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

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, FEB. 1.
STOCK EXCHANGS.—The market was much firmer to-day, and
prices were better. Great Western, Quarter Shares, were done st
par—Ditto, New 171. Shares, dis.—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds'
73dis.

LIVERPOOL,• FEB. 1.
STOCK EXCHANOE.—We have had a more quiet market to-dal'
and not nearly so large a business doing; prices, however, have been
pretty well maintained. The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroo,
and West Yorkshire, Preference. guaranteed 6 per cent (B), 164
East Lancashire, 251. Shares, 4% dis.— Great Northern, 9% dis
Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birmingham), I!
dia. Ditto, Quarters, 3% dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 2 dis.—Dbto. 32`;
shares (late Extension), 5% dis.—Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and
Bury), 9% dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 3% c.
Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, Quarters, 7 per cent. till 1851, %
London and North-Western, New Quarters, 5% p. —Ditto, Thirds, 7
--Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths. 6 dis.—Ditto,
101. Preference, I c.—Ditto, 201. Shares, 97 dis.—Ditto, Quarters'
6 dis. - Midland fltock, 98 —Ditto, New Half Shares, 3% dis,—North
British, Quarters, 4—North Staffordshire, 31. Is. 3d. dis.—Shrews"
bury and Birmingham, 9/. I2s. 3d. Shares (B), 3% dis.—ShrewsbUrY
and Chester (late Oswestry and Chester), 3% c. dis.— Shropshire
Union, 2% dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 7%,"
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 1,2% p.—Ditto
and B. Extension), No. 2,2 c. p,— Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 pe
cent. guaranteed, 1%.

MANCHESTER, FEB. 1.
STOCK E BCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Countless, 6 per cent.,
1 c. p.—Leeds, Fifths, 1 15-16 dis.— Sheffield and Lincoln, 12 7-1'
c. dis.—Grimsby, Quarters, 6% e. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3
Old Dovers, 26—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 4 3-16
West Riding Union, 3% n. dis.—North British, Quarters, 4—Man"
chester and Birmingham, QAarters (C), p.—Cheshire Junction,
9% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 7,74—Leeds, prefer'
ence, 11%.

BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 1.
STOCK ExcilAwas.—The share market had a downward tendency
to-day, and little business dons.
YORK, JAN. 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was enrb,-1-
lows :—Great Northern, 9% ex int.—York, Newcastle, and
.13erw,'r.
(G. N. E. Purchase), 9%—York and North Midland, Preference'
GLASGOW, JAN. 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions :
-- and
Aberdeen, 20—Caledonian, Preference, 8% —Edinburg" wv
Northern, W. 19s.—Edinburgh and Perth, Halves,
Apr' Halves, Dumfries, and Carlisle, s—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and •—•.,
No. 1, 6%—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 6s.—Glasgow and Greenock,
Preference, 71. 7s. 6d.—lfenkland, 70—Wilsonton,
and Coltness, 50—Dundee and Perth. Quarters, 30s. 40.—Glasge
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Bilious Attack, Indigestion, and Flatulency Cured 11
Holloway's Pills.—Khairatee Khan, a native merchant
of Patna, in the East Indies,:suifered for years from-bile,
indigestion, and flatuency, and, although he consulted the
most eminent surgeons of the province, yet be derived ll°
benefit from their treatment, but gradually became more
debilitated. Having one day ii severer attack than usual
of these dreaded maladies, he determined to try Holloway '°
Pills, and this fine medicine which bas obtained such,
high repute throughout the world, very soon reinstate
him in perfect health, and, in gratitude for the benefit, be
desires this wonderful cure to be made public. Sold by
all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Es tablisbmen4
244, Strand, London.

THE CHARTER-HOUSE.—The Archbishop of Yorl4
has been elected one of the Governors of the Charter-house, in th.
room of the late Viscount Melbourne.
UPPINGIIAM.—A rumour of a most painful nature
is afloat in this town, implicating the character and honesty of *
Rutland gentleman, who enjoys a high position in society. Disci*:
sores of a grave nature, affecting the integrity of his conduct g_.;
director of a savings' bank, are likely to be made in a few days -
Lincolnshire Herald.
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THE CHOLERA AT EDINBURGH.—The disease !I.-
continues to linger amongst us, althoogh the new cases occurring a.-
very few.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
FORGED BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.—Yesterday the
police succeeded in capturing two men at Bristol, both of whorl' A,
o'i
from the neighbourhood of Birmingham, oil a charge of uttering 1
Bank of England notes. They gave their names as George 'ATI
wood and William Stevenson. It is expected that other charges ":rd
"be preferred against them on their re-examination, which standa fl.l`"
for Saturday.

TRANSMIESION OF THE QUEEN'S 'SPEECH BY Tta
mum—Yesterday the Queen's Speech was transmitted fr0m,,,3,
central station at Lothbury to all the secondary telegraph cents
with greater rapidity and precision than on the occasion of u`a
previous session, when' its transmission for the first til:h;
Was a matter attire of experiment than practice. •',
Speech, which consists of 834 words, or about 70 words 17
than that of last sesion, was streamed off continuously to LiverPc'e_ci
Manchester, York, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Derby, x",
Other places, at the rate of 18% words a minute, and was thus poste*,
in the various subscription-rooms and exchanges :in considerably
less than one hour after its delivery in the House of Lords. Last
year verbatim copies of it were printed and distributed, but Ti"ig
practice was discontinued. The Speech would be In Dublin, Guerir
soy, Jersey, and Paris the same;evening.
The Queen's Speech was yesterday telegraphed t..k°
Stamford for this paper. Her Majesty left the House of Lords ab°
half-past two, and at a quarter to three the clerks at ,Lothbury
,c 1;
menced telegraphing thence to Ely, where were posted threeme' id
expressly for the purpose of telegraphing on to Stamford. There
direct electric communication between this place and London; Pet,:f
the superintendent of the company (Mr. Raymond) thought it te'e7.s
to receive the message at Ely and send it on, than trust for pelf
tej
accuracy to 118 miles of wires. The Speech was communieLd
letter by letter, and the whole yeas' tieelved in Stamford in less u
an hour and a half.—Stamford Mercury.
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IMPORTATION' or CORN.—Yesterday, first day
of
February, a virtual repeal of the duties on foreign corn took place
the existing sliding or fluctuating scale of duties being entirely 81j
lished, and in their stead, the following, merely nominal and 1a.4
duties, being leviable on all sorts of meal, flour, Tim
grain imported into this country, viz. : By virtue of
Act 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 23, from and after 70
Ist day of February, 1849, the following duties otts,
be charged, viz.: "Upon all wheat, barley, here or bigg, °na
rye, peas, and beans, the quarter, Is. ; upon all wheat meal_ nd
flour, barley meal, oatmeal, rye meal, and flour, pea mold and in
meal, the cwt., 4%d. ; buck wheat, the quarter, Is.; buck
meal, the cwt„ 4%d.; maize or Indian corn, the quarter, ls. ; '-
Sian corn meal, the cwt„ 4%d.
THE CHIEF BAILIFFSHIP OF THE CITY SHERIFFS
Covzr.—The Court of Aldermen and Common Council have si;
pointed an early day this month to appoint a high bailiff of the ne
court for small debts—the New " Sheriffs' Court." It will be renllt
bered that Mr. Wood, the son of ex-Alderman Wood, was the PAed
chief bailiff elected, but was suspended. The Court had also deci'Al
that being an attorney shall not be a necessary qualification, and ,
the chief bailiff shall, when necessary, personally enforce the proc_re,
of the Court. The judge of the Court has recommended Mr. tee
the second candidate on the first election, the applicant having
many years principal officer of the Old Sheriffs' Court, and not Pot
vided for by the new Act, whilst all other officers of the COOL
Requests received compensation.

BIRTHS.
Ikr•
On the 29th ult., at Ramsgate, the wife of the Ref'
Daniell, of Birmingham, of a daughter.
On the 29th ult., at Pinner's-grove, Mrs. Milman, of a 8°,111:
At Springfield, Upper Clapton, on the 30th ult., ars.
Danglish, of a daughter.
On the 30th ult., at Hyde-park-square, the wife of
Fox. jun., Esq., of a eon.
On the 30th ult., at Bayswater-terrace, Mrs. Calm
prematurely, of a son, stillborn.
„A. is
On the 30th ult., at the Vicarage-house, Reigate, °al.
N. Harrison, of a son. P.
On the 31st ult., at Coldharbour-rise, Camberwell, Mme'
H. Al!port, of a son.

Cl
n the 27th ult., at Staines,MAßßlE
Will Diam Ellis, Esq., of Asr,-- as,
youngest son of the late L. Ellis, Esq., of Liverpool, to v
eldest daughter of J. W. Finch, Esq., of Staines. Baddt
On the 30th ult , at Claygate, Surrey, Edward
,„0,051
Esq., to Margaret, fourth daughter of Colonel R. D°"'
C. ts.. late Royal Artillery.
I; On the 30th ult., at Wonersh, near Guildford, E,,,epli
abeth
Chad°. te, fifth daughter of the Rev. W. H. Cole, t° ,
Stevenson, Esq., 8.A., late of Trinity College, Contoli9/

DIEO
On the 26th of liecember, at D.
the residence of her &O 11f f
ter, Stroate Tiddenham, Glocestershire, Mrs. Roberts, relic °
Captain J. Roberts, formerly of Bristol, aged 91. yr too,
On the 27th ult., Mi-s Elizabeth Kemble, a .-4
Essex, aged 73.
viiz bell'
On the 30th ult., at Prospect-place, Hackney, --- a 0.
~,evo ,
relict of the late Mr. James Woolley, of Axminster, m of
On the 30th ult., at Park-square, Miss Williams, sister
Charles Williams, Esq. /8'
On the 31st ult., at Camberwell-terrace North, aged
Miss Huggins, the sister of G. Dolland, Esq. ,_.,rotelP
At Crescent-cottages, Cambridge-heath, Ilacb-LiTi-JodgeOr
formerly of Seaton hall, Warehorne, Kent, Thomas 1"
Esq., a 62. care*
At Crirencester-place, Fitzroy. square, Mr. Peregrine, -vete'
eldest son of the late Mr. John Curtis, formerly or
street, Oxford street.
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