The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-03 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY

MORNING, MARCH 3, 1847

acid quotations ruled firm. In Olive large purchases have,!9::
mide; holders were firm. In Linseed a goon deal has been,. e
a further improvement in prices has taken place. CO"
with little attention, and there are sellers at 2U to 271 55. r,
tun. For Seal the market is in a dull state. For Sout.l9e,
further reduced rates have been taken. Sperm is nstt,
wanted, and holders are desirous to sell. Lard Oil is in •
demand, and 44s to 50s are paid for low to fine quality
TALLOW.—Russian has been in excellent request °nye.
spot, and a slight improvement again occurred. For delibe;
in the last three months of the year a good business has
transacted at 45s to 45s 6(1. Home-made is worth 5051
50s 6(1 nett cash, at which many parcels have been
Other sorts of 'fallow are wanted, and prices are improving

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, MARCH 2. - Wind N., lig the breeze, and 8e
mild weather.—A brig dismasted, water-logged, bc, "e 1 hi;
two letters of the name NN, with 0 and M on the o'n'trie
~
the stern, sides painted white, *
with black ports, sunclerse
built, was passed in lat. 38 N , W., by the Prof'
media, arrived at Aquillas.
HAM
DEAL, 31Autert I.—Wind E.N.E , strong.—Sl(l.
China; Sea Bird, Gambia • Raritan, New Orleans; -- d
ditch, Mobile; Boyne, Baltimore; Siren, Newfoundlan
Monmouth, New Orleans.
Gamey, MARCH I.—Wind N. E.—S!d. WorselY,Baltr;
Btto,‘DsTattft4, FEB. 27.—A ship with troops. "".!(,,
bound, struck on the Margate Sand this morning; W3'
sisted off with loss of rudder, and proceeded for the river.,e,
TEIGNmouTit, MARCH I.—The Fur Brothers has u
got off the bar this morning with considerable doing°
her bottom. _ ~at

OFE PENZANCE, FEn, 28.—Wind Ludo'
Mitchell, Demeraraßibby, China.
Duxnaa, FEB. 26.—The Unity struck on the banks af°
Tay yesterday, nd sunk shortl after. roe'
._,TBANGFOILD,a FEB 27.—They John Bell, Irvine,
ferry, got on shore on Tara Bay yesterday, and is likely"
he wrecked.
RELATING TO THE CUTTER SHARP, OF
CHESTER. F reigt
A letter has been received at Lloyds from the -°;ostil
office, inclosing a copy of a dispatch from her lifar-te
Consul at Lisbon, reporting that the Sharp. of COlOl
from St. Michael's, to London, had been. abandoned I,
sinking state, in lat. 41 N., lon. 11.20 W. Master and„
taken up and brought into Lisbon by the French br's
Jenne Polyxene.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE
NEAR -PRESTON.
pat
PRESTON, FEB. 28.—0 n Saturday morning a re. rtitP,
circnlated in Freston that a woman of respectability+.;
Leadbetter, residing at Walton-le-Dale, about one
a half from this town, had committed suicide by dr°„,iid
herself in the river Ribble, after having administered I[4ol
to her five children. In the course of the day eircures 1;
happened which, it is to be feared, confirm the rurileilbe
appears that Mrs. Leadbetter, whose husband is a 5 bet°
broker in Manchester, has for the last twelve montuluoi
residing at Walton-le-Dale with her children at the ho
Mr. Livesey, her father, a highly-respectable gentlerase'figt;
some time ago retired from the cotton trade. About e,
o'clock on Friday evening last she left the house of betillicifl,
unknown to the family, after having assisted an atte
in putting the children to bed; previous to which abbe
ministered a dose of what she called medicine to flefer,
the presence of the servant. About ten o'clock in tuej
ing all the children began to complain of illness an.forl
appeared to be affected in a similar manner. The civ;
stance alarmed the inmates of the house, and Mrs. to 1,t4
better not having returned, information was givell, 00:'s
neighbours, with a view of making inquiry for her. 1'
be stated that for some days previous Mrs. Leadbettefool
been exceedingly low spirited, and the fact of her leo
the house on Friday evening, and not returning+ tiej tb!
connexion with the children's sudden illness, indue 00'1
family to suspect that something was wrong. Thel 0
evening was spent in the village in a fruitless sear-40i
Mrs. Leadbetter, and towards morning a fishermariol!
river Ribble went in a boat in search
of her, and atie`csllo
time he discovered the body in that part of the river .0 tlie
the Walton Salmon Fishery, lying about a yard deep If yr'
water. It was immediately forwarded to the house °n
or
Livesey, there to await a coroner's inquest. In them
time the children had continued to get worse durl7,oi
evening, and a surgeon was sent for, who applied the, 'O.
remedies, when four of them began to improve. Onettisili
ever, named Fanny, gradually got worse, and ece4.B sr°
died about four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. La; el
glad to say that the other children are considereu"
da*ger. til
An inquest was held on the bodies, but was adjournotioe
Monday evening for further evidence, and in the mei'
postmortem examination of the body was to be made'