The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

POITSMOUTII, THURSDAY.—A court-martial will be
held on board the Victory on Saturday, for the trial of
Lieutenant Mills, of the Illustrious, on charges preferred
by Captain Yates, of that ship.
Two young gentlemen, one the nephew of a Noble
Lord lately at the head of the Admiralty, and the other
very highly connected, holding the rank of midshipmen
in her Majesty's service, and lately doing duty on board
the Victory flag-ship and Powerful, 84, in this harbour,
have been peremptorily dismissed, the former from the
navy, and the latter from his ship, for quitting the decks
during the charge in the middle watch, and for breaking
their arrest whilst under surveillance for that offence.
Lord Auckland, it appears, does not make one law for
the rich and another for the poor, but metes out even-
handed justice, as the case in question proves.
The Medusa steam packet, Lieutenant J.G. Raymond,
Commanding, arrived last evening from Ireland (last
from Plymouth). She, as well us the Merlin, is not to
be employed in the Pont-office service any longer, but
is to be laid up at this port. She came into the harbour
t,o-day.
The Netley tender arrived with newly-raised men for
the ships at this port from Plymouth to-day.
Wind, S.E. by E.; light breezes, and fine but very
hazy weather.

RAILWAY SIIARE MARKETS.
LiVERPOOI„ MAr 1L

STOCK EXCHANGIL—The Share market continues strong
and good. Dovers, Midlands, York and Newcastle Prefer-
ence, and New Berwicks, in very good demand. The sales
are —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2% die —Birken-
head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 6%
dis —Ditto (C. and B.), 27/. 10s. Shares, 13% —Ditto,
22/. Shares, 9% dis.—Edinburgh and Northern (late Edin-
burgh, Leith, and Branton), Preference, 17—Great Northern,
9,„4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, % dis.—Ditto,
321. Shares, 6,!'t dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union),
3% dis.—London and North-Western, 136—Ditto, Quarters,
3% p.—Ditto (Hud. and Man.), 5 dis.—London and South-
Western, 501. Shares, 8% dis.—Manchester, Sheffield. and
Lincolnshire, 60%—Ditto, Quarters, No. 2,14 N—Ditto,
Eighths, 4% dis.—Uitto, 10/. Preerence, % p.—Midland
Stock, 107—Ditto, New Halves, dis.—North Stafford-
shire, 17i chg.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 74 dis.
—Ditto, 10/. Preference, 3 p.—Seuth-Eastern and Dover, 26
—Ditto, No. 3, 84 dis.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 2% dis.—
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.), No. 2,1% p.
—Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase, 154 c. p.
MANCHESTER, MAY 11.

The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, EXCHANGE.—
,46851.53.16. dis.—Birkenhead,—ktntbeernad ,CLoaunnctasiehs,i7s, and_
Quarters, 4%—Fleetwood, Preston, and
Junction,oir°enn: 5 5-16 dis.—Lancashire and York-
shire, 32!. shares, 634 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union),
3 11-16 dis.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junc-
tion, 2 dis.—London and North-Western, New, 3 p.—
Ditto (Leeds and Dewsbury), Halves, 4 15-16 dis.—Ditto
(late I ud. and Man. Rail. and Canal), Thirds, 15A4
—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 3-16
p.—Ditto (Grimsby), 501. Shares,Nort British,
Thirds, 1:14 dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 dis.—North h-West-
ern, 61/.2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 25 (.2-I.)itto, No. 2,
9 dis.—Ditto, No. 4, 2 9-16 dis.

FREDERMA BREIm; acknowledged to be the mist
interesting, as well as the most natural of mouern
European imaginative writers, is about to publish in this
country, under the auspices of Mary Howitt, whose ver-
sions of her previous productions have been so extremely
popular, a new novel of a singularly attractive character,
under the title of " Brothers and Sisters," said to be an
illustration of social and domestic life under the influence
of that spirit of progress which has recently been effect-
ing such vast changes in society at home and abroad.
Mr. Colburn, we understand, has made an arrangement
for the priority of publication in England of tlhi s,and
Miss Bremer's future works, from the
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scripts, so as to secure the copyright
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NEW EDITION Or PEPTS I)
announcements of the present
most welcome literary
edition of the celebrated "Diary
by lilr. Colburn.
enhanced by the addition of numerous pas-
sages, that of
a new
Samuel Pen's," to be published
be greatly
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from
the original manuscript, and
ofvalue of this standard work will
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nation.
during the last twenty years will doubtless be re-
garded as one of the most important as well as moat
agreeable additions that could be made to the library of
the general reader."
DEATH OF Ma. CRIPPS, M.P. -This gentleman,
whose recent conflict with Mr. Feargus O'Connor in the
House of Commons is still fresh in the recollection of
our readers, expired yesterday morning shortly before
ten o'clock at his residence, in St. James's-place. The
malady which has thus cut off, in the prime of life, the
lion. and Learned Gentleman, was an attack of brain
fever. Incipient symptoms of the fatal complaint had
been observable in the manner of the deceased gentle-
man for some days back, but nothing dangerous was ap-
prehended until Saturday last, from which time the
disease gradually approached a fatal termination. Mr.
Cripps was son of Mr. J. Cripps, M.P., who represented
the borough of Cirencester from 1807 to 1841, when the
subjrt of this notice was returned on the interest of Earl
Bathiirst. The deceased gentleman was a politician of
the Peel shoot, and was a Lord of the Treasury during
the late Administration. He voted for the repeal of the
corn-laws. Mr. Cripps was a barrister, lie was an
M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford, and was a late Vine-
rian fellow. The deceased gentleman was married to
the:daughter of Mr. Benjamin Harrison, chairman of
the Exchequer Loan Commission.
ACCIDENT IN THE SERPENTINE.—Last night be-
tween the hours of eight and nine, a young man having
gone to bathe in the Serpentine, went beyond his depth
and sunk beneath the water, where he remained nearly
five minutes. The Royal Humane Society's boats were
in immediate attendance, and having found the body,
conveyed it to the house, where every means ware re-
sorted
notot le,toarrn.estere animation, but with what effect we
could