The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-10 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBER 8,

STOCK EXCIIANOE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 91. 95.-Airdrie
and Bathgate, 31. 17s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half
Shares, 151. IN.-Armagh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Gal-
loway, 1/. 65.-Belfast and County Down, Bs.-British and Irish
Union, 21. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian, 161.-Ditto, New, 11. 13s.
Gd.-
Caledonian Extension, 1/. 12g. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton,
1/. 25.-Clydesdale Junction, 28/. 75. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon
Central, 1/. 10s.-Deeside Railway, 21. 7s. 6d.-Direct Northern,
11. Iss. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 231. 10s.-
Dundee and Perth, 251.-East Indian Railway, 16s. 6d.-East of
Fife, 11. Is.-Edinburgh andllathgate, V. 155.-Edinburgh and lai-
;ow, 731.-Ditto, Half Shares, 181.- Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s.-Ditto,
ditto, New, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto,
Preference, 211. 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 10/. 7s. 6d.-
: )itto, -Newport, 2/. 123.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21. ls.- Forth and
Clyde Junction, 11. 18s.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 771.-Ditto, New
Stock, 421.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181. 155.-Glasgow and Belfast
Union, 2/. Bs. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 17s. 6d.-
Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 13s. 6d.-Glasgow and Garn-
kirk, 391. 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 91.-Glasgow and
Greenock, 161. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference,
11. 155.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 11. 12s. 6d.-Glas-
gow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 21. 195.-Granton Junction,
10s.-Great North of Scotland, 155.-Inverness and Elgin, 17s. Gd.
-Lanark and Lothians, 21. 55.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena,
95.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 1/. 3a. 6d. -London and
York, V.-Ditto, Half Shares, 1/. 155.-Midland and Eastern Coun-
ties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 271. 155.-North British; 381.-
Ditto, Halves, 161. 12s. 6d.- Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 41. ss.
-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 17s. 6d.- North Staffordshire, 6/.-North Wales
Mineral, 181. 155.-Ditto, New, 9/. 17s. 66.-Perth and Inverness,
11. ils. 6d.-Scottish Central, 191. 10s.-Ditto, New, 91. 12s. 6d.-
Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, U. 10s.-Scottish Grand
Junction, 12s.- Scottish Midland, 8/. 2s. 6,1.-Scottlsh southern,
I/. 175.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
Chester, 5/. 10s.-South Midland, 21. 145.-Stirling and Daniel at-
lina,-1/. Gs.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 165.-Strathern Junction, 21.-
Wishaw and Coltness, 471. 10s.
GLASGOW, SEPTEMBER 8.

STOCK Excummr. —The sales are—Aberdeen, 9%—Ayr and Gal-
loway, 265. 6d.—Caledonian, New, 335. Caledonian and Dumbar-
tonshire Extension, 23s.—Dundee and Perth, 25% —East Indian Rail-
way, 17s. 3d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 181. 4s.
Glasgow General Terminus, 914 —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
New, 41%—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 365. 6d.—Glasgow,
Kilmarnook, and Ardrossan, 325. 6d.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monk-
lands Junction, 39s.—Great Indian Peninsular, 6s. 6d.—London and
Hounslow, 14s. 6d.—Manchester and Southampton, 245. 9d.—Scot-
tish Central, 1912—Ditto, New, 9%—South Midland, 555. Gd.

KILLING NO MURDER.—The crime of murder is
rapidly disappearing. What used to be called murder is
now manslaughter, and what used to be called man-
slaughter is now a common assault. A ruffian quarrels
with his wife, and knocks her twice on the head with a
stool. The stool is wrested from him by a neighbour,
and the poor victim of his barbarity sits down stunned
by the blows. The savage attacks her again, knocks
her down, and kicks her on the head. After a time
the neighbours rush in, and see the ruffian kicking his
wife as she lay on the ground, and striking her with a
piece of wood, using both hands and feet against her.
When the poor woman was in her last agonies the vil-
lain threw up his cap and defied any one to interfere
with him. But this was not murder. The blows, in-
deed, were calculated to produce death; there were
pauses between the attacks; there was ample time for
deliberation; there was evidently the settled purpose
nut to atop till the woman's life was de-
stroyed; but this was no murder! A Liver-
pool jury found that it was only manslaughter,
adding, indeed, that it was one of the 'most aggra-
vated cases of the kind that ever came before a jury.
If it was not murder, no case of beating to death can
amount to murder. The violence, not sudden, but re-
commenced after the interference of a neighbour to save
the poor victim, was as resolutely as ruthlessly conti-
nued till the sufferer was in the agonies of death, when
the assassin flung up his cap. It was not that the
savage had struck blows inflicting injuries beyond his
intention ; his obvious purpose was to repeat them till
he had kicked and beat his wife to death. But- this
the Liverpool jury did not deem a murder. There
have been many similar verdicts lately ; and it seems to
be considered one of the marital rights to kick and beat
a wife to death, or to break her neck by flinging her
down stairs, without incurring the capital penalty. The
frequency of crimes and outrages against women has
been the subject of much indignant remark lately, and
certainly juries have done their best and their worst to
give this unmanly class of offences the encouragemen
of impunity, positive or comparative.—Examiner
PIHCE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 16 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. lo id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
exchange of 25 55 ; and the exchange at Paris on
London at short being 25 75, it follows that gold
is 0.78 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOad.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10 ;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 10;1, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.

OPENING OF A NEW TRAFFIC WITH IRELAND- -
IMPORTATION OF SHEEP.—The Fair Trader steamer
arrived at Drogheda on Thursday with a cargo of no
less than 1,600 sheep, direct from the island of Mull,
Scotland. This flock, which we understand is a very
fine one, consists of about one half breeding ewes, the
remainder wethers for feeding. Such an importation as
this constitutes quite a new feature in the live stock
trade, and is deserving of consideration by landed pro-
prietors and stockuaasters here. The cargo belongs to
Messrs. Adams and Banks, of Liverpool, who have the
merit of being the present movers in this new, and we
trust we may pronounce, promising traffic between the
Scottish isles and this country.—Dublin Freeman's
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