The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

APPOINTAIEWTS.

Rear-Admiral--Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to command
pro tem, in the Tagus, and to hoist his flag in the St. Vin-
cent, 120, at Spithead.
Captain—The Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, to the Odin
steam-frigate.
Commanders—Joseph M. Langtry and Frederick Adam
Ellis, to the Coast Guard Service.
Lieutenants—John Stephens, Thomas Miller, and John
E. F. Risk, to the Caledonia; Bellield Woolcombe, to be
Flag- Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir John
Louis Bart.; P. G. Nettleton, to the Apollo.
Master—Edward Williams, to the Dragon.
Chaplains—The Rev. George Ross Lewin, M.A., to the
Victory ; Peter P. Smith, to the Howe.
Second Masters—G. R. Barnes, to Dart ; Robert Wheatland,
to Cockatrice; Joseph H. Mallard, to Apollo.
Naval Instructor—John N. Laverty, to the Howe.
Assistant- Surgeons—Dr. Archibald Armstrong. Frederick
Manger, and Henry-Dlathias, to the Caledonia' William Cal-
ham-, and James Wood, to Plymouth Hospital.
Clerks—H. H. Gilbert (in charge), to the San Joseph re-
ceiving ship at Devonport ; Alexander Jeffreys (in charge),
the Dart; Edward 0. Hayes, to the Dragon; T. W. Neame,
:o the Terrible.

Midshipmen—John Osmond, to Avenger; John J. Barnard,
lo Excellent; G. J. Bartellot, Thomas Green, and Arthur
Bayley, to the Howe; Valiancy Robinson, to the Dart, Wil-
liam Graham, to the Caledonia.

Masters' Assistants—Sydney Ayling, to the Avenger; E.
C. Ball, to the Bulldog; W. B. Shillabeer, to the Howe;
Charles Renny, to the Athol.
Naval Cadets—Philip 11. Saunders, G. G. Wallace, and
R. H. G. Helps, to the Howe; Theodore B. Hollingworth,
William Harvey, Henry Machel, J. W. Lambe, J. S. Rey-
nell, W. IL Gould, G. B. Clayhill, and C. E. Slaughter, to
the Caledonia ; W. J. S. M. Molyneux, to the Avenger ;
Nowell Salmon, to the Dragon; James G. P. Kemp, to the
Dasher steam vessel.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our market to-day has been very dull
and uniuteresting; quotations for shares are at lower rates
than when our last report was made. The sales are-Am-
bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 28s. 9d.-Birmingham and
Oxford Junction, 61,i p.-Bristol and Exeter, 4 dis.-Chester
and Birkenhead, 44%-East Lancashire, New 17 dis.-Ditto,
New Scrip, par-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 69-Great North-
ern, 11A1 dis.-lludderstield and Manchester, 1 dis. ex int.-
Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.-Ditto, Preference, I/5 p.-London
and North-Western, Quarters (L. and B.), 14% p.-Man-
chester and Leeds, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), IA p.-
Midland Stock, 401. Shares, 234 p.-Ditto, Preferential, 126
-Ditto, New, 1;; p.-North Staffordshire, 1% p. -Shropshire
Union Railway and Canal, 2 dis.-South-Eastern and Dover,
36-Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, VI dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 3% dis.
MANCHESTER, MAY 15.
STocK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, F%-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che-
shire, 1% dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 114
dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, par-Ditto, Halves,
% c. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Quarters 27S p.-Ditto,
Fifths, 374 p.-Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extension), par-
Ditto, Sixteenths, 71,4-Manchester and Southampton, 30s.
dis..-North Staffordshire, 15,q-North-Western, 134 c. dis.-
Scottish Central, 6 p.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
3-16 dis.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4 dis. -
West Riding Union, LEEDS, MAr 15.
Sea. EXCHANGE. -The share markets evince scarcely
any change from the quotatious of last Saturday, but the
tone of business is exceedingly dull, and to-day the indispo-
sition to purchase is perhaps greater than
(thasenriopnl,thles. w6odr.sdt
pre-
ceding day of the last few weeks. The sales are-East Lan-
cashire, New, 1% n. dis.-Ditto, N
East and West Yorkshire, 38s. 9d. dis.-lluddersfield and
Manchester par-Leeds and Dewsbury, 23. 6d. dis.-Ditto,
Extensions, Scrip (green), 20s. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, Pre-
ference, 2s. p.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, Fif-
teenths, par-Manchester and Leeds 321. Shares (late Ex-
tensions), 4s. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union, is. 9d. c.
p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 335. 6d. p.-North Bri-
tish, Extension (scrip), 2s. 6d. p.-North-Western, 375. dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 15.
STOCKE.XCHANGIL.-The sales are-Fleetwood, Preston, and
West Riding Junction, 275. dis.-Great Northern, 114 dis.-
Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 9% p.-Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 5 p.-Ditto, New, 1% p. -Ditto (North Shields Pur-
chase), 4% p.
EDINBURGH, MAY 14.
ardtheenand2slF.orfl
7s.
le6d
Junction, 421.
11. 19s. 6d.
15 Ditto Halves, 15/ .-Ayr and Galloway,
271. s.-
6dS.fAicxrdrEiexcalrinr BGaEtTigTathee, 38/a.lels4sa.-re-ArAbbroe
11.
Ditto, New,
andblane Donne, and Callender, a
105.-Decside, Si. 55.-Dun Cd el s9da
Caledonian,
30L-Ditto, New, No. . New, 3, 41. 7s.
78. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 421.-Ditto, Ditto,lcNew, No. 1,
Dumbartonshire, 241-
6d.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. 10s. 6d.-Dundee
and Perth, 30/.-Ditto, New, 111. -Ditto, Quarters, 21. 15s.
-East of Fife, 21.105.-East Lothian Central, 1/. 19s. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Bathgate, 61. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
691.-Ditto, Halves, 221. 55.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 108.-
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto, Preference,
20/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, lls. 6d.
-Edinburgh and Northern 171. 2s. 6d.-Ditto,
New, 31.
25.-Ditto, Newport, V.-Ditto, ditto, New, 1/. 18s.-Edin-
burgh and Perth (New Co.),
95. 6d.-Glasgow and Av.shire 111181.-15A-ttop,itNtoewliSatlovrk,
351. lOs.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, Si. 155.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2,
61. 35.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51.-Glasgow and
Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 55.-Glas-
gow and Greenock, 161.-Ditto, Halves, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Pre-
' ference, 8/.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 10s.
-Great North of Scotland, 21.-Great Northern (late Direct
Northern), 21. 10s. 6d.-Ditto (late London and York), 21.
-Newcastle and Berwick, 21/. 155.-North British, 30/.
155.-Ditto, Halves, 141.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 43.-Ditto,
New Quarters (scrip), 16s. 9d.-Ditto, Thirds, 2/. lbs.-
Ditto, Fifths, 61. 155.-Scottish Central, 241.-Scottish
Grand Junction, 195.--Scottish Midland, 19L-Shrewsbury
and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,
155.-Ditto, New, 1L-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 58.-
34/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 14/. 10s.-
ss.
-York
55.-Wishaw and Coltness, 491.
Ditto, Preference, 61. 10s.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s.
6d.-East Indian, 2s. 6d.-Great North of-India, 35.-Great
Southern of Madras,GLASGOW,MAY 25.-Madras, Nellore,4 and Arcot, Is. 6d.
1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Dundee and Perth,
Quarters, 555.-East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, Quarters, 17',4-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 375.
-Ditto, Halves, 95.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 351 h
-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, G%.-Great Western of Bengal, 15.,.
3d.-Great Southern of Madras, ls. 6d.-Manchester and
SQouuatrhtaemrs,p
stoz,
6d.-Ditto,
9Ddi.tro,NN,oretihv
tish Central, 24/. Quartersntish' (sc Thirds,ril), 505.-Ditto,

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Major-General Sir Harry Smith had an interview with
Earl Carey, at the Colonial thEce, on Saturday,