The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-24 00:00:00

LATEST OF SHARkS
IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
I'ANIES' STOCK.

any further recline in pricY. Palm is not to be bad ye
lower terms, but the demand his been small. Lard Oil
heavy of disposal. Although Cod Oil can be obtained St
Ithlsi
rate of 261 to 261 10s, still the business transacted
been limited this week.

From etc Official List,
PJBLISIIED /NEM- TUFZDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.
JOINT.STOCZ IMAMS.

NORI HAAIPTON, BEDFORD, ,AND
CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SH.N.
Siu,—lncluded in the list of defunct s
in your paper is the Northampton and I3edilird. .1"0
I,abre;fatuoesna?,
t,hiiss istieesosrir..)7t,ti:,spliv2ens,fuslelytiti;nnts,:bitiw Vilji„bee
fer,nee deposited, tind quite prepared tvith
money, when rE quired by standing oiders.
I am, Sir, your obedient S.-rvan',
WM. J. IRWIN, S.crettiri•
Company's Offices, 12, .B:dford Row,
London, 23rd January. 1846.

Dividend
same of Company. per.
Annum.,

Amount
of'
Share.

AustrWasia .......... 6/. per cent.
I;rit*lt North American 41. pet cent,
Ceimuereia of London 51. per cent.
• • •• • • • 151. per cent.
S.endu and Ilre.qtninstr Gt. per cent.
--ondon Joint-titock •••• GI. per cent.
Metropcditan .........
11ovillelal of Ireland.. 81. per cent.
Ditto, New......... 81, per cent
Sat!.)nal of Ireland .. 51. per'cwit
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent
Ditto, .New......• • • 5/. per cent
Upion of Australia..
Union of London

- .
£ s. d, £ s. d
40 0 0 10 0 0
50 0 0 50 0 0
1100 0 0 20 0 0
100 0 0 26 0 0
100 0 0 20 0 0
50 0 0 10 0 0
25 0 0 7 10 0
100 0 0 25 0 0
10 0 0 JO 0 .0
50 0 0 20 0 0
100 0 0 35 0 0
20 0 0 10 0 0
25 0 0 25 0 0
50 0 0 10 0 0

TO THE EDITOR OF THE • poor
Sett,—fitly client, Mr. Gray, carver and gilder,
lane,,having been shown an article in your PsPel;eel
Thursday evening, the 0211-instant, headed "00
Inquest respecting the late Fire in Drury 'llwe' car
which it is stated that -" Mr. Samuel Gray "'nor
toned by the Coroner," and it appearing that hift,, re'
ment is err, neons, and totally at ‘ariance vvi!ll • ; (13Y;
ports in the Times and Adrettiser of thaor
I have no hesitation, knowitn, the high c1.",1,(e cor
your paper for general necutac; in requeating
He
rection of what may be prejudicial to one "'Du
instrumental in causing the inquiry.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, „Lri.
DANIEL LEIVrT
15, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 23, 184 r

51. per cent.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.

Dividend

Amount

une of Company

per
Annum,

Share.

A.I bi or. . .•• • • •• •
Ailiance Brit. and For.
Jitto Jlarinc.......

31. 10.5
6 per cent.
• 6/. per cent,
pr sli!
7s. per share
51. per cent.
31.
I 9s. and 1
61.55. bs.
05.
s per et.,
}
t&3os.bs.
Si. per cent.
-sy, per cent.
5/. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
121. per cent.

d.
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
.100 0 0
100 0 0

British Commercial

Cleriel,slcd.&Gen.Llft
County

4:rov‘-n •• f• •• O• f• •• .

40 0 0

,• . .

80 0 0

Economic Life...
Eng.& Scot. Law.
!?ironwin Life ..

It '
IRON AND THE IRON T-Jt 10
(From the Builder.)
The quarterly meeting of the ironmssters was de°
he'd at Birmingham. It was not so numerous!). s''filecel
as heretofore. This may he attributed in skittle aes
to dispute now waging between ,the great los,seefit rt.
the one part and a number of small factors
siding in IValsall and Wolverhampton on the 0111,100
respect to the exact dlys on which the gwateN,hade
ingi are due. The prices, however, remain firm, °loaf
eided tendency to a rise in all descriptions of iro",.
ere,
ton for bar iron is firmly maintained ; indeed, 1,%,e 'OO
little inclination to sell at this price, and but e
were effected. There was an advance of 'l-5/
lip
ton on Shropshire pig-iron, which now stands tb
There was no advance on Staffordshire, pig.;r°s4l
price of which may be quoted at from 5/. to s`;‘, eel!,
ton. The Glasgow pig-iron trade has exPer'feek'
rise of late; nearly 4,000 to s were sold 13'tii,-6.,)
80s. to 82s. 6d., after which 1,000 tons re'''‘,le_,l`
Several of the makers are open for contracts 01',"3-,60,'
immediate delivery At 855., but it is believed thfitwier
prompt cash, would buy from makers 8,000 to
tons. h tri7„
To show how cheaply iron is obtained, an (;,,tP;
mechanical skill and labour expended upon it (I_lo
overshadow the original price, the last numbcr stops
British Quarterly Review gives the folio sing C°
instructive eaicula,tion;— ,
Bar-iron worth 11. sterling, is worth, when

1000 0' 0

!reeinitson-eV

50 0 0
20 0 0
20 0 0
Stock.

Globe -.:
Guartlian
Imperial Fire

'lmperial Life ........
Indemnity Marine....
Law Life..
Legal and General Life
London Fire

100 0 0
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100. 0 0
N 0 0
25- 0'• 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0

12s.
11. eh bs,
11. Ss.

London Ship
Marine.. •
Med. Itivlld & nen. Life
National Loan Fund
National Life....
Palladium Life
Plittnix • •
Protector Life • . • • • • .
Provident Life........
Rock Life • . • •
Royal Exchange
Sim Fire..
Ditto Life
Universal Life ..

108.
10s.
N. per cent

51. per cent.
Si. per cent.
51. per cent.
4/. p. ct. & bs,
51. per cent.
11. 58.
4s.
Si. per cent
61. 10s.
11. 6s.
10141. pr att.

20 0 0
100 0 0
6 0 0
Stock.

LIST Or SCUT'

Name of Company,

Bank of Scotland
Royal llank of Scotland
British Lincn Company
Commercial Bank
National Bank
Union Bank of Scotland
iVeStern Bank .
North of Scotland Bank
Clydesdale 8ank......
Eastern Bank
Caledonian Bank

61. per cent.
6/. per cent.
$1• per cent.
6/. per cent.
6/. per cent.
7►~l. pr cent.
6/. per cent.
61. per cent.
6/. per cent.
Si. per cent.
/. pr cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
51. per cent.
71. per cent.
5/. per cent.
5% 1. pr cent.
101. per cent.
61. per cent.
6/. per cent.
61. per cent.

into—
Horse-shoes.
Knives (table)
Needles
Penknife blades
Polished buttons and buckles 897
0 ..trJ
Balance springs of watches 50,0e0 ofer
Cast-iron worth 14 sterling, is worth, when c°
into—
£4 n 0
Ordinary machinery
Larger ornamental work
Buckles and Berlin work.
0
Neck chains, &c
Shirt-buttons
826 tiA
Thirty-one pounds of -hropshire iron has be,i r
into wire upwards, of 111 miles in length;
was the fabl that a part of it was hurnonrou're,
verted, in l;eu of Oe usual horsehair, into a infliiol
wig! The process followed to effect this extnwls.fl
tenuity consists of heating the iron, and Pa at;
at;through rollers of eight inches diameter, Pinloll.4.
rate of 400 revolutions per minute down to IC°•l3irooti
wire gauge. It is afterwards drawn cold, at ,hO/(1
ham or elsewhere, do vn to the extent of 38 on
gauge, and so completed to the surprising
111 miles. t
Of the quantity of iron manufactured in Greilsi
South Wales produces 2721 thousand tons,
shire, 219 f ; Shrup'hire, 811; Scotland, 371; lt°
33; Derbyshire, 22k; and North Wales, 25.

GA -

Ediiib.& Glasgow Bank
city of Glasgow Bank .
Scottish Union Ins. Co.
Hercules Insurance Co.
Insur. Co. of Scotlnd..
North British Insur...
Caledonian Fire Insur.
Edinburgh Life, Insur.
Edin.&Glasg. Railway
Ditto, shares.—
Edill, Leith, & 0 rantn
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail.
Glasgw & Greenek Rail.
llisgw & Garnkirk Rail.
Dundee& Arbroth Rail.
Standard Lite Assurnce.

1 20 0 0
100 0 0
10 -0 0
200 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
12 10 0
20 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
50 0 0

51. per cent.
2/. per cent.
5/. per cent.
6/. per cent.
5/ per cent.

DOCIE.S.

Dividend j Amount
Name of Company. per j of
Annum. ! Share.

COUNSEL to tbe ANT-I-SLA:Cf
SOCIETIES. .00
The last advices from the United States
the line of Texas is to be extended, and Calilelfer:
chased from the Mexicans, if they will sell ; ant; o'4,
of course it will be, if they refuse the money-
gross, a.gentleman who would be reckoned inn-A
America, but is quite suitable for that republic, .01'
gested the purchase of Cuba, and will offer rest 'sn
on the subject. Spain Deeds money, and the byl
holders of the Southern States have defiers ;ate.,
,the people at Madrid will not sell, it is easy t°;!cliPff
with them. The t'ndency of .all these' P.eslitti'?
is apparent. The members .of the
Societies here may see in it the frustrdtion of thelfors
—benevolent views they are—but unsuitable
interests or the passions of the United Stete;odt:/
advise them to checkmate the slave•drivers. ,i°llby"
comes into few but decisive words:—Buy
California. Mexico and Spain need money. Te,rete4
offer ten millions of dollars for California. Gti,7l
or sixteen—it is a cheap purchase, and you will
region to liberty that would otherwise be sh°,
tyranny . and the vilest oppression, while irri.
dividend will be payable on the shares.
will the money be obtained? All the P,°„01i,.4
money is not requisite. Buy up Mexican i,";',l
ere 5
home, or compound with the holders.
Cuba, and pay it in Spanish bonds, of which t,,es,A;
rather too many in this country. Liberate its s'Lle'rtr
those of the British 'Vest India Islands were
and the nob.est action ever performed by 11, 05
joint-stock company will .be completed. And it 14)
joint-stock company will de the work; and 0°,;5,
Britain and France would protect the new isle
should greatly rejoice to see President POT,
regimentals, checkmated by Joseph Sturge in
end pacific costume. tisfit
Theve are practical measures; and far moreh,l'ill
than any number of quarrels amongst those;f;ify
in a perfect hatred to slavery, while they dine'
mode of saperession.—Glasgow National

.£ a, d.

1100 0 0 -
46 11 4
100 0 0 -
100 0 0 -
63 22 9 -

--
,i.oor,
ELECTRIC TBLEGRAPII ON TUE EDINR--cji
GLASGOW RAILWAY.— TRANSMISSION OF THE Slifi""-.or
pvcflit' ,OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW STOCK .----„dip 4.
The Electric teleg. apheinvented by Mr. Bain, of f'.,,dvot
is now laid along the entire line of the .Edinburgh '"ed zi
gow Railway, and its operation, . which commel' betiipe
week, has-itttrodced a new era in the communication st‘lie,sl
the two cities, which, we predict, will lead to the 100 's
ficial results. Although at present this extraordio'coel:4)
ingenious instrument is chiefly ad ipted to busineis 41001
nications connected with the railway, it has been
e'ses ,y
for the transmission of a- great variety oeniesslbvis 'e,,
information of a more general character, and '
,d
vieusly applicable to almost every purpose rser.sle
mi lar nature. Accordingly, when we had the P'' ill #
witnessing the telegraph in operation on ThursdVcs' tilt
mediately occurred to us that a most valuable apo,ell ts
the machine would be to convey the result of tr,7,elf.ts
actions of the Stock Exchange, in either city, imme‘,Lt, (PO
the close of the business. We had no doubt that 10 d 0 c,(
to At
(From the London Year Price Current of Jan. 23.) could be accomplished with the utmost accuracy', „Ivo',"
SUGAR—The purchases made in raw Sugar for home con- the speed nearly of thought itself. The ingenious.:t, i!'11,.1
sumption have been upon rather a larger scale than they concurred in the propriety of making this experitre_t:ooolool
were last week ; prices advanced for West India, but any appeared to afford the means of such a perfect illos`pre,
the practical utility of the invention. Scarcely aco,
improvement' in Bengal, Mauritius, and Madras, has -been
prevented by the extensive parcels' that importers continue arrangement was found necessary to secure this oilyit elss.'
to offer at public sale. machine itself sufficiently meeting every requireMe` he ve,
Accordingly, we had yesterday the. whole of t „fv,of
REFINED. -There has been more activity in the market caesses.transactedduly"a da:ncucur Teets). tarceanasfmrtetnternd
ibneuttoes'e7fierects
this week, and a good demand has prevailed from the town tilturgh and Glasgow inn
and country trade for Refined sugar: more especially for the closing of the Exchange.. In short-I:the prices, incluel,fets!
low and middling descriptions, the rates paid have been in sale of each stock, as quoted in Edinburgh and Glog:dfloi
some instances rather above those previously quoted. thus known at the same time in both Cities-4-1"e
This afternoon thole were sellers of Mauritius Sugar by pri-
ahnadvedebaeleenrs,
ionf course, equally in the hands of all the tbe',l
vete treaty at rather lower rates, still few buyers are to be
met with. This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little fm,_, in Edinburgharid Glasgow. Practicabno!",,
e so far as regards the purchase and sale of ernie co°,,
art attention, and 2,419 bags at auction were only in in all other respects where communication is Inal",(l6;ri
part sold at a decline on former rates of is to Is 6d per cwt cerned, Mr. Bain's talegraph has made Edinburgh "'eed."
n fr
gow one city. In a commercial point of view, Wesshe ae
fo-day there was more desire shown to purchase all kinds of
Foreign Sugar privately; but business of moment was pre- dwell upon the value and importance of this fact. '‘, P"
vented by holders insisting upon an advance on former rates lilies afforded by such an invention will, we h ve " bie'
of is per cwt.
itt
think
I ce an
correcttbie rendered
seantnodcdekrrearE ei40::,00,j01,
a As 1
sabineoynexiLuerinP)sntiesvlnel ilag'yeepnemcneP.dii°n3Bg'edunt'pansn
COFFEE.—This afternoon the market was abundantly sup.
plied with Mocha Coffee; three parcels, amounting to 1,192
bales, and two half bales, were submitted to public competi- be the first parties to availwtehemselvesleof so useful 1...A'; v
tion. The principal part found buyers, the lower kinds at and we expect ere long to see it habitually employ t,I,
full rates, but the long berry sorts went 23 to 4s. per cwt ..
ducting their operations —Scottish Railway Gazette. re,
cheaper.
CocoA.—Holders of British Plantation are less inclined to [ADVERT'S ratENT.]—Deftfriess and Defect
realise, realise, and have refrained from offering any at auction ;by Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the conelrditb„l,9'
private treaty the operations-have been upon a more extended post.--39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 25. T:as. !or
scale, but not at better prices. tie-street, Edinburgh.—Acoustic Instruments. —bow- pe, o 4
TEA.—lmporters have confidence, and still refrain from Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, PI vole,
submitting any to public competition ; there is not a large comfortable, nor more perceptible than having a sew..ctil tlt
quantity of black or green offering privately, notwithstands wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad' a"0,004 I
Mg the stock is heavy. None has been received since this
day week, whereas the deliveries since that time has been and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' standing, 'opricot
to join in general conversation, and to catch the °.,00160
wardhi submit
()uel SPlRlTS—lmporters
s Island
in]
ried.
upon a large scale.
Mot.AssEs.—West India are still held with firmness, but- distant low speaker at church, theatre, &c. Thai roe ''',,,t
the demand has been limited; previous rates are however oonversation into the ears to such an extent that 111 frig." l
severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Ala°' 4)1 '.O
Jamaicapriellor
but
uatreshnioptpeinrsclainneddthtoe
sustained.
.anyfnrrherdeocflineiriEar Cornets, French, German, and Spanish Artigel *do
and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every deScrigtio?•o .1,4,
i tthhLeasanndviemills. beencettlDil: ,
yei
tmici
supported.ea
littleruatri
aou is i
attention,
l littlet
Fb their Irw 1
3pabrnrauc it
Brandy
eadcey,adnaipnnnrgoid.
prices
e.
bfsoe
rLmheaee -dr of those instruments have received the approbatic ;01
Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Brits_Lj besot
newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are Er/10°10
extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its Tout 01: 011 r
uvl ratessrobrncal term,oEsr ew
.....1 antiro
.d a larger Blackpt r c ha,sreseph
pa
ev
re
wasbeen
purchasedruleCaution—Messrs.
with more 1110r,S, Opticians, are net in any way connected withor teio
freedom, and 256 bags at auction were sold at. full rates. of the same name in their immediate neighbourlined!.tokolf. .
Nutmegs are little wanted, and three chests at auction went part of then country. To prevent mistakes, be ceuviesto•
a little cheaper. . Observe—Only, to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, ! t >P!''""
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon at public- sale 100 bags of opposite the York Hotel, and '25, South Castle-stile ' 0.,
Honduras were all sold—middling to good at 5s 50 to burgh.
silvers COPog
e et, ,
558.1, being from last sale's rates to lit advance; black fetched [ADvßaTtsustEsr.] —WHEEZINCIS ox VII, C,,f 0
Gs 3d to 73 6d, which is rather higher; 51 bags of Mexican Sinner:ems O 1 BREATH-, ASTIIMAS, COUGHS 001,,P00'
silvers sold at 5s 4d to 5s sd, and black 5s 6d to 68 3d per lb. IP)WEVEE BAD, ARE EFFECTUALLT CURED BY 1,10000, itiOf
SALTPETRE.—To-dav there was little desire shown to put, Pmts.—There is :no longer any doubt but that
_„,,,plere
chase Rough, and 2,559 bags Calcutta at public sale were derful Pills are an eflectual cure for any of then °0 yr
only in part sold, upon rather lower terms. even though they may be of several years' statio4tEe estir
i e
TALL. iw.—This afternoon at public sale 139 pkgs 63 hds relief may be obtained in a few days. Such are le sell'oe
South American Tallow were only in part sold at 41s 6d to ordinary powers of these Pills, that many PeVrestbr fret(l
eared to be almost at death's door, gasping for 'well their
425; 46 casks North American all sold 39s to 425; 440 casks P
New S. Wales only in part s,,ld at 40s 60 to 42s 9d, and low been so relieved in their breathing, and so cramp and 0110'
3es 60 to 39s 60; 25 chests East India taken in at 455; 50 from their coughs, their cold-, their wheez,ing'aiso 1.:244,
casks Petersburg!' Yellow Candle sold at 41s 63 for second spitting, as to astonish all their friends —S(lo,4ol,o!,teia°
sort; 46 casks Odessa Sheep 41s 9d to 42s per cwt. way's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Estahl,'_f lee'
INDIGO.—To-day during the progress of the sale 405 Strand, and by almost all respectable vendors u*
chests were withdrawn, and 735 chests have passed the throughout the civilised world. --4,
hammer. The biddings were rather more animated, but '------ --- . . -- _ .a••••••ommpa___,___
_4l .
, seltel
there is no alteration to notice in the prices. 4,970 chests DIED. r , 6
fun ,r`l r, to
have,now passed the sale, of which 2,917 are cold. I On, the 18th ult., suddenly, Whils.t preaching :,as vete
~,r
the ptr..h church of Spaxton of which place Pal' Outs.—Although there are sellers of Linseed Oil upon
further reduced terms, still the operations have been upee William Henry George, in the 51st year of hies ff,e-,_ Dopy.
a On the 20th inst., in Westbourne-street, Mil al, _<-11.
small scale. Rape Seed Oil has been put chased with cau- of the lute Sir Herbert Pakington, Bart., aged 83* _ ---Ci 1-ct
or GIP
tion, and prices are with difficulty kept up. In Olive Oil only ---•-r-----""'s
been transacted, but holders are , London : Printed ---vovich e rsuisr/
Tutpo - mai ,AA and rublished by ble strand.
a moderate business has
Strand, Printer, at The Sun (Mice, No. 112, o ,_r u
prevented from pressing sales by the smallness of the stock. 1 of the 'Savoy, in the County of liiiktelll6ll Pal
Ncoi Nut has been sparing!' dealt in, but not offered 4/ 34, Igo
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