The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 14.
STocit Excnaleoz.—The sales are—Birkenhead and Holyhead
Junction, 325. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, if P.
—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 16s. dis. c.—Chester and
Manchester Direct, 245. dis. —Derby and Crewe, l P.--
East Lancashire, No. 2, 4 p. —East Lincolnshire, 7-16 dis.—
Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% die. Huddersfield and Manchester Rail-
way and Canal, 34 dis.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % dis.—
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 2 p.—Liverpool and Bury, 63( P.
—Livem:,9l,_Qrmskir.k._ and _Preston, 12-16 p.—Liverpool, Warring"
f6i2,—Sianchester, and Stockport, % die.—Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, par—Manchester and Birmingham, 75%—Ditto,
Quarters (B), 7% p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 6)4 p.—Manchester and Bury
Atmospheric, 10s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 8%
—Ditto, Extension. 1 p. —Manchester and Southampton, %•
—Northumberland and Lancashire, 21s. dis.—North Eastern, 1%
dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 1-16 p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire
Junction, 1-16 dis.—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), % P.
--Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 21s. 6d. dis.—South Eastern
and Dover, Halves, No. 4, % dis.—Tean and Dove Valley, 11-16
dis.—Welsh Midland, I% dis. —West Riding Union,
Counties, York Extension, . 1 p.—Eastern
%

HULL, Aran. 14.
STOCK Excuarroz.—A meeting of shareholders in the Leicester
su.d Tamworth was held here to day, and although the attendance
was only small, the parties present were said to represent a large
number of shares. Much complaint was made respecting the Secre-
tary not having replied to letters asking for information as to the
prospects of the Bill being passed this session. After some conversa-
tion as to the propriety of appointing a deputation to seek informa-
tion, it was ultimately agreed that, previous to doing so, the chair-
man of the meeting should address a letter to the chairman of the
Tamworth, &c., expressing the feeling of the meeting, and upon his
reply being received, a deputation of the shareholders, if necessary,
should be appointed to obtain such information as may render it de-
sirable either to thrther promote the Bill or to call for a dissolution
of the company. There has been a fair business in scrip to-day,
The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffiele, s—North British, Car-
lisle, 335.--Boston, Newark and Sheffield, 265. Cal.—Chelmsford and
Bury, 9s. 6d.—East Coast, 235.—Grimsby, Louth, and llorrscastle,
20s. dig.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 235. ad.—Hull and Lineoln,
20s.—Liverpool and Leeds, 21. as.-1 ondon anti York, 1 —Ports-
mthoitsiotlni, D3li.r9ecet,9d22—s.lss.—West Biding
YORK, APRIL 14. _
9d.YorkshirenanadndGlapsogvowe Valley,Union 20s.

STOCK EICHANGE.-The sales are-Great Grimsby, Louth, &c.,
1/. 25.-Great North of England, New, 14-Ipswich and Bury (Cam-
bridge and Ely), 114 -London and York, 1/. 3s. 9d.-Manchester.
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 25.-Newcastle and Berwick, 173(
-Newcastle and Darlington, Brandling, 4214-Ditto, Extensions,
2La-North British, Carlisle Extension, 11. 135.-North Stafford-
shire, 414, -Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, Fi-No?th
Western, 18s.-Welsh Midland, 1u-York and North Midland, New
(East and West Riding), 8%.
EDINBURGH, Aran. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 405,-Aberdeen,
Banff, and Elgin, 255.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 415.-Ayr and Gal-
loway, 305.-British and Irish Union, 40s, 6d-Caledonian Exten-
sion, 295. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon, 325.-East Indian Railway,
75. 6d.-East of Fife, 30s.- Edinburgh and Bathgate,
fidgo:LaNnodrthßeßltasrittishU,nlEo.nien27siso.
burgh and Leith Atmospheric, 215,-Edinburgh and Northern, 405.-
Ditto, Newport, 95.-Ditto.Lochgally, 125.-Edinburgh and Peebles.
Extension To. Carlisle,-Gr t Werth3l
and eff Direct, 335.-Perth and Inverness, 28s. 6.-Scottish Cen-
tral, 131. 55.-Scottish Midland, 5/. 10s.-South Midland, 265. 6d.

THREE HORSES KILLED WITH THE QUEEN'S
BUCKHOUNDS ON EASTER MONDAY.
The long line of country, which, in many parts, was
in an exceedingly heavy state, in consequence of the late
rains, gone over by the royal bnckhounds on Monday
last, and the extraordinary pace kept up nearly through-
out the run in pursuit of the stag Rob Roy, has proved
fatal to three of the horses engaged in the chase. Cap-
tain Hesketh's well-known horse, Stumps, which won
the Surrey Stakes on the last day of the Windsor
Steeple Chases, died on Monday night, from over exer-
tion during the hunt, at the Cavalry Barracks, Windsor.
Stumps, ridden by its owner, was pulled up before
tt oh es
afivnsh
eiit., but
Maggimsgigina
e
Lauder,
tooaud exhausted a statebrated to
steeple-chasehope
horse and hunter, belonging to Mr. Henderson (vete-
rinary surgeon to his Royal Highness Prince Albert
at Windsor), by whom it was lent to a friend for the
day, was with the greatest difficulty enabled to reach
home after the take, which was at least seventeen
miles from the town. Maggie Lauder, who ran well,
and was a favourite in the fourth steeple-chase on
Wednesday last, died yesterday morning. A fine nag,
valued at 150 guineas, ridden by Mr. Jackson from
London, dropped down dead while in full chase, in a
grass meadow between Moor Park, the seat of the Mar-
quis of Westminster, and Rickmansworth. Mr. Jack-
son fortunately escaped unhurt. Several other horses,
and some not expected to recover, reached their stables
in an exceedingly distressed and disabled state.
It has been the subject of remark for some years past,
that the high breed of the royal pack (nearly approach-
ingttfihhrees tditeorep:;:rhte:aceca
sthar bloodhounds)sotatfnlwoecfaeassnopedtfhete gives them such
narydh
livingoc asaensdei
nw
with
endurance,hitteh h
them,Rob
g he highest
Roy,t
especially
condition,aoo ltel nothing i n
awghwhabaevuynet
right ahead, and no doubling. The hounds on Monday,
and the horses ridden by the whippers-in, went over
nearly seventy miles of ground—the distance from the
kennel at Ascot to the meet at Stoke-common being
thirteen miles ; the run was about twenty-eight miles ;
and Eastcot, where the deer was taken, is twenty-four
miles from the royal kennel, where the pack arrived be..
tweea six and seven o'clock the same evening.

EARTHQUAKE AT MALTA.
Our letters from Malta announce, that on Saturday,
the 28th of March, at 4 43 a smart shock of an
earthquake was felt in that and the neighbouring island
of Gozo, which lasted for several seconds ; and, after
two minutes, another very violent shock, which was of
longer duration. The first appeared to come from the
westward, and was like a wave rolling eastward ; the
second from the opposite direction, as though the same
wave retiring, with a heavy rumbling noise, the weather
being calm. Several people were carried off their feet
and fell, whilst others were attacked with vomiting and
all the nausea of sea-sickness. Divers stone dwelling..
houses, the archives of the justice, and some outhouses,
have suffered damage in their walls and foundations, and
general panic and consternation prevailed throughout
the night from apprehension of other shocks. Such an
event has not been known here since 1809. A mercurial
regulator in a watchmaker's establishment stopped at
the moment of the second shock, and some candlesticks
on the high altar of St. Paul's Church were thrown,
down. In the night lightning was perceptible in the
direction of Mount "Etna ; but subsequent account,
from Catania only mention the shocks as having br_en
felt there, without attributing the same to the velicano.
At Alexandria, between five and six P.M. on same
evening, two shocks were felt. At Mytelene and Smyrna
shocks were felt on the 11th inst. The Genoese astro-
logers prognosticate earthquakes on the 27th March and
16th April, so that they appear to have made a pretty
near guess.

Why are ladies become thieves ? Because they httve
taken to steal (qy. steel) buttons.
PROSPECTS OF CHEAP AND GOOD FOOD: Amongst
the matters of present exciting interest, nothing is more im-
portant, or displays more the character of the commercial
enterprise of the day than the steps now taking for insuring
a future supply of food. Within a very few days there has
been rivalry between the American and Norwegian mer-
chants in ice, turkeys, and capons, many of which have ar-
rived in a state fit for the domestic table. Within the last
three years nearly 500,000 pine apples have been imported
from the West Indies; turtle in abundance; and even pre-
served apricots from Port Philip in Australia. The measuves
of the proposed tariff have in many instances been an-
ticipated by intelligent speculators in the City, an d
reciprocated by agriculturists abroad. One intelligent
firm in Monument-yard alone have added, within the last
two years, many luxuries and necessaries to the table,
including pine-apples and turtle from the Bahamas; new
potatoes from the Azores; salmon from Labrador, imported
by the Hudson's Bay Company; pork and baconfrom Lis-.
bon; preserved meats from Australia; hops, smoking beef;
and tongues from the United States, &c. The most extra-
ordinary results, however, perhaps from anticipated free
trade have been in the importation of American cheese, The
potatoes introduced as novelties from the Azores last spring
have now become almost absolute necessaries, as they are
the chief source on which a future healthy crop can be,
looked forward to. The Horticultural Society has not been
behind in anticipating the future wants of the
an r
n article on
community,
by introducing several new sorts of food. The new articles
in farinaceous food have been added recently i . n impor-
tationwith
htg
ese
statements, it is a matter of notoriety,
of yams and bananas.
such, t t theln connexion
a
beef and pork for ships' provisionsild not leave port without a.
i
is
for months, that the ships co
summer M
ay ne x
they will, for the first dre sa fo
andhss want
beenof Irish
so
foreign supply.
Tne
fthseuni lfit n
soldiers, will
time, appear in an article of darks
o ando white
no trolaunegeerrs, b
a e s
worn,
texture, more serviceable and less liable to be soiled.
SUDDEN DEATH IN A TAP-ROOM.—On Tuesday, Mr.
Wakley, IMP., held an inquest at the Coronation, Seymour-
street, Somers-town, on the body of John Snell, aged fifty-
eight, whose death was awfully sudden. The deceased, on.
Saturday night last, was sitting in the tap-room of the above house, relating a tale about the whale fishery, when his heact suddenly fell forward on to the knee of a companion. A
medical gentleman was sent for, and one promptly attended,
and pronounced the deceased to be dead. Verdict, "Natural
L death."
THE LATE ACCIDENT OFF HIINGERFORD PIER.-1310t-
withstanding every exertion that has been made sil-ice the
accident, which took place on Saturday night at the above
pier, the body of the missing young man has riot been reco-
vered. It is much feared that he and the man Fowel, who
was taken out dead, are not the only ones whose lives were
sacrificed on that occasion, inquiries being still made after
persons, of both sexes, whq were on the spot when the
occurrence happened, and who have not been seen or heard,
of since.

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GROSS OUTRAGE AND ATTEMPT ♦T VIOLATION.----
Yesterday's Police Gazette contained information of the fol.
lowing gross outrage upon, and attempt to, violate tbs per-
son of a respectable married female, named White, residing
in a cottage upon the estate of Colonel Keppel, at Ashley,
Milton, Warwickshire. It appears that Si storm of rain came
on suddenly at about four o'clock in the afternoon of the
6th inst., when a horse and chaise was drawn up at the door
of the cottage, and a respectable-looking man having
alighted, he inquired of Mrs, White for a Mr. Thomas Taylor
(Colonel Keppel's bailiff). He then requested to be per-
mitted to enter the cottage for shelter from the rain for S
short time, which, being assented to, he walked into the
e_
house, where, however, he had not been manfrorer AirsbitZ
he commenced making improper overtures t_
she
person. After struggling with
.1
boo .
k, with which she
and ultimately threw her down,
himand afotrtemsopiateoterito.nmviolate her,
suc-
ceeded in catching hold of a WI
chopped him,
effected his escape. The delinquent described
asli e thenbeing
about forty years of age,d hair, and was dressed in Si dI.Ik
sheirclo,
fresh complexion and
as
shebetiiiveveatseet°nteni;ienicsrhigdeshesthigh, very stout,
FOR MACHINERYPRINCE.
INCREASE OF ORDERS ,'o RANCE.
ce of the progress of railways the directors of
manindoottihveers.req,ruht;
t lines find that they have a
the differen
mingorteherirarratiiclsu,lcahrlayint very great difficulty
coat, grey
qtroueunsers, and black kid gloves.
completed for steam-
bbtaiutn
following are the orders now being
engines in this country by our most eminent '
eBaoch; Flocaiorbmaornt engineers, viz.,
196 ; Hawthorn, 70 ;
Messrs. Stephenson, 224 ; Shr.d.p,
; 'And Nasmyth' 60. The average
sn—iot etl no
material.nel;n siconsequence
°
':';3esii from 1,800/. to' 2,0004 according
to its dimensions. In addition to the above, the following
pricel:o Forster, eorf,
locomotives 'nave been ordered to be constructed by the
best manufacturers in France, with the greatest expedi-
tion • .----Messrs. Allcard and Buddicom, 80 ; Derosne and
Cail, 75 ; Meyer and Company, 70; Gouin, 38 ; Cave, 35 ;
Crensot, 20 ; La Ciotal, 25 ; Hallette, 16 ; Andre Kcechlin,
12 : total, 371, to be manufactured in France, and 665 in
England.
Uroat activity prevails in the Pavilion, and it is
generally understood that preparations are making for the
reception of the Princess Royal, and one other of the royal
children, who are to remain here for some little time after the
accouchiment cf her Majesty.--Sussea Advertiser,