The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, Fan. 19.

S'rocXcnANaE.ZWe have had a very trifling busi-
ness in c'tteStock Exchange to-day. Prices generally have
shown a tendency to decline, and the market closed heavily
at the quotations. The transactions were as follow:
Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifths, 71. 6s. 3d.—London and
North-Western, 1091/4—Ditto, New Quarters, 1,4 p.—Ditto,
Fifths, Sri c. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), su p.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% c. Midland,
Halves, 2414 dis.—St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), New
Preference, 6 per cent., 2% dis. South-Eastern and Dover
(No. 4), EL 3s. 9d.
MANCHESTER, FEB. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was dull to-day,
and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions
were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 53%—Ditto,
Fifths, 7 7-16 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 6 5-16 dis.—
London and North-Western, New Quarters, sA p.—Ditto,
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 13-16 p.—South-
Eastern and Dover ,(No. 4), Thirds, 6 Ditto, Scrip,
8 3-16.
BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 19.
STOCK Excaasaa.—The share market was extremely
quiet to-day. The only transactions were—London and
North-Western, New Quarters, 5,i p.—Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley (calls not duly paid), 51,i‘ p.—Birming-
ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour 'Valley, 9/, 3s. 9d.—North
Staffordshire, 101. 13s. 9d. dis.
YORK, FED. 18.
STOCK EXCHINGE.—The transactions to-day were as
follow : Great Northern, 6i—York and North Midland,
Preference, 6.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo-
nial-office for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong-Kong.
CoaoNEß's INQUEST.-An inquest was held on
Monday at the George Inn, Hayes, Bromley, Kent, upon
the body of Margaret Head, aged 61 years, who met
her death under the following circumstances. It ap-
peared, from the evidence of several witnesses, that the
deceased had laboured under weakness of intellect during
the last four years, although able to attend her daily
avocations. Deceased had been missing for some time,
and on searching the premises in the rear of the house,
she was discovered in the hog-tub, with her head down-
wards, and her legs on the outside thereof. The tub
was full of wash and barley-meal, about three feet in
depth. Tho coroner and jury believing that, from the
position of the body when found tl e act was effected by
the deceased alone, a verdict of '' Temporary Insanity"
was returned.

GLASGOW, FEB. 16.—COTTON.—We have had an
exceedingly dull market all the week, and where holders
were determined to realise they had to submit to a re-
duction of id. per lb. as compared with the prices of this
day week. There is still a fair demand fur cotton
goods, and the spinners within the last few weeks have
found themselves able to allow their workpeople an ad-
vance of 10 par cent. for spinning the finer class of
yarns. It is feared, however, that the high rates of
cotton wool may ere long injure the general trade.—
Pig Iron—Oar pig iron market has been much depressed
during the week, and prices have given way to 475. cash
for mixed numbers, at which price the market closes
sellers, with little disposition to buy above 465. 6d. cash.
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