The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-18 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, MAT 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Share Market to-day was somewbat
better, but the principal transactions were in Great Westerns and
Bristol and Exeters. Great Western, Quarters, were done at 5%
Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 11 dis.
LIVERPOOL, MAT 17.
Sroce Exciutroz.—The Share market opened rather firmly to-
day, but was not so good at the close of business. The transactions
are still limited. However, there was more done in London and Mid-
land Stock than for some time past.
MANCHESTER, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follows :
Leeds, Preference, 11 15-16 —Dover (No. 4), 6 15-16—Sheffield
(No. 1), 7% dis.—Eastern Counties, B—North Btaffordshire, biA dis.
- Amoergate, 5 dis.
BIRMINGHAM MAT 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions:—
Chester and Holyhead, 15%—Midland, New 501. Shares, 11 dia.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B.), 41. 3s. 8d dis. Shropshire
Union, 535. 9d. dis.
YORK, MAT 16. . _ _

,
STOCK EXCHANGE —The business transacted to-day was as fol-
lows :—Great Northern, 1034—North British, Thirds, 3X, —Ditto,
Quarters, Ni —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 1934—Ditto (New-
castle Extension), 12% —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 4—York and
North Ilialand, Preference, 4.
GLASGOW, MAY 16.
STOCK Excuateuz.—The business done in the Stock Exchange to
day has been as follows :—Aberdeen, Preference, 41. 3s.—Clyeles-
date Junction, 61—Glasgow. Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 5334—Ditte,
Halves (No. 1), 61. 6s. 6d.—Ditto (No. 2), u }(z .

THE BOTANIC SOCIETY.
The first of the annual series of flower shows given
these meetings is to
give an account of all, as, with Regent's Park. To report one. of
tae ordinary alternations
by this society for the ncourageiamtehnetirofgahrodretnicsuilututrhael
science took place on Wednesday,
of
n nearly. The exhibition in question, however, certainly
surpassed, in quality and quantity, any former show;
collections
ll andec t
ifoanvso uorrablc plants,
they
resemble
o eachr
other less
lent
mo t
s
although, necessarily, the plants %ere of the same kind
as are generally exhibited at the fetes given in this early
month of the season. The weather was not particularly
encouraging, yet there was a very numerous attendance
of visitors. The arrangements were precisely the same as
in preceding years, and the music was well sustained by
bands of the cavalry household regiments in attendance
under their masters, Messrs. Tutton, Waddel, and Waet-
sig. Among the company present were—the Duke of
Norfolk, the Duchesses of Norfolk sad Sutherland, the
Countes, es of Pembroke and Galway; the Ladies Leveson
Gower, Winter, M. Monck, Molyneux, Knightly, Saun•
ders on, Haria ou, Sandford, Fellows, A. Hervey, Lygon,
Molesworth, Flower, and Ord; the Bishops of Durham
and Winchester; the Marquises of Ailesbury, North-
ampton, and Ely; the Earls of Mansfieli and Delawarr;
Lords Durham, Glenelg, Templetown, Alfred Hervey
Sondes, Henry Loftus, and Grosvenor; Sirs J. Ramsay,
J. Hamilton, W. Fremantle, D. Capel Brooke, J. L.
Lusbington, J. Drummond, J. Felluwes, J. Cockburn,
T. R. Gage, J. Johnson, J. Campbell, F. Booth, M.
Wyatt, and W. Newton. The following is a list of the
first prises for the various collections of plants:— For
30 stove and greenhouse plants, to Mr. May, gardener
to Mrs. Lawrence ; for 20 plants, to Mr. Green,
gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Bart.; for 10 plants,
to Mr. Carson, for single specimens of new orchids;
to Mr. Mylam and Mr. Smith, for new or rare plants iu
bloom ; to Messrs. Veitch and Son and Messrs. Hender-
son and Co., for plants of economical interest ; to
Messrs. Veitch and Son, for Nepenthes sanguinea ; for
Alpine plants, to Mr. Wood, Norwood ; 'for six species
of pelargoniums, to Mr. Parker, gardener to Mr. J. H.
Oughton; for Cape heaths, to Mr. Mylam, gardener to
Mr. S. Rucker, Messrs Veitch and Son, and to Mr.
Cole ; for greenhouse azalias, to Mr. May and Mr. Fal-
coner, gardener to Mr. A. Palmer, Cheam; for 25 or-
chids, to Mr. Mylam; for 15 orchids, to Mr. Plant,
gardener to Mr. F. H. Schroeder; for exotic ferns, to
Mr. Williams, Hoddesdou ; for pelargoniums, to Mr.
Cook, Mr. Dobson, Isleworth, and Mr. Parker ; for
fancy pelargoniums, to Mr. Moseley and Mr. Gaines; for
pansies, to Mr. Turner; for calceolarias, to Mr. Gaines ;
for cinerarias, to Mr.lvery,Peckham; for roses, to Messrs.
Paul and Son, and to Mr. Terry.

FIRE AT AN OIL WAREIIOUSE.—Wednesday morn-
ing between two and three o'clock the inhabitants of
Plough-yard, Shoreditch, were alarmed by a fire in the
premises belonging to Messrs. Gabey and Wells, oil
merchants and ginger bleachers. The engines of the
London Bri4ade promptly attended, and the firemen
succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not until about
four cwt. of ginger was destroyed, and other property
considerably damaged. Neither the premises nor their
contents were insured.
SUICIDE.—On Wednesday an inquest was held
at the Elephant and Castle, St. Pancras road, before Mr.
H. M. Wakley, on the body of Frederick B. Murrell,
aged 53, late captain in the 6th regiment of foot. It
appeared that the deceased had resided since the 30th of
last month at a coffee- house, No. 77, Waterloo-road, and
had been in a very nervous and ,excited state, attributed
by those who knew something of his affairs to the less of
1,6004 by the failure of the Nottingham Bank. He left
his residence at seven o'clock on Thursday evening last,
and at twelve o'clock was found in the Regent's Canal,
at Battlebridge. What led to his discovery was the re-
port of a pistol,
heard at the adjacent lock-house. The
lock- keeper then went to the bridge, and on the
towing-path under it found two pistols, one of which
was loaded. The deceased was soon after discovered in
the river quite dead, and an examination of the body
disclosed a wound from the left breast through to the
back, evidently the perforation of a pistol-ball. It Ras
supposed that the deceased shot himself while standing
on the bank of the canal. The next morning Mr. Gould,
,
his landlord, received the following letter. which had
been posted the previous night at Battle-bridge:—" Mr.
Gould—When you receive this I shall have ceased to
exist. A pistol will have put an end to all my troubles,
which have of late caused me much misery and wretch-
edness; indeed to the extent that no other remedy was
left me but to commit a dreadful deed, which I hope the
Almighty will
pardon. and have mercy on my soul. The
things I have left at your house will, I trust, sufficiently
compensate you for the nine or ten weeks' board and
lodging I had of you. Whenever you again see Miss
—, tell her I telt very much pained at her not writing
a line in answer to my last letters; also tell her my last
thoughts and wishes were for her well-being and hap-
piness. Now, farewell, &c.—F.M." The jury re-
turned a verdict—" That the deceased shot himself, but
in what state of mind there was not sufficient evidence
to show."

It were a strange fancy to build up the human
character atter the model of the four great orders of
architecture, yet probity is firm but simple as the Doric,
pride of loftier and more elaborate refinement as the
Tuscan. Generosity with the beauty and grace of the
lonic, and love, excelling with Corinthian excellence,
pAsessing the strength of all, equalled in exquisite orna-
ment by none.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
HER MAJESTY'S BIRT HDAY.—TO. ITIOITONV being
the day appointed for the celebration of the 30th anni-
versary of her Majesty's birthday, there will be a grand
inspection of a battalion of each of the Foot Regiments
of Guards on the Parade, St. James's Park, in their new
uniforms, attended by their respective bands. It will
be observed as a holiday at the different Government
offices—Stamp-office, Excise, Customs, &c. Her Ma-
jesty will hold a drawing-room on the occasion at St.
James's Palace.

The world is certainly more and more sensible of
the truth that there is no wisdom, and of course no
Poetry, in exchisiraness; and that to promote the happi-
ness of the masses is to promote that very improvement
which will qualify them for enjoying those high and
ennobling pleasures now so prized by the fewo—Eliza
Cook's Journal.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 17.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
LORDS' AMEND MEN IS.

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to :
Marshland Smeeth and Fen (Equalizatiou of Drainage
Rates and Repair of Roads) Bill.
Whitehaven Waterworks Bill.
THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills were read a third time and passed :
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Ediubnrgh and
Glasgow Union Canal (Amargamation or Sale or Lease
of the Union Canal to the Railway Company) Bill.
London Gas Light Company (Amendment of Act) Bill.
Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks (Extension and
Amendment of Act) Bill.