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

-DIANCHESTER;Jur.y 22.

SrocK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca•
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 7 7-16 dis.—
Great Northern ,I 8 13-1 C dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Pre-
ference, p.—London and North-Western, Fiftlis,n p.—
North Staffordshire, 2% dis.
BIRMINGHAM, JULY 22.

STOCK Excite/cam—No official list was published. The
only sales were—North Staffordshire, 2% dis.—Shrewsbury
and Birmingham (A), 51. 3s. 9d. dis.
YORK, JULY 21.
STOCK 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
eerwick Extension dis.—Ditto,
N. E. Purhase),
GLASGOW, JULY 21.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 22—Cale-
donian, New, 308.—Ditto, Preference, 65s.—Edinburgh and
Stirling Mid. Junction, 5 per cent. guar., 11N—Edinburgh
and Perth, Halves, 17s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
Halves, No 1, 71. lls, 6d.--Great Northern, 614—NorthBri-
fish, 535. 31—Paisley, i3arrhead, and Hurlet, 225. 6d.

DIABOL ICAL 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
tie actors. It appears that at the time previously stated
arousedA 1r s. iN l a
fromrple s ,
her
re
slumbers wife
eeorf a joiper's tool maker, was
by a loud explosion, accom-
panied with the smashing of window glass. She
mediately jumped out of bed, and took her children
up, when she saw a flame shoot through the aperher
-
in the window shutters. Having alarmed
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 of one the other two came up, knocked
the watchman down, and rescued his prisoner. Upon
getting in front of the premises 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
buck the factory belonging to the same person was de-
stroyede by an infernal machine. A person was appre-
ghendtelyd
strongdur againstingthedayhoimn
hseuswpiacsio(nlisucfhahragveido.g.been en-
ged in the case, but the evidence not being suffi-
ciently

accident, by
SINKING Or A BARGE AND Loss OF LIFE.--An
water, and onwehoicfhth
neminedrpoewrsnoends, woeoroeurrimedmoeurssedatoirndtahye,
Barnes. Mr. Collier, the in the attempt to raise barge, sunk during
eight men, went,
the rough weather ona largeh sailing
dmu rassdt
eery;
withscar a the
boat's shore,
crew at
f
on
heurr Saturday, to get out her cargo, and
boat's crew, who were all immersed while they were by
steamers passing made her
water.
emr . several
Boats
suddenly lurch over on the
immediately put off from thes re, and all were saved
with the exception of a
young
cock, whose body has not been found.
dterman named Bad-
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, JULY
ehtl'e
i'snwtehiel
22.—Ma-
jor Gostling's company, at present d' •
doing field battery
duty, have received orders to hold themselves in readi-
ness to proceed to Dublin about the of next month,
to relieee Captain the Hon. IL Handcock,s
company,
the latter being under orders to return to head-quarters,
as their turn for foreign service will noon take place.€
Mr. Wombwell, the second paid attache of the
British embassy at St. Petersburg)), is appointed first
paid attache, at that court, in place of Mr. Elliott, ap-
pointed Secretary of Legation at the Lague. Mr. Tod,
unpaid attache at Hanover, is appointed second paid
attechi; at S. Petersburgh, in place of Mr. Wombwell.—
Obgerecr.
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUAL—Yesterday morning
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, patron of
this excellent charity, attended Divine service in the
chapel of the institution, Westminster-road; upon which
occasion five ;young women, who had been educated
therein, returned thanks, and received the customary
grn!nitipl for good conduct, whilst inmates of the atv.
• lial. The sermon was preached by his G.tce the 'ltch-
bishop of Canterbury.' ' •