The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL—MARCH 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been flat all day,
with little change on yesterday's prices. Quotations have
been reported as follows :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77i ;
Ditto (fifth shares), 44 d. ; Midland, 76i ; South-Eastern
and Dover, 23k ; Dutch Rhenish, 2d.

MANCHESTER—MARCH 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has again been flat.
Cork, Blackrock, and Pass., 20 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and
Dundee, 8 5-16 ; Great Northern 4-A per cent. Scrip, p. ;
Lancaster and Preston Twelfths, gi ; Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire (101. Pref.), 11; South-Eastern and
Dover, 23 9-16.

BIRMINGHAM, MARall 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was very little business
transacted in this market to-day, but prices were a shade
higher, stock being still scarce. Shrewsbury and Bir-
minghams were done at 65.

LEEDS, MAncEt 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been rather
weaker this morning. Shares, however, do not show any
material decline, and sellers are not eager to press sales.
The following are. the closing transactions :—Lancashire
and Yorkshires, 773- ; London and North-Westerns, sx
div., 1193 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 30 ;
North-Westerns, 84 ; South-Easterns, 233 ; York and
North Midlands, 20i.

PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.— Thursday the annual
general court of members of this corporation, established
for the reformation of juvenile offenders, was held at the
society's offices, Three Crown-court, Threadneedle-street
for the purpose of electing six members of the com-
mittee in place of those retiring by rotation, to elect
auditors and trustees for the ensuing twelve months, and
on general business. Mr. William Gladstone in the
chair. The report stated that the number of boys ad-
mitted from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, was 154, in addition to
two re-admissions of boys, taken back after leaving for
employment with their friends. Out of that number there
were 29 orphans, 25 lost their fathers, 38 lost their mo-
thers, 7 illegitimate, and 20 cases of loss of one parent, in
each of which the other dying subsequently. With regard
to the circumstances of these boys, 50 had not been in
prison before, 32 once, 14 twice, 11 three times, and 29
four times and upwards. Education :30 could read and
write well, 70 a little, and remainder not at all. 108
left the society's care, inclOding 2 who had been enabled
to emigrate. Of this number 62 had emigrated, 1 went
to sea, 17 were employed in England by the help of re-
lations, 10 taken back by friends, 8 discharged or de-
serted, 2 returned to Millbank as fit for Parkhurst, and
7 emigrated at their own request, but left the ship at
Plymouth. Of the boys sent out in the years 1850 and
1851, the number being 75, 5 are reported as having re-
turned to bad courses, 3 were uncertain, and idle, but
the rest doing well. The financial statement showed a
balance in hand of 2361. 6s sd. at the commencement of
this year ; total receipts for the year, by legacies, sub-
scriptions, &c., 8,5331. 12s. 7Ad. ; and the expenditure,
after settling all demands, left a balance of 1,1481. is. 3d.
The report was adopted, after which the court ad-
journed.
NOTTINGHAM, MARCH 3.—The lace trade is not by
any means in so brisk a state as we anticipated it would
no this month, yet there is time for a considerable im-
provement to develop itself, especially in the fancy de-
partment, as an improved style of design is constantly
being produced. Although orders for hosiery goods are
not quite so numerous as they have been, there continues
to be a fair amount of business doing.—Nottingham
Journal.
GLASGOW, MARCH 4.—Our cotton market has been
very quiet during the past week, and prices are a shade
lower. Holders appear rather more anxious to sell.
BRADFORD, MARCH 3.—W00l The transactions
throughout the week have been limited, the prices sought