The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-25 00:00:00

Pot barley :.:

COAL. MARK ET. —YESTERDAY. ,5, 9,1
Carr'a Hartley ..... lss Od Lambton ............. •I, gd
Davison'sWestHartley 15s Oct Russell's Hetton ...... I.'S pd
Ilotywell
Howard's W.H. Neth lss Od Denison .................. l',.r 9d
liedheugh Main
Canfield Moor ....
L'anfield Moor Butes Ms ticl Thornley ...............
~15,3 Od
Wall's End, &e. Backhouse ..... 1— 6i
14/ - Northumberland
I),nslier
Eden Main .....
15s 6d, DerwentwaterHartley . 6d
14s ,
Braddyll
Hetton
Ships at market, 46 .....Sold, 43.

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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS'
BIVSTOL, SEPT. 24.
STOCK EXCEAXGE.—The sharu malket presented tot
great great improvement, and stock sold freely at advanced Ire__
The transactions reported were—Bristol and Exeter, 7' log
Grest Western, 77ii—Lancashire and Yorkshire, .54M--
Vale (New), 13;4 p

"LIVERPOOL, SEPT. °4.
STOCK ExonAnGE.— The share market is generally bettf_r
to-day, although the bu,iness done has been limited
amount. The transactions were as follow:—Eastern Coun-
ties, 64,—Great Western, 7815—Lancashire and YorksbiT,
55—Ditto, Fifths, 8 7-16 dis.—London and North-
wester-
11334—Ditto, New Quarters, 2.44 p. Midland,
3-16 46—Pittb°:
Halves, 153153/dis.—North Staffordshire, 8
Eastern and Dover, 19

MANCHESTER, SEPT. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done to bag been
The
unusually good, and prices had an upward tenclency...l6„,„,
transactions were as follow :—Eaxtern Counties, 3 •re,
Midland, 461—Leeds Stock, 55 c.—North Stafrordsoth.
814—South-Eastern and Dover, 191t,—London and IC L.r.,.4
‘Vestern, l3le—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolzwil'
26,A—East Lancashire 14 .
SErr. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was an improved feeling en
hibited in the share market to-clay, more especially after the
receipt of the telegraphic communication from London.

MOONLIGHT ,SCENE.—LAUGHABLE °C.
CUIiRENCE AT PLYMOUTH.
On Wednesday afternoon last, a gentleman of this
place embarked on board of his pleasure boat, acc°W;
pilled by another gentleman, his wife, and two c'ibe -
married ladies and daughter, and proceeded under can":
to Millbrook, where they landed and enjoyed for a fe
hours a ramble in the delightful walks of that neighb°lloi
hood, until the moon shone forth, reminding theril
home for which they embarked about seven in the or
home
the wind blowing fresh from the east, and in 1501,11
off Mr. Chubb's rope-walk they grounded on the 13311,,a,00
South Down; when their exertions to get the beat ou'of
proved unavailing. The screams and consternation ht
the ladies at the idea of remaining there " till daylight
did appear," brought to their aid a well-known d
who lust his legs in one of the naval engagement°, an
who now plies as a Waterman, but as his boat was SA-0
fast in the mud and he could not reach them within •-d.
yards, he was over-persuaded to walk through the in,„?ng
in order to lend there his personal assistance in Pus"",,--0
the boat off; but unfortunately his weight pressing 11P'e,
his wooden legs, he was inextricably fixed- until assl'i3ljto
could reach him, so the two gentlemen before alluded
got overboard, leaving the ladies for the present all alone,:
though not in their glory," to take care of thernarive
They succeeded in dragging the man on stumpstbo
ol
shore, and proceeded to a house in the neigh bourhood,
the good woman therein kindly lent them a large ivlsbarg
tray, to which a rope was attached, which was taken al°1101';
side the boat, and a lady placed therein, the parll" Id
shore dragging the tray through the mud, till she ou.th
be safely landed; the same operation was pursued frlts.
reference to the other ladies, the two gentlemen ac"ot.
panying them to steady the tray, to prevent an uPj'd
They abandoned the boat for the night, and proooe°?.,
to the next house, where, otter cleaning themselves, 1:
order that they might be recognised by their relati%
engaged a waterman, who landed them at the Admirals
Head at about half-past two in the morning, and where
moat anxious inquiries had been made by their relattte.
as to their safety. The parties being of the highest red
spectability, more than ordinary interest was expe.rienc, d
at their long absence from home beyond the anticiPa'e
time of their arrival.

SEEF•MUTJLATION BY A CONVICT.-011 Wedges;
day morning last, William Fenwick Robson, better known ,4..
Fishy" Fenwick, now under sentence of transportation.
highway robbery, whilst taking exercise in the gaol-3?red
together with other prisoners, slipped out of his rank, seizo
an iron axe which was being used by one of the prisoners,
ecur aed,
chopped off lour of his ringers. lie was instantly tr.,
and is at present going on favourably. lie, no doubt, err
neously supposed that such an act of self-mutilation so"of
save him from being transported. This is the second casert
the kind which has occurred in our gaol within a ye*" 8"
period.—Durham Advertiser.