The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-26 00:00:00

FEB. 24,

STOCK ExcrtaNca.—The market generally remains comparatively
quiescent. if there be any exception, it is in Shropshire Unions,
which are sligntly improving. The closing prices of local stock re-
main almost the same as yesterday. The sales are—London and
North-Western, 141—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 4% dig.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 22—Shropshire Union, 435.
9d.—Couth Staffordshire, 3 dh.
YORK, FEB. 24.

Sxeca EXCHANGE.—The busine:s transacted to-day was ac fol-
lows :—Eastern Counties, 10h —Great Northern, 10 Ni —Sheffield.
Rotherham, and Goose, N. div., guaranteed, 5 per.cent., —York.
Newcastle, and Berwick Extension No. 1, 21%—Ditto No. 2 (late
New Berwicks). 2l
NE WCAGTLE-UPON-TINE, FEB. 24.
STOCZ EXCIIANGE. The business done in the Stock Exchange to-
day has been as follows : Great Northern (B Shares), 6 per cent.di s %
—Hartlepool Deck and Railway, 140 cum. new - Manchester.
Sheffield and Lincoln, New 101. l'reference, 11% —Wear Valley.
New, 5%.

GLASGOW, F. 23.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions:—
Aberdeen, Preference, 525. 6d.—Clydesdale Junction, 60 - Dun-
dee and Arbroath, 257i--Edinburgh and Bathgate 74—Edinburgh
and Perth, 15s—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,s per cent, guaran-
teed, 10.4 —Ditto, Halves, No. I, 71. ls.—Ditto, Tlalvcs, No. 2, 71.
ss.—Great North of Scotland, ss. 3d.—Great Northern, 111. 33.—•
North British, Quarters, 745.

REPEAL OF THE DUTY ON MALT AND HOPS.—*
On Saturday the Warwickshire Protection Society held
a large meeting, with a view of determining the pro-
priety of adopting measures to procure a total repeal of
these taxes. The Lord-Lieutenant (the Earl of War-
wick), Mr. Ncwdegate, M.P., Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., ix-,
were present. We are unable to report the general pro-
ceedings of tho meeting as the press were requested to
withdraw during certain preliminary business, but it
was subsequently intimated to them that very con-
siderable discussion had ensued upon the policy of enter-
ing, at this precise moment, on a local agitation of the
question, and that an adjournment bad been carried
until some day after Mr. Disraeli's motion in the Com-
mons on the Bth of March next. Mr. Thomas Umbers,
of Wappenbury, was in the chair.
PENINSULAR. 'SAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 25,
1849.—The Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship, niche,
Captain Weeks, with the Peninsular mails, in charge of
Lieutenant Inglis, R.N., arrived here last night, soon
after ten o'clock. The dates of sailing were—Gibraltar,
16th instant ; Cadiz, 17th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Oporto.
20th ; Vigo, 21st. The freight brought by the Poch*
consisted of 42 boxes of specie, of the value of 7,0004
47 boxes of dates, 730 boxes of oranges, 6 cases of
leeches, 29 cases of eggs, 6 casks of wine, and 13 pack
ages of sunaries. The passengers were Mrs. Harding,
Captain Walker, ILA., Mr. Yellers, Mr. Hornigan•
Major Lopes and son, Mr. Laing, Mr. parson, Messre.•
Schench, Godfrey, and Chenes.
MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR RosIST
MURRAY KEITH, K. 8., MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIART
AT THE COURTS OF DRESDEN, COPENHAGEN, AND
VIENNA, FROM 1769 To 1793. Two VoLs.—We are re-
quested to state that the above work is published this
day by Mr. Culburn, and may now be had of all book-
sellers. Also just published-2. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton'e
" King Arthur," 2 vols., Iss. ; 3. A New System of
Geology, by the Very Rev. W. Cockburn, D.D., Dean of
York, 3s. 6d. ; 4. The Castlereagh Correspondence,
vols. 3 and 4, completing the Irish Rebellion and Union:
5. Mr. Burke's " Anecdotes of the Aristocracy," 2 vols.;
6. Saw Slick's new work, "The Old Judge, or, Life in
a Colony," 2 vols. ; 7. The General Index to Burke's
History of the Landed Gentry, comprising all the native
(upwards of 100,000) mentioned in the work ; 8. A
Second Edition of Mr. Ross' Yacht Voyage in Lori
Rodnej's Cutter the Iris, 1 vol., 10s. 6d. ; 9. Part 3 of
Chatcaubriand's hlemoirs, 2s. 6d.
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AND HoLLowAt's PILLS.—An astounding cum by this miraculous
medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract from hit
Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845.
Professor Holloway—Sir: I beg to acquaint you that your pills hay, ef-
fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most
eminent of the facility, at home and all ever the continent, had net
been able t• effect ; nay, not ever tho waters of Carlsbad or MA'
rienbad. (Signed) " ALDB011011011." These wonderful pills Will
cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also fielloway'S
Ointrn.ut) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and
ell medicine vendors throughout the civilised world.

BIRTHS.
On the 19th inst., at the Harehills, near Leeds, the wife
of W, S. Ayrton, Esq., of a son.
On the 2 st inst., at Beltha-villas, Barnsbury, Mrs. I.
Ponsford, of a son.
On the 21st inst., at Turnworth, Dorsetehire, the wife of
W. P. Okedon, Esq., of a son.
On the 21st inst., at Belton, near Great Yarmouth, the Wife
of J. E. Sp fling. Esq., late of the 46th Regiment, of a son.
On the 22d inst., the wife of the Rev. H. Stretton,
bent of Hixon, Staffordshire, of a son.
On the 22d inst., in Somers-place, Hyde-park, the lady Of
N. W. Winstanley, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 23d inst., at Broad-green•lodge, Croydon, the wife
of W. Baines, Esq., of a son.
MARRIED.
On the 19th inst., at Bruton, Somerset, William Ward'
Esq., of Broad Chalk, Wilts, to Jane Catharine, fourth
daughter of the late T. White, Esq., of Coomb-hill, Bruton.
On the 22d inst., at St. ohn's, Hackney, John Salmon
Gordon, Esq., 96th Regiment, to Frances Charlotte, third
daughter of the late Rev. J. M'lntyre, rector of St. James e,
Jamaica.

John
On the 22d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square,
Mortimer, Esq., to Mary Robertson, of Argyll-street.

DIED.
On the 13th inst., at Cuckfield, Sussex, aged 86, Blit's !r
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Elizabeth Baldwin, late of Brighton.
On the 9th inst., at Forres, North Britain, the Ref- I:*
Stark, aged 70. •
On the 16th inst., at Crathes, aged 61, Sir Thomas no" '.
nett, of Leys, Baronet, Lord-Lieutenant of the Count? of -- '
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Kincard in e. • •1
On the 16th inst., at Charing, Kent, J. J. Hough, Esq.,
Commander, R.N., aged 63.
On the 21st inst., Edward Forster, Esq , Vice President of -:/1
the Linnean Society , F.R. S., aged 84. 26 - -
On the 20th inst. at St. John's house, Chester, aged t
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Eliza Ellen, wife of 'J. Edwards, Esq., M.D.
On the 22d inst., at Oxford-terrace, Edgware-road, Ig* '
, ' I
Stone, Esq , late of Doctors'-comrnons, aged 74.
On the 22d inst., at Riversfield, Little Paxton,
Bertha, youngest daughter of the late M. Towgo&d, Eicl.,° :, 1
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St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire aged 16.
On the 23d inn , ,ir. 'Richard Lucas, of Bache'S.ro" .::::,•1
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Hunts',

City-road. aged 54. .
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