The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-26 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FaszuAir 25.

STOCK EV:HAMM—TIM sales are—Caledonian, New, Is. 6d. die.
—Great Northern (late London and York), Reg., 14 p.—Newcastle
and Carlisle, New, 1330, p.—North British, 10 p.—Ditto, Quarters,
2' p.—Ditto, Extension, p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—West
Riding Union, 1% p.—York and Newcastle, Extensions, 6% p.
HULL, FEBRUABT 25.

STom Excnewoz..—The sales Are —North British, Halves, 167 i
Ditto, Quarters, 88s. cash.—West Riding Union, 31. 195. —ll.lanches•
ter and Southampton, 248.
GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 24.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian, New, 50s.—Cale-
donian and Dumbartonshire, 46s.—Direct Northern (scrip), 555.
Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 3, 5 %—Dundee and Perth, 36%
—Ditto, ditto, New, 231. —East Indian, N.—East Lothian Central,
50.4. 6d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 761,3—Ditto, Quarters, 191.
Edinburgh and Northern, 161. IN.—Ditto, Newport, 538 Glasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 39%—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, Cf.
3s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 6%—Glasgow Barbour
Mineral, 40s.—Manchester and Southampton, 25s.—North British,
Thirds, 76s.—Scottish Central, 22/..—Wilsontown, Morningside, and
Coltness, 60 % —York and Newcastle, Preference, 8%.

WRECK of the BRECHIN CASTLE.
SWANSEA, MONDAY NIGHT.—Early on Sunday morning
last a feeling of the deepest regret pervaded the whole town
on the announcement of a most distressing shipwreck having
occurred in the course of the previous night on the coast west-
ward of Mumbles Head. The unfortunate vessel proved to
be the Brechin Castle, 400 tons burden, homeward bound to
this port from Port Adelaide, with the Australian mail on
beard. The catastrophe was discovered by one of the coast-
guard, who was returning from his duty at daybreak along
the beach, when his attention was drawn to a quantity of
broken bulwarks, and other fragments of wreck, just abreast
of Mumbles Head light. He immediately hastened to his
superior officer, who lost no time in dispatching a body of
his men to collect what property might be washed ashore
on other parts of the coast. From the fact of both the ship's
boats being subsequently picked up dashed to atoms, no doubt
was entertained that every soul belonging to her bad met
with a watery grave. Every exertion was made to collect all
the information on the subject by closely examining the rocks
for papers and documents, and several were found, which led
to the identification of the unfortunate ship and the names
of the crew and the passengers. It appeared she was laden
with copper ore, and commanded by Mr. J. R. Baxter, with
a crew of 15 hands. The last place she was known to touch
at was the Cape of Good Hope whence she sailed on the 23d
of December last, and had arrived within fifteen miles of her
destination when the deplorable event occurred. There has
been a light-ship recently placed on the Helwicks, a dan-
gerous shoal, to the westward of the Mumbles, and of Port
Eynon, and the general belief among the pilots and others
capable of judging is, that this was mistaken for the Mumbles
light at the entrance of the bay, and hence arose the distress-
ing accident. So sudden was it that the momont she struck
the rocks she went to pieces. During Sunday part of the
ship's hull was got off and towed ashore, about half a mile
to westward of the lighthouse, by several dredging oyster
boats. In the afternoon some Australian newspapers, dated
Adelaide, October 17, were picked up in Laingland Bay,
supposed to come from the wreck. The names of the crew
and passengers drowned are described in the list handed to
us by the agents to be as follows :
Mr. J. 11. Baxter, commander; Mr. Nichols, first mate;
Mr. John Adamson, second mate; Robert Robertson, ship's
carpenter; Daniel Lettess, steward; John Payne, able sea-
man ; 'William Mills, ditto ; Andrew Nelson, ditto ; Steward
Mars, ditto ; John Gow, ditto ; Daniel Myles, ditto ; Daniel
Fullis, ditto; David Reed, ditto; J. Pack, ditto; James
Scott, ditto.
Passenger's names :
Mr. Winterbottom, Mrs. Winterbottom, and her child ;
Mr. Fairborn, Mrs. Fairborn, and her child. Four others,
names not exactly known.
The only bodies yet washed ashore have been those of two
sailors; one was found at Cliff, six miles distant, on Sunday
evening, and the other to-day. The latter had a life-buoy
secured to it. A large leather bag was found this morning,
with a brass plate attached to it, addressed to the Postmaster.
General, London. It proved to be the mail-bag, containing
the Port Adelaide papers and letters. It was immediately
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THE PERFECT APPLICABILITY
OF ETHER TO SURGICAL OPERATIONS
UPON DELICATE FEMALES AND CHIL-
I )REN.
An emaciated young female, about thirteen years of
age, who had been reduced to extreme danger from a
painful scrofulous disease, was subjected to an amputa-
tion of her leg on Wednesday, the 24th instant, at the
Westminster Hospital, in the presence of an unusual
assemblage of medical men and distinguished cultivators
of science. The patient was placed under the ethereal
influence by means of the ingenious apparatus of Mr.
Robinson, of Gower-street. The poor child became
etherized in about three minutes, when the eminent
senior surgeon of the hospital, Mr. Hale Thomson,
very dexterously and speedily amputated her leg below
the knee. Three arteries were taken up and tied, and
an admirable cushion was formed. The characteristic
circumstances which mark the effect of the ether were
fully apparent. The face became • suffused with red,
the pupils of the eyes dilated, and the breathing slow
and loudly audible. This case exhibited some modifi-
cation of the usual symptoms. There was more of the
involuntary telex rniticular action than is commQoy