The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-19 00:00:00

ASTLEICS THEATRE.

The engagement of the " star riders," who were
recently performing at Drury-lane, has proved very,
attractive at Astley's. The scenes in the circle ex-
hibit some of the most wonderful and neatly executed
acts of equitation ever witnessed. They were pre-
ceded by the magnificent spectacle of Azael, the
gorgeous splendour of which elicits every night shouts
of rapturous applause.

Principal Jelf, DD., and the authorities of King's
The chair was supported by
College entertained on Wednesday the president and council
of
y, at a dinner given at the
university,
Sir Roderick Murchison, the president, and Captain W. H.
Smyth, R.N., the ex. president of the society. The toast of
th e Royal i n
the evening was
Geog
Somerset-houser a p bical Society,
‘, The Progress of Geographical Science and
the Royal Geographical Society of London," which was re-
sponded to by Sir Roderick Murchison, who in warm terms
expressed the thanks of the Society to the authorities of
King's College for the friendly loan of their apartments
during the meetings cf the last crowded session.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH COAST
RAILWAY. —On Wednesday afternoon a jury was empan-
nailed at the Little George Inn, Hawke-street, Portsea,
before Mr. W. J. Coo)er, the coroner for the borough of
Portsmouth, to inquire into the cause of the death of Mr.
Josiah Groves, outfitter, of lialfmoon-street, Portsea, who
expired on Sunday norning last. The deceased was a pas-
senger in the train which came into collision with another
train at the Ford station on the above railway, on the night
of the 27th ult., by which the stoker, John Martin, lost his
life. A verdict of" ganslaughter" already stands recorded
against Pemberton, Ihe engine-driver. The evidence ad-
duced upon the preset inquiry very Ly much resembled that
elicited at the inquest on the stoker, Martin, at Chichester,
but it appeared from the evidence of Dr. Engledue, the me-
dical attendant of the deceased, that although his death
might have been accelerated by the shock he received from
the accident, yet that he had previously suffered from disease
of the heart and other ailments. The jury, at two o'clock
yesterday morning, delivered the following verdict :—" That
the deceased, Josiah Groves, ca by his death from a com-
bination of diseases,acceerated me
by an accident which oc-
curred on the Brighton and South Coast Railway to a train,
by which Mr. Groves was a passenger, on the 27th of No-
vember last; and t',at great blame is attributable to the
driver and fireman cf the passenger train, for having totally
disregarded the signals."

HAYRH COTTOPMARKET, DEC. 18.—Total sales
yesterday, 796 bales- To-day the Market is decidedly
calmer. Sales up t) two o'clock, 408 bales. Prices rather
dull, and eras-ordinitire New Orleans fetches 79 to 79.50.
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CONNECTING RAlL-
WAY.—Yesterday Master Humphry was engaged in the fur-
ther settlement of the list of contributories, when the names
of a great number of allottees who had signed the parlia-
mentary contract and subscribers' deed were included. Mr.
Roxburgh, who appeared for Mr. Goodchap, the official
manager, said he thought there would be a surplus in the
case of this company, and if, as it was alleged, a number of
shareholders had received back 10a. per share, his client
might deem it necessary to institute proceedings against the
directors to recover the amount so distributed.
A VETERAN TAR.—In common with his imme-
diate personal friends (by whom he was much and deservedly
esteemed), we are sure our readers will hear with feelings of
regret of the decease of Mr. Burk, which took place at
Stonehouse on the 9th inst. Mr. Burk was in his eighty..
third year, and retained his faculties to the last. He was a
thorough British sailor—a regular man-ot-war's-man—
having entered tht nary at the age of ten. He served in
the Nautilus in 1795, the Perseverance in 1789, the Royal
George in 1793. In the battle of the let of June, 1794, he
was captain of the maintop of Admiral Lord Bridport's ship;
and the Admiral's flag in the water, extricated it from the
and it was he who, seeing the main-topmast carried away,
wreck of the mast, and, fastening it to a boarding pike
which he got from the quarter-deck, ran aloft with it, and
lashing it to the stump of the topmast. prevented the enemy
from supposing the ship had struck. From 1600 to 1806 he
served as boatswain in the Princess Augusta, the Leda, and
the Diadem. Subsequently he was appointed boatswain of
the dockyard at the Caps of Good Hope. In 1812 he was
appointed master rigger of Sheerness, in 1819 he was trans-
ferred to Plymouth Dockyard, and in 1824 he was appointed
boatswain in the same yard.
THE LATE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN WHITE-
CHAPILL.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest in the Lon-
don Hospital on the body of Mr. W. Lacy, aged 72, a master
carpenter, who unfortunately perished in the fire which oc-
curred at Bull-court, Whitechapel, on Monday night last,
the particulars of which have already appeared in The Sun,
when the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the de-
ceased lived in a certain house, which took fire, by which he
received divers burns and injuries, of which he then and
there instantly died; but how the said fire occurred there
was no evidence to prove. The coroner said it was impos-
sible to eulogise the intrepid conduct of the fireman and con-
ductor too much, for they both nearly lost their lives in trying
to save the deceased.

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MORE CHEAP ODINIBUSES.—A new company has
just started en the Surrey side of the water, called the
" Union Omnibus Association," for the accommodation of
the inhabitants of Lambeth and the Borough-road. The
company has placed five omnibuses, that run between Lam-
beth-walk and the Bank, at the low fare of twopence. '!'hey
start every ten minutes from the Jolly Gardeners, Lambeth-
walk, after eight o'clock in the morning, and proceed along
the Borough-road, Stones'-end, to the Bank. They also
leave the latter place every ten minutes. They seem to fill
very well, and there can be no doubt that the public will
patronise them, especially as it is a route which never has
been attempted before, and very much vaulted by the hala-
bitanta of Lambeth.

Leasing '
Railways.L Companies. Paid. Nominal Prices. doneßusiness
to-day.
Bcdf. & meter.
ley • • Lon. & N.W. an .•
Bii & Ox-
ford Juncion,
guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 28 —3O
Do., without a
guarantee .. De .. • • all 23 —99
Birm., Wolver.,
& Dudley, gua-
ranteed •• Do .. .. all B —lO p
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do all 7 —S p
Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 111%
Clvdesds.le June Caledonian all 41 —43
E. Lin., Guar. 6
Der Cent. •• G. Northern all 823% —33
Gloucester and
Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 234 p
Hartlepl Dock f Yrk, New,/
and Railway L an i Ber.
Hull and Selby Yk, &N. M. all 104 106 105
Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • all 51 34 523(
Do. 34 Shares Do • • .. all 2134 —4i Ys
Leeds and Brad. Midland .. all 1003% 10134
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern.. all 11%— 123(
Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 24 —25
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 14 —l5
De., 6 per cent De .. • • 211
~ PIP
Middlesbro' and
ltedcar, 6p. ct Stockt.k Dar all ..
N. & East, 6
per Cent. •• E. Counties . all
Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 54 —56
Do. New .. Do 43 4 6 p 43
Preston and SL.& N. W.l „11
wyre &La.&
D 0.% SharesA Do .. 11 834 934 p
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 21% 2134 31% %
Roy. & Ilitchin G. Northern all 7% —8%
{ )0. Shep. Ex.. Do 534 1% •-•• 2 p.
She., Roth. and
Goole, 5 per ct. Lanc. &York IS 11 6
South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 934 1 %dlll.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua. • • Stock.& Dar. all —• •
Do. do. .. Do .. •• 25 28 —29
Do. do. •• Do .. • • 25 .
Wilts &Somers. Gt. Western 100 913% 223% 92 34

SHARES.

RailWaYl. Paid. I Nominal Prices. saslisu deli
to-day.
Aberdeen •• dir.
Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 234
Caledonian 101. •• • • 10 734 —7%
Chester and Holyhead .. all 1534 —l6
Dund. Per. & Aber. Jtuac. all 1 —34 d.
East Anglian (31. 10s.)
6 per cent. .. .. • • all —2%
Eastern Counties Exton.,
S per cent. No. 1 .. all 34
Do. No. 2 ......all Par —34 P Pm
Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 10% —ll x.d 10% x.d.
Eastern Union, Scrip
guaran. 6 per cent. .. all 10%
Do. 101. Doben. Shares. all •• ••
East Lancashire, 6 per
cent. quarter shares .. all •• —••
E. &W. York. June. sths all ..
Per. & Dun. 5g p.ct. all 1% —• 1 dIS.
Glasgow & S.-W. Consol. 100 • • • •
Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. all 13% 1334 13%
Do., sp. c. Itedoem. Scrip 334 % %
Great South. & Western
(Ireland) eighths .. all . 134 —1% p,
Gt, Western (Barks and
Hants Ex., 5 per Cont.) 6 • • —•• p.
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201. 6 • • dlr.
Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 133 135
Leeds Northern, 6 per
cent., No. 1.. • • • . 11 .. —7; p
Do. quarters. 1843 .. 9 .. p
London, Brighton, and
8. Coast, guar. 5 per et. 100 ..
Do. pref., 11 p et. 5k,1851 100 ..
Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 141 143
Lon. & N. West. (Cov. &
Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. 13% .•
London &S.-W., uow • • 5 2% p.
Mauch., Sheffield, and
Line., quay. shrs., No. 1 all 1034 1 134
Do. new, 101. .. • • all 12% 12%
Do., 61. • • • • .. 3 % % P
Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100
Do. Consel. Bristol &
Binning., 6 per cent • 100 132 133 133
Do. Bristol & Glouces. all
Do., Leic. & Swanning.,
8 per cent. guar. .. 100 .
Do., Preference .• .. 5 3s —• 34 did.
Norfolk Extension • • all 1134
Do. guar. 534 per cent. all 4 —4%
North British .• .. 5 4% 5 4%
DLL Wor. &W 01.151. 6 p.c 8 % dis par
shrews. & Mr., new guar. all 9% 10%
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 1534 16
South Devon • • .. •• all 11 —l3 11%
South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 .. ,
York, Nowc., and Berw.,
Gt. N.of E. Pur. .. all 15% 1634
•3% —4%
York and North Midland
H. and S. Purch. .. 10 13( 1 Oh
PORI:WM.
Boulogne and Amiens 10% 10%
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) .. all 19% 19% 19 %
Dutch Rhenish •• .. 8 5 —4% dis. 3% %
East Indian .. Is a p.
Do. do. do. .. 30 —• .
Great Indian Peninsula.. an •% X P.
Ditto ditto ..• 3% % % p.
Louvain ala Samice .. 734 •
Luxembourg 13 3 334
Ditto (Railway) .. 10. 2% 3
Ditto (Canal) .. 2 % 34
Maria Antonia • • .. 271 6s 8d
Ditto, New .. 834 •
Namur and Liege .. all 5% —6% 654
Northern of Franco .. 16 16% 16% 16 %
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 9: 434 d. 4% 34
Paris and Orleans all 38 —4O
Paris and Rouen .. all 2534 —26 25%
Paris and Strasbourg .. 18 3% —334 dis. 14%:.%
Rouen and Havre all 9 —9% 934
Sambre and Manse .. all 3% —3% 3% %
St. Andrew's & Quebe.(A)
Tours and Nantes ..17 9% ds.x.l % z.l
Toumay, Jarbise, Lan-
den, and Hasudt IE all
West Flanders 6% 2 .... 23i