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

COAL MARKE'

;T.-YESTERDAY.

Holvwell
Riddell's l9s 6d ,Caradoe
Eden Main t.'o3 Od Cassop 20s Od
Wall's End, &c.

Bell

Belmont 2os OdNixon's_Alertliyr and

Brashlyll
Jonasiohns
Stewart's

Cardif .... .:....... 21s 6d
Sidney's Hartley ... 19s ed
Ships at market, 23.

RAILWAY itatit. MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JAN. 18.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—Tho market was firm to-day . Tha
only alteration in prices was—Great Western, Quarterp,
934 dis.

LIVERPOOL, JAIL 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been very firm to-
day, and prie s had an upward tendency. A good business
has been done, and the market closed firmly at the quota-
t ons. The transactions were as follow: —Lancashire and
Yorkshire, Consol , unpaid up, 40 dis. —Ditto, Halves, 20 dis.
—Ditto, Fifths, 71A c. dis. —Ditto, 32/. Shares, 9 dis.—
London and North-Western, 116 c.— Ditto, New Quarters,
174 p.—Ditto, Fifths, l p.—Midland, 44% —Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 122 —North Staffoidskire, dis.—South Statlbrd-
shire, 334 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 ENCHANCIE.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—West Riding Union, 6% —London, New Quarters,
1 7-16 p.—Ditto, Quarters (C.), 1% p.—Dover (No. 4),
Scrip, 6 11-16—Leeds, 321. shares, 9 dis. —East Lincoln-
shire, 7% —Sheffield, Preference, 87-16—North Staffordshire,
934 dis. —Dover (No. 2), 141 i —London Stock, 114 c.—
Leeds Fifths, 71/8 dis.—Ditto, Old, 41 dis.—Old Sheffield, 20
—Leeds Stock, 59—Elst Lancashire, 12%.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. IF.
STOCK EXCKANGE.—There was little business done to-
day, but prices were generally steady, at last quotations.
GLASGOW, JAN. 17.
Srocic ExcrtANGz.—The transactions to-day were as
follow : Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 50 ',4 Ditto,
Halves (No. 1), 12%—Ditto, Preference, 103/4—Caledonian
and Dumbartonshire, 425. Ed.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle, 4% Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 7
Scottish Central, 145/8.

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.—The ice yester-
day morning wai still sufficiently strong from the late
frost to attract considerable numbers of ska‘ers to the
Serpentine, t. James's, and the Regent's Parks, in the
aggregate about 6,000, but these remained but a short
time af.er 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 also hurdle leaping, &r., 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 thousands cf spectators had ass.mtlJd to witness
the same.

ST. PETERSBURGII.—Prom a report presented to
the Emperor by the Minister cf Vie Interior, fir the
year 1848, it appears that the tail number of Russian
subject' belonging to foreign religious communities
amount t) 8,785,719 individuals of both sexes ; more
t`.an half of that number—viz, 4,911,459 profess the
Christian religion, and tl-e 3,874,260 remaining, are
Mahometans, Jews, or Idolators. The number of Rom an
Catholics is 276 764, with 2,264 churches ; that of
Armt.tnian Catholics 20,000, with 44 church; s; Gre-
gorian Armenians 354,521, with 1,017 churches or
chapels. The Protestant religion numbers L 732,299 in-
dividuals, 900 churches; the Mahometans comprehend
2,286,983 individuats, with 6,084 mosques. The re-
ligion of Lama numbers 215,209 adherents, with 293
hause3 of prayer. The number of Idolat)ra amount to
153,343.
LIE PRICE OF FARMING STOCK.—Nearly 1,000
S9uthdown ewes were this Ni ef2k sold by auction ct
Blenheim-park, by Mr. G. W. Salter, fir the Duke of
Marlborough, and, although it has been stated that farm-
ing stook is yttlueleto, they ayeroged 24 sa. each.