The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-12 00:00:00

SINGULAR AND SHOCKING ACCIDENT. -A. DIOS'

unusual description of accident, attended with very se-
t ious results, occurred to Mr. Thomas Brooks, boot and
shoemaker, of Broad. street, on Monday last. He had
placed a pair of kid gloves upon his hands for the pur-
pose of cleaning them, and was washing them in turpen-
tine, when, finding the exhalation affecting his throat, he
went to the kitchen to fetch his pipe. lie lit a piece of
paper at the fire, in order to ignite the tobacco, when,
unfortunately, the flame came too near one of the gloves,
then soaked and wet with the inflammable liquor, and in
an instant his hand was in a blaze. Taking hold of it
with the other hand to pull the glove off, that too ignited,
and then in his alarm be rubbed both bands in his hair,
which was directly burnt off, and the right side of his
face was dreadfully scorced. Ile only extinguished the
flames upon his hands at last by throwing himself down
and wrapping them in the carpet. We are sorry to say
that his hands are most terribly injured, the skin being
entirely burnt off with the gloves; and he has remained
since in the greatest suffering, and indeed danger.—
Worceater Herald.
A GIRL SHOT.—Yesterday morning, while a party
of mill-workers were proceeding to their employment at
Mr. Couper s mill, Calton, some of them commenced to
assail with stones, and otherwise to annoy, a person who
had been stationed to guard a field in the vicinity. This
fellow had provided himself with a gun, and, crossing
over the hedge into the road, he deliberately raised it
and fired on a girl of the party, about fourteen years of
age. The girl, instantly fell; but on examination,
though it was found that no less than ten drops of lead
had entered her body, no vital part had been touched,
and nothing serious was anticipated. This must have
been the result of the shot having been far spent before
it reached the girl, otherwise the consequences would
undoubtedly have been very serious. She was immedi-
ately removed to her mother's house—a woman of the
name of Morgan, residing in Canning-street—where the
lead was extracted and her wounds dressed. She is now
progressing favourably. The party who fired the gun
proved to be a middle- aged man, somewhat eccentric and
uncouth in appearance, named David Kerr, a weaver, in
London-road. lie was immediately apprehended and
locked up in the Calton police-office.—North British
Mail.
NEW CHURCHES.—The twenty-ninth annual report
of her Majesty's Commissioners for Building New
Churches was published on Saturday. The last report
stated that 420 churches had been completed, in which
accommodation had been provided for 464,008 persons,
including 267,767 free seats, appropriated to the use of
the poor. The Commissioners now have to report that
twenty-nine churches have, by the aid of grants from
the funds placed at their disposal, been completed at va-
rious places throughout England, in which accommoda-
tion has been provided for 19,265 persona, including
13,309 seats for the use of the poor. Thus, in Ow
whole 449 churches have now been completed, and pro-
vision therein made for 483,273 persons, inclialnienwg
281,076 free seats for the pour. Twenty-or
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churches are now in course of erection, and Proved. ans
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of Mr. Lawrence, surgeon, at Cheddar, Somer-
set,property
which was cut and ready for carrying, was actually
stolen and carried off the ground, and as yet the thieves
hare not been detected.—Shirborne Journal.

LIST OF SCOTTISN COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount -
Name of Company. per of raid. Price
Annum. Share.
--------- -- -- - -
£ s. d. A a. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204
Caledonian Bank •• •. 8 per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 31. 18,
City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11
Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 634 per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12%
Commercial Bank •• - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 163
Eastern Bank .. ••• • •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 6 9/. 7s
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Ezehangelink of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 24 IA
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank 63,, per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
North of Scotlandßank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.0 s
North British Bank - - - -
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 129
tTniOn Bank Of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84
Western Bank .. ••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72X
Aberdeen Fire and Life '7%l.pr cent. 12 10 0 20 e 2
B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 -
British Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 9s 6d
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 7.
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. too 0 0 12 10 0 18%
East of Scotland Life.. - - 10 0 0 015 0 98.0 d.
Eng. & Scot. Law Life bl. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 -
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Insur. Co. of ScoUnd•• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 -
Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 l/. 63
Mercantile Life ...• .. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 3s. 6d.
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 '203.6d
North British Incur... 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23%
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. ro o 0 1 0 0 -
Scottish Life and GUM'. - 20 0 0 011 0 -
Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 -
Scottish Union Insruce.
t. 6UI. pr
ce cent. 20
0 0 0 0 0 1 5
0 0 0 1 11.93( 2s
Standard Life ••• • - . 51. per n 4
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 143.64
MISCZILLANZOITS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---- - -
Z. s. d. , A. a. d.
Auefrallan Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 BO 0 0 16
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 45. 10 0 0 110 0 0 -
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 ....
Canada ... • • .... •• .. GL per cent. 100 0 0132 10 S -
Uppr Canada Bonds 51. percent. - - 89
City Navigation .... .- - - 90
Comp .Cppr Mars Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 170 0 0 -
Gen. Revers. Sc Invest. sp. c.it be, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Equitable Reversienry 51. pr cent. 160 0 0 100 0 0 104
Gen.SteamNavigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 L-
London Institution ... - - 76 16 0 -
Russell Institution .• • • - - 26 5 0 -
PeninslrEc Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74}
, Reversionary Int. Soc. 441. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
[ Royal Mail Steam• ••• 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 64
South Australian ....• li. per share. 25 0 0 95 0 0 18
Van Diemen's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 -

PRIZE FIGUT AND DZA.TII Or ONE 07 THE COM•
BATANTR—On Wednesday the neighbcurhood of Man-
chester was the scene of a most degrading and disgust-
ing prize fight. Richard Lilly, a man about 30 years of
age, and John Middleton, were the combatants. It ap-
pears that they were backed to fight for 2/. a side, and
for this trifling and wretched stakes they went out, on
Wednesday, to Throstle Nest, on ono of the banks of th.
river Irwell. They were attended by a crowd of wore
than one hundred persons, and fought ffLonreell;Z but
hours, both combatants being Irepeated/fh Lill y
at length, after a knock down blow
ceived from his antagonist, he wbeese
nnowtjaacbleto had re-
called. Middleton
the encounter till
then declared the'tirravin:;ol;,afith.OU.gh ipa mwisaesrasbol
be con-
waseatendition to enjoy his laurels; for it is said he
and bruised that for more than a day following the fight
his life
was despaired of. Lilly was at first supposes
not to be in so bad a state, and the usual means of
storing him him by rubbing were resorted to when he was
picked up; but upon some brandy being poured into his
mouth it only gurgled in his throat, and he was incapable
of swallowing it. A cab was procured, in which he was
conveyed to the Northumberland Arms, Stretford-road,
only a few hundred yards distance, but on their arrival
there their wretched charge had becune a corpse.—
Manchester Examiner.

INCREASE OF lIOIJSES, &C., IN THE METEOPOLIS.
—Returns just publiAied by order of the House of Com-
mons show that the total number of new houses built
within the metropolitan police districts since Jan. 1,
1839, up to the present time, amounts to 64,058; and
the number of new streets formed to 1,652,200 miles in
length. The increase of :population trom 1839 to 1849
within the said district, is estimated at 325,904; the
total population of the metropolitan district being now
about 2,04,86%