The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-29 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MOR-N-I.Z.—.The High She-
riff has xed the 9th of December for holding an
election for a representative for the county of Limerick,
in the room of Mr. Dickson, deceased.
MURDER IN THE QUEEN'S COUNTY.—On Monday
night last a most atrocious murder was committed at
Coolagb, in the Queen's County. The unfortunate
victim was named John Hogan, and was land bailiff
of Mr. Leyne. The poor man presented an awful
spectacle, his head having been severed from his body
with a reaping-hook. An inquest was held on Tues-
day, when a verdict of wilful murder was returned
against persons unknown. A number of persons have
been apprehended, and but little doubt exists that the
perpetrators will be made amenable.
THE TUSCAN MINISTER. —His Excellency the
Right Hon. R. Sheil has arrived at Long Orchard,
Tipperary.
TRIAL FOR LlBEL.—Yesterday the Court of
Queen's Bench was engaged in trying the case of the
Rev. T. Townsend Little against Lord Clements for
libel. His Lordship charged the plaintiff with at-
tempting to violate the person of a married woman.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
2001., with 61 costs.

AMERICAN NEWS.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
The fourth of the Collins's line of American mail
steamers, the Baltic, entered the Mersey this forenoon,
with 54 passengers, and specie on freight to the
amount of 100,0001. sterling.
The Baltic sailed from New York on the 16th,
and reports the arrival of the American steamer
Franklin at that city on the morning of the same day,
at five o'clock, from Havre and Southampton. -
Captain Comstock, of the Baltic, reports that he
would have made the passage in a much shorter time
had he not been detained thirty hours by an,
dental derangement of the machinery. -
In the advioes now to hand there is very little

general news of interest.
A Washington letter of the 14th says, assurances
had been received from good sources, north and south,
that after all there was to be quiet, harmony, uniqn.
It was reported that in the course of next session bf
Congress the postage reform, and the incoming of the
next apportionment, would be of salutary effect.
Mr. George Thompson, M.P., met not a very gra-
tifying reception in Fanuiel Hall, Boston. Several
ladies were present in the galleries. W. Lloyd Gar-
rison opened the proceedings by reading the addrest
of reception, containing a history of Mr. Thompson's
movements in the anti-slaverylcause of this country,
and concluded by observing, that just fifteen years
ago ,he was obliged to fly clandestinely from the
United States. When Mr. Thompson attempted to
speak he was groaned at and hissed, and could not
make himself heard, the meeting being deafened with
cheers for 'Webster and the Union, intermingled with
groans, catcalls, and hisses. Groans were given for
John Bull; a ring was formed on the floor, and one
or two commenced dancing. The same violent and
unbecoming conduct was continued throughout, and
Mr. Thompson completely prevented from addressing
the assembly. His intended speech will, it is said, be
published in the Boston and New York papers.
The Nashville Convention continued its sittin,
and it was said that important results would 'aitui
therefrom.

A St. Louis paper of the 14th announces the arrest
of three fugitive slaves in the country back of Quiney,
Illinois, and, at the time of their capture, were making
tracks to Canada. On this subject we may observe.

;hat the Washington Union takes the ground, that

there had been no failure to enforce the fugitive slave-
law, that Craft's caFes were bunglingly and unskil-
fully managed by the claimants, as well as by the
Marshal of Massachusetts.

There is later intelligence from Ilavannab, but it
was unimportant. Jenny Lind was to sing there ten
nights.

An awful murder for money had been committed at
New York on the 16th, whereby a German, who kept.
a beer-house, was killed instantly, and his two sons
stabbed, it is feared mortally.
With respect to the fire at Frederickton, N. 8.,

little additional intelligence is known. The loss has
been severe, and will fall heavily on the insurance
companies.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW 'roux, Nov. 16.—Foreign exchanges have been
dull, and the rates demanded here had a declining ten-
dency. The stock-market was weak, and the Bears in
the ascendancy. Exchange on London ruled at 1091 to
110 i, Paris at 5•9 - to 5•16 i, Amsterdam, 41 to 411, and
Bremen 80 to 80*. Freights remained rather quiet, but
prices much the same as quoted in the Canadian advices.
Holders of the better kinds of Western Canal flour were
firm, whilst the medium and higher grades were dull of
sale. Wheat met a quick and ready market. The re.
ceipts of Indian corn were light, but the demand good.
Beef was steady at former rates; new was coming in and
selling at 8 dolls. 50c. to 9 dolls, for mess, and 5 dolls. 50c.
to 6 dolls, for prime. The price of old is quite unset-
tled, and prices I doll, per barrel below new. Pork was
firm, and prices fully sustained. Butter and cheese
steady at the rates reported by the Canada. In other
articles no change reported.

THE JONESES AND SMITHS.-The labours of the
Register-office afford some highly curious facts as to the re-
lative number of persons of different names living in England
and Wales. From time immemorial it has been thought that
Smith was the commonest of names. The Smiths are
soldiers, and sailors, and parsons, and tailors, and bakers,
and authors, and, indeed. everything. But the exact figures
of the registrar upset the long-cherished fallacy that they
form the most numerous of our class. The Joneses out-number
them, and stand at the head of the list, Smith coming
second. This question of the frequency of particular names
must interest so many persons that we give the following
list of the fifty most common appellations, in the order in
which they are found to rank in the books of the registrar,
together with the number of each name, who were born,
married, or died, in the year June 30th, 1837, to July the Ist,
183 S. Jones, 13,429 ; 5mith,12,637; Williams, 8,743 ; Tay-
lor, 6,440 ; Davies, 5,589 ; Brawn, 5,585 ; Thomas, 5,278 ;
Evans, 4,930 ; Roberts, 4,199 ; Johnson, 3,743 ; Robinson,
3,555; Wilson, 3,399; Wright, 3,299; Hall, 3,:27; Hughes,
3,180; Wood, 3,177; Walker, 3, 48 ; Lewis, 3,184; Green,
3,112 ; Edwards, 3,097 ; White, 3,087 ; Jackson, 3,040;
Turner, 2,908 ; Thompson, 2,874 ; Hill, 2,856 ; Harris, 2,771 ;
Cooper, 2,'93 ; Clark, 2,683 ; Davis, 2,661 ; Harrison, 2,502;
Baker, 2,385 ; Ward, 2,318 ; Morris, 2,299 ; Morgan, 2,296 :
Martin, 2,172; James, 2,209; King, 2.156; Clarke, 2,145;
Cook, 2,135 ; Allen, 2,116 ; Price, 2,090 ; Philips, 1,997;
Parker, 1,959 ; Moore, 1,985 ; Watson, 1,90 ; Carter, 1,882;
Richardson, 1,817 ; Lee, 1,815 ; Griffiths, 1,801 ; Shaw, 1,754.
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