The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-24 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS•

BRISTOL, MARCH 22. vier to-,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was &
day, but very few sales were effected.
LIVERPOOL, l'iLiacli 22. • g thu
Szocx EXCHANGE.—The share market on openm_
day,
mornprices havining was againg
a downward tendency. an continuedflat thrtr oughout the
The ansactions
were as follow : Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Oa"
C. and B.), 191,4—Ditto, 221. Shares, 434 dis.— Caledonians
15%—East Lancashire, 17% Kendal and Windermere, 11/i
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6134—Leeds and Thirsk, 1011
—London and North-Western, 130—Ditto, New QUArterg,
54 p.—Midland, 63%—Ditto, Halves, 13 dis.—Shrewsburf
and Birmingham (B), 6%—Shrewsbury and Chester, 11
—Ditto, Thirds, 9%--.Ditto, 101. Shares, %dis.—South-Ess
ern and Dover, 273%—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 21/i
—York and North Midland. 271/4.
MANCHESTER, MARcx 22.
STOCK EXCHANOR.—The transactions to-day were Ss f°A.l-
low :—Ambergate, dis.—Lincoln Union, 2% di
Stock, 62 —East Lancashire, 17 13.16—South-Eastern an
Dover, 27%, S— Sheffield, New 61. Preference, 5,g P' Trk sn u
uian, Preference, 6%—Eastern Counties, 7 15-16—o
North Midland, 24, _ _ Caledo:

BIRMINGHAM, Baum 22.
STOCK EXCHANGL—The market opened heavily 01.6.
morning, but afterwards improved. 'The transactions were
as follow :—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3%
Ditto (B) 2T4 dis.—London and North-Western, 131--ga
land, 641,4,,
—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 24 dis..
- Birmingham and Oxford Junction (calls duly paid), 27 °
—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Vai ey, 11—;
S
Eastern Counties, 8 —North Staffordshire, 5% dig.—
Staffordshire, 2% dis. ex div.— Shropshire Union, 2% uIDI
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Preference, 11 lA—London
North-Western, Quarters, 6%.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN.
•
THE GRIAT NORTHERS RAILWAY.-(Miles work,
Return of Traffic for the Week ending March 9, 1851:
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £3,911 l 9 4
Merchandise and minerals ... 3,569 17 8
Cattle ... 174 4 2

Total .• £7,656 1 2
Corresponding week, Mardi 10, 1850 (143 miles):
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,229 16 4
Cattle ... ... 1,599 311

Total ...

2,829 0 3

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, ALARCIA 21.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolutions were reported from the abeYo
Committee :-
1. That in the case of the Manchester Improvement Bill,
petition for additional provision, the standing orders ought
to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to
introduce their additional provision, if the Committee on the
Bill shall think fit.
2. That in the case of the Great Western Railway (A r:
rangements with reference to the Purchase, &c., of the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, &c., Railways) Bill, Pe"-
tion, for additional provision, the standing orders ou,glit to
be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to intre:',
duce their additional provision, if the Committee on the I 31".
shall think fit.
3. That in the case of the Lee River Trust Bill, petition
for dispensing with standing orders Nos. 105 and 166, tb:
said standing orders ought to be dispensed with
the parties be permitted to be heard upon their petition
before the Committee on the Bill, notwithstanding the sa,,Ear
shall have been deposited later than seven clear days sAle
the second reading of the Bill.
Resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.

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rent large tracts of the mud land at the bottom of that t 7r!'
Southampton.important
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for the purpose of feeding and preserving oysters forked
London market. A telegraphic message is now disPeten,
from London to Southampton, and any quantity allorinsr
can, in four or five hours afterwards, be received in the ~ters
of oty;
the
from the latter place by rail. A large quantity
are opened in Southampton and sent to London Willl°o,o4
shells, and thus a large amount of carriage freight is ces.
The oysters that are thus sent are for pickling and sa
own
They are sent in cane securely covered, and in their 0.„
juice, and keep well during the few hours they are on lil°.
rail. The quantity of oysters now lying in the Southara_
ton beds is worth about 2,0001., and this quantity will
be
enormously increased very shortly. A slip is about to Ir
built on purpose to land and open them. The trsels
will be in operation all the year round, and veti
shortly between thirty and forty vessels will be em-
ployed in it. A large number of persons are employed ill
landing, and opening the oysters. lwaY
parking,
waggons which take them to London are brought down 197
a tramway close to where they are landed. These oysters
are caught near the Channel Islands, and as soon as a shir
load is caught they are sent to Southampton. They are
there thrown on the oyster grounds, and at low water they
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choked by the mud. Tenpence a thousand is paid
watched, may be seen opening their shells to take in suing'Bent, and at dead low water they may be seen eie° he
water with some force. If they have not power to ejec" t
muddy particles mixed with it they soon die, as thl from
the livin& and thrown away from the grounds. ed
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close their shells. The dead oysters are carefully Pic
for
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be-
tween the shells and ravenously devour the dead fish.
Din"'
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.—GLASGOW, sinful
DAT EVENING.—This district is obtaining a imrftig .cci-
amount of notoriety for the frequency and extent
0,
.0 en.
dents on land and water. Last night the boiler
011,,‘"h
i the
gins to the flax-spinning works of Messrs. FiPlaZ: men and
village of Johnstone, exploded, by whicish I "I"
be eyed that the
boys were instantly deprived of life.
It
is
the workpeople
works had been temporarily suspended win who toterbile the engine-
were taking some refreshment; but
who
The persnns
of which was a tremendous explosion•
themselves in the
were killed had been smoking or rafting blown
down ;
man had kept the safety-valve fully loaded The consequence
fire-room. A large portion of the building was ,
as on fire.
the ruins, it was discovered that the mill itselfbween
driven
and while exertions were making to rescue the sufferers from
This was caused by the hot cinders having
fac-
tory. The fabric, with its valuable contents, have
through the partitions into the inner apartments ofthe
bee
almost wholly destroyed.
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