The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-18 00:00:00

BRITISH RAILWAYS

BOSNIA.

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MORE TRACTARIAN RESIGNATIONS.---A report
reached us last night that the Rev. Mr. Dodsworth had ten-
dered his resignation to the Bishop of London, as incumbent
of 'Trinity Church, Albany-road, Regent's-park, and that the
resignation, as was to be expected, had been accepted.
From the quarter whence the information reached us we are
inclined to believe it is correct. Before the week is out, the
resignation of Mr. Richards, of Margaret-street, and Mr.
Murray, of St. Andrew's Church, Wells-street, may also, we
are assured, be expected.—Morosing Advertiser.
THE EXHIBITION OF 1851,..THE CARRIAGE AND
FOOTWAYS.—The subject relative to the carriage and foot-
ways around and approaching to the Crystal Palace, which
appears to have been hitherto overlooked, has latterly be-
come a matter of consideration, as the old roads and paths,
however appropriate they may have proved for all the pre-
vious traffic to which they have been subjected, are not ex-
pected to be equally so for the aceonnnodation of the antici-
pated myriads of visitors from the probable annoyances of
clouds of dust in dry weather, or of mud after heavy rain.
Paving has been recommended, but objected to on the
ground that it would destroy the usual characteristics of a
park, while asphalte is equally disapproved, on account of
its general dingy colour. Attention has accordingly been
called to some footpaths which have been laid down during
the recent extensive alterations and improvements at the
Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park. These aro laid with a
material which, while it has all the brilliant colour and plea-
sant pebbly surface of the best garden gravel, imbibes no
moisture, and canna! by the greatest wear and tear be so
disturbed as to create dust or mud, either when used as a
carriage or footway, and this material it is believed will be
adopted by the Commissioners for the purposes of the Exhi-
bition.

HATS.—Men, in their dress, are stiff to an excess.
There is not a particle of taste displayed in modem male
clothing. The coat, with its swallow tails swinging about
behind, is a hideous invention, and so is the pilot sack, in
which we are wont to conceal ourselves in winter. The
latest paletot is only an exaggeration of the ugliness; and
this the ladies have borrowed. The fair sex certainly have
retained some grace in their clothing. The shawl and scarf
afford a beautiful drapery when neatly assumed—as, for in-
stance, by a Parisian woman. And the beauty of their oval
figure cannot be altogether concealed. But that horrid
paletot ! What is there about it but ugliness and comfort I
Ah ! the secret is there, we fear. English ladies love to be
comfortable as well as fashionable. But what good word can
be said of the modern Golgotha, the male hat? Look at it!
Straight up and down, stiff, erect, hard, and black, of most
uncouth shape, whether its rim be narrow or broad, cramping
to the head, which it marks in front by its pressure, uncom-
fortable, and stupid : the sooner its crown is kicked out, and
a more graceful and comfortable covering obtained for the
human head, the better. The only worse thing that we
know of in the way of headgear is the Albert tile, which is
certainly a disgrace to the otherwise excellent taste of the
Prince Consort. Cannot our artists invent something mere
becoming? Let us have a cap, a bonnet, or a turban, so
that we escape from the stiff castor now in use. Even a
" wide-awake" is infinitely preferable—more soft, comfort-
able, and defensive. Indeed, wide-awakes have taken " a
run" of late, nor do we wonder. Anything rather than the
erect, modern, black funnel We see it suggested by the
Atheneum that the exhibition of 1851 should include new in-
ventions in the way of dress, and we hail the idea, longing for
an improvement on the hat. Anti-hat societies are also said
to be springing up in England, and we wish them success.
Till a better covering for our head has been devised, we shall
certainly continue to sport our " wide-awake," hoping that
some ingenious artist may yet be able to invest it with the
gracefulness of a Greek cap.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
THE GREAT COAL FOR THE EXHIAITION OF 1851.
—A few days ago this large block of coal was drawn out of
one of the pits in the !lenge Colliery, Tividale, near-Tipton,
belonging to Mr. Daniel George Round. Upon the first at-
tempt being made, such was the great weight of the coal
that the niche ring upon which the rope is wound broke
through in two places, it being cast-iron, six inehes broad
and one inch thick. A new niche ring being put on, a
second attempt was made, when, amidst great suspense, the
coal was brought to light up the shaft, 200 yards deep, in
the space of three minutes. The waggons being run over the
pit the coal was lauded amidst the shouts and cheers of all
assembled. The coal was then transmitted, by an inclined
railway, about 300 yards, to the wharf, the colliers holding
it back by roues. It had to be brought to the bottom of the
pit some considerable distance, the ponderous mass at *.times
breaking the cast iron rolls and sleepers forming the rail-
road, as it moved slowly along. The weight of the coal itself,
exclusive of any chains, &c., is about five tons, ascertained
by means of steelyards. When lifted to be weighed the
1
hook by which the coal was suspended broke through, being
of wrought iron, 1 inch square. The sine is 6 feet high and
18 feet in circumference, necessarily of a circular shape to
admit it up the pit shaft; the largest size that could possi-
bly be produced, and probably the greatest weight ever at-
tempted to be drawn out of a mine, and must have been at-
tended with great risk to the machinery and ropes. No
other than the 30-feet or thick coal-seam of South Stafford-
shire could allow of such a large piece of coal being pro-
duced. Its height, upon the skip and waggon is nearly 9
feet. It is a fine coal, remarkably bright and clear. We
iilywor in London, where
of remark,
thy
are glad to learn that no:accident occurred to any of the men.
There can be no doubt it will form a very interesting addi-
ttihoen tose thea coal is
great Exhibition,
principally
used.
especially
ci
that the services of the twee were gratuitous in getting the
coal, and sending it from the mine to the wharf, thus showing
the good feeling existing between Mr. Round and his work-
men.—Birminghaat Journal.
FORCE or CONSCIENCE,—A letter bearing the
Devonport post-mark, and ccntaining4s. 6d. postage stamps,
was received yesterday by an artisan in the dockyard, stating
that the writer picked the pocket of his son eleven years
since, when employed as a weeding boy, of half-a-crown, his
week's wages, and that it rested so heavily on his mind that
he returned the above as an atonement.—Plymouth Journal.
FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE.—A man named John Lam-
bert, who resided at 39, Holyrell- street, Westminster, took
a dose of poison, and before the sane had time to operate he
cut his throat from ear to ear, nearly severing the head
from the neck, and died yesterday at the Westminster
Hospital.

MR. HUDSON'S SPECULATIONS.—It is confidently
stated that within the last few weeks Mr. Hudson has
cleared from 40,000/. to 50,0001., by speculations in the Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire Railway.—Advertiser.
SOUTD DEVON RAILWAY.—It is stated that Ply-
mouth is likely to be the port of departure and arrival for
Government packets, instead of Southampton ; and this be-
lief is connected with the rise which has recently taken place
in the South Devon Railway shares.
A MODERN HEncur.Eso—There lives on the banks
of the Dee-side, immediately opposite Balmoral Castle, her
Majesty's Highland home, a farmer, well known by the name
of Street of Monaltrie, who is renowned in that mountainous
district for his astonishing feats of strength and agility. Our
informant tells us that he has witnessed him raising on his
shoulders the heaviest horse (equal in size and weight to our
own farm hoses) in that locality, and elevating him nearly
two feet from the ground. It was under this same indivi-
dual's roof that her Majesty the Queen, on her last visit, par-
took so cheerfully of his hospitable fare, cakes and milk, and
preo'd his bottle of " Royal Loch-na-Gar," after enj,,ying his
facetious remark, " that she would ha'e nae better than that
at hame."—Scottish Guardian.
There are in the world three kinds of things-11'e
valuable, the non-valuable, and the invaluable; and it is a
long lime before we decide in our minds which of them we
have been endeavouring to obtain.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
WHEAL CURTIS COPPER MINING COMPANY.--ThiS
company is the first which will be wound up under the
Joint Stock Companies' Winding-up Act. The per centage
due in lieu of all fees, in respect of all proceedings under
the Act, has been paid into the Bank of .England, to the
credit Qt the Suiten' ree-filiad.

Letters from Zora, of the Bth, announce that the
revolt of lierz,g-ovine has been completely put down,
in consequence of a decisive batt!e which had been
fought near Fava. The SULTAN'S troops have made
600 prisoners ; about 1,300 men have fallen on both
sides. Mostar still hokls out.

ITALY.
A letter from Rome, of the 3d, in the Risorgimento
of Turin, announces that the Austrian troops were on
the following day to resume all the positions they had
formerly occupied at Perugia, and other places of
Umbria and of the Marches. The persons accused of
having burnt several confessionals in the latter days
of the Roman revolution have been sentenced to fif-
teen years' bard labour. CICERUACCHIO, who has
absconded, is one of the condemned. The affair of
the burning of several cardinals' carriages is not yet
concluded.

The Osservatore Triestino, a semi-official paper of
the Austrian Government, quotes a letter from Ancona
of the 29th ult., containing some very severe remarks
on the last Papal decrees, on the organization of the
communes, which are considered as the completion of
the promises made in the motu-proprio of the 12th of
September, 1849. The following passage, under the
circumstances, is worth quoting :
"It may, therefore, be concluded that the rules
constituting the principal bases of political, financial,
and municipal administration are nearly the same
(except in some non-essential parts) as those
which governed the Papal States in the remotest
times and which are insufficient to pacify the
inhabitants of that country, whose irritation daily
increases on account of the heavy taxes to which they
are subjected by the Government. Such is the deplora-
ble situation of the Government of the Holy See, which,
believing itself secure for the present at Rome and in the
Comarca on account of the presence of the French
troops, and in the rest of the Romagna, the Marches,
and part of Umbria, because of their occupation by the
Austrian troops, forgets the past, neglects the present,
and does not lonk to the future."
Tne Statute of Florence states, from Leghorn, that
on the 7th the apartments of the sculptor GuEnnAzzi,
advocate FRANZI, and Signor BISCARDI were searched
by the police, but without any further result.

SICILY.
The news of the outbreak of an insurrection in
Sicily and of the victory of the Patriot troops over
the mercenaries of the usurping King BOIVIBA, is con-
firmed, with this important addition, the Swiss troops
have refused to act against the Sicilians. The Paris
Evenement says that it has received accounts from
Sicily which confirm the news of the disturbances
said to have broken out in that island. At the de-
parture of the courier a band of 600 men was as-
sembled on the mountains of Suacca. Smaller bands
were Been every day in the neighbourhood of Barleona
and St. Gueseppo. In the first attack en the insur-
gents the Royal troops were driven back, but General
Paordo had since left Palermo with some regiments
of the line and artillery. The correspondence of the
G vernment and some Government money had fallen
into the hands of the insurgents. The Swiss troops
had refused to act.
'I he latest intelligence is given by the Croce di
Savoia of Turin, which publishes a letter from
Palermo, of the 26th ult, stating that three carts
full of wounded soldiers arrived at Palermo on that
day, from the valley of Gigenti, where 600 insur-
gents are said to hold out against the Government
troops, who, it would appear from this statement,
have suffered a second defeat.

Rail ways.

Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Si
Do. Preference •• •• 8
Ambergate, Nottingham,
Boston, & E. Juncion
Ayrshire and Galloway..
Belfast and County Down 3!
Berks and Hants Eaten.
(Great -Western Per-
petual 5 per cent)
Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, calls duly
paid, or with a guar... 21
Do. without a guar... 2(
Birming., Wolverhamp-
ton, and Dudley, calls)
duly paid, or with a,
guarantee • • • • • • 11
Do. without a guar. •• 1(
Birming., Woiverhamp.,
and Stour Valley •• 13 1,
Birkenhead, Lancas., and
Cheshire Junction •• 21
Bristol and Exeter— •• 101
Buckinghamshire • - • • 1,
Caledonian •• • • • • 5(
Do. 101. Preference •• 11
Do. Clydesdale June... 5(
Chester and Holyhead 5(
Do. Preference .. • • 1,
Clarence • • •• 78
Do. Ist Class, 6 per et. 11
Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. D
Do. Gm Loan, 4 pr. ct. 11
Direct Lond. and Porten). ;
Dublin and Belfast Junct. 4;
Dundalk and Enniskillen 31
East Anglian (251. L. h
E. and L. & D.) •• • • 21
Do. (181. E. & IL) ..
Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per
cent. Preference • •
Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. ;
Do. (71.175.) 7 p. c.Pref.
Eastern Counties .. • • 21
Do. Exten., 5 percent.
No. 1 • • 6 1,
Do, No. 2 •• • • • • 61;
Do.lrew Preference, 6
per cent.., • • 1(
Do. North. and East.
6 per cent. •• • • 51
Do. do. 5 per cent ..
Do. do., New • • • 4,
Eastern Union, class A,
late E. U. shares • • 2,
Do. do. do. ..
Do. do., I& C shares 2,
Do. do., scrip, guaran.
6 per cent. • • • • 2,
East Lancashire • • • • 2,
Do. New quarters • • ,
Do. 6 per cent. pref.
quarter shares.. .•
East Lincolnshire, gua. 6
per cant • • • • 2
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5
Edin., Perth, and Dundee 2,
Do. Newport .. • • 1;
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch.
Exeter and Exmouth ..
Glasgow and South- West, 5(
Do. pref. consolidated• _
Do. do. G. D. &C. stock 8 I
Gloucester & Dean Forest 1(
Great Northern • • 21
Do. halves, A, deferred l'
Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. 1!
Do. 5 per cent. pref. ..
Great Southern and
Western, Ireland
Do. eighths ..
Great North of England .
Do. new 401.
Do. new 30/. • • ..
Do. new 151. .
Great Western
Do. New, 17/. .. •
Hull and Selby ..
Do. half shares ..
Do. quarter shares ..
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Do. thirds .. •• 11 1
Lancaster and Preston .. 4
Lancaihire and Yorkshire 101
Do. quarter shares .. 2;
Do. fifths .. • • - 1
Do. F. 20/. .. • • i
Do. new, guaranteed 6
r.er cent. .. • • •• I 10(
Do. fludders. & Shelf. 5c
Do. West Riding Union' 11
Leeds and Bradford .. 59
Lceds and Thirsk • • • 50
Do. pref. 6 pct., No. 1 9
Do. pref. 6 p et., No. 2 17
Do. pref. 6 p et., No, 3 5
Do. pref. qrs., 1848 .. 10
Livei pool, Crosby, and
Southport . •
London and Blackwall • • 11
London, Brighton, and
South Coast .. • • 1,
Do. guarteed. 5 per ct.,
late Croydon thirds..
Do. preference, 5 p ct. SI
Do. preference, cony. 5
per cent., 1852 .. 51
Do. new guaranteed, 6
per cent. .. .• • • 101
London and Greenwich . 12 1,
Do. preference .. • • 21
London and N.-Western 101
Do. do. new quarters .
Do. fifths • • 1!
Do. 101. sh., M,SDB (c)
London and S.-Western . 101
Do. new 50/. .. . • 4'
Do. new 40/. .. • • 3
Do. new preference • • I
Londonderry & Coleraine 2;
Do. half shares .. ••
Lowestoft, guar. 4 per ct.
Do. do. 6 per cent.
Londonderry and Emlls-
killen. .. • • • • 21
Do. half shares • • .•
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock .. • • 1
Manchester, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire .• • . 101
Do. quarters, No. 1 21
Do. new, 10/. preference 11
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union 4
Midland . • • • • • IC,
Do, consolidated pref. 101
Do. 501. shares .• • • 3(
Do. Binning & Derby 101
Do. Cousol. Bristol &
Birming., 6 per cent. 101
Do. Bristol & Glouces. 41
Do. do. do. ••29 D
Do. Erewash Val. pref. 51
Do. Leic. & Swanning.
8 per cent. guar. .. 104
Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4'
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar. .. 5(
Newcastle and Carlisle.. 104
Do. quarter shares . 21
Newmarket • • .. ••. 2l
Do. extension scrip •• 2 1!
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford • • • • 1
Newry & Enniskillen '
Newry, Warrenpoint,
Rostrevor .• .. •• ' 2(
Norfolk .. .. • . . • 101
Do. New 201. shares.. D
Do. Extension .. • • 2
Do. guar. 534 per cent.
Do. Waveney Valley..
Northern Counties Union
North British.. .• • • 2
Do. Preference •
North Staffordshire 1
North-Western .. • • 1
Oxford, Worcester and
Wolverhampton,. .. 5
Preston and Wyre .• 2
Do. Halves (A) .. • • 1
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate.. .•
Royston and Ilitchin
Shepreth Eaten...
Scottish Central .. 2
Scottish Midland 2
Do. new .. .• .. 2
Shrewsbury& Birming.
Clas3A.. .. 13
Do. Class 8.. • • 9 I
De. New Guarantee..
Shrewsbury & Hereford
hrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) • • ..
Do. Hal. es ..
Do. Os•.yestry
Do. New.. ..
1)o. 8 per cent. Pref. .
Shropshire Union ..
South Devon ..

Do. Preference • • ..
South Staffordshire ..
South-Eastern

Do. do. 4 per cent...
South Wales
South Yorksh. and. River

Dun
Shelf., Roth., and Goole,
N. Div., guar. 5 p cent.
Do. do. South Div. ..
Swansea & Loughor, &c.
raw Vale Extension ..
Thames Haven Dcck and
Railway ..
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick
Waterford, Wex., Wick.,
and Dublin
Wear Valley, 6 per cent.
guaranteed ..
Do. do.
Do. do.
West Cornwall
Whitehaven and Furness
Windsor, Staines, and S.
Western
Wilts, Somerset, & Vrey-
m6zith
York, Newcastle, & Ber-
wick
Ditto and Newcastle
Extension ..
Ditto G.N.E. purchase

do. .
do. .

or preference • . .:
Do. .• .. •.1
Do. llartlepool Dock

•• ••I-1 lO

and Railway 101
York and North Midland 51
Do. Preference .. .. 11

Anglo-Italian (late Ita•
Ilan and Austrian) • •
Boulogne and Amiens
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ••
Demerara ..
Dutch Rhenish ••
East Indian ..
Do. do. do.
Great Indian Peninsula..
Ditto ditto
Louvain ala Sambre .
Luxembourg ••.
Ditto • • • • • •
Madrid and Valenti* ..
Namur and Liege ..
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux ..
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ..
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse ..
Strasbourg and Basle ..
Tours and Nantes ..
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Ilasselt
West Flanders ..

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FOREIGN.

lAustralasia
British North America..
Colonial .... • • ......
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stock ....
London and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.
National of Ireland ....
Provincial of Ireland....
Do. New .. - ........
Union of Australia
Do. New
Union of London
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