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

RAILWAY SHAKE LIARKETS•

Total
.£13,311 4 4
Corresponding week of IFSO ... 13,532 9 1
e
LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—Amount of r-VeAO
or the week ending Jan. 26:
Passengers •••
••• £7ll 12 11
Goods ... 26 0 0

Total ... ... £737 12 11
Corresponding week last year ... 514 12 10
T
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM MIULWAY......raffiC re'
ceipts for the week ending Jan. 26:
Passengers ... ... £265 19 8
Car, iages, horses, and parcels ... 14 11 7
Live atock ... 13 810
Merchandise and minerals ... 245 18 S

Total
-• .£539 18 0t
Corresponding period last year.. 3.3 0
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS Ain
VON RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the Week 00"'
Jan. 26 :
Passengers, &c.
... £39 10 6
Merchandise „.. 48 2 6

Total ''' ••• XB6 13 0
Corresponding week last year ... 76 19 10

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THE WRECK OF THB NEW COMMERCIAL 01.1 -
BRISSONS ROCKS.—Yesterday at the fortnightly meeting of
the committee of the Royal National Institution for the Plt
:
servation of Life from Shipwreck, held at the offices, Ore",
Winchester street, after awarding various sums to baba
crews for rescuing lives from shipwrecks, it was agreed t'tc,
the gold medallion of the society should be presented.
Captain George Davies, R.N., inspecting commander of
Penzance station, as a mark of their appreciation of his
al
lant and humane exertions in proceeding with hie
at the
crew to the Brissons rocks in a tremendous sea, and, ll,' ora
imminent peril of his lite, firing a rocket apparatus 're,
his boat, and therefore being the happy instrument of r,..d
cuing from his perilous position the master of the ill-fat
brig New Commercial, wrecked at that place on the lit A
inst. Each of the four boatmen is to be presented Wit'ld
silver medallion. The committee also agreed that the ~,frs.
medallion of the institution should be presented to Mr. 5-•
Forward, commander of the revenue cutter Sylvia, 13,,,siit
knowledgment of his intrepidity and self-devotion on "'re
distressing occasion ; and his boat's crew of five persona :0
each to be presented with the silver medal, and the 0
fishermen and the miner are awarded W. in consideratO
of their daring and valuable services in rescuing the P°.°r
mulatto from a floating piece of the wreck. Captain Ds°10
has, it appears, on three different former occasions,
,„beBo
h
presented with the silver medal of this institution, vru',,,,"
never selected more meritorious acts for the distributw—
of its honorary and pecuniary rewards than those just re'
corded.

THE POOR-LAW BOARD AND THE PARISH OF
MARYLEBONE. —A special ccmmittee of the directors n°:
guardians of the poor of Marylebone has been held to cons
cider the alleged insufficiency and unwholesomeness of t 0
dietary of the workhouse. It was ultimately resolved to
give the master discretionary power in the distribution °f
,
food to the aged and infirm for a fortnight ; and also tbl
such dinners should be served twice a week, and four 00°'„,,
additianal bread should be given with the soup.
IN A FIE.—On Wedn. sd 5y last, as some of the
men employed at Mr. Jackson's, boiler-maker, Pottertuelto
were finishing one of the boilers and busily engaged in
ing the last piece, it was discovered that one of the men " a
fastened inside, and could not get out. A large piece ht.
actually to be cut out to enable the man to effect his eecoP
—Preston Chronicle.

[ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Lieutenant of Drago°l36
cured of Rheumatism by Holloway's Ointment and Pills•-;
This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Hol'ovroi
Pills and Ointment have cured him of rheumatism, which sr
peared to be incurable, as neither sea bathing, vapour baths'
nor preparations vaunted as sure remedies, did him any g°4)(1.1
and the treatment of the doctor, after several months
r,l;
was without success. At this juncture he commenced tai",
"„g
these pills, and rubbing the ointment into the compleiP'" f
parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the course°.
six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched 01
by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-de-Duc.—Sold by all Drill;
gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Sues
London.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]-IS CONSUMPTION, BRONCUII
ASTHMA, &c., CURABLE ?—A Report of some of the most forraida
Pub-
lished forms of Disease of the Throat, Lungs, Heart, and Stomach, is justel
for the Committee, by Dr. Cronin, M.D., Physician to the
tester-square Dispensary for Consumption, &c.—" The succea IhXtt
Cronin's peculiar treatment in the cure of those affections vf.4
have hitherto generally baffled .1,0
" every attempt at cure,
Pi
although :A
first talent had been applied to, and the most consun
mate skill
been exerted for that purpose, is most satisfactorily shown in this it.
port."—Preface.—Wertheim and Co., Paternoster-row; HUghe'Lce
artin-le-Grand ; and at the autlles residence, 14. Leicester-lu'
Leicester-square. Price 2d., by post 3d,

&lir& —44
OF A SON.
On the 28th inst., at the Parsonage, Horsforth, Yor
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 DA UG R. HTE
at
Mrs. M. D. Rucker.
On the 27th inst., at Marlborough-place, Old Kent-roa
On the 21st inst., at Dinton Aylesbury, Mrs. H. Bode

MARED.
On the 28th inst., at St. Geo R
rlge's, Hanover-square,
Macquoid. Esq., to Katherine Sarah, third daughter °f
Thomas Thomas, E3q.
On the 29th inst., at All Souls' Church, Langhara-place'
William E. Howson, Esq., to Miss Catherine Fletcher, °
Holles-street, Cavendish-square.

DIED
At Paris, on the 19th inst., from inflammation of the brsill:
F• aged 20 months, Fanny Marian, daughter of George g
Howe, Dal , late of Calcutta. _ -

On the 25th inst., Margaret Helen, the wife of the iteV.
Dr. Croly, rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook. of
On the 25th inst., aged 48, George H. Farnell, Esq.,
Burley-park, Hants.
•
On the 2qh inst., at Myddelton-square, Pentonville. gr.
J. Hayward, of Clerkenwell, aged 5/.
On the 27th inst., at Hardwicke.house, near Chepstow
Louisa, wife of Captain George Stevenson, of Grafton-street
London, formerly of the Grenadier Guards.
,n j.
On the 28th inst., at Grove-place, Brixton, aged '"'
Nelthorpe, Esq., formerly secretary of the Lambeth Wratr')
works Company for 25 years:
On the 27th inst., at Wa,bleton, Sussex, Eliza Glove
Moore, the wile of the Rev. A. Robarts.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOTTu—N.aI of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, ICo•12
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coPatV
AliddlestX, Friday, James y 31, 1651.

BRISTOL JAN. 30. Armor
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The market has been much ..—re
to-day, and a good business doing. The transactions We
as follow :—Caledonian, 10A—Great Western, 84%—Se°tb,
Eastern and Dover, 2414.
td VEISPOOL, JAN. 30. te
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was much Arni
•
and more active to-day, with an upward tendency 10 evert
description of stock. The transactions were as follow
Caledonian, 1014—Chester and Holyhead, Preference, 143,0
ranteed 51/2 per cent., 15—East Lancashire, 1314 Limos' d
and Yorkshire, 57—Uitto, Fifths, 7% dis.—Lancastet an
Carlisle, 70—Leeds and Thirsk, 14% Liverpool, Crosby'
and Southport, % c. dis.—London and North- Wea,te
125 —Ditto, New Quarters, 4% c. p.—Ditto, Fifths, 43 4
p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, -26 4 _lOl c.
,
531% c. - Ditto, Halves, 17% dis.— South-Eastern and DoveX
2414 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 2014 York and INT:),T
Midland, 23% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, luig
MANCHESTER, JAN. 30.
STOCK ExcHANGE.— Somewhat advanced prices hetsrede
been realised to-day, and the market generally has iaditst
a firmer tone. The transactions were as follow:
Lancashire, 13—Leeds, Fifths, 7% dis.—Leeds and Thi:110:
15—Midland, 501. 171,4 dis.—Great Northern, 17% —/),a'teld
Preference, 12 di., —South-Eastern and Dover, 24%—Shau"
Stock, 26%—North Staffordshire, S dis.

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BIRMINUHAM, JAN. 30.
STOOK EXCHANGE.—There was a fair amount of billit.esi
done to-day, and prices were firm. The transactions 110
.7,4
as follow:—London and North- w astern, 1.,5 Shrewsit";.',
and Birmingham (A), 6% dis.—Ditto (B.), 5147j5,
South Staffordshire, 3% dis.—North Staffordshire, 7%
- South-Eastern and Dover, 244—Midland, 53%.
YORK, JAN. 29. STOCK EXCHANGZ. —The transactions to-day wera
follow: - Caledonian, 10!.Q—East Lancashire, 121. Ss.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension),ll4

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. 230
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work,
- Return of Traffic for the Week ending Jan. 19, 1851 :'""
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £3,817 14 9
Merchandise and minerals 3,400 12 6
Cattle ... 119 5 5
Total .. £7,357 12 8
Corresponding week, Jan. 20, 1850 (143 miles): -
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,276 14 3
Cattle 1,121. 8 3
Total ... 2,398 2 6
T
EASTERN COUNTIES AND NORFOLK RAILWAY.."' -1.146
return for the week ending lan. 26:
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £6,516 4 6
Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 6,794 19 10