The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-19 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 18.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, !,8 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 1 3-16 c. p.- Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 814 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 1 dis.-Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 14 p.-Direct Northern, 1/2 dis.-
Eastern Counties, 23-East Lancashire, New (scrip), 1 7-16
p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 14 dis.-Glasgow
and Dumfries, 134 c. p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 3%
c. dis.-lluddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
3% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, New, % dis. c. a.-Ditto, Pre-
ferential, Ws p.-London and South-Western (scrip), %
p.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1 3-16 p.-North Bri-
tish Extension, 1 p.-Ditto, Thirds, 31 p.-North Stafford-
shire, 3% p.-North-Western, p.-Oldham Alliance, % c.
p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 31/4 p.-
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 21/4 p.-South-Eastern
and Dover, No. 4, % c. p.----West Riding Union, 1% p.-
York and North Midland, 1014 p.
LEEDS, DECEMBER 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE. The sales are-East Lancashire, New,
p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 11A p.-East Lincolnshire, Us.
6d. p.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% p.-Huddersfield and
Manchester, 31. 19s. p.-Leeds and Bradford, 45 p.-Leeds
and Dewsbury, 10% c. p. c. n.-Ditto, Half Shares, 51/2
p. c. n.-Ditto, Branches scrip (blue), 3 p.-Ditto, Exten-
sions scrip (green), 11/8 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2 c. dis.-
Ditto, New, 1 is. c. n.- Ditto, Preference, 21s. p.-Man-
chester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Huddersfield and Shef-
field), 414 p.-North British, Thirds, 3 p.-Ditto, Quarters
(late Carlisle Branch), 2% p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 20s.
6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 31,6 n. p.-North-Western, 10s.
p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 19s. p.-Wharfdale
Junction, 7s. c. dis.-York and North Midland Extension,
1814 p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2s. 6d. dis.-
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Ils. 6d. dis.-Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3s. 6d. dis.-London
and York, ss. n. dis.-Northern Counties Union, 11/8 dis.-
Shropshire Union, ss. die.
HULL, DECEMBER 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our market to-day has not been
quite so active as yesterday, and North British stock declined
slightly. Our other quotations remain almost without alter-
ation. The sales are-Hull and Selby, Halves, 52%4-North
British, Quarters, 785.-Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 18s. 6d.-York and
Newcastle, Preference, 5 p.-York and North Midland, East
and West Riding, 171/2-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos-
ton, 3s. dis.-Ely and Huntington, 1314.
SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 18.
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STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and
Oxford, 7% p.-East Lancashire, New, No. 2 (late °rms.
kirk), 31/2 p.-North British, Thirds, 565. p.-Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Goole, 17s. c. p.-South Yorkshire,
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caster, and Goole, par.
YORK, DECEMBER 18.
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York and Newcastle, Preference, 7 - ork and North Mid-
land, Preference, 12%.

THE WEATIIER.—On Thursday week, the wind
suddenly shifted from south-west to north, and a very
great change was quickly produced in the temperature.
A sharp frost set in at night, accompanied by snow-
storms on Friday and Saturday, which covered the
ground to the depth of two or three inches. On Sunday
morning the thermometer stood at 22 deg., with clear
sky, and the wind, as it subsided, came back as usual to
the south-west. At night the thermometer descended to
17 deg , which is its lowest station since Jan. 16, 1841.
On Monday, at one o'clock, it snood at 19 deg., but in
stantly started up to 26 deg., at the appearance of a
body of light clouds passing over. The sky became
again clear, on which the thermometer began rapidly
to descend, the minimum for the night being 19. On
Tuesday, with a fresh breeze from the north, the maxi-
mum temperature was 26 deg., and the minimum at
night 17 deg. On Wednesday it rose to 29 deg., and,
at six in the evening, had gone down to 20 deg., when
the air became cloudy, with light snow, and the ther-
mometer continued rising. To-day (Thursday) the sky
is again clear, with the thermometer at 30 deg., and the
appearance of a severe night, if no disturbance should
take place. On Monday, the Trent was very full of that
singular production of nature called ground ice, and the
river being very low, it began early in the day to block
up in the still waters of Colwick. It has since then
formed about the bridge, and in other parts of the river,
putting a total stop to navigation, and exposing some
ve=sels, with valuable cargoes on board, to great danger
when the ice breaks up. It is difficult to say when we
had so severe a frost, at such an early period of the win-
ter—certainly not since 1812.—Nottingham Review.
REMEDY FOR CRAMP.—A writer in the Medical
Times asserts that he has discovered in the following
simple process an effectual remedy for this distressing
and frequent complaint, to which he had himself been,
for many years, a martyr. His plan is to sleep upon an
inclined plane, which is effected by taking care that the
bed or mattress should incline at least twelve inches
from the upper to the lower portions of the bed; and for
this purpose either the lower feet may be out down to
the requisite inclination, or the inclined plane may be
maths by an arrangement of mattresses, or by removing
the feathers from the lower end of the bed. Tho writer
was led to adopt this plan, by observing, that while
sleeping in a chair, with the lower limbs nearly touching
the floor, he never, in that position, was disturbed by
cramp.

Colonel Anson had an interview with Sir George
Gorey yesterday at the Home-office.