The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHAKE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, Fri. S.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market still continues firm, and prices
have an upward tendency. Great Western, Quarter Shares, were
done at par—Dltto, 171. Shares, dls.—Caledonlan, Preference,
P.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 8.

STocit EICIIANGE.—The share market continued very firm ; prices,
however, are unaltered, and the business done Caitlin. The sales are
—Aberdeen, 19%—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West York-
shire, Preferenee, guaranteed 6 per cent. (B), 16%—Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire, 311. Shares, 95( dis.—East Anglian, 31.
10s. Shares, guaranteed 6 per cent., 535. 9d.—Eastern Counties,
11 yi —East Lancashire, 251. Shares, 5% dis.—Lancashire and York-
shire, Quarters, 334 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 2% dis.—Ditto, 101. Pre-
ference, 6 per cent., 134 p.—Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury),
dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 3% dis.—Ditto
(Preston aid Wyre), Halves (1), No. 4, 51,4 p,—Preston and Car-
lisle, Thirds, 1% p.—London and North-Western, Fifths, 7% p.—
Ditto, New Quarters, 5%--Ditto, Quarters (C), 31. 18s. 9d. p.—
Manchester, Shedield, and Lincolnshire, 201. Shares, 10% dis.—
Ditto (Docks), 13 dis.—Midland Stock, New Half Shares, 3% dis.—
North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester,
3', dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 1,8% dis.—Ditto, No. 4,
Thirds, 7N—WhitehaTen:and Furness, 11% dis. —York, Newcastle,
and Berwick (Extension, No. 1), 2% p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase),
6 per cent. guaranteed,!% c. p.

MARCIfESTER, Fill. E.
STOCK Exca.kwas.—The sales are—South-Eastern and Dover, No.
4, 7 12-16—West Riding Union, 3% dis.—Great Grimsby, 204
Shares, 10% dis.—North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—Leeds, Fifths,
1 15-16 dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 5% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 11%,
paid up—Sheffield and Lincoln, 12% c. —Huddersfield and Man-
chester, 27%—Grimsby Dock, 13 die.
BIRMINGHAM, Fxs, 8.

STOCK EXCUANON.—The only quotations were—North British,
Thirds, El. 19s. 9d.—North Staffordshire, 234 dis.—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (B), 3 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 335. 9d. p.—Shropshire
Union, 2% die.—South Staffordshire, 535. 9d. dis.

YORK, FEZ. 7.

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STOCK Excnallon.—The business transacted to-day was as fol-
lows :—Great Northern, 91. lb.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A),
514—Ditto, Preference, 9% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Ori-
ginal Newcastle and Berwick), 29%—Ditto (Extension), No. 1, 22
Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 22—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase),
Cl. Hs. 3d.

GLASGOW, Fzu. 7.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions :
Dundee and Perth, 251. Wm.—Ditto, Quarters, 29s.—Edinburgh and
Northern, Preference, 17—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, i per
cent. guaranteed, 102 - Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 15s.—Great North
of Scotland, Is. 9d.—Menkland, 6 per cent. guaranteed, 41. 17s. 6d.
—North Britisk, 161. 15s.—Scottish Central, 25—Stirling and Dun-
fermline, Si. 2s. 6d.—Wishaw and Coltness, 441. ss.—York, New-
castle, and Berwick, Extension, N.. 1 (York and Newcastle), 211.
12s. Gd. —Ditto, No, 2 (Newcastle and Berwick), 211. 12s. Gd.

LAUNCH or THE FLOATING RAILWAY.—The
launch of this novelty in railway engineering, for ferry-
ing the trains over the Frith and Forth, took place on
Tuesday afternoon at Messrs. R. Napier's ship building-
yard, near Glasgow. The operation excited consider-
able interest, more particularly as the vessel was built
" broadside," and not in the usual manner, with her bow
or stern to the river, it being conceived that owing to
the elevation of the ground above the high water level
of the Clyde, the launch of the vessel on the broadside
system could be more safely and easily effected. The
method, in fact, was adopted from the circumstance of
the success attending it in the case of one or two other
iron vessels of 100 tons burthen, just built at Glasgow,
for the Forth and Clyde Canal, and which have been
launched broadside from a height of twelve feet into
the river. The signal being given to pipe all hands, the
` blocks were removed, and the stopper ropes cut,
when the huge fabric, 170 feet long on deck, by 34 feet
wide between the paddles, and 10 feet deep, strongly
framed and plated to sustain the great weight of a train
of loaded trucks, glided with a gently increasing velocity
to the end of her ways, fell about 2i feet to the river,
gave two or three heavy rolls, and then drifted into the
centre of the stream and was towed to the Broomielaw,
where she received her machinery. Her engine is 56 in
cylinder and 3 feet 6 inches stroke, working each
paddle. A chimney on each side allows a clear space in
the centre for three trucks loaded abreast, and the cap-
tain stands above them between the piddles to steer
either end foremost. The vessel is of iron ribb6d, the
plates on the bottom being half an inch thick. The usual
baptismal ceremony of breaking a bottle of wine at the
bow was dispensed with, and the vessel being a sort of
hybrid between a railway and a steamboat, is to be known
as " the floating railway.".
[ADvEnnsnatENT.]—More Cures by Holloway's
Pills.—Read this.—Mrs. Jemima Albert, the widow of a naval
officer, residing in Campbell-place, St. George's in the East,
had been ill for a long time with a distressing cough, accom-
panied with much expectoration, great weakness of the chest,
and continued head-aches ; besides this, her digestion was
greatly impaired, appetite completely gone, and always drowsy.
She considered herself past cure. Yet notwithstanding her
advanced age, she is restored to the highest state of health and
vigour by the use of Holloway's Pills, declaring she feels more
like a young girl than one of her years, being so hale and
strong. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's
Establishment, '244, Strand, London.
PORT OF GRIMSBY.—We understand that the
Great Northern Company are contemplating a line to
branch from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, at the Lock, to a jetty (by the basin) which has
been undergoing a thorough renewal, for the purpose of
landing goods of all descriptions at the Old Dock, with-
out having recourse to the tedious and expensive mode
of carting. This must eventually prove a great public
convenience, both for export and import traffic., particu-
larly as regards the transit of coals from sloops. The
Great Northern Company have also erected a very spa-
cious and substantial warehouse near Pasture-street.
It is expected that very shortly first-rate steamers will
ply between Grimsby, Rotterdam, and other ports.—
Eastern Counties Herald.

FOREIGN SUGAR CANDY.—Very large arrivals are
taking place of sugar candy from the Dutch ports, the
manufacture of Holland, and in consequence of the re-
duction of the duty on the article, a very considerable
quantity of it is cleared for home use: The steamer
Camilla, just arrived from Nieu Diep, has brought the
large quantity of 918 cases of the article, in addition to
222 barrels of crushed refined sugar, as a portion of her
cargo, the produce of Holland.