The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-24 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, JULY 23.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was generally firm
to-day, but little business was transacted. The unsatisfac-
tory relations now existing between the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham and London and North-Western Companies
operate disadvantageously upon the stock of the former.
YORK, JUI,Y 22.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Great Northern, B%—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick (Newcastle Extension),, B%—Ditto (G. N. E. Pur-
chase), 4—York and North Midland, 14.

TEN YEARS IN INDIA; OR, .THE LIFE OF A YOUNG
OFFICER. BY CAPTAIN ALBERT HERVEY.-IWe have
met with very few works which deserve more consideration
than Captain Hervey's very agreeable volumes. He has
aimed at three objects—to instruct, advise, and amuse—and
in each respect he has succeeded. The book will be welcomed
by all who have any connexion with India; it will form a
manual for continued reference and consultation. The chief
object, however, is confined to military pursuits, and here
the young officer will obtain many hints that will put him on
his guard against imposition, and prepare him for various
circumstances in which he would find himself at fault, had
he not had the opportunity of profiting by the experience of
a high-minded and intelligent officer, who had gone over the
ground before him. We have little doubt but that the narra-
tive of these Ten Years in India' will have a wide circula-
tion in this country, and that it will be sought after, and
much prized in each of the three great Presidencies."—Bell's
Messenger.

The belief that guardian spirits hover around the
paths of men covers a mighty truth ; for every beautiful, and
pure, and good thought which the heart holds, is an angel
of mercy purifying and guarding the soul.—Eliza Cook's
Journal.

A GIRL KILLED BY HER SLSTERS.—Yesterday an
investigation took place before Mr. Bedford, the Westminster
coroner, in the board-room of St. James's Workhouse,
respecting the death of Elizabeth Coleman, aged 13 years,
who died from the effects of violtnt ill usage inflicteydbrs ;
two sisters of deceased, Margaret Robinson, aged 20, and
Johanna Coleman, aged 18, who arerib in custody, and re-
manded i
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inquiry.biorg h Plot 1 ice -cou
appearedr t,
from the evidence of two reisircHtan
if:. females, named
Ins-street, Mitchell and Doherty, living
Golden-
square, that on the afternoon of Saturday,Ppknifns-rethete b2y9thheorf
June, the deceased was met in Ho
anf sweep, who
sister, Margaret Robinson, the wife
charged deceased with having stolen one herd dresses.
Deceased stoutly denied it, when Robinson seized hold of
deceased by the hair of her head, and, after striking her
repeatedly about the face with her fist, she dashed her head
on
with great violence against the wall, and whilst she la
the ground in a senseless state she kicked her over the left
ear, which instantly became swollen. The. bystanders res-
cued the deceased from her sister's ill-treatment, and in
about ten minutes afterwards, whilst she was sitting on the
step of the door crying bitterly, Johanna Coleman, the other
'sister, came up, and without any provocation she struck the
deceased a tremendous blow with her closed fist in the eye,
which completely blackened it. Deceased continued to com-
plain of that part of the head where her sister had kicked her,
until the following Wednesday, when she became so much
worse that Mr. French, the parish surgeon, was called to her,
and he had her removed to the intirmary,"where she died on
the 22d instant. Two abscesses had formed, one over the left
temporal muscle, and the other in the middle lobe of the
brain, which was the cause of death, and in the opinion of
the surgeon was produced by the violence above described.
The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mar-
garet Robinson and Johanna Coleman, and the witnesses
were bound over to prosecute.

CORONERSRIP OF CHELTENHAM.—By the decease
of Mr. John Cooke, of Gloucester, the important office of
coroner for the Cheltenham upper division of Gloucestershire
is rendered vacant. Mr. Cooke had attained the advanced
age of 76, and had filled the office for thirty-three years,
having been elected in 1817. Mr. Cooke had been incapa-
citated from the active discharge of the duties for the last
two or three years, bat they have been ably discharged by
his deputies. Several candidates are in the field.