The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-31 00:00:00

LEEDS, ILpien 30.

STOCK Excusxac —The sales ark—London and Croydon, 20M
Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 2 p.—Midland, 141—Sheffield
and Manchester, Quarter Shares (No. 3), 5 djs.—Leeds and Bradford,
24% —Leeds and Dewsbury, 255. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 70s. dis.—
Newcastle and Berwick, 16% —North British, New Carlisle Branch,
9s. p.—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 1% die.— London and York,
325. 6d.—West Riding Union, 145.—Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c.,
295. dis.—Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), 195. dis.—Clitheroe Junc-
tion, 255. dis.—Grand Union, 15s. dis..—Lancashire, and North
Yorkshire, 15s. dis.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 12e. 64. dig.—
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 15e. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, 6s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 21. 2s. p.—North
Western, 6d.—South Midlands, 15. dis.—Welsh Midlands, 255. Ms.

NULL, MARCH SO.
STOCK EXCHINGL—Prices are rather bettor, and not so much dis-
position to force sales. The purchases of scrip are made principally
with the expectation of the new projections being dissolved. The
sales are—Axholme, 275. 6d.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 3
Beston, Newark, and Sheffield, 1 h —Derby, Gainsborough, &c., 8
East Coast, % —Grand Union, 10s.—Hull and Barnsley Junction,
2385—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 2—North British, Carlisle Branch,
31s.—North Staffordshire, 41. 2s. —Trent Valley Continuation and
Holyhead, 3.55. 211.--West Riding Union, 3%.

TORIE,-Maxcg 30.
fiTocic Exogamic —The sales are—Grand Union (Nottingham to
Lynn), 10s.—Leicester and Bedford, 7s.—London and Tort, DA
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 4s. 6d.—Newcastle
and Berwick, 1614 —Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 71,4
North British, Carlisle Extension, 11. 12e.—Welsh Midland, 19s. 6d.—
York and North Midland, New (East and West Biding), I.

ATTEMPT TO PROCURE ABORTION.—At Norwich as-
sizes on Friday Sarah Whisker was indicted for having administered
to Frances Bailey a quantity of white hellebore, on the bth March,
with intent to procure abortion. It appeared that the prisoner, who
Is a beldame of between thirty and forty, is esteemed as a " cunning
woman" in the city of Norwich, and that she was visited by the
prosecntrix on a day previous to that named in the indictment, for
the purpose of having her fortune told. The wretch aeon elicited
from the girl that she was in the family way, and directed her to
come on the sth of March, when she would give her something
which would "do her goad and not interfere witk her work." The
appointment was kept, and the prosecutrix received from the pri-
soner a powder and a liquid, which she took according to the direc-
tions which accompanied them. The result, however, was far from
satisfactory, for she fell sick, and being obliged to quit her service,
resorted very wisely to medical aid for relief. The surgeon was then
called in, and a chemist, who proved that he had frequently supplied
the prisoner with small quantities of "white hellebore," were now
examined, but from lack of experience 111 " poisons" were not enabled
to speak decidedly as to the fact whether that ingredient was or was
not a poison, and the prisoner was, therefore, on the point of escaping
"scot free." The Learned Judge, however, hearing that Mr. Scott,
a celebrated practitioner in this city, and surgeon to the gaol, was
present, caused him to be examined, and from that gentleman's evi-
dence, founded on his more extended experience, the whole case was
fully made out, and the prisoner was duly convicted and sentenced to
transportation for life.
CAN THIS BE TRUE?—James Jarvis, a man 75 years
old, an inmate of the Barrow-upon-Soar Union-house, was charged
with refusing to work at pumping water, &c., for which the medical
officer had certified that he was able. He had been puton "refractory
diet" for refusing to pump, but still refused, and the board bad, there-
fore, instructed the present process to be taken. The old man said
the work had done him harm. Committed to the House of Correction
to hard labour for twenty-ono days I—L4fogar Mercury.