The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE 31 ARKET4.)
BRISTOL, JULY 31.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market was firmer to-day, and
with a better feeling, and there were buyers at present
prices, but the holders of stock were firm for an advance.
Bristol and Exeters were done at 31►,4.

LIVERP 0 OL, Ju'Or 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—A better feeling has prevailed in our
share market to-day. The demand was more active, and
quotations are higher. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction (late C. and 11.), 271. 10s.
Shares, 1414—Caledonian, Preference, % p.—East Lanca-
Shire., 614 Preference, 6a. 3d p.••-Great Northern, 81. 18s. 9d.
e. dis.—London and North-Western, 125% C. -Ditto, New
Quarters, 1% c. p.—London, Brighton, and South Coast,
New Si. Shares, IA p.—Midland Stock, 1033/4 c.—Ditto, New
Halves, 5-fe, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover. No. 4, Thirds,
dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur-
chase), 1% p.
MANCHESTER, JULY 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire,
17;x.—Ditto, Preference Quarters, 14 p.—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 10/. Preference, 6 per cent., 11-16 p.—London and
North-Western, Fifths, 5 15-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Preference, 101/8 c.—North Staffordshire,
23/4' dis.South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 23 dis.
BIRMINGHAM, JULY 31.
Stocx Excllhricm.--The sales are—North Staffordshire,
ftkire-irdo)uy
18.—rAmanbd Birminghamergate, Nottingham, alnds. B
9d.0 is
s tdo.n, .3 dis.—

MR. ;SMITH O'BRIEN.
ah'i,•history, genealogical, and otherwise of this gen-
tleman, cannot., tail to.heinteresting to the public at the
present moment.' HO-was born at Dromoland, county
of Clare, on the 17th of October, 1803, being the'sccond
son.of-Sir .Edward'O'Brien, fourth baronet (who'died
in" 1837), by the, daughter and coheiress of William
SmithoEsq., of.Cabirmoyle, county of Limerick. 'The
latter lady wawa very rich heiress. The issue of this
Marriage, insaddition to the subject of our notice, con-
sisted of eight other children, including Sir Lucius, the
eldest son; Edward, born in 1806, and married to the
daughter.Of Massy. Dawson, Esq., lgte M.P., a scion
of the noble house of Cremorne; Robert, born in 1809,
married to the daughter of Sir Aubrey de Vere;
the Rev. =H. O'Brien, married to the daughter of
John Godley, Esq, ; Grace, unmarried ; Anne, married
to the Rev. ArthurrlVlartiheau ; Harriett, married to the
Rev. Charles Monseli, a relative of Mr. Monsell, M.P.,
the colleague of Mr. Smith O'Brien, in the representation
of Limerick county, .and Katherine- Lucia, married to
'the Hon. and Rev. Awyard Harris, brother of the Earl
of Maltnesbury, one of the Prebendaries of Salisbury, and
Rector of Wilton.

The present head of the house of O'Brien, or O'Bryen,
is the: Illarnuis pfe., Thotnr4, who adopts the latter
'fOrik' ortlinkrtiphyrTnthe "fleduces his descent
.
from th‘e royal line Of Thomond; a Ace of Vrinces
which sprang from the celebrated Hibernian monarch,
Brian Borroime, or Boru, who commenced his reign
in 1002, and terminated it with his life, near Clon-
tad, in 1014. Should the present Marquis die without
male issue, a circumstance not improbable, Sty Lueius
O'Brien will succeed him as Baron Luchiquin ; but
not to the higher titles, which will become extinct. In
reference to the existence of these titles, we may observe
that in 1543, Mutrogh O'Brien, the then head of the
house, repaired to England, and resigned his sovereignty
to Edward VI., and was in recompense created Earl of
Thomond for life, and Baron Luchiquin.
The second holder of the baronetcy, Sir Edward
O'Brien, was son of the Right Hon. Lucius O'Brien, who
died during the lifetime of his father, by Catherine,
daughter of Thomas Keightley Esq., of Ilarlingtoelk
county of Ilerts, granddaughter of the first Earl .of
Clarendon, and first cousin of Queens Mary and Anne.
In the latter points the records of the several families
agree.

--Mr. O'Brien married about twelve years since the
daughter of Joseph Gabbett, Esq., of Limerick, by whom
he has had issue either six or seven children.
Mr. O'Brien is a graduate of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge ; when first returned for the family borough of
Ennis, iu 1830 Mr. O'Brien was a Tory, and as such
opposed Mr. O'Connell in the case of the memorable
Clare election. He subsequently became a Whig, then a
Radical, and in 184.3 he first joined the Repeal ranks.
Since 1835 he has represented the county of Limerick.
On the last occasion he succeeded in defeating Mr. Caleb
Powell, the Old Ireland candidate, by 24 votes. Mr.
O'Brien fought a duel with the late Mr. Thomas Steele,
having exchanged two shots with that gentleman. Sir
Lucius O'Brien, elder brother, is Lord Lieutenant of the
county of Clare. The Dowager Lady O'Brien is still
living, and possesses a property of about 5,000/. per
annum, to which her second son was always considered
to be the heir, but in other respects than as heir in
prospect, Mr. O'Brien never was wealthy. Ho has,
when in Ireland, taken up his residence at the seat of his
mother.

LIABILITY -OF ARTICLED CLERILS TO SERYN AO
JURYMEN.—In the Sheriffs' Court, amongst the excuses
made for not serving on the jury, one was by a gentle-
man, an articled clerk to an attorney, who contended
that, as such, he was exempt. The Under-Sheriff said
it was a novel objection, but not well founded. If the
gentleman was of full age he must serve.
DEPARTURE or THE FOREIGN MAILS FOIL ANIIIUST.
—The following notice, giving the dates on which the
foreign mails will be made up at the General Post-office,
St. Martin's-le-Grand, and when the return packets will
be due at Southampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth,
during the present month, was issued yesterday:—The
mails will be made up for the British and foreign colonies
in the West Indies (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda,
and Havannah), Venezuela, and Jacmel, on the mornings
of the 2d and igth inst., Bermuda, Nassau, New Oro
leans, Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah, on the morn-
ing of the 2d only; Madeira, San Juau de Nicaragua,
New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the morning of the
17th inst. only. The Teviot steamer will convey the
mails of to-morrow morning from Southampton. Next
packets due on the 7th and 22d inst. The mails for
British North America and the United States will
ho made up on the evening of the 4th inst., via
Liverpool,
Halifax, and New York ; on the evening
of the 1 I th, to ioston; on the evening of the
to New York; and on the evening of the 2ith, to
Boston. The Cambria for the mails of the 4th inst.
Next packets due on the 3d, 17th, 23d, and 31st.
The mails for Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres, on
the evening of the 4th instant, to be conveyed by her
Majesty's brig Express from Falmouth. Mails due the
2Maita
4thu,lt. (over-due) and 24th inst. The Mediterranean,
the
7I ftlhdGian er,edll:4ec2l,itghinstant, by h
the_ lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Cey-
lon,
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g, and China, e
fortnightlyon
the e
closed mails, via Marseilles: Gibraltar, Maltas;e:Gvienrrgeleascnedt,
Egypt, India, &c., on the evening of the 19th instant, via
Southampton; Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lis-
bon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the mornings
Southamp-
ton. the 7th
and
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Boulogne,
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adDmna Dover, vyne°2lls,tt
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(exceptasPits:
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excepted),
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Sunday) via Dover and Ostend, due
dduae.ilya•
;'uesdays andg
&c., Tuesday and Friday evenings,
Saturdays; Holland, &c., Wednesday and Saturday
mornings, due Mondays and Thursdays, by the General)
Steam Navigation Company's packets, via the Thames.
THE CHOLERA.—We have been favoured with the
the following extract from a letter from Cronstadt,
dated the 13th inst:—" Things are getting worse every
day, and a great many ships are leaving in ballast, on
account of the cholera raging there. We hope to get
away with all well on board. All vessels will have to
come away with foul bills of health, which will, of
course, cause them to ride quarantine at the discharging
port, and will occasion a great loss of time."—Scetsnirn.
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