The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 19.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market has been inactive to'
day, and the quotations about the same as yesterday
Local stocks generally firm. Great Westerns, at 53i 4i—
London and North Western, 1021 i—Ambergate, 5i
—Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 70 72.

SIGNS OF ,THE END OF THE SESSION.—That the
session is approaching its termination is evident froni
the appearance of the annual " Supply Bill," to apply ,
sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the surplus 0;
Ways and Means to the service of the year 1857-58, and
to appropriate the supplies granted in this session (ni
Committee of Supply). This b:11 was sent up to the
Lords on Monday. The session of 1857 commenced en
the 3d of February, and was interrupted for some weeks
by the dissolution of Parliament, which took place en
the 22d March. 'Oa the 7th of May the new Parlia-
ment assembled at Westminster, so that, allowing foy,
the interregnum of about six weekg' the actual "session
of the two houses will have lasted the best part of ei%
months. It often endures as many as seven.
Cunious "SEA-WAIF."--A correspondent at Mortrose
says that a few days ago the crew of a fishing boat
picked up at sea a scrap ,of paper, firmly corked in a
bottle, having the fallowing written in penoii :—" On
board ye brig Ellen, of Whitby, 7 Novr., 1749, long'
3.40, lat. 56. Blowing a hurricane ; lying to, with close-
reefed maintopsail. Ship vk ate:logged, cargo wood, from
Quebec. No water on board ; provisions all gone ; eat
the dog yesterday ; three men left alive. Lord 'have,
mercy on our souls. Amen. Thomas Jackson, chief
mate."—Edinburg Courant.

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.

On the 16th inst., at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, the
Lady Mary Hood.
On the 18th inst., at 3, Sussex-square, Hyde-park, the
wifo of Robert Hanbury, Esq. M.P.

OF A DAUGHTER
On the 17th inst., at West Wratting-park, Cambridge-
shire, Lady Watson.
On the 18th inst., at Twickenham, the wife of j. }l.
Robinson, Esq.
MARRIED.

On the 18th inst., at Streatham Church, Surrey, Charles
Horace Stanley, Esq., of Maddox-street, Hanover-square,
to Ellen Frances, daughter of the late Charles Barry, Esq.,
of Jerinyn-street, St. James's.
On the 18th inst., at St. James's Church, Granville R.
H. Somerset, banister-at-law, eldest son of the late Right
Hon. Lord Granville Somerset, to Emma, second daughter
of Sir George Dashwood, Bart., of Kirtlington-park, Ox-
fordshire.

On the 18th inst., a DCalsiEnDo, Herne-hill, Wm. Stone,
Esq.
On the 18th inst., at Donnington-grove, near Newbury,
Henry W. J. Dashwood, Brevet Major in the Royal Ar-
tillery, aged 28.
On the 17th inst., at Hagloy, Lady Lyttleton, aged 41.
On the 17th inst., at Chipping-hill, Witham, Essex, Si;
E. Walford, Esq., aged 74.
At 3, Maryland-terrace, Leytonstone-road, Stratford,
Essex, Miss Caroline Martha Tijou, aged 60.
On the 18th inst„ at Florence-terrace, New-cross, Jane,
relict of James Grant, Esq., of 71, Cheapsiile, and Sister's
Cottage, Stoke Newington, aged 83.
On the 16th inst , at Clarendon-square, Win. Quinlan,
Esq., of Tipperary, Ireland, aged 66.
On the 18th inst., at Harrow-road, Mr. Charles Davies,
formerly of Wells, Somersetshire, aged 62.

LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG
of No. 112, Strand, Priutor, at Tle4 Sun Office, No.
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Zavny, in the count,'
of Middlesex, Thursday, August 20, 1857.