The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, SEPT. 4.
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STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market was somewhat
to-day. The transactions were as follow: Bristol
ix',
Exeter, Thirds, 10 dis.—Great Western, Quarters, 91/e
Ditto, New 171. Shares, dis.—Midland Stock, 58/1
Taff Vale, 130—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17,i-
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 4.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market was very dull te'
day, and prices were a great deal lower. The sales sr
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Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 51 d:s. London a
North- Western, 119-1 Itto, New Quarters, 1 LA,
Fifths, 3 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnsh
Quarters (No. 1), guaranteed 7IA till 1853, 111 dis.„—
--111idland, 56—Ditto, Halves, 1714 dis.—North Stafford'
shire, '7l/(3 dis.—North Union (B), 156—York, Newcastle,
and Berwick Extension (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per teat'
till 1850, 4% dis.

MANCHESTER, SEPT. 4. al
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were
follow : East Lancashire, Quarters, 3%B—ManchesterB.ll
Birmingham (C), Quarters, 21/8 p.—North Staffordshl
7;8 n. d. West Riding nion, n. d. Preston and
Wyre, 39 Leeds, Fifths, 5 7-16 dis. Manchester:',
Sheffield, Preference, 10 9-16 Sheffield (No. 1), 1 l
Dover, No. 4 (Scrip), 6 7-16—Great Northern, 12% .1
Whitehaven and Furness. 131 A die.
YORK, SEPT. 3. OS
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day Ivere tieeli
follow ; Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, N. D. guar° ttO
5 per cent. 13--York, Newcastle, and Berwick, '175 P
(Newcastle Extension), 1214.

GOOD NEWS of
.—Good news for the shareholdersier
the Cork and Bandon Railway--good news for traufor
men and labourers oat of employment—good news
cod
the travelling portion of the public. What is this !for,
news? The remaining half of the line is contrae,ten-ees-
and will be finished in a year. Surely this is goe",-,-,; of
The contractors are Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Will
London, eminent railway contractors. The works
toe
be commenced immediately, and will afford considerpided
employment throughout the winter. We have dead
notion—indeed we always had, and said we hts°,, We
the Cork and Bandon-line would pay, and pay wc;" atiti
arc now sure of it. The traffic is increasing daiii,,ooll
when its value is understood thoroughly by the en()%ty,
population of the far-lying west of this extensive et/neel
it must be availed of for the carriage of all descriPow
of merchandise. In the worst of times we soughtlieel
hold the sinking spirits of the shareholders of this
and now we heartily congratulate them upon the esr"ble
success of their patient resolution, and the wise and -
management of their directors.—Cork Examiner.
THE COURT-MARTIAL ON COMMANDER PITIN0''00)
The trial of Commander Pitman, of the Childersterg
which ship it will be remembered that two oweibe
deserted, and, after a court-martial, were dismissed is
service, proceeds but slowly. Commander PittStinon•
charged generally with harsh and violently severe !Al
duct towards the ship's company. The court has ire'
been sitting for six days, and the examination Bud Cr
trial
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examination of witnesses is expected to prolong the -
for several days more.
COMPETITION FOR THE HANGMAN'S SITUATIOX'ss
Since the conviction of the notorious Gleason Wils°„%ii•
LiverpOol Assizes, last week, there have been two APP
cations from parties wishful to undertake the situation
of the " finisher of the law" in the case of gals Inur";,.-011;
who is to be executed on Saturday week. One i°
a person who will do the job for half the sum 91.„-e-cre
Calcraft charges—viz., 181.; and the other is much `-ffie
reasonable in his request, undertaking to turn hi,Ectfireft
as " tidy a manner" as the great proficient I'6llo
himself; and that without fee or reward. Calera
however, retsined.—Liverpool Standard. yea°
[ADVERTISEMENT.j—A person seventy-five
old cured of a Bad Leg by Holloway's Ointment as?..,';;oll'
Mrs. Larendon, of No. 2, Richardson's Buildings, 1-'l,-, ago;
street, ever since giving birth to twins, thirty-four Ye a'"erto
had suffered with dreadful wounds in her leg, and which sb-le t°
medical men, both in France and England, had been entrie%
cure; her sufferings were intense, and oftentimes she was, "
dries
long periods wholly confined to her bed. Ultimately, by the at and
of her friends, she made trial of Holloway's Ointisen, d bar
Pills, and these celebrated remedies have completely hea'fet-'
wounds, and she can walk about with the greatest cog' or
visy'll
Sold by all vendors of medicines and at Professor Hello
Establishment, 244, Strand, London.

BIRTHS. Itgf.
On the 31st ult., at Barford, Norfolk, the wile of --e
J. B. Turner, of a son. gpencet
On the 31st ult., at Brooklands, Hants, the lady of
Smith, Esq., of a daughter. AC Ptslll
On the Ist inst., at Harpenden, Herts, the wife of
Burdett, Coldstream Guards, of a son. Chichi"
On the Ist inst., at the Rectory, Tangmere, near w—
ter, the wife of the Rev. W. Burnett, of a son.
On the Ist inst., at ]Foyle, Hants, the lady of t e
Aubertin, jun., of a son.

MARRIED. gel,
On Thursday,
:30th ult., at St. Mary's de Castro C tiff
Guernsey, by the Rev. Carteret Carey, A.M., Arthur lifir to
Esq., of Adelaide, South Australia - and 105, pAII-ogin' of
Martha, third daughter of the late 'Frederick Price,
Guernsey. . ,oiel
On the Ist inst., at the British Embassy, in Parts', me-bilti
Alexander Rogers, Esq., Madras Army, to 0131 -
of the late E. James, Esq., of TrelawneY. Forbe6
At Blight. near Inverness, on the 28th ult., Arthur „.b..
Esq., of Culloden, to Louisa Sarah Georgiana, second Vet'
ter of the late Hugh Robert Duff, Esq., of Muirtoivn, -
ness-shire.

lED. Re.
At East-lodge, Bexley-heD
th a, on the 25th ult., the '-
Richard Pavies, vicar of Erith agel 45 years. hunter
At Leamington, on the 3lst ult., Mijor-General
Blair, C. B.
At Cheltenham, on the 31st ult., Hood. Elanway Christi3l2l
Rear-Admiral of ate Red, elder son of the late Rear-Adololl
Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian. K. 8., aged 65. w of
On the 2d inst., at Bath, Maria, Lady Hargood, you°
Admiral Sir William Hargood, G.C.H.
At Farnham Castle, ou the 3d inst., Mrs. Sumner, the wit°
of the Lord Bishop of Winchester.
On the 4th inst., Arthur, eldest child of Mr. Joseph Cl3l'
ton, of 94, York-road,

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Nidetleaex, Wedneedey, September 5,1849.