The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-07 00:00:00

SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S SQUADRON.

The arrival of the Jupiter packet at Southampton
yesterday puts us in possession of letters from the
above squadron. Our last were to the 19th ultimo ;
the present are to the 31st :
" Jan. 20th.—The Marines were landed from all
the ships of the squadron on the south shore fir ex-
ercise, under the command of Major M'Adam of the
Queen, 110. After performing numerous evolutions
highly to the satisfaction of the commanding officer,
and the gratification of an immense concourse of spec-
tators, the force returned to their respective ships in
the afternoon. The Jackal steam-sloop, Lieutenant
Commander George Western, arrived to-day from
Oporto, with Mr. Biddlecombe, Master of the St.
Vincent, on board, who had been there some days
surveying.
"22nd.—The Terrible, steam-frigate; Captain Ram-
say, arrived from Gibraltar with dispatches for the
Admiral, but no more tidings of the lost Avenger
and her lamented crew.

" This morning a court-martial, comprising Cap-
tains Moresby, of the Canopus (President), Sir
James Stirling, of the Howe ; Dacres of the St.
Vincer.t ; Hall, of the Dragon ' • and Williams, of the
Amphion ; assembled on board the Canopus to try
Mr. Charles Pyne, Second Lieutenant of Royal
Marines serving on board the Queen, on two charges,
—first, for disobedience of orders in not landing with
the Marines on the 20th as ordered; secondly, for
disobedience of orders in refusing to go on shore in
charge of the patrole. The Court, having heard the
whole of the case in support of the prosecution,
founded on the report of Captain Bruce of the Queen,
and %hat the prisoner had to allege in defence, de-
clared, after a sitting of eight hours, the charges
fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner to be repri-
tnanded and placed at the bottom of the list of lieu.
tenants for two years,
" The weather is intensely cold, and a great deal
of influenza prevails in the squadron. The Canopus
.has upwards of 80 cases, and the St. Vincent about
120, besides smallpox patients; for I regret to in-
form you this plague has also broken out amongst us.
"26th.—At sunset the squadron unbent sails.
"27th and 28th.—The weather is increasing in
severity, raining occasionally. Influenza has ex-
tended itself to nearly every ship of the squadron.
lam happy to say, however, the small-pox is de-
creasing in the flag-ahip.
"29th.—The packet has arrived from Gibraltar.
"30;11.—The packet sails to-day for England. The
weather is something milder, which we expect will
reduce the ravages of the influenza. Its mischief
has been confined to the men, no fatal cases having
occurred among the officers as yet. I hope in my
next to give you better accounts. Of course all evo
lationizirg is temporarily suspended, we 'shall take
a cruise though as soon as possible to refresh the
men, &c."

The Firefly steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander
Ponson by, which lett the port on the Ist for the
coast of Africa, put into Falmouth from stress of
weather on Friday.
The Bramble surveying-vessel, Lieutenant Yule,
commanding, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales,
from Twofold Bay, on the 30th of September.
TI e Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, is expected
at Spithead about the latter end of March next.
Letters have been received at this port, stating she
had sailed from Valparaiso on the '2l of December,
with a freight on merchant's account of '2,000,000
dollars, consigned to Captain Sayer, freight agent
and wine merchant of Portsmouth, for lodgment in
the Bank-of England.
The ordinar3, at this port is reduced two lieutenants
—one in the harbour duty, and one on board the
ordinary guard ship.
The Actaeon, 26, Capt. Manse], came into harbour
yesterday morning, to be dismantled and paid off.
The Scalark, 10, Commander Monypenny, having
been (locked fir five hours, was removed on Friday
evening, and went to Spithead; she will sail for
Plymouth to he paid advance.
'The Rolla, 10, is docked to be fitted as an exercise
and instruction ship.
The Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, was brought
from her moorings 3 esterday, and into the basin, to be
commissioned and fitted for sea.

Wind west; moderate breezes, and thick hazy
weather, with rain at intervals.

WooLwicn, Faa. s.—The ilonkey steam-vessel,
William Bryant master, went up the river to Black-
wall to-day, to tow the Caradoc iron steam-vessel to
Woolwich, to be made ready for sea.
The Triton steam-vessel, recently brought round
from Chatham to Woolwich, being a sister vessel to
the Oberon and Antelope steam-vessels, both of which
took fire at sea, is to be tried for four or five days in
the North Sea before anything further is done to her,
to ascertain if she is safe from danger of fire.

APPOINTMENTS.

ADMIRALTY, Vim. s.—To the Agincourt, William
Tapson, acting boatswain. To the Bermuda, William
Fuller, clerk's assistant. To the Blenheim, John
Ruttray, gunner ; John Griffith, boatswain; John
Lane, carpenter;' William Kemish, boatswain, ad-
vanced to Ist class. To the Caledonia, John B.
Dickson, commander. To the Champion, F. A. L.
Bullock, lieutenant; John J. W. Roberts, surgeon ;
Thomas °miler' master ; John D. M'Crystal, acting
assistant surgeon ; H. K. Conquer, purser; Charles
Murray, naval cadet ; Henry Small, acting boat-
swain ; George Bennett, carpenter. To the Havan-
nah, the Hon. Anthony Ashley, naval cadet. To the
Illustrious, J. 11. Callaghan, acting boatswain. To the
Lucifer, J. G. Fox, master's assistant. To the Penguin
Franklin Fox, master's assistant. To the Queen,
Robert Patten, naval cadet. To the Victory, G. E.
S. P. Serocold, midshipman ; J. J. Barlow, ditto.
To the Wellesley, Edward Barkley, midshipman ;
William Cambier, naval cadet.
The deputation from the General Shipowners'
Society who waited on the Earl of Auckland (First
Lord of the Admiralty) on the afternoon of Saturday
consisted of Mr. D. Dunbar (chairman), Mr. G. F.
Young (deputy chairman), Messrs. W. Tindall, J.
Gardiner, A. Ridley, W. Phillips, and W. Bonar
(secretary).

EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOSION IN WORSIIIP-STREET.
—Yesterday forenoon, between eleven and twelve o'clock,
great excitement was occasioned in the neighbourhood
of the Curtain-road and Worship-street, by an explosion
of gas, which took place in the Gas Company's Works
situate at the corner of the Curtain-road, and blew the
upper windows out of one of the compartments in the
yard, at the same time making a noise like the discharge
of a piece of ordnance, and shaking the houses in the
immediate district to their foundations. The windows
in th'ree or four houses in Curtain road were shattered,
and two or three panes were demolished in the chapel
opposite the factory. The congregation in the latter
building were greatly terrified, and made a precipitate
retreat into the street. Although several men were in
the yard near the spot when the explosion occurred, it
is stated that
r o notTDR Ao n
T receivedhe
improvementany personal
injury.
STATE
perceptible
a few days ago continues and strengthens, notwith-
standing the unexpected stoppage of payment by the
long established and important firm of Jevons, Sons,
and Co.. an event much regretted on all hands.etuand
and prices (generally) are still more encouraging, and
in bona fide transactions of business bills are once more
freely discounted. It is now expected that the retail
trades will begin shortly to feel the benefit of a brisker
circulation of money, which, indeed, is much to be de-
sired.—Liverpool Mercury.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 4.—The sales of
the week have not been extensive, and the supplies have
been but limited; prices have been further improved
Is. 6d. per cwt., and the deliveries continue satisfactory.
—Bristol Mercury,

THE RAILWAYS OF FRANCE.
(From the Monthly Railway Record for January.)
11-e following statistics of the railways at present open
for traffic in France, afford an interesting synopsis of
the locomotive facilities enjoyed by our neighbours. The
summary hos been compiled with care, and may be useful
for reference:—

The Saint Etienne I la Loire is of the length of 22
kilometres. Capital, 1,000,000 f., in 200 shares of
5,000 f. each. Date of the concession (direct, in per-
petuity), February, 1823. Returns no dividend.
St. Etienne and Lyons, 58 kilometres in length.
Original capital, 10,000,000 f., with a loan of 7,219,000 f.,
making a total cost of 17,219,000 f., in 2,200 shares of
5,0001. each. An ordonnance, of the 19th of April,
1826, authorised a fresh issue of shares for the increased
capital. Date of the concession, in perpetuity, by ad-
judicatien, March, 1827. Dividend 61 per cent.
Andres.eux arid Roanne, 66 kilometres in length.
Original capital 6,000,000 f., with 4 000,000 f. advanced by
the State, and a loan of 2,ooo,oool.—making a total of
12,000,000 f. The original capital was divided into
12,000 shares of 500 f. each. Date of the ooncession, in
perpetuity, by adjudication, Aug., 1828. (No dividend.)
Monthrizon and Montbrond, 16 kilometres in length.
Capital 175,000 r., in 175 shares of I,ooof, each, with a
" subversieri" by the State of 75,000 f.—making the
total cost of the line 250,000 f. Date of the concession,
by adjudication (99 years), April, 1833. (No dividend.)
Grand, Cembe.—Length, 87 kilometeres. Original
capital 16,000,000 f., in 16,000 shares of I,ooof. each.
An advance by the State of 6,000,000 f., and a further
loan of 6,000,000 f.; bringing the total cost of this line to
28,000.0001., which, ;nevertheless, declare a dividend of
71 per cent. Date of the concession, in perpetuity, by
adjudication, June, 1833.

Paris and Saint Germain.—Length, 20 kilometres.
Original capital 9,000,0001., in 18,000 shares of 5001.
each, This company has a loan of 10,000,000 f., and
received a subvention in money of 1,800,0001. from the
State for the atmospheric principle. Total outlay,
21,000,000 f. Divides 10 per cent. Concession, direct
(99 years), granted July, 1835.
Versailles (Right Bank).—Length, 19 kilometres.
Original capital
cost,
17,000,0
00f. 11,000,0001., with a loan of 6,000,000 f.
Original capital divided into
22,000 shares of 500 f. Divides 2 per cent. Date of the
coneessior, by adjudication, June, 1836, for 99 years.
Versailles (Left Bank).—Length, 17 kilometres. Ori-
ginal capital 10,000,000 E, with an advance by the State
of 5,000,000 f., and a loan of 1,000,000 f. Total cost,
Total
16,000.000 f. Original capital divided into 20,000 sharer
of 5001. No dividend. Date of concession, by ac!judi
cation (99 years), June, 1836.
Montpellier and Cette.— Length, 27 kilometres. Ori-
ginal capital 3,000,0001., in 6,000 shares of 500 f. A
loan of 1.300,000 t. brings up the total cost of this line
to 4,300,0001. Date of the concession, direct, July, 1836
99 years. No dividend.
Bordeaux and la Teste.—Length, 52 kilometres.
Original capital 5,000,0001., in 10,000 shares of 500 f. A
loan of 1,000,0001. Total cost, 6,000,0001. Date t.t
concession, by adjudication (70 years), July, 1837.
No dividend.

Mulhouse and Thann.—Length, 19 kilometres. Ori •
ginal capital 2,600,000 f., in 5 200 shares of 500 f. A
loan of 400,000 f. Total cost. 3,000,000 E Date of con
cession, direct, July, 1837 (99 years). Dividend of 31
per cent.
Strasburg and Bask.—Length, 140 kilometres. Origi-
nal capital, 29,400,000 f., in 84 000 shares of 350 E An
advance by the state of 12,600,000 f., and a loan of
3,000,000 E, increase the total cost of the line to
45,000,000 C Date of concession, direct (99 years) May,
1838. Divides 31 per cent.

Paris and Orleans.—Length, 133 kilometres. Ori-
ginal capital 40.000,000 f., in 80,000 shares of 500 f.
A loan of 10,000,000 f. raises the total cost of this line
to 50,000,000. Date of the concession, direct (99 years),
July, 1838.. Divides 12 per cent.

Paris and Houen.—Length, 137 kilometres. Original
capital 36,000,0001., in 72,000 shares of 5001. An ad-
vance by the State of 18,000;000f.—which amount
includes the sum of 4 000,000 f. for going through the
city of Roues—and a loan of 11,000,000 E, make the
total cost of this line amount to 65,000,000 f. The con•
cession, direct (99 years), is dated July,
_lB4O. The
company declares a dividend of 91 per cent.
Montpellier and Nismes.—Length, 52 kilometres.
Original company's capital 2,000,000 E, in 4,000
shares of 5001. The works executed by the State
amounted to 14,500,0001., and the company raised a
loan of 900,000 f.; so that the total cost of the line
was 17.400,000 f. The concession is of the date of
July, 1840, for twelie years. This is a Government
worked by the lessees, and divides five per cent.
Rouen and Havre.—Length, 95 kilometres. Original
capital 20.000,000 f., in 40,000 shares of 5001. This
company received an advance in money from the State
to the amount of 9,000,000 E, including 1,000,000 r. for
the city of Rouen, and raised money to the
amount of 30,000,000 f. ; so that the total cost
of the line was 59,000,0001: The concession,
direct, is dated June, 1842 (ninety-nine years).
Paris and Sceaux.—Length, 11 kilometres. Origins.
capital 3,000,000 f., in 6,000 shares of 500 f. A loan of
1,500,000 E brings the total cost of the line to 4,500,0001.
Date
aboveofcc list comprehendscession,d the whole Septemberirect,
0e
1844.1
The
of
the
lines
which are open in their entire length. They are in
number 17, and comprise 973 kilometres, or about 608
English miles. These have been completed and opened
for traffic, at a cost in round numbers of 363 millions of
francs, or about 14,760,0001., being at an average cost of
about 21,2761. per mile. Of the total amount of
369,000.0001., the State has contributed 81,000,0001.; of
which 25,000,000 f. has been as " subvention," and
56,000,0001: as money advanced. The seventeen com-
panies furnished original capital to the amount of
202,000,0001., and raised by loan 80,000,0001. From an
examination of the share lists, it appears that the shares
of five of these companies stand at a gross premium of
100 000,0001., and that the shares of eight of the com-
panies may be computed at a gross discount of
35,000,000 f. The shares of one of the companies are
at par, and those of three others are not in the share
lists.

The five flowing arc open for traffil only in part:—
Avignon and Marseilles.—Length, 120 kilometres.
The company's capital is 20,000,000 E in 40,000 shares
of 500 f. The State furnishes 42,000,000 E, and the com-
pany hove borrowed 15,000,0001.; so that the total cost
of the line will be 77,000,0001. The concession, direct,
was granted in July, 1843 (33 years).
Orleans and Bordeaux.—Length, 500 kilometres.
Company's capital 65,000,000 E, in 130,000 shares of
3001. The State constructs the line subvention en Ira •
vaux) to the extent of 71,000,000 f.; which amount
tbiere can be no doubt, will be exceeded—making the
total estimated cost of the line 136,f)00,000f. The con-
eeSAiOn, adjvdication (28 year...), was granted in Oc-
tober, 1844. Oa the portion of line opened a dividend
is declared of 5 per cent.
Central of Fr ince, Vierzon, &c.—Length, 252 kilo-
metres. Comp ivy's capital, 33,000,000 f. in 66,000
shares of 500 f. Works by the Government, 40,000,0001.;
making total cost of line 73,000,000 E Date of conces-
sion, by adjudication (40 years), October, 1544.
Boulogne and Amiens.—Length, 125 kilometres.
Capita!, 37,000,000 r., in 75,000 shares of 5001. Date
of concession, by adjudication (99 years), October, 1844
The Northern of Francr.—Length, 582 kilometres.
Capital, 180,000,0001., in 400,000 shares of 5001. Date
of concession, by adjudication (38 years), September,
1845.
These five lines comprehend an extent of 1,557 kilo-
metres, or about 923 miles English. More than half of
this length of line is open for traffic, and the remainder,
with the exception of about 350 kilometres, or 275 miles,
of the Bordeaux line, will be open in 1848. The total
cost will ;be about 500,000,000 f.; of which the compa-
nies furnish 335,000,000 f.; the State 111,000,000 f. in
works, and 42,000,0001. in money; and the surplus has
been raised by loan. The share a of three of the com-
panies represent, in premium, a profit of 35,000,000 f.;
the shares of two arc at a discount of 9,000,0001., and the
shares of a fifth are at par.
Five remaining lines are in course of construction, and
no part of them is open for traffic. These are:—
Montereau to Troyes.—Length, 102, kilometres.
Capital, 20,000,0001., in 40,000 shares of 5001. Date of
concession, by adjutlication (75 years), January, 1845.
Tours and Nantes.—Length, 192 kilometres. Com-
pany's capital 40,000,0001., in 80,000 shares of 500 f.
The State furnishes, in works, 28,000,0001.; so that the
total cost of the line will be 68,000,000 E Date of the
concession, by adjudication (34 years), Nov., 1845.
Paris and Strasburg.—Length, 660 kilometres..Com.
pany's capital 125,000,0001. Works by the State,
100,200,0001. This suns will not prove sufficient. Date
of the concession, by adjudication (44 years), Novem-
ber, 1845.
Dieppe and Fecamp.—Length, 73 kilometres. Capi-
tal 20,000,0001., in 40,000 shares of 500 f. Date of con-
cession, direct (97 year)s, November, 1845.
Paris and Lyons—Length, 515 kilometres. Capital
200,000,0001., in 400,000 shares of 600 f. Date of con-
cession, by adjudication (99 years), December, 1845.
[ln all probability this company will require a loan of
60,000,000 f. to 80,000,0001.]
These five companies undertake the construction of
1,542 kilometres, or nearly 914 miles of railway, at :a
cost, including the possible loan for the Lyons line, and
the additional credit for the Strasburg line, of at least
600 millions of francs, or 24 millions of money. Of
this the companies /supply about two•thirds, and the
State, one-third in works. Tho shares of all these com-
panies are at a discount, which, in round numbers, re-
presents a depreciation of 84 millions of francs, or
3,360,0001. sterling.

It is probable that the concessions of 1848 will be but
few. There will be the line from St.;Quentin to Maubeuge,
the section of the western line from Versailles to Chartres,
and the important section of the Southern Railway from
Lyons to Avignon.

FUDOIL—The word "Fudge" was hardly grave
enough for our great lexicographer to notice. It was
known, howevar, to our language long before his friend,
Goldsmith, made such ample use of it. in his " Vicar of
Wakefield;" for Disraeli says that in "Remarks upon
the Navy," published in 1700, is the following anecdote:
—" There was, in our time, One Fudge, captain of a
merchantman, who upon his return from a voyage, how
ill so ever his ship was fraught, always brought home
his owners a good cargo of falsehoods; so that now,
aboard ship, the sailors, when they hear a great false-
hood toll, ery out, You fudge it.'"—Poyndez's Literary
Eatraets (New Series).
AN ECONOMICAL EPITAPIL—ThOIIIaS Thorp having
died, the poet of the parish was applied to for an epitaph,
and wrote 7—
" This corpse
Is Tommy Thorp's."

But tho s'onecutter, charging f•r the inscription at so
much per letter, the rustic genius was asked if he could
not shorten the tribute to Tommy's memory. Snatching
up his pen, he dashed off a distich thus—
" Thorp's
Corpse !"

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI

NEERS.—FEn. 1.

(JOSIID k FIELD, Esq., President, in the Chair.)
The meeting was numerously attended, and in
taking the chair for the first time since his election,
the president addressed'the members at considerable
length, dwelling chiefly on the intimate connexion
between the civil and the mechanical engineers, their
dependence upon each other, and the importance o f
maintaining that union between the two branches
of the profession that had ever been one of the main
_ .

object; of the institution. He showed that originally
engineering was confined to the constructive or
►mechanical branches ; raising heavy weights, building
mills, draining mines, and all the primitive wants of
mankind; by degrees, as civilisation extended, the
exigencies of the world became greater, luxuries were
required that could only be supplied by greater ex-
ercise of talent and skill ; manufactories were multi-
plied, manual labour could no longer suffice, the
,team-engine was generally employed, and the con-
sequence of this increase of production was, that the
roads required to he amended, rivers and canals .to
he cut for carrying this abundance of merchandise and
passengers, whilst docks and harbours required extend-
ing fiar the reception of the shipping for the
increasing export trade. These wants called into
being another class of men, who, with great me-
chanical skill, combined more than ordinarr theo-
retical know!edgo and business habits to enable them
to combine and use the power of all other classes.
['hese men were termed civil engineers, in contra.
distinction to military engineers, whose education
and experience fitted them solely for the art of war ;
and by these men Great Britain had been placed first
in the list of the civilisers of mankind.

Mr. Field, as the first president elected from among
the mechanical engineers, dilated, at length, upon
the immense strides made within the last century
in the production of the mechanic arts and in pub-
lic works under the combined efforts of the two
classes alluded to. He then entered more minutely
upon the subject of steam navigation, to which he
had principally devoted his personal attention, and
gave most interesting details of the subject, ending
by apologising for oecupying.so much of the time of
the meeting by saying that he • must be permitted to
feel more than ordinary pride in being elected the
president, when he looked around him and saw that
the association of six young engineers, who, in 1818,
met occasionally to chat over mechanical subjects, had
extended, in the course of twentv-nine years, into a
society consisting of upwards of six hundred mem-
bers, and comprising within it almost all the engineers
of eminence in Great Britain. The address was
vehemently applauded, and the president was re-
quested to allow it to be printed in the minutes of
proceedings.

The discussion was then renewed upon Mr. Ran-
som's paper on the manufacture of artificial stone.
The Rev. Dean of Westminster, Sir Henry De la
Beebe, Mr. John Phillips, Dr. Garrod, Mr. Barry,
and ether visitors taking part in it with the
principal members of the institution. The re-
marks turned chiefly upon the chemical and
physical properties of the material, and the cost
of its production in the moulded form as com-
pared to that of carved stone. In its chemical
properties it was shown to be at least equal in purity
to the production of nature ; for, on the statements
of the eminent chemists who had subjected it to
severe tests, it was proved to be totally insoluble in
boiling water, however long immersed, and also
to be capable of resisting the action of mineral
acids. In this respect it differed from glass, which
alwa) s yielded a portion of its alkali to the action - -
of water. It was further stated that it had per-
fectly resisted the action of frost, vases filled with
water having been repeatedly frozen without their
sustaining any injury. The opinion of the meeting
appeared to be unanimous as to the useful che-
mical properties of the artificial stone. Satis-
factory statements were adduced as to its strength
and other physical properties, and some very in-
teresting remarks were made on the subject, com-
paring the substance produced artificially with cer-
tain sandstones found in this country, which, by the
action of compression and heat, had attained a degree
of hardness equal to quartz. The experiments of
hall and Watt on the production of artificial stones
were also alluded to as bearing upon the question.
Experiments made on the strength of the artificial
stone proved it to be superior to those natural stones
with which it had been tested—viz., Caen, Bath,
York, or Portland stone.
Numerous specimens were exhibited to the meeting,
showing its universal applicability to constructive and
decorative purposes; fractured pieces were shown of
every variety of texture, from the porous sandstone
to the most compact granite. The price of the mate-
rial was stated to be such as to render it available for
all useful and ornamental purposes.
The monthly ballot then took place, when the
following gentlemen were duly elected :—M. Scott,
P. M. Crane, T. Cundy, G. Harrison, and C.ll.
Wild, as associates.

The paper announced to be read at the tweeting of
Tuesday, Feb. 8, was " On the Drainage and Sea age
of Bristol," by James Green, Member inst. C.E.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Fan. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGIL—The Share market has been firmer
to-day than, yesterday, and a much smallrr amount of stock
sfrnered,
tae., for sale.
afonlclasowhiinrgo aarnedthTeorskaslehsire, sales—Bolton,
Block.O Y e s t
be
Riding Union), 2/. 8/. 9d. dis.—Leeds and Think, 14% die.
—London and North-Western, 148—Ditto, Quarters (L.
and 13.), 12 p.—Ditto, Quarters, New, 61,4 p.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 74%—Midland, 40/. Shares, 45
—Ditto, New Halves,' c. dis.—North Staffordshire, %
c. p.—South-Eastern aod Dover, No. 4,1% dis.—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick, (N. and B. Extensions), No. 2,
314 p.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 2014 die.
MANCHESTER, Fan. 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 7-16 dis.—Bolton, Black-
burn, &c., No. 1, 10% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (Watt
Riding Union), dis.—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lin-
colnshire, Preference, 1-16 p.—North Staffordshire, p.—
South-Eastern and Dever, No. 1,3% c. dis.--Ditto, No. 4,
dis.

LEEDS, Faa. 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices continued to advance in the
early part of tha week, but they are not maintained to the
close, and sellers have been rather more anxious at to-day's
market. 'l' e sales are—East Lancashire, New, 3% dis.—
Diu., Quarters, 17s. Gd. a dis.— Great Northern, 534
—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 416 r. die.
—Leeds arid Thirsk, 15% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 295, 6d.
die.—North British, Thirds, 2s. p.—Ditto, Quarters, 2s. Gd,
dis.—North Staffordshire, 15•. p.—Northern Counties Union,
31. 9i. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Ne. '2 (New
Berwreks), 314:p.

.N.gcc CASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB 5.
STOCK EXCIIANGS.—The only sale was—Great North-
ern, 935.

YORK, FEB. 4.
STOCK; EXCIIANGY..—The pales are— Great Northern, 4%
—Lancashire and Yorkshire ( West Riding Union), 375.
North British, Thirds, 2 —York, .Newcastle, and Berwick
( late New Berwicks), 131. 3s. 9d. c.—Ditto (G. N. E. Pur-
chase), 101;2 c.

[ADvERTIsEmENT.]—A very bad Liver and Stomach
Complaint cured by Holloway's Pills.—Mr. Robert
IVardle, residirg at Ravensworih, near Richmond, had
been a very severe sufferer for years from a most obsti-
nate liver and stomach complaint. Ile rig I a number
of medical men, but their medicines affori ed him no re-
lief. He then had recourse to Holloway's Pills, which
invaluable remedy soon restored him to excellent health.
These pills act so immediately upon the seat of disease,
that they are considered the most popular specific for
bile, sick headaches, deranged stomachs, disordered liver,
flatulency, and similar complaints, and as a family me-
dicine, Holloway's Pills cannot be excelled.—Sold by all
druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment,
244, Strand, London.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A Bor.—An In-
quest was held on Saturday, by Mr. Bedford, in the
Alillbank Prison, on the body of William Baker, aged
sixteen. Captain Groves, the governor, stated that the
deceased was convicted at the Colchester Sessions in
December, of stealing three sixpences. lie had before
been several times in custody, and was sentenced to
seven years' transportation. lie was received in that
prison on the 31st of January, and placed in separate
confinement. About seven on Thursday evening last
be heard the deceased had hanged himself. The coroner
said is was likely the thoughts of leaving home arid
country had preyed on his mind, an opinion in which
the jury concurred, and a verdict of "Temporary in-
sanity' was returned.

SIRTILS.
On the 3d inst., at Cambridge-square, the lady of A. &le-
mons, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., at Gainsberough, the lady of M. Sooby,
jun., Esq., of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., at Hammersmith, Mrs. William Owen, of
a daughter, still-born.
On the 8d inst., at Elizabeth Cottages, Seutligate-road,
Kingeland, Mrs. George Dornbusch, of a daughter.