The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 25.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Railway Share market was
more animated to-day, and prices a shade firmer. Shrews-
bury and Birmingham Preference shares were done
at 11i.

LEEDS, JAN. 25.
STOCK EXOHANGE.—We have had another inactive
market this morning, and prices still indicate a downward
tendency. The following are the closing transactions :
North Western, 8/ is 3d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshires, 101 Pref., 11; South Eastern and Dovers,
23 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 78i ; London and North
Western stock, 1192. •

ANOTHER SUICIDE IN MILLBANK.-Mr. Bedford, the
coroner for Westminster, yesterday held an inquest at
Millbank Prison, touching the death of Joseph Cana-
dian, aged 20 years, a convict under sentence of trans-
portation for seven years for robbery and assault. The
deceased convict was received into the prison on the
26th of April, 1852, from Glasgow, having been four
months in separate confinement before his arrival. H e
first came under the notice of the principal authorities
at Millbank on the 29th of September following, having
been reported for making use of threatening language to
the officers, and disturbing the wards. The governor,
not liking the look of him, sent him to Dr. Ball, by
whom he was ordered into the infirmary, where he stayed
a month; but being believed to be shamming insanity, he
was turned back to separate confinement, when he con-
fessed that he did sham, and that another prisoner told
him to do so to get to a lunatic asylum. He began his
bad conduct again, and became so violent that it was
necessary to put a strait waistcoat on him, having been
previously punished with three days bread and water.
All the officers who had charge of him said that they
believed he was sane and rational enough, an opinion
which was also partly shared in by the higher authori-
ties. However, on Sunday last he managed to fasten
the second round of his neckcloth in a hook in the wall
of his cell, not more than 18 inches from the ground,
and the first round tightening with the weight of his
bodyinclining from it he soon became strangled. He
had the strait waistcoat on at the time, and from experi-
ments afterwards made by one of the warders it was
found that he must have hooked it on the hammock
hook with his mouth, assisted partly by his hands. Mr.
Rendle, the resident surgeon, was instantly on the spot,
and tried to restore animation, but without effect. The
jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased
insanity,
brought himself whilst in a state of temporary
brought on by separate confinement.
BURSTINO. OF THE BOILER OF A LOCOMOTIVE AT NEW-

CASTLE-lIPON-TYNE.—On Sunday afternoon, shortly be-
fore two o'clock, the boiler of an engine attached to the
two o'clock train, just about to start for Tynemouth,
exploded with terrific violence, bursting through the
roof of the station, and causing considerable damage.
The engineman and stoker, who were on the footboard
of the engine, escaped with slight injuries ; but another
engineman, who was standing beside them in conversa-
tion, was so much injured that his life was considered
in danger. Two children, who were standing on the
platform, not far from the engine, were scalded severely.
It is not known how the accident occurred. The engine
had just undergone a thorough repair.
JAGO DE CUBA.—Since the 18th of October -last
this city, it is supposed, has lost one-tenth of its in-
habitants by cholera alone, not to mention the large
number of deaths during the same time by fevers and
other diseases.