The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY

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The Inspector stated that an elderly man, named
Tatham, had lately taken up his abode at No. 2, Dodd's-
place, Old-street, St. Luke's, and, whom it was stl,.ted,
had previously come into possession of 2,0001.-2501. of
which he had either about him, or in the house. There
were only three houses in the above place, and, within
the last few days, one of them had been taken ; the old
man was to be seen at the window during the whole of
the day watching the manoeuvres of his new neighbours.
This appeared to give great umbrage to the latter, who,
it would appear, in consequence, sought every means to
annoy the old gentleman, and he applied to him (the in-
spector) at the station house, and what was thought
necessary was done. Last evening, between eight and
nine o'clock, the old gentleman again waited upon him
at the station, when, after addressing himself thus, " So
then you have not thought proper to attend to my com-
plaint," he pulled out a pistol, and pointing it at him
(the inspector), he added, "I know what murder, and
manslaughter, &c., means, but rem( mber that you ate
amenable for the consequences." He.then hastily re-
placed the pistol in his pocket, and hurriedly withdrew.
Thinking it was not safe, however, that such a weopon
should be in the possession of an individual whose mind
was evidently nor exactly pellucid, he sent to his house
Sergeant Hammond, 3 G, who, on his arrival, perceived
lying upon the table two pistols. The sergeant imme-
diately took possession of the weapons, and notwith-
standing there was a great objection to this course of
procedure on the part of the old gentleman, the .sergeant
conveyed them to the station-house. From subsequent
inquiries, he (the inspector) found that Mr. Tatham
had purchased the pistols during the day for 125., as also
some percussion caps, but that with all his endeavours
he could not procure any powder, although he had been
to every shop in the neighbourhood which professes to
sell that article.

Mr. BROUGHTON (to the inspector)—Do you think,
when he pointed the pistol at you, that he intended you
any personal injury ? Inspector Gravestock—No, your
Worship, but merely to show what he intended to oto
those whom he perhaps imagined was about to rob him.
He is in waiting.
The old gentleman was now ushered into the Court
by order of the Magistrate, when, in answer to ques-
tions put to him by the latter, he said that he had re-
cently come up from the country, where he had received
1,3001., some of which he certainly kept in the house.
Ile had formerly been in the colliery line, but of late
years had lived upon his income. He had no doubt that
the parties he complained of intended to have robbed him.
The Inspector here said that the house in which the
old gentleman resided was a most wretched hovel.
Mr. But UGIITON advised the old man, if he were de-
termined to live in such an abode, not to keep his mo-
ney at home, but to put it in some bank, and then no
person would feel desirous of robbing him.
The old gentleman, who appeared to acquiesce in this,
then retired.

DEATH Or SIR HENRY RYCROFT, BART.—Sir
Henry Rycroft, Bart., Knight Harbinger to the Queen,
expired on the 3d instant at Brighton; in his 81st year.
He was the second son of the Rev. Sir R. Rycroft, first
baronet, by the daughter of the Rev. R. Stonehewer,
LL.D., rector of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham. In 1816
the deceased was appointed Knight Harbinger to the
Queen, receiving at the time the honour of Knighthood.
The residence of the deceased was at Bolney, Sussex, in
which county the family have resided many years.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT WITH A GUN.—Yesterday,
an accident, of a very distressing character, occurred to
Mr. George Evans, a linendraper in Tottenham Court-
road, whilst returning from a shooting excursion near
Rochester. He had been to a place called Ho, near
Rochester with a friend, where the had been spending
the day shooting, and whilst stepping into a boat for the
purpose of returning home, the gun, which was impru-
dently left loaded and cocked, exploded, discharging the
contents into his right arm, which was entirely shattered.
He was immediately carried ashore to the nearest sur-
geon's, where the wounds were temporarily dressed, but
such was the nature of the injury, that it was deemed
necessary to remove him to Guy's Hospital. The limb
is in such a shattered state, that it is feared the arm must
be amputated.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A FEMALE AT LONDON-
BRIDGE.—Yesterday afternoon, an elderly, respectably-
dressed individual, who afterwards gave her name and
address as Elizabeth Brett, 10, Crown-court, Westmin-
ster, jumped into the river off the London-bridge Steam-
boat Pier, whilst apparently waiting the arrival of a
steamer. The assistance of boat and waterman was very
speedily obtained, but before she could be reached the
steersman of a below-bridge steam-tug, called the Rover,
threw out a hook attached to a rope, by means of which
he caught hold of her dress, and hauled her on board, ap-
parently dead, but by the means of the usually applied
restoratives she ultimately recovered.
ESSEX LABOURERS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—Yesterday
afternoon a numerous meeting of the friends of the agri-
cultural labourer met at the White Hart Inn, Brent-
wool, to advocate the claims of the Labourers' Friend
Society, established two years since in that place. John
Gurney Fry, Esq., presided. Prior to these proceed
ings a show took place in an adjacent field, where many
of the farmers of the neighbourhood were present, nut-
withstanding the inauspicious state of the weather. The
animals and esculents shown were of the best quality,
and much praise was awarded to the parties who attended
the exhibition,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bales, including 500 American for export, and 500 on
speculation. The market is firm, and there is a tendency
to advance.
The following may prove of interest at the present
moment :
" The cotton year closing on the first of this month—
it now appears that the crop of 1845-46, as indicated by
the receipts at the shipping ports, amounts to 2,073,529
bales, in comparison with 2,394,503 bales of the crop
1844-45, being a difference of 323,974 bales; the amount
of the crop of the State of Texas, 27,008 bales, being
added this year, makes the crop of the United States
now 2,100,537 bales. This crop was generally esti-
mated at 2,400,000 bales up to the Ist January last,
in consequence of the healthy state of the plant
during the whole growing season a late frost
—and the picking season being tho longest and
most favourable on record, and, in fact, it was only in
February last that the estimates at New Orleans
and Mobile, of the best informed persons, were re-
duced to 2,100,000 bales, the receipts at those ports fall-
ing far short of the nominal growth. The quantity
taken for home use this last season stands at 422,597
bales against 389,006 last year, and 346,744 the year
before. Of the present crop, the quantity received at
the shipping ports is about 300 bales, against 8,700 bales
last year. In all remarks during the growing season,
we have referred to the backward state of the plant, and
to the excessive wet and unpropitious weather, and lat-
terly to the estimated injury by the army worm and the
boll worm ; of the latter the complaints have ceased to
any large extent, but in consequence of the first, the
picking proceeds very slowly, and it is evident that the
growing crop will, under any circumstances, and evenif
frost should not appear till November, be under an
average one."
At the sale of railway shares yesterday, at Messrs.
Lamond and Co.'e, a moderate amount of business was
done. The market seemed collapsed, and every price
was lower, with a tendency downwards, and an indis
position to deal at any price. The following are a few
of the principal sales:—
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield £0 15 0

East Indian
Leicester and Bedford
Direct Northern 1 10 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension ......
Cornwall and Devon Central
Staines and Richmond ... 1 1 0
London and York ... 1 16 0
Goole and Doncaster 1 7 0
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
Paris and Lyons 5 14 0
Sambre and Meuse
Buckinghamshire ... 1 7 6
Reading and Reigate ... 0 15 6
Vale of Neath 0 19 6
Windsor, Slough, & Staines Atmospheric 1 15 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 2 12 6
Manchester and Leeds Extension
The letters by the West India Mail were delivered to-
day. There is no news of interest in them beyond that
which has already appeared.
The new Stock and Share Exchange has, since it was
opened for business, on Monday last, been the resort of
a large number of the members of the Hall of Com-
merce. Not being strictly limited to those engaged in
monetary dealings, the list of members has, within
these few days, considerably increased. There is a re-
gulation that each member deposit 501., or find two se-
curities of 50/., available in case of default, and the annual
subscription is fixed at 10 guineas. The style of the
building, which is in Old Broad-street, as well as the
arrangements made by Mr. Moxhay for the convenience
of the members, seem to have given entire satisfaction to
the committee of management.
The Consul Market is rather more firm this morning.
The current prices for Money and the Account are 954.
The premium upon Exchequer-bills is fully 18s. Bank
Stock was taken at 2101 for the Account.
The only transactions in the Foreign Market to- day
have be en in Brazilian at 85, in Mexican at 25, the
Portuguese Four per Cents. at 42k, Russian at 1104,
Spanish at 264, and the Dutch Two-and•a-Balf per
Cents., at 95*.
The Railway Share Market continues heavy.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... ..... .... 0.5%%
South Sea Stock —
Ditto New Annuities
Bank Stock for Account. 210%
Consols for Account 95% 1/2
Exchequer Bills. I%d. 11,hd.
1,0001.
5001. .... ....... -... — ... ... 18 15 pm.
Ditto Small — .. ... 18 15 pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B5
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 25
Portuguese 4 per Cents 421/2
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llOl
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 2l
Ditto for the Account 265
Ditto Passive Bonds . 5
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cents 59A%
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 92%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SIIARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. Pill). PER SHARE.
Aberdeen
Atnber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2%.. ... to
Armagb,COleraine, &rortrush 1%, —
Aylesbury and Thame l% to
Belfast and County Down .. 4% .. ..
MI mingham and Gloucester..loo ......
Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.).. 17% —
Birmingham & Oxford June... 2
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction 2% — ..... to
Boston, Stamf, , & Birming... 225. •
Bristol and Exeter
D0., New
Bristol and Gloucester 3O
Bristol. and Liverpool June... 2% — to
Buckinghamshire.. ......... ... 425.
Caledonian - ......
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Extension
Cambrian and Grand Junct.. 42a.
Cambridge and Oxford
Central Kent a % — 2 to
Chester and Ilolyhead... 27% ..... -.-• to -
Churnet and Blythe.. ...... .. 2
... to
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford
Clydesdale Junction 2O ......
Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225.
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford ..... 1% — to
Cornwall
Ditto, Half Shares -
Cornwall and Central Devon 2% l% to -
Derby and Crewe 2% to •
Direct Lincoln, East Retford,
and Sheffield Junction 2% — to
Direct Manchester (Rem.)... 2% .....
Ditto ( Rastrick's)
Direct .I\orthern ...... 24 1;1, to
Direct Norwich _ 1. _
.

Dublin and Half st Junction.. I?
Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraino 21/2 _
...... to
Dublin and Galway ...... ...... 4
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 71,;2
...... ..._
to
Eaaern Counties 141. 165....... 21%%... to
Do. New l2l. 16s 6%4 p to
Do. l'erpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d —
Do , d 0.... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d...
Do., York Extension los.
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Eastern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Do. Extension to Harwich Ijs
Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% — ...... to
East Lancashire
Ditto, New
East Lincolnshire ll7l — ...... to
East and West of England... IN, —
Edinburgh and Glasgow
.... to
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Edinburgh and Northern ... 10
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Huntingdon .. 7% — to
Enniskillen and Sligo 21,!, —,to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 514 —
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 . — to
Ditto, New
Do. 1A Shares (5 per et. gua.) 12% ..... .. ... to o--
Glouc., Aberystwith, and Cen
of Wales
Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 425. ... —.to
Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 1% — ... .. to
Great Eastern and Western... 214
Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 271/2 — to
Great Munster
Great North of Scotland 2% — ...... to
Great North of England 100 ......
Ditto, New
Ditto, New l5 ..
Ditto, New
to --
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares lO
Ditto, Fifths 2O -
Do. New
Guildfd.,Farehm.,&Portsmth. 5 ......
-- ...... to
Harwich and E. C. Junction 2 . —
..... to
Hull and Selby 5O ......
—....... to
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ......
Ditto, half Shares
Ips w jet & Bury St. Edmunds 11% — ".. .. to
Do. do. and Norwich
... .. to
Killarney Junctions ............ 1
Kendal and Windermere ..... 11. ......
Lancaster and Car1i51e....... - 45
Do. New to
5 ...
Lame, Belfast, & Ballymena 425.. ...
...., to
Leeds and Bradford ............ 30
Leeds and Carlisle
........... 2% — to
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Lei ester and Bedford 22s.
.......to
dic to
Leeds and Dewsbury
Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction 2% to --
Liverpool and Bury l4
London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d 9 to
Do. New
-... Do. Extension ..... 7% — to
London and Brighton ...... ... 50
Do. Fifths 4O
London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d.21% to
Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ..... _
to --
London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d...
Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d...
London, Hounslow.&Western _ 2 . ....

London'and North Western..loo 196% to 194
Do. Quarter Shares
Do. do. New .......... ......
Do. do. Fifths
Do. Eighths G. J. 12% — to
Do. New Quarters ...G. J. 5
Do. 40/. Shares.....L. & M. 8
London and S. Western.... 41/. 65.10 d. 69
Do. New consolidatedBths.. 40 ......
Ditto New ...... 22%.. ~. _
Do. New
London and York.... 2% I3A to
Ditto Half Shares
London and Windsor ..• 1%....
London, Salisbury, & Yeovll 2% .....

Londonderry and Coleraine... 12%
Londoaderry and Enniskillen 12%

Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ... -
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters 2 -
Ditto Fifths
Ditto Sixteenths ... ... 6 4 to
Do. Extension
Manchester and Birmingham 40 — to --
Ditto Quarters (A) -
Ditto Quarters ( B)
Ditto Quarters (C) 1
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425.
Manchester, Birmingham, and
MouldJ unction
Manchester and Southampton 2
Midland 100 - -.135
Ditto Fifths
Ditto, New
Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo .. .. to
Midland and Eastern Covnties 2% — to
Midld. Great Western (Irbil) 15
Newcastle and Berwick
Do North Shields
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ......
Newmarket and Chesterford 2/. 12s % p-. to
Newport and Abergavenny. . 21,E —
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 41,1 — ...... to
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 1% — ...... to
Norfolk
Do. Half Shares
Ditto Extension ..,
North British
Ditto Half Shares.
Ditto Fifths 5 ...... ...... to
Do. Carlisle Extension ll4 31414... to
North of Norfolk - . to --
N erthern and Eastern 5O — to
Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 die.)... 45 -
*Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New
North Staffordshire 425.
North. Wales 31,1 ....
North. & South. Connecting 2%.....
Northampton, Banbury, and _ .

. .
Cheltenham ... .. ........ -.. 2 -
Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... ..
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton
Oxfd.,Witney, & Cheltnham 1 ......
. ...
'i

Portsmouth Direct -
Preston and Wyre 25
Ditto, Half Shares
Reading, Guildford, & Reigate 425. — dis. is
Richmond l5 — to
Rugby, Leamington, aid
Warwick
Scottish Central
Ditto, New, -
Scottish Midland ... ... 10 -

Ditto, Extension - -
Sheffield and Manchester ...100 - to -
Ditto 14 Shares 8 - to -
Do. and Lincolnshire Junct. 114 ...... -
Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10 - to --
Do. do. do. Extension... 425. - -
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ...... 3 -
Shropshire Union . 425......, % dis to --
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton,
and S. Staftordsh. Junction 2%..... - -
Sligo and Shannon l% - .. .. to -
South Devon ....... ...... ... 35 - to -
South Midland 42s. ...... - -
South and Midlands Junction 42a.
South Staffordshire Junction 2% - to ---_,
South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 37% to 36A
Ditto, New, No. 1 2O - to -
Ditto, New, No. 2 l2 -
Ditto, New, No. 3 l5
Ditto New, No. 4. 2% - to --
St. Alban's, Hatfield, and
Hertford Junction - .. ... to --
Staines and Richmond........ 1 - . ... to --
Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% - to .-•
South Wales -
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... ..
Taw Vale Extension
Tring,Reading,& Basingstoke
Vale of Neath
Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole
Warwickshire and London... 425. - -
Warwick and Worcester 425....... - ...... to --
Waterford and Kilkenny -
Waterford and Limerick..... 221%2..... •-• -
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw,
and Dublin
Wexford, Waterford, and
Valentia - ...... to --
Waveney Valley - to --
Welsh Midland 2% - to -.
West Riding Union 428....... 1 p to Js
West Cornwall 2 - -
West London, Old Shares ...-20 - ...... to ---
Wexford and Carlow 2% - ...... to
Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 - to ---
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymeuth 10 ...... 41/2 to ---
Worcester,Warwick, & Rugby 425.
York and Carlisle
York and Newcastle 25
..... 41% to 4077
Ditto, New 1 -
fork and North Midland .. 50 - -
Ditto, Half Shares - ..... to "'-
Ditto, Scarboro' Branch - to --
Ditto, Selby 4O - ...... to --
Ditto. Extension
Ditto East and West Riding - ..... to -"-
Extension 1 -
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... - ...... t° ---
Barbadoes 1 - CO
,
Boulogne and Amiens
....•• to
Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 - -.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
(Mackenzie's) 2
...... to
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
( Espelete's) - •••• to --
Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 -
Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 78. - .. •• to -
Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 - ...... to ---
Central of Spain -
..... to ---
Ceylon .... ss.
Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras Ss. ..... ---
to --
Dutch Rhenish 6 -
East Indian ... . - -
100
E•

2 -
2 — to ---
514 — -
2

J. • to ---

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Eastern Belgian Junction.... 21/z ......
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---
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Great ..... 4
----
Great' Indian
Western Bengal ss.
Great Western Carada
Italian and Austrian -
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 -
Jersey 1 -
Louvain ii la Sambre -
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon 2 -
Madras -
Madras, Ncllore, and Arcot... 1A — -
Madrid and Valentia -
Mauritius 1
Namur and Liege -
No. of France Constituted ... 5 -
North Jamaica 1 -
Orleans and Vierzon -
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ..... . ....., to ---
Over Ysscl 413 s 4d.. .. - .
Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 -
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen .. -
Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5
Rouen and Ilavre 2O — -'
Sambre an ii Meuse 8 — to —'
Strasburg and Bale l4 -
St. Laurence and Atlantic.... -
Tours & Nantes Constituted 5
Tournay, Jurbise, Landen,
and Hasselt
Trinidad.. . ..... ... 2% -
West Flanders
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