The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Captain Sir William Sy-
monds, R.N., surveyor of the navy, visited this dock-
yard to-day, to see how the late steam frigate Retribu-
tion got on in her equipment as a meal and biscuit depot.
The Crocodile receiving ship, Lieutenant Commander
Prothero, left the basin this morning, and was warped
into Blockhouse hole to complete fitting. The Kestrel
brigantine, and Sparrow, cutter, were aftewards hauled
into the basin, to be prepared for service.
The Emerald and Mercury tenders, and the Lively
navy lighter, have each shipped a cargo of provisions
to-day, and sailed for Cork. The tenders will bring
back supernumeraries. The lively is to be employed in
carrying coals from Cork to the Shannon after she has
discharged her provisions.
The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Caffin, hauled
off from the jetty this morning, and will be ready for
service to morrow evening, when it is expected she will
proceed to Ireland with biscuit and meal.

- The Adventure naval transport, which has on board a
small quantity of stores for Ireland, will, as soon as she
has discharged her freight here, fill up with provisions
tor Leland.

The Sinbad navy lighter arrived this afternoon from
the river, and proceeded at once to the Clarence-yard to
load with provisions tor Ireland.
In Harbour.—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Hya •
cinth, Athol, Crocodile, Adventure, Sidon, Scourge,
Geyser and Echo.

In the basin.—The Edinburgh, Kestrel, Myrtle, and
Sparrow.
In dock.--Leander, Ajax, Prince Regent, Dauntless,
Serpent, Champion, and Victoria and Albert.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 14. —Her ,Majesty's frigate Thetis,
36, Captain Henry J. Coirington, came in yesterday
morning from Portsmouth, bound to Corunna.

Her Majesty's sloop Albatross, 16, Commander Ar-
thur Arguhan, entered the Sound from Portsmouth on
the 13th, bound to the coast of Africa.

Her Majesty's flag-ship Queen, 110, Captain Sir
Henry J. Leeke, left yesterday afternoon to join the
squadron at Lisbon. Neither her time of departure nor
place of destination was known until just before she
sailed.

Her Majesty's steam•sloop Sphinx, Commander John
B. Cragg, last from Gore, came in this morning, after
six weeks' absence. She left the Cape de Verd Islands
on the 2d instant, at which time they were in a healthy
state. The Sphynx has had no communication with the
islands, furth«•r than that of lan ling a naval surgeon
there It was intended for her to bring home the family
of the late Mr. Pettingall, British Arbitrator at Bcma-
vista ; but they had previously left for Gibraltar, whence
they were brought here by her Majesty's steam-sloop
Bulldog.

CHATHAM, JAN. 15.—The Samarang. 26 guns, Capt.
Sir Edward Belcher (now on leave of absence), will be
paid off on Monday next. It has, on her being sur-
veyed, been found necessary to dismantle her of her
rigging and masts to replace some damaged mast gear,
when she will be refitted as a guard-ship at Gibraltar.
The Daphne, 18 guns, Captain J. J. Onslow, was
towed into this harbour by the African steam-vessel on
the 11th inst. She is nearly dismantled of her masts and
rigging, and discharging her stores. She will be paid off
on Thursday next, the 21st.
The Spider, 6-gun schooner, Lieutenant-Commander
Richard E. Pym, from the south-east coast of America,
is ordered to this port to be paid off.
The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Commander A. H.
Ingram, will arrive here in a few days to complete her
coaling, after she has been to Greenhithe to adjust her
compasses.

The Warspite, 50 guns, is completed for the ordinary,
and wiil be put out of dock next week.
The Falmouth sailed on the 13th inst., with stores for
Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Pembroke yards.
The Good will has arrived with stores from Portsmouth.
Mr. Richard Carter, leading man of shipwrights, has
been appointed Acting Inspector, vice Mr. D. Harding,
jun., appointed to oversee the building of iron steam-
vessels on the Thames.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 15.
STocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, p.—
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, p.—Birmingham
and Dudley, 5% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9
p.— Buckinghamshire, 5/8 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, New
201. Shares, lit p.— East Lancashire, New, 3 p.—Ditto, New
Scrip, 11/2 p. —Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, New, l p.—
Glasgow and Dumfries, 114 p —Great Northern (Nos. 1 to
108,000), 1 p. ex int.—Ditto (Nos. 108,001 and upwards),
14 p. ex int.—Leeds and Thirsk, 21.4 dis. ex int.—Leices-
ter and Bedford, 143 dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle Junction, If 3 dis.—London and North-Western, 194
Ditto, Quarters, 12% p.—Ditte, Fifths, 171% p.—Ditto,
Quarters (G. J.), 2114 p.—London and York, 1% p.—Direct
Northern, 1,4 p. —Manchester and Leeds Extension, Bs. 9d. p.
—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire( late Great Grimsby-
and Sheffield), 2/. Shares, 21s. 3d. dis.—Manchester and
Southampton, 1/s dis.—Matlock and Midland, 1 p.—Midland,
New, 41/2 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 1514 p. —Newport,
Hereford, and Abergavenny, dis.—North Staffordshire,
3% p.—Runcorn Gap, New Shares, 16—Sheffield. Rother-
ham, and Goole, % p.— Shrewsbury and Hereford, 6s. Sd. dis.
—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 13s. 9d. p.—Shropshire
Union Railway and Canal, Bs. 9d. dis.—South-Eastern and '
Dover, New, No. 2, 214 p.—Ditto, No. 4, Bs. 9d. p.— West
Riding Union, 38s. 9d.:p —Whitehaven and Furness 2% dis.
—York and Newcastle, New, 7 p.—Dublin and Drogheda,
131/2 dis.

MANCHESTER, JANUARY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Arnhergate, Not-
tingham, and Boston, par—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, % p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9 13-16
—Buckinghamshire, 3/4 p.—East Lancashire, New (scrip),
1% p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 4.2 p.—Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway and Canal, 3y, p. —Leeds and Thirsk,
2 c. dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 11/4 c. p.—Leeds, Dewsbury,
and Manchester, 9 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle Junction, 14 dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 11/4
p.—Alancliester and Leeds, 28—Ditto, Extension, 1 p.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 97—Ditto, Quarters,
No. 1, 31/:, p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Grimsby, 201.
Shares, IVB dis.—Manchester and Southampton, 14 dis.—
North British, Quarters, 2 p.—North Staffordshire, 31,/, c.
p.—Scottish Central, 8 p.—Shropshire Union Railway, and
Canal, *„ dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, A p.—
West Riding Union, 1 15-16 p.
LEEDS, JANUARY 15.
ham, and Boston, •n. • _ _
STOCK EXCIIANGE.rs The
p.—Buckinghamshire,
taicrek—ingAimmbinesrigiiartee;
15s. p.—
Eastern
and Preston), p.
Eastern Counties, York Extension, 2D9ist.top,.—NEewar
3La_ncapsiltiitroe,
New Scrip, IV, p.—East and3i West Yorkshire, 6s. p.—Ditto,
dis.—
Great
Northern (late London and York) lls. p.—Ditto (late
Direct Northern), 7s. 6d. p. scrip—Leeds and Thirsk, I:j4
n. dia—Ditto, New, 2s. 6d. n. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 265, p.
--Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, l ls. dis.—Liverpool, Man-
cheater, and Newcastle Junction, par—Malton and Driffield
Junction, 14 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares (late
HUd. and Sheff.), 5 n. p—Ditto, Extensions, 265. p.—Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 20s. c. p.—North
British, Thirds, 53e. p. —Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle
Branch), 41s. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 17s. p.—North
Staffordshire, 3% P.—Northern Counties Union, 17s. 6d. dis.
—North-We,tern, 10s. p.—Royston and Hitchin, 20s. p,_
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, is. 6d. p.—West Riding
Union, 41. ls.—Wharldale Junction, 75. 6d. dis.--York and
North Midland, Preference, 1014 p.
SHEFFIELD, JANUARY 15.
STocK EXCHANGE.--The sales are—East Lincolnshire, 214
p. —Manchester. Sheffield and Lincolnshire, One-eighth
Shares, j dis.—bitto, Grimsby and Sheffield, 31% dis.—
Ditto, ditto, 201. Shares, 114 dis.—North British, Quarters
(late Carlisle), 2 p.—North• Western, Ils. p.—Leeds, Wake-
field, and Midland, 1/ dis
A •

_ANUARY 15.
STOCK ExcHANGE.The sales are—North British, Quar-
ters, 655. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 525. 6d. p.—Blackburn, Cli-
theroe, &c., Ils. 6d. dis.—Balton and Driffield June ion, 245.
P.—North-Western, 9s. p.—Northern Counties Union, 30s.
6d.—Shropshire Union, 6s. 6d. dis.—Derby, Staffordshire,
&c., 13s. new scrip.

GLASGOW, JANUARY 14.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 25-Ayr
and Galloway, 47s.—Caledonian, New, 60s.—Caledouian and
Dumbartonshire, 435. 6d. (stock)—Direct Northern (scrip),
62s.—Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 1, 321.—Ditto, New,
No. 2, 261.—Dundee and Perth, New, l4%—East of Fife,
51s.—East Lothian Central, 48s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth,
58s.—Glasgow General Terminus, 12%—Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, 6/. 13s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar-
drossan, 78L—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction,
garbour Mineral, 365. 6d.—Great Southern

of Madras, 4s. 9d.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 605.---33,,,
chesttr and Southampton, 388.—M idland, Halves, 6 /-4,,
North British -361.—Ditto, Thirds, 753.—Scottish
213%—Scottish Grand Junction, 28s.—Stirling and
termline, 77s.—Wishaw and Coltness, 501.

WORKS by ROBERT CULVERWELL. MM. •
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(An Original Medical History.'
CONTENTS : t
Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restrain.....
direction—Marltal Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Faterni",
Maternal Influenee—Phesornena of Gestation-0o
Infelicitoara
Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances—Late Marriage_s-,i
Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Vat"' -
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On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS
(An Essay for 1846.)
"Of human ills and frailties I discourse,
Those taught by nature, and by art acquied.
Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle, the matured and aste.
The lonely and the mated—all sustain.
In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n,
How health, how hope, how happiness to Mail