The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-27 00:00:00

HULL, JAN. 26.

STOCK EXCHANGE —11.16 sales are—Great Northern, 9
North British, Quarters, 745.-.Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham (A), 51/2 dis—Ditto, Preference, l p.- York, New-
castle, and Berwick, 29- Ditto (thiginal Newcastle and Ber-
wick), 28—Ditto No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 1 p.
GLASGOW , JAN. 25

SToca EXCHANGE.--The sales are—Caledonian, 52
Ditto, Preference, 8% - Edinburgh and Bathgate, s—Edin-
burgh and Newport, 71A—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
Halves, No. 1, 58 Glasgow and Greenock, Halves, 7%—
Great Northern, 8/. 19s. Mo,diland, 6 per cent. guar., 4%.

HAMPTON COURT BRANCH OF THE LONDON AND
SoUTO.WESTERN RAILWAY.—This pleasure extension line
is now completed, and ready for opening. It is a mile and a
half long, and branches off from the main line 12 miles up,
and a little above Kingston, and consists nearly of one con-
tinuous embankment of 18 feet in height, graduating in some
parts as it goes along. It is to be opened on the Ist of
February, and is expected to be a lucrative addition to the
main line, since it appears from the Government returns that
•178,000 persons annually visit Hampton-court. There are to
be five trains a day from the Waterloo-station, and an equal
number back, including one Parliamentary or penny-a-mile
train.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. B. HAWES, M.P.—Thurs-
day evening a dinner tees given at the Horns Tavern,
Kennington, to Mr. B. Hawes,-M.P. for Kinsale, by his
friends and admirers in the berough of Lambeth. Mr.
L. Redhead, chairman of. Mr. Hawes's committees in
the boroueh of Lambe :h, fillsd the chair, on whose right
set the gm st of the eveno,g. Among the comp iny we
observed Mr. B. Captain Wood, Messrs.
Roesiter. Forrest: Gri, ell, J. F. Young, and Johu Site,
Mr. Norton. Chief Juscice of Newtouedland ; Mr. W.
tl. Ponorary Secretary, &c. About 170 electors
partook of an exc, llent dinner, provided by Mr. Briant.
Atter the usual to? tee-ts, the chairman, in an appro-
priate speech, rt-queste,t Mr. liaw,a's acceptance of a
splendid silver salter, silver gilt, as a testimonial of the
high esteem in which he was !hid by his friends in the
borough to Lamb-i.h. The salver was 26 inches iu diame-
ter, and of the weight of übou: 200 oz. It bore a compli-
mentary inscription. Mr. Hawes, in returning thanks,
said that it was 16 years since he first addressed the
electors of Lambeth, and sought to be returned in the
first Reformed Parliament. He had been tour times
elected by them; and, during that period, he had never
expressed extreme opinio, s, for he had no confidence
in them. He tried to obtain the support of the electors
of Lambeth for the fifth time, although without success.
But he had no hesitation in saying that it was in con-
sequence of the countenance and support of the friends
who had subscribed to this testimonial that he had now
the honour to be Member for Kinsale. The grounds
upon which he had lost his re election for Lambeth
were, that he had been a friend to a scheme of education
the most liberal and comprehensive ever presented to
this country ; that he had' voted for the grant to
Maynooth; that he refused to pledge himself against
any endowment of the Irish Church; and that he had
accepted an appointment under Government. If the elec-
tors of the metropolitan boroughs were to make it a con-
dition that their representatives were not to take office
under Government, they would have men fit to represent
them, and nothing else. On all these grounds the Hon.
Gentleman said he would boldly impeach the verdict of
the constituency of Lambeth. His political career bad
not been marked by any inconsistency in any vote or
speech of his. He was still at their service and in their
service; and he hoped the electors would be able to say
that they had gained three Members instead of two.
-Still he slid not mean to woo an unwilling bride, or to
stand in the situation of a suitor. It would be for the
borough of Lambeth to take its own course, and for him
freely and indepeedently to take his. Hu would only
say that he was grateful for the honour they had done
him, and 'That his services were at their command.
Whoever would calmly review the last two years and a
half of the colonial administration of Earl Grey trust ad-
mit that never in any previous period had liberal and
representative institutions in the colonies been more
widely and extensively upheld by the Colonial-office. He
felt, therefore, that he had nothing to be ashamed of in
having joined the present Guvernment.—Several lccal
toasts followed, and some excellent singing enlivened the
proceedings of the evening.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Another Important Cure by
Holloway's Ointment and Pills, of a Wound in the DI.
—Mrs. Malcumb, wife of the light-house keeper at the
entrance of the river Tees, near Redcar, had been a suf-
ferer for upwards of ten 3 ears, with a severe wound in
the leg, which, during the last four years of that period
was so bad, that it made her quite incapable of walking
without crutches. To heal it many remedies heti been
tried in vain before Holloway's Ointment and Pills were
used, but these excellent remedies being at last resorted
to, effectual healed the wound in about nine weeks,
and the patient is able to walk about, even without the
support of a stick. Sold by 1,11 Druggists, and at Pro-
fe.•sur Estallishment, 244, Strand, London.
BOOKS On, THAT MIKE ENEMY WOULD WRITS
A Boo Kr—" Oi reakieg vooks, there is no end:" nor"
do we nestle there should be. lt there were an end,
what should we poor rriues du? many of our contem-
poraries would say. To " book s,,me new thing," is not
an easy or often-occurring matter: new ideas and gr, at
thoughts are less-plentiful than golde--at all events, in
Calliorma—tend some reel thing yet unsaid is found with
difficulty. To diversify the but face of knowledge, how-
ever; to put it in a fresh light, especially it a stronger;
to gather together scattered fragments, and form there-
out a whole; to lure some minds to what the) had before
disregarded, or provide instructive amusement for others,
is of no trifling consequence: and long, therefore, may
the world be able to exclaim," of making books there is
no end." What should we do without books—what
should we be without books? They preserve far us the
best part of the best men; give us pure joys, and alleviate
our sorrows: they take us back into the past, and aid US
in preparing tor the tuture.—Builder.
ALDERNEY.—The damage sustained by the GO'
vernment works in the late storm is more serious than
was at first supposed. The damage is now estimated at
upwards of 4,000. Such was the violence of the storm,
that the immense beams employed in the works were
broken short off or splintered as though they had been
mere sticks. The interruption which this disaster has
caused in the Government operations has, we are-in-
formed, created considerable inconvenience and distress
amongst the labourers who were employed ,thereon.---
Guernsey Star.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.-WORCESTER, JAN.
bushings doing in our market.— Worcester Journal