The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-31 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS•

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30.
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STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, .44 shire, and Cheshire Junction (late C. and B. ), 13% c•-1
Lancashire, New, 2 dis.—Great Grimsbyjand Sheffield, ,
dis.—Great Northern, 9 dis.—Great Western, Quarters.
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dis.—Lancashire and :Yorkshire, Fifths, 14 c. dis.
Fifths (late West Riding Union), % dis.—London.in
North-Western, 125--Ditto, New Quarters, IV
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 61—Ditto (Grinisrg
Dock), 10 dis.—Midland, 97—Ditto, Halves, 6%
Staffordshire, 13% c. dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
shire, Preference, 2% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 2311"
Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 34 dis.—York, Newcastle, and if,
wick (G. N. E. Purchase), par—York and North Alidl%.
(East and West Riding),22—Dublin and Drogheda, dr.
MANCHESTER, MARCH 30. er
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, 'Ala
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 61A dis.—Ditto (late G.oriolp
B.), 14—East Lancashire, New, 754 dis.—Ditto, Quil"".to
dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1%n
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(Preston and Wyre), Sixths, s—London and North-West
(Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (A and B). 17!„(1,
p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 214 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, 74
Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 15—North Staffordshire, ter
dis.—Scottish Central, 261,4—South-Eastern and if"'
2314—Ditto, No 4, 3 7.16 dis.

LEEDS, MARCH 29. IA to'
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Rather more shares have been sold
day than yesterday. The following are the prices :-"71.,
Lancashire, 1814 —Ditto, New, 71. 13s. 9d.dis.—Ditto. Qtira
ters, 38s. 9d. dis.—Great Northern, 8% n. dis,Lancto,
and Yorkshire, Fifths, 14, dis.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 6.
—Leeds and Thirsk, 221/;,dis.—Ditto, New, 19 dis.--Rl,tto,trn
Preference, 1% .dis.—North British, Thirds, 345. dis.
Quarters, 1% n. dis.—North Staffordshire, 30s. n.dis.--". 9
Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, 58. p.—Ditto, /4°'
(New Berwick), 2s. 6d. p.
BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—London and
Western, New, 48s. 9d. p.—Midland (Consolidated Biro
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ham, and Derby), 74—North British, Extensions, A d,
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension No. 1, 3/4,P'sf...
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2% c. dis.—North Pso.
fordshire, 1:1A dii.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A),, dip.
3d. dis.—Ditto (B), 3 dis.—South Staffordshire, 61s. 30'
HULL, MARCH 80.
STOCK EXCHANGE —But little business is doing, e-c@Pt
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for settlement, which may be considered as merely nointit
The sales are—North Staffordshire, 36e. 6d. dis--142,r
British, Quarters. 725. 641.—Ditto, Thirds, 4s.—Ditto
Hales), 4s. 6d.—Hull and Selby, 981.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH 30.
STOCK EXCHANGL—The sales are—Newcastle and Cll.
lisle, 100—Ditto, Alston Branch, 3% dis.

MEETING OP THE TRADES OF THE METROr°I'I,O%
Last evening, at eight o'clock, a meeting of the delegs'ea
of various trades of the metropolis was hold at the 13 ea
Inn, Old Bailey, to receive the report of the coretrat a
which was appointed to draw up a statement in referacs
to the depressed state of trade among the working class°
of the metropolis. Mr. Edwards having been called S.
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the chair, read the report of the committee, the purP° A
of which was, that there were:about 200 000 artisans et'
mechanics in the metropolis; that one• third of them wn°
employed, but that about one half of the number hard
not remunerating wages; that another third were 00'7
occasionally employed, the greater portion of them sub.
misting by disposing of their furniture and wearing 0"
parel for the support of themselves and their families'
and that the remaining third were entirely depeDdelly
upon parochial relief. The report stated that the count*
was approaching a crisis which would lead to an over
throw of the established system, if no legislative cles;
sures were adopted to avoid such an alternative, es St
condition of the working classes had nearly arrived t
that point that it could be no longer endured. The
port was unanimously agreed to, and the metal°.
separated.
SOUTH-SEA HOUSE.—A quarterly general court a
the proprietors of South Sea stock was held yesterday'
upon the usual routine business. The sub-governor;
C. Franks, Esq , was in the chair. The minutes of Si!
last court were read and confirmed; and, after the 6°l
ment of the bond-debt had- been also read, the coo
adjourned.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —A WONDERFUL CURBBr
AN ERUPTION IN THE FACE HOLLOwA.y's 0151°
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publishes in his paper, of the 20th of FebrustreV
a most extraordinary cure which he
nessed by the use of Holloway's Ointment, in the 90'"
of a child whose face was entirely covered with set
By his recommendation, the parents of the child to
this invaluable remedy, and in the space of ono week,
to the astonishment of every one, the face was perfect.;
healed. This ointment is peculiarly adapted for th.
cure of burns, scalds, scurvy, and every variety of 4`13
disease. Also for old wounds and sorofula, cancerl
bad breasts, and sore legs. Sold by all druggists, els,
at Professor Holloway's Establishment, No. u 44, Strati
London.

BIRTIIB.
On the 18th inst., at Cove House, Ashton Keynes, the Wi
of Charles Sidney Hawkins, Esq., of a son.
On the 22d inst., at the Vicarage, Frampton-on-5(471013'
the wife of the Rev. George Chute, of a daughter.
On the 23d inst., Mrs. Henry itellersh, of St. Aan's.rosdf
Brixton, of a son.
On the 24th inst., at La Moye Manor ll•use, Jersey, t
Cams wife of Thomas Sutton, Esq., 8.A., College, C4lll-
bridge, of a son.

On the 26th inst., at Stonecot-hill, Sutton, the lion. AEI*
Sidney Roper Curzon, •f a son.
On the 27th inst., at Park-street, Grosyenor-square, tbe
wife of Dr. Manson, of a son.
On the 27th inst., at Sidcup, Kent, the wife of Thonl6l
Norwood, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 28th inst., at Brighton, the lady of John Bothell'
Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
On Thursday, the 30th inst., at Trinity Church, WaYortree:
by the Rev. Thomas Hornby, A.M., Vicar of Walton-on-tbi,
Mil, Benjamin Haywood Jones, Esq., of Larkhid, Liverpool'
to Louisa Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Hugh HornbY, l'Eq"
of Sandown, Liverpool.
On the 28th inst., at Ifield Church, Charles Edward, 11°..
cond son of Richard Prime, Esq., M.P., of Walberton House/
Sussex, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late James Dolls-
van, Esq , of Buckham-hill, in the same county.

DIEB.
On the 14th inst., at Temple Sowerby, Westmoreland,
Lieuteaant-Colonel John Procter, late of the 30th Regiment'
On the 24th inst., at Van, Ockley, Surrey, the Rev. Li'
Courtenay, A.M., of St. John's College, Cambridge, aged
On the 27th inst., in Cardington-street, Hampstead-root
Mr. John Jackson, aged 47.
On the 28th inst., Fanny the wife of George Mounsl
Gray, Esq., of Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square.
On the 28th inst., at the Lawn South Lambeth, Elisabeth
Sarah, only daughter of Edl‘ard Hill, Esq., aged 25.
On the 28th inst., Charles Simpson, Esq., artist, late °f
Carlisle-street, Soho, aged 35.
On the 29th inst., in Nutford-place, Bryanston-square,
Sophia, wife of Thomas Quatermass, Esq., aged 85.

London: Printed and Published by 111URDO YOUNG. as
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Die Sun Office, No. 11
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the countl
Middleiox, Friday, March 31, 1848.