The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-19 00:00:00

LEEDS, OCTOBER 16.

STOCK Excnarmz.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 3/. I3s. 9d. p.
—Ditto, New, 2% p.—East and West Yorkshire, 30s. dis.—Hud-
dersfteld and Manchester, 10s. p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 2% c.
p.—Leeds and Bradford, 436 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1
Ditto, Branches, 12s. 6d. P.—Leeds and Thirsk, 51. 18s. 6d. dis.—
Ditto, New, 3% dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% p.—Ditto,
Extensions, 14s. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland,
L
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p.
—Aii d
New, 11 P.—North British, Quarter Shares (late
Carlisle Branch), 2% e. n. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 10s. 6d. p.
—North Staffordshire, 365. 6d. P.—York and Newcastle, New, 1 IL 3s.
6d. p.—York apd North Midland (East and West Riding), I id. 16s.
p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. dis.— Direct Northern,
dis. s.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. Is. p.—Malton
and Driffield Junction, Bs. P.—North Western, 4s. dis.—West Riding
Union, 3

HULL, OCTOBER 16.
New Quarters, scrip,
to, n.—
. ex n.—Ditto. STOCK Excnmsor.—The sales are- Eastern Counties, York Ex- .
tension, 345.—Hu1l and Selby, Half Shares, 52%—Midland, Consols, ,
135—North British, Quarters, 595
i is. 9d.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 425. 6d.—East Lan-.
cashire, 18 Lb -Leeds and Dewsbury, 23%—Liverpool Ormskirk, and
Preston, 31. ls.—North Staffordshire, 395. p.—West Biding Union ,
3g, 13,—Rugby and Huntingdon 235.
SHEFFIELD, OCTOBER 16.
STOCK Excluxoz.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
6 dis.—Ditto, Extension, 41s. dis.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 1 Is. 6d. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Its dis.--§hef- .
field and Lincoln, 235. dis:--_S.h.eftiold, Rotherham, and Goole, 6s. dis..

YORK, OCTOBER 16.
Sive& Excassma.—The sales are—Leicester and Bedford, 1—
London and York, 1/. 13s. c. div.—North British, Quarter Shim, ,
31. 7s. cum new—North Staffordshire, 3% —North Western, 1/. Os. 6d
—West Riding Union, 3/. ls.—York and Carlisle, % —York and New
castle, New, 12%—York and North Midland (East and West Ridin
Extension), 12%•

GLASGOW, OCTOBER 15.
STOCK EXCUANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New; 265. 6d.
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 255.—Direct Bombay and Madrasi,
16s.—East Indian Railway, 13s. 3d. —Edinburgh and Northern, 10/1.
—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 67%—Ditto, Halves, 41. 19s. 6d.
p.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 305.—Great North of
India,
Arcot,ss. 9d.—Lanark and Lothians, 435. 3d.—Madras, Nellore, and
—eNv Quarters (scrip), 225. 6d. —South.,
Eastern and Dover,, New, No. 4, 575. 6d.—Stirllng and Dunfermline".
215.—York and Newcastle, New, 12%.
4s. 9d.—North British, ic

'lie hull of the old Leviathan, formerly a 74, and one
of the'crack ships during the war, having figured con-
sp is uously at the battle of Trafalgar, and formed one of
N el son's weather division, under the command of Captain
H.. W. Bayntun, was taken on Monday last to one of the
upp ermcst inlets in this harbour, generally called Bomb-
ktAtch Lake (from its having formerly been the place
w h ere such vessels were laid up in ordinary), as a mark
for the shot and shell practice from the Excellent. The
s ni•pwrights of the dockyard have since been employed
in...:scuttling her, for what purpose it is difficult to ima-
g inn, unless to render her more steady as a mark. But
si zr'ely such a fact is a practical libel upon the proficiency
in gunnery supposed to exist on board the Excellent;
for it is as much as to say, a huge hulk, moored at only
a ac ut 2,000 yards range from that ship, cannot be struck
if i t floats, or is otherwise acted upon by the tide ! To-
d ay being the first day's practice (as we were informed)
u,?o a the helpless old hulk, we attended to witness what
hex oc would be made by the shot and shell directed
ag:ai nst her, but our patience was not rewarded with
gr at ification ; for, after waiting upwards of an hour,
n€ .it her shot nor shell, that we saw, did any more serious
ex th ution than destroying myriads of periwinkles lodged
in 'tl!ie mud in the intermediate distance between the gun-
nel n 7-ship and her venerable target, none of the deadly
mi si Ales having been projected so far as the hulk.
Ix). Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Vie-
to ri a and Albert, Crocodile, and Nautilus ; Retribution,
A v enger, Blazer, Comet, Myrtle, and Echo steamers.
h.n Dock—Prince Regent, Ajax, Edinburgh, Leander,
C' a ampion, and Serpent.
:In the Basin—Rattlesnake, Belvidere, Fairy, Amphi-
tr te, and Trincomalee.
At Spithead—Eurydice.
TLYMOUTII, OCT. 15.—Her Majesty's ship America,
r Ai, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, which left here on
the 13th for the Mediterranean, hove in sight this morn-
ing. She was observed about half-past six, under three
double-reefed topsails, reaching towards the land between
renlee Point and Home Head. ' She then set her courses
And stood off to the westward. The topgallantmasts
'Nero going up when she went out of sight. Wind
westward.

The Portuguese schooner Uniao, in ballast, from
;Dublin for Cork, put in with loss of bowsprit, &c.. having
ibeen in contact, on Sunday last, with an English
;ichooner, name unknown. Also the brig Quebec, from
London for Bristol, with damaged bowsprit and jibboom;
and the smack Amity (Indian corn), from Southampton
for Sligo, with pumps choked. Put back. the Hon. East
India Company's steam-frigate Moozuffer, with her
maintopmust sprung, and main rigging damaged ; also
the Sardinian brig Zurbano, and the Austrian brig Fer-
nando, with some others.

The barque Eden, Captain Finch, bound to Almeira,
is ashore at Garanower, between Stoke Point and
Yealm, with her bowsprit and foretopmast gone, and
one man lost.

The schooner Queen Victoria, Captain Fox, which
missed stays on the 13th, was got off this morning.
The American barque Edinburgh, Captain Jackson,
from Manta.nzas for Antwerp, came in thin afternoon,
experienced a tremendous hurricane on the 19th of
September, in long. 39 40 W. ; was thrown on her
beamends, nearly all her sails blown away, and rudder
damaged.
CHATHAM, OCT. 16.—The Mutine, 12, Commander
Robert Tryon, in dock, is ready for sea, with the excep-
tion of her guns, which she will receive on board after
she is released out of dock.

The Gloucester, 50, is coppered, and she is. only wait-
ing for the spring tides to be put out of dock.
The Aid, Smallman, Master, b ailed this day with
stores for Woolwich and Deptford yards.
The undermentioned workmen have been discharged
this week from the yard on pensions, viz., James Wim-
sted, blacksmith, at 221. per annum ; Michasel Cooper,
sawyer, at 201. ; and John Read, leading man of la-
bourers, at 201.

The ship Danby, of Whitby, arrived on the 14th, with
a cargo of hemp for the dockyard.
The detachment of Royal Marines from this battalion,
consisting of 2 captains, 3 lieutenants, 8 sergeants, 4
drummers, and 208 rank and file, that was under orders
for embarkation on Tuesday last, was c( mutermanded,
in consequence of the Crocodile troop ship, wanting re-
pairs; and it was again placed in orders. to proceed in
two divisions for service at Spike Island, Cove of Cork.
The first division, of 110 men, marched r a the unusual
hour of three o'clock in the morning of Thursdey, the
15th instant, to the Sun- pier, at Chath am, where the
Victoria steam-vessel was in readiness l'oo convey them
to the terminus of the Gravesend and F 4ichester Rail-
way, and proceeded by special train to xravesend, and
embarked from the Terrace-pier on boar(i the Lightning
and Wildfire steam-vessels, ordered by the Admiralty,
whence they were taken to St. Katharine's Docks, and
put on board the Ajax, Cork steamer, ar id' she left im-
mediately with the troops, who were n at encumbered
with much luggage; six women and six. children were
all that were allowed to proceed with t tie detachment.
At two o'clock, an hour before the troop s assembled for
marching order, each man was served a ith refreshment
of a pint of hot cocoa, with milk ane, sugar, as the
weather was extremely cold and wet. ' rills indulgence
was granted by Colonel C. Menzie, K.IL, second in
command, and who is acting-commas :tient at present
of this division. There is no order for the 2d division
to move.

PROMOTIONEL—Lieutenant and Adjut ant John George
A. Ayles, of the Portsmouth division, is to be Captain
at Chatham, vice Brevet-Major G. ID. Baichild, de-
ceased ; First Lieutenant A. 1). Lydd€ Ferrant is ap-
pointed Adjutant at Portsmouth, vice . Ayres promoted ;
and Second Lieutenant W. B. Hube: rfield to be First
Lieutenant at Portsmouth, vice Ferran .t promoted.
Captain William Taylor is under o .raers to rejoin the
Chatham head-quarters, and Captain )avid M'Adam has
embarked on board the ship Queen, vice Baldchild, de-
ceased.

SHEERNESS, OCT. 16.—An order h as arrived at the
dockyard for the authorities to report to the Admiralty
the state and efficiency of the advance ships in this ordi-
nary ; also the probable expense an a the time it would
occupy in getting in readiness the fe:w remaining stores
each advance ship would require for commissioning.
The ten sale of the line in an ad% at,nced state at this
port comprise the following effective -vessels, viz.:—The
Howe, 120; the Waterloo, 120; the Monarch, 84; Asia,
84; Ganges, 84; Achille, 72; Hercules, 72; Hawke, 72;
and Russell, 72. There are also two heavy frigates in
an advanced state, viz.:—The Cc rnwall, 50; and the
Conquestador, 50; and there are fit ting and nearly com-
pleted the Worcester, 50, and the C ihichester, 0.
The Birkenhead iron steam-frig ate, 1,400 tons and
460 horse-power, is ordered to be fi ,tted up immediately
for the conveyance of troops, for w h.ch she will be ad-
mirably adapted.
The 2Eolus, 44, Master-Commander John Thomas,
having had her bottom caulked and re-coppered, was
hauled out of dock to-day, and is now under the
shears to be masted. She will be, ready for sea by the
30th inst.
The Euryalus, 44, fitting for convict service at Gib-
raltar, has had her time of completion prolonged to the
10th prox!mo.
The Wildfire steamer, Master G. Brockman, arrived
from Gravesend yesterday, whither. she had conveyed
the baggage of the detachment of marines ordered from
Chatham to Ireland.
The Raven cutter, Lieutenant J. Stephen, returned
last week from Yarmouth and the other northern ports,
where she has been recently employed entering volun-
teers for the navy.
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain J. N. Nott, is expected
to return here about the end of the month, to resume
the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, orders having been
sent out to Sir William Parker to detach her from
his
squadron.
Captain Richard Arthur, C.P., has his broad blue pen-
dant flying on board the Ocean, being now senior officer,
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward King honk; proceeded on a
few days' leave of absence.