The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-20 00:00:00

LEEDS, JUNE 18.

STOCK EXCEWNGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex-
tension, 20s. p.—East Lancashire, 2% p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield,
5 p.—Leeds and Bradford, 26% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1% p.—
Leeds and Thirsk, 53 dis.—Neweastle and Berwick, 10 p.—North
British, Carlisle Branch, 9s. 6d. p.—Clitheroe Junction, 235. dis.—
Leicester and Birmingham, 17s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres•
ton, I Is. p. —London and Portsmouth, 10s. dis.—London and Man-
chester (Rem.), 395. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid-
land, 14s. p.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 15s. 9d.
dis.—North Staffordshire, 3/. 161. p.—North Western, is. Gd. p.—
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 20s. dis.—Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham, par—South Midland, 15s dis.-- West Riding Union, 4/. 4s.
SHEFFIELD, JUNE 18.

STOCK EXCIZANGE.—The sales are—London and Cro3don, 22
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 2s. 6d. p.—
Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, 225. dbl.— Leeds, Wakefield, and
Midland, 17s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 10s. p.--Shef-
field and Lincolnshire Extension, 20s. dis.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek,
Potteries, and Crewe, 13s. lid. dis.
, HULL Jorts 18.

STOCK BECTLCSOZ.—The sale; are—Hull and Selby, Ralf Shares,
36 —North British, Carlisle, 335. 9d.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 255. 64.—East Lincolnshire, 16s. 3d.—Leicester and Bedford,
20s. 6d.—Leicester and Tamworth, 11(—London and York, 2—Man-
chester, Buxton. and Matlock, 21. 14s. &I.—North Western, 235.
6d.—North Staffordshire, 5/. 19s. 6d.—West Riding Union, 4%.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Juxm 18.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leicester and Tamworth, 17s.
dls.—Maryport and Carlisle, par--North British, Halves, Carlisle,
Bs. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 1 p.
YORK, JUNE 18.

STOCK EXCEANOE.—The sales are —Azheltne, It. 12s.—Eastern
Counties, York Extension, 11. Bs.—Grand Union (Nottingham and
Lynn), 12s. 6d.—lpswich and Bury, B%—Leicester and Bedford,
11. 2s.—Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry, &c., 1 —Malton and Drif-
ileld Junction, 21. 1 ls.-3lanchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid-
land, 21. 15s. 6d.—Newcastle and Berwick, 2534—Newcastle and
Darlington, Extensions, 91. 3s. 9d.—North British, Carlisle Exten-
sion, 11. 14s..—Ditto, Dalkeith, 3134—North Staffordshire, 5/. 18s.
6d.—West Riding Union, 4M—York and North Midland Extension,
3354—Ditto, New (East and West Riding), )114.

EDINBURGH, JUNE 16.

STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 31. 55.--Aberdeen,
Banff, and Elgin, U. Gs. 6d.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 11s.-Ar-
broath and Forfar, 271. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s.-Ar-
magh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. 45.-Ayr-
shire and Bridge of Weir, 2/. 45.-Banffshire, 165.-Belfast and
County Down, 11. 15s. -British and Irish Union, 21. 2s. 6d.-Cale-
donian, 111.-Ditto, New, 1/. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 1/. 55.-
Caledonian and Dumbarton, 11. Bs. 6d.--Caledonian and Northern
Direct, D. 145.-Carnwath and West Linton, 1/. N.-Chelmsford
and Bury, 12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 131.-Cornwall and Devon
Central, H. Bs.-peestde Railway, W.-Direct Northern, U. 16a.-
Dublin and Enniskillen, 1/. 10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, 381.-
Ditto, New, 211. 55.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 11. 165.-Dundee
and Earth, 171.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, V.-Eastern Counties
Extension, 11. 55.-East Indian Railway, 9s. 6d.-East of Fife, 1/.
1 Is.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 1/. ss. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 35.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 751.-
Ditto, Half Shares, 171. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 181.-Ditto, ditto,
New, 18/.-Edinburgli and Leith Atmospheric, IN.-Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton, 15/. 10s. -Dille, Preference, 19/.-Edinburch
and Northern, Si. 100.-Ditto, Newport, 10s.- Edinburgh and Peebles,
11. Ils. M.-Edinburgh and Perth, I/. IN.-Edinburgh, Portobello,
and Musaelburgh, 1/. 9.5.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 195.-
Glasgow and Ayrshire, 731. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 321. 10s.-
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18/. IN.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 2/.
25.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/. Is. 6d.-Glasgow and
Dundee Junction, 11. 125.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/. 10s.-Glas-
gow General Terminus, Si. 12s. 6d.--Glasgow and Greenock, 16/.
10s.-Ditto, New, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 11. 155.-Glasgow Han
bour Grand Junction, 1/. 105.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, IL 155.-
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardroasan, 11. Bs.- Glasgow, Strath-
even, and Lesmahagow, 2/. Bs.-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great
County Down, 11.75. Gd.-Great North of Scotland, li. 135.-Inver-
ness and Elgin, 1/. Is. Gd.-Lanark and Lothians, 21. 4s. Gd.-
-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, Gs.-London, Bristol, and South
Wales, 11.-London and Hounslow, 155.-London and Manchester
(East.), 3/. 125. 6d.-London and Manchester (Remington's), 15e.
-London and York, 21. 25.-Ditto. Half Shares, V.-Midland and
Eastern Counties, 1/.-Morayshire, 11.-Newcastle and Berwick,
851.-Newry and Londonderry, 165.-North British, 291.-Ditto,
Halves, 111. -Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 1/. 135.-Ditto, Exten-
sion to Dalkeith, GL North Staffordshire, 6/. 25.-North Wales
Mineral, 141. IN.-Ditto, New, 6/. 10s.-Perth and Inverness, 11.
12s. 9d.-Scottish Central, 15/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 71. 55.-Scot-
tish Central and Caledonian Junction, 1/. 10s.-Scottish Grand
Junction, 12s.- Scottish-Midland, 71.-Scottish Southern, 1/. 17s. 6d.
-Shrewsbury and Hereford. 95.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Ches-
ter, 31. Gs.-South Midiattd, 1/. 7s. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline,
1/. 11s. Gd.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 25.-Strathern Junction, 1/.
IN.-Surrey Grand Junction, 2s. 6d.-Wishaw and Coltness, 511.
GLASGOW, JUNE 17.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Direct NOithern, 345. 6d.—
East Indian Railway, 9s.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 39s.—Glasgow
General Terminus, 91.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 41s. 6d.—Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 3Ss.—Glasgow, 'Kilmarnock, and Ar-
drossan, 29s.—Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 25s.—Larne, Belfast, and
Ballymena, ss.—Lesmaltagow, 50s.—London, Bristol, and South
Wales, 19s. 6d.—Maneliester and Southampton, 235. 6d. —Perth and
Crieff, 35s.—Scottish Central, 161. —Scottish Southern, 365. 6d.—
Slamannan and Borrows touness, 66s.—Stirling and Dunfenialine, 30s.

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—The Triple Hair Brush. One stroke of this is equal to the
effect of one penetrating, five small-tooth combs, and one even-
cut brush ' • to be had in four sizes, No. 7, ss. 6d ; No. 8,7 s.
6d ; No. 9,9 s. 6d. ; , No. 10, 1 ls. 6d. The Double Anti-
Pressure Nail Brush, which does not divide the quick from the
nail, no pressure being 'required, and thoroughly cleans and po-
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,No. 1,2 s. ; No. 2,2 s". 6d. ; No. 3,3 s.
6d. ; No. 4, ss. ; and of all sizes and prices in ivory. The
New Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between the in-
terstices of the closest teeth ; marks, full-sized brushes, No. 1,
hard ; No. 2, less hard • No. 3, middling • No.• 4, soft. The
narrow brushes, No. 5, '
hard ; No. 6, less hard; No. 7, mid-
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2s. each, or 21s. per dozen in ivory, the hair warranted never
to come out. The Medium Shaving Brush, between the
usual badger hair and bristle brush, being a selection of the
strongest hair only from the badger skin. in a variety of sizes,
both in bone and ivory.' The above articles are the inventions
of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London,
and, being protected, any one imitating them will be proceeded
against. ,
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.—
Thursday being the thirty-first anniversary of this victory, the
mounting guard on the Parade, St..Tames's Park, had a large bunch
of laurels at the top of their colours. As usual, the Waterloo men
belonging to the Ist and 2d Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards Blue,
those of the three regiments of Foot Guards, and the Royal Artillery,
I.toefbettraqinilwtay
Royal Engineers, and Sappers and Miners, at Woolwich, were exempt
flrighton butchers, es
ay
from doing duty on the occasion.
I ' BPIIGHTON AND LEWES RAILWAY.—Since the open-
ingbetwetn Lewes and Brighton the passengers daily
reds by on
lannydnat ns y
.eroon sis
ear.
os couldn
availedhave
themselves
seexbypeesc expected, ihand
trip o n
this means Ofell•
Sunday last as en, as
last, being the market day, most of the
to and fro.
as a portion of the stock they purchased,
lirlithton at a much trahe'rcreYance, and consequently arrived in
buildings at the Friars Stationi hour than they have hitherto done. The
the flue weather having been exceedingly n progressing rapidly of late,
poses. Throughout the line of the ie
infavourabie for such pur-
of handt are employed, and it is slated ihaetrti'arisanehda great number
completed in IS months. The centres are fixed fouratletretkngwilt be
bottom of Watergate-lane, and judging II•om the number
bridge at the
men at
work at it, it will soon be made passable. At the tunnel also
are at work night and day. .We hear that the line from this town
to' 'men
to Hastings will be opened on the 29th instaut.—Brichlonpaper.
A KNOTTY POlNT.—Three years ago, says a Paris
paper, the courts and tribunals of Austria were consulted upon the
.. knotty" qtlest,cn, whether there was reason to change tile mode of
executhig capital sentences, and substituting decapitation for
• Their reply was for the rejection of decollation sus-
pension.principal reason, that (as prac-
tised in France), for
blood,th e
but at the it accustomed the
people to the sight of.
on might be sae time they expressed a
wish that some mOditicamade in the prevathng system
which tortured the victim too A year ago
of strangulation,
t ofj'adua proposed to a surgeon of the univer?iy
for which he t to the Government
took care to have him-
selfa new method of strangulation,d
chiefly consisted of a mechanism which,
when breveted. This method
the gibbet, drew
was fastened to him violently by
when the criminal
rt bral
e the feet and the head, occasioned the dislocation of the vertebral
I of the neck, and this occasioned instantaneous
column on the level
death. This method, after being tried for one year, has just been
Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and the
definitively adopted in the Lom
surgeon who invented it has, to the great surprise of his " companions
"
and compatriots, accepted the " honourable ofilce of director of
executions," over which he will be bound to preside, lit order to
superintend the application of his plan.