The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-10 00:00:00

LINCOLN.

The Lincoln Election Committee re-assembled at
twelve o'clock to-day; Mr. J. O'Connell in the chair.
Mr. JAMES, on behalf of the sitting Member, replied
to the case of the petitioners at some leegth, insisting
that the evidence had failed to establish the fact that an
agency existed between the parties who bribed the elec-
tors and Mr. Seeley.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
MANCHESTER, MARCH 9.
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STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 614 dia.—East Anglian, Pro.
ference, 3%—Great Northern, 7 11-16 dia.—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Fifths, % dis.-Ditto (West Riding Union), 3%
dis.— Ditto, Halves (late L. and B.), 11 dis.—London and
North-Western (Manchester aid Birmingham), Quarters
( B), 23/4 p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2% dia.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby Dock), 9
dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 7 die.—North Bri•
tish, Thir4s, 3/4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 'A dis.—South-
Eastern and Dover, No 4,2% die.
NE W CASTLE- UPON- TYNE,Mancii 9.

STOCK EXCHANGI.—The sales are—Newcastle and Car-
lisle, 100—Ditto, New Scrip, 10034—North British, 23%—
Ditto, Thirds. 255. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, New,
No. 2, 11. 7s. 6d. p.
HULL, liAncrt 10.
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STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—North Staffordshire,
3/4 dis. —North British, Thirds, % dis.—North- Western, i%
dis. without interest—New Berwicks, gyp.
EDINBURGH, BLARczt 10.
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STOCK EXCHANCIE.—(CIosing prices, March 9.)—Edin-
burgh and Perth, 12s. 6d.—Great Northern, 53 —North
British, 23% to 23►2—Ditte, Quarters, Us. 6d.—Ditto,
Thirds, 20s. 6d.
GLASGOW, MARCH IC

STOCK EXCHANGF:(ThurscIay )—Caledonians, 30—
Ditto, New, 29s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 74—Glasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 853,4—North British, Thirds, 225.
91.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. 16s.

DEATH OF AN OLD WATERLOO OFFICER.—We
have to record the demise of another old Waterloo officer,
Colonel Cheney, C. 8., who was formerly connected with
the 7th Dragoon Guards and the Scots Grays. He
entered the army as Cornet in 1794; was promoted to a
Lieutenant-Colonelcy in 1815, and to a Colonelcy in
1838. The deceased officer served with the 2d
Dragoon Guards in Flanders, Holland, and other
parts of the Continent, from the period of his entry
into tho army down to the close of the war in
1815. Towards the close of the day on the 17th of
June the command of a regiment devolved upon him;
on that occasion he had no less than five horses shot
under him.

SEAFORD BAY.—nvo VESSELS Asuoaz.—At about
eieht o'clock thk.morning (Thursday), two large vessels
got upon the rocks, under the cliff, iu a heavy fog, one, a
large ship, said to be the " Columbine," laden with a
general cargo, and outward bound ; the other supposed
to be a light French barque. The former has since
floated to sea after a narrow escape, but the tide fortu-
nately was flowing ' • and the latter has washed up
nearer the cliff, not far from the Hope-gap, and it is
feared will become a wreck. Several boats put out to
render assistance, and Mr. Cole (Lloyd's agent at New-
haven) was also soon in attendance.

THE MARINE SoclETr.—Yesterday a meeting of
Vie Committee of Governors was held at the Society's-
office, in Bishopsgate street, for the reception of boys,
and the trans iction of general business. The annual re-
port for the past year stated that 436 distressed boys had
been placed on bard the Society's ship the Iphigenia,
where they are taught the profession of sailors, the
practice of great guns, the use of small arms, &c.; and
also instructed in reading, writing, and their religious
and moral duties. Of the above number 36 had been
sent into the royal navy, 40 into the Indian navy, and
261 into the merchant service. There are now upwards
of 100 on board. The total number of boys thus pro.,
vide' fur, since the Society was founded, amount to up-
wards of 48,000. The receipts for the year were
7,9611. 10s., and the expenditure left a balance of
90/ los. 3d. Lord Auckland, First Lord of the Admi-
ralty, will preside at the anniversary festival.
SUPPOSED DEATH PROM EATING MERCURIAL
OlNTMENT.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Mill-
bank Prison, before Mr. Bedford, on the body of David
Rees, aged 21, a Welehman, convicted at the Cardiff
Sessions on the 4th of January last of stealing wearing
apparel, and sentenced to seven years' transportation.
The deceased, it appeared, was received into the above
prison on the 19th of January, apparently in good health,
and made no complaint of illness until the 22d of that
month. He was regularly attended by the surgeon, and
on the 3d of the present month, as he was found to be
troubled with vermin, a box of mercurial ointment was
given him, with directions that ho was to apply very
little at a time, and that very carefully. The next
morning, one of the warders finding him in bed, almost
insensible, had him immediately carried to the infirmary.
The box of ointment (a large one) was discovered almost
empty, and Dr. Baly, the medical officer, at one time
thought that the deceased had used it improperly, and
that the symptoms under which he laboured might have
been produced by it, although it was unlikely to have
such rapid effect, and there was no appearance of sali-
vation. The deceased died on Wednesday, and the cause
of death being doubtful, a post modem examination was
mad.-, Dr. Basham assisting at the request of Dr, Baly.
The cause of death was then found to be disease of the
kidneys, with dysentery. A verdict of " Natural death"
was returned, and Dr. Baly, at the request of the jury,
said he would give instructions that for the future no
prisoner should have more than one-fourth of the quan-
tity of ointment at a time.
Sw6ARINE•IN SPECIAL CONSTABLES.—AII order
was yesterday afternoon issued by the Secretary of State
for the Horne Department, directing that, in consequence
of the authorities and other influential persons, in va-
rious parishes of the metropolis, having expressed their
willingness to be sworn in as special constables, for the
protection of property and preservation of the public
peace, the magistrates of the districts were immediately
to make arrangements for the swearing-in of such re-
spectable persons as were disposed to act.

ell RTHS.

On Ash Wednesday, the Bth inst., at Bitteswell Vicarage,
near Lutterworth, Leicestershire, Mrs. Monnington, of a son.
in the 4th inst., at Upper Tooting, Mrs. John liewetson,
of a son.

On the sth inst., at Bognor, Sussex, the lady of Christo-
pher Cookson, Esq., of a daughter.
On t lie ith imt., at the Crescent, Albany-road, Camber-
well, Mrs Baylis, of twin daughters.

On the 7th inst., at Brighton, James Thomas Horner, Esq.
of Denmark-hill, Surrey, to Mary Perkins, of Sidtatoath►.
Devon, daughter of the late W. Perkins, Esq.

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On the Gth inst., at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Alexander
Home Renton, M.D., aged 54.
On the 7th inst., It Chepstow-place, Camberwell New.
road, George Cowell Keith, Esq.

London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, at
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Middlesex, Friday, March 10, 1848.