The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18.

STocir EXCHANGE. —The market has been very firm to-
day, and pric-s had an upward tendency. A gocd business
has been done, and the market closed firmly at the quota-
t ions. The transactions were as follow Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Consol , unpaid np, 40 dis. —Ditto, llalves, 20 dis.
—Ditto, Fifths, 71A c. dis. —Hitt°, 32/. Shares, 9 dis.—
London and North. Western, 116 c.—Ditto, New Quarters,
134 p.— Ditto, Fifths, 174 p.—Midland, 44th Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 12J —North Staffordshire, 93 dis.—South Stafford-
shire, 33/4 dis.- South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6%—
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per
cent. till 1850, 4/. 18s. 9d.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 18.

STOCK ExcnANGE.—The transactions to-day were ac
follow : —West Riding Union, 6% —London, New Quarters,
1 7-16 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C.), I j,‘ p.—Dover (N.°. 4),
Scrip, 6 11-16—Leeds, 32/. Shares, 9 dis.—East Lincoln-
shire, 714 Sheffield, Preference, 8 7-16—North Staffbrdshire,
97i dis. —Dover (No. 2), 14A—London Stock, 114 c.—
Leeds, Fifths, 7 dis.--Ditto, Old, 41 dis.—Old Sheffield, 20
—Leeds Stock, 59—East Lancashire, 12%.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. IR.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little business done to-
day, but prices were generally steady, at last quotations.
GLASGOW, JAN. 17.

E XCITAXGE.- The transactions to-day were as
follow: Glasgow, Kilrnarnock, and Ayr, 50 Ditto,
Halves (No. 1), 121 —Ditto, Preference, 10:%—Caledonian
;111(1 Dumbartonshire,
.425. 6d.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle, Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 7
Scottish Central, 14%.

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.—The ice yester-
day morning was still sufficiently strong from the late
frost to attract considerable numbers of skaters to the
Serpentine, St. James's, and the Regent's Parks, in the
aggregate about 6,000, but these remained but a short
time after noon, as the ice became sloppy and unpleasant,
but a fall of snow, mingled with rain and sleet, taking
place towards evening, the parks became deserted. Only
two accidents by immersion took place, and these were
in St James's Park. Some sporting matches of a novel
character, comprising swift, fancy, and scientific skating,
as tag° hurdle leaping, &e., which were fixed to come off
on the ice in St. James's Park yesterday, were, in conse-
quence of the change in the weather, postponed, although
many tnousands cf spectators had assisoliled to witness
the same.

ST. PETERSBURGII.—From a roport presented to
the Emperor by the Minister cf the Interior, for the
year 1848, it appears that the tail number of Russian
subjNts belonging to foreign religious communities
amount 0 8,785,719 individuals of both sexes ; more
than half of that number—viz, 4,911,459 profess the
Christian religion, and the 3,874,260 remaining, are
Mahometans, Jews, or Idolators. The number of Roman
Catholics is 276,764, with 2,264 churches ; that of
Armenian Catholics 20,000, with 44 churches; Gre-
gorian Armenians 354,521, with 1,017 churches or
chapels. The Protestant religion numbers 1,732,299 in-
dividuals, 900 churches; the Mahometans comprehend
2,286,983 individuals, with 6,084 mosques. The re-
ligion of Lama numbers 215,209 adherents, with 223
hoses of prayer. The number of Idolaters amount to
153,343.

THE PRICE OF FARMING STOCK.—Nearly 1,000
SJuthdown owes were this week sold by auction at
Bh.nheini-park, by Mr. G. W. Salter, fir the Duke of
Marlborough, and, although it has been stated that fum-
ing stook is valueless, they averaged 21. ss. each.