The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-03 00:00:00

SALE OF BLOOD STOCK.

The following horses were told at York, on Satur-
day, by Messrs. Tattersall:—The Sea, 97 guineas;
Manacle, 90 guineas; La Bohemienne, 46 guineas;
Nigger Wench, 98 guineas; a mare, by Bobadil, out of
Zoe, 14 guineas; Lightning, 380 guineas; Godfrey, 290
guineas; The Parson's Clerk, 40 guineas; awned, 15
guineas; Soitstone, 20 guineas; Susannah, 20 guineas;
The Spaniard, 100 guineas; Otterburn, 97 guineas;
What, 105 guineas; The Magnet (late Loadstone), 190
guineas; and Conceit, 190 guineas.

TILE ALLEGED FRAUDS ON THE SOUTII- WESTERN
RAILWAY.—On Saturday Mr. W. Young attended at
Wandsworth Police Court, and withdrew the summonses
which had been issued against two gentlemen for riding
on several occasions in first-class carriages with second-
class tickets.

CHARGE OF BIGAMY.—BRADANT ASSIZES, DEC. 27.
—An Englishman, named Dolphin, was charged with
having married a Belgian woman, his former wife, Ann
Nightingale, an Englishwoman, being still alive. The
English was fully proved by the parish clerk of Prest-
wich. Tne first wife deposed that Dolphin abandoned
her in the year 1838, but for some time afterwards con-
tributed to her support. She admitted that she had had
a child by another man, subsequently to her separation
from her husband. Finally, Dolphin was acquitted.—
Brussels Budd.

William Napier, EN., has been appointed Lieute-
nant-Governor of the island of Labuan. Mr. Napier's
experience in the public service at Singapore, of a people
not quite dissimilar to the population of Labuan and
Borneo, will render him a useful assistant to Mr. Bro9ke,
and a proper substitute in the government of the British
settlement in the occasional necessary absence of the
Raja in the neighbouring territory.
Alderman Musgrave, the chairman of the com-
missioners of sewers fur the Tower Hamlets district, has
thought better of his opposition, and has handed over to
the General Sewerage Commissioners for the Metropolis
all the books, papers, cash, &c., of the old board. Mr.
Twigg, the chairman of the Holborn and Finsbury dis-
trict, has not himself taken any part in the transfer of
the necessary documents to the new commission, but a
sufficient number of the Commissioners of Sewers for the
district, who are authorised to draw cheques, &c., have
signed the necessary authority, so that all the powers of
the several district boards are now quietly centred in
the now Commissioners.—Observer.

Complicated diseases of the chest are acknowledged
to be the serious, and, too often, fatal visitations of the
masses congregated in the close metropolis. It is,
therefore, gratifying to find that an institution has
been founded by an association of charitable individuals,
expressly for the cure or relief of diseases of the sto-
mach, heart, and lungs, including consumption, asthma,
&c. A temporary dispensary has been already opened
in Leicester-place, under the title of " 'The Central
Metropolitan Dispensary," and we do sincerely hope
that the objects of its benevolent projectors and sup-
porters will be fully realised by the liberal patronage
of those who have the moans of doing good.
DEA.TH OF MR. NELSON, THE SCULPTOR.—The
sculptor of that exquisitely beautiful statue, " Venus
Attiring," which is now being exhibited in this town,
died on Sunday last, in his 47th year.—Manchcster
Guardian.

OPENING or THE CITY TELEGRAPH STATION.—
The electric telegraph station, in Moorgate street,
opposite the Bank of England, was publicly opened on
Saturday, and messages were transmitted in the course
of the day to Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle,
Leeds, Southampton, Norwich, Yarmouth, and varilus
other parts in the provinces. The prices charged were
enormous ; 51. 10s. being the amount demanded for
sending a message to Liverpool containing the same
number of words as there is in this paragraph.—Sunday
Paper.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel are
entertaining a large party at Drayton Manor. Viscount
and Viscountess Villiers have arrived there from visiting
the Earl and Countess of Jersey, at Middleton Park,
Oxon. The Earl of Lincoln, Sir Frederick Thesiger,
Mr. Cardwell, M.P., the Hon. H. Fitzroy, Mr. Cripps,
&c , have joined in the circle.
We deeply regret to hear of the death of the Rev.
Slingsby Shafto, at his residence, Buck worth Rectory,
Huntingdonshire, from fever, a few days ago. We lament
also to state that, according to information which has
reached us, shortly before going to press, Mr. Robert
Duncombe Shafto (the Liberal Member for North Dur-
ham), is lying dangerously ill of typhus fever, at the
residence of his father, Whitworth Park, in this county.
—Durham Chronicle.
Among the public men seeking health in our mild
southern region is the Bon. T. Duncombe, M.P. for
Finsbury.—Western Times.
Mas. TAwELL.—Messrs. Bevan and Goodeve re-
ceived on Saturday a letter from the Solicitor of the
Treasury to the effect that tin grant restoring the pro-
perty of her late husband, the mardercr, John Tawell,
which had been confiscated to the Crown trustees, is
now signed.
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.—Iiis Royal Highness
Prince Albert, on the occasion oF his visit to the play,
was pleased to desire that an extra week's holydays
should be granted. The school will, therefore, meet
again on Wednesday evening, the 2d of February.
Fines IN LONDON DURING 1847.—0 n Saturday
the official returns kept by the fire-brigade of the fires
that occur in the metropolis and its suburbs, were made
up for 1847; from which we learn that no fewer
than 989 have taken place during the past year. The
losses, however, were not so serious as in the previous
year, 1846, when the number was 1,022. Between 400
land 500 houses appear to have been either consumed or
seriously damaged, with a loss of property estimated at
about 150,0001 Those in the provinces, according to
the:fire-offices' returns, are far greater in extent than
have been known for several years.