The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-30 00:00:00

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 29.

Dutch Rhenish, 6 —East Indian, % Louvain a la Sambre, PA
—Luxembourg, 114—Namur and Liege, 236—Northern of France
Constituted, 131,6—Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 —Over Yssel, 274 dis.
—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5}—Tours and Nantes Constituted,
s—West Flanders, 3 .

SUPPLEMENT TO THE " LONDON GAZETTE."—A
supplement to the London Gazette, containing the ceremonial
observed at the baptism of the Princess Helena Augusta
Victoria, on Saturday last, at Buckingham Palace, was pub-
lished this morning.
MELANCHOLY DEATH FROM LOCH•JAW.—.-Last night,
at seven o'clock, Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the
King and Queen Tavern, High-street, Newington, respecting
the death of William Bradley, jun., aged 23 years, the son of
Mr. William Bradley, residing at No. 8, Newington Butts.
The deceased left home on the morning of Friday, the 10th
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taken to his home, where he was seen by Mr. Hicks,
the surgeon, who discovered that he had received a
severe lacerated and contused wound of the knee pan.
Mr. Hicks immediately applied the necessary remedies,
under which he progressed until the following Thursday,
when the inflammation appeared to have .übsided and the
wound was nearly healed. On Monday, the 20th, he was
much worse, and the family became alarmed. Mr. Hicks
was sent for in great haste. On his arrival the deceased
complained of stiffness in the jaw. It was then discovered
that symptoms of tetanus or lock-jaw had come on. Every-
thing that medical science sugge-ted was adopted, and up to
Thursday last the deceased appeared to be improving, which
gave some hope to his friends of his recovery. On Friday
very unfavourable symptoms came on ; he continued to get
worse, and died at five o'clock on Saturday morning last.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death from lock-
jaw, caused by a fall."
THE GEOLOGICAL DEANS.—The Very Rev. Dean
Cockburn, of York, has recently been amusing himself by
sending some puzzling geological questions to his erudite
brother Buckland, of Westminster, at the same time request-
ing a public di: cussion upon them. Th potato dean has po-
litely declined, so that the Dean of York "has published the
questions, in the hope that some other distinguished geolo-
gist will favour him with answers, either publicly or pri-
vately." The following are the questions :—l. Do you ad-
here to the nebulous theory, and suppose that the world was
originally a heated fluid, the outside of which gradually har-
dened; or whL t other original state do you ascribe to the
world? 2. Geologists speak of older and newer formations.
Do you suppc se that each subsequent formation pas a new
creation, or only a new combination of the original materials?
3. Does it not appear that almost universally the heavier
stones in the world's crust are beneath those of less specific
gravity? 4. If all these earthy materials bad been thrown
into a boiling and agitating sea of immense depth, would they
not gradually have gone to the bottom, in nearly the girder in
which we find them ? Lastly, and what is of more impber
or-
tance, will you state any one geological fact, or any numor-
tance,
of such facts, as may fairly lead to a belief that the world has
existed more than six thousand years ?
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGF.R.—It is ex-
pected that her Majesty the Queen Dowager will return to
England from her Continental visit the end of August.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam- yacht, Master Corn
mender Cook, is under orders at Woolwich to proceed to
Rotterdam on the 28th of August, there to embark her
Majesty, who, it is expected, will land at Woolwich from
that place.
STEAM ComPETlTioN.—Sotoe of the boats to Vaux-
hall have reduced their charges to 2d. each passenger, to
suit the additional demand for conveyance to the Richmond
Railway.