The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-12 00:00:00

LEEDS, DECEMBER 11.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, 414,p.
c. n.-Ditto, New, 314 p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 1% p.-Glas-
gow and Duinfries,2ls. p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 3
p.-Ditto, Thirds, 11,i p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Half Shares,
p. c. u.-Ditto, Extensions (green), 21s. 6d. -Leeds and
Thirek, 214 dis. c. n.-Ditto, New, par c. n.-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 19s. p.-Maelton and Di iffield Junction, 21s. p.-Man-
chester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Hudder:field and Shef-
field), 414 p.-North British Extension (scrip), 18s. p.-
North Staffordshire, 3 5-16 p.-North-Western, 7s. 6d. c. p.
-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 15s. p.-Wharfdale Junc-
tion, 9s. n. dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 47k p.-
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 3s. dis.-Leeds, Wake-
field, and Midland, lls. 6d. dis.-Northern Counties Union,
295. dis.-West Riding Union, 31. 16s.
SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 3s. 6d. dis. -Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
4/. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 414 p.-Midland,
New, 41,8 p.-North-Western, 85. 6d. p.-Sheffield and Lin-
coln, 17s. dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 14s. p.-
West Riding Union,_ p.
HULL, DECEMBER 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The amount of business transacted
to-day is very limited in amount, but, although our quota-
tions ate rather tending downwards, no particular alteration
is yet observable. The sales are-North British, Half -hares,
151 A-Ditto, Thirds, 2% p.-York and Newcastle, Prefer-
ence, 41. 16s. p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 21 Bs.
6d.-Lynn and Dereham, 1614-North-Western, 78. 6d. p.-
North Staffordshire, 31. Bs. 6d. " cer." p.

YORK, DECEMBER 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—lpswich and Bury,
111/2—London and York, 2/. 35.—Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, 3/. 2s.—Newcastle and Berwick, 34%
—North British, Thirds, 3/. 11s.—Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 6s.—
Ditto, Extension, 1/. 12s.—North Staffordshire, B%—North-
Western, 2 Sheffield, Rotherham, &c., 3%—York and
Newcastle, New, 121/2—Ditto, Preference, 7—York and North
Midland, 93—Ditto, Preference, 12.

GLASGOW, DECEMBER 10.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 239i13—
Caledonian, New, 455. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire,
365. 6d.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 6s.—Dundee , and
Perth, 243/4—Ditto, New, 101/s—East Indian Railway, Ils.
6d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves,2o/.—Glasgow General
Terminus, 12%—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 691.
Ditto, Ditto, 381. ls.—Ditto, Halves, Bs. lls.—Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. 7s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
Ardrossan, 475. 6d.—Great Indian Peninsular, ss. 3d.—Great
Southern of Madras, 55. 6d.—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot,
3s.—Manchester and Southampton, 295. 9d.—North British,
Thirds, 74s.—Ditto, Quarters, 70s. ex thirds—Scottish Mid •
land Junction, 141 A—South-Eastern and Dover, New (iss.
at 151.), No. 4, 60s.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 625. 6d.

THE SHANNON STEAM-PACKET.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Most of the passengers from
London and Southampton in the Shannon steam-packet
left here on Monday for Falmouth and Dublin by the
Duke of Cornwall, Captain Kempston. The Rose,
screw-propeller, has been taken up by the British and
Irish Steam-packet Company, and is expected to call
here to-day for the Falmouth and Dublin goods saved
from the fire on board the Shannon. Mr. Astle, the
managing director of the company, arrived yesterday
from Dublin to superintend the arrangements consequent
upon the accident.
On Tuesday, Mr. W. B. Cuming, Lloyd's surveyor,
Mr. Pope, an experienced shipowner, and Mr. Clark, the
Plymouth agent, made an official inspection of the
Shannon. The forward beams and flooring of her cabin
are destroyed, and her mainmast and aft pumps partially
burnt. A man-hole was cut in the cabin floor near the
stern, and here, although the upper part of the cargo
(hops) were uninjured by fire, the goods, which were
well stowed, had settled nearly two feet, in consequence
of the burning of the forward and lower portion. The
ship's frame below her water bearing appears to have
suffered so little that it is contemplated to take her to
Dublin (where her proprietors possess an extensive re-
pairing establishment) for complete renovation, after
giving her a temporary repair here. It is difficult to
estimate the entire cost of these repairs, but they cannot
fall much short of 1,0001. Her cabin furniture is partly
destroyed, and the remainder injured.
The damage to the cargo will, it is feared, range from
10,0002 to 15,000 L There is about 30 tons of wasted
goods totally destroyed, comprising tea, tobacco, coffee,
rice, peas, vetchseed, fruit, hops, pimento, perfumery,
military clothing, stationery, envelopes, elegantly bound
English and foreign books, &c. Among the rest is a
box capable of holding 12 bottles, only two of which,
containing aquafortis' are perfect. Some have imagined
this dangerous liquid to have originated the fire, parti-
cularly as no flame of any consequence appeared long
after its commencement. Her cargo included three very
valuable bales of raw yellow silk in skeins, for an Irish
poplin manufactory, the whole of which is considerably
damaged. About 20 casks of brandy and wine for Dub-
lin are saved, and seven boxes, containing 2cwt. each of
specie, valued at 5,0001., have been safely lodged in the
charge of Mr. Morris, manager of the Plymouth branch
of the Bank of England. A large portion of the specie
consisted of fourpenny pieces, destined for Ireland, to
pay labourers and others on the railway works.

SUICIDE OF MAJOR EAMES, OF

THE 47TH FOOT.

An inquest was held last evening at the Prince of
Vales Hotel, Leicester-place, Leicester-square, before
Mr. Bedford, on the body of Major R. F. Barnes, aged
forty-five, lately residing at Nu. 61, Jerm)n.street, St.
James's.
Ann Linfield, chambermaid at the above hotel, said
that the deceased came into the front hall at nine o'clock
on Wednesday morning last, and demanded a chamber.
Having shown him to a room up stairs, he called for pen,
ink, and paper, and sat down to write. At three o'clock
she again went up stairs to see if he wanted anything,
but she could obtain no answer to her repeated knocks
at the door. At length she entered the room, and found
him lying dead across the fender, with a pistol by his
side. She heard no report of fire-arms, but even if she
called toxtthhieridbe,cieuastchAe.
had she should have paid no attention to it, as there was
a shooting-gallery at the back.
over the sixth was
shot immediatelyw oa nti o;
Mr. Robert Cross, surgeon, of No. 21, Leicester-
;igen Leicester-
square,
region of the heart. The ball had broken the rib, and
The vestihtelaz(lileiceel,asain,dd
buried itself in the lit art, so that death must have been
found said
a Ipistolie
instantaneous.
muzzle of the pistol close to his body.
opened, and he thought shirt had been
There had pwraess secl
anothera c
loaldveiduipaimstoLl (i)11
jig, gthe
utnamblaeiter of No. 61, Jermyn-street,
said the deceased had rcsidclin his house for the last
fortnight, but he had known him for some time before.
He was whimsical in his manner, lie left home shortly
hb before f ore
shouldni n e
be
o'clockbaek ont Wednesday morning, saying that
of major in th
Witness could not.ino breakfast. lie had held the rank
deceased had committed.e4dthloot, but lately was unattached.
in order thatany way account for the act the
After some
the
furtherdeoeeLieddepsce
friends
inquest was adjourned,
,
and relations might
be communicated with.

REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER.—MANCTIESTER,
FRIDAY.—Last evening John Bright, Esq., M.P., met
his general committee, at Hayward's Hotel, where they
mustered in considerable strength, and received him
with great enthusiasm. George Wilson, Esq., presided.
The chairmen of the various committees proceeded to
give in their reports as to the result of the canvass, so
far as it had gone. Mr. Bright was then called upon,
and was received with enthusiastic applause. Having
addressed the meeting at some length, Mr. W. Shuttle-
worth wished to put a question. He wished to know
from Jr./ Bright himself, in the presence of this assem-
bly, whether or not, how far, in principle, he differed
from Mr. Cobden on such great national questions as
now occupy public attenion. Mr. Bright replied that
this was a chfficult question to answer, heer.i.use it was
known that even the best friends had a difficulty in
arriving at a correct estimate of each other's opinions
upon some questions. He bserved that while In Par-
liament, during three years, they had only voted in dif-
ferent lobbies once, and that on the Ma) nooth Grain ;
and from all he knew of Cobden's principles, ,e ere Mr.
Cobden a candidate for any borough in which he had
any influence or power to serve him, there was no man
he should be disposed to make more strenuous or un-
tiring exertions for than he for him.---(Cheers.)
The meeting gave three enthusiastic cheers fur Mr.
Bright, and then separated.

RUNNING MATCH FOR TWENTY POUNDS,—Yester-
day afternoon Brooks and Kirby, of London, ran their
two hundred yards' foot-race in the "Waterko-road.
At the start Brooks took the lead, and was making hard
for the gual when he slippt:d up, and his oppotiem ran
by him and won the stake:. T. betting Brooks was the
favourite, and bis backers lost large awns of money upon