The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-30 00:00:00

DINNER TO MR. AUSTEN, OF WALTHAM ABBEY

On Thursday last a dinner was given to this gentlemen,
at the Hotel, Waltham, on the occasion of his retire-
ment from the charge of the Government powder-mills,
which important duty he had filled for many years.
John Griffiths, Esq., J. Colville, Esq., and other magis-
trates and gentlemen presented to Mr. Austen at the
same time a very costly silver snuff-box, as a testimony
of their high esteem for his character, and their sense of
the very efficient manner in which his important duties
have been performed, by which life and property in the
neighbourhood have been preserved from the disastrous
effects of the explosions so frequent in former days.
Two splendid specimens, male and female, of the
blue peregrine falcon, or hunting hawk, were killed a
few days ago by Mr. Thomas Dickinson, of Eslington,
and are now in possession of Mr. Snowden, Alnwick, for
preservation.—Newcastle Journal.
WILFUL DAMAGE TO THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
—The first instance of malicious injury being done to
the electric telegraph has just occurred on the London
and North Western Railway, between Clifton-bridge and
RaAy, by the twisting of the wires, and by which the
communication was broke❑ off between London and

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Rugby down, and Liverpool, Manchester, and Birming-
ham up. A reward has been oiler( d for the discovery of
the perpetrators of the mischief; and it may be perhaps
usefully mentioned, that by law the act is a misde-
meanour, and renders the party on conviction liable to
transportation.

PRODUCTIVE Cow.—C. Lucy, Esq., of Stratford-
upon-Avon, has a cow which has ptoducrd forsome time
a remarkably large quantity of butter. During the last
fertvight the enormous quantity of 4041ba., or upwards
of 201 b. prr week. has been churned from her cream
al me. The pasture in which the cow is contains most
luxuriant herbage, which in a degree assists, but still the
breed is doubtless the cause of such an abundant yield.
The animal is seven years old—this season being the
fourth time she has borne a calf. Her breed is between
a short-horned Durham and an Alderney, her sire being
a short-horn. Attention was first attracted to this ex-
traordinary production by the fellow cow becoming dry,
and it was then found that the animal in question was
able to compensate for the deficiency.—Birminghani
Gazette.

" THE EXPOSTULATION OF THE NEGLECTED."--
Under this title the very striking sermon preached by
the Rev. J. F. Denham, Rector of St. Mary-le-Strand,
on behalf of the Lamb and Flag Ragged Schools, has
just been issued from the press. The preacher com•
plains in earnest and eloquent language " of the mistake
made by a church or body of people which should direct
its effirts to the moral and spiritual welfare of distant
nations, and be grossly inattentive to that of its own
members." Such is the application he makes of his
text ; and ho says, "I am certain that no individual
present will find reason to complain of it as unjust or
uncharitable, when I mention that the income of
the Church Missionary Society from this country alone
was last year more than 90,000/. for missions to the
heathens, and that the Jubilee Fund up to this time
amounts to more than 53,0001., while the aggregate in-
, come of all the Ragged Schools for the conversion of our
native baptised heathens at home, living in ignorance,
vice, and impiety, has not been sufficient to keep any
one of them out of a state of comparative bankruptcy ;
that the annual income of one of them is only 151.; that
at a public meeting in aid of another, which was in debt
to the amount of 301., the enormous sum of 2/. 10s. was
collected, and that the subscriptions to the Ragged
Schools for which I plead this day, and which are
situated in one of the most degraded localities of the
metropolis, have not yet exceeded 901., after the most
laborious exertions to obtain them ; and that in this
Christian metropolis there are but about seventy of
these Ragged Schools, all of them depending on chance
for their daily bread amid a population of thirty thou-
sands of children, who, for the want of them, are
living not only without the knowledge of God in the
world, but in a condition of the most absolute vice and
misery."
THE FIRE IN BLENHEIM•STREET,-..The firemen
having eventually succeeded in extinguishing the fire
which broke out on Monday night upon the premises
belonging to Mr. George Freeman (late Alderson and
Co.) in Blenheim-street, Oxford-street, a strange dis-
covery was made. On the men:entering, by means of a
small window, a kind of lumber room parallel with the
first floor leads, their attention was directed to what

appeared to be the remains of two or three persons who
had been burned to death. Upon making a closer
inspection it was ascertained that the substances found
were the remains of two, if not three human beings,
which bad not been divested of the flesh, and which was

so hard and dry, from long exposure to the air, as not to
be easily removed. The head of each party was off, and
there is every reason for supposing that the bodies had
been used by the celebrated Dr. Brookes, who formerly
Ab aidth peousgs
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EXCURSIONhhd
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holidayr
burnedoe d ,
excursion warehouse
trains
in and out of London, and throughout theT TRAlNS.—Yes-
terday
country,
down.
on an extraordinary scale. The influx at the Euston
station of the London and North-Western, brought up
from the manufacturing districts by several special
trains, rendered additional arrangements necessary;
annual excursion trains coming in from Liverpool,
Birmingham, and other places, allowing passengers 10
and 16 days in London, at 255. and 20s. the trip. In the
much talked of Paris excursion-train there were only
t2Ol
more
eentghearu 5
passengers; aiusstuhffiecnieent
insufficient to
pay for the engine,ccipt would not amount
they were taken by the ordinary trains. Among other
excursion curiosities and novelties was a train from
Dublin to London and back, taking passengers at two
guineas each ; another train from Birmingham to Bull,
Vie surplus profits to be devoted to the Birmingham
Hospital; " school treks" on the Lancashire and York-
shire, conveying Sunday-school children, with their
tutors, at sixpence a head, Irons the mills and manufac-
tories to the outskirts, and upwards of three thousand
children, in 100 carriages went in one day. A large
number of persons availed themselves of single fares for
over the
Menai Straits. Yesterday the trains on the
thethe dstouupbelne=netyuabtrhi3g2iheisitoewr anedreeitlioulgybead to see
Greenwich
Railway ran every 5 minutes each way until 12 o'clock,
and carried several thousand persons.

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CA WAX'S.

.1 1 . Dividend
Names of , <,, !Dividend' .. Names of a..
o3rnpailies. I lesj per Trice.
Companies. ti per Price
A (Annum. Annum., at
X .£ i
Ashtn & Oldh 1 971 , 71. - Macclesfield . 100. i 21. 10s. -
B.Arnsicy •• • • 'l6Ol 121. 180 Ncath .. •• • • 100 i 181. , 310
I,:rittik&Abrg 150' 51. 85 Oxford.... • • 1001 201. 185
tirmingham 35 41. 80 Peak Forest. 7g 31. 18s. -
Coventry.... 100' 251. 210 Regent's •• • • 33 ,D. ss. 18%
Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • 851 41. 54
Ells,nre&Chsll33' 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150' 71. I Os. 130
Erewash •• • 1100, 327. - Do.Lkld St 12161. p. c.
.IrandJunctnlloo 51. 82% Stffral &Wore 1401 28/. 310
Grand Surrey 100' 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. Grand Onion 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridgc.. 145 201. 285
Grantham • •1150 - - Severn and
l
Kennt & Avis; 39, 7s. 6d. 51 Wye Rail. j 26 2 . Os. -
Leeds& Livrp,loo 30/. 315 Warwick&
Leicester .... ,140 51. 63% Birming. j 100 41. 50
Leiestr &Nth! 83 41. 45
m Warwick&) 100 31. 41
Lghborogh 142 701. 650 Napton..
Moninouthsh 100 81. - Worcetr 8,,} -
r 8 21. 41
Mntgemrysla 100 - I - Birming.
Meltn3l wbryi 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10
LXST OF SCOTTXSII COMPANIES' P7iLICZB
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of i Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
- - - -
X 5. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. por cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow tank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11%
Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12%
1 Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 155%
Eastern Bank .••• .• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 C 91. 7s
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5%
Exehange Bnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 30
Isle of Tian. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14
North of Scotland Bank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.175.
North British Bank • • - - 2%
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 120
union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 81%
Western Bank.... •• • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 721
Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 20 8 24
B. Accord. Lifeaud Fire - 20 0 0 010 0
British Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 93 6d
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 7s
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 lB%
East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 95.0d.
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 I -
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ensur. Co. of Scetlnd•• 31. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ' -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 6s
Mercantile Life - 10 0 0 010 0 3s. 6d.
National Fire and Life Al. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,20s. 6d
North British Insur s%l.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 I 22t
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,178.6 d
Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 0110 i -
Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 -
Scottish Union Insrnco. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 it. is
Standard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5 0 94(
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 0 1145.6 d
IMISCELL.ILATEOUS.
' Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
~•••..lID
............
L. a. d. Z. 5. Q.
Australian Agricultnrl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 17 %
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. O. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -...
Canada ... • • .... •• .. Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 31
Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. - - 70
City Navigation .... - - - 9014
Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
Equitable Reversionry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100
Gen.SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 22
London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 -
Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 3
Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 68
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 92
Royal Mail Steam- - 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 50%
South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16
VanDieman'a Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 13i

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current,
May
29.
SUGAR.—To-day the Colonial Sugar marketbe resumed
close.
on account of the holidays, but business will resumed
to-morrow with large public sales.
REFINED.—To-day there was much firmness
wasinth
the
Refined Sugar market, and some difficulty_
experi-
enced in obtaining brown grocery Lumpsundesug
under 52s
isd 6
per cwt. The demand for Bonded Crushed
still dull.
MitralTlUS.—By private treaty large parcels have
been sold, and in some cases the rates paid exhibit an
advance on those current on this day week of 6d per cwt.
There is also a less amount on offer, and on the part of
holders there is much firmness. The supply is still
scanty of raw Sugar, especially of low sorts. At public
sale 3,890 bags sold with readiness—good to fine yellow,
393 6d to 41s 6d; low to mid, 38s to 395; fine broan, 37s
to 38s; mid to good, 35s to 365; low to fine grey, 378 to
40s; and grainy, 40s 6d to 415 6d rer cwt.
EAST INDIA.—On the part of holders of Bengal there
is still much firmness, end none has again been offered
at auction. A good business has been transacted by pri-
vate treaty at prices showirg an advance on previous
quotations. Benares, low to middling white has changed
hands at 39s 6d to 41s, good to fine 41s 6d to 435, strong
45s to 493, yellow 393 to 445, brown 338 to 38s, soft
yellow 36s to 38s, and Khaur 32s to 34s for low to fine.
There has been no public sale of Madras; but privately
several parcels have been sold at stiffer rates. Low soft
brown cannot be procured under 32s per cwt, and even
higher rates are anticipated to be asked. Penang from
31s to 378 per cwt, according to quality.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign
Sugar, and on the part of holders there is firmness: for-
mer rates are well kept up, and a fair business was con-
cluded by private treaty. Since Friday last.we observe
there have been five cargoes of Fineigu Ougu &Toted
of At PreTiQUI ifoterl•