The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE NI ,IRKETS.

LI, JAN. 13
STOCK EXCHANGH.—VETheRPOOL market keeps. firm, and we have
again this morning a good demand for London New Quarter
and 59, and other speculative Stocks. The sales are—Great
Northern, 101. lls.8(1. dis ex int.—Lancashire and Yorkshire
(late Manchester and Birmingham), i‘ ifths, 3/. Is. 3d. dis.—
Ditto (late West Riding Union), Fifths, dis.—London
and North-Western, 126—Ditto, Fifths, 5% p.—Ditto, Sew
Quarters, 21/2 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 2/. 16s. 3d. p.—Ditto,
Thirds, 81. 6s. 3d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Eighths, 57/s dis. Ditto, 101. Preference, 11% Ditto, Quar-
ters, 614 dis.—Ditto (Docks), 12% dis.— Midland Stock, 87%
—Ditto, New Halves, 7 dis.—North Britisi, Quarters, 3%—
North Staffordshire, 31/2—Scottish Central, 26—South-
Eastern and Dover, 24—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 71. 1 is. 3d.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension, No. 1), is p.
Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), ls. 3d. dis. ex int.

BIRMIN-GHAR, JAN. 13.
STOCK ExertANGE.The following are the day's quota-
tions :—North British, Thirds, 45,—North Staffordshire, 31.
13s. Pd. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 3/. is. Sd.
dis.—Shrewsbury, Preference, 1 p.
YORK, JAN. 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows : —Great Northern, 834 —Ditto (London and York
Extension), 14—York, Newcastle, and 2 ..:rwick (Original),
27A3—llitto (Extension, No. 1), 147,;3--Ditto, No. 2 (late
New Berwicks), 143s:7:Ditto_ (G. N. E. Purchase),_77's ex int.

N EI.I'7CASTL E-UPON-T Y NE, JAN. i 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—Newcastle and Car-
lisle Scrip (Red), 103—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Ex-
tension), No. 1, 15.

GLASGOW, JAN. 12
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Clydesdale Junc-
tion, 62—Aberdeen, 1631 —Dundee and Perth, 26—Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 82—Monkland, 61—Scottish Central, 26
Wilsontown, Alorningside, and Coltness, 46.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 13.—The duty on wheat and flour
has again advanced, and is now at the maximum point
under the present law—namely, lOs per quarter, and
Olisd per barrel. At yesterday's market the business
was again on a limited scale. Wheat. both tree and
bonded, declined fully ld per bushel. Flour was held
more firmly, but prices were still cons;:lered as scarcely
a) good as on Tuesday. With a very full supply of oars
the price gave way lid to 2d per bushel. Oatmeal wits
3d per load cheaper. Barley, beans, and p• as were each
Is per quarter lower. The demand for Indian corn was
very slack, and the price was fully Is per quarter easier,
The top price of round yellow corn was 31s, flat yellow
30s, arid white 29s per 480 lbs. To-day there is no
change in the value of any article of the trade, with
scarcely anything doing, except in Indian c:rrn, which i.
held for rather higher rates, with some business passing
in it.

s. d. s. d

s. d. a,
3 6 to ; §
0 0 0 I

Wheat, per 701 b :
English, white .. 7 0 to 7 3
Do. rid.. .. 6 9 7 0'
Irish, new .. .. 5 6 6 0
Do., old . • • • 6 3 6 6
Dantsic.. .. • • 7 0 - 7 6
Do., good mixed 6 8 7 0
Lowerlialtic,whiti 6 9 6 10
Do. red.. 6 9 6 101
American . • • 7 0— 7
Canadian 7 0 7 2
Spanish, red and
.. •
Tuscan and Bar-
letta, red .. • • 6 6 - 6 9
Marlanopoli .. • • 6 3 6 6
Odessa, Polish .. 6 0 -- 6 7
Do., hard.. • • 5 0— 5 3
Egyptian .. 4 0— 4 6
Oats, per 451 b :
English and Scotch 2 9 3 0
Welsh • • • .. 2 9—2 101
Irish, new .. 2 7 2 8
Do., old • • • 2 9 3 0
Barley, English, pr
imperial quarter 32 0 -35 0
Irish, Scotch, and
Manx,per6olb.. 3 6 4 91
MANCHESTER, JAN., 13.—A steady consumptive de-
mand has been experienced for flour throughout the
week, and the article being in somewhat scanty supply,
prices rather exceeding the quotations of the preceding
market day were realised. For oatmeal only a moderate
inquiry has existed, and purchasers were enabled to
supply their wants on easier terms. At Liverpool and
Runcorn the arrivals coastwise continue unimportant;
but from Ireland liberal supplies of oats and oatmeal,
with a moderate quantity of flour, are reported. Ofto-
reign wheat, Indian corn and flour, the imports are to a
large amount, and fair of beans. Our market this
morning, influenced by the dull accounts from London,
Liverpool, and Wakefield, was exceedingly languid, and
the transactions in wheat were at a decline of Id to 2d
per 701 b. Flour was more difficult of sale than during
the week, but in the business passing the currency of
this day ae'nnight was fully supported. Oats receded
in value 2d per 451 b, and oatmeal, meeting but little at-
tention, must be noted 6d per load lower.
LEEDS CLOTH MARKET. JAN. 13.—There was a very
numerous attendance of merchants at market this morn-
kg, some of whom bought freely, but the morning was
so extremely dark that it was difficult to judge accu-
rately of the quality of the cloths offered for sale. There
was, however, an active business done, and prices were
rather buoyant.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 13.—The hardware trade here
continues steadily improving; the manufacturers have,
many of them, orders in the houses that will occupy
some time to execute, and the demand for the home
market is gradually be •oming more brisk. The gun
trade is remarkably good, and has been so for some time;
the orders are chiefly for the continental markets.
WINCHESTER, JAN. 13.—The Exchanges as crowded
this day by millers, corn-dealers, and farmers. Trade
for all kinds of grain exceedingly dull, much remaining
at the close of the market unsold. Last week's prices
were not obtainable for barley, wheat, or oats. Wheat
was fully is per qr cheaper; barley arid oats from 6d to
Is. Southampton merchants were the chief purchasers,
giving 131 per load of 5 quarters for some very good
white and red wheats, next in quality going at 121 ditto,
some at ill ditto; inferior offered at. 81 lOs to 91 ditto.
Barley—a few fine samples of malting went at 34s per qr;
grinding, at from 28s to 30s ditto; inferior, as low as
23s to 25s ditto. The top figure for oats this day did
not go beyond 211 per quarter, while some inferior sold
as low as 15s to 16s ditto. Beans offered at 35s to 38s
per quarter; peas at 36s to 40s ditto; rye, 14s 6d per
sack; tares, new, lOs to lls per bushel; old ditto, 9s to
9s 6d ditto; bread, 12d to 14d the 81b loaf ; malt. 7s 6d
to 8s per bushel; flour at from 36s to 39s 4d per bag of
2801bs. Inspector's return of prices—wheat, 46s to 54s
per quarter; average price, 50s ditto. Barley, 27s to
30s; average per quarter, 27s Bd.
READING, JAN. 13.—The attendance of dealers and
agriculturists was not large, and a short supply of wheat,
but more than enough for the very languid demand. A
great depression prevailed throughout, and though prices
had a downward tendency, there was much difficulty in
clearing. Last week's rates may be quoted as barely
sustained. Of barley there was a fair supply, but only
the best picked samples could be disp rsed of, at is
cheaper, there being no demand at all for inferior
descriptions. In oats, beans, and peas, the demand was
also very slow, at unaltered prices. Wheat (old), per
quarter, 34s to 56s ; ditto new, 35s to 565; barley, 25s
w 365; oats, 16s to 21s; beans, 30s to 40s; peas, 30s
to 42s.—Pig market: a short supply of stores, with a
fair trade. Fat hogs, 9s to 9s 6d. Porkers, 9s 6d to 10s
per score.—Poultry market: Fowls, per couple, 3s 6d to
4s 6d; ducks, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; geese, each, 5s to
5s 6d; butter, per pound, is id to Is 2d; Eggs, 8 to 10
for Is.

(Barley, Feeding..
Rye, pot' 4801 b
'Beans, English, pr
imperial quartr 34 0 36 U
Irish and Scotch,
per 4801 b.. 311 0 31 0
Foreign, duty pd. 27 0 28 0
European, per im-
perial quarter.. 30 0 33 0
Peas,-English, per
imperial quartr 34 0 3fi 0
Foreign 34 0 46 0
Malt, English, per
imperial quartr 54 0 68 0
Do., Irish .. 50 0 —52 if
Do., brown .. 45 • 0 —5O 0
Flour, English, pr
2801 b
Iri h, extra fine
United States, per
barrel .. 26 G— 27 0
Canadian .. .. '26 0— 27 U
Oatmeal, English,
& Scotch,pr24olb 'l5 0 26 0
Irish, new .. .. 20 6 —24 tl
Do., old ~ 22 0 - - 23 0
Indian corn, per
4801 b .. 29 0 —3l 0

• 0 0 - 0 0

.. 35 0-37 0
37 0 38 0

DALHEITH, JAN. 11.--The supply of grain at this day's
market was less than last week ; sales brisk. Wheat
up on tho top Is per quarter and on the average Id;
oats same as last week; barley 2s per quarter down on
the top and 6d on the current price; peas and beans
down Is 6d per quarter on the top, but the current price
is the same as last week.

The relative weight per four bushels of the three prief,s
of wheat were 18st 81b; 18st 31b; and 17st 01b. Oats,
12st 1011); 12st 41b; and lOst 131 b. Barley, 16st 61b;
16st 21b; and 14st 121 b. Peas and beans, 18st 91b;
18st Mb, and 18st 01b.

Quarters. Best. Current. Inferior.
219 Wheat ... 21 13s 0d,2/ 9s Od it 16s Od
923 Oats ... 11 Is 4d 0/ 18s 811 01 13s 4d
721 Barley ... 11 lOs Od a 7s 6d 1/ Os Od
56 Peas, &c. 11 8s 611'1/ 8s Od 1/ 7s Od
Average of wheat, 214 s Id per qr.
ABERDEEN, JAN. 12.—Our market to-day was well
attended, there was a fair demand, and a considerable
business done at our quotations. Oats, 14s to 16s, 401 b
per bushel; barley, 23s to 24s Od, bear, 23s to 245, 521 b
per bushel; wheat, 50s t 01545; oatmeal, 13s to 14s per
boll ; flour, 43s to 49s per sack.
ABERDEEN PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 12.—We had
an average supply of most kinds of produce on sale at
market to-day. Sales rather dull at our quotations.
Beef, 5d to 7d; mutton, 5d to 7d; veal, 5d to 7d per lb;
pork, 4s Od to 5s per stone; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; tallow,
4s 6d to 5s per stone; potatoes, 10d to is per peck;
butter, 7d to 8d per lb; eggs, 9d to is per dozen;
hens, 3s to 4s Od; chickens, 2s 6d to 3s; ducks, 2s 6d to
3s Od; ducklings, 2s to 2s 6d per pair; turkeys, 4s Od tc
5s Od; geese, 4s to 5s Od each. Butter for exportation
(present cure), 52s per cwt. Eggs, wholesale price,
6d per dozen. Bread, 41b loaf, 8d; 21b loaf, 4d. Pork,
per stone of 141 b, 3s 6d; pork, fine small, 5s 6d; pork,
large. 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Ship pork, per barrel of 204 lbs, 100 s.
ABERDEEN MIAL MARKET, JAN. 11.—There was an
ordinary:supply of meal at market to- night; trade dull
and little business done. Oatmeal, Is 4d to Os Od;
bearmeal, is 4d to Os Od; peasmeal, 2s Od to Os Od;
aids, 6d to 7d; barley flour, is 5d to is 6d; barley dust,
7d to 8d; flour.. 2s to 2s 3d; barley, per lb. lid to 2d.
MONTRONE, JAN. 12.-1\ e had a very dull market to-
day, and prices still very low:—Wheat, 621bs, 41s to
435; barley, 531bs, 22s to 235; oats, 401bs, 16s to 17s;
beans and peas, 621bs, 22s to 23s per quarter; oatmeal,
per boll of 1401bs, 12s to 13s.
BELFAST, JAN. I.—Since the commencement of the
year, we have rather better supplies, and clearly a better
demand than previously. The weather is not by any
means favourable for field labour, which probably gives
our farmers leisure to prepare and bring their grain to
market. Wheat comes to market in larger parcels, in
better condition, and generally hotter quality, showing
thar. the supply at present i. from better class of
farmers. Fine qualities of wheat bring an advance (.f
3d to 4d, whilst other sorts are dull ut former rates.
Parcels ex store or ship are more saleable, at former
prices. Flour has declined fully 6d par cwt. and barrel.
American sells at 27s 6d to 28s 6d per barrel. Barley
—The demand is dull, and prices are 3d to 4d lower.
Oats sell pretty freely at about former rates. Oatmeal
is also a free sale at same prices as before. Indian Corn
a slow sale at 71 104 to 71 159 per ton.
IN, Li.- :5,
second ditto, 14s Ou to 15s Od; household, I Is to 13s;
third ditto, 9s to lOs per cwt. Oatmeal, Ils 6d to 12s per
cwt. Indian corn, 7i lOs to 8/ 5s Od; Indian meal, 91 to

9/ 5s per ton. Bran, Si 5s to 0/ 05 per ton. Hay—
Firme, s', 32s to 45A Od; average, 40s ; retailers , 42s to
46s per tor,; old hay, 455 to 60s per ton. Straw—Far-
tners', 16.: to 325; average, 265; retailers', 30s to 32s
per ton. Whisky, at the Distillery, 25 over proof,
Od per imperial gallon. Bread, 6d to 70 per 41bs.
Fre,h mutter. 10d to 12d per lb. Beef, 3d to 6d; nott-
ton, 41 to 5(1 ; veal, 30 to 4d; pork, 4id to Od ;
bacon, 6J to 9,1; saus:ges, 5d per lb. Coals—New-
port, 17s; L; dney, 18s. Cultn, 16s per ton. Potatoes,
white, 10d to 12d; Minions, 19d. Hides—Market ditto,
1 ls to 17s; salted ditto, I2s to 176 per cwt; market skins,
2d to 2FI; calf ditto, 2,1 to 24(1; veal skins, 3d to aid
tier lb. i ar--Archangel, 18, per W. 'limber—Quebec
fed pine, 31 15s; yehow ditto, 31; deal, 171 to 20/ per
hundred ; Bangor Queens, 31 2s 6d per ton. Scotch
herrings,lBs to 00s por barrel; Norway ditto, 00s. New-
f., uudlut,d dry c,,d fish, it/ to 121 lOs per ton. Tallow,
465. Wool, 10s to 12A ler stone.

THE TOOI'IiNG DISORDER.
It appears from reports which have been received from
Tooting, that the disease which has broken out amongst
the paup-r chiidrer in Mr. Drouet's establishment, so far
from d,.chning, has again assumed its original malig-
nant character. and several new and severe cases are
added to the

Mr. Popham, one of the medical gentlemen, s9nt down
from St. P,incras to the as) Icm, in a communication re.
ceived by the authorities of St. Pancras yesterday (Sun-
day) morning, says.—

I
regret to say that since the decline of the high
winf:s which prevailed on Thursday and Friday, the
choleraseems to have increased here _lightly. There have
been tour or live 1 resn ca,;es during last night, and a
considerabie „umber of deaths during the last twenty-
t uur hours.

(Signed) " W. 1.103tE Poritam, Surgeon."
A further report was received from Mr. Popham last
night, which states" that several of the children at Toot-
ing are still in a dangerous state, and I regret to say
th,,t three children have died.

_ .
" The number of St. Pancras children remaining are
24 ; viz., 3 imp under treatment, 9 girls under treat-
ment, and 7 biys and 5 girls convalescent.
(Signed) " W. H. POPHAM, Surgeon.
" Tooting, Sunday afternoon, Jan. 14."
The following is the report of Mr. Bird, the surgeon
:appointed to atte d the children removed from Tooting
to St. Pancras workhouse :
" St. Pancras Hospital, St. Pancras Workhouse,
Sunday Evening, Jan. 14, 1849.
" No fresh cases have occurred, and all the patients
under ►reatment, as well as those in the collapsed state,
are improving, and I am happy to state no death has
cccurrt d.

" Mr. Wilkinson, ray ei,lleague, lam happy to state, is
better, and so is the nurse.

(Signed)

" HENRY BIRD, Surgeon."

HIGIILA.ND AND AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY. - - __—
The general meeting of this society was held on Tues-
day, the 9th insta,t—the Earl of Haddington, Senior
Viee-President, in the chair, supported by the Duke of
Baceletich, the Earl of Rosebory, the Lord Justice-
G. neral, and a large body of proprietors and tenant-
farmers.

Tat, first liusiness of the meeting was the election of
new nimbi-is, and 51 candidates were balloted for and
add.d to the rolls.

The SECRETARY then said that the President's tenure
of office was limited, by tto constitution of the society,
io four years. His Grace the Duke of Montrose was
electt-d in January, 1845, and it had therefore become
necessary to nominate a successor to his Grace.
On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, the Duke
of ltuxbureh was elected President.

his GRACE th,h moved—" That the thanks of the
society be communicated to his Grace the Duke of
Moitrose for his conduct as President during the last
four years; for the z,al and interest exhibited by his
Grace in its propvrity and welfare; for his presence
at its d f rest shows, meetings, and dinners; and for
the alacrity and ability with which the objects of the
society had been forwarded by his Grace."
The rescOution was carried by acclamation.
The Marquis of Ailsa and Lord Kiunaird were elected
Vice-Presidents in the place of the Earl of Aberdeen
and the Earl of Morton, who retired in the usual rota-
tion.—Ldinburgh Advertiser.

DESTRUCTION or A FAMILY.—At Penkridge, on
Thursday, the coroner held an inquest at the Boar
Tavern, where evidence to the following effect was
given :—A family, consisting of au aged man, named
Cresswell, with his wife and two sons—the eldest an
idiot, and the youngest about nineteen—resided in a cot-
tage near the turnpike-road. On Tusday morning last
a bricklayer, who had been engaged the preceding day
setting a stove in the kitchen, went to the cottage to re-
move his tools. Upon going there, he was rather asto-
nished at not finding any member of the family up. He,
however, waited at the door for nearly an hour, when he
commenced knocking, but not receiving an answer, he
gut a ladder and made to the bedroom window, and on
looking through, he saw the inmates lying in bed. He
calieel to them, but no one answered him ; he therefore
forced an entrance, when he found the mother lying on
he bed quite dead, and her husband was at her side
perfectly insensible. In another bed he found the idiot
boy lying quite unconscious, and in an adjoining bedroom
he found the youngest son dead and cold. Medical
aid was instantly sent for, but the husband, who was
SO years 01 age, died during the evening without being
able to relate anything respecting this very mysterious
affair. The idiot has recovered, but no account can
be obta'ned from him as to the probable cause of the
deaths. The coroner said it would be impossible at
prt sent to close the Inquest. He should like a post-mor-
tem examination of the bodies to be made, and the con-
tents of the stomachs analysed. Mr. Lester, a surgeon,
having been appointed to make an analysis, the inquiry
was adjourned.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE RIVIIL—About
four o'clock on Friday morning, whilst the storm of
wind was raging wildly, a light brig, .the name of which
is at present unkt:own, ran foul of a sailing barge which
was lying off Erith, and damaged her so seriously that
she immediately began to settle. The only persons on
board the barge were the captain, his wife, and an infant
child, who were sleeping below at the time of the col-
lision, but roused by tne shock, hastily started to the
deck, which was then on a level with the water, and sunk
immediately after. The poor woman and her child were
carried rapidly down the river, whilst the captain, who
was no swimmer, clung to the rigging, and saw his wife
and child floating away in the water. The moonlight
enabled him to see them for a considerable distance, the
violence of the element sustaining them, and the poor wo-
man holding the infant above her head with all a mother's
energy, in the fruitless hope of saving it. The captain,
when rescued from his perilous position, stated that the
brig which did the damage kept on its course, without
either heaving to or lowering a boat to render assist-
ance. Information of the facts was immediately con-
veyed to Inspector Joshua Judge, of the river police,
who at once communicated with the authorities at Great
Scotland-yard, when instructions were given to use all
due diligence in discovering the name of the brig, the
owners, and master, and also the bodies of the sufferers.
The people on board the brig, according to the state-
ment of the captain of the barge, must have been tho-
roughly aware of what had occurred, as the light was
strong t Dough to enable him to see his wife and child
floating away for a considerable distance.
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MR. HARTLEY COLERIDGE.—We regret to have
to notice the death of Mr. Hartley Coleridge. He was
one of the most original and pleasing of living writers.
Though he sadly wasted and misused his powers, he
has left enough to determine what his position under
better auspices might have been. His " Biographia
Borealis" (a collection of brief biographies of men born
in the north of England) is a charming book. His no,
tice of Messinger and Ford (written for Mr. Moxon's
editions) are full of masterly thought, and knowledge of
the manners as well as literature of the Elizabethan
age. His poems are not unworthy of C.,oleridge's son.
We are glad to know that he had been some time en-
gaged in the composition of a series of prose essays for
Mr. Maxon, and that these will shortly be published.—
Examiner.