The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-31 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET

Corresponding week,l Jan.. £7
i
20, 1850 (143 mles)7 :12 8
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,276 14 3
Cattle ... ... ... ... 1,121 8 8

Total •.. 18 4
Corresponding period last year.. 32 n
3 3 MANCHESTER., BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLAI" Jngc,
d
TION RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the Week 6-
Jan. 26 :
Passengers, &c.
Merchandise

£39 10 6
48 2 6

Total .. .•. £B6 13 °
Corresponding week last year 76 19 10

ONTHE WRECK OF THE NEW COMMERCIAL n. 0,1 f
BAISSONS ROCKS.—Yesterday at the fortnightly meett o
re
the committee of the Royal National Institution for tbe,,,. it
servation of Life from Shipwreck, held at the offices,
Winchester street, after awarding various sums to —63
crews for rescuing lives from shipwrecks, it was agreed 0r to
the gold medallion of the society should be presolths
Captain George Davies, R.N., inspecting commander
Penzance station, as a mark of their appreciation of his gal
lant and humane exertions in proceeding with his bibs
crew to the Brissons rocks in a tremendous sea, and, a-frotO
imminent peril of his life, firing a rocket apparatus -0,
his boat, and therefore being the happy instrument Ocirtee
cuing from his perilous position the master of the ill-11th
brig New Commercial, wrecked at that
inst. Each of the four boatmen is to be presented w'tnict
place on the .b s
silver medallion. The committee also agreed that tbs,,gvit.
medallion of the institution should be presented to Mr. i'•ao..
Forward, commander of the revenue cutter Sylvia, in,bat
knowledgment of his intrepidity and self-devotion on ars
distressing occasion ; and his boat's crew of five perso",o
each to be presented with the silver medal, and tbe.„o-0
fishermen and the miner are awarded 11/. In consitteriif
of their daring and valuable services in rescuing the PTes
mulatto from a floating piece of the wreck. Captain Pajo
has, it appears, on three different former occasions, Llch
presented with the silver medal of this institution, 1";,a
never selected more meritorious acts for the distribut"'
of its honorary and pecuniary rewards than those just re-
corded.

THE POOR-LAW BOARD AND THE PAM,—of
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DIAR :O
YLEBONE.-A special committee of the directors
..,
guardians of the poor of Marylebone has been held to
t 3
Cider the alleged insufficiency and unwholesomeness of
dietary of the workhouse. It was ultimately resolved ti
give the master discretionary power in the distribution
syt
food to the aged and infirm for a fortnight; and also th
such dinners should be served twice a week, and four ounce
additional bread should be given with the soup.
IN A FIR.—On Wednesday last, as some of
men employed at Mr. Jackson's, boiler-maker, Potterrbl.
were finishing one of the boilers and busily engaged in rivet
ing the last piece, it was discovered that one of the men 071
fastened inside, and could not get out. A large piece !ie.
actually to be cut out to enable the man to effect his esc-1-
—Preston Chronicle.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Lieutenant of
kirap.-°O9
cured of Rheumatism by Holloway's Ointment and
This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Hollows,
Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, which *P"
peered to be incurable, as neither sea bathing, vapour baths'
nor preparations vaunted as sure remedies, did him any g°°l'
and the treatment of the doctor, after several months' trill
was without success. At this juncture he commenced taking
these pills, and rubbing the ointment into the complainiv f
parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the course;
six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched s
be Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Beis-de-Duc.—Sold by all Drut,
gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Suss
London.

ISI EADVERTISEMENT.J—IS CONSIMItTION, BILONCO-vi-
ASTHMA, &c., CURABLE ?—A Report of some of the moot forrai..sLa°
forms of Disease of the Throat, Lungs, Heart, and Stomach, is Just Pu
Defied for the Committee, by Dr. Cronin, M.D., Physielan to the Lei.
cester-square Dispensary for Consumptlon,&c.—" The success 1.0,02
i,
Cronin's peculiar treatment in the cure of those affections
1"
have hitherto generally belied every attempt at cure, although .sd tpe
first talent had been applied to, and the most consummate skill s
been exerted for that purpose, is most satisfactorily shown in this re"
port."—Preface.—Wertheim and Co., Paternoster-row ; Hughes, s
3lartin-le-Grand ; and at the author's residence, 14, Leicester-P"-
Leicester-square. Price 2d., by post 3d,

OF A 80W.
On the 28th inst., at the Parsonage, Horsforth, Yorkshire'
the wife of the Rev. W. H. B. Stocker.
On the 28th inst., at the Manor-house, Ashford, Middle-
sex, the wife of William Ellis, Esq.
OF A DAUGHTER.
On the 27th inst., at Marlborough-place, Old Kent-road'
Mrs. M. D. Rucker.
On the 21st inst. at Dinton, Aylesbury, Mrs. H.

MARRIED.
On the 28th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, T.
Macquoid. Esq., to Katherine Sarah, third daughter °
Thomas Thomas, Esq.
On the 29th inst., at All Souls' Church, Langharn-Pll
William E. Howson, Esq., to Miss Catherine Fletcher,
Holles-street, Cavendish-square.

DIED
At Paris, on the 19th inst., from inflammation of the braLti.
aged 20 months, Fanny Marian, daughter of George ."
Howe, Esq , late of Calcutta.
On the 25th inst., Margaret Helen, the wife of the v
,••e'
Dr. Croly, rector of St. Stephen's, \Valbrook. of
On the 25th inst., aged 48, George R. Farnell, Egl"
Burley-park, Hants.
On the inst., at Myddelton-square, Pentonville,
J. Hayward, of Clerkenwell, aged 51.
On the 27th inst., at Hardwicke-house, near CheP3t°l
Louisa, wife of Captain George Stevenson, of Grafton-street
London, formerly of the Grenadier Guards. - J•
On the 28th inst., at Grove-place, Brixton, aged 0
Nelthorpe, Esq., formerly secretary of the Lambeth Witte"
works Company for 25 years.
On the 27th inst., at Warbleton, Sussex, Eliza Glove
Moore, the wile of the Rev. A. Robarts.

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Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cotintV
&Liciellottex, FEicish January 31,1851.

&roar ExcHANGE.— RTheISTOL marketAN
has been much firmer
to-day, and a good business doing. The transactions th,
as follow :—Caiedonian, 10A—Great Western, 84%'-'s°°
Eastern and Dover, `2414.

LIVEttPOOL, JAW. 30. firmer
STOCK EXCHANOK.—The share market was Mlle", - vet!'
and more active to-day, with an upward tendency In, 'dr..
description of stock. The transactions were as f°ll°'..s.
Caledonian, 101,4—Chester and Holyhead, Preference, 11ire
ranteed 51/, percent., 15—East Lancashire, 13!",-71.anc8aggl
and Yorkshire, 57—Ditto, Fifths, 7% dis.—Lancssoternibf,
Carlisle, 70—Leeds and Thirsk, 143-i Liverpool, ur;iej.o,
and Southport, % c. dis.— London and North-We,l C.
1254 —Ditto, New Quarters, c. p.—Ditto, Fifths, .4404
p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, .264--Igiu ver,
5314 c. Ditto, Halves, 17% die.— South-Eastern and P.43rth
244—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2014 York and 'lob%
Midland, 23% Oxford, Worcester, and WolverhamPtnn'
MANCHESTER, JAN. 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Somewhat advanced prices tei
been realised to-day, and the market generally has intliciEot
a firmer tone. The transactions were as follow:"... .010
Lancashire, 13—Leeds, Fifths, 71,-i dis.—Leeds and Ititto,
15—Midland, 50/. 17% dis.—Great Northern, 171/,'—u.faeld
Preference, 1244—South-Eastern and Dover, 24',4---°"`
Stock, 26,A—North Staffordshire, 8 dis.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 30.
STOCK ExCuANGN.—There was a fair amount of bill-re
we
done to-day, and prices were Irm. The transactions
rf
as follow :—London and North- Western, 125 _shrews;;;,..
and Birmingham (A), 6% dis.—Ditto (B.), 5%,12.
South Staffordshire, 3% dis.—North Staffordshire, 7/16
—South-Eastern and Dover, '244—Midland, 531 i•
YORK, JAN. 29. AO
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day Ae d i
follow : Caledonian, 104—East Lancashire, 12/. Se. 'I4A,
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension),

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. 6,)
THE GREAT NoRTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work.
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending Jan. 19, 1801•-•
Passengers, parcels, carriageg,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £3,817 14 9
Merchandise and minerals 3,400 12 6
Cattle .. 119 5 5

Total ... ..• ' 2' 398 2 6
f 6
" A
EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RAILIVAT,""If
return for the week ending Jan. 26 :
Passengers, parcels, &c. £6,516 4 6
blerchandise, cattle, and cartage 6,794 19 10

Total ...
..„ £13,311 4 4
Corresponding week of 1E.50 ... 13,532 9 1
LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—Amount of re!CO
for the week ending Jan. 26:
Passengers
..• ••• £7ll 12 11
Goods ... 26 0

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Total ... ...411..._ 1 737 211
Corresponding week last year ... 514 12 10 e,
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY......Thiffie r
ceipts for the week ending Jan. 26:—.
Passengers ..• ••• £265 19 8
Carriages, horses, and parcels 14 11 7
Live stock 13 8 10
Merchandise and minerals ... 245 18 8