The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-25 00:00:00

THE PARKS, ETC.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—May I claim a small space in your valuable
journal to ask the following question:—Why is the pri-
vilege of walking in the Kensington-gardens and in the
St. James's Park denied unto livery servants? To me it
seems one of the most absurd regulations that can pos-
sibly be, the more so, as they are allowed to go in with
their employers, surely there can be no possible reason
why they should not be allowed to go there by them-
selves. The soldier and the sailor are allowed there; do
thy conduct themselves with more propriety? I think
not. Why is the livery servant to be longer degraded
by these restrictions, unworthy of the age in which we
live? Rest assured the removal of them (by which
they might mingle with their fellow-creatures on a little
more social terms of equality) would not make them
any worse servants; it surely would be better than
driving them to the public-house, to which the present
system tends. Much has been said and done with a view
of raising the moral condition of the black slave; might
not a little be usefully applied in behalf of his brother,
the white one? I feel convinced that one stroke of your
powerful pen is alone needed to set something in motion
in their behalf.—l remain, Sir, your most obedient
servant, J. B.
London, Dec. 24, 1845.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Dic. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-Ths sales are-Bideford and Tavi-
stock, 18s. 6d. dis.-Buckinghamshire, par-Cambridge and
Lincoln, 31s. 6d. p.-Derby and Crewe, 23/4 p.-Dereham
and Norwich, 12s. Gd. dis.- Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No.
2,4 s 6d. p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Half Shares, 9V,3 p.-
Grand Junction, 244-Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 34 p.-
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 334 p.-Great Westersh Quer •
ter Shares, 1334-Goole and Doncaster, par-Huddersfield
Canal and Railway, 4 p.-London and Birmingham, Quarter
Shares, 23 p.-Direct Northern, 10s. dis.- Leeds and Thirak,
2%-Lynn and Dereham, par-Manchester, Midland, and
Great Grimsby, bs. p.-Manchester' Sheffield, and Midland,
par -Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 111% p.-Mid-
land , 148-Ditto, 401. Shares, 17 p.-Northumberland and
Lancashire, 12s. 6d.dis.-North Staffordshire, 31/8 p.-North
Wales Mineral, 4 p.-Preston and Wyre, 31-Ditto, New
Shares, 3 p.-South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated
Thirds, Half Shares, 15s. p.-Cork and Bandon, 2s. Gd. p.
-Central of France, 9V2 p.-Dutch Rhenish, 23/4 p.-
aid Lyons (Laffitte), 7s. 6d. p.
MANCHESTER, Dic. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Grand Union, 114-
Leicester and Bedford, 275.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-
ton, 334 c.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 795. 6d.-
Manchester and Birmingham, 74-Ditto, Quarters, 114-
Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 113/4-North Staffordshire,
5/. 4s. 6d.-North Western, 475.-Shropshire Union, 345. 6d.
-West Riding Union. 5/. 19s. 6d.
SHEFFIELD, Dice. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Midland, Sheffield, and
Rotherham, 331/.x-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares,
No. 3., 5%5-Grimsby Extension, 10s. p.-Leeds and Brad.
ford, 48-Derby and Crewe, 4/. 13s. 6d.-London and York
3/. 195.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3-Sheffield, Buxton
Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 16s. 6d.-Wakefield and Harm.
gate, 1/. Bs. 6d.

EXETER, DEC. 24.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
New (in great demand), 81/4—Eastern Counties, 20%—
South Wales, 31/4—Exeter and Crediton, 714.
BRISTOL, DEC. 24.
&Dam EXCNANGE.—The only sale was—Bristol and Exeter.
New, 7%

LEEDS, DEe. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—London and Croydon,
203%—East Lancashire, No. 1, 151A—llitto, No. 2 (late Ac-
crington), 9—Leeds and Bradford. 49—Leeds and Dewsbury,
15%—Ditto, New Shares, 51%—London and York, 41. is.—
\Vest Riding Union, 61/—Clitheroe Junction, 3—Lancashire
and North Yorkshire, is. ehs.—Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, 38s.—Manchester and Southampton, 2%
—NorthWestern, 2142—South Midland*, 21. 18s. p.—Wake
field and Harrogate, 28. Gd. dis.—Welsh Midlands, 1%—
York and Carlisle, 2.

HULL, DEC. 24.
STOCK 14:XCIIANGE.—The London accounts have given
more tone to our market, and speculators for a further decline
show some anxiety to secure themselves from loss. Old lines
are firm at London pikes, and even higher rates. The sales
are—Hull and Selby (10 per cent. guar.), 100—North Bri-
tish (Carlisle), 2%—Leicester and Bedford, 1/. 7s.—London
and York, 4 —Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 2—Nottingham
and Boston, I:l4—Nerth Staffordshire, 51. Is.—South Mid-
land, 4/. 18s.—Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 17s. 6d.
EDINBURGH, Disc. 22.

STOCK EXCHANGE'-The sales are-Aberdeen, 41. 158.-
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 21.-Airdrie and Bathgate,
21.85.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares,
151.-Ayr and Dumfries, 2t 155.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. ss.
-Banffshire, 1/. 17s. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 3s.
-Caledonian, 12!. 155.-Caledonian Extension, 21. 155.-
Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31.-Caledonian and Northern
Direct, 21. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 191.-Direct Northern,
21.-Dundee and Arbroath, 35/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 17!.-
Dundee and Perth, 71.-East of Fife, 1/. 155.-East Lothian
Central, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 31.-Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 70/.-Ditto, Half Shares, 16/. 10s.-
Ditto, Quarters, 161. 10s.-Ditto, New, 131.-Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 155.-Edinburgh and Leith At-
mospheric, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric
Direct, 1/. 155.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 211. 108.-
Ditto, Preference, 18/. 103.-Edinburgh and Northern, 31.93.
-Ditto, Newport, 1/. 25.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 11. 10s.-Edin-
burgh and Peebles, 2/.-Edinburgh and Perth, 4/. 7s. 6d.
-Forth and Clyde Junction, 2/.-Glasgow and Ayrshire,
701.-Ditto, New Stock, 23/.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 211.
12s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. 45.-Glasgow
and Dundee Junction, 2/. 55.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 451.
-Glasgow and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 15s.
-Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. 13s.
-Granton Junction, 9/. 2s. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, 11.
155.-London and York, 41. 55.-North British, 251.-Ditto,
Halves, 5/. 10s.-Perth and Inverness, 11. 15s. 6d.-Scot-
tish Central, ;131. 155.-Scottish Midland, 51.-Scottish
North Western, 1!. 145.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 21. 10s.

OUTRAGE AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT BUL-
PIIAN.—A most daring outrage was committed on Friday
last, about half-past one A.M., at the house of Mr. F. Stevens,
a farmer, at Bulphan Fen, in this county. Three men,
masked, made a forcible entry, by breaking through a lath
and plaster end of the building; and Mr. Stevens hearing
them below, took the novel course of jumping out of the
window, when two of the villains attacked him, and one of
them discharged a pistol at him, but happily missed his per-
son. Mr. Stevens escaping front them ran towards a cottage,
when a second shot was fired at him, but fortunately
without insuring him. The fellows then made oft;
taking with them a double-barrel gun, the only thing missing.
Information having been given to the police, an active
search was instituted in the neighbourhood, which resulted
in the apprehension of a man named Freeman, residing at
Itorndon, on suspicion of being one of the parties implicated
in the outrage; Inspector Smith, who immediately went to
London, succeeded, on Sunday evening, in taking into cus-
tody, in Ratcliffe-highway, another party, named James
Scoble, who, from the description given, is strongly suspected
to be the man who fired the pistol at Mr. Stevens. The
prisoners have been removed to Brentwood to await their
examination before the magistrates acting for that division.
—Essex Herald.
BERWICK RAlLlVAY.—Grahamsley and Reed, the
enterprising railway contractors, are getting on rapidly with
their works on the southern portion of this line, and in order
that they may be enabled to work by night as well as day,
they have laid down gas for nearly two miles, so that the
country will be illuminated by night.—Berwick Warder.