The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-13 00:00:00

FAILURE OF THE GREENLAND

FISHERY.
We extract the following from the second edition of
the Bull Adveitiscr of yesterday:—
" We have been favoured with a copy of the following
letter from Lerwick, received by Mr. Thomas Abbey, of
from Greenland is very discouraging:—
Silver. street, and from which it will be seen the news
" Lerwick, Bth May, 18-18,
" Dear Sir,—l beg to inform you of the arrival of
the smack Pledge, Captain Standige, on Tuesdaylast,
who, I am sorry to say, brings very discouraging naves
from the seat fishery. The country has been full of Bay
ice during the vi hole season, in which most of the ships
were beset, but are liberated again. The Fledge did not
see the Eliza, but had spoken INith vessels which saw
tier about the lirst of April. Th.. Frii,nds was alongside
the Pledge on the 19th. She had nothing then. I %Ladd
mot be surprised to learn that some of tile vessels have
met in with seals since the Pledge left.
The following is Captain Staudige's list:—
Sarah arid Elizabeth 51 seals
Dublin (April 13th) :*: 30 ditto
Hyperion (ditto) Clean
Hebe (April 19,h)
Turk (ditto)
Friends (ditto)
Mary (ditto)
Five sail of Dutch ships ... ••• "
Eight Danish ships
Twenty sail, all clean, were beset inthe ice from the
9th of April to the 20th, in lat. 71, 40 north. One
Dutch ship has been lost in Johnny Main; nine of the
crew saved. Strong easterly winds prevailed during the
season.

There was a strong report of the Commerce having
caught five hundred seals, and the Traveller one thou
sand. If that is true, ten to one it some of the other
ships do not fall in with them too.
Trusting I shall have a better list next time I write,
I remain yours, &c.
LAWRENCE TAIT.
Thomas Abbey, Esq.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE BATTERSEA STARCH
FACTORY.—Yesterday morning shortly before one
o'clock, a fire broke out in the starch factory belonging
to Messrs. Orlando Jones and Co., situate at Battersea.
The stock was totally consumed, and the building gutted.
The cause of the outbreak bas been traced to the over
heating of the stove. The firm was insured in the West
of England Fire-office.
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN BERNIONDSEY.STREET.—Yes-
terday morning a tire of a most destructive character,
by which no fewer than seven houses were more or less
injured, broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr.
G. Dodgson, a wholesale clothier and salesman, carrying
on business at No. 2, Bermondsey-street, Southwark.
The flames issued from the windows with the greatest
vehemence, and extended completely across the road,
firing the fronts of the opposite houses. Mr. Dodgson
had only taken possession of the place the same day.
and no one was sleeping there that night. The firemen,
by dint of great perseverance, succeeded at length in
getting the flames extinguished, but not until the pre-
-NO. 3, Mr. Clark, oil and
raises in which the disaster began were totally destroyed,
and the stock consumed. The following houses, occu-
pied
T.
280, Mr. T. Tid-
lpli erd severelyseverallyG .
dI ,aanarabgbaeiydr'
ntb,h)e,
the undermentionedfire:
No. 279, Mr. 1. Bayley, shoemaker;
has. also received some
cruo4lorsuht7garnee;nNgroo.c2eBr2;, Mr. T. Barnard, butcher; No. 281,
No. 283. Mr. B4rliam, victualler; No. 876, Toole).-
street, Mr. Soloinons, surgeon,
ped in mystery.
damage. Fortunately the whole of the sufferers were•
reLIisFEemATTI,
insured. The
AcNriDginL(o)fstsheolfi,
A RUNAWAY MARE.—An accident occurrtd at Shef
field on Wednesday morning last, by which Mrs. Maug-
ham, the wife of Mr. Maugham, a draper in that town,
was immediately killed, and by which he rt c,ived in
juries of wrich he has since died. Mr. and Mrs.
Maugham and their two daughters were driving in a
phaeton from their residence, Verclsloy Park, when the
snare in the shut is became restive, nod ran away. I;
appeared that she was a fare mare, and the shafts of
the carriage were ink:cli too small for her. In tonne
quence of thii they were attended by their man servant;
and, from some cause or other, when they arrived part
of the way down the 101 l behind the barracks, the horse
started off, and the servant ran to the horse's head anti
tried to stop it, but he could not succeed, and wa-
knocked down : it ran as far as Infirmary-lane, down
the Philadelphia-road, when the carriage struck against
the corner of a house, and threw them all with terrific
violence out of the carriage, which was smashed to
pieces. The females were taken into the George the
Fourth public-house, Mrs, Maugham being quite dead at
the time, but the two daughters were not serionsly
injured. Mr. Maugham was taken to another inn a
little further on, and when laid on a sofa showed signs of
life. Medical attendance being procured be was taken
to the infirmary. In the afternoon an inquest was held
on the body of Mrs. Maugham, and a verdict of " Ac-
cidental death" returned. On Wednesday night, at halt-
past ten o'clock, Mr. Maugham also died of the injuries
he had received.-

GRAND BALL AT CAMBERWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM.
—A ball, upon a scale of splendour, took place on Fri-
day night at the above establishment. An extensive
apartment, decorated with flags, evergreens, and choice
flowers, was set apart on the occasion for the dance, and
at eight o'clock some fifty or sixty male inmates, as well
as several females, all well-dressed, and in the most
cheerful mood, and seemingly regardless of restraint,
were introduced to the room, where at least 140 gentry
of the surrounding neighbourhood, who had been spe-
cially invited to join in the mazy dance, had already
assembled. A quadrille band was in attendance, and at
at an appointed hour, the whole party, including the
inmates, began to step to measured time, and continued
the dance in the most joyful manner, until twelve
o'clock, when the latter withdrew, after bidding "good
night" to the guests who had been invited to meet
them. In the interval of the quadrilles, refreshments
wero supplied to the lunatics, who appeared to
enjoy themselves amazingly. They were evidently
under no fear; they were by no means awed by the
presence of their keepers; but on the contrary, exhi-
bited an affection for them, which betrayed the kind
and humane treatment they received at their hands.
The owner of this establishment is J. Paul, Esq., whose
judicious management in lunatic cases—by the abolition
of torture of a character to drive men and women mad,
who were really not insane—is deserving of the thanks
of the profession and the country. He has shown that
mild means will effect a cure in a by far less time that,
the manacle or the strait-waistcoat; but the treatment
spacious grounds, where all
altogether is of a very superior character ; good food.
well-ventilated apartments,
sorts of games are practised—these are among the
things to effect a cure, or mitigate the sufferings of the
patient. We wish there were more Camberwell Lunatic
place of t'
Asylums, in the
ose accursed private eats-
bli-hments where men and women are incarcerated, an"
ultimately brought to 'he grave by the avarice of greed)
relations. We forgot to add, that the devotees at th,
shrine of Terpsichore did not quit the scene until day
light warned them to deeart.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Iier Royal Highness
the Ducht as of K. nt honour, d her Majesty's Theatre,
with her presence en Thursday evening. In her It'')a.
Highness's suite were the Baroness de Spelt), Lad)
Augusta Bruce, Lord J. Murray, Sir G. Couper, and
Col, etel and Mrs. Grim:stone. Her Majesty
the Queer
Adelaide's box was occupied by the Duke and Duchess
of Bedford, the Duke anti Duch, ss of Leinster, and Lady
Jan& Fitzgerald. His Royal Highness Prince Leopoit
of Syracuse also honoured the theatre with his presence.
We also observed his Grace the Duke of Wellington, thn
Duke of Cleveland, the Prince Kotchubey, the Marquis
of Sligo, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of
Worcester, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Kil
dare, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lonsdale, Earl
Spencer, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Bellast, his
Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the
Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Hanoverian Mi-
nister, Baroness de Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de
Lechner, M. de Berg, Count de Berke. M. C. Koudri-
affeky, the Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Clifden, Lord
Gerald Fitzgerald, Lord Ossulston, Lcrd W. Lennox,
Lord A. Fitzclarence, Lord H. Vane, Lord Sandys,
Lord Rodney, Lord Lilford, Lord and Lady C. Wel.
lesley, Lady Augusta Wentworth, the Ladies Browne,
Lord Rendlesham and the Misses Duff, the Hon. Mr.
Leslie, General the Hon. H. Cavenisb, Sir Edward
Colonel Bas-
tard, Bart., and Lady Knatchbull, Sir A. Mac-
donald, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., and Lady Howard,
We
.ncesday
Sir Edward Codrington, Bart., and Miss Codrington,
Crane,
Sir G. Wombwell, Bart., Colenel William,
tard, Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart.,
Major Buckley, Mr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Grote and Mrs.
Ahl bildd:l3y beforeßaring,of-ar Gfe'mMa lel)"
Grote, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor,
Hubert de Burgh, Mrs.. Townley, and micinGloTed.
SHOCKING CASE OF INFANT.IeCI
last an adjourned inquest was
Esq., Deputy-Coroner, on the infant,
nature ofthe •
circum-
stances, from the extraordinary .
was excited. It appeared
that much painful interest
woman of the that the accused, who is a
youngdon the Ist of name
of Margaret Kennedy, was hirer.. ,
Turner ,landMa ' ia
the capacity of cook to Antr.
Northumberland,agent,
the seat
Stratton Edge, near Blagdo
and after
of Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., a
.entering upon
conducted herself well until Wednesday,
her service,
the 3d instant, when she was
ill observed by Isabella
Heaton, another servant, to be and sitting in the
asked what coal-house. Kennedy, on being. was the
she bad taken a fit; but, in
matter, replied that
.ill,
con-
sequence of her continuing
ber ntothera' s procured,
and she was conveyed to
called s house' a
short distance off, at a place of the Kennels.
After she was gone, on accountwas suspicious cir-
cumstances, the coal-house
coals, was and in
a corner, buried among the _ ound, in a small
kit, the body of a new-born female infant. A few days
afterwards a post 17101
tem d examination was made
of --e on the
body by Mr. Iy. Turner, surgeon Newcastle, who de-
posed to the child being full grown. He also found that
its mouth was distorted. On examining further he ob-
served midway between the ear and the chin, and
un-
derneath thejaw, which was _ swollen, a tumour which
was occasioned by a piece ofcoal, about art inch in
length and half an inch in width, being found in the
child's throat. This (-aid he) could net have happened
by accident, but must have been forced into the child's
throat, the gullet of which was much lacerated,
Other
witnesses were examined, where
evidence merely corro-
borated the testimony of witness, as to Kennedy
being ill, and to the child being found in a kit in the
coal-house. The coroner carefully viewed the evidence,
after which the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful mur-
der against Margaret Kennedy, who was fully com-
mitted for trial at 'the Assiz a under the corroner's
warrant.
M I' VI.RE.—T, •
SADLERS' WELLS 4. II .• ~, IS with great
pleasure that we 31;i1OUllee t,. the P. 1
t, ,Y-gein .., br „ rule,
that kits Rainforth has taken the is
• , 1 .as.ove thoetre for
I
English opera. It opens on Monday the 22d, with a
full chorus, and Tully ae leader.

LIST OF SCOTTISH CONsopMer:P:7B.t..,C.N..o.aI.,ES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
£ a. d. £ s. d
Rank of Scotland
British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195
Caledonian Bank ••.. • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 2 10 0 41. is
City of Glasgow Bank , 61. per cent. 10 0 01 10 0 0 11
Clydesdale Bank•. •• •• 6/. per cent. 20 0 01 10 0 0 124
Commercial Bank .• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 1100 0 0 154
Eastern 8ank...... • • 6/. per cent. 25 U 0 10 0 C 10
Edinb.2.: Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5.
Exchange link of Scot•• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 41
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13
North of Scotland Bank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 4%
North British Bank • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 2
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 139
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 79
Vestern Itauk •••• • • •• 81. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 564
Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 e 35,
13. Accord. Lite and Fire - 20 0 0 0 11 0 -
ilritish Guarantee Ins• - 10 0 0 1 0 0 10s.
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
Church of Bng;and Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
City of Glasgow Life•. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 5s
,:.11nhurgh Life Insur. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17
East of Scitland Life - 10 0 0 0 15 0 115.0 d.
, nsur• Co. of Scatlnd • • Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7
5000 00 00 120 170
06 -lON
Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 7.,
Mercantile Life - 10 0 0 0 10 0 65.
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s.
per
rr cent.cent. 1
North British Incur. •. 5% Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 22
North & West of Scot• - 10 0 0 1 0 0 11.1 s
Scottish Life and ,•uar. - 20 0 0 011 0 94
;cot. :Mai. and Gen. Life 51. per cent. 1 0 0 0 15 0 108.1 d
icottish Union Inarncr• 641. pr cent. 30 0 0 1 0 0 11. 15
:tan aid ' ife .••• .. • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 94
Limited Dep. Assurance Si. p,r cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 13s.
DOCILS.
-
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- ----___
---
X a. d. X 8. d•
C Antnercial • - -
,:ast and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 113%
..last Country
172____ril : .
and on SI. pr cent. Stock•
v Di•ridend
-
Oxford....
of
!duo Bonds ........ 41.cp:e8rir5c.bcee...ant.i.s.
it. K sitharine ........5•• per cent. Stock.
Ditto Bonds • ....... Ili/. pr cent. -
3 nithampton - ...... 21. per cent. 50 0....1L_
Macclesfield • 100' 21. 10s.
Names of ! DAlnvinduenuld:
Companies• ,t's per Companies,
1!05----------H5 -01)2e0r1.0
I•caJorest. 1'1781A:11:al
116303, 14211., , It,:
kshtn& Oldh 97 71 p c 1----(81:
•erbv ••• •• 100 i 67. 63 Rochdal ••1 85
150 7/. 10s. 130
.c---c_____
.....__
41. 54
-
trictik&Ahrg 150 bi. '
Birmingham 35 41. d.... • • 100 20/. 190
Coventry ..• • 100; 257• - Regent's • • 33 11. 4s. 18%
e;:e , ash ... 1001 32,. ,
frand.lunctn 100 5/. 01 Kt (ISt, 12 61. p. c. 83 StflN&Wor
Grand Surrey 1001. - 35 . c 140 281. 290
`ohrewsbury
.•rand Union 100 11. 10s. I 21% st - 125 151.
;ranthatu • • 150 121. - ' ourbridge.. 145 201. 287'
{ennt & AVII 39 7s. 6d. 5 Severn and
1e• . , Is& Livrpi 100 341. i 410 M \Nra • Rail.
Wye Rail 1 26 11. Bs. 26
Leicester ..• 1140 101. 175 rwickBc
-
Leicstr &Nth.l
83 41. I 36 lop
Miming. 1 i 51. 65
Warwick& ..ou.rtihoroghll42 701. I - I 100! _
Moninouthsh 100 8/. I - Na t
WorcPst°rni; 46
Mntgemrysti i 100 51. 78 21. - - Ilirrnin
Meltn)lvebry 100 101• - Wilts & g. 19
'irks 67' 11. 11
1
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
Australian A7riculturl X. 8. d• £• s• d•
- 100 0 0 30 0 0 -
Angle-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto, half Shares..
Canada............. 6,
per i cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 27
Uppr Canada Bonds 5/.
City Bonds... 57.
per cent. - -
•••• • • • 3%1. pr cent. -
-
Comp.
0
-pprMtirs En g. - 89
51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0
Equitable Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 P•l.. be, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Reversionry 44, pr cent• 100 0 0 95 0 0 GCR.Steam Navigation
11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 21%
London Institution ..• - - 10
Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 -0
0 53
Reversionary Int. Soc. 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 -
Royal Mail Steam •• 3%1. pr cent. WO 0 0 60 0 0 45
South Australian •.. 61. per cent. 25 0025 0 0 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0023 0 0 Universal Salvage.... - 25 0 0 50 0 .._
MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
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Life
Co.
76::

MARKET INT _LLIG NCE.
(From the London New Price Current of May 12.)
SUGAR.—Te-day no further advance occurred in the
value of Raw Sugar, but merchants displayed much
firmness, and sparingly supplied the market. The trade
also entertained a favouraole opinion towards both free
and slave made. A fair amount of business was con-
cluded to-day in West India, and upon full terms. The
sales amount to 200, making for the week 1,800 hhds, &c.
REFINED.—To-day refined goods were much sought
af,er by the trade, and prices closed with firmness;
brown grocery lumps at 55s 6d, and to pass the standard
56s per cwt. There is no increase in the supply of any
sort. The market is firm for bonded crushed Sugar,
fine at 28s per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale
of Mauritius, but a fair business was done privately, and
all sorts realised full rates,
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met ready
purch.,serq, and 1,317 bags :It public sale sold at full
rates—Benares, fin white went at 445, middling 41s to
41s Gd, low 39i to 39s 6d, fine soft 3ellow 37s to 38s,
damp and washed 37s to 43; per cwt.
FOREIGN.—For home consumption the demand has
been active for all descriptions of For..ign Sugar by
private treaty; our refiners working under bond also
made purchases with greater freedom, and a fair amount
of business has been concluded by exporters,
stillAlthtohuegrhe
the market has been more plentifully supplied,
is an advance in the value of 6d per cN t for all sorts
sold by private treaty. At auction, 4,055 bales, 740
barrels, and 1.270 cases of Bruzil were nearly all
posed of, chiefly for home consumption and refining
under bond.
MOLASSES.—A lively demand has been experienced
for all qualities of West India this week, and prices have