The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-24 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 22.
STOCK ExcHANGa.—Compared with yesterdays prices,
there is a slight decline, and very little business doing. The
sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction
22/. Shares, 8,/c, dis.—Great Northern, 83q dis.—Lancashire
and Yorkshire (late M. and B.), 13 dis.—Lancaster and
Carlisle, 53 c.—London and North-Western, 126—Ditto, New
Quarters, 14 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
10/. Preference, 101/B—Midland Stock, 104—Ditto, New
Halves, 534 dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 101. Preference
(8 per cent. guar.), 13—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 2,
10% dis.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 23/4 dis.
MANCHESTER, JULY 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 7 7-16 dis.—
Great Northern,[B 13-16 dis.— Lancashire and Yorkshire, Pre-
ference, % p.—London and North-Western, Fifths,s7ii p.—
North Staffordshire, 2N dig.
BIRMINGHAM, JULY 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.--NO official list was published. The
only sales were—North Staflordshire, 2% dis.—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham (A), 5/. 3s. 9d. tits.
YORK, JULY 21.
SrocK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows: —Great Northern, 6/. 3s.—North British, Quarter
Shares, 5 dis. Ditto, Extension, 4s.—York, Newcastle, and
Berwick Extension (G. N. E. I'urhase), 9.!4.
GLASGOW, Jut 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 22—Cale-
donian, New, 30s.—Ditto, Preference, 65s.—Edinburgh and
Stirling Mid. Junction, 5 per cent. guar., 11%—Edinburgh
and Perth, Halves, 17s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
Halves, No 1, 71. 11s. Gd.—Great Northern, 614—NorthBri-
tish, 535. 3d.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 225. Gd.

DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO
BLOW UP A HOUSE.

SHEFFIELD, SATURDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday morn-
ing, between one and two o'clock, Hermitage-street was
the scene of another alarming explosion, which has
caused an extraordinary sensation to prevail, not merely
in the immediate neighbourhood, but throughout the
whole district, on account of the diabolical motives of
the actors. It appears that at the time previously stated
Mrs. Marples, the wife of a joiner's tool maker, was
aroused from her slumbers by a loud explosion, accom-
panied with the smashing of window glass. She itn.
mediately jumped out of bed, and took her children
up, when
she saw a flame shoot through the aper-
ture in the window shutters. Having. alarmed her
brother, who was sleeping in an adjoining room, they
went to the front and shouted " murder!" The night
watchman immediately repaired to the place, when he
found three men running away. He chased them, and
having laid hold ot one the other two came up, knocked
the watchman down. anti 'rescued his prisoner. Upon
getting in front of the pre'rnies three ginger beer bottles,
charged with powder, were found lying on the ground,
and about two pounds of strong blasting powder. The
glass in the window was broken, and it was quite evident
that only one bottle had exploded, and that had fortu-
nately not entered the bed-room, on account of the win-
dow-shutters being partially closed. Had the three
bottles entered the building', and exploded, every person
therein must have been blown to pieces. Some time
back the factory belonging to the same person was de-
stroyed by an infernal machine. A person was appre-
hended during the day on suspicion of having been en-
gaged in thecase, but the evidence not being suffi-
ciently strong against him he was discharged.

SINKING OF A BARGE AND LOSS OF LIFE.--An
accident, by which nine persons were immersed in the
water, and one of them drowned, occurred on Saturday,
in the attempt to raise a large sailing barge, sunk during
the rough weather on Thursday, near the shore, at
Barnes. Mr. Collier, the master, with a boat's crew of
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ROYAL A RTI LLERY.—WOOLWICII, JULY o').—Ma-
jor Gostling's company, at present doing field battery
duty, have received orders to bold themselves in readi-
ness to proceed to Dublin about the 3d of next month,
to relieve Captain the Hon. H. Handcock's company,
the latter being under orders to return to head-quarters,
as their turn for foreign service will soon take place.
Mr. Wombwell, the second paid attache of the
British embassy at St. Petersburgh, is appointed first
paid attache at that court, in place of Mr. Elliott,
aeppeofi Mr.nte dw seecionobnvl,eipid
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pointed Secretary of Legation at the Hague. Mr. Tod,
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FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM.—Yesterday morning
attache
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his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, patron of
this excellent charity, attended Divine service in the
chapel of the institution, WestminstchT-d been educatedroaci , upon which
occasion five young women, who
of the asy-
gratuities for good conduct, whilst inmates
his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury.