The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

FOREIGN RAILWAYS,

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JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
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BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 25.—There is a
moderate 'demand for refining descriptions, but the grocery
kinds are neglected ; the sales of the week are unimportant.
The refined market is still dull, and a shade lower.— Br istol
Mercury.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—This week's
arrivals are large of wheat, and-- good of other articles. A
decline of Is to 2s. per quarter is submitted to on o heat, at
which there is a healthy demand. For barley there is very
little inquiry, and prices are 2s. per quarter lower. Oats
and Shelling are unaltered in. value, but meet a readier sale.
Beans remain same as last stated.
DEATH AFTER THE USE OF THE ETHER ANTIDOTE
TO PAIN. —On Friday week, at the Essex and Colchester
Hcepital, the operation of lithototnv was performed by Mr.
It. S. Nunn, upon Thomas Herbert,- labourer, while under
the influence of the vapour of ether, in the presence of Mr.
Bransby Cooper, the well-known surgeon, and almost the
entire medical staff of the town and neighbourhood. In the
abzence of pain, and its skilful execution, the operation was
completely successful ; and the patient appeared to be doing
well f r twenty-four hours afterwards, when unfavourable
symptoms presented themselves, and death took lilac:, on
Sunday evening, apparently from exhaustion. The circa&
stance has created considerable sensation in the to xn, cud
popular opinion eagerly attaches the blame to the new, and
as it has hitherto been considered, important, agent of sur-
gery—ether; but, looking to its success in former• cases, it
would seem unfair, as well as premature, to condemn it upon
a single exception, and that by no means proved. to have
any connexion with its effect upon the system. The coin-
cidence, however, we feel assured will not be lost upon the
medical body.—Essex Standard.
INFIRMARY FOR CONSUMPTION. --- The annual
general meeting of the. supporters of the Infirmary for Con-
sumption and Diseases of the Lungs, Artillery-street,
Bishopsgate, was held on Friday, at the London Taverr.
John Ingram Travers, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. The
report stated that the number of patients treated during the
year amounted to 1,500. The sum of 478/. was the amount
of receipts for the support of the institution, and the ex-
penditure le ft a balance with the treasurer of 265/. The
funded property amounted to 5,500/. The accounts having
been passed, the officers for the ensuing year were elected,
and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting
broke up.
THE GREAT BELL FOR MONTREAL.—The casting
of this, the large:t bell ever yet male in the country,
was successfully completed last week, at the foundry of
Messrs. Mears,
Whitechapel. The quantity of metal
fused was about twenty-five tons. The founders, it is stated,
intend to give the public an opportunity of inspecting the
work when perfectly finished, previous to its shipment for
Canada.

;ROBBERY IN AN OMNIBUS.—On Fri lay afternoon
nitormation was received by the police that between the
hours of c'ne and two o'clock, a lady of the name of Lindley,
of Brian Villas, Hammersmith' whilst in an omnibus in
Albany •street, Regent's Park, had her pocket picked of
a brown silk purse, containing two 51. Bank of England
notes, four sovereigns and a half, and thirteen shillings in
silver.
VENTILkTION STABLES......HOTAeS are liable to
consumption 1% hen kept in hadly-ventilatei stables; and we
are informed by Mr. Edwin Chadwick that a discovery was
only lately made as to the effect of defective ventilation on
the cavalry horses in some of the Government barracks in
England ; and it is stated that a saving of several thousand
pounds per annum was effected by an easy improvement et
the ventilation of the barracks near the metropolis.— The
Builder.
FRENCH PLAYS.--Her Majesty and Prince Albert,
attended by Lady Caroline Cocks, the Hon. Miss Paget, Lord
Listowel, Colonel Grey, and Captain Gordon, honoured the
French Plays with their presence on Friday evenir,g. Her
Royal ilighness the Duchess b' Kent, attended by Lady
Fanny Howard, Lady Maria awson, and Sir G. Coupes,
also honoured the theatre with her presence.
A STRANGE BIBLIOMANIA.-00 the Bth instant,
died, at Padua, Count Leopold Ferri, leaving a perfect unique
liuraryt it being composed of works written f'ele authors,
aulountiug to agarly 40 volume,.