter, which will show the
necessity of some legislation for that purpose.
RUFFIANLY ATTACK AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—
About half-past seven o'clock on Thursday evening last,
as Mr.' John Root, jun., of Gosbecks farm, Stanway,
was -Walking home from Colchester, when near the
DiurY farm, he met three men on the road, and
they , bade each other " Good night," in passing.
About five minutes afterwards Mr. Root fancied he
heard footsteps rapidly approaching behind him over
the snow, and on looking round him saw the three
men close at his heels, when ono of them struck him
several violent blows with a thick bludgeon. • His com-
panions then forced their victim into a ditch, and when
there one of them knocked his hat over his eyes, whilst
another tried to fill his mouth with snow. They
next demanded his watch and money, and on his en-
deavouring to keep his arm over the watch-pocket,
one of the villains struck him a violent blow across
his hand, another snatched the watch, valued at 91.
or 10/., and the third abstracted his purse, contain-
ing about 7s. They then jumped over the hedge and de-
camped with their booty. Mr. Root started to return
to Colchester, to give information to the police, when
he was met by a fourth man, who he supposed had been
watching at the corner to warn his companions of any
.person's approach, and on the fellow's confronting him
and telling him that he should not go to Colchester,
Mr. Root, with the bludgeon which he had succeeded
in wresting from the hands of one of the ruffians, struck
his adversary several violent blows across the head,
which felled him helpless to the ground. The fellow
shouted to his companions for assistance, when they
came up and carried him away. Mr. R. then sought
refuge at the Drury farm, and subsequently gave in-
formation to the police.—Essex Herald.
SUPERSTITION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.—The
following statement will scarcely be credited in these
days of enlightenment and progress :—On Friday last
an innkeeper of this town, who also does a little as a
gardener, was seen to put a pig's heart, stuck all over
with thorns, in the ground, near the roots of a fruit
tree, and his reasons for doing this were, that the tree
should produce larger and better fruit ; it is also be-
lieved that, if two lovers fall out, and the man should
happen to_ pass by the spot where a pig's heart, so
stuck, is buried, it will have such a wonderful effect on
his own, that he will immediately see about making
matters straight 'again.- Has the innkeeper fallen out
with his better half ?—Devonport paper.. •
A SHEEP Fox.—A Scotch paper says, a fox of cu-
riously
variegated colour, and large size, was shot by
Colonel Mackintosh's gamekeeper at Farr, on Tuesday
last. The face, back, and sides are of the usualduli
red, but the whole lower parts, from the throat to the
point of the tail, including the front of the l
almost entirely black. Length, 4 feet 1 inch
weight,,egsare
15 lbs. A foxhunter of :ong experience declare's that it
is one of the real sheep foxes, and that he has not seen
one of the kind for years.