The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, OcronEu 7

STOCK ETCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter. 84%
mingham and Oxford Junction, s%—Bristol and South Wales Junc-
tion, 2s.—Great Western, Halves, 19% —Ditto, Fifths, 11 p.—Ditto,
New, 5% p.—Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 1 1-16 p.—North
British, New, 14/. 13s. 9d. —Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 3 —North
Staffordshire, 2/. Is. 3d.
MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 7.
STOCK EXCIIANGE..—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, % p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 1% p.—Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction, p.— Cambridge and Oxford, kp.
Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, 114 p.—Direct Northern, 1%
dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 p.—East Lancashire
(late Blackburn and Preston), 2% p.—Eketer and Exmouth, 14s.
dis.—Grand Union, I4s. •6d. dis.--Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brad-
ford, % p. —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, ;6 die.
—Leeds and Thlrsk, 6 dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 12s. elis.—Liver-
pool and Bury New, V p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
2 5-16 p.—London and North-Western, New, 14% p.—London, Man-
chester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 7% p.—London and York,
% dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, % p.—Man-
chester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% p.—North Staffordshire, 1 15-16 p.—
Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 21s. Gd. dis.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 1 dis.
—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 1,3% p.—Shropshire
Union Hallway and Canal, 12s. 6d. dis. —South-Eastern and Dover,
Halves, No. 4, ;6 p.—West Riding Union, 1 p.

LEEDS, OCTOBER 7.
STOCK EXCILINGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New, 335. rd.
—Huddersfield and Manchester, is. 3d. dis.—lluddersficld and Shef-
field, 3 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, sya c. dis.—Ditto, New, 3% dis.—
Manchester and Leeds Extension, 198. p.—North British, Carlisle
Branch, 2 p. —York and Newcastle. New, 9% p.—York and North
Midland (East and West Riding), 10% p.—Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, 12s. dis.— Grand Union, 14s. 6d. dis.—Great Eastern
and Western, 30s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 17s. dis.—
Leicester and Bedford, 12s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
2/. 4s. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 11s. p.—
North Staffordshire, 211 s. p.—North Western, par—Shropshire Union,
12s. 6d. dis.—West Riding Union, 3/. ss.

HULL, OCTOBER 7.

STOCK EXCPUNGE.—The sales are— North British, Carlisle
Branch, 66s.—York and North Midland, East and West Riding,
1t % —imbergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 43s.—Liverpool, Orals-
kirk, and Preston, 2 p.—West Riding Union, 3/. 2s.—•Leicester and
Bedford, 10s. 9d.

YORK, OCTOBEE 7.

STOCK Excx,iBoE.-The sales are - Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 2 -Direct Northern, 11/ -Leicester and Bedford, 18s. 6c1.--
London and York, 11. 16s. scrip, c. div.-Halton and Driffield Junc-
tion, 21. 12s. -Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2%-
North British, Carlisle Extension, 31.4x.-North Staffordshire, 41. 4s.
-West Riding Union, 314 -York and Newcastle, 101,4 -York and
North Midland (East and %Vest Riding Extension), 11%.
EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 6.
STocK MECHAM:W.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 141.-Airdrie and
Bathgate, 41. 55.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares,
151. 10s.-Armagh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 11.
63. 6d.-Belfast and County Down, 35.-British and Irish Union,
2/. 35.-Caledonian, 201. 155.-Ditto, New, 11. Bs.--Caledonian and
Dumbarton, 11. 45.--Clydesdale Junction, ay. ios.-corffwfdr and
Devon Central, 11. I Is.-Deeside Railway, 21. 7s. 6d.-Direct North-
ern, 11. I la.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/.-Ditto, New, 251.-Dundee
and Perth, 251.-East Indian Railway, 13s. 61.-East of Fife, 19s.
-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
72'. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 18/. 10s.- Ditto, Quarters, 18!.-Ditto,
ditto, New, 181.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Graaton,lBl.-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 201. 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 101.-9itto, Newport, 21.
Bs. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 11. 195.-Forth and Clyde Junction,
2/. Os. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 69/. 56.-Ditto, New Stock, 36/.
-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 171. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 5/. 2s. 6d.-Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 125.-Glasgow and Dundee Junc-
tion, 11. 13s. 6d.--Glasgew and Garnkirk, 401.-Glasgow General
Tenn-taus, 91.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock,
8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 11. 135.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar-
drossan, 1/. 12s. 6d.- Granton Junction, 10s.-Great North of Scot-
land, 14s. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 10s. 3d.-London,
Bi istol, and South Wales, IL 3s. 6d.-London and York, 21.-
Ditto, Half Shares, 11. 155.-Midland and Eastern Counties. 155.--
Newcastle and Berwick, 271. 155.-North British, 32i. 158.-Ditto,
Halves, 141.75. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, cum new, 3/. 65.-Ditto, New
Quarters, Scrip, 1/. 35.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 10s.- North Staffordshire,
41. 9s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, 20/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 91. 125.
6d.-Scottish Central, 191.-Ditto, New, 91. 12s. 6d.- Scottish Cen-
tral and Caledonian Junction, It. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.
- Scottish Midland, 111.-Scottish Southern, 11. 175.-Shrewsbury
and Hereford, Bs. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 5/.-
Stirling and Dunfermline, I/. Is. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/.
165.-Strathern Junction, 21.-Wishaw and Coltness, 47/. 10s.
GLASGOW, OCTOBER 6.

STocic EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian, New, 275. 3d.—
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 265. 6d.—Cornwall and Devon
Central, 31s. 6d.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 13s. 3d.—East Indian
Railway, 13s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Quarter Shares
(5 per cent. guar.), 17k—Ditto, Halves, 5/. Is. p.—Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle, 325. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan,
275. 6d.—Glaszow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 308.—Great
Indian Peninsular, ss. 6d.—Great North of India, ss. 9d.—Perth and
Inverness, 325.

Da. TURNBULL'S TANNING.—The new method is
to prepare a mixture of sugar and water and sawdust—
it may be of any other substance containing saccharine
matter, such as beetroot, potatoes, turnips, honey, &c.
The action of the sugar and pyroxalic, or wood-spirit,
is so rapid that the skins are rendered fit to receive and
imbibe the tannic acid immediately ; and thus the ope-
ration of tanning is perfectly accomplished in a very
short time. The leather thus produced is heavier and
of finer quality than any leather produced by the pre-
sent method of tanning. This method of removing the
lime is of immense importance, as it not only improves
the leather in weight and durability, but enables the
tanner to produce a superior article in a much less space
of time, and at a much less expense than heretofore.
The advantages of the new method appear to be, first,
a great additional weight of leather, especially in calf
skins ; second, leather of a much better quality, soft, and
not liable to crack or strain ; third, a considerable di-
minution in the expense ; and fuurth, the tanning is
effected in one quarter of the time consumed by the pre-
sent mode of tanning.—Hull's Book of the Feet.
A WHALE IN BANGOR BAY.—For more than
ten days previous to the late stormy weather, a large
whale of about fifty or sixty feet long, and of propor-
tionate breadth, has been cruising about in the lough,

immediately off Bangor Bay, to which locality he liad
been probably attracted by the herring fry, then swim-
ming in every direction, pursued by a powerful force of
seagulls of every description, some gannets, and an im-
mense body of puffin' and other divers, flocks of which
were dispersed in all directions, making unceasing as-
saults upon the different shoals of fry as they approached
the surface. Every three or four minutes the whale
would rise in the place where the birda warn thickest.
with jaws wide-gaping, and, after making a satisfactory
gulp of several bushels, with, perchance, an odd bird or
so by way of a relish, would lazily throw up his broad
black back, and, giving a dash with his tail, disappear,
to repeat the same performance whenever his sagacity
enabled him to find out a similar quantity of little un-
fortunates to devour. He must have been at least four
times as large as the specimen taken at Cultra last year,
but no attempt was made to capture or molest him
during his sojourn, unless by an adventurous youth from
Belfast, who fired volleys of rifle halls into his back and
sides, without rufHing his equanimity in the least. A
harpoon (which is much more easily got than a whale)
was obtained, but as several boats had been nearly upset
by the animal in his excursions, no crew on the coast
could be persuaded to attack him. Perhaps they acted
wisely, but should he visit a Highland loch, on his re-
turn homewards, he may possibly be stopped in transitu.
One of the cutters fired a 121 b. shot at him with no
effect, and preparations were being made by his " relent-
less persecutors" for giving him a broadside of six guns,
loaded with pointed iron bolts in place of leaden bullets,
but the weather broke, and fry, birds, and he, all disap-
peared.—Northern Whig.
NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WON'T SEE.—
A very curious cause has just come before the Juge de
Paix of Neuilly. Some time ago Madame Pluyette, a
widow lady of fifty, but who still attaches much im-
portance to personal appearance, had the misfortune, in
playing with a lapdog, to receive from it so severe a
wound in one of her eyes, that it came out of the socket.
Having heard much of artificial eyes, and being recom-
mended to apply to an expert manufacturer in the way,
named Tamisier, she gave an order for a glass eye, for
which M. Tamisier charged 100 f. Refusing to pay
this charge, the maaufacturer summoned her before the
Juge de Paix. Madame Pluyette having appeared, hold-
ing the glass eye in her hand, the Juge de Paix asked
her why she ref used to pay the bill which M. Tamisier
.had sent in ? "Fur a very good reason," replied the
defendant ; " I can see no more with it than I could be-
fore." " What !" said the Juge de Paix, "did you
really imagine that you would be able to see with a
glass eye ?" " Did I think so ?" retorted the angry
dame • " certainly I did. Will you be so good as to tell
me what are eyes for but to see with ? I ordered the
eye for use, and until M. Tamisier makes me one with
which I can see I will not pay him a sous. I wear a wig,
which is quite as useful as natural hair ; I have three
false teeth, which answer as well as those which I have lost,
and why should I pay for an eye which is of no use ?"
The Juge de Paix endeavoured to convince Madame
Pluyette that glass eyes were for others to look at, not
for the wearer to look from them ; but finding all ap-
rals to her reason of no avail, he condemned her to pay
the plaintiff the amount of his demand. When the de-
fendant heard the decision, she became furious with
anger, and after dashing her glass eye on the floor she
rushed out of court amid the laughter of the' crowd.--
Galignani's Messenger.
VOLUNTARY STARVATION IN THE WESTMINSTER
HOUSE OF Cl/4,-naEcrrox. An inquest was held yester-
day, ,before Mr. Bedford, at the Westminster House of
Correction, on the body of Thomas Miller, aged 40. It
appeared hat on the 10th of September, the deceased
was committed from Mary lebone Police-court, on a charge
of creating a riot, for want of sureties About nine
years ago he had a very severe blow inflicted on his head
with a quart pot, and ever since he ha I been affected in
his head. On being admitted into the prison he perti-
naciously refused all kinds of food, and all the liquids
he took had to be forced down his throat. He complained
of everything, and said if he had his own clothes he
could eat, wen, in fact, they had not been taken from
him. Nothing could be got from him but oaths, and he
would not even walk about without being led. Means
had been taken to have him removed to the Harwell
Asylum, but on Sunday he got much worse, and died at
three o'clock the next morning. The surgeon was of
opinion that the deceased died from disease of the brain,
probably accelerated by a self-denial of food. Verdict--
" Died from disease of the brain."
THE PLANET URANUS, ALIAS HERSCHEL, ALIAS
THE GEOSLOIUM &pos.—This star, the star with many
names, much heard of, seldom seen, is now in a very
favourable position for observation, and may be discerned
with telescopes of weak power, or
even with the naked
eye, in advantageous situations. It will pass the Green-
wich meridian at 12h. lm. 30s. Greenwich mean lime, on
the night of October 2; and at 11h. 57m. 245. on the
night of October 3, being distant from the sun 1,921
millions of miles, and from the earth 1,825 millions of
miles. It passes the meridian at Liverpool with 40 deg.
27m. 50s. of altitude, at midnight, on the evening of
October 2, having R.A. Oh. 46m. 475., and N.D. 4 deg.,
12m. 15s. It is midway between the star 25 of Heve-
lius's Catalogue, and the star 213 of Piazzi. When
brought to the centre of the field of view, no other star
wilt appear near it, and by increasing the power the disc
will be plainly magnified, which will not be the case with
the small fixed stars. The aliases attached to the name
of this star would justify its designation as an outcast
and a regular vagabond, and prove that the scientific
world is as little inclined to countenance flattery to kings
at the present time as it was in the days of Galileo,
when he gave the name of the Medicean Stars to the
satellites of Jupiter, of which he was the discoverer.—
Racolta Seientifica di Roma, Sept. 15.

AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ROMNEY MAIL.—On
the night of Monday, as the snail-cart was passing
Ilythe Oaks, two fellows with bludgeons attempted to
stop the driver, swearing they would ride, and struck at
him, but, by throwing himself a little back, the blow fell
on the cart. The driver immediately drew his pistol,
and snapped it at them ; but it did not go off, or the re-
port would have soon brought the coast-guard to the
spot. Having a good horse, he succeeded in getting
away, and proceeded on his journey without further mo.
iesudio,—Canterbury Journal.