The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-04 00:00:00

LIEDS, itAiZri 2.

STOCK Ezeuswer.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
334 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 6)4 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury,
New Extensions, 2)4 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 10s. dis.—North
British, New Carlisle Branch, 2%—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, 13% —London and York, 31. lls.—Direet Northern, 2
Liverpool, OrmskirS, and Preston, 3 p.—West Riding Union, 3%
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. ss. die —Bradford, Wakefield,
and Midland, 17s dis. —Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), Is. die.—
Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 13s. dis.—Leicester and
Bedford, 7s. 6d. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland,
365. 6d. p.—Midland and Thirsk Junction, 20s. dis.—South Mid-
lands, 2 p.—Welsh Midlands, I%—York and Carlisle, 15s. dis.
MULL, Milieu 2.

STO4M Ezcxsx•a.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 2%—Derby, Gainsberough, and Grimsby, 16s. 6d. —Grand
Union, 14—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 325. 6d.—Leicester and
Tamworth, j dis.—Lincoln and Waintleet, 345. 6d.—Routh Mid-
land, 41. U.—West Riding Union, 3%.
SHEFFIELD, MARCH 2.

Sroca EXCRANGI.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield, 21. 109.
6d.—East and West of England, 16s —London and York, 2%
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 21. la.—South Yorkskire Coal Rail-
way, 2%.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-71Ni, Mazes S.
STocz EXCHANOE.—The sales are—Limeashlre and North York
shire, dis.—North British, 7p.

COURSE OF EXCHA.
Amsterdam . C.F. 12

qGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Gibra1tar.......... • • ..
Leghorn . ....... 30 75
Genoa ..... • .....• • • .. 26 10
Milan
Venice.

Ditte, at sight ••.. • . 12 sk;
Rotterdam 2U. 1.1
Antwerp 26 15
Hamburgh ..... . M.S. 13 14%
Altona•• ..............
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 75
Ditto, 3 months.... .. 26
Marseilles • . ..... 26 10
Bourdeaux....
Frankfort on Maine.... 122%
Petersburgh, 3 U 5....

Naples .. ......
Palen's°, per os 119 k
Lisbon.... . • • • • . 52%
Oport• • • .. • • • • •
Ri• Janeiro • ~ • • • • • 24%
Bahia ...... . ...... ...
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia „
PRICES OP BULLION, PER oz.
Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin
New Doubloons ...... • 0 0
New Dollars
Silver in bars ...... •• 0 4 11U

Vienna, efree. flo ..
Trieste, ditto.... •
Madrid • • ..... . 36

Cadiz • • ... : .....
Bilbao.. • ..... • .......

. 3G

Barcelona • . • ... ......

THE DUNSTABLE RAILWAY
COMPANY.

The second half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors
of this Railway was held at one o'clock yesterday, at the Ter-
minus of the London and Birmingham Railway; George
Stephenson, Esq. (the eminent engineer), in the chair.
The usual formal business haying been transacted,
The SECRETARY (Mr. T. Long) read the report, which
stated that it had been agreed that the line should
be constricted by the London and Birmingham Company,
who were to be paid by this Company for its cost,
on condition that it did not exceed the amount
of this Company's capital, and if there should
be any excess that it should be paid by the London
and Birmingham Company out of their own funds. That.
Company had, however, determined to defer the commence-
ment of the works with the exception of the small portion
from the Leighton station to the Grand Junction Canal until
the fate of the two Bills now before Parliament, namely, the
Cambridge and Oxford, and the Watford, Luton, and St.
Alban's Railway, which had passed the standing orders,
was know'n. These lines were calculated to influence
the prospei ity of the Dttnatable Railway. In the event of their being
sanctioned by Parliament, it was obvious that the arrangement re-
ferred to would be materially affected. However, the directors, con-
sidering that the Bills were before Parliament, did not feel called
upon to do anything more than briefly allude to the subject.
The accounts made up to the end of the year showed a balance In
favour of the Company of 7,8001. 16s. 3d.
The retiring chairman, the. directors, and auditors, were then re-
elected, and a, vote of thanks having been given to the chairman, the
meeting broke up.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT at GREEN-

WICII—THREE LIVES LOST.
An inquest was held on Monday, at the Pilot Tavern,
East Marshes, Greenwich, on the bodies of the three
unfortunate men, when the jury agreed to the following
verdict :—" That the deceased, Richard Middleton,
Francis Reeve, and Thomas Middleton, had met their
deaths by suffocation from the effects of sulphureted
hydrogen gas, which had escaped from one still to
another still, and that this was owing to the deceased
Middleton himself, by his neglecting to supply water to
the other still."

ATTACK UPON THR PROVOST OF ETON.-A private
soldier, named Cox, in the 3d Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, was
taken into custody on Saturday afternoon, at Eton, charged with
having demanded money of the Rev. Mr. Hodgson. the Provost
of Eaton, and also with assaualng two of the students of the college.

It appears that while the Provost was walking alone In the college
playing-fields, the soldier, who was in a state of intoxication, went
up to him and demanded his money ; making use, at the same time,
of very violent language. Upon the Provost refusing to give him
any, the man deliberately walked up to some wooden palings, and
tore away one of the rails. The Rev. Mr. Ilodson, however, In the
mean time, was fortunately enabled to get back to the college heroic
lie was overtaken. The soldier then attacked two of the students
making a similar demand for money; seizing hold of one, and
violently assaulting him. Upon these effecting their escape from his
grasp, he threw at them the large wooden rail, which luckily missed
them. Information of the man's outrageous conduct having been
given to Mr. Perkins, the superintendent of the Eton p;llce, an at-
tempt was mule to take him into custody, but such was the resist-
:nice of the soldier that it required seven men to secure him.

.
SIR RICHARD HENEGAN?
BSEVEN YEARS' CAM-
PAIGN/NO IN THE PENINSULA AND TIM NETHERLANDS."—Tlll6 is one
of the best, by which we mean the most interesting, descriptive
accounts of the wild adventures and alternate scenes of active en-
joyment end severe suffering, which necessarily make up the mingled
web of the soldiers life en service. It is written in the best form
fur a narrative of this kind—that of a personal journal or diary, in
which the author himself is the spectator and reporter of all that he
relates. lie accompanies the Dnke of Wellington, and the chiefs of
the divisions through the scenes of the peninsula campaigns; he is
with the army in many hard-fought battles; and by the peculiar
nature of his service, that of Ordnance Commissary, has frequently
to walk over the held of battle after the victory is won, and to super-
intend the removal of the dead or wounded officers to the nearest
town or fined quarters. Some of the most interesting par's of his
journal are his passing sketches of the early- life and character of
some of these officers, his former comrades, whom he.found dead or
dying on the fatal geld. These sketches are written in the off-hand
manner of a soldier, and are full of life and freshness.—Mes,eng,r.
THE TEN HOURS BILL. - I.OED ASRLEY IN LAN-
CASHIRE.—MANCUESTER, MONDAY hfORNING.—A public meeting of
the inhabitants of this borough will be held this evening, in the
Town-hall, King-street ; the Rev. C. D. Wray, the Vice-Dean, will
take the chair. The object of the meeting was to afford to Lord
Ashley an opportunity of explaining to the factory operatives, the
reasons why he resigned his seat in Parliament, and with it the
imam; of carrying out to a successful termination the etlbrts so long
continued for a Ten Hours Mill. His Lordship, it is said, will visit
the principal manufacturing towns during ;he week, after which he
is to proceed to the West Riding of York, to render similar services
to them. The use of the Town-hall has been very kindly granted by
his worship the Mayor for the occasion ; a deputation front the Short
Time Central Committee having waited upon him for that purpose.
A number of the clergy of the Established Church have promised to
attend and take put in the proceedings.