The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

RAILWAY stIAItk—NtARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 25.
Srocx EXCIIANOR.—The Share Market has shown more firmness
to-day, and it Is understood that snme of the brokers had large
orders to purchase if the market had shown any further depression.
There is no disposition to press sales at present low rates. The sales
are —Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &C., sA dis.—Blackburn,
Clltherue, dis. —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 14
IL ex int.—Birmingham and 'Maley, 4 p.-111rinineritarn and Ox-
IM•d, 8 p.—Buckinghanishire, !It (HA.— Eastern Counties. York Ex-
tension, p.—East Lancashire, New, IFli p.—Ditto, New Scrip,
p.—East Lincolnshire, 1.7; p. ee int.—Glasgow and Greenock,
Igo p.—Great Northern (Nos. I to 108,000), ells., ex int.—
Huddersfield and Manchester, 214 sod Bradford Union,
p.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis. ex int.—Ditto, New, dis.—
Ditto, Preference, 1 p.—Leicester and Bedford, !A dis.—Loudon and
North-Western, 139!x—Ditto, Quarters, New, 11 p.—London anti
York, 144 p. —Manchester-and Leeds, Extens,on, 1 p.—Dtto, halves
(late W. P. and 0.), 8 p.—Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 94—Ditto (late Great Grimsby
and Sheffield), 434 dis., ex int.—Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincoln),
1 dis. ox int.—Midland, 120—Ditto, 401. Share., 3' p.—Ditto, New,
pi p.-- Newcastle and Carlhde, Quarters, New, 4 p.—North Staf-
tOrdshire, 2a p.—North-Neste n, !A p.—Scottish Central, 7 p.—
Shrewsbury and Chester, New (late North Walos Mineral), 1.7. A p.
New, 1,4 dis. —Shrewsbury anti Birmingham (A), b p
Ditto (B), p.— Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 16s. 3,1.
dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 364—Ditto, No. 2, 1,4 p.—Ditto,
No. 4, Thirds,3s. 93. p.—West Riding Union, 174 p.—lnttch Rhenish,
3 dis,—Paris and Lyons Constituted, lIA die.
31ANCIIESTER, JANUARY 25.
STOCK Exemsmor.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 9-16 dis—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, par—Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction, 614 F.—East Lancashire, I 13-16 N.—
Ditto, New (scrip), 1 1-16 p.—Fleetwood, Preston. and West Riding.
14 c. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1!A p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 3 dis.—
Ditto, Preferentials, I 1-16 c. p.—London and North-Western (Man-
Manchester, Buxton, Mallock, and Midland, 7.1 i, p.-11ancheiter
and Leeds Extension, 15-16 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), dis.—Manchester and South-
ampton, I Is. 34. dis.—North Staffimlshire, p.—North-Western,
c. p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 3-16 p.—Scottish Central,
; p.—Shropshire Union,
.15716 dis.-- West Riding Union, 134 p.

LE LDS, 'JANUARY 25,

STOCK EXCIIANGE.--lhe sales are—Ambergate, Nottin,ham, and
Boston, Ws. till. dis.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 85j P.
East Lancashire, New, 2% p.— Ditto, New Seri o, 245. p.—East
and West Yorkshire, ICs. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2% c. dls.—Ditto,
New, Ils. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 2Ps. p.—Leeds, Wakefield,
and Midland, 123. dls.—Leicester and Bedford, 4s. dis.—Malton and
Driffield Junction, lbs. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Extension (late
Wale., P. awl G.), 5U p.—North British, Thirds, 2,% p.—Ditto,
Quarters (late Car:lsle Branch), 375. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), I ts.
tid. p.—North Statrordthire, 2% p. —Northern Counties Union, 1!-‘,
dis.—North Western, Cs. p.—Shefheld, Rotherham, and Goole, Is.
p.—West Riding Union, 3% —Wharftlale 105. dis.—
York and Newcastle, Preference, d% P.
HULL, JANUARY 25.
STocK EXCHANGZ.--The sales are--Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 2!4—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 20s. dis.—Hull and
Selby, Halves, 52—Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis. —North British,
Extension (scrip), 12s. 9,1„ p.—Ditto, Thirds, 675. 6d. dis.—North-
Western, Gs. p. —York and Newcastle, Preference, p.
SHEFFIELD, JANUARY 25.
STocK Excxvroz.—The sales are—East Lincolnshire, 174 p.—
_ . . . _

Leeds and Thirsk, 3 dis.—London and South Coast, 53%-Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,3% p.—North
British Quarters (late Carlisle), l p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip),
p.—North Western, 7s. p.— Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, p.
—West Riding Unlon, li. 7s.—Leeds, IVaketield, and 31Idland, I Is,
64. cils.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 1,4 dls.

EDINBURGH, JANUARY 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 48s. 6d.-
-Direct Northern, 52s.—Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2, 25%
ex new —East of Fife, 443.—East Lothian Central, 425. 6d.—Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, Half Shares, 20—Edinburgh and Northern, 12!4
ex new Ditto, Newport, 5% ex new—Ditto, ditto, New, Hs.—
Edinburgh and Perth (New), 45s.—Great North of Scotland, 455.
—Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 745. —North British,
Quarters, 625. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters, scrip, 265. 6d.—Ditto,
Thirds, 69s.—Scottish Central, 211;—Stirling and Dunfermline, 675.
—Strathern Junction, 635.--Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6d.
GLASGOW, JANUARY 23.

STOCK EXCHANOL—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 15s.—Direct
Northern (scrip), 52i. Gd.--East Lothian Central, 42s.—Edinburgh
and (Ilas,gow, Quarters, 181.—Edinburgh and Perth, 46s.—Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6!. 45.--Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland
Junction,s—Kilmaniock and Ayr Direct, 52g.—Manchester and
Southampton, 31s. —Midland, Halves, 6 !i—North British, New Quar-
ters (scrip), 2's.—Pais!ey, Itarrhead, and 'Meet, 54..—Senttisli
Central, 221.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON TIIE GREAT WESTERN
Rati,w All.—On MondY
, as the express-train from Exe-
ter, arriving at Paddington,
four o'clock down train a6tte,Z, at 41). 30m., was passing the
nthall, the tine of the driving-
wheel dew off, and striking '
a,asretcotntl-c:aos carriage on the
down-train, broke
thetipper
spot two men, and wounding part to
pieces, killing
on the
express-train was also injured by the
ereboundother*. A lady in the
the broken wheel. Neither train was thrown of a part of
and the express was not travelling
at a
bohvreo off the rails,
T usual speed.
WARD OF PARRINGDON INT
.. ITHOUT.
CommoN CoUNcit.MEN.—Yesterday a special LEeTioN OF
ward-mote was
held at the Old Bailey, for the purpose of electing;
Councilmen for the ward of Farrimnion Without, the Common
previous
election having been declared void.' The result ofti
pro-
ceedings, however, was that all the parties who had 'll:)' een at
first returned were again elected without opposition.
THE GROCERS AND TEA-DEALERS BENEVOLENT
PROTECTION SOCIETY.—Yesterday a meeting of this society
vas held at the London Tavern, Lishopsgate-street, to elect
two pensioners. Mr. John Wyles, treasurer, presided.
The report stated that the funded property amounted to
10,600/, and that there are now forty-two pensioners, who
were in the receipt of sums varying from 18/. to 44)/. per
annum.
BOADERY AT BEACON LODGE, THE SEAT OF THE
110 N. GAANTLEY F. BERKELEY, M.P.—lnformation was
last night forwarded to the police, that on the night of the
22d, or early on the morning of the 23d instant, an outhouse
attached to the premises of the Hon. Grantley F. Berkeley,
Beacon Lodge, Hants, was broken into, and the following pro-
-I.Y stolen therefrom, viz..—Six long-eared Spanish rabbits,
t Dayoung game cocks, trimmed ; six bantam hens, and
e other birds of value.'
A BElcav
benevolent )Z2NT ECCENTRIC.—The eccentric and
and of Knight:batherine Lee, late of Kensington-house,
Diseases of the chdge, has left to the Hospital for Curing
at Old Brompton, 2e4API lately built near her former residence
ebarity-schools of St. '
:111t.,;" the Charing-cross Hospital, the
Bloomsbury, the Nationaja-
n-the-Fields and St. George,
society for the Prevention of Benevolent-_,' Institution, and the
each. She has shown a tendeirielty to Animals, 19 guineas
wishing her bird to be given to regard for her little pets,
might pine with a stranger,
and
leaves
rattached servant, as it
SOL ; she is also to have the care of i her an annuity of
and to receive 3s. Gd. a week for its suppnfratvite spaniel,
.our the
parrot she leaves to a grand-niece, who is to receivefavourite
as long as it lives. She has left numerous lOl, a year 1
specific and pe-
cuniary legacies to her nephews and. nieces. To her
god-
son, Richard Carter, now in America, is to be transmitted
a large Bible, with notes, in two volumes, which she hi.'hll.
valued ; she has directed several rings to be made by'isii
Mortimer, of New Bond-street, to contain a portion of her.
hair, and to be presented to those mentioned in her will,
and that all the ladies who inquired after her during her ill-
ness should have gloves sent to them ; she named her un-
dertaker and the place of interment, her coffin to be of lead,
enclosed in a strong polished oak one, well nailed, but to have
no cloth or other covering. Such of her nephews and grand-
nephews as should attend at her funeral to be presented with
tive guineas each for travelling expenses. She has left some
of het freeholds to be divided among her nephews and nieces.
The residue of her property, real and personal, she leaves to
her niece, Miss Elizabeth V. Carter, who ( with Mr. W. H.
Saltwell, of Carlton-chambers), is her executor. Her Per-
sonal estate was valued at 6,00 W.
We are sorry to announce the decease of Ili. Ward,
Sao sztavo Aid ITeli'kion ihiPents.